Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 465 The world is different
The sun is setting to the west, the unbearable heat is slowly receding, and the cool breeze brings a little gentleness.The cicadas on the big elm tree at the door suddenly stopped singing, and the world became quiet.

Chi Yuping and a worker supported the glass window frame and asked Zhang Chi standing in front, "How? How?"

Zhang Chi nodded: "Very good. Glass is installed on the windows, I don't know what the house will look like in the future."

Chi Yuping and the workers carefully nailed the nails, took two big steps forward, turned around and looked again and again.Praise: "Okay, okay, okay, this glass is really good! It looks like there is nothing, and it doesn't block the sun. There is nothing now. In winter, you don't need to open the window anymore. How comfortable it is to read in it!" Brother, we live in such a house, we are not like gods!"

Zhang Chi said: "Yes, who would have thought that such a good thing exists in the world! We can live in such a house!"

Goro ran over to the window, looked and looked, and reached out to touch it.

Chi Yuping looked at it and said loudly: "Don't dare to touch it with your hands! I accidentally broke it, this glass is not cheap!"

Goro made a grimace, and said, "It's broken in one touch. What's the use of this glass? I want to touch it, so I will touch it!"

As he said that, he touched the glass up and down with his hands, and kept touching.Seeing over there, Chi Yuping blushed anxiously, then ran away laughing.

After everything was tidied up, Chi Yuping patted his body and said to Zhang Chi: "It's getting late, your family should have dinner. I've made an appointment with Yu Tongzhi from the east to have a drink tonight. I'm going late, I'm afraid he will gossip."

Zhang Chi said: "The food here is about to be ready, why don't we have two glasses of wine together?"

Chi Yuping smiled and said, "Your family is eating, what am I talking about? Tomorrow my sister-in-law will go back, so you should say a few more words."

After finishing speaking, he bid farewell to Zhang Yan who was sitting in the gazebo, and said to Ding Niang who was picking vegetables in the vegetable field: "Sister-in-law, I'm going back. When I go back to Dengcheng, I just need to rest assured and have a baby. After the New Year, hug me The big fat boy is back."

Dingniang said: "It's getting late, why don't you go after dinner?"

Chi Yuping said: "I made an appointment with Yu Tong to drink. Today I installed the glass in your house, and tomorrow it will be installed for our two. The two of us have to discuss it carefully, and don't make any mistakes when the time comes."

After finishing speaking, he picked up his robe and put it on his body, and strode out of the room.

Looking at the figure of Chi Yuping going out, Zhang Yan said to his son: "Chi Tongzhi is not much different from you in age, why don't you get married? I don't see anyone from his family coming to see him, and he lives here alone."

Zhang Chi said: "Chi Tongzhi's family is rich and noble, not like me. He used to be fat, but he insisted on being a soldier, and had a lot of temper tantrums with his father. On the day he joined the army, he happened to meet Zhen Fu, otherwise the army would not Take him. Who would have thought that after only three months in the army, he lost all his fat and became a burly man. In the past two or three years, he has been angry with his family because of what happened back then. Now he can do it Tongzhi, the family members bow their heads and want Chi Tongzhi to go home. Chi Tongzhi refuses, he has to ask the family members to come first."

Zhang Yan shook his head after hearing this: "Family, why are you so angry? Hey, Chi Tongzhi is still young after all. By the way, he has also reached his age, why is he still not married?"

Zhang Chi said: "The family wants to find it for him, but he doesn't agree. The family is different, and he can't find it by himself. Just stay stiff."

Zhang Yan shook his head again and again, unable to understand what was going on with these people.He said: "After all, you came from a wealthy family, which is different from us. When you became an official, someone told you about this marriage and married Dingniang. Your mother and I often wake up laughing at night—"

After speaking, he took a sip of tea and really couldn't figure out what was going on with Chi Yuping.

Let Zhang Chi sit down, Zhang Yan asked: "This glass looks like a good thing, and it must be expensive. You keep saying that this is installed by the government for you, and it is the same in every house. Tell me the truth, right? Really? Didn't you pay for it?"

Zhang Chi said with a smile: "Father, this house is not mine, it belongs to the yamen. The price of glass is expensive now, it is not my house, so why should I spend money to install glass? Don't worry, the houses nearby are being installed these days, aren't they?" We are a family. You didn’t visit the neighbor’s house yesterday, and it was installed with glass.”

Zhang Yan said: "Speaking of it, it's all like a dream. Ever since you became a soldier, it's been like a dream, and everything has changed. What kind of control do you have now, and you have fifty pennies a month. Fifty pennies, how big A sum of money! It turned out to be your monthly salary!"

While speaking, Zhang Yan shook his head.He really couldn't figure it out, his son had fifty guns a month, so how much would the government spend a month with so many generals?Is the government so rich?
Thinking of this, Zhang Yan said: "You are fifty per month, how many generals like you are there in the army? Just pay salaries, how much does the government pay a month? In the past two years, all miscellaneous taxes have been exempted, and one mu of land is only Where does the government get all the money for collecting three buckets of grain?"

Zhang Chi said: "Father, don't think about these things. We just need to live a good life, eat and drink enough, why think too much."

Zhang Yan sighed: "How can I not think about it? In the past year, I have often thought about these things. The current government collects much less tax than before, but spends money more generously? Erlang, tell me, this money is Where did it come from?"

Zhang Chi smiled and said, "Father, I can't think clearly about these things, so don't worry about it."

Zhang Yan said: "How can you ignore it? Your current good life depends entirely on your monthly salary of fifty guan. The government has money, so your salary can continue to be distributed. If the government suddenly runs out of money, what should our family do?" manage?"

Zhang Chi didn't know what to say for a while, looking at his father, he could only smile wryly.

Zhang Yan shook his head, took a sip of tea from the teacup on the stone table.Nodding his head, he said: "The tea produced by Xinyang Army, brewed in this way, tastes really good. I have lived for decades, and this is the first time I know that tea can be drunk like this. Oh, it's such a good time now! Ah, it's really like a dream. Erlang, tell me, how can I not worry?"

Zhang Chi had no choice but to say: "Father, let's think about it slowly. Let me see over there, whether the food and wine are ready."

Watching his son leave, Zhang Yan sat at the stone table, looked at the fiery red pomegranates by the wall, and fell into deep thought.

Zhang Chi went to the kitchen and said to his mother standing there: "Mom, is the food ready? It's getting late, it's time to eat."

Mom said: "Soon, it will be ready soon. Alas, the cooks you invited, don't allow others to intervene. I am the host, and I just watch here. How can there be such a reason in the world? I think Their craftsmanship is really good, Erlang, it will cost a lot of money to hire them, right?"

Zhang Chi said: "Mom doesn't care about these things. As long as they are delicious, the whole family will be happy."

My mother shook her head and sighed: "Hey, I really don't understand the current world. It's not a very rich family, cooking at home, and inviting the cook to the house. How have you heard of such a thing before? We are like this Small households have to do it by themselves. It’s nothing more than asking two little maidservants to help at home, and you can’t do it yourself. It’s not like now, you have to go outside to hire someone.”

Zhang Chi said: "Mom, hiring female envoys is not like before. They are members of the guild, and they have rules in how they do things. Many families, because they are not used to it for a while, still have to sue."

Mother said: "Fortunately, Ding Niang is not a person who does not touch the spring water with her ten fingers. She can do ordinary work and doesn't need to hire someone. Like you said, inviting a little maid to come to the house, this will not work, that will not work, it is not for you." Do you want to blame yourself?"

Zhang Chi said: "As my mother said, they still do what they should do. It's just that they can't beat or scold, otherwise they may cause trouble. In ordinary families, like Dingniang, they have nothing else to do at home. , no more please."

After Wang Xiaolie let servants, odd workers and other people establish a guild, they have a backing, which is very different from before.In the past, as long as the family was a little decent, they would raise two children at home.As long as they take care of their food, it won't cost a lot of money.Not anymore.Children are not allowed, and there is a minimum wage limit, so many families simply refuse to hire them.

(End of this chapter)