The capital is definitely the most comfortable time of the year. We have just passed the spring when flowers are blooming and the earth is lush, and now it is the time when a large number of fresh vegetables and fruits are on the market.
The dusty weather in spring that troubled old Beijingers has passed. The streets are full of vendors selling cherries, sweet peaches, and black and white mulberries. Every family has begun to prepare glutinous rice, red dates, and reed leaves because May Day is coming.
To be honest, in the past two years, other places in the Qing Dynasty have really seemed to be cooperating with ZTE in the Four-Nine Cities. Food prices in Beijing have been very stable and have even dropped, which has reduced the living costs of the people.
In the late Qing Dynasty, people's desires were very low. If they could have a full stomach, it would be heaven, and nothing else mattered. The food supply is sufficient and the price is cheap, which directly causes the population of Sijiu City to gradually increase.
As the population increases, the shops and real estate of old Beijingers will naturally become more valuable. Of course, their incomes will also increase. The taxes of Shuntian Prefecture and other government offices have also increased. The tariffs of Guangchong Wenmen have fully doubled from five years ago. need more.
This is a virtuous cycle. More and cheaper food will cause the population to continue to grow. As the population increases, the consumption of goods will increase, which in turn promotes the prosperity of business, real estate, catering, textile industry, medicine... and even overpasses, The entertainment industry such as Bada Hui has also flourished.
And the root of all this prosperity lies in the word "grain".
The common people don't understand the principles of economics, but the big businessmen in the capital can see clearly that the prosperity of Beijing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty, to its current level is really thanks to Xiao Letian's blessing.
There are only two main reasons for the sufficient food supply. One is that the war in the south of the Yangtze River has subsided and the Grand Canal has resumed normal navigation. Materials from the south can be transported far and continuously to the north.
The second point is that Xiao Letian's Nanyang rice has begun to pour in in large quantities. God knows how much this rice sells for in the place of production. How can it be so cheap when it is transported to Tanggu by sea ship and then sent to Beijing. It is actually cheaper than Jiangnan rice. It is really It's incredible.
It is precisely because of the efforts of the offshore grain merchants such as Boss Mi that no one of the local grain merchants in the Qing Dynasty dared to make shady money, and all of them entered the era of meager profits.
In the end, it is the common people who benefit. It is a blessing to have enough to eat. With the food boss, the empire has at least maintained a trace of prosperity in the capital. As for the remote mountainous areas in other provinces, the Forbidden City cannot see or hear it. They don't exist.
Ordinarily, in such a prosperous place, it would not celebrate an important festival like May Day. Rich families would kill chickens and cows, make rice dumplings with dozens of fillings, and even send people to Tianjin Wei Kuaima to buy the freshest ones. Eating sea crabs, drinking realgar wine and eating Wudu cakes, it was a beautiful life.
Small households also have their own fun. On May Day, girls who leave the palace are allowed to return home. This was a big event in ancient times. They cut meat and make wine, and sell fresh fruit cakes, which at least include bean paste and candied dates. The rice dumplings and wormwood at the door must be inserted, and each one is as lively as the Chinese New Year.
But before May Day this year, there was something wrong with the street. Old Beijing was keenly aware that there were too many soldiers patrolling the roadside. Moreover, even if they were friends with each other on weekdays, they could not tell the truth. One by one, The man who killed the chicken and wiped his neck was so frightened that his face turned pale.
What's even more bizarre is that all the original soldiers in the Prime Minister's Yamen have been replaced. They are all new recruits from the Xishan Camp. They are wearing braids and khaki military uniforms, and the foreign rifles and bayonets in their hands are sharp. This is what the Japanese soldiers trained for the sixth time. Xishan recruits.
The Prime Minister's Yamen changed its defenses, and a battalion of Xishan recruits was added to the Jiumen Admiral's Yamen. Some people even said that Guiziliu also hid a group of recruits behind the Qingmen. God knows what Yi? wants to do.
"Isn't the Six Japs planning to rebel?" a familiar friend in the teahouse muttered in a low voice.
"Stop farting, what's the point of rebellion? We in the Qing Dynasty have not yet given birth to the kind of rebellion that can lead to rebellion! Think about how ruthless Dorgon and Obai were in those days? Didn't they get killed by the emperor in the end? And they rebelled... the problem !”
"Hey... I'm just talking nonsense, let's chat!" The Eight Banners man who was scolded was obviously not as high-ranking as the other man. He was blushing and thick-necked and did not dare to refute, so he could only drink tea.
What you say comes from what you are afraid of! As soon as he said the word "I rebel", a figure jumped out of the teahouse door with a bang. He screamed when he entered the room, and even sat on the ground and cried loudly.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
"Hey, hey... isn't this Huang San? What did you say..."
"I don't want my life, get up quickly, Huang San... How dare you say such rebellious words! You are not afraid of being banned by the clan! Get up quickly..."
Huang San sat on the ground like a piece of mud and cried loudly. Everyone in the teahouse looked at him at a loss and said, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...It's over. The country has rebelled after 200 years..."
"General Hunchun of Ningguta rebelled... He led his troops north to launch a mutiny in Heilongjiang... General Tepuxin of Heilongjiang was captured alive, and all the civilian and military generals in the province were cooked by him..."
"Oh my God, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces are all his territory! They have all rebelled..."
With a bang, the teahouse exploded. One of them rushed over and grabbed Huang San's collar and lifted him up. "What did you say? If you dare, say it again..."
"You can say it a hundred times...Hunchun has rebelled, and Jilin and Heilongjiang are all his territory..."
How can this be? The people were all dumbfounded like walking zombies. "No, that's the territory of two provinces. There are hundreds of civil and military officials, and they are restraining each other. Why can't they all rebel at once?"
"Don't ask me, please don't ask me... I just found out that my father has connections with Prince Guo's family. Prince Guo has several caravans outside the customs, and my father is involved in it. …”
"Before May Day, everyone is supposed to get a bonus for celebrating the festival. This rule has never changed. Even the year when the British and French forces invaded, the caravan gave my family a lot of rice, noodles, meat and eggs for the festival. Where are the goods..."
"Seriously! Stop talking nonsense..." people yelled.
"Yes, yes... But this year, not a single copper coin was delivered this year. I felt something was wrong, so I went to Prince Guo's house to inquire..."
"Guess what? Prince Guo has been staying in the palace for four days and has not come out for four days... The sky has exploded in the court, and many old princes have entered the palace to discuss..."
"It's over, it's really over! This is the first time that the Manchus have rebelled in the country..."
Note: The book friend "Pure Animal" is busy celebrating the first wedding anniversary during this period. I am asking book friends everywhere to send a postcard and write a few blessings. You can ask him for his address in the group and send him a postcard to support him. Let's get into a romantic mood.
My handwriting is too stinky, so I won’t show off my shame! Here are some words of blessing to you two.
When it comes to blessings, they are just about happiness and growing old together. I think you are all tired of hearing them. Here, as an old man who has successfully overcome the seven-year itch, I will give you some truthful words and useful information.
Before marriage and after marriage, they are two completely different concepts and two realms. What matters before getting married is romance and vigorous love. You can try all the romantic plots in movies and TV shows that impress you, and just have fun and have fun.
But after getting married, everything changed. Romance gradually faded away. It became more about the food, rice, oil and salt in life. It was ordinary life such as cleaning the floor, washing clothes, cleaning the toilet, taking out the trash, etc. that had nothing to do with romance.
As the distance between the two grew closer, each other's shortcomings were magnified, as if everything became different overnight.
Don't be surprised, this is marriage, and what marriage requires is not love and romance. What marriage requires is actually family affection, a mutual affection.
Of all the couples that can successfully survive the seven-year itch and grow old together, none of them rely on love, but only on family affection.
Therefore, when you get married, the two of you need to reach a consensus and quickly sublimate love to family affection. From now on, you two will be the closest couple in the world.
From now on, you will spend more time together than your parents and your children. If you want to stay together for half a century, how can it be possible with love? In the end, it's all about family ties.
Marriage is not one plus one equals two, but one plus one equals one!
Everyone wears off half of their own inappropriateness, and eventually becomes a pair of intimate gears that rotate together for a lifetime. This is marriage!
Marriage is not about one party giving and taking blindly. A happy marriage should be about both giving and taking without asking for anything. A single tree cannot make a forest, a single thread cannot make a thread, and a slap cannot make a sound!
Now that two people have entered the palace of marriage together, they should think about marriage together. Don't imagine that your life will not change as before. That is unrealistic.
Communicate well and get through the initial running-in period. The sweetness of marriage is achieved through hard work. There is no shortcut.
