Emperor Hongzhi walked out of the vegetable market with a smile on his face. The small vegetable market also allowed Emperor Hongzhi to see the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, which made him feel relieved.
At least, ordinary people no longer have to worry about eating.
The price of food is very cheap. The cheapest coarse grains, sweet potatoes and corn, only cost one penny per pound. This price is very cheap, enough to ensure the minimum demand for food.
The problem now is that the people of the Ming Dynasty are no longer limited to the problem of eating enough, but have developed towards eating well. The meat is divided into three, six or nine grades, pork, mutton, beef, various sea fish, river fish, Daming
Local food, food from outside the customs, and overseas provided extremely rich food to the people of Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Hongzhi was very happy to see that the people did not have to worry about food.
He clearly remembered that there were heavy snowstorms in the three northern provinces that year, and famine broke out the following year. In the Beijing and Tianjin areas, the ground was full of hungry people, and the bark of the trees was eaten away.
It's really too miserable.
It’s so good now, I can’t finish the food, but I can still pick and choose.
"I, the Ming Dynasty, finally don't have to worry about filling our stomachs."
Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile on his face to Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin beside him.
"All of this is due to your majesty's hard work, talents and strategies, so that the people of Ming Dynasty can live a happy life today."
When Liu Jian heard this, he immediately flattered him.
"Yes, Your Majesty, all of this is due to your foresight, good leadership, and dedicated efforts and hard work for the millions of people in the Ming Dynasty. This has led to the prosperous age of the Ming Dynasty today."
Li Dongyang also quickly followed suit. Being capable is one thing, but how to make your boss like you is another.
"Haha~"
Emperor Hongzhi laughed happily.
It's hard to flatter anyone, not to mention that the life of the people of Ming Dynasty is indeed very easy now, and he is indeed the one who takes the greatest credit for becoming emperor.
Everyone walked casually on the streets, watching the prosperity and excitement of the capital, chatting with the people about life, and soon they arrived at a community.
I saw a lot of children gathered together, fighting and playing with each other, all wearing nice clothes, with bulging bags, and there were old people following them with smiles on their faces, chatting with each other.
"Old Wang, how many grandchildren do you have?"
"Thirteen of them, and the newly bought concubine is still there."
"Your family is really amazing. You have thirteen grandsons. I remember you also have twelve granddaughters, right?"
"Isn't that right? There are twenty-five of them in total. Every meal is like a war. One meal is not enough for one sheep."
"It's great to have so many people. It's so good to have many children. It's not like you can't afford to support your son. He's already a manager. He earns thousands of taels of silver a year. He can also support dozens more.
"
"There is no problem in raising a child. Times have changed. Food is cheap and eating is not a big deal. The key is that raising a child is not just about eating. The child needs to wear clothes, go to school, and start a family and start a career when he grows up.
There are many places to spend money.”
"What are you afraid of? Your family already has more than a dozen houses, and each of your grandchildren has one extra. Your son is also very good. He can make money and invest. I heard that he has made a lot of money by buying stocks."
"It's average, it's average. Your son is also very good. He is a sailor. He makes a lot of money every time he goes to sea. I heard that your family also has a plantation here in Nanyang."
"There is a plantation, but it's not big, just over 2,000 acres of land, but I can't make much money a year. It's no longer profitable to grow sugar cane. I'm thinking about growing rubber, but the rubber saplings are too good, and I need to grow them again."
Invest a lot of money."
"I told my son not to spend the money on it. If I have this money, I can go to Korea and have some concubines in the Japanese country, or simply buy some female white slaves back and give me more grandchildren."
"But he just didn't listen. So far, he only has two grandsons and six granddaughters. Together, they are not as much as you. His wife is not that kind of fierce wife. She also asked her to take more concubines and spread her branches, but
He just doesn’t listen, no matter how angry you are, he’s angry.”
"That's really annoying."
"If you have money or don't have money, you can just live a casual life. If you want to have more children, you can't afford them."
"There are actually benefits to having concubines. The more people you have, the more powerful you are. Having more concubines and having more descendants is also a good thing."
"My son has taken in several concubines one after another in the past few years, from Korea, Japan, and Siam. He also bought a few white slaves to come back as concubines."
"Don't tell me, this white slave is easy to give birth to and is not as delicate as our Ming women. You can ask your son to buy a few more. This white slave has white skin and the children he gives birth to are good-looking. Look at my grandchildren.
, all of them are very white, how beautiful they are.”
"Yes, but my son just won't listen, and there's nothing I can do about it."
The two old men were chatting while looking at their children, unaware that Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin and others were listening beside them.
Liu Jin listened to their conversation and looked at the group of children playing. It was obvious that many of them were of mixed race.
People in the Ming Dynasty all have black eyes and black hair. Many of these children have blond hair, white skin, and blue eyes, but at the same time they have some characteristics of the Orientals, and a few are not like the Ming Dynasty at all.
people.:.
At this moment, no matter whether these children look like Ming people or not, all of them speak fluent Ming dialect and even compete in reciting ancient poems.
"I know how to show mercy to the farmers. My brother learned it in school and taught me. It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil. Who knows that every particle of the meal is hard work."
A little girl with blond hair and blue eyes was wearing red traditional Ming Dynasty clothes and reciting ancient poems very seriously.
"I can do it, I can do it too, my brother also taught me~"
When the children next to me heard this, they all started shouting too.
"There is bright moonlight in front of the bed, and I suspect it is frost on the ground. I look up at the bright moon and lower my head to think about my hometown. This is Li Bai's quiet night thought~"
"The white emperor's speech is among the colorful clouds. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are returned in one day. The apes on both sides of the bank can't stop crying. The light boat has passed the ten thousand mountains. This is also a poem by Li Bai~"
"I like Li Bai the most~"
"I like Du Fu the most~"
"I like Wang Bo because he writes the best."
"I think Li Bai is the most powerful one. He wrote many poems and they are very good."
"Li Bai is not the one, Du Fu is~"
A group of children were arguing somewhere, which made Liu Jin couldn't help laughing.
If this happened in later generations, it would probably be a group of children competing to speak English.
Several children were arguing, but I don't know which child was the first to take out a piece of jerky and said, "I have beef jerky, do you have any?"
"I also have beef jerky. It's beef jerky from the Western Regions. It's delicious."
"Mine is mutton jerky, which is better than your beef jerky."
"Mine is dried fish. It comes from Huanghuangzhou. I dare to eat chili pepper. Do you dare to eat it?"
"I also dare to eat chili peppers. My dad is very good at eating chili peppers."
"My dad is also great at eating chili peppers. He can eat a bowl of chili peppers in one sitting."
"My dad can only eat chili peppers. He can eat a whole house of chili peppers."
Children are always quite quarrelsome.
Someone took out snacks, and other children immediately took them out one after another, eating and competing with each other.
Each snack is rich.
All kinds of dried meats, candies, dried fruits, melon seeds, peanuts, beans, etc., all kinds of things. While eating, they fell to the ground, and then they picked them up and continued eating, regardless of whether they were dirty or not.
The old man looking at the children sighed repeatedly.
"The world is so good now. This kid eats jerky as a snack."
"In the past, let alone eating meat, I was thankful if I had a full meal."
"Isn't that right? Back then, I gave birth to five sons, but three died of illness, one died of starvation, and there was only one seedling left. Fortunately, he kept up his luck, and now he has given me more than ten grandchildren. I
Lao Wang’s family is quite prosperous.”
"Yes, the world is still good now. It's good to eat meat. Eating meat will make your body strong and not easy to get sick. Look at the children today. They are all as strong as calves. One is stronger than the other, and their health is also better.
If you have more, you won’t get sick easily and it’s easy to feed yourself.”
"Isn't that right? In the past, when we had children, it was good to be able to raise half of the seven or eight children. But it is different now. Each child is easy to raise, some are fed, some are clothed, and even boiled water is required to drink water. This way
They won’t have stomach upsets, and they can all be raised well.”
"In the past, we didn't know anything. Unlike now, when we have newspapers, we can learn a lot of things from them. Taking care of children is different from what we used to do. In the past, when we took care of children, it was enough to have enough to eat.
There are other things to pay attention to.”
"It's different now. You have to drink water that has been boiled. You have to wash your hands before eating, take a shower, and use soap to wash your hair. There are so many things to pay attention to."
"That's not true, but we should pay attention to good things, pay attention to hygiene, and be in good health. When the children are older, they will be less likely to get sick if they are in good health. It is also good to pay more attention to them when they were young."
The two old men were chatting and looking at the children. Before long, several women came towards them. Suddenly, a child among the group of children rushed towards them like flying.
“Father-in-law, it’s time to go home for dinner~”
Several women, who looked like they were not from the Ming Dynasty. They were all white slaves with blond hair and blue eyes. They came to the old man named Lao Wang and saluted respectfully.
"Hmm~"
Old Wangtou nodded arrogantly, and then said to the old man beside him: "Old Li, I'm going back to eat first. How about we go to the theater together after dinner?"
"Okay, your family is so nice. They can cook this meal much faster than mine."
The old man next to him also agreed. Seeing Lao Wang leaving with a group of grandchildren and granddaughters, he also murmured to himself: "I must ask him to take more concubines later. There are too few people here, and the food will be slow to cook.
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