Shanhaiguan is now more prosperous than Jinzhou, and a pass naturally divides the city into two halves. However, the current Shanhaiguan has lost its defensive function. Under modern artillery, any wall will be slag. In the future, when the train passes, even a section of the city wall will have to be torn down.

After several years of development, Shanhaiguan is no longer a military town, but an economic town connecting inside and outside the customs. Its prosperity is even a few points higher than that of Jinzhou.

Li Xiao strolled through the streets of Shanhaiguan to see this and that. On both sides of the street, there are two-story façade houses. The exterior wall of the façade room is covered with white tiles, which reflect the sunlight and are a little dazzling. If it weren't for the fact that the people on the street were all wearing ancient costumes, the house type of this house would not be much different from the façade houses of later generations.

Brick and cement have become the main material for building buildings, and wood can only be used for windows and doors. After so many years of hard work, the glass thing is no longer valuable. In ordinary peasant households, as long as they can afford to build brick houses, they can naturally afford to buy glass.

The depreciation of this thing is too fast, Li Xiao still remembers that when he changed the glass windows of the emperor's Qianqing Palace ten years ago, the emperor was still excited enough. But now, ordinary houses in Shanhaiguan are equipped with glass windows.

The clothes of the residents on the street have also changed dramatically, and more and more people are used to wearing clothes and trousers instead of long robes and gowns. Located at the connecting node between the northeast and the mainland, Shanhaiguan is not warm in winter. Cotton jackets and cotton pants soon became popular among the people!

At first, cotton jackets and pants were the standard equipment of the Liao army, but soon the people found out. Wearing a cotton jacket and cotton pants is far warmer than wearing a cotton robe. The same cloth, the same cotton. Of course, the people chose cotton jackets and pants that were more warm, and the traditional cotton robe had been replaced by military coats.

It's spring, and it's not so cold. But people are no longer used to wearing bulky robes, so more people wear their blouses and trousers separately.

Hairstyle is another different place, the people of the Ming Dynasty have practiced for more than 200 years, and the hair and skin of the body should not be destroyed by the parents. But since the number of Liao troops stationed in Shanhaiguan has increased, the people have been constantly communicating with the soldiers. Short hair also quietly became popular, and many seventeen or eighteen-year-old men shaved their heads into green skin. When you wash your face in the morning, you can wash your hair as well, so you can clean and refresh it all day long.

On top of that, it was found that when the hair was cut short, there were fewer lice on the hair. Without those annoying little things, the body is very comfortable.

In the past, both men and women in the Ming Dynasty had long hair, but now it is rare to see men with long hair on the street. With the hair cut short, a variety of hairstyles were born. Li Xiao even saw a special barber shop, and when guests entered it, whether they were shaving their faces or shaving their hair, they were all lancets. Standing and watching for a while, Li Xiao was surprised to find that they actually relied on a knife to replace the scissors and clippers of later barbers.

Not only can you trim different types of hairstyles, but you can even complete difficult movements such as picking your ears. Li Xiao wanted to try it, but when he saw the bright blade, Junzi resolutely stopped it. In the end, under the pressure of Shunzi to die, Li Xiao was forced to give up this idea.

The people walking on the streets, not only the Ming people. Li Xiao also saw merchants wearing Japanese and Korean costumes, and these people were very regular in doing business on the streets. When people greet each other with smiling faces, and there are children who fall down on the road, they also know how to help them.

It's a bustling city with a wide variety of goods. There are countless sailboats on the docks, and coolies are delivering bags of goods to the cargo ship. These goods would be trafficked into the hands of merchants to the Japanese and Koreans. Some are even exported to India, the Middle East, and Europa.

Li Xiao looked at the bustling city in front of him, who could know. Just ten years ago, it was a military fortress. The people are only tens of thousands, and most of them are military families who served as soldiers in peacetime and war.

On the seashore on the outskirts of the distance, a pier is being built. On the edge of the pier is a small three-story building. This is the future Harbour Master School, the cradle of future naval officers.

Further to the side, there is another group of small three-story buildings. That's an engineering college under construction! In the future, the fisherman will be the dean there. With the blessing of the College of Engineering, Daming can get better weapons and always be at the forefront of science and technology.

When I left the capital, the various ministries in the capital were also planning to get out their colleges and universities and train specialized talents. It won't be long before the university will appear on the land of China.

In more than ten years, Li Xiao estimates that the college entrance examination that countless young people hate will have to appear.

There will never be anyone in the country anymore, and with an eight-strand article, you can mix up the rice for a lifetime. People must know that the Li family's food is not easy to mix. If you want to eat in the court, you must have real skills.

The cultivation of talents is not achieved overnight, but is a long-term process. As long as we continue to invest in education, we will cultivate batches of talents. When there are more talents, quantitative changes can produce qualitative changes. God knows, there will be a Nobel Prize or Newton among the children who are writing and drawing with pencils in the elementary school hall now.

Anyway, now Daming doesn't need watts, and the steam engine has begun to be miniaturized. The steam engine, which originally covered an area of 1,000 square meters, is gradually being miniaturized and is now small enough to fit on ships. The steam engine, which could be used as a locomotive, also passed the experiment.

In the manufacturing plant in Jinzhou, the Xu brothers are making the first locomotive of mankind. Li Xiao didn't have the luxury of how much power this thing had, he just hoped that this locomotive could run.

Wang Tong worked hard by Li Xiao's side to explain to Li Xiao the changes in Shanhaiguan over the years. Looking at the fat-headed and big-eared Wang Tong, Li Xiao knew that this guy was not only engaged in political achievements, but also seemed to be engaged in the economy. This goods had this problem at the same time, and Li Xiao was still satisfied with the changes in Shanhaiguan.

Sun Chengzong said that he does not need to use his talents. This guy who can drill the camp, in only ten years, without spending a penny of his own money, turned the huge Shanhaiguan into this appearance, and it is not impossible to make some money.

I'm happy today, so I didn't beat this bastard. I believe that in a few days, Li Yongfang's monitoring team will make Wang Tong nervous for a while.

There are many schools planned for the future, and the most successful school now is the Army Officer Academy.

It's just spring, and the weather is still a little warm and cold. The trainees on the playground have already begun to train naked. The boys ran back and forth, rolled, climbed high, crawled forward, crossed ditches, climbed rope ladders to drill holes, and walked on the balance beam to climb over obstacles.

In just a few rounds, their bodies were covered in shiny sweat. All of them are great guys, with 100-pound stone chains, and they can be thrown around like juggling. Taizu is an old man who is a master, otherwise he would not have said such words as barbaric his body and civilized his spirit.

Now let these muscular men go out to fight bayonets, and it is estimated that the Eight Banners in their heyday are not opponents.

On the shooting range in the distance, gunfire rang out in bursts. They all used new repeating rifles with magazines, and it was clear that the lads were not used to it. It's always a little bit off!

However, the accuracy of the mortar is amazing, and nine times out of ten, the trainer shell can fall into the white circle two kilometers away. Even the artillery is equipped with a hand-held mortar barrel to strike at the enemy within 500 meters.

Mortars have always been the most reliable companions of the infantry, and now they are in the hands of these guys. Li Xiao never thought that the mortar barrel could still be fired hand-held.

Shanhaiguan walked around for a while, and Li Xiao slept beautifully. In less than five years, the city will be able to produce usable officers in batches. These officers are like yeast, as long as they are put in the army, they can hatch groups of excellent soldier dolls.