Poor family mother and son

Chapter 645 Time difference

In fact, Chu Qing and Xiaobao really don't need to be in such a hurry, because the emperor is delaying time.

The palindrome from Voss arrived years ago, and the emperor waved his hand: "Hey! Are you in your twenties today? Well, on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, every house sweeps the dust. Go home!"

The Spring Festival holiday of Daxuan Kingdom is calculated around the first day of the new year. There are three days off before the first day of the new year, and three days off after the first day of the new year. Including the day of the first day of the new year, there are exactly seven days off, and there are seven days off for the Lantern Festival after that.

In this way, the holiday was supposed to start on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, because the emperor's words were sealed three days in advance!
On the fifth day of the lunar new year, when the court resumed, the court first discussed Voss's palindrome, and then choked again.

As expected, as Chu Qing guessed, there was talk of impeachment of Chu Qing's "enemies", and the impeachment included both civil and military officials.

The military attache's motivation is quite simple, because if Voss is really regarded as a hostile target, then any material given to them will be used as an enemy. It is best to take away even the air and leave them no room for breathing.

The motives of the civil servants are hard to judge. They wisely chose the same argument as the military officer, but emphasized that the transaction plan between Chu Qing and the fourth prince preceded King Voss' request for help.

That is to say, Chu Qing had already expressed his attitude of "benefiting the enemy" beforehand, so that King Voss had a chance to make progress.

This time, the two prime ministers clearly expressed their attitude that this matter has nothing to do with the "enemy", and reiterated the benefits that can be obtained from the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, as well as the reasons that are not conducive to war in the near future.

As far as officials and soldiers are concerned, they are divided into two groups, one is in favor of food support to Voss, and the other is to impeach all those who support and support Voss food, including the prime minister, as "enemies".

The emperor thought to himself: The officials also know how to detour.

The emperor allowed the ministers to play freely, and the court started arguing about it every time they went to court, and then discussed other matters every day, and then slipped up this matter to quarrel.

And the Minister of Honglu Temple personally led a team to deal with the Voss envoys, asked them to wait patiently, and sent someone who passed the political examination to lead them around the capital. After waiting, the Lantern Festival holiday was held again.

The courtiers could also see that the emperor didn't take their opinions seriously, and even the prime minister and deputy prime minister were teasing them.

After the Lantern Festival, the ministers formally discussed Voss’ credentials one by one. At this time, their positions were clear. Anything that was beneficial to the publicity was passed, and if they were too few, they kept adding more.

Anything that is in the interests of Voss is firmly opposed, and I wish I could cross out all the terms.

The emperor still let them play freely, and when they sorted out the new terms, they negotiated with the Voss envoy, which naturally meant another 20 days of debate.

Every working day, the two parties bargain during working hours, eat and drink together after get off work, and are extremely friendly. On holidays, Voss people continue to wait.

When the final draft of the aid contract was finalized, Xiao Bao had already sent another 500 people into Voss.

Just this little treasure thinks there are too few people.

After the beginning of spring, it will be a very difficult project to open a transportation route to the mine with a height of thousands of feet. No matter how many people there are, there are not many people. However, due to the cost of food and other consumables, Xiaobao did not bring in more people. .

These 500 people are members of the beggar gang, the salt gang, and the boat gang. Xiaobao wants them to work together to reform the gang to facilitate the integration of the gang.

According to Chu Qing's request, among the materials Xiaobao brought this time, he brought a lot of ropes, pulleys, axes, chisels, hammers, nails, shovels, brazing, trailers, ladders and other tools. Who gave our family iron.

and gunpowder.

The last time Chu Qing carried a small amount of gunpowder, it was only to prevent the Voss from making trouble, but this time it was different and needed quarrying.

Not long after Xiaobao and the others entered the country, there was a message from the Voss people who went ahead, and then all the ministries of Voss passed down the decree: It is announced that each caravan entering the country must not exceed 300 people in a single team, or it will be regarded as a caravan. Suspicion of "rebellion" is "provocation".

Among the various prohibited items, "flying fire noodles" and firecrackers are listed first.

It was also from the issuance of this decree that the inspections at the Voss border checkpoint became more stringent. Even the ration bags brought by the merchants had to be opened and inspected strictly to prevent entrainment.

When Chu Qing heard the news, he couldn't help laughing: No matter which world, inflammable and explosive dangerous goods must be strictly guarded against. It is probably because the fourth prince told his father that he was threatened by something.

The continuous running around made Xiaobao look thinner in the midst of drawing sticks, and he felt distressed clearly. He made tricks for Xiaobao to drink milk and eat beef every day, such as sauced beef, crock pot beef, iron plate beef Willow, boiled beef... the herdsmen are all curled up: Daxuan people are really prodigals!

There are now more than [-] people brought in to beat the time difference, and the daily food consumption is also extremely large, which makes the herdsmen show their teeth with envy: "Why are there so many people here? How good are you selling the food to us?" !"

However, there are many people and strength, 500 people, no herdsmen dare to provoke.

But now it's still a cold day, so many people can't be idle, Xiao Bao waved his hand: "The roads are ready, let's go break the ice and dig rocks!"

Picking and fishing for jade is the main method of picking jade in this era, which is to pick and fish for jade in the shallows or shallow water of the river.

The rivers that can be used to mine jade all come from the melted ice and snow on Yujing Mountain, so jade mining has a strong seasonality, mainly in autumn and spring.

In summer, the temperature rises, the ice and snow melt, and the river water soars. The weathered and eroded jade fragments of the original jade mine on the top of the mountain are carried down by the flood, and they are constantly collided and washed along the way. The hard part of the jade remains. The looser parts are constantly being washed and collided and peeled off.

Year after year, the original jade blocks of different shapes gradually turned into round ovals with smooth surfaces, forming what Voss called "seed jade".

But this time is the most dangerous time, and you will face the danger of mountain torrents erupting and swallowing your life at any time, so it is not suitable for jade mining.

In autumn, the temperature drops gradually, and the river water gradually recedes, revealing the jade stones accumulated on the river beach or in the river bed, which is easy for people to find.

Therefore, autumn is the main season for people to pick and fish jade.

In winter, thousands of miles are frozen, the temperature is extremely low, the river is frozen, and jade cannot be fished, so no one picks jade in winter.

When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming and the ice and snow melt, the truth will come out and it will be a good season for picking and fishing for jade.

Right now, relying on the large number of people, there is no need to worry about flash floods. It is purely a matter of exerting strength. 500 people carry shovels and go into battle.

Although it is not a day's work to freeze three feet, digging three feet can be done by 500 people in one day.

Digging stones, washing stones, and picking stones, these men are really worthy of the food they eat, and the speed is really fast!
When the fourth prince heard that February was not over yet, he arrived at the shallow water area of ​​the river beach for Chu Qing, and he overturned the table: "A Nangsi! You stinky bitch who scraped the land!" !"

(End of this chapter)