Chapter 128: The Winter Clothes That Can't Be Redeemed

Clothes were a very precious thing in ancient times.

Many people had only one piece of clothing.

During the Yongle period, Emperor Yongle took his grandson to leave the brigade and build a *** residence. I saw a family cowering in the straw, afraid to see anyone. Because they only have one piece of clothing, whoever goes out wears it. In the face of the sudden arrival of dignitaries and nobles, they don't know how to face it.

Yongle used this to educate his grandson and know the difficulties of people's livelihood.

But forgot. This is the case on both sides of the canal, in fact, it has something to do with the fact that when he was the king of Yan, he waved his troops south to Shandong as the main battlefield.

Now Daming, because of the influence of He Xi. The strength in all aspects is much better than that of the Yongle years. And the lives of the people in Jiangnan are much better than those of the people in Shandong, who have not been able to recover after the war.

But it's not much better.

Every winter passes, there will be some people who use cotton clothes, hand over cotton clothes to pawnshops, exchange a few copper plates, and manage the current life. When winter comes, the cotton clothes are redeemed from the pawnshop. Weather the storm this way.

Cotton clothes are already a big item in people's homes.

It's just that it's winter again.

An old man hesitated in front of the pawnshop, without him, they had no money this year. But winter can not be without cotton clothes, even in Jiangnan, the whole Ming is in the Xiaoice period, although in the early Ming period, it is relatively warm. But it's just warmer.

Not to mention, whether it is cold or not is not only a matter of temperature, but also a matter of feeling.

Many people in Henan feel that their winters are colder than those in the northeast. That's because there is heating in the northeast, but there is no in many places in Henan.

And in ancient times the means of heating were quite limited.

Timber also needs money. Forget it elsewhere. There is still the possibility of cutting firewood by yourself, but there is almost no undeveloped land in Jiangnan. Even if there are barren mountains, there are masters. You can't just chop wood. Look at the book

It is impossible to burn charcoal all winter.

Moreover, winter is not a busy farming season, and it is impossible to eat all of them. After all, the poor are not so well fed.

In this case, padded clothing is already the best way. A cotton coat can be worn for many years, and the body is kept warm, so you can use less firewood and eat less. Save some on all sides.

But the old man did not have enough money. And you can't give up your cotton clothes. Once he can't redeem it, the cotton clothes will be a pawnshop. And although because of the industrial production of cotton cloth, the price of cotton clothing has decreased a lot. But it's still something he can't afford.

Because, the people's spare money is earned through weaving. This has already been said before.

The people have more food in their hands, and if they don't buy cloth, they can't make money at all, and now the most profitable business is gone. There is no money left in the hands of the people. Even if these cotton cloths are cheap, what does it have to do with the people?

Even some of the people's taxes had to be paid with the new money.

This is Ding Xian's method to expand the liquidity of new banknotes. But this is tantamount to another exploitation of the people.

The old man finally sighed.

Left the pawnshop.

And the steward in the pawnshop was also sad.

For him, this is also not a good thing.

Pawnshops are meant to make money. It's not just an old man who can't redeem the cotton clothes, but many people, most of the people can only give up redeeming the cotton clothes, and it's hard to say whether they can survive this winter.

And the pawnshop wants money, not cotton clothes, you must know that the price of cotton clothes as a whole is also falling, and a bunch of old cotton clothes are not worth much.

Not to mention, with the expansion of the banking system, pawnshops and other old financial institutions are also under attack. The pawnshop is not having a good time either.

The pawnshop doesn't know how to survive this winter.

And the pawnshops are not happy, and the people behind them are even more unhappy.

Generally speaking. Pawnshops are not open by ordinary people. It's all open by local power people. The so-called local power people are local landlords, not even ordinary landlords, at least with official status

。 Able to calm people.

Many scholars and doctors have such industries in their homes. And will not open a pawnshop outside of their own influence.

Pawnshops are essentially a kind of realization of the influence of local landlords.

Outsiders want to open a pawnshop, but it is impossible to open it without doing a good job. Otherwise, someone owes you money. How to get back is a question.

It's just that now the entire Jiangnan is trembling under Ding Xian's big knife. No one cares at all, it's just a pawnshop. Or rather, the pawnshop is also a small piece of meat in this big purge and big segmentation.

Suzhou City, which is the most prosperous city in the world, also seems to be a lot sluggish under this atmosphere.

In this case, a well-stuffed carriage passed by on the bluestone pavement of Suzhou Street.

There was a sudden jolt, and a bag of cotton suddenly fell to the ground.

It is seen by countless people.

The person in charge got out of the car, scolded and cursed, and said, "I can't send it to Jiangning District in time, be careful of your skins."

This view is the caravan that collects cotton from Suzhou and transports it to Jiangning District.

Before that, Suzhou was the gathering place of all cotton. Countless cotton arrived in Suzhou, spun into cloth and transported to various places. Or when you come from the countryside, it's just cloth. It was only in the middle and late Ming Dynasty that it was transferred to Songjiang Prefecture.

But now, someone has taken so much cotton from Suzhou Prefecture, which is a great irritation for the locals.

Because again, no one pulled cotton out of Suzhou City before.

It's all cloth.

Not to mention, now the people of Suzhou are feeling the cold wind blowing from Jiangning District.

I don't know, who was the first. Suddenly, someone rushed up. Pick up a ball of cotton and run.

At the beginning of one person, countless people followed, and then a large bag of cotton disappeared in an instant.

The steward was simply stunned, and immediately shouted and asked someone to take down the person who robbed the cotton, and he even took action himself to take down a little girl. Whipped with a whip, which immediately caused public outrage.

Countless people rushed up, and after a great chaos, there was no cotton at all.

This one thing is big and small. But it has become the fuse of Suzhou this winter.

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When Ji Gang knew about this matter, it was already several days later.

This merchant belongs to the Ding family.

At least Ding Xian is the backstage. So the steward asked people to send a post to the prefect, and asked the prefect to handle it strictly.

But the prefect is not easy to do. Because many of the gentry of Suzhou sympathize with the local people. I all feel that this one thing is not a big deal, just settle the matter. But this steward felt that if he didn't deal with it severely. Won't such things happen all the time in the future?

It is required to be strict.

In this way, there is no way for the people below. It can only be done strictly.

This is strict, and something will happen. The officials who went down to arrest people were beaten, and the people started to make a commotion. Today, the city of Suzhou is in chaos.

Ji Gang is not an ordinary person.

He took a closer look and immediately concluded that someone must be interfering here.

The reason is simple, there are too many unusual things in this incident. Too many coincidences are not coincidences. There must be something wrong with this. But the question is who is behind it?

Ji Gang is not sure if it is from Beijing.

After all, Ji Gang didn't know if he was just here in Beijing and whether there were other people. That's not something he's thinking. After all, he already knew that Zhu Xiongying actually had some intelligence agencies.

He had touched it secretly.

And Nanjing didn't all listen to Zhu Yunwen. 、

There must be something wrong with this, too. Not to mention what Ding Xian has done during this period of time, what kind of things the Jiangnan scholars will do, Ji Gang will not be surprised. He knew very well that this thing must be a start.

There is a big drama ahead.

In that case, he naturally wanted to

Get up close. As for who did this, I will definitely point out when I arrive. After all, the matter is big, and many traces are impossible to hide.

Ji Gang made up his mind and immediately left for Suzhou from Nanjing.

In this way, the great war began in Suzhou.

It's just that Zhu Yunwen at this time, and Ding Xian are very slow to react to this matter, every winter such a thing, I can't say much, but it will never be nothing. They all feel just ordinary and right.