dhibooks Chapter 345 City Gate......
Chapter 345 City Gate......
There is a screen wall in front of the county government office, and behind the screen wall is a memorial archway.
Wu Youwei engraved four words on the archway in Shanghai County: Serve the country with loyalty.
Because he heard that, according to the records of the past ten years, pirates and Japanese pirates basically come once a year. The county magistrates always run first. Far away, the common people were left to be bullied by pirates and Japanese pirates.
And he didn't want to leave the people of the next county and flee for his own life, so he left himself the words "serve the country with all his heart" and told himself that even though he was not from this era, he was also the magistrate of this county.
Although this place is not modern, it is old... Just as he was thinking about it, Wu Youwei looked at the city 1 at the end of the street...
Outside, the Governor of Songjiang was also looking at the city wall: "This...Shanghai County?"
The county town of Shanghai presented in front of his eyes is absolutely comparable to Songjiang Mansion.
The city wall of the inner city is of masonry structure, and the base is a stone strip. This can be seen from the bluestone strips exposed outside. This thing will not rot for thousands of years.
On the outside of the top of the city wall are crenelated battlements, two meters high, one meter wide and one meter thick, with a distance of half a meter.
The inner side of the top is a parapet, about one and a half meters high, and there are six Hongwu cannons on one side of the parapet.
The whole county is very square and square, with turrets built at the four corners of the city; there is a memorial archway outside the city gate, corresponding to the four gates, and the inscription "Shanghai County City"; there is a moat under it, which is a hundred steps wide, with gurgling water; There is a bridge with a sluice under the bridge, and the revetment is built with bricks and stones on the river bank.
In this way, the newly built county has formed an extremely strong city defense system.
It is no worse than Songjiang Mansion, and even stronger, after all, Wu Youwei is willing to use materials.
In fact, Wu Youwei's specification was repaired according to the specifications of the Beijing city wall, but it was a little shorter and thinner than the Beijing city wall.
But compared to ordinary places, it is much stronger.
In particular, the things he used were all large blocks of blue bricks, and the concrete was superimposed. After the construction was completed, it was really strong. At first glance, it looked like a stone city!
Wu Youwei was afraid that the county would be baptized by pirates and Japanese pirates again. With this setup, at least it would not be so easy for anyone who wanted to invade.
Even the gate of the city is made of cast iron, which is heavy and heavy, with big bright copper nails on it, shining brightly on it.
Now three of the four gates are open, and the north gate is managed by Wantong. It is a military management area. When there is nothing to do, the common people will not go there, and it leads directly to the army training ground.
The people who came here didn't know this, they just saw the tall and majestic city wall in a daze!
Is this, this, this still the Shanghai County in their impression?
What about the dilapidated city walls?
What about the sallow and thin people?
What about the county town of Shanghai, which doesn't even have a city gate?
What made them even more confused was that at the entrance of the city, they didn't see anyone who came to greet them!
It's just that there are 70 soldiers guarding the gate, and there are more than [-] people on the city wall above. These one hundred people are the soldiers guarding the city today.
There are more than 400 people in the four gates, and there are more than 100 people divided into four groups, cruising back and forth in the county.
There are two more people who are in charge of registration at the security booth at the gate of the city. They can read and write. Registration is required to enter and exit the city gate here, but no money is required.
However, the soldiers still need to search it. You said that it is a vegetable seller. Are the vegetables in the car?You said you drove into the city by car, is there anything in the car?
Taxes are exempted, but not everything can be transported to the city. How dangerous is it if you transport a carload of firecrackers and kerosene?
Another thing that only the soldiers know is that they also sent people to find out the truth in order to prevent pirates and Japanese pirates.
Although there were not many people going in and out, all of them were in good spirits, with no color on their faces, no patches on their clothes, and when they went in and out, even children knew to queue up.
But no one took the money to pay the "city entry fee"!
After being stunned for a while, the Governor of Songjiang shook his sleeves with a dark face: "Get on the sedan chair!"
After getting on the sedan chair, a group of people walked slowly into the city gate. The soldiers guarding the gate immediately stopped them and asked them to get off the sedan chair for inspection!
"Aren't you going to be my official?" The governor of Songjiang Prefecture has already strengthened his official authority: "This official, Governor of Songjiang Prefecture, still needs to be inspected? Didn't your superiors tell you beforehand?"
"I'm sorry, my lord." The guard at the gate is the general manager, who should have been the general manager, but his lord said that someone was coming today, so he was asked to guard the south gate, and he was there. Sure enough, someone came. : "Our lord just ordered me to stay here to defend the city, and didn't say to let people in at will. Please forgive me, sir."
The words are soft, but the people are firmly in the way.
And this is a military officer of the seventh rank, standing there wearing an official uniform.
Although military generals are not as noble as civil servants, it depends on the situation.
Military generals in Beijing are indeed not as good as civil servants, but outside, civil servants who need to be protected by these generals are really nothing.
What's more, Zhang Shen is also a willing person. There are six young eunuchs around him, and three of them go out every day to "supervise" at the three city gates in the east, west, and south.
In fact, I was curious to watch the big brothers record the people who came and went at the city gate, but it didn't hinder the deterrent effect of their identities as eunuchs.
In addition to the royal family members, the people who can bully eunuchs these days, other people not surnamed Zhu have not yet been born!
"I don't need to be inspected even if I enter the capital." The governor of Songjiang was angry: "What are you?"
He is a civil official of the fifth rank, and the opponent is a general of the seventh rank. It is clear at a glance who is older and who is younger. He just wants to use his official position to suppress people, what's wrong?
As soon as he heard that person put on an official air, the little eunuch came out of the security booth, flicked the whisk, and said in a high-pitched voice in a contemptuous tone: "Our family wants to see who is so arrogant. You don’t need to check when you enter the city?”
The title "our family" can only be used by eunuchs.
Now, the whole team looked at the little eunuch.
"Eunuchs" are generally not allowed, and those who can travel a hundred miles away from the capital are sent on foreign missions. They are three points higher when they meet people, and three grades higher when they see officials.
The governor of Songjiang Prefecture dared to show off to the general manager, but he didn't dare to stand up to the eunuchs, so he quickly got off the sedan chair, and all the people who followed him got off the sedan chair.
Songjiang Fu Yin originally wanted to go forward to curry favor, but seeing that it was a young eunuch, whose rank was only eighth rank, he immediately straightened his back, he didn't want people to say that he was fawning on eunuchs.
But he was afraid of offending others, so he asked dryly: "I don't know where this little father-in-law is from?"
Those who can stay here at the city gate probably do not come from any good place...
"Our family is from the Imperial Horse Supervisor." The little eunuch said: "Do you have any questions?"
The governor of Songjiang choked, what questions could he have?
He can't afford it!
Most people may not know the place "Yu Ma Jian", but it is very special, where is it so special?This place was in Daming at this time, and it was the place to manage the imperial military talismans!
All the military eunuchs in the world come from the Imperial Horse Supervisor!
The eunuchs who can supervise the army are all eunuchs trusted by the emperor, otherwise it would be impossible to supervise the army on behalf of the emperor and sit in one side.
And the most famous eunuch of the Yumajian is still alive and kicking, and the emperor can't sleep well if he doesn't see him for a day.
Zhang Shen is the godson of the big eunuch Liu, and this little eunuch is his godson.
No matter how strong the backing of Songjiang Mansion Yin is, he can't be as strong as the people of the Yumajian?
"No, no!" The Governor of Songjiang blushed.
"Come on, let's do a search. Any dangerous items are not allowed to enter the city." The little eunuch waved his hand in a pretentious manner: "Also, please see the official document for the general inspection."
The governor of Songjiang originally wanted to put a huge pressure on Wu Youwei, but in the end, he was dismounted at the gate of the city 1.
He had to hand over the official documents proving his identity, and he had to be checked by others!
Can't afford to offend the people from the Yumajian, and can't deal with you, a little Shanghai county magistrate?
He was already full of anger, and really wanted to have a good chat with the "Shanghai County Magistrate".
Check the official documents, and only let people in after the inspection. The angry man got on the sedan chair and said, "Let's go!"
"Get up the sedan chair!" The bearers lifted the sedan chair.
But the general manager who was standing next to him yelled in shock: "Stand at attention!"
Everyone stood up straight.
The Governor of Songjiang who was inside the sedan chair opened the curtain of the sedan chair and looked out...
"Salute!" Boss yelled again.
All the soldiers defending the city clenched their right fists and placed them over their hearts. This was the way of saluting in Wantong's army.
Although I don't know what it means, it seems to be a gesture of reverence.
"Hmph!" The Governor of Songjiang lowered the curtains of the sedan chair, feeling less angry in his heart.
In fact, the governor of Songjiang came here by car, but for the sake of showing off, after entering Shanghai County, he found that the roads here are smooth and slippery. The big stone slabs are so shocking!
In order to make himself look more official, he deliberately changed to an official sedan chair after approaching Shanghai County.
Because according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, civil servants can travel in sedan chairs with four bearers; military generals cannot ride in sedan chairs.
And the sedan chair also has grade restrictions.
People like Wu Youwei can only take a small sedan chair for two people; as a governor, he can take a small sedan chair for four people.
Only civil officials of the third rank and above can take the eight-person sedan chair.
He is here to show off his status, so riding in a sedan chair is considered imposing!
But he couldn't see anything in the sedan chair, but the master behind him opened the window of the sedan chair, the curtains on it, and looked out, the more he looked, the more he was speechless.
This street is also full of big stone roads, how much is it?
And how long?This is how it is built. If he is given a little more time, wouldn't he be able to surpass Songjiang Mansion?
Will this be another mansion by then?
The master was lost in thought.
In the other small sedan chair for two people, the county magistrate of Huating was also looking out. What he saw were delicate fishing village girls entering the cloth shop in groups, selling the embroidery in their hands, and buying some needlework by the way. etc.
There are also those poor people who were dressed in rags on the street, smiling happily. There was even a man who was dressed relatively cleanly, and bought two velvet flowers for his little daughter who was holding hands, and put them on her head.
Another woman is buying a fried fish tofu for each of her four sons!
How is this going?
Even in Huating County, this is the way of life.
Shanghai County is poor, but it can change so much in such a short period of time!
If he hadn't heard it a long time ago, he wouldn't have believed it. The changes here are more intuitive than what he heard.
When passing by, I could still see a fishball noodle shop, which was full of people. They were from the county town, eating fishball noodles.
He had been to Shanghai County before, and he remembered that the last time he came, this restaurant was half dead, because no one came in to eat at all.
There are broken walls everywhere in the street.
The big girl of Huang Hua sold it for fifty copper coins!
Now on the street, there is no one who wears a straw label to sell himself, and every one of his clothes has no patches.
Could it be that the county magistrate from Shanghai County is really so willing?
He can guarantee that these people are not pretending, because he has been here a few times, and he has known the owners of several shops. Now they no longer have frowning faces, but warmly receive customers.
But thinking about it again, this county magistrate is either a fool who pays for the construction of Shanghai County himself; or he is someone who can make money!
Whatever the reason, it's true that this guy is very oily.
This time, they really came to the right...