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419 The feet of the Ming Dynasty

The white-famous crane of Mochou naturally saw it, and I didn’t really look at it carefully back then. It’s not that Mochou refused to let it go, but that he didn’t have the chance.

This is the first time Mochou's shoes are watching the white crane at such a close distance.

If calculated by size, it should be the same size as the modern child’s shoes of about 26. According to the modern algorithm, it is eighteen centimeters.

In the Ming Dynasty, women's feet will not be easily seen by men, and some women will not let their feet even their own men see them.

Mo Chou said again: "When it comes to feet, Qinghe's feet were a military officer's family when she was a child. Although she was a small military officer, her feet were not wrapped tightly. She missed the time because she had a lawsuit. Hers was bigger than me. Ours were all extremely poor. More than four inches were iron, four inches were silver, and three inches were gold."

Mo Chou said that three inches is gold, which refers to three inches of golden lotus.

"The north is not tightly entangled, and the daughters of small families still have to work, so they dare not be too tight. If they don't work a year, they can't bear it. The tightest entanglements are the wealthy families in Shu, and the second is that they have heard that Shanxi has become more and more powerful recently. The loosest entanglements are not counted in Liaodong, but Shaanxi and Gansu, and Guangdong. Of course, Jiangnan did not tangle very much in the Yuan Dynasty!"

(Note: I have really seen real foot binding when I was a child. Three inches are too evil, but five or six inches really have it)

Bai Minghe has noticed Sun Yuanjun's feet, and his toes are somewhat deformed, which can be said to be long and fixed. In other words, Mochou's feet are as big as three inches.

Mo Chou told Bai Minghe again: "The trend of foot-wrapped in Jiangnan has been changing recently, but it is still wrapped around, but it is not so tight. I heard from Qinghe that it is because the workshop is working, and the foot can't stand for long. Whether it is yarn spinning or weaving spinning, it is not enough to hold the foot, which makes the trend change."

"So, what about those?"

"The real golden lotus, they can't even walk on the road, and they need someone to carry them. It can be said that even if you let them go, you will throw yourself to death if you can't starve to death. You can walk ten steps, even if they walk too much." Mo Chou's news is accurate, she has been to Jiaosifang in person.

Seeing that Bai Minghe did not respond, Mo Chou said even more ruthlessly.

"They have read some essay books, but they don't know many words. They can recite a few lewd poems and songs, can't calligraphy and painting, can't even wear women's clothes. Let's talk about something that makes you feel uncomfortable. When no one cares about it at first, you can't even fix the big slap, and your body is full of stench. Not to mention that you are dealing with your menstrual affairs, you are so disgusting!"

The white-famous crane was silent. Such a rich daughter is really speechless.

"Save them alive, wash them clean, and arrange for the maid to take care of them. It's just that they still have the value of staying!"

"What's the value?" Bai Minghexin said. According to Mochou, they will be at the same level as parasites. What value does it have?

Mo Chou smiled sweetly: "That body is very beautiful and his skin is well maintained. I keep Red Pills and wait for the young master to pick them, and then with their life experience, they can earn at least ten years of money, and that's it."

Bai Minghe ignored Mochou and took out a cigar himself.

Mo Chou continued to tempt: "That soft young master will definitely like it!"

"You go and have someone bring paper and pen."

Mochou smiled badly, but he became more and more convinced of Wan Xueer's words. Bai Minghe is an excellent person, and the one he is most unwilling to do is bully the weak, and he is also very kind to women.

The pen and ink were delivered soon. Bai Minghe stood up and went to the desk. After thinking for a while, he picked up the pen and started writing.

Soon, two copies were written. When Wang Cheng was writing the third copy, he came back, holding the horse ticket in his hand and spent two taels of silver. At least he didn't care much about winning or losing. He just found an excuse to go out and not disturb Bai Minghe and Mo Chou's conversation.

After coming in, I saw Bai Minghe writing something and stood by and watched.

"Sir, add another one, ban!"

"It's reasonable!" Bai Minghe added another one at the back and sorted out the three pieces: "The three pieces are ordered to allow the workshop to recruit female workers, but there are age restrictions, and they are not allowed to recruit them below the sixteenth. Regardless of men and women, they are not allowed to recruit them below the three. Then there is a female worker regulations, such as men and women who cannot force heavy work in menstruation or other work restricted by doctors. This third piece is the rules of the workshop male workers and female workers. As you said just now, male workers in non-official affairs are not allowed to talk to female workers on their own initiative."

Wang Cheng took over: "In fact, there is no such regulation. Now many workshops have recruited many female craftsmen!"

Wang Cheng investigated that some living female workers are better than male workers, especially on yarn machines and looms, which are definitely the advantageous types of female workers. There are also natural advantages in copying, verification, and especially polishing some fine objects.

"This was sent to the six ministries in Nanjing. After it was improved, it began to be implemented in Jiangnan. Then I wrote to the capital and considered promoting it in various provinces. To put it bluntly, I dare not say anything about the foot-binding rules, but it is not good. I understand you and I know it in my heart." Bai Minghe directly explained his intention.

Wang Cheng nodded: "The women in our Dongchang will not tie their feet around, and they will not kill people if they wrap their feet around. Those poor farmers don't tie their feet too much. How can they work with their feet? Are they sinking deeper in the mud when planting rice seedlings than others?"

Bai Minghe laughed loudly after hearing this: "What a sentence that is so deep in the mud."

Bai Minghe also knew that most of the female members of various garrisons did not tie their feet. Moreover, Empress Taizu Ma did not tie her feet, which made the Ming Dynasty's foot-binding customs change greatly compared to the Song Dynasty, but there were still many people who tie their feet to be more beautiful, but they did not tie their feet to three inches.

Bai Minghe also remembers that in Guanzhong, the Bai clan, most of the women's feet are about five to six inches, and a few are seven inches.

Wang Cheng asked again: "So, what should those people do?"

"Give me some time, three days!" Bai Minghe also had to consider how to deal with it.

Wang Cheng nodded: "This matter is always something that needs to be done. You can't let Jiaosifang break the rules. After a long time, others will be unable to take care of it."

After saying that, Wang Cheng left with the ones written by Bai Minghe.

The content written by Baiminghe is nothing, such as insurance, labor insurance, pregnancy protection, etc.

The times have determined that nothing can be too advanced, but just step by step. Just as the custom of foot binding cannot be abolished immediately, it always takes a process.

Historically, foot binding began to be popular in the mid-Ming Dynasty, and there were different styles of foot binding across the country. Not only did it have styles, but there were also rich theoretical knowledge that each province and region had different differences. In the Qing Dynasty, it even reached a very crazy level.

During the Ming Dynasty, wealthy families were still tied around their feet. In the Qing Dynasty, no matter how rich or poor they were, they tied around their feet.

If you want to find a scientific theory for foot binding, when foot binding people walk, the weight of their whole body is concentrated on the heels, and every step they take will affect the waist and hips. Over time, it will affect the pelvis, the waist and hips are developed, and the pelvis becomes larger. The probability of difficult labor becomes smaller. This is also a reason for the underdeveloped ancient medicine and the dysfunction of labor will be dysfunctional.

Of course, this is a scientific statement. There are also unscientific things, which are nothing more than upward and downward effects, three obediences and four virtues, and the pathological aesthetics of the scholar-official class.

Even great writers like Su Dongpo once wrote: It is difficult to say it is difficult to see it from your palm.”

Some people even formulated seven standards for the beauty of small feet: thin, small, pointed, curved, fragrant, soft, and straight, and summarized the "seven beauties" of small feet: shape, quality, talent, spirit, fat, soft, and beautiful. They are really profound and ridiculous.

Bai Minghe never thought about changing everything. Whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the modern era, there was always a reason for customs.

In fact, in the workshops in Nanjing, many young girls who were young in the age of working on wiring and packaging had loosened their feet, and many women also experienced the disadvantages of walking with their feet. However, when they went home, they also loosened their daughter's foot binding cloth.

At least some people already understand that don’t let your foot bones deform, and you won’t be able to make money if you can’t do your work.

Mochou didn't know what confidentiality was. After leaving Baiminghe's sect, he immediately sent his close confidants to Baima Pavilion. Although he had no connection with the Bai Mansion in name, of course this was just the external. Bai Mansion still admitted Mo Chou's token, and her maid directly found Wan Xueer.

After being injured for a hundred days, Wan Xueer is still recuperating now.

After hearing what Mo Chou said, Wan Xueer also smiled and asked Bai Hu to tell Sun Yuanjun the news again.

"My husband is still a very kind person in the end. But..." When Sun Yuanjun said that, a murderous intent also appeared in his eyes. No one from the Ming Dynasty, especially the nobles, did not understand the theory of life and death. Sun Yuanjun believed that if the white-named crane was defeated and fell into the hands of the enemy, no one would be kind to them.

Sun Yuanjun pulled the corner of his skirt and went out from the side door of Baima Pavilion to a small courtyard.

There are people from Dongchang guarding this gate, and the name is the accounting department of the Haisi Yamen. In fact, few people here understand the accounts.

In the main room of the inner courtyard, a gentle middle-aged man wearing a blue Confucian shirt was looking through the case files. Several scholars with only inches of hair were sorting out the case files. A thin old man wearing a flower shirt was checking out the case files compiled by these scholars and then sending them to the elegant middle-aged man.

There was another old man sitting aside drinking tea.

"Brother Lao Fu, the market in the building is bullish. Should I report this to the young master?" The person who spoke was Hu Xiu. He believed that he was already shameless, so he became a master of Bai Minghe. Bai Fu was sitting there drinking tea. He was not following these people, but waiting for information.

A report about the Korean people in the Li family, the nobles asked the idle men to steal the New Year rewards sent to the Korean people by the Ming Dynasty.

The information has arrived, but has not been sorted out yet, so Bai Fu is waiting here.

Bai Fu took it and looked at it and said, "Mr. Hu, don't bother the young master like this."

"Originally, the middle and lower-class yards spent overnight, and fifty pieces of money were almost the same. Now the prostitution costs 100 cents. This matter is not conducive to the stability of Nanjing City." Hu Xuan believed that this matter was definitely not a trivial matter.
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