From the end of the world to ancient times with the writer system

Ningzhuang is just behind Ji's house, and Uncle Qiu arrived at Zhuangzi within a few steps.Now that there is little work in the field, the three farm households are all busy in the village, which looks quite lively.

"Father, Guanshi Qiu is here, hurry up and meet him." Zhang Zhuang's son's eyes were sharp, and he saw Uncle Qiu even before he entered the door.

Zhang Zhuang hurriedly put down the dry tobacco in his hand: "Guan Qiu, what time are you here?"

"I will send a batch of potatoes and sweet potatoes to the city tomorrow. Let me take a look first. You have to get someone to prepare them, and you have to leave early tomorrow morning." Uncle Qiu explained his purpose without talking nonsense.

This year all the sweet potatoes were harvested. Shao Yunchen didn't plan to store them in his own cellar. After paying the land tax, he asked the farmers to collect the remaining potatoes and sweet potatoes into the cellar in the village.The granary is just excessive, and the real storage of grain is all kinds of cellars.Not to mention the Ji family, the whole Yangjia port is like this.

This means that the north is dry, and there are very few dug cellars in the south.There is plenty of rain over there, and if one is not careful, the food is prone to mold, so it is more convenient to store it inside the house.

This time Shao Yunchen only asked for Ningzhuang, so Uncle Qiu didn't go to Anzhuang again.He asked Zhang Zhuangtou to take a message to Li Zhuangtou, and after the land tax was paid, he would store the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the cellar, and move them someday when they were needed.

Ji Xuanhe took a notebook with the quotations of various shops that Uncle Qiu found out, and looked at them one by one.He only has half of the shop in his hand, and Qiu Bo is still inquiring about the other half of the shop.

As far as Ji Xuan and the money in hand are concerned, the cost is too high for him to afford. He mainly looks at the half of the shops in front of him. The other shops are relatively high-end, and it is difficult to eat even the house and the goods. He just needs to do it Just know what you have in mind.

Qiu Bo was able to inquire about the specific income only from some shops he was familiar with, and most of the other shops only inquired about it.Even so, Uncle Qiu spent a lot of effort.Let Ji Xuan and himself come, I guess he can't even figure out the way.For this reason, Shao Yunchen rewarded Mama Duan with some muslin cloth woven with dark patterns.

Duan's mother knows the goods, she knows that the cotton cloth made in this way is more expensive than ordinary silk and satin, so she only made a coat for Qiu Cheng and Qiu Shuang, and stored the rest as good materials for the bottom of the box.For this reason, Duan's mother was also complained by Uncle Qiu. Why didn't he, a great hero, have children all alone?

Mother Duan was unmoved.As the chief steward of the Ji family, Uncle Qiu naturally had to do a good job of saving his face. His treatment was the best among the servants of the Ji family. He had several satin shirts, so how could he wear less clothes?

Looking at the various types of shops, Ji Xuan and Haoxuan didn't see anything.The grain store was excluded first. His family had no backing in Kangping County, and it was easy to be missed in times of famine. He didn't want Ji's family to be targeted.He doesn't have the capital for jewelry, and he doesn't have the source of goods, so rule it out. ... After removing some shops that were obviously incapable of Ji's family or might bring his own family down, there were still a large number of shops that he was able to manage.

Preparing a shop can't be done in a short while, Ji Xuanhe didn't rush to make a decision.He is still considering whether it would be more cost-effective to open a workshop?

Yangjiabu has such a unique advantage, how come no one has any idea about seafood?Ji Xuanhe was very puzzled.Not to mention the distance, Yangjiabu is less than [-] miles away from the capital, and it takes more than a day to get there, and it takes six days to go back and forth. The profit of transporting seafood to the capital is not low.

Ji Xuanhe asked Qiu Bo about this question.

"Young master, last time the old lady celebrated her birthday, the dried seafood we brought could be sold in Yunzhou Fucheng. That's because the quantity was not large, and it was a one-time business. It would not compete with the local merchants. Otherwise, how could it be so easy? Merchants will unite to boycott. To do business for a long time, retail sales are impossible, we can only wholesale the goods to them. In this way, the profit is not very high, and there are fewer merchants doing this kind of business. Come There are quite a few merchants in Kangping County who buy seafood, and they sell goods from here, and then go back to the local area to sell, and the second uncle goes out to do business for the same reason."

Uncle Qiu recounted what he knew, and then said: "Businessmen from prosperous cities like the capital and Yunzhou Prefecture come to Kangping County to do two-way business. They bring some fashionable gadgets to sell to the locals. Merchants, buy cheap seafood products and ship them back to the city, and make a lot of money. We come from a small county like this, and it’s a good idea to take advantage of the convenient location to bring some seafood to Beijing, but we want to bring back cheap and fashionable things But it’s difficult, there is no way to find even the seller. But if the young master wants to start this business, there is no problem, we can ask the second uncle to help match the bridge, and the source of the goods can be found.”

After hearing Uncle Qiu's explanation, Ji Xuanhe thought it was true. Most of the villagers in Yangjiabu were uninformed people and had no connections. Many of them probably had never even been out of Kangping County. If they had the courage to go to hundreds of It's really embarrassing for them to do business inside and out.

With this idea in mind, Ji Xuanhe began to calculate the feasibility of the matter.Yangjiabu is a fishing village, and there are many people who know how to make dried seafood. Ji Xuanhe didn't plan to make any secret recipes. As long as the quality is good and the taste is not bad, even if it is popular taste, this business can be done.

Since it is not an exclusive formula, the competitiveness is not very strong, and the market needs to be carefully planned.There is a second uncle in the capital city, and the Ji mansion in Yunzhou prefecture city. To choose one of the two, Ji Xuanhe chose the capital city without even thinking about it.You must know that there is his mother in the Ji Mansion, it is best for him not to appear in her sight, lest there will be twists and turns in vain.

Ji Xuanhe had a plan in mind, and he didn't give up completely on opening a shop.If the seafood workshop can really be opened, then the best way to open up the market is to open a supporting seafood shop.As for whether to open the shop in Kangping County to make a small profit or open the shop to the capital, he has not yet decided.My second uncle has experience in this area, and when Manager Chang returns, I will send a letter to my second uncle, and ask his opinion before making a decision.

These days, he is always doing his best to manage things. Once Ji Xuan and his husband are free, they will start to instill all kinds of practical knowledge in them.Ji's family didn't have many valuable items. After the manager Chang finished his theory, as long as the two of them had no class in the morning, he took them into Kangping County, visited various high-end shops, and introduced them to them while looking at them. In a short time, Ji Xuan He and his husband are full of knowledge about these items.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is time for Manager Chang to step down.Although Chang Guanshi and Ji Xuanhe are not known as masters and apprentices, they are in fact masters and apprentices.Before he left, Shao Yunchen asked Uncle Qiu to prepare a gift, and together with Ji Xuanhe personally sent him to the gate, and did not go back to the house until there was no one in sight.

Chang Guanshi rode alone without any drag, and the journey was very fast, and he arrived in the capital in less than two days.

As soon as he saw his master, Chang Guanshi obediently took out the gift Ji Xuan and his wife gave him, and he could only accept it with peace of mind after Wen Zhuocheng had seen it.

"What kind of little eyes do you have? Since Xuanhe gave it to you, you can accept it. Don't worry, I won't snatch it from you." Wen Zhuocheng's eyelids twitched when he saw that his capable steward was acting like a daughter-in-law. .With good things, the eldest nephew will definitely be the first to give them to him. How could he be so shameless and fight with a manager?

Chang Guanshi straightened his face, but he didn't think so in his heart, if his master really liked it, he didn't need to grab him, but he had to offer it with both hands, right?

Wen Zhuocheng didn't speak any more, tore open the letter paper, and carefully read the letter from his eldest nephew.After reading it, he put the letter back into the envelope, clasped the table with his index finger, meditated for a while, and then began to answer the letter with a pen.For a while, the study room became very quiet.All the servants were sent away, and the work of grinding ink could only be done by the regular steward.

With the resolution, the letter was written quickly.Wen Zhuocheng sealed the letter with wax paint and sent it to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing. There was a reliable person named Wen Si who was responsible for delivering the letter to Ji Xuanhe.

This time the weather was not good, and it began to snow when Wensi walked halfway.Fortunately, Wen Si was prepared. The leather cap on his head was turned down, covering his neck and ears. A scarf was wrapped around his face, and a thick cloak was put on, so that the wind and snow would be blocked.As long as there is no snow on the road, it will not affect his itinerary.

The snow didn't delay Wen Si's journey at all, as soon as he arrived at Ji Zhai, he knocked on the door, and Li Cang led him to the main room.Uncle Qiu took the letter and asked someone to warm him up with tea and hot water, while he himself went to the backyard to report to Ji Xuanhe.

The second uncle's reply coincided with Ji Xuanhe's thoughts, but the pace had to be adjusted.He plans to open a seafood processing workshop first, and the seafood shops in Kangping County will also follow suit, while the shops in the capital city will have to wait a little longer. Money is a little tight, and we have to wait until everything is on the right track before proceeding to the next step.

After a day's rest, Wensi returned to Beijing with a reply letter non-stop.

It is already winter, and the frequency of fishermen going to sea has decreased. This is not the best time to open a workshop.Ji Xuanhe is full of patience, he will not rush to implement immediately when he has an idea, and he will not lose sleep at night because of something on his mind.

Winter is a good time for all things to keep in good health. Yangjiabu is much deserted. Most people don't like to hang out in the cold wind. Nesting on the warm kang is a rare enjoyment for them all year.

Ji Xuanhe didn't have the temperament to escape, he didn't have any discomfort at home.Shao Yunchen's temperament is also calm, and he is a few years older than Ji Xuanhe, and he is very adaptable to this kind of life like a big girl.

The snow is still falling, and a thin layer has accumulated in the yard.Burning the earth dragon during the day and the kang at night, as masters, Ji Xuan and his husband never worried about being frozen.

Yangjiabu is not very far north, but the lowest temperature at night can reach more than minus 20 degrees, which is colder than the capital.Linhai fishing village enjoys the benefits brought by the sea, but naturally has to bear its disadvantages.In summer, typhoons may be encountered, and in winter, chilly sea breeze howls around.Villagers have to wrap themselves tightly when they go out, otherwise the sea breeze will easily crack their skin.

Ji Xuanhe has been studying with Old Master Zhen for several years, even if he doesn't care very much, he has already learned what he should know.Sometimes when I think about it, Ji Xuanhe thinks it's really amazing that he made a living out of coding.

Ji Xuanhe has been good at science and engineering since he was a child, and he is not interested in liberal arts at all.However, he loves to read novels. Before he graduated from university, he tried to write novels, and he made a name for himself while writing. At least the money he earned from writing essays, after deducting daily expenses, still has a lot of surplus.

After graduation, Ji Xuanhe took advantage of the opportunity to become a full-time writer.After finishing the day's work every day, most of the rest of the time is spent in the vast sea of ​​novels.Before he had been free and unrestrained for a few years, the end of the world suddenly came, and his time for reading novels was almost zero.It is precisely because of this that Ji Xuanhe was able to adapt to Jin Chao's slow-paced life so quickly. Novels are just a spice of life. Once life is unstable, the hobby of reading novels will be the first to be given up.

When Ji Xuanhe first arrived in Jinchao, he had a lot of free time. Due to his poor health, he could only read some travel notes and listen to Shao Yunchen's stories and gossip to relieve boredom.Now he is in good health, but suffers from lack of time.In the morning, he would have class with Mr. Zhen, so he had time in the afternoon, but he couldn't keep his mind off, reading novels like that would be too boring.In order not to attract Shao Yunchen's attention, he simply gave up the novel and concentrated on enjoying what can be called a peaceful and peaceful life now.

There are currently 15 people in the Ji residence, excluding old master Zhen and his book boy Zhen Shu, and Ji Xuan and his husband, there are 11 servants in total.It is said that they only serve two masters, and these people are enough.Actually, not so.

Uncle Qiu often needs to go to the county town to inspect shops and is also responsible for purchasing.Mother Duan was in charge of sewing the clothes, shoes and socks of Ji Xuanhe and Mrs. Zhen, and occasionally cooking.Qiu Chengjimo, as a personal servant, listened to his masters in the morning, and at other times he needed two attendants, and when he was free, he would help with some work within his capacity.

As Ji Xuan and his wife's personal maids, Qiu Shuang and Zhu Yi took over the needlework of the rest of Ji's family.The crepe family was in charge of the stove work for the whole family, her daughter Lianyou helped her, her husband Li Cang did some rough work, and waited on the porter when he was free.Shen Qing Qishan is a nursing home, he trains uninterrupted every day, and is also responsible for taking care of the horses.

Calculated in this way, no one can be idle, and most of the time, one person has several jobs.There are only five women in Ji's family, three of them are still underage, and the work of doing laundry is too onerous. Shao Yunchen looked at it a few times, and then gave the single male servant's coat and coat to the tenant Qin Laoer's family. Mother Duan is in charge of the matter.

The clothes of Ji Xuan, his husband and Mrs. Zhen are mainly cleaned by Lianyou, and the crepe family will also help when they are free.

Because the manpower is not very sufficient, the responsibilities of the servants are not so clear.If it is really divided into kitchen, sewing room, and laundry room like Ji's mansion... Ji's family doesn't know how many servants will be needed to perform their duties.

Looking at the situation of his own family, Ji Xuanhe thought it was not unreasonable to think about the wealthy family in Dream of the Red Chamber with hundreds of servants serving them.In order to live comfortably in Jinchao, a master must be matched with at least five or six servants.A master has only one servant, so the job of this servant is very heavy. It is estimated that there is no leisure time from morning till night.

It seems that the Ji family's servants are not clear about their rights and responsibilities, but they are also chaotic and orderly.

Ji Xuan and his husband took care of Ji's residence in an orderly manner, and Shao Yunchen took care of most of the housework. Ji Xuanhe occasionally expressed his opinions.

Both Ji Xuan and Shao Yunchen are men, and one of them must be in charge of family affairs, and Shao Yunchen took the initiative to take on this responsibility.It was not uncommon for men in the Jin Dynasty to get married, and it was common practice for the people of the Jin Dynasty to have a man in charge of the house, so no one would criticize it.

The ratio of men to women in the Jin Dynasty was out of balance. Men accounted for about [-]% of the total population, but the fertility rate of women was very high. This is why the population of the Jin Dynasty did not decrease but increased.

Although many men will marry, there is still a difference between pre-marriage education and married women.It doesn’t matter if you are a son of a rich family who can call slaves and maidservants. No matter if you are a man or a woman, as long as you know how to be the head of the house, it is enough. Someone will be demanding.

For ordinary people, the most important thing for a married man is to help with the work, and it is better to be able to take on half of the burden of supporting the family. Whether he can wash and cook is the second.

Generally, there are not many cases where the parents are separated and the family is separated. The whole family lives under one roof, and some girls and daughters-in-law help with cooking and washing. Married men have no advantages in this regard, and there is no need to have to compete with women in disadvantaged items. Compete for high and low.

The elders understand in their hearts that a married man can at most be a half-strong labor force, and some of them are stronger and more capable than the headed man. How can they ignore their strengths and focus on the married man's housework?

Yangjiabu is considered the wealthiest of the surrounding villages, and the proportion of married men in the village is lower than that of other villages.The poorer the village, the more strong labor is needed to support the family, and the phenomenon of marrying men is more frequent.For poor families, the cost of marrying a man is higher than that of a woman. After all, a man who meets these requirements is enough to establish a family. If he is not too poor, who is willing to let his excellent son marry out?Of course, men who already like the same sex are not included.

Among the people who have difficulty feeding themselves, it is more common for the eldest son to marry a man, and then the younger brother to marry a girl. After a few years, one or two nephews will be selected from them to adopt, and this day will be over.

Although Ji Xuanhe's life is not to the point of stretching out his hands for clothes and opening his mouth for food, he still lives a pampered life.If he hadn't possessed the mind of an adult, such a comfortable life would have made him useless.It's no wonder that most families start to go downhill after a few generations of wealth. Those families that have lasted for hundreds of years must have strict rules.When the family is large enough, without rules, there will be no circle.

With the unremitting efforts of our predecessors, down jackets and duvets have appeared.If the down is not handled properly, it will have an unpleasant smell, and down products are not easy to clean, and they are prone to hair leakage.Because the key technology is in the hands of a few people, and down products are expensive, most of the people in the Jin Dynasty covered with quilts.The duvets sold in the shops are expensive and not affordable for ordinary people.

The duvet is okay, it looks pretty, and is quite popular with wealthy families.The down jacket is not the case, and the straight style is not popular.More down jackets appear in the homes of ordinary people. After a few years of savings, they can make one or two for the elderly and children.They don't care about the style, and they don't care about whether it smells good or not, and they don't care about the hair loss. What they want is the performance of keeping warm.

Shao Yunchen didn't have much dowry, except for some bulky furniture, he had the most quilts, including several beds with cotton quilts and down quilts.Now what Ji Xuanhe is covering is a silk duvet quilt, embroidered with large lotus flowers with stems and leaves on the quilt, and dragonflies fluttering their wings, which looks quite beautiful.

Ji Xuanhe leaned against the head of the bed, holding a white piece in his hand, and watched Shao Yunchen who was sitting opposite him meditating on what to do next.It gets dark early in winter, so Ji Xuan and the others don't have to get up early, and they have a lot of time at night.This day, Ji Xuanhe didn't go to bed early to get in touch with the writer system. Taking advantage of the rare leisure time, he decided to fight Shao Yunchen on the chessboard.

Playing Go is a mental job, but Ji Xuanhe treats it as a leisure activity.His chess strength is not as good as Shao Yunchen's, but he is worse than the word 'quick', he can play wherever he wants.It's all like this, Ji Xuan and Zizhi don't care about winning or losing.One of the two played casually, while the other took it seriously. No one jumped because they couldn't understand each other, but they looked very harmonious.

Tonight is near the middle of the month, the moon is round, and the cold moonlight shines into the window, without any temperature.There was a thin layer of snow outside the window, and the reflected moonlight illuminated a small half of the night sky.Blessed are those who walk at night in such a night, and they don’t have to worry about falling.

There was a crisp sound of 'pa', which brought Ji Xuan and Paoyuan back to their thoughts.Ji Xuanhe looked at the chessboard, the chess game had reached the middle stage, and the situation was a little tense, tending to heat up.It was rare for him to look at the whole picture, and found that Shao Yunchen's move was extremely subtle, it was hard for him to think for so long, and his thoughts were indeed not in vain.

After a few more rounds, Ji Xuanhe dropped the chess pieces in his hand and took the initiative to admit defeat: "I lost again. It's really hard to win a game against you."

"That's because you don't care. If you are serious, I don't think it will be so easy to win you." Shao Yunchen is very familiar with the chess skills of the two. As long as Ji Xuanhe puts down the mentality of entertainment, he will lose three or four out of ten games plate.

"That's too mentally exhausting. I'm already tired enough studying Confucian classics and history collections, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting during the day. Shouldn't I let my mind relax at night?" Seeing that it was getting late, Ji Xuanhe said while packing up the chess pieces.

"Well, what you said makes sense, but I'm used to it, and my thinking will automatically run at a high speed when I touch a chess piece." After putting down the chess pieces, Shao Yunchen stretched his body, and then joined the ranks of cleaning up the chess game.

After a rustling sound, the room returned to calm.

The long night is slow, it is the time for good sleep.

The days passed like running water, and soon it was the end of the year.

"Xuanhe, why didn't the mansion come to deliver the monthly case this year? It will be too late, should we give the New Year's gift to the Jifu Shao's mansion first?" Shao Yunchen watched the village's New Year's spirit getting stronger and stronger, thinking about waiting Going down, I'm afraid it will delay the time for the New Year's gift.

"Wait a minute, it's been delivered on time for so many years, it should be a little later this year, and it's unlikely to be forgotten, otherwise wouldn't the previous work be in vain?" Ji Xuanhe was not 100% sure, he just Guess his mother's movement according to inertial thinking.

The ancestors of Ji's mansion have produced capable people, and won a real and false title for their descendants.Inherited to the old man Ji's generation, the rank of Shijue has been reduced to the fifth rank.Master Ji, that is, what Ji Xuan and his father can inherit is only the fifth-rank title, and the title should be gone after the fourth-generation title descends to the seventh-rank.

The title setting of the Jin Dynasty is different from any historical dynasty that Ji Xuanhe knows. The highest title here is the super rank, followed by the first rank, from the first rank... to the last rank from the seventh rank, a total of fifteen grade.The first three ranks are called Guogong, the first to third ranks are called Dukes, the second to third ranks are called Houfu, and the third to fourth ranks are called Bofu.

It seems that it can be passed down for many generations, but it is not.Not every title is the most advanced super product once it is awarded, more of it is below the uncle's house, and it will disappear after a few generations.Compared with the number of officials in the Jin Dynasty, the number of titles cannot be compared with it.

Ji Jiade's real and illusory lords are of different ranks, the real lord is still the fifth rank when it comes to Mrs. Ji, and the virtual lord is the seventh rank.Now Ji Xuanhe is inheriting the last rank, Cong Qixuan.

Mrs. Ji is idle at home, while Mrs. Ji is an official outside.On the surface of the Ji Mansion, the eldest lady is in charge, but in fact, the old lady is still holding on to some crucial rights.

As long as Mrs. Ji is still there, Ji Xuan and the monthly payment and other shares that he deserves will not be delayed until next year.

Just as Ji Xuanhe expected, the servants of Jifu who sent the case came late after the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month.It wasn't Guanshi Meng who came back this time. According to the newcomer Zhou Guanshi, Guanshi Meng had other more important things to do and didn't have time to go to Yangjiabu.

This steward Zhou was newly brought up, and he was still in the period of being conscientious in handling any errands assigned to him by his master. He is also very respectful.

At the end of the year, the snow on the official road was cleared, but the road surface was a little slippery, and the carriage was not moving fast.It was already dusk when Steward Zhou arrived at Ji's residence.After Qiu Bo checked the items, he arranged for Manager Zhou and his party to stay in the front yard.

Once the emperor and the courtiers were in charge, Zhou Guanshi led the team, and the people accompanying him also changed, all of them were new faces, Ji Xuan and none of them knew each other.

"Xuanhe, this year's order is not as good as in previous years, the amount of silver is the same as usual, and many other items have dropped a level." Shao Yunchen read the gift list and checked the delivered goods one by one.

"Let me take a look." Ji Xuanhe took the gift list, and found out last year's gift list. After comparing, he found that the handwriting was the same, and it should be written by the same person.Since there is no problem with the gift list, and the items delivered match what is written in the gift list, then there are only two possibilities, either everything is normal and Jifu only sent these, or the person who drafted the gift list participated in it and shoddy it.

Nothing can be seen from Zhou Guanshi, Ji Xuanhe fell into deep thought.He is different from those children who were abandoned by the family, as long as he wants, he can go to the door of Ji's mansion at any time, and it is not difficult to see Mrs. Ji.It was the same person who drafted the gift list, and it was fine before, so he didn't have to offend Ji Xuanhe for this little thing, the most likely thing was that the lady gave it to him.

Why is this? Could it be that Jifu is in trouble?This year, disasters have hit all over the country, and it is inevitable that some of the property of the Jifu will be lost, but this is not the case.Or is it because his mother doesn't like him, and the Fuzhong's income has decreased this year, so he and Shao Yunchen's status has been downgraded?

Having doubts, and there happened to be Zhou Guanshi and others who knew the situation of the Jifu at home, so Ji Xuanhe asked Qiu Bo to set up a routine and make insinuations to see if the Jifu was still alive.

In the morning of the next day, the car was loaded with the New Year's presents for Ji's Mansion and Shao's Mansion, and Uncle Qiu accompanied them until he sent Steward Zhou and the others to the entrance of the village before returning quickly.

In the main room in the front yard, the brazier was burning very vigorously, and the charcoal fire occasionally exploded, and the surrounding area was dyed fiery red.Today Ji Xuan and Tong Shao Yunchen had breakfast directly here.The two got up late, at this time Uncle Qiu and the others had already had their meals.