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- Although the winter in Yangzhou is not as cold as that in Liaodong, due to geographical reasons, it is also bitingly cold in winter.
The cold in Liaodong is dry and cold. As long as you wear thicker clothes, it is actually not that cold.
But it¡¯s different here in Yangzhou. This kind of cold is the kind of damp cold, so it can be cold to the bones.
Therefore, in winter, most people in Yangzhou don¡¯t go out much. They would rather stay at home around a charcoal fire to keep warm than go out and suffer.
Of course, this is what rich people do.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Out of the ordinary people, there is no such fate.
Every morning when you open your eyes, the first thing you want to do is make money.
If you don¡¯t have money, wouldn¡¯t you use firewood, rice, oil and salt?
Therefore, even in this humid winter, ordinary people in Shengdou have to cheer up, go out of their homes, and go outside to find some work to earn some money for their families.
Fortunately, as long as you are diligent and discerning here in Yangzhou, it is not a problem to make some money.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUTOUT off Yangzhou on a crane.
This poem is not just a random statement.
The prosperity of Yangzhou has been very famous in all dynasties.
Countless literati also like to travel here in Yangzhou, taste the snacks here, and visit the brothels in Yangzhou.
In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Yangzhou was most famous for its 'skinny horse'.
The Datong girl from Liaodong, the thin horse from Yangzhou, and the young girl from Jinling are all talked about even in the online forums of later generations.
Because Yangzhou's "thin horses" are relatively famous, many related industries have suddenly expanded. The breadth of these industries is staggering.
At the same time, it also attracted many wealthy people to come here and spend money like water.
In addition, Yangzhou is also an important shipping transit place. Rice, salt and some supplies from the south have to be loaded, unloaded and transited in Yangzhou, so the prosperity of Yangzhou has become inevitable.
Where there are interests, there will also be rivers and lakes, this is also inevitable.
The interests here in Yangzhou are so great that people cannot even think of passing through them first.
The chess pieces of the big guys in the DPRK have landed in Yangzhou, acting as their puppets to search for wealth.
The big guys make big money, and the big guys won¡¯t care about the remaining ¡®little money¡¯. But there is a lot of "little money", so gangs here in Yangzhou have risen.
People come and go on the water transport terminal every day. There are countless laborers working on the water transport terminal. Behind each of them is the shadow of the Ming Dynasty gang.
Of course, in this era, there is no such thing as the underworld. This is a term that only exists in modern times.
In this era, they are called the Cao Gang and the Qing Gang.
Basically, the labor loading and unloading at the Yangzhou Water Transport Terminal are controlled by these two gangs. Even matters such as the sales and contact of "skinny horses" in Yangzhou City are actually controlled by these two gangs.
¡°No one with a certain status will get involved in these terrible things.
Therefore, those big bosses and powerful people in North Korea and China will not touch these things. Therefore, it finally gave these two groups a huge advantage.
Generally speaking, things here in Yangzhou are actually no different from those in Manhattan.
There are also gangs in the port terminals of Manhattan, and they control the European workers and unite them together to form a so-called "guild".
"However, the actual controller of the gangs in Manhattan is the Imperial Intelligence Department. And the reason why those European laborers who were originally scattered like a ball of sand were organized was to reduce fighting and stabilize order.
¡°At the time, there were several fights a day on the Manhattan Pier, with tens and hundreds of people each time, seriously affecting the safety of Manhattan residents.
You must know that the benefits of loading and unloading at the dock are so great that ordinary people cannot imagine it.
"However, those at the top are the ones who make the most money, and the workers at the bottom don't make much money at all.
¡°And the laborers working at the Yangzhou Water Transport Terminal don¡¯t make as much money as the European laborers working at the Manhattan Terminal.
Yangzhou Water Transport Terminal received a large bag, at least more than 100 kilograms of sack, and received a bamboo stick. With this bamboo stick, you can get three copper coins, and at the same time, the small leader of the Caogang Qinggang who covers the dock can also pump water three times out of ten, so the laborers here are just making hard money.
In one month, you can only earnThe minimum standard of living for a family is not enough to starve to death.
If you want to be well-off, it is simply impossible.
On the other hand, the Europeans who work as laborers at the Manhattan docks have a much better life than the Ming people here at the famous Yangzhou Water Transport Terminal.
??European laborers can earn at least more than ten yuan in a month, which is more than a dozen taels of silver. Although they also have to pay membership fees to the guild, the remaining money is enough for them to have a good standard of living. At least there is no problem eating meat every day.
After all, here in Manhattan, there are a lot of cheap daily necessities for sale.
??Pork that has been infused with clenbuterol from the virtual world, genetically modified chicken that can be released in less than a month, and various daily necessities from the cottage. In short, these cottage gadgets are really cheap.
So, the standard of living and consumption here in Manhattan is really not high.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????For Europeans who work at the lowest level in Manhattan, their monthly income can still allow them to have wine and meat, and even have spare money to go shopping and buy other small commodities.
If several members of a family have jobs, then the family¡¯s life will definitely be very high.
The premise is that they don¡¯t know what they are eating and what they are using.
The Ming Dynasty workers here at the Yangzhou Water Transport Terminal are different. Some of them can't even earn one tael of silver a month, while the income of the European workers in Manhattan is twelve times that of the workers here in Yangzhou. .
If the laborers at Yangzhou Water Transport Terminal knew about this kind of income, they would probably be beaten to death in disbelief.
Fortunately, although Yangzhou is a gold-wasting cave, poor people also have their own ways of living.
Of course, rich people can play music every night and use money to pave the way for luxury. But although the poor have no one in their hands, they also have their own way of life.
??Here in Yangzhou, rich people can eat dozens of taels or even a hundred taels of silver for a meal, which is not too much.
But poor people also have five copper coins to eat a bowl of Yangzhou plain noodles.
It¡¯s just that this plain noodle soup is thin and watery, and there is no oily smell at all.
But, as a poor person, who cares about this, as long as there is something to eat.
Rich people can eat small steamed buns worth one tael of silver each, while poor people can also eat small steamed buns worth eight copper coins.
In short, here in Yangzhou, the lives of the rich and the poor are polarized.
This aspect is quite different from that in America.
Far away in the Song Empire in America, on the surface, everyone¡¯s holy lakes look similar.
Everyone has meat to eat!
Daily necessities are also similar.
"However, the knowledge here is huge.
Some of the foods eaten by Chinese Americans are not genetically modified, and the various daily necessities they use are of absolute quality assurance.
On the other hand, what do Europeans eat and use?
There is no difference at first glance, but there will be a difference if you take a closer look.
It¡¯s just that the Europeans living in Manhattan don¡¯t know this.
Of course, the Chinese people and the government will not tell the truth about this matter.
Because the Spring Festival is coming soon, the water transport terminal is much busier than before.
The big businessmen who usually occupy this place have almost all left at this time. After all, everyone has to go back to their hometown to spend the Spring Festival with their families, so those who are still showing up at the dock and walking around with their family members are basically local businessmen in Yangzhou.
Although the goods are much less as the Spring Festival is approaching, the cargo ships coming from the south are still uninterrupted.
After all, in the winter, the capital needs a large amount of supplies from the south.
If nothing else, food alone is the most important thing.
Because of the rise of the Jurchens, Liaodong basically no longer produces much food.
Therefore, the food needed by the capital can only be mobilized from the south.
"Otherwise, the more than one million people in the capital would all starve to death."
The capital of the Ming Dynasty in this era was actually no different from the capital of the Celestial Dynasty in later generations.
Basically, stability is obtained by relying on supplies from other regions.
Although it shows that there are many lands around Chaojing City, those lands are basically imperial estates, or they are the territory of a certain prince.
Land annexation has become more and more intense in this era of Ming Dynasty.
¡°It¡¯s just that the people of Yangzhou, who are singing and dancing for peace and prosperity, can¡¯t see this problem.
What they are thinking about is how much money they will make during today¡¯s Spring Festival. And during the Spring Festival, should we secretly give gifts to the yamen in Yangzhou, and how many gifts should be given?
As for the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynastyis this a problem they worry about?
Even if there is a problem, there will still be big bosses in the court and the emperor to resist it.
They just need to make money.
Yes, the wise people of this era, especially those with money, power and status, don¡¯t care about this at all. What they care about is whether their family will have more money and land this year.
As for other things, they don't care at all.
Whether it¡¯s the Jurchens or the Mongolian tribes in the north, if you have a headache, let the court deal with it.
It can be said that the reason why the Zhu Ming Dynasty collapsed so quickly in the late Ming Dynasty has something to do with this kind of people's thinking.
For the general public, changing the court has little to do with them. After all, they are not vested interests.
Even if there is a new court, they still have to do what they should do.
"What they didn't expect was that changing a dynasty, court and emperor was a trivial matter, but changing the whips to rule the Central Plains was a real disaster for the Chinese people.
Because the whips broke the spines of the Chinese people, there will no longer be real "people" and they will all become slaves (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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