580, Nanluoguxiang community opens on the first day
Watching Yang Fan exit Qianqing Palace, after leaving.
Chongzhen could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, so he slammed the Yongle blue and white bowl to the ground with a loud bang.
Wang Chengen was so frightened that he shrank his neck.
He has rarely seen His Majesty so angry. Your Majesty is very forbearing. Although he is young, the palace is very deep.
"This Nanbarbarian is so angry with me. This is how he guards Liaodong for me."
Yang Fan was in a happy mood, not because he was granted the title of earl, but because he saved Liu Xingzuo's life.
Because Liu Xingzuo went out to Jinzhou to transport grain not long ago, he was ambushed by Huang Taiji himself. Liu Xingzuo fought with 500 people in a bloody battle with thousands of Eight Banners soldiers, and finally died in the battle.
In order to vent his anger for abandoning the good fortune of Jianzhou, Huang Taiji disemboweled his body and disemboweled his intestines, and circulated it to all the bannermen as a warning.
After leaving Donghua Gate, Yang Fan took a few followers and walked slowly to the north gate of the imperial city, Di'anmen, and walked home.
He came early in the morning, and it was already noon. When he left Di'anmen, he saw a huge crowd of people on the east side of Di'anmen Street.
Yang Fan is not surprised if there are so many people in Xinghe Supermarket. Because the drought continues for the fourth time this year, food and non-staple food have become more expensive. Xinghe Supermarket has always maintained the original prices of cornmeal and ground corn without increasing the price. Citizens lined up to buy.
Seeing Yang Fan's surprise, Zhang Cheng said: "Sir, this morning, Nanluoguxiang community on the east side of Di'anmen Street opened for sale, and these people are here to buy houses."
Yang Fan suddenly realized. During this period of time, he was busy with military affairs and had forgotten all about this place. Isn't today the first new residential building on Huangcheng North Street to be launched?
No wonder there are so many people. This is the first high-end community in Beijing, and it has done enough publicity. No wonder so many people came to view the house.
"Let's go home first and let's go take a look in the afternoon."
At this time, when I passed by Xinghe Supermarket, there were also a sea of people here. They all came to buy cornmeal and ground corn. They also bought other things they needed at home.
Except for grain and fat meat, which are very cheap in Xinghe Supermarket, all other commodities are cheaper than outside. These are all due to Xinghe Supermarket's store operation model and perfect logistics system. The supermarket can greatly reduce costs in order to make profits. To the people of the capital.
Many people came from Nancheng early in the morning. After buying food and supplies, they had to walk a long way back. After all, this place is five kilometers away from Nancheng.
If you live in the west of Nancheng, it will be further away. Because Xuanwumen is a tax customs, you have to pay taxes when you bring anything with you. You can only go around Chongwenmen.
However, despite the hardship, things here are cheap. A small and poor household saves one copper, which is equivalent to earning an extra copper. In a year, dozens of coppers are enough to buy an old cotton quilt. .One less person in the family has to suffer from the cold.
When Xinghe Supermarket opened, Yang Fan made a promise to His Majesty. Therefore, Xinghe Supermarket followed Yang Fan's instructions and the price of corn was still one penny and three pounds. It only strictly required the purchaser and the whole family to come to the site to apply for the grain book. .
There are perforated food stamps similar to stamps in the grain book. The printing is exquisite. The printing technology of this era cannot be forged at all. The food stamps need to be paid at the same time every time. This restricts grain merchants from fishing in troubled waters and purchasing grain at low prices.
At this moment, corn has become a staple food for the poor in Beijing. Especially the cooked corn and kidney bean porridge sold in supermarkets is very popular because of its high quality and low price.
Many vendors come in the morning to buy a cart. This kind of cart is heated by a briquette stove to maintain the temperature. At the same time, they sell some pickles and cold dishes for leftovers.
Then he went to various streets and alleys to sell on the street. Many families who were working or who didn't want to light a fire liked to buy it. After all, firewood is not cheap.
Only Yang Fan had this kind of food in the Ming Dynasty, and no one knew where he got it from. Although there is no white rice, the white flour is delicious. But it is also very sweet and unique.
One person only has one food stamp worth ten kilograms of cornmeal and five kilograms of chopped corn per month. He doesn't want to buy more. But this amount is enough to make him full.
Many frugal families can still save some food or support relatives and friends.
Therefore, although the imperial capital is surrounded by famine this year, the people in the city are basically not hungry.
This year Yang Fan has carried out many projects, employing more than 50,000 people, providing employment for many people. In particular, he has taken special care of the poor who have moved to Nancheng after demolition.
After all, there are only one million people in the forty-nine cities of the capital at this time. One-third of them are officials and their families who eat the imperial food. One-third are the garrison and their families. The remaining one-third is to provide them with various
Serve the common people.
With a population of 300,000 and 50,000 job opportunities, almost every household has something to do.
There were no construction machinery in this era, and all relied on human labor. Building roads, developing entire communities, digging sewers, and building commercial streets all relied on human labor.
In addition to coolies, bricklayers, carpenters, and painters were also needed. Several new brick factories for firing red bricks were built outside the city. Yang Fan purchased many porcelain kilns that were used to fire porcelain and converted them to firing ceramic tiles and sanitary ware.
Cement, glass, and steel need to be transported by boat from the new city by waterway. Horse-drawn carriages, donkey carts, and mule carts are also needed to transport them to the city. Construction waste in the city needs to be transported to the low-lying mud ponds in the south city for landfill.
After all these things were done, the total labor force of 50,000 was not too much. It was even somewhat insufficient. The dental shops in the city provided guarantees and recruited some laborers from the suburbs to meet the requirements.
Although outside the capital, there is a gloomy scene of famine, but the capital is very peaceful. As long as the people have food to eat, they will not cause trouble.
Even for the poorest families, although the clothes they wear are still in tatters and rags, because they can eat enough, their original thin appearance has been significantly improved, their skin has become rosy, and they have gained more meat.
Yang Fan's corn was cheap and was old grain that had been dumped out of the warehouse. Yang Fan discovered that this thing was simply a disaster relief tool.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Of course, corn can also be sold at a high value-added price. For example, the popcorn launched by Xinghe Supermarket is not cheap. It can be said to be very expensive.
One pound costs three cents of silver, which is ninety times the purchase limit of cornmeal. Of course, corn without food stamps costs one penny per pound. And one person cannot buy more than three pounds at a time.
Corn kernels are made into buttered popcorn, which is really addictive and delicious. Many ladies and ladies in the capital are loyal fans of popcorn. They eat a big bag every day.
In this era, butter and white sugar were not cheap things. Even though the cheap corn was so expensive, they could understand and accept it.
Xinghe Supermarket has launched a hundred mobile carts of popcorn and mobile stalls. Popcorn is sold in different locations in the city, and there are also candy pourers. By the way, in autumn and winter, they sell candied haws, roasted nuts and the like. They are very popular.
People welcome.
After all, this is the capital, with many officials and their families, and they have great spending power.
When Yang Fan returned home, as soon as he entered the gate, he saw Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru walking out excitedly, almost bumping into each other.
"Oh, sir." Xiao Niangpi exclaimed.
"It's noon and you're not eating at home, where are you going?" Yang Fan asked.
"At the end of the day, the Nanluoguxiang community is open for sale. Let's go and see the excitement. We don't know when you will come back, so we decided to go out to eat. Then we will go see the new community for sale."
Yang Fan covered his face. He lived in a mansion as big as his own. What's so good about the building? They were really convinced. It seems that women's enthusiasm for houses is the same in every era.
"Forget it, I'll go out to eat with you too, and let's go see what you plan to eat." Yang Fan asked.
"There is a Bianyifang roast duck east of the Drum Tower. We are going to eat roast duck."
Yang Fan was stunned. Did Biianfang Roast Duck exist in the Ming Dynasty?