Chapter 1 1. I am now entering Edo with my body
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Anyone who understands it, this writer has traveled through time for the first time again!
There is no nonsense. The writer is now reviewing the original owner’s old account. Let’s not mention anything else. Today, I’m traveling around. Where did God send us a gift?
Edo!
In December of 1840 AD, Edo, this was the end of the 11th year of the Japanese Emperor Hitoshi Tsubasa. It was also the 20th year of Emperor Daoguang, who was known as the "Frugality No. 1 in the World", the next door. If nothing unexpected happens, the British will capture Hong Kong Island in a few days and announce the opening of Hong Kong.
Of course, this is not something we can interfere or need to pay attention to. What we should be more concerned about is what to eat for the next meal today or tomorrow? Or is there anything you can eat?
There is no doubt that the original owner who traveled through time did not even have the word Miao. The layman's name is Tadaoyoumon, who is sixteen years old this year. As for why he talks about layman's name, it is because he has been working as a monk for the past fifteen years. As for now, due to some changes, he has temporarily returned to secular life and has become a "citizen".
It is said that it is a citizen, but in fact, he cannot hold his hands and shoulders. He has been living a life of nothing for half a year and has not done anything, so he has to rely on savings to live a life. If he insists on giving an appropriate adjective, it is obviously inappropriate for the people of the town, and "dead home" is more appropriate in a sense.
Looking at the Ukie-e with a jade rabbit trembling slightly, a half-exposed blue jade, a crescent-shaped collarbone and white shoulders, Tadaoemon felt a little laughed in his heart.
You are also a flower monk!
Fortunately, there was nothing crumpled into a ball of straw paper on the side, otherwise we would have to doubt whether this kid had a meat early, and the infinite possibilities of a certain dish in the future would be greatly reduced.
His eyes were difficult to leave from Ukiyoe. After all, this Ukiyoe was big and white, which was quite eye-catching. Tadaoemon was a little worried. The original boy was a flower monk who didn't understand economics. After leaving the temple and entering the flower world, he spent 70% to eight hours of his savings. Now he calculated the scattered copper coins and a few 2 cents of gold all over his body, which was only 2 taels at the top.
Obviously, when I came out of the temple more than half a year ago, I had a huge sum of 40 taels. In addition to buying one of the long houses and spending twelve taels, the remaining 26 taels actually cost the brat six months.
You should know that at the age of twelve, I started to attend various Dharma Assembly, knock on bowls and sing scriptures. After more than three years, the food and accommodation expenses were all in the temple. In addition, the original monk who lived in the residence and served as a 15 tael of private money was given by the original monk since he was a child, so he had such a huge sum of money. If he had a good business operation, he could have lived a well-off life.
Speaking of this, I can’t help but miss the wonderful time in the temple. I don’t spend money on food and accommodation, and I don’t spend money on clothes, shoes and socks. Unless I have to customize other clothes, I can get hundreds of dollars in a monthly share.
All the monks in the temple benefited from it and made money according to their level. In addition to making money, the so-called senior brothers said before that there are also the benefits of young female pilgrims and cute little novice monks, which are not worthy of being told by outsiders.
Wait, could we also be the illegitimate son of the old monk who lives in the resident position?
Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk, the circle is so messy, there is nothing to say about Tadaoemon, it doesn't matter whether it is any more important. The old monk who lived in the resident office had passed away more than half a year ago. The mantra that was originally said to be passed on to his family was mixed up. A few bad things in the temple bullied the original owner, a young man who was not familiar with the world. He only said that the old monk's property should be distributed to you, but his residence needs to be discussed in the temple and then recommended it publicly.
The silly boy actually wrote it, and he was determined to win it. After all, before the old monk died, he had told a few brothers who fooled him that he wanted to pass it on to him. But this was only the only sentence. Even if the old monk was angry, he would not have any evidence. Judging from their meaning, even the old monk's private property was unwilling to give Tadaemon the private property, which was like digging a grave that was extremely rare!
A bunch of old men, very bad!
After touching my forehead, which is no longer naked, I will not say this for the time being. It will take only three or five months in Edo Castle at most. It is not easy to live in the capital. If you don’t find a way to get some money, you will be out of order in a short while.
The matter in the temple is not yet resolved, Tadaoemon is not the foolish boy he used to be. Although he is not a person of inspiration now, he is always better than before.
He put the money in his purse and threw it aside casually. There was no fire in the house, and he had almost never started fire. He didn't look like a family that could steal things. What's more, people who live in "long houses" who are similar to government affordable housing, who would have thought that they were once a rich man with a huge sum of forty taels of gold.
The sky gradually darkened, and his stomach naturally started to scream. No matter what you do, it's the best place to eat. There is definitely no one at home that can cushion your belly, and Tadaemon remembers this clearly.
Tenbo Nian was not a good year in the Edo era. The terrifying Tenbo Famine took away millions of lives. Even Edo, the capital, did not recover from the terrifying famine. There were probably few families with overnight food.
As for the shogunate relief? Adult men give rice five rice in ten days. It’s right. They give rice five rice in ten days, less than two pounds. Women even less, only three and a half. Just this little rice is not enough to drink porridge every day, let alone eating full.
When the famine was at its worst, Tadaoemon was in the temple and had never been hungry, but it did not mean that he did not know the terrifying scene inside and outside Edo Castle at that time. When the famine was at its worst, Osaka Hirahachiro even launched an uprising, leading hungry farmers and townsmen to attack wealthy shops and government offices.
There were also continuous rice turmoil in Edo, and the shogunate had to send troops to suppress the situation to stabilize the situation. If the people had not started to make trouble, they would not have even distributed the five-day rice. Anyway, the people were all leeks, one by one. As long as the roots were not broken, they would be like the weeds in spring. The weather would warm up slightly and would be able to emerge again.
Farmers are just sesame seeds, and the more they hold, the more oil they get!
Just as I was thinking about going out to find a place to eat, I drank a large scoop of cold water and curled up in the quilt for a night, someone knocked on the door. I thought I had an appointment tonight, so Tadaoemon got up. Except for two taels of liang, the most valuable thing in the whole room was the 30-yuan Ukiyoe. There was nothing to do if I didn't want to open the door.
We have no enemies, and the senior brothers in the temple only think that Tadaoemon is a fool, and they don't take Tadaoemon seriously at all, so they won't have to spend a lot of money to buy murderers under Edo Castle.
Chapter completed!