Chapter 860 The photo studio is about to open.
In the Qingquan Valley of Jiahai County, the Han army was in high spirits. They had not killed so many people in the whole war, but this time they just killed so many people
. At the same time, the situation in the eight counties of Hanyang was completely different from that in Jiahai County. The people here were all happily preparing for the festival. After all, spring was coming soon, and the busy farming season would begin in spring. There was no time to celebrate, so the New Year of the Han tribe was set in winter, but it was not called the New Year, but Zhengdan.
Zhengdan Festival was set on the first day of the fourteenth month of each year, which was the beginning of the last month of winter. After this festival, the temperature basically began to rise. The ice and snow would melt within a month, and then rise to a temperature where crops could germinate.
After Zhengdan Festival, the people would also feed the oxen with fine feed, repair farm tools, polish the plows, select grain seeds, and take out the pickled bacon to start making it.
Eating delicious food means eating something good, having the strength to work, having a good body in the coming year, so that the grain can be harvested, etc.
There are still ten days before the New Year's Day. People are preparing things for the festival. Some go to the city to buy new window paper and prepare to go home to change it. Those with better conditions directly buy glass, especially young people who have just got married, who are more willing to buy glass, a new product.
The silver-plated glass mirror produced by the research institute is also a hot-selling product among the New Year's goods. At the same time, there are also bottled white wine that people usually don't want to buy, which are also hot-selling goods.
Groups of people are shopping in the city, and some line up in front of the blacksmith shop to customize kitchen knives, buy cloth, buy meat, and send ducks bought from Liuyang County to Hanyang County to sell. There are all kinds of people.
But on this day, all the cities in the eight counties of Hanyang began to publicize a message at the same time that the leader wants to make ID cards for the people! All adults must bring their household registration to the official office where their household registration is located to apply for ID cards.
What is this operation? What is an ID card? Why must we do this before the festival?
Actually, Luo Chong had no choice. The equipment of the institute was just made at this time. If we wait until after the festival, the people will visit relatives or be busy preparing for spring ploughing. If we wait until after the spring, everyone will be busy farming. How can we have time to apply for ID cards?
So Luo Chong thought for a while and decided to do it at this time. It happened that when applying for an ID card, we could take a free photo, so we could treat it as a New Year gift for the people
. In addition, it was a good opportunity to promote photography, because the photo studio jointly run by Qubing and the Han tribe was opened on the New Year's Day. The ID card application was a good opportunity to promote business.
At present, there are only four such photo studios in Han tribe, one in Hanyang City, one in Ruyang City, and one in Liuyang City and the capital of Weishan County. The photographic equipment of the four stores is all provided by the official institute. The stores are selected and rented by Qubing's parents and his fiancee's family. As for the cost of photographic equipment, it will be paid from the profit of the operation in the future. Anyway, the government will not give it for free, after all, they also need scientific research funds.
Do you want to eat?
In Hanyang City, there is a bulletin board next to the well at the entrance of each alley. It is a wooden board with a sloping roof, which is usually used to post some official notices. Now a clerk is carrying glue to post a new notice, and a group of people are watching around him.
"All residents of the Han tribe over the age of fourteen (including fourteen years old), regardless of gender, please bring your household registration book to the official office where your household registration is located before the New Year's Day to apply for identity proof. The first application is free of charge. You are required to dress neatly, and those with titles must wear corresponding accessories and take a photo at the official office."
A child on holiday from school squeezed in the crowd, reading the content of the notice word by word to the people around him. After reading it, he asked the clerk who posted the notice in confusion.
"Brother, what is an ID card and what is a photo?"
"Heh!" The clerk laughed and replied jokingly, "It's none of your business. Didn't you see that it says only adults over the age of fourteen can handle it? You're not an adult yet, so you'd better go home and have dinner!"
"Tsk, I'm just asking, and that's not allowed?!" the child asked unconvinced.
"Okay, I can tell you. This ID card is a supplement to the household registration. Isn't the household registration of a family all together? This ID card is for each person, and you have to take a photo of each person on it.
Uh, you can think of it as a portrait, which is a technology that can quickly draw a portrait without people. It is a new technology that our institute has developed some time ago.
Let me tell you a secret, that thing is very powerful. Just put a small box in front of a person for a few breaths, and you can immediately take a photo of the person in front of it. The photo taken is just like what you see in the mirror, very clear.
Go quickly, you will regret it if you don't go. Remember to wash yourself, wear beautiful clothes, and comb your hair nicely. After all, this photo, once taken, can be kept for a lifetime." The clerk boasted about the photography technology in a mysterious way.
"Is it true? Is it that powerful? Have you seen it with your own eyes?" The little boy asked in disbelief. If there is such a powerful new technology, why didn't they tell about it in school?
"Hey, what's wrong? You still don't believe me? I'm telling you, I not only saw the leader taking people to take photos, but I was also photographed myself.
Now, let me show you my ID card. Look at what this is. Is it me?"
As an internal staff of the government office, the clerk had to handle the new equipment internally first. His ID card had already been made, so when he saw someone suspicious, he took it out on the spot.
In fact, these clerks who posted notices everywhere all carried new ID cards, which were used to promote the people. It's just that this guy in front of him was a bit naughty and was still here to make fun of his neighbors.
He took out his ID card from his arms. It was a square rectangle, the same size as a bank card, but it was two pages, with a hinge on one side and a buckle on the other. On the front, there was a row of Chinese characters "Han Empire Citizen Identity Card" stamped with a steel stamp, and then there was a circle of cloud patterns and a Chinese character graphic.
After the buckle was removed, the contents of the ID card were inside. On the left were the name, gender, date of birth, title, then the place of origin, and at the bottom was a string of numbers making up the ID number.
But these were not the most important. What was important was the black-and-white headshot on the right. The photo was so detailed that it really looked like what was reflected in a glass mirror, except that it was black and white. It was exactly the same as the clerk himself. It was definitely him.
"Wow, is this the photo? Great! Can minors take photos? I want to take one, too!"
The child asked excitedly as he looked at the photo on the ID card.
Today's daily goal is complete! My work is okay, so I should be able to continue tomorrow. Please give me a reward!
(End of this chapter)
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