Two days later, Du Xunhe’s newly-organized team came to another newly opened village, and some Zhuang Ding and members of the patrol team who had heard the news from the outpost had already greeted them early. .
"What are they like..."
Du Xunhe frowned slightly and looked at some figures on the wall with his hands tied back by the rope; there was also a half-sized child holding a stick on the side, guarding him coldly across his eyebrows.
"These are the thieves who are reserved for interrogation, that is, the villagers who come to steal grain and tools from the neighboring villages... should have chosen a day to be taken to the camp of Zhongxinzhuang; it just happened that we were here. They were interrogated and dealt with at the same time..."
The leader explained immediately.
After they set up their clothes as usual, there were already some people in the largest open space outside the village that doubled as a sun-drying field, laying out old mats, tables and other things, and even ready-made and polished pens and inks. Those ragged or unkempt figures tied to the wall were also led to the scene.
"Why do this generation want to steal food and how to send it out... Is it possible that the work team also has this kind of criminal power..."
Du Xunhe was slightly puzzled.
"Because no matter what kind of water and soil, and where the land boundary is, the output of the farms under the system of Taiping acres is always higher than that of Zuojin Township. If you say that this Hunan region, it is harvested every year. Three harvests a year; but in most villages, they can plant two rice a year and interplant a crop of soybeans and wheat, which is not envious of death."
Responsible for accompany them to patrol the head of the team, and immediately said.
"People at the time said that it was because of the many out-of-the-world seeds that were preached by the chief governor... so there is always no shortage of thieves who want to take tricks."
The leader also said with a rather proud expression.
"But I don't know that composting breeding and farming irrigation are all related knowledge and regulations. How can they be easily copied by these painting tigers and cats... On the contrary, there is no way to provoke a lot of right and wrong. And disasters are coming..."
"As for the rights of criminal names, they are actually simple and trivial things. We finally know more about the regulations and systems than those in Zhuangzi, don't we?... If we can deal with them on the spot, we don't need to spend more. It's up."
The leader smiled again.
"Of course, we only put forward disposal opinions in accordance with the regulations. If Zhuangzi finds it undesirable, we can still take our lien opinions and report it to Yingtian for judgment."
Hearing this, although Du Xunhe didn't speak, he couldn't help but think of the "three old and five watch" system of town officials in the ancient and two Han dynasties. It makes people feel the taste of self-denial and courtesy.
"Actually, the Taiping Army has managed to harvest Chengdu in recent years. There is some surplus in various villages. For those orphans and widows who come to pick up some scattered grains in the new harvest fields, they will not really take care of them. he."
The next teammate said.
"However, there are always some people who are greedy and inadequate, want more, and even influence and destroy the subsequent production arrangements. That is intolerable. There must always be punishment to ensure that the momentary kindness will not be abused by others. Myself..."
Next, Du Xunhe, with his stomach full of thoughts, acted as a clerk for on-site inquiries and records. He wrote dozens of verdicts in succession, and finally put on a bamboo pen and copied a large-character notice. .
One of the most common results of disposal is to punish the period of long and short labor under the local supervision of the village. And the lightest of them is just to continue to show the public for three days under the wall in order to follow suit.
The most serious case is that two people tried to steal the collective property from Zhuangzi, a bull deer who was in the prime of life; then, while being chased and escaped, one fell to death, and the other was on the ass of the bull. Stabbed, causing him to rush down the hill and break his leg.
Therefore, there was no direct judgment on the spot, but decided to escort it to the county to be dealt with separately. If what is expected is good, what awaits him is the fate of mining or quarrying. However, Du Xunhe also noticed that the interrogated and adjudicated subjects present were also honest and submissive, and there were hardly any arguments or disputes.
"Are these villagers obedient like this..."
He couldn't help but asked in private with a little surprise
"In fact, at the beginning, people from neighboring villages would still come over to make trouble... Under the leadership of the patriarch and the landlord, they wanted to rely on the crowds to get them back, and then they were scattered by the people gathered by Zhuangzi. I went back several times..."
The leader explained the matter solemnly.
"Then they started making trouble in the four fields again, and as a result, it was reported to the county that several teams came into the village. They captured the patriarch and the landlord who had instigated the trouble behind their backs and sentenced them to labor and labor, and then selected a relatively honest and reliable one. As the leader and Mura Masa, they all disappeared. The rest is just a few sneaky thieves."
"In fact, in the past few years, every early winter season, some young women in Zuojin Township come to steal objects that are dried out, and then they are deliberately spotted and caught. Then they are punished to work in the Zhuangzi to repay them, usually until they wait. Only put it back in the beginning of spring."
"This, this is really..."
Du Xunhe only felt that his three views had been severely impacted.
"Brother Du is a scholar, so I am afraid I feel a little shameless."
Another player with very broad shoulders but a little camel behind came through.
"But when people can't live on, and they have to starve to death, what is the use of shame... My hometown is full of people who eat the soil and die by themselves... But the government and the village. Masters, but they have become more and more violent to serve the court."
"If you can't make it, you must take the yoke and drag it out every day to show it to others. Many people's pillars are caught and beaten, forcing the elderly to hang themselves at home, and the mothers sell their children for delivery, but the men are released too. It’s been tossed and waste, and I can’t get up again after lying down for ten and a half months."
"Now that they rely on most of them to supervise them, their days are finally getting better, and they can help others, but they can't just be kind to others..."
Hearing this, Du Xunhe couldn't help being speechless. This was obviously the truth behind things that he couldn't see and the chaos of the world in the charming city of Chang'an.
Before that, although he had seen those who died of hunger on the road, he also sent them poems that ridiculed current affairs in sympathy and compassion, in order to spread and touch the compassion of those who were superior.
Now it seems that he was just wishful thinking and naive at first, and he was not even as good as being able to contact the low-level people in the short period of time he was here, thinking that they could do more.
—I am the dividing line —
In Gangneung City, as the weather continues to warm and Wonjong Day (the first day of the first lunar month) approaches, pedestrians on the street are also accompanied by more and more shop shelves, and
It is densely intertwined in various streets in the city.
Even the noise on the streets at night has turned into pleasant words like "Fuyan new day, celebrating life without borders", "Fuqing at the beginning of new life, prolonging life." The hideous nuo noodles (tools) of various colors and the peach charms engraved with the names of Shen Tu and Yu Lei are the most sought-after items in the market.
And in the garden industry, Weiyuan, which Wang Duo, the former prime minister and ambassador to Jiedu of Jingnan, set up. Zhou Huaian also got together with a few women in his back home, teasing the old and new pets who were chasing after each other, while talking about various things and strange stories in their respective careers.
"That said, have you all received news from Xiangrui Jinfeng..."
Zhou Huaian said with a smile.
"That's true. I also showed me a five-color Ganoderma lucidum with a large lid. But as Langjun said, it was soaked soon after putting it in the water." She tried to maintain her dignity. Xian, but the slightly childish Hong Yaoer nodded first.
"Hey, I also have it. It is said that a large white turtle was found in the Han River. It is said that the text of the picture on the shell on the river was born of the saint who was born..."
Qingluo, who is gentle and charming but with misty eyes, is also a little weak and raises her hand.
"There was news from me that people saw the golden rainbow falling in the mountains, and there were nine strange stones..."
The elegant, quiet and charming girl then spoke.
"Actually, someone in my place claimed that there are shoots in the forest like red jade..."
Finally, the tall and beautiful Cui Wanting added hesitatingly.
There are only a few younger girls waiting for the small pendant, because they spend most of their time in the inner house, so they haven't had a chance to receive similar news.
"These people who can't wait to use persuasive methods to pretend to be fools, do they know how to use curved methods. I don't know, this is the real auspiciousness of my Taiping Army..."
Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but smiled, and this made people bring up a tray.
"this is!!"
Hong Yao'er suddenly looked at Zhou Huaian with a little surprise, as if offering a treasure to the few copper coins displayed. It looks similar to the names such as Kaiyuan Tongbao and Qianyuan Tongbao circulating on the market, but the color is much newer, and there are additional floral decorations and patterns;
Among them, there are Dang Wen, Dang Five, Dang Ten, Dang Twen, and Dang Fifty Essays, but without exception, there are two small characters "Tai Ping" and thin ring convex edges.
The good news is that since the Taiping Army had the output of dozens of copper fields and other lead and tin mines in Guiyang Jian, it has also checked the copper ware and bronze statues in most monasteries in the entire Lingnan; The source of copper material that originally needed to be controlled has become relatively abundant.
Therefore, in addition to the planned casting materials, the need for batch minting can also be considered.
In fact, in the hydraulic workshops built before this, small batches of heated thin copperplates and full-plate molds have been spirally stamped, and a batch of hardness and textures are quite hard and wear-resistant. The experimental size bronze money sample is here.
Being able to mint coins by oneself is not only the key to increasing the seigniorage tax from the non-governmental circulation market, but also the basic sign of the maturity of a regime. Especially in many overseas trades, the copper coins from the Central Plains dynasty have been in the Chinese cultural circle and the tributaries since ancient times, and there is not one of the strongest hard currencies.
Therefore, Zhou Huaian needs to copy the Kaiyuan Tongbao, which is the most famous and abundant material in this era, and add his own double spike flower ornaments with Taiping army characteristics and the inscribed Taiping word. In this way, the new batch of money can be called "Taiping Money", and in this way, it will directly enter the market circulation through the function channels controlled by the rebels.
In addition to the copper coins, there are small, medium and large three-color silver cakes made from materials provided by Yinkeng in Guiyang and other places, according to the hardening formula of seven silver, two and a half copper and half tin. However, the batch size and number will be much smaller, and it is currently limited to a small amount of internal circulation. (End of this chapter)