Seeing the questioning looks from everyone.
Zhao Di pointed to the device that was made up of several huge iron rods inserted deep into the ground and said: "This is a special lever for moving cargo at the dock. It is used to transport heavy objects such as celestial charcoal from the ship to the dock. . Because these items are very heavy, it is easy for the ship to capsize and cause accidents when getting on the ship, and some people may even fall into the water. If the goods are reduced in size and then carried by people, it will take half a day to carry them on the ship, which will cause great problems for other ships carrying cargo."
Speaking of this, Zhao Di couldn't help but admire him and said: "Since the accident, in order to increase insurance and improve efficiency, Xiao Langjun invented this lever. It can easily carry thousands of kilograms of objects onto the ship, and can also lift heavy objects on the ship. Things are easily carried ashore.”
When Xi Xing saw this, he felt empty in his heart, and felt that what he had learned was more than useful in the Pier School.
He couldn't help but turn to Zhao Di and asked: "This shouldn't be the Qiyin skill. It should be the Object Checker."
Zhao nodded and continued to look at the lever and said: "Of course it is due to the investigation of things. Xiao Langjun admires the predecessors of this dynasty such as Prime Minister Su, Master Bi, and Shen Mengxi."
"He admires Bi Sheng because Master Bi invented movable type printing, which brought a leap forward in printing; he admires Shen Mengxi because he is erudite and good at writing, and he knows everything about astronomy, local chronicles, laws and calendars, music, medicine, and divination. His works have made great contributions to agriculture, water conservancy, military, music, medicine, economy, etc."
“But he admired Su Xiang, especially the Armillary Sphere (water-moving instrument platform) and the fake celestial sphere invented by Su Xiang. It can be said that it embodies the essence of the world and integrates astronomical observation, astronomical demonstration, drumming, ringing, and time telling. The hydraulic automation equipment was unfortunately destroyed in the hands of the barbarians."
Zhao Di also talked about Xiao Langjun's hatred for the Hu people.
"What Xiao Langjun hates the most is the Hu people. He says that the Hu people can do nothing but destroy and kill."
Having said this, Zhao Di paused, then looked to the north and west, and said with a solemn tone: "In Zhaojiazhuang Academy, there are several evocative sentences posted on it. One is, expel the Hulu, Give me back China. Secondly, I studied for the rise of the Song Dynasty. Thirdly, the sound of reading in the wind and rain reached my ears; I cared about everything, family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs."
Xi Xing couldn't help but be stunned at this moment.
I underestimated this junior brother too much.
Every time Zhao Di said something, Xi Xing couldn't help but hand it over. This young junior brother he hadn't met yet actually had such an ambition.
While Xixing held his hands, he thought that this junior brother of his was said to have three great qualities in poetry at the county school, and that poem about being drunk on the spring breeze was indeed interesting.
In front of him, I may be better at Jingyi than him, and I have the honor of passing the Fajie Test, but there is nothing else to be proud of.
Thinking of this, Xi Xing's original pride as a scholar couldn't help but disappear without a trace. Then he looked at his younger brother, who seemed to be the same age as Zhao Ping. He might know that he was good at playing in the mud, and a wry smile suddenly appeared on his face.
After Xi Xing's family got off the boat, they climbed the eighteen steps and saw the scene in front of them. If they were shocked just now, now they are completely incomprehensible. Why is the avenue here divided into two parts?
Why do pedestrians also walk in two directions?
Why are there willow trees in the middle of the avenue?
The road on the ground is flat and smooth, why not slate? What material is it?
Why is the ground clean and hygienic, without cow dung, horse dung and other dirt?
Why are there small buildings with one floor and one floor on both sides of the avenue? There are yellow oak trees, yellow oak orchid trees, gardenias and green bamboos around the small buildings. They look neat and beautiful, with birds singing and flowers fragrant. Swallows and other birds are constantly flying in the sky, which is in harmony. It seems full of poetry and painting?
Seeing everyone's puzzled looks, Zhao Di thought for a while and said: "This avenue should be the immortal concrete that just came out. It is made by mixing immortal cement with water and river sand. It can be turned into a spacious avenue in a few days." Avenue, and it’s smooth and easy to clean.”
At this point, Xi Xing paused, pointed to the avenue and said: "The reason why the avenue is divided into two sides is to facilitate passers-by and vehicles and avoid collisions between pedestrians and vehicles. The willow tree in the middle is both beautiful and has an isolation effect. Horse manure and cow There are people who clean up the manure. Didn't you see that there are covered trash cans on both sides of the road? Those trash cans are transported at night to be used for farm fertilizer. As for the identical first floor and bottom, as well as the yellow oak tree and yellow oak orchid gardenia tree on both sides And Cuizhu, of course this is a mandatory requirement in Zhaojiazhuang, otherwise you would not be allowed to build a house here."
Xi Xing's family members widened their eyes and nodded as they kept observing this street, which was different from the county town. The food, clothing, and entertainment were not much different from the county town, but the obvious difference was that there were very few teahouses here and the ground was very clean and tidy. , there is no stinking smell of cattle, sheep and horse dung, and it seems that there are no brothels yet. Pedestrians come and go in a hurry, not as leisurely as people in the county town. However, no matter how busy the passers-by were, they would stop and salute Zhao Di when they saw him, and Zhao Di also hurriedly returned the salute.
Suddenly, the lady of the Xi family pointed at a man wearing a red armband and said, "What is he doing?"
The rest of the family also looked at the man wearing the red armband.
I saw the man wearing the red armband blowing something that made a "wuwu" sound, asking the owner of the oxcart to stop the cart, and saying to the driver: "Fine, fine."
In the astonishment of Xi's family, the driver finally stopped the cart after hard work, and obediently took out ten cents from his sleeve.
In the end, he was still angry and slapped the cow twice. The old cow was wronged, raised his head unwillingly, and uttered "moo" twice to express his protest.
Xi Xing’s family couldn’t help but find it funny!
Zhao Di also smiled softly, then pointed at the owner of the ox cart and explained: "The owner of the ox cart did not control the cart well and let the cart cross the boundary line in the middle of the avenue. He was caught by the urban management and fined. Zhaojiazhuang is so clean and tidy, and it is inseparable. It’s all thanks to the city management department.”
The wife of the Xi family couldn't help but smile, then pointed at the car owner and said: "This car owner is not good at driving. After being fined, he took it out on others. He deserves it."
Everyone couldn't help but smile, but Xi Xing's two younger brothers didn't seem to see this, and stared intently at the thing that was blowing "woo woo" from the urban management.
Seeing everyone's confused looks, Zhao Di explained: "This is called a whistle. It is placed in the mouth and can be blown hard to make it sound. Currently, the output is small, and it is mainly sold in Zhaojiazhuang."
After walking about a mile, I came to a shop with the words "Zhaojiazhuang Supermarket" on it.
Xi Xing's family was shocked. They had never heard of this name and had no idea what this store called "Supermarket" was about.
However, I saw many people coming in and out, with baskets in their hands containing rice, wheat flour, fairy soap, Zui Chunfeng tea, cloth, fairy charcoal, candied haws, and almost all kinds of food and clothing.
These women, mainly women, were chatting happily and carrying baskets.
When they saw Zhao Di, they stopped to greet him and saluted.
While Zhao Di was returning the gift, a laughing voice suddenly came: "I asked why the magpies are chirping today. It turns out that the virtuous son-in-law is back. When the virtuous son-in-law comes back this time, must he have invited the noble man back?" My son-in-law is really awesome, haha~".
Following the sound of laughter, a middle-aged man in his forties dressed as a member of staff came out. He looked at everyone in the Xi family and nodded to them.
Zhao Di hurriedly stepped forward to salute and met Wang Wengui, and then introduced each other to Xi Xing's family and Wang Wengui.
Only after washing the family did they find out that this man was the shopkeeper of the supermarket and Zhao Di's father-in-law, Taishan Wang Xiugui.
Xi Xing's younger sister, the eldest lady of the Xi family, heard that this man was Zhao Di's father-in-law, so he was already married. She couldn't help but look pale and shaky.
The second wife of the Xi family hurriedly stepped forward to support her sister, and then glared at Zhao Di hatefully.
Xi Xing looked at his sister and Zhao Di and felt that Zhao Di and he were on good terms with each other. They were both talented and were the shopkeeper of Zhaojiazhuang in the county town.
I originally thought it would be good to be my brother-in-law, but now it seems that he is obviously married. I can't help but let out a long sigh, and the mother-in-law Weng Weng of the Xi family shook her head.
Xi Xing's two younger brothers were very happy because Zhao Di gave each of them a whistle.
The two of them kept taking it out of their arms and wanted to play but didn't dare.
Zhao Di smiled and said: "Blow here to influence others. You can play in places where there are no people or few people."
Xixing braced himself hard and saw that the avenue was almost over here.
There is a circular high platform here, with an urban management officer wearing a red armband commanding here. Pedestrians are in order under his command.
Although the cows and horses kept roaring, people could still turn around here relatively smoothly.
In front of it is a building that is vaguely similar to the Yamen. From the outside, this building looks very heavy and rough. There are neither wooden blocks nor exposed bricks on the walls. The exterior is freshly painted with lime. There is no sense of traditional architecture at all. .
Xi Xing thought for a while and couldn't help but ask: "My dear friend, is this made of fairy cement?"
Zhao nodded and said: "This is the first batch of houses built with fairy cement in Zhaojiazhuang. It can be built at least three times faster than the previous houses. It has a service center and the construction time is less than a month." Caused.”
The whole Xi family couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this. It would be difficult to complete the same building in the county in less than half a year.
Outside the gate is an archway with the words "Zhaojiazhuang Convenience Service Center" written in large characters on it.
There are also public notice booths, parking areas, and rest areas. There is a large open space in the middle of the courtyard, as well as yellow orchid trees, green bamboos, willow trees, and osmanthus trees. These tamarisk trees are either young or have just been transplanted. , does not look so lush.
Different from the yamen, there is also an office courtyard here, and there are many rooms in the courtyard that have just been painted with lime.
Some of the house numbers of these rooms have land on them, some say real estate, some say school, some say urban management, some say security nursing home, industrial and commercial department, bank, gewu, civil affairs, health, and some say It says arbitration, some says so-and-so workshop, etc.
Zhao Di explained to the Xi family that this was to facilitate the residents and merchants of Zhaojiazhuang to come here to do business. The Civil Mediation Office, which was written as arbitration, specialized in mediating trivial matters for ordinary people.
After passing through the office compound, I saw a gate in the middle. There were two guards standing guard on both sides of the gate. When I saw Zhao Di approaching, I saluted and asked, "Please show me your ID."
What, you need a certificate to get in?
