Chapter 63 Datang should be the gathering place of all good things
The concept of honor and disgrace comes from education and inheritance.
Just like the calf originally couldn't plow the land, it will plow the land after plowing the land with the old cow for a long time.
Obviously, from the beginning of the founding of the country, the Goguryeo people did not educate the people on such a concept of honor and disgrace.
So, they put life first.
Before Yun Chu took control of the city, he had already transferred those who had received a good education and had an obvious sense of honor and disgrace to the Wang brothers through Gao Wen, these people who could read and write and were beautiful were very popular in big cities such as Chang'an and Luoyang.
Even if he becomes a domestic servant of someone else's family, he is also a senior scholar, a senior servant, a senior maid, a senior nurse, and so on
In the two months that Yun Chu took over Daxing City, he didn't kill people, if there was a person who had studied statistics and counted the class of these people who were punished by the Ming Dynasty, he would find that the more he understood people, the faster he died.
On the surface, Daxing City can be called the most peaceful, kind, and prosperous city in the land of Liaodong, and if you lift the hypocritical skin outside, you will find that this is the real eighteenth layer of hell.
Of course, ordinary people don't feel this kind of high-level feeling at all, and they even feel that there is nothing wrong with being ruled by the Tang people.
Because, Yun Chu ensured that the people here, as long as they worked, they would definitely get wages or food.
Yun Chu made sure that people here would pay half as much as they used to pay as long as they were open to do business, and that the bad people who roamed the market would not deliberately blackmail them.
Yun Chu also ensured that the rights and interests of those who worked honestly and contributed were guaranteed, at least one by one, so that when they fought a lawsuit with the only remaining rich people, they would not fall behind because they had no money.
The arrival of Yun Chu also guaranteed a lot of things, which made ordinary Goguryeo people, who had always been oppressed by the government, suddenly find that under the rule of the Tang people, their lives have become better.
Therefore, when they took over the work of settling down in the government, they were very happy, and when they received the last salary settled by the government, they were even a little grateful to Dade.
Therefore, when Li Jitong led his army through the mountains and hills of Goguryeo, Yun Chu had already begun a new day's office journey after bathing.
Therefore, when all the cruel facts are hidden by the thick fog, Yun Chu, who is riding a horse on the streets of Goguryeo, will be courteous to the Goguryeo people
And Yun Chu still behaved so noble, gentle, and humble, he returned the salute with a fist to everyone who saluted him, he to
Everyone who gave way to him hugged his fists and thanked him, even if he met a fool, Abba Aba's demonstration to him, he would control the red horse that was ready to step on this fool, and walked around with a wry smile on his face that everyone could understand.
It's like a humble gentleman who has just cleaned the flesh and blood of people in the gaps between his teeth, his hands and his face are covered with blood.
"The knot is in the human realm, and there is no noise of cars and horses, ask you how can you be, and your heart is far away..."
After seeing another poem written by Yun Chu, Wen Wen's face immediately changed, obviously he was very happy just now, after reading the poem "Human Environment", he began to lose his temper, picked up the things on the table and threw them down, and he didn't stop for a moment. After praising the poem written by Yun Chu, Gao Wen whispered to Yun Chu why Changshi was angry.
"You don't have to worry about him, he is angry with himself, if I am not mistaken, he must think that such an indifferent and Mingzhi poetry ...... should come from his hand, not from the hand of my martial artist."
Gao Wen empathized with Chao Gentle arched his hand, indicating that he understood his state of mind at the moment.
Wen Rou has also written a lot of poems, but until now, he has not come up with a single poem to show Yun Chu.
It seems that the quality of his poems is not very good.
"How can there be a fleet of ships from the Wa Kingdom asking to dock at Daxing City for supplies?"
1 Yun Chu when reading today's documents, strangely found the Japanese ships, in a case, the Japanese ships will not come to Daxingcheng, they generally take the Baekje Road, directly to the Tang Laizhou, to Daxingcheng is obviously a long detour.
Gao Wen said with a smile: "The fishermen of the North Sea are the best at sailing, and every year when the sea opens in spring, they will go to the North Sea to hunt whales, and they will return with a full load before the sea begins to appear cold.
General, at this moment, they must have a large amount of cetacean wax on their ship, as well as baleen and, if lucky, ambergris. ”
As an official of the Tang Dynasty, Yun Chu can be regarded as having some knowledge, and naturally knows that the candle made of whale brain oil is the best among the candles, not to mention the flame stability when burning, but also burn-resistant, and there is no miscellaneous smell and smoke.
Whale baleen is actually a walking creature of whale teeth, in Datang, with a pair of whale baleen hair braces, and a comb, it is a gift that every beauty dreams of.
As for ambergris, as a spice, it is still secondary, and the old fairy thought that this thing had the effect of dissolving phlegm, relieving cough and relieving pain after putting this thing into medicine.
Lao He also told Yun Chu that this thing also has the effect of aphrodisiac and aphrodisiac, and the old fairy knows, but he just doesn't say it.
Hearing this, Yun Chu asked, "What is the size of the whaling fleet of the Japanese people?" ”
Gao Wen said: "Usually there are three ships, but in the past two years, because of the war, there have also been five ships and ten ships, and there are no more than ten sailors on each ship. ”
Yun Chu said: "Then allow them to enter the port to replenish supplies and rest." ”
Gawain hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you want to?" ”
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "There's no need to ruin your reputation, what we want is a prosperous seaport, and we don't do these short-sighted things." Believe me, Datang is the best place for these goods, and in the future, it will definitely become the source of whale brain oil and ambergris. Tell them that they are allowed to enter the harbor and that they are allowed to pay taxes after the trade. ”
Gao Wen praised: "The general has really done it for the sake of Daxingcheng. ”
Yun Chu said with a smile: "This is inevitable, in the future, I hope that this place can become a prosperous and wealthy place, and it can bring eternal wealth to the people here for a long time because of this seaport."
If you don't see it with your own eyes, there is no way for the average person to imagine how much supply an army of 400,000 people needs.
After Yun Chu came to the harbor, he immediately found that there were countless Tang Dynasty ships moored in the harbor, and the eaves poles were erected on the sea like a dense forest.
On the original two docks, there were porters who were wearing single clothes and stepping barefoot on the gangplank, transporting goods to the shore in this cold weather.
At the end of the field of vision, there were several Tang warships floating on the sea, and they were monitoring the sea to watch out for a sneak attack by Goguryeo warships.
There are as many goods piled up on the coast as there are mountains, and just below these mountains there are ant-like porters who are responsible for transporting the goods to the warehouse.
The whaling ships were as small as grasshoppers compared to those warships, and now, docked at the newly repaired small dock, a group of strangely dressed and thin Japanese people were talking to the interpreters in Daxing City, and judging from the state of their interactions, they should be very familiar
After a while, the bad guy came with the Goguryeo who was arguing with the Japanese people.
Yun Chu asked, "What did they say?" ”
The interpreter hurriedly said: "They want to continue trading with the Wen family's firm, I told them that the Wen family's firm has gone bankrupt and can trade with us. ”
Yun Chu smiled: "Why do they have to trade with the Wen family? ”
"Only the Wen family is willing to exchange rice for their goods. ”
Yun Chu said: "Does Goguryeo also produce rice?" ”
Gao Wen shook his head and said: "Goguryeo's summer is short, the winter is long, and rice cannot be planted, mainly millet, millet, wheat, and sorghum. ”
Yun Chu said again: "Is rice very valuable in the Wa Kingdom? ”
Gao Wen said: "It's not like this, the Wa Kingdom itself is rich in rice, so the lower officials don't know why these Wa people must have rice." ”
Yun Chu saw that Tongyi's face was flushed, and he seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "Tell me." ”
The interpreter pointed to the whaling Wa people: "Although they also live on the islands of the Wa country, they are not Wa people, they call themselves Ainu, and they cannot grow rice on their islands, nor can they eat rice, but they mainly eat fish." ”
The Wakoku cut off the Ainu's access to rice, so rice was important to them, mainly as sacrifices to the gods.
General, these people are very stubborn, if they can't exchange rice, they will leave, and they are going to go to Baekje to have a look. ”
Yun Chu smiled and asked the interpreter: "You go and tell them that we not only have rice here, but also linen cloth and iron pots, as long as their goods are good, they can exchange anything." ”
"By the way, what's the change?"
The interpreter gestured with his hand and said, "Such a big barrel of whale oil can be exchanged for an equally large barrel of rice." ”
Yun Chu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Tell them that you can also change the wine." ”
The interpreter happily agreed, and went to find those Japanese people.
Gawain was puzzled and said, "Why is the general so happy?" ”
Yun Chu said: "I am happy that the price of candles made of whale oil from Chang'an and Luoyang can be lowered. ”
Gao Wen said: "Is this thing very valuable in the Central Plains?" ”
Yun Chu said: "It is said that there is an inch of candle and an inch of gold. ”
Gao Wen's eyes widened, he never thought that what he thought was worthless would be worth more than gold in Datang.
Yun Chu looked at Gao Wen with a smile and said, "Don't underestimate anyone who comes to do business, you will never know what kind of goods they will take out from under the tattered skin." If you want Daxingcheng to prosper, you can't miss any opportunity. ”