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February 20, 2756 (1915), Beijing.

Today is the last day of this year's Spring Festival holiday. In the fierce war, the world has entered the new year, and while the Chinese celebrate the New Year, Europe is still fighting fiercely. Because it's too far away from everyone, everyone just regards the European war as a talking point, rather than something that is related to their wealth.

Beijing used to be called Shuntianfu, the Ming and Qing dynasties were this name, after the Beiyang government came to power, it was renamed Beijing. However, there is no Republic of China in this plane, so the name Beiping has nothing to do with it. After the unification of China, the Socialist Party did not change its name, continuing the name of the Beiyang period, which was still called Beijing.

Although New China did not set Beijing as the capital, it still set it as a municipality directly under the central government, and the jurisdiction was smaller than that of the Datu Dynasty, Miyun, Huairou, Yanqing, Pinggu and other counties, because of their rich mineral resources, all of them were classified as Hebei Province, which was positioned as a heavy industry. Therefore, the area of the entire Beijing municipality under the jurisdiction of the original plane is less than 9,000 square kilometers, which is almost half of the size of the original time and space of the Great Tu Dynasty. Hebei Province on the original plane is larger than the original plane, because it not only received several counties in Beijing, but also included Tianjin, so the territory of Hebei increased to 20. 80,000 square kilometers.

Beijing is a famous historical and cultural city, with a long history of precipitation, is the cultural center of the north, from later generations Wen Desi is very clear that such a place is a prime location for tourism development. And there are several famous universities in Beijing.

Therefore, it is positioned as a city focusing on tourism and education, and it is not prepared to engage in heavy industry, but is always ready to make it a tourist center, a cultural center and a livable city. As for heavy industry or something, don't do it.

In fact, Beijing is a city with a lack of water and a limited population carrying capacity, making it unsuitable as a capital. In the late Qing Dynasty, it was already very reluctant, and the Datu Dynasty of the original time and space was poor and crazy, so it had no choice but to choose this place as the capital. And because of poverty and poor infrastructure, they also concentrated all kinds of factories here, so that every year just to control pollution, it is a huge expense, and then it really can't be done, and a huge amount of money, manpower and material resources are spent to move out of various factories, and there are a lot of duplicate constructions that cost people and money, and the effect is not good.

With the experience of the Datu Dynasty, Wen Zong did not plan to build heavy industry in Beijing from the beginning, and directly positioned it as a city focusing on tourism, culture and education. Moreover, in an ancient city like Beijing, the development of modern industry will conflict with many historical sites, whether it is demolition or rectification, it will cost a lot of unnecessary manpower and material resources, and it seems that the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, the construction plan of China, which is to move modern industry to those emerging cities that have no historical foundation, and develop historical ancient cities such as Beijing, Nanjing, and Chang'an (after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xi'an will be restored to its old name) into tourism and cultural industry cities, which not only makes full use of their cultural advantages, but also enhances national consciousness.

The city of Beijing in the Qing Dynasty, don't look at it as the capital, but in addition to the Forbidden City, the other places in the city are indescribably dirty, the roads are muddy, but human and animal feces, and the sewage on the streets is cross-flowing, and even the Sijiu City is not much better. It was not until Beiyang came to power that they began to rectify the city's appearance, but in the face of the offensive of the Science and Technology Socialist Party, they did not have much energy to take care of it.

This kind of cityscape is obviously not enough as a tourist city, and after the establishment of New China, Beijing has been comprehensively rectified. After several years of construction, the entire city of Beijing has now been renovated. All the roads in the city have been converted into concrete and stone roads, and all the dilapidated houses have either been demolished and rebuilt, or simply demolished. Valuable monuments such as those have been completely restored and renovated on the basis of preserving their original appearance, and now the whole city looks clean and tidy, like a brand new city.

The Forbidden City of the Forbidden City is a key tourist destination, and after being fully renovated, it has been transformed into a cultural museum. Here, according to the meaning of Wen Zong, the palace pavilions have been fully restored to the name of the Ming Dynasty, and the furnishings in it have also been fully restored to the appearance of the Ming Dynasty. Even those buildings that were added during the Qing Dynasty replaced the signs in both Manchu and Chinese characters with Chinese characters. Because Mr. Wen hates the Qing Dynasty very much, he naturally erases it if he can.

Since the Palace Museum was renovated and fully opened in June of the previous year, it has become a famous attraction in China, and a large number of tourists from all over the world visit it every day. In the beginning, it was only a group tour organized by various government agencies, enterprises and institutions, schools and non-governmental organizations, but later with the improvement of living standards and the change of concepts, more and more families and individuals began to visit here.

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Early this morning, Na Wu rode an electric tricycle and pulled two guests to the gate of the Forbidden City.

"Guest officer, you see, this is the Forbidden City. This used to be the place where the emperor lived, and ordinary people couldn't even enter the gate to play...... "The five pairs of tourists behind them introduced. Beijingers are just able to talk, he didn't stop along the way, blowing the two tourists smiles.

"Hehe, we made a special trip from Tianjin to see where the emperor lives. I heard that the dragon chair on this Jinluan Hall can also be sitting?" asked the middle-aged traveler with an excited face.

The five family treasures said: "That is, as long as you go to take pictures, you can sit, but it costs a dollar at a time, and it can't take more than five minutes." Moreover, I heard that the dragon chair is also a replica, and the real thing has been put away and placed in the museum exhibition hall. However, even though it is a replica, it is exactly the same as the real thing, and it is made by the original master......"

"Okay, let's go sit on the dragon chair today, hahahaha......" Lao Li laughed, and then said, "Master, how much?"

"Our Huisheng company is a clear price, you see, from the train station to the Forbidden City Museum, five cents. The five took out a price sign from the front pocket and showed it to the passengers.

"Okay, five cents, give it to ......" Lao Li took out his wallet and took out a silver dollar.

"Thank you for your patronage, this is looking for your five cents, please keep ......" The five cents neatly took out his wallet, took out a five-cent coin and handed it over.

At this time, the young man next to him said: "Hey, Lao Li, there are too many people, this is the last day of the holiday, why are there so many people?"

The five smiled and said: "This is also called a lot, don't you know it, there are always a lot of people here." Fortunately, you arrived today, you see, there are only a few hundred people in line now, not much at all, the tourists a few days ago are called more, and the queue to buy tickets is a few miles away. It's better to be in a hurry than to be in a hurry......"

The young man said depressedly: "There are a lot of these hundreds of people, we have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse? We have to go back to Tianjin in the afternoon to deliver the goods......

The five smiled and said, "Guest officer, if you don't want to queue up, there is a way, that is, the ticket price is a little more expensive." ”

Lao Li didn't think about it, so he said, "Okay, it's okay to be more expensive, let's hurry...... Where?"

"Well, it's the one who is leaning on the street lamp over there with a green satchel and a dogskin hat, I'll call him......" The five stopped the car and shouted to the person: "Niu Laosan, there is business, come over and ......"

When the old girl heard that there was business, he hurriedly ran over and said with a smile on his face: "Yo, guest officer, do you want a ticket?"

"Yes, we want two, how did you sell this ticket?"

Niu Laosan asked, "What kind of ticket do you want?" There are ......four kinds of tickets for this Forbidden City: same-day tickets, two-day tickets, three-day tickets, and five-day tickets.

"There are so many more tickets?" the young man said curiously.

"Hey, you're here for the first time. This Forbidden City is so big that you can't finish it in one day. That's why there are several types of tickets, and if you buy a five-day ticket, you can go in at any time within five days, and you don't have to queue up to buy tickets, just exchange them at the ticket inspector at the door. It's also convenient for tourists. ”

Lao Li said: "I see, but we still have something to do, we have to go back today, so let's buy two same-day tickets......"

Niu Laosan took out two tickets from his shoulder bag and said, "Okay, the original price of the day's ticket is three cents." As for me, I charge an extra three cents for each ticket in the queue, which is to make a hard-earned ......"

"Ouch, you'll double it when you change hands, this business is too good, if you buy a few hundred tickets, you can make hundreds of dollars a day, and you'll be rich in a year......" The young man said dissatisfied.

"How can there be such a good amount of money!" Niu Laosan smiled bitterly: "You don't know the guest officer, the tickets in this place are not as many as you want." The unit organizes the purchase of special group tickets with a letter of introduction, which is not available to ordinary people. For example, we can only buy individual tickets, this kind of ticket can only be bought three times at a time, you have seen such a long queue, do you think you can queue up several times a day......?

"Okay, okay, Xiao Wang, it's rare to come once, don't worry about the money. Lao Li shook his hand and directly bought two tickets from this scalper.

After the two travelers left, the scalper took out two cents and smiled at the five: "The fifth brother, thank you for helping me find a business, and I will give you a share of ......."

The five pushed his hand away, and Zhengse said: "You have it, don't give it to me, you still keep it for yourself." You still have a few children to feed at home. ”

Seeing that there was still a stack of tickets in Niu Laosan's satchel, Na Wu couldn't help but say: "I said, it's not a long-term way for you to do this now, there are not many people who are willing to spend more money, the Spring Festival holiday is almost over, and there are fewer travelers." I think it's going to be hard for you to get these tickets. ”

"Then fifth brother, what else do you think we can do? In the former Qing Dynasty, we learned to walk birds and tease dogs, and we didn't know anything serious. At that time in Beiyang, he copied his home again......" Niu Laosan twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Hey, now that you're recruiting workers everywhere, where can't you do it? I know, you just can't pull off that face and work hard with your former subordinates. Isn't it glorious for you to do this now?" The five shook their heads and said, "Third child, this is not good, now is not the time of the former Qing Dynasty, we people are still with low titles, so we have not been sent to labor reform." Think about those princes Baylor, yellow and red belts, who are either mining or planting trees in the desert. Don't put on a shelf if you're a lieutenant of a light car......"

He lowered his voice and said: "I heard the news that now the government is going to comprehensively clean up the unemployed and homeless, and anyone who does not have a legitimate job within two years will be sent to various farms and mines for forced labor.

"Ah, this ...... What should I do?" Niu Laosan's face changed greatly.

"I'm going to add a few more cars, if you want to, why don't you help me, although I'm a little tired, but it's a legitimate job...... Ten yuan a month, will you come?"

Niu Laosan's face turned pale and blue, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "This ...... Okay, I'll do it with you!"

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In the afternoon of the same day, the five collected the car and came to the Chunlai Teahouse. This is where he used to come often, but at that time he came to chat and listen to commentary, and now he comes to watch the newspaper and listen to the radio.

The layout of the teahouse is different from before, there is a radio with speakers in the middle of the hall, and there is a separate radio in each private room, so you can listen to whatever channel you want. On both sides of the walkway are newspaper shelves with the latest newspapers and magazines. In the middle of the hall was a podium with a set of tables and chairs, which was the place of the storytellers, but now these gentlemen had more than just storytelling, that is, newspapers. It's roughly like a news commentary program in later generations, which is to make all kinds of comments and spit on the current hot news.

"Yo, the fifth master, you're here...... "The guy who ran the hall, oh, now call the waiter." As soon as he saw that it was a regular customer, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. "Here, please, I'll leave a seat for you......"

The five came to a table in front and sat down: "It's still the old rule to have a ......."

"Okay, a pot of flower tea, spiced broad beans, spicy dried tofu, crispy peanuts...... The most important skill of the waiters working in these teahouses is to remember the preferences of regular customers.

"Fifth brother, are you here......" An acquaintance next to him also came over to greet him.

"It's easy to say, you're early today......" The five also nodded in greeting.

"Business is good today, it's selling fast, and my little shop will close early. Today, Mr. Liu is going to continue to talk about the European war, this can't be pulled down......" The man smiled.

"That's, that's, Mr. Liu said it so well, I looked at the city of Beijing, and he said it best at this time. The five said with deep sympathy.

At this time, people came one after another, many of whom were acquaintances, and everyone inevitably exchanged a few words of greetings.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a Han-style robe came out of the backstage with a folding fan and walked slowly onto the podium. As soon as he appeared, the entire hall immediately fell silent.

After Mr. Liu sat down, he shook off the folding fan in a chic manner, and said loudly: "Listeners, we just received a news, no worse than the European war, today we will talk about this ......"

"Okay! Mr. Liu's everything is wonderful!" the crowd cheered loudly.

"Smack!" Mr. Liu patted the wood in surprise and said: "Anyway, everyone has heard of the Journey to the West, and in this Journey to the West, the Tang monks and apprentices are going to the West to learn scriptures. This western heaven is the Tianzhu Kingdom. This Tianzhu country is now India. This happened in India......"

This Mr. Liu is worthy of being a famous storyteller, telling the history of India being defeated by the British and becoming a colony in simple terms. It is interspersed with various allusions, and the people below applaud from time to time.

“...... This has been unprincipled for a long time, and the people of India have gritted their teeth, hating to eat their blood, eat their flesh, and sleep on their skin. The grass has its own dragon and snake, and there is also a hero in this India, and this hero is called Singh. This Singh has recruited comrades for many years, developed his power, and vowed to drive out the Yingyi. It's just that Yingyi is powerful, so he has to wait for the time...... Everything is impermanent, and those who flourish will decline. After the outbreak of the war in Europe, the German national soldiers swept through the countries of the European continent, and the defeat was so that the British could only parry, and it was difficult to take care of India......

"Oh, this India is rebellious?" exclaimed.

"That's right, after the Singh incident, the heroes from all over the country responded, and at this time India was already in flames......," Mr. Liu took a sip of tea and shook his fan and smiled.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect this Brit to have today, this is retribution!" The audience immediately gloated. If you want to say that the most hated British among the Chinese, I am afraid that it is the Beijingers. The burning of the Old Summer Palace and the Eight-Nation Coalition can cause misery to Beijing.

"This Indian did a good job! Damn, I should kill a few more British devils!" said the five with an excited face. At the hands of the British, some of his family also died. The British don't care if you're a flag man or not.

At this time, a waiter hurriedly ran over and whispered a few words to Mr. Liu.

"Smack!" Mr. Liu patted the wood in surprise and said, "Everyone, there is another latest news just now...... Saying that, he smiled mysteriously, bought a pass, and saw that everyone was so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks, so he said slowly: "...... Today, South African righteous people echo India and break out in an anti-British uprising!"

"Oh...... South Africa has rebelled, too?" exclaimed. After hearing and seeing about it, the old customers here are no longer as blind as before, they know all the major countries in the world, and they also know that South Africa is a British colony. Even if you don't know the exact location, there is a world map hanging on the wall of the hall, so you can see it for yourself.

In order to open up the wisdom of the people, New China not only popularized radio and newspapers, but also made use of traditional literary and artistic programs such as storytellers and dramas, which blended all kinds of knowledge and news into entertainment. Not to mention, this set is very effective, like the old customers in this teahouse, they feel that listening to Mr. Liu talk about current affairs is more exciting than the news on the radio, so many of them have radios at home, but they still like to come to the teahouse to listen. Of course, what they didn't know was that Mr. Liu also participated in the training course and received the intensive vocational training carried out by the Propaganda Department.