Villager of Daming

Chapter 862 An excuse to let the air flow freely

People in the market are buying and selling things, and the market area is wider. There are villages in the southeast. They can either continue southward and walk thirteen or four miles to the market there, or they can go diagonally into Nanjing City and then walk there. Go up Li Road to a market in Nanjing City.

If it is outside Xiaqiu Village, then it will take seven miles less. Xiaqiu Village is to the east of the Imperial City, and the Imperial City is 2.2 kilometers wide.

It's to Datong Street. It's two kilometers from Datong Street to the market.

If we walk diagonally, we don't have to walk 4.2 kilometers, but only seven more miles.

From the two villages over there to Xiaqiu Village, it is still more than eight miles away, thirteen or four miles to the market in the south, and fifteen miles to the nearest market in Nanjing.

The market in Xiaqiu Village is very important to those two villages. Whether it is selling or buying, it takes a lot less time to walk.

Those selling goods must abide by the same rules and are not allowed to do anything bad. Otherwise, they will not be taken care of by Xiaqiu Village, and other vendors will drive people away.

Maintaining a special market together seems to create a classic.

There is no bartering when doing transactions, and no copper coins are used, only precious coins.

"Look, people are still willing to choose easy-to-use money! How are the inspections of gold and silver shops in various places?"

Zhu Yuanzhang held up a telescope to watch people's transactions and felt a sense of accomplishment. No one used copper coins.

"Your Majesty, due to the distance, we have currently found the 61st state capital. Later, several of the state capitals that were found got the news in advance and wanted to settle the account, but unfortunately it was too late.

I'm afraid that if the state government has more time to prepare in the future, it will be able to settle some accounts and refund the overcharged money.

I am thinking about what to do at that time. They usually rely on lending to make money, unless there are other behaviors such as forcing girls into prostitution.

Others who have been found have been dealt with according to the previous methods. Those who should be refunded, those who should be punished, those who violated the Ming Dynasty law, the gold and silver were loaned to the palace, and they will be returned to their treasure banknotes with five cents monthly interest. "

Hu Weiyong hurriedly spoke out. When the matter fell on him, he had to offend someone.

He knew that the treasure banknotes with collateral were stable, and the people were not stupid. Once he saw that they could exchange them for gold and silver at any time, he felt relieved, but he would not exchange them because there was a handling fee.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Those who have not committed other crimes will not be fined at most. The gold and silver must be taken out. In what name..."

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted other people's gold and silver, but he couldn't come up with a good idea.

The chief took the opportunity to speak out: "Your Majesty, there will be records of the balance of accounts. If the amount is higher than the amount stipulated by the court, then it is obviously wrong to loan out the money after collecting it.

It's equivalent to me asking you to borrow money, and then I take it out to lend. When the time comes, I see that you will be investigated, and I quickly return the borrowed money to you.

But you have actually made a profit from this, which is considered unjust enrichment and should be punished. "

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned at first, and then he slapped his thigh vigorously: "Yes, I made money with other people's money. Hu Qing followed suit."

Hu Weiyong: "..."

He knew that he had offended people even more. All the gold and silver shops in the Ming Dynasty could not escape. How could there be a clean one?

"Wei Yong, don't be embarrassed. Just accept it this time. You won't accept it in the future. It's enough. People will always keep it for jewelry or something." Zhu Yuanzhang comforted Hu Weiyong.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. No, I will definitely crack down on the lawbreakers severely. Yes, thank you Your Majesty for giving me this opportunity." Hu Weiyong said, and sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Well! We believe you." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Hu Weiyong thanked him again.

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the telescope and looked down again, took a look, and suddenly asked the chief: "Yichang, what do you think the people below want?"

Li Chang: "..."

How could he know? This question... "Money, buying, eating, delicious, eh! Hey hey hey hey!" Zhu Wentian found an opportunity again, shaking his hands and saying.

The director looked at Hanhan's hand, listened to Hanhan's words, picked up the telescope, looked down, and then smiled.

"Your Majesty, as Hanhan said, they are short of change. I will ask someone to bring change down."

"I'll go." A young man stood up and ran down.

After a while, I carried a big bag and went to the market outside, where I exchanged dimes for the people. There was no money, no printing at all, and no pictures were designed.

As soon as the young man arrived, he could not be heard shouting, but many people came up to interact with him.

Theoretically, those who change this kind of money should charge an exchange fee of 1% to 2%.

At that time, Zhu Wentian had someone specializing in this in the vegetable market. One percent was already a lot. When there was a special shortage, two percent was needed.

If you go to Xiaqiu Village to change it, you won’t be charged a dime, and you’ll get free labor service.

"You also need to build a shed. There are more people, and the people who handle fish and meat need to be arranged. The smell is unpleasant in summer, especially from flies. Meat that has been bitten by flies is the most susceptible to spoilage. There will also be various things in it that can make people sick after eating them. How about making a window screen?”

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that there were more people, but the number of sheds did not increase.

In the past, straw mats were used to block moisture, but they naturally had to be removed in summer. It was not the moisture that was the problem, but the stuffy heat, and the curtains would cause heatstroke.

Mosquitoes at night and flies during the day, it is best to have a window screen, weaved with ramie thread. For clothes, the jute fiber used for making sacks is thick and not suitable for weaving screens.

"Your Majesty, the screen window is easy to say, including the front curtain. But it can't stop the flies. As soon as the fly is opened, the fly's reaction speed is fast and the flying speed is also fast, and it gets in.

There is a new design in the village. Take bamboo tubes. Bamboo tubes of different thicknesses are connected together, with the wide mouth facing inward and the narrow mouth facing outside.

Then add a small windmill outside and connect it to a simple bamboo gear set, so that the cloth can rotate on the stall selling fresh food to drive away flies.

It uses the principle of indoor and outdoor air compression. If there is wind outside, this design will naturally not be used. "

The mayor needs to solve the problem fundamentally. Screen windows are not enough. There must be something rotating to keep flies away at all times.

In fact, it is a plastic bottle air conditioner, but it is not for cooling, but to generate wind, blow the windmill, and the other side will spin.

When Zhu Wentian was selling pork, there would be an electric rotating plastic strip on top. If the same electric one was used, would there be a stall fee?

Fans like that can also be made, with just one gear and an electric motor. It's very simple. We already have them. They started blowing them in the palace last year, and they also have them in officials' offices.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it carefully and didn't understand: "Yichang, please let someone make it first. Let's see. Our village can always use some things we have never seen before."

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After everyone rested, Zhu Wentian, the chief and others also came to the sacrificial hall. Zhu Wentian thought of something and wanted to teach the chief.

"What a fool! Your Majesty is working hard to learn now! You are not angry at all because you don't know how to do it." The chief praised Zhu Yuanzhang first.

"Yes! This means that a person who doesn't know something is not ashamed, and he is not a gentleman! Confucius said that if a person doesn't feel ashamed and angry because of what he doesn't know, isn't he a gentleman?"

Zhu Wentian nodded seriously, spoke a sentence from the Analects, and translated it.

Li Chang: "..."

Friends: "..."

　No more today.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)