Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1856, The New Year of the Serfs

In a village on the outskirts of Mocheng (Moscow City), when the people of Ming Dynasty celebrated the New Year and welcomed the arrival of the New Year, the whole village was immersed in laughter.

The same is true for the Tarasov family, sitting together happily and enjoying the harvest dinner.

Although it is not very suitable for the Ming Empire's calendar, this New Year of the Ming Dynasty does not seem to have any profound impact on them.

I just know that the nearby castle has been decorated with lights and festoons. In the eyes of Daming people, the festive red has decorated almost every part of the entire castle, as night falls.

The castle is brightly lit, like a palace, extremely beautiful. At the same time, the fireworks and firecrackers are constantly ringing, which also brings bursts of excitement to this cold land.

Tarasov didn’t care or care about how the Ming people celebrated the New Year. They were used to New Year’s Day and they were not very comfortable with Ming’s festivals. Many Ming people's unique poetry fairs, festivals, lantern festivals, etc. have been held here in the city.

But it was freezing cold, with heavy snowfall and howling wind, no one went back to respond, and it was still comfortable for the wife and children to warm up at home.

This year is unlike any previous year.

In the past, they were serfs and the livestock of the nobles, and they could not own their own property, and even their wives and children belonged to the nobles.

When winter came, all the serfs stayed at home and did not dare to go out, because they were very likely to be frozen to death when they went out, and there was very little food in the house, so they tried to save food as much as possible.

Unpalatable black bread and horse bread are standard for serfs, but with such junk food, it is impossible for serfs to have enough food to eat, most of the time they are hungry and suffering, waiting for spring 's arrival

Last year, the Ming people swept across Eastern Europe and brought this vast land under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. These serfs were also liberated and freed. From then on, they were no longer serfs, but free people.

My own property and family members are protected by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and even every household is allocated a lot of fields and owns their own land.

Last winter, considering that everyone had no food to eat, the Daming government distributed food and bacon to everyone, which also allowed all the serfs to live a good winter.

This year, all the serfs have saved up their energy and are desperately cultivating their own land, planting food, and looking forward to a good harvest in autumn.

Thank God, no, no, thank God.

This year ushered in a bumper harvest, and every household has ushered in a bumper harvest, and the harvested grains can't be piled up in the house.

Originally, I was worried that the Daming government would be like the nobles in the past, extorting money from them, but such worries were obviously superfluous.

The people of Daming were very trustworthy, and they really only collected one-tenth of the grain. This made all the serfs overjoyed. After paying the public grain one by one, they looked at the grain piled up in their homes in a daze.

Every family has a lot of food, which is enough for them to eat for a year or two. At this moment, they have never felt so happy.

As serfs, they have never been as rich as they are now. The grain they own fills every corner of their home. Many people don't even have a place to store grain, so they have to build granaries outside.

The same is true for Tarasov's family, who can't finish the food.

Use the machine invented by the Ming people to grind the wheat into white flour. The bread made of the best flour is soft and delicious. The horse bread and black bread at home have long been thrown into the exchange.

And because there is a lot of food in the house, everyone can sell part of the food and get some income. They can also add warm cotton-padded clothes to their family members, buy brand-new quilts, and even buy some cheap ones. of salted fish.

Salted fish is very cheap, a few pennies a catty, delicious and salty, you don't even need to buy salt, you can live a decent life these days.

In addition to salted fish, there are also a lot of vegetables from the towns where the Ming people immigrated, such as radishes, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, onions, potatoes and so on.

These things are available in large quantities and at low prices. You can buy a large bag for a few hundred copper coins and eat them slowly at home.

Tarasov's family ate bread, and occasionally a small piece of salted fish, just salted fish, and some sour radish, it was a comfortable life.

Tarasov didn't know how the Ming people celebrated the Spring Festival, but he was very satisfied with his current life. His two daughters were taken over by the nobles before, and now they are back by his side.

Because my son has enough food to eat, he has grown a lot taller and stronger.

In the past, in winter, it was freezing to death, but now the family can eat a hearty dinner in warmth and enjoy a happy time.

"Dad, I'm tired of eating this salted fish. Can you go and buy some bacon to eat? It's the kind of bacon sent to us by the people of Ming Dynasty last year. It's greasy, very fragrant, and delicious."

Tarasov's son put the salted fish on the table, but he lost his appetite and wanted to eat bacon.

"That kind of bacon is very expensive. It costs more than ten yuan a catty. Some of them are good to eat. I still pick and choose. Thinking about the past, if you can't even eat enough, you have to thank God if you have a mouthful of horse bread." gone."

Tarasov drooped his face. It had only been a long time, but this son actually disliked the taste of salted fish and wanted to eat bacon, which was very expensive.

Although they have a lot of food in their homes, they don't have much money in their hands. How can they be willing to buy expensive bacon.

"But I see that the Ming people in the castle eat bacon every day."

"That kid even gave me candy."

His son pouted and said.

"Can we compare with Daming people?"

"The people of Ming Dynasty are aristocrats, but we are ordinary civilians. We used to be serfs, that is, after the arrival of the people of Ming Dynasty, we can become common people."

"You still want to eat that, and you don't even look at who you are. If you're not from Daming, what kind of good bread can we eat this winter, as well as salted fish and sour radish?"

"Have you forgotten your life as a serf?"

Tarasov reprimanded his son severely, he really didn't know how to cherish it, it's only been a few days since this good day, and he started to pick and choose.

His son was speechless, so he could only pick up the salted fish and continue to eat, but in his heart he was thinking of going back to his little friend from Daming, and asking him to give him some bacon. I am tired of eating bacon, and said that bacon is not good.

How can bacon not taste good?
It is fragrant, and the mouth is full of fragrance.

He didn't even have to eat it even if he wanted it, but he still despised it as bad, saying it was too greasy.

"I don't know what Daming people are eating now?"

Thinking in my mind, salted fish, sour radish and bread seem to be a bit unsuitable, but Ming people's steamed buns are delicious, and the one with pickles is very good, and it is best to have pieces of oily bacon, then it will be even better perfect.

"From next year, you will go to the school of Daming people, so you have to study hard."

"The people of Daming are very kind to us. They gave us freedom and land, and let us live a life without worrying about food and clothing. This is a life that those nobles never gave us."

"The nobles in the past, they just treated and used us serfs as livestock. We didn't have any freedom, we didn't have any property, and even our elder sister was occupied by those nobles."

"It was the Ming people who gave us a new life. You must study hard in the Daming people's school and learn the language and characters of the Ming people. Only in this way can you become a real Daming person, and when you grow up, you will be able to serve the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. "

After dinner, Tarasov started nagging again, and brought up the matter of the child going to school.

It was simply impossible for children to go to school in the past. They have been serfs for generations, they have been the livestock of nobles and landlords for generations, and they have been illiterate for generations.

When the Ming people came, they not only gave them freedom and land, but now they were required to send their children to school to learn the language and characters of the Ming people.

In the words of the Daming people, only in this way can they be more loyal to the Daming Son when they grow up in the future and become a real Daming person.

They still don't know how to say Ming people, and they haven't changed Ming's surname, etc. They can't be regarded as real Ming people now. Tarasov and the others can't count on them, but we still have to pay close attention to the education of the next generation. .

For this reason, the government of the Ming Dynasty has strictly required everyone to send their children to school to learn the language and characters of the Ming Dynasty.

As for being able to learn characters and knowledge, this is really incredible in the eyes of Tarasov and others. The people of Ming Dynasty have already been able to let every child go to school.

Of course, what was even more shocking was that the Ming people were willing to let their children receive education along with them and learn the language and characters of the Ming people.

So Tarasov also sternly talked about this with his son, telling him to study seriously in school. For the distant son of heaven, Tarasov only knew that this son of heaven let him The family has lived a better life and has endless food, which is enough for the family to pledge their allegiance to them.

Of course, Tarasov didn’t know that going to school was just part of the assimilation and Sinicization policy formulated by the Ming Empire. These Slavs who grew up learning the language, characters and culture of the Ming Dynasty would remember their identities when they grew up ?

(End of this chapter)