Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

"What big victory?" Jiu Niang didn't hear clearly.

"Great victory at the Hunhe River." The young man blushed with excitement, "I have 5000 Ming soldiers plus [-] Korean troops and defeated an army of more than [-] Jiannu horses on the south bank of the Hun River."

The young man is obviously enlightened and has read history books.

The development of the handicraft industry that Chongzhen vigorously promoted in the south of the Yangtze River is bearing fruit in various fields. The spillover effect in the cultural field is that the number of Mongolian children who have the opportunity to study has greatly increased.

Two or three years ago, a teenager like the one in front of him would not have had the opportunity to study.

This small tavern in their house is difficult to even maintain a family's livelihood, and it is impossible to spend five taels or even ten taels of silver per year for Shu Xiu to open up for him.

But the marginal effect of handicraft industry is still limited after all.

The cost of printing workshops in the handicraft industry is still relatively high.

School-age children at an even lower level still cannot afford books, nor can they afford to pay for repairs.

Only when the steam engine was put into practical use and the printing workshop evolved from a manual workshop to a machine factory, the price of books would drop significantly, and then the whole people could read books.

Looking at the headlines on the front page of the Hanlin Daily, it suddenly said Hunhe Victory.

Xu Yingxiong rushed to Xu Shiyi, slapped Xu Shiyi on the back, and patted Xu Shiyi's chest. After struggling for a while, Xu Shiyi finally swallowed the fat stuck in his throat.

"No, no, nothing happened to our Shi family, it's your Xu family."

After finishing speaking, the boy turned around and ran out of the alley.

It is conservatively estimated that the current population of Nanjing has exceeded 200 million.

When Shi Jiuke arrived, the Xu family was sitting around having dinner.

Seeing this, Chongzhen ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to intervene forcefully.

Let's talk about Shi Jiuke back, it only took five days to rush back to Xinchang from Nanjing, and before he had time to go back to Huang Tan's own home, he went straight to Xu's home in the east of the old man.

Within half a year, housing prices in Nanjing were hit to the price of cabbage.

"Both of them are fine, that's good." Mrs. Xu felt relieved.

And is it an unprecedented victory?
1 beheaded, [-] prisoners?

Xu Shiyi jumped up immediately, and said to Xu Yingxiong, "Yingxiong, hurry up and ask the butler to prepare the sacrifice, and then you and my father and son will go to the ancestor's tomb mountain overnight to pay homage to our ancestors."

Because the Hanlin Daily is a newspaper run by the Imperial Academy. The Imperial Academy is different from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the eagle dog of the Holy Majesty, but the Imperial Academy has always been upright and never flattered the Holy Majesty.

"It must be a false report of military exploits." Qian Qianyi said deeply, "Although those frontier generals were greedy and despicable in the past, they still had to be restrained by civil servants. With the backing of the Holy Majesty, these Qin princes really dare to say anything. Twenty-five thousand Ming troops defeated more than one hundred thousand Jian slaves, and they fought in the field on the south bank of the Hun River? How dare they say that they are really the people of the world Are they all fools? Sad, sad."

The young man put his hands on his hips and said with righteous indignation: "It is Xu Weigong who led our soldiers to win the Hunhe River in Liaodong. The rest of us, Zongwei Huo Zaishi is nothing more than that, aren't they worthy of being called the Great Ming God of War?"

It's unbelievable.

"I don't allow you to insult the God of War of Ming Dynasty!" The young man was furious when he heard this.

"It's getting more and more nonsense." Qian Qianyi really couldn't listen to it.

"Hanlin Daily?" Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Our Xu family is going to have a general, our Xu family is going to have a great general!"

"My father-in-law, are you listening to me?" Shi Jiuke said, "This is a big victory."

"Oh, where did your mother-in-law go? Yinglong is fine, and the two brothers are doing well." Shi Jiuke didn't dare to say any more, and said the whole thing in one breath, "It took me five days and nights to drive from Nanjing non-stop. When I came back to Grandma Dong, I came here specially to congratulate your family, Ying Wei has made great contributions, he won a great victory in Liaodong!"

After receiving the order, Ma Mingpao immediately set up the construction department to build houses.

Xu Shiyi also stuffed a piece of fat into his mouth, and said while chewing: "Isn't it just a victory, just send someone to bring a message back, and I will trouble you to come back day and night, there is no need for that."

The Construction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has built a row of more than a dozen small courtyards on Gongyuan Street. She has already seen it and really likes it. It is just that the hand is short of dozens of taels, otherwise it would have been sold long ago.

Xu Shiyi's heart skipped a beat, and his expression changed drastically: "Could it be Ying Wei..."

"My father-in-law, then listen carefully." Shi Jiuke said every word.

"You know what a fart." Xu Shiyi honestly and unceremoniously chiseled Xu Yingxiong's head, and cursed, "You don't even know how clever our ancestors of the Xu family are, you are so unfilial, and the ancestors don't care about you. "

Shi Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, but Mrs. Xu cried out, "So something happened to Yinglong?"

When he was in doubt, the young man had already run back, threw a newspaper on the wine table, and said loudly: "Look, did my Ming soldiers achieve a great victory on the south bank of the Hun River?"

Yes, that's right, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has begun to dabble in real estate.

"No, where are you thinking?" Shi Jiuke realized that the atmosphere was not right.

"Jiu Ke, why are you here? But something happened to the Shi family in Huangtan?" Xu Shiyi was a little surprised, thinking that it is not a year or a festival, what is the uncle of the Shi family doing in Dongshan?

At this time, the cheers outside the alley became louder.

As early as when the land price was close to the price of cabbage, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spent 1800 million taels of silver to buy more than half of the land in Nanjing City. In addition to the confiscated land, a large amount of land was hoarded in its hands.

The large influx of population has led to housing shortages. Merchants with a keen sense of smell immediately set their sights on real estate, building and selling houses for profit, resulting in a rapid rise in housing prices.

"It's not credible, it's not credible." Huang Daozhou waved his hand and said, "This must be a false report of military exploits by the general."

"Yeah, I'm choking." Mrs. Xu said anxiously, "Ying Xiong, let your father go, hurry up."

Xu Yingxiong felt somewhat conflicted: "Father, what time is it?"

"Ying Wei led 1 Ming troops plus [-] Korean troops to retreat from Shenyang to Gaizhouwei. On the south bank of the Hun River, he encountered an army of tens of thousands of Jiannu on horseback. After a day and night of field battles, [-] Jiannu More than [-] levels, more than [-] prisoners, this is the biggest victory of our Ming Dynasty since the Xuande Dynasty!"

Did the Ming army really defeat Jiannu in a field battle?

On the contrary, the purpose of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get involved in real estate is to stabilize housing prices.

Immediately stomping his feet, he said, "Ying Wei is fine, but he is in the military department, what can be the matter?"

If I can earn a few dozen taels more this month, I can buy a small courtyard with three entrances on Gongyuan Street.

Xu Shiyi's eyes suddenly widened, and then his throat suddenly groaned.

"This..." Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou were completely stupid, it was true?

……

"Hey, it's not too young to be angry at a young age." Qian Qianyi said, "Who is the Great Ming God of War?"

The merchants who tried to make huge profits lost their money, but the people of Nanjing praised it.

Huang Daozhou also said angrily: "It's scary enough for 1 Ming troops and [-] Korean troops to defeat Jiannu's army of hundreds of thousands of horses, but now they dare to brag about beheading [-] Jiannu troops." There are more than [-] levels, and there are more than [-] prisoners, only you and other yellow-mouthed children will believe such crazy words."

The wine lady had even foreseen that those scholars and merchants would invite their friends and companions to drink.

So the Hanlin Daily article is still credible.

Mrs. Xu next to her shook her hands and landed her chopsticks. Shi Sanniang's beautiful eyes burst into tears instantly. They said that Xu Yingwei died for Daming, and Shi Jiu came to report the funeral.

Because with the great development of Nanjing's handicraft industry, the number of workshops has increased dramatically, and the increase in workshops has led to a sharp increase in labor, so Nanjing's permanent population has ushered in explosive growth.

However, the original intention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get involved in real estate is not to make money.

Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou were half-believing, did they really win the Hunhe River?

Shi Jiuke couldn't catch his breath yet, so he only spoke half of the sentence.

The lowest level of migrant workers can easily afford the rent of a single room.

After a short pause, Shi Jiuke said again: "Based on this battle, Ying Wei dare not go after Wei Huo directly, but it is inevitable that his name will go down in history and he will be worthy of the Taimiao in the future. This is very serious."

It is always a pleasure to win a war, but who, as long as he is a decent man, wants his country to lose a war?
But what made Jiuniang even more happy was the benefits, because Jiuniang found out that the last time Concubine Li won the battle in Eastern Sichuan, the business of the tavern improved a lot, and later Yan Gejian won another battle in Dagukou. There were even more scholars outside the tavern drinking. Now that the Ming army has won another battle in Liaodong, the business of the tavern will only get better.

"A big victory?" Xu Shiyi said disdainfully, "How big can it be? Isn't it just guarding the camp and beheading hundreds of Jiannu, a thousand or so, or beheading a Baylor?"

Closer to home, Jiu Niang said happily: "That's great, Daming won another big victory."

"Ancestor, my ancestor, this is really smoke from the ancestral grave."

"You..." the boy said angrily, "You wait for me."

It is really the price of cabbage, and the petty bourgeoisie can afford small courtyards.

"Really?" Jiu Niang revealed surprise after hearing this.

Xu Yingxiong was not afraid of his ancestors, but he was afraid of being beaten by his own father, so he immediately went away in despair.

Xu Shiyi said to Shi Jiuke again: "Jiuke, you have really worked hard this time."

Shi Jiuke was really tired this time, but he said: "My father-in-law, it's nothing."

"You spend the night in the guest room first, and I'll take you back to Huangtan in a car tomorrow morning." After Xu Shiyi finished speaking, he turned around and told his daughter-in-law, "Clean up the guest room quickly."

After Shi Jiuke was settled, Xu Shiyi and his son came straight to the ancestral grave with the offerings.

This old official has almost paranoid superstition about his ancestors, and he firmly believes that Xu Yingwei's achievements today are all due to the blessings of his ancestors, so he must pray to his ancestors as soon as possible.