"Young master." The boy with the round nose held a broken bowl, crying so much that his face was covered with tears and snot. The short shirt he was wearing was covered in mud, his fingers were red from freezing, and he burped every now and then and could not speak smoothly. , "No, no, no, no, no, no..."
Lin Yuan saw that this little guy was about to cry, and said quickly, "Come over and sit down."
With that said, Lin Yuan unfolded the ragged quilt he was wearing, and hugged the little servant inside. It was windy in the ruined temple, and the two of them, the master and the servant, relied on this ragged quilt to keep warm from the cold.
It's been a week since Lin Yuan came through, and he hasn't moved much this week. He really can't move.
The original owner was the son of a landowner in the north. The landowner had a very large property and had a long-term vision, but he couldn't get away with his big business in the local family, so he found his only son and gave him a lot of money to let him go to the south. Go buy some property, buy some land, set up a tenant, and buy a village. In the future, if the situation in the north is not good, the family will also have a destination.
However, the old landowner did a lot of calculations, but he didn't count that his son was a fool.
It's really stupid and sweet. When I left, I brought a servant and a coachman with me. I also told my father that if there are too many people, it is easy to suffer disasters. Moreover, the north is not stable now, and the family needs people. , so he persuaded the father.
The original owner read a lot of books, and a bunch of saints spoke. When my father heard that it was said by a saint, come on, listen.
So the original owner went down a bad road.
The servant was twelve years old, and was still empty. The three masters and servants grew up in the yard. They didn't know the sufferings of the world, and they lost all the money along the way.
On the side of the road, someone knelt down and asked for something, and the original owner gave it as much as he could, and as a result, he was targeted.
The coachman was strong and strong, and he voluntarily dragged the gangster, and no one knew whether it was good or bad.
When Lin Yuan wore it, all the valuable things on the original owner's body were robbed. Because of guilt and remorse, coupled with the cold weather, when he couldn't find a place to stay, he developed a cold, that is, a cold and fever.
In ancient times, the cold was easy to kill, not to mention that there was no medicine and no medicine, and the original owner just left.
Lin Yuan was also very embarrassed. The original owner was actually only fourteen years old. In ancient times, the life expectancy was short. An ordinary boy could establish a family once he was twelve years old. , It was originally a good thing, but unfortunately the times did not give him the opportunity to be a good person.
The little servant was already too cold, so he wiped away the tears and snot with the back of his hand, but he didn't wipe it clean, his face looked even more embarrassed, and he cried and said, "I can't get the medicine."
This child is a conscientious person. He was born in the Lin family since he was a child, and the education he received was to be loyal to his master. The so-called education is actually brainwashing. After more than ten years of washing, the fakes have become real.
"Then don't." Lin Yuan patted the little servant's head and smiled bitterly: "It's okay, look at me, it's almost better."
Fortunately, the group of people who robbed were all civilians, and they only robbed money and did not hurt anyone, otherwise they would have lost their lives now.
Lin Yuan has searched all the leftovers in the past few days. He doesn't believe that the Lin family only gave silver ingots and bills. Before going on a trip in Hyundai, he would hide some cash in the middle of his shirt. How could he not be prepared in this era?
However, I searched everything I could and found nothing.
The little servant stopped crying. After his emotional breakdown, he realized that he was hugged by the young master again. Since the accident, their master and servant fled in a hurry and only hugged a quilt. Originally, the little servant did not touch the quilt. Yes, only for the young master, but when the young master wakes up, he always wraps him in his arms.
Thinking of this, the little servant started to cry again, the young master is such a good person, how can God treat him so badly!
"It's all my fault!" The little servant started to take the blame for himself, and said remorsefully, "Master said it earlier, and told me to be careful, but I myself am not up to my expectations, and I also implicated the young master! Oh, it's all my fault! I have no brains! White long!"
As he spoke, he struggled, raising his hand to slap himself.
Lin Yuan hurriedly grabbed his hand and patted his back. After experiencing such a thing, to the ten-year-old servant, it was probably not much different from the sky falling, so he comforted: "It's alright, we'll be fine. Isn't it fine now?"
The little servant's nasal voice was heavy, and he said vaguely: "It's all my fault! It's all my fault!"
"Look more carefully." Lin Yuan was about to search his body again. He took off his coat, even his shamcloth. He was only wearing a pair of sham pants. He shivered coldly while looking for the mezzanine.
The little servant followed along. Although they had to look for it every day, they were always worried that they had not looked carefully before.
During this period of time, all the money for the meal was made by Lin Yuan who asked the servant to be the only padded jacket he had before.
Lin Yuan was wearing cloth shoes, made by the landlord's wife and his mother's hands. The soles were thick and thick. I don't know how many needles were needed to get this pair, and the feet were warm in winter.
The original owner was born by a girl, not even a concubine. Being born this year is equivalent to passing the gate of hell. His mother was only fifteen years old when she gave birth to a child. went.
The original owner was raised by the mistress. The mistress herself had no children. She was born in a scholarly family and had nothing in common with the landowner. Not to mention the two raised their eyebrows, it would be good if they didn't hate each other, so they were very fond of the original owner. Well, I have been teaching reading and literacy since I was a child.
Just because the original owner could write and calculate, and was a literate person, his father thought that this son could stand on his own, and that's why he was entrusted with the important task.
When Lin Yuan found this passage in his memory, the whole person was speechless, this father is also enough, reading and doing practical things are obviously two different things!
At this moment, Lin Yuan had a flash of inspiration and took off his shoes. Fortunately, the original owner was young and it was winter. He didn't change his shoes for so many days. , reached out and touched two hands.
"Young master..." the little servant said anxiously, "how do you..."
He wants to ask you why you look like you are about to cry.
Before he could ask, he saw the silver note that Lin Yuan took out.
In addition to the patterns and seals, there is also an amount written on it—two hundred taels.
In exchange for copper, it was 200,000 yuan, which is a lot of money. The original owner, the father, gave a total of 500 taels, which is still all the family can afford.
The mistress estimated that she also took out the money she put in the bottom of the box, because she was afraid that the original owner would encounter an accident.
A mother's heart!
Lin Yuan, who is an orphan in modern times, has some feelings.
It seems that the task given by Father Lin cannot be completed in the near future. First, find a place that is not ventilated to live, and then think about it after recovering from the disease.
As for doing business, Lin Yuan didn't even dare to think about it. He gave up since he knew this was the Yuan Dynasty and the emperor above his head was Emperor Yuan Shun. At least he knew that Shen Wansan was a big businessman. He was almost as rich as the country. Choose the right investment object, hug Zhu Yuanzhang's thigh.
The results of it? Not long after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he was confiscated and exiled, greatly enriching the national treasury.
Isn't Heshen at the back? Could it be that Qianlong didn't know that he was making money and that he was greedy
How much did he greedy, didn't he return to Jiaqing later
So Lin Yuan is going to buy some land according to what Lin Yuan said - it's better to be far away, don't fight at your door, and build another house, then the whole family will definitely have to come over, and make it bigger , but also to store food.
What is the most valuable in troubled times? Gold and silver jewelry? Wrong, food.
During the war, the people were the most tossed. The people could no longer cultivate, and the output of grain naturally became less and less. It was common to pick bark and eat grass roots. Grain is the foundation of survival.
"Master." The little servant smiled stupidly, "Let's go change the money."
Lin Yuan still can't walk now, so he can only hand over the bank note to the servant, and caution: "Only take fifty taels and exchange for two banknotes, always one."
"Go tomorrow morning, go early." Lin Yuan looked at the dark sky, "It's not safe to go now."
The servant nodded immediately: "I listen to the young master!"
In the eyes of the servant, the literate young master is much smarter than himself, and the young master knows everything.
Before going to bed, Lin Yuan thought happily that when he had finished his family business, he would be able to show his talents. In troubled times, there will be heroes. Then he will follow in the footsteps of the predecessors of the traversers and invent an artillery, a tank, a plane, etc., and then Collect all the younger brothers, maybe... maybe... hehe!
At this time, Lin Yuan didn't realize that he was a liberal arts student. The most creative job he had done in his life was repairing a computer. He bought a new one before it was repaired, and almost spent his scholarship money for this.
But people still have dreams.
The next day before dawn, the little servant stuck his head out of the quilt. The cold wind was blowing outside, and the broken temple could neither block the wind nor the rain. Fortunately, it didn’t rain for more than a week, and it didn’t snow in the south, except for It was a little cold, but it wasn't difficult to travel. He rubbed his hands together, a little reluctant to put on the warm bed.
However, the little servant soon cheered up. He thought that the young master could not move around now, and all hope was on his shoulders, and he felt a sense of pride.
Before he left, Lin Yuan instructed: "If you encounter thugs, give them the paper money, you know?"
The little servant didn't know why: "I can't give it! It's all the young master's money!"
Lin Yuan explained: "If you don't give it to them, you can grab it. Can you grab it? Compared with the two, the other forty-eight taels are the big ones."
The little servant bowed his head and said, "It's all my fault. If Brother Chen is still here, those people will definitely not be able to grab Brother Chen..."
Speaking of Brother Chen, the coachman who voluntarily followed the original owner, Lin Yuan was also a little flustered.
Brother Chen is the original owner's nanny, the nanny's child. He grew up with the original owner since he was a child. He is strong, loyal, and has a very close relationship. far.
Brother Chen is five years older than the original owner. He has no name. He is called Brother Chen, and the elders call him Niudan.
He let the original owner and the servant run away, and stayed behind to stop the victims.
act recklessly.
Lin Yuan sighed. The ancients were simple and honest, and what they knew was what they were. If they moved to another place, Lin Yuan felt that it was impossible for him to use his own life to save people like him.
The Yuan Dynasty was heavy on commerce and did not pay much attention to agriculture. Taxation was the lowest among all dynasties, and only merchants were heavily taxed.
However, the low taxation of the imperial court did not mean that officials in various places were very clean. They could not live a luxurious life on their stipends, so they could only oppress the local people.
Nowadays, there are more and more extortionate and miscellaneous taxes, and the oppression from the landlord class is getting heavier and heavier. Many peasants in various places are struggling to survive and cannot survive. flee.
Those victims who stopped them and robbed them of their belongings may have been the common people who farmed the land honestly before and were satisfied with a bite of food.
In order to survive, they indirectly killed a good person like the original owner.
When life is not guaranteed, all morals and etiquette must be left behind.
The author has something to say:
Regarding the Yuan Dynasty, Qiqi said a little bit, but in fact there are still many disputes.
The Yuan Dynasty's taxation of civilians was the lowest of all dynasties, and there were many reasons for its demise.
One: "Pig teammates", Kublai Khan highly respected the Han culture, and the slogans he shouted all came from the "Book of Changes", but after his death, the officials were divided into two factions. One faction believed that it should follow Kublai Khan's footsteps and use Confucianism to govern the country. Before the Yuan Shun Emperor, a total of 9 emperors were replaced in 39 years, and the strength of the Yuan Dynasty gradually weakened.
Two: The tax issue. Although merchants are heavily taxed, their merchants are limited. Big landlords are not included in merchants. Therefore, many prefecture-level governments do not have enough money. Officials have low salaries. income, oppression of the lower classes.
3: Ethnic issues, this will not be explained in detail.
4: The plague that broke out at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, which some scholars say is actually the Black Death in Europe - has not been proved by evidence.
Five: Banknotes. The large-scale appearance of banknotes has caused inflation, which is equivalent to an economic bubble. The poorer you are, the more you print. In the end, the banknotes will lose their function, so the protagonist is going to change the silver now, so that there is money to be used in troubled times.
Six: Many farmers do not have their own fields. Just like Zhu Yuanzhang, he was just a cow herder. The cattle belonged to the landlord, and the land planted by the family also belonged to the landlord. As long as the landlord took it back, his family would be finished.
There are many more not listed, there are several main reasons.
Also, Qiqi is also the information that I checked by myself. After all, I am not a student of the history department. It is difficult to achieve perfection.
Reference materials include: "Detailed Description of the Yuan Dynasty", "Detailed Description of the Dynasty", "Things in the Ming Dynasty", "Dictionary of Ancient Chinese Clothing", "The Way of Rites and Customs", "Ancient Cultural Common Sense", "Ancient Agriculture"
Other information comes from the Internet.
Hope you all have a good time.