Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 158 Robot Cat

It is not easy to think of a trip outside the customs these days. Let alone whether you have enough money, a household registration will tie you tightly to your hometown, and you will not be able to move.When Emperor Hongwu founded the country, in order to leave an iron barrel to his descendants, he spared no effort to formulate a system that he believed to be the most perfect. According to scholars, farmers, businessmen, his people were divided into peasant households, military households, artisan households, and merchants. , Scholars, etc. Once these identities are determined, it is extremely difficult to change them.The descendants of military households will always be military households, the descendants of artisan households will always be artisan households, and the descendants of peasants... I dare not say that they will always be peasants, but there are too few people who go through hard study and finally jump over the dragon gate.This is an extremely orderly empire. There is no guiding note issued by the magistrate. You can't even go to neighboring counties at will, otherwise you may be arrested as a refugee. Whether you live or die depends on your character.Fortunately, by the middle and late Ming Dynasty, this set of order was almost corrupted. Peasants could freely enter the city to work, which greatly enriched the city's labor force and promoted the prosperity of the city. It is a very dangerous thing. The bandits occupy the mountain as king, and they go down the mountain to rob from time to time, and there are even refugees running around. Murder and arson are considered light, and killing a few county magistrates or even magistrates is commonplace, so if you don’t have that ability, you’d better not Run around, otherwise it is easy to run to the gate of hell.

As for Yang Menglong, he has an army, so naturally he is not afraid of those bandits, but the Ministry of War is in control, and without the order of the Ministry of War, leading troops away from the defense area without authorization is a death penalty!But Yang Menglong said that the paper I didn't sign is the shit in the toilet, no matter how good Lao Zhu is, I can't control Lao Tzu, I can go wherever I like!Besides, I'm not going to rob houses, I'm going to do business, why should I care about me?Everyone said they couldn't understand this bastard's way of thinking, so they couldn't persuade him. They could only follow his instructions, keep busy, and take care of the stall for him while he was away.

After sending those debt collectors away, Yang Menglong went to the warehouse again.Not bad, many folks are loading a large number of pots, tea bricks, salt, cotton cloth, etc. into the carriages, and they have loaded more than 40 carts. These things can be sold at a high price outside the Great Wall, especially the iron pots, which are even more valuable.Mongols don’t have iron, not to mention weapons, even cooking pots are a problem. A pot is considered a treasure on the grasslands. When their daughters get married, Mongolians often split the iron pot in two, Half of it is used as a dowry for the daughter to take to her husband's house.At the border, Mongols often ran to the side wall and yelled loudly, wanting to exchange iron daily necessities with the border residents of the Ming Dynasty with cattle and sheep fur. What they buy is not gold and silver treasures, but daily necessities such as ironware, cotton cloth, salt, tea, etc. It looks quite pitiful.Yang Menglong heard that at the border, an iron pot can be exchanged for a full-grown goat at least. It would be unreasonable not to do such a business!Tea, salt, and cotton cloth are all very expensive, and he can't afford much, but pig iron, that's as much as he wants, and most of the carriages are used to hold iron pots.It's a pity that the Mongols' technology is so poor that they can't make iron pots with pig iron, otherwise he can directly transport pig iron ingots to sell and pack more!
More than 500 catties of tea were also prepared, and eight carts were loaded with salt. If these goods can be sold smoothly, they will definitely earn a lot of money.

Seeing Yang Menglong coming, everyone greeted him with a smile.Yang Menglong said cheerfully: "Work harder, put everything on, don't miss a few things!" Everyone replied with a big grin: "Don't worry, there will be no leaks!"

Yang Menglong went to look at Cheng Ji's side again, good guy, this uncle just set out with more than 100 horse-drawn carts and donkey carts, all of which were full of grain!Then there will be several convoys coming over to continue loading and transshipment for thousands of miles until the food is delivered to the border!He clicked his lips, darling, rich and powerful, really incomparable!

Seeing him coming, Cheng Ji hurriedly greeted him and bowed his hands: "My lord, why are you here?"

Yang Menglong said: "I just came to see how you are preparing... It's not bad, I will definitely set off on time tomorrow!"

Cheng Ji said: "Ashamed, ashamed, these guys are clumsy and slow to do everything. Compared with the master's hands, they are far behind!"

Yang Menglong said: "Don't blame them, they are exhausted from loading so much food, who can get up quickly? If you don't believe me, go and try to load a few cars?"

Cheng Ji smiled and told Yang Menglong a piece of good news: "My lord, I heard from a clan brother that the price of goods such as salt tea and cotton cloth outside the Great Wall has increased again, this increase is more than doubled, and there is no market for the price! "

Yang Menglong said excitedly: "That's great! That also means we can double the money! I just don't know how long this wave of price increases will last."

Cheng Ji said with a smile: "From the beginning of winter until next spring, the prices of these goods will only go up, not down! Now they have doubled, and when we get to the border, they will go up three or four times at least." !"

Yang Menglong's eyes were round.Three or four times the profit?This business is too easy to do, right?
He didn't know until after he set off that this business was really hard to do...

It seemed that they were almost ready, and Yang Menglong went home satisfied. He wanted to recharge his energy and prepare for tomorrow's journey.

The dinner was ready, and the three little kids and two beauties were waiting for him to come back for dinner.Yang Menglong washed his hands, came to sit down in the restaurant, looked at the dishes on the table, and exclaimed: "Braised beef in soy sauce, stewed chicken with mushrooms, sweet and sour pork ribs, braised pork and beef... My God, what's wrong? Whose birthday is this?" ah?"

Xiao Yufang glared at him: "Who's birthday? Who else is celebrating? It's prepared for you! We're going to travel thousands of miles tomorrow, so of course we have to have a good meal before we can go on the road!"

Yang Menglong said: "That can't make it so rich, right? Are you afraid of starvation?"

Liu Ziyan said: "You can eat if you have something to eat, why are you talking so much nonsense?"

This little girl's attitude is getting more and more arrogant!

Yang Menglong muttered dissatisfiedly in his heart, grabbed his chopsticks and called, "Let's serve!" With a whoosh, a golden fried chicken leg went into Xiao Yufang's bowl, and with another whoosh, the other arrived in Anning With two swishing sounds, one of the two chicken wings was bitten into his mouth, and the other was pressed into the rice. It was no different from the reincarnation of a hungry ghost.Xiaojun shouted dissatisfied: "Why don't you give me food? It's too partial!"

Yang Menglong took the chicken butt and stuffed it into the kid's mouth with a swish: "Okay, I'll give you a fat and tender piece, are you satisfied?" Xiao Jun whined!

Normally, if Yang Menglong bullied her younger brother, Xiao Yufang would definitely say something about him, but today she had something on her mind, so she just looked at him and didn't speak.Yang Menglong made her look very uncomfortable, her hands and feet involuntarily slowed down, not daring to make such a big movement anymore, Liu Ziyan snickered, knowing him for so long, it was the first time seeing him so gentle!
After dinner, Qi Polu went to practice boxing as usual, Xiaojun stayed in the study and practiced calligraphy, while An Ning watched him practice calligraphy.Xiao Yufang was busy in and out, packing Yang Menglong's luggage. She was busy like a spinning top. Yang Menglong was dazzled by the sight and shouted: "I said, can you stop for a while? It almost makes me faint." Got it!"

Xiao Yufang said: "I have to help you prepare all the things you need for a long trip!"

Yang Menglong said carelessly: "Is there a need to prepare so many things? Just pack a few clothes and buy anything on the way."

Xiao Yufang said: "That can't be done, the things on the road are very expensive!" He picked up two fur hats and folded them up and put them in the bag: "It's very cold outside the pass, so I have to wear a hat. I spent a lot of money on this kind of fur hat. I bought it with money, it’s very warm, you must remember to wear it, or your ears will be frozen off!” He picked up two pairs of boots: “This kind of boots are made of cowhide, very wear-resistant, I made them for you with cotton Some insoles, so that your feet won’t get blisters when you walk.” I put these in, and took out some small bottles: “These are medicines. I have a headache on the way. Take some quickly. I wrote down what kind of medicine the medicine was for, and how much I took at a time. When you use it, just pull out the paper that plugs the bottle and have a look.” The worst thing is that she even prepared two dogleg knives. Put: "I entrusted the blacksmith to make these two knives for you. They are made of high-quality fine steel and are very sharp. They are put in the box for you. If you lose the one in your hand, take it out and use it." ..."

Yang Menglong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, walked over and hugged the girl who was still busy working for him from behind, and said, "Do you want to pack up the whole Thousand Household House for me?"

Xiao Yufang patted her forehead: "By the way, tents, and tents! How could I have forgotten such an important thing!" As she said that, she was about to prepare a tent for him.Yang Menglong hugged her tightly and refused to let her go: "No need, there is a carriage, it's fine to sleep on the carriage... You are almost becoming my doraemon!"

Xiao Yufang was startled: "Doraemon? What is a Doraemon?"

Yang Menglong said: "It's just a little fairy who will prepare everything for you in advance, no matter what you want, you can take it out at any time. It's great to have you here, I don't have to worry about anything."

Xiao Yufang said dissatisfiedly: "You don't need to worry, but I want to break my heart... You said you stayed in Wuyang well, why did you go outside the Great Wall? That place is cold and dry, and there are so many The Thomas Thief..."

Yang Menglong hugged him a little tighter, and said, "I don't want to go to that kind of ghostly place either, but I have to! Don't be angry, just this one time, I won't go outside the Great Wall again after running this time!"

Xiao Yufang snorted: "It's strange to believe you! I've seen through it, you are just a big horse monkey, you just like to toss, toss and toss endlessly!"

Yang Menglong pressed his face to her back and muttered: "If I were a big horse monkey, you would be the Tathagata Buddha..."

Xiao Yu Fangchi smiled: "You...is there anyone who talks like this..." She didn't speak any more, just quietly letting him hug her, snuggling into his arms, enjoying the rare tenderness .

The Qianhu House is very quiet, there is no sound, only the shadow of the candle is flickering gently, and a little spark bursts out from time to time...

(End of this chapter)