Villager of Daming

Chapter 1260: Imperial Capital and Control

"The leg wrap is really useful. After walking for a long time, I tie my calves and I don't feel so tired."

During the lunch break at noon, Nahachu talked about the leggings. In order to see if they were good, he tried them on for an hour and just took them off.

His troops did not have leg wraps, but every Ming soldier wore leg wraps, and they wore two or three sets.

Bandages can not only be used to bind the legs, but also have other uses. Ropes are the most common, but they can also be used to tie up wounds. Take two pieces of wood and weave them in the middle to make a soft stretcher.

These leggings were lent to Nahachu's people. They also made leggings with the ropes they brought with them, but they were not very comfortable.

Jute is used for hemp rope and is basically used to make sacks, while ramie is used to make clothes.

The clothes cannot be altered into leggings because they are not long enough. Unless they are joined together, there will be traces of joints at certain places, which is uncomfortable.

Some people still don't have leggings, there are only a few of them, not everyone has three sets.

If it could be taken apart, the bags the team brought were not made of jute, but mostly of ramie, with a small portion of cotton that could hold flour.

Ramie sacks are expensive, they are less irritating to the skin when carried, and they can be used for other purposes at critical moments, but they are not allowed to be dismantled now.

"When the governor's place is moved, everyone should prepare some leg-binding ropes. Don't worry about them getting broken and being unable to make other things. You will have plenty when you come back.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty was a country with vast territory and sparse population. A lot of land was idle, and the most lacking thing was large livestock.

The plains will gradually become like steam engines, and in the future the main focus will be on road construction. Once the roads are built, everything else will follow..."

The head of the village knew what Nahachu was worried about. Once moving, many things would have to be thrown away, at least the house had to be thrown away, whether it was normal bricks, adobes, or even glazed tiles, all had to be thrown away.

The faster you move, the better. Glazed tiles are precious, but they are not unburnable.

In the past, burning these things was troublesome, mainly because of the temperature, especially the refractory materials.

Now we know that we first use refractory raw materials to burn refractory bricks, then use refractory bricks to improve the refractory properties of the new refractory bricks, and then we can burn whatever we want.

The kiln temperature can be raised to the required temperature by blowing fuel, and then adding some combustion aid.

There is a shortage of people at present, and the land is empty and no one is cultivating it. If people are told to plant whatever they want wherever they want, no one will go.

Supporting trades are needed, including carpenters, stonemasons, bricklayers, blacksmiths, etc. Everyone has to go together, otherwise if only the family goes there, there will be nothing.

Life requires exchanging goods. It is tiring to walk dozens of miles to a place with a market!

Nahachu felt relieved after hearing this, and suddenly thought of something: "Can Huimin Pharmacy and Department Store provide it?"

"Yes!" Zhu Chong glanced at Gege Haji and assured: "We haven't yet gone to our fiefdom to take charge of the department store, so we will make adjustments.

Huimin Pharmacy belongs to the department of Anmin, together with the herbal medicine store, school, orphanage, and Danqing Library.

The function of a department store is to buy and sell things, collect local specialties, and transport them to other places for sale.

Only by allowing goods to circulate can currency circulate, and we can hope to make money by collecting taxes.

When you arrive at the place, you must exempt the land tax. The court cannot collect grain, so it can only buy it. "

He was anxious and had to calm his brother-in-law down first.

She is a woman who dares to love and hate, and she cannot shrink back. People have already made it clear that they can bring tens of thousands of people to Xi'an as a dowry.

Where should these people be sent? Lantian County? Upstream of the Wei River? A little further north?
It is best to choose a location with relatively convenient transportation and suitable for raising livestock.

Not all people are willing to raise horses. Horses are difficult to raise and are not as good as cows. If you want to raise a good horse, you have to feed it in the middle of the night.

The horse breeding of the Beiyuan people is a routine operation. They are used to it. Their horse breeding technology is not as good as that of Xiaqiu Village, but they are willing to raise them. Nahachu also looked at his sister and smiled: "Your Highness the King of Qin has given us a reassurance. I heard that the Danqing Library in Yingtian Prefecture is free to read books, and it is also free to rent them out.

We would like to ask, when we get to the local level, who will pay for the library?

Books are very expensive. If the court pays, is the money enough? If the local government pays, does it have to be deducted from the county government's money?"

Zhu Chong was stunned. That's right! What did they say at the beginning? The library sells fine books, story books, and newspapers for advertising?
"Village head?" Zhu Chong asked others very straightforwardly.

"Sir Nahachu, libraries and department stores must be managed by the court and arranged in a unified manner.

Local governments are not allowed to take over because it involves the issue of ownership. The function of a library is not only to provide people with a place and convenience to read, but also to educate and cultivate people.

The later the people joined the Ming Dynasty, the more effort they had to put in this regard.

For ordinary people, we provide normal books, and for those who are well-off, that is, those who are rich, we provide more beautiful books.

There are also some entertainment books that are sold for three to five months first, and then made available to the public for free.

In fact, the princes all knew about it, but they just didn't want to talk about money.

Especially His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, who had a shop selling the four treasures of the study at the very beginning, called Luoyunzhai. "

The village head has raised the status of the library. This thing cannot be controlled by local authorities. It is a propaganda tool.

"Your Highness, do you also have Luoyunzhai that sells the four treasures of the study?" Gege Haji had a look of surprise on his face.

"This... uh..." Zhu Chong was embarrassed.

"Yes, big, sell it, good! Hmm! Hehehehe..."

Zhu Wentian took over and said, "Of course, it can be done. It's just a shop selling the four treasures of the study. It can be done anytime."

Send a telegram later and ask them to choose a site and build a house. Or add another floor to the shops on the street in Xiaqiu Village. Yes, we can!

"Yes, we do! It sells very well! It sells better than soy sauce!"

Zhu Chong followed up by saying that he also thought of sending a telegram to ask someone to rebuild Luoyunzhai.

As for waiting for Gege Haji to arrive in Nanjing, Yingtian Prefecture, and know the real situation, Luoyunzhai does have it. Doesn't this make it seem that I value the other party more!

Oh! Brother Hanhan is still the best! He is really smart at the critical moment! Who said the village guards are stupid? You are stupid!
Gege Haji rolled his eyes and said, "Actually, the Luoyunzhai I was thinking of is a place that is not big but is popular among scholars and writers."

Ling'er held back her laughter. She was thinking that there were indeed people willing to go to Luoyunzhai, a place that sold beer!

Fortunately, she could see that Gegehaji had guessed the actual situation, so she said it didn't need to be too big.

"Don't worry, sister. Luoyunzhai is full of scholars and poets, and some of them go there in the middle of the night.

Let’s eat first, and when the animals have finished eating, we’ll continue our journey.

If they didn't need to rest, we could just eat something on the way."

Ling'er decided to make good arrangements when sending the telegram so that Gege Haji would understand how much Daming valued her.

"Report~~" Ling'er had just finished speaking when someone ran over from where Nahachu was.

"Governor, Qiqili has sent someone to tell us to make arrangements first. He will lure the Ming army to our place and then encircle them together." The messenger knew the situation, so he spoke loudly.

"Pah!" Nahachu spat loudly, "They have more than 30,000 men and 500 Ming troops, and they still want us to cooperate in the siege? Are we at a disadvantage? Good! Send someone back, let's write a letter and siege!"

(End of this chapter)