choke element

Chapter 154

Laizhou, Haicang Town.

When Dajin founded the country, the famous general Tarlan believed that Shandong was famous for its giant towns and fertile lands, with the benefits of salt, iron, mulberry and hemp.Therefore, for the next hundred years, the country's dynasties have been dominated by famous ministers and generals.

This salt, iron, mulberry, and hemp have four major benefits, and the fastest to get money is salt.

Since the 25th year of Dading, the seven salt departments established by the imperial court in Shandong, Cang, Baodi, Ju, Jie, Beijing, and Xijing have a total annual income of no less than 700 million guan.Among them, Shandong salt class exceeded 430 million, accounting for a quarter of Dajin's salt tax revenue.

Shandong East Road has two prefectures and eleven prefectures under its jurisdiction, and two prefectures and seven prefectures have saltworks.For example, here in Laizhou, there are Laoshan Salt Field, Buqishan Salt Field, Tianshishan Salt Field, Quli Salt Field, etc. in Jimo County, and Hengcun Salt Field in Laiyang County.

Relatively speaking, there are more salt fields on the east coast of Laizhou, but less on the west side.On the west coast, there are only two large-scale ones, Haicangchang and Xiyuchang.

Among them, Haicangchang is close to the sea estuary of glue. Although the condition of the harbor is not as good as that of Taiping Bay at the foot of the three mountains in Xiyuchang, it is still passable on the generally shallow seaside.Therefore, it was regarded as an important place along the coast, and Haicang Town was specially set up, where a Muke, a subordinate of Lugu Bilameng'an, on Shandong East Road, was stationed here.

There are people who put Lu Gu Bi Ra Meng in the court.The fierceness of this Meng An was Lu Wang Wanyan Yongde who survived the coup d'état in Zhongdu and served as the co-judgment of the Damu Family Mansion.

In the first year of Mingchang, King Lu had to give Lugu the command to assassinate Mengan, but he was a very knowledgeable king, no matter whether he was in the center of the court or in the local area, he would not interfere in military affairs, at most he would do business to make money.

Since the rule of Emperor Sejong, there has been no war on Shandong East Road for nearly 50 years. The Jurchen people went to Kuma and released Nanshan with swords and guns, and they were used to peaceful days.He also spread out his carelessness, so this Meng'an, like the Meng'an Mouke households in various places, gradually made a living by farming.

When it comes to farming skills, the Jurchens are mostly inferior to the Han'er, so their lives are inevitably poor. Many people cannot pay the cattle head tax in a disaster year, so they have to sell their land to the wealthy people as tenants.

The imperial court has been dissatisfied with this situation over the years, but blamed the Jurchens for not having enough land, so they repeatedly mobilized Kuotian to forcibly seize Han'er's land and redistribute it to the Jurchens.

To be honest, the real big heads have their own place to go for the tens of millions of hectares of fertile land that have been seized.Ordinary Jurchen Meng'an Mukehu got at most some scum and crumbs that the big shots left behind.

However, because of Kuotian, the Han children in the local area were displaced and sold their sons and daughters. Everyone wept blood and wailed... Who should I turn to to complain about this full of sorrow?

In the end, this move in vain aggravated the conflict between the Jurchens and the local Haner again and again, causing bloody conflicts in the local area.

During the Mingchang period, the imperial court repeatedly issued edicts to encourage the Qi people to marry with the Tuntian households, thinking that the country's long-term peace is a measure, why is this so?

Because of many places, the conflicts between Haner Qimin and Jurchen farmers have become more and more intense, and it is no longer possible to maintain long-term stability at the grassroots level.

For example, in Haicang Town, during the Dading period, many Jurchen farmers and Han children lived together, and some families even married against Emperor Sejong's will.Up to now, at least [-]% to [-]% of the Jurchen farm households have Han'er blood.Many Jurchen farm households gave themselves Chinese names, and lived in full compliance with Han customs unless facing the imperial court.

But these years, the people on both sides did not say that they would no longer get married, and they even guarded each other and stopped contacting each other.

Most of the Han children went to the Haicang Salt Fields, while the Jurchens mostly gathered in the Tunpu south of Haicang Town.

That Tunpu is not a good place to go, it has not been repaired for decades, and it is very dilapidated.The outer stone walls are full of collapsed gaps, weeds are overgrown, and the two watchtowers have long since collapsed.

However, the Tunpu generally maintains the shape of the military, with only one door open and the windows are narrow, so it is hot in summer, but humid and cold in autumn.

The quilts of the Jurchen villagers will become moldy at this time of year, and the food stored is also prone to mold. If one is not careful, large pieces of mushrooms will grow under the grass in the grain.

The only advantage is probably that there are many empty houses in Tunpu, and the Tuntian households can live wherever they want.

That’s because during the reign of Taihe, when the Song Dynasty was conquered, after Da’an fought against Mongolia, the imperial court signed the army many times before and after. , Come down again and again, more than half of the local people are transferred away.

How will the old and weak who stay in the local area live if the young and old are gone?There were originally 120 households in the Mouke in Haicang Township during the Dading period, but now there are only 35 households left.

As for the exorcists and servants, if they really wanted to, they would have been replaced by the army.At this moment, in the huge fortress, there are only a few tenant farmers in the Moke family, and the other Jurchens are all bitter farmers.

And Mouk also has the troubles of Mouk.

"Everyone is running out of food." Muke Aruhan sighed.

A few months ago, there was a military report saying that the Mongols had invaded again, so the commander of the army in Yidu continued to mobilize troops, food and supplies.Those people were unreasonable. They not only took away the young and strong, but also wiped out the grain that had just been harvested in the fort, and even those who were kept for planting were not spared.

As a result, the fight at the front was unfavorable, and most of the dozen or so young people who were signed to the front were killed by the Mongols.In Tunpu, there are 35 households with more than 120 mouths, large and small, and there is nothing to eat, and they are about to starve to death.

In Aluhan's own family, there is an old woman, a wife, and two children.

Half of the children are not sensible when they can eat.The old lady and the wife were all sallow and emaciated, their eyes were dull, and they walked unsteadily. It was because they had saved rations for the children, and Aluhan didn't know it.

Aruhan himself is not like this?The belt that hung the long knife around his waist was almost hanging on his hip, and his stomach gurgled from time to time.

He turned his head to look at his crooked companion, and continued to sigh, and the inhalation and sigh itself seemed to have consumed too much of his strength, making him even more hungry.

In order to distract himself, Aruhan looked towards the sea warehouse saltworks in the west.

The salt department is still very confident.Aluhan knew that there were at least three to five hundred shi of grain hidden in the seacang salt field, but they hid the grain very tightly like a mouse digging a hole.The Han'er in the salt field didn't have enough to eat, so they rioted once yesterday, and two were killed in the end.

Aluhan intends to negotiate to borrow some food, but he has been hesitating.The salt envoys all had gold medals in their hands, and even when they saw the commanding army envoy and Meng Anbo were extremely fierce, they did not fall behind.He, a big-ass Mouk, went to beg for help, so he had to knock his head back and forth dozens of times?
You are not afraid of kowtowing, but what if you can't borrow food even if you kowtow?Hey, is it possible that we have to fight together?

Just as he was thinking this way, he suddenly noticed that a bright red color suddenly jumped out on the distant sea level.

　There is something urgent at home and I have to go out soon, so today is short, sorry.

　
(End of this chapter)