In a village on the outskirts of Moscow, when people of the Ming Dynasty were celebrating the New Year and welcoming the new year, the whole village was immersed in laughter and laughter.
The same goes for the Tarasov family, who sat together happily and enjoyed the harvest dinner.
Although it is not very suitable for the calendar of the Ming Empire, the Ming New Year does not seem to have a profound impact on them.
I just knew that the nearby castle had been decorated with lights, and what Ming people thought was a festive red color decorated almost every part of the castle as night fell.
The castle was brightly lit, just like a palace, and it was extremely beautiful. At the same time, fireworks and firecrackers were going off, bringing bursts of excitement to this cold land.
Tarasov doesn't care how the people of the Ming Dynasty celebrate the New Year, nor is he very concerned. They are used to celebrating New Year's Day and are not very adaptable to the festival of the Ming Dynasty, even though the government has repeatedly asked everyone to celebrate the Spring Festival, and they are still worried about it.
Many poetry gatherings unique to the Ming Dynasty were held here in the city, such as these gatherings and lantern festivals.
But it was freezing cold, the snow was flying, and the wind was howling, so no one went back to respond. It was better to stay at home, where the wife and children were comfortably warmed by the kang.
This year is unlike any other year.
In the past, they were serfs and livestock of the nobles. They could not own their own property. Even their wives and children belonged to the nobles.
When winter comes, all the serfs stay at home and dare not go out, because they are likely to freeze to death if they go out. There is very little food in the house, so they eat as much as possible.
Unpalatable black bread and horse bread were the standard fare for serfs, but even with such junk food, it was impossible for the serfs to have enough food to eat. Most of the time, they were hungry and suffering, waiting for spring.
s arrival.
Last year, the Ming people swept across Eastern Europe and brought this vast land under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. Their serfs were also liberated and gained their freedom. From now on, they are no longer serfs, but free people.
My property and family were protected by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and every household was even allocated a lot of fields and had their own land.
Last winter, because everyone had no food to eat, the Ming government distributed food and bacon to everyone, which allowed all the serfs to have a good winter.
By this year, all the serfs had worked hard to cultivate their own land and plant food, looking forward to a good harvest in the autumn.
Thank God, no, no, it should be thank God.
This year has ushered in a bumper harvest, and every household has had a bumper harvest. The harvested food can no longer be piled inside the house.
I was originally worried that the Ming Dynasty government would be like the nobles in the past, levying excessive taxes on them, but it turned out that such worries were unnecessary.
The people of the Ming Dynasty were very trustworthy, and they really only collected one-tenth of the grain. This made all the serfs overjoyed. After paying the public grain, they were in a daze looking at the piles of grain in their homes.
Every household had plenty of food, enough for them to eat for a year or two. At this moment, they had never felt so happy.
As serfs, they had never been so wealthy as they are now. The grain they owned filled every corner of their homes. Many people even had no place to store grain and had to build granaries outside.
The same goes for the Tarasov family, who can't finish their food.
Using the machine invented by the Ming Dynasty, wheat is ground into white flour. The bread made from fine flour is soft and delicious. The horse bread and black bread at home have long been lost in exchanges.
And because there is a lot of food at home, you can sell part of the food and get some income. You can also buy warm cotton clothes for your family, buy brand-new quilts, and even buy some cheap ones.
of salted fish.
Salted fish is very cheap, costing only a few pennies per catty. It is delicious and contains salt. You don’t even need to buy the salt, so you can live a decent life these days.
In addition to salted fish, there are also a large number of vegetables brought from the towns where the Ming people immigrated, such as radishes, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, onions, potatoes, etc.
These things are large in quantity and cheap. You can buy a big bag for a few hundred copper coins and eat them slowly at home.
The Tarasov family ate bread, and occasionally a small piece of salted fish, with some pickled radish, and they lived a comfortable life.
Tarasov didn't know how the Ming Dynasty spent the Spring Festival, but he was very satisfied with his current life. His two daughters, who were occupied by nobles in the past, have now returned to him.
My son has grown a lot taller and become stronger because he has enough food to eat.
In the past, it was extremely cold in the winter, but now the family can have a warm dinner and enjoy a happy time.
"Dad, I'm tired of eating this salted fish. Can you buy some bacon to eat? It's the kind of bacon that the people of Ming Dynasty gave us last year. It's oily, fragrant and delicious."
Tarasov's son put the salted fish on the table, but he lost his appetite and wanted to eat bacon.
"That kind of bacon is very expensive, costing more than ten cents per pound. Some of it is pretty good, but you still have to be picky. Thinking about the past, when you didn't even have enough food to eat, you already had to thank God for bread.
Already."
Tarasov's face drooped. After such a good time, his son actually disliked the taste of salted fish and wanted to eat bacon. But getting bacon was very expensive.
Although they have a lot of food at home, they don't have much money in their hands, so they can't bear to buy expensive bacon.
"But I see that the Ming people in the castle eat bacon every day."
"That kid even gave me candy."
His son pouted and said.
"Can we compare with the people of Ming Dynasty?"
"The Ming people are nobles, and we are ordinary civilians. We were still serfs before, and it was only after the Ming people came that we became common people."
"If you still want to eat that, don't look at who you are. If you are not from the Ming Dynasty, how can we eat good bread, salted fish and sour radish this winter?"
"Have you forgotten your old life as a serf?"
Tarasov scolded his son severely. He really didn't know how to cherish it. It had only been a few days, but he started to be picky.
His son was speechless and could only pick up the salted fish and continue eating. In his heart, he was thinking about going back to his friend from the Ming Dynasty and asking him to give him some bacon to try.
I'm tired of eating bacon and say it doesn't taste good.
How can bacon not be delicious?
It's fragrant, and your mouth is filled with fragrance when you eat it.
Even though he wanted to eat it, he didn't even have to eat it, but he actually said it didn't taste good and said it was too greasy.
"I wonder what people in Ming Dynasty are eating now?"
I was thinking in my mind that salted fish and sour radish don't seem to go well with bread. Ming people's steamed buns are more delicious. That one goes well with pickles. It would be better if there are pieces of oily bacon.
Perfect.
"Starting next year, you will go to Damingren's school. You must study hard."
"The people of Ming Dynasty were very kind to us. They gave us freedom, gave us land, and allowed us to live a life without worries about food and clothing. This is a life that those nobles could never give us before."
"The nobles in the past just treated us serfs like livestock. We didn't have any freedom or any property. Even your sister was occupied by those nobles."
"It was the Ming people who gave us a new life. You must study hard in the Ming people's schools and learn the language and writing of the Ming people. Only in this way can you become a true Ming people, and only then can you be loyal to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty when you grow up.
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After dinner, Tarasov started nagging again and mentioned the matter of his children going to school.
In the past, it was simply impossible for children to go to school. They were serfs for generations, livestock of nobles and landlords for generations, and illiterate for generations.
When the Ming people came, they not only gave them freedom and land, but now also asked them to send their children to school to learn the Ming people's language and writing.
In the words of Ming people, only in this way can we be more loyal to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty when we grow up in the future and become a true Ming Dynasty person.
They still can't say Ming people, and they haven't changed Ming's surname, etc. They can't be regarded as real Ming people yet. Tarasov and the others can't count on it, but they still have to pay close attention to the education of the next generation.
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For this reason, the Ming government has strictly required everyone to send their children to school to learn the language and writing of the Ming Dynasty.
As for being able to learn words and knowledge, this is really incredible in the eyes of Tarasov and others. The people of Ming Dynasty were actually able to let every child go to school.
Of course, what is even more shocking is that the people of the Ming Dynasty are actually willing to let their children receive education and learn the language and writing of the Ming people.
Therefore, Tarasov also spoke sternly to his son about this matter, telling him to study seriously in school. Regarding the distant Great Tomorrow, Tarasov only knew that this Great Tomorrow would allow him
The family has lived a better life and has endless food, which is enough for the family to be loyal to them.
Of course, Tarasov didn't know that going to school was just part of the assimilation and sinicization policy formulated by the Ming Empire. These Slavs who grew up learning the Ming language, writing and culture would still remember their identities when they grow up.
