Chapter 48 [Planting Trees]
"That'...... What are Saburo's plans? "The people who should be in the bureau want to dig up the stone monuments on Chibi Mountain don't know, but Yao Erniang vaguely knows that in fact, this should be enshrined in two sentences in various places to collect flowers and stones to make a lawsuit of human life is now known in the streets, but there are still Wang Fa in the counties and states around the country, and the people in the countryside are the ones who have suffered a catastrophe.
So Yao Zheng also casually said some things about Huashigang disturbing the people and harming the people, but what came out of his mouth was not a rumor.
It turned out that after Cai Jing was deposed from Beijing, he came to the Suzhou and Hangzhou Abbot Yingfeng Bureau, specifically asking for strange flowers and stones, and shipped them to Kaifeng, Tokyo. These ships that transport flowers and stones, every ten ships are arranged into a program, from Jiangnan to Kaifeng, along the Huai, Bian, and upstream, the boats are connected, and there is an endless stream, so it is called the flower stone class. The disturbance of Huashigang has affected the vast areas such as Lianghuai and the south of the Yangtze River, and the two Zhejiang provinces are the worst. Where there is a wood and a stone, a flower and a grass for the people to enjoy, they should be immediately sent by the bureau to seal it with yellow paper, called the things offered to the emperor, and force the residents to guard them. All the flowers, trees, and stones that should be favored by the bureau, no matter how big or small, are carried out in every possible way regardless of the people's strength, or in the high mountains and ravines, or in the deep water rapids.
Moreover, those errand officers and soldiers also took the opportunity to extort money, and the families of those who were expropriated were often ruined, and some families sold their children and daughters, and fled everywhere.
Even Yao Zheng also said a ridiculous and gnashing of teeth, saying that at the end of last year in Jianzhou, Fujian Road, there was a rich businessman because of the evil of the official errand of the bureau, and a camphor tree was planted overnight next to the tomb of the ancestor, and when the rich businessman knew that the opportunity was not good, he sent someone to dig it, and the person who should be in the bureau pointed out that the hidden place on the tree was pasted with palm-sized yellow paper, saying that the camphor tree was an offering thing, and immediately put the rich businessman in prison on the charge of great disrespect, and later it was said that tens of thousands of dollars were defrauded of money before he got out of trouble.
This kind of anecdote naturally made Yao Erniang's mother and son frightened and sluggish, but the scalper still asked: "Uncle, what does this person who should serve the bureau have to do with us making a living from this salt and sugar, don't the Yanchang in Jiangling Mansion and the Yanchang in Xiajiang also do the business of salt tea and iron horses, who are afraid of coming?" ”
Yao Zheng shook his head and sighed: "Niu'er, do you know that the salt and sugar you make are ordinary things?" Now that the official post in Huangzhou City is stationed in the official post of the Ying Feng Bureau, as long as such salt and sugar are listed, how can they not be alarmed? Alarmed them, how can they not probe the details of my family? Don't look at your uncle's official position, but if you want to deal with Cai Jing's old thief, what if you also plant a tree on the ancestral grave of your old Huang family? ”
Holy...... This trick to plant trees on your grave seems to be incomprehensible!
The scalper was blocked and couldn't speak, and couldn't help but say angrily: "This ...... How can you give up food because of choking? ”
Yao Erniang was also shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Does Sanlang have any plans?" ”
"Plans? What else can you do? Yao Zheng shook his head and said, "Second sister, although this salt and sugar is very profitable, it can't be done now." Today's snacks are also good, and it is better to run an old store. It is expected that this contrived work should be done by the two bureaus to do this angry and resentful thing, and it will not last long, and now it is hidden and hidden, and how about thinking about it in the long run in the future? ”
Yao Erniang could only nod, but she still didn't give up and said: "San Lang is the main body, but he really can't help it?" ”
Yao Zheng smiled bitterly, stretched out his thumb and pointed obliquely at the roof and said, "If it's like this, who can do anything?" ”
However, Yao Zheng thought about it and said: "Huangzhou produces tea, please open the tea is also the right thing, and this matter can also be slowly figured out." ”
With these words to set the tone, Yao Erniang and the scalper have temporarily dispelled the idea of making profits through salt and sugar, the scalper is still young and does not understand the world, although Yao Erniang is from a large family, she does not understand the truth that the shopping mall is also a political field, and the mysterious cloud and secret wave in it are naturally not something that a woman who has only run a foot shop can understand, so Yao Zheng's words can be regarded as a good lesson for the mother and son.
In the end, Yao Zheng didn't forget to warn that the chicken essence of this scalper also needs to be kept secret, and it is best to use it quietly, so as not to let people know that there are such good things, and you must guard against the prying eyes of people with intentions. If it was a foolish woman and a sour husband who spoke like this, I was afraid that the mother and son would be suspicious, but Yao Zheng, the uncle, as the lord of Huangzhou, was so cautious, but he knew how arrogant this should be.
In fact, it is recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty" that the battle of Huashigang was "the poison of the prefecture and county for 20 years", of which the Zhenghe period (1111 ~ 1117) was the most prosperous. A gang of officials from all over the Sixth Route in the southeast took the opportunity to extort money and make a windfall, causing great disasters to the people in the southeast and one of the important reasons for the Fangla uprising.
Afterwards, the three of them gossiped about their cousin's tea ceremony.
The so-called tea ceremony, that is, the etiquette of the next appointment at this time, now in the Great Song Dynasty, tea is listed as an important gift in the dowry, almost becoming an indispensable thing. Therefore, the folk call the dowry gift as "tea", "tea ceremony" or "tea ceremony"; When a woman is hired, it is called "eating tea" or "receiving tea"; The so-called "three teas" are the "lower tea" at the time of engagement, the "fixed tea" at the time of marriage, and the "joint tea" in the cave room.
According to Song Huna's "Records of Experiences and Experiences": "Usually engaged, tea is a gift. Therefore, it is called the appointment money of the dry house to send the Kun house, which is called "tea gold", also known as "tea ceremony", and also called "substitute tea". The female family was hired and said 'to receive tea'.
According to Yao Zheng's meaning, this kind of etiquette is done at home, that is, the old man wants to hold it in the newly opened old store, as for Yao Erniang's meaning, of course, he also listens to his own old man, and the scalper ...... But no one would ask him what he meant.
Yao Zheng is not stubborn, after all, his sister is big, and he can't disobey his sister's idea as a younger brother, and this tea ceremony is also a happy event.
After sending Yao Zheng back to the house, the mother and son returned to the side courtyard, and saw that the children in the courtyard and the craftsmen who repaired the old shop had run out of night food, so they also exchanged a few words of greeting. Everything that the scalpers buy today is mainly to make chicken essence, although they invited their uncle's family to come and try the taste, but how much can they eat. Therefore, today's chicken soup boiled with chicken bones, chicken wings and chicken thighs cut in strange shapes, as well as the edges for making silk vegetables, rice cakes and various meatballs have become the night food for children, craftsmen and people under the Huang family.
Needless to say, not to mention black technology such as chicken essence, the various ingredients used in today are also the best, and how can the various delicacies made be that everyone may have tasted, and naturally they are full of oil and rave reviews. Although Huang Laoqi was in bed, Yao Erniang and Huang Niu'er did not come forward to entertain, but the craftsmen also knew that her mother and mother were going to accompany the master Bo for dinner, how dare they have half a complaint.