Villager of Daming

Chapter 1324: Occupational Freedom People's Heart Chat (Ten Other Chapters)
Zhu Xiongying ate three bowls of potato noodles while saying he wanted to see the people outside. He couldn't hold on for more than ten seconds and fell asleep.

Zhu Yuanzhang led his people upstairs. The intervals between aftershocks became longer and longer, and the amplitude became smaller and smaller, so the building was safe.

The houses built in Xiaqiu Village have thick steel bars. According to the thickness of the rebar, they should have 20 floors, but now they only have four floors.

The main reason is brick-concrete, the bricks cannot bear the weight.

They were already planning to demolish it, citing the impact of an earthquake, and then build a shear structure building, using five-centimeter-diameter rebar. They would start with eight floors, and design it for thirty floors, so it would be stronger, and the cost would not be a concern.

It is easy to demolish a building, and blasting brick-concrete structures is a good opportunity to practice. The bricks are discarded and the steel bars can be chiseled out and put back into the furnace.

The rain continued to fall, proving that the influence of the magnetic field changed by the earthquake on the water vapor in the air continued.

Adults are smarter than children. They know that they will feel sleepy after eating. So each of them eats a bowl of potato noodles and continues to drink beer.

There are fewer side dishes to go with the wine, such as fennel beans, dried pollack shreds, roasted skinned small squid shreds, and braised duck necks.

Shredded pollack is dipped in garlic chili sauce, shredded squid is dipped in mustard and soy sauce. Squid is fishier than pollack, but both are good to eat with wine.

People in Northeast China eat pollack, and people in Hainan like to eat squid because of convenience and origin.

Braised duck neck is actually the part cut off from the duck before it is roasted. It is not roasted, but the duck tongue, internal organs, claws, head and wings are all braised.

Without adding any preservatives, it can only be kept for one day. If it is not finished, it will be sent to the library immediately for the children to chew.

There are generally two ways to kill poultry. One is to cut the neck, and the other is to use a small pair of scissors to reach into the poultry's mouth and cut the maxillary vein inverted.

Xiaqiu Village uses the method of cutting the throat so that the blood can be eaten. If the poultry is killed from its mouth, there will be less bleeding and it cannot be collected. The advantage is that the integrity of the poultry can be preserved.

The shelf life is still short unless formalin, also known as formaldehyde, is added.

Others don't have this technique, but Zhu Wentian does. He never uses it. The blood produced by the village is not consumed or sold, so it is given to others, such as the poorhouse and the library...

He used formalin a lot. He used it to preserve the bodies of enemies killed in battles and brought them back for people to practice with.

The process of learning anatomy requires real-life practice. Generally, when studying sculpture and painting, one also needs to learn anatomy. However, Zhu Wentian currently does not provide this resource to outsiders.

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Zhu Yuanzhang ate a fennel bean and said: "Silly, I found that broad beans are best eaten like this, but dried broad beans are not like this. But some people get red spots all over their bodies after eating them. It's unlucky!"

"But dried broad beans are easy to preserve. Fennel beans cannot be made with dried broad beans because the taste is too bad. Beans are actually an allergen and some people cannot eat them, just like milk."

Zhu Wentian didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to ask, but he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would never mention fennel beans. The emperor of a country always ate fennel beans in the village. He suddenly mentioned it again today. Do you believe he was just bored?

"Yeah! Allergies, it's called...what? Oh! Histamine reaction, some of the antibiotics in the village will cause it, and some vaccines will also cause it.

Before the end of this year, all people in our Ming Dynasty who are of appropriate age will complete the smallpox vaccination.

You said there was a mortality rate, so why was it never reported? It's like no one had any problems from the vaccination."

Zhu Yuanzhang really had something to ask, there is a probability of death from vaccination.

“Your Majesty, the mortality rate is too low. If one person dies occasionally, who can blame it on the vaccine? There are many people who die from illness in normal times.

Normally speaking, the current population of our Ming Dynasty would only have about a hundred deaths.

The key is that it is impossible to determine whether the death was caused by a problem with the vaccine, and the people in the local villages will actively believe that the court is not at all wrong.

That's smallpox! The people we sent there did more than just vaccinate the local population."

Zhu Wentian understood this time that the vaccine he used was an attenuated vaccine, which was strictly prepared according to the Tiantan strain method.

The soldiers from Xiacun helped the village with various assistance and the villagers trusted them very much.

Even if something went wrong with the vaccination, the villagers were unwilling to put the blame on the soldiers, and simply said that someone in that family had bad luck.

When there were no sergeants in normal times, the death rate from illness in the village was high. With the arrival of sergeants, everyone drank boiled water, and with the added benefits of hygiene and epidemic prevention, as well as simple medical methods and medicinal materials, the villagers truly felt the drop in the death rate in the village.

It is said that someone died after the soldiers gave them the vaccine. Should these soldiers stationed in the village pay with their lives?
You learned reading, writing, and arithmetic from others. Do you really want them to die?

How could the common people know that even if there were problems with the vaccination, the soldiers would not be held responsible and the court would not pursue the matter.

The sergeants recorded the situation. It was not time for them to go back, so they could not report in advance unless there were many deaths.

By the end of the year, the soldiers' reports revealed the situation in each village in the Ming Dynasty, including data after smallpox vaccination.

"So we are not afraid of smallpox, so we will use the smallpox virus against our enemies in the future?"

Hu Weiyong's idea was indeed normal and he wanted to engage in biological warfare.

"Councillor Hu, this method kills too many lives and goes against the harmony of nature."

Zhu Wentian did not call the other party prime minister, unlike Wu Lin who still called the other party Shangshu after he retired. He never thought of asking the other party to be prime minister again.

Including Wang Guangyang. Historically, Wang Guangyang came back to be the prime minister, but now he is not needed. It is good for Guangzhou to participate in politics.

At the same time, he has no intention of using biological warfare such as viruses and bacteria, as the current weapons are sufficient.

He would prepare the materials for biological and chemical warfare, and then he would talk about it later, so that he could not use them, and when he could not use them, he would not have them.

To be honest, Europe is the least hygienic place, that's why they have high heels, men wore them first, the ground is covered with shit and urine, they don't wear high heels...

Also, people there had heavy body hair, so they wore stockings to cover it up, and only later did stockings come into being.

If you have a strong body odor, carry a spice bag with you, and then there is perfume.

European men love beauty. They wear bow ties, neckties, and neckties, and they also put a handkerchief in their shirt pocket to leave some of it sticking out.

The key is that he doesn’t like to take a bath. It would be abnormal if he didn’t get infected with the plague of the Black Death under such circumstances.

Homosexuality is also a serious issue in China. It was most serious in the Song Dynasty, but it was also common in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Some male dan in the Republic of China even had to serve men.

Anyway, Zhu Wentian doesn’t want to adopt such a thing at the moment, because ordinary people in the world don’t care about politics, as long as they can survive.

Then it would be sufficient to kill or capture the key leaders of the outside forces, rather than massacring the city.

The smallpox virus has more than just its own mortality rate, normally it has a one-third mortality rate.

In fact, if someone dies in a densely populated area, the body will rot, and the smallpox virus will no longer be a lethal factor.

Economic production also stopped, and the living people were at a loss.

Because he was not the only one who was sick, but had been ill for many years, his family had already prepared themselves mentally for his death.

Suddenly, the disease breaks out, suddenly people are gone, the people we are used to have disappeared, and the source of income we are used to has run out…

Was the purpose of the Ming Dynasty to kill and conquer? No, the Ming Dynasty first wanted to increase its national strength, and then occupied such a large area of ​​land that had not been occupied by anyone.

At the same time, resources need to be provided from other places. Now that everyone is dead, who will provide resources to the Ming Dynasty?

"Councillor Hu, our Ming Dynasty has advanced technology. The cooling oil produced in the palace is a magical item for people in hot places. We have the means to solve small problems."

Zhu Wentian took out a box of cooling oil, which was the same size box as the one he used back then, but without the same print.

This thing was very popular in East Asia and Southeast Asia at that time. Later, it came to Africa, and a small box of cooling oil could be exchanged for a large number of things.

Then it became unacceptable because people in African countries also knew the cost of this thing.

"Why are you carrying this thing?" Hu Weiyong was even more curious as to why Hanhan carried the cooling oil with him.

"How could I bring it? It's in the small drawer of the table."

Zhu Wentian opened a very hidden small drawer and put the cooling oil back.

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked for it and found that it was indeed there. The small drawer of the table was very small, not a big one.

He looked at some emergency items inside and smiled, "I'm worried someone might get a heat stroke! We found some Huoxiang Zhengqi water."

Others looked for drawers and looked at the contents inside. There were quick-acting heart-saving pills, nitroglycerin tablets, Angong Niuhuang pills and other first aid items.

"Uncle, do you have any more teppanyaki chicken racks?"

At this time the Crown Princess wanted to eat, or to be more precise, it was Crown Prince Zhu Biao who wanted to eat.

For some reason, Zhu Biao loved eating chicken racks very much. Another name for this thing is chicken ribs. They are tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away.

This illustrates a problem. People in ancient times did not know how to eat, or at least did not know how to make grilled chicken racks. Roasted chicken racks are naturally not very good, and the more you roast them, the less meat there is.

The iron plate can press the bones of the chicken rack into crispy pieces. If you do this with fresh chicken racks, the bones will be crunchy and delicious when you eat them.

The invention of the iron plate chicken rack is epoch-making because it no longer needs to be brushed with oil like a grilled chicken rack, it produces oil on its own.

Just wrap it with a little bit of dough and it will taste like there is a lot of meat.

Of course, the chicken racks in Xiaqiu Village are not shaved so cleanly, and the meat is deliberately left for stewing, stir-frying, roasting, deep-frying and ironing.

Someone went to get the chicken racks and brought the iron plate tools along, ten at a time, in case the officials wanted to eat some too!

Zhu Wentian personally prepared the chicken rack that Zhu Biao wanted to eat. Zhu Biao came over and stood by to watch. He was willing to watch Hanhan cook.

He found that Hanhan's cooking had a rhythm that made people feel comfortable watching him. He was already greedy before he ate. "Brother Hanhan, you never let us eat this kind of oil, but you sell it to the people when you cook. Is that okay?"

Zhu Biao looked at the oil dripping from the grilled chicken rack. He felt that asking the common people to eat something that he couldn't eat seemed...

"We don't lack fat, and if we eat this, it won't be absorbed and will add burden to the body.

In fact, saturated fat will be absorbed, just like collagen. The body will only absorb it when it needs it. If the body does not need it, it will be wasted no matter how much jelly you eat.

Even though people lack fat, they can still absorb saturated fat, which is good for the body.

A person who does manual labor will not have high blood lipids unless he has a special disease.

Saturation is relative, while the body's needs are absolute. If your body is saturated with something, it will be harmful if you continue to consume it.

If you have high blood lipids, it won't work if I give you unsaturated food. You have to lower your blood lipids.

There is no good or bad in this kind of thing, it just depends on your own conditions and needs.

You can't even eat enough, and I told you that eating carbohydrates like rice and flour is bad for your health, and you didn't hit me?"

Zhu Wentian once again emphasized the dynamic balance relationship, and saturated fat is not absolutely not absorbed.

Eating too much fat will cause fatty liver, followed by cirrhosis, ascites, and liver cancer.

If a child does not eat protein, fat, and has little carbohydrates, he will also suffer from ascites. There are many nutritional deficiencies. The child is thin but has a big belly. This is ascites caused by nutritional deficiency!
"Yes!" Zhu Biao smiled: "Our village has always provided us with a balanced diet. Then should we send the oil to the Heya restaurant?"

"It's no longer possible. Many people who eat at box-packed rice restaurants are actually in good health. They are not lacking in fat, but protein. Give them soy products.

The oil will eventually be refined. After being refined, filtered, and salted, the animal oil will be sent to local department stores where oil is scarce. People can buy it with their household registration books at a very cheap price.

At present, in addition to the personal household registration with a photo, a household registration booklet is also required, which is the previous household registration booklet.

However, there is no longer a distinction between craftsmen, boat people, military households, and hunters.

You are free to choose your career and it can be adjusted through economic means. You can do whatever you want.

Everyone wants to farm, but there is not enough land, so they naturally choose other professions and can be guided."

Zhu Wentian also talked about the household registration system, which was the yellow book seven years later in history.

The Yellow Book is placed in Xuanwu Lake. It records the household types and land area of ​​the people. The local government records it every year and compiles and reports it every ten years.

This shows that the economic development of the Ming Dynasty in history was too poor, and freedom was impossible.

Just like after the founding of the People's Republic of China, you are restricted.

The national leadership itself was at a loss, so they had to impose restrictions first and issue letters of introduction. They were afraid of unrest when the country was just founded, so to put it bluntly, they learned from the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Wentian doesn't care! The weapons are good, the main forces are obedient, and the people are given freedom of occupation. After another two years, the people can stroll around freely.

Not far away, the Minister of Revenue Ma Gui stared at a piece of iron plate chicken rack equipment: "To be honest, I admire this thing from Xiaqiu Village the most. The chicken ribs are really fried and coated with a little flour, and the chicken ribs are fragrant and crispy.

But... uh... if the household registration system is relaxed, what should we do if farmers stop farming and craftsmen stop working?

Everyone knows that business is about making money, and those who do business are not cheap, so aren't they all trying to be as penny wise as possible? "

Ma Gui raised a question, he was afraid that everyone would go into business. Merchants are indeed important, but economic production is more important.

Merchants were considered a low-class group and were not allowed to wear silk and satin. They were afraid that if they wore that, others would not be able to bear it and would want to go into business.

Prostitutes are also of low status, and they are also afraid that women will think that this is a quick way to make money and do this kind of thing.

When Zhu Wentian saw that the chicken frame was almost cooked, he took it out and put it aside and let Zhu Biao decide whether to brush the seasoning directly on it or tear it apart and dip it in the seasoning.

Another chicken rack: "Not everyone is good at doing business. We Chinese have a characteristic that as long as there is land that can be used to grow things, we will not leave the land empty unless there is a disaster or war.

Looking at the market outside, there is a small mound on the east side. The soil is bad and it is impossible to grow anything.

In the past, someone would occasionally take soil and mud from there to paste the walls, but now, I don’t know who has planted soybeans and perilla there.

They should all be put away. If there is no earthquake, both should be put away.

If you ask a commoner with land to do business, he will not agree because he is afraid.

Craftsmen are actually doing business. They make things and sell them. What they sell is their skills.

The military households say they don't want to be soldiers, but in fact being a soldier can result in death and the income is low. Good men don't want to be soldiers, just as good iron is not used to make nails.

Look at how much the Ming navy earns, especially the sailors in the fleet that goes far away.

Let's look at the welfare of the army in other places. With good weapons, life safety is guaranteed.

The freedom of the industry lies in providing new ways out for people with ideas.

All to better promote the economy.

In Xiaqiao Village, people used to worry about being punished even if they sold rock candy.

Zhu Wentian spoke loudly so that others could hear him, saying that even if the industry was liberalized, the nature of the land could not be changed.

If the economy finds that there is a shortage of edible oil, it can use market means to encourage people to grow oil crops and increase the purchase price of oil crops and the price of refined oil.

Instead of using administrative means to restrict the price of a commodity, if someone can clearly sell a pound of something for five cents, but you don't allow them to sell it and insist on charging two cents or three cents, this is not acceptable.

If merchants hoard goods and want to raise the price of a certain commodity, the court can just transfer goods from other places and bring the price down.

If the price of the same commodity rises throughout the Ming Dynasty, merchants will need to come up with a large amount of money, which they do not have the financial resources to do.

At the same time, department stores have goods, and the Ming Dynasty has official fields. The official fields belong to the court, and the court has the final say on what to plant, and a balance will be achieved.

If the merchants dared to unite, the imperial court would rather pay compensation than let them go bankrupt.

You are so shameless that you temporarily increase the tax on a certain product. Is 1,000% enough?
Businessmen want to pass this tax on to the people, that is, the consumers, making the products so expensive that people cannot afford them.

Like fried onions, ginger and garlic, they have a shelf life. Merchants jointly purchase onions and sell them for ten cents a pound. They add ten times the tax, asking you to sell them for one hundred and ten cents a pound. Sell it!

It's not food and salt, it's not essential for survival.

Things like frying grains and salt are illegal.

"I know!" Ma Gui understood. He used a telescope to look at the small mound of earth. "It's time to harvest after the rain and the sun. Who planted it? They even made a scarecrow in the basil field!"

"Ask." Yan Xizhe, the Minister of Revenue whose history was changed, spoke up.

Historically, he was the Minister of Revenue last year, and this year he should be the councilor of Shanxi Province.

As a result, King Zhu Gang of Jin insisted on letting Xiaqiu Village follow him to take a look at his fiefdom and solve the problem in the north at the same time.

Since Yan Xizhe was no longer needed, he continued to serve as the Minister of Revenue.

This year saw the most ministers of the Ministry of Revenue in history, because the imperial court was short of money and issued the Ming Dynasty Tongxing Baochao. The Ministry of Revenue had many affairs to attend to, so a bunch of ministers were arranged, a total of seven.

Now even more so, banks have come out, and the Ministry of Revenue is busy. All planting and breeding in various places are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue, as well as taxation.

Yan Xizhe asked someone and someone ran over and called him shortly afterwards.

"People who do business there planted it together. If there was space in other places, they would plant it as well and prepare to give it to Xiaqiu Village after harvesting. Xiaqiu Village arranged good places for everyone and spent a lot of money."

This is the answer given on the phone. Someone is responsible for watering and pest control. Some people even use a spray bottle to clean the perilla leaves when there is a drought. In this way, they can be used as medicine after collection, and they are clean and complete.

"No wonder no one steals the fruits. The stalls are open day and night, and there are always people outside watching."

Minister of Rites Lu Ben showed a look of enlightenment. He looked through the telescope at the place where perilla was planted and was moved. It grew so well.

The big leaves would be great to take home and steam some glutinous rice and bean curd! How come no one touches them?

Zhu Chong said, "There is no one to cause trouble elsewhere. We planted some cucumbers by the river and put them on the racks. When someone is thirsty, they will carefully go over and pick the big cucumbers, then pick two and rub them with their hands to eat. They will never take them home.

In our fiefdom, even the kids know how to steal other people’s vegetables. They can steal but they can’t spoil them.

I have seen children stealing green onions. I helped thin out the seedlings, pulling out the extra and bad green onions, and adding soil to the normal positions. Hehehehe..."

"The same goes for Xiaobaicai!" Zhu Di followed.

The cabbage planted in autumn is Chinese cabbage, and small cabbages will grow first, so thinning is needed.

People who steal Chinese cabbage will not touch the good plants, but will pull out the ones next to them. When the owner wants to eat the cabbage, he goes to the field and sees that some of it has been stolen. So he just steals it! It's ok as long as he doesn't cheat others.

"Yes! People are sometimes simple and naive. When will this rain stop?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile and suddenly asked about Hanhan Yu.

Zhu Wentian also thought about the loveliness of the people and said casually: "I don't know! It would be best if it stops within an hour, uh..."

After saying that, he was stunned. Why was he asking about the weather again? He was not the Dragon King of the Four Seas. Was he doing it on purpose? Could he stop after just one hour? Humph!

(End of this chapter)