[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the government is only responsible for paying the salaries of officials. As for the salaries of government officials, whoever hires them pays, and Lao Zhu's family does not bear the extra expenses.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the money he paid was already worthy of the job. As for the lack of ability of the employees, it has nothing to do with him to ask for help.

Therefore, the wages paid by temporary workers like Mu Bai are completely paid by the officials themselves.But to be reasonable, everyone knows that everything is difficult at the beginning, especially when this newly established administrative management organization is in short supply.

In this case, sending only two people would be an underestimation of the workload here.

Reminiscent of Daming throwing Liuguan to Guizhou next door at every turn... Hmm.

"It seems so difficult to be an official in Daming." Mu Bai stared at the booth in front of him, his and his brother's four eyes were almost glued to the booth that was turning each other upside down so that the firewood could evenly roast the milky yellow pieces. The stick is on.

Seduced by bursts of tangy aroma and bubbles from the top of the little milk tablet, Mu Bai felt that his rationality and thinking ability were going to fly away with the little black smoke, and he didn't know what he said.

The bearded official who came over to take out the money choked when he heard this, and he glanced at the child who seemed to be staring at the baking pan seriously.

The boy from Yunnan, wearing a small cloth hat, and his younger brother who was holding hands were full of anticipation and covetousness.Judging from his expression, he looked like an ordinary gluttonous kid. The official was a little unsure whether he just said that casually, or if he saw his intention to sell miserably.

but……

He quietly glanced at the young man who was one step behind the two brothers. The expression of this young man who was dragged over by nothing was very indifferent, as if he hadn't heard anything, but the officials didn't dare to take the other party's attitude as acquiescence. After all, this is the eldest son of Xiping Hou Muying, the deputy general of the Southern Conquest Army - Mu Chun, who is also the future Xiping Hou.

If this identity is not considered important enough, he still has a hidden identity, that is the righteous grandson of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty.

His father, Mu Ying, was Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son. Zhu Yuanzhang had many adopted sons in his life, but Mu Ying was undoubtedly the one with the most special status.

When Mu Ying was still young, he was brought up by Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still a small leader of the rebel army at that time.At that time, the prince Zhu Biao was not yet born, so it can be said that Mu Ying occupied all the love of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma for a long time.

After that, after the princes of Lao Zhu's family were born one by one, Mu Ying also played the role of big brother for a long time.

Especially the prince Zhu Biao, who was born at the time when Zhu Yuanzhang's power expanded, so this righteous brother who was ten years older than him took on the important task of taking care of his younger brother.

The key to such a person who is close to the emperor, queen and prince is courage and strategy. He did not rely on nepotism, but actually relied on the merits of the Western Expedition to Tibet to win the title of Marquis.

This Marquis of Xiping, who is only in his thirties, actually brought his eldest son to the battlefield. It seems that he recognized his son's talents and carefully cultivated him as his heir. This may be the future battlefield killer.

In front of this person, officials dare not speak nonsense.

The bearded official coughed, implying that Daming's treatment is actually very good. Although everyone's salary is not high, it is not enough to be frugal at all, and small tickets will be issued during the holidays. After the banknotes are issued, a document will be issued to praise them, which is also very face-saving in front of the folks.

As for being an official, the most important thing is to see what you can bring to Daming, not what you can get.For example, he is an official left over from the previous dynasty. Oh, the officialdom in Dayuan was dark at that time, let alone fishing in troubled waters, it was looking for a pen in the ink pen jar, and he couldn't even touch it.

When you meet some officials, you will be in the same boat, but he is different. He has ideals and dreams, so he resigned and returned to his hometown. It was not until Emperor Hongwu asked the village to recommend Maocai that he became an official again.

Although Emperor Hongwu doesn't pay much, he can get happiness and a sense of accomplishment!

Is there anything more important than happiness in this world?

Amidst the official's boastful talk, Mu Bai joyfully took over the baked milk fan from the stall owner.

The shape of the milk fan with rose sauce in the middle looks like a baked rice cake.Fearing that the heat would be trapped inside, Mu Bai blew several breaths on it, and handed the breast fan to Mu Wen, who was blinking with big eyes and looking forward to it after it had cooled slightly.

After Mu Xiaowen took the food, he imitated his elder brother's "huhu" and blew, and then saw the child happily holding up the bamboo stick and poking it in front of Mu Bai: "Brother, eat first."

Oh oh oh!This is Kong Rong Rangli!

The officials who had done some moral baptism for themselves couldn't help but feel relieved when they saw this. They didn't expect to see such a scene of brotherhood and respect in this remote and uneducated place where barbarians gather. It shows that human nature is kind!

Just when the officials thought that Mu Bai would push back and let his younger brother eat first, Mu Xiaobai directly opened his mouth "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" and bit off a big piece.

Official: 囧

Wait, aren't you humbled?Why, why did you really eat it?

Mu Wen himself is not surprised by this situation, as it is a habit in their family.

In Mubai's words, it is to let children know the price they have to pay for each behavior, know what they are doing and what price they may pay, and be willing to bear the price. This is the essence of "letting".

After discovering that Confucian enlightenment books are full of various "good people and good deeds" and moral education, Mu Bai changed his attitude towards his younger brother's education.

Every time Mu Wen learned some traditional Confucian virtue stories and followed them, the unscrupulous elder brother would show his younger brother what is called the dark side of society.

Learn from Kong Rong?Then eat the pear immediately.Learn Huangxiang warm seat?Then go to sleep without hesitation.Like Wang Xiang lying on the ice?Then lift it up and give it a spanking—the little cub is lying on the ice, do you want to die?If you don't have points for yourself, you have to beat him up.

For Mr. Wang's euphemistic criticism, Mu Bai is very eloquent: "It is impossible for Mu Wen to meet good people in the future, and it is impossible to always have someone who can be grateful for his dedication and humility. People who make progress in this society will always There will be more."

"What's more, if you don't know what will happen to you, don't know the pros and cons, and just blindly follow the behavior in the propaganda story, it's not humility, it's just a poor and stupid imitation." At that time, the Mubai boy was coaxing The younger brother who was not happy because of being spanked, but he explained to the old man very seriously: "The reason why a saint is a saint is because he is very clear about the consequences of his every action, and he is still willing. do it."

"Although for the country, there is no harm in having more people who follow the example. After all, the social atmosphere is better, but I hope that my brother is a person who knows what he is doing and what he will pay for every decision he makes. people, instead of being coaxed by benevolence and filial piety to do it in a daze.”

The young man pursed his lips and smiled, his dimples gleaming under the candlelight: "To be a good person, you have to be a clearly good person. To be filial? I don't care for emotions that don't come from the heart."

The old man didn't say anything about what the students said, but he expressed his attitude with practical actions. The next day, Mu Bai received a large number of textbooks and began to accept the flushing of knowledge.

Children who have strange ideas are mostly free. Mr. Wang stroked his beautiful beard and said calmly: "I don't want to give up a beating, so let him recite some books to wash his brain."

Even so, Mr. Wang did not interfere with his education methods, and the Mu family's strange education methods continued.

In fact, Mu Xiaowen didn't know that there had been any disputes about his education. He was really not a stingy child, and he never cared about sharing half of the food with his elder brother.Therefore, after half of the breast fan that had been greedy for a long time was bitten off by his brother, Mu Wen still took it back with joy.

After seeing his elder brother gesture to him that it was delicious, he immediately opened his mouth wide and bit on the breast fan. After chewing a few mouthfuls, he showed the same happy expression as his elder brother.

"Delicious!" The child gave a big thumbs-up, and said sweetly and crisply, "Sweet!"

Rose sauce is a local specialty, but this is what foreigners say. In fact, the locals actually prefer to call it rose sugar.

Even in Kunming, which is like spring all the year round, the best roses are still the spring flowers in April and May every year. At this time, the local people will pick fresh roses to pickle and cook sauce before the sun gets stronger, because each family The taste of rose sauce is also very different due to different preferences and techniques.

The family's rose sugar that Mu Bai and the others are eating now is marinated with sugar and honey, so the flower fragrance is extremely strong.

The baked milk fan is crispy and soft, the outer layer of the thin slice is pre-cooled and hardened, but the middle still tastes like glutinous rice.The rose sauce is warmed by the milk fan, and the aroma becomes more intense. One bite is like eating it in spring.

Mu Bai secretly decided to add rose sauce to the shopping list. This thing can't be bought on Mangbu Road. He has a hunch that Mr. Wang will also like its taste.

I just don’t know if I can bring a breast fan... Well, the weather is going to get warmer soon, so if I want to bring a breast fan, I’m afraid I have to hurry up.

There are only three breast fans, and the two brothers soon continued to look at the stall eagerly.Under the scorching gaze, the stall owner moved quickly, and the second roasted milk fan didn't keep them waiting for too long.

But the two Mu brothers didn't take any. Mu Bai tugged Mu Chun by the sleeve and pushed him to the side of the stall. He ordered some sugar in a small box with great anticipation, and asked him to choose a version dipped in icing sugar. The attitude of the test subject is obvious.

"Sugar..." Mu Chun looked a little hesitant, but under the expectant eyes of the two children, he still obeyed their request, and ordered the small box containing the sugar grains.

Then, seeing the stall owner smiling at him, he reached out and grabbed a handful of granulated sugar in a local language, sprinkled it with his big hand, and smeared a layer of small amber crystals on the milk fan.This is the treatment that can only be given to the place of origin of sugar cane. Even in Daming, granulated sugar is a precious seasoning that will not appear in small stalls.

"He said you have vision." Mu Bai stared at the roasted breast fan held up by Mu Chun without blinking, his dark eyes were full of encouragement, "It is said that this is also a local special way of eating, hurry up try."

"Try it!" Mu Wen also blinked, looking forward to it.

And just when Mu Chun blew on the fiery breast fan and was about to put it in his mouth, a burst of noise broke the warmth.

The current administrative center of Yunnan is the original Prince Liang's Mansion. As the local "Emperor of Earth", the basic buildings of Prince Liang's Mansion are extravagant. The avenue at the entrance alone is eight feet wide.

What is the concept?It can be used by eight carriages to drive side by side, and there is a special lane in the middle for Liang Wang's carriage.

By the way, this lane is being trampled by Mu Bai and the others.

After the Ming army arrived here, half of the main road at the entrance was requisitioned to build a greenhouse for the collection and preprocessing of documents from various places.

Originally specially paved with masonry, the special main road used to distinguish it from the surrounding rammed earth roads has become the dividing line between offices and civil buildings.

After discovering that the Ming army was generally friendly and curious about the local area in Yunnan, the local people quickly discovered a huge business opportunity and began to set up stalls outside the original Liangwang Mansion.

It took only five days from the earliest small vegetable stalls with strong mobility to the long list of snack streets that can be opened now.

It can't be blamed on the local people's nerves, but it can only be blamed on Daming's soldier brother who is too rich, and the handkerchief he gave out casually is made of silk. The profit is so huge, who can resist the temptation.

But now, with the brick and stone road under Mu Bai and the others’ feet as the boundary, in front of them are smiling Yunnan traders who solicit customers in unfamiliar Chinese, and behind them are prison cars, and Prisoners who bound their hands and were escorted by soldiers.

These prisoners are not qualified to walk through the gate, so the eyes of the two sides met for only a moment, but at the moment when the eyes intersected, Mu Bai met a pair of dark eyes.

The owner of the eyes is a boy about his age. He is covered in dust, his hair is scattered and his eyes are restrained, but there is no expression in his eyes.

The majestic and tall Prince Liang Mansion cast a shadow under the sunlight, drawing an invisible boundary between Mu Bai's group and the group of prisoners over there.

On that side, it was twilight.