early morning.
The sky is still bright. In the capital of the Han Dynasty, there were many government servants and petty officials who walked through the streets and knocked on the door when they saw it.
Lijia Hutong, Li Xiaohu’s house.
As the name suggests. The reason why this Lijia Hutong is called Lijia Hutong. It's because there are so many people with the surname Li here. Li Xiaohu is 42 years old and lives with his wife, son, and grandson.
Their family makes a living by making tofu. There is not only a tofu shop on the street, but also a grain and oil shop next to the tofu shop.
Don't look at it like this, their family's life is not easy either. There are so many things to worry about.
Every day, local gangsters come to ask for protection money. Yamen's police officers, petty officials, etc. also need to be filial.
The remaining money is the food ration for their family.
However, this is much better than closing down.
These days. Han soldiers came to the city and the capital was under martial law. The tofu shop and grain and oil shop were closed, and the family drank from the northwest wind.
At that time, Li Xiaohu was very worried. As a big family, he had too many people to talk about, so he didn't want to end up starving to death.
But then things took a turn for the worse. The Han soldiers and the King of Han entered the city, and the Dao Lord and Emperor escaped and were captured alive. They all said that the Chu Kingdom had been destroyed.
It’s Hantian now.
Li Xiaohu didn't care whether the Chu Kingdom was destroyed. Who cared whether the emperor who made alchemy died or not? What he cares about is whether his family can survive.
It's better to die than live.
Later he discovered that the problem was not big.
If a family is out of rations, they can simply notify the government and receive ten days of rations based on the number of people in the family.
You know, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the capital. Hundreds of thousands of mouths.
This made Li Xiaohu wonder. Where did the Han army get so much food? Isn’t it a bitter cold land over there in Liaodong?
The people are all sallow, skinny, and howling with hunger. Therefore, he also developed a wolfish nature and is particularly good at fighting.
certainly. Li Xiaohu was just curious and didn't care.
Anyway, when the Han army entered the city, they could not cause chaos if they had food and coarse salt.
The common people.
Just have something to eat.
I just don’t know when normal order will be restored in the capital?
When can my own grain and oil store and tofu store be opened?
Li Xiaohu woke up early in the morning and practiced Tai Chi in the yard. His wife and two daughters-in-law were busy in the kitchen.
The grandson and granddaughter were playing wildly in the yard, and the whole yard was filled with laughter like silver bells.
"Bang bang bang!!!" At this moment, a heavy knock on the door sounded. Li Xiaohu was startled and had a bad feeling in his heart.
Could it be that the Han army showed its true colors?
A door-to-door search?
"Li Xiaohu. I'm Zhang Chenju. Open the door quickly. I have something to tell you." A familiar voice sounded. Li Xiaohu breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Chenjiu is a police officer in the county government and lives in the alley next door.
Li Xiaohu opened the door and saw Zhang Chenjiu wearing a police officer's uniform and leading two subordinates, looking businesslike. There was a drumbeat in his heart again, and he asked cautiously: "Chen Jie, is there something wrong with you looking like this?"
"Old Li, you already know that the King of Han entered the capital. The current reign name is Jianwu. That means the person sitting in the Dragon Court is Lord Jianwu."
"Yesterday, the Han Dynasty court had moved here. The county magistrate and the governor brought many subordinates to settle in the Yamen. Today, the court has an order to open the city gate and allow the people to enter and leave the capital."
"But it is not recommended that people go to far away places. Because Hebei is not yet stable at the moment. In some places there are people who support themselves with soldiers, and in other places bandits are rampant. But the territory of Shuntian Prefecture is still stable."
Zhang Chenjiu said with a smile.
Li Xiaohu was happy that grain and oil stores and tofu stores could open.
Then he asked curiously: "Chen Jian. How about the official? Is he a good official?"
"It's hard to say whether he is a good official or not. But he looks very energetic and resolute. Moreover, Lord Jianwu has issued an order to rectify the civil administration in the world. Starting from the capital and Shuntian Mansion."
"We are not afraid of the officials of the court, but we are afraid of the corpse of the court. The so-called six ministers are made of clay, and the three elders are made of paper. This Jianwu Lord is the founding king of the country, and he can work hard to govern. We have hope for the future. Your grain and oil store, In the tofu shop, there will be a lot less mess in the future."
Zhang Chenjiu lowered his voice and said with a smile.
He is an old man in the yamen and has been around for many years. I have seen many officials. The officials of the Han Dynasty did have a spirit of spirit.
Like.
Um.
Just like a sharp knife, you can tell at a glance that it can cut people.
It's just the beginning now, and it's hard to say what will happen in the future. But at least his first impression was good, and he felt that his future life would not be too bad.
This only requires peace in the world.
Things get better.
Who cares who the emperor is? If the emperor is wise, he is my father.
If the old emperor is a fool, then spit on him, he is my grandson.
"That's good. That's good." Li Xiaohu smiled with his old face and nodded repeatedly. The two talked for a while, and then Zhang Chenjiu left.
Countless jealous government officials spread the news of the opening of Han Dynasty throughout the capital.
But the water in the capital only became slightly active and then calmed down.
This is the capital city of a country with a population of hundreds of thousands. In the past, countless daily necessities reached the capital through the canal every day, supplying hundreds of thousands of people for consumption.
Now the world is in war, and commercial activities have completely stopped.
Just like Li Xiaohu's shop, it couldn't open without grain, oil and soybeans.
But the Han Dynasty had already prepared.
Starting from Liaodong, passing through Shanhaiguan and finally reaching Handu. The Han army built a wide and smooth cement road.
Merchants from Liaodong and Youyan undertook the tasks of merchants from Jiangnan. Truckloads of various supplies were transported to Handu for sale.
Make money.
at the same time. Tianjin Port in North Zhili and other important ports. Merchant ships docked one after another. There were Youyan merchants, Xinqi merchants, and Ryukyu merchants who transported large quantities of supplies to the shore to replenish the capital's supplies.
An invisible big hand is shrouding the sky over Handu.
Tell the people in the capital clearly.
It's okay.
A city population of hundreds of thousands, with hundreds of thousands of mouths, is just a small matter. The Han Dynasty could survive.
Therefore, within a few days, the water in Handu became active again. Various shops are open, and the streets are bustling with people coming and going.
But it was different from the Chu period.
Take Li Xiaohu’s store as an example. In the past, there were many people who exploited people, including local gangsters and official thieves.
During the Han Dynasty, there were more and more policemen on the street, and they were all in high spirits and looked very intimidating.
Of course there are less ruffians and the like.
There are no officials to exploit the people.
From top to bottom, a trend emerged that swept the entire officialdom.
The rain moistens everything silently.
The people felt that the sky had changed.
From Chutian, it became Hantian.
The capital of Chu also became the capital of Han.
