"Luwei communicates with the sea, and Dinggu has long been famous for its scenery. The beautiful moonlight in the south of Beijing is the most prosperous city, and the most prosperous city in Jibei. After the bright rain on the Liuwai tower, fish and crabs by the water follow the tide. It is a small Wujiang painting, I want to move
Live this life at home.”
This is a seven-rhyme poem by Zhu Min of the Qing Dynasty. It talks about the prosperity and freshness of Tianjin. At that time, Zhu Min traveled all over the world and arrived at Shuixizhuang in Tianjin. He was warmly received by the owner of Shuixizhuang and left this poem. From this poem
It can be seen from the story that at that time, Tianjin was not only the most prosperous city in Jibei, but also a small painting of Wujiang. It was a collection of beautiful scenery from the north and the south, which made people forget to leave. Even the poet sighed, wishing to "move home".
This life" shows how attractive Tianjin was at that time.
However, Tianjin during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty was not a very prosperous place. Tianjin got its name from the place where Emperor Yongle crossed Tianjin during the Battle of Jingnan. It was so-called "the place where the emperor crossed over to Tianjin". At that time, Emperor Yongle crossed the river from Sanchakou in Tianjin.
After ascending the throne in Cangzhou, Emperor Yongle believed that this place was a treasure land of Feng Shui, so the unscrupulous name of "Sanchakou" became the high-end and atmospheric "Tianjin"!
When Yongle moved the capital, Tianjin became the gateway to the capital, and its geographical location suddenly became important. In the second year of Yongle, Tianjin established a guard command and envoy yamen, with three guards and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under its jurisdiction. Therefore, Tianjin was also known as "Tianjin Three Guards" or "Tianjin Three Guards".
The name "Wei" has only lasted a hundred years since the city was built in the Yongle period, and now in the Zhengde period. How prosperous can Tianjin be at this time?
However, Tianjin Wei is located at the intersection of the North and South Canals. Whether it is sending ships out to sea or arriving inland along the canal, its transportation is very convenient. Even Beijing, which is as prosperous as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, is quite inferior. Therefore, except for land routes, all Jiangnan people
When people come to Beijing to work as officials or merchants, to take exams, or to travel, most of them like to take a boat trip from both sides of the canal to Tianjin, and then take the land route to the capital.
Vice versa, if you go to the south of the Yangtze River and raft down the river, it will naturally be much more comfortable and faster than traveling thousands of miles on land.
Therefore, Tianjin Wei's wharf has always been very busy. Even though this wharf is not as impressive and much simpler than the big wharves from Yangzhou and Hangzhou, the traffic of ships is not inferior at all.
At this moment, a double-sailed merchant ship with a weight of about 200 tons is moored at the pier. Such a ship is not the largest on the pier. There is also a large ship with a weight of 500 tons parked there for loading! But
, if this ship is not going to the sea, but running towards the canal, it will be extremely big. Shipbuilding in the Ming Dynasty often uses "material" as the unit. This "material" is a unit of volume, which is roughly the same as "stone"
, a merchant ship with 200 materials can hold about 200 shi of grain, and one stone weighs about 90 kilograms. If converted, the approximate displacement of a ship with 200 materials is more than 100 tons.
There are a lot of boats in the canal, but who would use such a big boat without being a big businessman, especially since these boats are flat boats and cannot go to sea, so they can only run along the coast at most.
There are a lot of coolies on the dock. For them, such a large merchant ship means that their business has come. Loading and unloading goods may make their lives easier in the past few days. However, the coolies on the dock at the moment
, those soliciting business, some sitting in a daze, and some even gathered in a circle to brag and talk nonsense, but no one took a second look at the merchant ship.
Jiang Laosan is one of these coolies. Different from other coolies, he only came to the dock today. A few days ago, a cold wind had devastated him, a tough man, with deep eye sockets. He had to lie down at home.
It took seven or eight days for him to feel a little better, but the livelihood of the whole family depended on his income. Now the family was about to run out of food. Even though he was still weak, he had to struggle to get up and see.
Can you find a job on the dock and earn some copper coins?
The coolies on the dock also have teeth. The so-called gang teeth of the carriage and boat shop should be killed even if they are not guilty. This tooth can be simply understood as a broker, such as a book. If you want to buy slaves, you have to find someone's teeth. Of course, if
Some are domineering, and there is also a name for them in later generations. Those in the vegetable market are called vegetable tyrants, those who run transportation are called road tyrants, etc. In short, if you don't go through these teeth, as a broker in these industries, you can't do anything!
Jiang Laosan looked at his spitting teeth, then looked at the merchant ship parked there quietly, and asked with some hesitation: "Boss, why is no one picking up the business over there? Such a big ship, this
Once the deal is accepted, we brothers will all be able to make a lot of money too!"
Na Yazi glared at him, said nothing, and continued to brag to the coolies surrounding him. Jiang Laosan wanted to ask again, but a coolie with whom he was usually close tugged on his clothes and whispered: "
Don't ask. As soon as the boat came two days ago, the boss went up to ask. When he came back, the boss's cheeks were red and he didn't say anything. Everyone guessed that he had eaten a big mouth from the gentleman on the boat.
Woolen cloth!"
"Then is there any business?" Jiang Laosan doesn't care if Yazi eats a big mouth. What he cares about is whether he can find a job today, brag and chat here, but can't bring food back to his mother-in-law and daughter.
.
"Who knows, Lao Qi went to ask and was scolded by the boss. No one wants to get into trouble with the boss again!"
"Nima, if there is no cargo, if such a big ship stops here, other ships will not be able to stop. This is our territory, and there is no work to do. We brothers are drinking from the northwest wind!" Jiang Laosan was anxious.
"If you can, go ask the boat to move!" Na Yazi heard what he said and sneered: "Maybe you, Jiang Laosan, have become seriously ill and your speech has become sharper!"
"Then I really went!" Jiang Laosan thought that Yazi was deceiving him, so he confirmed it.
"Go, go!" Na Yazi smiled disdainfully: "If you can get their business, I won't use your money today, I will treat it as buying medicine for you!"
Just go! When Jiang Laosan saw that Yazi was not joking, he tightened his belt, took his rope and stick, and walked towards the big ship.
Behind him, a few coolies looked at him with complicated eyes, not knowing what they were thinking, but they looked at the teeth and touched their cheeks that seemed to be aching, feeling a little gloating in their hearts: Go ahead! Wait until those soldiers on the ship
Master, if I reward you with a few big mouths, you will know how powerful you are!
There was a long springboard between the ship and the pier. Jiang Laosan approached the springboard and looked towards the bow of the ship without daring to walk over. There seemed to be a few people in rich clothes on the bow of the ship, talking and laughing in a low voice.
, Jiang Laosan was hesitating whether to shout or not, when a voice suddenly came from the other side of the springboard.
"Wuna, what are you looking at here so sneakily?"
"Luwei communicates with the sea, and Dinggu has long been famous for its scenery. The beautiful moonlight in the south of Beijing is the most prosperous city, and the most prosperous city in Jibei. After the bright rain on the Liuwai tower, fish and crabs by the water follow the tide. It is a small Wujiang painting, I want to move
Live this life at home.”
This is a seven-rhyme poem by Zhu Min of the Qing Dynasty. It talks about the prosperity and freshness of Tianjin. At that time, Zhu Min traveled all over the world and arrived at Shuixizhuang in Tianjin. He was warmly received by the owner of Shuixizhuang and left this poem. From this poem
It can be seen from the story that at that time, Tianjin was not only the most prosperous city in Jibei, but also a small painting of Wujiang. It was a collection of beautiful scenery from the north and the south, which made people forget to leave. Even the poet sighed, wishing to "move home".
This life" shows how attractive Tianjin was at that time.
However, Tianjin during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty was not a very prosperous place. Tianjin got its name from the place where Emperor Yongle crossed Tianjin during the Battle of Jingnan. It was so-called "the place where the emperor crossed over to Tianjin". At that time, Emperor Yongle crossed the river from Sanchakou in Tianjin.
After ascending the throne in Cangzhou, Emperor Yongle believed that this place was a treasure land of Feng Shui, so the unscrupulous name of "Sanchakou" became the high-end and atmospheric "Tianjin"!
When Yongle moved the capital, Tianjin became the gateway to the capital, and its geographical location suddenly became important. In the second year of Yongle, Tianjin established a guard command and envoy yamen, with three guards and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under its jurisdiction. Therefore, Tianjin was also known as "Tianjin Three Guards" or "Tianjin Three Guards".
The name "Wei" has only lasted a hundred years since the city was built in the Yongle period, and now in the Zhengde period. How prosperous can Tianjin be at this time?
However, Tianjin Wei is located at the intersection of the North and South Canals. Whether it is sending ships out to sea or arriving inland along the canal, its transportation is very convenient. Even Beijing, which is as prosperous as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, is quite inferior. Therefore, except for land routes, all Jiangnan people
When people come to Beijing to work as officials or merchants, to take exams, or to travel, most of them like to take a boat trip from both sides of the canal to Tianjin, and then take the land route to the capital.
Vice versa, if you go to the south of the Yangtze River and raft down the river, it will naturally be much more comfortable and faster than traveling thousands of miles on land.
Therefore, Tianjin Wei's wharf has always been very busy. Even though this wharf is not as impressive and much simpler than the big wharves from Yangzhou and Hangzhou, the traffic of ships is not inferior at all.
At this moment, a double-sailed merchant ship with a weight of about 200 tons is moored at the pier. Such a ship is not the largest on the pier. There is also a large ship with a weight of 500 tons parked there for loading! But
, if this ship is not going to the sea, but running towards the canal, it will be extremely big. Shipbuilding in the Ming Dynasty often uses "material" as the unit. This "material" is a unit of volume, which is roughly the same as "stone"
, a merchant ship with 200 materials can hold about 200 shi of grain, and one stone weighs about 90 kilograms. If converted, the approximate displacement of a ship with 200 materials is more than 100 tons.
There are a lot of boats in the canal, but who would use such a big boat without being a big businessman, especially since these boats are flat boats and cannot go to sea, so they can only run along the coast at most.
There are a lot of coolies on the dock. For them, such a large merchant ship means that their business has come. Loading and unloading goods may make their lives easier in the past few days. However, the coolies on the dock at the moment
, those soliciting business, some sitting in a daze, and some even gathered in a circle to brag and talk nonsense, but no one took a second look at the merchant ship.
Jiang Laosan is one of these coolies. Different from other coolies, he only came to the dock today. A few days ago, a cold wind had devastated him, a tough man, with deep eye sockets. He had to lie down at home.
It took seven or eight days for him to feel a little better, but the livelihood of the whole family depended on his income. Now the family was about to run out of food. Even though he was still weak, he had to struggle to get up and see.
Can you find a job on the dock and earn some copper coins?
The coolies on the dock also have teeth. The so-called gang teeth of the carriage and boat shop should be killed even if they are not guilty. This tooth can be simply understood as a broker, such as a book. If you want to buy slaves, you have to find someone's teeth. Of course, if
Some are domineering, and there is also a name for them in later generations. Those in the vegetable market are called vegetable tyrants, those who run transportation are called road tyrants, etc. In short, if you don't go through these teeth, as a broker in these industries, you can't do anything!
Jiang Laosan looked at his spitting teeth, then looked at the merchant ship parked there quietly, and asked with some hesitation: "Boss, why is no one picking up the business over there? Such a big ship, this
Once the deal is accepted, we brothers will all be able to make a lot of money too!"
Na Yazi glared at him, said nothing, and continued to brag to the coolies surrounding him. Jiang Laosan wanted to ask again, but a coolie with whom he was usually close tugged on his clothes and whispered: "
Don't ask. As soon as the boat came two days ago, the boss went up to ask. When he came back, the boss's cheeks were red and he didn't say anything. Everyone guessed that he had eaten a big mouth from the gentleman on the boat.
Woolen cloth!"
"Then is there any business?" Jiang Laosan doesn't care if Yazi eats a big mouth. What he cares about is whether he can find a job today, brag and chat here, but can't bring food back to his mother-in-law and daughter.
.
"Who knows, Lao Qi went to ask and was scolded by the boss. No one wants to get into trouble with the boss again!"
"Nima, if there is no cargo, if such a big ship stops here, other ships will not be able to stop. This is our territory, and there is no work to do. We brothers are drinking from the northwest wind!" Jiang Laosan was anxious.
"If you can, go ask the boat to move!" Na Yazi heard what he said and sneered: "Maybe you, Jiang Laosan, have become seriously ill and your speech has become sharper!"
"Then I really went!" Jiang Laosan thought that Yazi was deceiving him, so he confirmed it.
"Go, go!" Na Yazi smiled disdainfully: "If you can get their business, I won't use your money today, I will treat it as buying medicine for you!"
Just go! When Jiang Laosan saw that Yazi was not joking, he tightened his belt, took his rope and stick, and walked towards the big ship.
Behind him, a few coolies looked at him with complicated eyes, not knowing what they were thinking, but they looked at the teeth and touched their cheeks that seemed to be aching, feeling a little gloating in their hearts: Go ahead! Wait until those soldiers on the ship
Master, if I reward you with a few big mouths, you will know how powerful you are!
There was a long springboard between the ship and the pier. Jiang Laosan approached the springboard and looked towards the bow of the ship without daring to walk over. There seemed to be a few people in rich clothes on the bow of the ship, talking and laughing in a low voice.
, Jiang Laosan was hesitating whether to shout or not, when a voice suddenly came from the other side of the springboard.