Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 680
After the wheat harvest, a summer rain finally ushered in.

Thunder and lightning followed by torrential downpours, but fortunately, the summer rains come and go quickly. The cracks in the long-drought earth are like big mouths that open, and when the rain stops, they swallow all the rainwater. up.

"Plant some corn and sweet potatoes and take advantage of the rain."

Zhu Yihai was walking in the fields with a group of concubines and princes. He had a piece of Huangzhuang on the outskirts of the city with a lot of land.Zhu Yihai deliberately chose a piece of land as the royal family's private land. He himself had one-third of an acre, and he also reserved one or two acres for several concubines and princes.

His three-acre land has been divided into several plots. The winter wheat has just been harvested on one side, and the potatoes and spring wheat to be planted on the other side will grow well.

After the summer wheat harvest, he plans to grow corn and sweet potatoes.

This private land is not big, but Zhu Yihai often comes to observe and even do it. Usually, it is managed by the leader. The land next to Huangzhuang is the land of the Royal Lecture Hall. , now assigned to the lecture hall.

The land is basically planted by the teachers and students of the Martial Arts Hall. In addition to class training, there are special labor classes, and students take turns to manage it. Before the wheat harvest, all the teachers and students went to the field to harvest together.

The school land in the lecture hall was not even rented out, and it was not owned by officials, but by the school. It not only grew food and vegetables, but also raised pigs and chickens. The income was provided to the teachers and students of the school. There is even a surplus of grain, which is stored in the school warehouse.Raising pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks can often improve life.

In Zhu Yihai's private plot, he just came here occasionally, bringing a group of people from the palace to participate in the sowing and harvesting.

"Sweet potatoes and vines are excellent for raising pigs, and some chickens, ducks and geese are also raised."

Zhu Yihai changed into short clothes, a straw hat, and a hoe in his hand. He looked a bit like a farmer, but those concubines couldn't do it. Although he had made some preparations in advance, he tried to change into some convenient clothes skirt, but it still looks like a sightseeing outing.

The eldest princess and five princesses and two sisters even came to ride horses, while the two prince brothers, King Qin and King Han, used their skills at this time to lead the horses for the younger sisters and teach them how to ride horses. They had a good time. As for the other princes and princesses , is too young, a one- or two-year-old kid knows nothing, he just knows how to be excited, and the concubines and maids are wandering around, accidentally not watching, this one is pulling grass, that one is grabbing dirt, and even directly Just put it in your mouth.

And those Mongolian women who rarely go to the palace are riding horses.

It was a lively scene at first, but suddenly there was a fight over there.

"His Majesty."

Hearing Liu Chao's shout, Zhu Yihai looked up and found that the Mongolian women in the palace were really fighting, and it soon turned into a group fight.

But Zhu Yihai was not in a hurry, he was still talking with the boss about planting some sweet potatoes and corn, and even talking about reserving some land for vegetables and fruits, discussing what to plant.

The veteran has rich experience and is also an old farmer in Huangzhuang. When he is a little older, he manages the emperor's private land here. It is usually very relaxed, and the treatment is pretty good.That treatment is better than his own ten acres of land, and the harvest is guaranteed in drought and flood, of course he is careful.

"The weather is getting hotter and there are many pests. Generally, leafy vegetables are not easy to grow. If you grow less, you can grow some cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, onions, eggplants and bitter gourds, and you can also grow some peppers.
You can also plant some soybeans. The most cost-effective is to grow corn, which is easy to manage, harvest and save. Soybeans are also good.Potatoes and sweet potatoes have a good yield, but they are not easy to store. They are mainly used to feed pigs and chickens, which is good, especially the high yield of sweet potato vines, which is good for raising pigs. "

Prices are now slowly stabilizing.

However, the prices in the capital are definitely higher than in other places. Basically, the prices in the capital are the most expensive, followed by those big ports and provincial capitals, then large industrial and commercial towns, prefectural cities, and then counties and townships. The prices in rural areas are relatively cheap. This is also based on supply and demand. relationship.

The larger the city, the greater the demand, and the less self-sufficient it is locally, so the cost of transporting it from other places will undoubtedly increase a lot.

Rice and wheat are fully regulated and managed by the imperial court. The price is not entirely the market price. Now after the bumper harvest, the price of white rice and wheat is one or two and one stone. After conversion, the unified purchase price of rice is actually quite high, especially in this year's bumper year.

And the price of rice in Jingshi can also be stabilized at one tael and one shi. Undoubtedly, the people of Jingshi actually got a lot of benefits.

The price of other grains is based on rice and wheat. For example, rice is one or two stones, which refers to white rice, and there is more expensive glutinous rice. The grades are divided into new and old rice, and new high-grade Jiangmi, which is about one tael or two per stone.

And white rice has medium white rice and low white rice, and the price ranges from [-] cents and [-] shi to [-] renminbi and [-] shi.

In addition, there will be brown rice, and [-]% of the brown rice in Tokyo is one stone.

The prices of other grains such as millet, soybeans, sorghum, and corn are also much lower than those of white rice.

Based on the stable food price, other prices have also been relatively stable. For example, the price of good pork is about [-] yuan a catty, and the price of fish is [-] yuan.

54 eggs are worth one coin, and 45 duck eggs are worth one coin.

Beef and mutton cost forty or fifty yuan a catty.

The prices of other cotton, cloth, raw silk, and silk have also stabilized and are not particularly expensive.

Now the southeast foreign trade is booming again. Many workshops in Susonghang, Ningshao and other places have gathered a large number of industrial workers. The income of those textile women workers has even exceeded the income of day laborers in the city.

Day laborers usually only spend thirty to fifty cash a day, while those textile women workers can even reach one hundred cash a day.

In the past, home weaving was the mainstay in Jiangnan. Women weaved at home, mainly using home-grown cotton or silk, and processing and selling it themselves. Now, a large number of processing of supplied materials has begun to appear.

Even many professional textile factories have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. They began to recruit many weavers to concentrate on weaving, and even set up assembly lines. The separation of various processes greatly improved efficiency and output, and the wages of skilled workers were naturally extremely high. Great improvement.

Generally, it can reach [-] yuan a day, and even many skilled spinners can get more income.

In traditional agriculture, long-term labor, including food and housing, is only a few taels of silver a year. Although it has increased a bit in recent years, it often does not reach one or two months.

During the hardest wheat harvesting season, wheat guests or day laborers rush to harvest and plant, and they can only earn less than two taels of money in a month.

A catty of pork costs [-] renminbi, a catty of vegetables costs [-] renminbi, a catty of fruit costs [-] renminbi, cotton clothes cost [-] to [-] renminbi, and cotton winter clothes cost [-] to [-] renminbi.

Generally speaking, when there are no disasters, no harm, and good weather, a self-cultivator with ten acres of land can save a few taels of silver in addition to food and clothing for a year.

The semi-owner farmers may barely have enough to eat and wear.

As for the tenant farmers, even if the weather is good, their wives still have to subsidize their families by spinning and weaving, and they have to eat melons and vegetables with coarse grains for two meals a day, which is barely enough to make ends meet.

Those who have no land, not only do not have their own land to cultivate, but even those who cannot rent land, are the worst. They can work part-time during the busy season, but they are often unemployed, and they will be precarious. When there is a famine, these people will be the worst. Become a bandit first.

But now the war has passed the worst stage. The Shaotian Dynasty controlled most of the country and gradually stabilized. Especially after the great prosperity of industry, commerce, sea trade and other industries, it drove the economy of industry, commerce and handicrafts.

Now many landless people have obtained land through policies, or they have been able to farm the land. There are also many landless people who have entered workshops and become industrial workers. Their income is even higher than that of farmers.

In some families, some young members go out to join the army or work to supplement the family income.

It turns out that land mergers were serious in the Ming Dynasty. Most of the land was merged into the hands of a very small number of people. Those vassal kings, relatives, high-ranking officials, squires, and powerful people moved millions of acres, hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and tens of thousands of acres of land. There are many.

On the other hand, there are many common people who don't even have three or five mu of land.

Due to famine, war and other reasons, the industry and commerce are not booming, which further leads to market chaos and turmoil in the world. Many commodity prices are abnormal, but now they have gradually stabilized.

Everyone can do their jobs with peace of mind.

"Your Majesty, don't you care?"

Empress Zhang came over with a big belly, and said to the emperor helplessly.

Zhu Yihai smiled and helped her first, "Be careful, it's cool under the shade of a tree, you sit down."

"Your Majesty can still laugh. Look at them. Fortunately, they don't have swords, guns, bows and arrows, otherwise they would all be facing each other."

Zhu Yihai supported Queen Zhang to sit down, then looked up and looked over there, he was still beating, it had indeed been upgraded.

"Tell me, how did you fight?"

"Anu from Heshuote quarreled with Xiao Yu'er from Horqin for some reason, and then they started pushing and shoving, but those from Horqin all came to help Xiao Yu'er, and those from Oirat also came to help.

When there are too many people on both sides, they can't be persuaded anymore.

Then those from Chahar and the three tribes of Wai Khalkha also joined in, and now they form two groups, east and west, and they are torn up there. "

Hearing what the queen said, Zhu Yihai immediately saw something.

Anu's surname is Borzigit, and Xiao Yu'er, who fought with her, is also surnamed Borzigit. One of them is from the Weilat and Shuote tribe in Moxi, and the other is from the Horqin tribe in Monan.

After careful study, in fact, Heshuote also originated from Horqin in the past.

Yuan Taizu Genghis Khan entrusted his second brother Hesaer in the vast land of Hulun Buir Grassland in the Ergun River and Hailar River Basin, and the outer Xing'an Mountains, and became one of the "Kings of the East".Horqin Six Zhasak, Zalaite, Durbert, Guoerluosi, Alu Horqin, Sizi Tribe, Maomingan, Urad, Alxa, Qinghai and Shuote are all descendants.

During the Hongxi period of the Ming Dynasty, Horqin was destroyed by Oirat and lived in Nenjiang.

By this time, although both Heshuote and Nenghorqin were surnamed Borzigit and were considered important branches of the Golden Family, they were regarded as feuds. One lived in Moxi and the other lived in Liaodong.

"Why did they fight?"

(End of this chapter)