On the first day of June, more than 30 people from the Hongjia class arrived in Fengyang, the central capital.

At this time, the Jianghuai area is already hot and unbearable, and it is still damp and stuffy, and the steamer is general.

Zhang Hu and the others were shirtless and only wore a pair of shorts. The scientific name of this thing is 裈 (kun), and there are two kinds of internal and external ones.

The triangular shape is called the calf nose robe, which is worn inside. The knee-length ones with four corners are called knee robes, and they are worn outside.

The Zhu brothers also stepped on the clogs and put on shorts, but they were still wearing sleeveless gowns, and the two little grandmothers were not exposed, which was considered to maintain the last trace of royal dignity.

Zhu Zhen is the most comfortable one, he is barefoot and wearing a hat, swaying and sitting on the back of the Great Sage of Pingtian, and he can still feel the wisps of wind, which makes him not too uncomfortable, and he has the leisure to look around.

"This Fengyang County is really different from Linhuai." He couldn't help but sigh.

The first feeling that this Fengyang gave him was that the bridge was wide and wide. Horse-drawn carts, ox carts, donkey carts, and trolleys flow endlessly on the straight and wide official roads, as if the central capital has become a big city where merchants gather.

On both sides of the avenue, there are also villages, densely populated, connected by strange people, and the green farmland is endless. Along the way, you can also see luxurious garden villas dotted with them, although most of them are under construction, but you can already imagine the imperial capital weather of facing each other and crowning like clouds in the future.

"The changes in the capital city are really changing with each passing day." In the first year of Hongwu, several elder brothers returned to their hometowns with their fathers and eldest brothers to worship their ancestors, which was more deeply touched.

"Fifth and sixth, can you two imagine it? In the first year of Hongwu, all the things in front of you, including the Zhongdu City that you are about to see, are just a barren! Zhu said proudly:

"At that time, it was really full of devastation, ten rooms and nine emptiness, it can be said that 'no chickens and dogs, only crows, no people, no flowers.'" Look at the prosperity of the present world, all of which depend on the Father...... Today's emperor! ”

"Yes, at that time, there were only more than 3,000 households and 10,000 people in the entire Haozhou." Zhu Di's black face was even more excited and red, and his eyes were full of worship for his father.

Later, Haozhou was expanded into eighteen counties in Kyushu, but the population was still only about 100,000. In just a few years, the population has exceeded one million! The entire Fengyang has reclaimed 400,000 hectares of farmland, and this year's tax grain will definitely exceed 200,000 stones, and this is still under the condition that the aborigines are exempt from taxes! ”

Zhu Zhen already knew that the Ming Dynasty divided the state capital level according to the amount of tax grain, and more than 200,000 stone was the upper government, more than 100,000 stone was the middle government, and less than 100,000 stone was the lower government. Fengyang's tax grain exceeded 200,000 stones, so it could be regarded as officially among the first-tier cities of the Ming Dynasty.

The brothers were boasting vigorously, and Shen Liuniang, who was hiding in the carriage, finally couldn't listen to it, and poked her head out sarcastically:

"No matter how good Fengyang is, it's all the emperor's industry, what does it have to do with you?"

"You know!" A few brothers stared at this defeated girl together.

"The Fengyang you know is just hearsay. And I'm in Fengyang, watching the middle capital city grow from scratch. You say, "Who understands?" "Shen Liuniang is young after all, and after this period of recuperation, she has recovered and recovered

The true color of the sharp teeth and sharp mouth.

"The four Hong brothers also said just now that there are less than 10,000 aborigines in the central capital. Today's millions of people are either forcibly relocated immigrants or conscripted people, and the blood and tears of these people are the real Fengyang, not the superficial prosperity of more than 10,000 people living a good life! ”

"Hahaha, this girl is right." Shi Chenglu, the goatee who came to pick them up, was also attracted by the topic of these young people, and twisted his beard to Shen Liuniang and said:

"Although it was the imperial court that allocated the labor expenses for the construction of the capital and the imperial mausoleum, most of the people were levied from all over the country. But all the projects are on the territory of Fengyang Mansion, and the labor and repair costs borne by Fengyang Mansion far exceed the taxes exempted by the imperial court many times, and these in the end, of course, fall on the heads of the common people. ”

"What if the people can't get it? can only be stripped of bones and marrow, and sold children. The people of Fengyang, except for the aborigines, have long been overwhelmed, to the point where they can't bear it anymore. ”

"And the best land in Fengyang, all the good places, have long been carved up by the nobles and the powerful. The remaining ordinary ripe fields were occupied by indigenous households. In order to survive, the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were forcibly relocated could only start deforestation to grow food on the riverbanks and hillside woodlands that the locals disliked. ”

"In addition, the wood used in the construction of the Central Capital, the Imperial Tomb, and the noble garden, as well as the cost of millions of craftsmen to build houses for heating and cooking. In just a few years, a radius of 100 miles has turned into barren mountains and bald mountains. He pointed to the low, bare hills in the distance and said:

"I think Fengyang will soon be like Guanzhong back then, the land is exhausted, the vitality is sold daily, and natural disasters are epidemic, Zhu Hongwu wants to really move the capital here, hehe......"

The reason why he didn't say it further was because he noticed that the Zhu family brother's face was not good, and the square-faced man seemed to want to beat him.

Shi Chenglu secretly called a mistake. He thought that this brother would naturally hate Zhu Yuanzhang because of his father's guilt. Unexpectedly, they are still Zhu Chongba's brainless fans.

It seems that they can only change them subtly, and slowly make them turn black to Zhu Chongbafen. At the very least, you have to change your path......

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Then Goatee picked up what his brothers liked to hear. At least the square-faced man was very easy to coax, and it didn't take long to coax him into a smile.

As he spoke, the middle capital city appeared. The magnificent and tall cyan city wall spread from the official road in front of it to the east and west, and there was no edge at either end.

The brothers couldn't help but get excited again, and they couldn't wait to go into the middle capital city to have a good look.

Their destination was the Wuli Temple outside the city.

The explanation given by Shi Chenglu is also very reasonable. "The city of Zhongdu is now a big construction site, tinkling everywhere, smoke and dust, but it is not as comfortable as living outside the city."

He also told his brothers that they would be outside the city when the time came.

It doesn't matter how many brothers there are, anyway, as long as the money is enough, you can go to the grave to jump.

When I arrived at Wuli Temple, there was no temple here, but a huge manor. I don't know if the original temple was demolished, or if it was like there was no wife in the wife's cake, so it was just called this name.

But whatever, it's just comfortable to live in.

Moreover, as soon as the front foot of the Hong family class settled down, the back foot of the goatee sent a cart of rice, flour, grain and oil, a large cart of meat, eggs and vegetables, and dozens of large watermelons to the town in the well to cool off. The supply of materials is very dedicated.

This made the brothers a little embarrassed, and asked when the show would start?

Goatee said that he was not in a hurry, the owner meant to promote it for a few days before that, and then many people would come to see it.

Since the master's family has said so, everyone in the Hong family's class will live with peace of mind, rehearse well, and be worthy of this preferential treatment!

ps. Chapter 3, Apology First Update.

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