Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 235 Hu Shang Arrives

The food in Shanyang City is delicious, especially for Dongzhu, who has been eaten all her life, those green vegetables seem to be unable to fill her stomach. After autumn on the grassland, it is very difficult to eat vegetables , and all kinds of fish, which they seldom eat on the grasslands, but in this restaurant, the fish was so delicious that she couldn't hold down her chopsticks.

"My Chinese teacher said that the Han people have separate meals. Why do you eat at such a table?" Dongzhu pointed to the table where a big hole had been dug out and boiling hot fish hot pot.

"Hehe, this kind of food was the first thing our uncle thought of. Later, after the opening of Wangjiang Restaurant, many restaurants have imitated our way of greeting customers, especially after the cold weather, everyone likes it." Chuntao smiled proudly .

"Is this the Wangjiang Tower?" Dongzhu asked, looking at the huge dining room outside the window of the private room.

"This is the Shanyang branch of Wangjianglou. The real Wangjianglou is in Chang'an, which is bigger than here. Moreover, it has a theater stage."

Chuntao mentioned the theater stage, but Hongmei, who was originally in charge of the stage in Wangjiang Tower, looked at Yu Xiuer. A singer would have an itchy throat if he didn't sing for three days. How can I not miss that feeling!

"Miss, I heard that the theater has a new play from Yangzhou coming up, why don't we go to the theater to see it in two days!" Chuntao, who understood Yu Xiuer's mind, said.

"Okay! But after eating today, I'll go to the spa first." Yu Xiu'er finally agreed without disappointment.

The so-called spa health center is just a hot steam bath that Sun Xiangfu created to keep the skin hydrated because he saw the cold weather in the north and his skin was prone to dryness and cracking.

In addition, Shanyang has millions of acres of flower fields, and the amount of petal essence produced in a year is huge. The essence is very volatile, especially rose essence, which is easy to dissolve in oil. Due to the molecular chain of this essential oil Relatively short, it is easy to penetrate the skin and enter the human body, making the human body naturally have a fragrant breath.

It is said that the aromatherapy of later generations can also strengthen people's psychological and physical functions, but now the research craftsmen under Sun Xiangfu are not capable of synthesizing so many chemical substances, but only the most primitive and common plant essential oils.

One day, Sun Xiangfu became lustful, and Yu Xiu'er tried it out. Who knew that this pure natural plant essential oil was very effective. After Yu Xiuer's skin used this petal essential oil, the fragrance overflowed naturally for many days in a row, and Both physically and mentally are pleasant, so far, the idea of ​​this spa health center has been put on the agenda.

Now, not only Yu Xiuer will come to the spa for an essential oil treatment after a while, but Wang Xu's concubines also often go here under her leadership. You know, the price of a treatment is not cheap, at least It's also ten guan, but they all think it's worth it. If it weren't for the fact that there are not many noble ladies living in Shanyang City, this spa and health center would not be so popular.

Dongzhu, who had been stripped clean and slippery, was a little dazed. She didn't understand why Tang Ren's house was so warm. After soaking in a fragrant hot pool for a while with Yu Xiuer and the three daughters, she felt that her whole body couldn't say no. After that, on the rows of white soft beds, several maids poured something that exudes a strange fragrance on her body, and then continued to massage.

An hour later, Dong Zhu, who came out of the health spa with light steps, could not help but raise her arms and smell her skin.

It's amazing, the smell of cattle and sheep on my body is gone, and now there is a scent that I can't smell enough.

What's even more amazing is that when she saw the mirror in the Sun Mansion that could make everything appear, she was fascinated by her own appearance. Her long hair was combed into a beautiful Han style, full of beautiful The skin of the honeysuckle head flower is like a shelled egg, tender and tender, and even the blush that was frozen in the desert all year round is covered by the blush. Is this the makeup technique they just mentioned?It's an amazing technology.

One day, after only staying in Shanyang City for one day, she felt a little bit reluctant to come here. No wonder her elder brother Yi Nan often said that the Han people are rich, and the gap between them and the tribe is too big!
Dongzhu’s feelings about Shanyang City are not alone. She is comparing the top life on the grassland with the top life in Shanyang City, and there are many others, comparing the most difficult life on the grassland with Shanyang. Compared with the most difficult life in the city.

What Xi Junmai brought back from Ulanqab was not only [-] cattle and sheep, but also many herdsmen who were responsible for managing the cattle and sheep. They never imagined that Datang would have such generous conditions for the captives.

When they arrived in Shanyang, they were assigned to a house built of bricks and tiles. This room was not ventilated at all. There was a large vat filled with rice noodles and coal balls with holes. It is said that these coal balls After igniting in a carbon stove, you can put an iron pot or iron pot on it for cooking and boiling water.

As for how to burn the kang, how to get water, and even where to urinate and defecate, the person in charge of arranging them explained clearly to them, and what they have to do is to go to the livestock trading market every day after sunrise to help them chop fodder , Look after and feed the cattle and sheep.

They didn't understand the situation at all. They didn't even dare to eat more rice in the rice jar. They just grabbed a few handfuls and cooked a pot of gruel, not to mention the jar of fragrant sauce on the stove.

However, after dawn, they came to the livestock trading market. Sure enough, the stewards here only asked them to work, cutting hay, feeding cattle and sheep, and sometimes helping slaughter. These tasks were done every day when they were on the grassland. I don't think so.

But at noon, the steward of the market actually asked them to eat. There was a pottery bowl bigger than their heads, filled with yellow and white noodles, and a big spoonful of soup made from boiled beef and sheep. It was delicious and delicious. The herdsmen, who are very good at using chopsticks, drank the whole bowl of noodle soup. Their stomachs are full and their bodies are warm.

Then they continued to work in the afternoon until dusk. The stewards gave them five copper coins and told them that if they came here to do this kind of work every day, they could still eat a bowl of beef and mutton noodle soup and get paid five copper coins. , but in the future they will need to fill up the rice noodle tanks in their residence, and buy them by themselves when they run out of briquettes. The current tank of rice, briquettes, and other daily necessities were given to him by the mercy of the protectorate. If they are free, go to the government office of the Duhu government office to complete the household registration. With the household registration, they can do more jobs and get higher wages.

How can this be a prisoner!This is much more comfortable than the days of grazing for Khan. The big bowl of noodle soup with cattle and sheep in the water at noon is enough to last for a day.

The purchasing power of five copper coins is not very strong. You can buy five palm-sized pouches in a street food shop. Together, you can earn twenty or thirty yuan, and there is no problem at all with a full stomach.

The managers of the construction sites in the city are not very selective. Children in their teens and seniors in their 50s and [-]s are paid as long as they can do the work they designate, and they hardly need people to do their thinking. For work, they themselves feel that they should settle down here.

Early in the morning, the herdsmen brought back by Xi Junmai went to the Yamen to apply for household registration, and then they had a Han name.

At this time, a businessman wearing a Han Chinese robe will come over obsequiously and ask them if they want their own house, saying that the resettlement houses they live in will be taken back in a month. If they want to live here for a long time If you continue to work, you must have a house of your own.

Then, they were taken to a row of neatly arranged residential areas to see the houses. The facilities inside were much more complete than the resettlement houses, and they were many times wider than the yurts they lived in before. There were several rooms and a small The cattle and horse shed in the middle, and the toilet directly connected to the sewer.And they only need to press their fingerprints, and the house is theirs, but because of this, they will owe the businessman thirty pennies, but with the guarantee from the government, they don't need to pay back the thirty pennies within three years. , and no interest will be calculated, and there will be a small amount of interest in the future. As long as the full payment is paid, the house deed will be in their hands and become their private property.

When the resettled herdsmen found out that the thirty guan coins were 20 copper coins, they panicked. Their family only earned more than [-] copper coins a day.

However, the merchant was not worried at all that they would not be able to pay back the money, but told them that feeding cattle and sheep and getting a salary of five cents was something only newcomers who had just arrived in Shanyang and did not understand the situation would do. Work, even if you go to the grassland with the grass harvesting team to harvest pasture, you can earn two meals and thirty copper coins a day, let alone go to the construction site in the city to move bricks, or go to some shops as a servant to help carry, Sell ​​goods and so on.

There is a regulation in the yamen of the Governor's Mansion that those who have obtained Shanyang household registration and signed an employment agreement with any business in the city have a monthly minimum wage of [-] copper coins, and temporary workers without household registration are not included in this list.Because in Shanyang City, only if you get a salary of more than [-] Wen per month, can you afford briquettes, food and clothing, and barely survive.

These herdsmen seemed to have been opened up to the second channel of Ren and Du in an instant, and they felt that their bodies were light and light. Then, from the third day onwards, they stopped working in the livestock market. Some went to move bricks, and some went to Hu The restaurant opened by someone, the storefront is used as a servant, some people are really not qualified for those jobs, go to the mowing team, basically can earn a day's food and a monthly salary above the usual money, anyway, the people here are not Discriminate against them, and even specifically recruit Turkic-speaking people like them.

Shanyang City is like a huge sponge, constantly absorbing the surrounding population and nutrients. After Sun Xiangfu made the rules, he basically didn't need to restrict them and let him develop.When it is saturated, those herdsmen who rushed here later will naturally find no work and return to the grassland to graze. At that time, they will feel that even if they are grazing, they have no competition. Let them choose. Of course, at that time, Sun Xiangfu must have a new policy of diverting and relocating them.

Sun Xiangfu's huge debt was owed because of doing something like this. When he saw Li Jing bringing a huge team of Hu merchants from the Western Regions to the outside of Shanyang City, he was relieved.

"There's General Lau Lee."

Sun Xiangfu is now on the same level as Li Jing in terms of status, but because he is a generation behind in age, when he was greeted outside the city gate, he was greeted with a junior salute.

"Zhengming is polite. Let's arrange your affairs first. Let's talk in detail later." Li Jing returned the gift, and then went to the military camp with Su Dingfang who was standing behind Sun Xiangfu. Naturally, these Hu merchants were to be handed over to Sun Xiangfu. reception.

"My businessmen and friends from the Western Regions, this Duhu has set up a welcome banquet at the Wangjianglou branch in the city. After you settle down in the inn in the city, you can come to the banquet as much as you like. For some Shanyang specialty products, this Duhu will hold a welcome banquet at the Wangjianglou branch in the city. Show them off at the banquet in the evening."

Merchants will be arrogant when they have money, especially those Hu people who have not been educated in Confucianism and don't know much about superiority and inferiority. Now they partnered to support a Datang army as their guards, and bought a Datang army. Nearly one million yuan in national debt, when I was in Chang'an, my waist was very straight.Therefore, most people were not surprised that a high-ranking official like Sun Xiangfu came to receive them. When he arrived in Chang'an this year, Du Yan, the Minister of the Household Department of the court, came forward and said a few words to them.

However, there are also some shrewd people who look for an opportunity to meet Sun Xiangfu alone. product people.

(End of this chapter)