Shanhaiguan is now more prosperous than Jinzhou. A pass naturally divides the city into two halves. However, the current Shanhaiguan has lost its defensive function. Under modern artillery, any city wall will be scum. When trains pass in the future, even A section of the city wall still had to be demolished.

After several years of development, Shanhaiguan is no longer a military town but an economic town connecting the inside and outside of the pass. Its prosperity is even a bit higher than that of Jinzhou.

Li Xiao strolled on the streets of Shanhaiguan, looking at this and that. On both sides of the street, there were two-story facade houses. The exterior walls of the facade houses were covered with white ceramic tiles. The tiles reflected the sun and were a bit dazzling. If it were not on the street Everyone is wearing ancient costumes, and the layout of this house is not much different from the facade houses of later generations.

Bricks and cement have become the main materials for building buildings, and wood can only be used for windows and doors. After so many years of hard work, glass is no longer valuable. As long as ordinary farmers can afford to build brick houses, they will naturally Afford glass.

The depreciation rate of this thing is so fast. Li Xiao still remembers that when the glass windows of the Emperor's Qianqing Palace were replaced ten years ago, the emperor was so excited. But now, ordinary houses in Shanhaiguan have glass windows.

The clothing of the residents on the street has also undergone great changes. More and more people are accustomed to wearing clothes and trousers instead of robes and jackets. Being at the connection node between the Northeast and the mainland, Shanhaiguan is not warm in winter. Cotton-padded jackets and trousers will soon be worn. Become popular among the people!

At first, cotton-padded jackets and cotton trousers were the standard equipment of the Liao army, but soon the common people discovered that wearing cotton-padded jackets and trousers was far warmer than wearing cotton robes. The same fabric, the same cotton. Of course the common people chose a better way to keep warm. The traditional cotton jackets and trousers, and the traditional cotton robes have been replaced by military coats.

Spring has begun, and the weather is not so cold. But people are no longer used to wearing bulky robes, so more and more people wear tops and trousers separately.

Hair style is another difference. For more than two hundred years, the people of the Ming Dynasty have believed that the body, hair and skin should not be destroyed by their parents. However, since the number of Liao troops stationed in Shanhaiguan increased, the people continued to communicate with the soldiers. Short hair has also quietly become popular. Come, many young men aged seventeen or eighteen have their heads shaved green. When they wash their faces in the morning, they also wash their hair, which can keep them clean and fresh all day long.

The most important thing is that people find that after cutting their hair short, there are fewer lice in their hair. Without those annoying little things, they feel very comfortable.

In the past, both men and women had long hair in the Ming Dynasty, but now it is rare to see men with long hair on the streets. With the shortening of hair, a variety of hairstyles were born. Li Xiao even saw a special barber shop, where customers entered, Whether it was shaving or shaving, they all used a lancet. After standing and looking at it for a while, Li Xiao was surprised to find that they actually used a knife to replace the scissors and clippers of later barbers.

Not only can it be trimmed into different types of hairstyles, but it can even perform difficult actions such as picking out ears. Li Xiao wanted to try it, but when he saw the sharp blade, Shunzi resolutely stopped him. In the end, Shunzi forced him to death. Later, Li Xiao was forced to give up this idea.

People walking on the street were not only people from the Ming Dynasty. Li Xiao also saw businessmen wearing Japanese costumes and Korean costumes. These people were doing business on the street very well. They greeted people with smiles when they met, and children fell down on the road. They I also know how to give him a hand.

This is a bustling city with a dazzling array of goods. There are countless sailing ships on the dock, and the coolies are delivering packages of goods to the cargo ships. These goods will be trafficked to Japan and Korea in the hands of merchants. Some are even sold as far away as Japan.

India, the Middle East, and Europe.

Li Xiao looked at the bustling city in front of him. Who would have known that just ten years ago, this place was still a military fortress. There were only tens of thousands of people, and most of them were military households who worked for the people in peacetime and as soldiers in wars.

On the seaside in the distant suburbs, a pier is being built. Next to the pier, there is a three-story building. This will be the future shipbuilding school and the cradle of future naval officers.

Looking further to the side, there is another group of three-story buildings. That is the Engineering College under construction! In the future, Mr. Yu will be the dean there. With the blessing of the Engineering College, Daming can obtain better weapons, and

Be able to always stand at the forefront of technology.

When leaving the capital, various ministries in the capital were also planning to set up their own colleges and universities to train specialized talents. It won't be long before universities will appear on the land of China.

In more than ten years, Li Xiao will probably take the college entrance examination that has made countless young people hate him.

There will never be anyone in the country who can earn a living for a lifetime with just one eight-legged essay. People must know that it is not easy to earn a living in the Li family. If you want to earn a living in the court, you must have real skills.

The cultivation of talents is not achieved overnight, it is a long-term process. As long as we continue to invest in education, we will cultivate batches of talents. With more talents, only quantitative changes can lead to qualitative changes. God knows, there are many talents in primary schools now

Among the children who write and draw with pencils, will there be a Nobel or a Newton?

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty does not need watts now, and steam engines have begun to be miniaturized. The original steam engines that covered an area of ​​1,000 square meters are gradually being miniaturized, and are now miniaturized enough to be installed on ships. Steam engines that can be used as locomotives have also passed

experiment.

In the manufacturing plant in Jinzhou, the Xu brothers are manufacturing mankind's first locomotive. Li Xiao does not expect much power from this thing, he just hopes that the locomotive can run.

Wang Tong worked hard by Li Xiao's side and explained to Li Xiao the changes in Shanhaiguan over the years. Looking at the fat-headed and big-eared Wang Tong, Li Xiao knew that in addition to his political achievements, he also seemed to be engaged in economics. This guy

I had this problem when I was in Datong, but Li Xiao was still satisfied with the changes in Shanhaiguan.

Sun Chengzong once said that people should not use their talents. This guy who can work hard has turned the huge Shanhaiguan into this look in just ten years without spending a penny of his own money. It is not a bad idea to make some money.

I'm so happy today that I didn't beat this bastard. I believe that in a few days, Li Yongfang's inspection team will make Wang Tong nervous for a while.

There are many schools planned for the future, and the most successful school now is the Army Officer School.

It's just the beginning of spring, and the weather is still a little warm and cold. The students on the playground have already begun to train naked. The young men are running back and forth, rolling, climbing, crawling, crossing ditches, climbing rope ladders, drilling holes, and walking on balance beams

Overcome obstacles.

After just a few rounds, their bodies were covered with glistening sweat. All of them were great young men with twice as much body. They could throw a stone lock weighing 100 kilograms like a juggler. The old man Taizu was

An expert, otherwise he would not say such things as barbarism in body and civilization in spirit.

Now let these muscular men go out to fight with bayonets, and the Eight Banners soldiers in their heyday are probably no match.

On the shooting range in the distance, there were bursts of gunfire. They were all using new-style repeating rifles with magazines. It was obvious that the boys were not used to it. The accuracy was always a little off!

However, the accuracy of mortars is astonishing. In all likelihood, the training bombs will land in the white circle two thousand meters away. The artillery even has a course for hand-held mortar tubes to attack enemies within five hundred meters.

In the telescope, Li Xiao saw the landing point quite accurately.

The mortar has always been the most trustworthy partner of the infantry, and now it is in the hands of these guys. Li Xiao never thought that the mortar tube could be fired hand-held.

After wandering around Shanhaiguan, Li Xiao had a good sleep. In less than five years, this city will be able to produce batches of usable officers. These officers are like yeast, as long as they are put in
Chapter completed!