Villager of Daming

Chapter 791: Origin of Trade Distribution Office

"We were still thinking about what to eat when we were too tired, but the village was considerate. The mutton soup was good and the staple food was good."

Zhu Yuanzhang changed into regular clothes for dinner. The emperor's clothes were afraid of getting dirty and difficult to wash.

That piece of clothing was valuable, and was embroidered bit by bit by an embroiderer. It was a large-scale event for a sacrifice, so the clothes had to be changed immediately after wearing them.

Including the clothes of the ministers, they were specially brought here and issued by the court. If they resigned, the clothes had to be returned.

Unless they leave with their rank or title, then the clothes will follow and they will be buried together when the person is gone.

The court uniforms are beautiful and solemn, and the ceremony is complicated and solemn. This is the beauty of the uniforms, which is called "Hua", and the great etiquette, called "Xia".

Everyone was so late last night, and then squinted for a while. Another morning, some people secretly took the Jiuxin pill provided by the village, the one with toad venom. Yes, this medicine is the most important ingredient.

The first day of the first lunar month is now the [-]th day of the lunar month, and the rain falls on the [-]th day of the second lunar month. What a tide in Nanjing!

What to eat is a question. Xiaqiu Village chooses mutton soup, and also makes beef and onion shaomai, pies, Huitou, as well as small flower rolls and fried steamed buns.

Children with bad teeth need to eat complementary foods, such as soup, egg custard, and soft beef patties.

Beef patties are the most technical. Normally when stirring the beef, it should be in one direction. Especially when beating the beef balls, it should be done vigorously so that it tastes good.

If it is for children, do the opposite and make it as you like. It tastes very bad to adults, but babies like it.

As for those who have bad teeth and need to use steamed buns, Hanamaki to soak in soup, or eat noodles, there is no such thing. The village is responsible for the teeth of these officials who are qualified to participate in the sacrifices and their families.

For example, the mother of Liu Weiqian, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, is 62 years old and has suffered a lot. She only has four teeth left, and now her mouth is full of them. If she has no money, she can pick them off and sell them, and she can live for a few years. The old woman among the village elders is accompanying her. Eating lamb chops!

There is nothing that can be done about the children whose teeth have been replaced. It is impossible to get them. However, there is a child who has had his teeth removed today. The teeth have moved and are waiting to be replaced. They are still not falling out. So just...

I pulled it out during the night vigil after eating, and applied watermelon cream on it. Now I feel a little uncomfortable eating, and my speech is leaky, but it doesn't hurt.

"Your Majesty, don't drink too quickly. The restaurant is comfortable and has drying measures. When heated, the ventilation fan will turn to exhaust air."

The chief was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang had just finished working hard and was eating too fast and his heart could not bear it.

"When we were fighting with the enemy, we never thought that next year we would have our own pepper, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang scooped pepper into the bowl. It is best to add pepper to the mutton soup. If there is no pepper, you can only add Sichuan peppercorns.

The price of pepper is high and has never been cheaper since the Tang Dynasty. The main reason is that Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Qiongzhou and other places were the places where people were exiled and distributed.

It is believed that the miasma there is heavy and unsuitable for human life, and it is difficult for local indigenous people and mountain people to manage it.

The method previously proposed by Xiaqiu Village was to grow medicinal materials and seasonings in these places.

But it’s not possible in Yunnan. The king of Liang in the Northern Yuan Dynasty is in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Qiongzhou, so you can grow it wherever you want.

Just like sugar cane, troops were sent to Fujian to plant it. It is perennial and harvested every year for sugar production. If you have too many ideas and it grows unevenly, just dig it out in order and then plant it.

In fact, there is already a little peppercorn production this year, but it is too few. There will be more peppercorns in Qiongzhou next year, and then it will enter the peak production period.

It can be said that things are different now than before. As soon as I heard what His Majesty said, I immediately understood that it was definitely not a matter of eating mutton soup. Pepper was medicine, and at the same time, I could make spicy soup.

"Your Majesty, we will be able to eat plantains next year. Now all we eat are dried plantain slices. The ship is not fast enough. With steam engines, we can go there. It cannot be used as a place for officials to be exiled or demoted in the future, especially Yazhou. The winter there is not cold and there is no moisture in all seasons, except under special circumstances.

The plantains there are delicious. Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty wrote that if the plantains do not show their lilac knots, they will face the same spring breeze and have their own sorrows. "

The manager seems to be saying that eating bananas, bananas, are not available in ordinary places, such as Nanjing, unless they are placed in a greenhouse.

"What is this?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and turned to look at Zeng Lu.

"Your Majesty, Li Shangyin seemed to be writing a love poem, but in fact he was telling the emperor at the time that the lilacs in Chang'an were good, but there were no bananas. Li Shangyin was demoted to Yazhou, so he wrote bananas and lilacs.

At the same time, there is also a poem in which the sunrise in the southeast shines on a tall building, and people are leaving upstairs singing Shizhou.Shizhou is near the fiefdom of His Highness the King of Jin, not far from Chang'an.

He used this to tell the emperor at the time that he wanted to return to Chang'an. At that time, the overall situation of the Tang Dynasty was not good and it was also affected by the Anshi Rebellion. "

Zeng Lu told Zhu Yuanzhang the situation. Li Shangyin was not simply thinking about women.

"What about the future exile?" Zhu Yuanzhang understood and began to worry at the same time.

The ministers: "..."

Your Majesty, why do you have to think about this? We have worked hard so far and are not greedy. You give us more.

Where do you have to take us?Can’t go to Qiongzhou?The environment there is good and can support people. Guangdong, Guangxi and Lakes are going to become planting areas, and Fujian sugar cane and trade.

"Yichang, where do you think is better?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked the chief again.

Chief: "..."

He regretted it. If he had known better, he would not have said this. Now, if he said where to send people, wouldn't he offend the civil and military officials of the dynasty?

So he replied: "Your Majesty, the northwest, the grape growing areas and plateau areas in the northwest, where ordinary people can't stand drought, altitude sickness, cold, and heat."

The leader pointed out the route, which is to go to Xinjiang and Tibet, but not Hainan!Hainan is doing well!
At the same time, grasslands are not good either. Grasslands are also rich in resources, especially Helin, which is under construction.

Yunnan, Yunnan is suitable for growing a large number of tropical crops, not to mention the Northeast!There are lots of good things.

The only ones left are Xinjiang, which has no mechanized cotton cultivation, and Tibet, which has no tourism industry. If you throw people over, it is estimated that some people will suffer from altitude sickness before they can reach the place.

"Okay, that's right. Let's add some soup. Thank you for pouring some soup before. Otherwise, would you like to throw it away? If you throw it away, the seasonings will be missing. If you don't throw it away, it will be cold. Why don't you sit on the stove and heat it up?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was satisfied, glanced at the ministers, and asked him to add soup.

Everyone's soup is not full, only one-third of the soup is included with the dry goods. Drink a little and add a little, so there is no need to waste it. Pepper is still not very cheap.

Zhu Yuanzhang was waiting for the pepper produced in his own Ming Dynasty to come out, so as to suppress the pepper of the Yi people. Our Ming Dynasty has it, and there is a lot of it. Why do you sell it so expensively?
Just like rock candy, you used to get it from outside, but now you have to buy it from us. We don’t want any jewelry yet, but give you food, medicinal materials, gold and silver.

Here are the pearls!When the artificially bred ones over there come out, there will be no shortage of medicinal ones. Don't even think about raising the price, we won't buy yours.

That's how trade is, if you don't have it, it's expensive, if you have it, it's cheaper.

(End of this chapter)