Led by Fang Jinzhi, the Mingjiao group headed south. The carriage kept moving forward amidst the bumps. Near noon, the group of people finally arrived at Tianjing New City. Gradually, the laughter of the people could be heard outside the carriage. Everyone in the carriage slightly curved their mouths when they heard the laughter.
The scene experienced in the south was really heart-wrenching. In comparison, the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere here made everyone feel more physically and mentally happy. "Brother, what sound do you hear outside?" At this moment, Qiuxia seemed to hear something and asked Wanchun loudly. Wan Chun was busy listening attentively, and unexpectedly heard waves of children reading aloud.
After listening to it for a while, Wanchun hesitantly said, "Aboci's Buddhist song?" "What kind of children's song is this? Why have I never heard of it?" Not to mention Wanchun, even Fang Jinzhi and Tianxing Never heard of it.
Qiuxia couldn't help but be curious and stuck her head out, wanting to see what was going on? "What a tall house? Look, look!" Qiuxia's loud shout startled everyone in the car. "Qiuxia, what's all the fuss about?" Wanchun also stuck his head out at this time.
As a result, Wanchun became like Qiuxia. "Brother, sister, come and see, this house is different from what we have seen!!" Fang Jinzhi frowned slightly when he heard the two shouting at Tianjing Xincheng Experimental Primary School. Why is he, a general, still so unstable? Immediately, Fang Jinzhi and Tian Xing got out of the carriage one after another. He wanted to see what the two brothers and sisters saw, so surprised.
Then... As soon as Fang Jinzhi got out of the car, he was stunned by the sight in front of him. What appeared in front of him turned out to be a six-story building that seemed to be more than ten feet tall. The building is gray-white in color and has a square structure, like a big coffin. Not only that, this high-rise building occupies a huge area, probably dozens of acres of land.
On these floors, Fang Jinzhi saw densely packed rooms. Like a honeycomb, it is divided evenly and appears extremely regular. There is also a plaque engraved on the top center of the building that says Tianjing Xincheng Experimental Primary School. "What is an elementary school?" Fang Jinzhi had never seen such a tall building in his life, let alone heard of an elementary school.
Tian Xing shook his head in confusion as well. Even though he knew a lot about astronomy, geography, and was familiar with history books, he had never heard of the word elementary school. At this moment, on a main road, they were the only ones stopping at the door of the building to watch. The other people looked normal, as if they had been used to it for a long time.
It seemed that Fang Jinzhi and others had never seen the world. On the contrary, many people stared at them, looking up and down curiously. Fang Jinzhi suddenly felt a little embarrassed, took a few people back to the carriage, and then said to the accompanying guards: "Go and find out what's going on?"
"As ordered." The guard handed over and left. "It's enough to unite into one!!" Fang Jinzhi and others felt relaxed and happy listening to the child's reading. Although I don’t know what they are reading, hearing the sound of reading is a kind of enjoyment. Soon, the guards rushed back.
"Holy girl, we've found out." "Say!" "This experimental primary school is a private school built by Yang Peng, the lord of Tianjing New City, to provide a place for ordinary people's children to study." "This school, at least, has Thousands of children are studying there." "People say that the city lord calls it six years of compulsory quality education, and studying here is completely free." After listening to this, Fang Jinzhi and Tian Xing couldn't believe their ears.
Private school? A private school for thousands of people? And these children study for free? Fang Jinzhi was extremely surprised and said in astonishment: "Are you sure there are thousands of children here? Are they all studying for free?" "You are sure, I have to confirm this with the people again and again."
"They said that there are five such primary schools in Tianjing New City." "Not only that, there are five middle schools in Tianjing New City." The guard did not dare to hide anything and told all the information he had heard. Fang Jinzhi was shocked and speechless. It is the lifelong wish of many parents to give their children the opportunity to study. But before his own eyes, this scene was realized so easily. Tian Xing also sighed: "If you learn at a young age, the governance of Datong is nothing more than this. Yang Peng is really a strange person."
"Dang Dang Dang!!" Just as Fang Jinzhi was still immersed in the shock given to him by the experimental elementary school, suddenly the melodious bell rang in the school.
Then, Fang Jinzhi saw a scene that shocked him even more. As the bell rang, countless children poured out of every room in the building. The youngest of these children looked to be six or seven years old, and even the oldest child was no more than twelve or thirteen years old. But without exception, everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.
"It's time to raise the flag again. Every time it's time to raise the flag, I can't help but stop and watch." "Yeah, it's strange to say, just that little flag, I look at it every day, every day, I actually I don’t get tired of watching it.” “Not to mention you, who among us is tired of watching it? I still get up early every day to watch the flag raising in our county.” The people around the area were talking about the elementary school. what happened there. But no one in Fang Jinzhi's group could understand what these people were talking about.
"Raise the flag? What flag to raise?" Fang Jinzhi felt that ever since he came to Tianjing New City, his brain had not been used enough. Qiuxia and Wanchun looked at each other, and they didn't know what the flag raising meant. Just when everyone was confused, they saw students running down from upstairs, gathering in front of the playground of the teaching building like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea. At this time, Fang Jinzhi noticed that there was a tall flagpole placed at the entrance of the elementary school. Under the flagpole, there is a huge square.
The square looks extremely flat and spacious, and is also gray-white, consistent with the color of the road and tall buildings. What surprised Fang Jinzhi even more was that after entering the square, these children quickly formed square formations of the same size. The arrangement and combination of these square formations actually have a vague feeling of military formation. The speed at which these children formed the formation even surprised Zhu Yuanzhang, who had experienced many battles.
"Tian Xing, the headmaster of this private school must be someone who has served in the military." Tian Xing nodded solemnly. As a military strategist, Tian Xing naturally has a very high military vision. "To be able to train children so well, I'm afraid they are no ordinary people."
"Dang!" Just as Fang Jinzhi and the two were exclaiming, they heard another bell ringing. The originally noisy phalanx suddenly fell into silence. For a moment, the playground fell silent. When Fang Jinzhi saw this scene, his heart was filled with panic. With orders and prohibitions, this mountain chief can only be called a master of military affairs. The flag-raising ceremony continued, and a group of students slowly walked out from the middle of the student square. These students were generally tall and of the same height. They walked with strange steps, holding a rolled-up flag in their hands, and walked towards the flagpole step by step.
Although those steps look extremely strange, they give Fang Jinzhi a different kind of beauty, showing that he is full of masculinity. Suddenly, Fang Jinzhi felt that this was a real soldier. "The flag-raising ceremony has officially begun, salute!!" A powerful shout resounded throughout the playground, and the so-called flag-raising ceremony also officially began. With a "swipe" sound, the right hands of thousands of children suddenly raised to the top of their heads, looking extremely shocked. This is not over yet, a series of childish voices slowly came to mind in the campus:
"Wolf smoke is rising, looking northward at the mountains and rivers, dragons are curling up, horses are neighing, and sword energy is like frost."
"The heart is like the vast water of the Yellow River. Who can carry it in twenty years?"
"Wherever the madness of hatred strikes, many loyal brothers and sisters will be buried in a foreign land."
"Why should I die hundreds of times to serve my family and country? I can't bear to sigh, but I am speechless, and my eyes are full of blood and tears."
Fang Jinzhi felt that his scalp was numb instantly and the circles under his eyes gradually turned red. After hearing these lyrics, Fang Jinzhi suddenly remembered his own unruly years. Thinking of those brothers who accompanied him to conquer the world, but are still gone, they are all buried in a foreign land at this moment. As the song sounded, the leader of the flag guard suddenly stretched out the flag in his hand, and then began to raise the flag with a solemn expression.
At this time, Fang Jinzhi saw clearly that the flag had the words Song Dynasty written on it. The flag is constantly rising on the flagpole accompanied by singing. Unknowingly, Fang Jinzhi's eyes continued to rise as the flag continued to rise, and he suddenly felt that this moment was very sacred. Just like the moment when his brother ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor and established the Ming Sect on Purple Mountain, it was sacrosanct and inviolable. "I am willing to defend the land and reopen the borders, and the great Song Dynasty will bring congratulations from all over the world!!!" The singing gradually got louder, and the flag happened to be standing at the top of the flagpole, with the big Song characters flying in the air.
Fang Jinzhi's thoughts seemed to fly into the sky. "Students, you must remember that we are all descendants of China. Sooner or later, I, the great Song Dynasty, will rule the world!" The energetic voice reminded me again of what he would always say after every flag raising. It reminds all students of the pride and glory of the Chinese people. "The great Song Dynasty deserves congratulations from all over the world!! This is the Song Dynasty in our hearts!" Fang Jinzhi kept mumbling the lyrics just now.
This flag-raising ceremony and the lyrics of this song deeply shocked Fang Jinzhi's soul. "Tian Xing, the founder of this private school is so powerful. We must meet him." "Let him tell us how he came up with the idea of educating students in this way?" After Tian Xing witnessed the flag-raising ceremony with his own eyes, Also inexplicably horrified.
"Holy girl, I can be sure that this private school has absolutely nothing to do with Yang Peng." Even though he has never met Yang Peng, after hearing about the things Yang Peng did, Tianxing felt that this was definitely Yang Peng's. Handwriting. Fang Jinzhi nodded when he heard this, feeling that what Tian Xing said was very reasonable. Otherwise, how could there be so many talented people in such a remote area? "Quick, we are going to the city now."
"We want to see how prosperous Tianjing New City will be under the governance of such talented people." Soon, after Fang Jinzhi's constant urging, the group finally arrived at Tianjing New City ahead. There are also more people. "Welcome to Tianjing New City, a city of freedom!" As he approached Tianjing New City, Fang Jinzhi saw a red banner hanging high on the road leading to Tianjing New City. "City of Freedom? Tianjing New City has another name like this?"
Fang Jinzhi looked at Tianxing in confusion. After all, Tianxing had also been to Cangzhou Mansion before. Tianjing New City shook his head firmly and said, "Never!" "Then this must be Yang Peng's fault. Keep going, we want to see what the so-called Free City looks like?" Fang Jinzhi said to Tianjing New Town is a very exciting place to look forward to. After walking along the main road into the city for a while, Tianjing New City felt like something was wrong. "Have you noticed why there is no city wall in Tianjing New City?" As soon as these words came out, the group suddenly woke up.
Yes, why is there no city wall in Tianjing New City? Could it be that I and others haven't arrived in Tianjing New City yet? Tianxing mentioned again from the side: "Not only is there no city wall, but no one has checked the road signs when entering Tianjing New City." Since Zhao Kuangyin's household registration system was established, road signs are a must-have for everyone who goes out, otherwise I can't go far.
But no one in Tianjing New City checked this thing. Wanchun gave an explanation at this time: "Maybe this is why Tianjing New City is called the City of Freedom."
Hearing this, Fang Jinzhi said, "Let's go forward and take a look. Maybe we haven't entered Tianjing New City yet!" But not long after walking forward, Tianjing New City couldn't help but widen his eyes. , looked in front of him in disbelief. I saw that the spacious street was full of people. These people were walking on the street talking and laughing. Everyone's face is filled with happy smiles, and it can be seen that the people here live a very happy life.
"Walk around and take a look, the clothes here are so fashionable!" "Stop and take a look, beautiful clothes are on sale for cheap!" "Big sale! Big sale! Things in the mall are on sale today. Walk through Don't miss it if you pass by!!" "No 998, no 98, just 38 Wen. You can take the beautiful clothes home immediately." "There is a clearance sale, don't miss it if you pass by, you will make money if you buy it!!"
Tianjing New City stared dumbfounded at the sounds of hawking everywhere on both sides of the street, as if they felt like they were in another world. Wanchun and the others behind him also looked like they had never seen the world, looking at everything in front of them with their mouths wide open. "Guys, this is a pedestrian street and carriages are not allowed." "If you want to go shopping, please leave your carriage at the horse carriage shop next to it!"
While Fang Jinzhi and others were watching on the roadside, a man came up to remind them that carriages were not allowed here. After being reminded, Fang Jinzhi noticed that all the people on this street were walking.
"Thanks for the reminder, we'll leave now." After Tianxing thanked him, he took Fang Jinzhi and others away. Afterwards, a few people continued to sit in the carriage and walked around the county town. The streets of Tianjing New City are extremely wide. The four lanes in the middle are for carriages, and the streets on both sides are for pedestrians. Even though there are people coming and going and traffic, it doesn't feel blocked at all.
Not only that, there are all kinds of snacks on the streets. The facades on the streets opened up shops of all sizes. Crowds of people shopping were going in and out of these shops, making it extremely lively. When the group from Tianjing Xincheng arrived at the center of the county, the most prosperous area, they were completely shocked. There are high-rise buildings everywhere in the center of the city, no lower than the previous elementary school.
These high-rise buildings are not all gray and white like primary schools, but they are painted resplendently and sparkle in the sun. "Is this still a county?" "Even our Hangzhou is not so prosperous, right? Is this the sky?" Fang Jinzhi was completely shocked by the blooming flowers in Shanghu County. He couldn't believe that this was the Song Dynasty The county seat under the rule. "Holy Girl, look there, the Heaven and Earth World!!" Qiuxia's sharp eyes actually saw a store called Heaven and Earth World.
Wan Chun looked at the surrounding shops one by one and saw the names of every shop. Heaven and earth, Buckingham Palace, Grand Lisboa, nightclubs. Wanchun murmured: "These names are so strange! I always feel like something is wrong." Fang Jinzhi didn't pay attention to this, but looked at the landmark building located in the center of the county, a statue of a woman.
This is a statue of a woman that is dozens of feet tall, taller than all the surrounding buildings. The statue is of an erect woman holding a torch in one hand and a scale in the other. With a crown on his head and a resolute face, he looked domineering.
"Holy girl, who is this woman? Why are you putting her here? I seem to have never seen her before!" Wan Chun was very confused. He couldn't understand why such a woman was placed here. It seemed very inexplicable. Before Fang Jinzhi could speak, the people next to him couldn't help but interrupted:
"Don't be rude to the goddess." "This is the Statue of Liberty, which symbolizes that our Tianjing New City is a city of freedom." "Look at her hands, one hand holds a torch, symbolizing freedom." "The other hand Holding the scales symbolizes fairness." "In our Tianjing New City, since the city lord came, fairness and freedom have come!!" The people around him applauded in agreement. It can be seen that the city lord Yang Peng is very important in Tianjing New City. win the hearts of the people.
After Fang Jinzhi walked around Tianjing New City and saw the prosperity of Tianjing New City, Fang Jinzhi couldn't help but sigh: "Yang Peng really did not disappoint us. From this point of view, this Yang Peng must be a capable minister in governing the world. ." Qiuxia and Wanchun beside them also nodded. After experiencing the tragedy in Jinhua, Qiuxia and Wanchun felt that Tianjing New City was simply paradise. And Yang Peng, who managed Tianjing New City like this, can naturally be called a capable minister in governing the world. However, Fang Jinzhi always felt like he was missing something.
"Why didn't we see the refugees?" "Holy girl, the refugees don't seem to be in the city to provide disaster relief, but outside the city." Qiuxia observed carefully along the way and gave an explanation at this moment. "Let's go and see the situation of the refugees first." Then, Fang Jinzhi rushed out of the city. After all, the main purpose of coming here was to care about the situation of these refugees.
However, when Fang Jinzhi saw these relief grains, he suddenly trembled with anger. Outside Tianjing New City. When Fang Jinzhi arrived at the place where the refugees were being helped, he saw the refugees lined up in several lines, waiting to receive the relief porridge. Seeing this look, Fang Jinzhi gave up most of his mental arithmetic.
As long as Yang Peng was really doing practical things for the Song Dynasty, Fang Jinzhi felt that Yang Peng was a good official. Before coming, Fang Jinzhi had been worried that Yang Peng was playing tricks and gimmicks. The purpose is to attract refugees, but there is not enough food for relief. If this is really the case, then Fang Jinzhi will definitely punish Yang Peng, no matter how prosperous he manages Tianjing New City. Because Fang Jinzhi knew that officials who manipulated people's hearts would kill many innocent people.
"Sister, we couldn't be happier to see that these people can have a full meal here." Fang Jinzhi took a deep breath and saw the people being rescued one by one, and said affectionately to Qiuxia: "If If we meet an official like Yang Peng who loves the people as his own son, we will definitely not rebel." These words seemed like fantasy to Wan Chun and Tian Xing. Can a bowl of rice kill a future saint? It's simply unbelievable.
But Tian Xing and Wanchun could understand Fang Jinzhi's feelings. They all survived that era of dire straits and naturally knew how cruel it would be. "Come on, come with us to see if this rice porridge can fill our stomachs." Fang Jinzhi secretly wiped his eyes and said to Qiuxia and the others in a pretentious manner. Qiuxia walked forward with Fang Jinzhi. They wanted to see if Yang Peng's relief porridge would starve to death. The two walked to the porridge shed and saw that the rice porridge in the pot was very sticky.
But what puzzled the two of them was that there were two chopsticks stuck in the pot, which looked very weird. Qiuxia couldn't help but asked the policeman who was serving porridge to the victims: "Excuse me, why do you still have two chopsticks stuck in this pot?"
"This is the rule of our Lord City Lord. The porridge cooked with food for charity must be cooked with chopsticks, otherwise you will be punished by the Lord City Lord." The man answered very casually, as if it was a matter of course. "Besides, if it falls over after inserting chopsticks, can it still be called rice porridge? It can only be called clear soup, and people will starve to death."
After hearing this, Fang Jinzhi was very satisfied and praised: "Your Lord Ling, the city lord, is such a good official." The messenger immediately held his head high and said with great dignity: "That is, our city lord is the best city lord in the world." Qiuxia couldn't help but laugh at his appearance. Afterwards, Fang Jinzhi took Qiuxia and the others back with satisfaction.
"It seems that this Yang Peng is really a good official who loves his people like his own son." When the two of them walked back, they saw a disaster victim dressed as a civilian, also carrying a big bowl. There is a large bowl of rice porridge in the bowl, which looks full. But the man didn't drink immediately. Instead, he picked something with chopsticks.
As a result, the man got tired of picking the food many times. He slammed the bowl directly on the ground and muttered: "It's full of sand. Dogs won't eat it. How can I eat it?" With that, he left angrily. Fang Jinzhi was stunned when he saw this scene. He hurriedly walked to the bowl that the man had taken down, and carefully turned the bowl over.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
