Although he will soon die without a burial place, the Shangyuan County squad leader does not know that he will soon face such a tragic fate, so he is working very hard to instruct the government officials to maintain order.
In an attempt to redeem the bad impression.
And not many people came to exchange rice today, so the order at the scene was pretty good. People lined up in five neat lines waiting to exchange rice.
In fact, there are advantages and disadvantages to exchanging treasure banknotes for rice now. The advantage is that now is the time to collect the autumn tax. Both the citizens and businessmen in the city know it, so they all believe that the Ming Dynasty has enough food to cope with it.
Exchange of treasure banknotes. After all, ordinary people don’t know how many treasure banknotes are currently issued.
The disadvantage is also that it is the autumn harvest season and the price of food is low. A regular currency can be exchanged for six shi of grain near the capital, while in early spring it can be exchanged for four shi, so the price of the treasure banknotes will stabilize at the same as a regular currency of six guan.
level.
But I don’t care about this much anymore. Who knows how much the treasure banknotes will depreciate in the first half of next year, so I can stop it long ago.
Today's exchange was obviously very successful. Those at the back of the queue were not afraid that they would run out of rice if they were late. Even when the exchange was stopped at night, those who were not in line were just complaining that they had made a wasted trip today.
, I have to come again tomorrow.
In the next few days, Yunxi mainly followed Lao Zhu to learn how to review memorials. Lao Zhu did not have time to answer Yunxi in detail for each memorial as he did on the 30th, so he changed to transcribing each memorial.
Give a copy to Yunxi and let him take a look at it first and think about what to do. Then give him a copy of Lao Zhu's Zhu's review and let him compare it himself. If there are any questions, ask him during dinner every night and after.
The time between half an hour and an hour is Lao Zhu’s teaching time.
At the same time, Yunxi would take time out of the palace every day to visit the temporary exchange location. The time varied, sometimes at noon, sometimes in the evening. But generally speaking, it was always very orderly. Of course, the leader was no longer there. Jin Yiwei
Although he would not take the initiative to collect the criminal record of such a small person, it didn't take him half a day to find out some of his secret activities, and then found a victim to sue him. That person is currently being held in the Prison Department Prison.
Of course, Yunxi later felt that he was too impulsive at the time. First, he should not have used the Jin Yiwei, that is not the organization he should move now; second, he should not have almost personally gone into battle to deal with the squad leader, who has the identity. But the matter has been done.
Fortunately, Lao Zhu also hated these subordinate subordinates at the grassroots level and didn't care.
Yunxi sees that there is no problem with the exchange in the capital now. Except for the increase in the number of people coming to exchange from the first to the second to the third day of the lunar month, it has remained roughly the same since the fourth day of the lunar month, and the number of people has never exceeded the number set by Lao Zhu.
The bottom line seems to be successful, and of course Jin Yiwei's rumors also played a certain role.
Yunxi is now worried about things in Suzhou and Hangzhou. It is already the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Except for the memorials issued by Gao Xiang and Zhuo Jing on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there has been no new report in the past two days. Could it be that something happened?
What's the problem? Yunxi thought.
There was no trouble in Hangzhou and everything was fine; but there was a problem in Suzhou. At the beginning, Suzhou, like Hangzhou, was going smoothly, because the people could see ships carrying grain into the warehouse, and exchange
The enthusiasm for food was not very high. But things changed from the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. A large number of people flocked to the exchange place to exchange their treasure notes for food. The amount of food doubled, exceeding the red line drawn by Lao Zhu, and Zhuo Jing was quite anxious.
September 30th, Chashan Island (today’s Sheshan Island not far from the Yangtze River outlet).
In the secluded harbor of such a desolate island, there are more than a dozen ships of various sizes moored. Although it can be seen that the owners of the ships love them very much, the ships still look old and worn out.
In a cabin on one of the largest ships, more than a dozen people were sitting together, discussing something. A thin but strong man about forty years old said: "We don't have to get involved in this matter."
Let's make peace, it won't be of any benefit to us. Anyway, even if we buy the food, it will be difficult to bring it to sea in large quantities. It's not the same as now."
And a man in his thirties, strong and handsome said in a low voice: "Why is it useless? Is it the same as selling food from your own warehouse? And this time, the Zhu family's plan will not go bankrupt.
, but also make them pay more.”
"They obviously want to maintain the credibility of the treasure banknotes, but there may be insufficient gold and silver in the treasury, or Zhu Yuanzhang is too stingy and only uses grain in exchange, which gives us the opportunity to cause trouble."
"When Zhu Ming fought repeatedly with King Cheng's army in Suzhou, six or seven people died, and then he imposed heavy taxes in Suzhou. The people of Suzhou were not interested in Zhu Ming, but in memory of King Cheng. Most of our people are from Suzhou, and not all of them are from Suzhou.
It's easy to sneak into Suzhou when he's on the wanted list. But he can spread rumors and lure people to exchange large amounts of grain, which will cost Zhu Ming a lot. It would be great if his plan could be ruined."
As he spoke, he even dreamed about it secretly, but he immediately came back to his senses and knew that this hope was slim.
This group of people is a group of pirates active in the East China Sea, but their origins are different from ordinary pirates, because they are Zhang Shicheng's old tribe. In the 27th year of Zhizheng in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty (1367 AD), the Ming Dynasty captured Zhang Shicheng
In his hometown of Pingjiang, Zhang Shicheng committed suicide and the rest of his troops were disbanded. One of the group fled to the sea and became pirates, and they never surrendered. The King Cheng in their words just now refers to Zhang Shicheng.
The man in his thirties who just spoke was the son of Zhang Shicheng's general Li Boxheng. Li Jiqian became the head of the family after his father's death a few years ago. He hated the Ming Dynasty with all his heart, but he had never been able to retaliate against the Zhu Ming regime.
This time I finally had the opportunity to cause trouble, how could I let it go?
Everyone else also hated Zhu Ming, so except for the objection from the mature and prudent person, the others felt that there was no risk and could add some trouble to Zhu Ming, so they unanimously agreed.
After discussing the matter, everyone had nothing else to do, so the meeting adjourned. Li Jiqian also left the cabin and wanted to go down to the land for some relaxation. This time they came here because they wanted to sell the stolen goods on the mainland in exchange for some daily necessities. But
Li Jiqian was also considered a pirate leader and a famous figure on the Ming Dynasty list. Of course he couldn't go to the mainland, so he stayed on this small island.
At this time, he heard someone say: "Brother, why are you coming out now? Is there something big going on?"
As soon as Li Jiqian heard the voice, he knew who it was. He turned around and saw, as expected, it was his little sister Li Sha'er calling him. His sister Li Sha'er was only nine years old this year, twenty years younger than him, and he didn't
Daughter, I have always regarded her as my daughter.
Because she was still young and a girl, Li Jiqian would not say this to him. He just said: "Girls, why do you care about this?"
Li Shaer snorted and said, "I know even if you don't tell me, I must be discussing how to deal with Zhu Ming."
Li Jiqian scratched the back of his head. They hated Daming's affairs very much. Everyone in the gang, whether they were descendants of Zhang Shicheng's old men or not, knew that it was not surprising that Li Sha'er had heard of it.
Li Shaer added: "Although I am young, I have heard my brothers and sisters talk every day. I don't know what my hometown is, but I have also been to Ryukyu and know how children from normal families live. If
It would be great if he could become a child from an ordinary family. Even if his life is poor, he doesn't have to hide around all day long (escape from being pursued by Zhu Ming's navy) and he can live a stable life."
Li Jiqian had never heard his sister say such reasonable words, and he was moved for a moment. But he immediately strengthened his mind and said to his sister: "Zhu Ming and we have a blood feud. How can we forget the hatred and return to Zhu Ming?"
Become an ordinary citizen under the Meiji era."
Then he hurriedly walked off the boat without waiting for his sister to speak. Li Sha'er was still young and couldn't catch up with him, so she stamped her feet on the boat angrily.
