Chapter 1153 Parent-child time!

As these three people offered prices to Ye Mingsheng, some other people who were looking for jobs also noticed Ye Mingsheng and his companions. They were also eager to introduce their jobs and the remuneration they wanted to Ye Mingsheng...
Ye Mingsheng's purpose of asking for prices was to understand the income level of the people in Yijing, so he also asked about other people's prices.

Seeing Ye Mingsheng turn to ask others for the price, the three people at the beginning became a little anxious. On the one hand, they emphasized that they had good skills and were hardworking, and on the other hand, they also said that the price could be lowered!
Because the initial statement of renovating the house was just an excuse, seeing that the three men were persistent, Ye Mingsheng also gave them a few coins and sent them away, then touched Jingren's head and asked:

"Do you know how much silver your meal costs?"

Facing his father's question, Jingren shook his head honestly. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng said lightly:
"A meal of yours costs at least three taels of silver, which is enough for them to work for a month!"

Jingren looked a little surprised when he heard this, while Ye Mingsheng looked up at the people coming and going in the market and said with some emotion:

“The vast majority of people in this market are very hardworking every day. They start working before dawn and don’t stop until the sun goes down and it’s completely dark. They do this every day of every month and rarely take a break. But even so, their monthly income is only two or three taels of silver at most…”

After saying this, Ye Mingsheng patted Jingren on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"This is the most authentic Yijing, so do you still think this is the place that everyone in the world dreams of?"

Jingren shook his head without thinking when he heard that. He has always been playful, and if he was asked to work non-stop every day, he would absolutely not be able to accept it. Just thinking about it was very painful!
"There is a man named Ishida Mitsunari in East Island. He once said a phrase called Daiichiman Daikichi. Jingren, do you know what it means?"

As if he didn't want to appear too ignorant in front of his father, Jingren thought hard, but ultimately shook his head in frustration.

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng said leisurely:

"If one person thinks of the world, and the world thinks of one person, then the world will be peaceful!"

"Ishida Mitsunari is a controversial person, but this sentence, even though it is naive and idealistic, I like it very much!"

Jingren seemed a little confused by Ye Mingsheng's explanation, as if he didn't understand what Ye Mingsheng was talking about. Ye Mingsheng didn't care about it, and took Jingren to stroll around the market casually, and by the way, to understand the current prices in Yijing.

In the past territorial map of the Great Zhou Dynasty, although Yijing was also one of the big cities in the north, its military role was more obvious due to its geographical advantages and weather. It was regarded as the gateway to guard the Central Plains and block the nomads in the north. Therefore, compared with Lin'an, Yujing, Luo'an and other cities, its economy was far behind, if not as great as the difference between heaven and earth...

After the rise of the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng also intended to make Yijing the new economic and political center of the Great Zhou. There are still some different voices within the Fengwu Army to this day!

There are three main points of these objections!

The first reason is the weather. It is too cold in winter and not suitable for human habitation!
The second point is military reasons. Because Yijing is close to the border, it has been attacked by northern nomads many times in the past few hundred years, and was even lost and occupied at one point!
The third historical reason is that Yijing has never been the capital of a dynasty, so its cultural and historical heritage is lacking compared to Luoan Yujing!

Therefore, even though Luoan was no longer considered by Ye Mingsheng due to political reasons, there were still quite a few people within the Fengwu Army who thought that it was possible to consider moving the capital to Yujing!

Some people believe that Yujing is located in the heart of the Central Plains and has always been the core control area of ​​the Central Plains dynasty. It not only has a large population, but is also the ancient capital of several dynasties. It has a rich cultural and historical heritage and is the only choice for a country's capital!
Ye Mingsheng did consider this voice, but after taking into account military, political, geographical, and even cost factors, Ye Mingsheng finally gave up this option and insisted on continuing to develop Yijing!
Thanks to Ye Mingsheng's will and the sincere cooperation and joint efforts of his colleagues in the Fengwu Army, Yijing has achieved leapfrog development. According to the calculation of the Ministry of Households, Yijing has surpassed Luoan economically and is second only to Lin'an in Jiangnan...

Not only that, Yijing is still maintaining rapid growth, and it is very likely to surpass Lin'an in the future and become the city with the best economy in Da Zhou!

Although the prospects are bright, Ye Mingsheng was not dazzled by the current achievements. He still noticed some problems exposed by Yi Jing!
Because Yijing was previously the border fortress of the Great Zhou Dynasty to defend against northern alien races, its military attributes are very strong. This also makes it more like a large military fortress than a city, and most of the buildings in the city were built with military factors in mind.

These characteristics were completely fine when the pressure on border defense was very high in the past, and they played a great role in protecting the security of the northern border of the Great Zhou. But now is different from the past, and these military attributes have become a considerable obstacle to the development of Yijing's economy and people's livelihood!

In order to solve this problem, Yijing prefect Liu Ning proposed the idea of ​​expanding Yijing. He wanted to expand the urban area of ​​Yijing to alleviate the current high housing prices in Yijing and the high prices caused by high housing prices, so as to absorb more workers.

Regarding Liu Ning's idea, Ye Mingsheng also discussed it with Gu Sansi, Cui Shao and other important officials. Considering that the expansion of Yijing is a very huge project that requires a lot of manpower and material support, the budget given by the Ministry of Works was even as high as one million taels...
However, the current financial situation of the Yijing court is simply not sufficient to support such a large-scale project, so Ye Mingsheng ultimately did not adopt Liu Ning's suggestion!

Although Liu Ning's suggestion was not adopted, Ye Mingsheng knew in his heart that with the development of Yijing, the existing urban area could no longer meet the functions and needs of Yijing as a capital. The expansion of Yijing would be inevitable in the future. However, considering the financial situation, he had to act within his means and make long-term plans!

Although the proposal to expand Yijing has been temporarily shelved, the problems exposed also need to be solved. For this reason, some people represented by Cui Shao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Zhang Juning, the Left Vice Minister, suggested to Ye Mingsheng that the existing urban area of ​​Yijing should be re-planned to make it more suitable for the current needs of Yijing's economic development!
Specifically, because of the joint research and development of the First Manufacturing Bureau and the Second Manufacturing Bureau, cement has been able to be mass-produced, and there has been great progress in steel forging technology. Therefore, Cui Shao, Zhang Juning and others want to build some two- or three-story buildings and large freight stations to replace the traditional courtyard houses to improve the utilization of space!
According to Cui Shao and Zhang Juning’s plan, once these buildings are successfully built, although they cannot completely solve Yijing’s problems, they can greatly alleviate these problems. Although this is a good thing, there are also some hidden dangers······················

If you want to re-plan some D blocks, then first you must collect the D, and this involves a lot of problems!

Especially according to Cui Shao and Zhang Juning's plan, if they want the re-planning to be effective, they will have to take back a lot of D. Therefore, it can be said that one move will affect the whole body, and if it is not handled properly, it will cause a big disturbance. You must know that Yijing has many powerful people, and the re-planning will inevitably conflict with their interests!
Cui Shao and Zhang Juning were also very clear about the interests involved, so they kicked the ball directly to Ye Mingsheng's feet and let Ye Mingsheng make the final decision! To be honest, Ye Mingsheng was also very cautious about this kind of thing, and wanted to consider it as comprehensively as possible, so he has not made a final decision yet.

However, as he walked in the market, Ye Mingsheng could feel more and more clearly the harm caused by these problems in Yijing. Now the price of grain in Yijing has risen to three cents of silver per stone, which has increased by about half compared to last year.

In this regard, some grain store owners said that the current rise in grain prices in Yijing might just be the beginning, and grain prices in Yijing will continue to rise in the future. It is highly likely that the grain price in Luoan will reach five cents of silver per stone of grain within three to five years!

Such an increase is not caused by a shortage of supply, but is basically caused by an increase in rent. Therefore, in order to make money, the owners of grain stores naturally choose to raise prices!

Seeing the people in the market worrying and anxious about what to eat every day and where to sleep at night, Ye Mingsheng made up his mind...
He decided to adopt the plan of Cui Shao and Zhang Juning to re-plan and renovate some areas of Yijing. However, one must eat one bite at a time and take one step at a time, so the plan must be carried out in batches to minimize risks and possible financial pressures!

While Ye Mingsheng was thinking about people's livelihood issues, Jingren seemed to be attracted by the steamed buns shop next to him. Seeing the hot business and endless stream of diners, the little guy asked Ye Mingsheng very curiously:

"Dad, are his buns delicious?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng looked over subconsciously. It was a coincidence that the bun shop that attracted Jingren's attention was the Lao Zhangtou bun shop where he and Gu Sansi ate buns together last time!
Facing Jingren's inquiring gaze, Ye Mingsheng recalled the taste of Lao Zhangtou's steamed buns. To be honest, perhaps because he had eaten too much of the meals carefully prepared by the chef of the Ye Mansion, Ye Mingsheng really didn't think that Lao Zhangtou's steamed buns were particularly delicious. The taste was just average, but the skin was thin and the filling was large. The price was really affordable, and overall the price-performance ratio was not bad!

Thinking of this and looking at Jingren who was eager to try, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but pinch his cheek and asked with a smile:

"You ate so much osmanthus cake in the teahouse, and now you're hungry again?"

Jingren scratched his head a little embarrassedly after hearing this, and after hesitating for a moment, he defended himself:
“Dad, I only ate six or seven pieces, not a lot…”

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng smiled and shook his head, then led Jingren and a group of guards into the bun shop. Because many of the customers of this Lao Zhang's bun shop are merchants, workers, and customers in the market, they are all ordinary people. Therefore, when Ye Mingsheng and others walked in, they inevitably attracted a lot of attention.

However, Ye Mingsheng did not care. He immediately found a table and sat down with Jingren. Then he asked the waiter to clean up the leftovers on the table.
Together with the guards around him, Ye Mingsheng also ordered five trays of steamed buns, and a bowl of tofu pudding for himself and Jingren respectively. The steamed buns and tofu pudding were served quickly, and everyone started to eat. However, Jingren was reluctant to eat the steaming bowl of tofu pudding, and looked a little conflicted!

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but ask:

"What's wrong? Don't you like eating?"

Jingren hesitated for a moment and whispered:
"There is a notch on Dad's bowl. Mom told me that bowls with notches are for beggars and I must never use them..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng took a closer look and found that the bowl of tofu pudding did have a gap in it. Then he looked at the bowl in front of him and found that there was also a gap in it. Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but laugh at this, and then he said to Jingren:

"When your father and I were leading troops in battle, sometimes we simply used the sky as a blanket and the ground as a bed!"

"At that time, we were just eating cold and hard dry food. Having a bowl of hot tofu pudding was the best enjoyment. We didn't even care whether the bowl had a hole or not. Jingren, if you were eating in a big restaurant, it would be fine for you to choose this, but here, don't be so particular!"

Hearing his father say this, Jingren nodded, hesitated for a moment, picked up the spoon and began to eat it bite by bite. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng's expression softened.

Just when the group was about to finish eating, an old beggar with a cane and a dirty body suddenly walked into the bun shop and begged for food from everyone in the bun shop:

"Please be kind, gentlemen! I haven't eaten for two days. Please give me something to eat!"

"If I don't eat something, I'm going to starve to death!"

Although this old beggar was very pitiful, no one in the restaurant paid any attention to him. Just when the old beggar was about to be driven out by the waiter with a look of despair on his face, Jingren showed a look of pity on his face. After a moment of hesitation, he whispered to Ye Mingsheng:

"Dad, he's so pitiful, can you give him the buns we have left over?"

Ye Mingsheng said calmly:
"You don't need to ask me about this kind of thing, Jingren, you decide for yourself..."

(End of this chapter)