Everything about Tokyo City is novel to Renqingdong. Many things have never been heard of, let alone seen, the tall gantry crane was the first time he saw it. Not only gantry cranes, but also tower cranes.

It is said that this thing appeared shortly in the Song Dynasty. After looking up for a while, Ren Qingdong was "stunned" by this seemingly tight but actually a little simple thing.

In fact, it is a large iron frame that uses gears and shafts to rotate, and is equipped with a rope winch, so that the long arms can be extended to lift the mud and sand.

However, Ren Qingdong's idea was too "one-one's word". This tall tower crane was not as simple as he thought, especially when he saw the craftsman adding stone slabs to one end of the broken arm, he was a little confused.

Zhao Zhen was also looking at this tower crane. The biggest difference between this one and later generations is the operation and power mode. It is different from the operators on the tower crane in later generations. At this time, people were not operating at the top, but operating on the ground. Some people stood at a high place and shouted different horns to direct the people below to operate the tower crane with winches and ropes. Although it is not very convenient than the tower cranes in later generations, it is already the easiest and labor-saving method of this era.

The reason why everyone was looking at this tower crane was because a viewing building was built inside Nanxun Gate. There were many viewing buildings in Tokyo, but as the scale of Tokyo City expanded and the commerce and trade were prosperous, the original viewing buildings were no longer enough.

The Wanglou was originally used as a warning, but it was used for fire prevention in Tokyo. There are many looking buildings in the city, and each looking building is equipped with a "scumbent fire shop" downstairs. Once a policeman summons the Wanglou, the nearest hot shop will rush to extinguish the fire.

As masonry and cement gradually become used in construction, Tokyo City has already had a lot of leisure, but with the increase of merchants and frequent exchanges of goods, flammable and explosive often occur.

Due to the emergence of the Song Dynasty's transactions and goods, the reserves of Tokyo City increased rapidly. In order to save money, some merchants directly piled up bulk goods in the yards of their own businesses, and were unwilling to spend money to rent warehouses built by the government.

There are almost all kinds of goods in Tokyo. Once it burns, the fire will be difficult to extinguish. The streets in Tokyo are already narrow, and the situation of encroachment on the streets is serious.

The officers of the Qianhuo Shop often take "water dragons", "chips" and other objects to watch the fire in front of them, but they can't get through. In the end, the fire surged sharply and could only watch the fire burning.

There have been many fires in Tokyo in recent years and the losses are huge. Even the imperial center was greatly shocked. Fan Zhongyan, the prime minister, personally wrote to Kaifeng Prefecture and asked Kaifeng Prefecture to strengthen fire prevention measures in Tokyo and include the fire in Tokyo into the year-end survey of all personnel in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Now the fire in Tokyo is not just about Xue Kui, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture. It is related to the investigation of all officials, and no one dares to take it lightly.

As the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, Xue Kui is a member of the local government to Tokyo City. Many people have changed the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, but none of them have been in power for a long time.

Moreover, Xue Kui was also the post of Zhao Zhen after he moved the capital. As the attendant of Longtu Pavilion, Xue Kui was informed of Kaifeng Prefecture. Zhao Zhen deliberately removed the word "trust" on his head to facilitate his management of Tokyo City. Except for the palace, it was his business.

Xue Kui had just learned about Zhao Zhen leaving Beijing for the southern tour. The way he learned was a little different. It was the news he received from the city's servants that someone actually opened the palace gate, and it was Gongchen Gate, which was generally not opened.

This Gongchen Gate is the north gate of the Tokyo City Imperial Palace, close to the palace's back garden. From Gongchen Gate to enter the palace, you can only take a hundred steps to get the Linhua Gate of the Houyuan.

It’s amazing to enter the back garden. You can reach Kunning Hall, Funing Hall, and Chuigong Hall!

Xue Kui no longer dared to think about it, but soon he understood a truth: these people were able to enter the palace from Gongchen Gate and the imperial guards did not stop them, so the origin of these people was unusual.

Except for the imperial palace, the entire Tokyo city is almost all under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture. The only imperial palace is under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo Imperial City Division. The Imperial City Division of Tokyo City and the Imperial City Division of Shendu City are actually one yamen.

Thinking of this, Xue Kui was not anxious or slow. It was very likely that someone from Shendu City sent someone to Gongchen Gate to ask the imperial guards, but the answer he got was "Seeing the Three Talents Official"!

Xue Kui, who had originally calmed down, was shocked suddenly. He knew better than anyone else that Sancai was. This was the eunuch who had been with the official family for many years, and everyone who had entered the eunuch province knew.

Since Sancai appeared in the imperial palace in Tokyo, the only explanation is that the official family is here!

Xue Kui did not dare to neglect and immediately took people to Zuoyemen to wait. If the official family arrived at Tokyo City, they would definitely not leave Xuande Gate and leave the palace. Xuande Gate is the main gate of the Tokyo City Imperial Palace. Since the capital was moved, the Xuande Gate has fallen into a thousand jin gate.

The official family is also a low-key and introverted person. Since they don’t want people to know when they come to Tokyo, they will definitely not come out of Xuande Gate.

The left and right wing gates are partial gates, but with the left wing gate, the official family will definitely go out of the palace through the left wing gate.

The most important thing is that there is a Wai Luyuan at Zuoyemen Gate. As the official in Kaifeng Prefecture, he is also a staff member of the Longtu Pavilion who can go to Wai Luyuan to report.

As Xue Kui expected, he successfully entered the wait-lost courtyard with his waist sign. The receptionist went to the palace to report. When he saw the old eunuch informing him, he knew that the official had arrived in Tokyo.

There are old eunuchs in the palace in Tokyo. Because of the capital moving, there is not much to do in the palace in Tokyo. The eunuchs only need to do a good job of cleaning here. Therefore, all older eunuchs in the palace will be dispatched to the palace in Tokyo to serve.

In fact, Zhao Zhen was raising the eunuchs for the elderly. The eunuchs in the Tokyo City Palace enjoyed the same treatment as those in the Shendu City Palace, with no difference in clothing, food, and salary.

If you have family affairs outside the palace, you can receive a reward and go out to the palace to enjoy the blessing. If you have no family members, you can spend your whole life in the palace in Tokyo and be supported by the Tian family. This is a beginning and an end.

The number of eunuchs in the Song Dynasty palace was getting smaller and smaller, and the number of palace maids increased slightly. After all, life in the Song Dynasty is getting better now, and no family wants to send their children to the palace to be eunuchs.

Moreover, Zhao Zhen issued an order not to allow self-elebrated people to enter the palace, which cut off some people's "dreams" of getting promoted and making money through the eunuch's path.

"The official family, Xue Kui, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, asked for a meeting."

"Is Xue Kui here? It's just right. I'll leave the palace and ask him to accompany me later to talk about the recent situation of Kaifeng Prefecture, and ask Shangshi Bureau to cook a bowl of mutton soup to the Waiguyuan."

Sancai nodded and left, and the official rewarded the mutton soup in the Waiguyuan. This was originally the rule of the morning court in Tokyo and also respect for the old ministers.
Chapter completed!