My Daming New Empire

"All servants can wear silk clothes!"

The Romans on the boat were all amazed. In Rome, the little nobles would show off if they could buy a silk dress, not to mention that the servants could wear gold and silver.

Although Sophia doesn't know many customs of Ming Dynasty very well, she has also learned some basic common sense. She knows that nobles and servants generally don't marry, and at most they can only be concubines.

Her original sense of crisis disappeared, and her mood improved. She lowered her head and lightly took a bite of the pancake in her hand, and a strong fragrance filled her mouth.

This is really delicious!

When the fleet arrived at Xiamaqiao Farm, it was already dark, but today when the fleet returned to court, there was no curfew at the gates of Yingtian Mansion, and Zhang Wu was not afraid that he would not be able to enter the inner city after dark.

Here at Xiamaqiao Farm, a large group of people lit torches and lanterns to greet them at the pier.A few days earlier, they had obtained the list of resettlement personnel sent back by Kuaima, and arranged their respective houses according to the list.

In the past two years, although the research institute at Xiamaqiao Farm was not very efficient, under the leadership of Chen Cheng, Xiamaqiao had formed a force that should not be underestimated.

With Zhu Zhanji's care and sufficient funds, the development of Xiamaqiao Farm is still very stable.

To the north of this place is the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, and the ground cannot be broken wantonly, and to the south is the Temple of Heaven and Earth, which is sparsely populated.As long as it doesn't encroach on the territory of the Temple of Heaven and Earth, Xiamaqiao Farm can be built freely in this area.

Zhu Zhanji's talent introduction plan was not something he thought of when he arrived in Europe. Before he went to Europe, he had a complete plan.Therefore, hundreds of new residences have been successively built here in Xiamaqiao in the past few years, just for these imported talents.

Although this is an outer city, there are still outer city walls built during Zhu Yuanzhang's period. The south is the Temple of Heaven and Earth, the north is the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, the east is the Habayashi Guard directly under Zhu Zhanji, and the west is the Donghua Gate of the inner city. Lots of troops.

Although this place is a bit remote, it is heavily guarded, the environment is beautiful, and it is close to the imperial palace.

Nowadays, the land in the inner city is getting tighter and tighter. This is the area where the nobles and civil servants of the Ming Dynasty tried their best to live in this area.

Even Zhu Di couldn't suppress this trend. He designated a large area by the Qinhuai River on the southwest side of the Temple of Heaven and Earth, and let these nobles and civil officials allocate land of different sizes according to their ranks, and let them build their own houses.

However, the imperial court made a unified plan to build cement roads, plant trees, grass and flowers, build septic tanks, and sewers.

Originally, the Taipingmen area was a high-end residential area in Yingtianfu, but now, outside the Guanghuamen in the southeast of Yingtianfu, to the Qinhuai River area between Tongjimen and Wudingmen, this was originally an outer city where the poor lived. It is the most advanced residential area in Daming.

Zhang Wu's return here is no different from returning home. He first looked at the house allocated to the Carsoli family by the management department.

There were only four people in their family, so the house allocated was naturally not too big, it was just a small courtyard with two entrances, with a total area of ​​less than [-] square meters.There are three main rooms and three back rooms. There is a small yard in front and a vegetable field in the back.

Zhang Wu was not qualified to change them to a bigger house, but he was familiar with the terrain here, so he shamelessly changed to a house with a better location, closer to the Qinhuai River and the inner city gate.

After these people went ashore, each family shared a crock pot of broth and a few hot steamed buns. It was getting late today, so they could only distribute food.

Afterwards, he took the initiative to take the Calsorli family to the new house in a very doggy manner.

Carl Soli originally looked down on Daming's architecture, thinking that the houses here are low, dark, and simple in structure.

But when he traveled all the way along the Huaihe River, he also saw the tall city gates and majestic bell towers of the Ming Dynasty. Many architectural styles are different from those in the west, but they are not useless.

When they arrived at the new house, he was shocked to see the new house with a yard in the front that could enter the carriage and a small vegetable garden in the back. He saw the advanced sewer system and could go to the toilet at home.

Only then did he realize that although the houses here were relatively backward in structure, they far surpassed western houses in terms of overall comfort.

"There is nothing in the house, but tomorrow, someone from the farm will take you to buy all kinds of daily necessities. I don't know if I will have time to come over tomorrow. If you have any difficulties, you can find someone to report to me directly at Pengchengbo's mansion. "

Karsoli said gratefully: "You have helped us enough, the management just now..."

Seeing that he was stuck, Zhang Wu continued, "Management Committee."

"Yes, the official of the management committee made it very clear that all daily necessities will be taken for us to buy tomorrow, and will be delivered to our home."

Zhang Wu thought about it, and felt that if he wanted to help, he might not be able to help much, and the more he helped, the busier he would be. "Then I'll send my housekeeper to help you settle down tomorrow, and then I'll lend you a cook and a servant. I'm afraid you can't even cook now."

Sophia looked at a piece of paper in her hand and said, "His Royal Highness also asked the maids to set up a training class to train us as housekeepers, and also to teach us how to cut. Monte, help me find out what these two words are. ?”

Monte didn't know him either, so Zhang Wu leaned over, looked at it and said with a smile, "This is cooking, which means cooking."

Sophia nodded happily and said, "When I learn how to cook, I won't even need a servant."

Zhang Wu shook his head and smiled, "I don't want you to work hard every day. You still have to hire servants. At least I can help you quickly integrate into Daming."

Karl Soli asked, "What's the approximate price of Daming's servants?"

This question is not clear to the young master Zhang Wu, he touched his head and said, "I'll ask you guys when I go back..."

Several people held oil lamps and glanced at each room one by one.Although there is nothing here now, Carl Soli is already very satisfied with such a comfortable residence.

Zhang Wu's eyes kept looking at several rooms in the back wing, imagining what he should give Sophia after she settled down, so that she wouldn't be disgusted.

After seeing off Zhang Wu, Carl Soli stood in the yard in a daze for a long time. He came to Daming tens of thousands of miles away from Rome. Only now has his heart finally stabilized.

It all looks really good, starting tomorrow to welcome a new life.

"Dad, come to eat, this soup will be cold soon."

"Okay, I'll be right over here."

Thank you Jiangnan Zhenxue, I spit on you, I see people's rewards when the lights are on, thank you for your support

Chapter 4 Sadness and Joy

The national affairs in the Forbidden City are irrelevant to the common people, and few people pay attention to them.

Even the family members of the court ministers, few paid attention to what was being discussed at the court meeting for several days.

On the first day of going to sea, 10 people in the entire fleet left home together, but this time only 5000 people came back.

The remaining 5000 people were stationed in Star City, Nanyang, Nanzhou, Western Regions, Suez and the Mediterranean.

However, the fleet still brought back the ashes of more than 1000 soldiers, all of whom died successively during past missions.

Although most of the families were elated when their children returned home, there were also some families who fell into great grief when the new year was about to die because of the death of their pillars.

As Zhu Zhanji's pro-army, the First Fleet was mainly located in the Chinese army when it was formed, and rarely sent out missions, so the loss of personnel was minimal.

And this time there are more than 3 people stranded overseas, and most of them are soldiers from the Third Fleet and Fourth Fleet, and very few soldiers from the First Fleet.

But very little attrition does not mean no attrition. Like Sunan, two people died in the offensive and defensive battle of Ceuta, and another one died of illness in Suez.

Of these three people, one is a foreigner and the other two are locals.According to the rules of the fleet, the ashes of non-local soldiers are sent back by the Ministry of War, but the locals, Sunan, the direct chief officer, have to personally send the ashes, relics, medals and pensions issued by the army to the Soldiers' homes.

When Sunan returned home, he met his wife who had been separated for three years. Because Xiamaqiao Farm was strictly sealed off, they lived together with several families. Although there were only a few women at home, nothing happened.

After three years of absence, the two of them were swept up in the flood that night, and they tossed and tossed until it was almost dawn before they were satisfied to rest.

But early in the morning, Sunan woke up again, thinking about sending the ashes of his subordinates home as soon as possible, so he didn't feel sleepy at all.

"My husband didn't say you want to take a rest, why did you wake up so early in the morning?"

"There is still military work in the camp today, and we won't be able to rest until after the new year. Then I will accompany my wife to purchase new year's goods."