In Longtou Village, a subordinate village of Pingyangwei in Shanxi, Wang Daniu, Chen Haozi, Li Fugui, Shusheng and other military households who went out of Longtou Village were talking and laughing on the road home at this time.

This trip out to fight was full of harvest, and each of them carried a brand-new and brand-new silver dollar in his arms, planning a better life in the future.

The house must be rebuilt, and it must be a large courtyard with three entrances, blue bricks and white tiles are definitely standard, the household registration in front of the door, the yard must be hardened with the most popular cement now, I heard that people in the Beijing and Tianjin areas have been popular to use reinforced cement to build houses, and the houses built do not have to worry about leakage, and they can also build several floors.

However, this style of building has not yet spread to Shanxi, the price of cement is cheap, the key is that the steel bar is very expensive, at present, only Miyun Iron Plant can produce qualified steel bars on a large scale.

Now that she has a house, this daughter-in-law must marry.

are all old singles in their twenties, and those who used to watch other people's wives and children hot kang can only blush, but now, they must be picked.

Then I bought dozens of acres, and if I couldn't finish planting it myself, I could rent it to other people to plant, and I would be able to live a small life as a small landlord.

"Tut, Brother Da Niu, you are still powerful, you killed four Tartars, this reward is four hundred taels of silver, which is enough to eat for a lifetime."

Chen Haozi said with some envy, he only grabbed a head, and only rewarded one hundred taels of silver.

"Haha, what are these hundreds of taels of silver, I haven't heard of it, here in the Beijing-Tianjin area, you can work casually, and you have a monthly salary of 2 taels of silver a month."

"I heard that some crew members who specialize in going to sea have hundreds of taels of silver a month casually, and that is the real rich people, what is our little silver, we are all exchanged for our lives."

Wang Daniu smiled and said, we must change the topic, and we can't let everyone focus on themselves.

"My obedient, I earn a hundred taels of silver a month, and I earn a thousand taels of silver this year, have they spent it?"

When Li Fugui heard this, he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Are you afraid that you won't be able to spend all the money?"

"This silver is never enough to spend, I heard that the people in the Beijing-Tianjin area eat meat all at once."

The scholar smiled and took over the topic.

"Eat meat all at once!"

Everyone suddenly couldn't help but sigh, eating meat is definitely a luxury for these dilapidated military households, and they usually can't even eat enough, let alone eat meat.

Now when they hear that people in the Beijing-Tianjin area can eat meat in a meal, you can imagine the shock in their hearts.

Even if they wore hundreds of taels of silver in their arms and were worth a huge amount of money, they would never dare to be so extravagant when it came to eating meat at once.

"If you have the opportunity, you must go to Beijing and Tianjin to have a look."

Wang Daniu said with some yearning.

"Yes, I have to go and see if I have the opportunity, I heard that the world outside of our Ming Dynasty is even vast, there is a place called the Golden Continent, there is gold everywhere, and any stone is gold."

The scholar nodded, he knew how to read, and now the newspapers in the Beijing and Tianjin areas are slowly spreading, so that more people can understand the information of the outside world.

"Golden Continent?"

"Gold everywhere?"

When everyone heard this, they were stunned.

"Scholar, hurry up and tell us in detail."

Chen Haozi immediately became interested, and hurriedly said.

"Next time, next time, we'll be home soon, and when we go back to drinking together, I'll take that newspaper and talk to you again."

The scholar smiled and said, looking ahead, Longtou Village could already see that there were hundreds of people gathered here at the entrance of the village, and it seemed that they were waiting anxiously at this time.

"It's back~It's back~"

Someone saw Wang Daniu, Chen Hezi and others, and immediately hurriedly said to the people waiting at the entrance of the village.

"Finally back~"

When the villagers at the entrance of the village heard this, they all became excited.

"Everyone prepare~"

The old man of Li Zhengwu in the village said to everyone.

When Wang Daniu, Chen Haozi and others came to the entrance of the village, the firecrackers that had been prepared for a long time were lit, crackling non-stop, just like during the New Year.

"Welcome back the heroes of our village!"

Old man Wu said to Wang Daniu and the others.

The news of this great victory has already been transmitted, and of course, along with the good news, it is the matter of killing a Tartar and rewarding one hundred taels of silver, and dying in battle rewarding two hundred taels of silver.

Every household in the village has someone to fight the Tartars, they are all military households, and every household has a target when they go to war, and someone must go to war.

At first, everyone was reluctant to go, and some brothers even shirked each other, or even turned against each other, and finally had to draw lots to decide who would go to war.

Who knew that this time when you went out, there was such a rich reward, everyone because of the desperate bloody battle, there were not many people who died, in the past, if you fought Tartars, even if it was a city defense battle, this went out ten, at most only half of them could come back.

But this time, if ten people go out, almost six or seven will be able to come back, die on the battlefield, and the family will be able to get a pension of two hundred taels of silver, and everyone is not afraid of death.

This is not dead, and if you can kill a Tartar on the battlefield, the reward of one hundred taels of silver for this Tartar is enough to make people blush.

When Wang Daniu and others came to the entrance of the village, when they first looked at the past, they saw a pair of blood-red and blood-red eyes, envy, jealousy and hatred.

Especially young people like themselves, these people who don't dare to fight, at this time, all of them have red eyes, and their intestines are remorseful, and when they look at themselves and others, the envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes can be clearly felt.

"Thank you all ~ Thank you all ~ "

Wang Daniu and the others smiled and thanked them, and then soon, the people from each family quickly gathered around their own people, and asked anxiously.

Wang Daniu too, his father, his mother, as well as his younger brothers and sisters, uncles and uncles also gathered around.

"Big Bull, Big Bull, how many Tartars did you kill?"

"Have you got the money for this reward?"

"How many?"

"Hurry up and show it to the big guys."

Everyone, you say a word to me, and the most concerned thing is naturally how many Tartars Wang Da Niu killed and how much silver he received.

"Ahem~ Let's go home and talk."

Wang Daniu coughed lightly, smiled and said.

"Yes~ Yes, go home and say, go home and say."

Wang Da Niu's father, Wang Yi, nodded quickly, and the family went home in a noisy manner.

In the courtyard of Wang Daniu's house, all the old and young of the Wang family gathered together, sat around, and everyone looked at Wang Daniu in unison.

"Ahem, this time, I killed four Tartars and got a reward of four hundred taels of silver."

Wang Daniu looked at everyone's eager eyes, smiled and said.

There is no way to hide this, because everyone in the village knows about it, and everyone will naturally talk to each other.

"Four hundred taels of silver~"

When everyone heard this, they all immediately smiled on their faces, four hundred taels of silver, this is an astronomical amount that they couldn't think of before, but they didn't expect Wang Da Niu to kill four Tartars this time.

"Big Niu, this silver must be taken out and everyone will share it."

Wang Daniu's second uncle, Wang Ergen, said directly and very decisively.

"Yes, big bull, this silver must be taken out and divided equally among the houses."

Wang Da Niu's third uncle, Wang Sangen, also nodded and said.

Wang Da Niu's father has three brothers, and in normal times, it is naturally a good thing that these brothers are more, such as every time they go on an expedition, or when there is something, the three brothers Wang Yi, Ergen, and Sangen are only counted as one military household, and one person can be released.

However, there are many brothers, and there are many things, such as the military field handed down by the ancestors, the three brothers are very few, plus like this time, who will go to the expedition, everyone is pushing it around.

When there is any benefit, these three brothers are also fighting with each other.

Wang Daniu's silver has not yet been hot, and the second and third uncle's families have asked for a share of the silver.

"Why should I give it to you?"

Before Wang Da Niu could speak, Wang Da Niu's mother Ma Shi immediately went crazy.

"This silver is the reward obtained by our big cow from birth to death, and the bloody battle on the battlefield to kill the Tartars, you want silver, there is a kind of killing the Tartars yourself?"

"When I first set out on the expedition, I didn't know who pushed it around, saying that we were a big house, and this thing must also be our big house."

"It's good now, one by one come over to divide the silver, dream!"

Ma is very fierce, a typical rural shrew, plus a lifelong quarrel, that is the master who refuses to eat at all.

"Sister-in-law, you can't say anything, the quota handed down by this ancestor does not belong only to your big house, if our big bear goes on an expedition, he will definitely be able to kill the Tartars and take the silver."

When Wang Ergen heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and hurriedly said.

"That's right, this ancestral military family is not only your big family, not to mention, we are all siblings, and we naturally have to share wealth and wealth, this silver must be divided equally between the three families."

Wang Sangen said very resolutely, his eyes were red, four hundred taels of silver, each family can get more than one hundred taels of silver, with this more than one hundred taels of silver, you can immediately turn over the salted fish.

"I'm here today, you don't want any money."

"Or I'll die here."

"Your big bear, when I went out on the expedition, I was so scared that I peed my pants, and I couldn't stand up, and the third uncle's family, your eldest sheep and second sheep, when they went out on the expedition, they couldn't find anyone, but now it's amazing, and they all came back to ask for silver."

"You're really capable, why didn't you kill the Tartars in the first place?"

Ma's face was full of disdain, and the three brothers' families had many contradictions in the past.

In the past, when he did things for the hundreds and thousands of households above, he basically contributed to the Wang Da Niu family, and his second and third uncle's families never contributed.

This time the expedition was also, the people of the second and third roots were pushed to the side of Wang Da Niu's family, and in the end, there was no way, Wang Da Niu was dragged to the expedition, but who knew that this time he would be able to get a reward of four hundred taels of silver.

"Brother, who are you talking about, are we still brothers?"

"If it's a brother, the money must be divided equally."

Wang Ergen looked at Wang Yiyi, he couldn't say anything about Ma at all, he could only hope for Wang Yiyi, Wang Yiyi was honest and had no opinions, plus he was the boss, so many times he let his two younger brothers.

Wang Yi did not speak from beginning to end, but sat still, silent, without saying a word.

"Big brother, we are brothers, this is a hardship and a blessing, you can't eat alone."

Wang Sangen also spoke.

"This silver~"

Wang Yiyi was silent for a long time, thought about it and was about to speak.

At this time, Wang Da Niu spoke,

"I won't give you a cent of this silver, and at this time I was born and died on the battlefield, and I exchanged my life for the silver, and if I wanted the silver, I went to kill the Tartars myself."

Wang Daniu said without hesitation, look at his second uncle, third uncle, and then look at his cousins, I feel annoyed, just take advantage of my own family from childhood to adulthood, and now I have a cheeky face to ask for a share of silver, dreaming!

"Well said, ask for silver, go kill the Tartar yourself!"

As soon as Ma Shi heard that his son was so tough, he immediately smiled all over his face, and then poked Wang Yiyi's head and said: "You wretched, if you dare to say half a word, I will die to show you." ”

She knew very well that Wang had a soft temperament and softer ears, so she directly blocked his words.

"Da Niu, how can you do this?"

"This silver is not yours alone, it belongs to all of our family, how can you swallow it alone?"

When Wang Ergen heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and hurriedly said to Wang Da Niu with a black face.

"That's right, this silver belongs to all of our Wang family, you can't swallow it alone, you must take it out and divide it equally, otherwise I won't agree."

Wang Sangen also nodded and said, with a sense that he would not give up if he didn't get the silver.

"Big Niu, you can't be like this, with silver, there is no brotherhood~"

"If we hadn't let you out and let you kill the Tartars, you would have been able to get four hundred taels of silver?"

"That's right, this silver is scored even if it is not scored."

Wang Da Niu's cousins, Wang Daxiong, Wang Erxiong, Wang Dayang, and Wang Eryang also shouted, in the face of Tartar, they were very afraid, but in the face of Wang Da Niu, they were not afraid at all, not to mention the silver, and now they were all extremely red.

"Big brother, you have something to say, you are still not the head of the family?"

"Is this big house a big cow who has the final say?"

Wang Ergen also continued to encourage his eldest brother, he knew his eldest brother's character too well.

"I don't have anything to say, this silver was obtained by Da Niu himself when he went to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and he has the final say."

"And he has reached the age of starting a family, and it stands to reason that he has already started a family on his own, and I can't manage it anymore."

Wang Yi was silent for a long time, thought about it and said, this time, he did not relent.

He knows that the urine of his two younger brothers must not be less, as for the giving, it is impossible, if it was in the past, he would have let his two younger brothers in trivial matters.

But this time, this silver was exchanged for his son's life from birth to death, and his two younger brothers had too much appetite to share it equally, which had seriously touched his bottom line.

He originally wanted to ask Da Niu to take out a few dozen taels of silver to divide the second and third rooms into a penny, and there were a lot of dozens of taels of silver, which was enough to do many, many big things.

Who knew that the second and third rooms would ask for an equal share of the silver, which was absolutely unacceptable to him.

Seeing their faces clearly, he is not blindly stupid, so he directly handed over this matter to Wang Daniu to deal with, and Da Niu's attitude has been very clear, if he wants to get the silver from Wang Daniu, it is a dream.

"Big brother, how can you do this?"

"That's right, Wang Da Niu is still a child, what does he know, this silver is in his hand, maybe he will be cheated away soon, it's better to give it to all of us."

Wang Yiyi and Wang Ergen were immediately anxious, without Wang Yiyi's support, it would be absolutely impossible for them to get the silver.

"Da Niu is already in his twenties, if it weren't for the poverty of his family, he would have started a family a long time ago and started his own business.

"I won't ask for a cent of this silver, it's all Da Niu's own."

After Wang Yiyi said this, he left directly, annoying, it was originally a very happy thing, but now it has become very annoying, out of sight and out of mind, so he simply went out, ready to go to the Tang matchmaker to tell the big cow about family affairs.

"Big Brother~"

Seeing Wang Yiyi go out, Wang Ergen and Wang Sangen immediately became anxious, and hurriedly wanted to shout to stop, but Wang Yiyi was iron-hearted, so he didn't pay attention to it at all, and left directly.

Ma Shi was relieved to see that Wang Yiyi was finally not confused, and then said to Wang Ergen and Wang Sangen with a smile on his face: "It's not early, and our family hasn't prepared extra meals, I'm really embarrassed, and when the big cow gets married, I will invite you to drink and eat." ”

There is no doubt that this is an order to evict the guests, and the people in the second and third rooms are annoyed, and they want to come over and share the silver with one mouth, dreaming.

"Hmph~"

"Sister-in-law, this silver is scored today, and it is scored if it is not scored, otherwise we will not leave."

Wang Ergen's daughter-in-law, Han, also came out with the spirit of a shrew, looking like she was on it.

"Yes, yes, we won't leave without a penny."

Wang Sangen's daughter-in-law Zhou also said.

"Bump~"

At this moment, Wang Daniu took out the grassland scimitar he had captured from the battlefield, and directly smashed the table in the courtyard with one sword, looking murderous.

He had killed people on the battlefield, and naturally with a murderous aura, everyone looked at his appearance, and then looked at the cold and shining scimitar, and suddenly shuddered.

"Do you dare to take this silver for you?"

Wang Daniu's eyes were blood-red, and he said fiercely: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already made a decree, if anyone dares to touch the silver of our people, let their heads move." ”

"Otherwise, do you think that this silver will reach us, and that we will be able to come back safely?"

"The bloodsucking hundreds, thousands of households above, they have long wanted to rob our silver, but none of them dared to touch us, one thousand households because they wanted to take away our silver, they were directly split by the car, and the five horses were divided."

"This silver is the silver that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rewarded us with heroes who contributed to the court and killed the Tartars, do you deserve to take it?"

"Do you dare to take it again?"

"If you don't want to move, if you don't want to be divided by five horses, then come and get it?"

Wang Daniu also sneered after speaking, and looked at his uncle and cousin without hesitation.

Wang Ergen, Wang Sangen and others looked at Wang Daniu's posture, and then looked at the scimitar in Wang Daniu's hand, and carefully weighed it again and again, and suddenly fell silent.