Seeing this, King Shen didn't bother to deal with these two literati who were exiled to the Shen Domain in Java, so he only went to his harem.

And Li Yingchun and Shen Rui really started their farming life next.

Then, they found out that farming is really not that easy.

"How can these weeds grow so fast, but they spread again after a day or two of not being removed!"

"This field is really not what Svens like us should cultivate! In order to grab water, I had to block the water on a rainy day, and I had to fight with other villages! ”

Therefore, within a few days, Li Yingchun and Shen Rui complained endlessly, complained constantly, and couldn't help but start to wash their faces with tears every day, looking north at China.

At this time, Shenzhou Middle Earth is in full swing to build infrastructure.

In order to prevent the primitive capital that has been accumulated by the imperial court in a frenzy, it will be drifted away into private assets by the unavoidable corruption in the future, and even transferred to overseas vassal states, so that it can truly benefit China and become a guarantee for China's continued prosperity.

Zhu Yijun and Wang Xijue and other ruling ministers are consciously turning external benefits into various infrastructure projects, from water conservancy to urban defense, transportation, to education, ecological restoration, etc., all of which are being carried out on a large scale.

Therefore, at present, Beijing is in full swing to expand the outer city wall, and make up for the regret that only half of the outer city was built due to lack of financial resources in the Jiajing period.

The reason for the expansion of the outer city of Beijing is because many new national landmark buildings in the Ming Dynasty will be built in the Beijing City.

For example, the National Museum, the National Center for the Performing Arts, various new academies of sciences and research institutes, such as archaeology, and gymnasiums.

At present, because the housing density in Beijing is too dense, it is no longer possible to find a large open space in the city to build a grand national landmark, so they can only be built outside the city.

After all, this kind of building at the national level must naturally be grandiose, and it must occupy a larger area, and it cannot be compromised.

To build these buildings outside the city, the only way to build them is to expand the outer city, and it is impossible not to have even a wall to defend them.

Although the Ming Dynasty is no longer afraid of the threat of any foreign armed forces, in this situation where the means of communication and monitoring are not strong enough, and there are basically no intelligent tools and only rely on human and animal power, there is a city wall that can still avoid some risks as much as possible, and it is more convenient to manage.

For example, once there are any thieves, you can also block the city gate in time first, and then check one by one, which is undoubtedly much easier than finding the city wall and then going to the Heavenly Mansion without a city wall.

Therefore, it is necessary to expand the outer city of Beijing.

this day.

Standing on the tower of the city, Zhu Yijun can see through clairvoyance the officials and people who participated in the expansion of Beijing's outer city.

And every time he saw these officials and citizens in full swing contributing to the Sifang City, he felt a special sense of accomplishment, and the feeling that he was transforming the Ming Dynasty was even stronger.

According to Zhu Yijun's expansion plan, Beijing City is not only as simple as expanding the outer city on the basis of the original outer city, but also expanding the central city itself, and building five satellite cities in the surrounding areas.

Therefore, this will undoubtedly consume a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

But fortunately, Daming is now using the world's financial and material resources to do these projects, so this is nothing.

It's just that manpower doesn't need much outside manpower, because Daming himself has a large population.

Today, there are still a large number of young and strong people who are only willing to participate in manual labor.

This is related not only to the rapid population growth after the improvement of living standards, but also to the fact that the income from manual labor is also very good.

Since the abolition of forced labor and the use of manpower by the imperial court has to pay money, the common people have gradually changed their consciousness, no longer feel that their strength is worthless, and they also know that their strength can be exchanged for money, and if they don't give money, they should not contribute, and they also begin not to feel that they are lowly to make a living from hard labor.

And as the living standards of the common people are getting higher and higher, if you want the people to be willing to do manual work, you have to increase the wages.

So gradually, the cost of employment in Daming began to get higher and higher, which made many people still willing to exchange manual labor for income.

Many landlords and merchants wanted the imperial court to open up the restrictions on the naturalization of foreign people, hoping that this would reduce labor costs.

But Zhu Yijun and many other ruling ministers do not advocate this.

Because the basis of their concept of governing the country is to ensure the maximization of the interests of their compatriots in the main ethnic group, benefiting the people is the same as enriching the country and strengthening the army, which set the tone in the early years of Wanli, so it cannot be changed for a while.

What's more, after all, the Ming Dynasty was dominated by the central court in the distribution of interests, not the big landlords and big businessmen, so it also had a natural habit of considering the interests of its own nation.

Therefore, those domestic landlords and businessmen who wanted to reduce the labor cost by bringing in as many foreign slaves as possible could only accept the reality, and only hoped that in the future, the rulers would become people who did not consider the interests of the main nation but only the interests of their own industries.

Autumn goes to winter, and I don't know that it's the end of the year again.

On the night before the Chinese New Year's Eve of the 33rd year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun climbed the city tower again, took a look at the outer city of Beijing, which was about to be completed, and excitedly ordered:

"Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, pass the decree, when the time comes, prepare a bowl of flat food for all the city builders who stay on the construction site for the New Year, let the Guanglu Temple prepare, if the people feel that it is not delicious, let the officials of the Guanglu Temple not come to their posts next year."

Tian Yi, who had replaced Huang Xun and was promoted to the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, said yes.

The so-called flat food is dumplings.

And the reason why Zhu Yijun is so excited is because after the construction of Beijing's outer city, a larger square will appear, and an important function of that square is a military parade.

Zhu Yijun will review the three armies in the future, not only in the Forbidden City, but also on the parade platform.

At that time, the people of the whole city can also watch in the special high platform area on the periphery of the square, so as to enhance their national pride, and subtly make them realize that they are also a part of the Ming Dynasty, no longer just cattle and horses.

Originally, this kind of military parade, the people were not qualified to come to see it, and the foreign guests were more qualified than them!

But the current Daming is different from before after all.

"The things of Guanglu Temple are getting more and more full now, just take a bite, and you can see the meat!"

Chinese New Year's Eve.

Because Zhu Yijun gave flat food to the urban builders who were still on the construction site, many of the left-behind people were eating in the shed with steaming flat food on the huge urban construction site.

At this time, Ding Hesheng, the official in charge of the warehouse, also held a bowl of flat food and gossiped with his colleague Chen Yujun.

Chen Yujun said: "This is normal, after all, no one dares not to give His Majesty face now, and Guanglu Temple is naturally no exception." ”

"It's also said that the emperor in the past, he wanted to be blind, corrupt officials and corrupt officials were not afraid of him, he was greedy when he should be greedy, and he was afraid to hide it when he should have concealed it, but now he doesn't dare to be greedy or dare to hide it, after all, a Han person can hand over the case to His Majesty, and he doesn't eat the benefits of it, so he naturally doesn't dare to be greedy or hide it."

After Ding Hesheng echoed and said, he saw the fireworks all over the city set off at this time, which was very gorgeous, and he couldn't help laughing for a while:

"It's really beautiful, it's similar to the fireworks in our hometown."

"Yes, I heard that this year's Aoshan Lantern Festival will be higher and more spectacular, at this time of year, there is no unfestive time up and down my Ming Dynasty, from Saibei to Jiangnan, from Hexi to Dongying, everywhere is full of flowers, laughter."

"It is said that it is prosperous and declining, but only this extremely prosperous scene seems to never end."

Chen Yujun also raised his head and spoke.

At the same time, the other city builders who stayed in the capital all picked up the flat food in their hands and raised their heads at this time.

Not only these city builders, but also the local people, businessmen, students, migrant workers, and tourists who stayed in Beijing all raised their heads at this time.

From the royal nobles in the Forbidden City to the pawn peddlers in Beijing.

Thousands of households, the elderly and children, all raised their heads at this time, and the brilliant fireworks illuminated every smiling face of them.

Li Shida, the secretary of the police department who came to the city tower to ensure the safety of the Beijing Division, saw this scene at this time, and after returning home, he began to write and prepare to paint this scene.

He likes to record his life in the market, and he really wants to paint such a scene in the market.

"Although this may be just an ordinary year in the prosperity of this dynasty, in the end, in the future, it will be possible to let the children and grandchildren know that it was just an ordinary smile at that time, and it may not be so easy to exist forever."

When his wife asked why he painted such a painting, Li Shida said this.

Next, it took Li Shida a year to finish painting this long scroll that recorded the life of the Ming Dynasty market in the 32nd year of Wanli, and he dedicated this painting to Zhu Yijun after he finished the painting.

The reason why he dedicated it to Zhu Yijun is that Li Shida also wants the Son of Heaven to know that his hard work has not been in vain.

When Zhu Yijun saw Li Shida's painting, he was already on his way to inspect the southwest, and because of this, he was admiring the painting in the train while accompanying the scenery of the mountains and rivers outside the rolling backward train.

After Zhu Yijun saw this painting, he pondered for a long time, and then asked, "Is it almost Jingzhou in front?" ”

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has built a railway, and the railway that has been built is not only to Nanjing and Ganzhou, but also to Wuchang, and to Wuchang is to facilitate the Son of Heaven to enter Chu in Shu.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun now asked if the train was about to arrive in Jingzhou.

"Back to the emperor, yes!"

Zhu Yijun nodded after listening: "When the time comes, I will take this painting to sacrifice Mr., Mr. in the spirit of the sky, maybe you can also see the prosperity of today's Ming Dynasty through this painting, in addition, Li Qing worked hard, when the time comes, stay in Jiangling, personally copy a picture on the white jade, and then the old craftsman carves a relief of the city well map of the Emperor Ming Kingdom with this painting, this relief will stand in Mr.'s cemetery at that time, I sacrifice him with other vulgar things are not satisfied, but Li Qing's painting comes to the scene." ”

"Yes!"

(End of chapter)