Chapter 40 Fengtai County, Shuntian Prefecture
The early dynasty on the seventh day of the first month of the thirty-fourth year of Taiping finally came to an end.
The ministers returned to their departments and continued their work, and Zhu Jingyuan went to the Ministry of Industry again.
Zhu Jingyuan asked the personnel of the Ministry of Engineering to help, and added a table of his own next to the desk of Wang Lai, the warship's director.
After asking for simple drawing and writing tools, he lay on the table and began to plan the design indicators of the battleship, which is also the ship system of the Ming Navy in the next few decades.
Zhu Jingyuan's mother, Liang Yunying, escorted by dozens of servants, was also busy with her son's affairs.
First of all, go to the bank to sort out the funds, the old emperor's 10,000 gold banknote check, is a special check specially printed by Daming Bank for the emperor's use.
Daming Bank, the largest commercial bank in the Ming Empire, does not have the word "royal" in its name.
The name has the word "royal" in it, that is, "Daming Royal Bank", which is the central bank of the Ming Empire.
Responsible for formulating the financial industry system, managing the order of the financial industry, and responsible for printing and issuing banknotes according to demand, but not directly operating general financial business.
Liang Yunying first went to the head office of Daming Bank in the old city of Jingshi and transferred the money from the check given by the old emperor, most of which was deposited in his son's passbook, and a small part was exchanged for cash.
Then leave the old city with cash and go to the new town.
After the Renmu Dynasty, the old city of Jingshi did not allow private people to operate conventional commercial industries.
A small number of necessary living services and entertainment facilities are also provided by the imperial consortium authorized by the imperial court at designated places and times.
Shuntian Mansion was placed in the new city, and the old city was not attached to Guo County, and the Jinyi Guard and eight other guards were divided to maintain the order of the city.
The central offices of the administrative capital are also not directly responsible for civil affairs.
The management of manufacturers in the Ministry of Commerce, the patent management of the Ministry of Industry, the management of carriages, horses and ships in the Taifu Temple, etc., this kind of non-governmental service yamen are all located in the new city.
Liang Yunying could ask his subordinates to go to Xincheng to do the agency, but she also wanted to go to Xincheng to see the situation and help her son see the market, so she went over in person.
The carriage went out of the old city and onto the wide asphalt road connecting the old and new towns, and the speed was slightly accelerated, and the new carriage had rubber tires and was not particularly bumpy.
Ten minutes later, the carriage entered the northern periphery of the new city, which belonged to the area of Fengtai County, Guo County, attached to Shuntianfu New Town.
The number of pedestrians around began to increase, and the driver slowed down to carefully control and stabilize, Liang Yunying opened the curtains and looked at the scene outside through the glass.
Compared with the quiet, spacious, but also somewhat oppressive old city, Jingshi New Town is much more lively.
With the exception of a few restricted areas, the streets are filled with people coming and going, as well as horse-drawn carriages and horses passing by from time to time, as well as a small number of cars.
Every few streets, you can see the low-speed railroad running through the city, and the steam train whirring black smoke and moving slowly on the tracks.
Correspondingly, the air here is not very good, and the sky is also gray, and people from the old city will be a little uncomfortable when they just come over.
However, the residents of the new city have long been accustomed to it, most of the shops on the roadside are open, and there are guys chatting with the shopkeeper or the person next door.
On the sides of some streets and around corners, you can occasionally see small vendors, and occasionally pedestrians come by to inquire about purchases.
These people seem to be in good shape, but the state seems to be a little complicated, some of them are smiling happily, and some of them seem to be worried.
At the same time, in their neighborhood, on the same streets, there were some people who were in a very bad state.
Yellow-skinned, weak, and staggering, like beggars, they are the so-called homeless, but in fact they are unemployed workers.
The color of their clothes has long been invisible, and they can't find a few relatively intact places.
Both men and women are either wearing small buns of hair or messy short hair with scissors on top of it.
Most of the people who hold their hair in buns still retain their last "reserve" and strive to maintain their last "decency", and they are called the "Long Hair Gang".
Most of the people who have cut their hair short have become gloomy and numb, completely disregarding their image and spirit, and they are called "short hair gangs".
But in any case, there is no such thing as a half-length or a half-length, and at the same time a cloak is scattered.
That would be considered a barbarian by the Short-Haired Gang, and the Short-Haired Gang knew that it was very dangerous to face the machine like that.
The diversion of the long-haired gang and the short-haired gang is a natural phenomenon among the low-level people in the absence of active management by the imperial court.
The Ming people of this world have neither developed the habit of shaving their hair and saving their hair, nor have they experienced the innovative process of cutting braids.
Upper-class people such as royalty, nobles, and business elites will certainly not take the initiative to cut their hair, after all, their parents are affected by their bodies.
will not take the initiative to give up the Daming dress, and the crown dress and dress on official formal occasions completely maintain the official standards of the Ming Dynasty.
The usual dress and grooming, while the basic framework remains the same, the design appears complex and gorgeous, simple and bright, two diametrically opposed typical styles.
Complex and gorgeous style of dress, usually used to participate in various banquets, celebrations, or to visit friends, reception, semi-formal occasions or social occasions.
The simple and bright style of dress is used in real daily life, shopping, gardening, spring, and relatively daily affairs.
The middle-class group who can maintain decency will basically try to catch up with the lifestyle of the upper class, imitate the dress habits of the upper class, and will not cut their hair themselves.
After the imperial court relaxed the clothing restrictions, most of them also made exquisite silk garments, which were specially worn for grand events and festivals.
As for the real people at the bottom, their last insistence is the bun on their heads.
The long-haired gang, who still keep their hair in a bun, are similar to the mentality of most middle-class groups, yearning to be a member of the upper class.
As long as they have the slightest condition, they will insist on not cutting their hair.
Even when it comes to machine work, it is tied into a small bun and carefully wrapped around the turban, just like the long-haired women of later generations.
The short-haired gangs who cut off their own hair really only want to continue to live, and most of them have been hovering on the edge of life and death for a long time.
According to the analysis of some newspapers aimed at the middle class, the short-haired gang is usually more dangerous than the long-haired gang, and they are more bottomless and shameless.
It is recommended that the lord, lady, son, and young lady do not pity and contact, and avoid being deceived.
But whether it is the long-haired gang or the short-haired gang, who are still roaming the streets at 10 o'clock in the morning, most of them are temporarily unemployed workers.
After all, there is no universal public holiday in today's business organizations.
To Liang Yunying's surprise, the unemployed workers should have found a place to paralyze and reduce consumption, but now they are trying to go in one direction.
Liang Yunying curiously asked the servant to inquire, and soon learned that they were going to Yahang Square.
The tooth shop is the ancient intermediary, but even if it is an ordinary ancient tooth shop, most of them are darker than the current black intermediary, and you can refer to various books for details......
After the revival of Sejo, a universal official dental shop was established, and it was required to be added as the city expanded.
Private dental shops are still allowed to exist, but transactions executed by agents must be reported to official dental stores.
Otherwise, it is suspected of fraud, or even buying and selling the population of the Ming Dynasty, and the maximum sentence is imprisonment.
Although it is impossible to completely control it, it has formed a certain deterrent effect.
The official dental shop is more standardized, the scale is also larger, with the development of industry, it has gradually become a labor trading market.
Nowadays, manufacturers want to recruit workers, most of them go to the official dental store to register, explain the personnel, amount, requirements, remuneration, and pay a very low commission.
In front of all the dental stores, there is also a special square, with large sheds and display boards, and regular recruitment notices from manufacturers.
The dental store will also arrange special staff to hold a loudspeaker on the table next to the display board to read, and regularly repeat the newly posted job recruitment notices for illiterate people.
Most workers who want to find a job will also come to Yahang Plaza to wait for opportunities, unless there is no opportunity at all.