Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 24 Start

Huang Laifu returned to his house and found a problem, which was about charging the laptop.

If his solar-powered notebook needs to be charged, it needs to be placed in the sun, and it must be placed outside the house. There are people coming and going in thousands of houses, so secrets can be leaked in minutes, and the secrets about his life experience and the secrets of the computer, However, serious matters related to his personal wealth and life are absolutely not allowed to be leaked out.

After thinking about it, Huang Laifu thought of the Huang's farm by the Qinglian River that he went to in the morning. There was a courtyard in that farm, which was always the place where the owner lived when he inspected it, but it was hidden.Maybe I can move there myself, and it will be easier to concentrate on doing things.

After making up his mind, after dinner, Huang Laifu shared his thoughts with Huang Sihao and Yang, and the two elders agreed.

Yang even ordered Housekeeper Yang to clean the yard well so that her son could live comfortably, but she asked Huang Laifu to come back at least once every two days, preferably every day for dinner.Because it is rare for Huang Laifu and his sisters to come back together this time, the family members should reunite well.Besides, the in-laws and the unmarried daughter-in-law are still in Qianhu House.

Huang Laifu agreed, anyway, the farm is also close to Wuzhai Fort, and it only takes ten minutes to ride back to Qianhu House on horseback.When Mrs. Yang was speaking, Gu Yunniang was in her arms, looking at Huang Laifu, her eyes were rolling, she didn't know what she was thinking.

At noon of the next day, Huang Laifu casually sorted out some clothes and supplies, took the start-up capital of 200 taels of silver from his father Huang Sihao, took Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu, and moved to the farm on horseback.

The small courtyard has been tidied up a long time ago. It is a single-family courtyard, but it is also clean and will never be disturbed by anyone.Huang Laifu let Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu live in two houses not far from the courtyard, and stipulated that no one was allowed to enter his courtyard without his personal greeting. At that time, the gate of the courtyard was buckled.

The computer security problem was finally solved, and Huang Laifu also set up a small study in his courtyard. After charging his laptop, he turned on the computer and started working on the big water truck.He found some information and pictures of the big waterwheel on the computer, then found some paper, and drew some pictures and the structural diagram of the waterwheel as detailed as possible.

Three days later, the drawings were ready, and Huang Laifu got up early that day.Habitually turn on the computer and look at the date, which is November 1589, 11 AD.The tenth day of October in the lunar calendar.Yichou year, Yihai month, Jiashen day.Year of the Ox.

Back in ancient times, there were many things that Huang Laifu was not used to, and this date and time was one of them.In addition to having to check the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar every day, the calculation of this time also gave Huang Laifu a headache.

In ancient China, Guibiao, sundial and clepsydra were used to keep time. Until the Ming Dynasty, most of them still used clepsydra.For example, in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty, there was a Bell and Drum Tower, and through the bronze engraved leaks of the Bell and Drum Tower, drums and bells were played regularly to announce the time to the whole city.Now there is a Ming dynasty clepsydra preserved in the Jiaotai Hall of the Forbidden City. According to experiments, the amount of water flowing into the receiving kettle is about 3.5 kilograms in one hour, about 24 kilograms in 84 hours a day, and the error in a day is about 10 minutes.

Of course, the general clepsydra is only owned by wealthy or wealthy families, for example, there is one in a thousand households.Ordinary people mostly count the time by watching the sky, or by listening to the clock, or by listening to the drums and bells in the city.

Accustomed to the accurate concept of time in later generations, Huang Laifu is certainly not used to the current timekeeping method.Fortunately, he can see the exact time in his computer, which comforts him. He just needs to adjust the computer date from 2008 to 1589.

There is also a perpetual calendar in his computer, and he can check the conversion between the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar from 1583 to 5582 AD.So when Huang Laifu looked at the calendar, he habitually looked at the Gregorian calendar first, and then the lunar calendar.

Huang Laifu hid the computer and opened the courtyard door. Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu had already been waiting outside the courtyard, seeing Huang Laifu come out.Yang Xiaolu hurried forward and said, "Master, are you up?" In Ming Dynasty, the word "you" has been widely used to express respect.

Huang Laifu nodded, stretched his body, and said, "Get some water and wash up."

Yang Xiaolu answered loudly: "Okay!" and went happily.

Not long after, Yang Xiaolu brought hot water, and Huang Laifu washed himself.

In ancient China, the earliest people used willow branches to clean their teeth, or dipped in green salt to wipe their teeth, and then rinsed their mouths with water.In the Song Dynasty, there were already substitutes similar to toothpaste. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were shops specializing in the production and sale of toothbrushes in many places.At that time, the toothbrush was made of bone, horn, bamboo, wood and other materials, with two rows of pores drilled on the head, and a horsetail was planted on it.It's pretty close to a modern toothbrush.

At this time, Huang Laifu also took a Ming dynasty toothbrush, dipped it in some green salt, brushed his teeth and rinsed his mouth.A very fat woman came into the courtyard with a pot of millet porridge, and said with a smile, "Young master got up so early? Come, drink some porridge while it's hot."

Huang Laifu said: "Thank you, Aunt Yang."

The woman, that is Aunt Yang, said with a smile: "The young master is always so polite these days, but the old lady is not used to it."

This Aunt Yang was specially sent by Huang Laifu's mother Yang to take care of Huang Laifu. Yang asked Huang Laifu to go back to Qianhu House for dinner as much as possible at noon and evening, but in the morning, she could only eat at the farm. Worried about Huang Laifu's life problems, Yang sent Yang Aunt sent over.

This Aunt Yang is said to be Steward Yang's distant relative, who is from Mizhi, Shaanxi, and has been working in Qianhu House for almost ten years.Indeed, every time the rice porridge she cooks, the juice is like fat, and when it is placed in a bowl, it will immediately congeal with a layer of fat, making people salivate.

I often heard Aunt Yang say that this method of cooking millet porridge is a unique skill of Mizhi.In fact, in addition to millet porridge, Mizhi's women are also very famous. They have always been praised as "Mizhi's mother-in-law and aunt Suide's Han Dynasty, Qingjian's slate Wayaobao's charcoal".

Several people entered the main room, Huang Laifu asked Aunt Yang to sit down and drink porridge together, this has been the case for the past few days, Aunt Yang is used to it, and sat down with a smile.But Huang Laifu was at the table alone, Jiang Dazhong, Yang Xiaolu, and Aunt Yang were at the same table to show the difference between master and slave.Aunt Yang thought to herself, after the young master came back from his travels, this person has become much kinder.

After drinking the rice porridge, Jiang Dazhong exhaled contentedly, and said to Huang Laifu, "Master, what are you going to do today?"

Huang Laifu drank four bowls of porridge and felt comfortable all over his body. He got up and moved his body while saying: "Dazhong, you go to the castle and tell Steward Yang to call all the tenants who are farming in the village. I want to give you a lecture, young master." .”

Now it is the slack time for farming, except for a few tenants looking at the farm, most of the tenants are in Wuzhai Fort.For the time being, Huang Laifu is only planning to manage his own farm, and put the other farms aside for now, and wait until things in this farm go well.

Jiang Dazhong replied: "Yes, young master!" He turned around and went out to lead the horse.

Huang Laifu said to Aunt Yang: "Aunt Yang, after those tenants arrive, you can cook another big pot of rice porridge to warm them up."

Aunt Yang was startled, and said, "Yes, young master."

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It was almost noon when Steward Yang came, bringing a large group of tenants. Unexpectedly, Gu Yunniang also came. According to her, she heard that Huang Laifu was going to lecture the tenants, so she came to see the excitement. By the way Seeing how Huang Laifu is going to toss about the farm, Huang Laifu will let her.Keep her by your side.

Soon, all the tenants gathered in the grain drying field of the farm. According to the account book on the farm, there were 41 tenants in the farm, with 51 people.These tenants were old and young, most of them were soldiers from Wuzhai Fort, and some were banner soldiers from Wuzhai Fort. Each rented and planted some fields of the Huang family.

These tenants knew Huang Laifu's reputation in Wuzhai Fort, and they didn't know what this Young Master Huang was going to do to them, and they all felt a little trembling.

Looking around, these people were all in ragged clothes, and their clothes were ragged and ragged, with some black and worn cotton exposed from the holes in their clothes.Today's weather is rare, there are no snow particles, and there is no wind, but these people are standing there trembling, obviously their clothes and bodies can't resist the cold weather.

There are also some people who stand there with a feeling of fluttering, probably because they are very hungry.

Huang Laifu sat on an upper chair, drinking hot tea slowly, while looking at the tenants, Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu stood behind him.Gu Yunniang also stood aside, looking at Huang Laifu from time to time, and then turned to the tenants. Although she was sympathetic, she was not surprised by the plight of the tenants. It was obvious that this kind of poor military household lived in Kelan Prefecture. Zhenxiwei has also seen a lot.

Steward Yang stepped forward, lowered his body and said, "Master, everyone is here."

Huang Laifu nodded, put the teacup on the small table next to him, and said to Yang Xiaolu: "Little donkey, go to Aunt Yang's side to see if her porridge is ready?"

Yang Xiaolu responded and went to the kitchen.Soon, he, Aunt Yang, and a few helpers in the kitchen came over carrying several large pots of porridge.And some bowls and chopsticks.The porridge was steaming, and from a distance, it was as thick as grease, which was quite conspicuous and attractive in this weather.

The tenants below were in a commotion, not knowing what Huang Laifu wanted to do.They looked at the pots of porridge, their eyes were shining brightly, and their Adam's apples kept moving, showing a look of great desire.But in front of Huang Laifu, no one dared to whisper.

Aunt Yang came forward with a smile and said, "Master, according to your order, the porridge is ready."

Huang Laifu nodded and said, "Thank you, Aunt Yang."

Being thanked and praised by Huang Laifu in front of everyone, Aunt Yang felt that her face was bright, and her face burst into a smile: "Ah, young master, you are so polite. This is an old lady's job, but I can't bear your praise .”

(End of this chapter)