Chapter 8: Foundations

"Okay, Yang Zai, as soon as I heard it, I knew that you were from the south, but this Beijing accent is still very positive, it is said that if you don't stay here for a few years, there will be no such pure northern flavor, alas, don't be sad about the past, people don't have that hurdle that can't be passed. www.biquge.info"After all, Uncle Ma often runs outside, and the basic skill of observing faces and colors is still very important, so he persuaded Wan Qiyang to think about the good side."

"Thank you, Uncle Ma, I understand. I have a few things I want to ask Uncle Ma, after all, I came all the way to the capital......" Wan Qiyang was interrupted by Uncle Ma before he finished speaking.

"Yangzai, don't say it, I know, as long as there is a bite to eat in our family, you won't be hungry." In fact, some of the chats between Zhuzi and him just now were heard by Uncle Ma, so he thought that Wan Qiyang was talking about this.

Although Wan Qiyang didn't want to say this, when he heard Uncle Ma say such a thing, it was false that he was not moved in his heart, and he could be so relative to a person who met on the road, which shows how simple and great his quality is.

"Thank you, Uncle Ma, I didn't mean that, I want to know, how much does a family like ours spend a month?" Seeing that Wan Qiyang had been asking this question, he also knew that the other party really wanted to know the answer to this question.

"Actually, this is not a problem, if you don't count the old lady's monthly medical and medicine money, but it still doesn't take much to live, probably plus my mother's medical expenses, there are about one or two silver, up and down two dollars of silver. So basically I can come back once or twice a month to bring them living expenses. Uncle Ma thought that this month happened to be the end of the month, but this happened before he got the monthly money, and he didn't know where the next month's money came from, so he couldn't help but worry again.

"Oh, how many times a month can you eat meat?" Wan Qiyang first saw that the pillar's complexion was yellow, and it would be affected if it grew like this during the development period, and the old lady also needed nutrition when she was sick.

"Alas, how can there be the conditions to eat meat, occasionally you can encounter some opportunities, such as what accident kills a cow or horse, you can go to the market to get some bones, it is also stained with some meat, usually it is some small chicks raised by someone, and when they grow up, they can exchange a few eggs." Hearing this, Wan Qiyang felt that life is really not easy now.

"Uncle Ma, what kind of business is you doing in the capital now?"

"A good place for business? Isn't it just a gambling house or a brothel? In addition to these, including wine shops and inns, these are all monopolized by princes and nobles or brocade guards, how can we ordinary people get involved? Uncle Ma talked about this, but he didn't feel any sadness and indignation, as if he was used to it, these phenomena are very normal, in other words, he should have become numb to reality. But in Wan Qiyang's memory, there was still a year or so to go, and the phenomenon of peasant uprisings had already begun to appear in the places around Shaanxi.

In a car like the Ming Dynasty, which is so old that it can't be driven, many important parts of the engine are about to be scrapped, not to mention that even the oil is almost burned out now, and you can't run if you want to!

"That is, these are the places where the money comes from, and the money that is squeezed is also the money of those who have it. Is there a chamber of commerce now? ”

"Those chambers of commerce are not in the hands of the people sent by their imperial court, there are bosses above hired workers like us, and then there are tooth shops or chambers of commerce, and then there are county-level officials, and then there are central departments of the imperial court, and finally the emperor is in charge of everything, that is to say, directly collect tax money, but most of the real money is deducted by corruption layer by layer below, and a very small part is the emperor's." Uncle Ma is also laughing at the emperor's pitiful and pathetic, but in the end, the emperor is still a little hateful.

"That's like what you used to do in the capital?" Wan Qiyang is like a hundred thousand whys, asking again and again, no way, who called a modern person suddenly appeared in the Ming Dynasty where he was unfamiliar with life, now he is like a primary school student, when he needs to absorb knowledge.

"Me? Hehe, I'm helping the boss guard the rice shop, and sometimes it's a small account. Today I am also out of the city to take over a batch of rice grain that has just arrived in Yahang, because recently there have been more robbers along the way, and the transportation cost has also increased a lot, and now basically except for the grain coming from the canal, land transportation is no longer carried out. ”

"So that's the case, then there are robbers around the capital?" Wan Qiyang also felt a little puzzled, the robbers are not small, they are not afraid of the government?

"Alas, where is it, how can there be real robbers who rob small businesses, those are some ordinary people who really have nothing to eat. Now there are a lot of displaced people in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and those who are closer to the capital like us still have the opportunity to find something to do and find a little money. "Uncle Ma is also really sighing, people don't have the same fate.

"Uncle Ma, what kind of business can you do if you have the capital?" Wan Qiyang really didn't know what he could do now, and he was eager to make himself a place to have a foundation.

"Doing business? It is difficult to do any business, first of all, the society is very chaotic now, everything depends on whether there is a backstage, and the majority of the money you make is still taken by others, what can you do is only if you first strengthen your foundation can you want to do greater things. After all, now you are like a duckweed, you don't even have a basic foundation, how can you make a lot of money! Hearing Uncle Ma's words really made him feel that his current situation was so unbearable!

"Uncle Ma is right, I was stunned when I heard your teachings! I know what to do! Wan Qiyang felt that what Uncle Ma said was very reasonable, and he couldn't talk about the unstable foundation at all, but he didn't even know where the foundation was. What he thinks now is that he must first fix down, and then have his own power, and take advantage of the current chaotic opportunity to develop his own power before he has the opportunity to develop further.

At this time, everyone hears someone knocking on the door outside, and it is generally clear that only people who are familiar with themselves will knock on the door, and if they come to the door to find trouble, they will be so polite. However, at present, Wan Qiyang, an outsider, is at home, and maybe someone from above will come to check, because there are always people who are unruly and want to vent it.

"Who?" Uncle Ma was also a little vigilant at this time, at least he should deal with it first, "Yang Zai, if someone asks who you are in a while, you will say that it is my distant relative for the time being, and it will be called Ma Yang, I will open the door now!" ”

"Oh, it's you the village chief, why did you come here?" Uncle Ma let down his guard when he saw that it was the village chief, after all, the village chief and their family still have a distant relationship, and everyone has been in contact for decades.

"Old Ma, I heard that you have returned home from the capital, what happened to that earth-shattering loud noise this morning? Do you have any news when you come home!? It was so scary that I ordered everyone to close the door and not come out after that situation had passed. Later, I heard that you had come home, and there should be news, so I came to inquire about it, so that even if anything happens, we should be prepared. Hey, do you still have guests at home? After the village chief finished speaking, he found out about Wan Qiyang's existence.

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