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"Boom ......"

With more than a dozen loud noises in succession, a cloud of gray-black smoke exploded from the hills on the bank of the river, and in the smoke, millions of catties of gravel slid down from the mountain. At this point, the small hill was almost flattened.

In front of the mountain bag, near the riverside, the embankment is nearly two zhang higher than the river surface by the stones, and the foundation is flattened with earth and stone all the way to the bottom of the mountain, and on this land of several miles, the huge stone rolls under the drag of several buffaloes, and slowly rolls the foundation, which is the construction site of Daye Iron Works on the riverside.

Although the machinery of this iron factory has not yet been shipped back from England, the foundation of this land has already begun, and the reason why it was chosen here is that it is two feet above the river, and it is the highest place along the river, and it only needs to be leveled to avoid the worry of flooding. It's just that when the mountain bag between the ground was blown up, it cost thousands of catties of gunpowder, but fortunately, a lot of stone was needed to build a dam on this flat land, which was not a waste.

While hundreds of coolies were busy on the construction site, hundreds of coolies lined up to receive their wages. Today's laborers, however, find that the money they receive this time is not quite the same as in the past.

"Great, my lord, what kind of money is this?"

Xu Mazi looked at the copper-colored money in his hand and asked puzzled.

"Look at the words on it, Dahan Tongbao! We are Han Chinese, how can we use any Manchu Tartar money again? Big guy, look at it, this big Han Tongbao is engraved on it, and one piece should be used as a money for ten wen! From now on, all under the rule of our Han people, they will not be allowed to use it to make money in the Manchu Dynasty! ”

Listening to the words of the "official", Xu Mazi looked at the copper coin he had just received, this copper coin was different from the "Kong Fang Coins" he had seen in the past, the round cake was not porous, and it looked a little similar to the "Dahan Silver" he had received in the past. Although it looks pretty, the money is ...... It's too light!

Weighing it in his hand, Xu Mazi muttered in his mouth.

"Copper is enough copper, but it's too light!"

However, it is better to have money than no money to take it, not to mention that this is also a silver money issued by the government.

"Come on, come on, don't look at it, you can't look at it again......"

The people behind shouted, and Xu Mazi, who received the salary, put the pile of copper coins into a cloth bag, which was a month's salary!

Call!

Seeing that no one took the opportunity to coax, the overseers on the construction site finally breathed a sigh of relief, when the ship from Wuchang unloaded hundreds of thousands of copper dollars, his heart was hanging, for fear that those workers only recognized money, not "Dahan Tongbao", now he was relieved.

At the very least, there is no need to worry about civil unrest caused by not being able to pay wages. Because when the money released by Wuchang was not in a hurry, the wages were already in arrears for two and a half months, and if the wages were not paid again, there might be some trouble.

"Dahan Tongbao, Dahan Tongbao ......"

With this in his mouth, looking at the copper dollar with the dragon pattern in his hand, the overseer's eyebrows raised slightly, at least now with this copper dollar, the construction site no longer has to worry about how to pay the wages. At this time, he didn't know that in order to implement this "Great Han Tongbao", in the future, all the people hired by the government would be paid with copper dollars, and then the hands of these workers would be used to spend and circulate the copper dollars.

Although it was winter, after a day's work on the construction site, Xu Mazi's clothes were soaked with sweat, and even there were drops of sweat on his face, which were the marks left by the ashes of sweat.

Every time he walked, there was always a "bang" sound in the money bag, for him, this is even the most beautiful sound, even the sound of drums and gongs in the theater is not necessarily better than this, this is probably the best sound in the world,

A month's salary at the iron factory site is not much, that is, two taels of silver, but in Daye, these two taels of silver are already extremely rare "high salaries". Now he has been working on this construction site for three months, and today he received five taels of silver...... No, it was the copper dollar that was received, the copper dollar.

Dahan Copper Yuan!

Whatever he is, whether it's a big man or a Xianfeng, as long as it's money!

With this money, in the future, the son will be able to study, and he will no longer need to live by hard work like him, not to mention taking a meritorious test, but on that construction site, if he can read and write, he will be a small foreman who can manage several people, and he will get an extra two dollars of silver a month.

For Xu Mazi, who is in his thirties, he has no side thoughts, and he finally picked up his daughter-in-law, so he only thinks about it - to earn more money and let his daughter-in-law and son live a good life.

What he has is strength!

As long as there is work to do, in the past, in addition to carrying some farm work in other people's homes, even if he entered Daye City, Xu Mazi did not know where to work, but from this river to set up an iron factory, this work can not be done, not to say that it is the work on the iron factory, that is, the work in the iron factory is done, and you can also work in the mine, anyway, as long as you work hard in the future, you can always earn a few taels of silver a month.

"Ah......h

Xu Mazi, who was full of longing for the future days in his heart, couldn't help but roar again and again, the heroic voice spread in the plains, and there were low echoes all around, finally relieving the joy in his chest.

"Why are you yelling like that?"

Just then, a soft voice sounded behind him.

The sudden sound of words made him turn around suddenly, and saw that she was dressed in a simple coarse cloth dress, which still had patches on it, although this dress was no different from the village girl, but it was still difficult to hide the graceful and elegant charm. Seeing the silver hairpin he had given her in the middle of the year in her hair, he felt a sense of satisfaction.

This is his daughter-in-law, who was picked up from the river at the beginning of this year when he crossed the fleet of Cantonese bandits, and she was dressed in silk at that time, which seemed to him to be better than the silk worn by the eldest lady of Zhao's family. Maybe when she was in Wuchang City, she had a hairpin made of gold beads and jade in her hair, and this rough silver hairpin probably couldn't get into her eyes at all, and she shouldn't have used this rotten hairpin in the first place.

Looking at the patched clothes on her body again, and then looking at the current appearance of the village girl, at this moment, the previous joy disappeared, Xu Mazi didn't look over, and his heart was panicked. It took a while before he spoke.

"Why are you here?"

"Dig some lotus root by the river, and you eat more ...... at night"

The woman asked with a smile on her face.

"Why are you so happy today?"

"Get paid!"

"Oh,"

She replied softly.

"This is a good thing, ask Uncle Wang's family to borrow rice, and I have to return it to others?"

The rice she lived a few days ago was borrowed, and even she, who had never worked in the past 20 years, had to take her body to the river to dig lotus roots, looking at the lotus roots in the basket, Xu Mazi's heart was sour.

"Also, I must pay it back, I will tear some cloth for you at the set tomorrow, I know what you have suffered with me, and I can't let you wear this raged clothes again."

"It's nothing if your clothes are torn!"

The woman lowered her eyelids, hiding the look of surprise in her eyes.

"I still have to save some money for this money, and the days to come will be there."

Looking at the woman, Xu Mazi thought that when she was picked up from the river, she was wearing silk and those thin hands like children, and there was no place like a poor family, but now she was suffering with herself. Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth.

"I can't make enough money, and when the work is done, I will go to the mine, and I heard that I can earn four taels of silver a month when I go down the mine!" You'll be able to live a good life then......"

"Why are you talking about this?"

The woman said quietly.

"If you want money, you won't stay here in the first place, then there is always a risk in going down the well, you can't go down, if you have an accident, when the time comes, what will we do?"

"Hey...... Don't say it, don't say it. ”

Xu Mazi said abruptly, took the basket from the woman's hand as he spoke, and walked home with the basket.

"Next time I eat lotus root, I'll go down and dig it, don't get your hands dirty, maybe I can catch a few loaches at that time, so I can make up for your body......"

As soon as the two of them returned home, it was actually a simple thatched hut not far from the river, and the wall made of mats was covered with a thick layer of mud at some point, and it looked like a home, but it was too simple.

"Go to sleep! You have a body, but your bones are still weak, and you can't bear the wind and cold anymore. ”

As soon as he got home, Xu Mazi drove the woman into the house, and he was afraid that the woman would not want to go in, so he wanted to cook on the fire, and handed the money bag to the woman.

"This is the salary I just received today, you count it, and then put it up!"

As he spoke, the man went into the grass hut beside him with his sleeves around him, and drew a fire sickle to start a fire.

"Cui Ping, let me tell you, the salary received this time is different, what is it called "Dahan Tongbao", it is the money of the Governor's Mansion, it looks beautiful, the dragon on the top is like a living ......"

Listening to the man's words, she entered the house, sat quietly on the bed, and then poured out all the money in the money bag, looking at the pile of copper-colored copper coins, she took a closer look at the copper dollar, and looked at the words "When Shiwen" was written on it, her brows were wrinkled, since ancient times, she has counted the big money pit people, but now she is used to it, because the imperial court now also mints big money.

"Dahan Tongbao!"

Staring at the copper yuan, she felt that this copper yuan was a bit like the foreign money she had seen in Wuchang in the past. But she was holding this foreign coin-style copper dollar at this time, and her lips moved slightly.

"It's time for a change of dynasty!"

Although she knew that Wuchang was occupied by people who called themselves "righteous army", and she made a "Han Governor's Mansion", and even the Governor's Mansion sent people to set up a factory and dig mines in Daye, but in her opinion, she couldn't look at the atmosphere of "changing the dynasty", even if the man shaved his braids when he entered the city, she was only surprised for a moment, and then whispered "It's good to have no braids", but now, looking at this Western-style dragon pattern copper yuan, the idea of "changing the dynasty" came out of her heart. Just as the thought came to her, a loud whistle, as if echoing her thought, came from the river again...... (To be continued.) )