"Master, the master spares his life, the dog is stupid and ignorant and doesn't know the etiquette, he really should fight, just ask the master to be plugged in the small place for a long time, burst into the city, and was dazzled for a while to spare his life."

A middle-aged man stepped forward and knelt down to plead.

"What's your name?"

Yang Xin didn't pay attention to him, but continued to ask the young man, and at the same time his hand was slightly forced, although he only used a little force, but it was not something that humans could bear, and the young man's hand began to deform and twist in his hand a little bit.

The latter couldn't help but scream.

"Master, master, the little Yan'an Wei resident Zhang Wenxing, this is the dog's loyalty."

The middle-aged man said in horror.

"What's your name, I ask?"

Yang Xin continued to ask about his goals.

Then he continued to clench.

"Zhang, Zhang Xianzhong!"

The latter finally couldn't help but scream.

"Take it!"

Yang Xin said.

With that, he let go of his hand.

Zhang Xianzhong's pale face trembled his hands, and at the same time, two family members stepped forward and quickly controlled him, and the two knives also pressed his neck, but at this time, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't take care of resisting, he only cared about trembling his hands there, although his hands were not abolished, but he had to raise them for a few days. His Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Western Kingdom, was still very young at this time, but it could be seen that he had also experienced weather, and he must have been a soldier, and he obviously held a knife in his hand for a long time.

"Master, master spare your life!"

The middle-aged man cried out in fright.

Those people in the same industry are clamoring, these are not good people, these years to drive donkeys thousands of miles to deliver goods, and along the way through Luliang, Taihang and other bandit-ridden mountainous areas, they have to be able to fight, the same temper will not be too good, a few people immediately stepped forward to question.

But then they all shut up......

Because a tooth plate appeared in front of them.

Tooth card.

Although I don't know the words on it, as long as it's an ivory card, I can't afford to mess with it.

Zhang Wenxing was also dumbfounded.

"Forget it, it's not a big deal, I don't think this man is a bad guy, since he has been taught a lesson, spare him."

Mrs. Yang said.

Zhang Wenxing hurriedly kowtowed to her overjoyed.

Yang Xin was noncommittal.

Later, the family hurriedly brought him the Taishi chair.

Yang Dudu then sat down, and then in a nervous gaze, he looked at Zhang Xianzhong, who was already full of fear on the ground, the latter lowered his head, and his hand was still trembling involuntarily.

"You were a soldier?"

Yang Xin asked.

"Back to the old man......"

Zhang Wenxing hurriedly wanted to say something.

"I'm asking him!"

Yang Xin said.

Zhang Wenxing hurriedly closed his mouth and glared at his son fiercely at the same time.

"The little one was a soldier in Yulin Town, and later he was kicked out by the rod for violating military discipline, and the small one stuffed out of the world has never seen the world, and when he saw that his wife was beautiful, he lost his temper for a while, and begged the master to spare his life."

Zhang Xianzhong said in a low voice.

"That's right, I also think Madame is beautiful."

Yang Xin said.

Mrs. Yang was speechless in the back.

"Master, Mrs. is like an immortal, I am a mortal, I am a trance for a while, the dog was indeed a soldier under the command of the king of Yulin before, but he was young and stubborn, and he was lured by a group of old ** to commit military discipline together. was gracious to the handsome, but he was expelled with a cane. The small generation is a farmer, and the farmer drives the donkey to deliver goods, and he has no other livelihood after returning home, so he has to take him with him to deliver goods, and he is also the first time to enter Beijing this time. The small one has been sent many times, this is the oil sent by the Ansaima family, the Ma family does not raise a pack team, they all hire the small ones to deliver goods like this, and the small ones are also recognized by the steward here. ”

Zhang Wenxing said.

"I'm the owner of Steward Fang."

Yang Xin said.

Zhang Wenxing was at a loss......

"The little one has seen the Hou of Hejian, and the Hou of Hejian is a thousand years old."

One of the people in the crowd suddenly woke up, and was so frightened that he hurriedly lay on the ground and shouted.

Zhang Wenxing's father and son also woke up, and they were so frightened that they also lay on the ground and quickly kowtowed, and the others also knelt down and kowtowed......

"Get up, Chitose or something, don't scream nonsense.

Arise also.

Since you have been a soldier before, then stay and continue to be a soldier, Benjue is recruiting reinforcements, Benjue likes to recruit northwestern men like you, and he has ordered to recruit troops in Yan'an Mansion before, so you don't want to go back. If you follow Benjue to make war exploits in North Korea, you can also fight for a future, wouldn't it be better than driving a donkey like this? The rest of you who are willing to be soldiers, as long as they do not exceed thirty, can be paid, three taels a month, food and clothing in the army, Ben Jue never withholds military salaries, and never let his soldiers not have enough to eat.

As for arriving in North Korea, beheading the capital is according to the court's reward, and Benjue will never covet the brothers' rewards.

In other words, my Yang family is not short of that bit of silver. ”

Yang Xin said.

Since Zhang Xianzhong appeared, of course, it was impossible to put it back.

"Master Hou, the little one is willing to join the army."

The person who reacted first just now shouted.

"What's your name?"

Yang Xin asked.

"Little Luo Rucai, a native of Yan'an."

The latter stepped forward and said.

"Uh, yes, who else? In addition, there are five taels of settling-in allowance per person, two months' salary in advance, you can receive silver here, let fellow villagers and friends take it back, you can also report your address, I will let the business in Yan'an Mansion send it. ”

Yang Xin said.

Then five more signed up.

In fact, Yang Dudu's subordinates are basically known to everyone, but most of the packers are middle-aged, even if they are not over thirty, they all marry wives and have children, and it is impossible to leave their wives and children behind so simply. As for Zhang Xianzhong's lack of family, Luo Rucai is a single person, of course he has no worries, and even Luo Rucai is still hired by others to drive donkeys, and he is poor and can't even afford to raise donkeys, so he doesn't care about becoming a soldier immediately!

The five of them then signed up separately, and there was an unexpected character in it.

"Liu Guoneng."

Yang Xin looked at the list in front of him.

"Throwing a brick on this land can hit a thief!"

He sighed.

And there's nothing surprising about that.

Those who can rise up from the pole will definitely not be honest on weekdays, not to mention that they are not the kind of people with smart minds, who have died in the devastating famine in northern Shaanxi a long time ago, and it is impossible to leave a name, and those who can leave a name are a little capable. In recent years, driving donkeys to deliver oil to the capital, and then returning with other goods such as grain, is what those pack teams in Yan'an like to do the most. Zhang Xianzhong's family originally did this, Luo Ru is a poor ghost, although there is no record in history of what he originally did, but with his cunning skills, he is definitely not farming, and it is most likely that he is often out with the camel caravan.

In fact, very few of these guys in the late Ming Dynasty were pure farmers.

Gao Yingxiang is a horse seller.

Li Zicheng became a pawn.

The earliest boss, Wang Jiayin, was a deserter.

can't be said to be a pure farmer, honest and boring farming, it is difficult to get ahead in troubled times, Zhu Yuanzhang also relied on the experience of begging in the process of dervishes.

The main force of the peasant uprising was indeed the peasantry.

But the people who led them were basically not pure farmers.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong, who received the silver and pressed his handprint on the roster of the soldiers, stood in front of him and looked at him with some apprehension. Five taels of settling-in expenses, two months' military salary of six taels, eleven taels of silver, this is actually not much, because at this time the price of rice in Yansui has long exceeded two taels, and the general army of Yulin is actually the general army of Yansui Town, but it is stationed in the Acropolis of Yulin. The military and civilians in Yan'an are staggered, the people of Yan'an Mansion, the guards of Yan'an and Yulin, and the guards who live in the border castles under the Yansui General Army.

Zhang Xianzhong's family is a household of Liushujian Fort under the Yansui General Army, and it should belong to the civil registration managed by Yan'an Wei.

In short, the system is messy.

It's only eleven taels of silver, which is basically enough for their family to support them for a few days.

"How's your harvest going?"

Yang Xin asked.

"Back to the Hou Ye, I can't collect much grain in the Biansai, I am all a soldier, a hired hand for the merchants, and I hope that the harvest in the field will starve to death."

Luo Rucai said respectfully.

"Do you grow sweet potatoes there?"

Yang Xin asked.

"Last year, there was a planting, this thing is stronger than other grains, especially a kind of can eat leaves, this year there are a lot of seeds, but the landlords don't like it, they collect rent and don't collect this kind of thing, the people are planted a small piece of grain, and in the end most of them have to plant corn and the like."

Luo Rucai said.

"Send 100,000 taels to the merchants in Yan'an Mansion, and let them collect sweet potatoes with the gentry of the Ma family."

Yang Xin said.

"To whom?"

Mrs. Yang was stunned.

The Yang family's business also has its own reclamation land in the local area to grow sweet potatoes, make vermicelli on the spot, make wine and sell it, although it is not very profitable, but this is a mandatory task, and the quality of the work is related to the salary of those shopkeepers.

But acquisitions are useless.

In fact, now the shopkeepers in many places say that they can't use it at all, and in the end they are sold cheaply to the local people as seeds.

"Hire people, dry sweet potatoes, and then store the dried sweet potatoes, the climate in northern Shaanxi is dry, it is estimated that there will be no problem in three years, not only in Yan'an Prefecture, all the businesses in Shaanxi are all in the local area and the gentry signed contracts to receive sweet potatoes and make dried sweet potatoes. Then choose a dry and ventilated place to build a warehouse for storage, to ensure that it will not rot within three years, the more the better, prepare 500,000 taels of silver, as long as those gentry are willing to plant, sign with them. The price was negotiated, and we told them that they would not pay enough after the autumn harvest next year, and we would ask them to pay compensation. ”

Yang Xin said.

This approach has been proven to be effective.

This year, the gentry in the south all handed over sweet potatoes in accordance with the contract, and the leaves and leaf stems in the process of planting sweet potatoes provided valuable food for the victims of the famine.

This model is completely scalable.

Otherwise, the gentry would not like to grow any sweet potatoes.

After all, this thing can't bring them any benefits, even if they collect rent and sweet potatoes, it will be difficult to turn it into the silver they need, after all, this thing can't be as popular as millet.