In the spring of the ninth year of Hongwu, in the Yingtianfu area, willow trees sprouted, peach trees bloomed, and it was a spring scene!
Liujia Village, thirty miles away from Nanjing, has many willow trees and even more greenery!
The door of a house at the entrance of the village opened, and a handsome young man of above average height strode out from inside.
His name is Zhang Yifan, and his soul has traveled to the Ming Dynasty for a month. After integrating the memories of the original owner, he has adapted to this new identity after this month of adjustment.
However, this environment, to be honest, is still a bit difficult for him to adapt to!
Not to mention anything else, just the most basic things of eating, drinking, sleeping, sleeping, etc. are really very inconvenient for people of later generations.
In later generations, big fish and big meat would be frowned upon; but here, it is not easy even for a landlord to want big fish and big meat!
In later generations, as long as you want to drink various drinks, it only costs a few dollars; but here, even the emperor cannot have so many tricks!
In later generations, Zhang Yifan's use of the toilet has evolved to the point of flushing with water and using wet toilet paper to effectively protect the chrysanthemum; but here, even in a landlord's house, every time he goes to the toilet, it is not very friendly to that part of the body!
In the future life, if you want to have fun, what kind of entertainment will not be available? But here, when the opera troupe passed by, people from all over the country rushed to see it, for no other reason than it was rare!
The most important thing is that Zhang Yifan's soul is not from a landlord's family, but he grew up eating the food of hundreds of families in the village.
Now, he is over sixteen years old and has reached the legal adult age in the Ming Dynasty. He will have to pay taxes and serve in the military.
If it were another dynasty, Zhang Yifan's status would be very miserable. But in this Hongwu Dynasty, it was okay.
Because the current emperor Zhu Yuanzhang is the only one in history who was born into a truly poor common man, so it is really good for the people to understand the sufferings of the people!
No, Zhang Yifan was also allocated an acre of land.
Of course, it's not special to him. At least at this time, how could Zhu Yuanzhang know him!
After the chaos of the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, the population dropped sharply. Zhu Yuanzhang formulated a policy to allocate land to the people for farming, and encouraged land reclamation with no taxation. This was a national policy, and Zhang Yifan was just one of the beneficiaries.
Although he has a field, there is also a problem for Zhang Yifan, that is, he does not want to farm it himself!
After all, I am from the 21st century. From now on, I will never do this with my face facing the loess and my back turned to the sky.
As for being an official, it was actually quite easy when the Ming Dynasty was just founded.
The imperial examination system has just begun to be implemented, and it will take time to select officials through the formal process. Because there were few scholars, Zhu Yuanzhang even retained all the former Yuan officials whom he hated. If anyone with some ability from various places is recommended, they can also be assigned to official positions.
But the key problem is that being an official in the Hongwu Dynasty is definitely a high-risk profession!
As long as they are from later generations, they basically know that Emperor Hongwu was quite unfriendly to officials!
Therefore, Zhang Yifan’s current plan is not to be an official or farm, but to improve his life!
How to improve it?
There is only one way to do business. The Hongwu Dynasty did not charge taxes on ordinary small businesses. Even if taxes were charged on businesses, it was only one thirty tax.
However, Zhang Yifan did not intend to take this path, because he had greater capital to use, which was the knowledge from later generations.
Thanks to his being more serious in later generations, he likes to read all kinds of books, has also worked as a travel anchor, and has strong independent ability.
By using this knowledge, it is easy to live a better life, not to mention getting rich and wealthy!
No, the first thing to take action is to improve the food.
After Zhang Yifan walked out of his house, he shouted to the next door: "Er Niu, let's go!"
Hearing his voice, a sturdy young man jumped out from next door. He ran to Zhang Yifan with a smile on his face and said, "Brother Fan, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
After hearing this, Zhang Yifan smiled, turned around and left the village, and said at the same time: "Your brother hasn't come yet. I guess there won't be many birds this time. I'll have to change the place another day!"
Er Niu obviously didn't care, but just followed him with admiration and asked: "Brother Fan, why are you so smart? You can eat meat and fish without any effort at all. It's really amazing!"
After hearing this, Zhang Yifan pointed to his brain and said: "People have brains. If you use your brain more, there will be a solution!"
"Then I know why I can't figure it out!" Erniu heard this and said regretfully, "My father always scolds me for being brainless!"
Zhang Yifan smiled after hearing this and said: "Don't worry, I will share some with you later."
"Brother Fan, can your brain be divided?" Erniu was immediately surprised when he heard this.
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Zhang Yifan and Er Niu were chatting and came to a hill near the official road. A young man as thin as a monkey greeted them. This man is the big cow. He is responsible for watching over the bird-catching cage.
The bird-catching cage is made of bamboo. It is a very simple kind. It is the kind that Zhang Yifan saw on the Internet about catching pigeons. Once you get in, you can't get out.
The principle is very simple. After he told his neighbor Niu Daddy, Niu Daddy made it. He just talked about it.
Then, the nearby birds became stupid birds in the mouths of Daniel and Erniu.
Zhang Yifan does not eat it alone, but always shares it with the villagers, especially Mrs. Tian who is pregnant.
His parents died young and he had no relatives. Thanks to the help of these villagers, he was able to survive. Repaying kindness is a must!
This time, a total of eight birds were captured, and they were all tied up and fluttering on the big cow, which made him very happy.
The two oxen are strong, so they are responsible for carrying the birdcage, but it is not heavy.
As for Zhang Yifan himself, he just picked a piece of dogtail grass and played with it.
The three of them went down the mountain to the Liuhe River on the other side of the official road. There are also fish cages over there.
At this time, a group of people appeared on the official road.
Although these people were in plain clothes, they were all riding horses. Needless to say, they must be from powerful families in Nanjing.
There were two people at the head, both boys and girls. They looked about the same age as Zhang Yifan, but the man looked a little older and more heroic.
Of course, this should also be due to the fact that they have knives and ride horses.
Zhang Yifan watched from a distance and paid more attention to the girl.
She is young and beautiful, dressed in a female samurai uniform, and has the spirit of a heroine, with a dashing appearance!
This type is really rare, at least not in later generations!
He was looking at it when suddenly, he saw the girl holding the riding crop in her hand and pointing at them: "You guys, stop!"
