The donkey returned home with great interest, took out two tickets from his pocket, sat down at the table, looked left and right, and muttered, "It's really beautiful!" His wife came over with two vegetable bowls, put them on the table, a bowl of braised pork, a bowl of pickles, and went back to get a plate of steamed buns, looking at the donkey, "What are you smiling at?" ”

The donkey's surname is Mao, and his temper is very strong, so everyone calls him Donkey, but no one remembers his real name. "This is the monthly money of the owner today." The donkey reached out and grabbed a bun and took a big bite.

"What? This, how is this not a copper coin, how is it this flowery thing? His wife was taken aback, picked up the two tickets from the table, looked up and down, and said: "Donkey, we can't read, don't let the owner cheat you, how is this money?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, this is the new money just issued by the imperial court, what kind of silver, gold, copper coins or anything in the future are not allowed to be used, only this ticket is allowed, everyone in the store is issued by this, oh, this is my month's salary, a total of fifteen yuan, you can take it." Donkey Road.

"This, can this be used as a money maker?" His wife was skeptical.

"Of course you can, this is approved by the king, do you think about who the king is, can he still lie to us? There was a notice posted at the city gate, and a special person read it to us, saying that if you have gold, silver, and copper coins at home, you can go to a special place to exchange them. It seems to say that one tael of silver is exchanged for one dollar. How many silver taels do we have in our house, you can find a time to redeem them! ”

"This year, the family saved sixty taels of silver, and they have all been redeemed?"

"Of course it's all redeemed, what are you afraid of, when I came back just now, I saw Mr. He Dayou, who lived on our street, and went to exchange money, what kind of character is he, he is a big councilor, and his wife is a general. You know? People have a lot more money than us, and they are not afraid, what are we doing with this money? Besides, will the king lie to us? Without the king, my donkey still eats the last meal and does not have the next meal, where can I have the money to marry you as a wife, where can I renovate this old house that was originally leaking on all sides so bright now? The notice said that everyone rushed to exchange money, which was to support the monetary reform of the imperial court and support the king. Support Dahan. ”

"What is Monetary Reform?"

"I don't know, but as long as I support the king, my donkey will go bankrupt and do it, go, and you will go after eating. I still have to go to work in the afternoon, and the boss has taken another big job during this time, to transport a batch of ordnance to Daijun, so I signed up. ”

"It's going to be the New Year, and you still have to go so far away? How can you come back in time for the New Year? His wife's face suddenly became bitter.

"What do you mother-in-law know? The boss said, this trip out, the salary is three times! Aren't you pregnant, I need to earn some money to prepare the doll. I have prepared the New Year's goods at home, and if I can't come back in time, you will accompany your father and mother with you. Donkey said.

"Then you can eat more meat, this cold day. If you have to walk such a long way, you will definitely not be able to eat well on the way. The mother-in-law brought a large bowl of braised pork to the donkey.

"Call you stupid, you're really stupid. We followed the boss out, and we were afraid that we wouldn't be able to eat well, along the way, the boss was stammering us, eating much better than at home, this meat, or you eat a little more, now not only you eat alone, but also my son, you eat more! The donkey laughed. Now that the days are better, eating meat is not an uncommon thing, prepare a little more New Year's goods for the Chinese New Year this year, and get a little bit of chicken, duck and fish. ”

"Hmm!"

"Tear some more cloth, make a few new clothes, and look at your body, it's all patched and patched."

"Oh, I'll do two with you, too."

"I don't need it, I estimate that this year's New Year, I can't come back, I don't have time to wear new clothes, and when I come back, the New Year is over, and I have to go to work, do I wear new clothes to work, so I don't need to, I'll do it again next year, it's not that I can't give up money, we can earn money now, as long as people are diligent and willing to endure hardships, don't you say? This year, we can save a few dozen taels of silver, and next year we will definitely be able to save more, and I will work hard, maybe next year I will be able to make a small head, and then my salary will be doubled. ”

The donkey's wife sat quietly on the side, silently listening to the donkey's chatter, and her face and eyes were full of satisfied happiness.

Yes, it's not bad for money now, compared with previous years, the current days are like immortals, both of them are natives of Jicheng, so they can naturally experience the huge gap between the present and the past.

As a member of the lowest level of the Han Kingdom, the donkey and his wife feel that they are not bad for money and live a very happy life, but at this moment, in Pinggu County, Shanggu County, which is thousands of miles away from Jicheng, Li Mingjun, who is the general of Western Zhao, is very worried about money.

Three years ago, Zhao Qi failed, ran away with the eldest son of Zhao King Zhao Wouji, and with the support of the Qin people, occupied the western part of Zhao State, and established Zhao Wuji's eldest son as the king of Zhao, and appointed himself as the first assistant, and as Zhao Qi's hardcore henchman, Li Mingjun was named a general, and Zhao Qi's son Zhao Xilie became the second general of Western Zhao.

Zhao Xilie was stationed in Jinyang County, which was now in the capital of Western Zhao, while Li Mingjun was stationed in Shanggu County with an army of 50,000 troops, and Pinggu became the location of Li Mingjun's general, facing the Eastern Zhao army stationed in Dai County.

However, compared to the Eastern Zhao army, Li Mingjun was much more distressed. Because he had no money, his most important job was not to train the sergeant seat and prepare the army for battle, but to think hard about raising food, grass, salary, and clothing for the army. Xizhao occupied Jinyang, Shanggu and other places, which were originally anointed places, but in the last war, these places were ravaged by the Qin army, and the people suffered a lot, basically having nothing left, and they could be said to be extremely poor. After Li Mingjun arrived here, the biggest problem was to feed the army and squeeze the people, but the problem is that the people here are already so poor that they have nothing.

And Dong Zhao doesn't have to worry about this problem, because behind them is the Han Kingdom, and Zhao Wouji, the king of Dong Zhao, has completely become a puppet

On top of the economic policy, Zhou Changshou completely adhered to the policy of the Han Dynasty, vigorously cracked down on the landlords of the wealthy clans, and strictly restricted land annexation, but what policy did the Han promulgate. It won't be long before Dongzhao will be promulgated in the same way, although sometimes it is inevitable that Dongshi will follow his example, and there will be some chaos of one kind or another, but in general, there is still nothing wrong, and the economy of Dongzhao is getting better and better day by day, not to mention, they can also get loans from the Han State at low interest rates, or get goods from the Han merchants first, and then pay the money at the right time. Compared to the army of Eastern Zhao stationed in Daijun. Li Mingjun feels like a beggar now.

Standing outside the barracks, Li Mingjun's heart was extremely heavy, it was already the middle of winter, but his soldiers were still wearing single clothes, and there was no winter cotton clothes on them, tens of thousands of soldiers could only huddle in the barracks shivering, and now he was inspecting a barracks at the forefront of the barracks, where three thousand soldiers were stationed, but in the cold wind of the call sign. Li Mingjun didn't even see a single soldier standing guard, and inside the huge barracks, from the outside, it looked like a dead village. Not a single human voice was heard.

If Dongzhao's army came at this time, I was afraid that it would be able to swallow up its forward battalion of 3,000 people without much effort. Li Mingjun's face was full of bitterness, and he didn't have the idea of blaming the soldiers under his command in his heart. On such a cold day, the soldiers in single clothes did not make trouble and did not mutiny. It's already pretty good.

Stretched out his hand and pushed the gate of the camp, and opened it in response, Li Mingjun walked in with heavy steps, and the guards behind him hurriedly quickened their pace and rushed inward to inform the leader of the garrison.

After a while, the entire military camp was boiling, and several generals rushed out with panic on their faces, looking at their appearance, Li Mingjun's heart was a little sore, the dignified forward battalion general was wrapped in a few burlap bags, the generals were like this, the soldiers could imagine.

"General!" Guo Fu, the general of the forward battalion, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "You, why are you here, I, I will gather the army immediately." ”

Li Mingjun waved his hand, "Forget it, what are you doing with the army, let everyone come and blow the wind?" Go, go to your tent. ”

"Yes, thank you for the kindness of the general."

"The brothers are not fed and clothed, this is the dereliction of duty of my great general, and you have done a good job of confinement of the troops in the battalion, not only not guilty, but also meritorious." Li Mingjun nodded.

Guo Fu's eyes moistened all of a sudden, what kind of days are these days! The beggars are also a little more comfortable than themselves.

Guo Fu's big tent was as cold as an ice cellar, and there was not even a pile of fire, Li Mingjun frowned: "Why is there no fire?" ”

"General, it's not that the last general is lazy, but that everything that can be cut around here has been cut down, and he has gone far, first, it is so cold that he can't stand it, and secondly, there are often horse teams coming out on the opposite side, and we have several soldiers who go to chop firewood and have not returned, and the last general will no longer dare to send people out. If it weren't for the general's best to restrain him, he was afraid that this big battalion would have been burned down by the soldiers a long time ago, and the general, when would he be able to put down the cotton clothes, quilts and charcoal, and if this continues, the soldiers will not be able to stand the mutiny one day. ”

"Is there enough food to eat?"

"The general transported a batch of them before, and now they can barely last a few days, but this is about to be the New Year, but we don't even have any New Year's supplies, the soldiers don't say anything, but there must be complaints in their hearts."

"There has just been news from Jinyang, and a batch of supplies will be sent in the next few days. When the time comes, I will give you a batch of priority to meet the urgent needs. Li Mingjun said.

Guo Fu smiled bitterly: "General, can you believe what Jinyang said?" They don't know how many times they have said such empty words, and if they are counted on, I am afraid it will only be empty joy. ”

"What if you don't expect Jinyang? There is nothing left in this upper valley, and even if I try to grab it with my conscience, I will not be able to grab anything. ”

"General, to tell you the truth, I've been cold and crazy in the past two days, I'm crazy with hunger, I'm going to do a vote, and I have to fight anyway." Guo Fudao.

"You're trying to grab the other side? How powerful can your soldiers have now? Li Mingjun frowned and said, "I'm afraid that they are so cold that they can't hold guns, knives and guns." ”

"Those who are hungry and crazy will burst out with great power." Guo Fu hissed and said: "The other side is eating and drinking spicy, but we are freezing and starving here, everyone's eyes are red, on such a cold day, they didn't think that we would do it, isn't this not even the general?" As long as you grab one vote, not only will the problem of our battalion be solved, but even you, the general, will be able to live a comfortable year? ”

"You've already done reconnaissance?"

"Of course, the lights on the other side are bright, and they are preparing for the New Year, and they have probably come to inspect my barracks, so I'm afraid they didn't take us to heart at all."

Li Mingjun suddenly said, "It turns out that your camp is like this, and it is made for people to see." ”

"Half and half, also because it's so cold that I can't stand it." Guo Fu said with a smile. "The other party would never have imagined us like this, and dared to attack them, so I have a good chance of succeeding." (To be continued......)