At night, Liu Yuxin slept very unsteadily, affected by the war, in Pingyang City, always felt unsafe, although I believe in Chun Yuxuan, but also believe in the soldiers of the Great Zhou, but the key to the success or failure of the war is not only the commander and the army, but also the chaos of various factors, if you want to achieve victory, you must have the right time, place and people.

Liu Yuxin yawned, lit the oil lamp in the room, and poured herself a cup of herbal tea, she had already sent Mai Dong to stare at the prefect's yamen to see if there was any movement, and met Feng Chun'er again, a little strange, the other party had been hiding something.

"Miss, why don't you sleep yet?", Mai Dong was wearing a black tights, pushed open the window, drew a graceful arc, and jumped in.

Liu Yuxin found a problem, these people who like to haunt at night have a common hobby, that is, they don't leave the door and like to jump out of the window.

"I was thirsty in the middle of the night, so I woke up." There is no moon outside the window, the heat at night is different from the day, the cool breeze in the air is gusting, Liu Yuxin likes to stand in the yard in such a dark night, raise his arms, feel the wind blowing from all sides, comfortable and comfortable, if the weather is sunny, there is the Milky Way, there is a bright moon, wearing a white dress to do this posture, will definitely give people the feeling of feathering and ascending to the immortal.

Liu Yuxin poured a cup of tea for Mai Dong and lit the wick to make the room brighter. Her face was a little pale.

"The slave and maid inquired and met their companion. So I came back first. Mai Dong took a sip of tea, she was discovered as soon as she arrived at Feng Chun'er's house, thinking that there was a master on the other party's side, and after the two of them fought each other, they both felt that the other party's moves were familiar, and she saw the hollow gold bracelet on the other party's wrist, which only people with heads and faces in the organization have, so she retreated. As soon as they arrived near the border gate, they heard the shouts of fighting outside the city, which spread far away in the silent night, and the soldiers gritted their teeth. Bands of men patrol the city gates. ????" Late-night fighting? "Zhao Mingxuan's army north of the city. Camped more than ten miles outside the city, the two sides fought, she didn't hear any movement in the small courtyard, and now it's just past the hour. Maybe Xuanyuan Kingdom is the same old thing again. Previously it was a fatigue tactic. This time it's for real.?

"It's still not optimistic, Daqin's side is even colder than Dazhou, and the soldiers over there have a strong ability to resist the cold."??

Yesterday in Zhao Mingxuan's big tent. I heard him say that in winter, it was cold and snowy, and the soldiers of Daqin bathed directly after melting the snow water, so they were shirtless, the soldiers were strong, and no one was sick.

Liu Yuxin sighed, feeling that it was unnecessary to worry, and what she could do now was to solve the problem of military supplies, so that the army would have no worries. For her, silver is the most important, and she is a little addicted after robbing twice last time, but although the robbery comes quickly, it is not the right way, and the silver still has to be saved by copper plate.

Early the next morning, Liu Yuxin had a simple breakfast, and took Mama Zhao and Mai Dong out in a carriage again, yesterday had contacted the people of the tooth shop, to buy a part of the pork, the tooth shop said to do its best, the first time to buy 200 pigs, she totaled, if 500 people eat one, just enough to supply the 100,000 troops outside the city.

"Miss Liu, you are here, the pork matter has been properly contacted for you, and it is purchased in the nearby village, there are about 300 pigs in total, all of them are live pigs, you see?" The tooth man held a booklet, which recorded the weight and price of each pig, and the purchase was live pigs, if you want to slaughter them, you need to add silver to the butcher, and 300 pigs is the largest deal he has taken so far.

"It's just right that I didn't kill it."?" Liu Yuxin forgot to say that she wanted to live when she left yesterday, and she was still a little annoyed at night because of this. People in this era are simply very wasteful, and those big bones are removed every time and kept to feed the dogs, not knowing that the big bone broth is actually the most nutritious.

There is also the large intestine of pigs, few people eat it, Liu Yuxin doesn't like that taste, when the family was poor before, Niang Ma didn't buy it, it was too troublesome to clean, and it was necessary to use salt, vinegar and thick noodles to keep rubbing, but it is undeniable that the large intestine is done, and the taste is good.

There are also pig hearts, pig lungs, pig livers, pig kidneys, which can be stir-fried, can also be made into brine platters, pig blood can be poured into blood sausages, whether it is stir-frying, stews taste good, and are very nutritious, these must not be wasted, she has to personally guide on the spot. It is said that pigs are full of treasures, and now it seems that there is really nothing to throw away.?

"Miss, then you have to go to the suburbs with the little one, about half an hour, all the pigs are collected in the surrounding villages, there is vacant land over there, and the small one can also contact you with a few good butchers." The tooth man's eyes were smiling, and now Miss Liu is his grandmother, and she must be respected, so they have been asked to take a few thousand taels of business in just one or two days. His family has a good reputation, but he is often bullied, and he is not good in his peers.

Liu Yuxin thought about it for a while, now the family needs to be subordinate, and in the future, she will help her buy some duck down in the market, as well as these pig intestines and big bones that ordinary people don't eat, big bones make soup, make hot noodle soup, stews are very good, when there is no pork, it can also let the soldiers see a little oily, as for duck down, she has long thought about it, and it has not been implemented, and this time it can't be delayed.?

"I need dozens of subordinates in my house now, and it must be safe, preferably residents in Pingyang City or surrounding villages." It is necessary to buy people, it is best to be some clever boys, now that the weather is hot, those pig intestines and pig bones can not be put away, and can only be purchased in Pingyang City, but duck down can go farther.

"Miss Liu, the little one has a mention." Yaren knew that Liu Yuxin was General Zhao Mingxuan's family, and he was very moved by this. There are not many people who can support the army in the north of the city with practical actions like this, and those rich families, after learning that Pingyang started the war, did not pull out a dime, rolled up their covers and ran to other cities, donating food and clothing, but ordinary poor people.

Liu Yuxin knocked on the table with one hand, thinking in her heart about how many people the family would buy, these were not important tasks. I don't have to worry about anything. Last time, Zhao Mingxuan said that there were many soldiers about 30 years old in the camp in the north of the city, with wounds, and they could have returned to their hometowns this year, but they were just in time for the start of the war. These people insisted on refusing to leave. Always want to do something. was sent to logistics, and if she needed it, she could transfer some of the manpower.

"You don't really have to be a pig. It's better to buy more piglets now, and you can also transport them to Binh Duong in the surrounding cities. The tooth man took a sip of tea, and then continued, "If you don't want to raise it uniformly, there are many poor countrymen in the surrounding family, and they can't afford to raise pigs, so let them raise them on their behalf, and wait until the end of the year to kill the pigs, and give them some hard money, so that the pork is also available, and they can get some silver to have a good year, and you don't have to worry about it, killing two birds with one stone." ”??

Liu Yuxin agreed, she was worried about buying these 300 pigs, what to do with the next batch, the construction of the tooth people is good, in the winter, all these pigs are killed and frozen, or made into bacon, depending on the situation of the war, it will not be finished for a while.

After Liu Yuxin discussed with Yaren, he was taken to a large compound courtyard, surrounded by low and dilapidated thatched houses, where dozens of people with yellow faces and thin muscles and patches lived. The tooth man said that these are all subordinates who want to sell their bodies, almost all of them are locals, some of them are sold to Lao Tzu Niang for treatment, and there are orphans after the father and mother go, and the relatives at home are unwilling to raise them, and there are a few teenage girls who are even more pitiful, and the father and mother sold them ruthlessly in order to do family affairs for their younger brothers.

In this era, patriarchy, female babies are not worth much, generally the village family raises daughters, are to work at home, and some have to take younger brothers, feed chickens and ducks at home every day, cook, sew and wash, and use it as half a labor when the farm is busy. Even if his father and mother are not patriarchal, the second sister has to work, and Cousin Qingju, when the family was in difficulty before, she didn't have time to go out and around, and she worked at home every day.

Liu Yuxin interrogated one by one, if he met someone who spoke hesitantly and his eyes flashed, such a person must be eliminated, and there was also that kind of person with hatred in his eyes, and he couldn't ask for it. It's unfortunate to be sold by my father, but if you live with hatred, it's easy to distort, generally this kind of person will have a strong sense of jealousy, disobedient to discipline, on the contrary, it's numb, and some of the wooden ones are more reassuring, she is looking for someone, as long as she is honest, hardworking and obedient.

Liu Yuxin's side passed the primary election, Mama Yu will screen again, and finally Mai Dong checks, the ghost rakshasa has a set of insight into people's hearts, from the original fifty people, the final selection of thirty people, twenty men, ten women.

Several of the men are disabled, some have a slight disability on their left hand, and some are lame, so it doesn't affect normal walking, Liu Yuxin decided to leave such people behind, anyway, he bought people from his own family, mainly to run errands, and when the time comes, prepare donkey carts and carriages, and don't have to walk.?

In the range of women, there are only two teenage girls, and the rest are elderly aunts and old women, such people are more meticulous in their work.

"Miss, these people are all in the deed of sale, when do you think you will take it away?"? The tooth man was respectful on the surface, but in fact he was happy in his heart, these disabled people also looked at them pitiful, because they couldn't be strong men, they were kicked out by their families, he was compassionate, so he agreed to take them in, and these three old men, all of whom were unwilling to support the elderly, alas, he was excited at that time, thinking that he would not miss these mouthfuls of food anyway, and he would keep them, and he couldn't change hands for three or four years, and then he also accepted his fate, If you can't do it, you can give them a pension and send them to the end, these people are also good, they have always been grateful, rushing to do work, and sometimes they can also help the tooth line run errands and deliver goods, so they just let it out, and they are quite reluctant, but he knows that it is better to follow Miss Liu than to follow him.

Liu Yuxin threw a piece of silver to the people in charge of it, and if she could afford to invite the subordinates, she did not let the subordinates wear clothes with patches, even if it was coarse cloth, it didn't cost much silver, and the three courtyards she bought had not yet put things in the warehouse, so she couldn't let the subordinates live in it for the time being.

After the busy work to buy people, this delay has reached noon. The sun is baking on the body, making people breathless, sultry and stuffy, the leaves are listlessly rolled together, and the fat green worms lie on the leaves lazily pretending to be dead, motionless.

Liu Yuxin wiped the thin sweat from the corners of her forehead, got into the carriage, and the tooth man sat next to the coachman, all the way west, to the nearby village. There was no ice basin in the carriage, and Mama Zhao kept drinking water to quench her thirst, muttering, "Pingyang is really strange, it's hot to death during the day, and the old slave still feels a little cool when he sleeps at night." ”?“ Well, this climate is even more pronounced in autumn. ”??

Once it is autumn, you have to add an extra layer of clothes in the morning and evening, the afternoon is hotter than the summer, the temperature difference is very large, the slightest carelessness is easy to be infected with the wind cold, generally from the outside of the foot business, is very unbearable to the climate of the north, on the climate is milder, the south of Muyang City is good, where the four seasons of grass and trees are evergreen, the summer is not so hot.

Mama Zhao nodded resignedly, she has old arms and legs, her body and bones are not bad, she has been here for two days, and she has begun to adapt slowly, but in terms of food, she can't get used to it, she mainly eats rice in Kyoto, and there are mostly noodle restaurants in the north, she likes pasta, and she must put peppercorns and chili peppers in the cooking, which are numb and spicy, and the taste is heavy, so the salt is the same as not wanting silver.??? As soon as noon passed, everyone had arrived at the small village around Pingyang City, where there was a large vacant courtyard, separated by a separate one, hundreds of pigs did not squint, they were taking a leisurely walk, and they didn't give a look when they saw anyone coming.

"Miss Liu, there are three hundred and two pigs in total, all here." This yard usually puts some collected livestock, and there is no livestock pen, so the taste is not very good when you enter the door, these pigs are full and do not sleep, and they are still in the mood to wander, and they do not know their fate to be slaughtered.

"Don't have sick pigs." After Liu Yuxin emphasized, she quickly withdrew from the yard, and hundreds of pigs were eating and drinking in the yard, the smell was too bad, she covered her nose with a handkerchief, and quickly ran away.

The tooth man touched his nose, thinking that it was a mistake to bring such a noble lady here, and he told the aunts who worked in the yard to take care of the pigs, so he withdrew. (To be continued......)