After their discussion, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan sent someone to pass on the message while they continued to ride their horses. On the road, they seemed to know everyone. They even saw the original Tubo and Turkic people.
The Tubo did not show any hostility. Like the other people, the original Turkic people did not rush up to fight with the two of them. Zhang Xiaobao did not even see any intention of revenge in the eyes of the original Turkic people.
"The weak always like to rely on the strong. Even if there is a direct injury, under the gradual erosion of time and the yearning for a better life, they will actively or passively accept reality. Under the management of the same political system, no matter what kind of pain they had in the past, ordinary people will adapt well to the new environment. Only people who lost their previous power and could not adjust their mood can possibly be depressed for life."
Zhang Xiaobao said to Wang Juan beside him after realizing that the people who were annexed did not want to seek revenge on him and Wang Juan.
"Are you telling me about the animal world?" Wang Juan asked with a smile.
Zhang Xiaobao also smiled, "No, the animal world requires the efforts of a large number of people. Those who run around in the wild all year round to record the details of all kinds of animals and plants are heroes. What I want to say is that in the future, the Japanese and Xinluo people will not hate us. "
"This is probably what the Japanese regret and sullenness. Just as you said, if there is no hatred, the prerequisite is that under the management of the same political system, the Japanese did not achieve this goal when they invaded back then, so they have so many right-wing people. With a little instigation, they can even turn the entire population into a right-wing right.
Because they hate us, just like how we hate them. Don't look at me like that, I really hate them. But I can't put this hatred on the innocent Japanese people now. We have to manage their place well as soon as possible, help them, and let them live a good life with the same amount of labor, but only a little less income than us. "
As Wang Juan spoke, she waved at the Japanese woman who was standing by the street teaching children to speak the Tang language. The woman also smiled and greeted.
Zhang Xiaobao and Weiwei shook their heads and sighed, "A woman's heart is the most poisonous. When these words come out of your mouth, I find that even the days of heavy snow on the grassland in winter have become warmer."
"Thank you." Wang Juan smiled.
The two of them chatted and laughed. After a while, they finally arrived at the west side of Chang 'an.
Although it was called a city, there were no concrete walls. Those things were in the way. But no matter what, the capital was still a city. Therefore, there was a clear dividing line between the inside and outside of the city.
The dividing line was not a drawn line, but a road, a wide road. The east side of the road belonged to the Beijing area, and the west side of the road was still the Beijing area. However, the people who lived on the west side of the road always thought that they were not from the Beijing area, and they had not transferred their household registration.
Even though Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not personally ask about the reason for not changing their household registration, they could still analyze it.
This had nothing to do with the welfare of the capital. Other than the officials, the welfare of the Great Tang was the same for everyone else. Looking at the people on the west side of the road who seemed to be very familiar with the capital but also strange and wanted to adapt as soon as possible, it was easy to understand why they did not enter the capital.
"Sometimes it is not easy for the local officials." Zhang Xiaobao sighed. He dismounted from the horse and asked the "old man" who had just finished sweeping the garbage on the road, "Uncle, have you been here for a year?"
"Yo, Xiao Bao? It's really Xiao Bao. I was busy with work and didn't see you two. " The old man, who was less than 50 years old, had traces of age on his face. Hearing the noise, he looked up and looked at the person who spoke. Then he recognized who it was. He seemed very happy and excited.
Zhang Xiaobao took out a handful of dates from his sling bag and gave half to the old man. He rubbed the rest in his hand with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth to chew. He said, "This shows that you are serious about your work. Eat dates. On the way here, a date seller forced me to eat them."
"Well, for some people, the dates they plant are sweet. For others, the dates they don't need to spend money taste like honey. When you eat them, you will taste more than just dates."
The old man did not back down. He took the dates and rubbed them with his hand like Zhang Xiaobao. He threw them into his mouth and said.
If the old man's words were said to the children in the school, they would not understand. However, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan understood. The two looked at the old man differently. To be able to say such words, the old man was not ordinary.
Wang Juan came over and said, "It is sweet, sweeter than honey. Not everyone can get things forced by others. Xiao Bao and I are satisfied. In the future, we will work harder to do what we can do. We will not dare to slack off. Otherwise, we will not be able to eat sweet free dates. And the things we lose are more precious than dates. Uncle, why do you want to do this work?"
The old man's eyes narrowed. He looked at Zhang Xiaobao and then looked at Wang Juan. He repeated this several times and said with a smile, "You are really a pair. You are pleasing to the eye. Sweeping the road gives me a lot of money. Looking at the many cars and people on the road, the more prosperous it is, the more comfortable I feel.
My family has been here for nine months. The government is busy and has not sent the certificate of origin. If there are only a few people, the capital can send a telegram to confirm. If there are too many people, I am afraid that the certificate of origin will be falsified. We have to wait for the local government to send the certificate together.
In winter, it will be sent no matter what. When this group of people leaves, another group will come and continue to live on the west side of the road and wait for the government to send the certificate. "
The old man's words were simple, but there was no lack of deep meaning in them.
After saying this, the old man finished eating the dates. He clapped his hands and picked up the broom again. He said to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, "I am going to work. You two go. I heard that a train station is going to be built. The people on the west side of the road will have to move."
Seeing the old man walk away with the broom, Zhang Xiaobao smacked his lips and put the uneaten dates back into the bag. He said, "Unexpectedly, people are so open-minded now?"
"Uncle is a person with a story. Don't worry. When his hometown comes to the capital, he will slowly show his ability. There are more and more people in the capital. "
Wang Juan was thinking about another problem. Everyone was squeezing into the capital. Would they expand the city after a period of time?
Zhang Xiaobao said, "It seems that the station has to be built far to the west. Otherwise, it will be stuck in the city. The people are concentrated in the central city, which means that our productivity has not kept up. We still have a long way to go to guide the use of resources and give the Tang people a happy life. Isn't it good to live in the countryside? "
"If I have my own direct power line, combined with a seeding harvester and a full set of household appliances, I am willing to live in the countryside." Wang Juan said to Zhang Xiaobao as she squinted her eyes.
"Now the task is to make the best use of the steam engine. Let's go." Zhang Xiaobao did not dare to think about the things Wang Juan said. They still needed to work hard.
The two remounted their horses and continued to head west. Originally, they had planned to put the new station not far from the current road. It was just right for them to use the transportation function of the lower road. After listening to the old man's words, they had to give up this convenience and build the station far away.
As for the loading and unloading of goods from the station, the two were not worried. They believed that there would soon be a large number of people in the area between this road and the new station to carry out planning and construction.
This was the difficulty of city planning and construction. The city was divided into blocks by streets. If it was not enough for people to live in, they would expand outward. The previous big project had to be expanded far away. Otherwise, in a short period of time, this block would be filled, and the big project would be wrapped in the middle of the city.
But if it was placed too far away, it would become a new city area. The people doing the work in the big project would not be able to travel for a few hours. As a result, due to the distance between the new small city area and the normal city area, the promotion effect of the big project on the city area would not be obvious.
Therefore, city planning and construction were planning, construction, prosperity, relocation, and re-planning …
The two rode their horses through this area that was still filled with bungalows. After traveling for five li to the west and avoiding a small hill, they finally determined the location. The soil structure and other things looked good. When they sent someone to inspect and verify the specific details, they would know whether or not it was possible to build a station.
*****
When it snowed a foot thick in the capital area, all the places that were working had already stopped. A group of people who went to Duoshi to fight also returned. They were the third-line troops who fought on land from the Tang Empire. When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan returned to the capital, they successfully met up with the people who went ashore to fight on the sea.
After half a month of clearing out, they came back by boat. The task of clearing out was left to the people who went ashore to fight. At the same time, another group of troops was sent over to fight for two or three months. The people who went ashore to fight before came back.
Along with the combat team came a large number of gems, gold, furs, and barrels of oil. The first batch of things was looted directly from the war. The quantity was the largest, and the local families had all robbed them.
Just this batch of things, according to the pure economic value of money, was enough to cover the cost of the war. Reclamation was like playing a game. One could always get a little advantage.
However, the account could not be calculated like this. The metal consumed in the war could indeed be offset by the things harvested. Moreover, the things looted even exceeded the price of the metal consumed. However, if the metal was not used in the war, but in the construction of infrastructure, the money earned and the foundation built would be more than the things looted.
Speaking of which, the money directly obtained from the war was not as good as using the metal for construction. However, they defeated Duoshi and created the conditions for long-term economic plunder in the future.
It was very interesting to calculate over and over again.
In the eyes of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, it was still a good deal. They had gained military, political, and economic benefits.
"In the blink of an eye, it's already the 21st of December. In two days, it will be the Little New Year, then the Big New Year, the first month. Counting with my fingers, there's still a month to our wedding day. In fact, it should be in March, at the beginning of summer."
Zhang Xiaobao calculated for a long time, patted the thick pile of paper on the table, and said to Wang Juan, who was writing and drawing next to him.
Wang Juan stopped. "What? You think it's too early to marry me? "
"No, this half month is really hard to bear. There are more than eight months to go, and nearly nine months to go. Pregnant women are really temperamental. What I mean is that when we get married on the 26th of the first month, our business in various places, and the businessmen in the food industry who cooperate with us will be even busier. The New Year is already very busy, but we still have to prepare for the banquet in advance. I'm afraid that many people will not be in the mood to celebrate the New Year and will wait for our wedding day. "
"Let's take it as an older one. The children will be happier." Wang Juan touched her stomach and said. She had confirmed that she was pregnant for one and a half months, 20 days ago. Since they were going to get married, naturally there was no need for other measures. She had planned to do it later, but the adults of the two families urged her to do it earlier.
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