A spring dream delayed the time to get up, Zheng Yuming get up, simply freshen up, put on the deep clothes specially made to see Ulsan Jun. This hazy dark vermillion deep clothes, let Zheng Yuming and remember last night's dream, think of that seemingly real and phantom obscene scene, Zheng Yuming face can not help but hot, eyes can not help but look at Chu Chao Hui.
"Yuming, the red color and you match!" Chu Chaohui stood beside Zheng Yuming, his eyes have undisguised appreciation, even have stunning.
"Let's go, if we don't go it will be too late." Zheng Yuming bowed his head, walked out in a hurry, he originally in order to celebrate the festivals, chose the red color to do the deep clothes, if you choose the Chu Chao Hui body of the deep green color, perhaps last night would not dream of marriage, do not do the dream of marriage, there will not be the impression of a realistic spring dream.
"Don't eat breakfast also have to bring some snacks to go." Chu Chao Hui grabbed the hot steamed buns on the table and put them into a small bamboo basket, and carried on a jar of soybean milk, and these were brought to the carriage for Zheng Yuming as breakfast.
The means of transportation to Dacheng was a carriage, which was jointly developed by a valley blacksmith and a carpenter, and the carriage style was based on the four-wheeled carriages of the Western Middle Ages. Wheels are made of iron, iron tires wrapped in a layer of resin, this resin after boiling, similar to rubber, elastic, shock-absorbing effect. However, it was not as wear-resistant as rubber, and the resin tires would wear out after a period of time and had to be replaced with new tires. Produce this kind of rubber-like resin of the big tree, is Zheng Yuming has never seen the species of trees, only deep mountain old forest hundreds of years of big trees will be secreted.
When the valley cut down the big trees, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui found the resin secreted from the breaks of the big trees, they hastened to keep these century-old trees, which was a good substitute when there was no rubber. However, because the technology is not available, the tires can only be made solid.
Same as the history of the twenty-first century dynasty, the great Qin continent a long time ago, two-wheeled carriages, in the twenty-first century, when Qin Shi Huang drove a carriage to the east and west, China's carriages have been quite developed, the Qin Shi Huang unified the country, the wheelbase of the carriage as well as the width of the road is also unified, so that carriages can be quickly passed, can be seen that the carriage of the importance of the carriage at that time and the popularity of the degree. Those who have visited the Qin Mausoleum can understand why the Chinese were thousands of years ahead of the rest of the world. The details and craftsmanship are unimaginable, having been made thousands of years ago.
The level of carriage manufacturing in this time and space was equally high, except that steering was not invented, with the steering information provided by Zheng Yuming, a flexible and convenient four-wheeled carriage was produced. Using resin tires and adding copper spring shock absorbers between the carriage and the wheels, even if the road is uneven, sitting on a four-wheeled carriage is still more comfortable than two-wheeled carriages and mule carts.
Zheng Chu two people to go to Dacheng to pay tribute to the New Year wearing a dress, the end of the year before the snow is melting, the ground is muddy, riding a horse to Dacheng will get dirty clothes. So this time, the two of them used a new mode of transportation to go to Dacheng. The carriage was driven by a slave horseman from the valley, Wei Qing and Huo Si Zhong rode alongside the carriage. Huo Sihua was left in Nambu Wu family to learn how to do women's red with Wu's wife, Zheng Chu two people don't need Huo Sihua to become a capable women's red, but it's always good for a girl to learn some women's red, after all, this society is not an industrialized society, and you can spend money to buy anything.
After the unique four-wheeled carriage arrived at the Dar City Ulsan Palace, it caused the arriving Dar City nobles to gather around and watch, and Chen Meng, the head of the Chen Clan, who was close to Zheng Chu and the two of them, even climbed onto the carriage and allowed the slave driver of the four-wheeled carriage to drive him in a circle around the Ulsan Palace.
"This kind of car is good, can you build one for old man?" After getting down from the car with a lingering look on his face, Chen Meng took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and pulled Zheng Yuming to request.
"This, Patriarch Chen, there are few craftsmen in Nambu, we have to build farming tools after spring, this cart..." Zheng Yuming stared at Chen Meng's small eyes with a difficult face, but in the bottom of his heart, he rolled his eyes at Chen Meng calling himself an old man, Chen Meng is less than forty years old, what kind of old man is this.
"Then how about if I send another blacksmith to Nambu?" Chen Meng Xiao's eyes rolled and he hastily offered an exchange, his experience in dealing with Zheng Chu told him that these two governors liked it best when others sent them smiths.
"Patriarch Chen, I want to build a depot." Zheng Yuming pulled Chu Chaohui towards his side, signaling Chu Chaohui to use his tall and lanky body to help block him and Chen Meng. Not letting the other nobles see them talking in secret.
"What's a factory?" Chen Meng's voice was affected by Zheng Yuming's actions and hurriedly lowered as well.
"It's similar to a workshop, specializing in manufacturing carriages." Zheng Yuming bit Chen Meng's ear as he spoke. "Our brothers want to cooperate with Councilor Chen, Nambu will provide the technology, and the Chen family will provide the craftsmen and the place."
"Cooperation?" Chen Meng found the word fresh.
"How about we specialize in building cars like this and sell them to others, and after expenses, half of the coins earned will go to the family?"
In this time and space, craftsmen are dominated by the aristocracy, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui from the slave market simply can not buy any craftsmen slaves, exiled to the city of Dacheng sin craftsmen were Zheng Yuming collected empty, the prison of the stragglers are some unskilled ordinary people, to the South Port to make a living of the refugees are also basically peasants, the South Port production is short of skilled workers lack of life, but too many products to be developed, craftsmen are really not enough! With their own training how to three years before a group of apprenticeship. In the face of this situation, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui discussed in the Dacheng area to find allies, the development of the South Port, the future sooner or later to provoke the eyes of the red, before the red in the eyes of the aristocrats, it is better to take the initiative to drag the aristocrats down to the sea, and their cooperation, we all ride in the same boat.
"Good! What's it going to take to carry out the cooperation?" Chen Meng's small eyes were beaming.
"After paying New Year's respects to the Prince, let's find a place to talk about it in detail." Zheng Yuming looked at the increasing number of nobles who came to pay New Year's respects in the courtyard, and Chu Chao Hui's body could no longer block the line of sight from all sides.
"Stay at my old man's house after the dinner, let's have a long talk all night." Chen Meng hurriedly arranged the address for the detailed discussion.
Gong Ziguang was looking good as he received the nobles of Dacheng, and the news that the marriage between Wu and Chu had failed and that Ri Ji was lying in bed furious put the twenty-two year old in a happy mood. The Ulsan government had not yet received the news that Ri Ji had been resurrected in full condition. Therefore, Gong Ziguang's pleasant mood had been maintained.
After receiving the New Year's greetings from the nobles, Gong Zi Guang hosted a banquet at the Ulsan royal residence, where artists from the royal residence came up to present their performances, and this time, the performance of Khonhou by Artist Xin still came out on top, and won the generous rewards from the nobles present.
"Artist Xin! This reward is really generous!" An attendant of the Ulsan Monarch's mansion, who was on good terms with Artist Xin, carried a plate of gold, silver and money rewarded by the nobles with an envious look on his face.
Artist Xin smiled faintly, not bad, this time the reward was more generous than previous years, but Artist Xin was not happy in his heart. He took his eyes to look at the banquet hall, dressed in black dark clothes Gong Zi Guang is side eyeing South Port Governor Zheng Yuming, his face smiling. Eyes at the Zheng Yuming is saying something to the hall crowd, a deep red clothes reflecting face skin color such as bright jade.
"Artiste Xin, would you like me to call for a carriage?" Gongzi Guang did not order Artist Xin to stay, Artist Xin had to leave the Jun Mansion after performing her program.
"Please waiter!" Artist Xin returned to his senses and picked up a piece of gold from the reward and stuffed it into this waiter who was pleasing him. Artist Xin had a good relationship with a few of the waiters in the Ulsan Monarch's mansion and was never stingy with these waiters, often offering money and silk.
Sitting in the mule cart back to the residence of the artist Xin, from the reward to pick out a piece of jade, this is the Gongzi light on his reward, looking at this piece of bright jade, the artist Xin held it tightly in the palm, painfully closed his eyes.
Gong Ziguang took out the wine sent from Nanbu today, there was not much wine, only Wei Shen, Gong Ziguang's two uncles and the patriarchs Chen and Guo, a limited number of prominent people were rewarded with a bowl by Gong Ziguang. This very sweet and slightly sour wine was very much in their favor, and after drinking it, they all asked Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui how this kind of wine could be made.
There are only two grapes in the villa's yard, and the Jumbo grapes are cuttings, which grow for one year, and it takes three years for the cuttings to bear fruit, so it will take three to four years for the wine to be ready to drink.
"It's a pity that such a beautiful wine will have to wait a few years before it can be drunk." Gong Ziguang lamented as he looked at the wine held in a jade cup in front of him. Against the white jade, the slightly reddish wine looked exceptionally colorful, just like Zheng Yuming in his vermilion clothes.
"Nambu Japonica rice can make rice wine." Chen Meng was most concerned about Nambu's products, and had also inquired from Zheng Yuming's mouth about japonica rice being able to brew rice wine.
"Using grain to make wine is not desirable." Wei Shen sniffed and couldn't help but frown, all the grain in the Dacheng region was very tight, he was not in favor of using grain to make wine.
"In the future, when there is more grain than you can eat, you can make wine." Zheng Yuming saw Chen Meng shrinking his mouth and not speaking, the atmosphere was a bit stiff, so he hastened to speak up to round off the conversation.
"Governor Zheng, say again how much japonica rice can be produced per mu." Wei Shen's brows stretched, the acreage of japonica rice made him rejoice.
"Eh..." Ever since Zheng Yuming proposed to the nobles to plant Japonica rice next year, Wei Shen had to ask Zheng Yuming to introduce him to the yield of Japonica rice whenever he saw him. After many times, Zheng Yuming had to suspect that Wei Shen had Alzheimer's.
"Zheng Qing, Chu Qing, tell Guang about the Baimu Kingdom's New Year's Eve." Seeing Wei Shen calling Zheng Yuming a clich again, Gong Ziguang smiled and sidetracked the topic.
"Once the end of the year comes in Bermuda, all the people who traveled outside will try to go home for a reunion by all means." Zheng Yuming thought for a moment and began to organize his language to describe the Spring Festival in the Celestial Kingdom.
"Why do people in Bermuda travel to faraway places to make a living? Why don't they stay with their parents? If they all stayed with their parents, there wouldn't be mule carts blocking the roads." Gong Ziguang didn't understand why the people of the Baimu Kingdom wanted to stay away from their hometowns. Zheng Yuming was describing to him the traffic jam on the highway during the Spring Festival, but of course, the cars were changed to mule carts.
"It's not that I like it, it's that I can't help it." Zheng Yuming was going crazy, how hard it was to portray a modernized society as similar to a slave society. Looking at Zheng Yuming's troubled appearance, Chu Chaohui couldn't help but pull the corners of his mouth, and when Zheng Yuming described a group of mule carts crammed into a traffic jam on the highway, he almost spewed the wine out of his mouth.
"No way." Gong Zi Guang's face suddenly fell. "Yeah, who would like to leave home."
"Gongzi!" Wei Shen was filled with worry.
"Sheriff Wei, I'm fine." Gong Ziguang smiled at Wei Shen, having left the capital of the King of Wu ten years ago, Gong Ziguang had never been able to visit the place where he had lived as a young boy.
Chu Chao Hui glanced at this pair of city lord courtiers and felt a kind of pity for this young man in his heart, Gong Zi Guang lost his mother's love as well as his father's love, and the King of Wu in the capital of Wu obviously didn't think much of this son. All of Gong Ziguang's fatherly love could only come from Wei Shen, no wonder Gong Ziguang privately called Wei Shen his father. Gong Ziguang only once in front of Chu Chao Hui lost his temper to address, so that Chu Chao Hui kept in mind.
Chu Chao Hui's New Year's vacation was very short, and by the fifth day of the New Year, he took the fifty slave soldiers that he had trained for half a year out for actual combat. The location of the actual battle was in a place infested with mountain bandits. These places are very remote, not many people, the bandits are small groups of people, Chu Chao Hui collected information, the largest group of bandits is only 20, 30 people.
"Be careful!" Zheng Yuming looked at Chu Chaohui, who was organizing his bag, and was very uneasy in his heart.
"It's fine, a few small thieves, it's easy to clean them up, the main purpose of practicing with them is still to enhance the training effect." Chu Chao Hui looked up and bared his teeth, happy with the worried expression on Zheng Yuming's face.
"It's better to be careful." Zheng Yuming had hunted with Chu Chao Hui countless times and had seen Chu Chao Hui's skill.
"Well, I'll be careful." Chu Chao Hui put down his traveling bag and walked over to Zheng Yuming. "On the contrary, it's you, you have to pay more attention when I'm not around, if there's any danger, don't care about anything, find a place to hide first and wait for me to come back."
"What danger am I in the valley and Nambu?" Zheng Yuming blankly glanced at Chu Chao Hui, the loyalty of the valley slaves to their masters was obvious under Fan Jin's day and night brainwashing and education. The villagers of Nambu were living a life that had never been affluent, and their defense of their master's family was also obvious.
"Dacheng less go twice, and Gong Ziguang or keep a distance is good, save Wei Shen old scrutinize you." Chu Zhaohui hesitated for a while, but still said his worry, Gong Ziguang demeanor towards Zheng Yuming is getting more and more intimate, which makes Chu Zhaohui upset, but also makes Wei Shen more and more concerned about Zheng Yuming.
"I'm not that kind of person!" Zheng Yuming's face was a little hot, the matter of the broken sleeve had already spread among the common people of Dacheng.
"What kind of person?" Chu Chao Hui's mouth crooked, Zheng Yuming just heard about this, so angry that he dropped the ashtray in the small living room on the second floor of the villa, causing Chu Chao Hui to smoke only to hold a porcelain bowl to put ash.
"It's that kind of ...." Zheng Yuming suddenly thought of that erotic dream on the night of the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and his face vacillated and began to heat up.
"Yuming, keep your distance from Gong Zi Guang, we're not in the same category as him."
"I understand." Zheng Yuming sighed slightly, Gong Ziguang was raised in high esteem, as the son of the lord of the vassal state, raising his habit of looking down from above, to Zheng Yuming again like, get along with the process is not equal treatment. To Zheng Yuming feel like the 21st century people pampered pets. This kind of unequal way of getting along, Zheng Yuming even if the Gongzi light again have a good feeling, also can not be born to do confidant feeling.
"I'm leaving! Don't think about me much!" Chu Chao Hui took advantage of Zheng Yuming's distraction and hugged him fiercely, and after hugging him, he quickly let go and walked out of the villa with his traveling bag.
Chu Chao Hui's action caused Zheng Yuming to be in a trance, and when he reacted, Chu Chao Hui had already walked outside the villa courtyard gate. On the open space outside the villa courtyard gate, there were fifty slave soldiers lined up in a straight line, Wei Qing was holding two war horses and standing at the front of the line waiting for Chu Chao Hui.
The slave soldiers did not wear rattan armor on this trip out of the valley, wearing a short jacket with lapels on top, pants underneath, belts tied around their waists, cloth shoes on their feet, and bindings below their knees, and each of them had a linen backpack on their backs with dry rations and essential supplies. The initial plan for this training trip was to last one month.
The slave soldiers had a variety of weapons in their hands, from bows and arrows to crossbows, machetes, lances, and wooden clubs.
After half a year of training, the entire mental outlook of this group of slave soldiers was transformed, and just standing there, they were vaguely imposing.
The other young male slaves in the valley gazed at the row of slave soldiers with an envious gaze. Soldiers were originally a symbol of noble status in people's minds, it was very difficult for an ordinary civilian in Da Qin to become a Huben, so people in this world honored soldiers. Although the slaves in the valley couldn't be called soldiers, the slaves felt that they were Huben, and only Huben would have such an aura. Not to mention that soldiers are paid monthly, rushing to that generous military pay, the young slaves were born with a yearning in their hearts.
The fact that Van Zin had gotten married years before and that Dajang had gotten engaged years before was even more inspiring to the valley slaves because these two men had a house. The slaves felt that it was because these two men had a beautiful brick house that they had married two of the most beautiful women in the valley. There weren't many unmarried women in the valley, and everyone wanted to own a house first so they could get a head start on the marriage.
The slaves in the valley who are farming and working in factories, according to the current income, it will take two years before they can save enough for the down payment of a brick house, while if they become soldiers, they can save enough in just one year, that is to say, the slaves who become soldiers can have their own houses after one year, and by that time, the parents of the unmarried women in the valley will only choose the slave soldiers to be their son-in-laws. How could the young slaves who didn't become soldiers not be anxious when there was so little gruel and so many monks.
Chu Chao Hui led Wei Qing with the slave soldiers out of the valley, to the east of Nanbu, south of Dacheng, walking there for a day, there is a mountain range, the mountain range around the sparsely populated, the bandits settled there, the bandits robbed from the side of the merchants passing through the business. The merchants who went to Wuwangdu in Dacheng had to pass by the mountain range, and those who went to the East China Sea to sell salt also had to pass by this place.
This mountain range is close to Dacheng, but not under the jurisdiction of Dacheng, the robbers are the merchants who go to Dacheng to do business, it is reasonable that the economic loss is the Dacheng area, which belongs to the unregulated area, and Dacheng is perfectly able to send soldiers to sweep the area. However, since the nobles of Da Qin despise the merchants and think that the merchants are not productive, can't create wealth, and can't play a positive role in their territories, they don't want to protect the interests of the merchants.
Wei Shen is exactly this view of the nobles, he feels that these bandits who do not arrive at the city to rob are not dangerous, unlike the bandits in the western Chu territory who will cross the border to rob the things of the nobleman's estate, Wei Shen's entire armed guard is only directed at the bandits in the Chu territory. This also caused the number of merchants who arrived at the city from the land road to do business to decrease year by year, some merchants who originally took the land road to change the waterway, a detour to take a boat to go ashore from the south port to arrive at the city.
Chu Zhaohui clean up these bandits, one for training, two for the circulation of Dacheng and the outside world, Dacheng smooth commercial routes, only good for the south port. The elimination of bandits has the benefit of two birds with one stone.