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Zhao Wen walked on the bluestone road of the General Military Mansion, and said with a tired face.

The next day, Liu Wenzhong wandered around Xuan Town with a group of people, looking for a place to build a house.

After looking around, Liu Wenzhong took a fancy to a house not far from the General Military Mansion.

The owner of this house is a gentry's family, but the house was ransacked by Zhao Wen before, and the house was vacant.

When Liu Wenzhong reported the address he had chosen to Zhao Wen, Zhao Wen immediately agreed with Liu Wenzhong's decision.

After obtaining Zhao Wen's consent, Liu Wenzhong led people to directly strip the house and clean up the place thoroughly.

Liu Wenzhong originally wanted to build the bank in a traditional yamen style.But this plan was directly rejected by Zhao Wen. Now the cement storage in Zhao Wen's hands is very sufficient. In addition, when he was in the ironworks in Longmenbao, Zhao Wen asked everyone in the ironworks to process a lot of steel bars. .Of course, these steel bars are far inferior to later generations, but they are still very good in this era.

With cement and steel bars, Zhao Wen wanted to build a building for future generations.

It doesn't need to be too high, the four or five floors are about the same.

So, after a few days of hard work, Zhao Wen personally drew a design drawing for the bank.

When Zhao Wen handed the design drawings to Liu Wenzhong, Liu Wenzhong was still very puzzled.

Can such a tall building be built?So Liu Wenzhong, who was puzzled, took the blueprints to ask those old craftsmen who used to build houses in Longmen Castle.

After a heated debate among these old craftsmen, they came to a conclusion that such a tall house should be able to be built.

After getting an accurate answer, Liu Wenzhong took Zhao Wen's drawings and led the construction team to start working.

At the same time, the roads in Xuanzhen City also began to be refurbished.

Carloads of cement were transported non-stop from the cement factory to Xuanzhen City.

Zhao Wen, on the other hand, led a few personal guards around Xuanzhen City.After wandering around, Zhao Wen discovered many problems.

Zhao Wen, who had wandered around for a day, returned to the General Military Mansion, and went into the study after a hasty dinner.

"The current layout of Xuan Town is not good, very bad. The layout is too messy, it's not looking good. Moreover, the roads in the city have been in disrepair for a long time, and there are no drainage pipes. If it rains, the city will accumulate water .”

Zhao Wen was sitting in the study, with a huge piece of rice paper spread out on the table, holding a charcoal pencil, muttering a few words, and began to draw on it.

What Zhao Wen drew was the planning map of Xuan Town. Although Xuan Town is very large today, because of the unreasonable layout, there are not many people living there.

Moreover, there is no place for commercial activities in Xuanzhen City.

In fact, when Xuan Town was first built, it was built as a military castle.

The focus is only on defensive capabilities, so that other aspects will inevitably be ignored.

Now that Zhao Wen regards Xuanzhen as his base, the layout needs to be changed.

As for defense, with the powerful weapon in his hand, Zhao Wen didn't think Xuan Town could be attacked by the enemy.

"The southern city wall has been demolished, and it has been extended for another four miles to the south. This city of Xuanzhen is still a bit small."

Zhao Wen quickly drew the appearance of a city on the rice paper. Holding a charcoal pencil, he made a cross on the horizontal line representing the city wall on the south side, and wrote words extending two miles south along the side.

"The slums in the east of the city are going to be demolished. The location here is good, so it should be turned into a commercial area. In the future, all businessmen will be concentrated in this place."

Zhao Wen drew a circle on the east side, which said change to a commercial area.

"The residential area in the west is not bad, but most of the gentry live there, and it is empty now, and it is useless to keep it. It is better to demolish it and build it into a small courtyard, which can be used as a reward in the future. Those who have made great achievements."

Zhao Wen quickly made a mark to the west.

"The north is the defense point of Xuan Town. The city walls here are higher and thicker than those in other directions. Let's make it a barracks here, and the school grounds of Xuan Town are also here, so it's just right to make it a barracks."

"After the expansion in the south, it will be turned into an ordinary residential area, so that the people in the city can gather here. If anyone wants to buy a house in Xuanzhen City in the future, he can also buy it here.

Moreover, flush toilets have to be brought out. If there is a flush toilet, the excrement of the residents can be discharged directly from the sewer.

When the time comes to gather these things together, they can be composted.In this way, the fertilizer for farming comes out.

Forget it, tell Liu Wenzhong tomorrow, don't rush to build the road, let's put the road construction aside.Let's repair it after the reconstruction of Xuan Town is completed. "

In Zhao Wen's design, the traffic in Xuanzhen is mainly three vertical and two horizontal, three vertical main roads, and bright horizontal main roads.

In the middle of this main road is his Zongbingyamen and Zongbingfu.

As for those factories, Zhao Wen chose to build them outside the city.

Zhao Wen originally wanted to get tap water, but in this era there are no such things as water pumps, so he gave up this idea.

When Zhao Wen finished everything, it was time to be ugly.

Folded the rice paper, put it away, yawned and walked out.

"It's time to open the mansion, otherwise, I might really be exhausted."

Zhao Wen pinched his shoulders and looked at the moon in the sky, his face was full of exhaustion.

In the Ming Dynasty, when the military officer was in the position of chief soldier, he could be the shogunate.

The so-called shogunate is a private organization used to assist oneself and handle things for oneself, which is somewhat similar to the cabinet.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Zongxian, the anti-Japanese minister of the three provinces, opened the shogunate, and Xu Wei also served as an aide under him.

When the news that Zhao Wen was about to open the mansion spread, all the down-and-out scholars in Xuanzhen became agitated.

Although Daming gave preferential treatment to scholars, the real preferential treatment was only those scholars who had made a name for themselves.

As for those scholars, although they also have preferential treatment, they are simply not comparable to those who are promoted to Jinshi.

Most of the scholars' families are very poor, and the living conditions of many scholars are not even as good as those of the wealthy landowners in the countryside.

These poor scholars basically rely on writing letters, writing couplets, or being teachers for children from rich families.

The pay for these things is not very high. Although the pay for being a teacher is not low, this kind of work is really too rare.

So many poor scholars are still struggling on the line of food and clothing.

Now that Zhao Wen is going to open the palace, how can these poor scholars not be excited?

This is the general soldier of a town. If he can be the shogunate under the general of a town, can the monthly salary be low?Not to mention Zhao Wen, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, who just copied the Shanxi merchants.

Besides, being able to work under the command of the general soldier is better than going out and writing letters to Lianqiang, at least it is stable.

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Chapter 214

When the news spread that Zhao Wen was about to open the mansion, scholars from the entire Xuanzhen area flocked towards Xuanzhen.

Not only scholars from Xuan Town, but also scholars from Shuntian Mansion.

Standing on the city wall, Zhao Wen frowned tightly as he watched more and more scholars in the city.

"I'm just opening a shogunate, why are there so many scholars here?"

Zhao Wen supported the parapet, looked at the scholars in round neck shirts coming and going in the city, and said slowly.

After Liu Wenzhong arranged the construction of the bank, he became a hands-off shopkeeper. In the past few days, he was mainly responsible for selecting people with real talents and real learning from these scholars.

Liu Wenzhong stood behind Zhao Wen, smiled slightly, and said, "My lord, you don't know that your current reputation is known to everyone in the entire Ming Dynasty.

With only a few thousand people, you can repel countless Jiannu troops. This ability alone is unparalleled.

Although the officials in the court can't understand you, the scholars in the countryside admire you very much. "

"But there are too many scholars here, right? I think there are at least 1000 here. This is really beyond my expectation." Zhao Wen slapped the female wall and sighed.

"Haha, doesn't this prove that my lord is what the people want? In fact, there are more than [-] scholars who come to Xuan Town, and most of them are scholars with fame as scholars. However, there are exceptions to everything, and there are many There are few Juren, and there are two or three Scholars."

Liu Wenzhong laughed and said slowly.

Zhao Wen turned around, looked at Liu Wenzhong, and asked puzzledly: "Why are there still Jinshi here? Now that the entire imperial court is impeaching me, it stands to reason that these Jinshi should hate me, why would they defect to the I?"

Liu Wenzhong looked at Zhao Wen who was puzzled, and explained: "My lord, you made a mistake, that is, not all the scholars in this world are like the officials of the Donglin Party or the Shanxi Merchants faction.

Although the world is declining, there are still many scholars who are righteous.These few Jinshi who came to join the Lord were honest gentlemen in the court before, but they resigned because they were attacked by the Donglin Party after saying a few dissatisfied words for the late emperor when he died. "

"What did they say? How could they still be criticized by the Donglin Party?" Zhao Wen looked at Liu Wenzhong curiously.

"What else can I say? It's nothing more than complaining for the late emperor. The late emperor was in his prime, but he suddenly fell into the water. After falling into the water, he suddenly fell ill and died suddenly. There must be something strange about it.

These officials felt that this matter was abnormal, very abnormal.How could an emperor in his prime die suddenly and suddenly?Even if it is a disease caused by falling into the water, the time for this disease is too short, right?It's too short to respond.

They felt that there must be something strange in it, so they wrote to His Majesty today, requesting a thorough investigation of the matter, but in the end, people from the Donglin Party attacked with all their strength.

These few people really couldn't bear the wanton slander of these people, so in a rage, they resigned and returned to their hometowns, becoming ordinary people. "

Liu Wenzhong sighed and said slowly.

"Hey, this Donglin Party member is really shameless. By the way, is the death of Emperor Tianqi really related to the Donglin Party?" Zhao Wenchang sighed and asked immediately.

"Who can tell? Anyway, Wei Zhongxian, the loyal eunuch of Emperor Tianqi, suppressed them so badly that there was almost no room for them in the entire court. But after Emperor Tianqi passed away, His Majesty is the Donglin Party now. He won the throne with one hand, and the Donglin Party spread all over the court, even the cabinet. Who can say clearly about this matter?" Liu Wenzhong let out a long breath and looked into the distance , the eyes are full of complex colors.

"This group of incompetent scholars is really worse than mouse shit."

Zhao Wen slapped the female wall heavily with a slap, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Sooner or later, I will clean up all these moths."

"Brother Zhao, you are here, so I said why I couldn't find you."

At this moment, Li Xiaoying and Hai Lanzhu led a few guards up the city wall.

Li Xiaoying looked at Zhao Wen, and shouted towards this side with a smile on her face.

Zhao Wen turned his head, looked at Li Xiaoying, smiled slightly, and said, "Why did you come here?"

"I'm too bored staying in the mansion, come out to play." Li Xiaoying rushed to Zhao Wen's side in three steps at a time.

Li Xiaoying stood beside Zhao Wen and said with a smile on her face, "You haven't been with me much these days. I'm really bored staying in the mansion, so I came out to relax."

"Tch, he doesn't have you in his heart at all, so he doesn't talk to you at all these days." Hai Lanzhu stood beside Li Xiaoying, rolled his eyes at Zhao Wen, and said sarcastically.

Zhao Wen looked at Hai Lanzhu with black lines all over his face, "No one will treat you as dumb if you don't speak."

"Do you think my aunt is happy to talk to you? My aunt is just boring, just boring, understand? By the way, I, Abu, wrote me a letter, saying that my brother is recovering soon and will come to Xuanzhen in a few days."

Hai Lanzhu glanced at Zhao Wen lightly, and said rather appetizingly.

"Okay, I understand." Zhao Wen replied casually, then directly took Li Xiaoying's hand and walked along the city wall.

Hai Lanzhu looked at the backs of Zhao Wen and Li Xiaoying, and stomped her feet angrily.

"Sure enough, he is a womanizer." Hai Lanzhu cursed angrily, and then followed behind Zhao Wen unconvinced.

"Brother Zhao, do you still remember what you promised me?" Li Xiaoying stopped, looking at Zhao Wen, her face flushed.

Zhao Wen was taken aback for a moment, but he still hadn't come to his senses, "What's the matter?"

"Let me just say he has forgotten, you still don't believe me!"

Hai Lanzhu jumped up and pointed at Zhao Wendao as if she was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

"This lustful man, let's ignore him, let's go." Said Hai Lanzhu, took Li Xiaoying's hand and walked towards the back.

"What's the matter? I've been so busy recently that I really can't remember. What are you talking about?" Zhao Wen hurriedly grabbed Li Xiaoying's arm and asked anxiously.

Hai Lanzhu sneered, and said, "What else is there? What are you talking about? Of course you married my sister Li. You can forget such a big thing. You are really an ungrateful person."

Zhao Wen scratched his head, and said to Li Xiaoying with some embarrassment: "I haven't forgotten this matter, but now the whole Xuanzhen is in a mess, if I marry you at this time, I'm afraid I will feel sorry for you, so I'm thinking about waiting for me to marry you." Xuanzhen is almost done, and I will marry you again. At that time, I will definitely hold a beautiful wedding for you."

"Brother Zhao misunderstood, that's not what I meant." Li Xiaoying's face was flushed, although she said this on her mouth at this time, her heart was as sweet as eating honey.

Hai Lanzhu looked at the two of them like this, and instantly became jealous, "Hehe, sister, don't let him fool you, he just lied to you."

Zhao Wen turned his head, looked at Hai Lanzhu, and said in a deep voice, "You don't have to provoke my relationship with Xiaoying, when the time comes, not only will I marry Xiaoying, but you won't even be able to run away.

You, Abu, often asked me when to marry you.Now I have decided that when I marry Xiaoying, I will also marry you.

You are the most beautiful flower on the prairie, give birth to me obediently in the future. "

When Hai Lanzhu heard Zhao Wen's words, her face turned redder than Li Xiaoying's in an instant.

"What are you talking about? How could I marry you? Stop dreaming."

Hai Lanzhu's face turned red instantly, he stammered and cursed at Zhao Wen directly, then took Li Xiaoying's hand and ran away.

Zhao Wen looked at Hai Lanzhu, who looked like a rabbit meeting a wolf, and laughed wantonly, "Haha, you can obediently give birth to me in the future."

To be honest, although Hai Lanzhu's hair is not as delicate as Li Xiaoying's, she is also very beautiful.Otherwise, Huang Taiji in history would not love her to the death.

The current aesthetics on the grassland is different from that of Ming Dynasty, and I don’t know what people of this era think.