Villager of Daming

Chapter 831 Obstruction in receiving banknotes

"What is this? Give me Hongwu Tongbao, I don't want paper."

The head of a family of twelve people with thirty acres of land looked at the paper given by the businessman and his eyes widened.

Twenty acres of his family's farmland are middle fields, and ten acres are upper fields. The average yield per mu of vegetables grown is [-] kilograms, or three hundred cents, and thirty acres equals nine kilograms.

In the past, after planting rice, in addition to food for the family, and paying the land tax, there was only a little leftover, which could be exchanged for daily necessities, which would be enough to survive. Fortunately, there were vegetable fields, chickens, and two pigs.

There was a large population, and we had to do some work for others. We were not as good as those above, but more than we were below. The war was over, and we expected to live a good life, but we encountered floods.

There are experts in the court!I knew in advance that when I took my family and ran with the government, everything was dismantled, and the water...

Then I planted green cabbage heads, which yielded so much per acre, which was more cost-effective than planting rice, and then continued planting rice without any delay.

Waiting to make money, what will you give?No matter how beautiful the paper is, can it be exchanged for money?

"They are treasure banknotes. The treasure banknotes of our Ming Dynasty are the same as money. Have you never seen the treasure banknotes of the Yuan Dynasty at your age? Everyone in Nanjing exchanges them. They are more convenient to use than copper coins."

The businessman patiently said that he would bring the money he exchanged. Otherwise, how much copper coins would he have to bring?Either bring silver, this family has nine taels, both weighing and cutting, and it's going to be very troublesome.

The people were unwilling to ask for money and had no way to spend it, so they would buy a piece of salt, or tools, or a knife of meat when the pig could not be killed. How to pay for it with money?A small pimple is worth hundreds of articles.

"Treasure notes? Let me take a look." When this person heard that it was a treasure note, he understood that it was mandatory to issue it. He took it over and looked at it. He didn't know the words. He felt the paper and then looked at the picture.

"The treasure notes of the Yuan Dynasty are not like this. This is a painting, and it feels good to the touch! It's impossible for us to paint it, and it's difficult for others to estimate it. How much does it cost? Can't you do it?"

He first admitted that banknotes were good and counterfeiting was not easy. He didn’t have the ability anyway, but he still didn’t trust them.

"Uncle Fourth, I know. Don't worry, take it. I'll teach you how to read later. I'll give you the money according to the formula. I won't give you the usual denominations. It's not easy to spend. The most are one, two, five, ten, and twenty coins." There are very few.”

Someone said something next to him. This person was wearing a military uniform.

"Isn't this our eldest nephew? Xiaoqi, you little melon is back? Is your mother back?"

This person immediately recognized this sister's child. He was a soldier. His sister married far away and was actually bought away. At that time...

Then the unknown day came, and my sister came back with her family to visit, burned a piece of paper on her parents' graves, and then brought back some local products from her hometown.

It happened the year before last. I didn't expect to meet again. Where is my sister?
"Uncle Fourth, I'm here to teach you how to read. I've moved. My father and mother go to Yingtian Mansion, not Taiping Mansion.

You take the treasure banknotes, and the money your Majesty gave you with gold and silver as guarantee can be exchanged for gold and silver at will.

I remember that our family raised pigs, and I deliberately applied to come back. Others drew lots, and I gave the good ones to my comrades.

I went back to my parents' house and helped you raise pigs. I learned a lot of skills. I was busy before and my mother asked me to bring things but didn't send them over. You just happened to come over.I'll go find you tomorrow. "

The soldier was very happy. He talked about his situation, gave up the lottery ticket close to home, and ran back to Sichuan.

"How is my sister?" The uncle finally remembered something important.

"Mom is fine! I made a lot of money, Your Majesty rewarded me, and Xiaqiu Village gave me money. I ate meat every meal in the military camp. Look, I am strong! I have strength..."

"That's great! We brothers are still talking about it! After selling the cabbage heads, we will have someone send some of our things to my sister. Thanks to this year..."

The nephew and uncle started chatting, and the locals around him came to listen. "Businessman, don't be in a hurry. You can speak first. If you explain clearly, I can pay with treasure money."

"Xiao Qi, look at it for us. Don't be rude. You don't recognize our Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes. I want them to be beautifully painted." The fourth uncle accepted the treasure banknotes, and there were people from the Yamen beside him to vouch for them.

The other people around also agreed, OK!No wonder you can tell by looking at Xiaqiu Village's ability that it takes a lot of effort to fake.

Xiaqiu Village has bombed all the dangerous places in the Yangtze River, at least there are no reefs. I heard that there will be floods this year, no, last year, that’s what the experts in Xiaqiu Village said.

Moreover, Qingcaitou Xiaqiu Village collected the food that the court had given them before, saying that they did not need to pay it back and they could live a good life.

Everyone began to temporarily learn the denominations of the treasure banknotes. If they look like this, they are worth one cent, and if they look like that, they are worth two cents...

The disaster-stricken areas in Sichuan were like this. In other places, officers and soldiers in the past also worked hard to teach the people, teaching them to recognize money first, and then buy their things, or let them exchange copper coins, gold and silver.

This is the place that the team can reach now. There are still other teams on the way and it will take some time to arrive.

What the people first heard was that the army was required to teach literacy, carry various powdered medicines, and not only eat local food for free, but also give money.

Most people agree that a few people have evil intentions, such as village bullies. They are afraid and can only find ways to stop them.

Especially the village chiefs and the like, they will tell lies to the villagers, discredit others, and make up things to scare people.

He said that this was a lie and that he was not a real Ming Dynasty sergeant. He came here to kidnap people, tied them up and beat them to death.

So you are right, all such people will be arrested and beaten to death. The army is not used to their bad habits and causing trouble, right?tidy.

The others were instantly honest, and everyone could actually guess whether it was the army or not. The sergeants used to carry weapons and would help with hunting.

There are no protected animals, so anything that is edible is hunted. The people also guide the hunting of wild boars, wolves, leopards, tigers, bears...

There is no need for sparrows. Common people can use baskets to trap sparrows. After killing them, they wrap them in mud and bake them. When the mud is removed, their feathers will fall off.

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"The braised sparrow is delicious. Let's eat it fried and drink at night."

Zhu Yuanzhang was eating sparrows, which were not as fat as those in autumn. In autumn, sparrows have to spend the winter and eat hard, and their physiology requires them to start accumulating fat.

The sparrows after spring are also working hard to eat and need to reproduce. Then they are caught by the people, especially half-grown children, who make their own slingshots and shoot them.

Today's slingshots are bows and arrows. They don't shoot arrows. They shoot stones. They don't need such a long range. Thirty steps is enough.

Children can shoot accurately. They can draw a bow and shoot stones within 20 meters, and hit where they point. They don't know any calculation methods such as wind direction and gravity. Even if they are proficient, they don't even aim, and hit by feeling.

They used to think of ways to roast and eat them after hunting, but now they sell them in the market for ten pieces for a penny, no matter how small they are, they are still meat. The meat of ten pieces is always more expensive than the same weight of rice.

The purchasers in Xiaqiu Village saw the products and boiled them with hot water. They asked the palace maids and eunuchs to help them remove their hair, and they had braised sparrows for lunch.

"Your Majesty, let's eat the sizzling sparrow! There's too much oil for frying." The mayor suggested that most ministers would not say this, including Guanglu Temple.

"Okay, let's eat in the village. The village arranges it. The palace maids and eunuchs are most willing to come to the village. They can always eat good food. When they go back, they eat it secretly. We pretend not to see it."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow the palace maids and eunuchs to eat food from other places. It didn't matter what Xiaqiu Village gave them. Last time, Long raised his head and gave him a lot of fried chicken legs. He watched a palace maid standing at the door quietly eat it. He was going out originally. As a result, I waited until the other person finished eating before making any move.

(End of this chapter)