"It turns out that you are Second Brother Su. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info "Xia Nan was a little surprised, Lin Weiye actually handed over such a big thing to a teenager? But think about it carefully, in this time and space, a seventeen-year-old man can get married and have children, not to mention that he is an honor student in Baicao Garden, and he can't do it if he is someone else.

Along the tracks on the concrete pavement, the carriage traveled smoothly without any bumps. After a while, the crowd entered the central city. Dong Xiaowan looked out the window, and in front of him was a city completely different from all the cities of the Ming Dynasty, all the houses were brick and concrete structures, except for the roof tiles, there were not many traces of traditional buildings. Moreover, no matter how big or small the houses are, they are distributed in a regular manner according to the vertical and horizontal direction of the street, which looks like a unique beauty.

Although Nanjing is one of the largest cities in this time and space, except for the main streets, the phenomenon of random construction of houses on other streets is very common, and most outsiders will not find the direction when they enter a small alley.

"When I first arrived in Nanjing, I thought the city walls were majestic and the architecture was exquisite, but the streets and alleys were very cluttered, and the layout here was much more simple and orderly. ”

At this time, Dong Xiaowan pointed to a gray building on the side of the street and asked, "What kind of place is this?" ”

The two looked along, this building was not like a dwelling, there were two gates, and there were only door openings without doors, and the windows on both sides were open, and the position was very high. From time to time, people come in and out, but it doesn't look like a place like a yamen.

Xia Nan couldn't help but laugh: "This is a public toilet, a place to go to the toilet." ”

Dong Xiaowan's face flushed: "Why is the toilet built on the street, how unsightly?" ”

"If there are no public toilets like this on the street, most of the people who leave their homes will choose secluded corners to solve the problem, and the consequences will be even more unsightly, with feces and urine flowing and stinking."

The second daughter was relieved after hearing this, which made a lot of sense. In ancient times, both men and women had encountered the embarrassment of people who had three emergencies but could not find a toilet, and men could solve it in a secluded place, but women could not.

The carriage continued to move forward, Dong Xiaowan noticed that the flow of people on the street was getting bigger and bigger, but there was no beggar, she was very surprised, it stands to reason that the more prosperous the city and the more populous the city, the greater the chance of beggars appearing. The pedestrians here are rarely dressed in fancy costumes, but they are all well-dressed, and everyone looks busy and full.

She couldn't help but ask: "Master, why can't you see a beggar here, have you arrested them all for the sake of cleanliness of the street?" And the pedestrians on the street don't seem to be much rich or poor, everyone looks about the same......"

Xia Nan explained with a smile: "There is a reason why Lingao does not have beggars. Why there are beggars in a place, generally speaking, there are only two reasons: one is to encounter natural disasters, there is no harvest, in order to satisfy the stomach, can only beg; The second is that there is no land to plant, and there are no other livelihood skills, so they can only embark on this road. In Lingao, the climate is mild, the rainfall is abundant, there is neither a major drought nor a flood, the rice is harvested three times a year, and we pay taxes on our behalf, exempting all harsh taxes and government assessments, as long as we are not fools, how can we support ourselves; Those who have no land to plant or have excess labor at home can work in the factories under the Qiong Navy, and we also provide on-the-job training, monthly wages plus bonuses at the end of the year, so that there is no problem in supporting a family. It can be said that as long as there are hands and feet in Lingao, it is easy to solve the problem of food and clothing, and with a little effort, you can live a well-off life, so if you are still a beggar, it can only mean that he is too lazy. So, you don't see a single beggar on the street. ”

"As for the fact that there is no distinction between rich and poor, this is not unusual." Xia Nan pointed to the bamboo-reinforced concrete buildings on the street and said, "Lingao was originally just a remote county town with a width of a palm, and there were not many rich families, but now this new city that takes more than half an hour to walk by carriage was built from scratch, whether it is aborigines or immigrants, everyone's starting point is about the same, and naturally there is not much difference between rich and poor." ”

Dong Xiaowan was amazed, so that there were no beggars in a city, this is something that the ancient saints could not do, and it was unthinkable to achieve it under Xia Nan's rule. I originally thought that Qiongzhou was a barren land full of miasma, but I never thought that it was a paradise with a pleasant climate and everyone living and working in peace and contentment. She couldn't help but secretly look at Xia Nan's well-defined side face, and thought: What kind of experience can create such an all-rounder who can write and martial arts? Compared with him, those sons and brothers in Nanjing who can only talk on paper are not worth mentioning.

The carriage stopped every mile or two, and from time to time people got on and off the bus. Xia Nan noticed that everyone who got on the bus threw a small string of copper coins into a wooden box - it was estimated that it was the ten cents fare that the driver said, and the idea was probably a coin-operated bus from the old time and space - because the flow of people was not small, the wooden box would soon be full.

He asked Second Brother Su: "Isn't it inconvenient to collect copper coins for this car?" Can ten cents per capita cover the daily expenses of the carriage? ”

Second Brother Su saw that he was asking very professionally, and his tone was not like that of ordinary passengers, so he finally put down the pen and paper in his hand, looked up and explained: "I have calculated: the carriage is loaded with ten people, with the current flow of people, the per capita fare of ten cents can basically ensure the wear and tear of the carriage, the feed of the horses and the wages of the coachman, and what the public needs to invest is the initial purchase cost of the carriage and horse, although the daily operation cannot make money, but Mr. Lin said that this is a public facility and should be borne by the public, and if there is no money, find the general to ask for ......."

Xia Nan couldn't help but slander, this old forest, who doesn't know that vegetables, rice, oil and salt are expensive, instilling such a point of view in students, makes people speechless. However, he also agrees with Lin Weiye's view of improving the quality of life of the people through similar public facilities.

"As for the use of copper coins, I don't think it's too convenient." Second Brother Su pointed to the wooden box and said, "If you run back and forth twice, you need to empty the box, otherwise it won't be able to fit it." But there's no other way, you can't use broken silver? Although the people are now living a prosperous life, silver is no longer a rare thing, but the twisting and weighing of silver is more inconvenient. ”

Xia Nan thought to himself that the seemingly inconspicuous problem of inconvenient measurement actually restricts the circulation of silver as currency in the market, which is not conducive to the development of commerce and economy; Although copper coins are more convenient to calculate than silver, they are too heavy and are not ideal currencies. However, in this way, it involves the issue of currency issuance, and you need to think twice, after all, there is a lesson from the past of the Ming treasure banknote.