Chapter 56: The People and the Merchants
Hu Ye didn't remember when he fell asleep last night, because he fell asleep on the desk, his mouth was still on the tip of the brush, and it was Xiaoqiang's moaning that woke him up.
Hu Ye stretched his waist for a long time, and found that Xiao Qiang was sleeping soundly on the table, probably because he had a sweet dream just now, so he would moan like that.
"Hey, I see that you were seriously injured yesterday, so I won't torture you today." Hu Ye mentioned Xiaoqiang and observed its wound, the place where it was pecked by the rooster yesterday has healed, but it is estimated that it will crack again no matter how vigorous the exercise is.
So Hu Ye was going to give Xiaoqiang a two-day vacation, so he grabbed Xiaoqiang and came to the bed and threw it into the bed. Hu Ye believed that this little pervert wanted to be with Saren in his dreams.
Sure enough, Xiaoqiang saw that the eldest brother threw himself into Saren's bed, licked his tongue happily, and then drilled into the bed.
Saren slept very hard, Xiaoqiang drilled in it for a long time, and she didn't wake up. Hu Ye didn't wake her up, this age is the time to grow her body, and she needs sleep very much. It's only been three hours since I slept last night, and it will take at least two hours to get a reasonable amount of sleep.
Pressing the edge of the quilt hard, Hu Ye returned to his desk, last night's Ming Dynasty experience was only a little written, and he had just written down his survival experience on the Haraha River. There are still a lot of things that have not been written in the back, about Zhang Fu, about Zhu Di, and about Daoyan's .......
So Hu Ye was about to pick up the pen and write again, but Lan Tingyue knocked on the door.
"Young master, the Zhang Mansion has sent someone to urge." Hu Ye opened the door, and Lan Tingyue spoke.
"Okay, I got it. You go and prepare me two steamed buns and a bowl of gruel. Hu Ye instructed, "Also, Saren is sleeping inside, don't call her, wait for her to wake up." All the children in the family will be the same, and all those who are not yet sixteen years old must sleep for four hours. ”
"Got it, I'll go get ready." Lan Tingyue saluted Hu Ye respectfully, glanced at the room with her eyes slanted, and then left with a meaningful smile.
Hu Ye didn't know what was hidden in Lan Tingyue's smile, but it was definitely not a good thing, and he couldn't guess it for a while, until he turned around and saw Saren lying on the bed, Hu Ye suddenly realized.
At this time, Hu Ye suddenly felt that what he said just now was very bad, and it was okay to do what Tisaren was doing in bed. This made Lan Tingyue mistaken, according to the gossip psychology of women, Hu Ye thought of it with his toes, within today, everyone in the whole house will think that he is in the same bed with Saren, no matter how many mouths he opens, he can't tell clearly.
"Ouch, my first name." Hu Ye hit his head in a self-mutilating way, which was to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot.
However, Hu Ye didn't have time to pay attention to this now, so he hurriedly came to the desk and packed up the Ming Dynasty news that had just started.
I went to the yard again to fetch water and wash my face. Since washing his face with cold water in Zhang Fu's camp that time, Hu Ye has insisted on washing his face with cold water. He himself couldn't say Weishenme, he just wanted to wash his face with cold water.
After eating the steamed buns in a hurry, Hu Ye tidied up his clothes again, and found that Lao Qian was waiting in front of the door early. Hu Ye didn't know if Lao Qian slept last night, but Lao Qian didn't look sleepy at all.
In any case, Hu Ye felt that a guard was no longer good, he followed him during the day, and he had to protect the courtyard at night, so it seemed that he had to find someone. is still reliable in Zhang Fuying, Hu Ye decided to find a time to ask two more people to come over.
When they came to Zhang's mansion, Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu were already waiting at the door, and when they saw Hu Ye coming, they saddled up and took Hu Ye to Chaoyangmen.
The Chaoyang Gate of the Ming Dynasty was not so majestic, and there were no towers on the city gates, of course, these were also seen by Hu Ye in the book. Because in the 21st century, Chaoyang Gate has been demolished on the grounds of obstructing traffic.
Hu Ye didn't despise this reason, but there were so many ancient buildings in Europe, didn't they obstruct traffic? But Weishenme others are willing to go around and around, and they are not willing to tear down what was left by their predecessors. And the people of the Celestial Empire always yearn for new things, and they have buried all the little inheritance left by their ancestors.
The people of the Celestial Empire seem to be really yearning for new things, because when Hu Ye came to Chaoyangmen, there were already many people around a big platform, chattering non-stop. Hu Ye saw that Jin Zhong was already sitting on the platform, his eyes slightly closed, and he was deaf to the noise of the people below, as if he had entered the realm of fugue.
"Lord Kim, you can start." Zhang Yu took Zhang Fu and Hu Ye to the stage and said to Jin Zhong, whose eyes were closed.
Zhang Yu is a martial artist, and he is very good at fighting immediately, but it is not his strong point to let him mobilize these merchants and people. Hu Ye has no qualifications, and he is still a child, so basically no one believes what he says, so the responsibility of this mobilization falls on the head of Jin Zhong, he is a veteran of divination, and he is also very famous in Beiping, so there are naturally more people who believe in him.
Hearing this, Jin Zhong opened his eyes, looked at the crowd under the stands, stood up, cleared his throat, and said loudly, "Fellow villagers and elders, everyone is gathered here today, so I won't talk nonsense, mainly because there is one thing to announce to you." ”
The people in the audience began to chatter again, and the discussion continued. Usually, if the imperial court or King Yan has any policy, they will directly post two notices at the gate of the city and it will be over, how can these heavyweights be called today.
Needless to say, Jin Zhong has long been familiar with the god operator of Beiping. Zhang Yu is very familiar with it, and he followed Zhu Di to fight the Northern Yuan Dynasty several times, and solved many crises for Beiping, and the people still worship him. As for Zhang Fu, although he is a little younger, he is Zhang Yu's son, so everyone naturally has some understanding. Only Hu Ye is an unknown person, and he is also a little child, and the people automatically made up his brain as Jin Zhong's illegitimate son, otherwise he could participate in such a major occasion and sit with Jin Zhong?
"Ahem, this matter is related to the people's livelihood in Beiping for thousands of years in the future, so it needs the strong support of the fathers and villagers in Beiping." Jin Zhong glanced at the people and found that everyone's interest had been raised, so he couldn't help but sell it again.
"Lord Jin, what the hell is going on, you don't want to sell it." Someone in the audience couldn't look at it and urged this Jin Zhong.
"Hehe, everyone knows Wudinghe. Over the past thousands of years, the Wuding River has been diverted several times, destroying many fertile fields and ruining many crops, as well as the Chaobai River. Therefore, His Royal Highness King Yan made up his mind to thoroughly rectify these two rivers and prevent them from harming Beiping again. Jin Zhong said loudly.
He didn't dare to say that there would be a big drought this year, otherwise the crowd here would have run out long ago, and his head would be hung on the city gate tower tomorrow, and the crime of spreading rumors was not light. So he can only make up such a lie, as long as the two dams can be built, he thinks that he is not guilty of telling this lie.
"How to remediate?" Someone in the audience asked.
"His Royal Highness King Yan means to build dams on two rivers. The big guy also knows that it will take a lot of manpower and financial resources to build the dam, and now the imperial court is short of finances, and there is not much money allocated for this project. That's why this merit platform is set up here today, and everyone who has money can contribute and make a strong contribution. ”
As soon as Jin Zhong said this, the people in the audience booed, and then they were about to disperse. They thought that there would be something good about setting up such a big platform, but they didn't expect that they were here to collect money and collect people, and if there was no benefit, they would do it, which was a fool's business.
Seeing that the people in the audience were about to disperse, Jin Zhong and Hu Ye both shook their heads, this is the limitation of the people. No one wants to do it without any benefit, and no one can see the benefits of this project. From this point of view, all the common people seem to be excellent merchants.
Of course, Jin Zhong would not let these people go like this, otherwise the task assigned by His Royal Highness King Yan would not be completed, so he said loudly, "Of course, we will not let everyone contribute money and effort in vain." ”
As soon as they heard that there was a benefit, everyone came back and looked at Jin Zhong directly, they didn't care what kind of use this project would have, what they cared about was what benefit this project could bring to them.
Jin Zhong turned around and glanced at Hu Ye, motioning for Hu Ye to speak.
Hu Ye stood up very reluctantly, walked to the center of the stage, looked at the people in the audience, and said slowly, "Anyone who participates in the construction of these two dams not only takes care of food every day, but also has a salary of ten yuan a day. Presumably, everyone is still waiting for the rain to start sowing, right? Anyway, being idle is idle, so it's better to come to labor and get paid. ”
When everyone heard that there was money to take, they were eager to try it. They are now worried that it will not rain and that they will not be able to sow seeds, and that they are all about to find out what is wrong. This is an errand with money, how can you let it go easily.
These are the thoughts of the poor people, but the businessmen don't think so. They don't lack these ten cents, they care about what benefits they can get if they pay money, they don't get sick idle, but count the money and count the money when they get sick. So a bold businessman asked, "Those who contribute have money, so what good is it for those who pay?" ”
When Hu Ye heard this, he smiled harmlessly, and slowly explained, "These two dams are called Guanting Dam and Miyun Dam respectively, and a merit monument must be built next to each dam, and the names of those who pay for the construction of the dam will appear on the monument." The more money you give, the higher your name will be. ”
"Cut, what kind of benefit is this, won't those who have money erect a monument by themselves?" A businessman said disdainfully.
"Hey, you don't know anything about this big brother. These two tablets are called merit tablets, which means merit, and all the names that appear on them will be praised by future generations. And this is a monument set up by King Yan, how can you be able to see the monument you erected yourself. ”
Sure enough, as soon as these people heard that His Royal Highness King Yan had erected a monument, their eyes immediately lit up, these businessmen were not short of money, what they lacked was fame. They usually repair and repair damaged streets, don't they just want to leave a good reputation in the mouths of the people. Now that King Yan has come to correct their names, they are naturally eager to try.
"Also, His Royal Highness King Yan will post a list of good people in front of the nine city gates. All walks of life, whoever pays the most money, will appear on this list of good people. In addition, anyone who appears on the list of good people will get the "meritorious family" written by His Royal Highness King Yan, do you think this benefit is enough? Hu Ye said slowly, he had already seen the greedy gaze of the group of merchants.