Datang Nongwang

Chapter 612
For this kind of situation, Li Chongyuan has long been familiar with it.

In this day and age.

Shoes are really not something that farmers and common people always have.

Unless you are going on a long trip, or visiting a relative or something, it is rare to wear a pair of cloth shoes.

Usually, either go barefoot or wear straw sandals.

Moreover, a pair of relatively well-made straw sandals is not something that all farmers and ordinary people are willing to spend that money on.

Normally, you do it yourself.

As for what to make, if you don't have that skill, let alone how good it can be, as long as you can wear it, or if you can't get your feet hurt by stones, it's already considered good.

And Xiaowa.

Not to mention cloth shoes, even straw sandals are rare.

Unless it's too cold in winter, maybe you will wear a pair of straw sandals, which are rare for children.

On weekdays, they are basically barefoot.

and so.

The little boy in the old man's house didn't have shoes. To Li Chongyuan, whether it was in Lizhuang in Chang'an or Li Village in Xixiang, it was basically an ordinary phenomenon, so it was no surprise.

Moreover.

Such a situation, not to mention the current situation, even in Li Chongyuan's previous life in the 21st century, is still the case in some places.

Although the situation is a little better, there are quite a few babies who don't have shoes to wear.

In the 80s and [-]s, it can be said that this was basically the case all over the country.

With the reform and opening up, until the country vigorously helped the poor, this phenomenon was slowly changed, but even so, there are still some remote places where this situation still exists.

help?
Farmers and common people all over the world are like this, how can Li Chongyuan help him?
But come on.

Li Chongyuan wants to build a ship to go to the mainland on the other side of the ocean, and one of them is also related to this.

As long as the rubber tree can be obtained, the shoes will be available.

Rubber trees cannot be planted in the north, but they can still be planted in the south.

As far as Li Chongyuan knows.

The technology of planting rubber trees has already matured.

But there is a way.

As long as rubber trees are planted at the beginning, or if they are planted in large quantities, the entire natural ecology will be damaged, and even some local plants and animals will be reduced to a certain extent.

This is also impossible.

When the country was just established, countries began to impose a rubber embargo on the country.

In order to break this situation, the country began to plant a large number of rubber trees in the south of the country in order to find a way out for itself.

to this end.

Some local plants and animals have disappeared a lot.

but.

In this era, Li Chongyuan has two paths in his mind.

One is to bring back the rubber trees and plant them, and the other is to establish a large planting base on the other side of the ocean.

Anyway, so far, no country has been established there, only some Mayans and some indigenous people.

Li Chongyuan looked at the little baby in the old man's house, although there was not much sadness in his eyes, but his heart became more and more determined to go to the other side of the ocean.

night.

Li Chongyuan and his party of ten people, under the hospitality of the old man's family and the enthusiasm of the people of Wuyue Town, had a delicious meal.

At the same time, I also ate an authentic Baijia meal.

The people of Wuyue Town are really enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that Li Chongyuan would not accept it.

and.

Every family brought Li Chongyuan and the others a bowl of dishes that they thought were the tastiest and the most noble for Li Chongyuan and the others to eat.

The rice is very fragrant.

This is Li Chongyuan's most intuitive feeling.

The dishes are also fragrant.

As for whether it is delicious or not, Li Chongyuan can only use one sentence to describe it, that is, at this time, no matter what you eat is delicious.

Mood is the root of eating.

If you are in a bad mood, the food you eat will be as unpalatable as chewing wax.

But if you are in a good mood, even eating grass roots is delicious.

After dinner, it was getting late.

Lizheng from Wuyue Town and a few elders invited Li Chongyuan and his party away from the old man's house, "Master Li, this is my home, and I feel embarrassed by the shabby ones."

After arriving at Li Zheng's house, Li Zheng looked at Li Chongyuan with a hint of embarrassment on his face.

"It's already very good, and I'm ashamed that you are so enthusiastic. Wu Lizheng, you vacated your house for us to live in, what about you?" Li Chongyuan had a little apology on his face.

As far as Li Chongyuan knows.

Just now, the Lizheng Wu surnamed in front of him vacated his house, saying that it was for Li Chongyuan and his party to have a place to live.

The house of Wu Lizheng's family is not big, and there are only five rooms, although it can accommodate Li Chongyuan and a group of ten people.

However, in order to treat Li Chongyuan's family well, Wu Lizheng forced his family out, but they could only stay in the dilapidated house next to the Wu family's ancestral hall.

Li Chongyuan was really embarrassed, or even had a look of guilt on his face.

Wu Lizheng said indifferently: "It's our honor that Master Li came to us. It's even more an honor for my Wu family to entertain Master Li. Master Li, don't hold it against you."

"No, no, I'm really embarrassed that you did this." In Li Chongyuan's heart, apart from guilt, he was even moved.

The night is deep.

Li Chongyuan and others could not sleep.

Until dawn, Li Chongyuan and the others were forced to fall asleep.

But as the sky was getting brighter, the people of Wuyue Town came to Wu Lizheng's house early in the morning. Some brought water, some brought breakfast, and some brought eggs.

It can be seen from the state of these common people that they want to serve Li Chongyuan well.

but.

At this time, Li Chongyuan was still sleeping because he thought too much last night.

Until the sun was rising, Li Chongyuan was suddenly awakened, looked at Xingba who was lying on the floor and asked, "Xingba, what time is it?"

Hearing the sound, Xing Ba opened his eyes, sat up suddenly, looked up and looked out of the window, "It looks like it should be midnight."

Line eight they did not dare to sleep.

As Li Chongyuan's guards, how could they dare to sleep.

Li Chongyuan rubbed his face with both hands, "Then get up quickly and come to someone's house as a guest. If you get up so late, you will be laughed to death."

After Li Chongyuan got up, as soon as he left the house, he saw a large group of people waiting outside, which made Li Chongyuan blush again and again, "Everyone, I'm really sorry, I was really tired last night and overslept."

"It doesn't matter how long Master Li sleeps."

"Master Li, this is the breakfast we prepared."

"Master Li, we are all peasants and ordinary people, and we don't know that these washing things we prepared can be used together."

"Master Li,"

All the people held the things in their hands and said to Li Chongyuan and others.

And Li Chongyuan's face was so red that it couldn't be any redder.

After finally ending this embarrassing scene, Li Chongyuan was invited to a place again by Li Zheng and those old men.

It was only when Li Chongyuan stepped into that place that he realized it.

It turns out that this place is the ancestral hall of the Wu surname in Wuyue Town.

Most people in Wuyue Town have the surname Wu.

Li Chongyuan understood it last night.

But now, he, Li Chongyuan, was invited to the ancestral hall of their surname Wu, which made Li Chongyuan's legs that had just stepped in, a little want to withdraw.

People's ancestral halls are not accessible to ordinary people, nor can an outsider enter.

Li Chongyuan understood the rules of the ancestral hall.

Although Li Chongyuan didn't know why they invited him to the Wu family's ancestral hall, but in order to avoid suspicion, Li Chongyuan had to take a step back and was about to leave the Wu family's ancestral hall.

But just when Li Chongyuan was about to withdraw, an old man said, "Master Li, this is the ancestral hall of our Wu family. According to the rules, outsiders are not allowed to enter. However, Master Li, you are an exception. If you don't The Quyuanli built by Master Li will not increase our harvest. Thinking about it, whether it is us or our ancestors, they all think that Master Li is fully qualified to enter the ancestral hall of my Wu family."

amount.

Li Chongyuan was dumbfounded.

How could he be qualified to enter someone else's ancestral hall?

Qu Yuanli made Li Chongyuan.

But Qu Yuanli became a common peasant in the whole Tang Kingdom.

Those old words made Li Chongyuan's legs stop involuntarily.

"Few old men, I still understand the rules of the ancestral hall. This is the ancestral hall of your Wu family. It's really not good for me to enter with a foreign surname. The boy guesses that there must be something wrong with the old men who invited me here, right? "Although Li Chongyuan didn't know why these people invited him to the Wu Clan Ancestral Hall, it would definitely not be that simple when he thought about it.

Where is the ancestral hall?

Li Chongyuan, who was a southerner in his previous life, knows that best.

Li Chongyuan remembered.

In the village where Li Chongyuan lived in his previous life, there was an ancestral hall with the surname Li.As far as Li Chongyuan can remember, he has never seen outsiders enter.

Li Chongyuan knows.

The ancestral hall surnamed Li is divided into the main hall, the left hall and the right hall.

In the feudal society, the main hall was the place where the coffins of people surnamed Li passed away, and the Li family mourned them.

The right hall is used for coffin display and condolence when the main wife passed away.

And this left hall, according to the elders, was used by ordinary wives, or women whose status was relatively lower than that of regular wives.

but.

In his previous life, Li Chongyuan had never seen the left hall used, and it had been used to place some custom-made coffins.

In short.

In this ancestral hall, except for non-clan members and women of the same clan, outsiders are basically not allowed to enter.

Even after someone passed away, those with foreign surnames could only express their condolences outside the gate of the ancestral hall.

But the words came back again.

As time progresses, people also change.

Gradually, people with foreign surnames can also enter the ancestral hall of a certain clan to express their condolences, and they are not so particular about it.

After hearing Li Chongyuan's words, a man surnamed Wu looked at Li Chongyuan with some sighs and said, "Oh!!! Master Li is a noble person, and he is also a relative of the Li family. The people we come into contact with must be extraordinary. And we have no choice but to That’s why I invited Master Craftsman Li to come here, and I also ask Master Master Li not to blame you.”

As soon as Mao Lao's words came out, Li Chongyuan was already very sure of his guess.

Ask for something.

And it's certainly not normal.

It's really not that easy to enter the Wu family's ancestral hall.

However, Li Chongyuan's visit to Yangyuan this time was for inspection, or more in other words, for research.

Don't be bothered when things happen, just solve them one by one.

"If you have anything to say, you can speak up. As long as the boy can help, he will definitely not shirk." Li Chongyuan also wanted to know what happened to the Wu family, or to Wuyue Town.

After listening to what Li Chongyuan said, the old man looked at the other old men, and then at Li Zheng, and nodded at each other before saying, "Master Li doesn't know something. Master Li came here yesterday evening." When we came to Wuyue Town and said that we want to collect mountain goods, the people of Wuyue Town were afraid that Mr. Li was sent by those people, so we dare not speak to Mr. Li about the mountain goods."

"Oh? Why is that? Who are those people you mentioned, old man?" Li Chongyuan became curious.

It's just some mountain goods, is there a story in it?

The old man sighed and said: "Oh! Master Li doesn't know something. There is a Zhou family in Yangyuan County. The Zhou family is the largest clan in Yangyuan County. It is so big that even the officials of the county government dare not offend. I say that, old man, no Know Master Li, can you understand?"

"What happened to the Zhou family? Could it be because of the mountain goods?" Although Li Chongyuan was a little sure, he still wanted to know more specific things.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, and after looking at all the Wu family who were looking forward to it outside the ancestral hall, he bowed to Li Chongyuan with the others and said: "Master Li is from Chang'an, and he must know many nobles and officials. So, we want to ask Master Li to help our Wu family and all the people in Wuyue Town."

"You don't have to be like this, just talk about the Zhou family's affairs directly." Li Chongyuan returned a salute.

The old man bowed again and said: "The Zhou family collects mountain products from us all the year round, not only in our Wuyue Town, but all the mountain products in Yangyuan County must be sold to the Zhou family. If they are not sold to the Zhou family, they will either be beaten or Being robbed. If the price offered by the Zhou family is normal, even if it is [-]% or [-]% lower, we can forget about it. But the price offered by the Zhou family this time is less than [-]%."

As soon as Mao Lao said this, Li Chongyuan was a little dumbfounded.

It can be said that I have cleaned up Yangzhou last year, but I didn't expect that such a thing would happen, which made Li Chongyuan really unexpected.

However, when Li Chongyuan recalled what happened last year, he immediately understood.

Last year, there was a major earthquake in Yangzhou's officialdom, and the officials were almost wiped out by him.

But for this clan, Li Chongyuan only picked a few thorns to rectify, but he didn't clean up all the local clans.

and.

Even if Li Chongyuan cleaned it once, it would not be able to clean it with one sweep.

From the old man of the Wu family, Li Chongyuan heard a common thing in the current era.

That's bullying business.

after all.

If a local clan is big enough, not to mention that officials dare not control them, even if the imperial court wants to move them, they have to think twice before acting.

The law does not blame the public, this is a problem of the times.

and so.

Such things can be said to exist everywhere in every state and county.

But existence belongs to existence, but if you are overlord to this extent, then Li Chongyuan will have to take good care of it.

(End of this chapter)