The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1841

[1841. Chapter 1751 Do one good deed every day]

When the clerk sent the memorial, Fang Jifan took a sip of tea first, then lowered his head and started drafting the ticket.

In fact… Fang Jifan has never been good at dealing with documents.

If you ask him to come up with some evil ideas, bring harm to the people… no, bring harm to those thieves who harm the people, Fang Jifan is very good at it, but when he sees these countless documents, he can’t help but have a severe headache.

Those who tried hard to read the various things in the memorials found out that although it was the New Deal, the memorials submitted by various ministries and state governments were still the same, which made people’s heads hurt badly.

But now that he was already here, Fang Jifan had no choice but to suppress his nausea and work hard.

After drafting several memorials, I saw that it was getting late and it was time to go to the Zhenguo Mansion for duty.

So he stood up again in a hurry and wanted to leave in a hurry.

The clerk was standing by all the time. There was nothing that could be done about it. Speaking of it, the cabinet scholar was the emperor’s secretary, but how could the cabinet scholar know everything in the world? Therefore, this secretary needed to be accompanied by a secretary. This is Clerks, whenever there is any doubt about something that the cabinet scholar has, he needs to ask the scribe to look it up.

Of course, scribes, second-hand secretaries, are not omnipotent. If they were omnipotent, they would not even have any honors. They have been dealing with documents for many years, and they are indeed knowledgeable and memorized, but there are many things they do not understand. Therefore…

first-hand secretaries usually ask , the second-hand secretary can’t answer, then… the clerks have to run errands and go to the Hanlin Academy or Dongge. The Hanlin and Dongge are waiting for Hanlin. To a certain extent, their responsibilities are also secretaries. When they get here, they will It belonged to the third hand, so they immediately started to check the documents and submit the report.

Fang Jifan’s presence in the cabinet was also very intimidating. The clerk was serving Fang Jifan with fear at first, thinking that if the Duke of Zhen had to inquire about something later, he would never make another mistake. Otherwise…

it can be seen that Fang Jifan He stood up suddenly, stunned.

Fang Jifan stretched himself and said: “A few hours passed in the blink of an eye, and it was already dark.”

The scribe looked at the sky, then at the wall clock in the corner, and said straightforwardly He told the truth: “Mr. Zhen Guo, it’s still early. It’s getting darker outside. I’m afraid it’s going to rain.”

Fang Jifan said, “Ah, it’s going to rain. This is serious. I’m afraid it’s going to rain at this time .”

It’s going to change, so I need to go to the Zhenguo Mansion as soon as possible to make arrangements for the farming office.”

The clerk was worried about the Zhenguo, and he thought he was doing his duty and said: “My lord, please give me instructions for such a small matter. “The student can do it for you, just place a note. Where do you need to work?”

After such a long time, Fang Jifan’s patience seemed to have been exhausted. At this time, his face suddenly changed and he said directly. He picked up the inkstone on the document and tried to smash it over.

The clerk was so frightened that he raised his arms to cover his head and said: “My lord, all students are dead. I don’t know why my lord is here like this.”

Fang Jifan was still angry and stared at him angrily. He said: “Who asked you, a bitch like you, to wear Tsing Yi? You are so lawless. Don’t you take my father-in-law seriously at all?”

Qing… Qing Yi?

The clerk was still panicking, but he saw Fang Jifan striding out with his hands behind his back, saying: “I’ll give you a good time here to think about my fault. I hate people wearing Tsing Yi the most. I dare to wear it again in the future. Break your legs. “

As he said that, he was gone.

The scribe lowered his head and looked at his clothes, his eyes were a little dazed, and he was puzzled!

Fang Jifan walked very quickly and left the palace soon.

But when they arrived at the Meridian Gate, before walking a few steps, they saw someone at the side door yelling: “Here, here, here.”

Before Fang Jifan could react, he saw a crowd of beasts in uniforms rushing towards him. .

They all wore winged hats and official clothes with various birds and animals, and surrounded Fang Jifan. Each of them looked miserable, as if they had been lying in wait here for a long time.

Fang Jifan was frightened and took a step back.

When the guards at the Meridian Gate saw it, their eyes lit up. Damn it… They seemed to have seen the moving military merit. They were all as excited as if they were celebrating the New Year. They moved quickly to protect Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan felt relieved, and then he said sharply: “What are you going to do?”

“Mr. Zhen Guo, why are the new houses in Xincheng so cheap?” Someone came forward with tears in his eyes.

Fang Jifan said: “This is of course. Is it wrong for everyone to have their own home? I am the Duke of the Kingdom and a bachelor of the cabinet!”

Everyone was in an uproar. Some people stared at Fang Jifan, their eyes seemed to be on fire, and said angrily: “But why were they sold so expensively before?”

Fang Jifan asked: “This is not the fault of Xishan New City. Didn’t you notice before that as soon as the new city went on sale, people started to buy mansions crazily and maliciously speculate on them? Are you hoarding like this? How can it not be expensive to buy? “

” Lord Zhenguo…” Some people had tears in their eyes when they heard Fang Jifan’s plausive words, and they bowed down tremblingly. They had no choice but to say pitifully. : “The Lord has mercy on me, I’ll wait…”

“Go away.” Fang Jifan couldn’t see such a person, with disgust in his eyes, and said arrogantly: “Why are you crying? In this Xishan New City, I have the most new houses in my hands. I’m willing to make concessions for the benefit of the people, but aren’t you just looking for death after suffering a small loss? Then, don’t we, the successor, have to find a piece of tofu to kill you as a minister? To share my worries, I have to care about the common people. You have read so many books and you don’t understand this truth. Anyone who dares to stop me will be punished for treason.”

Fang Jifan lowered his face, and he didn’t have the mood to care about how these people prayed. , with a ferocious look and a look of no mercy, he lifted his legs and walked away.

In fact, the news had already spread like wildfire.

This time, Xishan New Town is really lively.

There is no such cheap mansion at the emperor’s feet.

In the past few years, a lot of people have flowed into the capital. They have almost no place to live in the new city. They often rent a small house in the old city. If they are poorer, they simply build shanties further away.

In such a place, there is almost no sanitation and environment at all, it is extremely noisy, and sewage flows across the street. Whenever an epidemic is encountered, there is always the danger of spreading. All kinds of battles are endless, but for many people, it seems that they can only settle in such a place. Otherwise, they will not be able to gain a foothold in Beijing.

But now… the Xincheng mansion only costs three taels and is one foot long.

Not only that, but it also greatly lowers the threshold for borrowing.

What is even more frightening is that this Xishan Bank seems to be planning to send Buddha to the West. No, it is planning to carry out a good thing to the end, and it has also launched smaller apartments.

Some house types are only a few feet tall.

Although it is small, it is a residence after all. It can provide shelter from wind and rain, accommodate beds, and even… can accommodate a barely semblance of a living room.

This cheapest mansion only costs a dozen taels of silver.

Xishan New City certainly has many disadvantages, such as being too remote, and there is no railway connection at all. It is even said that the price of residences has plummeted in the past.

But when the news came…

the tenants in Lijiazhuang were all in an uproar.

This Lijiazhuang is some distance from the capital and does not belong to the city. However, because a large number of people come to the capital, although it is just a village, many people come to rent here. After all, it is cheap here.

This is the case for Liu Er. He was originally from Shandong. In order to find food, he took his mother on his back and fled to Beijing with his sister. After being introduced by his fellow villagers, he settled in Lijiazhuang.

He usually works in a steel workshop more than ten miles away. He has to get up early in the dark every day, and then get on the carriage that looks like a stuffy tank. Such a carriage often needs to pull dozens of people per carriage. In the small carriage, People are almost close to each other.

The carriage traveled four or five miles before arriving at a station in the suburbs, and then arrived at the workshop.

Even though it was extremely hard work to wake up early and work hard every day, Liu Er was extremely satisfied. After all… in any world, it was a great thing to be able to earn a living.

He had been an apprentice for two years, and his salary was low, only two taels per month. His sister was still young, and it was difficult for her to work. With such a small salary, the family could barely make ends meet, but Liu’s mother could not Likewise, she was very good at running a house and knew that it was difficult for her son to make money. Even so, she still tried her best to save three to four hundred copper coins every month.

In order to earn money, except for Liu Er who works, Liu’s mother does not eat meat almost all year round.

Now, all the family’s hopes are placed on Liu Er’s ability to become a craftsman in the future. I heard that skilled workers are being recruited everywhere, many apprentices with better skills, and some workshops are directly recruiting them with the treatment of craftsmen.

In order to retain people, the workshop also hinted that at the end of the year, Liu Er would be given the status of craftsman.

By then, the salary will be at least doubled.

Liu Er got off work today. As usual, he was in the steam locomotive. The car was rickety and still like a can. People were crowded together, and the people around him exuded all kinds of weird sweat odors.

Originally, a group of tired people were about to collapse after work. Working in the workshop at this time is a betrayal of strength. After a day, it is enough to make you unable to straighten your back.

Therefore, on weekdays, except for the occasional cough, no one said a word to each other.

But today, it was obviously different. The carriage was extremely lively.

People’s faces were full of excitement, and they were talking about Xishan New City with great interest, whispering to each other, but Liu Er felt noisy and tired, and didn’t want to say more. He didn’t know what they were talking about, so he didn’t bother to pay attention.

After tossing and turning several times, I finally got home.

As soon as she stepped onto the threshold, she heard Mother Liu say: “Goddess Guanyin bless you, Grandpa Zhenguo bless you, Liu Er, are you back? Come on, come on…”

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As soon as I got off the plane, I hurriedly coded. Chapter 2 delivered.

(End of chapter)