Datang first village

Emperor Li Er of the Tang Dynasty postponed the time of his inspection tour. .

Because of the excuse of Tianying Pavilion, I hope that the process of supervising the country can be tried under the guidance of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If there are any shortcomings, it can be changed. This is a great thing for the government.

The whole Tang Dynasty is full of manuscripts and buildings, not only Japanese people, but laborers from Goguryeo, Baekje, and Nanyang are busy at various construction sites. Naturally, the first-class treatment of Datang people, the second-class treatment of the three tribes of the peninsula, and the third-class treatment of Japanese people and Nanyang .

Since the first Japanese laborer boarded the ship, nearly [-] laborers from Wajima have gone to Datang, and they have been scattered to work in several construction sites. It has been almost two months.

The speed of recruiting people on Wajima is slowing down.

Many Japanese who want to earn some money have already started to go east, and they have posted job recruitment notices near the capital of Dahezhong.

Wang Ba's fleet finally shipped the new rice from his territory to several ports including Hiroshima.What Wang Ba got was not only to recruit people in these ports, but also to get the right to connect and trade together.There are also more businessmen in Datang here.

Last night, there were special Japanese officials who went to the village and shouted.This is the day to receive food.

Many Japanese carry a small frame made of bamboo, which can be carried on their backs, and then two stones of rice can be placed, and then tied to the frame with a rope.Before dawn, there were thousands of people lined up on the pier. Some people who were far away heard the news last night and set off with rice balls, and walked dozens of miles to the pier.

The pier in Hiroshima has also been expanded in the past two months, from barely parking one boat to being able to park two boats.It is also barely parked, and when it is close to the pier, it is necessary to pull the rope manually to make the boat dock.

"Xiama Village!" A small Japanese official stood on a high platform and shouted with a horn made of iron sheets.

Ordinary inferior villagers do not have official names, but they also have their own names, which are called the first name by the Japanese nobles, or a code name.

They shouted one by one, and came forward one by one in line.

The little Japanese official was shouting again: "This is the rice that was distributed for the first month of work. The nobles in the Tang Dynasty gave rewards, so there is always a difference between good and bad work, and it takes some time to calculate it." , and it will take some time to transport the rice, so don’t make trouble, and listen to the nobles of Datang.”

In any case, some rice was finally sent.

The Japanese had nothing to do with it, but the lord of Wa Island never gave them half a grain of rice when they asked them to work.

Many Japanese people first boarded and unloaded the goods, and then began to pack them here. There were not a few of them with straw woven rice bags.Many people sat on the ground and began weaving bags without being instructed by others. The weaving method or size of the bags has been imprinted in the lives of ordinary Japanese people.

Those who are responsible for distributing rice are just a few ordinary boatmen who can read and write.

Calling names, he called out ten names in one mouthful, and the little Japanese official hurried to answer, shouting ten names.But many people are a little at a loss, because there are many people with the same name in a village.It was originally the first name, and many people called it the same.What a male, big male, second male and so on.

"When the contract was signed, each person was issued a bamboo card, matching the number on that side."

Number, this little Japanese official doesn't know the number above, let alone how to pronounce it.

"Let everyone in this village come over."

There are not too many laborers in a village, usually dozens of people.

"Tell the two boys to come out. The rest of them will each take a bag!"

It's easy to distribute grain, and it's the best rice for a stone of rice, and there are Japanese merchants collecting rice here.A stone of rice like this can be exchanged for a stone of old rice, plus a few catties of brown rice, still in the form of barter.

There are also people from Datang secretly inquiring about the origins of these businessmen.

There were seven families called Er Nan, and after checking the numbers, five of them went to get a bag of rice.

"You, fifty packs!" The boatman in charge of distributing rice pointed to one of them and said in Chinese. The Japanese official in charge of translation was dumbfounded when he heard it. Fifty packs, did he hear it wrong?Immediately, he asked respectfully: "You just said, fifty packs?"

The boatman didn't bother to explain, pointing to the packed rice pile: "Start from here, and then go to this bag. They all belong to his family. Tell him that the second man has made some credit for being the captain of the 200 people." , so fifty packs of rice."

The family almost fainted when they heard fifty packs of rice.

Fifty packs, they couldn't carry it back, what to do with so much rice.

They are all from the same village, so of course they have to help. The villagers are willing to help him carry the rice back. With so much rice, naturally there is no need to replace the polished rice with old rice, and he can eat freely when he goes back.

While everyone was discussing about moving rice by themselves, the last family member named Ernan was called to the table by the boatman.

A bag was taken out of the basket and opened directly on the table, a bag full of coins. "You have fifty packs of rice and one thousand pieces of money. If you don't want money, I'll give you another 120 five packs of rice. You choose yourself." The Japanese didn't understand, and after translating, he was still confused.

What can this money do?

Wa country has no such thing as money until now, their currency is rice or cloth.Like taxation, one household pays 1 zhang 1 feet of yongbu and 2 dou of yongmi.So it is still the era of barter.

What does this pretty, shiny little disc represent?

Only businessmen who have done business with Datang understand it, but ordinary Japanese people understand this.

"Do you want money? If you don't want money, I can give you some cloth. You can exchange two bolts of sackcloth, one bolt of white linen, and half a bolt of silk. You can exchange it, and ask what you want."

The Japanese man was still in a daze, even if the translator explained it very clearly to him.

The boatman in charge of distributing rice has already frowned. He is not afraid of trouble, but the Tang Dynasty has the rules of the Tang Dynasty. In the words of His Highness King Qin, we can use the Japanese as livestock, but the promised wages and the rewards that should be paid are absolutely Not less, this is not credit to the Japanese, but the arrogance of being a Datang person, and the Datang person is responsible for his credit.

Helpless, the boatman asked people to remove many small and small things from the boat.

A person who understands the Japanese language explained to the Japanese man how much he can get, even if he doesn't need rice, he can also replace it with other things.

"The next village."

Almost every village has one or two people who get more rice than the average person.

Those that exceed ordinary people range from five packs to hundreds of packs.

"Head, the Japanese man wants two cans, and some fragrant cakes from last time. He also wants a piece of burlap, a needle, and some thread."

"Give him a pack of needles." The boatman in charge of distributing rice waved his hand casually.

A needle is a small thing that is not easy to make by blacksmiths and then grinding it.And the really good needles are all made of steel, so a needle in Wajima in the Asuka era is a valuable item.

Even in the Tang Dynasty before Wude, a steel needle was worth two pennies.

But now, in industrial production, there are special punching machines and rolling machines, and a pack of ten needles costs only one penny.

When the one with a smile on his face took the things he asked for, he even knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the rice-distributing boatman, and then he called the villagers to help carry the things back.

In the afternoon, another ** appeared.

"After three days of torrential rain in Chang'an, the Qinling road construction site was the first to rush forward carrying sandbags. He also covered the leaking part of the cement pile with tarpaulin in time. The foreman of the Qinling construction site gave a special reward."

Banner surname characters.

This was the way Li Yuanxing promoted Xi Junmai at first, and this trick was already used by many in the upper circles of the Tang Dynasty.

In order to subdue the Japanese, it is natural to choose a character with the banner surname.

One hundred packs of rice, one ordinary silk, two fine white linen, two pairs of fine shoes, two clothes, two canned fruits, two canned meats, a reward of three thousand, and a scroll.

"Leave the money as a reward. This coin can be exchanged for many Tang products. Take this scroll well. This is your family's passport. In the next year, with this scroll, three people in your family can go to Chang'an for a visit, or you can go to Visiting the construction site. We are responsible for all the expenses. If you want to buy something, you can buy a lot with the three thousand dollars. With this scroll, you can use the price of the Great Tang, and there is no need to add foreign tax."

When you go to Datang, you can visit your family members on the construction site, and you can also visit Chang'an City.

This reward shocked all the Japanese.

The boatman in front was continuing his work, and near the boat, several Tang people had gathered together.

"Head, I found out. Several businessmen are from the capital city of the Yamato Kingdom, and many people are constantly inquiring about our affairs. From this situation, it can be seen that the Yamato Kingdom has noticed our Datang. This time we rewarded, I'm afraid it will be known by the Yamato Kingdom soon, it seems that it is necessary to send someone to their capital once."

The leader lowered his head: "What's the reason for going? It's not easy for us to get in. The lowest one of us is half a head taller than the Japanese, so it's not easy for us to get in."

"So, what about buying the Japanese?"

"Time is tight, what if the bribe is unreliable?"

Several people were discussing how to deal with the Yamato Kingdom in low voices, and at the same time, a few Japanese people were also discussing beside a haystack outside the pier.

"Dozens of lords in the surrounding countries of the Inner Sea have contacts with the Tang people, and many of them have spent a lot of money to buy a lot of Tang people's weapons. The people in their territories are counted by the Tang people, and there are hundreds of thousands of them every month. Shi Mi, they have weapons and food. It is inevitable that they will fight against Wangcheng like Izumo!"

"Izumo is already troublesome. If there is another rebellion here in the inner sea, it will be a big trouble."

At this time, there were bursts of cheers from the pier.A Japanese man went to inquire about it, but it was a person from the Tang Dynasty who asked him to set up a pot for cooking, and everyone who came to pick up the rice offered two rice balls.

The cheers were not over yet, and there was another round of cheers, and it turned out that there was another rewarder with more than [-] bales of rice.

The spies headed by the Japanese had a gloomy face: "You are watching, I will go back and report to Prince Shotoku!" (To be continued.)