In the small commodity street, there are all kinds of gadgets, including rare treasures and unique and rare things. It's dizzying and dazzling.
Ziye sighed, "Sir, why do I think Jiangning is so prosperous?"
"It's very prosperous." If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have believed that such a small place is no less prosperous than the capital city. It is different from the noble and elegant prosperity of the capital city. It is very close to the people's livelihood and the atmosphere of the place, and it has a happy and harmonious feeling.
In particular, all the people had smiles on their faces, and it was rare to see people with grimaces and grimaces.
If it were in the capital, how could it be so lively every night? Jing Zhaoyin's City Patrol Division patrols the streets every night. Ordinary people do not dare to go out on the streets easily at night for fear of getting into trouble with Jing Zhaoyin and the City Patrol Division's people. As for Jiangning, although there are soldiers patrolling the city, the people don't feel bothered at all. The soldiers patrolling the city are just to maintain order and provide emergency relief if something goes wrong. The people are very friendly to the soldiers patrolling the city. Many aunts even specially gave food to the soldiers patrolling the city.
Not only Ziye thought Jiangning was a good place, but Zhou Gu also thought it was good.
Everyone says that Su Xu, the prefect of Jiangning, has no great talent, is upright, and does not know how to adapt. A prefect of Jiangning has been in office for more than ten years, failed to pass the annual assessment, and cannot move. He is a mediocre person who is neither good nor bad. He probably uses all his skills to marry. It is said that he married seven concubines and gave birth to seven concubines, all of whom were almost the same age. Now it seems that this evaluation is not entirely true.
Zhou Consultant Ziye said, "Have you noticed that there is not a single beggar in Jiangning County?"
Even the capital, the land of the emperor, has sporadic beggars, but the reason why there are so few beggars is not because the capital is really good, but because the people in the city patrol often drive away the beggars for the sake of the city appearance and not to cause trouble, so as not to bump into the nobles. Over time, the beggars They can only wander around the outskirts of Beijing.
"Yes." Ziye nodded, "Sir, if you don't tell me, my subordinates haven't noticed it yet. I really haven't seen a beggar. Don't beggars come out at night?"
"I'm afraid not. We haven't seen beggars since we entered Jiangning's territory." Zhou Gu shook his head, "Obviously, we met many beggars along the way. But after we arrived in Jiangning, the beggars seemed to disappear."
Ziye wondered, "Then what's going on?"
"It's getting late. Let's go back first and come out for a walk tomorrow." Zhou Gu couldn't walk anymore and wanted to go back and rest.
Midnight nodded, he couldn't walk anymore.
The next day, after Zhou Gu woke up, he took Ziye and Zhou Xi to the street again.
Zhou Xi whispered: "Master, since you have come to Jiangning, you can't just play around. You'd better go to Su Taishou's mansion early to pay a visit. Anyway, we have to stay for a long time. You can pay homage to Su Taishou after , and play slowly."
Zhou Gu shook his head, "There's no rush, we have to give Su Prefect's Mansion time to prepare. They don't know that I'm coming in person, and they must be in full swing to prepare to welcome me. If I come in too much of a hurry, they will definitely be in chaos, and they may not be happy to see me."
Zhou Xi thought the same thing and said with a smile: "I am not thinking carefully. I would rather be more transparent and considerate than you, the young master."
Zhou Gu thought to himself that I was not being considerate. I didn't want to go immediately. After all, he was going to meet his prospective father-in-law and his fiancée. He was not fully prepared yet. In short, he could delay it for one day.
Jiangning is very lively at night, and there are also endless crowds of people during the day.
Ziye sighed, "I thought Jiangning was so lively at night, but not so lively during the day. I didn't expect it to be the same during the day. It's really lively with all the people coming and going."
Zhou Xi said: "I have inquired and found that Jiangning is well connected in all directions and has a very special geographical location. Therefore, merchants traveling from south to north prefer to come to Jiangning to sell goods. To say that Governor Su is also very powerful. Not only is the agricultural economy developing well, but also small commodities There are also small workshops that specialize in making gadgets, and the development is booming. It is said that there is support from the government's policies that benefit the people, so it is really unique and different."
"Oh?" Zhou Gu looked at Zhou Xi.
Zhou Xi knew what he was going to ask, "I haven't found much through my inquiries. For more details, when you go to the Prefect's Mansion, you can ask Prefect Su personally. I believe he will be happy to answer."
Zhou Gu nodded.
A few people walked around the city for half a day, and many locals looked at Zhou Gu with surprise. Because he was good-looking, they couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
At noon, Zhou Gu and several people entered a restaurant.
When the waiter was serving the food, Zhou Gu took the opportunity to ask: "Second brother, is this Jiang Ning very rich?"
"It's not that rich." The young man said with a smile on his face, "It's just that our prefect encourages small businesses to make a living and the people are self-sufficient."
"If you don't have a beggar, wouldn't you be rich?" Consultant Zhou.
The young man smiled and said to Consultant Zhou: "Sir, what do you think the young man does?"
"Aren't you the waiter?" Zhou Gu thought that this was not a question he asked knowingly.
The boy smiled again, patted his chest, and said proudly: "I used to be a beggar when I was little."
Zhou Gu was shocked, "Then you..."
"Young master, you have a Beijing accent and are from the capital, right? A while ago, a young master also came from the capital and asked this question. That young master was also very good-looking, and his aura of nobility was similar to yours. , but he looks two years older than you. Let me tell you, the reason why there are no beggars in Jiangning is because when we beg in Jiangning, we will be accepted by the government. The government specially sends people to educate us and lead us to see seven Old men and women in their teens were selling vegetables in baskets, and children as young as three or five were selling flowers and trinkets along the street. No matter whether we were older or younger, we couldn’t beat seven or eight. How can a ten-year-old man or woman, a child no more than three or five years old, have the nerve to reach out and ask for begging? So, under the arrangement of the government, I tried to find a way to earn money to support myself."
Zhou Gu found it unbelievable, but also thought it made sense. When he went to the night market yesterday, he did see many gray-haired old men and women in their 70s and 80s selling vegetables and gadgets and snacks made by themselves. I spent a long time shopping during the day today, and it seems to be the same.
He suddenly discovered that there seemed to be no idle people in Jiangning County except for those who came for fun.
Zhou Gu rewarded the young man with two taels of silver and said, "Thank you for informing me."
The boy accepted it happily and went to pass the food around again.
Zhou Gu turned to Ziye and whispered, "Did you hear what he just said? The person who asked him about this a while ago is probably the prince."
The prince was out on business, and the place was not in Jiangning, but not far from Jiangning. He came to Jiangning specially, probably because he wanted to see how Jiangning was governed.
Midnight nodded.
Zhou Gu remembered what the prince had told him. He thought about it and waved to Zhou Xi.
