Emperor Li Er of the Tang Dynasty postponed his inspection tour.
Because of Tianying Pavilion's excuse, I hope that the process of supervising the country can be tried under the guidance of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty first. If there are any shortcomings, we can change it. This will be a great good thing for the government.
Construction was being done everywhere throughout the Tang Dynasty. Not only the Japanese, but workers from Goguryeo, Baekje, and Nanyang were busy at various construction sites. Naturally, the people of the Tang Dynasty were treated as the first class, the three tribes of the peninsula were the second class, and the Japanese and Nanyang were the third class.
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Since the first Japanese laborer boarded the ship, nearly 70,000 Japanese laborers from Japan have gone to Datang, and they have been scattered to work at several construction sites. It has been almost two months.
The recruitment speed on the Japanese island is slowing down.
Many Japanese who want to make a living have begun to go eastward, and recruitment notices are posted near Yamato Central Capital City.
Wang Ba's fleet finally shipped the new rice from his territory to several ports such as Hiroshima. What Wang Ba got was not only recruiting people in these ports, but also getting the right to trade. The merchants of Datang here also
There are more.
Last night, there were special Japanese officials who went from village to village shouting that it was the day to receive food.
Many Japanese people carry a small bamboo frame that they can carry on their backs. They can then put two stone meters on their backs and tie them to the frame with ropes. Before dawn, there are thousands of people lined up on the pier, some of whom are far away from each other.
When I heard the news last night, I set off with my rice balls and walked dozens of miles to the dock.
Hiroshima's pier has also been expanded in the past two months, from barely being able to accommodate one boat to being able to accommodate two boats. It is also difficult to park, and it is necessary to pull the rope manually when approaching the pier.
Let the ship dock.
"Xia Ma Village!" A Japanese official stood on a high platform and shouted with a trumpet made of rolled iron.
Ordinary lower-class villagers do not have formal names, but they also have names that they use to call themselves, which are called nicknames by Japanese nobles, or it is a kind of code name.
They shouted one by one, and lined up to come forward one by one.
The Japanese clerk shouted again: "This is the rice you were given for the first month of work. The nobles of the Tang Dynasty rewarded you, so there is always a difference between good and bad work. It takes some time to calculate.
It will also take some time to transport the rice, so don't make any fuss and listen to the orders of the nobles of the Tang Dynasty."
Anyway, some rice was finally sent.
The Japanese people had nothing to cause trouble in the first place, but the lord of the Japanese island didn't give them even a grain of rice when they were asked to work.
Many Japanese people first boarded the boat and unloaded the goods, and then started packaging them here. There were not a few who brought straw rice bags. Even those who didn't bring rice bags came with a lot of straw used to weave rice bags. Without anyone's guidance, many people just sat on the ground and started.
Weaving bags, the weaving method or size of the bags, has been imprinted in the lives of ordinary Japanese people.
The people responsible for distributing rice are just a few ordinary boatmen on the ship who are literate.
The name was called, and ten of them were called in one breath. The Japanese clerk hurriedly responded and shouted ten names. But many people were a little confused, because in a village, there were many people with the same name. Originally, they had nicknames.
Many people call them the same thing, such as Yi Nan, Da Nan, Er Nan and so on.
"When the contract was signed, everyone was given a bamboo card to match the number on that side."
The Japanese official didn't know the numbers, let alone how to pronounce them.
"Let everyone in this village come over."
There are not many people working as laborers in a village, usually just a few dozen.
"Tell the two men to come out. Each of the others will take a bag and go!"
It is easy to distribute food. One stone of rice can be loaded with fine rice. There are Japanese merchants harvesting rice here. One stone of such rice can be exchanged for one stone of old rice, plus a few kilograms of brown rice, and it is still the same thing.
way of exchanging things.
There are also people from the Tang Dynasty who are secretly inquiring about the origins of these merchants.
There were seven families called Ernan. After checking the numbers, five of them went to receive a bag of rice.
"You, fifty bao!" The boatman in charge of distributing rice pointed at one of them and said in Chinese. The Japanese clerk in charge of translating was stunned when he heard it. Fifty bao, did you hear it wrong? He immediately looked respectful.
asked: "Did you just say, fifty bags?"
The boatman didn't bother to explain, and pointed to the pile of rice that had been packed: "From here, and then to this bag. They are all from his family. Tell him that the second man became the captain of the team with 200 people. Some
Thanks for the credit, so fifty bags of rice."
The family almost fainted when they heard fifty bags of rice.
They couldn't carry fifty bales back, so what were they going to do with so much rice?
They were all from the same village, so naturally he had to help. The people in the village were willing to help him carry the rice back. There was so much rice, so naturally there was no need to replace the polished rice with old rice. He could eat as much as he wanted when he went back.
While everyone was discussing how to move the rice, the last family member named Ernan was called to the table by the boatman.
A bag was taken out of the basket and opened directly on the table. It was full of coins. "You have fifty bags of rice and one thousand coins. If you don't want the money, I will give you another one hundred and twenty-five bags."
"M. You choose." The Japanese didn't understand, and after translating, he still looked confused.
What can you do with this money?
There is no such thing as money in the Japanese country. Their currency is rice or cloth. Like tax, one household pays 1 zhang 2 feet of cloth and 5 dou of rice. So it is still an era of bartering.
What does such a beautiful, shiny little disc mean?
Only businessmen who have done business with the Tang Dynasty understand this, but ordinary Japanese people understand this.
"Do you want money? If not, I can give you some cloth. I can exchange it for two pieces of burlap, one piece of white linen, and half a piece of silk. Just ask for what you want."
The Japanese man still looked dazed, even though the translator explained it very clearly to him.
The boatman in charge of making rice has frowned. He is not afraid of trouble, but the Tang Dynasty has the rules of the Tang Dynasty. In the words of His Highness King Qin, we can use the Japanese as livestock, but the promised wages and rewards should be absolutely
It cannot be less. This is not the credit to the Japanese, but the pride of the Tang Dynasty people. The Tang Dynasty people are responsible for their own credit.
Reluctantly, the boatman asked people to remove many small things from the boat.
There was a person who understood the Japanese language and explained to the Japanese how much he could receive. Even if he didn't need rice, he could exchange it for something else.
"Next village."
In almost every village there are one or two people who get more rice than ordinary people.
Those who are larger than ordinary people may have as little as five bags of rice, and as many as hundreds of bags of rice.
"Boss, the Japanese wants two cans and some fragrant pancakes from last time. He also wants a piece of burlap, a needle, and some thread."
"Needle, give him a pack." The boatman in charge of distributing rice waved his hand casually.
Needles require a blacksmith to make them and then grind them, but they are small things that are not easy to make. And really good needles are made of steel, so a needle was a valuable item in Japan during the Asuka period.
Even in the Tang Dynasty before Wude, a steel needle was worth two pence.
But now, with industrial production, there are special stamping machines and roller grinding machines, and a pack of ten needles only costs a penny.
When the man took what he wanted with a smile on his face, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the boatman who sent the rice, and then he called on the villagers to help carry the things back.
In the afternoon, another climax occurred.
"It rained heavily in Chang'an for three days. At the Qinling road construction site, I was the first one to carry sandbags and rush forward. He also promptly covered the leaking part of the cement pile with tarpaulin. The chief foreman at the Qinling construction site gave me a special reward."
Flagship figure.
This was Li Yuanxing's initial method of promoting Xi Jun's purchase. This trick was already used by many in the upper circles of the Tang Dynasty.
In order to subdue the Japanese, it was natural to choose a banner figure.
One hundred bags of rice, one bolt of ordinary silk, two bolts of fine white linen, two pairs of fine shoes, two clothes, two cans of fruit, two cans of meat, a reward of three thousand, plus a scroll.
"Keep the reward money. This coin can be exchanged for many products of the Tang Dynasty. You must take this scroll. This is your family's pass. In the next year, with this scroll, three people in your family can visit Chang'an or go to Chang'an.
Visiting the construction site. We are responsible for all expenses. If you want to buy something, you can buy a lot with these 3,000 yuan. With this scroll, you can use the prices of goods in the Tang Dynasty without adding foreign taxes."
When you go to Datang, you can visit your family on the construction site and visit Chang'an City.
This reward shocked all the Japanese people.
The boatman in front was continuing his work, and near the boat, several Tang people had gathered together.
"Head, we have found out. Several businessmen are from the capital of Yamato, and many people are constantly inquiring about our affairs. Judging from this situation, Yamato has noticed our Tang Dynasty. This time we rewarded,
I'm afraid Yamato will find out soon, so it seems necessary to send someone to their capital."
The leader lowered his head: "What's the reason for going? It's not easy for us to sneak in. The lowest among us is half a head taller than the Japanese, so it's not easy to sneak in."
"Then, how about bribing the Japanese?"
"Time is tight, what if the bribe is unreliable?"
Several people were discussing in low voices how to deal with Yamato. At the same time, several Japanese were also discussing next to a haystack outside the dock.
"There are dozens of lords in the surrounding countries in the Inner Sea who have contacts with the Tang people. Many of them also spent a lot of money to buy a lot of Tang people's weapons. According to this calculation, there are at least hundreds of thousands of people in their territories every month.
Shimi, they have weapons and food. It is inevitable that they will not go against the royal city like Izumo did!"
"Izumo is already in a lot of trouble. If there is another rebellion here in the Inland Sea, it will be a big trouble."
At this time, another burst of cheers came from the pier. A Japanese man went over to inquire, but it was the Tang Dynasty people who let the pots cook and rewarded each person who came to receive the rice with two rice balls.
This burst of cheering was not over yet, there was another burst of cheering, and it turned out that another rewarder with more than thirty bags of rice appeared.
The spy headed by the Japanese had a gloomy face: "You guys keep an eye on it, I'll go back and report it to Prince Shotoku!" (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
