Yinshan County, Waguo.

Kotaro, no, he has changed his name now, and because of his hard work and hard work, he was also sent to fish creek to dig for gold.

During the gold mining in Yuxi, he was also very hardworking, active in his work, and willing to endure hardships, so he was also affirmed by the above.

Not long ago, Tong Yuan, the county magistrate of Yinshan County, also officially gave the surname to those who went to Yuxi to do things and worked hard in the world, and Kotaro was given the surname Niu, and at the same time, Kotaro also found the foreman when he was digging gold mines, and asked him to help him re-take a name, called Niu Ploughing Field, which means as diligent as ploughing oxen.

This has his own surname, and at the same time, he also has the same name as the Ming people, Niu Gengtian feels that he is completely different from these Japanese people around him.

Now he no longer wears the clothes and shoes of the Ming people, but learns to wear the clothes and shoes worn by the Ming people, and even his hair is the same as the Ming people, and he is no longer the head of the previous month.

At the same time, when he said the law, he also tried to use the Ming dialect as much as possible, during the gold mining in Yuxi, he had contact with many Ming people, and he could already speak a lot of Ming dialect.

There are many, many Japanese people like Niu Ploughing Field, and the Japanese people in Yinshan County are learning from the Ming people, wearing the clothes of the Ming people, speaking the Ming language, and eating meat and drinking tea in large bowls like the Ming people.

In the past, the most enviable were those samurai who wore kimonos, had a katana pinned to their waists, and swayed their clogs, but now they are different.

The most enviable thing is those Ming people, so everyone is the same, and they all follow to learn.

Of course, this is not only the Japanese people in Yinshan County, but also the Japanese people in the entire Japanese country.

The news has spread, and the Wa State and the Ming Dynasty officially signed a vassal state treaty, and the Wa State has been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty for generations to come.

Even the emperor will not be called the emperor in the future, he can only be called my king, and the king of the Japanese has also been given the surname Dongfang by the emperor of the emperor, so it is also a new atmosphere to learn and emulate from the Ming Dynasty.

This is especially true here in Yinshan County.

Because it no longer belongs to the Wa Kingdom, it belongs to the Ming Dynasty,

The Japanese people here are different from the Japanese people in other places, they are the Ming people, so many times, the Japanese people in Yinshan County tend to raise their heads to the Japanese people in other places, and feel that they are superior.

As for the Japanese people like Niu Gengtian, who have already obtained the Han surname and Han people, and can still speak the Ming language, the status is even higher, and often when walking on the street, there is no one else in their eyes except the Ming people.

Of course, this is not just because the Ming Dynasty taught the Japanese a hard lesson and convinced the Japanese people, but more because of the Japanese people in Yinshan County, their lives have undergone earth-shaking changes.

A large silver mine was found here in Yinshan County, and Emperor Hongzhi, the crown prince, Liu Jin and the military generals and nobles jointly founded Yinshan Mining and mined silver ore on a large scale here in Yinshan County.

At the same time, because of the particularity of Yinshan County.

It is an important point on the route from the Ming Dynasty to the Golden Continent, and at the same time, it is the place where the Ming Kingdom belongs to the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to Yinshan County.

A large amount of silver was transferred to build a huge Yinshan Port here in Yinshan County, and at the same time, it was also a cement road to build a new Yinshan County here.

In addition, there is Fish Creek, which is also under the jurisdiction of Yinshan County.

All of this requires a large number of people, and it is obviously inappropriate to recruit all of them from the Ming side, and the salary is very high, so it is not worth it.

Therefore, it is basically recruited here in Yinshan County, which can not only save time, but also reduce the cost.

In the Beijing-Tianjin area of Daming, the monthly ringing of recruiting a worker for a month has now risen to nearly four taels of silver, and it is necessary to include three meals a day and accommodation.

But here in Yinshan County, recruiting these widows only needs to give them three meals a day and one tael of silver a month.

Under such conditions, the Japanese people in the entire Yinshan County are crazy, and they work hard, for fear that the owner will not hire them and miss such a good opportunity.

Yinshan County used to be very poor, just like the rest of the Wa Kingdom.

Especially for ordinary Japanese people, that's even more so.

The richest places in the Wa Kingdom are the Kanchu and Kanto regions, which are a small number of plain areas with many fields, but Yinshan County is different, mainly mountainous and has very little arable land.

For ordinary Japanese people, it is a problem for them to work hard all year round to even have enough to eat, and many times a day is just a rice ball.

In the final analysis, the situation of the Japanese people at this time is similar to that when Liu Jin first crossed over, and even because the Japanese country is an island country, the materials here are even more scarce and the life is more difficult.

Now recruiting workers, three meals a day, and fish and meat for you to eat, rice can be changed to slim when you are tired of eating, and there are one or two silver a month, under such conditions, the widows of Yinshan County are very excited.

Anyway, it's all work, and now not only can I eat enough, but after calculating it, by the end of the year, every family still has a few taels of silver.

Niu Gengtian took his wife and children to walk on the hard and spacious cement road to Yinshan County, ready to purchase a batch of New Year's goods and spend the New Year beautifully.

He worked hard, went to Yuxi to dig gold mines, and when he came back, he also got his own silver at one time, and his waist bag was bulging instantly, and the whole waist board was quite straight.

"Kotaro~"

At this time, an acquaintance saw Niu plowing the field and couldn't help but greet him.

However, Niu Ploughing the field didn't bother to pay attention to it, pretending not to hear.

"Kotaro~"

The other party was slightly stunned, and also came to Kotaro and shouted.

"I don't call Kotaro anymore, I have my own surname and Chinese name, and I'll be called Niu Ploughing Field in the future." Qishu.com

Niu Ploughing Tian rarely said with displeasure.

"I'm sorry~I'm sorry~"

"Cow ploughing the field~"

When the other party heard this, he immediately hurriedly lowered his head and said.

"Hmm~"

Niu Gengtian nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Lord Niu Gengtian, I heard that after the spring of next year, you will go to Yuxi to dig gold here, I wonder if you can take me?"

Kojiro nodded and said with a flattering face.

Yinshan County has spread here, and those who went to Yuxi to dig gold have all been given surnames by the magistrates, and more importantly, the people who went to dig gold mines have earned a lot of silver, which is more profitable than digging silver mines here in Yinshan County.

"Take you?"

Niu Gengtian glanced at Kojiro slightly and said, "Let's look again, I'll inform you when there is a shortage of people." ”

"Thank you, Ushi-sama, thank you, Ushi-kota-sama~"

Kojiro couldn't help but thank him again and again.

"Hmm~"

Niu Gengtian nodded with satisfaction, he liked this feeling very much, the feeling of being on top.

With his own surname and Chinese name, according to the rules of the Wa Kingdom, he also belongs to the ranks of the nobility, because only the nobles can have their own surnames.

Of course, here in Yinshan County, surnames seem to be becoming less and less valuable, and there are many people who are given surnames.

However, for those who have not yet received a surname, they are still on the top.

"The changes in the silver mountain are really big~"

Niu Gengtian looked at Yinshan County, which had undergone great changes, and couldn't help but sigh and said.

The seaside is the busy Yinshan Port, in the huge port, a large ship is moored, the wharf is busy, the spacious cement road connects the Yinshan Port and the Yinshan County, and it also extends to the place where the Iwami Silver Mine is located, which greatly facilitates the transportation and silver mining.

"Yes, it's changed a lot~"

Niu Gengtian's wife, Miko, also nodded with a sigh, not only Yinshan County has changed a lot, but their lives have also changed a lot.

Soon, with his wife and children, he came to Yinshan County.

The whole Yinshan County is very lively and very busy.

All kinds of shops, one after another, and the flow of people who come here to buy New Year's goods.

The Japanese people in Yinshan County are rich, and their pockets are bulging, and they naturally have to spend a lot of money during the New Year, and they are similar to the Beijing-Tianjin area, where in Yinshan County, silver mines, Yinshan Port, etc., have also successively announced annual vacations.

In the winter, everyone is idle all of a sudden, and there is silver, and this Yinshan County has undergone earth-shaking changes, and naturally, almost all the people in Yinshan County like to flock to the county here.

This makes the whole county extremely lively.

The special geographical location of Yinshan County also determines that Yinshan County is also very rich in materials, not only from various places in the Japanese country, but also from a large number of goods from the Ming Dynasty, from North Korea, and even from the South Seas.

Many merchants from other parts of the country will come to Yinshan County to do business, which further prospers the market in Yinshan County, making it very noisy.

"Buy Couplet~"

"You must buy couplets for the New Year~"

"The Ming people will post couplets and hang red lanterns during the New Year, and we will also buy them."

Niu Gengtian walked on the street very leisurely, looking at the lively and busy scene, he bought a lot of things, food and clothing, and bought a lot.

However, he always felt as if he had forgotten the most important thing, until he came to the shop opened by the Ming people, saw the red lantern hanging at the door of the shop, and saw the newly pasted red Spring Festival couplets.

He couldn't help but slap his head suddenly, and finally thought of what was missing, what was missing was the red and festive Spring Festival couplets and red lanterns.

"Why do you buy that thing, you can't eat it, you can't wear it."

Miko beside her said with some incomprehension.

"What do you know as a woman?"

"Our family now has a family with its own surname, and it is a Han surname, which is different from ordinary people, if we want to be an authentic Ming person, we should learn everything."

Niu Gengtian immediately reprimanded, and then began to look for Spring Festival couplets and red lanterns.