Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 36 Folk customs
Time flies by quickly, and it’s late autumn in a blink of an eye.

this day.

Yangzhou City welcomed a distinguished guest, Duke Xu Da of the State of Wei.

Winter is about to begin, and both sides in the northern border areas have also entered a relatively stable period. It is expected that no major war will break out in the next period of time.

Xu Da returned to Beijing this time to report on his duties normally. In order to make the trip easier, he only brought a few personal guards with him.

Each of these guards has outstanding military strength and is extremely loyal to Xu Da. They are willing to risk their lives for Xu Da. With them here, even if something goes wrong, Xu Da will not be hurt.

Besides, Xu Da himself is an undefeated general!
In the Ming Dynasty, if anything goes wrong, it would be a joke.

A group of seven or eight people dressed in casual clothes and rushed from Peiping to Yingtian.

They didn't stop until they reached Yangzhou.

Although winter has not really arrived yet, the cold wave has already begun to appear.

Along the way from north to south, Xu Da and others felt particularly deeply.

But Yangzhou City was different from any other city they had seen before. Winter was about to come, and there was no sign of depression in the city. Instead, it was full of vitality.

Yes, it’s energy.

Looking at the vendors and shops selling goods along the street and the people walking back and forth, everyone has a smile on their face.

"It's such a cold day, why do children go out wearing such thin clothes?" Xu Da looked at the children playing and running on the street in the distance, with a look of surprise on his face.

Although each of these children's faces were flushed, they didn't seem to feel cold at all.

The reason seems to be the clothes they wear.

The whole body is white, mixed with a touch of yellow, and the clothes are very novel in style, Xu Da has never seen them before.

I asked the guards around me, and they all shook their heads.

You must know that these guards come from all over the world, and there are people from everywhere.

"General, I see that the material of the clothes is plush. It can protect you from the cold. Maybe it is made of mink fur." ​​A guard said.

"Mink fur products are so valuable, how can they be affordable for ordinary people?"

Xu Da shook his head, think about it, just go up and ask and you will know.

Although when I first entered the city, when I asked the guard about the details of the asphalt road, I was already laughed at as a foreigner.

But if he cared about this, he wouldn't be Xu Da.

"Children, can you tell uncle where the clothes you are wearing come from?" Xu Da walked up to the group of playing children, lowered his head, showed a kind smile, and asked.

".Wow!"

But what Xu Da didn't expect was that as soon as he opened his mouth, a child burst into tears.

Although Xu Da had already shown what he thought was the most kind and kind smile, he had just returned from the border battlefield, and he naturally had an evil aura about him, and children were the most sensitive to this.

The child here is crying.

It immediately attracted the attention of passers-by around him.

Feeling the gazes coming from all around, Xu Da, who did not even frown when facing thousands of troops, felt a little at a loss at this moment.

This feels so funny.

"Oh, candied haws, newly dipped."

At this moment, a shouting and shouting sound came from a distance.

I saw a hawker walking from a distance carrying a straw target.

There are many small holes in the grass target, and strings of colorful candied haws are stuck in it.

Xu Da's eyes lit up, he got up and walked to the vendor, bought five or six bunches of candied haws, and walked back again.

"Kids, don't cry. Come on, uncle will treat you to some candy balls."

Sugar ball is the name in Fengyang.Like Xu Da, Zhu Yuanzhang's father was a farmer who dug food in the fields.

When he was very young, he followed him into the fields and herded cattle.

He still remembers that his biggest wish when he was a child was to eat a bunch of candy balls.

Once Xu Da stole a candy ball from Mr. Liu's son and was beaten until his mouth was full of blood.

But he kept smiling.

Because the taste of the sugar balls was so sweet, he would never forget the sweetness in his life.

Later, when he grew up, he joined the rebel army, and because of his heroic performance, he worked his way up to the Qianzong headquarters.

For him at this time, it is no longer difficult to eat candied haws.

While his brothers were away, he secretly bought a bunch. In addition to the sweet taste, he also tasted sour.

It's sour, sweet, and very cold.

It tastes delicious, but it’s not the taste I remember.

From that day on, Xu Da never ate candy balls again.

As for later becoming addicted to roast goose, it was another matter.

How could a child withstand the temptation of sweets? Sure enough, after receiving a bunch of candied haws in hand, the crying gradually stopped.

One or two, eating sweet candied haws, smiles appeared on their faces again.

The uncle who was originally "evil" in their eyes now looks much kinder.

Children are so real.

"Children, can you tell uncle now where the clothes you are wearing come from?" Xu Da asked with a smile.

One of the tough-looking children took a mouthful of candied haws and said, "Mom said all the clothes were given by Master Yang."

"Are all your clothes given by Master Yang?"

"Yes, yes." the children said in unison.

The vendor selling candied haws on the side smiled and said, "The customer must be a foreigner. Mr. Yang gave a woolen sweater to all the elderly, children, and people who really couldn't afford winter clothes in Yangzhou."

As he spoke, the vendor stretched out his free left hand and lifted up his collar.

Xu Da raised his eyes and saw that the vendor was also wearing such clothes.

"At the same time, a ready-made clothing shop opened in the Yamen, and the people of Yangzhou can buy such woolen clothes at low prices. I have hands and feet, and I can earn my own living, so I won't take advantage of this. I will leave this opportunity to those who need it more. .”

The candied haws hawker grinned and said, "This woolen sweater is warm and easy to wear, and the price is less than half of ordinary cotton clothes."

Xu Da felt extremely shocked after hearing what the vendor said.

In addition to being shocked by what Yang Xian did, what was even more shocking was the performance of the candied haws hawker.

Obviously I could get a piece of clothing for free, but I just didn't do it.

Instead, I leave this opportunity to those who need it more, and I rely on my own hard work to live.

Xu Da, who has fought his way through troubled times, clearly understands how valuable such folk customs are.

If everyone in the entire Ming Dynasty was like this.

So how could this country not be strong?

The person who can make the people of Yangzhou form such a folk custom is the person in charge here.

When Xu Da came to Yangzhou, he had not seen Yang Xian yet.

But Yang Xian had already left a very deep impression on him.

(End of this chapter)