Daming 1805

Chapter 256 I hope grandpa will be reborn in Daming in the next life

Gauss found a place to live, packed the bed, left the hotel, took a walk on the street, and observed the surrounding situation.

The streets are relatively clean, although there are occasional fallen leaves, but there is no obvious garbage.

There are vendors pushing carts or parked on street corners, but no unemployed wandering around.

Occasionally, soldiers with guns will pass by in a procession. These soldiers are probably the main reason why there are no vagrants around.

Gauss paid special attention, and the soldiers were clearly divided into two types.

Some are wearing traditional Ming-style military uniforms, and some are wearing Thai-Western clothing.

The ratio of their numbers is about three to four.

Gauss soon saw the second group of soldiers on patrol. Gauss roughly judged the activity cycle of this patrol team and the density of patrols.

Then I noticed again that there were not just two types of people in these teams, but actually three types of people.

Those wearing military uniforms should be Ming people, and they look similar to them, but the people wearing ordinary military uniforms may be Yin people.

There are still obvious differences in the images of Ming people and Yin people.

The rest of the Taixi people would not be mistaken.

In this case, the ratio of Ming people, Yin people, and Taixi people is about one to two to four.

Obviously, Ming people are all officers, Yin people have officers and soldiers, and Taixi people are all soldiers.

The identities of the three of them seem to be distinct at present.

Goss assessed the situation in his mind and walked all the way to the end of the street.

There is a very delicate villa area opposite.

On the street not far from the gate of the villa area, two teams of patrolling soldiers stopped a convoy.

A small train was parked on the side of the street. There were a lot of things in the compartment, and the trunk of a car was also opened.

A Taixi man with the appearance of a businessman was explaining something to an officer of Daming.

Two translators dressed in new Ming-style formal attire conveyed in the middle.

Gauss slowed down a little and listened to them a little bit.

As a German, Gauss is proficient in Ming dialect, Latin, French, and English, and can understand Italian, Spanish, and Russian. In most places in the world, he will not encounter difficulties due to language problems.

The businessman explained in English:

"We're going to relocate my grandfather's grave, and we're going to rebury him. These things are all funeral objects we prepared."

After translating to Daming, he took the initiative to explain to the Daming officer without waiting for the officer to ask directly:
"Captain, we Taixi people have a habit of placing the coffins of our ancestors directly in the basement of the church, or in the basement of a special family cemetery, but no matter what form it is, we will basically not leave valuable funeral objects.

"According to legends and habits, no matter how rich and noble I am, I have to pretend to be as humble and simple as possible in front of St. Peter who guards the gate of heaven, so as to have a greater chance of entering heaven..."

The officer of Daming was a little annoyed when he heard this, and questioned the businessman, saying:
"Isn't the coffin of your Taixi people placed in the church? I haven't heard that you have the habit of being buried with you. You hang gold, silver and jewelry all over your old man's body. The key is to stuff a stack of share certificates. You still have to let the old man go Heaven?"

The businessman knew something bad was going to happen when he heard the translator say a lot, and he must have revealed the tradition here.

This translation is really harmful.

But now I don’t have time to argue with the translator, so I can only make excuses in a panic to explain:
"I... I admire Daming, so I learned the customs of Daming and prepared a cemetery for grandpa.

"I know my grandpa may not be able to go to heaven, so I want my grandpa to go to Daming's hell.

"Wash away your sins in hell, and then reincarnate to be a Daming person!"

The Taixi soldiers around couldn't help but laugh, and Gauss almost laughed out loud.

This guy is too good at talking. The key is that he sold his grandfather and said everything he couldn't go to heaven.

After these words were translated, the officer of Daming over there also laughed:

"You want to be beautiful, but you are reincarnated as a Daming person, do you think I'm stupid?

"Even at the funeral of the Ming people, no one will be buried with the shareholding certificate, so don't think I don't know what you're up to.

"Bury all your valuables in your grandfather's grave as funeral objects.

"After the asset review is over, slowly take it out and pretend it's newly earned money.

"Before the end of the imperial examination, before the end of the asset review, no one is allowed to move the grave!
"Another reminder, if you don't have registered assets, if you bury them underground and then dig them out, the things don't belong to you.

"Even if you buried it in your own yard!"

Under the command of the Ming military officer, a group of soldiers blocked the businessman's convoy back to the villa area.

Gauss finally understood what was going on. Daming was reviewing the wealth of the local enemies.

It seems that those who have too much wealth can lose their hands, so this group of people wants to hide things.

Gold, silver, jewelry, and money can still be buried, but the house and land cannot be hidden.

That's why those people are looking for people to buy houses and land during this time period.

Exchange houses and land for money and bury them.

With some emotion in his heart, Gauss walked out of the residential area and came to the East River between Lin County and Manhattan, New York.

Some distance away from the river bank, I saw the notice hanging on the telephone pole directly.

"In order to cooperate with the household registration and property registration review, before the completion of the registration work on the whole island, no one is allowed to leave Long Island without the special permission of the Changshi Mansion of the Daming Dongyi Kingdom. Once they find the scene, they will be killed immediately!"

Gauss was taken aback by the reminder.

Gauss had absolutely no doubts about the seriousness of this warning.

The Taixi people are more serious than the Ming people, which are worse than the Hu people. If they say they are killed, they will definitely be killed.

Gauss looked around nervously and found that there was basically no one on the river bank.

The density of patrolling soldiers was significantly double that of the urban area.

Seeing Gauss approaching the river bank, several soldiers stared at this side and touched their guns at the same time.

Gauss hesitated for a while, but still did not continue to approach, and observed the surrounding situation from a distance.

The dividing line between Dongyi Guolin County of Ming Dynasty and Manhattan, New York, USA is called Donghe River.

Now it can be clearly seen that there are many boats on the side of the river near New York.

But near Lin County, except for the big ships entering and leaving the port, there are basically no local boats.

Moreover, every once in a while, there will be a destroyer flying the flag of Ming Dynasty, or a smaller patrol boat, sailing across the middle of the river unhurriedly.

Gauss roughly estimated that the distance between the two patrolling destroyers and the small boat was about 500 meters.

The width of the East River is about 1000 to [-] meters.

With this density of patrol boats on alert, it is basically impossible for any boat to suddenly escape to the opposite bank.

It is even more impossible to swim away from that, and the soldiers on the shore can kill such people directly.

Rather than venture in such a place, it is better to go to other areas of Long Island, to get a boat out of the wilderness.

But Gauss believed that there must be patrol boats off the other coastlines.

The density may be lower, but the distance from the United States is also farther over there.

As long as the distance between the two ships is ten kilometers, dozens of small boats can enclose the entire Long Island.

When Gauss was observing on the street while thinking in a trance, the whole person seemed to outsiders to be in a state of complete trance.

At this time, a middle-aged man who was walking passed by him, followed his gaze, and immediately shook his head to remind him:

"Young people, don't think about going to New York. Daming's laws are good now. Except for those who are worth tens of thousands of dollars, or those who want to get rich quickly, staying here is better than going to New York..."

Gauss froze for a moment, shook his head subconsciously and said:
"No, no, no, I don't want to go to New York, I'm here to take the imperial examination. I'm observing the river now, just calculating how many ships are needed to besiege Long Island, how far apart each ship is to achieve the best effect, and The most suitable cruising speed, how to coordinate among multiple ships, etc..."

The middle-aged man froze for a moment, then shook his head with a smile:
"I'm too sensitive..."

The middle-aged man was ready to leave after speaking.

Gauss went on to ask a question:

"So what happens to people with tens of thousands of silver dollars?"

The middle-aged man stopped in his tracks, shook his head again, and said with a melancholy expression:
"It won't do much, assets exceeding [-] silver notes will be confiscated directly.

"But at the same time, the poorest local workers get extra wealth.

"As long as Long Island is handed over to Daming, people who belong to Long Island will be given a small piece of land that is enough to support themselves.

"You can rent a house for family life at a very low price.

"Da Ming also restricted the minimum labor remuneration and stipulated the maximum working hours, and manufacturers who did not meet the standards would be punished.

"It's really good here for ordinary people, it's just not good for people with huge wealth."

Gauss digested the information provided by the middle-aged man, and then asked curiously:
"So, sir, you are the one who has tens of thousands of silver assets, right?"

The middle-aged man's expression became even more melancholy:

"Most of the entire Brooklyn, which is now Lin County, was originally my family's farm.

"Later we broke it down into smaller pieces and slowly sold some of it, but there are still a lot left.

"And while turning the farm into a residential complex, I became the biggest real estate dealer in Brooklyn."

Gauss was taken aback, he didn't expect to meet a super rich man in the link:
"So...you suffered heavy losses in this delivery? Didn't Daming give you any compensation?"

The real estate businessman sighed all his life and said:

"I can't say no, the Changshi Mansion allowed me to disperse a lot of my land and real estate and donate it to the homeless.

"Allow me to use them to offset all my loans, allow me to continue as the head of the company that disposes of these properties.

"It is a company owned by Dongyi Kingdom, and I can get the highest labor remuneration among the middle class.

"I didn't have any debts, but my fortune was reduced to ten thousand silver bills in Brooklyn.

"I'm going to get a bunch of honors and priorities in a lot of places.

"If I don't care about the wealth I'm about to lose, I can live very comfortably here in the future..."

Gauss' lips moved:
"But...normal people should not be able to give up the wealth they once owned..."

The real estate businessman nodded sadly, then took out a business card and handed it to Gauss:

"If you can pass the exam, you will be qualified to become a resident and civil servant of Lin County. Then you can go to me, and I can give you a detached house and a small piece of land..."

Gauss hesitated for a few seconds, but in the end he couldn't resist the temptation and took the business card:

"Thank you for your generosity."

The man smiled wryly and shook his head:

"Anyway, I can't keep it. I just see a young man who is sleeping, and I just send a gift out like this. This feeling is not bad..."

(End of this chapter)