Just when Yunchu was holding family story gatherings every night, and just as the old monkey was racking his brains to incorporate the religious teachings of Dharma and Consciousness-only into his stories, people in Jinchangfang had already begun to prepare for the new Shangyuan Festival. .
Today's Shangyuan Festival festival in Jinchangfang can be compared to the existence of lanterns in Qujiang. It can even be said that except for a large Dharma assembly, there is nothing in Qujiang that can be compared with Jinchangfang.
People who believe in Buddhism will go to Qujiang and the Mao Water and Land Convention to see flower boats and lanterns. In Jinchangfang, you can go through the process of eating, drinking and having fun in one stop. However, the organization of this year's Shangyuan Lantern Festival is not as difficult as usual. The main reason is that the supplies of materials are no longer available.
This gave Yunchu a headache. He did not expect that Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, which was extremely powerful in history, could not withstand several huge events that were ordinary to him but extremely destructive to the people of the Tang Dynasty.
No wonder, whenever Jinchangfang holds such a huge event, visitors will rush over in droves, because for them, this is a spectacle they have never seen in their lives. In other words, gatherings like Qujiang’s that only required the participation of people and did not require a large amount of material support were the de facto large-scale events for the people of the Tang Dynasty. Qujiang is now filled with fireworks, and it is impossible to tell that this place was originally a leisurely and indifferent village.
The thick smoke from the end of the seven brick kilns rushed straight into the sky, and was pressed down by the high-altitude wind, shrouding the entire Qujiang River. From a distance, it looked like a nunnery. The originally simple farmers were now Everyone looks dark, not only the men are dark, but even their wives and children, no matter how dark they are, when they open their mouths, what is exposed is not a mouthful of white teeth, but because of the white teeth contained in the water. Fluorine, corroded into big yellow teeth.
Because of the continuous kiln firing, the temperature on the edge of the mountain was significantly higher than in other places. The grass on the ground was still green, and new shoots were still poking out from the ground. The head was frozen to death by the cold wind, while the lower half was still Working hard to grow upward.
As long as you raise your head, you can feel fine soot falling on your face. Therefore, the villages here are black, the people are black, and even the earth has turned black. People in Qujiang no longer like farming. Yes, because the harvest from farming is far less than the profit from burning the kiln.
In the past, less than half of the earth mountain that Yun Chu thought was hard to look at is now less than half. In the past period, more than half of the earth mountain has been turned into bricks and tiles, and turned into houses in Chang'an City.
The last time the World's Best Food Conference was held, Yun Chu almost caught all the fish in the water. Three months was not enough for the small fish here to continue to grow up, nor was it enough for the fish in other parts of the river to migrate. Make a home here.
In addition, there is a thin layer of oil film on the river surface, and the oil film is also covered with a layer of soot, which makes it even more difficult for fish to live here. Qujiang was destroyed like this, but no villagers came out to complain. They only complained that there were not enough kilns in Qujiang to bring them more income. This was a group of people who had just tasted the benefits of industrialization. , because of the seven kiln entrances, Qujiangli has basically become the most prosperous rural village in Chang'an, and it may also be the richest rural village in the entire Tang Dynasty. If you don't believe it, just look at their tall brick houses that are built to the top. You will know it just by looking at the white flour steamed bun in the child's hand. Therefore, Qujiangli is very wealthy, but the environment is not as good as before, and these are not worth mentioning in the eyes of people of the Tang Dynasty.
As Yun Chu walked around the brick kiln, which was a little hot to his feet, he didn't feel the need to carry out environmental protection projects during the Tang Dynasty. The messiness in the early stages of industrialization is a process that must be experienced. Even if Qujiang is seriously polluted, it doesn't matter. A strong wind will make the polluted slopes here accepted and absorbed by this semi-prehistoric world. Therefore, based on the principle of capital centralization, Yunchu plans to build several more paper mills here.
We found the chiefs from outside the city who belonged to Wannian County, and sat in the warm brick kiln to discuss how to supply materials to Jinchangfang. "Shaanxi, the people in this city are very good at eating. Not to mention that our food in Lifang has been sold out. Even half-sized pigs, half-sized chickens, ducks and geese were sold out by the stewards of Jinchangfang in September. Take it away.
Now the pig pen at home is full of piglets, chickens, ducks and goose seedlings. If you want to put them to use, you have to wait at least half a year. "After discussion, the village chiefs agreed that there is nothing they can do to supply supplies. If the county magistrate insists that they provide them, the only ones that can be obtained at present are some sheep and cattle. It is obviously ironic to say this. , the people of the Tang Dynasty did not have the habit of slaughtering cattle for money. As for mutton, it cannot support such a large-scale event held by Jinchangfang. "How about we go to the Qinling Mountains for a hunt?" "One of the village chiefs whispered a different opinion.
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Another village chief said impatiently: "How much prey can be obtained by hunting with dozens of people? If the county magistrate wants more prey, at least a large hunt with more than 5,000 people can be done. But, the imperial court has already It is expressly stipulated that no more than eighty people can live in private hunting grounds!!!" "The county magistrate is a government official. As long as the county magistrate personally leads the mission, we have so many villages and we can't find thousands of people to live in the mountain? It's really not possible. , we drove those beasts from hilltop to hilltop, and finally gathered them at the entrance of a valley, and then captured and killed them one by one. Yunchu quickly asked, "Do our people here have any experience in hunting?" Hearing Yunchu ask, some older people The head of the village showed a proud look on his face. "During the Taizong period, our village in Wannian County received the most corvee labor, which was to participate in hunting.
It’s just that there were many people at that time, and a lot of people were dispatched in the army. They all listened to Emperor Taizong’s deployment. After a hunt, it was not a problem to get tens of thousands of skins. Tsk tsk, the old man was lucky enough to participate in the hunt in the 18th year of Zhenguan. Eleven tigers alone were killed.
Yun Chu's eyes suddenly went blank. At this moment, he felt that this might be the only way he could find big star meat for Jinchangfang.
If it doesn't work in the past few years, we can rely on hunting to support it. Anyway, in Datang, it is common to kill pandas for meat; as long as they are wild animals, they are basically a scourge, and they must be killed as long as there is an opportunity.
There is no shortage of food in Chang'an City. The reason why we purchased large amounts of surplus food from the people of Wannian County in the past was to increase the people's wealth as quickly as possible. Let them have more money in their hands and don't wait until the next money disaster occurs, which is not worth it. There are six royal hunting grounds near Chang'an City. Princes and princesses can go hunting in the royal hunting grounds. Even for some respectable ministers, such as Changsun Wuji and Li Tong, as long as these people speak, the royal family will basically agree.
However, if a low-ranking official like Yunchu, who was only a sixth-rank official, proposed to use the royal hunting ground, the most likely result would be to be spat on. Hunting was very common in the Tang Dynasty. As long as a person was brave enough, he could go hunting with a bow and arrow on his back, as long as he ensured that he would not be hunted by wild beasts. Hunting is different. In the history books, there are more than one or two excuses for hunting, and in the end the emperor was regarded as the prey.
This kind of activity is very advanced, and generally limits the number of people and time. If you still hide in the Qinling Mountains and cannot come out beyond the time limit, you must be rebelling.
After Yunchu returned to Chang'an City, he convened a meeting with the Six Senses and Four Departments. After thoroughly understanding the hunting declaration process, Yunchu set his sights on the bored King of Ji Li Shen. Li Shen, who originally looked aloof, was so frightened that he dropped the tea bowl in his hand after hearing Yun Chu's request. He asked Yun Chu with a look of disbelief: "Do you think this king can organize a hunt with the participation of five or six thousand people near Chang'an?" Yun Chu said with a smile: "I have already asked you. You are His Highness Prince Ji, so of course Being eligible to hunt in the royal hunting grounds is in line with the national conditions and laws of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Mo was amused by Yun Chu's casual answer, so he leaned down and looked at Yun Chu and said, "Who are you asking about? Is it Da Zongzheng, Menxiasheng, or Your Majesty?" "
Yunchu said seriously: "From the "Datang Ceremony", I heard that during the Taizong period, many princes and princesses organized large-scale national hunting. Among them, Wei Wangtai specially drew a "Hunting Picture" dedicated to him. Emperor Taizong was deeply loved by Taizong.
Li Shen checked around, and after the unrelated person took it out, he grabbed Yun Chu's collar and said, "Chengqian, King Wei Taizhou Wu Wangke, Qi Wangyou, Princess Shucheng, and Princess Gaoyang have indeed organized hunting.
Now tell me, where are these people?
Tell me, what are you going to do? Don't use your worthless principles to make fun of me. If you don't tell me a good reason, don't blame me for turning against others.
Yunchu looked directly at Ruo Li Shen and said: "There is no way, Jinchangfang is going to hold the Shangyuan Festival, and there is not enough meat. If King Ji is willing to set up a show, all the furs harvested will be yours. I only want meat, and please His Highness King Ji." Don't think too complicated about me, I'm just short of meat and crazy." Li Shen frowned and said, "Chang'an is not short of meat.
Yun Chu sighed and said, "Que, it's not just an ordinary Que. If you don't believe it, just go to the East and West Second Market and you'll know. Except for mutton, you can't even find a single pig or chicken feather. And Jinchangfang wants to It's not like King Ji didn't know the scale of the Shangyuan Festival held, which would require hundreds of thousands of kilograms of meat. Li Shen let go of Yun Chu's collar, smiled ashamedly and said, "What do you think?" Let me send a message to my royal brother for you?
Yes, I, the prince, can only have this effect at present. The most pitiful thing is that the only person who dares to use me to pass on life to my imperial brother is you, the little sixth-grade county magistrate. Ah, you said that this prince, Yongzhou, How miserable the animal husbandry was.
Yun Chu went to Li Shen County and said with an arrow: "I think it's appropriate for me, the sixth-rank county magistrate, to ask you to pass on your work to your majesty. It's not too big or too small. To put it bluntly, King Ji should also invite your majesty to go to the winter." Let's go hunting to relax.
