Wu Tong asked Wu Er, and Zhang Shiqiang answered, and then hesitated and said in a low voice:

"This time in Puzhou, Wu Er was very attentive in his work. If it weren't for him, we would probably not be able to find a way to assassinate at night. He was also careful on the way back..."

Listen to Zhang Shiqiang's words, Wang Tong frowned and said in a solemn voice:

"I have something to do with this, so there is no need to say more!"

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There were so many things happening in the capital during the twelfth lunar month, but it had no impact on the people. Everyone was busy preparing New Year's goods and spending this year lively.

Today is the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, but all parts of Tianjin Wei are very lively. The shops in the capital close around the 20th lunar month. When they go home for the New Year, most of the Tianjin Wei will be open until the 29th lunar month.

In the past, Tianjin Wei’s shops and shops were mainly easy to communicate on the sea road and there were also transportation of canals. The loud voice was made but had nothing to do with Tianjin Wei’s local area.

However, after the development of the past few years, the population of Tianjin Wei has increased sharply, stores have increased sharply, and the number of rich people has increased sharply. In addition, the population of Tianjin Wei has increased sharply is very small. Farmers have worked hard for a year and have to pay the tax on food and have food and food for the whole family, so they have no money left and they have no ability to visit fees.

However, most of the newly added population of Tianjin Wei are workers working in craft shops, workshops, and shops. They are paying wages. All food and clothing are different from other places in the world. Because experienced craftsmen are difficult to recruit, the wages are higher than others, and there is a dividend at the end of the year, not to mention the store assistants of the shops with Sanjiang name, and there are many people who have some spare money. These people with sufficient purchasing power, plus those shopkeepers, foremen, small shareholders who sell everywhere, etc., as well as servants who work as servants in various yamen in Tianjin Wei, not to mention those rich people. This huge crowd has raised the market of Tianjin Wei.

People are rich and just rich, and always want to live a decent life during the New Year. Needless to say, rice, flour, wine and meat, silk, porcelain, and various utensils are also purchased. They have demands, and Tianjin Weizhong merchants gather, and they can also provide sufficient goods, with both supply and marketing, and business everywhere benefit a lot.

Even if the income from stocking up for the capital and selling goods in the northern Zhili month is not included in the twelfth lunar month, just doing local business can keep up with 80% of the profit in July.

When is July of the year "the most prosperous month of Tianjin and Wei shops today. As long as you can do it, the silver flows into the store, and it can catch up to 80% of the year. This business can naturally be done.

Each store processed money for the guys and purchased all kinds of goods in advance, just to do a good job in the twelfth lunar month. After so many rules in the Ming Dynasty, there were no shops opening before the twelfth lunar month. Tianjin Wei set the stage first. As a result, even the wealthy people came to buy many prefectures and counties near Hejian Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture, which made the shop even more profitable.

"When I was in Jinan, there were not many shops on the street, and there were firecrackers, but the street was deserted. At that time, I felt that the Chinese New Year was coming. Now I looked lively. If it weren't for the cold weather, I would have thought it was July and August!"

Wang Tong and others rode their horses slowly passing by the streets. Wu Da said behind him in Mandarin with a strong Shandong accent and Bao Er's novel. Bao Erxiao replied proudly there:

"I heard from the boat owners coming from the south that it is Hangzhou, the most prosperous Jiangnan, and Suzhou has the same scene as us, and we can't see it anywhere else. Wang Tong has been in his mansion for several months, and the guards around him are very depressed. He was very excited when he came out this time. As for Wu Da, he recruited boatmen and pirates in Shandong, and fewer and fewer people could be recruited. As early as the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, he returned to Tianjin Wei. Now his family is in Tianjin Wei, so the New Year is naturally here.

There were more than a dozen cavalrymen in front of him, and there were more than a dozen people behind him, which was very far away from where Wu Da was. Sun Dahai and Zhang Shiqiang rode horses around Wang Tong.

"It wasn't right after Wu Da came back from Shandong. He laughed as usual outside, but he always held his face at home. That is, the day his subordinates came back, the stakes arranged in their house were rewarded, saying that Wu Da cried in the middle of the night."

Zhang Shiqiang reported in a low voice. Wang Tong shook his head and smiled, but did not respond. Sun Dahai spoke from the side:

"Sir, the person who gave the New Year gift to Your Majesty has returned. Several father-in-law and the New Year gifts have also been delivered. Your Majesty's return gifts will be accepted according to the gift system after the Lord returns home. The gift list will be returned. Please check the gift list at that time. In addition, the girl Song of Qinguan, Dong Qianhu, Shandong Jinyiwei, Sun Chan General of Liao Town, and deputy general of Xuanfu Li all have gifts. The New Year gifts of various merchants in Tianjin are also asked to check the gifts..."

Sun Dahai was originally a butler, and he reported one by one. Wang Tong raised his hand and interrupted with a wry smile, saying:

"I'll take a look at the gifts from Your Majesty, my father-in-law, and my grandparents. For the rest, you can just divide the people who work in the house and the people who work in various places. The shipyard and the Huwei Army will share more... What's wrong with these people?"

Wang Tong said a few words, but saw that there were many people wearing thin clothes in front of him. There were no idle people in Tianjin Wei. Everyone had an income. They always had to wrap a few thick clothes in winter. When they saw so many people wearing thin clothes and ragged cotton jackets, they knew that they were not local people. There was a market in front, but it was a big vegetable market in Tianjin Wei. The reason why it was said to be large is that the meat and vegetables from all over the country gathered here first, and then distributed to all parts of Tianjin Wei.

In winter, Sanjiang Trading Company sold salt, cloth and various groceries outside the border in Xuanfu and Jizhen, in exchange for cattle and sheep outside the border.

Every winter on the grassland is hell, with severe cold and heavy snow. "There will be many small tribes on the grassland, and they are difficult to survive every year. Once winter comes, the weather is bitter and cold and the forage is scarce. In order to ensure that strong livestock survive the winter, some sick livestock must be slaughtered.

These slaughtered livestock herders cannot eat and use them themselves, and there will be no enough salt to control the lungs in the spring of the following year, so they can only throw them away in vain.

However, he abandoned me. Today, Tianjin Macao needs a large amount of non-staple food. Every year during the New Year, several officials responsible for people's livelihood have to worry about not having enough meat. The large number of cattle and sheep slaughtered on the grassland just fills the gap.

The shopkeepers of Sanjiang Trading Company received permission from the Jizhen Border General to exchange salt and cloth for these cattle and sheep and the accompanying fur. The price of these slaughtered cattle and sheep was very low, but for the nearly five months of winter, the power of the tribes on the grassland became very poor, and it was extremely critical to maintain sufficient salt reserves.

They each took their own needs. Although Sanjiang Trading Company made a big profit, the small tribes on the grassland exchanged valuable salt and cloth for things that were not useful.

Many small tribes came to slaughter and sell cattle and sheep. Ji Town was north of the north. It was cold in winter and the cattle and sheep were frozen and would not rot in a winter. After a few heavy snowfalls, they used cattle and horses to pull the heavy snow mast to Tianjin Wei.

This business is very big. Even Jizhen eats more meat this year than before. Sheep are transported to Tianjin Wei, and the price sold is two cents lower than the current price, but the profit is several times higher than that of butchers selling meat.

There are many meaty lambs, and there are many people with some money in Tianjin Wei. For a slightly decent family, who doesn’t buy a few slices of sheep and go back to eat until February, peeling and taking the water, one piece is half cut from it, and it also has a portion of dozens of kilograms. Those who come to buy the sheep will naturally not carry it back by themselves.

The people wearing rags outside carry the people. Whenever someone passes by, these people will come up to ask, and those who buy sheep will pick a few away, and they will leave with the side dishes they bought in the vegetable market.

"They are all bankrupt people who come from Hejian Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture. They are looking for some miscellaneous work everywhere to make some money for their lives. The Jinyiwei and the Security Army drove them away several times at first. Later, when the Chinese New Year approached, it looked really pitiful, so they just let them go. They just built shacks in Triangle Dian and the south of Haihe River. They came in the daytime and picked up something to go back at night..."

Sun Dahai explained here that these things are not necessary to be written into the daily report. Wang Tong has been living in simplicity during this period and occasionally goes out once, and he is also running fast horses and horses, but he really didn't notice it.

Seeing the scene in front of you, Wang Tong frowned and said in a solemn voice:

"When they are surviving like this, wouldn't they freeze to death and starve to death?"

"Since winter began, fifteen people have frozen to death, but no one has ever starved to death."

Wang Tong was strange again. He had just frozen fifteen people to death. Look at the fact that there were so many in front of this vegetable market. I guess there were more Tianjin and Wei today, and there were only fifteen people to death. It was too few.

"Didn't the lord usually give advice to his subordinates to keep an eye on the temples and Taoist temples and not to let them be too rich. This time, many refugees came. The subordinates arranged for the Jinyiwei to go out for ventilation, and asked them to set up a porridge factory, collect old clothes, and go to various places to provide relief. The monks and Taoists were also tactful and diligent, so that they could maintain the current situation."

There are many people who do business, travel on the sea, believe in gods and worship Buddhas. These people may not be able to use money to do good deeds, but they like to donate them to temple monks and Taoists to make incense to seek peace of mind. Several temples and Taoist temples in Tianjin are all rich, and they don’t have to pay taxes, and their lives are even more comfortable.

But Wang Tong was staring tightly. These monks and Taoists also knew who gave him this comfortable life. They were always very obedient. It was not difficult to figure out this joint, but Wang Tong was puzzled:

"This year's scenery is good, so many refugees are coming there?"

As long as the farmer has a bite, he will not be displaced. Wang Tong is really surprised that so many refugees come from Hejian Mansion, which has a lot of fertile land.

"Isn't it just a whip that's been pirated..."
Chapter completed!