Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

The soldier roared and threw the rope towards the ship that was used as power.

Because a small sandbag weighing one or two kilograms was added to the front end, and it went through a circle like a centrifuge. Under the influence of gravity acceleration, the sandbag flew towards the opposite ship deck with the rope.

"Shhhhhh!"

The circles of hemp rope lying on the ground were decreasing rapidly.

"Boom!"

The sandbag flew to the opposite deck with the twine.

Someone hurriedly stepped forward and stepped on the hemp rope to prevent it from falling into the sea.

"Brothers, get ready to pull the cable!"

The four soldiers lined up in a line, waiting for the leading soldier to straighten the hemp rope.

The soldier alternated his hands, and after a while, he coiled a large amount of hemp rope, and the hemp rope pulling the cable was straightened.

"Brothers on the other side, put down the cable!"

Someone yelled at the top of their lungs.

The soldiers on the test ship grabbed the heavy cable and threw it into the sea bit by bit.

The soldiers on the power boat kept collecting the hemp rope and pulling the cable over. After a while, the cable arrived under the power boat.

"Come on, pull the cable!"

The leading soldier shouted a slogan in a high tone.

Pulling the rope is the hardest job on the ship.

The thigh-thick cable was soaked in water and became very heavy. Even the four soldiers had a hard time pulling it.

"One, two, pull!"

"One, two, pull!"

The soldiers shouted neat chants and dragged the cable up to the deck. Someone quickly grabbed the cable and coiled it on the cable pile.

(Pulling cables is a very hard job. The author has worked on the dock before. In winter, my hands hurt from the cold, but my whole body was covered in sweat. When the cold sea breeze blew, I could easily catch a cold.

It takes several people to pull the cable, and they often go there even when they are sick. Even in the middle of the night with a splitting headache, they still have to get up and get to the dock.

If the weather is particularly cold, a layer of ice will immediately hang on the cable just after it leaves the water, making it cold and slippery...

I specially add this part here just to tell everyone that making money is really difficult...)

The soldiers tied the cable tightly and hung the small boat outside the ship. The soldiers followed the lowered ladder and climbed onto the deck of the big ship.

"set off!"

Gong Yonggu roared loudly and had someone blow the horn.

Amidst the sound of the horn, the hardwood sail slowly rose, and the sea breeze blew the sail, taking the big ship slowly toward the outer sea.

The rebels in the Jiashen year have stepped onto the stage of history.

What awaits them is an uncertain future.

Perhaps it was success and fame that created a historical miracle.

Perhaps what awaits them is the ruthless arrows shot by the enemy...

……

Dengzhou.

Berlin is a small market between Pengjia Town and Gaoji Street. This is a small street with only a few dozen households.

Because it is located between Pengjia Town and Gaoji, and only more than 20 miles away from Dengzhou, the surrounding people either go to Pengjia Town and Gaoji to buy things, or go to Dengzhou.

The people of this era are truly completely self-sufficient except for some necessities.

In this Berlin market, there is only one shop selling groceries and the Ding family's oil shop.

Originally there was no oil mill here. After the emperor captured Nanyang, the place gradually settled down.

There was a family of oilsmiths surnamed Ding who pressed oil in Dengzhou City. Seeing that there was no oil mill here, they placed one of their sons here.

The owner of the oil shop is named Ding, and his name is Ding Tieniu.

Some people say that in ancient China, old people never died, and descendants did not separate families. Several generations gathered together.

In fact, this is both true and false.

This is certainly true for wealthy families and ordinary people who work on the land.

However, for business families, this is not correct.

Businessmen who pursue profit will find suitable places for their children and grandchildren, and then disperse and settle the other children except the eldest son.

In this way, it not only ensures that there will be no vicious competition among descendants, but also spreads the ethnic group.

Of course, some landlords also adopted this method.

After they purchase land in other places, they will move some of their clan members there and spread their branches.

In fact, in the genealogy that can be collected in later generations, the first generation of the branch all moved in this way.

……

The three major hardships in the world are forging iron, punting boats, and grinding tofu.

This oil pressing is also very bitter, even compared to the three major bitternesses.

The only advantage of pressing oil is that it is more bitter than the three major ones. It does not need to be exposed to the wind, sun, smoke and fire.

It's slightly better than those three.

Ding Tieniu has just fried the peanuts and is going to wait for them to cool down for a while before starting to squeeze the oil.

Peanuts are still a foreign thing.

Although the land in Nanyang is flat, due to the dense population, very few crops other than food are grown locally.

Even the very profitable tobacco leaves are grown by only two or three households in the area.

These peanuts were sent by Wang Yuanwai from Wangjiazhuangzi not far away.

Nanyang has been ravaged by rebels for more than ten years, with a serious loss of people and many people abandoning the land.

After His Majesty the Emperor returned to Nanyang, Mr. Wang came back first and grabbed some unowned land.

These peanuts are said to have been grown by Mr. Wang when he was taking refuge in the mountains.

Although the Ding family oil mill has only been open for a short time, the Ding family, which has been engaged in the oil pressing industry for generations, has very good technology.

The Ding family always extracts more oil than elsewhere.

Relying on this technology of producing more oil, the Ding family quickly established a firm foothold. Everyone in the surrounding area who had oil extraction skills would send it here.

Even from Pengjia Town and Gaoji, there are people who come here specifically to squeeze oil.

The common people are always simple and yet possess a unique peasant cunningness.

They are even willing to carry fuel and walk dozens of miles in order to get a little extra.

……

Ding Tieniu smoked a pack of cigarettes, and his 16-year-old daughter was playing with cooked peanuts with a thin stick.

From time to time, I would grab a handful of peanuts and chew them.

"If Mr. Wang sees your little girl's movie, I will be scolded!"

Miss Ding chuckled and turned around:

"Ada, keep an eye on it. When he comes, just say no in advance.

These peanuts are so delicious!

Fragrant and crispy, I have never had such a delicious snack...

Besides, His Majesty the Emperor is going to inspect the fields, and they will soon reach us. It’s hard to say whether Mr. Wang will be the master at that time! "

The girl looks very bright and charming, with a pair of big watery eyes, long and curved eyelashes, a quivering, straight nose, and a slender neck. She is a rare beauty in the countryside.

"I shouldn't have sent you to a girls' school in the clan. You are becoming more and more eloquent!"