Xiangzi finally found his own place in this new dynasty.
Xiangzi returned home after a busy day. His mood when he went home today was completely different from the previous few days.
There was no work to do in the sedan chair a few days ago. He went home every day with all his strength, but his heart was indeed empty.
When facing my wife, I am embarrassed to raise my head. I am afraid that my wife will see what I am thinking.
In fact, Xiangzi's wife didn't know about the sedan chair.
Even if Xiangzi didn't say anything, the family members of the other companions on the sedan trip would tell them.
It's just that Xiangzi's wife is unwilling to speak out, which only adds pressure to her husband.
"The master is back, come in and have dinner." When the wife saw Xiangzi coming back, she hurriedly shouted.
In the past, my husband would get hungry early after a long day of work, and he would usually eat first when he came back.
"Hey!" Xiangzi agreed and entered the house.
There is a large bowl of porridge on the table. You can see the rice, which is pretty good. There are also vegetable balls made of sweet potato leaves on the plate.
In this season, sweet potatoes are growing on vines, and you can pick a lot of leaves every day. Common people usually feed these sweet potato leaves to pigs, but people can also eat them, and the taste is not bad. Add a little flour and make them into vegetable dumplings.
It tastes better.
There was no income at home last month, so it is good to have such food.
Xiangzi had been practicing driving for a day today, and he was indeed a little tired. He had not done much work in the past few days, and he did not dare to eat more when he came back.
After eating a bowl, Xiangzi went to the kitchen again. But when he opened the lid of the pot, his face couldn't help but blush. There were almost no grains of rice in the pot. Only the bottom of the rice soup could be seen clearly.
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He understood that the money at home must be insufficient. His wife had reduced the amount of rice used for cooking, but she was afraid that she would not have enough to eat, so she always kept the rice for herself.
Xiangzi did not blame his wife because he was useless and could not make money.
He suddenly remembered that he had two military coupons in his pocket. This was the wages paid to everyone in advance by the car dealership today. The government sent an accountant to the new car dealership. The old shopkeeper was still in charge, but he didn't care about the money. The accountant was in charge of the money.
No matter what happens.
When military coupons were issued today, the accountant Mr. Liu specifically told everyone to go to the government supply and marketing supermarket to buy things, where military coupons can be discounted.
Two colorful military tickets have 1 Hua Yuan written on the front and a totem of mountains and dragons on the back, which is quite nice.
It's just that it's not as practical as holding a silver dollar in your hand.
"Child, you keep this, it's my wages. The accountant said you can pay two silver dollars.
"Master, do you have a job?" After Xiangzi's wife finished speaking, she realized that she had made a mistake.
Xiangzi didn't care at all, and quickly replied: "Well, yes, now we have switched to riding tricycles, and the sedan shop has been changed to a car dealer. Now that it belongs to the government, we are also helping the government."
"Daughter-in-law, let me tell you, I have a three-wheeled car now, and I can pedal it around quickly. When I have time another day, I will ride back and take you and the baby to the market."
Xiangzi's wife didn't understand what a three-wheeled car was. She stared at the two colorful pieces of paper in her hand, thinking that they were like treasure notes that couldn't be used.
Xiangzi's wife thought that she should spend it as soon as possible. It would be troublesome if they didn't accept it later.
Xiangzi's two children are still young, and both are lean and lean. They have been drinking rice soup recently, and the children don't even have the energy to go out and play wildly. They go to bed early with their parents to rest.
Xiangzi's wife lives alone in a wing. She is in good health, otherwise Xiangzi and his family would really not be able to survive.
Originally, the price of rice in the Qing Dynasty was about 30 cents per liter, which is about 1.5 kilograms. However, the Chinese government has lowered the price of rice to 20 cents per liter since the Huaihai Navy. One silver dollar can buy about 50 liters of rice, which is 70
About five kilograms.
Most people cannot afford to eat a meal of rice. Ordinary people mostly buy coarse grains such as sweet potatoes and corn, the price of which is only a fraction of the price of rice.
I can barely get by.
Early the next morning, Xiangzi went to the car dealership, and Xiangzi's wife rushed to the supply and marketing supermarket in Nancheng, which was a relatively large grocery store, with the two colorful bills in her hands.
There is a dazzling array of things inside, including almost every edible item that Xiangzi and his wife could imagine.
Xiangzi's wife came very early, but someone came earlier than her. There was already a long queue at the door of the supply and marketing supermarket.
Xiangzi's wife met the family members of Xiangzi's original palanquin companions, and it was obvious that they all had the same idea.
The queue lasted for a long time, and everyone who went in to buy things had to be careful about their budget. Everyone wanted to spend their military tickets.
I finally entered the store, and some of the items on the shelves were already empty. The clerk told me that they would restock the items in the afternoon. If you find something useful, you can buy it back first.
Xiangzi's wife first went to find rice. The price of rice was 20 cents per liter, but the clerk said that it would cost 18 cents per liter to buy with military stamps.
Sure enough, what my husband said was true. It seems that the new government is not lying!
Xiangzi's wife bought 20 liters of rice for 360 Wen. Although the price was marked in Wen in the store, it was not settled in Wen. The smallest copper coin in China was one cent, which was about ten Wen. So Xiangzi's wife had to pay the price in Wen.
Round up the whole number.
She bought another thirty liters of sweet potato noodles, which were much cheaper than rice. Thirty liters cost 150 Wen.
There was no salt at home, so she had to buy some salt. Coarse salt was one-third of the price of refined salt, so Xiangzi's wife naturally bought coarse salt. It cost another 100 Wen.
She squeezed the military coupons in her hand and tried hard to calculate what else she could buy, but her calculation ability was limited, and she couldn't figure out anything after being stunned for a long time.
The clerk seemed to see her dilemma. It seemed that many people before her were like her.
"Sister, this is one yuan of military coupons. You have spent a total of 610 Wen just now. Logically speaking, you still have 390 Wen left. Why don't you take a look at this tapioca flour? It is cheaper than sweet potato flour and is shipped from the south. This coarse cloth is
It’s inferior goods from the factory, but it doesn’t affect your wear and the price is very favorable. You can cut off some and use it to make shoes. If you tear off a little of this dried seaweed and soak it in water, you can make a big plate. It can be eaten as a vegetable.
It can prevent big neck disease and is very cheap. You can give it a try."
Under the guidance of the clerk, Xiangzi's wife finally used one military ticket. She also carefully hid the other one on her body.
Seeing that one military ticket bought so many things, Xiangzi's wife cherished the military ticket even more.
But here comes the problem again, so many things add up to more than a hundred kilograms.
Xiangzi's wife put the things in two bags and hung them on her shoulders. She reluctantly carried them. However, she was out of breath after walking a few steps.
At this time, a familiar voice came from behind her. Xiangzi's wife turned around and saw that it was her husband who had gone to work early in the morning.
"My dear, get in the car." Xiangzi rode a strange three-wheeled cart and stopped next to his wife.
"Master, you go ahead and do your work. I'll just walk back. It's not good if others see you." Xiangzi's wife was worried that her husband would get into trouble for his new job.
"It doesn't matter. I just went to the supply and marketing supermarket to deliver goods. I just need to get back on time. I won't delay you when I get you home. It's almost the same way. I'll just ride faster."
"Get in the car quickly, don't waste time."
Xiangzi's wife had no choice but to throw the things on her shoulders into the car. Then she got into the car cautiously.
Xiangzi stood upright, pressed hard with his right foot, and the car started to move.
With his wife and more than 100 kilograms of things, Xiangzi didn't feel any difficulty.
The car was running very fast. Xiangzi's wife seemed to have never been in such a fast car. If it weren't for her husband who was pedaling in front of her, she would have wondered if there was some mechanism in this car. Otherwise, how could it be faster than a carriage?
After a while, they arrived at the door of the house. In order not to delay her husband's work, Xiangzi's wife quickly moved the things down and told her husband to go to work quickly.
Xiangzi was just a hard-working man who didn't know how to be obedient, so he drove away with his head sullen.
Seeing her husband's back disappear from sight along with the strange big car, a smile finally appeared on the face of Xiangzi's wife. The sadness accumulated over the past few days was swept away.
I bought so many things to go home today and make some dry food for my husband and children to eat in the evening.
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Dong Shuheng was still very concerned about people's livelihood. When the Fuxing Army entered Beijing, it seemed that there was no sensation and everything went smoothly. Dong Shuheng didn't even hold any ceremony.
The people in the capital knew that the dynasty had changed, but they didn't feel anything.
Dong Shuheng knew that the people would not care about these at all. They would care more about rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
After the Renaissance Army unified the country, it introduced a policy to send unemployed vagrants, gangsters, prostitutes and other banned industries in the city to major farms for labor reform. These people were not considered
Sentencing is nothing more than a form of compulsory education.
This not only enriches remote farms, but also allows these people to support themselves through labor. It also purifies the social environment in the city. It can be said that it kills several birds with one stone.
After renovation, the eight major alleys in Beijing are almost empty. The vacant houses are just used to house Chinese government workers who come to Beijing.
Today is the first time Dong Shuheng went on patrol incognito. It has been two months since he came to Beijing, but he has never come out.
The reason is naturally because of his safety issues.
At the beginning of his arrival in Beijing, there was a riot by the remaining Qing Dynasty remnants in the city.
Therefore, Dong Shuheng has always stayed in the summer palace, and at most he wandered around a few gardens in the new city.
Just in time to check on the work of the various departments that have just been relocated.
The Cabinet Office was undoubtedly the place he visited most often. Basically, all the ministries under the Cabinet had their joint offices in the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace was just to the west of the Old Summer Palace.
Everyone seems to like the current working environment very much, and they can also go to the garden after work.
Except for the Old Summer Palace, most of the other gardens now separate the halls that can be used for office work and use them as office buildings. The remaining gardens are open to the public as parks.
Now the roads in the west of the city have basically been repaired.
More and more people from the city come to visit the western suburbs, especially during the college holidays. Groups of students will take public carriages to the western suburbs to enjoy the park.
Dong Shuheng's motorcade was walking on the side entering the city, but there were very few vehicles on this side.
At this point, there are more people leaving the city and fewer people entering the city.
Dong Shuheng's motorcade entered the city through Deshengmen.
After entering the city, on the left hand side is the original Prince Gong's Mansion. Prince Gong's family had moved out long ago.
Now this is the location of Xinjing Academy. The first batch of teachers and students transferred from academies from various places have already settled in the academy.
Dong Shuheng inspected the renovation of the academy.
Many of the original houses were not suitable for classroom use. The light was too dark and the windows needed to be replaced. The original paper windows are now replaced with glass ones.
Prince Gong's Mansion is next to Beihai and Houhai. It has excellent scenery and is a good place for learning.
After Xinjing was stabilized, Prince Gong became an advisor to Dong Shuheng's presidential palace. Dong Shuheng would ask him to handle some matters concerning the Manchus.
His situation is much better than that of the princes and nobles who were sent to labor reform.
There are not many bannermen in the capital now. Because most of these people are unemployed, they are considered to be the targets of labor education under the Chinese New Deal.
Now some of these people are on farms in the Far East. Some may be on a small island in the Pacific, and some may be on plantations in Southeast Asia. It is impossible for China to let these people gather together.
Maybe in one or two generations, they will forget who their ancestors are.
The Chinese government also required all these Manchus to use Han surnames. Yi Xin changed his name to Ai Yixin.
Dong Shuheng came to Xinjing Academy today for an important purpose.
Dong Shuheng left his entourage alone and took Wei Yuxiang to an independent courtyard by Houhai.
Far away, Dong Shuheng heard a banging sound coming from the courtyard.
Those who didn't know better thought it was a blacksmith shop inside.
The fence of the courtyard is newly built, higher and thicker. There are soldiers standing guard at the entrance of the courtyard.
There is a round wooden sign hanging above the thick door. On the wooden sign is written a capital "五" in gold paint.
Wei Yuxiang stepped forward and exchanged documents with the guard guarding the door. The guard quickly saluted Dong Shuheng.
The thick door was opened inward, and the guard inside opened the door.
Dong Shuheng and Wei Yuxiang went inside together.
It really looks like a big workshop here, with various lathes, boring machines and other equipment.
Some workers are processing parts carefully.
Dong Shuheng entered the back room. There were three people inside, a foreigner with a big beard, and two middle-aged Chinese.
They were tinkering with a half-meter-tall machine.
If you are born in a rural area, you will find that this is a diesel engine head.
"Old Bob, can our zero number ring?" Seeing Dong Shuheng come in, the three of them were ready to come over and say hello.
However, their bodies and hands were covered in oil and had a fishy smell. This should be the whale oil used as lubricant in the machines.
Dong Shuheng quickly signaled them to continue working and took the lead in saying hello.
Bob is a naturalized mechanic. He has become a Chinese citizen and has moved his family here.
"After we used a copper alloy piston, it was much better. But President, what I want to say is that the cost of using copper alloy as the piston is too high. The aluminum you gave us last time was good, with moderate hardness and softness. If the cost is not
If it is high, it is still recommended to use aluminum." Bob said.
Bob used to make steam locomotives, and was discovered by Dong Shuheng to lead the development of diesel engines.
The method of electrolyzing molten bauxite to produce aluminum has long been invented by Europeans. The exploration team sent by Dong Shuheng found bauxite in Shanxi, Henan and other places.
The generator at No. 2 can also meet practical requirements. When his electrolytic aluminum plant is ready, he can produce aluminum in large quantities.
This research unit called the Fifth Institute is China's fifth top-secret research institute.
The main research direction here is diesel engines and gasoline engines. The No. 0 engine studied by Bob and his colleagues is a horizontal-bar diesel engine.
Unlike steam engines, diesel engines have higher combustion efficiency, but because diesel is burned in the cylinder chamber, a metal piston needs to be used. This piston cannot be too hard, and the melting point must reach a certain level.
In addition to pistons, diesel is also a prerequisite. The possibility of starting this research is also thanks to Schönbai's creation of an oil separation system.
Now the Renaissance Army has successfully separated petroleum derivatives such as gasoline, diesel, kerosene and asphalt.
Schönbai, who is restless, is studying how to use gases separated from petroleum to carry out synthetic reactions. He has always wanted to make chemical fibers and synthetic rubber that Dong Shuheng mentioned.
Dong Shuheng knew that the representative of the second industrial revolution was the use of diesel engines, gasoline engines and electricity.
Xu Shou is now in charge of the electric power sector, and Dong Shuheng knows some of the things he has done in Europe.
Moreover, Xu Shou has transferred some technology, equipment and talents to China's electric power laboratory, also known as the "No. 2" laboratory, for more than half a year.
Dong Shuheng personally took the lead in handling the engine. So when he settled in Xinjing, he moved the "Five" here.
Under Bob's operation, the No. 0 unit started running "bang bang bang". The smoke emitted from the chimney was a little black, and it seemed that the combustion was not sufficient.
"Bob, is the air inlet too small? Why is there all black smoke?" Dong Shuheng shouted close to Bob's ear.
The noise from diesel engines is all around.
The machine ran for a while, then Bob turned off the throttle. The machine seemed to twitch a few times and then stopped.
"President, I didn't hear what you just said clearly." Bob asked loudly.
Well, maybe because he has been doing this kind of experiment for a long time, his hearing has obviously become problematic.
ps: I suddenly remembered that during the summer vacation in the third grade of junior high school, I rode a tricycle with my father to and from the Baiyunting Market in Xiaguan every day. It was the largest vegetable wholesale market in Nanjing at that time. At that time, we had to pull five to six hundred kilograms every day.
I made two trips back and forth to buy vegetables. The most difficult part was climbing the steep slope of the Sancha River Bridge. I still remember that at that time, there was an uncle who helped people push carts from the bottom to the top for one dollar a time. Maybe he
You can earn dozens of dollars a day. Now this money is not enough for a college student to live for a day. At that time, I could already pedal a tricycle pulling five or six hundred kilograms of goods. So the setting in the article is no problem, it is my personal experience.
During that summer vacation, the epithelium on my arms was peeled off by two layers. After my first year of high school, there was military training, and another layer of skin peeled off. Three layers of skin peeled off in one summer vacation. I felt like I was turning into a snake spirit.