"The material resources of the world are enough for the descendants of China. Yes! Not bad, not bad!" Zhang Huangyan nodded, which was regarded as giving Li Xiao's approval.

"Mr. Sun! You said that if we want to develop in Ming Dynasty today, we need countless human, material and financial resources. Simply relying on the hard work and accumulation of our Chinese nation, how many years will it take to realize my dream of China's take-off?

Moreover, there are many things in this world that are not available in our Chinese land, or are very scarce. For example, the oil used for airships!

Everyone knows that gasoline engines and diesel engines are small in size and powerful in power. If used on trains, our trains can pull more and run faster than now. But why can't we promote it on a large scale? There is no oil!

Where to find it?

Here! This place is called the Middle East, the territory of Arabs and Persians. The Turks who were expelled by our ancestors in the Tang Dynasty also took root here. There are many deserts in that place, but under the sand are all the raw materials for oil refining, a kind of

This thing is called petroleum. Our ancient books call this thing stone paint!

There is a little oil in Sichuan and a little output in the Western Regions. But how can this be enough for our Ming Dynasty envoy? Now even the oil supply for airships is barely maintained.

You must think that the sky of our Ming Dynasty will be filled with airships, so that people and goods can be transported faster and economic development will be faster. But what to do if there is no oil? We can only let the second fleet go to the Middle East and bring the navy and land forces.

The team is trying to rob it with all arms crossed. Can you say this is an act of militarism?"

"Boy! You are sharp-tongued. I can't help you. Since you said that the money and food in Jiangnan should be used for military purposes, then just use it for military purposes. If you are not a householder, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. In such a big country with a population of hundreds of millions, how can you

There is money everywhere." Sun Chengzong sighed. It can be seen that although the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue has increased sharply, its expenditures have also increased dramatically!

"Mr. Sun! Why don't we take advantage of the good weather today and go shopping here and there. Let's see what's going on in the capital city now." Li Xiao decided to speak out and let Sun Chengzong, who had no time to go out, see what's going on today.

What did the capital of the Ming Dynasty look like?

"Commander! The last time you were assassinated, the remnants of the gang haven't captured them all. Now when you go out for a walk on the street...I'm afraid...!" Xiao Zhan jumped out quickly. His lifelong destiny was tied to Zhang Huangyan and Li Xiao.

If something happens to these two, what should I do?

Shunzi gave Xiao Zhan a grateful look. This sudden urge to go shopping cost the guards half their lives.

"Hahaha! You kid, you just don't have enough brains. To assassinate people like us, every time you assassinate people, it is not carefully planned, for fear that one link will go wrong. Then you divide the work and prepare. Sometimes, you may not be able to get it right after several years of preparation.

The Marshal and Mr. Sun went out today. They didn’t know it beforehand. Do you expect those rebel assassins to get the news? By the time they gather from Forty-Nine City, the Marshal and Mr. Sun might have already drank two cups and slept on the bed.

." Zhang Huangyan smiled and slapped Xiao Zhan. How could his little thoughts escape the discernment of an old fox who has become a spirit.

"Forget it! After all, I haven't been shopping on the street for more than a year. I really want to see what the market is like." Sun Chengzong was helped up by Li Xiao and walked out of the door with one hand on his shoulder.

Zhang Huangyan clasped his hands behind his back and followed behind him with a smile.

None of the three were wearing official uniforms, and Li Xiao was not wearing a military uniform. Fortunately, in the past few years, more and more people with short hair have appeared on the street. Li Xiao was wearing a felt hat and looked inconspicuous at all. They

Walking together, it was as if a master was leading his juniors, followed by Zhang Huangyan, who was wearing a moon-white robe and a clerk's hat on his head, looking like an accountant.

Seeing these three people strolling about to go out, Sun Zhijie felt that the sky was about to fall. If something happened to these three men, it would immediately lead to chaos in the world.

"Grandpa, what do you want to do?" Sun Zhijie stopped at the door.

"Get out of the way! Is it possible that I have become a prisoner? It is rare that I have free time today. I go out to stroll around the streets and see the fireworks of the people." Sun Chengzong glanced at Sun Zhijie dissatisfied.

That is Sun Zhijie, Sun Chengzong's most beloved grandson. If it were anyone else, the old man wouldn't even pay attention to him.

"Grandpa! If you really want to go out, please allow me ten minutes. Just ten minutes, let us change into plain clothes and go out with you. If I let you out like this, my father will break my legs when I get home." Sun Zhijie pulled me.

Sun Chengzong's sleeves almost made the old man kneel down.

"Dare! I'll break his legs." Sun Chengzong waved the crutch in his hand.

Sun Zhijie took several hits with the cane, and then she said with a grimace: "Grandpa! Then you have a lame son. Ten minutes, just ten minutes. They are all fucking wooden people. Hurry up and change clothes."

"No!" When the soldiers of the guard regiment saw the leader's words, they immediately rushed into the dormitory to change clothes.

"It doesn't matter if you wait a while! Your child is filial and you are always blessed." Zhang Huangyan was behind, stroking his beard with a smile.

The guard regiment was obviously prepared for this. After a while, the soldiers changed into various civilian clothes. Several of them even wore wigs. Just in a hurry, many people put their robes on outside their military uniforms, and there were bulging bags inside.

Yes, it looks awkward no matter how you look at it.

The people of No. 100 dispersed, and Shunzi and Sun Zhijie each changed into a pair of soap clothes and jackets. Coupled with a felt hat, they looked a bit like the servants of a wealthy family.

I walked along the street with my hands behind my back. Even though it was winter, the streets of Beijing were still busy with traffic.

Cyclists can be seen everywhere, but there are almost no bicycles with variable speeds. There are also many tricycles with high piles of briquettes, which look like hundreds of kilograms. The man pedaling is wearing a cotton hat crookedly.

, the cotton-padded jacket stood up with his arms open and pedaled hard.

There is a shop on the roadside. The glass windows are covered with frost, so you can't see clearly inside. Looking at the door, it turns out to be a fruit shop.

This was strange. Sun Chengzong often ate fruits from the south. He wanted to see what the folk fruits were. In previous years, during this season, the folk fruits were just apples and oranges. Poor families couldn't afford them, and radish, cabbage and hearts were also regarded as fruits.

Fool the children.

"Go in and take a look!" Li Xiao raised the door curtain, and Sun Chengzong and Zhang Huangyan filed in.

Seeing an old man with a white beard walking in, the people going in and out quickly got out of the way.

"That's right! The custom of respecting the elderly has not changed." Sun Chengzong felt very relieved when he saw others giving way.

"Old Sun! There have been a lot of old people cheating recently, and the people are afraid of being blackmailed." Li Xiao reluctantly told Sun Chengzong the truth.

"Trouble with porcelain? Are you being blackmailed?" Sun Chengzong looked at Li Xiao intently, his eyes seemed to be filled with hooks.

"The thing is like this, the year before last, an old woman fell on the roadside. A young man kindly helped her, but what happened...! The young man was sued by the old woman and her son, saying that the young man accidentally knocked her down. As a result,

The foolish county magistrate actually sentenced the young man to compensation.

The poor young man was kind-hearted, but he was blackmailed out of four silver dollars. The county magistrate also said, why should you help him if you didn't hit him?

Since then, the number of old people going out to play porcelain has gradually increased. Now when people see someone your age, they have to avoid it because they can't afford to offend them! If they are blackmailed, the other party will send the old man to that person's home. That family will

I have to eat well, drink well, and be entertained, for fear that the old man will die at home. Finally, the blackmailed and bankrupt man is here.

Nowadays, people say that it is not the old people who have become bad, but the bad people who have become old. Folks talk about old people becoming discolored, and even old people falling down and no one dares to help them. As a result, they die on the road because they did not receive timely treatment." Zhang Huangyan expressed regret.

Shake his head.

"This..., the world is so corrupt, the county magistrate deserves to be killed." Sun Chengzong's beard was tangled, and he looked like he was going to be so angry that his brain would bleed.

"I have been dismissed from my job, but the influence has been dissipated. If I want to save it again, how is it possible? Alas...!" Zhang Huangyan sighed.

"This ridiculous verdict has set back the moral standards of the Ming Dynasty for a thousand years. I really don't know how such an official passed the first-class examination in the past." Li Xiao was a little angry.

"In those days, there were endless cases of fraud in the A-level exams, and there were even appointments for students. As long as they made a mark on the paper, they would be admitted no matter what they wrote. In the end, the court was forced to have their names copied on the paper.

"Sun Chengzong, who was well aware of the corruption in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, was even more helpless.

"So our Ming Dynasty wants to change...!"

"You two! We are out for shopping, not for you to worry about the country and the people in the fruit shop. Take a look at the eyes of those people. After a while, it attracted onlookers. I think you two are still in this street.

Why are you strolling around?" Li Xiao helped Sun Chengzong and pursed his lips.

The fruit shop occupies a small area, only about 100 square meters. The people turned their heads and looked at the two old people in front of them like fools.

Sun Chengzong and Zhang Huangyan had no choice but to turn their eyes to the fruit stall again. This look was really incredible.

"This is a banana! This is... a pineapple, this is a mango. What is this? I have never seen it before. Mr. Sun, take a look, what is this?" Zhang Huangyan is also well-informed, but he has never seen a few of them.

Plant fruits.

"I don't know any of these. Brother Xiao, you are more knowledgeable than me, tell me?" Sun Chengzong looked at them carefully, and he didn't recognize many of them.

"This thing is called dragon fruit. It has white flesh and red flesh. It doesn't taste very good. I don't like eating it very much. It's called kiwi fruit. It also has seeds in it. It tastes sour and sweet.

This thing is amazing!" Li Xiao walked to a large pile of durians and covered his nose with his hands.

"This thing smells bad but tastes sweet. Women like this bite the most. Look!" Sure enough, Li Xiao pointed at a large pile of prickly things, and several women stood in front of them to choose.

"It smells stinky but tastes sweet, so isn't it just stinky tofu?" Sun Chengzong muttered, turned around and left without any interest in durian.

"I really don't understand why women like to eat this." Zhang Huangyan saw a little girl who looked like Xiaojiabiyu and clapped her hands happily when she saw that the adults were willing to buy it for her.

Li Xiao also shook his head. In fact, he didn't like durian either.

The fruit shops are colorful, and many of them are fruits from the south. This kind of thing that the people generally need is actually the most profitable. It seems that Ai Husheng has started to work on these aspects. This is a good start, fruit.

It is not a necessity of life. It has nothing to do with the country's survival plan! Making money from it is much smarter than making money from farmers.

This business can be considered a huge profit among huge profits. Li Xiao knew that in Java and Luzon, no one liked to eat bananas when they grew on trees. Except for the local monkeys, only elephants liked to eat them.

As for durian, an overly unrestrained food, Li Xiao never wanted to know about it. He felt that the local monkeys probably didn't like to eat it.

All you need to do is capture some slaves and let them pick these fruits. The only condition is to provide them with a few full meals!

For Daming, this is almost zero cost.

"I didn't expect, I didn't expect. A small shop on the street actually sells a wide variety of fruits. Look, Lao Zhang, there are a lot of people in this fruit shop. It seems that the people still have it in their hands.

Those who have plenty of money." Sun Chengzong pointed at the people coming in and out, feeling very pleased.

"Not only fruits, but Tianjin Wei's seafood can also be transported to our capital by train. I heard that the truck is loaded at Haihe Terminal in the morning and arrives in the capital at noon. Even in the hottest summer, as long as it is loaded with ice,

It's as fresh as when you arrive in the capital. In these four-nine cities, the people have not eaten seafood for more than two hundred years.

But now you go to the city and there are many seafood restaurants opened. The fish are all live fish kept in the fish tank. You can order whichever fish you want to eat. I heard that Shunfeng Seafood has opened in Dongcheng. The price is huge.

It’s expensive, and only dignitaries and dignitaries come and go. No idlers dare to set foot there.”

"Oh! There is such a place, so you have to take a look. The three of us should be considered high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty." Sun Chengzong became interested, patting his chest and joking.

"The east city is still far away. If you really want to go, you have to call a carriage. Let's walk along the street. It's easy to steal half a day's leisure. Let's take a good look at the people's livelihood."

A few people walked along the street. There were no stalls on the side of the street. It seemed that it was because it was too cold. All the small merchants and hawkers had moved into their houses. This made the street that was originally a bit crowded and narrow suddenly become spacious.

.

The merchants and merchants facing the street are all covered with glass. When I walked in, electric lights were hung above my head. It can be imagined that after dark, the place must be brightly lit. Li Xiao somewhat underestimated the ability of the people of the Ming Dynasty to accept new things. He

I thought that it would take several years for the people of the Ming Dynasty to adapt before they could install electric lights. But I didn’t expect that in just two years, telegraph poles appeared even in the alleys.

"This is just an ordinary alley. If we go to Qianmen Dashilan, the scene will be even more heated."

"It's like this in winter, you can imagine what it will be like in summer. My Ming Dynasty is really prosperous."
Chapter completed!