Chapter 174: Polo

Seeing that her mother was also very satisfied, Bai Luoshi knew that the new underwear would be popular, so she opened an underwear workshop and decided to make and sell underwear.

Bai Luoshi plans to take out 50,000 taels to buy shops on Qinhuai Street and West Market, as for the shops in Luobeigang, do you still use her money?

When Gu Bei knew that the lady had decided to do this underwear business, she had already reserved a shop, and it was also the best location in the Luobei Port area.

When the tabloids recruiting female workers in the underwear workshop were plastered all over Yingtianfu City, it immediately caused a sensation.

What is the underwear shop, no one knows, what is the future profit of the underwear shop? No one knows either.

What makes them talk about whether they are paid a tael of silver a month.

One or two pieces of silver, not much, but not much. In Yingtianfu, the monthly salary of adult men is only one or two, and some even cannot reach it.

In Yingtianfu, the average monthly income of ordinary people is only about one or two silver.

This could not help but make women hesitate to apply for the job.

There are women who are hesitant, and naturally there are people who can understand. As soon as the news reached Ying Tianfu, many women signed up without hesitation.

For these "bold" women, husbands and brothers at home can't help but persuade them.

"Lady, there has never been a precedent for recruiting female partners in Quan Daxia, you went like this, what if you are deceived? I don't know what the underwear shop does. ”

"Husband, you have to believe the eldest lady, the concubine saw that the husband worked day and night for this family, the slave felt deeply guilty, and could only stay at home, just this time there was a chance, so the slave wanted to sign up, after all, there was no such shop in this village." The woman who was called the lady smiled, but comforted her husband.

"But ......"

"It's nothing good, don't you want to think about it, this underwear shop is the eldest lady's industry, who is Gu Xiannan? That's Wenqu Xing, he is the eldest lady's husband, no matter what kind of livelihood Gu Xiannan does, the salary given is the highest, with these two as the owner, what is the husband worried about? ”

"This ...... Well, listening to the lady for the husband is just bitter for the lady. The woman's husband hesitated again and again, but was finally convinced.

Conversations like this are not uncommon in Ying Tianfu. The originally hesitant woman, after a struggle of ideas, all decided to fight for this job that could reduce the burden on the family.

The women naturally didn't expect that the whole summer set off a frenzy of recruiting women to work.

Of course, these are all afterthoughts, and the woman who grabbed the place at this time was both nervous and excited.

The establishment of the underwear workshop, with the support of the eldest lady and enough silver taels, everything is going well.

However, these have nothing to do with Gu Bei, who was abandoned outside the "underwear industry", and he didn't have to worry about how to find female workers, but he had a few days of leisure.

The construction of Luobei Port is booming, the horse-drawn carriage shop is thriving, and the high-quality Chinese liquor of the brewery has also begun to be put on sale.

After tasting the distilled high-grade Chinese liquor, the rich people of the entire Ying Tianfu went crazy and went crazy for this unprecedented Chinese liquor.

The Xia people, who are addicted to alcohol, can resist such fine wine.

All the restaurants that sell Chinese wine are bursts of unprecedented, rich wine aroma.

The aroma of this wine hooked the wine worms in the stomachs of the rich people in Xia uncomfortably, and many people were hooked into the wine shop by this rich aroma of wine.

Xia people, who are usually used to drinking low-degree alcohol, can stand the alcohol stimulation of Chinese wine. Xia Ren, who could have drunk a bucket of wine without getting drunk, was drunk and unconscious as soon as he sublimated the wine.

For a time, the number of drunkards in Yingtianfu surged, and the number of drunk people was even more numerous. Or those businessmen who have a lot of money. The officials who patrol the streets every day have to drag out many drunkards who are drunk on the road from the streets.

Especially after the midnight curfew, those who fall drunk on the street will not only be whipped, but even thrown into prison to sober them up.

But even so, the Chinese liquor made in the brewery was still sold out.

The high price of fifty taels and one catties can be said to be the most expensive wine in Great Xia, but it still did not stop the drunkards of Great Xia from chasing Chinese wine.

At present, the winery moved to Luobeigang, because it has just been relocated, the output is not high, and the monthly output of Chinese wine is about five tons.

Converted into the unit of measurement of Great Xia, it is five hundred dou, which is about 10,000 catties, all of which are sold, with an income of 50,000 taels of silver and a profit of at least 40,000 taels.

The production of the brewery is still increasing, and as long as there are enough materials, manpower, and more sake can be brewed.

Now Chen Jinwang is constantly mobilizing sorghum from all over Bactria and transporting it to the winemaking workshop.

However, due to the drought in this summer, the sorghum that can be mobilized is limited, which also limits the output of winemakers.

Thinking about the industry in the player, Gu Bei was very satisfied, and he lived a very leisurely life every day.

However, this daily Xiaolai suddenly came to the door again, and insisted on dragging Gu Bei to Yingtianfu to watch a polo match.

Gu Bei looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, and he didn't have the heart to go out at all. It's autumn, the weather is still so hot, where can you go out in your own backyard, blowing a simple version of the air conditioner, drinking iced juice, and looking at the cool beauty in your eyes?

But he couldn't bear Chang Xiaolai's hard pulling, Gu Bei was helplessly dragged into the carriage, and the group drove away......

The invention of polo began in the Wei Dynasty and flourished in the Xia Dynasty.

During the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhi, the third son of the lord of Wei, there is a poem in the "Famous Capital Chapter": "Even the horse hits the bow, and the clever push is ten thousand ends", indicating that at least in Wei out of the polo already existed.

Polo can be said to be the number one sport in Daxia. Its degree of style is far from being comparable to any football and basketball in the 21st century, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a national sport.

Not only the civil and military officials and the common people loved polo, but even the emperors of Great Xia were also the same.

Great Summer polo already has detailed rules and etiquette, and there are polo courts built all over the country.

In the 21st century, Gu Bei only knew that there was a sport of polo in ancient times, and he had never been in contact with it, so he was naturally not interested.

However, since he was dragged by Chang Xiaolai, he also settled down with what he encountered, and he had the right to experience some Daxia customs.

Today, Chang Xiaolai dragged him to watch the game, in a place where Gu Bei had never been, the Northern Army garrison located in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Seeing that the polo match was actually held in the garrison of the Northern Army, Gu Bei couldn't help but be a little curious about Chang Xiaolai's identity.

"Brother Chang, why is polo being played at the Northern Army garrison today? Who are the two sides of the match? ”

Chang Xiaolai laughed: "Today is a game between the Northern Army and the Southern Army......

After Gu Bei listened, he figured out the reason.

The Northern Army and the Southern Army, because they both belong to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, are stationed in Yingtian City, and friction is indispensable in Pingsuri.

But it's all the Governor's Mansion, and if there is a contradiction, you can't really do it, right? Therefore, playing polo to decide the winner has become a good choice.

Every time there was friction between the two armies, the generals of the southern army would negotiate with the northern army to play a game of polo, and those who lost would retreat.

In this regard, the old man is also happy to see it.

As long as the soldiers do not mutiny, this group of sergeants can solve the conflict in this way, and they can also practice their riding skills, why not?

With the acquiescence and support of the old man, it became a common practice to play polo to resolve conflicts in the army.

The reason for today's game in the garrison of the Northern Army also has a certain relationship with Gu Bei.

In this regard, the second monk Gu Beizhang was puzzled: "What does this matter have to do with me?" Brother Chang, don't talk nonsense. ”

", isn't it the Chinese wine you brewed in the winery that is to blame? A few days ago, a group of soldiers of the Southern Army went out of the camp to rest, drank your Chinese wine, and as a result, they got drunk and clashed with the soldiers of the Northern Army, who were also drunk. Chang Xiaolai patted Gu Bei's shoulder and laughed.

Nima, I drank too much wine and made trouble, and I had a fart relationship, Gu Bei said that he didn't carry this pot.

Besides, fifty taels of silver and a pot of wine, these soldiers are so rich?

This has to start with Gu Bei's popularization of medical knowledge to his husband, when he heard that a high number of alcohol can disinfect the injured and improve the survival rate of the injured.

The old man made a decision on the spot, purchasing Chinese wine on behalf of the military at cost price, and also brought an additional treaty by the way.

That is, when the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion buy Chinese wine, as long as they show the number plate, they can enjoy the discount.

Chang Xiaolai continued: "Tsk, those drunken cats beat each other so lively, and in the end they all said that it was the other party's fault." Isn't this going to have to be solved by polo? Apologize for losing, it's as simple as that. ”

Gu Bei rolled his eyes speechlessly, these big generals are really idle eggs, and big things have to make such a big battle.

He felt that it was most likely Cheng Wuving's old man who was idle and bored, so he let the soldiers play polo games to pass the time.

Gu Bei didn't bother to ask about this again, and asked Chang Xiaolai: "Why can you come in this northern army station?" ”

Gu Bei was very curious about Chang Xiaolai's identity, he had never been to the Governor's Mansion as the uncle of the White Mansion.

"Oh, this is my brother...... My friend is on an errand in the Northern Army, so I can come in,......" Chang Xiaolai replied vaguely.

Gu Bei nodded, everyone got out of the carriage in the camp of the Northern Army, handed over the carriage to the generals to take care of, and Gu Bei only took Xiao Ran in.

Walking to the polo field, Gu Bei was slightly surprised, the main thing is that the polo field is too big.

The polo field is set up with low walls on three sides, and red flags are planted around it, and the court is 1,000 steps long, and it is as smooth as a knife.

One step in Great Xia is that Emperor Taizu takes one step on his left and right feet, positioning the length unit "step", that is, about one meter and five in later generations.

The length of the polo field is 1,000 steps, that is, 1,500 meters, 1.5 kilometers long. The length of a standard football field in the 21st century is no more than 120 meters, which is equal to the length of 123 football fields.

Gu Bei could only smack his tongue at this, saying that he had also been a turtle once, and was impressed by this scale and momentum.