Qiqige turned around, glanced at Zhu Hongyu angrily, and said.

“Look at the scenery!”

“The scenery outside is so beautiful.”

She had been bored in the palace for a long time, and once she came out of the palace, everything she saw felt strange.

This railway artery connecting the north and south is basically built along the coast of the canal.

And this is still on the border of Yangzhou!

As the old saying goes, fireworks descend in Yangzhou in March.

Although it is not spring with fireworks in March, the wilderness of Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River is still beautiful at this time.

On both sides of the railway are stretches of paddy fields. In the neatly planned fields, hard-working farmers are already busy, trimming the fields, repairing water conservancy, and preparing for spring plowing after the beginning of spring...

There are willow trees on both sides of the field. Although they are bare and have no green sprouts yet, the ice and snow hanging on the branches are shining brightly under the sunlight, which is really beautiful.

Different from the elegance of Jiangnan and the boldness of North, Yangzhou Jiangbei has both styles, making it unforgettable.

Zhu Hongyu looked at the scenery outside the window and couldn't help but speak.

"I haven't left Nanjing for a long time!"

"This time the emperor personally went on the Northern Expedition, and he just happened to be inspecting the place."

Although according to the traditional Chinese concept of the emperor, the emperor should sit in the capital and rule the world.

But Zhu Hongyu is really not a peaceful person at heart.

In terms of his character, he is somewhat adventurous and adventurous.

Now he can only follow the railway and inspect the cities along the canal.

But when the Ming Dynasty builds a complete railway network in the future, Zhu Hongyu may be able to travel all over the country.

…

Different from Zhu Hongyu's, the emperor's special train is relatively spacious and can accommodate sofas and beds, and even has a kitchen and a dedicated bathroom.

The carriages for ordinary soldiers are a bit crowded.

Gao Liang was lying on the boat, looking at the bed board above his head, feeling the rhythmic shaking of the train under him, and he was very excited.

This is not the first time he has taken a train, but for him, this novel thing that can travel thousands of miles every day feels fresh every time he takes it.

Gao Liang turned his head and looked at the wilderness outside the window. Seeing the rapidly retreating scenery in the field, his thoughts continued to wander.

Involuntarily, he thought of the neighbor's girl Ahua.

The thick black braids and the simple smile on his face all made him fascinated.

Gao Liang vowed that when he returned victorious from this military expedition and had enough reward money as a betrothal gift, he would definitely marry A Hua home as his wife.

Then she gave birth to three or five fat boys, and the family lived happily...

If you don’t know that nothing is wrong, you can’t set a flag blindly, so you set a flag for yourself crazily in your heart!

That’s called being unscrupulous!

On the side, Fang Li was looking at the scenery outside the window, in a daze.

Fang Li's surname is Fang Mingli, but this is not his real name, but the Chinese name he changed after joining the army.

Fang Li was an Oroqen from Nurgandusi, Liaodong.

The Ming Dynasty Liaodong Frontier Army participated in Liaodong.

In the process of wiping out the bandits and grassroots bandits in Liaodong and moving the army north to recover Nurgandusi, Fang Li made many military exploits.

Then he was transferred to the Imperial Guard because of his military merit!

Before this, although he knew how powerful the Ming Dynasty was, he never imagined that the Ming Dynasty had such artifacts as trains.

Travel a thousand miles a day, truly travel a thousand miles a day!

The shock he felt now was needless to say.

Fang Li couldn't help but marvel in his heart, Ming Dynasty is indeed the greatest country in the world!

While thinking about these messy things, Fang Li's sense of identification with Ming Dynasty further strengthened.

If we say that before this, the reason why he was loyal to the Ming Dynasty was because the treatment given by the Ming Dynasty to the army was good enough.

His idea was simply that since he was a soldier and had food to eat, he had to sacrifice his life for others.

He wanted to live a better life for himself and his family, and the easiest way was to join the army.

But things were different now. As he saw more and more magical things in the Ming Dynasty, he began to truly identify with the Ming Dynasty.

Begin to feel proud of your Ming Dynasty household registration!

"Fang Li, what are you looking at?"

Gao Liang half sat up from the bed and asked.

The reason why he didn't sit up completely, but only half-sit up, was because if he sat up completely, the bed board of the upper bunk would hit his head.

Fang Li turned around, grinned with a simple and honest smile, and said.

"I'm thinking that after this battle, my family should be able to gain more military exploits."

"By then, I should be able to buy a Japanese woman as my brother's wife!"

Fang Li has several brothers and sisters in his family. Except for him who went out to serve as a soldier, the remaining brothers and sisters are still at home helping his family take care of the military exploits he earned on the battlefield.

Over the years, due to his military exploits and military salary rewards, his family has some savings.

But it is not easy to find wives for all the younger brothers.

Due to the unbalanced ratio of men to women in the Ming Dynasty, this contradiction has become more acute with the stability and development of society. Now the betrothal gifts in the Ming Dynasty are almost reaching the sky.

Many people simply gave up the idea of ​​marrying a Han woman as their wife, and instead considered spending money to buy a Japanese slave girl or a female slave from Nanyang as their wife, which was also a good choice.

Of course, although the Ming Dynasty’s current betrothal gifts are very high, basically no one objects or says they don’t want to pay the betrothal gifts.

To put it bluntly, it is because of the current social atmosphere in Ming Dynasty that basically no divorce occurs.

In this era, the bride price, to put it bluntly, is the buyout money for the woman's family. Once the bride price is given, the person is mine.

Basically there is no such thing as divorce or running away with someone.

The betrothal gift in later generations is more like rent. The money is still given to you, but how long you rent it depends on the owner's mood.

If you meet someone with a conscience, you may rent it for life. If you meet someone like this, you are lucky.

It is not impossible for someone with a bad conscience to rent you for a few years, a few months, or even a few days to stop renting you.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Then, all of a sudden, hundreds of thousands of gifts were wasted.

It may even happen that when you rent, a stranger will come and borrow it temporarily without paying any money.

Who can bear this?

In today's Ming Dynasty, there is no such thing as a wife running away with someone a few days after marriage.

In this era, if a daughter-in-law ran away with someone or someone came to borrow her, as long as she was caught, the adulterer and adulterer could be beaten to death and soaked in a pig cage, and the court law would not care.

In addition, after getting married and having children, the imperial court also had a policy of allocating land, so now the Ming Dynasty's betrothal gifts are high, but everyone can still accept them.

After all, if you are really poor and cannot afford a wife, you can still spend money to buy a foreign slave girl!

…

Yujia went all the way north and stopped in Huai'an, Linqing, Baoding, Tianjin and other places.

While the convoy was replenishing water, coal and food, Zhu Hongyu also took time to meet with local officials.

Warm words comforted them to be courageous in their duties and to actively make political achievements.

We must pay close attention to a series of tasks such as restoration of people's livelihood, industrial and commercial development, promotion of culture and education, maintenance of public security... etc.

Zhu Hongyu is very optimistic about them.

If they can make political achievements, Zhu Hongyu will not hesitate to promote them.

Although Zhu Hongyu did not get off the bus, a group of people spontaneously gathered around the station.

These common people kowtowed in the direction of the imperial chariot and congratulated him, shouting long live the mountain.

Show their respect and love to the emperor.

In addition to meeting with officials, Zhu Hongyu also met with representatives of the people in some places.

That is, they are famous local landowners, gentry, or large merchants.

In order to have a chance to see the driver, many of these people gritted their teeth and donated a lot of money to the local government.

After all, Zhu Hongyu can't stay in a place for long, and his time is very precious.

There is a lot of meaning in this about who you see and who you don’t see.

If these wealthy wealthy businessmen want to meet you, they will naturally have to see how sincere you are.
To be continued...