Time flies, and the New Year is here again in a blink of an eye. This year’s New Year’s Day is particularly lively in Jingzhao. The strategy of raising sheep on the riverbank has begun to enter the harvest period. This year’s New Year, one million sheep will be supplied to Jingzhao. The price is cheap, and you can buy it with two yuan.
When it comes to a sheep, almost every household has a sheep to celebrate the New Year. Of course, not only mutton, but also chicken, duck, goose, and fish are in sufficient supply. There are also bacon from Sichuan Road, various candies, pastries, and various cloths. The supply of materials is very sufficient.
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On the early morning of New Year's Eve, Chen Qing and five counselors went to the streets separately to inspect the New Year's situation. This was customary, and the holiday began at noon.
In fact, since the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Qing has been busy going around to express condolences to the families of border soldiers, visit the families of fallen soldiers, and send rice, flour, oil and mutton. He was so busy that he visited more than a hundred households a day.
Chen Qing took a carriage to Nanjie Wazi. This is the youngest Wazi in Jingzhao. It was only officially formed last year. It is located in the southwest, not far from Qujiang Pool.
After several years of construction, Xinnancheng has completely changed. It is divided into twelve squares and one school. The school is Taixue, which covers a large area and has 1,200 students.
Of course, the protagonist is still the Twelve Streets. The twelve neighborhoods are not surrounded by walls, but are separated by streets. Shops and houses are located next to each other. There are many restaurants and teahouses. Basically, the residents who buy land and build houses in New South City are
Wealthy households from other places not only moved to Jingzhao themselves, but also brought a large number of domestic servants and maids with them, causing the population of Jingzhao to increase rapidly.
Of course, there are not only wealthy households from other places, but also many people who come to Jingzhao from all over the world to make a living. Since the middle of this year, the population of Jingzhao has exceeded one million. For this reason, Jingzhao has been divided into three counties. In addition to the previous Chang'an County
In addition to Wannian County, Xinnancheng Twelve Lanes is an independent county, called Jingzhao County.
The carriage slowly drove into Wazi, South Street, and a bustling atmosphere hit us.
Although it is New Year's Eve, Wazili is still lively. Many people buy some fresh New Year's goods on the morning of New Year's Eve, so vendors also seize the last wave of business opportunities to bring a successful end to the year's business.
On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, no one came out, and all the shops were basically closed and went home to celebrate the New Year.
Chen Qing discovered an interesting phenomenon. Basically, stalls are set up on the roadside. Even if there are stores, they are also setting up stalls on the roadside, which makes the road extremely congested and there are many people buying goods. The sounds of bargaining and hawking come and go.
Chen Qing observed the transactions of the vendors through the car curtain. Most of them used copper coins, but to his relief, he saw that many people also used Yinjiaozi, mainly to buy some large items, such as buying a sheep.
, two copper coins cost more than ten kilograms, but only four silver coins are enough, which is very convenient, and after saving hundreds of silver coins, it is easy to exchange them for copper coins at the counter, and whether it is true or fake, the counter will
After accepting the exchange, of course, if there is any fraud, the counter will immediately notify the internal security.
It is this kind of convenience and safety that made the people of Jingzhao quickly accept Yinjiaozi, at least all the major stores. As for small merchants and hawkers, they still need to be observed.
At this time, Chen Qing suddenly saw a small stall selling various small furniture, including a small bed as big as a palm, a cabinet as big as a fist, and many tables and chairs as big as a thumb, all carved from wood or woven from bamboo.
They are all made of mortise and tenon structure, and are very exquisitely made, and are very rustic children's toys.
"parking!"
Chen Qing shouted, and the carriage stopped, right in front of the stall. Chen Qing pulled the curtain and asked, "How do you sell small furniture?"
The vendor was a simple, dark, middle-aged man. It looked like he had made all the items himself. When someone asked, the man quickly smiled and said, "I'm reporting back to the official, this is a gadget for children to play with."
"I know, how much does one cost?"
"Everything costs five cents a piece, no matter how big or small. In fact, it's more difficult for me to do small things."
"How many are there in total? I want them all!"
The man didn't expect to meet a big customer, and he suddenly became excited and said, "There are more than one hundred and twenty of them in total. I can make them cheaper, just five hundred coins."
"Pretend it all! I want them all."
The man quickly brought a large bamboo basket with half a frame of small furniture inside. At this time, Chen Qing discovered that there were many dishes and cups made of bamboo tubes nearby, which was very interesting.
"Those bamboo tablewares are yours too?" Chen Qing asked, pointing to dozens of bamboo tablewares and tea sets.
"It's all mine. If a high official wants to buy it, I can make it cheaper. I bought it all. How much does it cost?"
The man scratched his head and said: "It costs three guan to buy them all. I'll consider two guan 500 for a high-ranking official!"
The soldier stepped forward to pack the goods, and another soldier asked for copper coins. Chen Qing waved his hand and asked the middle-aged man, "I have a banknote, will you accept it?"
"Yes! Yes! It's more convenient for me, Yinjiaozi."
Chen Qing took out seven Yinjiaozi from the bag and asked his soldiers to give them to the man. The man took the Yinjiaozi and counted them: "Official, you gave me one more, six are enough."
"Just seven! No need to look for them during the Chinese New Year."
The man was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. Chen Qing smiled and asked, "Can you tell whether Yinjiaozi is real or fake?"
"This thing cannot be fake. You can't make much money by counterfeiting. If you are caught, your whole family will be killed. It's not cost-effective."
The truth is very simple, even farmers in the countryside understand it. Seeing the man put the Yinjiaozi into a small purse and put it into his arms with confidence, Chen Qing suddenly realized that he had successfully issued the Yinjiaozi.
When Chen Qing returned to the mansion, it happened that his wife was distributing annual rewards to the servants. After a year of hard work, each person received a reward, and the rewards were distributed according to their respective levels. The highest was for personal bodyguards, wet nurses and generals, each of whom received one reward.
One hundred guan, the lowest is eight guan for each of the maids, farm caretakers, and housekeepers.
Others were issued ten to fifty guan of money. In the past, they were issued silver coins, but this year they began to issue silver coins, and the minting of silver coins has stopped.
But it doesn’t matter whether it’s silver coins or banknotes. What’s important is that this year there are 10% more coins than last year.
Everyone gathered in the outer house, which was very lively. When Chen Qing walked to the middle hall, he saw two young ladies jumping and playing around the old apricot tree. Xueer suddenly saw her father and ran over happily, and Bing'er also ran over.
, like two little butterflies.
Chen Qing loved these two precious daughters the most. He held one in each hand and kissed them heavily on their little faces.
"Daddy brought you a gift?"
"What gift?" the two young ladies asked with their fingers in their mouths.
Chen Qing put them down and took the big basket from the soldiers. The two young ladies came around and asked in surprise, "What is this?"
"This is for you to run a house. It has small beds, cabinets, tables, chairs, and all kinds of things. Do you like it?"
"Wow! It's so cute! I like it!" The two little ladies clapped their hands with joy.
"Take it back to the house and share it! Each person has half."
"Dad, what is this?" Xueer saw the bamboo tableware in another basket.
"This is a gift for your mother, not for you!"
"What did your husband give us?"
As soon as Chen Qing turned around, several ladies came, led by Lu Xiu.
