Tang's dining table

Twelve copper bulls in Wannian County and twelve bronze bulls in Chang'an County. Now, all of them have become real real estate that no one can use and are placed on the streets of Chang'an.

Everyone says that copper peas cannot be cooked well, cannot be cooked well, cannot be steamed, cannot be cracked, and cannot be eaten. The same is true for copper cattle.

The one hundred thousand kilogram copper bull has already taken root from the moment it landed on the ground.

Large-scale transactions in the Tang Dynasty actually did not exist, especially transactions that could use more than 10,000 yuan at a time.

Even if the house on Zhuque Street seems to be a transaction of more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, in fact, if it is a normal transaction, it will not use much copper.

Because no one can drag a dozen copper bulls to buy a house on Zhuque Street from Yun Chu.

In addition to forcibly paying all the copper coins in their hands according to Yunchu's requirements, those people basically bartered for the rest.

This object can be grain, silk, or even cattle, sheep, and land. It is a huge asset exchange.

Therefore, the emperor can use Baiqisi to take back many resources in Hebei and Shandong through legal means.

And harvesting these resources will take a very long time...

This is the method with the least loss and the least impact on the emperor. The money owed by some people does not need to be collected, and the money owed by some people can be collected at a discount. Of course, the money owed by some people needs to be paid immediately.

There are all interests here, many interests that are more important than money.

As for Yunchu's casting of copper coins into copper bulls, Li Zhi had no objection to this and was even happy to see the results. As long as these copper bulls were still in the land of the Tang Dynasty, this thing belonged to him.

The symbolic event of Chang'an City's return to peace from chaos is the Mid-Autumn Festival event jointly organized by Wannian County and Chang'an County.

In order to celebrate this event, Liu Rengui took the initiative to go to Emperor Shu, hoping that the emperor would reward the elderly people over seventy years old in Chang'an City with 500 coins, a piece of silk, a jar of wine, and a knife of meat.

The emperor agreed, and immediately, Chang'an City's Mid-Autumn Festival full moon celebrations began with bad guys, government servants, petty officials, county captains, chief registrars, county magistrates, and county magistrates distributing emperor's rewards to the elderly.

Seventy-year-old people are rare in life. This is fortunate in Chang'an. In a metropolis with a million people, there are only 3,000 people over the age of seventy, less than 500 people over the age of eighty, and only seven people over the age of ninety. Of the people, the only ones over a hundred years old were an old woman named Miao Yu and the famous Sun Shenxian.

In the Tang Dynasty, people over the age of seventy no longer need to salute anyone. An eighty-year-old must arrange a seat even if they are meeting an official. As for a ninety-year-old, even if they are the emperor or empress, they must first Salute them as juniors.

As for centenarians... they can do whatever they want, including murder and arson, as long as they can still do it.

Yun Chu felt that judging from Sun Shenxian's physical condition, he was still capable of killing people with his own hands, and he could kill two people at the same time!

Yun Chu, Wen Wenwen was so unscrupulous outside that people dared not speak out, but when he arrived at Sun Shenxian's place, he was pinched by the scruff of the neck and knelt in the yard. Each person held a document and looked at it carefully, and said that he couldn't memorize it. Get ready.

As for the ever-increasing gifts that Yun Chu and Wen Wen brought, they were piled up in a whole room and no one took a second look at them.

"Last year in Chang'an, 8,785 children under the age of six died, and that's not counting the unrecorded deaths."

"What I have recorded here is that 3,863 women died during childbirth. Tsk, tsk, tsk, why are there so many dead?"

"Hey, the chance of a child dying in infancy is 27%. How is this possible?"

“More than half of maternal deaths are caused by insufficient food?”

The two thin documents contained extremely dangerous cases, which made Yun Chu and Wen Wen feel numb.

As a local official, Yunchu knew that giving birth to a child in the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to passing through the gate of hell. Children in the Tang Dynasty were not considered alive until they reached ten years old. Yunchu had already thought about the bad side of the sanitary environment. The real situation It was still much worse than he expected.

"You have the skill to cast copper coins into copper bulls to make you famous. Why don't you take out those copper coins like gifts to the elderly and take care of those pregnant women and children.

When a person passes seventy, there is no need to live. For a vain gift, the flesh that should be attached to the body of a child is attached to the flesh of old coffins like us. It is useless except to fertilize the land. top. "

Sun Simiao was sitting in the lobby, his back straight and there was no hint of joking on his face.

Yun Chu said quickly: "The branch of Taiyuan Hospital has been built. We are just waiting to recruit doctors and prepare a pharmacy. Once these two are ready, we will be able to open the door and solve the problems of the people."

Sun Simiao seemed not to have heard Yun Chu's words, and looked at the sky and said: "You people only have your eyes on the sky, can't you look down?

You guys just think about how to serve the emperor and how to fulfill your ambitions, can't you really feel how the lower class live?

Although Yun Chu was born in poverty, you have lived a tough life since you were a child. You fought your way out of the savage den and achieved your current achievements. Yun Chu, after you fought your way out of the savage den, you never looked back to see the savage den. Yeah?

You fought your way out of the savage den. Have you ever cared about what those people who don’t have the ability to fight your way out of the savage den look like?

Naha told me that you started killing people when you were less than ten years old... In other words, you knew how to take advantage of others before you were ten years old. Yunchu, this is wrong. You can't use murder to make your life better. Good days..."

"And you, Gentleman. You were born to be a noble son in the world. You have enjoyed all the wealth and honor in the world since you were a child. Even so, you are not satisfied. You feel that you are born with talents and need to do something big...

You have indeed done great things, but unfortunately, when you were doing great things, how many people do you know had their families broken up and their families separated because of your great things?

Having practiced Taoism for many years, the old Taoist naturally knows that the way of heaven is unfair, but after all, this way of heaven still needs to be perfected through human governance.

Your human governance is so great that the ants and common people cannot bear it. Do you feel this?

You haven't. You are still immersed in your victory. You feel that you have created a lifetime of peace for Chang'an.

But where is the peace?

The old man didn't feel it. "

Wen Wenwen quickly said: "This junior will go to Chang'an Orphanage to increase support for the Orphanage and Fushouyuan."

Yun Chu followed: "I will start building a branch of Taiyuan Hospital specifically for pregnant women and babies. Master, please believe me. I will definitely do a good job in this matter."

"That's it?" Sun Simiao's old face was full of disappointment.

Yun Chu and Wen Wen looked at each other and said quickly: "Please give me some instructions from the old god."

Sun Simiao stood up slowly, waved his hands and said, "Everyone says that you two have the talent to manage the world. I believe this. Unfortunately, it is just the talent to manage the world. The rest is not worth mentioning."

After saying that, the old man walked into the back house, and the loneliness shown in his back almost solidified.

Yunchu and Wenwen looked at each other in confusion.

"Breeze."

"bright moon"

Yunchu grabbed Qingfeng, a seventy-year-old Taoist boy.

Gentleness pulled the seventy-year-old Taoist boy Mingyue.

"Road to Road, very Avenue."

"It's famous, it's very famous!"

Yun Chu learned a truth from the mouth of Qingfeng Taoist: Tao can be told to everyone, but the Tao that can be told cannot be called the original long-lasting and profound Tao.

Rou Wen also learned a truth from Mingyue Taoist: the so-called name, a name that can be spoken is not a real name.

The summary means: A truth that can be described in words is not an enduring truth.

These words were expressed in words. Yunchu and Wenrou knew every word. Yunchu and Wenwen also understood the meaning of these words clearly.

So, what does Sun Shenxian mean?

Yun Chu, Wen Wenwen had a bad experience with the old god, and seemed to have offended him quite a lot. Naturally, he wanted to bring Di Renjie and Zhong Kui over to figure out what was wrong with him, which made the old god so disappointed. .

"There are many children who die in infancy, and many pregnant women die in childbirth. Yunchu wants to build a maternal and child hospital, Wenwen wants to expand the orphanage, and Fushouyuan's support can be regarded as symptomatic.

From an official's perspective, there is nothing wrong with this, and it can even be said to be compassionate. "After Di Renjie thought for a moment, he also felt that Yun Chu's answer to Wen Wen was correct.

Zhong Kui's view is different from Di Renjie's.

"The old god said that your eyes are on the sky, and the sky is ruthless. The old god also said that you should keep your eyes on the ground, and the earth is ruthless in allowing all things to grow. Therefore, if you want to satisfy the old god, you must Focus on the word love."

After listening to Zhong Kui's explanation, Yun Chu and Wen Wen still shook their heads, feeling that something was wrong. Their previous answers were based on the word love, so they were willing to spend more money to take care of the pregnant women proposed by the old god. , on the issue of babies, however, a county government has many things to take care of, each of which is extremely important, and it is impossible to devote all its resources to these two things.

The four people discussed again for a long time but failed to come up with a suitable answer. Yun Chu was ready to visit the old god again.

If you can't understand the mystery given by the old god, then ask directly. After asking clearly, come back to understand the mystery. This is a good way to seek enlightenment.

When Yun Chu and Wen Wen came to the old fairy's mansion again, the place was already overcrowded. Today, the sign outside the mansion said "pediatrics", which meant that the old fairy only saw pediatrics today.

Therefore, in the old fairy's mansion, the cries of children could be heard one after another. These sounds fell on the ears of Yun Chu and Wen Wen, like magic sounds penetrating their ears.