With the cold snap from the Northern Wilderness (Siberia), the chill gradually became stronger in Jiangdu City. The weather, which had been humid, gradually became dry and cold. The residents of Jiangdu City have taken out the winter clothes that have become popular in recent years and put them on their bodies, fur clothes from the north, sheepskins, dog skins, fox skins, deer skins and bear skins and other animal skin clothes have become popular. These clothes are very warm on the body, and no matter how heavy the wind and snow are, they are not afraid.

These fur clothes were rare in the Great Song Dynasty. The main reason is that Jiangnan does not produce any fur, and the materials of these leather clothes are all northern goods, long-distance trafficking, layers of tax cards, and they are extremely expensive in the south. The second is that the concept of "not killing" slowly became popular among scholars and doctors with the unity of Confucianism, and even silk clothes were considered to have taken the food of silkworms and the fashion of wearing paper clothes arose, not to mention the fur peeled from wild beasts and domestic animals?

However, at present, the two religions of Confucianism are in a bit of a recession, and their teachings are gradually not taken seriously. In particular, Han Buddhism, which advertised non-killing and "dink", was greatly attacked, and almost all the land in the temples in Jiangnan was deprived in the previous "land reform" and distributed to scholars and military households. The privilege of tax exemption for temple monks was immediately abolished - even the Heavenly Taoism did not have the privilege of tax exemption, let alone Buddhism. In addition, the Buddhist temple's loan and money lending business was hit hard after the "late appointment turmoil" a few years ago, and now it is completely defeated by the money bank industry that is attached to Tiandaozhuang. After losing its economic resources, Buddhism in the Central Plains naturally declined day by day.

In contrast, the Heavenly Dao Temples that have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain in various places are flourishing. With the rise of this sect over time, the content of their various religious activities has also become richer. It began to be combined with traditional Chinese festivals and weddings and funerals.

Just as the New Year of the sixth year of Heavenly Dao is approaching. The branches of the Heavenly Daoist Sect in all parts of the Ming Dynasty have prepared large-scale celebrations. In the past few days, all the Taoist temples and Tiandao Palaces in Jiangdu City have been active, and it is another Dharma meeting. It's a big festival again, and it's a parade again. There was even a temple fair.

Chen Dexing was now rolling up his sleeves, squeezing in and out of the crowd in Tiandao Palace Square with great interest.

In a blink of an eye, he has been in this era for more than ten years, but he is busy, he has no time to enjoy life, and he hasn't even had a good New Year.

But this year is an exception. Although the Ming Empire was still fighting many wars at the same time, the Ming Dynasty itself gradually had a peaceful and prosperous era -- the empire established by Chen Dexing was more powerful than any imperialist in later generations, with a population of 100 million and a GDP accounting for at least 50% of the world's China. In the 13th century, it was naturally a world hegemon...... Provided, of course, that the country goes on the right path and finds a path of aggressive expansion that suits the XIII century. To put it bluntly, it is to find a way to turn external expansion into a lucrative business.

In Chen Dexing's view, this path has been found, and it is also the right one. The Ming Empire could not only use expansion to divert some domestic troubles. Moreover, they were able to reap a great deal of profit from the expansion—gold and silver, spices, ivory, furs, saltpeter, tin, sugar, fine wood, and copper, which had been short-lived since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, were now shipped in ships from Mingzhou and Nanfan. Silk, weapons, ironware, porcelain, tea, and other items were shipped by boatload to foreign countries for sale.

In addition, sweet potatoes, potatoes and cotton from Mingzhou. Now it is also becoming more and more popular with farmers. In just a few years, it became popular in Jiangnan.

In particular, cotton, a crop that has been cultivated since the Song Dynasty, is a variety from Tianzhu due to its low yield and short fibers. This makes the price of cotton cloth high, so there is no way to promote it. The Mingzhou cotton from Mingzhou was quickly welcomed by the market because of its long fiber, high yield and high strength.

There are so many tangible interests that can be seen and felt. Who doesn't know the benefits of educating all of humanity?

Moreover, these new territories do not seem to be difficult to manage. There are not many natives in the richest Mingzhou continent. In the past two years, there has been a smallpox epidemic, and most of them have died! This man is a few. There are few things that are not natural, and there is a big fool of the Heavenly Daoist Sect, of course, it is too peaceful. The more troublesome territories in Nanfan, such as Annam, Champ, Khmer and Java, were given to vassal kings. Let the domestic troubles deal with the foreign troubles, and the two troubles will become no troubles - this is the trick left by the ancestors of the Western Zhou Dynasty!

Because the cause of educating all mankind is on the right track, his work as an emperor is also a lot more leisurely. Now I have time to wander out of the palace for a private visit.

Chen Dexing's "micro-clothes" are not leather, but warm cotton clothes. It was not the robe he usually wore, but an earthy yellow cotton robe with a front and right side, a two-inch-wide belt tied around his waist, a large horizontal knife hanging from the belt, and a hat with a suede rim on his head. This dress is the standard winter clothes of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army. It is also the object of imitation of today's Ming men's clothing, and on the Tiandao Palace Square, at least three or four percent of men are dressed like this.

This era of shining military uniforms...... Finally reappeared in Huaxia. This is a new era, at least for a generation, right? The rise of any hegemon-level empire in history can always last for hundreds of years. With this hundred years, China is the world, and the world is China......

As for Kublai Khan's guy, I don't know how he fought with the Europa now? It's supposed to be a lose-lose situation, right? Since the beginning of this year, more than 300 bronze cannons, 20,000 arquebuses, 100,000 catties of Nanfen Steel, and more than 100,000 catties of H medicine have been shipped to Europa, and so many officers have been sent, and a pope and a Holy Roman Emperor have been raised, uniting the anti-Mongolian forces of the entire Europa.

This time it's really enough for Kublai Khan to drink a pot, this old guy is probably crying now, right? Chen Dexing thought triumphantly that he was a little sympathetic to Kublai Khan. The son of the good plane happened to meet himself, the king of heaven, and it is impossible to have a good death, so I don't know who will take his old life?

Before he knew it, he had squeezed into a small street lined with shops that connected Tiandaogong Square and Jiangdu Yu Street with the flow of people - although Jiangdu planned a commercial district, it was not forbidden to buy and sell elsewhere. Approaching the New Year's Festival, this small street near Tiandao Palace is also crowded with people.

Chen Dexing didn't know who to take a picture of, and then he woke up from his mind. When I looked back, I saw Bao Yin, who was dressed as an ordinary woman, standing behind - although it was a private visit to Weifu, she still needed someone to protect her. Baoyin's martial arts are strong, and she is not like Yang Po'er who is entangled in a lot of things. So he took dozens of masters to follow Chen Dexing out.

"Master, it's not too early." Baoyin called Chen Dexing the master - this is the title she used when she went out with Chen Dexing, which also means that she is playing Chen Dexing's slave, which is consistent with her appearance.

Of course, there are slaves in the Ming Dynasty now! "Chen Li" only stipulates that the Han people are not slaves, and other people can be slaves. And Baoyin's appearance is not Han at first glance, and it is just right to play a slave. And a beautiful slave girl like her, who has a bit of Western Regions sentiment and half yellow blood, is a sought-after item in the Jiangdu slave market.

Not only because they are enthusiastic and unrestrained, graceful figures, and they are good hand-holding partners. And the children who are holding hands look no different from Han people, and they will not be discriminated against as sexuals. However, the female slaves of the Wa Kingdom and the slaves of Goryeo, which are not much different from the Han people, are not very easy to sell. Because they are too easy to be mistaken for Han Chinese, it is difficult to catch them once they escape. And it is also easy to be investigated by the arrest of all parts of the Ming Dynasty - it is a felony to treat Han people as slaves!

And wearing a military jacket and walking on the street with a beautiful mixed-race female slave girl, she is basically definitely a military aristocrat of the Ming Empire. Moreover, Bao Yin himself carried a large horizontal knife and a flintlock pistol of the latest style stuck in his belt. This shows that the slave girl was loyal to her master. However, looking at Baoyin's plump figure, she must have given birth to a child for her master, and it is the time to be favored and trusted.

"It's not too early." Chen Dexing looked up at the sky, it was almost noon, but he didn't want to go back to the palace, and wanted to wander around the capital of the great motherland for a while. "Find a place to eat, Baoyin, do you know any good restaurants?"

Bao Yin is not a woman who is locked up in the palace, she is a messenger of the Heavenly Dao, and she also has her own career - being a teacher in the Heavenly Dao Palace, teaching a group of noble people from the Mongolian steppe. Hence knowing something outside the palace.

"Okay, where are the seats now?" Bao Yin shook his head with a smile, "Master, you really don't know how good the business of the restaurant here in Jiangdu is. ”

"Really?" Chen Dexing smiled, business is a good thing. "So where can I have a meal? In the afternoon, I want to go to Yangzhou City. ”

"Well, the master can go to the canal to eat." Bao Yin said, "There are many restaurants that do business for inferior people, and now that the New Year is approaching, many coolies and boatmen have returned home for the New Year, and the business of those restaurants is lighter." ”

"Okay, just go there." Chen Dexing nodded. It's good to go to the dock to take a look, the Tiandao Palace is surrounded by high-class places, and the residents are either rich or expensive, and they are naturally prosperous. There are only toiling people on the wharf, and he, the emperor, should also care about the lives of these working people of the Ming Dynasty. I heard that many of them are not doing well, and some are even nostalgic for the Great Song Dynasty! (To be continued......)