"I called someone to ask."

Han Xin sat on the chair and said dejectedly: "Jinzhou Guancheng only needs one strange stone, Shuzhou only needs two, even the wealthy Suzhou and Hangzhou only need three or five pieces, but our Suzhou only needs ten pieces." ”

Qi Baobox became more and more angry, and at the same time worried: "What can I do about this?" We don't produce stone in Suzhou, where to get strange stones, the most productive thing in Suzhou is salt stone, this salt stone will be broken as long as it is knocked, and it can't be enjoyed at all, where do we go to grab stones? This is clearly deliberately embarrassing us. ”

"It's just embarrassing for us." Han Xin smiled bitterly: "If there is no strange stone, we have to pay tribute to horses, pay tribute to silver, pay tribute to beauties, this horse is better to say, these days we and Xidi have also exchanged some good horses, at most pick some good ones and send some, only this silver, how much tax do we collect in Suzhou after we are busy working in Suzhou for so many days?" I also said that I would take this money to train the soldiers, if they were all sent to Chang'an, but there would be no soldiers' salaries, and the soldiers would not give silver, that would be to eat people, and then the beauties, these locals in Suzhou, you go and take a look, one by one, not only thin, but also black, where to find beauty. ”

Han Xin was really embarrassed, and he wanted to hit the wall: "Since Suzhou is my vassal land, I have to make decisions for the people of Suzhou, I originally wanted to do something and enrich the people of a place, but now, ...... It's hard. ”

"Master." Qi Baobox was also extremely uncomfortable, and after a few steps, he squatted down and took Han Xin's hand: "Don't worry, everything is thought of by people, let's think of a way, it's really impossible to send people all over Suzhou to look for it, I don't believe that I can't find ten stones." ”

"Time waits for no one." Han Xin sighed: "It will be delivered before the year, you see that it is freezing today, the road is not easy to walk, I don't know how long it will take to walk from Suzhou to Chang'an, and I will toss a lot of time on the light road, where is there still time to find strange stones." ”

Yes, Han Xin is right, if there is no time limit, if you can find it or buy it, you can find it after all, but the court said that it would be delivered before the year, which made Han Xin have no choice.

Qi Baobox gritted his teeth: "It's really not successful, just send money, it's all when we have been busy in the past few months, anyway, Suzhou is now in ruins, many things have just begun, and the money earned is also less, and we will definitely earn more next year, next year we will save money, and then look for strange stones, and we are not afraid of the court looking for trouble again." ”

Han Xin smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Really send the money, what about the Luyin of Suzhou officials during the Chinese New Year?" What to do with the money paid as a soldier? ”

"It's really not going to be sold for my dowry." Qi Bao Box can't be thought of, the only thing that can be thought of is to sell the dowry.

"How can this be?" Han Xin hurriedly stopped her from going on: "You suffered with me, when we came to Suzhou, we had to buy off those officials in the court to say good things for us, and we had already changed your dowry a lot, and now I still have the face to beat your dowry again." ”

Rao is Qi treasure box is also full of wisdom, but he can't think of a way at this time.

She was also quite breathless, stood up suddenly, got up and walked out: "My heart is tight, I'll go out for a walk." ”

Han Xin knew that Qi Baobox was upset, and he was afraid that he was going to ride out on horseback and gallop, so he also got up: "I'll accompany you." ”

Han Xin also desperately wanted to run a few laps to vent his anger.

"Okay." Qi Baobox nodded, went out with Han Xin, asked his subordinates to prepare horses, the two of them turned over and got on their horses, and walked out of the Anjun Palace, and the two rode away at a gallop.

The two of them didn't care about the cold wind outside, they just beat their horses and moved forward, and the northwest wind cut their faces like knives, but it didn't make them feel cold, they only felt a sense of comfort and happiness in their hearts.

I don't know how long I ran, the two of them ran to a village in the south of the city, it was the coldest time of winter, and there were few people in the village, only an old man on the road drove an ox cart and pulled a few people to rush back, obviously going to the city to catch the market to buy things.

There were several women sitting in the car, each of whom carried a lot of things, and because of the cold weather, the women were wrapped in thick woolen blankets, and their faces were covered with scarves, and only a pair of eyes were exposed.

Although they only showed their eyes, you could tell from their eyes and the tone of their voices that they were extremely cheerful and happy.

Han Xin hit the horse and asked the old man who was driving the car on the horse: "Uncle, which village are you from?" This is to catch the market, right? ”

The old man smiled: "I am from this village, our village is called Xiaoliuzhuang, and Daliuzhuang is next to it, no, I just went to the market, and I will be home soon." ”

Qi Baobox also hit the horse and asked, "It just so happens that we are thirsty at the intersection, can we ask for a bowl of hot water?" ”

The old man said very enthusiastically: "Cheng, then you can come with me to the house to drink water." ”

Han Xin glanced at Qi Baobox, and the two of them rode horses and followed the ox cart into the village, turning left and right in the village, waiting to send the women home, and the old man drove into a very spacious courtyard.

Qi Baobox and the two also followed, the two entered the courtyard and dismounted, each found a place to tie the horse, and the old man also drove the cow into the cowshed, and came out after a while and smiled at Han Xin: "Come into the house with me, if there is no water, I will ask the daughter-in-law to boil water for you." ”

"I'm tired." Han Xin smiled and said politely, and as soon as he pulled the hand of the treasure box, the two entered the house.

After entering, I saw that the house was cleaned up very neatly, and a table of eight immortals was placed in front of me, a chair was placed on each side of the table of eight immortals, and there were no chairs at the bottom, but a few stools were placed, and then there was a small dining table for eating, and a small stove was born in the corner of the room, so that although the whole room was not too warm, it would not be cold and frozen.

The three of them came in from outside, and they were already frozen, and when they entered the house, they really felt warm.

"His dad is back." A mother-in-law in the back room lifted the curtain and came out, and was startled when she saw Qi Baobox and Han Xin: "There are guests coming?" ”

"I'm annoying my aunt." Qi Baobox smiled and went over to greet him, and the frightened mother-in-law hurriedly dodged sideways: "The nobles are too polite, hurry up and sit, sit down quickly, I'll go and make some tea." ”

The old man also came over and brought a stool to Qi Baobox and Han Xin to sit on the edge of the stove and light the fire.

The two of them were not polite, they took the stool and sat around the stove, and Han Xin also beckoned the old man: "Uncle, sit too, I'm afraid that you will freeze when you come back." ”

The old man smiled and moved a small stool to sit down, and took out a handful of soybeans from the small pocket he carried with him and put them on the stove to roast them.

After a while, the mother-in-law brought tea, this tea is naturally made of tea foam, and the tea is not a precious porcelain, let alone a glass jade cup, it is two coarse porcelain bowls, the tea is in the bowl, it is very turbid, and it smells good.

Rao is like this, Qi Baobox and Han Xin didn't dislike it, the two of them drank the tea and drank it, talking to the old man while drinking.

Han Xin saw that some soybeans were roasted, so he took a few and put them in his mouth and bitten: "Uncle, can you live this life now?" ”

The old man laughed when he heard it: "I can go on, I can go on, I didn't have any land earlier, the family only had two acres of thin fields, the crops could not be planted, only some fruit trees could be planted, and then there were a few sheep at home, every year when the green and yellow were not received, it was to starve to death, especially at the end of the New Year's Festival, don't say that the whole food is good, it is good not to be hungry, now it is good, since we started to produce salt in Suzhou, the champion lady got such a good loom, our life is much better, my two boys are boiling salt in the workshop, Eat and live in the workshop, I can get back a lot of wages every month, my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law spin and weave blankets, and I can also make a lot of money. ”

When he said this, the old man's face was smiling: "After more than half a year, my family has also saved surplus money, and when I celebrate the New Year this year, I still want to make two new clothes for the old and young in the family, and then rectify some good food under the root of the year, and I can have a fat year this year." ”

Han Xin nodded when he heard this: "Life is good." ”

Qi Baobox asked the old man: "Are you still dissatisfied?" ”

The old man hurriedly waved his hand: "Where do you dare to be dissatisfied, this is good enough, good is like a dream, if you are dissatisfied, it will be punished by God." ”

Speaking of this, the old man lowered his voice and said to Han Xin: "I go to the city all day long, and I have heard a lot of things, I have heard that the court and our Suzhou have a lot of tax silver, but the king of Anjun did not pay a lot of money to the people, not only that, this tax is less than in previous years, the king of Anjun is really a good person who is sympathetic to the people, I think that if I really touch his old man, I have to go over and snort, the people of Suzhou are blessed, and when I touch such a good prince, I don't know how strong it is than those corrupt officials who scrape the ground, where can I not be satisfied." ”

Qi Baobox smiled when he heard this, Han Xin frowned without a trace, and asked the old man again: "What do you say if this is the Anjun Dynasty's folk conquest of Namei?" Who is willing to give their girl? ”

When the old man heard this, he immediately changed color: "This, this can't be done, it can't be done, seeing that life is getting better day by day, and it's not that he couldn't afford to raise children earlier, who is willing to send a good girl out." ”

He waved his hand vigorously and said: "King Anjun is a good prince, and he thinks most about the people, and his old man will definitely not want the people to be separated." ”

Han Xin smiled bitterly: "Yes, King Anjun is a good prince, and he will definitely not do such a thing." ”

He took another sip of tea and put the bowl down: "Uncle, don't worry, in the future, the days of your village will definitely get better and better, and the days of happiness are still to come." ”

"I'm sorry for your good words." The old man squinted his eyes with a smile: "I'm also looking forward to this day, I have to take good care of my body, and enjoy a few more days of happiness in the future." ”

Qi Baobox also smiled when she heard this, grabbed a handful of beans and took a few bites, and sat down for a while, she tugged on Han Xin's sleeve: "It's not too early, let's go." ”

Han Xin got up and smiled at the old man: "Uncle, let's go first." ”

The old man wanted to send it, Han Xin hurriedly said: "You stay, it's cold outside, don't freeze." ”

The old man insisted on sending him out, but Han Xin couldn't resist him, so he could only ask him to go out. (To be continued.) )