I was the heir in ancient times

The leather goods store in Baozhou City has been booming recently, and they were sent to Baozhou City to supervise the entry and exit of the personnel. Zhang Bold and his brothers, who were looking for the son of the thief, went in and looked at the rabbit skins whose prices have risen recently, even if they are mixed fur. I can't even afford an inch.

When he came out of the fur shop, Zhang Boldly sighed, and yelled at his brothers to drink at the Shaker Building on Paifang Street. It happened to be a holiday today, so there was no need to drink as much as in the past, so as not to delay important matters .

As for why I went to Shalou on Paifang Street instead of going to other places, it was naturally because if I went to Shaaolou, I would save money on food and drinks.

"Brother Zhang!"

Just hearing this clear voice, Zhang Bold felt comfortable all over, and his brother Lao Yang even poked his chest with his elbow, and laughed softly: "You are a new friend who is really enthusiastic. I'm waiting here to bring you wine and food."

Zhang Boldly had a thick back and a hunchback, and when he laughed, his voice was like a bell, and his ears were deafening. At this moment, he said embarrassedly: "Brother Xiaoqi has just arrived, he is very frank, and he brought a little lady with him, who has nothing but money. He invites us to drink , let’s take good care of him so that the wicked will not be malicious, isn’t this a good thing to have the best of both worlds?”

Just as they were talking, Zhang Daudao and his group of three walked into the shaker building, and because Xiaoer recognized them, he rushed over with a smile on his face, raised his big face enthusiastically, and said, "Oh, my lords, Little Qiye also reserved a private seat for you today, how about we go up to the second floor?"

After speaking, he pointed to the handsome young man standing at the corner of the stairs.

The young man was Gu Baojin, and he was still sticking to a mustache that obviously shouldn't have grown on his face. He smiled, his eyes were crescent-like, black and bright, and said to Brother Zhang and the others: "I also said that you won't come today. I asked Xiao Er to prepare the food and wine, but I can't eat it by myself."

After Zhang Bold and the seven young brothers met at the gate of the city, they kept running into each other for more than half a month. In recent days, whenever they were on vacation, they got together to chat, drink and eat meat, and were very happy.

If you want Zhang Daudao to say, this little seventh brother is really a wonderful person, and his words are nice. Although there are often many problems and it seems that some young man elopes with a woman, but there is no way to make people feel stupid disgust. I am willing to explain the matter to him every minute, and treat him like a big brother.

Going up to the second floor, the table was already full of wine and food, Zhang Bold sighed as usual, and said: "Brother Xiaoqi, you have spent money again, my brother loves to come to you to eat wine, and what I love is our brothers." Let's talk together happily, don't spend money so extravagantly in the future, just those things you brought out from home, with your method, within half a year, you will be more embarrassed than my brother and I."

Gu Baozhen waved his hands falsely, called Brother Zhang and the others to sit down, and said with a smile: "That's absolutely impossible, Brother Zhang, put your heart into your stomach, I, Qi, still have some money to buy my brother a few drinks , more or less."

"Hahaha, you little brother."

Everyone exchanged greetings, sat down to drink, and after drinking for three rounds, the topic was led to the capital by Gu Baozhen intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhang Daudao is a bit of an official in the garrison in Baozhou, and it is easy to get in touch with the news sent from the capital. He blushed and said to the curious little brother: "Little Seven Brothers, don't go there now." In the capital city, although the leather business is doing well now, the place in the capital city cannot be visited right now.”

"How do you say that? Didn't Big Brother Zhang say the day before yesterday that the capital strictly controls entry and exit, and made a strange glass greenhouse, and my younger brother has little talent and learning, and he wants to go there and experience it."

"The time has passed, little brother, let's go next time. Now the capital is full of turmoil, and the gods are fighting, and the team of the Huns has just arrived in the capital. As soon as they arrived, they went directly to the palace to face the saint, and directly boasted about his sister. That is, the Xiongnu princess must marry the crown prince, otherwise we won’t talk about the marriage.” Zhang Boldly said in a low voice, “The Huns are all crazy beasts, brother, I heard from my grandfathers in my hometown that they fought against the Huns in the previous dynasty. When the Huns captured the city, there was no one left alive. You can pry away the crops, granaries, gold, silver and jewels, and even the jeweled necklaces inlaid on the stone lions. You say Is it great or not?"

Gu Baozhen's smile disappeared, but there was a slight worry on his brows: "What does the Xiongnu Shanyu look like? He is too rude when he speaks."

"Isn't it? It is said that the appearance is the same as most Huns, with a woman's face, but there is a long scar on the left cheek, as if a centipede crawled on the face, it must not be very good-looking. " Zhang boldly said, took another sip of wine, and sighed, "By the way, Brother Xiaoqi, maybe we will return to Beijing in a day or two."

Gu Baozhen said with a look of reluctance: "Brother Zhang, are you looking for the thief, and you went back to report?" He simply asked the question knowingly.

"Where is it? I heard from Jingli that there is no need to look for it anymore. The fourth prince has found the corpse, so we should go back."

"...the Fourth Prince found it..." Gu Baozhen muttered to himself.

"Hey, God is jealous of talents."

The topic fell on the prince, if he talked too much, if he was reported, he might be punished for a crime of disrespect, so everyone talked and talked about the current price of coal and fur in the city.

Fur needless to say, used to be a luxury bought by nobles. Coal is different. It should be affordable for small rich families in the past, but now the price of coal is changing every day. Can one tael of silver buy a small Baskets are a problem!

"This year... I don't know how many people will freeze to death again..."

"Frozen to death?" Gu Baozhen looked over, but his eyes were empty.

"Because of the severe drought in the past few years, the weather has warmed up, and now the weather has become so cold, naturally large numbers of people will freeze to death. In the previous dynasty, many people would freeze to death every winter. This is a common occurrence." Zhang boldly explained.

"How can this be a common thing? Didn't the imperial court donate more coal? It should be." Gu Baozhen remembered that the adults under the fourth brother were in charge of this matter. Although coal mining is not much every year, there is always more or less Give everyone benefits like opening a warehouse to release grain. It’s not winter yet, and coal is so scarce. When winter comes and it really starts to get cold, how will everyone live?

Zhang Boldly heard that the little seven brothers were not afraid of misfortunes coming out of their mouths, and quickly explained, saying: "This relief may be relief, but whether the relief has come to Baozhou or not is uncertain. States and counties are also prioritized."

"Besides, the weather is cold this year, and coal mining is more difficult than in the past. Waiting for the imperial court to provide relief, it is better for everyone to go up the mountain to cut firewood."

"Anyway, it's just a winter. Baozhou is backed by mountains, and behind it is a large area of ​​bushes and vegetation, which can always live. No, when I was patrolling recently, I saw many firewood sellers walking through the streets and alleys, and many farmers also I went up the mountain by myself, and it was quite lively."

Hearing this, Gu Baozhen suddenly had a bad feeling for some reason.A country like Shuguo, which strictly controls coal, wants to survive the Little Ice Age. In addition to protecting crops and producing vegetables in greenhouses, it must also keep people warm!

For things like coal, there are only two open-pit coal mines in the country for contractors to mine, because this is a rare thing, and it is a necessity like salt, so every time it is mined, half of it must be handed over to the national treasury for backup. The remaining half is sold to the public, and the proceeds must be taxed at 30.00%. Under such pressure, the price of coal can be imagined to be high, but no matter how high it is, there are still people who want to buy it.

If there is no place to buy even coal in the future, illegal charcoal-burning workshops will emerge in endlessly, and wood will become a tight commodity. Will the mountains be bare within two years?When the Ice Age passes, all it takes is a rainstorm, and all the places that rely on the mountains will be submerged in the loess. Baozhou City is particularly dangerous. It is backed by high mountains, unlike the capital city, where most of the mountains and forests are carved up by the family and the royal family. , the common people did not dare to move casually, and the aristocrats of the aristocratic families had plenty of money, so they would not let people chop firewood to keep warm, so the difficult thing was to stay away from those places in the capital.

When the local parental officials see that their people are about to freeze to death, of course they will not stop the people from going up the mountain to cut firewood.

Gu Baozhen bit his fingernails and said anxiously: "No, how can we exploit the trees on the mountain? If you don't restrain yourself, it will be over with a heavy rain!" Anything can be too much.

Thinking about it, we should vigorously develop the coal mining industry and the oil industry. Industry is king!

In the past, Gu Baozhen felt that the common people were almost full enough to satisfy their spiritual world, but now that they eloped, they found that the lives of the people in the Shu Kingdom were not as busy as he imagined, where they could read books all day long...

Life always gives people a test. After the drought passes, there will be the Little Ice Age. This era is still in the stage of urgent development. He must make this era able to withstand more challenges in the future. By that time, there is no need If he popularizes education, people will probably follow the flow of learning to pursue spiritual pleasure, and then use the knowledge they have learned to repay and protect his country.

"How can it be so scary? Brother Seven, you are too worrying, but it's only one winter, and you won't be able to cut down the entire mountain without a blade of grass."

Gu Baozhen shook his head, the impending Little Ice Age has not been widely announced by the imperial court, one is to avoid causing panic, and the other is to report a glimmer of hope that such a long night will not come.

After drinking and eating, the worried Gu Baozhen bid farewell to Brother Zhang and the others, and went back with a jug of wine alone, to the upper room he rented in the inn.

In the room, Bo Yanliang, who was dressed as a woman, was sitting by the window reading a book, holding the scroll with her bony hands, but her eyes did not fall on the words at all, as if she was in a trance, her eyelashes moved slightly, and she was keenly aware of someone came back.

Before Gu Baoyu went in, he heard Wangcai chirping in the room, so as soon as he walked in inexplicably, he hugged Wangcai who came to hug him, and put the jug on the table while asking Bo Yanliang : "Wangcai is calling, why don't you hug him?"

Bo Yanliang's eyes were cold, he glanced at the young jackal, and his tone was dissatisfied, with the taste of a resentful woman: "You know you care about him, why don't you care about me?"

Gu Baozhen twitched the corners of his mouth, sat next to Bo Yanliang, smiled flatteringly, and said sweetly, "I'm just talking casually, don't I care about you? I know you can't casually follow me now." I went out, so I was in a bad mood, and I made a special trip to buy your favorite daughter Hong. You also smiled, look at you, you scared our Wangcai, and your voice is hoarse, bad father."

Only then did Bo Yanliang reluctantly get off the couch, walked to the table, no need to use a wine glass, raised his head to the mouth of the flagon and took a sip, his movements were chic, it can be seen that he is a veteran who is used to drinking boldly.

Gu Xiaoqi saw that Shuai had been coaxed well, and sighed secretly, feeling that now he is quite like married, and his wife just gave birth to a second child, wishing to accompany him every day, but he has to run business outside every day, Tired to death all day long, a hard-working office worker who has to coax his wife when he comes back.

Gu·Office Worker·Baozhen: Why didn't you realize that Bo Anliang is so clingy before you got married?How nice and gentle Xiaoshuai was when they lived together.