Chapter 3 The Song Years of Tongling
Wu Langzhong came over and changed the medicine for Gao Chong. Gao Shilu, Gao's second uncle, also came, but he couldn't sit still for a while and left in a hurry. The second uncle is thirty-six or seven years old, tall and nearly 1.8 meters tall, and is currently serving as the county lieutenant of Tongling, which is equivalent to the current director of public security, the third in command of the county, and is in charge of local security. This official is a high-favored grandfather to make up for it, this kind of shadow supplement in the Song Dynasty is a good policy, knowing that it can't be forbidden, it is clear that it is good to cultivate reserve talents, of course, it also needs a certain examination school, unlike modern express prohibition, but it is rampant behind it. The second uncle at home is also the chief instructor of the Gao family, responsible for the family's martial arts instructor and martial arts supervisor, and is very strict with the children of the Gao family. But during this time, the army of the puppet Qi attacked Luzhou (now Hefei) and Chaohu in Jiangbei, so they were busy building beacon towers, taking in refugees from the north, and patrolling public security, and there were many things.
Half a month has passed since Gao Chong arrived in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Gao Chong's burns have been much better.
Since the difficulty of Jingkang, the entire administrative and military of the Great Song Dynasty almost collapsed, and the new emperor Zhao Gou has been pursued and killed by the Jin army, fleeing from the sea to Wenzhou, and then from Wenzhou to Yuezhou (Shaoxing), all over the south of the Yangtze River, the rebel army is also surging, Fan Ruwei in Fujian, Zhang Yong and Yang Qi in Jiangxi, Cao Cheng in Hubei, etc., are even worse for the Song Dynasty. This is a time of war. In the first year of Shaoxing, that is, in 1131, when the city of Chuzhou was broken, Qin Hui was also captured by the Jin State, I don't know how to escape, after fleeing back from the Jin State, Qin Hui suggested to Gaozong to negotiate peace with the Jin State, and put forward the strategy of dividing the Huai and ruling to prepare for the war again, after the preliminary peace with the Jin State, the Jin people returned to Huaibei from the two Zhejiang, Shaoxing two years (1132) after the Spring Festival, Gaozong Zhao Gou also moved the capital from Shaoxing to Lin'an (Hangzhou) to end the life of the government in exile, Qin Hui also rose again and again to do the right servant of the Shangshu shooting, with the book under the door of the Ping Zhang, He also knew the affairs of the Privy Council, that is, the prime minister, and his authority was monstrous for a while. Although, in the process of peace negotiation, Da Song was full of humiliation, but finally had a rare respite. It should be said that in this environment, Gojong's strategy of peace negotiation was correct. Internal politics need to be rectified, civil strife needs to be eradicated, the economy needs to be restored, and armaments need to be reorganized, all of which will take time and a relatively stable environment. Although some victories have been achieved in the chaotic battles in the past few years, there are many defeats and few victories on the whole, especially the general trend is very passive, and the Song Kingdom is scattered. After more than a year of rectification, this Zhao Gou's rule gradually stabilized.
Although the Tongling where the Gao family is now located is hectic, it is finally safe, and Gao Chong knows that it will be a period of stability and gradual prosperity for a long time in the future. Since God arranged for Gu Tian to come to this world, escaping the fate of dying, and now having a home with a certain foundation, and having more than nearly a thousand years of technology and culture, he finally has a relatively solid foundation, if he doesn't do something for this world and this nation, Gao Pet feels sorry for himself, and he is sorry for Gao Pet's unwilling soul.
However, Gao Zhong knows that in this world, although he has knowledge that is nearly a thousand years more advanced than this world, he only has one pair of hands, so what can he do even if he has three heads and six arms? Although there were some sprouts of capitalism in the early Southern Song Dynasty, they were still in the natural economic society, and in the midst of war, there was no industrial base, and the educated people were only some scholars and families. The road ahead will not be smooth. To strengthen the country, the concept must first progress, science and technology must develop, which requires education first, for themselves to lay the foundation for the rise of the Gao family and the entire Han nation, Gao Pet feels that he has a great responsibility. But from the twenty-first century to the Song Dynasty, although there are some marks of the original high favor, I still have to know the world well.
Gao Pet stood in front of the window, thinking whimsically, motionless for more than an hour, the childishness on his face and the maturity and wisdom in his eyes made people feel very weird. Da Zhu and Xiao Cui stood behind Gao Chong, and when they saw the seriousness on Gao Chong's face, they didn't dare to come out.
"Dazhu, Xiaocui, let's go see my mother, and then go outside." Gao Pet turned around and saw the two people in a daze, and he didn't feel funny.
"Dazhu, didn't you hear that?"
"Young Master, let's go."
Hearing that Gao Pet was going out for a walk, Da Zhu and Xiao Cui were very surprised, this martial arts idiot young master, in addition to practicing martial arts, is usually reading books and taking classes, is it difficult for this thunder to change his sex? How many times have you stood silently for a few hours like this, Dazhu is not clear, and Xiaocui doesn't remember it, but he only remembers that he has been like this every day since the lightning strike of the eldest young master for three days. Just now, I stood motionless in front of the window for nearly two hours, I used to remember that the old man was like this when there was a big problem, and the eldest young master was still very old man's demeanor.
The pillars led in front, through several corridors, the flower hall, to the room of the mistress. Chun Tao at the door shouted: "The eldest young master is here, the eldest young master is fine." ”
Gao Chong's mother was talking to Aunt Zhang, still holding a ledger in her hand, and the housekeeper Fubo was standing next to her. Hearing Chun Tao's report, her mother stood up, put down the account book, turned her face, and said, "The darling is here." ”
"Please mother, Aunt Zhang, Uncle Fu."
"Are you better? I look a lot more energetic today. Mother said.
"Our eldest young master is a descendant, and the young lady is giving you a marriage, and I don't know that the young lady is blessed to marry a young master like us." Aunt Zhang said with a smile.
"Mother, I want to go outside."
"It's stuffy in the room for a few days, it's good to go out for a walk, but the darling has also grown up, it's time to slowly take on this family, it's not too early now, we'll eat together, and then let Fu Bo accompany you to the street after the meal, and go to see the family's career by the way."
"What is our darling anxious about, it's noon now, and we're going to eat right away." Maybe it's love, Aunt Zhang often loses no time in making fun of high pets. I remember that the ancients rarely ate three meals, and because of the relative wealth of the Song Dynasty, even the living habits changed, especially for families like the Gao family. Only some poor people in the north still maintain the habit of eating twice a day.
"Young Master, you sit here for a while, I'll accompany you out after dinner, and I'll go and prepare first." Fauber asked Ann and withdrew.
"Darling, come and show me your hands." After more than ten days of conditioning, the right hand has basically recovered, only a few serious places are still scabbed, and the redness of the newly grown skin is in obvious contrast with the bronze on the side.
After eating, Fu Bo was already waiting outside the door, with two good hands, and a Pu knife hanging from his waist.
Fu Bo Zu is not surnamed Gao, surnamed Ye, in the early years, he followed the Kaiping King to fight in the south and the north, and was the general of the Gao family, the Kaiping King recognized the righteous son, followed the surname Gao, and has been helping to manage the Gao family for a hundred years, and has been the housekeeper of the Gao family for many generations. If you want to talk about loyalty to the Gao family, there is no second word.
A group of six people left the Gao family compound.
Tongling is the "ancient bronze capital". It has been a copper source since history, and has never been interrupted, and in later generations it is a mining and metallurgical city, and the earth is full of treasures, and it belongs to the Guichi Mansion of Jiangnan East Road. It is located in the waterway of the Yangtze River, and there is a wharf by the river, which is convenient for transportation. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, the mining industry here has flourished and it has become an important city. It's all because of copper.
The Tang and Song dynasties were short of silver, and copper was the currency of the two Song dynasties, and it was not until the later Ming and Qing dynasties that the silver standard system was implemented. Gold and silver, as important precious metals, are not in circulation nowadays. 1000 copper coins are consistent, and one copper coin is one article. One tael of silver is about the same value, but now the early Southern Song Dynasty copper money depreciated a lot against silver, sometimes it is almost two times to one tael of silver, and one tael of gold is about ten taels of silver. Although there are some differences between the various periods, they basically follow this exchange rule.
There are two streets in Tongling, one is the main street, one is a back street, there are about twenty or thirty thousand people in the county, the south of Tongling is the mountain, it can also be said that this Tongling is built on the mountain, the north is the Yangtze River, about one hundred and twenty miles away from Fanchang Wuhu to the east, it is a small plain, and it is about eighty miles away from Guichi to the west. From the north city gate to the wharf, there are also residential shops, which is very lively. Most of the shops selling nitrate, alum, iron, salt, and tea were government shops, and a small part were operated by merchants, and the monopoly system was a major feature of the Song Dynasty. Because salt, iron, nitrate, tea and wine are the main sources of national profits and taxes, salt is a necessity of life, iron, grain, and alum are strategic materials, and the unified purchase and distribution registration system is implemented, and it is directly under the central management, and it is a central enterprise. Later in the Song Dynasty, salt tea wine and a small part of iron farming tools were opened to merchants to operate, but merchants only had the right to sell, and salt tea was subject to the salt tea introduction system (purchase license and quota). The official is very clear about the sales trend of merchants, and the management is also very strict. Gao Baiyan, Gao's grandfather, is the deputy envoy of the three divisions (salt and iron, household department, and degree branch), and is also the salt and iron envoy, and the highest official in charge of salt and iron.
Gao pet walked slowly, sometimes going into some shops to take a look and ask about the price. This is too different from the supermarkets and specialty stores in his original time and space, and the vehicles and pedestrians on the street are too different from their previous lives, but they are somewhat similar to what Gao Pet experienced when he was a child.
"There are more than a dozen shops and workshops in and out of our Gao family's city, and the Gao family's source of income mainly depends on the output here. There is a carriage and horse shop on the wharf, which also does some foot business, there is a shipbuilding workshop in the west of the city, and there is a charcoal factory, a winery, and an ink mill in the south of the city. Most of the people in the official copper factory are also members of our Gao family, and the people of the Gao family mainly live in Gao Village in the south of the city,。。。 ”
Along the way, Fauber introduced the family's business. Gao Pet watched all the way, and slowly had a bottom in his heart. When he arrived at the shipyard, Gao Pet looked very carefully. There are two cargo ships in the shipyard, which are only thirty or forty tons, which are sloops with rudder river sailing ships, longitudinal sails, and shallow drafts. No dock was seen. There are also several similar sailing boats parked along the river.
"Fauber, you call the chief of the house and the best ship boss, there are a few things I want to ask."