Chapter 304: Once Upon a Time
Xiuxiu hugged Shulang and went to the flower hall to see Hammer and Dagui, and couldn't believe her eyes. When the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info was in Yongzhou, Xiuxiu herself was still a child, but she didn't expect that with a flick of her fingers, the world would be so vicissitudes.
Sitting together, talking about the days in Yongzhou back then, everyone couldn't help but sigh. In the six years in Lingnan, Xu Ping not only completely changed there, but also left a mark on his body. Yongzhou's tribute to the capital every year must have his share of Xu Ping's. No matter how simple it is, even if it is a bottle of water or two fruits, the people there still have not forgotten his young general judgment. All the officials and people who have come to the capital from Yongzhou must come to see this old chief.
The hammer tells the story of the changes in Yongtianwu. Some of the elderly had already settled down and could not move around with the sugar business, so they left the sugar business and returned their household registration to the local area. Although they are still doing the old work, growing sugar cane for sugarcane, their people no longer belong there, but are the members of the local state and county. This is the case in the Hammer family, and the same is true in the Qiao Niang family.
Before leaving his hometown to go to Beijing to take the exam, Iron Hammer had already married Qiao Niang. They are playmates who grew up together, and they have to hold hands to complete this life, and they may live on the land of Yongzhou for generations to come.
Xu Ping suddenly remembered and asked Iron Hammer and Dagui: "You go to Beijing to take the exam, how to calculate the travel expenses?" I remember that some time ago, when I talked about the remote military states, all those who passed the liberation test and entered Beijing to catch the exam were issued post coupons by the imperial court. ”
Dagui smiled and said: "Xianggong is benevolent, everyone in Yongzhou knows it. We entered Beijing with post coupons, but by sea, but there were no post stations on the sea, and the post coupons were useless. I told Brother Lin that when I went back after the exam, I must take the land route to see the rivers and mountains of the Central Plains. We who came out of a remote place have never seen much of the world, and we don't read as many books as others, so Zhongjin Shi doesn't dare to think about it. It is enough to take this opportunity to be able to take a tour. ”
Xiuxiu said: "How can you be so unambitious? What's wrong with the remote and small places, they all read the same books, and you also have famous teachers to teach. This time when I entered Beijing, I was selected as a jinshi for others to see, and I didn't let people look down on Yongzhou. ”
Iron Hammer and Dagui laughed together when they heard this: "Madame is still unconvinced back then, but this kind of thing can barely come." The school in Yongzhou can only teach people to read and write, and the articles are already amazing. We've also read the article of the sergeant, and we really can't do it. Madame's heart, we have it. ”
Xu Ping looked at Xiuxiu's indignant appearance and knew that she regarded Yongzhou as half of her hometown, and everything in her hometown was naturally the best. However, there is such a thing as cultural heritage, which can really not be established in three or five years, and in such a short period of time, it turns out that Yongzhou can cultivate its own Jinshi Xu Ping does not believe it. Although most of them are immigrants, they have brought with them the style of study on the original Fujian Road, and the possibility of going out of the Jinshi is greater.
After thinking about it, Xu Ping said to Iron Hammer and Dagui: "That's it, both of you are still young anyway, if this time the field is unfavorable, don't go back to Yongzhou first, send your home to Guozijian, and wait until the next time to take the exam again." The capital is the best area in the world, with a large number of famous artists, whether it is in the future or not, it is good for you to have some knowledge in the future. ”
Xiuxiu put Shulang on the ground, held him in his arms, and said unhappily after listening to Xu Ping's words: "How can you come up with such an idea?" Didn't you just say that Iron Hammer and Qiao Niang just got married, why did they be separated for so many years all at once? Even if you don't win, you should go back and live a good life first, and then come to the exam when you have children. ”
What can Xu Ping say? Of course, he left the newlywed Lin Suniang to Yongzhou. Study tours, although they are all helpless, but as long as there is a choice, how many people can make this decision? It can only be up to Hammer's own choice.
Dagui said: "It's okay, I haven't married a wife and started a family yet." If I can really enter the country's prison, I will stay by myself. Brother Lin's family can't leave him, and the two families, old and young, have to be taken care of. ”
Iron Hammer did not speak, and his parents did not have children after the reunion, only himself. Qiao Niang has added another younger brother, and now he has just learned to speak. Although the parents of both sides are in the prime of life, they have suffered too much when they leave their hometowns, but if there is any possibility, they must go back and honor them. Ten years ago, poor people who couldn't survive should be content with today's life. Of course, it's good to be able to get in, but if you can't get in, you can face it with a normal heart.
Seeing that it was not early, Xiuxiu ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and left the two old Yongzhou people at home to eat.
Speaking of the changes in Yongzhou over the years, in fact, the deepest feeling is still the low-level people of these barbarians. They used to live the days of being cows and horses, eating the same food as cows and horses, and doing the same work as cows and horses. The owners of cattle and horses will be heartbroken and tired, but no one cares about their life and death. Although they did not turn over and become the masters of society, at least they were no longer insulted and beaten by others.
Dagui followed him into the academy to study, and their father and son never dreamed that such a thing could happen to them. This time, Cen Dalang was stupid for many days, thinking that all this was a dream, and he couldn't believe that all this was true.
What is the capital? How could it be that someone like them could get there. If it was before, in their hearts, the heavenly fairyland was closer, and they could go there when they dreamed, but the capital didn't even dare to dream.
The toasts who were in turmoil did not stay in the distribution land for many years, and they all returned to their hometowns one after another when they encountered amnesty. But the entire social foundation of the original has been wiped out, and these people, who have been powerful and blessed since birth, can only earn a living like others. There are those who can't let go of their bodies, and there are those who have become beggars and begging along the streets.
With this change, it is natural that the credit of the cane sugar business is indispensable. Relying only on the natural agriculture of the past, even if the soil was covered by the soil, the whole society could not be turned upside down at once, but with cane sugar, it is completely different.
The sugar industry is a thoroughly commodity economy, and although it is controlled by the imperial court, the nature of the commodity economy will not change. In the entire south of Yongzhou, all the places suitable for growing sugarcane have been reclaimed and planted with sugarcane. Where it is suitable for growing food, not an inch of land can be wasted, and all of it is planted with rice and wheat. The sugar cane service requires maximum efficiency in the production of grain in order to reduce the cost of transporting food from other places. The lands that used to belong to the barbarian chiefs, whether active or passive, were no longer allowed to be managed as before. The brain turned faster and transformed early, and started a business supporting the sugar business, and the largest one was naturally Huang Jinbiao. At the beginning, he took the initiative to attach his clansmen, and the barbarian leaders around him said that his brain was broken, and he was only exchanged for a county lieutenant who was not well fed and clothed, and he had no future. Now, he has become the most successful idol of the Yongzhou barbarians, not only has too much money to use up, but also has a head and face in the official and the people, and he can't accept it. As for those leaders who can't change their minds, they are bent on maintaining the land and population handed down from their ancestors, but they can only be run over by the wheels of history.