Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

I heard the news of Xu Shouhui again that in March of the following year, the capital Qishui County was breached. Xu Shouhui’s capable subordinate Peng Yingyu died in battle. Xu Shouhui could only lead people to retreat to Huangmei County and fought a protracted battle with the Yuan army. .

At this time, it has been fourteen years since the beginning, and the news received was from the end of last year.

"Liu Futong's situation is pretty good." Lin Yuan smiled.

The Yuan army assembled several provinces to deal with Xu Shouhui, which proves that the Yuan army attaches great importance to Xu Shouhui.

But in other respects, the Yuan army did not take advantage.

In the twelfth year of Zhengzheng, 300,000 troops attacked Liu Futong's area of ​​Runing Mansion, but suffered repeated defeats and heavy losses.

In the 13th year of Zhengzheng, an army of 100,000 came to attack Gaoyou, and was finally defeated, losing nearly 60,000.

There were not many people in Xu Shouhui's hands, but the court still failed to annihilate him in one fell swoop.

Zhu Yuanzhang said at this time: "Yuan Ting is exhausted, we are just going to go further this year."

Lin Yuan smiled at him: "I have this intention, too."

They have now occupied Taizhou, Gaoyou, Changshu, Changzhou and Songjiang. Lin Yuan stood in front of the map and said to everyone: "You guys come to discuss."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Baisong’s opinions are very unified. They think that now they have strong soldiers and strong morale. The original 50,000 soldiers have been increased to 300,000. Lin Yuan still thinks this increase is very terrifying. The recruiting matter is Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Baisong. Responsible, these two people did not show eloquence in front of him, but judging from this number, they must be very eloquent.

Or the staff in their account are good.

They think they can take Pingjiang Road directly.

Song Shizhao believes that instead of just taking Pingjiang Road, it is better to take two roads in parallel, take Pingjiang Road all the way, and take Pingjiang all the way.

Pingjiang Road was an administrative division of the Yuan Dynasty, which included Kunshan, Changshu, Wujiang and Jiading.

Pingjiang is a separate place name, which is the later Suzhou, Jiangsu.

Brother Dao couldn't understand, he looked at his fingernails, Lin Yuan glanced at him, and he quickly said, "I can do it, I won't pick!"

Everyone in the room laughed.

Yang Zi'an said, "I can lead all the people to Pingjiang."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "I can go to Kunshan."

Chen Baisong: "Jiading."

Brother Dao: "...Then, only Wu Jiang is left?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "It's handed over to you. If you feel that it is not possible, just tell them and ask them to change with you."

Brother Dao waved: "That's not necessary."

Lin Yuan set the end of the year, which is winter.

Although it seems that this time is not conducive to the war, it is good for them. Now most of the financial expenditure is on the purchase of cotton. Lin Yuan did not let the people under his control grow cotton, and would rather spend money to buy it outside.

He wants to ensure the food source of the people and ensure that his soldiers have sufficient food and grass.

Before winter, they had to work overtime to prepare.

The clothing workshop is busy now.

Women work almost six hours a day. This is just the basis, sometimes even more than seven hours. If in modern times, someone will tell Lin Yuan to squeeze labor.

But in this emergency period, no one will feel hard. The women sit in the house, protected from the cold wind outside.

In summer, there is still an ice basin in the house.

The ancients have been making ice for a long time, and the skill of making ice with saltpeter has always been there, but poor people have never seen ice in the summer. Fortunately, Lin Yuan now has a lot of saltpeter. He doesn't want to have people having heatstroke during his hard work. .

He does not want to lose a person now.

The soldiers had to train outdoors, and almost everyone Yang Zian led a team out to kill the bandits and bandit villages.

The larger stockades were not able to escape, and there was almost no danger in the wild where Lin Yuan was under his control.

Businessmen also like to come to Gaoyou to do business more and more, and many of them even come to Gaoyou to settle down with a wealth of money.

As long as someone comes, someone spends money, and someone makes money, the economy can develop.

Aunt Qian is sewing the cotton-padded clothes. The weather is getting hot. She is wearing a thin cloth, but she still feels bored. The sweat on her forehead drips down quickly, making the cotton-padded clothes damp. Fortunately, there is only so little.

Just after Mrs. Qian poured a cup of cold tea-said it was cold tea, in fact, the tea is still warm no matter how long it is left.

The girls cheered and cheered finally came outside.

"Ice here! Today's ice is here!"

"We need at least three burdens!"

"Come on, you have only a few people? My 30-odd ones! I have to take five loads!"

The young man driving the ox cart to deliver ice is very familiar with them. At this time, he smiled and said, "Auntie, please forgive me, the manager said, three burdens for more than ten people and less than 30 people, and more than ten people and less than 60 people. Five Dans."

Women bargain: "My girls are all big!"

"One can top three!"

The young man was helpless: "Then it's useless if I say it. The person in charge has to strip me off."

Seeing that the steward did not follow, the women had to ask someone to bring ice back to the house.

As soon as the ice arrived, the women in the house felt much cooler. They pulled up their long hair and lived with wooden hairpins. The work under their hands was also faster. Every room had a female teacher who taught needlework. She can get a lot of rewards for her job well done, but if she squanders her own pockets and oppresses employees, the manager will have an anonymous complaint box. Once verified, she will not only have to be fired, but she may also go to jail. Parade.

No one dares to do it even for facial problems, especially women have thinner skins than men. In addition, life is getting better and the income of female teachers is not low, so the complaint box has not been received yet. An anonymous complaint.

The room is full of snow-white cotton and navy blue fabrics. The stitches of the women are collected very well, and the cotton clothes they make are getting better and better.

The old straw fleece has been replaced. After all, straw fleece is not as good as cotton. It is just a stopgap measure.

They talked while working, and the work-study children served them tea and water.

"It's a really good day." Aunt Qian said to the young girl next to her, "I didn't even dare to live the current life before. At that time, I couldn't have enough to eat. Who cares about hot or cold?"

The young girl smiled at her: "My wages can also buy some ice for my family."

"Your father is okay?" Aunt Qian asked her.

The girl’s father fell a year ago, broke a leg, and became lame. He couldn’t get off the ground and could not do heavy work. The pain was unbearable for walking a few steps. Fortunately, both her mother and daughter could make money. Life is not sad.

The young girl said, "My father can walk around the yard now."

Aunt Qian sighed, "Fortunately, Nan Bodhisattva is here, otherwise..."

The girl was also grateful: "Otherwise, my family will not survive long ago."

The workmanship house is always very lively. There is a kang in the house. Winter is better than summer. As soon as the kang is burned in winter, the whole house is warm, which is just a little waste of wood.

"time to eat!"

When it was time for the meal, the women stopped their work one after another, and some were still doing the finishing touches. They walked out of the house in groups of two and went to the cafeteria to have a meal.

Now they eat sweet potatoes and potatoes the most, but they do many things. Their favorite is mashed potatoes, which can be eaten with some salt and sauce.

Vegetables are stir-fried vegetables. There are special oil factories for extracting oil. Nowadays, many rapeseeds are planted in the fields outside the city. After the rapeseeds are harvested, the oil supply has become larger. The owners of these oil factories are basically merchants. Lin Yuan did not directly monopolize these channels. The merchants wanted to get them, let them go, as long as they paid taxes.

And because of the presence of the Chamber of Commerce, the local oil prices under Lin Yuan's rule were the same.

As for how much they sell outside, Lin Yuan doesn't care, anyway, the tax is good.

The people in this world who can still afford oil are basically big families, and the poor people are still struggling to fill their stomachs.

"This is delicious." Aunt Qian said to the young girl, "You didn't know that this kind of wild vegetables is the most delicious when fried."

The young girl made a plate of wild vegetables, ordered another bowl of mashed potatoes, then made sweet potato rice, and sat down at an empty table with Aunt Qian.

They are always in their best mood when they eat.

Aunt Qian eats very slowly. She was so hungry before that she feels uncomfortable when she eats a little faster now.

The young girl eats very quickly. She eats very cleanly, without any waste. If it weren't for it, she would have to lick the dishes again.

Aunt Qian was surprised: "I think you are so thin, you can eat so much."

The girl's face was a little red: "It's better than others. It makes you laugh."

Aunt Qian quickly said, "What's the matter? When I was your age, if I didn't have to eat, I might have eaten more than you."

"I think you have fifteen this year?" Aunt Qian asked suddenly.

The girl nodded: "Go to fifteen years old."

Aunt Qian looked at her lovingly: "Can someone else be allowed?"

The girl shook her head and said shyly: "There can be no one at home."

If her family were missing her, her mother alone would not be able to support it.

Marrying to someone else’s house to be a wife, and then subsidizing the natal family, you always have to be pierced.

Aunt Qian hurriedly said: "I have a nephew. His parents are gone on the way to Gaoyou. If you are willing, I will match the two of you. Then you can ask him to come to your house, as long as you have a son. His surname will be given to his family, and everything else will be yours."

The girl was taken aback for a moment, obviously she did not expect to have this choice.

She thought her future was to become an old girl and then find someone to marry.

Aunt Qian looked at her face, and said, "You can just follow your family name. I'll talk to him when the time comes."

The girl lowered her head, her voice was very small: "Mother, you go to my house for dinner at night."

Aunt Qian repeatedly said: "Okay, OK, I'll go to work."

The girl’s only daughter is her. Her father hurt his body when he was on the road and couldn’t regenerate a child. He had a headache for this. Now he heard that he could have a son-in-law, and all the children he gave were given his family name except for one. , Her father agreed almost immediately.

But her mother was more cautious, and asked Aunt Qian, "I don't know how that kid's talent is? I'm afraid that my girl is soft-tempered. If she recruits a temperament..."

Aunt Qian: "My nephew is a solid-eyed person. He has great strength and can eat anything and speaks little. It is not that I am bragging. He is now an apprentice blacksmith. His master has said that next year he will be able to become a regular ."

Her mother: "I'm afraid my family can't keep such a good talent."

Aunt Qian smiled and said: "His parents are gone. Now that she lives alone, she wants to find someone who knows the cold and knows the heat, has a home, don't choose anything else, and is filial. If you don't rest assured, I will take you tomorrow. Go and see."

Then her mother said, "It's better to meet."

The girl blushed by herself.

If she is recruited, she won't have to leave home, and she can support her parents without being pierced in the backbone.

At the beginning, recruitment was not a prevalence. After all, people were paying attention to raising children to prevent old age. The more sons, the better. Even if everyone starves to death together, they must give birth to sons. If one is not a son, then continue to have one. , To live to grow old, you have to have a son.

Even in modern times, many poor mountainous areas and places still have patriarchal thinking.

In order to have a son and avoid fines, even when family planning is implemented, people who work in the city try all kinds of ways to have a son.

Only when the economy is more developed, the society is more stable, people's thinking is more advanced, and work is more equal to men and women, will there be less patriarchy.

Lin Yuan still remembered reading a scholar's discussion before.

The original reason for patriarchal society, apart from the patriarchal society, was that in ancient times, there was no machinery and relying solely on manpower. Men were born more powerful than women. Their right to speak in the family came from their ability to make money.

The least patriarchal area is because most of these areas are not farming areas. Most of them rely on handicrafts to make money. Handicrafts have the lowest differentiation between men and women, and women can also earn money to support their families.

The economy determines the status of both sexes.

The more developed the economy, the smaller the difference between men and women in earning ability, the more equal.

As for Gaoyou, the difference between men and women is getting smaller and smaller, because women can find work, and Lin Yuan also gave them the right to own private property.

Once women have private property, they will look higher when choosing a partner.

In many families, they have only one daughter, so many people choose to recruit.

Recruitment prevails.

But it is probably to prevent men from being too resistant. This kind of trick is generally that men don’t need to change their surnames, and they have a child with a man’s surname, and everyone is happy.

The people have the wisdom of the people. In order not to allow the children of men, that is, children who do not follow their own family name, to obtain all the property, they have also stipulated that the division of property must be as even as possible.

The wind first blew in Gaoyou, and then to several other cities.

The family named Zhao in Changshu was the first family in Changshu.

Zhao's father originally had three sons and two daughters, but all three sons died, and only one of his two daughters survived. He himself was fifty years old. Seeing that he could not give birth to a son, his roots were about to be broken in his own place. Without relatives, even the adoption would not be able to survive. If he adopts-he feels that his wealth is given to outsiders.

When his daughter is getting older, when he can get married, he often can't sleep, can't close his eyes all night and night, still has pustules at the corners of his mouth, and is absent-minded at work.

Seeing that he was uneasy, his fellow workers asked a few words, and he was not a person who could hide his words, so he said all his thoughts.

The worker said to him: "Then you might as well recruit extras. I heard that Gaoyou recruits extras. By that time, if your daughter has a child with your family name, you will have roots."

Father Zhao: "Can this be done?"

Since ancient times, not many men are willing to "marry" to go to women's houses.

Workers: "Why can't it be done? Look at those poor families who have seven or eight sons and can't support them. If you give them a dowry, it will be done?"

The worker just said it casually, but Zhao's father remembered it and couldn't sleep at night, so he said to his old wife: "Er Niang is also big, it's time to talk about her own family."

Old wife: "I can't bear her... just her. I think of her getting married and being treated by her in-laws. My heart is just like roasting on the fire..."

Father Zhao's eyes lit up: "I can't bear it either, I'm just such a girl, you say, how about we recruit extras?"

The old wife was a little scared: "Our family is old and weak. If we recruit someone who doesn't obey the discipline, wouldn't we..."

Father Zhao did not expect this incident. He was a little worried when he heard the old wife say. He sighed: "I will ask the matchmaker tomorrow. I heard that there is a matchmaker who just returned from Gaoyou. Gaoyou recruits a lot of extras. She may be wrong. ."

The matchmaker naturally did the same thing. She smiled and said to Father Zhao: "You don’t have to worry about it. There were divorced wives in ancient times, but now you have divorced husbands. If your family is not satisfied, just divorce. The Women’s Federation is the women’s federation. If he dares to do anything to your daughter, he will be sent to prison, play a board, and keep him honest."

"Gao You recruits a lot of extras. There was a Hugo earlier."

Father Zhao was shocked: "Then can she find it?"

Matchmaker: "Why can't I find it, is this man hard to find?"

Father Zhao whispered: "I'm not innocent!"

The matchmaker was surprised: "How many years is the old calendar? How much money is innocence? The bachelors have never seen a woman. They think that they are not innocent, and they still can't look down on him. Tell me, there is no shortage of men, so there is woman."

"There used to be two families married to a girl." Seeing that they could make a match, the matchmaker naturally babbled, "If you can trust me, I will find one for you, and promise to be honest."

Father Zhao said quickly: "Then I will bother you, and..."

Matchmaker: "What else?"

Father Zhao looked around and made sure that no one could hear him, and then whispered: "It's a good thing to have a big instrument, and I can have a son."

The matchmaker covered her mouth and smiled: "That's natural, then I will ask my kid to go and see, keep you satisfied."

As a result, the "big" men's market changed for the better. As long as they are not the boss of the family, they are basically willing to recruit extras, and the family agrees.Besides, there are so many sons in the family who can't marry a daughter-in-law even without recruiting.

If the son stays for a long time, he can still become enemies, and there are some bachelors who have no father and no mother, they are more willing.

The matchmaker quickly found someone and led him to Father Zhao.

"This kid is surnamed Li, and he is the most honest person." The matchmaker first praised, and then said, "His family does not want to be a gift, as long as you treat him better.

Zhao's father first looked at the other person's size and then his physique. Although he was thin, he did not appear weak.

He asked the matchmaker in a low voice: "Have you seen that thing?"

The matchmaker also whispered: "My kid has seen it, and said it is half a finger."

Father Zhao is satisfied.

Li Si probably guessed what they were talking about, and his face blushed.

There are six brothers in his family. Although life is better now, he can't marry a wife.

Even the eldest brother in the family has no daughter-in-law.

Although the matchmaker came to the door this time, although it was a trick, his father agreed after smoking a few shots of dry tobacco.

He was also afraid that his parents would refuse. He was eighteen this year, and he had reached the age of thinking about women. Besides, with so many brothers in the family, he was not taken seriously.

Although it is "married" to go to someone else's house, after giving birth to a son, he still has a surname, and there is no need to change his surname.

He married his wife and couldn’t live in his house.

——Not to mention whether you can marry a wife!

They did not get married, so they invited relatives and neighbors to have a meal, and the young couple moved into a room.

Li Si is very satisfied with this wife. She has a good temper and earns a lot of money. She is gentle and considerate to him, and she doesn't look down on him because of his inheritance.

After they were married for six months, their wife was pregnant with a child.

The first child was a boy, and his wife, regardless of parents' resistance, asked the boy to follow his surname.

Li Si became more devoted to his wife.

Changshu recruits more people.

However, in the past, women were afraid of being divorced, and no matter how hard it is, they can bear no matter how hard they are. Now it is men who are afraid of being divorced. If they are divorced, don't think about getting married. Can you find out and marry a wife?Now that there are so few women, can you marry a wife?Be a bachelor for a lifetime!

Therefore, the people who recruited the superfluous family are doing pretty well.

When Lin Yuan knew it, he still felt that his thoughts were too outdated-he was a man, he knew the psychology of most men, he thought many men could not accept this kind of thing.

But when I look at it now, I accept it very well.

There are also two men who fight for monogamy. They fight for whoever gets married. They are brothers.

Lin Yuan understood that they were already thinking about women crazy.

Brother Dao said next to him: "Why no one comes to me?"

Brother Dao frowned. He said, "I'm a bachelor too!"

No one introduced him to his wife, and no one asked him to become a parent. He asked Lin Yuan, "A good man like me can't be seen by them?"

Lin Yuan: "...or think you have a woman?"

Brother Dao: "..."

He seemed to show off to the soldiers under his hand, saying that he was popular with women.

As a boy chicken, Brother Dao looks like five big and three rough people, and he is a general. Everyone thinks that he will definitely not lack women. What's more, Brother Dao runs the train with his mouth full, so he doesn't miss himself as a reading girl. Countless.

God knows he just said casually.

The person who originally wanted to marry his daughter to him, when he heard this, they all stopped thinking.

After all, apart from Brother Dao, Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Baisong or Yang Zian, they all seem to be much more reliable than him.

Brother Dao: "...Can't they hear me bragging?"

Lin Yuan looked at him.

Lin Yuan said to him: "It's really a bachelor based on strength."