After Li Zhi interrogated Gao Ligong, he decided to go to Jinghai County to see what was going on there.

The distance between Jinghai County and Fanjiazhuang is very close, only 40 minutes by train. Li Zhi took Li Xing, Cai Huaishui and Gao Ligong to the railway station, and the stationmaster of the railway station hurriedly added a special train to the parking space of the nearest train, so that Li Zhi could take the special train to Jinghai County.

Arriving at the train station outside Jinghai County, Li Zhi found that this originally quiet town had gradually entered the industrial age.

Near the train station is the industrial area of Jinghai County, where there are many small and medium-sized factories and chimneys of steam engines everywhere.

However, there was a host-guest fight, and the workers apparently stopped working. There was no smoke in those chimneys at this time, and there was a somewhat solemn atmosphere at a glance.

The county magistrate of Jinghai County didn't know how he had gotten the news, so he took the county magistrate and several important officials from the yamen to guard the train station, respectfully waiting for Li Zhi to arrive.

As soon as Li Zhi got off the train, the service staff in the train station knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Zhi. The magistrate of Jinghai County was prostrate on the ground, and his body looked a little trembling.

This county magistrate's name is He Qianyi, and he is a demobilized military worker. He used to be only a company commander in the army, and later became a county official after training in the local area. Thirty-seven people died in this civil fight, and he was not worried that he would lose his official position, but that Li Zhi would kill him.

Li Zhi looked at the magistrate on the ground and snorted coldly.

Looking at the factory chimneys around the train station again, Li Zhi asked, "How many factories are there in Jinghai County now?" ”

Cai Huaishui arched his hand and said: "Back to the prince, there are no state-owned factories in Jinghai County now, and the industries here are all private factories. In recent years, many small private factories that could not afford Fanjiazhuang's high monthly money and high prices moved south to Jinghai County. According to Chen's understanding, there are 167 large and small factories in Jinghai County, most of which are factories that produce shoes and socks, furniture, and porcelain. ”

Li Zhi asked, "Porcelain is produced here?" ”

Cai Huaishui replied: "Exactly, Lord Wang!" In recent years, the factories in Jinghai County have used the new factory specifications and new machinery passed down from Fanjiazhuang to produce porcelain, and the cost of the porcelain produced has dropped significantly. Although it is inferior to hand-fired porcelain in terms of artistic value, it is cheaper and is now quite popular. ”

Li Zhi nodded.

Cai Huaishui continued: "Because there are a large number of factories in Jinghai County, there is a great demand for labor. Locals earn more than five taels a month, and the factory can't afford to hire them, so they start hiring outsiders. In recent years, many migrant workers from Beizhili and Shanxi have come to Jinghai County to work hard, and build houses in the south of Jinghai County, forming a gathering area. In particular, the area of Hezhuang in the southwest is now known as 'Shanxi Street'. ”

Li Zhi often told his subordinates some words from later generations, and these words became common words in one town and nine provinces. For example, later words such as "migrant workers", Cai Huaishui also used them very well.

Li Zhi's influence on Daming is not only in terms of technology and culture, but also in terms of language, Li Zhi also has a great influence on the people around him. The people hired by Li Zhi have been learning the vocabulary of later generations from Li Zhi over the years, often making the Ming people who see them for the first time dumbfounded.

At present, the exchange of official documents between one town and nine provinces is also becoming more and more vernacular.

Li Zhi asked, "How many migrant workers are there?" ”

Cai Huaishui looked at the magistrate on the ground.

The magistrate on the ground noticed that Cai Huaishui was giving him a chance to speak, looked up at Li Zhi, and hurriedly accosted him.

"Lord Wang, there are 15,000 migrant workers from Beizhili in Jinghai County, and there are more migrant workers from Shanxi, more than 22,000."

Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this.

It turns out that the outsiders in Jinghai County have reached such a huge scale. You must know that the population of Jinghai County is only about 100,000, and the population of the county seat is no more than 20,000. In this way, the number of outsiders in the county is more than that of locals.

Looking at it this way, the management of the main guest group in the county is indeed a difficult point.

After pondering for a moment, Li Zhi said, "Go to the county seat and have a look." ”

With a sneer, Li Zhi said, "Let's go and see my ancestral hall first!" ”

Hearing Li Zhi's sneer, the county commander on the ground trembled in fright. But this was not the time to tremble, so he quickly got up from the ground and beckoned for someone to bring in some horses.

Li Zhi led the group into the county seat and walked to the main street of the county seat.

Before he reached the gate of the county office, after a long distance, Li Zhi saw the roof of the tall main hall of the "Wangye Dasheng Ancestral Hall".

The main hall of the ancestral hall adopts the top of the heavy eaves hall in terms of specifications.

Such regulations made Li Zhi frown even more.

The top of the palace is the highest regulated architectural style of this era, and it is reasonable that it can only be used by the royal family. Of course, in some long-established Buddhist temples, monks also use this roof to reflect the momentum of the temple by virtue of the large number of pilgrims. For the transcendence of the temple, the Ming court can only turn a blind eye.

But Li Zhi didn't expect that the ancestral hall set up by the people of Jinghai County would dare to use the top of the heavy eaves hall beyond the ceremony, and it would be so tall.

Fortunately, the roof of the ancestral hall was not made of golden glazed tiles, but black tiles.

However, even with the black tiles, the main hall of the ancestral hall looked magnificent enough, and it was obviously the tallest building in the county. Looking out over the street two miles away, the roof of the main hall of the ancestral hall looks like a gorgeous palace. In contrast to the main hall, the county office on the right side of the main street looks like a dilapidated and dilapidated house.

Li Zhi took a breath, and felt more and more that the worship of this folk person had reached a certain level.

Riding a horse to the door of the ancestral hall, Li Zhi found that the incense of the ancestral hall was very prosperous.

The entrance of the ancestral hall is facing the gate of the county government, which was originally a small square, but at this time it has been occupied by local children playing and frolicking here. One by one, those children held their horns and chased and fought at the entrance of the ancestral hall, completely ignoring the solemn county government opposite.

Some vendors carry rock sugar gourds to sell them, and two candy painters paint sugar on copper plates.

The picture of the candy man is all tigers, and while peddling, he shouts: "Eat a string of tiger candy!" You don't have to worship the tablet every day to get the protection of the white tiger! Prosperity and prosperity are full of children and grandchildren! ”

He shouted and shouted, and suddenly noticed that the children in front of him had stopped running and looked behind him.

He realized that something was wrong, and when he turned his head, he saw Li Zhi, who was wearing the uniform of the commander of the crimson Tiger Ben Army, looking at him. Next to Li Zhi stood a bunch of senior officials wearing red official robes, and He Qianyi, the county official who entered and exited the county office, stood at the back of a bunch of people like a follower.

Obviously, this is the real person of the prince.

He was so frightened that his face turned white, and he knelt on the ground with a thud, and shouted loudly: "The prince is above, the prince is atoning for his sins!" Xiaomin embezzles the name of the prince to sell sugar! Sin deserves death! The prince atoned for his sins! ”

Li Zhi frowned, didn't talk nonsense with this peddler, and flicked his sleeves and walked towards the gate of the ancestral hall.