Five days passed after Prince Chun arrived at the capital. During these five days, he revisited the entire capital with Guan Xiaowu and witnessed the changes in the capital under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

During the Qing Dynasty, although Beijing was prosperous, it also had dirty and dark sides. As the royal family of the Qing Dynasty and the prince of the Kangxi Dynasty, Prince Chun lived in this city since he was a child, so of course he knew this.

But now, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is completely different from that of the Qing Dynasty, and it shows vitality everywhere. Even the ordinary people walking on the road are different from the people under the Qing Dynasty. On their faces, they cannot see the pressure of being overwhelmed by life, nor can they see the image of a slave who laughs aggrieved. Instead, they are extremely confident and pride.

This surprised Prince Chun. More than once these days, he saw ordinary people not having the kind of servitude to the officials when dealing with officials (polices) in yamen runners, and the police did not have the arrogant face to the people. No matter whether they were right or wrong, everything had a legal system.

In addition, Westerners in the capital can be seen everywhere. Most of these Westerners dressed in the costumes of Ming people. Many of them actually spoke fluent Chinese. If you don’t look at your face, you will not be able to distinguish the other person’s origin.

There are a wide range of commodities on the market, including silk from the south, tea from Shu, porcelain from Jiangxi, palace lanterns from the Central Plains, dates from Hebei, and medicinal materials from the southwest... Even imported products from the West are everywhere in the market, and many things are even Prince Chun has seen for the first time.

According to Guan Xiaowu, the goods in the capital are not very large or complete. In cities such as Tianjin, Shanghai, Ningbo and Guangzhou, there are even more gatherings of goods from all over the world, and the prices are much cheaper than those in the capital. A few years ago, when he was in a tooth shop, he made money by helping some mainland merchants introduce transactions. Now the shops he opened are mostly directly purchased from Tianjin or Shanghai, and his profits are quite good.

Seeing this, Prince Chun subconsciously thought of the scenes of Chang'an in the book that he had read in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The book once described the prosperous Tang Dynasty Chang'an in "The night market has thousands of lights illuminated the blue clouds, and the tall buildings are full of red sleeves. The water gate is making a fuss to the evening tea merchants, and the bridge city has all night wine tourists!" This is the case now in the capital.

Although as a member of the Manchus, the prince of Kangxi and the brothers of three Qing emperors, and now the prince of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Chun is resistant to the Ming Dynasty's replacement of the Qing Dynasty, he has to admit that the current Ming Dynasty is far beyond the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty's rule.

The "Kangxi Prosperity" boasted by a group of literati in the Qing Dynasty was a huge joke compared to the current Ming Dynasty. While being shocked by reality, Prince Chun couldn't help feeling sad.

After accompanying Prince Chun for the past few days, Guan Xiaowu and Prince Chun became closer and closer, and he gave him a lot of help.

On this day, Guan Xiaowu accompanied Prince Chun to a weaving factory in the capital to take a look. The weaving factory is quite large, with nearly 100 new looms and more than 300 workers.

After seeing the factory, Guan Xiaowu invited Prince Chun to drink as usual. At the table, Prince Chun lost his spirit before leaving in the morning, and seemed to be a little worried.

"Xiao Wu, this Ming Dynasty is really amazing! The strange skills and tricks have been developed to such an extent. It is simply unimaginable if you didn't see them with your own eyes."

"Jiu Master, you really have the point of saying this. In fact, there are more factories like this in the south, especially in Susong, it is said that there are several weaving factories with more than a thousand units. The one we went to today is pretty good in the capital, but it is nothing compared to the south."

Prince Chun nodded. When he visited today, he also heard from his boss about this matter. This 100-Taiwan weaving factory is of this size, let alone what the 100-Taiwan large factory in Susong would be like.

Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty, weaving factories are still ordinary, and some other factories are even more scary, especially some large iron plants that cover an area of ​​100 acres and produce tens of thousands of kilograms of iron a day, which was simply impossible to exist during the Qing Dynasty.

No wonder the Ming Dynasty is so powerful. Only the Ming Dynasty has the financial resources and confidence to develop firearms, and can even use steel as rails to pave and build railways and trains. Faced with such an opponent, Prince Chun, who was full of confidence before coming, now has no confidence. Although he knows something, how can he understand so much with him alone?

What's even more terrible is that the current Ming Dynasty's political structure, governance methods, and other things that Prince Chun couldn't understand at all. He had thought, studied, and asked about it these days, but in the end he could only understand it very rarely.

"Xiao Wu, thank you so much for your hard work these days. Come and give you a glass." Prince Chun sighed in his heart, and took the wine and said to Guan Xiaowu in front of him.

"Jiu Master, what you said is to shorten Xiao's life! Let's not talk about your identity. If you weren't for your care, how could the young man still be today? Now that Jiu Master returns to Beijing, Xiao's son is just doing his duty." Guan Xiaowu was a little flattered.

"It was back then, now it's now!" Prince Chun said seriously: "Besides, I didn't do anything back then, but now you are taking the risk to help me. I will receive this wish, come on, drink this glass of wine!"

As he said that, he took the initiative to touch Guan Xiaowu with the wine glass, and Prince Chun raised his hand and drank it all.

Guan Xiaowu also finished drinking the wine in the glass, put down the wine glass and asked, "Master Jiu, what are you going to see tomorrow? You can make arrangements for me."

Prince Chun shook his head and said, "I won't look, it's the same if I look again. It's been five or six days since I came back. Tomorrow's Lord plans to ask about the situation in the Ming Dynasty. I don't know when the Emperor of Daming will see me. If I drag it like this, I feel more and more unsure."

"That's right, this is right!" Guan Xiaowu nodded repeatedly, thought for a while and said, "Master Jiu, I'm going to tell you, I'll ask someone to inquire about Mad in private these days."

"Hmm?" Prince Chun was a little surprised when he heard Guan Xiaowu say this.

Guan Xiaowu smiled and said, "Jiu Master, although it is not as good as before, no matter how young people have been at the foot of the emperor for so many years, and they know a lot of people. The senior officials of the court are not qualified to come forward to get together, but these six ordinary officials can still get in touch with some..."

Prince Chun then suddenly realized that Guan Xiaowu was right, so-called snakes have snake paths, and cats have cat paths. The people at the feet of the emperor naturally had their own relationships. Although they are no longer in the Qing Dynasty, Guan Xiaowu, the Manchus, had no connections from those days. However, as a commoner in the capital, especially Guan Xiaowu, who had done business, is now doing business, and it is normal for him to know some people, including court officials.

Thinking of this, Prince Chun became interested in Guan Xiaowu's words. He listened carefully to Guan Xiaowu and continued to talk.

"Jiu Master, it is said that there are great debates in the court now." Guan Xiaowu said this and looked around. Seeing that no one noticed them, he lowered his voice and said, "Jiu Master, tell me the truth, is there a fight in the west again?"

"Haha, haven't you been fighting all the time?"

"Jiu Master! Xiao is not talking about Da Ming and..., but the Cewang Arabutan of Junggar. Many ministers in the court think this is a good opportunity, so Jiu Master, your business is..."
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