Villager of Daming

Chapter 1042: Salt can be obtained privately for military households

"Cry today, laugh tomorrow, don't ask anyone to understand, be proud..."

The palace ladies performed "Laughing in the Red Dust" and divided them into three venues. Some military households wanted to come over to watch.

The weather was hot, and the air circulation was not good when there were many people. I was afraid of being crowded, so I had to ask the palace maids and eunuchs to find two more places to perform, so that the military households could see it.

The children ate with their eyes wide open. Boys are born to like beautiful women, and girls are full of yearning.

The married male military household looked like "I didn't mean to look, I just looked up occasionally." The male military household who was not yet married but was old enough to get married had a red face.

The women had complicated expressions. They looked at the clothes worn by the maids, then touched their own clothes, raised their hands to touch their faces, and shook their heads.

They competed and found that the palace maid was beautiful and could not be compared in any aspect.

The four of them, Ma Jun, are still able to accept new knowledge. His Highness, Prince Jin, told me that they can eat and drink there, and they can just watch the show.

There was a hint of melancholy in Ma Jun's eyes. After the dance ended, he smiled and said to Zhu Fan: "The maids in His Highness's residence are really great, versatile and beautiful."

Military households do not fight, and they still have training at ordinary times, which cannot be stopped. According to regulations, men who are dependents of military households will also be military households in the future.

Looking at it this way, she is naturally different from a normal woman.

Ling'er looked at the situation and said, "Let the palace maid teach them. We can't give them makeup boxes, but simple cosmetics. In the future, productivity will increase, department stores will put makeup boxes on them, and military families will enjoy subsidies."

The maids of Prince Wu's Mansion went to the military women with their makeup boxes, using their own first and then replenishing them later.

"I'm tired of eating and drinking. Let's take a rest first. Let me tell you about big pot rice..."

Zhu Fan repeated the big pot meal for four people to save time and cost.

The director shook his head; "Just putting on makeup is not enough. Let's look at the future! We must find ways to raise more silkworms. Silk is really beautiful."

He knew why the palace maids were beautiful. They all wore silk clothes and had many ornaments. They were made of colored glaze, and the glass was used to imitate diamonds. There were not so many facets, but they were still dazzling.

As the export of silk decreased, the Yi people went to buy other things. The price of silk was high, so the shipment volume was controlled, and the excess was given to the palace and the palace.

"You still have a lot of people!" Zhu Ru muttered and motioned to the palace maid next to him to make arrangements.

There are big cans, big boxes, and big bottles in the team, and whoever is missing can dig and pour them.

Zhu Di looked around: "As for dressing up, the makeup methods taught in Xiaqiu Village, and the makeup box given to me to remove makeup... is okay. The things I usually use are good and nutritious."

Nowadays, except for underwear and children's clothes, all cotton clothes are blended and ironed with an iron to make them smooth.

The craftsmen helped the military households with missing teeth bite their teeth and then sent them to the Jin Prince's Mansion in Quyang County.

"That's the team from Prince Qin's Palace. Third Brother's team will come up later. Our team will go to bed first, and we'll see how long we drink at night before we consider whether to play."

"Okay! Fifth brother, don't let the maids in your palace rest." Zhu Fan agreed and directed the fifth man's men.

Zhu Ru, who had eaten the lamb kidneys, explained the situation. After speaking, he secretly glanced at Brother Hanhan and felt that something was wrong after he tried to eat the kidneys. The kidneys were quite fragrant.

The maids and eunuchs had beautiful clothes. When working, they wore cotton clothes. If they were accidentally exposed to an open flame, they would not feel bad if they were burned. Silk clothes were so valuable!
For today's performance, wear silk, jewelry, lip liner, eyeliner, foundation, blush, brush eyelashes, draw eyebrows, and use a pen to add three-dimensionality to your nose if it's not straight enough...

When I first arrived in Nanjing, I saw palace maids wearing linen and cotton clothes. Due to poor textile technology, cotton clothes were ugly.

In fact, it will be changed. It has been mentioned to Zhu Yuanzhang that those who are not willing to serve as soldiers have to be soldiers, which will affect their combat effectiveness.

The same goes for craftsmen, they have to be rearranged, and whoever likes can do whatever they like.

Now the military household accepts its fate, and this is how it should be. The only advantage is that everyone is a soldier, and they are closer than the villagers in a normal village. In addition, everyone is fully aware of the conditions. No one wants to marry a military household, and women from military households cannot marry, so they have to digest it internally.

Betrothal gifts, dowry, and so on, everyone gathers together to celebrate when they get married, and the meals are not provided by the same family.

Thousands of households and hundreds of households are organized to arrange the manpower properly and find jobs.

Craftsmen are building the waterwheel that diverts water up the mountain. They have power tools and can process it quickly.

Ma Jun and the other four listened and nodded from time to time, feeling very good.

"There's another way to make money, uh... you sell smuggled salt."

As he talked, Zhu Fan thought of another situation.

Brush, several pairs of eyes looked at him, including Li Chang.

Ma Jun and the others sweated instantly, selling smuggled salt? Are military households selling private salt? How big a sin?
"What do you think we are doing? The private salt we are talking about is not the private salt bypassing the imperial court and transporting salt by water from the Salt Lake.

You can go all the way to Shouyang County, walk a section of land, connect to Mianman River, and sell it to the east along the river for money.

They don't have salt, so they need to transport it from the sea all the way upstream. The key is the lack of steam-powered ships.

A boat... hang a boat behind a steam engine ship. It is not used when going down the river. When it comes back, it is towed by an empty boat.

Or pull back to order some wheat. There is a large plain after the mountains, which is the main producing area of ​​wheat. The third one is Guanzhong, where the second brother lives.

We buy it at the retail price of two cents per pound. If we buy it directly, it is not two cents.

We act as middlemen ourselves and charge 11 cents for five jins in the east, or 21 cents for ten jins.

We made a profit on the difference between the wholesale and retail prices, and also made an extra profit on the price increase.

Don't underestimate the money. In fact, we all know that when they buy salt, the store has to add a little more.

If you can't add money, I can buy you a pound for fifteen or fourteen taels.

Fifteen taels per pound is more than six points, nearly seven points, and fourteen taels is fourteen points, a percentage point. "

Zhu Fan got the idea from the people of Hebei Province. Hebei's salt needs to be obtained from a location next to Tianjin, where there is a salt field.

How can there be one in Shijiazhuang? It is far from the sea and it is not Qinhuangdao.

Zhu Xiang and others breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that they were not really trying to smuggle!

Ma Jun blinked and looked at each other again with his three subordinates. He stood up in excitement.

Amidst the clatter, at least seven people from Xiaqiu Village stood up and pointed their pistols at each other.

Zhu Wentian adjusted his posture with the iron stick still holding meat in his hand, and glanced at the other three hundred households.

"Sit down and talk." Ling'er said.

"Oh! Sit down!" Ma Jun sweated even more. He knew what it meant. He stood up too suddenly.

"Your Highness, the salt on Zhending Road costs three cents per catty. Usually, it costs five cents and two catties from us, but we are given by the court..."

Ma Jun sat down and didn't bother to wipe his sweat. He talked about the price difference. The salt they ate at Guankou was given to them by the imperial court. There was a quota. They bought it for two cents per catty, and they bought it for five cents and two catties over there.

(End of this chapter)