Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 640 Bai Gong Xing, counting from tomorrow

In February, the spring breeze blew across the Northland, the ice and snow melted, and the earth rejuvenated.The willow trees by the pond have sprouted new green shoots, but the spring is cold and cold at night.

After five or seven days of busy work, Ding Ming, the postman at the Yuncheng Post Office, was finally able to go home to catch his breath. This is the busiest time for post offices around the world before the season changes.Busier than New Years Eve.

Because at this time, the soldiers in the army will pack and mail the changed winter clothes home.The army is issued a set of winter clothes every year. The material used by the latter is thick and durable. How can it be worn out in one winter?The clothes on the outside can also be changed into short clothes, and the rags can also be used to cover the soles and uppers of shoes.

In addition, winter clothes in the military style are very popular among the people, and the real military uniforms are even more sought-after.Especially the military uniforms that were stained with blood and could not be washed clean.It was like a kind of glory, shining brightly, and was sought after by countless young people among the people.

Ding Ming caught up with this situation this time, he was so busy that he kept on spinning, and now he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and drove a flatbed carriage back to Tangmiao's hometown at a leisurely pace.

Ding Ming is from the countryside. Although he is an employee of the county post office and has a small residence in the city, this does not mean that his home is in the city.

His elder brother Ding Wei was one of the many young people who went to Liangshanbo in the early years, even if he had a fellowship with Tang Wu and Tang Jiu, it was not very useful.The opportunities are not as good as those of the Tang brothers, but they are lucky enough to survive several injuries. They cannot be said to be rich and powerful today, but serving as deputy military envoys somewhere in the Central Plains is already successful for a family like theirs. .

Ding Ming was not as bold as his elder brother Ding Wei, and because they were the only two brothers in the family, their parents and even their grandmother were still there. The two brothers went to Liangshan together and went in together. The Ding family was completely destroyed, so it was over.Therefore, he always stayed at home to serve his parents.Life has not been hard these past few years.

The Tang Temple was right by the water, and it was always under Lu Qian's sphere of influence.The Ding family can only be said to be worried, but cannot be said to be suffering.Even because of Ding Wei, food consumption was quite generous in the first few years.After Lu Qian swept Qilu, life became more enjoyable.Ding Ming was also arranged to go to the post office because of his brother's relationship and received a share of public food.

His family had long since bulldozed the original adobe building and built a large blue brick house with two doors three years ago.There are three rooms on the front, plus side rooms on the left and right.There are outside and east-west wing rooms, as well as an inverted room on one side of the gate.

Enough for a big family, three generations of grandparents and grandchildren to live in.

This was the case with the houses that Lu Qian built in Shuibo at the beginning, and later added a row of covered houses after the second entrance.It is considered three.

But such a specification is the only case in the water park, and there are more small courtyards with two entrances and small courtyards with one entrance.

This kind of arrangement is different from the folk buildings in the Song Dynasty, but now this kind of arrangement has become the most popular style of new houses among the people in the Northland, especially in Qilu and Central Plains.Whether in the city or in the country.

It also evolved four-entry and five-entry courtyards without a teacher, that is, the cover room behind the second-entry courtyard was enlarged to be equal to the second-entry courtyard, and the back was built.

Nowadays, almost every household in the Tang Temple has brick houses, and the size and layout of each household are almost the same. Seventy to eighty percent of them are small courtyard houses. Those who are rich, like the Ding family, have two courtyards.Even in the most developed branch of Tang Wu, the ancestral houses are all small courtyards with secondary entrants.It was because Tang Wu and Tang Ji brothers were unwilling to "overstep" and exceeded or reached the yard where Lu Qian lived when the specification exceeded or reached the water park.

Looking down from a high altitude, it can be clearly found that this group of buildings is like the houses built by Yao people in Lingnan, and the arrangement is not generally neat.

The layout of the entire Tang Temple building is no longer what it was when Lu Qian brought people in in the middle of the night.The wall of the village we are walking on has not been pushed down, and the dock on the bank of Wenshui River is larger.Becoming internal.Small courtyards are arranged in a rectangular shape, with clean and tidy roads two feet wide inside.

The carriage entered the alley and stopped at the door of the first house.This is not Ding Ming’s home, but the home of a family of fallen soldiers.Not everyone is as lucky as Ding Wei and can survive until now.But he jumped out of the carriage and knocked on the door of the house, and soon an old man came out.

"Master, is Brother Tang Ping there?" Ding Ming walked in with a bag of cooked meat and a jug of wine.

"Oh, Erlang, just come and sit at home, and even mention this, we have it all in the family." Relying on the pension of their son, the family is also living a good life.

The old man hurriedly let Ding Ming into the house.

His eldest son was already thirty, and he was a responsible person who planed food in the fields. The younger son died on the battlefield, and was honored by the survivors of the army. petty official.

Who told him that the boss of his family didn't know a single word, and he was a dedicated teacher, and he was not at all the stuff of official food.

In this way, he did not give it to his nephew, but insisted on giving it to his son-in-law who has no parents. This caused a lot of trouble in the clan.This is irrelevant and needs no further explanation.

The people in the kitchen heard the movement, and two women, one old and one young, came out to watch.The older one is the sister-in-law of this family, and the younger one is the granddaughter who is already talking about kissing.The sister-in-law put her wet hands on the apron around her waist, looked at Ding Ming and smiled.

"Sister-in-law, niece, let's cook." Ding Ming greeted the two women familiarly, and handed over the wine and meat in his hand.

"There are still at home. When the military men bring them over, you have to see..." Martyrs like his family are treated very well.In addition to a considerable pension, he can also enjoy a ten-year martyr's allowance.And various living allowances for five years.Rice salt sauce vinegar, meat, poultry, eggs and sugar are available every month, and they will be added during festivals.Some of them were mailed directly, and some were converted into money and distributed.In addition, their agricultural tax will be comprehensive within three years, and the agricultural tax will be halved in the next five years.If the martyrs still struggle to make ends meet under such good treatment, then there is a problem.

The sister-in-law talked about spending money, but Jiurou took her daughter back to the kitchen and hurriedly cleaned it up.At this time, a strong and big man has emerged from that room, he is not the eldest son of this family.

This person is honest and responsible, but the rough guy is the most impatient.Just call Ding Ming into the house, and call the mother and daughter in the stove to hurry up and clean up the food and drinks.His mother came out of this talk.Both sides saluted, and the big man let Ding Ming into the room.

After a while, his mother-in-law was holding the tray, which contained two cooked vegetables brought by Ding Ming, one cold and one hot, but it contained a scrambled egg and a canned fruit.The young lady behind her is holding a wine jar and a wine bowl.

Next, the men eat wine and meat, while the women go to work in the kitchen.

After eating two bowls of wine, Ding Ming wiped his mouth and said, "I'm here today to discuss something." But the construction team under the Ministry of Industry needs to recruit labor.

It is said that the construction department under the Ministry of Industry needs not only a large number of unskilled labor force, but also a group of mature technical officials to build roads and bridges, and build mountains and cities.

These technical officials/officials also need to have a certain number of small workers, even small workers, or even small workers.

In fact, it is a matter of not being admitted, as long as there is some foundation, and after entering it for a period of time, it is also a craftsman.Only those true "craftsmen" can be selected into the construction school under the Ministry of Industry.The latter is of the same standard as the accounting school originally established by Duzhisi and Lijin Bureau, but now the latter is more bullish.

It is no longer a single school, but has countless branch schools. From the provincial capitals to the state capitals below, and even some economically prosperous counties, there are accounting schools listed.Many branch campuses are already self-sufficient and can still turn in some money.

Na Ding Ming has also heard about building a school, saying that Zong Shoufu always wanted to promote the latter, just like financial calculations, but there are many obstacles in the court, money is a big problem, and he only listens to the wind and sees nothing actual.Otherwise, he wanted to send all the nephews in the side yard in.

If a person can have a skill by his side, he will not be afraid to go all over the world.

"It is said that the people recruited this time will go to Yuezhou in the south of the Yangtze River. The imperial court wants to build a large port in Yuezhou. There are too many people who want to go. Although brother Tang Ping is a good hand at tidying up the fields, he is very successful in farming. , isn’t it more promising to go to Yuezhou?”

In addition to farming, Tang Ping is also a half mason. He can also do some carpentry, and he is even a good basket weaver.In Ding Ming's view, these are all available in Yuezhou.

As long as you can go a step further, you can have a share of official food.There is no need to worry about being transferred from Yuncheng to another country.There are also workshops in this county.When the dispatch from Yuezhou is over, people like Tang Ping can return to their hometowns, and the government will definitely arrange for them.

"Brother Tang Ping is a martyr, and this status is a guarantee." Needless to say, there are too many words.Even in Yuncheng, military martyrs are not everywhere.Not to mention that their Tang Temple has produced two talented people.It can't compare to the Chao family, it can't compare to the Song family, and it can't even compare to the Ruan family, but it is also extraordinary.

Ding Ming turned back to his home, the mother-in-law was holding a small baby girl in her arms, and a four-year-old boy came up to her by her hand.

There are wives and families, children and daughters, parents are alive, a large family is harmonious and beautiful, and there is no need to worry about food and drink. This kind of life exceeds at least [-]% of people in China today.

Move the things brought back into the house by category, and then take out the rattle bought for the son to amuse the children, take out a few feet of new cloth for the wife, and bring back the peach cakes for the parents and elders. Ding Ming's heart is as sweet as eating honey with the joyful face of his son and the happy smiles of the elders.Isn't this what people live for the rest of their lives?
He is less aggressive than his brother, and he is content to live like this in this life.

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Or the mouth of the Yangtze River.The two ships returned from north to south.It was the ship of Feisal and Shah Rukh.With white sails high, two Tianfang merchant ships drew two white water marks on the blue sea.

The blue sea and blue sky, the sun is shining, and the wind is blowing. What a comfortable moment.

It's just that the owners of these two ships are either happy or worried, and their expressions are uncertain.In fact, this freshly baked Lu Qi has both good and bad for fan merchants like them.

First of all, there will be no Fanfang in the future, and naturally there will be no more Fanchang.Fanshang's beliefs cannot be spread widely in the local area, especially to induce local Chinese people to become religious.Those who dare to preach without authorization will be severely punished once they are investigated.

Second, the amount of city shipping tax is so high that it hurts the human body.During the Zhao Dynasty of the Northern Song Dynasty, the ship tax was [-] out of [-]. By the time of Zhenzong and Renzong, it was [-] out of [-].Shenzong Dynasty changed it to draw one out of fifteen.In the era of great artists, the official system was corrupted and officialdom was corrupt, and it returned to the level of one in ten.

At present, the Shipping Department of Qi State stipulates that for imported luxury jewelry, such as rare jewelry, ivory and coral, two out of ten can be taken; for other precious items, such as gold and silverware, and various spices, one out of ten can be taken.For general merchandise, take one out of fifteen.An additional shipping tax of one in thirty will be levied.

This is cutting the flesh of Fan Shang raw, but they have to endure it.Not to mention that you have to pay taxes when you sell, and you have to pay taxes when you buy.

But the amounts are different.

Such as curios jewelry, gold and silverware, all are ten out of ten.High-quality porcelain, silk, lacquerware, medicinal materials, tea, etc. are also one out of ten.However, for ordinary bulk goods such as overseas porcelain, silk, and tea, the price is [-] out of [-].

How can such a regulation not hurt people?But Faisal and Shah Rukh had to endure.Because even so, after they shipped the goods back to Tianfang, it was still a huge profit.Moreover, China also promised that they will formulate more standardized regulations and systems for the Shipping Department.

Not to mention, the new dynasty followed the system of the previous dynasty, and there were no exact restrictions on fan merchants. The latter could freely move and live in port trade cities, as long as they could obey the laws of the new dynasty.Even if they want to live for a long time, they only need to apply for a residence permit at the local government.

Overall, the Chinese are still friendly to them.Unlike those pagans in Europa, who are barbaric and vulgar, but also full of greed.Makes people vomit!
(End of this chapter)