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Chapter 159 The Song of Huaihuang Town

Spring is cold on the grassland, and on the hillside south of Huaihuang Town, the 35 mu of winter wheat that was sown last winter has all been successfully planted in trials. Now the common people are busy sprinkling water to improve moisture.According to the three chapters of the original agreement between Li Chongjiu and the civilian households of the Shumin, any household can be registered as a household, and apply for [-] mu of farmland from Yingyang Mansion, and one cattle to farm the field.

In the first year, farming is exempted from tax, in the second year, one bucket per mu is collected, and in the third year, two buckets per mu are collected. 35 mu of cultivated land is quite small, because the Sui Dynasty was the Northern Dynasty, which inherited the land equalization system of the Wei and Zhou dynasties. ten acres.But right now in Huaihuang Town, farming is a sideline for households, most of them rely on leather tanning as their main occupation, so there are quite a few farmers.

More than [-] mu of land, although it is not riverside land, lacks water, but with the help of cattle and a steady stream of cow and sheep manure to compost, one mu can harvest a stone of wheat.Even if we save money and spend two stones per person per year, it is still not enough for the people of Huaihuang Town to eat.

The population of Huaihuang Town has exceeded 8000 people, and the meat that was stored for the winter last year, after a winter, is almost enough to eat.Right now, the corn and sorghum have not been planted, and the winter wheat has not yet been harvested. This is the time when the farmers are most worried about the lack of grass, so everyone can only eat temporarily with a hungry meal. Fortunately, there is still mutton. supply.If it is changed to the current time in Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong, it is the time of spring famine, and the people want to eat all the food.
Now a caravan of more than 4000 people, the refugees finally arrived in Huaihuang Town after trekking.The people in the city were very excited when they heard the news that the caravan came.For the ancient times where entertainment is boring, the arrival of the caravan twice a year is no less than a festival.The garrison and civilian households in the town, young and old, are all trying to figure out what to buy this year.For them, what they trade with merchants is cattle and sheep skins, as well as copper coins.So when Lin Dangfeng and his caravan entered the city, the people crowded on both sides of the newly built street burst into cheers. For them, the welcome to the caravan was no less than the joy of the soldiers returning home .

But the merchants were full of surprise at the moment, especially the merchants who just came to Huaihuang Town half a year ago.

The three big characters of Huaihuang Town are engraved on the top of the city gate, where is Gao Gaoyin, which marks that one of the six towns in the past has regained its vitality.The businessman looked at the loess under his feet. It was obvious that it had just been rammed, and the houses on both sides of the street had obviously been repaired. Even the edges of several wells were not only repaired with green bricks, but even erected on the wells. Well Pavilion to prevent sandstorms.

And countless people on both sides of the street are cheering, full of enthusiasm. Seeing this scene, those businessmen who used to despise their habits are not only honored, but also feel more face.Now they all puffed out their bellies, tidied up their clothes and hats, and enjoyed the cheers of countless people.But cheers are cheers, support is support, for a profit-seeking businessman, it is how to sell the goods or how to sell them, whether to use a big knife or a big knife, don't even think about lowering a penny.It's not easy for anyone to come to the grassland. Although there are guards from the Cangtou Army of Huaihuang Town, no matter what, they have experienced a lot of life-threatening.

After the caravan entered the city, the merchants naturally headed to the northeast of the city.It was planned as a commercial area early on. As one of the four squares in Huaihuang Town, it was named Luxinfang, which was taken from the meaning of "keeping faith and thinking smoothly" in the Book of Changes.At present, Liujia merchants have settled in Luxinfang. Among them, Tianmao Chamber of Commerce is the largest. In addition to the caravan resident, there is also a large bathhouse that has just been repaired, which can accommodate a hundred people to take a bath. A hearty hot bath, in addition to the bathhouse, there is also an inn, the inn provides the best rooms and meals, only Lin Dangfeng and the shopkeepers of several big merchants in charge can settle in and move forward.As for the other mules and horses shops on both sides of the inn, clothing stores, Yinzi medicine shops, etc. are still under construction, and the streets are full of prosperity.

The people in the caravan were properly arranged, and the Yingyang mansion entertained these merchants with great enthusiasm and sumptuous food. Roasted whole lamb, and a large bowl of fragrant and greasy haggis soup, these made the merchants who had been traveling for several days a full meal, and then the merchants lay down on the straw-paved Datong bunk and slept soundly. They felt that there was no biting cold wind, no scary Hu Qi harassment, and everyone felt that it was dawn as soon as they closed their eyes, and the fatigue from all over their bodies had been washed away.

After settling in for the night, the hard-working merchants began to get busy.If there is a business here, the caravan will directly transport most of the goods to the business, and then they can come to Japan for a long time and slowly buy them.As for the caravans that don't have a business house in Huaihuang Town, they are planning to discuss together and open their own front shop in this Luxinfang.This front shop is not expensive, and it can be opened after reporting to Yingyang Mansion. It can be rented or bought out, and charges are based on the location of the shop and the size of the shop.With this total, of course, five more merchants are ready to take root in Huaihuang Town and open stores.

Big merchants have the atmosphere and methods of big merchants, but the rest are small and medium merchants, as well as small caravans. Many merchants come to Mobei to try their luck. They only carry one or a few mules and horses. It is purely a small business. .Such people accounted for half of the [-] merchants. For them, instead of staying in Huaihuang Town for a long time, they had to quickly exchange their leather goods for leather and horses before returning to the Great Wall Pass. , Earn a second sum.

For such merchants, Huaihuang Town has long been prepared. Yingyang Mansion will open a five-day market in the grass market in the north of the city, and supply these merchants to sell freely. At that time, except for the people in the town who will come to buy, There are also Hu people from various nearby ministries.After all, these Hu people are the main force of consumption. When it comes to the shrewd and treacherous businessmen, the straightforward Hu people are not the opponents of these businessmen. In truth, this Qianli Grassland is simply a good place for people to come here quickly with foolish money.Those tea bricks, silk, and needles and threads that are not very valuable in the Central Plains can be exchanged for good sheepskins, cowhide, Turkic horses, and even silver pancakes here.

Of course, even if the merchants can't sell these things and drop them in their hands, don't worry.There is another place to go, Yingyang Mansion in Huaihuang Town can come forward to purchase by itself, and collect any goods in the hands of merchants at a uniform price, and charge according to the price of the goods. Although the price is not high, they will definitely not let these merchants smash the goods on the ground In his hand, it's a waste of time.Of course, this kind of thing is basically impossible in any Huaihuang Town where goods are scarce, except for the idiots who transport leather from inside the pass to sell it outside the pass. A reassurance.

Therefore, as soon as the news of the five-day fair came out, all the tribes on the grassland heard the news.A few days before the news was released, several small tribes came to buy from the north of Huaihuang Town.These Hu people were mainly from the five tribes of the Xi clan. In the last day or two before the market, there were even some Turks, Tieles, and people from the Baiyu, Khitan, and Shiwei clans who had traveled far away.At present, thousands of tents were erected overnight in the north of Huaihuang Town.Li Chongjiu saw that behind the scenes, in addition to making people feel welcome, he also strengthened his defenses and kept a close watch.

Finally, when the grass market opened, the barbarian people and the people of Huaihuang Town poured into the grass market to choose goods, and even a few merchants with shops in the city had their staff set up a shop in the grass market. shop, selling goods.Whether it is the Hu people or the garrison residents of Huaihuang Town, it is like a festival, and the whole person is beaming with joy.In this era of lack of entertainment, such a large market is like a grand event, bringing people from all directions together.

In this market, the people, old and young, are hand in hand, dazzled by the dazzling array of goods, the women dragging their husbands, reluctantly and patiently gesticulating in front of the stalls, while the children watch the countless gatherings from all over the world. The items are all eye-openers.The merchant's face was already full of smiles, he kept hawking, and his ears were full of bargaining. After that, he looked at the goods on his stall with joy, and replaced them with leather one by one.Even Li Chongjiu was dragged by Pingping and Shi Deyun to accompany them to the market.
A short day passed quickly, and the merchants reluctantly closed their stalls, but the old merchants who were used to running on the grassland knew that night was their happiest time.A person's eyes are full of desires.At night, bonfires were set up outside the tents outside the city, and the sky on the grassland was as red as a girl's smile.Fragrant kumiss, barbecue, and loud and melodious singing touched everyone's hearts one after another. At that moment, countless businessmen couldn't hold back, and took advantage of the night to rush into the felt tents, singing and dancing with the barbarians.

With charming eyes, Xi people, Turkic people, and even blond-haired women with white skin and blue eyes, they don't care about chastity in their hearts. These exotic orchids are naturally enthusiastic.As long as you can bear the smell of sheep that fills the tent after those bearded girls take off their robes, then their enthusiasm on the bed is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary men.After a night of lingering, the businessman quietly got up, put a brick of tea next to the sleeping woman's pillow, and walked away after a few feet of silk cloth.Hu Nv has a bold and unrestrained temperament, and after a night of dewy marriage, they parted ways, so Hu Nv will never be entangled afterwards.

(End of this chapter)