ancient engineer

Chapter 4

Hua Mu doesn't care about the government, let alone the development here.But everyone inevitably has a little bit of professional superiority, so after nearly a month of observation, seeing this backward era, it is inevitable that Hua Mu, who is a professional, can't help but see it.In addition, Uncle Li was kind to him, so Hua Mu couldn't help but wanted to do something to help the people in the village.But the problem now is that he has to get a sum of money first, it is really hard to move without money!

"Uncle Li, do you know where there is a vacant house in the village?" Hua Mu asked during dinner that day. In the farmhouse, people don't pay much attention to food and sleep.

"Hua Mu is not used to living here. If you need anything, you can tell uncle, or your aunt..." Uncle Li said, his two sons have found jobs in the town to make ends meet. The family settled down in the town, and the daughter married to another village.There are only two elders left in the family, and the children are considered filial, so life is still passable.

"No, it's very good at Uncle Li's house. It's just that after a month, I like Xuanyuan country even more. I was originally alone. In the past, the elders in my family said that our family was originally from Xuanyuan country. Later, I lived in exile. Arrived in Fanbang. So now I want to go back to the roots of our ancestors and settle down here. Our Lijia Village is a good place. Some time ago, I saw the caravan that brought me here at the tea shop. Take it back I packed my luggage, there are some things in it, thinking about buying a house and some fields in the village after changing the money," Hua Mu said.

Lijia Village has set up a tea shop on the official road not far outside the village. Although it is small, it is also the ancestral business of the Li family.That day Hua Mu picked out some things from the laboratory and planned to exchange them for some money, and Te felt that it was hard for him to stay at Uncle Li's house all the time.So he used the excuse of going to the tea shop to "coincidentally meet" the caravan that brought him here, and then brought back his "luggage".

"That's a good relationship. Tomorrow, Da Zhuang and his brothers are going to sell vegetables in the capital. If you want to exchange things, go with them. There is also a support. As for the house and land, you should ask the patriarch (the village chief, Li) The family calls the patriarch more often) and let him take a look at it for you." Uncle Li readily agreed, and Hua Mu stayed, so the village chief would have a teacher to teach.

"That's okay. I'm still worried that I won't know the way and I won't be able to go to the capital. The village chief will wait for me to exchange things before asking. I just brought some things from Fanbang, and I don't know how much I can get in exchange." Hua Mu said.

"It's fine, it's fine, you can just live in your uncle's house with peace of mind! And the patriarch is still telling the head of the village to tell you about being a husband, and the court will pay you." Uncle Li comforted.

"Then thank Uncle Li first, when I come back after changing things, no matter how much you have, I will go to visit the village chief." Hua Mu Chengruo said, fortunately, he met a good person.In fact, he still has an idea, that is, if someone from his family comes to him, and if the crossing place is not right, then he will build a symbolic thing, so that the family can find him earlier.As for exchanging his things for money, he would definitely be able to get them. Not to mention some gold in his laboratory, even a steel knife is valuable here.

The next morning, Hua Mu followed Li Dazhuang and his brothers to the capital in a bullock cart.The two ox carts are still the ancestral property of the family, and if they want to use them, they have to report to the village chief early.In fact, it is morning, but it is actually the middle of the night. When I go out, it is still when the moon is in the sky.Hua Mu secretly took out the mechanical watch from the laboratory (space), and looked at it by the light of the torch, it was four in the morning!

It was already the end of spring, and although the cold had receded for the most part, it was still a bit chilly at four o'clock in the morning.Hua Mu was wearing Uncle Li's eldest son's old clothes, patched but clean.Sitting in an ox cart, it is said that they rushed to the capital at the highest speed. It was already dawn, the sun was showing, the city gate was open, and there were many people coming and going.They lined up to enter the city and had to undergo a simple inspection by the officers and soldiers at the city gate, but there was no incident of accepting money.

The brothers of the Li family sold vegetables on behalf of the Li family village, so they naturally went to the Xicheng vegetable market, in a relatively poor civilian area.Hua Mu got off the bullock cart early and walked to the more prosperous places in Beicheng by herself.The capital is indeed a big place. The residents here are well-informed, and Hua Mu's eye-catching short hair didn't attract much attention.

Hua Mu's first thought was that he had gone to a pawn shop to change things, but when he was looking for a pawn shop, he found a more suitable shop.The storefront is called Duobao Pavilion. It is simply decorated and grand, but the storefront is very spacious and there are quite a lot of people coming and going.As soon as Hua Mu walked to the door, the shop waiter didn't give him a cold face because of his clothes, he came up to him with a smiling professional smile and said enthusiastically: "Brother, come in and have a look, see if there is anything you like .”

"I have some small things that I want to sell, do you know if your store accepts them?" Hua Mu asked.

"Yo, this little one can't be the master, just go into the store and let the shopkeeper take a look."

"I'm sorry for the introduction." Hua Mu nodded, followed the waiter into the store, and was led directly to the shopkeeper behind the counter by the waiter. After a brief introduction to the two, the waiter explained Hua Mu's intention for coming. .

"What is the little brother going to sell?" The shopkeeper was also a smiling person, wearing a blue cloth gown with double breasts, he was very thin.

"Please show me the shopkeeper, this is brought back from Fanbang." Hua Mu took out the things she brought, two glass decorations.There is nothing in his laboratory that is not eye-catching when exchanged for money, but there are some decorations in the study.He just took two pieces of glass, which were not worth much, but it was quite unusual to get them here.

"This, is it a kiln product (porcelain) or jadeite?" The shopkeeper looked at it carefully. At first glance, he thought this thing was pretty good-looking. The most important thing in the capital is the rich.It's definitely easy to sell, but it's not made of jade or gold and silver, so the price is hard to say.Here, jadeite and jade are separated, and the value of jadeite is not as high as jade (as in ancient China).

"It's a kiln product, but it's not porcelain, and I don't know how the people of Fanbang made it. I took it back because I saw it was rare. This thing is fragile, and it took me a lot of effort to carry it along the way." Hua Mu By saying this, it is also indirectly telling the shopkeeper that it is not easy to bring this thing back.

"Brother, I'll give you 60 taels, and I'll take these two together." The shopkeeper took a good look at the things, put them down gently, and said.

"Shopkeeper, please give me a round number. Two pieces are 100 taels. It's not even enough for the travel expenses brought here from such a long distance."

"It's not easy to look at the little brother, so, 65 taels, really can't be more. I don't know the material of this thing, and I don't know how to get rid of it."

"The shopkeeper..." After some haggling, the two finally settled the deal at 80 taels.Hua Mu was still very satisfied, as long as he knew that Uncle Li's two sons were working in the town, and their annual income was only 20 taels of silver.And Xuanyuan Kingdom is also sparsely populated. Although it is in the suburbs of Beijing, the price of the land is not expensive, and the good land is only two taels of silver per mu. The housing price makes Hua Mu, who is a modern person, feel that it is not worth it. carry.

The transaction here was also successful, Hua Mu went to the gate of the city where he had just come in, and waited for the Li family brothers to return to the village together.I bought some pastries, pork, wine and so on, one for Uncle Li, and the other for the village chief.

Lijia Village is located in the outskirts of Beijing, so more people are willing to leave the village to make a living, so there are still some vacant houses and land.The village head also attaches great importance to Hua Mu. After all, he is a scholar. In the heart of the village head, it is unusual, and he is like an official.So when Hua Mu went to visit him, as soon as he expressed his intention to come, the village head introduced him to several better houses and fields.

The 80 taels of silver that I put in my purse hadn't warmed up yet, so I spent more than 60 taels to buy a three-room house with blue bricks and large tiles.It's on the bank of the village head's Linhe, not far from Uncle Li's house, but it's on the edge of the village.Twenty mu of land, the paddy field is half the same as the land, but it is rented by others and is growing food.

When buying the property, the village head also transferred Hua Mu's household registration to Lijia Village.Hua Mu is very satisfied, at least she has her own nest, and her heart is at ease.And other things can also start to let go...

The author has something to say: Huh, Xiao Gong hasn't appeared yet?Well, we must not forget him!In the next chapter, when our classmate Hua Mu is doing something, Xiao Gong will appear......~(≧▽≦)/~啦啦啦! ! !

Show salary:

Salary of the Ming Dynasty

Chaixin Zaoli: People have the obligation to serve the country, but they are paid for their service. When it’s their turn to serve, they are assigned to the servants of officials. Chaixin Zaoli buys firewood to boil water and does chores. The annual income is 20 silver Taels, totaling 13216 yuan (combined monthly salary of 1.66 taels = 1100 yuan)

Groom: Drive horses for government servants and use them on business trips. The annual income is 40 taels, which is 26432 yuan per year (the combined monthly salary is 3.33 taels = 2200 yuan)

明朝县官：正七品每月俸禄7.5石或白银3.75两，实际月收入1.75×7.5×94.4×2=2478元，每年工资45两白银，约合3万元人民币。