After traveling to ancient times, I became a superb shrew

Chapter 197 The Pearl Divers

After running around for two consecutive days and being drunk, Gu Qing slept until noon.

He came to the wrong place, and the person who wanted to take revenge had already come to an end. Gu Qing didn't know what to do for a while.

"Princess, we are all here. I heard that there is a sea in Qingzhou, why don't we go to see the sea?"

"There is a sea in Qingzhou?" Gu Qing couldn't hold back when thinking of all kinds of seafood.

"There is the sea, and you can get there in an hour on horseback!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go!" Just thinking about the laver in the sea, Gu Qing felt that he was about to get rich again.

What a good seaweed, you can make egg soup, make seaweed, and with seaweed, you can make rice balls, sushi, bibimbap...

How plump the fantasy is, how skinny the reality is.

After Gu Qing arrived with Xia Zhu, the scene in front of her was completely different from what she had imagined.

The formation of the pearl trade is bound to be inseparable from the mining of a large number of pearls. The pearl mining industry began in the Qin Dynasty in the previous life.

As an organic gemstone, pearls from the previous life have a long history in China.

"Furthermore, fishing in the sea is no better than picking goods in the mountains. Sometimes the weather is bad, and there is no return, let alone meeting those big guys in the sea!"

"God is going to kill us!" Lao Ou knelt on the ground, no tears could flow from his cloudy eyes.

Basically, in each dynasty, many pearl handicrafts were exported or circulated in China.

Ah Sauna took the money and thanked him again and again, and invited Gu Qing into the house to rest, and then took a few young people out to buy food.

Even the pearls mined by risking their lives in this way can only be exchanged for a small amount of daily necessities such as rice noodles in the initial trading activities.

Gu Qing took out a piece of silver from his cuff and put it in Ah Sang's hand: "Just now I heard this grandma call you Ah Sang, then I will call you Ah Sang too.

She originally thought that the Gu family village was poor enough, but later she felt that the refugees were pitiful, but now seeing these people, she realized that there are still many people in the world who have nothing to eat and clothes to cover their bodies.

After all, kelp and seaweed are aquatic plants in the sea. It's not like they haven't eaten them when they were extremely hungry, but the more they eat, the less they eat.

But nearby, there are dilapidated thatched huts, adults wearing clothes like fishing nets, and a group of seven or eight-year-old children running around with bare buttocks...

According to historical records, hundreds of pearl divers drowned in the process of pearl fishing every year due to improper operation, so the pearl fishing industry was also known as one of the most dangerous industries at that time.

The book says:

Widowed people are so uncomfortable that they cannot sleep at night, and they will spit out their saliva in large mouths.

An old woman leaned on a tree branch and walked towards those people step by step with stumbling steps: "Ah Sang, have you picked any pearls?"

At that time, most of them were obtained by coastal fishermen by chance during fishing.

"You know a lot, and you know martial arts." Gu Qing stared at Xia Zhu, and said in a cold voice, "Tell me, how did you, such a capable person, sneak into my side."

There was a pungent fishy smell in the room, Gu Qing was not used to smelling it, so she took Xia Zhu and decided to go to the beach to catch small crabs to play.

"If you really pick kelp and seaweed, you will be given money?" Ah Sang didn't quite believe it, but she was too hungry.

It is widely used in the production of jewelry, and with the help of the Maritime Silk Road, it also makes pearl jewelry go to the world.

The Hepu pearls from the previous life were taken as an example. The growth cycle of a pearl is three years. Pearl starved to death.

Helping others should also be done in moderation.

"Why don't they live by fishing?" Gu Qing asked.

"Princess, our Gu family village produces all kinds of mountain products, but there is no princess to buy mountain products, so they can't rely on mountain products to survive?"

Moreover, in order to take pearls, the rulers of some dynasties would not estimate the life and death of pearl divers at all.

"All of them!" Xia Zhu said: "Small villages like theirs, with a small population, all mine by themselves, and the coast with official post stations is the official collection area."

"Azu, I'm so hungry..." A little girl who was so thin that she could clearly see every bone in her body crawled over from the side, she was so hungry that she didn't even have the energy to cry.

In the process of pearl fishing, we must also avoid the existence of sea eddies and sharks. If you are not careful, you may die here.

The young woman named Asang shook her head and cried, "Azu, the village hasn't picked any pearls for half a month. It can be seen that there are no pearls to pick in this sea..."

Several young people actually noticed Gu Qing and Gu Qing since they came here, but the two were dressed in expensive clothes, they were just untouchables, and they didn't dare to come forward to talk to them. Seeing that Gu Qing took the initiative to speak, they all looked over.

For a long time, pearls were an important item in ancient trade with other countries.

I'll give you the money first, you can go buy some food for everyone first, and wait for the low tide to help me pick kelp and seaweed after you are full.What I want is not in a hurry. "

Gu Qing couldn't stand it any longer: "Excuse me, may I ask if your village lives by fishing pearls?"

However, as the price of pearls in the folk continued to rise, many coastal fishermen tasted the sweetness and gave up the fishing industry handed down from generation to generation to make a living by fishing for pearls. That is when the pearling industry began to rise.

Just looking at the scenery of the sea is the original ecology, the blue sea is sparkling, and the water and the sky in the distance are one.

Several young people got out of the sea and walked towards the shore dejectedly.

"Is the pearl mining in Daliang ordered by the government or by the people?" Gu Qing asked.

Ah Sang looked at the two of them and said: "If the girl wants pearls, it may be in vain. There are no pearls to be found in this sea area of ​​our village."

After hearing this, Gu Qing had a plan in mind: "You don't have pearls to pick, can you help me pick some kelp, seaweed and the like? I'll give you money!"

"If you don't believe me, I can give the money first!"

Sheng Mien fights Mi Qiu!

At that time, the only way for people to get pearls was to dive into the sea or lake by themselves.

Different dynasties have different requirements for pearl mining, and many dynasties have strict requirements for pearl divers.

Pearl hunting must be approved by the court, and the pearls must be handed in.

It takes half an hour to walk from here to the nearest town, but Gu Qing did not lend them the horse because of this.

Many people are forced to go to the sea to fish for pearls to make a living. The low-level pearl divers are just cheap labor, and those who really make profits from pearls are actually those merchants who buy and sell pearls.

Correspondingly, according to the quality of the pearls, the pearl divers will be compensated to a certain extent, and some food will be distributed, and the food is only enough to maintain the usual life.

"In the 5th year of Jiajing's battle of pearl hunting, tens of thousands of people died!"

These people looked like they hadn't eaten for a few days, Gu Qing really couldn't bear it.

Xia Zhu knelt on the ground with a thud: "The princess doesn't have to be suspicious of the servant girl. The slave girl is the secret guard next to the Holy One. The Holy One thinks that the princess has great talent, and is afraid that the princess will block the way of some people and cause death. Only then did the servants be transferred to the side of the princess."

It was bestowed by the empress herself, it seems that she is very valuable in Daliang: "What about the other girls who came with you? Are they also good at martial arts like you?"

Xia Zhu nodded.

"You don't just protect me!" Gu Qing sighed, and took out a carrier pigeon from her cuff: "Be careful next time you send a letter to the capital. Don't let me find out, or I really can't pretend anymore!"

(End of this chapter)