Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1208, Ming's New Year
In the capital city of Ming Dynasty, with the arrival of the new year, the entire capital city was plunged into a sea of ​​celebration.

The sound of fireworks and firecrackers resounded through the sky, red lanterns and Spring Festival couplets formed a sea of ​​red, groups of children were playing and playing everywhere, and the faces of adults were also full of smiles.

Thanks to the emperor's blessing, in the coming eighteen years of Hongzhi, everyone is living a very good life.

The Ming Dynasty is thriving internally, becoming more and more prosperous and prosperous. Externally, all nations come to court and want to belong to the Ming Dynasty, and more and more countries become the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. Countries all over the world know the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

Korea sent their Korean ginseng and Korean beauties, Japan sent swords and beauties, and Luzon in the south offered pearls, corals, gems and gold.

The King of Siam sent his son to personally send several boats of ivory, mahogany, coral, pearls, gems and emeralds, and at the same time submitted his credentials again, hoping to become a vassal state of Ming Dynasty.

The king of Burma sent Daming Son a rare treasure, the top-quality imperial green jadeite, the size of a millstone, after going through untold hardships. attack Burma.

The Sultan of Persia sent people to send saffron, gold utensils, precious knives, and high-quality lapis lazuli, thanking the Ming Empire for its help to Persia, and expressing that Persia and Ming Dynasty will be friendly for generations.

Kansu II of Egypt sent people to send Egyptian beauties, lions, elephants, and camels to thank Daming for building the Egyptian canal on the Egyptian side, which brought new life to Egypt.

The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire sent people to send many Ottoman and European beauties, as well as exquisite carpets, treasure islands, goldware, gemstones, etc., and expressed that there should be friendship and harmony between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire from generation to generation.

The Khan of the Khax Khanate sent people to send bloody BMWs and grassland beauties to express their respect for the Ming Empire and the Son of Heaven.

This is a prosperous age that has never been seen before. The barbarians from all over the world submit to Daming and dare not go beyond it in the slightest.

The common people of Ming Dynasty lived quite comfortably.

Coastal and Haijiang areas, because of the convenient shipping, along with the development of Ming's overseas colonization and the development of capitalism, people in these areas have more opportunities.

Those who have the conditions can go to sea to do business and work as crew members. The income is very good. If you are lucky, you can earn the money you spend your whole life in one year.

If there are no conditions, you can also immigrate to Southeast Asia, overseas, overseas colonies, and immigrate to any place, hundreds of acres of land, some cattle and sheep are indispensable.

Among the many plantation owners in the Nanyang region, the first batch of people were those from the coastal and river areas. Many of them went to sea, worked as sailors, and immigrated overseas.

As for the people in the inland areas, their life is also easier, with the continued immigration policy.

Many people who lived in deep mountains and old forests, poor places, and the Loess Plateau have migrated to Liaodong, Western Regions, Hezhong, Nanyun, Nanyang, Australia, and Huangjinzhou.

These immigrant places have superior natural conditions, coupled with the large land and sparse population, and the support of the imperial government's policies, they will basically be able to live a prosperous life in these places soon.

As for those who stayed in the local area, due to the large population loss, no one rushed to cultivate the land of the landlords and gentry, and many fields began to be deserted. They had more choices, not only more The land can be planted, and these landlords and gentry also have to greatly reduce the rent so that their fields will not be abandoned,

Of course, those who continue to farm land for landlords are the most stupid and stupid people. As long as they have a little brains, are willing to immigrate, and dare to venture out, basically they will not continue to farm land for landlords.

But no matter what, at least life now is much better than before.

The fields are planted casually, and there are high-yield crops brought back from the Golden Continent. Having enough to eat is no longer a luxury, but a real life. There is so much food that you can’t finish it.

As for the Ming people who immigrated to various places, their life is much better. They have a lot of fields and pastures. Hardworking can not only eat enough, but also make a fortune. What everyone pursues has long been separated from the simplicity of having enough food. .

As for the landlords and gentry of Ming Dynasty, their life has also become better.

Thoughtful landlords and gentry began to learn how to run factories and workshops. Because of the rapid development of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty, the products produced were not worried about selling, and they could make money casually. The only worry was that it was difficult to recruit workers.

As for landlords and gentry with capital and strength, they can set up commercial firms, go overseas to do business, or go overseas with others to develop colonies, even if you want to go overseas to become the local emperor.

This is the current Ming Empire.

From top to bottom, up to the imperial court, the emperor, princes and nobles, the gentry and landlord class in the middle, and down to the ordinary people at the bottom, everyone has enjoyed the dividends of the colonial era and the capitalist era, and their lives are very good.

And with the rapid, rapid and in-depth development of capitalism and colonialism, the influence on Ming began to deepen, affecting all aspects of Ming people.

At this time in the Beijing-Tianjin area, everyone is celebrating, celebrating the arrival of the new year.

Liu Jin's house was decorated with lanterns and festoons, a festive red.

In the living room of the house, Mother Liu was sitting upright in the red festive dress of Mrs. Yipin Gaoming, Liu Jin was wearing a brand new jacket, followed by Xu Wan'er and Li Zhen, who were also wearing festive fourth-rank Mrs. Gaoming's clothes, followed by their own children.

"Mother~"

Liu Jin looked at his mother and saluted respectfully.

"Well, here is a red envelope for you~"

Mother Liu nodded with a smile, took a red skin from the hand of the maid next to her and handed it to Liu Jin.

"...Thank you mother!"

Liu Jin accepted the red envelope helplessly. He was so old that he felt like he still received the lucky money like a child.

"Mother~"

After Liu Jin received the red envelope, Xu Wan'er and Li Zhen also stepped forward to salute and shouted in unison.

"Okay, okay~"

"Come on, come on, here are the two pairs of bracelets I bought a few days ago, one pair for each of you."

Liu's mother looked at her two daughters-in-law, smiling all over her face, and asked the maid to bring over two pairs of bracelets. These bracelets are extraordinary at first glance, the best imperial green jadeite bracelets, which can only be obtained from Myanmar.

Of course, this thing is very difficult and hard to see for ordinary people, but it is still very common in Liu Jin's house. Liu Jin himself gives a lot of gold, silver jewelry, jade jewelry and other things to his two children every year. Wife, the gifts are naturally top-notch things.

The top-quality jadeite from Burma, the top-quality gemstone from Ceylon, pearls, corals, ivory from South Seas, sapphire from Persia, diamonds from Africa, etc. Anyway, both Xu Waner and Li Zhen have already filled several large boxes.

"Thank you mom~"

The two took the bracelet with smiles on their faces, and thanked the old lady in unison.

"Grandma~"

Finally it was the turn of the little ones in the family, and a few little kids rushed up and hugged the old lady in one fell swoop.

"Okay, have a share, have a share~"

Seeing her grandsons and granddaughters, the old lady's smile became even wider. They are all her lifeblood, her heart, and they usually hurt a lot.

During the Chinese New Year and the holidays, every time I have to prepare gifts for these grandchildren and grandchildren, it’s not good to spoil them.

"Come on, come on, boss~"

"This is the second child's~"

"This is the third one's."

The old lady happily handed out New Year's gifts, New Year's money and red envelopes. Liu Jin touched the red envelopes in his hand, and then looked at the bracelets in Xu Wan'er and Li Zhen's hands. He immediately felt that his status had dropped too much.

New Year's gifts were sent, and soon it was time for New Year's Eve dinner.

The huge round table was filled with delicacies. The old lady was seated first, followed by Liu Jin, Xu Waner, Li Zhen, and finally the children. The family enjoyed themselves happily.

"Clang~clang~"

With the bells ringing, the servants lit fireworks and firecrackers, and the taste of the new year came out all at once.

Liu Jin looked at the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner on the table, and couldn't help sighing.

As the top wealthy family in Ming Dynasty, although Liu Jin has always been relatively frugal and doesn't like extravagance and waste, but for the Chinese New Year, there should be some.

Needless to say, chicken, duck and fish meat, boiled cabbage made from Chinese cabbage choy sum transported from Ryukyu, soup made from dried salmon from Qianhe City in Jinzhou, paired with Chinese cabbage from the northern border Centennial ginseng.

Sliced ​​ham from the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, sprinkled with pepper from the Western Regions; roasted whole lamb from the northern grasslands, exuding a tempting aroma; dumplings made of the best white flour in Liaodong are Liu Jin's eldest son's favorite food thing.

The best abalone, sea cucumber, and big lobster transported from Tianjin by train are Li Zhen’s favorite food; there are more types of dried fruits, such as raisins from Turpan in the Western Regions, walnuts, dates, and almonds from Shanxi, as well as those from the Middle East. Date palms from the Mediterranean, olives from the Mediterranean, dried fruits from the South Seas...

There are several wine glasses in front of Liu Jin, the wine in the glass is wine from Europe and France, the small white porcelain wine glass is Fenjiu from Shanxi, and the jade glass is Guojiao wine made by Liaodong's own winery...

The table of food in front of him almost included specialties from all over the world, which reminded Liu Jin of the time when he had just traveled here. At that time, during the New Year and holidays, even if he had money, he could not eat these things from all over the world. Yes, the price is extremely expensive, and the quality is very poor.

Where can it be like now, things from all over the world can be obtained by Daming people, not only the quality is good, the price is also cheap, many things, even ordinary families can consume, the price is not expensive, Chinese New Year, everyone early It is no longer as simple as eating some meat.

(End of this chapter)