I'm a big dick

Chapter 651

The outline of the city appeared in the distance, and Bumbutai was even more cheerful, looking forward to seeing the majestic city of Horqin.

After several years, I finally returned to the Horqin Prairie and my hometown.My brother said in his letter that the newly built city is huge, the market is very prosperous, and Zasak's life is quite good.

The distance is getting closer and closer, and the city can be seen more and more clearly.On the grassland, it is indeed the size of a big city,
But compared with the Central Plains, it is far behind.

Zahemu introduced it proudly, "After three expansions, it is twice as big as the city of Geljurgen. There are many shops in the city, and it is the most prosperous place in Horqin."

Bumbutai's enthusiasm has diminished a bit, but this is still the biggest.Not to mention the capital city, even Jinzhou, Guangning, and Shenyang along the way are many times larger!

Entering the city, as Zahemu said, there are mostly shops on both sides of the road, but the face of this door—Bumbutai's fingers are wrapped around the little braid hanging by the ear, and his face is even more ugly.

Even in Shenyang, Jinzhou and other cities, those shops are mostly made of glass doors and windows, and the windows are clear and clean, which is comfortable to look at.

However, although there are a few shops here that are well-decorated, most of them are old-fashioned, and there are even merchants who deal in horses, cattle and sheep, and tie the livestock directly to the shed across the street.

This, it is really good to display the goods and goods so that customers can see them at a glance.But with the smell of feces and urine, Bumbutai's face collapsed, and he took out a silk handkerchief to cover his nose.

Hai Lanzhu sighed softly, and said, "Seeing the prosperity of Daming City, and listening to Zahemu's words, it really feels like sitting in a well."

Bumbutai also had to admit that the gap was too big, and his imagination was not reliable.

In the eyes of Zahemu and others, such a city, such a business, is already the most prosperous.But in the eyes of Bumbutai and Hailanzhu, who had seen the world, they both blushed.

Zahemu didn't know the thoughts and feelings of the two sisters, and he still said to himself: "Master Zasak's mansion is even more magnificent. It was designed and built by Chinese craftsmen..."

"Is the road in the mansion smooth, and can you ride a bicycle?" Bumbutai interrupted Zahemu's bragging, and asked expectantly.

The bicycle has been put on the market through continuous improvement and perfection.At present, it is only used as a leisure and play thing for the rich.

When the price drops to the level that ordinary people can afford, and the quality and performance reach a new height, and the road leveling also reaches a certain standard, bicycles will become the public's means of transportation and delivery.

Bumbutai bought one and brought it back, thinking about showing it off.

Zahemu is completely unfamiliar with bicycles, what is it?It is guessed that it should be a livestock similar to a horse, the kind that can be ridden and run.

"The corridors in the mansion are quite wide, so it's no problem to ride a horse." Zahemu explained according to his guess.

Bumbutai nodded, feeling a little happy.But she suddenly found that her sister's eyes were a little dignified, staring at something.

It was an old woman and a child. The clothes on their bodies were all in tatters, but they could still be seen as Mongolian clothes.

The little girl's thin face was numb, with a broken bowl stretched out, only the occasional roll of the eyeballs, showing the agility that should be at that age.

The old woman was also sallow and thin, knelt on the ground and kowtowed non-stop, her old face was covered with deep wrinkles, as old as bark.

Bumbutai's heart sank. She could tell that it was poor Mongolians begging.

In fact, both sisters had seen such a scene a few years ago.But when I returned to my hometown and saw this scene again, I felt as if my heart had been stabbed by something.

Shaoyingyuan, if that little girl was in the Ming Dynasty, she would have been sent there by the government.There is enough food there, and the food is pretty good, and there are teachers who teach reading and writing, and those children are very happy...

Although all the tribes of Horqin have now surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, in Bumbutai's heart, they are still stubbornly divided into two parts, and they are compared from time to time.

But the more she compares, the more she finds that she can't compare. If she can't compare, the gap is really too big.

When she was in the capital, she and her sister also went shopping and paid special attention to the prices of many commodities.But when she passed the Guangning horse market, she was extremely shocked.

A pack of needles and a box of colored thread can be exchanged for a sheepskin in the horse market; but in Beijing, a sheepskin can buy at least ten times as much.

In the capital city, an iron pot of eight catties is definitely worth less than one yuan; but in the horse market, an iron pot can be exchanged for seven or eight fat sheep.

The businessman is really black-hearted, Bumbutai thought so at first, but Hai Lanzhu had a different view.

Who made the Mongols lack supplies? It's just such a transaction price. Isn't it rushing to ask the Ming Dynasty to open the horse market?In order to allow the Ming Dynasty to open up trade, they fought against the Ming Dynasty before!

This is embarrassing.Bumbutai also has nothing to say, you are begging for exploitation, begging for businessmen to come.

Moreover, beggars have not been eliminated in Daming, but they still have security and welfare policies, as well as welfare institutions.In the Shaoying Academy in the capital, it was the emperor who paid for it, and the two sisters had heard it.

It's normal not to take care of them, but not even taking care of them is a big problem.The two sisters are very clear that in their hometown, here, in this newly built city, there is absolutely no Shaoying Home or Home for the Elderly.

"The income of the family has increased a lot this year."

Zahemu didn't realize the silence of the sisters, because he was used to it, and continued to show off the Zasak mansion, "Zhasak plans to expand the house and build a separate mansion for the two ladies."

Hai Lanzhu asked calmly: "I heard that there were black and white disasters last year, and some herdsmen suffered losses."

The so-called "black disaster" refers to the lack of snow water in the grassland in winter, which will cause water shortage for livestock, epidemic diseases, decline in body condition, abortion of female livestock, and even death of a large number of livestock.

The "white disaster" is the complete opposite of the "black disaster". There is too much snow and there is nowhere to graze. The livestock can't eat grass, and their hooves are prone to frostbite and even freeze to death!

Moreover, after the "white disaster", it will be difficult for livestock to "break the ice for food" until the next spring, and because the weather is relatively cold, livestock exercise and nomadic consumption will consume more physical energy, and they will be easily frozen to death.

Zahemu said: "That kind of disaster is nothing, and the herdsmen affected by the disaster are also a small number. In recent years, the Ming court has sent people to guide and build livestock houses. There is no green storage technique."

"Should the herders affected by the disaster still pay for their cattle, sheep and livestock?" Bumbutai asked, "Since we have surrendered to Ming Dynasty, there should be a policy of disaster relief and tax exemption, right?"

Zahemu froze for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know about this. Anyway, the income of Zasak's family has not decreased."

Hai Lanzhu sighed and didn't ask anymore, but her face was unhappy, and she could see that she was in a bad mood.

Bumbutai opened his mouth, but also lowered his head helplessly.

When you don't read history books and don't have knowledge, all this is normal.But now, I feel that there is a problem, and it is wrong to do so.

But what to do? Although Horqin surrendered to Daming, the Zasak system was different from Daming.Should it be abolished, father and elder brother will not agree in the first place, right?
(End of this chapter)