Chapter 689 Daily Life A Year Ago (Part 2)
Since the Han Dynasty, the scale of iron smelting in Xin'an County has been very large, because there are a large amount of iron ore that is easy to mine.
Maybe it’s not right to say “a large amount”. After all, mining in history has been close to exhaustion by the Tang Dynasty, or it means that the easy-to-exploit parts are almost gone.
Liang State currently has only one iron smelter, namely the Hotel Iron Smelter City in Xiping County, Runan County. It is huge in scale, with more than 10,000 blacksmiths, apprentices, miners and transfer personnel combined.
In the Shaoxun control area, there are also three iron smelting bases in Xingyang, Yiyang and Nanyang.
The first two restored the old smelting industry that had declined due to wars since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The Nanyang Yongrao smelting industry has always existed, and has waterways to transport iron ore, which is very convenient and its scale has been expanding.
As for other smaller iron smelting workshops, blacksmith shops, etc., there are many, many counties have one or two, but they are not government-run, but in the hands of powerful nobles, who mine local ores for smelting.
For example, Gongxian, Guancheng, Yangcheng, Luyang, Duyang, Wenxian, Dangyin, Linli, Langling, etc., there are too many, there are large and small iron mines since the Han Dynasty , most of which were mined out in the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties—perhaps there are still some in later generations, but for modern industry, they are not worth mentioning and have no mining value.
The book Wang Huifeng took over was a summary of the Langya Wang family’s experience in mining and iron smelting.
Maybe there is more, because Shao Xun turned to the back, and there are many words in it that mention how other families did it. Could it be that the Langya Wang family took advantage of the plunder and then gathered their achievements? The possibility is not small.
"I will give this book to Zaotai." Shao Xun shook the book in his hand and said with a smile: "Huifeng, you have helped me a lot."
Yang Xianrong felt unappetizing and was already Back to Huang Nu Palace. If she were here, Shao Xun would never say the second half of the sentence.
“In the past years, more weapons were made. I heard that next year we will make more farm tools. Knowing that you need this, I sent someone home to ask about it. If there was such a book, I made a copy and sent it. "Wang Huifeng said: "When the war started, even Wubao Manor was making weapons day and night, and households were short of farm tools and miserable..."
During the war, households mostly used wooden farm tools.
In the Taiping Era, the price of iron farm tools dropped significantly and they were used more.
Of course, this is not absolute. In the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, when a farmer's man died, the woman cut the ground with a horizontal knife and the children threw seeds into it. There are steel knives at home, but no farm tools, which is very characteristic of the times.
"Huifeng Guo has great love." Shao Xun praised.
If you didn’t have this great love, I wouldn’t even know how to start.
Of course, Wang Huifeng’s temperament is also very attractive to Shao Xun. Perhaps, for some people with a literary background, they would rather watch Wang Huifeng from a distance and help her secretly than be rude, but Shao Xun is too narrow-minded, so he just wants to take Wang Huifeng home.
Wang Huifeng smiled shyly and said: "It's not as good as you said. I was just pointing at it, and I don't know if it's right or not."
Shao Xun observed silently and found that Wang Huifeng's expression had become more and more vivid in the past month.
It works!
He stepped forward boldly and reached out to wrap his arms around her waist. Wang Huifeng kept paying attention to his movements and stepped aside slightly. Shao Xun remained unchanged and took her hand.
The two looked at each other. Wang Huifeng smiled and turned away with a blushing face.
Shao Xun has already tested it out.
Wang Huifeng would not allow him to cuddle in a crowded place during the day. But he has hugged her in places where no one is around, such as in a carriage.
Now that there is someone outside, he can hold hands, which is already a huge improvement. Wang Huifeng is thin-skinned and has a moral dilemma in his heart. He is just so entangled.
But Shao Xun is confident that the sausage-cutting tactic is effective, just take your time.
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On December 13th, there was light snow in Longxiang Mansion, Xuting, Puyang.
The Shaw family's personal army, which had expanded to more than 1,300 people, arrived with a large number of vehicles.
After the carriage staggered to a stop at the entrance of the village, Shao Xun woke up from his sleep.
Wang Huifeng's face was buried in his chest, but he did not sleep, but opened his eyes and looked at him. After discovering that Shao Xun had woken up, she felt a little embarrassed and said: "You go ahead."
In fact, she was not willing to follow Shao Xun out for such a walk, and she was not suitable to show up. After all, she was not the main character. mother. Unfortunately, Shao Xun has been falling for her recently and insists on pulling her out.
Wang Huifeng reluctantly agreed. After all, she also wanted to see what the situation was like outside.
Officials from Longxiang Mansion and even the township greeted him at the head of the village. Wang Huifeng was unwilling to go down to avoid suspicion, and Shao Xun did not force himself, so he opened the curtain and walked out.
“See Mr. Liang.” More than ten people saluted.
"I'm not here to see you." Shao Xun said with a smile: "Lead the way, I want to see if the sons and daughters have been wronged, and the family can't open the pot."
Everyone laughed a few times. , the one with high status followed behind, the one with low status led the way, and the subordinate Liu Bin was half a step behind Shao Xun.
Shao Xun randomly selected the fifth house in West Village. After pushing Chai Fei open, he looked around.
Shen Su, a soldier from the government, was standing in the courtyard. His wife, Mrs. Zhang, was holding a child in her arms. There were two children, a boy and a girl, behind him. He was holding on to the corner of his mother's clothes, revealing half of his face, and quietly looking at the visitor.
"Ming Gong..." Shen Su sighed, not knowing what to say.
"Has the house been expanded?" Shao Xun asked, pointing to the old and new houses.
“Yes.”
“How to expand?”
“I went on several expeditions and received some money and silk as rewards. In the past few years, I have accumulated some food and cloth. With the help of other brothers, it was built."
The Xuting Longxiang Mansion has been established for four years, and is based on the best soldiers of Xuchang who participated in the war.
In the past four years, wars were not frequent, and there was even a one-year break. The burden on the soldiers was not heavy.
Furthermore, the soldiers know each other and have a deep friendship. When families build a house, they usually help each other out and take care of the food.
Shao Xun looked at his wife's clothes again. They were still white linen, which was actually not bad.
Linen is also divided into three, six or nine grades. Some soft and wear-resistant linen are not cheap - but most of the linen she wears is produced in their own fields. After solving the hunger problem, some people will use part of their fields to grow hemp seeds.
Line cloth clothes should be filled with cotton, batting and other materials to keep them warm.
Shen Su was wearing a sheepskin fur.
This living condition is indeed far superior to that of the ordinary people. After all, many people do not even have cold clothes and are shivering in the winter, let alone wearing furs - the Hu people are poor, but basically everyone has a piece of fur. Qiu, from this perspective, is not considered poor.
“Have you been to Heyang this year?” Shao Xun asked again.
"I went with General Liu. We first settled in Zhonghezhu, and then moved to Beicheng."
"Is there a war?"
"The thieves are attacking We fought for a few days in Beicheng. Later, when Wang Du pursued the thieves, our troops were ordered to stay behind and failed to catch up. "
"It is not easy for a warrior to travel far away from home and live in the ice and snow." Shao. After Xun finished speaking, he clapped his hands.
The soldiers quickly came forward and handed two bolts of silk, two bolts of linen, a bunch of money, and several pieces of preserved meat to the hands of Shen Su's family. Shen Su and his wife are very grateful.
The baby in the arms may have been awakened and cried loudly.
The two boys hiding behind their mother looked at the meat with eager eyes and almost drooled.
Shao Xun smiled and said: "This is not the Huns' breasts."
When everyone heard this, they all laughed, full of contempt and ridicule for the Huns.
"This money is also new money minted in Luoyang." Shao Xun added: "It is of good quality and has sufficient weight. Don't be deceived when using it."
With the Han Dynasty The copper coins are written with "five baht", the Xinmang copper coins are written with "money spring", and the currencies of the three countries are written with different prices. The new money minted for the first time in the history of the country has four words on it: "Yongjia Tongbao".
"This is Yongjia's new money." Liu Bin echoed from the side: "It's heavier than five baht, so don't let others play with it."
Shen Su quickly asked his family to put it away. I'm not going to use it anymore.
Shao Xun was stunned and slowly asked a question: Bad money drives out good money?
When Shen Su saw Shao Xun's bad expression, he realized something and said, "I still lack some things at home, so I will use the Yongjia money tomorrow. If I have Mr. Liang's money, I will definitely save it and don't use it."
After hearing this, the warriors following Shao Xun didn’t think there was anything wrong with this sentence and continued to laugh.
Even those who had some valuables shouted: "Liang Gong's money? It's better to be Liang Wang's money."
Shao Xun did not scold them, shook his head and laughed, and after a few more pleasantries, Go to the next one.
This time I visited randomly: Ding Dayong’s house.
The Ding family did not build a new house, but they had many good things at home.
Shao Xun picked up an object casually and asked: "Snatched it?"
Ding Dayong was about to speak when he was scolded by Sima from another department: "In front of Mr. Liang , Don’t talk nonsense. You don’t drink tea, why buy a tea cup?”
This is a celadon cup, which is a tea drinking utensil.
The celadon of the Guo Dynasty mainly came from the old land of Soochow. The real mass production of celadon in the north did not occur until the Northern Wei Dynasty, while the south produced large-scale celadon during the Soochow period, and the technical level was very high. For this reason, the celadon was The term "Six Dynasties Celadon" was introduced.
A major source of profit for Guanqiu Lu was the sale of Wu celadon to the north.
Ding Dayong smiled sarcastically when he heard this and did not dare to say more.
Shao Xun didn’t bother to pursue the matter during the Chinese New Year. Hiding trophies is not allowed in the military, but it cannot be completely eliminated. Especially troops without military pay, such as the government soldiers, thought about how to plunder when they went out to fight.
Shao Xun raised his head, looked at the furnishings in the room, and saw several beds.
This object was made by Shao Xun more than ten years ago.
Hu beds are furniture such as Taishi chairs with armrests and backrests.
The rope chair is something like a pony tie in later generations.
He even found someone to get a deck chair and gave it to Cao Fu.
I didn’t expect that more than ten years later, these things would become popular on a small scale.
The bed in Ding Dayong’s house was probably purchased not long ago. The wood color is relatively new, which can be seen at a glance.
Thinking back to the stone mill he had just seen in the yard, Shao Xun suddenly realized that he had already made considerable changes in this society.
Before leaving Ding's house, he looked at the equipment rack and asked, "Where did this bow come from?"
"Find someone to make it in Jiyin." Ding Dayong said nothing. The other department immediately responded: "Many old mulberry forests have been preserved in the Bian family's manor in Jiyin. The craftsmen are good at making leather armor and good bows. The bow tips and bowstrings of the three hundred soldiers of this defense are all from the Bian family in Jiyin."
Shao Xun nodded and said: "Practice hard."
The soldiers left the same gifts for the Ding family and then left.
Shao Xun stayed in Xuting for several days, and then went to Weicheng and Yangjiao to inspect Longxiang Mansion. He even took the time to go to Linqiu to visit the family members of Shibing, and then hurriedly Rushing back to prepare for the New Year.
"More than two hundred gifts were sent out at once. These people are so happy that they will spread the news everywhere. It won't take long before the entire Puyang army will know about it." The carriage was swaying, and Wang Huifeng was no longer quite Resistance was held in Shao Xun's arms, and even felt a little warm - getting used to it is a terrible thing.
“When you are a military leader, you can’t find it troublesome.” Shao Xun said: “You have to let people know you, know you, and promote you. No one can pull away such an army. If the military commander wants to rebel, On the first day when the soldiers are summoned, he will be killed.”
When he said this, Shao Xun was a little proud. It was inevitable for him to brag in front of women.
"No wonder the soldiers and soldiers can't compare with you." Wang Huifeng said softly.
"Scholars don't know where the soldiers at the bottom live, what they eat, and how their families are like. If you have time, it's better to just talk." Shao Xun's hands were neat and orderly. Wang Huifeng could accept it and even slowly began to enjoy being held by him. But I still can't accept being touched casually by him.
But I have already given up on hugging you. Will it be too late? When hugging, the position is slightly wrong, which is just an edge test. This line of defense is just paper and useless.
Wang Huifeng hummed and turned his face slightly unnaturally. She didn't know whether it was because of the jolting of the carriage or something else, but Shao Xun's voice was getting closer and closer to her, almost reaching her ear.
"Now the military people are having a better life, but the people are still a little worse off." Shao Xun said: "We still need to work hard."
Wang Huifeng turned his face and asked curiously : "How far do you want to go?"
"A tall building will be built in Liang Palace." Shao Xun said softly: "When the world is at peace, we will climb the high pavilion together at night and overlook the earth. If we can see thousands of families, The lights and the laughter are enough."
Wang Huifeng was fascinated.
Shao Xun lightly printed it on her face.
Wang Huifeng was shocked and just about to struggle, Shao Xun whispered again: "You have to help me. I have killed too many people. I am afraid that I will become a tyrant or a coward. You must restrain me."< br>
Wang Huifeng’s strength to struggle disappeared.
Shao Xun pressed it on her mouth without hesitation.
Wang Huifeng’s hands were tightly clasped together, feeling at a loss and trembling slightly. After a long time, his hands gradually loosened their grip and gently hugged Shao Xun's waist.
The day before New Year's Eve, Shao Xun returned to Bianliang.
After Wang Huifeng returned to his temporary residence in Fangzhou Pavilion, he was silent for a long time and put away some old things that he cherished very much. Then he looked in the mirror and combed his new hair with unskilled movements.
Psychological suggestion: How to restrain a jackal and tiger?
(End of this chapter)