Chapter 344: Can Citizens Own Arquebuses?

As soon as Wen Tianxiang walked out of the Daguang Glasses Store, he saw a pair of young men and women walking into the plum blossom watch shop next to him.

Hehe, maybe the woman is just interested in the clock?!

To be honest, he didn't really like the clock.

He is not tired of some big families letting their entourage carry the clock everywhere in order to show their wealth.

He didn't like to hear the ticking sound or see the swing of the pendulum.

Every tick, every swing, will make him, a forty-year-old man----- feel sad, in fact, for a man of this age, it is okay to be the first in the imperial examination and become the governor of the big city.

But, for him, the sight of that clock felt like life was draining away, as if nothing had been accomplished.

Of course, Wen Tianxiang, a liberal arts man, would not go to the famous plum blossom watch shop on the street.

Of course, he has no right to object to other people's likings.

The White Lady nurse loves it.

She always wanted to buy her own grandfather clock, set it in her bedroom, and listen to its ticking sound------ which would have convinced her that there were countless good things waiting for her in the future.

Mingyue, the writer of "Liuqiu Express", is now a suitor of the White Lady Nurse, and she comes to chat with the White Lady Nurse every once in a while.

He has figured out the work schedule of the White Lady nurse and the arrangement of the day shift and the evening shift, so he can always find the right time.

However, the nurse of the White Lady is always close to him, they can go out to eat and go shopping------ but she never goes to his house and does not let him go to her house.

The white lady nurse's salary is not low, almost taller than him!

Sometimes the writer Mingyue really hates that women can earn such a high salary------ but this is indeed the case on Liuqiu Island, and I heard that some of the little women in Liuqiu Qianxing are even higher!

Well, he only had to be careful to accompany his pursuers.

The white lady nurse likes expensive grandfather clocks, and he hasn't bought them yet!

However, if you borrow some money, you can still afford it------ but the white lady nurse has to buy what you like!

On this day, he accompanied the white lady nurse to buy it.

The Plum Watch Shop is a three-storey building with a total area of about 3,000 square meters.

The customers in the store were endless, and the two went directly to the third floor, where the most exquisite table clocks were sold.

She likes the natural milky white, likes the delicate hour, minute and second hands------ she keeps asking about the function of the clock, and she heard that it can also automatically tell the time, she likes it even more!

At this time, what she didn't know was that not far away, Liang Xiaobai, a wealthy son in Changzhou, noticed her.

Liang Dagongzi was sentenced to 30 days of hard labor for insulting the patrol police------ and when he easily moved bricks in the brickyard for a month, his family paid him money for money.

When he used his passbook to withdraw money from his account, his self-confidence returned.

He hated Liuqiu Island, but he didn't want to leave it, after all, there were so many more fun places here than Changzhou City.

His heart for Luo Niang is dead------ everyone has two children, and he is still revenge!

Of course, he didn't think he could hurt the surnamed Wang, whether he fought alone or otherwise.

On this day, he also wandered around, hired a special car to play around, and finally went to the third floor here with his servant.

The petite cuteness of the White Lady nurse attracted him, and her voice reminded him even more of the tragedy caused by a fart.

She was the little girl who saved herself that day!

He didn't care who the man next to her was, so he walked over and arched his hand: "This little lady, is it okay?" ”

The nurse of the white lady looked at it, but she didn't remember who this person was, so she said, "Are you my patient?" ”

"Definitely. Here are the innocent people you saved from the hands of the two patrolmen that night------"

The white lady nurse remembered and said with a smile: "The body is okay, right?" ”

"It doesn't matter! In the lower body is strong, a little skin trauma------ I am Xiao Bai of the Liang family in Changzhou City, we are a big family, you can casually ask me when you go there, but ask your surname? ”

The white lady nurse said generously: "I am the white lady nurse of Liuqiu Hospital------"

Writer Mingyue didn't like the white lady nurse being entangled by a fat man with money, so she coughed and said, "Bai Niang, just buy this one." ”

"Hmm!"

The nurse turned her attention to her favorite clock, and she asked the clerk to open a bill to pay for herself.

Gongzi Liang Xiaobai was surprised, and said directly: "How can you make Bai Niang break the bank!" Why don't I buy it for you, give me three points of thin noodles! ”

Writer Mingyue sneered: "If you can break the fee, it won't be your turn, right?" ”

Gongzi Liang Xiaobai only found out the appearance of the writer Mingyue in this fashion, and said: "Bai Niang, who is this?" ”

"A friend of mine!" The white lady nurse rejected the kindness of the son Liang Xiaobai and said, "Let's talk, I'll pay!" ”

The white lady nurse left them with her small satchel.

She didn't like to see two men stunned at each other.

Gongzi Liang Xiaobai chased after her and said, "There is a luxury car below, I will send you back later, can I?" ”

"No need! I'll have it in a minute------"

Gongzi Liang Xiaobai stood stunned, he glanced at the writer Mingyue, and the two snorted almost at the same time.

Gongzi Liang Xiaobai will not give up, anyway, he knows where the white lady nurse is.

Except for the little servant, no one cared about what had just happened.

There are always too many tragicomedies in the world, and as long as people live, there will be no end day.

On the street, no one cared about Wen Tianxiang, and no one noticed where he went.

He went to look at the bearing shop, and found that there was indeed a lack of bearings for four-wheeled carriages, and it turned out that the objects were large and small, and there were also ball type and roller type!

He went to the camel machine shop and figured out why the Coast Patrol's sailboat was smoking, and why it was so fast!

He also saw a shop specializing in long and short arquebuses------ this is a heavy weapon in my Great Song Dynasty military camp, and it can be sold privately here!"

The shopkeeper said that the owner of Liuqiu Island allowed people to have arquebuses, but they had to have a citizenship card, and they had to be registered, and each person was limited to three guns!

Wen Tianxiang was puzzled and asked, "Citizens can buy arquebuses, so why don't you see anyone carrying them on the street?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "What's the use of this thing in Badaohe City?!" It is bought by some farmers in the countryside and can be used to drive away wild boars, wild deer and other animals that destroy crops------ and some people use it specifically for hunting and subsistence. ”

Wen Tianxiang knew that the matter of the citizenship certificate should be similar to the household registration of the Great Song Dynasty, but it was a little different.

As mentioned earlier, in the Great Song Dynasty, household registration no longer distinguished between good people and untouchables, but divided people into fangguo households and rural households according to their residence in the city or countryside.

This is the earliest dual household registration system in history between urban and rural areas.

Da Song also divides the main households and customers according to whether the residents have real estate; According to the amount of wealth, the main household is divided into different classes, and the tax is determined by this.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, private ownership of land was recognized, property rights were allowed to flow, and people were allowed to move freely.

It is not impossible for a person to become a high-class household after hard work and accumulation.

Therefore, this "indefinite situation between rich and poor" is a characteristic of the society of the Song Dynasty.

Wen Tianxiang knew that on the citizenship certificate of Liuqiu Island, there was no difference between urban and rural areas, and there was no mention of the amount of property------ but they had their own set of methods for collecting taxes.