For many years, I didn't feel lonely during the Spring Festival.

It's in the manor.,Today it also seems empty.,Mato-hime took Jizi and Zizi to the porridge.,Kyoko Fukada should also accompany her husband Qi Min.,According to the old custom.,And many famous lords and retainers who came to Owari to visit Qi Min on the day of the New Year Imperial Festival.,Go to Atsuta Shrine to pray for blessings.。

On the door, there is a straw rope woven by Zhendong Ji, which is used to welcome the god of the year, but it makes Lu Ning rise even more, which is a sense of loneliness in a foreign land to spend the New Year.

Even the small letter bureau has already asked for leave and returned to his hometown to visit relatives.

Boredom, Lu Ning came to the maid's yard.

The pair of sons and daughters of the Aqing Bureau, of course, did not chop the firewood with heavy physical work, but the boy used a firewood knife to cut the branches of the firewood, and the girl placed the firewood neatly.

Seeing Lu Ning, the boys and girls were startled, and they all hurriedly threw down the work in their hands, knelt aside according to the Central Plains customs taught by their mothers, and greeted the class with auspicious words.

Since buying them, Lu Ning has rarely seen them, and they are both following their mother to do what they can.

Lu Ning smiled and waved his hand, as if Ah Qingju had gone out early to buy New Year supplies, but he was not here.

Lu Ning didn't come to see this family of three, and shouted: "Ah Da, Ah Er!" ”

Soon, two stout men ran out of the side room, with hairy beards on their faces, slightly sunken eye sockets, and slightly crooked black hair, with very distinct Ezo characteristics.

The two of them were the two Ezo slave auxiliaries who were assigned to him after Lu Ning turned into a heavy armor pawn "Lu Bantou".

The two Ezo slave auxiliaries around the heavy armor pawn are uniformly recruited at the battalion level, but after being assigned to the heavy armor pawn, the three of them have a very personal relationship, and the two auxiliaries are actually equivalent to the slaves of the main pawn.

is that all the expenses of the two of them are provided by the heavy armor.

In the forbidden army, there are auxiliary soldiers with heavy armor, and the salary is higher than that of ordinary infantry, which is actually the cost of auxiliary soldiers.

Of course, those who can be selected as heavy armor pawns must be much stronger than ordinary foot soldiers, and they must also be the most elite brave among foot soldiers.

And the heavy armor soldiers who raise their own auxiliaries also shape the intimate relationship between the main soldiers and the auxiliary soldiers, so that the main soldiers and the auxiliary soldiers become a unified combat unit.

Generally speaking, the pawn is not too bad for his auxiliaries, after all, on the battlefield, he is the closest comrade-in-arms who may save his life.

Ah Da and Ah Er, Lu Ning didn't particularly care about the two, roughly, it was similar to the other regular soldiers to the auxiliaries, after all, he couldn't rely on his identity and break the rules in the army, he could turn all the salary into their treatment, but what about the other soldiers?

On the contrary, after the two of them were forced to be expelled from the military along with Lu Ning, Ah Da and Ah Er's living standards have improved significantly, they have fish every day, and they can eat meat every three or five days.

When Lu Ning felt that he was alone, he thought of these two brothers.

The two strong-blooded Ezo men don't know if they have lovers in their hometowns, but both of them are extremely frugal, thinking that they want to save money to live in their hometowns in the future, but unfortunately, like all auxiliary soldiers, their service is very good to them, but it is also reflected in food and other treatment, which can also make them eat strong and better serve themselves.

Lu Ning did not break this rule either.

But somehow, every month the main soldier still pays some silver to the Ezo auxiliaries, and there is a minimum of fifty wen in the army.

This also makes the auxiliary soldiers have to think about the future and have the belief that they can live a good life in the future, so that they can maintain a strong fighting spirit.

After all, at the beginning, the soldiers may just eat, but if they don't give them a kind of motivation for the future, it is inevitable that these soldiers will start to eat and wait for death, especially the auxiliary soldiers, relying on ideological brainwashing to instill a sense of honor, the effect is far less significant than that of the main soldiers, and there are still tangible benefits to provide to them.

However, even now, Lu Ning did not break the rules, and each person still paid the lowest salary standard, that is, 50 wen per person per month, and one issue every two months, that is, 100 wen, the lowest face value of the Daqi Tongbao banknote.

Nowadays, with the price of the Central Plains, you can buy a young and strong ploughing cow, plus not to mention Hokkaido, Jinghai, and Andong, that is, in the Central Plains, because of the expansion of the country, the migration of immigrants, everyone has no problem with farming, and a large amount of land has not been really cultivated, and these fields are public property, which can be distributed to newborn men or veteran men, yes, the future of Ezo slaves is actually bright, after all, for food and drink, if the money can be saved to endure other uses, in four years, you can save a cow money, plus the allocated public land, It can be said that a small day will be very healthy, provided that you do not encounter natural and man-made disasters, illness and diseases.

Of course, in fact, it is very difficult for the soldiers to endure not to consume, and venting after the war is never inevitable, and even some soldiers will use the stimulation of gambling to reduce pressure, even if gambling is prohibited in the army, the maximum sentence for a large amount is hanging, once an officer at all levels finds out that there is gambling, regardless of the amount of money, he will be dismissed immediately, and the officer will take the lead in opening a gambling game, and the crime will be added to the third degree, that is, the starting point is a hundred boards, and the amount of a little larger may lose his head, but the gray area of small fights is also indispensable.

However, generally speaking, the more elite the battalion like the Xuanfu battalion, the less gray the phenomenon.

Ah Da and Ah Er, it seems that they have not been infected with any unique vices in the army.

"Let's go, today is the New Year, take you two to eat out and eat something delicious!" Lu Ning said with a smile, but he was stunned in his heart, but he didn't want to, there would be such a day, the New Year, and he would have two hairy people to accompany him, but it was also unique.

Ah Da and Ah Er were a little surprised.

The main military master they serve is different from others, this military master is brave and difficult, and his physical strength is much better than the two of them combined, this is still only visually observed, because the role of the two has never been so important, and this is the first time that the military master has to take them out alone.

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Since the establishment of an embassy by the Qi people, the town of Owari Port has become more and more prosperous, and the main transportation place is Kyoto, where cloth and tea from the Qi country and the luxury goods of the aristocracy, such as silk, porcelain, and various handicrafts, are greatly appreciated by the nobles.

After all, the needs of the ministers were huge and cost-free, and the common people outside Kyoto, most of whom lived in extreme poverty, could not be the main audience for Qi goods, and now it has become the closest port to Kyoto where Qi goods can be bought.

In addition to silver, the main demand of Qi merchants was to send strong young women to the Central Plains as female laborers, slaves, and maids.

In a way, it is a little more civilized than the slave trade.

Of course, Qi businessmen have a few inconsistencies, before the transaction, will ask the woman's own origins, if there is robbery and deception and other abduction nature, not only will not be traded, but will also be handed over to the embassy to deal with, according to the embassy and the national department reached an agreement, involving Qi people's trade affairs, are ruled by the embassy, yes, those human traffickers, often empty of people and money.

Whether it is the dust gold or pearls that the Central Plains needed before, there is no need to trade overseas after getting the Dewa Mutsu, and for the goods of Dongying, in addition to precious metals, human resources have trading value.

Lu Ning is still quite satisfied with this.

The so-called luxury goods such as pearls are obviously unequal trade, and nowadays, the export of non-precious metal so-called luxury jewelry in exchange for precious metals, raw materials, manpower and other resources is the right way for foreign trade.

In any case, with the arrival of merchants from the south to the north and the increase in the number of Qi people, the port town of Owari Province became unprecedentedly prosperous.

In fact, the official prostitution industry such as drunkards and suniangs was born, and the main targets were merchants and Qi people who lived here without families, and there were suddenly many more single men in the new army, mercenaries, and so on.

Lu Ning led Ah Da and Ah Er into the izakaya, and there were also three or four wine ladies who were showy.

There's no way.,There are a total of three izakaya in Minato Town.,After the first one has the service of a wine lady.,The other two.,If you don't catch up.,You can only end up with the fate of being eliminated.。

The wine lady is slightly more reserved than the mother, drinking with the guests, and at the same time singing and dancing, if you want to stay with you, you have to agree to it, which naturally requires you to pay the price to impress others, or you are attractive, the price may be lower.

On the whole, the quality of the wine lady is higher than that of the old lady.

Actually, after all, it's not the afterlife, it's just three izakaya in Minato Town, and there aren't many customers, not to mention that it's the day of the New Year, and the single men such as the vendors who are stranded in Owari will definitely be willing to have a few drinks today.

Of course, Lu Ning felt that it had something to do with the time period when he came, after all, it was just morning, that is, around ten o'clock.

The four wine girls, Lu Ning waved his hand, and they all asked them to accompany him.

There was immediately laughter.

In fact, where does Lu Ning look down on these vulgar fans? But if you don't want someone to accompany you, find one for Ah Da and Ah Er, they will definitely be uncomfortable, there are a total of four wine girls, if you want three, and finally pick the rest of the one, it will inevitably be a big blow, just ask for them all, one more is not more, one less is not less. In the final analysis, deep in Lu Ning's heart, there is still the gentlemanly demeanor of men in later generations.

In the private room, taking off his shoes and kneeling, the smell of Ah Da Er's stinky feet immediately made Lu Ning frown and told them to pay attention to hygiene, but obviously it had no effect.

The wine ladies are accustomed to it, and the smile is still the same, and they can't smell it at all.

But in fact, it seems that one of the wine ladies also smells a little under her feet.

Lu Ning felt a little helpless, this is the same as the Red Mansion in the Central Plains, it is like heaven and earth, but think about it, it is a county residence, and there are just a few more people and more industries, so it is naturally not the same as the prosperous towns in the Central Plains.

But looking at Ah Da and Ah Er, it seems that they are enjoying and excited, but in front of themselves, they can't let go.

Lu Ning quickly found an excuse to retreat, and here, every second was torment.

The proprietress outside has some charm, Lu Ning handed a silver coin to the proprietress with his hand, it is a Daqi silver treasure, and it has been planned for a long time, but it has just been issued, and it is officially rated as a consistent money, that is, one or two silver, of course, in fact, it is naturally far less than one or two pure silver.

However, from the perspective of Daqi, the big merchants who have seen the world are accustomed to using banknotes in Bianjing, Yangzhou and the East China Sea, not to mention silver coins?

There is never any obstacle to using paper money to exchange it for copper coins.

This makes the credit of the Daqi Tongbao banknotes higher and higher, not to mention the newly issued silver coins.

In this place where there is an embassy of the Qi country and a Qi merchant in Dongying, not to mention silver coins, many large merchants will accept paper money.

The proprietress also had eyes lit up when she saw the silver coin.

Lu Ning smiled: "Accompany my two friends, the rest is all yours, you tell those two friends, celebrate the festival today, have a good rest, and go home tomorrow." ”

The proprietress immediately smiled, nodded her head again and again to thank her, and diligently helped Lu Ning open the grille door to raise the curtain and send it directly to the outside of the izakaya.

Then, Lu Ning saw the real Dong Ji who was walking with a depressed face.