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"Master." The round-nosed boy held up a broken bowl, his face was covered with tears and snot from crying, the blouse he was wearing was covered in mud, his fingers were red from the cold, he hiccupped and couldn't speak smoothly. , "No, no, hiccup, don't give, hiccup..."

Seeing that the little guy was about to cry out, Lin Yuan quickly said, "Come and sit down."

As he said that, Lin Yuan unfolded the shabby quilt he was wearing, and hugged the boy inside. It was very windy in the shabby temple, and their master and servant relied on this shabby quilt to keep warm from the cold.

It has been a week since Lin Yuan came through, and he hasn't moved much during this week, he really can't move.

The original owner was the son of a landlord in the north. This landlord owned a large property and had a long-term vision, but he couldn’t get away with his great fortune in the local area, so he found his only son and gave him a large sum of money to send him to the south. Go to buy some property, buy some land, rent tenants, and buy a Zhuangzi. If the situation in the north is not good in the future, the family will also have a destination to escape.

However, the old landlord had calculated thousands of times, and he didn't realize that his son was a fool.

It's really silly and sweet. When I left, I took a boy and a coachman with me, and told my father that if you bring too many people, you will be prone to disaster. Moreover, the north is not stable now, and the family also needs people. , just convinced the old man.

The original owner has read a lot of books, and a bunch of sages said it. When the father heard that it was a sage, come on, listen.

So the original owner embarked on a path of bad luck.

The boy is 12 years old, and he is still imaginary. The three master and servant grew up in the yard since they were young.

Someone on the side of the road knelt down and asked for something, and the original owner gave everything he could, but he was targeted.

The coachman was strong and strong, and he voluntarily held back the gangster, but no one knew whether it was good or bad.

When Lin Yuan came through, all the valuable things on the original owner were robbed. Because of guilt and remorse, coupled with the cold weather, he caught a cold because he couldn't find a place to stay, that is, he had a cold and a fever.

Wind and cold were easy to kill in ancient times, not to mention that there was no cure or medicine, and the original owner just left.

Lin Yuan was also quite embarrassed. The original owner was actually only 14 years old. In ancient times, the life expectancy was short. A boy from an ordinary family would be able to support his family once he was 12 years old. It's a good thing, but it's a pity that the times don't give him the chance to be a good person.

The boy was already very cold, so he wiped away his tears and snot with the back of his hand, but he didn't wipe it clean, and his face looked even paler. He cried and said, "I can't get medicine."

This child has a solid eye. He was born in the Lin family, and he was educated to be loyal to his master. The so-called education is actually brainwashing. After more than ten years of washing, the fakes will become real.

"Then don't." Lin Yuan patted the boy's head and smiled bitterly: "It's okay, look at me, I'm almost fine."

Fortunately, the group of people who robbed were all civilians, and they only robbed money without hurting others, otherwise they would probably lose their lives now.

Lin Yuan has searched all the leftovers in the past few days. He doesn't believe that the Lin family only gave him silver ingots and bank notes. Before he went on a trip in modern times, he would hide some cash in the middle of his shirt. How could he not be prepared in this era? ?

However, I searched everything I could, and found nothing.

The boy didn't cry anymore. After his emotional breakdown, he realized that he was embraced by the young master again. Since the accident, their master and servant ran away in a hurry and only hugged a quilt. Originally, the boy didn't touch the quilt. Yes, only to cover the young master, but after the young master wakes up, he always wraps him in his arms.

Thinking of this, the boy started to cry again, the young master is such a good person, why did God treat him so badly!

"It's all my fault!" The boy began to blame himself, and said regretfully, "The master told me to be careful, but I didn't live up to my expectations, and I even brought the young master into trouble! Oh, it's all my fault! I have no brains! Long white!"

As he said that, he struggled and wanted to raise his hand to slap himself.

Lin Yuan quickly grabbed his hand and patted him on the back. After experiencing such a thing, for a boy who is only ten years old, it is probably not much different from the sky falling. He comforted: "It's okay, we Isn't it good now?"

The boy's nasal voice was very heavy, and he said vaguely: "It's all my fault! It's all my fault!"

"Search carefully." Lin Yuan was about to search again, he took off his coat, and even his underwear, only wearing a pair of underwear, shivering from the cold, while looking for the interlayer.

The servants searched together. Although they searched for it every day, they were always worried that they hadn't searched carefully before.

During this period of time, the money for meals was all due to Lin Yuan asking the boy to be the only cotton-padded jacket on his body.

Lin Yuan wears cloth shoes, made by the landlord's wife and his mother's hands. The soles of the shoes are thick. I don't know how many stitches it takes to make this pair. They are warm under the feet in winter.

The original owner was born by a girl, not even a concubine. Being born these days is like passing through the gate of hell. His mother was only 15 years old when she gave birth to the child. She was already in poor health. up.

The original owner was taken to the side of the mistress to raise her. The mistress herself has no children. She is from a scholarly family and has no common hobbies with the landowner. It would be nice if the two of them didn’t look at each other, let alone raise a case. Well, I taught reading and literacy since I was a child.

Just because the original owner can write and count, and is a cultural person, his father thought that this son could stand alone, so he entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

When Lin Yuan found this paragraph in his memory, he was speechless. This father is good enough. Reading and doing practical things are obviously two different things!

At this moment, Lin Yuan had a flash of inspiration and took off his shoes. Fortunately, the original owner was young and it was winter. He didn't smell bad if he didn't change his shoes for so many days. Otherwise, Lin Yuan really couldn't do anything. He took out the insole , reached out and touched two.

"Master..." The servant said anxiously, "Why do you..."

He wants to ask why you are about to cry.

As a result, before he could ask, he saw the bank note that Lin Yuan took out.

In addition to the patterns and seals, the amount is also written on it - 200 taels.

It would be 20 guan in exchange for copper plates, which is a lot of money. The original owner's father only gave 500 taels in total, which still paid for everything the family could afford.

The mistress probably also took out the money she had put in the bottom of the box, just because she was afraid that something might happen to the original owner.

Motherly heart!

Lin Yuan, who is an orphan in modern times, has some feelings.

It seems that the task assigned by Father Lin will not be completed in the near future, first find an airtight place to live, and think about it after recovering from his illness.

As for doing business, Lin Yuan didn't even dare to think about it. He gave up after knowing that this was the Yuan Dynasty and the emperor on his head was Emperor Yuan Shun. He chose the right investment object and hugged Zhu Yuanzhang's thigh.

The results of it?Not long after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he was ransacked and exiled, greatly enriching the treasury.

Isn't He Shen behind him the same? Didn't Qianlong know that he was accumulating money and that he was greedy?

How much he greedy, didn't it all belong to Jiaqing later?

So Lin Yuan plans to honestly follow what Father Lin said, to buy some land—preferably remote, and don’t go to his own door in case of war, and then buy a house. Then the whole family will definitely have to come, and it will be big. One point, but also grain.

What is the most valuable in troubled times?Gold, silver and jewelry?Wrong, food.

During the war, the common people are the most tormented. The common people are unable to farm, and the output of food is naturally less and less.

"Master." The boy smiled silly, "Let's go change the money."

Lin Yuan still couldn't move around now, so he had to hand over the banknote to the servant, carefully reminding him: "Just take 50 taels, and exchange it for two bills, always one."

"Go tomorrow morning, go early." Lin Yuan looked at the sky that was getting dark, "It's not safe to go now."

The servant nodded immediately: "I listen to the young master!"

In the eyes of the boy, the literate young master is much smarter than himself, and the young master understands everything.

Before going to bed, Lin Yuan thought happily that when he finished his family business, he would be able to show his talents. Heroes will emerge in troubled times. At that time, he would follow in the footsteps of his predecessors and invent artillery, tanks, airplanes and so on. Search a crowd of younger brothers, maybe... maybe... hehe!

At this time, Lin Yuan hadn't realized that he was a liberal arts student, and the most creative job he had done in his life was repairing computers. He bought a new one before it was repaired, and almost spent his scholarship for this.

But people still have dreams.

Before dawn the next day, the boy poked his head out from under the quilt, and the cold wind was blowing outside. The ruined temple could neither shelter the wind nor the rain. Fortunately, it did not rain for more than a week, and there was no snow in the south, except It's a bit cold, but it's not difficult to travel. He rubbed his hands, feeling a little bit reluctant to part with the warm blanket.

However, the young man quickly cheered up. He thought that the young master could not walk now, and all his hopes were on his shoulders, so he felt a sense of pride and ambition.

Before he left, Lin Yuan asked: "If you meet gangsters, you can give them the banknotes, do you understand?"

The boy didn't understand, so he said, "I can't give it! It's all the young master's money!"

Lin Yuan explained: "If you don't give it to them, you can grab it. Have you ever snatched it? Compared with the two rounds, the other 48 taels is the bulk."

The boy bowed his head and said, "It's all my fault for being useless. If Brother Chen is still there, those people will definitely not be able to snatch Brother Chen..."

Speaking of Brother Chen, the coachman who voluntarily came out with the original owner, Lin Yuan also felt a little panicked.

Brother Chen is the nanny brother of the original owner, the nanny's child. He grew up with the original owner since he was a child. He is strong and strong, loyal, and has a very close relationship. When he was young, he still slept in the same bed, playing each other's little sparrows, and urinating with each other. far.

Brother Chen is five years older than the original owner, and he has no real name, everyone calls him Brother Chen, and the elders call him Niudan.

He let the original owner and the boy run away, and stayed behind to stop the victims.

act recklessly.

Lin Yuan sighed, the ancients were simple and honest, and they got what they believed in. If they changed places, Lin Yuan felt that it would be impossible for him to save others with his own life like him.

The Yuan Dynasty emphasized commerce and paid little attention to agriculture. Taxes were the lowest among all dynasties, and only merchants were taxed heavily.

However, the low taxation of the imperial court does not mean that officials from all over the country are clean and honest. They cannot live a luxurious life with their salaries, so they can only oppress the local people.

Now there are more and more miscellaneous taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the oppression from the landlord class is getting heavier and heavier. Many farmers in various places are struggling to survive, and they have become victims of disasters. flee.

Those disaster victims who stopped them and robbed them of their belongings may have been ordinary people who farmed the land honestly and were satisfied with a mouthful of food.

In order to survive, they indirectly killed a good person like the original owner.

When life is not guaranteed, all morality and etiquette must be left behind.

The author has something to say:

Regarding the Yuan Dynasty, Qiqi would like to talk a little bit about it, but there are still many debates.

The Yuan Dynasty's taxes on civilians can be regarded as the lowest among all dynasties, and there are many reasons for its demise.

One: "Pig teammate", Kublai Khan is very respectful of the Han culture, and the slogans he shouted all came from the "Book of Changes", but after his death, the officials were divided into two factions, one faction believed that the country should be governed by the method of the nation, One group believed that they should follow Kublai Khan's footsteps and use Confucianism to govern the country. Before Emperor Yuan Shun, there were 39 emperors changed in 9 years, and the strength of the Yuan Dynasty gradually weakened.

Two: It is the taxation issue. Although merchants are taxed heavily, merchants are limited after all. Big landlords are not counted among merchants, so many prefecture-level governments do not have enough money. Official salaries are low, and small officials do not have much salary. Income, oppressing the lower classes.

Three: Ethnic issues, this will not be explained in detail.

Four: The plague that broke out at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, which some scholars say is actually the Black Death in Europe - has not been proved by evidence.

Five: Banknotes, the emergence of a large number of banknotes has caused inflation, which is equivalent to an economic bubble. The poorer you are, the more you print, and finally the banknotes lose their function, so the protagonist is now going to exchange for silver, so that in troubled times, there will be money to use.

Six: Many farmers do not have their own land, like Zhu Yuanzhang, he is a cow herder. The cow belongs to the landlord, and the land planted by the family also belongs to the landlord. As long as the landlord takes it back, his family will be ruined.

There are many more that I won’t list, and there are several main reasons.

Also, Qiqi also researched the information by herself. After all, she is not a student of the history department, so it is difficult to achieve perfection. I will write it like this for now, so everyone can just take a look.

Reference materials include: "Explaining the Yuan Dynasty in detail", "Explaining the Dynasty in detail", "Things about the Ming Dynasty", "A Dictionary of Ancient Chinese Clothing", "The Way of Etiquette and Customs", "Common Sense of Ancient Culture", "Ancient Agriculture"

Other information comes from the Internet.

I hope you all enjoy watching.