Villager of Daming

Chapter 730 People’s Livelihood is Simple and Thoughtful
"Master Wang, shopkeeper Xu has made a profit. Only he can get the same pot of food that Hanhan cooked for the prince and princes." Liu Lian and Wang Yiqian said.

Wang Yiqian suddenly realized: "That's the truth. There are more and more rich people in Nanjing!"

“Nanjing is already a political and economic center, with high official salaries and increased consumption.

Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, merchants gather here to see what they can buy and sell for the last time.

You have to buy a lot of beer at one time. It is easy to store when the weather is cold. People drink it during the Chinese New Year.

Then there is the rouge gouache. Except for the aged vinegar, Jubiqi’s other products are all good, and the pickles are shipped in large quantities every day.

During the twelfth lunar month, a batch of soap, scented soap, and candles will be released from the palace.Businessmen are bound to seize opportunities. "

Zhu Xi knows businessmen best, and he is now a qualified businessman.

“There are also greenhouse vegetables. Greenhouses have been built in surrounding prefectures, and there is a huge demand in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Merchants will hire steam engines and ships to help transport them, and they will blow up rocks this year to take advantage of the lower water level in the Yangtze River.

Greenhouse vegetables are a good thing. I guess the second brother and the four fiefdoms have already started selling them, right? "

Zhu Fan continued, and then he sighed, saying that there was no greenhouse in his fief.

"Third brother, let's go out for a special trip next year. We won't do anything. We will go directly to your fiefdom, bring the materials, and see what we can do."

Zhu Ping couldn't bear it anymore and promised his brother to give him absolute help.

"Second brother is right, let's go and take a look, pass by second brother's place and come back from our place." Zhu Di expressed his support.

"What about me?" Zhu Ju is the youngest, he is the King of Wu.

"You have a greenhouse there." Zhu Ju's four brothers, including Prince Zhu Biao, said together.

Zhu Wentian was listening and watching. He understood what was going on. Zhu Yu was the youngest son of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow his son to go to the border for fear of causing problems. The eldest son was the prince, and the younger son was the back-up man.

None of the other sons were related to the son born to Queen Ma, but this King of Wu touched the interests of other people who were conquering the world together.

"I said I wanted to go and have a look. Do you want to go to Lichang?" Zhu Zhu shrank his neck, "What are you doing?"Are you bullying my younger brother?

"If your Highnesses get His Majesty's permission to go out, Xiaqiu Village will naturally send people to follow you. The Crown Prince cannot leave. I will keep an eye on you on behalf of the Crown Prince."

The head of the village did not directly say whether to go or not, so he had to ask Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang said yes, and Xiaqiu Village must be included.

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"Uh~~ I'm full. The fried eggplant box is so fragrant and full of meat! Where can we go to play in the afternoon?" Zhu Ru burped after the meal and thought about the fun.

Normally he couldn't get out, and the most he would do would be seven when he got home. He finally got out once, but he didn't want to rush home immediately.

His brothers looked at each other and then at the chief.

"Go to the market in Rouge Gang?" the village chief suggested.

Rouge River is a river dug from Rouge Gang. Historically, craftsmen knew that a road was needed, so they hollowed out a place without removing the top, forming a natural bridge.

The Tiansheng Bridge is not natural, but man-made. It facilitates the people on both sides of the strait to cross the artificial river. The craftsmen have considered everything carefully.

There was only one natural bridge in history. Because it was difficult to preserve, the arched structure had to be artificially constructed, which was completed by digging the river.

Now there are four stone bridges on it, which are blasted with gunpowder and the difficulty factor is reduced.

People are very cautious when crossing the bridge. If a cart pulls too many things, they have to unload them and send them across separately. They are afraid that the heavy cart will collapse if it is used frequently.

The wisdom of the people is the wisdom of survival. They will never go on the bridge in a large group at the same time. If there are many people at both ends of the bridge, it will be difficult to pass.The common people understand the simplest truth. If the bridge is broken, you will have to take a long detour. Everyone must maintain the rules.

"Zhu Lichang, is there anyone at the market in the afternoon?" Liu Bowen remembered that when he came by boat, he passed by and asked if there was one in the morning, but if there was no phenology.

"Uncle Sincerity, now that the busy farming season is over and the people have free time, they can sell every day they could before.

The passage at Rouge River has upward steps and temporary parking places. In places like Shexian and Xuancheng, they need to send a large number of the Four Treasures of the Study to Nanjing.

In fact, we bought them all, but we don’t buy things with high prices. We pay attention to practicality.

We also have a shop called Four Treasures of the Study. The inkstone is actually a matter of the density and internal structure of the stone.

Some of the best inkstones are made in kilns. The ink can be dispensed quickly without wasting ink, and the ink can be stored for a long time without drying out.

It has something to do with the grit of the sandpaper. After explaining it plainly, I found that those mysterious statements were actually just ignorance. "

The head of the village said bluntly, the truth is very simple, the best inkstones are made in Xiaqiu Village.

The best inkstone actually needs to have two properties, fine grinding and moisturizing. This is a matter of physics, so we will proceed according to physics.

The inkstones fired in the kiln in Xiaqiu Village are better than the natural ones, but Xiaqiu Village does not hype this.

Including ink, Xiaqiu Village has also started to make it. The ink ingots are not as good as those made after several years of making. The ink ingots lose a lot when grinding because the density is not high enough.

But it is low-cost and very cheap. A few cents per piece of machine-made ink is enough for writing every day. Half a month is enough. Generally, children practice calligraphy for two to three months per piece.

For ordinary Ming Dynasty people, Xiaqiu Village does not pursue brand value. In the future, machine-made ink will be in great demand and will be cheaper, including brushes and paper.

If it were aimed at exports or wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty, haha... let you see what high-quality products are. If you don't sell a piece of ink for hundreds of sticks, you are looking down on people.

Various precious spices are added to it, the bristles of the brush are selected one by one using a microscope, and the inkstones are all micro-carved and inlaid with gems.

"I am relatively ignorant. Give me a set of four treasures of study that will make me ignorant."

Liu Bowen didn't know the situation behind it, he just wanted material things, no, he was ignorant.

"Let's do it! Here you go." Li Changhao said. The gems were all brought back from He Lin, including tourmalines.

Hanhan said that tourmaline is not valuable, and good quality is indeed difficult to obtain, but there is no problem with counterfeiting. With today's technology, it is impossible to tell the difference.

For example, changing colorless into colored, changing mixed colors into solid colors...

"It's agreed!" Liu Bowen was happy. He no longer cared about the value of things, he just wanted to see good-looking things.

So the team set off towards the market in Rougegang. There were land routes on both sides of the river, and naturally there was a water route in the river.

The east side of the land road was built to the east branch of the Qinhuai River, while the west side was built all the way to the lower hills, along rivers, lakes, lakes, and rivers.

That is, the land roads along the two rivers and two lakes are well built and can lead directly to Xiaqiu Village. This was Zhu Wentian's original layout.

Because the current road is not just a waterway problem. People along the way need to take the land route, and it is impossible to get on the boat without any trouble.

This road was not built in vain. It is convenient for people to travel and they will maintain it themselves!

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"The road is paved with good gravel! Yingtian Mansion has done a good job." Zhu Biao came to the place and saw that the road under his feet was all paved gravel.

"It's Ying Tianfu's good education! The people themselves were suppressed like this." Li Chang said with a smile.

Zhu Biao instantly understood that Yingtian Mansion had not contributed, it was the common people who discovered that there was a road, and the stones were not valuable. There were so many stones in the local area, so they could easily replenish them, especially on rainy days.

　Gone today!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)