Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 214 Chapter 210 Three shocks, shock, shock, Zhu Yuanzhang's scalp was numb from the shock! ! !

"This melon is so sweet."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the small bench provided by the young melon dealer, and ate the watermelon. The watermelon was very sweet, white and red, juicy and tender.
At the same time, he was already listing the crimes against Li Xiao in his heart.

Completely abolishing the household registration system that he spent ten years building, directly abolishing it, and even abolishing military households, this is the first thing Zhu Yuanzhang can't bear.

If even military households are cancelled, who will fight in the event of a war in the future?

Second, because of the abolition of household registration, everyone wants to be able to do things as they like, and in Beiping, these people can live wherever they want. I heard that many people have made money, so they left the village and went to the county. Even went to Peking City.

In the long run, isn't there no one in the countryside?

What's more, Li Xiao actually forced children to go to school at the age of six, and they were obliged to go to school for five years. In this way, wouldn't the whole world be scholars in the future?
People, it is better to let them know than to let them know.

It is not good for the people to know too much.

Will it be more difficult to obey discipline in the future and rebel everywhere?

The third one, according to the young man, all the land in Beiping has been confiscated by the magistrate.

This is simply absurd. This Beiping Prefecture has 500 million mu of arable land. Hasn't this Li Xiao become the largest landlord in the world? ?
I don't know how Li Xiao did it.

Do the local people and farmers agree?
Was the army launched to suppress it?
There are too many mysteries, Zhu Yuanzhang seems preoccupied.
Although the smooth asphalt road brought him a pleasant surprise when he first came here, but what happened later brought him shock.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished eating a piece of melon, he threw the melon rind aside.

Erhu immediately handed over another piece of melon.

Eating and eating, before he knew it, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was thinking about things, ate up the whole watermelon.

Then he burped.

Suddenly, he felt something was wrong.

It is completely different from eating melons in the past, except that it is sweeter
"There are no watermelon seeds!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes fell on the ground, and he suddenly realized what he felt before. It turned out that he had eaten for so long without spit out a single watermelon seed.

Strange, so strange! !
How can watermelons be seedless? If they are seedless, how will they save melons for next year?

You know, Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a farmer, so he knows a lot about agriculture.

Seeing the big from the small, he quickly thought, if the land was taken away and no one kept the seeds of various crops, would the crops be extinct? ?
"Er Hu, did you notice that this watermelon has no seeds?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the ground.

Erhu looked at the ground, and then said in surprise: "Master Huang, it's true, this watermelon really seems to have no seeds."

As he said that, Erhu pointed and said, "Shopkeeper, please open another melon."

The young man said happily: "Okay. The guest officer will give you a melon."

The watermelon knife cut down, and a big watermelon was divided into two halves.

The bright red flesh was exposed, and there was not a single seed on it.

The two tigers just didn't pay attention to Zhu Yuanzhang's body because they were worried, but this time they were really stunned.

The young man split the watermelon into several pieces, but it was still seedless.

The two tigers held the watermelon and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Master Huang, look."

It's so rare, it's the first time I've seen such a rare thing!

what the hell is it? ?
Zhu Yuanzhang murmured: "No wonder I ate so happily just now, it's all because I don't have to spit out watermelon seeds."

He frowned slightly, looked at the young melon seller again and said, "Young man, why is your melon seedless?"

The young man smiled and said, "This is a seedless unicorn melon, it's delicious."

"Delicious is delicious."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "But how did this melon grow, and how did you save it?"

The young man who bought melons said with a simple smile: "I don't know that well, I didn't grow the melons, but I know that there is a store called Daming Seed Company in Beiping City, which sells all kinds of seeds, such as tomatoes, potatoes, Peanuts, corn, chili... and other seeds can be bought, maybe they were bought there."

"Daming Seed Company."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the watermelon in front of him in surprise. Besides the seedless watermelon, there were also potatoes, peanuts, corn, peppers? ?

What are these, why haven't we heard of them?

However, it is good to have a company that specializes in selling seeds. In the past, farmers kept their own seeds, so now they don’t need to keep seeds. Can they sell them by themselves?
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a long time, only felt that there were too many things encountered today, his brain was going to explode, and he needed a good rest, so he went back and stroked it.
Hey, after all, I am getting old, and my head hurts when I think about some problems.

"Perhaps, what Li Xiao did was right? Although this young man has no fields or land, he has been very optimistic since just now, with a smile on his face."

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the young man and asked with a smile, "Young man, are you happy?"

"What?"

The young man smiled and shook his head: "My surname is not Fu."

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes, this young man is indeed unhappy. Li Xiao should be damned
Immediately afterwards, the young man finished speaking and said, "My surname is Wang."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "."

Forget it, it's better to observe this kind of thing by yourself, and then you can know the clues.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the young man in front of him. After talking for so long, he felt that this young man was very talkative and kind to others.

I sat and watched the young man sell melons for a while, and the melons on the tricycle were almost sold out.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Young man, is it time to close the stall?"

The young man smiled and said: "Yes, there are still three melons left, and the stall will be closed today."

Zhu Yuanzhang got up and said, "Young man, we bought all the remaining melons."

As he said that, Erhu asked, "How much money is the total of the remaining melons and the two melons you opened just now?"

The young man weighed it, rubbed his hands together and said, "It's half a tael of silver."

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly startled, and said, "Half taels of silver? Young man, are you sure?"

Five watermelons are about fifty catties, two copper coins per catty, and one hundred copper coins, which is one penny.

This person actually charges half a tael, he looks honest and honest, he can't be a profiteer, right?

The young man said: "No way, sir, my seedless watermelon is delicious and expensive. It's written on the brand, and the price is clearly marked, ten copper plates a catty, and fifty catties is exactly half a tael of silver."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the small wooden board on the ground, and indeed it said ten copper boards per catty.

"Can you still write?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in surprise.

"Hey, I have learned it, I have learned it in the army." The young man smiled.

"Army. They also teach writing."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became interested and planned to communicate more with this young man to learn about Li Xiao's cancellation of military households and what is going on with military households now.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the sky and said with a smile: "It's getting late now, I can't see clearly at night, and it's not convenient to go to the city to stay overnight. I wonder if you have a room at home, how about staying overnight? Let's give money."

The sun had set, and it was indeed dark.

The young man smiled and said, "You are asking the right person."

As he spoke, he turned the small wooden board over, and on the other side it read: B&B two cents a night, including breakfast.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "????"

This young man has a lot of business in love, and what about hotel business?
The young man said with a smile: "I planned to stay a little longer to pick up customers, but since the customers came to the door by themselves, then close the stall and come with me."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head helplessly, and got into the carriage.

Let Erhu follow the tricycle.

On the way, Zhu Yuanzhang poked his head out and asked, "Young man, I still don't know what your name is?"

Wang Jianlin pedaled his tricycle, and said with a cheerful smile, "My surname is Wang, and my name is Wang Jianlin. You can call me Xiao Wang. Old man, what do you call me?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Huang Ba."

Wang Jianlin said: "Mr. Huang, when I saw you today, I knew that you are a noble person, and you have a noble air about you."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "You kid, you are very similar to one of my little brothers. You are familiar with yourself, and you are good at flattering."

Wang Jianlin said: "Hey, those of us who are in small business, we need to be sweet-talking and hard-working, otherwise we won't make any money."

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated. What Wang Jianlin said makes sense.

However, if the mouth is not sweet, the mouth is not diligent, and there is no land, how should they live?

Ever since, Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Young man, what if your business goes wrong?"

Wang Jianlin said: "If it turns out to be dirty, it's a big deal to go to work and become a worker."

"Worker."

Zhu Yuanzhang remembered this term in his mind, and then he will understand what a worker is.

After thinking about it, he asked, "You would rather be in business than be a worker. It seems that being a worker is not a good job."

Wang Jianlin said with a smile: "Actually, being a worker is also very good. Everyone in our village works in the brick factory. It is stable. They get money every month. They also get brown sugar, tea and other holiday gifts during the holidays."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it: "It sounds so good, why don't you become a worker?"

Wang Jianlin said: "I want to do some small business to accumulate experience as a businessman. Now that there is no restriction on household registration in Peking, I just want to start a business and become a rich man. But I have never done business, I just want to sell I have accumulated experience, and when I have saved enough money, I want to start a real estate business, and now I am running to the city to buy a piece of land, build a house and sell it, and I will definitely make a lot of money.”

The words fall.

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes, feeling something was wrong.

The disadvantages of canceling household registration are too great, everyone wants to go into business, so it’s okay
Li Xiao, oh Li Xiao, this Beiping is really messed up by you.

The carriage moved forward slowly, and the scenery on both sides was excellent. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look at the scenery outside the window and feel the afterglow of the summer.

"What's the difference between us soldiers, just because we all wear plain military uniforms. What's the difference between us soldiers, since we left our hometown, it's hard to see our parents.

It’s the same thing if you say it’s different, they’re all youthful years, and they’re all hot-blooded boys.”

While Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about something in the carriage, Wang Jianlin, who was riding a tricycle outside the carriage, hummed a tune.

It may be because today not only sold out all the watermelons in the tricycle, but also brought back an accommodation guest, so he looked very happy.

"We are soldiers"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little strange, opened the curtain of the carriage again, and asked, "Young man, what song is this?"

"This song is called us soldiers. It is a song that the big guys have to sing when they are training in the army. They also compete with each other. It's very exciting."

Wang Jianlin explained while pedaling a tricycle.

Among the regiments, Zhu Yuanzhang made another note of Li Xiaoji in his heart. Not only did he cancel the military households, but he also started singing in the army.
At this time, Wang Jianlin outside said with emotion: "As soon as we sang this song, we remembered the days when we spent time with our brothers in the army and sweated day and night. I miss it!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up. Didn't the young man just say that he still wanted to be a businessman, but now he seems to miss his time as a soldier?
Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Listen to you, you still like being a soldier? But why don't you become a soldier now?"

Wang Jianlin said: "Hey, I like to be a soldier, but my mother is old and has no one to take care of her. I have to come back to take care of my mother. If not, I want to stay in the army for the rest of my life."

The voice fell.

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback.

He felt something was wrong!

Yes, very wrong!
This soldier seemed to be a soldier voluntarily, but because of his mother, he started to become a businessman.

Unlike my own rules, the sons of forced military households must also be military households.

One is mandatory and the other is voluntary!
It would be great if everyone wanted to be a soldier!

But can it really be done?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Young man, listen to what you mean, if you want, you can always be a soldier?"

Wang Jianlin smiled and said: "Isn't that right, I have become a small flag, and if I go up one more level, it is possible to become a hundred households, but it's a pity that my old mother has no one to take care of her, so I can only come back. , then you have to do some work.”

Zhu Yuanzhang almost understood.

He also understood what Li Xiao wanted to do.

He wants everyone to be able to do what they want
Those who are good at being soldiers go to be soldiers, and those who are good at doing business go to do business. If it’s not enough, just be that “worker”, even though you don’t know what a worker is.
"Li Xiao, Li Xiao, you are so naive. If people's hearts are so easy to control, why should we waste so much effort to create a household registration system? Sooner or later, you will be in trouble."

Thinking this way, Zhu Yuanzhang arrived at Wang Jianlin's residence during the conversation.

After passing through the trail, we came to a village called Honghua Village.

Zhu Yuanzhang got off the carriage, and the house that came into view made his eyes shine.

Gray brick house with three floors, which is rare in the countryside. He couldn't help but look up and down, and then turned his head to look elsewhere.

What surprised him was that almost all the brick and tile houses in this village, with yards, looked clean and tidy, and pleasing to the eye.

"Is this village so rich?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly surprised.

He came to Peiping from Nanjing all the way, and stayed at many farmers' homes on the way.

Although the people's life has improved these years, the houses are still the same. Most of the rural areas are earthen houses. Except for the rich and the landlord class, there are almost no brick and tile houses.

And in this village, every household has brick and tile houses?
This is too exaggerated! !
Zhu Yuanzhang followed Wang Jianlin into the courtyard, and he stopped suddenly in front of the courtyard gate, because a small golden sign on it attracted his attention.

Four large characters are engraved on the small golden sign: Home of Glory.

"What does it mean?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the plaque and asked.

"It was issued by the army after I retired from the army."

Wang Jianlin was very proud and said: "This is glory, it means that someone in our family has joined the army, and it is an honor to join the army!"

As he said that, he made a military posture facing the open space, and said solemnly: "Wearing strong and holding on to guard the border is heroic, and it is a great honor to join the army with gold and iron horses!"

When Wang Jianlin said this, there was incomparable pride in his eyes!
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up as if he wasn't pretending.

Serving in the army is regarded as an honor and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. No wonder Li Xiao would cancel his military household. If everyone is like this, he will not worry about no one serving as a soldier!

"Are all the people in your village willing to serve as soldiers?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Wang Jianlin smiled and said: "It's not a question of willingness or not, it's a matter of having to go. In Beiping, all labor services have been abolished, only military service is left. Men who have reached the age of 16 must serve in the military service. Of course, after two years, they can do it on their own." Choose to quit or continue to stay. Most people are willing to stay. If they come back after five years, they can still be assigned a good job. I heard that they can be assigned to a shifting yamen, or go to another yamen to be an official. It’s a pity. Because of my mother, I came back early, so I don't have this blessing."

This.
Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback for a moment, and canceled all the labor. The yamen needs people to do the fortifications, who should do it?Does it cost money? ?

What kind of Yamen is this watchman?
This is full military service. Doesn't everyone train like soldiers?
In case of a civil uprising in the future, it will be difficult to suppress! !
There are too many questions.
Zhu Yuanzhang is now in a state of disarray and feels a bit of a headache
"Two guests, come with me. This is the guest room. If you need anything, just ask."

Wang Jianlin led them to the third floor.

There are three rooms on the third floor, which are usually used to entertain passers-by and earn some extra money.

Erhu and Zhu Yuanzhang entered.

The room is fairly neat and clean, with tables and benches inside, and two beds.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the bedside, and he was quite satisfied with the environment. He mostly lived in common people's homes along the way, and this was considered the best one.

He sat by the window, touched the neat quilt, and said with a smile: "Young man, your quilt is well folded, it is square like tofu."

Wang Jianlin smiled foolishly: "They are all trained in the military."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. It seems that he has the opportunity to learn more about how the army is trained now, and how it is different from the original military system of Ming Dynasty.

"Bring me a floor mat, please."

Erhu ordered that he would sleep in the same room with Zhu Yuanzhang for personal protection all the way, but he didn't dare to sleep on the bed, and usually slept on the floor.

Wang Jianlin asked strangely, "Aren't there two beds here?"

Erhu said: "I like to be grounded."

Wang Jianlin: "."

Soon, Wang Jianlin brought the floor mat and helped to lay it.

"correct."

Wang Jianlin smiled and said: "If you don't mind it, we can eat together later. Our farmhouse, the cost of this meal is ten dollars per person, but you two bought me so many melons today, so I invite you to eat them." Meal."

Twenty dollars for two people is not much, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "That's all right, let's eat together, but we will pay for this money, we don't like to owe favors."

Indeed, it is impossible for ordinary people to owe Zhu Yuanzhang's favor.

In other words, Li Xiao could make Zhu Yuanzhang owe a big debt of gratitude.

Zhu Yuanzhang will also eat and eat with the common people along the way, and see the lives of the common people with his own eyes.

That's it.

Wang Jianlin turned around and went down to ask his wife to cook.

Zhu Yuanzhang rested in the room for a while, and his brain really hurts.

"Er Hu, have you written down everything along the way?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Erhu and said.

Erhu nodded, "Your Majesty, I have written it all down."

"Bring it, show me."

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang is getting old, his mind is always forgetful, so he took Erhu's book and started to read it, re-reading what happened today.

Everything seemed outrageous to him.

For example, the matter of the military household, but what Wang Jianlin said later made him change his mind, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad.
After half an hour.

"Guests, you can come down for dinner."

Wang Jianlin called out on the first floor.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Erhu got up and walked downstairs.

Come to the lobby on the first floor, there are four tables.

Wang Jianlin's family of three, his wife and his old mother sat around a table for dinner.

The other three tables should be reserved for guests.

But it was obvious that there were only these two guests today, and no one else.

The meals were the same on both tables.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat down slowly, looked at the food on the table, and then froze.

What's the situation, is this a twenty-cent standard meal?
Two dishes and one soup.

One dish was tomato scrambled eggs.

One dish is roasted chicken with potatoes.

One dish is corn stewed ribs soup.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what the red and yellow dishes were.

But he can recognize that there is meat in this bowl.

The three dishes are all meaty.

Eggs, chicken, and ribs! !

Although the weight of the chicken and ribs is quite a lot!
Is this the standard of twenty Wen? ? ?
He and Erhu together only cost twenty Wen for meals.

But these carnivorous dishes, said to be Baiwen, can also be said in the past!
"Young man, you won't overcharge us, will you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the food in front of him and said in surprise.

"No, no, we are honest in our business. We don't earn more money from you, but earn hard work." Wang Jianlin said with a smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang got up slowly and walked to the table with Wang Jianlin's family.

The three of them were a little strange, what happened to the old man?

"You also eat this every day?"

Finding that the dishes on the two tables were the same, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help asking.

"That's right, the meals that our family eats are all copied together with the guests' dishes."

Wang Jianlin pointed to the dishes and said, "We all fried them ourselves. Is there any problem?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said in disbelief: "It's so cheap, we can't believe it. Outside of Beiping, these dishes are not cheap. There are chicken, eggs, and ribs. Your portion is quite a lot. At least it costs more than a hundred liters." money?"

"Haha, by the way, you are a foreigner."

Wang Jianlin patiently explained: "The ribs are more expensive, and the others are not expensive. Since we have a large chicken farm in Beiping, the price of eggs and fat chickens has dropped every day. The eggs cost two cents a piece. A big fat chicken is only a hundred yuan a piece."

One hundred pennies each.
Zhu Yuanzhang made a calculation in his mind, one tael of silver can buy ten big fat chickens!
Outside of Beiping, you can only buy four fat chickens for a tael of silver in other places. Has the price dropped so much? ? ?
But even if it's half cheaper, it's impossible for the common people to eat chicken every day, right?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Jianlin, and he took it for granted.

Is it.
Prices have dropped and income has risen, so can we eat meat every day? ?

hiss.
Zhu Yuanzhang showed an incredible expression.

What the hell happened in Peking! !
It's numb, Zhu Yuanzhang is completely numb!

(End of this chapter)