After taking a big turn in the Shizhu countryside, Rao is Zhu Hexing, a stupid boy, has also realized that there is a great difference between Sichuan, which has been ruled by Liukou for twenty years, and the southeast of the Ming Dynasty that he is more familiar with!

In other words, the southeast of the Ming Dynasty and Sichuan are fundamentally two eras!

The southeast of the Ming Dynasty was already a fiery semi-capitalist and semi-feudal society, with a fairly free flow of population, goods, and capital, and very little control.

Moreover, the people in the southeast are also accustomed to this kind of flow, and they are also accustomed to farming and not succeeding in going to the city to make a living, and if they do not mix well in the city, they will go to the big city to find opportunities...... And the feudal states and feudal towns established by the Celestial Empire in the New World and Nanyang have now become a pressure relief for social contradictions in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty!

In the relatively liberal countryside and cities of the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, failure and success are equally common - whether it is studying, farming, learning crafts, or trading, there are those who do well and those who do not do well, and there are those who are lucky and unlucky. And those who are particularly unsuccessful and unlucky can finally go to the New World, go to the South Seas to make a living, and maybe return to their hometowns...... It is precisely because of this opportunity (the probability of turning over is not low) that the society in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty can be stabilized in the initial stage of capitalism with fierce competition and lack of security.

In fact, the same phenomenon existed in contemporary Europe: the colonies were not only raw material collectors and commodity markets, but also an outlet to release the pressure of the native class. If you don't have this opening, there will be "sheep eating people" on the British side, and there are various sects, you persecute me, and I will persecute you, and you will have to fight a civil war every day, what kind of capitalism can you do?

However, even if there is this pressure relief port, it does not mean that the situation in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty is as stable as Mount Tai, although the large-scale civil uprising has not been seen for many years, but the small-scale riots and various underworld forces still exist for a long time and are difficult to eradicate.

Moreover, the balance between the contradictions arising from free competition in the southeast and the contradictions in the export of overseas and domestic contradictions cannot be established overnight, but has been formed step by step through long-term evolution and development, and it is not something that can be put in place in one step or two.

And here in Sichuan, due to the 20 years of feudal rule of the Dashun Dynasty and the policy of profiteering, the original capitalist germ completely disappeared...... Even the commercial and trade circulation between the state capitals was firmly under the firm control of the Dashun household government, and even the commercial activities of the prefecture and county were under the strict management of the state capitals. As for the flow of people, it is subject to extremely strict control!

And this kind of control has become a part of the life of the Sichuan people!

It can be said that under the rule of the Great Shun Dynasty, the economic life of Sichuan almost returned to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, so the people here in Sichuan are very unaccustomed to the free flow of people and goods!

In Li Jinxue's old house, Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying saw the homespun cloth woven by Li Jinxue's grandmother and a tattered spinning wheel.

Li Fengshi (Li Jinxue's grandmother) had already gone to Shizhu City to "enjoy happiness", and the spinning wheel and linen were left in the old house by Li Jinxueqiang - Li Jinxue didn't want his grandmother to work hard all her life, so he didn't let her take those things down the mountain.

"What kind of cloth is this?" Ding Yuying was more careful, and when she was resting in this dilapidated thatched hut, she saw at a glance the homespun cloth placed on a wooden platform in the corner of the wall.

A Guards soldier immediately took the gray-white homespun cloth and handed it to Ding Yuying. Ding Yuying took it over and looked at it carefully, and found that it was very shoddy, not like cotton.

"It's linen," Li Jinxue said, "there is no cotton here in Sichuan, and there are very few people who raise silkworms and spin silk...... In the folk grass market, linen cloth can also be used in exchange for firewood, rice, oil and salt, and when Sichuan people marry daughters and wives, linen cloth can also be used as a marriage asset!

Because my family only has one mother-in-law, I can't weave much linen, and after coping with the household adjustment, there is not much left, and I don't even have enough clothes for myself, so I am relatively poor. Wealthy families in the countryside were usually able to cultivate by men and weave by women. ”

It turns out that in Sichuan folk, linen cloth has a monetary function!

Zhu Hexing frowned and glanced at the rags in Ding Yuying's hand, now the Ming royal family does not engage in any palace royal ...... What kind of weaving and official kiln, in Zhu Cihong's view, are all money-burning departments, and if you need to send someone to buy it on the street, it will save a lot of money. Therefore, Zhu Hexing's use of cloth is the best on the market, which is not the best, but compared to the linen cloth that Ding Yuying has at hand, I really don't know how much stronger!

He looked at the sackcloth and shook his head, and said in a low voice, "This cloth is too ugly, isn't it?" ”

Ding Yuying nodded: "It's not only ugly, but also rough...... If you go out of the door, I'm afraid that no one will pick it up if you throw it on the ground! ”

"Not really, right?" Li Jinxue glanced at the clothes of Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying, which were indeed very bright! What kind of good-looking clothes, he had never seen them when he was teaching in Shizhu City - the high-ranking soldiers here in Shizhu also wore high-quality linen clothes, where were there such good-looking silk clothes?

Ding Yuying's eyebrows frowned tightly, and when Zhu Hexing saw her face, he asked curiously: "Yuying, did you find something wrong again?" ”

Ding Yuying said: "Husband, if the cotton cloth and silk from the south of the Yangtze River enter Sichuan, no one really wants such linen!" ”

Zhu Hexing glanced at the roll of linen with disgust, "This kind of goods, it's normal for no one to want it!" ”

"But how many years have men and women weaved in Sichuan......," Ding Yuying said, "Many middle-aged and upper-class families may still have a lot of linen cloth!" If the sackcloth is worthless, what will happen to these people? Are they all bankrupt? ”

"This ......" Zhu Hexing was right after thinking about it, but he didn't jump to conclusions easily, but looked at Li Jinxue.

Li Jinxue's brows were already locked, as if he was thinking about something? After a while, he sighed softly: "Sichuan people always have a hard life, and they are bitter in the hands of Liukou!" I didn't think that Master Wang was coming, and there were new hardships to endure......"

"Yuying," Zhu Hexing said to Ding Yuying again, "Why don't we ask Mazhi County if there is any good way when we go back to the city." ”

Ask Ma Wanchun? Ding Yuying said in her heart: Is it appropriate for you to ask such a big question with a magistrate from the sixth grade?

......

Ding Yuying finally did not stop Zhu Hexing from asking Ma Wanchun a question, and this question knocked down Ma Wanchun, who was busy organizing and training Xiangyong.

He looked at the two nosy children in front of him, and he felt very troubled...... If it weren't for their big background, he would have cursed a long time ago!

This kind of thing, where should the county knowers ask?

Besides, you just have to have a way to deal with it...... You don't even know what to do, what do you ask! Do you think I'll have a way? If I have a way, what else should I do? I've long since joined the cabinet and become an old man!

"This, this ......" Ma Wanchun suppressed his anger and said patiently, "Zhu Tongzhi, you must know that although we are the parents of the people, our parents can not do anything!" That's what you're talking about...... No one wants sackcloth, and the parents of the people can't help it! ”

Zhu Hexing nodded, and said in his heart: That's certain, after all, not all parents have the same methods as my parents!

"Why don't we report this to the top!" Zhu Hexing said, "Let's jointly draft a recital and report it to Yong'an Palace!" ”

What the? Report this to the palace? Ma Wanchun was stunned and stunned, isn't this okay to find trouble? Emperor Lao Tzu has all the opportunities, can he have the kung fu to manage this? Besides, no one wants the cloth woven by the common people, what does this have to do with the emperor? There are millions of peasant households in Sichuan, and they have to hand over two or three million pieces of linen cloth a year just for household surveys.

Ding Yuying saw Ma Wanchun's embarrassed face, smiled and said, "County Zun, you can play with my husband...... After the chapter is delivered, my husband and I will leave Shizhu County soon. ”

Now Ma Wanchun is finally interested! That's a good thing!

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