The fifth day of the 11th month of the 46th year of Wanli.

As the wife of the housekeeper of the garrison mansion, Yan Mei'er enjoyed this moment very much. Today is the day to distribute the monthly money to the servants and servants of the whole house.

"See Mrs. Butler!" "See Mrs. Butler!" "See Mrs. Butler!"

The chaotic sound of salutes made Yan Mei'er enjoy listening to it very much. What power is, what identity is, is fully reflected in these voices. The servants and servants who used to nod and bow to themselves now bow down at their feet.

Yan Mei'er sat on the chair and closed her eyes slightly, so that the winter sun was not so dazzling. After enjoying the sunshine for a while, she nodded to the mother-in-law beside her, indicating that she could start.

"I called everyone here today, it is the housekeeper's wife who wants to announce the grace of the lord, and it will be the wax moon soon, the meaning of the lord, from today onwards, the monthly money will be distributed at the beginning of the month, and will no longer be distributed at the end of the month. In addition, a month's reward for the month, and half a month's red book reward for everyone to do the New Year's money! ”

This is just like the thirteen months' salary and festival allowance at the end of the year in the Hereafter. Immediately, the servants, maids, and mothers-in-law present were excited, although they didn't dare to cheer loudly, but the whispered discussions below and the excitement between their eyes still came and went.

"Well, the grace of the Lord is high and the earth is high, and we naturally have to serve with all our hearts." After the housekeeper finished speaking, he turned to Yan Mei'er and saluted, "Please show me, Mrs." ”

"There's nothing more to say." Yan Mei'er stood under the porch, her eyes swept over the more than 20 people in front of her very gently, "There are many people in the house now, and I am afraid that there will be more people in the future." The land and people under the rule of the general are increasing day by day, and the number of people in the house will also increase. ”

"Now outside, several Han Yuan businesses have bonus wages. In our house, naturally, we can't lag behind. All right. Roll call, monthly money! ”

The mother-in-law, Cai's mother-in-law, came over and took the roster of the servants in the house, and began to hand out money by name, one by one thick red envelopes, containing scattered silver. The person whose name was called pinched the hard piece of metal with his hand, and his heart burst with joy. After kowtowing to Yan Mei'er, they took their own money and returned to their positions.

"Lei Pozi, Mai Pozi." The two mothers-in-law, who were waiting in the upper room, looked at each other, hesitated and stepped forward, knelt down, and kowtowed.

"Mrs. Xie Butler."

"Lei Ma, this is your share." Mrs. Cai checked a red envelope, made sure that the name of the person sealing it was correct, and handed it to Mrs. Lei's eyes.

"The Lei clan does not dare to accept the grace of the housekeeper's wife."

"The Mai family doesn't dare to stand it."

Looking at the two kowtowing mothers-in-law in front of her, Yan Mei'er knew that there was something.

"Stand down first. Cai's mother, you continue to send money. ”

After the cadres and others received the money and thanked the rewards and dispersed, Yan Mei'er called Lei Pozi and Mai Pozi to the room, "Say it." What's going on? ”

"Back to Mrs.," the two mothers-in-law looked at each other and opened their mouths boldly. "The old women want to quit their jobs."

"Why? Is the house bad for you? Yan Mei'er hadn't spoken yet, and Mrs. Cai on the side couldn't hold it back. She is the person who Yan Mei'er needs to use in front of her, and when she is full of ambition, suddenly these two mothers-in-law do not receive the monthly money of the reward, and they are clamoring to quit their jobs, which is obviously the first to go with her!

"Mrs. Qiqi, the old woman also has a message here."

"Oh. Let's hear it. Yan Mei'er ordered some incense to be added to the incense burner, and only after the smoke wafted in the room did she slowly open her mouth.

"That's right, the old woman's family brought a letter, this year's harvest is good, thanks to the blessing of the adults, paid the public grain, saved enough rations, everyone still has a lot of surplus grain on hand, and now several shops on the street are open to collect grain, everyone has a lot more money on hand than in previous years; The old and young masters of the family are talking about building an ancestral hall in the village. Madam, you know, the old woman's dead ghost died early, and I have to go home to pay the public share and discuss things with the old and young in the clan, so that the messengers in the house will naturally not be able to get along. Lei Pozi muttered about her difficulties.

"What about you?" Yan Mei'er turned her eyes to look at Mrs. Mai.

"Back to the housekeeper's wife, the old woman heard the adults in the front yard say some time ago that the adults should encourage reclamation, and said that the fifteen acres of land for each strong man is a bit less, and it is necessary to mention that each strong man has twenty acres, and each woman also has fifteen acres of land, the old woman is a little greedy, and after discussing it with the man, she wants to get a few boys in the family to go to Hejing to reclaim the wasteland, so that there will be a lot more things in the family, and the old woman will no longer be able to serve the messengers in the house."

I see! Mrs. Cai couldn't help but let out a long breath in her heart. No one can stop such a reason.

Yan Mei'er laughed, "Haha! That's a good thing! But how can you be so timid? Tell me earlier, or with the steward, that you can't talk about everything? ”

"Mother Cai, inform the account room. In addition to the monthly money and reward money this time, the Lei family and the Mai family will send another three months of monthly money. It's kind of given to them by the general. ”

Sending away the two mothers-in-law who were very grateful, Yan Mei'er sat alone in the room, and Li Shouhan took someone out to investigate the grain reserves, and the room seemed a little empty. Although the resignation of the two mothers-in-law is nothing, and Yan Mei'er handled it very properly, she always feels that there seems to be something wrong with it. As for what was wrong, she couldn't remember it, and that vague feeling really made her feel uneasy.

After thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly woke up and found that it was already sunset, and the afterglow of the setting sun had dyed the window screen on the window lattice.

"Your Excellency is home!"

"Your Excellency is home!"

A flurry of voices came from the gate of the General's Mansion.

"Tomorrow, the next village will be given to all the villages and villages, and wherever the fish farming in the paddy fields is practiced, grain storage warehouses must be built. From the villages all the way to the General's Palace, there are all built! At the village level, it shall not be less than the annual ration of the population of the village, and there is no limit to the more! Shouhan walked as he walked with a group of people commanding.

"Please tell me the shape and name of the granary?" A scribe followed the pace of the Han in small steps.

"Granary? What other shape should the granary have? "There's something strange about Shouhan. The question asked by the scribe in front of him was really strange to him.

"My lord, warehouse is just a general name, according to different shapes and functions, there are warehouses, warehouses, 廪, 廒 and other differences. In the literal sense, a granary with a raised roof is a granary, and students have the courage to tell adults that if they store grain, they must collect and store rice, but not rice. ”

"Why?"

"My lord, rice can be stored longer than rice."

Shouhan stopped, "You seem to know a lot about food reserves?!" Such! The affairs of Siwucang in various places under the General's Mansion will be in charge of you, and you will go to the signing room tomorrow to get the notes and seals! ”

The scribe was a little stupid, "My lord, you haven't told the student, you think Wucang, well, why do you want to call Si Wucang?" What are the reserves in the house? What style is built? ”

"There is no one more stupid than you! I often think about the day when there is no day, and I don't think about it when there is no time! ”

"Also, the granary, just build the style of the kind of granary you said, the ventilation effect is good, the general's warehouse, first built to store at least 300,000 stone of rice, next year to build another one, the year after another to build until you can reserve a million stone of rice. At the end of the fourth year, you can exchange the old grain you have harvested this year for the warehouse. ”

"Thank you for the promotion!" Although the scribe was a little stunned, there were also people around him who understood, and after a few hints, the scribe knelt down and kowtowed to thank the committee. "Student Mai Weiping should do his best to repay the kindness of the adult's promotion!"

Ling Zheng, Feng Mofeng and the others on the side watched Mai Weiping get up and fly away, and a smile couldn't help but show a smile in the corners of their mouths. Seeing Yan Mei'er standing under the porch waiting there, Ling Zheng and the others opened their mouths with great eyes.

"My lord is tired of saddle horse today, it's very hard, it's better to have dinner and rest with my wife first, and let's come back tomorrow morning to ask for advice."

"That's it! The matter of steelmaking and ironmaking is not overnight, and the body of adults is important. ”

"! 10,000 years is too long! Explain the matter tonight, and you can go and do your business early tomorrow morning. If it's a bento, I'll get a reply within three to five days. Why do you have to keep me waiting all night? Merl! Let the kitchen bring the rice of a few gentlemen here! Take advantage of the coolness and eat here! ”

Yan Mei'er knew that the men in her own family had several things in their hearts, which were nothing more than food, military training, shipbuilding, and land reclamation. However, none of these things is indispensable to steel. So, with a smile on his face, he told Mrs. Cai to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner, "Several gentlemen are here, you must do it well!" ”

In a moment, a table of wine and rice was delivered.

Ling Zheng and the others naturally did not dare to sit and eat with the general's wife, and the Shouhan was not reluctant, Yan Mei'er ordered people to separate all kinds of dishes and set up another table with Ling Zheng, Feng Mofeng and others.

"My lord, when you were inspecting the smelter, you said that there was something you ignored, and you also said, if such a thing is available, then I will not worry about the lack of steel anymore?"

After the meal, Ling Zheng stared at a pair of small eyes that were slightly red from the fire, and asked Li Shouhan, who was picking at the food scraps with an ivory tooth picking stick.

"Good. Then I'll tell you to hear it. ”

"How much lime can we get out of the kiln every day today? How much iron ore is transported to the smelter? ”

Wang Quan whispered the daily output of lime, and Ling Zheng also said the production of iron ore. He was a little embarrassed, thanks to those official slaves, the iron ore of the Iron Cottage can produce more than 1,000 stones per day, but the pig iron, wrought iron and steel produced are not even 10%.

"Fauber, you take note. Tomorrow, arrange for the people in the salt factory to fish for seawater, and let the people in the kiln factory prepare the lime and send it to the salt factory. In seawater, add lime water. ”

Hearing this, Ling Zheng and Fu Bo were like falling into a cloud for five miles. Could it be that adults can't do alchemy? However, this sea water and lime are all ordinary things, how can they refine the elixir?

"Wait until the lime water reacts with the seawater, oh, this, that is, after the sea water and the lime water have quieted down, grate out the sediment for me. If you take these things to the smelter and arrange a few crucibles for me to give me a good life, you will definitely make good steel! ”

"My lord, is it a pig iron stove?" It was so simple, so simple that Ling Zheng couldn't believe it.

"Of course, it's a pig iron stove, put into the molten iron. However, how much heat and input, this, you go to the real yàn yourself. ”

This, what will be refined? Ling Zheng and the others didn't dare to imagine it, but for a long time, let them, or the people of Hejing as a whole, form a concept that there would be nothing wrong with listening to the general.

After sending off this cadre, Li Shouhan and Yan Mei'er had to drink tea and talk in the room, and talk about what they had seen and heard and gossiped about this day.

Yan Mei'er told Shouhan about Lei Pozi and Mai Pozi quitting their jobs and going home, as well as the uneasiness in their hearts.

Hearing this, Shouhan Huo Ran stood up and walked around the room.

"I came early, and now I have money and food in hand, and I want to go to the ancestral hall; Those who come late should also work hard to open up the wasteland, and after they have money and food, they will go to repair the ancestral hall. In this way, wouldn't there be clan power again, and the ancestral hall is a symbol of clan power! ”

After walking for a long time, Shouhan finally figured out the clues in this mess.

Is this worth it?

Once the clan power is allowed to grow and develop, the second power core will inevitably be formed in the future, and then the representatives of the clan, those squires, will control the grassroots power, and will make him, Li Shouhan's decree incompatible, or discounted.

How good is that?

"I must raise the gravedigger of this monster before it wakes up."

On the seventh day of November, the Government Hall was established.

The first village chiefs, or security chiefs, began to receive training in Ha Tinh.

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