Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 186, the origin of short hair
In the county seat of Incheon County.

The county magistrate Jin Zhongshuo entertained Du Mingen and his party from Daming with good wine and good food. Although Du Mingen had stated that he was not the envoy of Daming, he was also working for the current Emperor and Crown Prince of Daming. North Korea is a vassal state of Ming. He also received them in accordance with the standards for receiving the great angels, and did not dare to neglect them.

On the wine table, it is natural that there is a lot of toasting and drinking. After three rounds of wine, five flavors of dishes, and getting to know each other better, the chat will naturally be deeper.

"Mr. Du, please forgive me for being rude. Why have you cut off your hair and beards? How can this body be damaged by your parents?"

Jin Zhongshuo actually wanted to ask this question from the very beginning. These Ming people are really a little abnormal. They wear uniform clothes, tight clothes without wide cuffs, instead of long robes and Confucian shirts. This is very inconsistent with the dressing habits of Daming. .

In addition, the hair of Du Mingen and the others are all flat-cut and their beards are shaved. This is even more unusual. I don't know if they thought they were monks in the temple.

"It's a long story."

Du Mingen smiled, and after pondering for a while, he began to tell the story slowly, mainly talking about some things that Liu Jin said on the Moon Tower.

"Because there are three kinds of high-yielding crops on the Golden Continent, I love the people like a son, and I know that food is the most important thing for the people, so I ordered Liu Jin and Mr. Liu to form a fleet to go to the Golden Continent to transport these three crops." Introduce high-yield crops back to Daming, so that my Ming Dynasty will never have famine again.”

"Mr. Liu is a son of a high-ranking man. He said that ocean voyages are extremely difficult. If you are not careful, you may be buried in the sea. In addition, because you have lived on a small boat for a long time, personal hygiene is extremely important."

"If the hair and beard are long, it will be very inconvenient to take care of them. Sailing in the ocean is not as good as on land. This fresh water is an extremely precious resource, so short hair and beard cutting are more conducive to navigation, and it is not easy to breed. Unclean stuff."

"In the final analysis, all of this is for the purpose of being able to reach the Golden Continent smoothly and introduce high-yield crops back. Some hair and beards in this area are irrelevant."

Du Mingen explained with a smile, in fact, after wearing short hair for a long time, he also discovered the benefits of having short hair.

Cutting off the hair and beard has a lot of benefits for the lower-level workers. The lower-level workers are no better than those above who stretch out their clothes and mouths. Everything is taken care of.

Not to mention that it is of no use at all to have long hair, it is a great hindrance to life and work, and it is easy to breed all kinds of unclean things because it is not taken care of.

"His Majesty the Emperor of Shang Kingdom is truly a sage king through the ages, and he loves the people like his own son. I am truly grateful."

After listening to Du Mingen's words, Jin Zhongshuo also said from the bottom of his heart, and bowed in the direction of Daming to the west to show his respect for His Majesty the Emperor.

Of course, he also expressed his feelings. The current king of North Korea, Yanshan Jun, is a famous tyrant in history. During the reign of Yanshan Jun, the Wuwu and Jiazi disasters occurred in North Korea, and a large number of intellectuals were massacred.

After Yan Shanjun learned that his biological mother was not Queen Jeonghyun but the abandoned concubine Yin Shi, his behavior became abnormal.Yin was accused of poisoning Chengzong's concubine out of jealousy, and was given poisoned wine by Chengzong to die.

After learning of this, Lord Yanshan killed Yan and Zheng who accused Yin, officials and their families who supported Yin's death, and scholars of the Shilin School who had biased the usurpation of the ancestors were also killed by Yanshanjun.

Yan Shanjun also looted thousands of beauties for fun, and regarded Sungkyunkwan as a place to spend time and drink. Because some people wrote leaflets in Hangeul (this is the Korean language invented by King Sejong of Joseon) to denounce Yan Shanjun, Yan Shanjun also ordered the prohibition of Hangeul. use of text.

The king of North Korea was cruel and slaughtered scholars, and the emperor of Ming Dynasty was always close to civil servants, treated gentry preferentially, and loved the people like sons. Naturally, it has long been spread to North Korea, known and missed by the scholars of North Korea.

Now, just because of Liu Jin's words, Emperor Hongzhi will organize a fleet to go to Huangjinzhou to introduce three high-yielding crops, so as to solve the famine problem of the people of Ming Dynasty. It was made by the people below.

"This Golden Continent really has food crops with an yield of tens of stones per mu?"

Then Kim Jong Suk asked again in disbelief.

"This... I don't know, but Mr. Liu is the son of a high-ranking man, so naturally he won't lie."

Du Mingen said with a smile.

"Mr. Du, when you return from the Golden Continent triumphantly in the future, do you know if you can introduce some high-yielding fine varieties to our North Korean country?"

Jin Zhongshuo nodded noncommittally, thought for a while and asked again.

"Of course it is possible. Daming and North Korea have been friendly for generations, and it is not difficult to communicate. In the future, if we introduce good seeds back to Daming, it will naturally be equivalent to introducing the seeds to North Korea. Of course, it can also benefit the people of North Korea."

Du Mingen naturally agreed. In this era, the relationship between Daming and North Korea is too strong. It's just a little good breed, which is nothing at all.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Du."

"Come and respect Mr. Du."

Jin Zhongshuo can be regarded as a good parent official. Hearing that there are good varieties with tens of stones per mu, he even wants to introduce them to his own country.

"If I want to thank, I should also thank my son of Ming Dynasty. It is the son of today, Shengming, that's why I have the opportunity to go to the Golden Continent to bring back good seeds."

Du Mingen held up his wine glass towards the direction of Daming to the west, and the people who came with Du Mingen all followed suit. As for the North Koreans like Kim Jong-suk, they all quickly raised their wine glasses towards Daming. Pay tribute in the direction of tomorrow's son.

After this conversation, the relationship between the two parties became much closer, and they began to talk about everything.

Du Mingen also took out some glass products made by the glass factory and gave them to Jin Zhongshuo. These things are not valuable at all. As long as there is a glass factory, you can burn as much as you want.

But in this North Korean country, it is a rare thing, especially this mirror. When Jin Zhongshuo saw the mirror, he couldn't help being shocked by its clarity, and immediately regarded it as a treasure.

He also became more courteous to Du Mingen and others. During this period, the politics of the Lee Dynasty was extremely corrupt, with constant party disputes. Although Jin Zhongshuo was a good parent official, he was not a clean official.

In fact, it is quite contradictory, but it is real.

　The state is not good, the writing is very tiring, and the quality is poor~~ annoying

　　
　
(End of this chapter)