When Yang Fan came back from the banquet, Xiao Niangpi and the others had already finished lunch. Drinking tea and chatting in the garden at home.
The Yang family's garden is on the east side of the yard. It has many corridors and waterside pavilions. It has beautiful scenery and is especially suitable for summer escape.
Although it has entered autumn now, autumn is the best time of the year in the Imperial City, known as the Golden Nine and the Silver Ten. At this time, the climate is comfortable and it is the most comfortable time.
The ladies had lunch at Wangyue Tower. Wangyue Tower is adjacent to water on three sides and has a height of three floors.
They had a roast duck meal on the third floor. I used the duck ticket from Bianyifang and asked the roast duck restaurant to deliver it to me.
At this time, after finishing the meal, I was sitting in the corridor downstairs, drinking tea and chatting.
I heard that the master has come back and brought back a cart full of fine Shu brocade. They all ran over immediately.
The master has a good habit of bringing back something to his wives and concubines when he comes back from shopping. Sometimes they are snacks and fruits, and sometimes they are fun gadgets.
"Master, where did this Shu brocade come from? It's so beautiful."
"Wow, what a delicate Sichuan brocade. It's perfect for making horse-faced skirts."
"Hey, the color and pattern of each one are different. They are all fine products. Where did you get them, sir?"
Yang Fan smiled and said that it was a gift from Qin Liangyu to his wife.
When Lin Yueru and Mei Xiang heard this, they both looked at the little girl eagerly. These Shu brocades were so exquisite that they couldn't put them down.
"Hmph, let's pick three horses each, and send three to Chen Xi. Put the rest in the warehouse." The little girl said seriously with a stern face.
According to the rules, she has the final say in matters at home. Yang Fan didn't care.
The master is only responsible for bringing good things back, but how to distribute them is within her scope of authority.
Yang Fan has no interest in these things. He said to Xiao Niangpi: "Zhang Gong's granddaughter will get married on the first day of the lunar month next month. Please prepare a generous gift and send it to Zhang Gong."
Since the Yang family and the Zhang family are on good terms, they naturally belong to the natal family, so gifts should also be sent to the Zhang family.
"Okay, what standard does the master follow?" Xiao Niangpi asked.
"Well, just follow the standards of the general family. By the way, Mr. Zhang likes mechanical things, so I will give him a kerosene-burning Sterling electric fan and a gasoline-burning hot oil heater. The newlyweds will also give a pair of century-old ones. A gold-case pocket watch. They are all marching and fighting, and time is more important. You can decide on other gifts."
The little girl nodded. The Zhang family is a big landowner in southern Shanxi and is a powerful local people. It is necessary to make good friends. Moreover, Zhang Wudian likes technology, and he and his master are on good terms with each other, and they have been close friends for many years. I have a rough standard in mind.
"Master, we have four communities open for sale tomorrow. Would you like to go and have a look?" Xiao Niangpi asked.
"I won't go. It's crowded, so it's better to rest at home."
Yang Fan previously extended the road of Imperial City North Street to both ends, with one end reaching the West City Wall, which is where the Chegongzhuang subway is today in the imperial capital. The other side was built to the base of the east city wall. That is where the Shishitiao Bridge is in the east of today's imperial capital.
This newly built road adopted the standards of later generations. The lane is 2.3 meters wide and has ten lanes in both directions.
The two lanes inside are steam-engine single-car rail bus lanes. The middle six lanes are occupied by horse-drawn carriages and horse-drawn carriages. The outer two lanes are reserved bicycle lanes. The bike is not yet on the market, so you can go anywhere.
In addition to these lanes, additional sidewalks were added. It is three meters wide and is prepared for pedestrians to move around.
The entire road is made of cement hardened pavement, and asphalt pavement was later laid on top.
Because the Dagang Oilfield and petroleum refinery have been put into operation. Therefore, after crude oil is cracked, a large amount of asphalt will be produced. They were all bought by Yang Fan to pave the way.
One advantage of asphalt is that the ground is relatively soft, horses' hooves are not easily damaged, and carriages do not bump when walking on it. Yang Fan's new four-wheeled light carriage has gone on sale. So it is very important whether the road is good or not. Only good roads can bring out the performance of a shock-absorbed wagon.
The carriage wheels of this era were all made of wood. For durability, they liked to cover the wooden wheels with iron.
. These iron-clad wheels cause serious damage to cement pavement. Therefore, it is better to lay a layer of asphalt.
Coupled with the setting of street lights and the setting of green belts at intervals. This road has been transformed into a clean, beautiful and high-grade road surface with complete drainage facilities. No matter how much rain it rains, there will be no water accumulation. Yang Fan deliberately used a cement drainage pipe with a diameter of two meters.
When the imperial capitals of later generations built drainage facilities in the early days, they learned from Damao. Da Mao's territories are all in cold areas with little rain, so they have no concept of sewers, only sewer pipes. North China is located in the temperate zone, and the monsoon brings a lot of precipitation every summer.
Therefore, if it rains too much in the Imperial Capital, it is easy for water to accumulate.
Therefore, Yang Fan simply dug deep this time and used cement pipes with a diameter of two meters as sewers. In this case, no matter how much it rains, it will not cause water accumulation if it is connected to the ditch in Beicheng. The entire North City will not be flooded.
Rainwater will be drained into the moat through these thick cement pipes.
When this road was first built, people in the capital came to see it. Especially since the nighttime curfew is two hours later. Many people ran to enjoy the shade under the street lamps. There are also people who come to play cards. Where people gathered, people pushing carts selling snacks also came.
Even because the ground here is hardened by cement and the ground is clean, many small vendors have spontaneously formed an open-air fruit, vegetable and grocery market here. There are also carts pushing briquette stoves and making snacks to buy food. Because the curfew doesn't start until midnight. They can stay open late.
Some people have raised concerns before, mainly the street sweepers who clean the roads, who proposed to drive these people away because they left a lot of garbage behind after closing the stalls. The work of the street sweeping team has been increased.
However, after careful consideration, Xiao Niangpi still acquiesced to these people and sold things on the cement sidewalk near the undeveloped wasteland. Increasing popularity is also good for sales in these communities.
The opening of Huangcheng North Street to traffic has greatly facilitated the traffic conditions in the east and west cities, as well as in the north city. Traffic in the city suddenly improved. Many people purposely use North Street to go shopping from Dongcheng to Xicheng. Or go shopping from Xicheng to Dongcheng.
Now, the two inner-city counties of Daxing and Wanping are completely connected.
The first batch of residential areas that Yang Fan opened were on the east side of Di'anmenwai Street, about one kilometer long from east to west and five hundred meters wide from north to south. It is roughly equivalent to the land on the east side of Di'anmen North Street, directly to Nanluogu Lane.
It was sold out as soon as it opened that year. Now the second batch of developed communities is about to open.
These four communities are all 500 meters square. It extends from Nanluogu Lane to the root of the East City Wall. Just over two kilometers.
These residential areas have been developed. The next step is to develop the three-kilometer section from Xinghe Supermarket to the West City Wall.
Because the rout and looting in the south city and the chaos in the north city a few days ago gave many people a sense of crisis. They discovered that the capital was not as safe as they thought before.
This time many wealthy businessmen and officials suffered disaster. Many thugs rushed in at night and looted a lot of property. Some servants tried to resist, and many were beaten or killed.
At that time, many owners who bought houses in the community suddenly discovered that Huangcheng North Street was very quiet and no one came here to make trouble. The streets here are lined with security guards armed with iron bars.
Most of these security guards are led by veterans and disabled veterans who have retired from the Xinghe Corps. Armed with iron-clad horse clubs and flails and riding Mongolian war horses, they patrolled the streets around the community.
There are also walking security guards on the ground blocking the entrance of the alley with wooden blocks and checking people entering the community and surrounding streets. That's why there has never been an attack here.
They quickly fled here with their families. After all, they have a house here too. As long as you live in a community, you will be completely safe. There is everything around the community, so there is no need to go out to buy it. You can even ask the servants to notify the waiters at various shops, businesses, and restaurants waiting at the door, and they will be delivered to your home.
Many officials and wealthy businessmen even regretted not buying a house here. But at this time, it is too late to buy a second-hand house. At this point, no one is willing to sell their house. You can't even rent it.
They had no choice but to bribe the security guard
An, come here to take shelter for a while. But all were rejected. These security guards made it very clear that no one is allowed to enter the community without the owner's ID and access pass.
They were surprised to find that the security guards refused to accept bribes. This is a rare thing in Ming Dynasty. Later someone told them that these security guards were entitled to retirement pay, but only if they worked until retirement age. If you are fired for accepting bribes, you will lose your iron job.
So, never bribe these people, they will get angry. I think you want to destroy their iron rice bowl.
As a result, they had no choice but to go to the supporting commercial facilities in the community and find accommodation in hotels open to the public. The commercial streets near Di'anmen are all newly built six-story buildings, with shops on the lower three floors. The upper three floors are used as a hotel to provide accommodation. After all, there are many businessmen coming to the capital.
Because there are so many people, these hotels are full and room prices have skyrocketed.
Many people would rather increase the price to get a room. There are still many people who haven't booked a room yet. The family had to hide in a carriage on the streets nearby for two days. After all, it's very safe here.
After this incident, they suddenly understood the importance of buying a house in the community. If you are reluctant to spend money to buy a safe and sturdy residence, if it is robbed by thugs, the loss may be huge.
So this time, they are all eagerly waiting for the new community to open.
Real estate is definitely something that changes with the market. At present, the price of second-hand houses in old communities has doubled. The opening price of the new community is directly set at more than 250% of the average opening price of the old community.
But it is said that there are still many people who have asked for a deposit.
Yang Fan was aware of these situations, and he had anticipated them when he invested money in infrastructure.
The roads have been repaired, and commercial and living facilities have been provided. Schools, hospitals, theaters, supermarkets, wet markets, etc. have all been arranged, and housing prices are bound to rise.
Because these investments will eventually be reflected in housing prices.
