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Under normal circumstances, courtiers do not need to bow down when they meet the king, but in formal ceremonies and high-level ceremonies, courtiers are required to bow, which is stipulated in the etiquette system.

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Lu Qingping, tell me about your meeting with the emperor of the Southern Dynasty in Jiankang and the customs and customs of the Southern Dynasty. Gu is very curious, and I believe all the ministers present are very curious about the situation there!"

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Chapter 665 You will naturally understand when you grow up

In the main hall, Lu Xuan recounted in detail how he met Liu Yikang, including Liu Yikang's appearance, approximate height, and his speculation about Liu Yikang's temperament.

"I feel that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty has a straightforward temperament and does not hide his actions, but his talents are there!"

This is Lu Xuan's evaluation of Liu Yikang. To put it bluntly, he does not pay attention to strategy, does not avoid suspicion, does not know how to adapt, the city is not deep enough, and he is a little overjoyed.

Zhao Junsheng had never met Liu Yikang, but after listening to Lu Xuan's description and evaluation, he also had a vague image in his mind. He asked, "Does the emperor of the Southern Dynasty agree to befriend our country? Do he agree to completely open up the commercial exchanges between the two countries? "

There was also trade between Liu Song and the Northern Wei Dynasty before, and civilians were not prohibited from traveling between the two countries, but once a war broke out, this situation would stop and the border would be blocked.

It took several months since Zhao Junsheng led his army to go south to fight Liu Song several times. The two countries have not fully resumed normal state-to-state exchanges, and of course non-governmental exchanges are out of the question.

Lu Xuan said: "When Emperor Song met with his ministers for the third time, he made it clear that he agreed to resume state relations with our country, and agreed to relax the restrictions on commerce and people's exchanges between people! The specific discussions later will be conducted by ministers of Song Dynasty Fan Ye. Song State agreed to sell large quantities of porcelain, silk, tea, and silk cloth to my country, and my country also agreed to sell large quantities of blankets, sweaters, medicinal materials, and livestock to Song State. The two sides set up trade markets on their respective borders, and small transactions were paid with copper coins. Large-scale transactions are paid in gold! The Southern Dynasty agreed that our country can use jewelry and jade as a means of payment!"

In this era, gold was an extremely precious value-preserving metal both in the Northern Dynasties and the Southern Dynasties, but relatively speaking, the value of gold in the Northern Dynasties was much lower than that in the Southern Dynasties. On the other hand, people in the Southern Dynasties used and loved gold much more than those in the Northern Dynasties.

The same is true for jewelry and jade. The price of jewelry and jade in the Southern Dynasties is more than double that in the Northern Dynasties. The main reason is the large quantity. The nobles are mostly Xianbei people and barbarians. They are far less fond of these things than the Han people. Most of them are willing to exchange these jewels and jade for cattle, sheep, horses, pastures, and fields.

"Now that the results of the negotiations have been finalized, we should set up a trade market at the border as soon as possible and assign special personnel to manage it. My only request is to sell the surplus livestock, blankets, sweaters, leather, medicinal materials and other goods to the Southern Dynasty as soon as possible, so as to alleviate the domestic problems. There is a backlog of goods, but the price must be set reasonably! Shangtai is coming up with a specific strategy as soon as possible, and the responsible officials will report it to Gu for review!"

Dongfang Chen stood up and agreed: "Yes!"

After the opening of the border trade, the Northern and Southern Dynasties strengthened exchanges, and the backlog of goods and commodities on both sides could be transported to each other's territory, and they were all urgently needed by the other party. Naturally, they were sold at a good price. Relieves stress.

In September, according to the established rules and regulations, Zhao Junsheng will take his wife and children to work in the countryside, experience the hard work of farmers, and let his nephews know that food is hard to come by.

On this day, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan took their children and some ministers to Luxian County on the east outskirts of Qianjing to work in person.

The work lasted for three days: on the first day, I found a farmer who was harvesting beans to help them harvest beans; on the second day, I helped the farmer plow the land; on the third day, I helped the farmer sow winter wheat.

The farm where Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan lived with their two children was a middle-aged couple in their thirties. There were four children under their knees. The oldest was a boy who was 16 years old, and the youngest was only three years old. There is an old mother in her 50s who looks older than her 50s in later generations.

Years of hard work made the couple's complexion dark, but their movements were nimble when they worked. Even Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan, who have been practicing martial arts all year round, may not be able to match them.

Farm work is a kind of endurance work. It’s not like running a [-]-meter race in ten seconds. Harvesting beans is done with a sickle. You grab the stem of the beans with one hand and cut off the roots with the sickle in the other. Only when you pile up a pile can you get up and rest for a while. Otherwise, the middle is always in a bent state, and the time

Long, back pain.

The chopped soybeans and orange stalks are piled up and then tied up with straw ropes. If there are four or six, they will be collected into a load and carried away.

The man in this family is called Huang Shu. Hua Mulan, his wife Huang Lishi and her eldest son Xiao Huang are in charge of chopping soybeans and tangerines, while Zhao Junsheng and Huang Shu are in charge of binding and picking them home.

Zhao Junsheng and Huang Shu each carried a load of soybeans and orange stalks to the home. The weather was too hot, and they both carried heavy burdens and walked like the wind. Both of them were sweating profusely on the way.

Although Zhao Junsheng is skilled in martial arts and has great strength, doing farm work is a long-lasting and endurable job. It is not so easy to carry a load of soybeans weighing two hundred catties and walk for several miles. no.

Huang Shu, who is in his 30s, is a veteran of farm work. His strength is only equivalent to that of a normal middle-aged man. He is far inferior to Zhao Junsheng in strength, but he can walk faster than Zhao Junsheng with a load of two hundred catties. Steady, the courage is up and down when walking on Zhao Junsheng's body, but when walking on him, it is as stable as a straight line, and the center of gravity of the load is always on the same height line. This is the difference between a veteran and a novice.

After walking twice, Zhao Junsheng also gained some experience. When walking with a load on his shoulders, try not to let it rise and fall, and keep the center of gravity on a horizontal line, so that the whole person will be much more relaxed.

"Old Huang, your eldest is so old, are you married in your teens?" Zhao Junsheng asked behind Huang Shu, carrying a burden.

Huang Shu said with a smile as he walked: "Back to your Majesty, Cao Min married at the age of 17. Our family is poor, and no woman is interested in it. It was not until the age of 17 that the baby and his grandfather fell in love with him. Cao Min remembered that It still rained heavily for several days in a row, and Grandpa caught more than 500 catties of fish in the river with a fishing net and sold them to make enough dowry money and repair the house!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "You guys generally get married in their teens?"

"Affluent men usually get their wives at the age of twelve or thirteen. There are also many poor families who have been single all their lives. However, there are many wars these days. There are fewer men and more girls. As long as they are not so poor that they can't even wear clothes There are no thatched houses, as long as you are not lazy, it is not difficult for a man to find a wife!"

Zhao Junsheng was startled: "Begging for a wife at the age of twelve or thirteen? What do you know at such a young age?"

Huang Shu smiled: "You will naturally understand when you grow up to a certain age. Some of them are taught by adults. Our country children are sensible early. But women usually don't get married until they are 15 years old, so our wives here are older than their husbands." age".

Zhao Junsheng is sensible early, Zhao Junsheng can understand, as for being taught by an adult, Zhao Junsheng can only express his speechless, getting married at the age of twelve or thirteen to support a family, this is simply destroying children's psychology and body.

Zhao Junsheng changed the subject: "How much land does your family have?"

"There are twenty acres in total. Thirteen acres were confiscated by the government a few days ago and distributed to the grasslanders, and fifteen acres were reclaimed by the grasslanders themselves. In fact, there are still a lot of wasteland around here. One is the distance. It's too far away, and second, our family only has three laborers, so we can't grow it, so we don't open up wasteland anymore!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Is the food grown enough to eat? How much surplus can there be to feed a family?"

"Naturally, it is enough to eat. Now, according to the government's instruction, we have adopted the method of intensive cultivation. If it is not a year of famine, the general output will be much higher than before, and it can be more than 100 catties per mu! The output of these fields is enough for the grassland family. When they are full, the surplus can be used to buy clothes for the family, eat meat once a month, and go fishing and chop firewood during the slack season. In addition to the horses, cattle and sheep borrowed from the government, the family also raises I killed two pigs, and this day is getting better every day, it's all about the great king's benevolence, and I'm waiting for the grassroots to have such a good life!"

The two men each carried a load of soybeans and tangerines and stopped on the threshing field in front of Huangshu's house. They spread out the stalks of soybeans and tangerines and exposed them to the sun to dry the stalks and carob shells.

In addition to growing wheat and soybeans, Huang Shujia also grows corn and millet. These two crops are one of the main crops in the Yellow River Basin.

Soybeans will be harvested in the sun for two days, and after they are spread out, don't worry about them.

The next day, Hua Mulan continued to harvest soybeans with Mrs. Huang Li and her eldest son. Zhao Junsheng and Huang Shu plowed the land. Now every household has cattle and horses.

At this time, the northerners used the recently invented Wei plow, which was more convenient than the long straight shaft plow.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan were sweating profusely, and the accompanying ministers and officials were not idle, but because they had never done these things, they often made jokes.

Zhao Junsheng watched Cui Hao weakly chopping soybeans and bellflowers with a sickle, his face was pale from exhaustion, and he was sweating profusely. He couldn't help asking, "Cui Qing, how does it feel to do farm work?"

Cui Hao said to the family, where has he ever done such heavy physical work, it has made him backache and exhausted for two consecutive days, and the weather is hot, and he is a little old, it is really unbearable.

At this time, after hearing Zhao Junsheng's question, I had to tell the truth: "Your Majesty, now I know the hard work and hardship of the farmers, and the food you eat is hard to come by!"

Zhao Junsheng smiled and waved to his son Zhao Dong who was playing on the side of the field: "Son, come here!"

Zhao Dong ran over with short legs and asked, "Father, what are you calling the child?"

Zhao Junsheng: "Today my father taught you a poem, you have to memorize it, listen carefully, the day of hoeing, the sweat drips down the soil; who knows that the food on the plate is hard work!"

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The accompanying officials immediately flattered: "Good poetry, good poetry, your majesty is really talented!"

Zhao Junsheng looked constipated when he heard it, why did he think of that ambiguous word when he heard it?

Using cattle to plow the fields seems simple, but in fact it is not so easy. Zhao Junsheng knew that not everyone can do it well, at least the first time it is definitely not easy to do well.

First of all, the cow is not so obedient, you have to figure out its temper, usually it walks slowly, and even slower when pulling the plow.

Secondly, it is necessary to master the speed of plowing. If the ox walks fast, it will also get tired. After plowing for a long time, it will stop and rest. At an appropriate speed, the ox can pull the plow longer, and sometimes it will stop for a little rest. For a while, you can't drive it away in a hurry at this time, wait for it to rest for two or three minutes before driving it away.

The temper of the ox is very stubborn. If the people who plow the field are also stubborn, the field will definitely not be able to be plowed. Only by mastering its temper can it make it honestly pull the plow and plow the field.

It took Zhao Junsheng a whole hour to master the method of plowing the field, so that the ox was willing to pull the plow forward at a constant speed.