Chapter 62 The merchant talks about natural disasters, and Jia Qiongsi has a past

"Master, do you want to get up early and go for a morning run again?"

On the small bed outside, the mandarin duck heard the movement in the inner room, and couldn't help rubbing his sleepy eyes.

When Brother Parrot heard the Mandarin Duck speak, he also rubbed his eyes and looked at the Mandarin Duck, only to see that the Mandarin Duck was putting on a smock on his dirty clothes, and then he quickly got up and began to put on his coat.

Seeing that the two of them were not dressed, Jia Qiong walked out of the inner room and saw that the two were getting dressed.

But it's nothing, it's just kids.

Then he said: "Well, I'm going out for a morning run, you are still young, rest more in bed, and get up again in a while." ”

The mandarin duck heard Jia Qiong say this, so he continued Jia Qiong's words and said:

"Master, what you said, how can you get up, we are still lying on the bed to rest.

Besides, the master is only the same age as us, and he reads every day until the beginning of his son in this half of the decade, and Mao Zheng gets up again and goes for a morning run, and only sleeps for three hours a day.

The master can bear it, but how can we who are maids can't bear it.

Knowing that the master cherishes me and Brother Parrot, if outsiders don't know, they will say that we are pampered and arrogant, and there is no work in our eyes, and there is no dignity. ”

Listening to what the mandarin duck said in a clear manner, Jia Qiong couldn't help but smile dumbly, this mandarin duck looks soft on the outside, but on the inside it is his own principles.

And thinking about everything for herself Jia Qiong, she is far more suitable for her husband and children than many people.

This has been said many times this week. Then he didn't say anything else, but simply instructed the two of them:

"In this case, then you can simply wash up when you are busy, and there is not much to do in the house, so when you are free, take my books and take a brief look, and when I have leisure, I can also teach you to read some books."

Hearing Jia Qiong say this, the mandarin duck stepped forward, tidied up Jia Qiong's unfinished clothes, and then held Jia Qiong's arm, pushed it out of the door, and said with a smile:

"Master, you can go for a morning run, you don't need to waste time on me and Brother Parrot.

After a while, I asked Mama Zhao to go to the stove room to get some porridge and eggs and come back to warm them, although I don't know why I didn't eat and then go for a morning run, but I couldn't let my master come back hungry again, and I lost my body.

As for reading and reading or something, my father once asked his daughter-in-law to teach me literacy, and I will teach it on Brother Parrot's side. How can you waste your time. ”

It didn't take long for Brother Parrot Fang to be bought back into the house, and he didn't have much knowledge, seeing Sister Mandarin Duck and Jia Qiong say this, he couldn't help but nod all the time, and finally said:

"Master, Sister Mandarin Duck is right, there is no need to waste time on the servant.

There are nurturing grandmothers in the house, and there are mandarin duck sisters in the house, so I can study with them. ”

Seeing that both of them said this, Jia Qiong couldn't do it, so she went out of the door and invited Shen Zizheng to go for a morning jog together.

Originally, the two of them wanted to invite Jia Zhu to run together, but they never thought that when Jia Zhu came to Jinling last year, he fell ill.

Later, he worked hard for days and days, but he was not completely cured, leaving some roots of the disease.

In the past two days, the weather has been a little recurrent, coughing again, and often having some snot, spending more time in bed, and reading less books.

If it was in the previous life, Jia Qiong would have been able to say immediately that you should go eat some Huang Namin or something, but in this life, he didn't dare to say it.

Although I had studied Chinese medicine on my own in my previous life, I had also read the barefoot doctor's manual and knew some home remedies.

But he didn't dare to experiment on Jia Zhu, Jia Fu could contact a lot of doctors, so why should he take risks.

Just said something like more ventilation in Jia Zhu's room and frequent drinking of water.

Later, he left Jia Zhu to recuperate, and the two of them went for a morning run, and then visited one or two after eating.

When it's time to study, we will study together in the study.

As in the past, the first road out of the house gate went from east to west, and then turned north, running circles around the two houses.

Bypassing the front door, I saw the stalls I was familiar with during my morning run these days, and occasionally said hello.

ran forward for a while, and saw that in the early morning, several people were sitting in the stalls, drinking soy milk and eating steamed buns.

The soy milk and steamed buns of this house are a must near and far, the soybean milk is full of aroma, the steamed buns are large and the filling is more.

Therefore, the merchants who come and go every day like to have some breakfast here, and Jia Qiong has also eaten twice.

The two of them wanted to finish running early and go home to eat, but when they passed by, the chat of several people at the table stopped Jia Qiong.

Turning around, he saw that there was a table of people who were about to walk away after eating, so he pulled Shen Zizheng to sit at the table together.

Greeted the boss with two bowls of soy milk and two steamed buns.

I heard the merchant next door say: "But as Brother Tai said, the weather is too abnormal this year, and in recent years, it has become colder and colder every year, and there has been more rain." It's inconvenient. ”

Then I saw an old farmer passing by, heard a few people talking, and then said:

"You businessmen, just for your own convenience, it doesn't matter if there is a lot of rain, and you can still like the drought.

There is enough rain, and we who dig in the soil can have enough harvests. ”

The merchant next to him listened to the old farmer's words, smiled and said:

"Uncle, you will be mistaken, how can we businessmen like the drought, and we don't care about the rain or anything, but the rain has been a bit too much in recent years.

This time, I came back from Henan to run a businessman, and it was rainy all the way, and it was raining everywhere in the Central Plains, so I was worried about flooding. The days ahead will be sad. ”

When the old man heard what the merchant said, he also smiled and said:

"The old man in those places in the north can't take care of it, as long as we have good weather and good weather, the old man will burn high incense.

Besides, if there is a flood, it will not affect our Jinling, we are surrounded by a big river, and the water can still flow across the river to our fields. ”

He shook his head with a smile and walked away with the flow of people.

The people who listened to the chat of several merchants next to him were still a little worried, but after listening to the old man's words, they also took a long breath.

Immediately, I quietly listened to the chats of these merchants who traveled from south to north, and I could also increase my knowledge and knowledge, and I could also show off a little bit when chatting with people in the future.

Seeing that the people around them were looking at them and listening to them chatting, they couldn't help but feel a little pretentious.

Then a merchant said: "If you want to say that this weather is abnormal, it was there last year, and it was even more strange at that time."

I heard from a friend who worked as a salt merchant in Yangzhou that they transported grain to Liaodong and Jiubian in exchange for salt.

All the way to the north, last year, there was famine, drought, early frost and hail in Jifu Bafu and Shandong, Shanxi, Liaoning, and Henan. ”

A few more merchants continued:

"I also knew about this, and I was in Henan Mansion at that time.

And Xincai, Henan Prefecture, the ninth day of the first month, heavy snow for 40 days.

Countless people and livestock froze to death, but it was strange.

"We also had abnormal weather in Jiangnan last year, Huizhou Mansion, Hangzhou Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion, Ningbo Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion, Jinhua Mansion and other places.

June is cold, with snow in the mountains, as well as deep mountains.

Everyone said that someone must have been wronged, and I heard that there are many imperial histories in the government to inspect.

It was hot again in July, and it was still hot in August and September, and the people were seriously ill and the epidemic was circulating. ”

"The year before last was not much better, Jiaxing, Jiashan, the winter canal frozen.

We had a lot of cargo on board, and last year it was a blood loss.

Not to mention the laborers who eat with me, they have to be paid every month.

It is the delay in the delivery date, and the old customer over there wants to deduct part of our payment, and we can't deny it, otherwise the old customer will run away, and we won't be able to do it in the future.

I'm smashing my teeth and swallowing blood. I haven't reasoned with this yet, it's hard to run a business now. ”

There were merchants passing by all the way, and when they heard a few people chatting, they couldn't help but sit down.

beckoned the boss to eat something, and then blurted out a thick Sichuan voice from his mouth:

"If you want to talk about strange things, what you just said is nothing, and that June snow is worth talking about reluctantly.

And in the winter in Shifang, Sichuan, the peach and apricot trees are all blooming and bearing fruit. You say it's strange. ”

Hearing this, Jia Qiong couldn't sit still.

He remembered that last year, when he chatted with Jia Zhu Jia Lian and Yuan Chun, he once said that last year was the 4,297th year of the Yellow Emperor Era.

That corresponds to the previous Western calendar year, which is 1601, and this year is 1602.

Hearing that the snow in June and the peach and apricot in winter were blooming and fruitful, he thought about it and couldn't help patting his forehead.

In the past, I only cared about reading, and occasionally practiced some martial arts.

I even forgot that now is the Xiaoice River period, and in the 276 years of the reign of the Ming Dynasty in the previous life, a total of 3,952 natural disasters occurred in the country, not to mention man-made disasters.

This is still recorded, and I don't know if there is no record.

This is equivalent to 14.32 natural disasters in the country every year, and this year is also a year of many disasters.

When I think of Jinling, the boatmen on the ship also said that this year's water level is much higher than in previous years.

But it's much easier to get on the boat, and you don't have to worry about the sediment in the canal.

This year is 1602, the year of the Yellow Emperor 4,298.

According to the records, there is a lot of water in the Central Plains, and there is a lot of winter snow in the south. In Liuyang, Hunan, there was heavy snow in spring, and the people were dead.

It means that the grain yield of Huguang may be reduced, or even the possibility of no harvest for one season.

Moreover, the heavy snow closes the roads, and the food will inevitably not come out.

There is still a need for disaster relief, and Nanzhili's side is dominated by salt and silk cloth, and there is less food.

Moreover, the Central Plains is flooded, and there will inevitably be a shortage of food.

Relying on grain storage alone, it is estimated that natural disasters and man-made disasters will come together, and those profiteers are estimated to be driving up prices.

Thinking of this, he urged Shen Zizheng to eat quickly.

Then he hastily stuffed the bun into his mouth, drank the soy milk quickly, and the two went straight to the house.

When the mandarin duck saw Jia Qiong returning, he hurriedly took the warm porridge and eggs, and said:

"Lord, today is half a quarter later than the previous two days. Eat some food quickly and don't go hungry. ”

After speaking, he said to Shen Zizheng: "Shen Gongzi, the maid also left a copy with you, and Miss Shen has already eaten it." ”

Jia Qiong looked at the porridge and eggs in front of her, and didn't say much, she looked at Shen Zizheng, and the two of them ate it when they picked it up.

Originally, now it is a long body, and it is a long run. Just remembered what happened, and hurriedly went back to the house to do something hastily, but he only ate seven points full.

After eating, Jia Qiong said to the mandarin duck again:

"Mandarin duck, you go find your eldest brother and let him go to Brother Zhu's study.

Later, I will wait for him in the study with my senior brother and Brother Zhu. ”

ps: Try to make three changes today, about 10,000 words. Make up for the absence of yesterday's leave. A chapter is about 3,000 words.