Tang's dining table

The concept of honor and disgrace comes from education and inheritance.

Just like a calf who cannot plow the land originally, he will be able to plow the land after working with the old ox for a long time.

The Goguryeo people obviously did not educate their people on such a concept of honor and disgrace since the founding of the country.

Therefore, they put life first.

Before Yunchu took control of the city, he had already transferred those people who had received a good education and had a clear sense of honor and disgrace to the Wang brothers through Gao Wen. These people who could read, write, and were beautiful, were in Chang'an. , very popular in big cities like Luoyang.

Even if you become a servant of someone else's family, you are still a high-class book boy, high-class servant, high-class maid, high-class wet nurse, etc...

In the two months since Yun Chu took over Daxing City, he had killed people. If anyone who had studied statistics had counted the classes of those who had been punished by Ming Zhengdian, they would have found that the higher the The more understanding a person has, the faster he will die.

On the surface, Dahang City can be called the most peaceful, kind, and prosperous city in Liaodong. If you peel off the hypocrisy outside, you will find that this is the real eighteenth level of hell.

Of course, ordinary people cannot feel this advanced feeling at all, and they even think there is nothing wrong with being ruled by the Tang people.

Because Yun Chu ensured that people here would definitely get wages or food as long as they worked.

Yun Chu ensured that as long as people here opened their doors to do business, they would have to pay half the tax than before, and he also ensured that the unscrupulous people patrolling the market would not deliberately blackmail them.

Yunchu also ensured that the rights and interests of those who worked conscientiously and contributed were protected - at least, when they went to court with the only remaining wealthy people, they would not be at a disadvantage because they had no money.

Yunchu's arrival also guaranteed many things. This made ordinary Goguryeo people who had always been squeezed by the government suddenly find that their lives had become better under the rule of the Tang people.

Therefore, when they took over the work settled by the government, they were very happy. When they received the last payment of wages settled by the government, they were even a little grateful.

Therefore, when Li Jitong led the army to trek through the mountains and hills of Goguryeo, Yunchu had already taken a bath and started a new day's work.

Therefore, when all the cruel facts are hidden by the thick fog, Yun Chu, who is riding a horse on the streets of Goguryeo, will be treated with courtesy by the Goguryeo people...

And Yun Chu still behaved so noble, gentle, and humble. He returned the favor with fists to everyone who saluted him, and thanked everyone who gave way to him. Even if he met a fool, Aba Aba If someone demonstrated to him, he would also control the bay-red horse that was ready to trample this fool to death, and go around with a wry smile on his face that everyone could understand.

Just like... just like... just like a humble gentleman who has just picked out the human flesh and blood from the gaps between his teeth, just washed his body and hands, and has his head and face covered with blood.

"The house is built in a human environment, without the noise of carriages and horses. I ask you how you can do it. Your mind is far away and you are biased..."

After seeing another poem written by Yun Chu, Wen Wenwen's face immediately changed. She had seemed very happy just now. After reading the poem "Human Realm", she started to lose her temper and put things on the table. Pick it up and drop it, and the beating will not stop for a moment.

After Gao Wen praised the poem written by Yun Chu, he asked Yun Chu in a low voice why Chang Shi was angry.

"Don't worry about him. He is angry with himself. If I am not wrong, he must feel that such an indifferent and clear-minded poem should be written by him, not by me, a warrior."

Gawain empathized and cupped his hands towards Wen Wen, expressing that he understood his current state of mind.

Wen Wen also wrote a lot of poems, but until now, she has not come up with a poem to show off to Yun Chu.

It seems that the quality of his poems is not very good.

"Why would a Japanese fleet request to dock at Dahang City for supplies?"

When Yunchu was reading today's documents, he strangely discovered a Japanese ship. Under certain circumstances, the Japanese ship would not come to Dahang City. They usually went directly to Laizhou in the Tang Dynasty via Baekje to come to Dahang City. It was obviously a long detour.

Gao Wen smiled and said: "The Japanese fishermen in the North Sea are the best at long-distance sailing. Every spring when the sea opens, they will go to the North Sea to hunt whales. They will return with a full load before the ice begins to appear in the sea. Calculate the time, it should be this time.

General, at this moment, they must have a lot of spermaceti on board their ship, as well as whalebone, and if they are lucky, they can also get ambergris. "

As an official of the Tang Dynasty, Yunchu had some knowledge and naturally knew that candles made from spermaceti oil were the best among candles. The flames were stable when burning, they were also resistant to burning, and there was no odor or smoke.

Baleen is actually a derivative of whale teeth. In the Tang Dynasty, having a pair of baleen hair braces and a comb were the gifts that every beauty dreamed of.

As for ambergris, it is second only as a spice. After the old god used it as medicine, he thought it had the effect of resolving phlegm, relieving coughs and relieving pain.

Lao He also told Yun Chu that this stuff also had aphrodisiac and aphrodisiac effects. The old god knew about it, but he just didn't say it.

Hearing this, Yunchu asked: "How big is the Japanese whaling fleet?"

Gao Wen said: "Usually there are three ships. However, due to the war in the past two years, there have been five ships. The size of ten ships has not exceeded ten sailors on each ship."

Yun Chu said: "Then allow them to enter the port to resupply and rest."

Gawain hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you want it?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "There is no need to ruin our reputation. What we want is a prosperous seaport and we don't do these short-sighted things.

Believe me, Datang is the best place for these goods. In the future, this place will definitely become the production center of spermaceti oil and ambergris.

Tell them, let them enter the seaport, let them trade and then pay taxes. "

Gawain praised: "The general is really magnanimous and selfless for the sake of Daxing City."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "This is inevitable. In the future, I very much hope that this place can become a prosperous and wealthy place, and that this seaport can bring eternal prosperity to the people here for a long time."

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, most people wouldn't be able to imagine how much supplies a 400,000-strong army would need.

After Yunchu arrived at the harbor, he immediately discovered that there were countless Tang Dynasty ships moored in the harbor, with masts standing on the sea like dense forests.

On the original two piers, there were thousands of porters, wearing single clothes and stepping on the springboard with bare feet, carrying goods to the shore in the cold weather.

At the end of the field of vision, there are still several Tang Dynasty warships floating on the sea. They are monitoring the sea and beware of sneak attacks by Goguryeo warships.

There are as many goods piled up on the coast as there are mountains. Just under the mountains of goods, there are thousands of ant-like porters responsible for transporting the goods to the warehouse.

The Japanese whaling ship was as small as a grasshopper compared to those warships. Now, it was docked at the newly built small pier. A group of strangely dressed and thin Japanese people were talking to the interpreter in Dahang City. From the way they interacted with each other, Judging from the status, it should be very familiar.

After a while, the bad guy came over with the Goguryeo interpreter who was arguing with the Japanese.

Yunchu asked: "What did they say?"

The interpreter quickly said: "They wanted to continue trading with the Wen family. I told them that the Wen family had closed down and they could trade with us. As a result, these Japanese people said that they still wanted to trade with the Wen family."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "Why do they have to deal with the Wen family?"

The interpreter said: "Only the Wen family is willing to exchange rice for their goods."

Yunchu asked: "Does Goguryeo also produce rice?"

Gao Wen shook his head and said: "Goguryeo's summers are short and winters are long. Rice cannot be grown. The main crops are millet, broomcorn millet, wheat, beetroot, and sorghum. Before the execution, Wen had intensive contacts with the fleets in the south of the Tang Dynasty. He The rice in my hand should come from the Tang Dynasty."

Yunchu asked again: "Is rice very valuable in Japan?"

Gao Wen said: "That's not the case. The Japanese country itself is rich in rice, so I don't know why these Japanese people must have rice."

When Yun Chu saw the translator's face turned red from suppressing his emotions, he seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "Tell me something."

The interpreter pointed to the Japanese people who hunted whales and said: "Although they also live on the islands of Japan, they are not Japanese. They call themselves Ainu people. They can't grow rice on their islands, and they can't eat rice. So, Eat mainly fish.

The Japanese cut off the Ainu's access to rice, so rice was very important to them and was mainly used to offer sacrifices to the gods.

General, these people are very stubborn. If they can't exchange for rice, they will leave and prepare to go to Baekje. "

Yunchu smiled and asked the interpreter: "Go and tell them that we not only have rice here, but also linen and iron pots. As long as their goods are good, they can exchange for anything."

By the way, what's the alternative? "

The interpreter gestured with his hands and said: "Such a big barrel of whale oil can be exchanged for an equally big barrel of rice."

Yunchu swallowed and said, "Tell them they can exchange for wine."

The interpreter happily agreed and went to find those Japanese people.

Gawain asked in confusion: "Why is the general so happy?"

Yun Chu said: "What I'm happy about is that we can bring down the price of candles made from whale oil in Chang'an and Luoyang."

Gao Wen said: "Is this thing valuable in the Central Plains?"

Yun Chu said: "There is a saying that there is an inch of candle and an inch of gold."

Gawain's eyes widened. He never thought that something he thought was worthless would be compared with gold in the Tang Dynasty.

Yun Chu looked at Gao Wen with a smile and said: "Don't underestimate anyone who comes to do business, you never know what kind of goods they will take out from under their tattered fur coats.

If you want Dahang City to prosper, you can't miss any opportunity. "

Chapter 3, there is one more chapter, I will continue