After two consecutive days of running around and getting drunk, Gu Qing slept directly until noon.

came to the wrong place, and the person who wanted to take revenge had already come to a due end, and Gu Qing didn't know what he should do for a while.

"County Lord, we're all here, I heard that there is a sea in Qingzhou, why don't we go and see the sea?"

"There is a sea in Qingzhou?" Thinking of all kinds of seafood, Gu Qing couldn't bear it anymore.

"There is a sea, and you can reach it in an hour on horseback!"

"So what are you waiting for? Let's go!" Just thinking of the seaweed in the sea, Gu Qing felt that he was going to get rich again.

What a good seaweed, you can make egg soup, make seaweed, and with seaweed, you can make rice balls, sushi, bibimbap......

How full the fantasy is, how skinny the reality is.

After Gu Qing followed Xia Zhu and the two arrived, the scene in front of her was very different from what she thought.

Shengmien fights Mi hatred!

"Heaven is going to kill us!" Lao Ou knelt on the ground, and there were no tears in his cloudy eyes.

"Why don't they fish by the sea?" Gu Qing asked.

Helping others should also be done in moderation.

The young woman named Ah Sang shook her head and cried, "Azu, the village has not picked pearls for half a month, so it can be seen that there are no pearls to be harvested in this sea......

Pearl diving must be approved by the imperial court, and the pearls must be handed in.

However, as the price of pearls in the private sector continued to rise, many coastal fishermen tasted the sweetness and gave up the fishing industry that had been passed down for generations to make a living from pearl diving, which was at this time when the pearl diving industry began to rise.

She originally thought that Gujia Village was poor enough, and later she felt pitiful for the homeless, but now that she saw these people, she realized that there are still many people in the world who are hungry and poor.

In this way, the pearls were mined at the risk of their lives, and in the initial trading activities, they could only be exchanged for a small amount of rice and flour and other daily necessities.

As an organic gemstone, pearls have a long history in China.

The formation of the pearl trade is inevitably inseparable from the mining of large quantities of pearls, and the pearl diving industry began in the Qin Dynasty in the last century.

Gu Qing really couldn't stand it anymore: "Excuse me, may I ask if your village lives on pearl diving?"

"Is the pearl mining of Daliang an official order or a private mine?" Gu Qing asked.

Several young people actually noticed Gu Qing and the two of them from when they came over, but the two of them were dressed luxuriously, they were just untouchables, and they didn't dare to come forward to talk, and when they saw Gu Qing take the initiative to speak, they all looked over.

"Azu, I'm so hungry...... a little girl who was so thin that she could clearly see every bone on her body crawled over from the side, so hungry that she didn't even have the strength to cry.

According to historical records, hundreds of pearl divers drowned in the pearl diving process every year due to improper operation, so the pearl diving industry was also known as one of the most dangerous industries at that time.

Moreover, in some dynasties, the rulers in order to take pearls did not estimate the life or death of pearl divers at all.

It is widely used in the production of jewelry, and with the help of the Maritime Silk Road, pearl jewelry has also been brought to the world.

Ah San took the silver and thanked him again and again, invited Gu Qing into the house to rest, and then took a few young people out to buy food.

….

Ah Sang looked at the two of them and said, "If the girl wants pearls, I'm afraid it will be in vain, and there are no pearls to be picked in this sea area of our village."

At that time, most of the release was obtained by coastal fishermen by chance in the process of fishing.

Basically, in every dynasty, there were many pearl crafts that were exported or circulated in the country.

Just look at the scenery of the sea, it is pristine, the blue sea is sparkling, and the water and sky are united in the distance.

"If you really pick kelp seaweed, you will give silver?" Ahsan didn't believe it, but she was so hungry.

These people looked like they hadn't eaten for a few days, and Gu Qing really couldn't bear it.

"You know a lot, and you know martial arts." Gu Qing stared at Xia Zhu and said coldly, "Say, how did you get mixed up with me with such a capable person

from the side."

The requirements for pearl mining also vary from dynasty to dynasty, and many dynasties have strict requirements for pearl divers.

Gu Qing took out a piece of silver from his cuff and put it in Ah San's hand: "I just heard this grandma call you Ah San, then I will also call you Ah San."

At that time, the only way people could get their hands on pearls was to dive into the sea or lake.

"Jiajing's 5-year pearl diving battle, tens of thousands of dead!"

Several young men emerged from the sea and walked towards the shore with their heads down.

The widow is uncomfortable and can't sleep at night, and will spit out gulps.

There are clouds in the book:

Correspondingly, according to the quality of the pearls, pearl divers will be compensated to a certain extent, and some food will be distributed, which is only enough to maintain normal life.

There was a fishy smell in the house, Gu Qing couldn't get used to it, so she took Xia Zhu and decided to go to the beach to catch small crabs to play.

In the previous Hepu pearl as an example, the growth cycle of a pearl is three years, after the pearl diving work is carried out on a large scale, there will be no pearls to be collected, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of pearl divers starved to death because they could not pick pearls.

An old woman grabbed a branch and staggered towards the people, "Ahsan, have you found any pearls?"

"If you don't believe me, I can give you the money first!"

It takes half an hour to walk from here to the nearest town, but Gu Qing didn't lend them a horse because of this.

In the process of pearl diving, it is also necessary to avoid the presence of whirlpools and sharks at sea, which may die if you are not careful.

After all, kelp and seaweed are all aquatic plants in the sea, and it's not that they haven't eaten them when they're hungry, but the more they eat them, the less they eat.

"Besides, fishing in the sea is not as good as picking mountain goods in the mountains, and sometimes the weather is bad, so there is no return, let alone those big guys in the sea!"

But nearby, in a dilapidated thatched hut, adults are dressed like fishing nets, and a group of seven or eight-year-old children run bare-bottomed all over the ground......

The silver will be given to you first, you can go and buy some food for everyone first, and then go and help me pick kelp and seaweed when the tide is low. I'm not in a hurry."

"Both!" Xia Zhu said: "In a small village like theirs, the small number of people in the village is self-mined, and the coast where there is an official post station is the official collection area."

Many people are forced to go to sea to dive for a living, and the pearl divers at the bottom are just cheap labor, and it is actually the merchants who buy and sell pearls who really make a profit from pearls.

Hearing this, Gu Qing already had a plan in his heart: "You don't have pearls to pick, can you help me pick some kelp, seaweed and the like?" I'll give you money!"

"County Lord, our Gujia Village produces all kinds of mountain goods, but without the county lord buying mountain goods, they can't survive on mountain goods?"

For a long time, pearls were an important item in ancient trade with other countries.

Xia Zhu knelt on the ground with a puff: "The county lord doesn't have to be suspicious of the slave. The slave and maid were originally the secret guards beside the saint, and the saint felt that the county lord was very talented, and he was afraid that the county lord would block the path of some people and cause death, so he transferred the slave and maid to the bright side and sent it to the county lord."

Or is it given by the empress herself, it seems that she is quite valuable in Daliang: "What about the rest of the girls who came with you? Are you also good at martial arts like you?"

Xia Zhu nodded.

"You don't just protect me!" Gu Qing sighed and took out a carrier pigeon from his cuff: "Pay attention next time you send a letter to the capital." Don't let me find out again, or I really won't be able to pretend!"

(End of chapter)

Nine days to catch the rabbit