Traveling through a farmer's home: farming to make a fortune and raise children

"This capital city is different. We came all the way from Guanzhou Prefecture and passed through many cities, but none of them were half as grand as the capital city."

Entering from the city gate, there is a street dozens of meters wide, which can accommodate more than a dozen carriages.

The city at this time was basically square and square, with various streets and alleys dividing the city into several areas.

There are areas where dignitaries live exclusively, there are areas where merchants and wealthy households live, and there are naturally places where people can eat, drink, have fun, and mingle with ordinary people.

They did not bring anyone else with them, only a driver driving the carriage. Li Changhui acted as a guide and introduced Lin He to some general situations in the capital.

Although he has been away from the capital for many years, there will definitely be changes in some small places, but large areas will not change easily.

"The so-called scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, even if the merchants are wealthy, most people think that the merchants smell like copper and are unwilling to have close friendship with them. They even think that it is bad luck to live too close to the merchants."

"People respect the north, so the royal palace and the residences of imperial officials are all in the north direction of the city."

"The east side is where businessmen gather. In addition to residences, there are also many large commercial houses. The south side is where people from better-off families live. The west side is mostly poor people."

"Basically, the west side of any city can be said to be a slum area, and most of the lower-class people will hide in these places."

Li Changhui explained slowly, and Lin He was speechless.

"I didn't expect that there are such things. Then according to what you said, where should the place for eating, drinking and having fun be located?"

Li Changhui laughed: "This is just a general direction. It does not mean that there can only be residents. Except for the Beicheng side, other places are naturally places for eating, drinking and having fun."

"The imperial palace is in the North City. The closest places to the palace are the three provinces and six ministries, and then from the inside to the outside, there are the residences of the princes and princesses, princes and marquis, as well as the palace officials."

"There are a large number of officers and soldiers patrolling these places on weekdays. No one can easily enter, let alone those for fun. Naturally, it is impossible for him."

Lin He nodded in understanding. Anyway, except for the north of the city, you can go anywhere else, right?
"Where are we going now?"

Lin He opened the carriage curtain with his hand and looked outside curiously. On the wide street, there were many carriages and people passing by, and there were even people riding horses directly.

However, riding a horse cannot run wildly on the street. It can only move forward slowly to avoid accidentally injuring passers-by. It has the meaning of a speed limit, which surprised Lin He.

"Go to Qingyu Street first. There are all kinds of gadgets from all over the world, as well as snacks from all over the world. You should be more interested."

Li Changhui is the person who knows Lin He best, so he naturally knows what Lin He likes.

She has no interest in expensive gold, silver and jewelry, but has no interest in elegant music, chess, calligraphy and painting. In her eyes, the only function of jade and porcelain is to serve as decoration.

On the contrary, those groceries from all over the world were Lin He's favorite things. Just like on the way to the capital, every time he pulled him to the shore to rest, he would go straight to the streets selling department stores and rummage through them like treasure hunting.

No, as soon as Li Changhui finished speaking, Lin He's eyes lit up: "Okay, okay, I've always heard that there is everything in the capital. I must take a good look this time."

All the good things in the world will gather in the imperial city, which is the richest place in the entire Da'an Dynasty.

At a glance, there are a lot of people on the roadside. People are coming in and out of almost every shop. The waiters are constantly welcoming and delivering food and entertainment, women's hairpins and rouge, men's clothes, socks, shoes and hats, etc., everything is available.

There are also some big trees planted on the roadside, which are both beautiful and practical as they can provide shelter from wind and rain.

If it weren't for the fact that these people were wearing different clothes, Lin He would even feel that they would be no different from those on the street in his previous life.I should have come to the city earlier if I knew it. The first two times I went to the city, the first time I just raised the carriage curtain and took a look. The second time I entered the palace, the streets were dark and quiet, and I couldn't see anything. arrive.

Li Changhui sat next to Lin He: "The capital is bustling, so we can only visit Qingyu Street today. I will take you to other places next time."

Lin He was immediately curious: "Is Qingyu Street so big?"

Li Changhui laughed: "Although it is called Qingyu Street, it is not just one street, but a total of six streets crisscrossing it. If I can visit it all in one day, it will be great."

Lin He exhaled softly: "It's so big."

"Yes, and if I remember correctly, there have been Hu merchants entering the city recently, which will make it more lively, and carriages are not allowed in Qingyu Street, you can only walk, so I said that it is enough to just go to Qingyu Street today."

Lin He's eyes were shining: "It sounds so powerful."

Li Changhui laughed: "Of course, but you must be careful when you go in. There are many people in Qingyu Street, and there will be all kinds of people mixed in, especially some petty thieves who like to go to Qingyu Street to steal sheep."

With that said, he took the money bag from Lin He's waist.

"Put this in your sleeve pocket and hang it on your waist. Even I can't guarantee that it will be felt when someone takes it away."

Only then did Lin He realize that the money bag on Li Changhui's waist was gone and seemed to have been put in his sleeve pocket.

"Even if you are so powerful, you can't completely prevent thieves. Are those thieves too powerful?"

Lin He didn't make a big deal. Even though Li Changhui was so careful, she didn't think she could make a mistake 100% of the time.

Li Changhui was helpless: "Although we have tried our best to make the people live and work in peace and contentment, there are still displaced people after all, especially some children who have been doing this since they were young and have rich experience. Even if there are guards patrolling every day, they still can't catch them all."

Lin He nodded and touched his chin: "Brother Hui, I just wanted to tell you recently. I feel that there are not enough people working in the fields. You think, why don't we just put up notices in certain places in the city?" Human?"

In the past, there were hundreds of tenant households on the 1000 acres, and they usually grew grain, raised chickens and pigs.

Almost every season, there will be some free land, where tenants can take a break and rest.

But things are different now. Under Lin He's various arrangements, there is almost no idle space in the land.

In addition, more than 1000 acres of farmland have been added, including some newly purchased wasteland. As a result, the existing tenants are not enough.

Recruiting people to work is a matter of time.

But Li Changhui almost instantly thought of Lin He's intention, which was not just as simple as recruiting people.

"You want to take some children into the village?"

What he said just now happened to mention that some children learn to be thieves from an early age.

But Li Changhui also knew that Lin He was not just out of kindness.

In other words, there should be other ideas. (End of chapter)