Emperor Hongzhi walked out of the vegetable market with a smile on his face. The small vegetable market also allowed Emperor Hongzhi to see the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, which made him feel relieved.
¡°At least, people don¡¯t have to worry about eating.
The price of food is very cheap. The cheapest coarse grains, sweet potatoes and corn, only cost one penny per catty. This price is very cheap, enough to ensure the minimum demand for food.
The problem now is that the people of the Ming Dynasty are no longer limited to the issue of eating enough, but have developed towards eating well. The meat is divided into three, six or nine grades, such as pork, mutton, beef, various sea fish, and river fish. Local food, food from outside the customs, and overseas provided extremely rich food to the people of Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Hongzhi was very happy to see that the people did not have to worry about food.
¡° He clearly remembered that there were heavy snowstorms in the three northern provinces that year, and famine broke out the next year. In the Beijing and Tianjin areas, the ground was full of hungry people, and the bark of the trees was eaten away.
It¡¯s really too miserable.
It¡¯s so good now. We can¡¯t finish the food, but we can still pick and choose.
¡°I, the Ming Dynasty, finally don¡¯t have to worry about filling our stomachs.¡±
Emperor Hongzhi said to Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin beside him with a smile on his face.
"All of this is due to your majesty's hard work and talents, so that the people of Ming Dynasty can live a happy life today."
When Liu Jian heard this, he immediately flattered him.
"Yes, Your Majesty, all of this is due to your foresight and good leadership, and your dedicated efforts and hard work for the millions of people in the Ming Dynasty. This has led to the prosperous age of the Ming Dynasty today."
Li Dongyang also quickly followed suit. Being capable is one thing, but how to make your boss like you is another.
I saw many children gathered together, playing and playing with each other, all wearing nice clothes, with bulging bags, and there were old people following them with smiles on their faces, chatting with each other.
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"Thirteen of them, and the newly bought concubine is still there."
"Your family is really amazing. You have thirteen grandsons. I remember you also have twelve granddaughters, right?"
"Isn't that right? The total number of these large and small ones is twenty-five. Every time we eat, it's like fighting. One meal is not enough for one sheep."
"It's so nice to have so many people. It's so good to have more children. Anyway, it's not like you can't afford to raise your son. He's already a manager. He earns thousands of taels of silver a year. He can afford to raise dozens more. "
"There is no problem in raising a child. Times have changed. Food is cheap and eating is not a big deal. The key is that raising a child is not just about eating. The child needs to wear clothes, go to school, and start a family and start a career when he grows up. There are plenty of places to spend money.¡±
"What are you afraid of? Your family already has more than a dozen houses, and each of your grandchildren has one extra. Your son is also very good. He can make money and invest. I heard that he has made a lot of money buying stocks."
"It's average, it's average. Your son is also very good. He is a sailor. He makes a lot of money every time he goes to sea. I heard that your family also has a plantation here in Nanyang."
"There is a plantation, but it's not big, just over 2,000 acres of land, but it doesn't make much money a year. It's no longer profitable to grow sugar cane. I'm thinking about growing rubber, but the rubber saplings are too good, and I need another Invest a lot of money."
"I told my son not to spend the money on it. If he has the money, he can go to Korea or Japan to have some concubines, or simply buy some female white slaves back and give me more grandchildren."
"But he just didn't listen. So far, he only has two grandsons and six granddaughters. Together, they are not as much as you. His wife is not that kind of fierce wife. She also asked her to take more concubines and spread her branches, but He just won¡¯t listen, no matter how angry you are.¡±
"That's really annoying."
"If you have money or don't have money, you can just live a carefree life. If you want to have more children, you can't afford them."
"There are actually benefits to having concubines. More people are more powerful. Having more concubines and having more descendants is also a good thing."
"My son has taken in several concubines one after another in the past few years, from Korea, Japan, and Siam. He also bought a few white slaves to come back as concubines."
"Don't tell me, this white slave is easy to give birth to and is not as delicate as our Ming women. You can ask your son to buy a few more. This white slave has white skin and the children he gives birth to are good-looking. Look at my grandchildren. , all of them are very white, how beautiful they are.¡±
"Yes, but my son just won't listen, and there's nothing I can do about it."
The two old men were chatting while looking at their children, unaware that Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin and others were listening.
Liu Jin listened to their conversation and looked at the group of children playing. It was obvious that many of them were of mixed race. This time zuqiuxia*o shuo .co m Zhang Si
People in the Ming Dynasty all have black eyes and black hair. Many of these children have blond hair, white skin, and blue eyes, but at the same time they have some characteristics of the Orientals. A few of them are not like the Ming Dynasty at all. people.
At this moment, no matter whether these children look like Ming people or not, all of them speak fluent Ming dialect and even compete in memorizing ancient poems.
"I know how to show mercy to the farmers. My brother learned it in school and taught me. It was noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat dripped from the soil. Who knew that every grain of food on the plate was hard work."
A little girl with blond hair and blue eyes was wearing red traditional Ming Dynasty clothes and reciting ancient poems very seriously. Zhida org.com Zhixiao
"I can do it too, I can do it too, my brother also taught me~"
When the children next to him heard this, they all started shouting too.
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