Buying a house is easy, but decorating it is difficult.
Yang Fan discovered that women have difficulty in choosing decorations just like choosing clothes.
It takes one hour to look at the house and half an hour to go through the house buying procedures. I discussed the decoration plan with the decoration shop for three hours. Her Royal Highness fully demonstrated the obsession of an ordinary housewife with decoration.
We have to consider both price and grade. One moment I think this is better, and the next I think that is better. I was so confused, I frowned, held my cheeks, and turned over and over again to change my plan.
And my best friend, Xiao Niangpi, is there to help. Lin Yueru was adding fuel to the fire. It wasn't until it got dark and the decoration shop was about to close, that I managed to finish it.
Yang Fan paid half the price for the house, which cost only 6,000 taels, but Princess Le'an spent 7,000 taels on the decoration. Of course the price includes furniture.
After the decoration is completed, you can basically move in with your bags. The decoration and furniture of the penthouse duplex given by the consort cost another five hundred taels. @*~~
Finally, Her Royal Highness the Princess boldly took out the large deposit certificate of 50,000 taels from Xinghe Bank and slapped it on the table. Suddenly, everyone was shocked. Her Royal Highness the Princess is so generous.
Her Royal Highness the Princess sighed with satisfaction. It was done. It felt like a real accomplishment.
With the attentive service of the staff of the decoration shop and Xinghe Bank, the payment of 7,500 taels was completed. Happy to sign the contract.
The apartment will be handed over in three months. When the time comes, Her Royal Highness the Princess can move in at any time.
Speaking of which, this is the largest amount of money Her Royal Highness has ever spent in her life. However, Her Royal Highness felt that this was the most worthwhile money she had spent.
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru are also very happy today.
Both of them have enjoyed many of the furniture styles and decoration plans provided here. Have actual experience in using it and know the pros and cons and the solution that suits you. I have also accumulated a lot of concrete experiences.
The two of them made many suggestions to Her Royal Highness based on their own experience in home life.
When they went home in the evening, they were still thinking about helping Her Royal Highness the Princess today and choosing various options. From time to time, he also let out a sound of regret, oh, it seems better if this happens again and again.
Yang Fan shook his head when he saw it, alas, woman.
It was already dark when we parted from the princess and his wife. Under the illumination of the street lamp, they were sent to the light carriage.
This is one of the first batch of 300 carriages released by the newly established taxi and carriage company.
At this time, street lights were installed on Di'anmen Street and Huangcheng North Street. This is also an important reason to improve the level here.
There were no street lights in the Imperial Capital these days. Even in the history of China, there were no street lights. Every city was completely dark at night.
The first country in the world to build street lights was France, and the city was Paris.
Louis XIV, known as the "Sun King" at the time, officially issued a decree on urban road lighting. Streetlights were hung on the streets of Paris. Therefore, the reign of Louis XIV is called the "Age of Light" in French history.
Yang Fan installed a street light pole every thirty meters on the newly built North Imperial Street. Street lights use carbide lamps, which are also called gas lamps. It is a very bright lamp that uses gas produced by the reaction of calcium carbide and water as fuel.
Yang Fan's street lamp is made of wood, painted and ten meters high. There are two hooks on both sides of the top. Street light maintenance personnel need to add calcium carbide and water to the calcium carbide lamp every day when it gets dark, and then hang it on a wooden pole. There is glass around the carbide lamp to prevent strong winds from blowing out the light.
These street lights lit up the night sky of the imperial capital for the first time. You won't feel scared even if you walk at night.
The glow of calcium carbide is very strong, not much worse than modern street lamps. There is just a pungent odor, but fortunately the lamp is relatively high, and after it is blown away by the wind, it is basically no longer smellable on the road.
On this road, there are full-time street light maintenance personnel who light the street lights regularly every day. Add enough calcium carbide to burn until dawn and light the lamp. They and the road sweepers are all employees of the municipal shop.
Modern calcium carbide is very cheap, costing 3,500 yuan per ton. About 1.75 yuan per pound.
Ordinary lamps can burn for several hours with a few carbide stones. Very long lasting and bright. One ton of calcium carbide was enough to burn several major streets in the northern city of the imperial capital overnight.
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Yang Fan could afford it at this price. Moreover, only a few limited road sections have been laid out from outside the north wall of the Imperial City, from Di'anmen to Drum Tower, and from the west side of Xinghe Supermarket to Yinding Bridge.
However, with the development of both sides of the entire Imperial City North Street, street lights will inevitably be gradually installed.
Now that other places are wastelands after demolition, Yang Fan is naturally unwilling to waste carbide lighting. Therefore, only this section of road to the north of the imperial city was equipped with electric lights.
Because Xinghe Supermarket is open until the end of the night (21:00), public lighting is necessary here.
In view of the fact that Xinghe Supermarket is the chicken that lays golden eggs, the emperor canceled part of the curfew hours in Beicheng for the first time. It is not illegal until the end of Haishi (23:00).
Many of the places illuminated by street lights have not yet been developed, with vacant land on both sides.
However, because the curfew was partially lifted, many people doing small business, setting up street stalls, and selling snacks spontaneously gathered here. There are even jugglers and opera singers.
It is equivalent to forming a small night market.
Yang Fan doesn't care. Anyway, whether this place will be developed for a while or not, it has to be done step by step. Everyone can use it if they want to. Enriching citizen culture is also what Yang Fan would like to see. The management of the Ming Dynasty was too rigid. The whole society is lifeless.
The Ming Dynasty was a big step back from the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty broke the strict division of squares and cities in the Tang Dynasty. Breaking down the walls and opening a shop in Tokyo during the Song Dynasty. There are various commercial properties and shops along the street.
Moreover, the emperor issued a decree to cancel the curfew in Tokyo. Commercial activities continued almost all night long, with the night market ending at three o'clock and the morning market starting again at five o'clock.
This was not the case in the Ming Dynasty. The management was too strict and even interfered with the people's words and deeds. They walked on the side or in the middle of the road. What kind of bowl should be used for eating? Who eats first and who eats last is not a big deal. The emperor has to interfere with every trivial matter.
The Taizu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was the craziest. Basically all officials and common people were controlled by the emperor's rules as soon as they opened their eyes in the morning, which was very annoying.
In Yang Fan's memorial to the emperor, he calculated that Xinghe Supermarket could increase its revenue by 30% due to the midnight curfew before opening. This made the emperor, who was short of money, quickly agree to Yang Fan's suggestion.
The biggest benefit of street lights is not only making it easier for citizens to travel at night. But it has greatly reduced the crime rate. Because darkness is a breeding ground for crime.
Whether it was robbery or theft, they were all hidden in the darkness. If the city's night sky were illuminated, these crimes would decrease dramatically.
The reason why ancient cities adopted curfews was mainly to deal with night crimes.
In the evening when the lanterns were first lit, Yang Fan took his two ladies and wandered on the road. There are people coming and going on the road, and there are various roadside stalls with lanterns hanging selling various snacks and gadgets. Full of human fireworks.
The autumn wind blows, which is very pleasant.
The three of them walked through Yandai Xiejie with their entourage. The lights here were brightly lit, and the traders were hurrying to open their doors. Various shouts, bargaining sounds, and people's laughter mixed in my ears.
The partial lifting of the curfew has directly stimulated business in the city. The nights here are getting more and more lively.
"Master, the capital has changed a lot since you came to the capital. I don't even recognize it anymore." Xiao Niangpi held Yang Fan's hand and said softly.
She looked at the bustling scene with indescribable joy in her heart.
She and Lin Yueru were both born and raised in the capital city. There is so much we don’t know about this ancient capital that has existed for more than 300 years. It’s also familiar and can’t be more familiar.
Ever since Yang Fan arrived, the capital has begun to undergo subtle changes.
The city gradually became more popular and more humane.
"This is just the beginning, the capital will get better and better." Yang Fan said softly. @ "The Ming Dynasty will also get better and better. People will have fewer and fewer constraints and become more and more free. There will be a day in the future. Everyone can live according to their own ideas without affecting others."
No more today, will be updated tomorrow. .
