Cui Xiuning and Yan Duo stayed overnight in Cangyuling, and it was already the afternoon of the third day when they returned to the official residence of the state capital.

“…… Both pledged allegiance to you. Jiang Jun had 800 soldiers and horses, and Yang Qingque had 700 soldiers and horses. Fifteen hundred soldiers were all strong, and there was no shortage of weapons and armor. The two also have many family members who are with the military. The two cottages have almost 5,000 people. ”

"Both of them have war horses, plus the more than 300 horses captured by Brother Amu Tong before, the total number has reached 700."

"I have already explained everything about sending food and supplies. They're waiting for our caravan to pass by now......"

Cui Xiuning told Li Luo what happened.

Li Luo was pretending to be sitting on the futon, his fingers tapping on the table, and said while thinking: "With so many food and materials, hundreds of mules and horses are needed to transport them. The problem is that most of our horses are in Haidong, and there are only more than a hundred in Ninghai and Jianghua, which are still war horses. ”

The Yuan court had very strict control over horses, and the horse market was managed by special personnel, and once a private person bought a large number of horses, even if it was a mule and horse, he also needed a certificate issued by the government. Li Luo naturally has the right to issue a certificate, but he is afraid of telling the truth afterwards.

"Find a subordinate, pretend to be a businessman, bribe Huang Zhizhou, and ask him to issue a voucher to buy a horse." Li Luo had a way.

Cui Xiuning frowned: "Then, does Huang Zhizhou still want you to approve it?" If so, that's not what you're opening to trade? ”

Li Luo explained: "I do need to nod, but it can be issued in the name of Zhizhou." Zhizhou still has this power. ”

Cui Xiuning nodded: "Okay." I'll arrange the specific plan. Now there is no grain in the state capital, and the price of grain is extremely expensive. I'm going to send someone back to Goryeo to buy it. ”

Li Luo smiled: "Go directly to Renzhou Li to buy it." I wrote to my uncle, the fertilizer and water do not leave outsiders' fields, the Li family has so many estates, and the grain and cloth have to be sold, it is better for my nephew to help him digest it. ”

The two discussed for a while, and in the evening they sent some old and steady guards to leave Ninghai Prefecture and go to sea to Goryeo.

Eight days later, a man about 30 years old and wearing a fox fur coat came to the state government and asked to see Huang Buhua.

"The official of Zhizhou, in Xia Dongxin, is a Goryeo grain merchant, because he knows that the grain in the Central Plains is expensive, he specially transported grain to sell it." When you come to meet someone, you identify yourself.

"Oh? Do you have a business credential? In my Dayuan business, there is no paperwork, but it can't be done. Huang Buhua picked up the teacup and smiled.

Of course, he hoped that this Dong Xin would be related to business documents, so that he could be blackmailed. If not, then the other party will not be qualified to do business, and he will not dare to collect money.

Dong Xin shook his head and said, "No." ”

What the?

Huang Buhua was suddenly disappointed in his heart, and snorted coldly: "I have my own system. You don't have the paperwork to do business, but you can't move an inch. Let's go back. ”

Dong Xin said with a smile: "Although there is no paperwork below, there is this thing." After speaking, he took out a wooden sign with exquisite workmanship and handed it to Huang Buhua.

Huang Buhua took a look, but saw that it said "Special Permission to Conduct Business Cheaply", and the reverse side was actually "Dayuan Anping Princess Muyi Gaoli".

This is Princess Anpyeong, the chartered trade token of the queen of Goryeo.

It's better than the official documents of the government.

This person is the princess's minion.

Huang Buhua didn't dare to slack off any longer, and said with a smile: "The princess's token is naturally easy to use." Then what is the matter with your Excellency coming to this officer? ”

Dong Xin sighed and said: "This time I came to the Central Plains, there were three hundred mules and horses carrying grain. But the ship carrying the mules and horses sank! I really don't know how to explain to the princess, without horses, how can the grain on this ship be transported to Jinan? ”

Huang Buhua nodded, this person is really unlucky. Although mules and horses are not as valuable as war horses, three hundred mules and horses are tens of thousands of taels of silver.

"I have no choice but to take responsibility with a few stewards in my company, and I will take out my own money and buy a batch of mules and horses in your land to make up for the losses." Dong Xin finally made his intentions clear.

Huang Buhua's eyes lit up, business is coming.

"These three hundred mules and horses, the horse market in Benzhou is not nothing, but once they are all bought by foreign merchants, once they are urgently used in Benzhou, they will not be enough......" Huang Buhua looked embarrassed.

In fact, he was telling the truth. Three hundred mules and horses is not a small number. In the event of war, the government will be requisitioned. If there is a lack of capacity, it will be a mistake.

Of course, if the other party is willing to give benefits, he will still approve it. As for the town guards, they will not disagree if they have money.

Dong Xin nodded: "What the official said is extremely true. After speaking, he took out five ingots and ten taels of gold and gently placed them in front of Huang Buhua, "After losing so many mules and horses, and missing an errand, the princess will definitely blame you when she returns to Goryeo." I also asked the officials to help me get out of trouble. ”

Huang Buhua sighed and said, "If Your Excellency is not the princess's personal belonging, the three hundred mules and horses will not be approved by the official anyway." If I don't sell it to you, I'm afraid that it won't be good for you to pay the master when you go back. Maybe look at the princess's face, and the official will approve the paperwork. ”

After Zhizhou finished speaking, he took out a trading permit, brushed and wrote "I see that 300 mules and horses can be sold", and then used the seal.

"Thank you, the governor, and when you come back on the next trip, you will come to thank you." Dong Xin gave a salute and took the transaction permit to leave.

Huang Buhua saw this person leaving, and looked at the five ingots of gold in front of him in a daze. Then he took out a piece of gold and set it aside, and just looked at it. Then, hesitantly, he took another ingot.

In the end, Huang Buhua sleeved two ingots and walked to Li Luo's office.

In the back house of the official mansion, Li Luo took out two ingots of gold, smiled and threw them to Cui Xiuning, "This scalper is not bad, he accepted five ingots of gold from us, but gave me two ingots." ”

Cui Xiuning took the gold and sighed: "There are three ingots missing." ”

"Money is nothing. Thirty taels of gold, let him approve a note, and he will be responsible for anything that happens, what does it have to do with me? Li Luo said.

Cui Xiuning wrote on paper with a pen and said, "I bought 2,000 stone of grain and 2,000 pieces of cloth from your fake uncle, which cost more than 4,000 taels in total, bought more than 9,000 taels of mules and horses, and gave 30 taels of gold. Total... Fifteen thousand taels! ”

Li Luo took her pen, wrote the five Dong characters "spending money like flowing water", and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"yes!" Cui Xiuning said, "Isn't it just spending money like running water." ”

Li Luo smiled bitterly: "I'm asking you, how is my handwriting." ”

Cui Xiuning smiled: "Better than me." ”

It's better than you, it's a yarn. Li Luo patted his forehead and stopped talking.

Cui Xiuning put down the pen, put away the account book, and carefully locked it in the cabinet. Then lightly comb the temples in front of the bronze mirror, "scratch your head and make a pose." ”

Mirror? She's a rarity. Li Luo walked behind her, pressed the woman's shoulder, looked at the flower and moon in the bronze mirror, and said, "Tut-tut, it's beautiful, take a good look." ”

What are these words?

"Look at your sister." Cui Xiuning was a little clumsy in braiding her hair bun, "This bronze mirror is fuzzy, hazy, like a filter." The question is, does my sister's appearance need a filter? Superfluous. And this ancient hairstyle, it's really hard to wait. ”

Li Luo picked up a strand of soft hair from the little police flower and wrapped it around his fingers, "Let you make steel, and you can also wrap your fingers...... No, there's something wrong with that. You can let the maids get the hairstyle, aren't there more than a dozen newly bought illiterate female slaves at home, who are used as maids? ”

Cui Xiuning turned his head, compared his hand to a pistol, pointed at Li Luo, and squinted his eyes, "Smack!" Kill you slave owner with one shot! ”

Li Luo clutched his chest with a "Ahhh Look at these maids, they have nothing to do all day long and are learning embroidery, Li Yuan's sister-in-law is in the Liang family, and she is thin-skinned, so she can't control them. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "My hairstyle, I must first be familiar with how to do it, this is my own behavior aesthetics." They... Do you think that letting them embroider is to spoil them? It's not that your sister Li Yuan doesn't care, it's all my idea. ”

"Why don't you let them serve us, but let them embroider?" Li Luo was puzzled.

Cui Xiuning said: "This is the housekeeping I assigned to them. It's like folding quilts in college military training. Who are they? Gu Liang, who was born in poverty, do you think they will serve others, or are they disciplined? Their temperament not only needs to be honed, but also needs to be cultivated in a refined style. ”

Li Luo pressed her shoulder, "I understand." You have expectations for them and are demanding. ”

"Yes. As a newly promoted exploiting class, we will definitely have many servants in our family, and we control their life and death, but they are actually in control of us to a large extent. They are on our side, and we can neither hide everything from them nor fully guard against them. Unless, we don't need servants at all. ”

"So, don't underestimate the people around you, even the servants. Many times, our lives are even in their hands. Li Luo, you say, can you simply treat them as slaves? ”

Li Luo couldn't help but wake up in shock. For the subordinates, although he is not stingy in terms of material, he is not strict. But all along, he has never faced it squarely, and deep down, he is indifferent, and even looks down.

is also a teenager and a girl, and those who are literate are cultivated by good students and taken seriously. He who is illiterate becomes a slave and is ignored. How can a simple literacy make their fate so bad?

At this time, as soon as Cui Xiuning reminded him, Li Luo suddenly remembered that since ancient times, how many heroes and heroes have not died in the hands of the enemy, but in the hands of domestic slaves?

Too much.

Because of the rebellion of domestic slaves, the people who died and died because of the rebellion of the domestic slaves and the informants are also too numerous to mention. There are even more masters who are affected because of the mistakes of domestic slaves and the violation of the law.

Even if it's a slave, it's a family member, how can you be careless. How can they not face up to their dependent status?

"Policeman, you're right. It's true that I've never thought about it. Li Luo said, the massage action is more gentle.

Cui Xiuning closed his eyes, "Actually, to some extent, they are more important than the students, have you thought of this?" ”

Li Luo nodded: "It's still a woman's heart." That's really what you say. After graduating, the trainees always have to go out to do things and will not stay at home. But the house slaves will always be by our side. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "So, I have to prevent and control now, in Jianghua Lijiawu Fort, in fact, I am also preventing and controlling." It is not enough to prevent and control alone, but also to set them up, reshape something from their thoughts and habits, and increase their value, trust and danger. ”

"You don't see them embroidering, but they're embroidering the same picture. After embroidering, compare them with each other and continue embroidering until they are satisfied. In this process, establish a sense of competition, pursue perfect habits of action, and cultivate finesse, patience, and obedience. This principle is the same as folding quilts in military training. ”

"In the future, our family business will get bigger and bigger, and the family needs more and more people. These people, who are also valuable human resources, can come in handy at critical moments when they are cultivated. ”

"Take you as an example, you only graduated from junior high school, but you can throw off many graduate students a few streets. Why do you think your servants can't read because they can't read? Think they must be worse than the literate ones? ”

Li Luo couldn't help but hug Cui Xiuning, "The ancients said that if there is a good wife in the family, you won't be wronged, and I won't be bullied!" Madam, you are such a virtuous helper, I make a lot of money! Oye~"

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