The family returned to the hall, and the footsteps outside were sonorous, so Mao Yulong asked his grandmother to sit down and went out directly, but it was Father Zhao who came.

Mao Yulong, who was far away, bowed his hand to Father Zhao, "Oh, our General Zhao is back, and he is unwelcome." ”

Father Zhao slapped Mao Yulong on the back of the head, "Don't talk to me." Seeing Mao Yulong sticking his head out and looking back, he smiled and said, "I asked San'er to come over and call his mother over, let's go into the house." ”

As a result, before the two of them could turn around, three people squeezed in directly outside the courtyard gate, isn't it their three brothers, who else is there a guy from Brother Zheng's family behind them, carrying a stack of food boxes, and in a blink of an eye, the guys quickly set up two tables in the hall and put the food in the food box.

Xu Jie first sighed at Mao Yulong, "To tell the truth, I don't want to come today, I heard that the emperor ordered to reward his brothers, and the three of us came over to celebrate, ready to climb your big official." But as a result, I heard on the way that you kid suddenly committed hysteria, let the big officials be inappropriate, and resisted the order on the spot. The front is called not knowing what to do, and the back is the big crime of raiding the house and destroying the door. So the three of us decided that we were going to turn around and run, and we couldn't be affected by you. ”

Mao Yulong asked with a smile while letting people into the house, "Why are the three brothers here again?"

Zheng Hongda laughed, "Drinking your severed head wine can be regarded as a brother." ”

As he was talking, there was a burst of laughter outside the door, "Good fragrant wine and meat, Brother Yulong is really good, such an elegant thing, how can I forget my brother, I and my Song Yuanshan family are hiding a few jars of fifty-year-old flower carvings, so I came uninvited, to pay tribute to the demeanor of this gentleman with a wind and bones." Then Song Yuanshan came in, in this winter, the small fan in his hand shook like a dog's tail, and he was not afraid of catching a cold.

Mao Yulong greeted him and took Song Yuanshan's hand, "This is really a bad thing that spreads thousands of miles, good things don't go out, the noses of several of you are too smart, why did you smell the wind so early"

Song Yuanshan laughed, "Brother Yulong doesn't know yet, in just two or three hours, your name has spread all over this Qiantang County, it is estimated that by tomorrow, the entire Hangzhou City will be a sensation, and in another half a month, your wind and bones will spread all over Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shilin." It has been a few years since you refused to accept such a beautiful talk as the emperor's decree, and now you are in the limelight. Everyone talked and laughed and entered the room.

Because there were outsiders, my mother took her female relatives to move a table of food into the back room, and there were men brought by Zheng Hongda waiting outside, and there was nothing for them to do.

Everyone sat down in order according to the eldest and youngest, and opened the flower carvings brought by Song Yuanshan, and the boss Xu Jie first proposed, "For the foresight of our little brothers, let's have a toast together." ”

A few people applauded and did it together.

Song Yuanshan put the cup down, opened his signature folding fan with a bang, squinted his eyes and asked Mao Yulong with a smile, "Brother Yulong, you refused the emperor's reward this time, not just to show you the style of a literati." ”

Mao Yulong smiled lightly and shared all his thoughts and plates, which was of course recognized by everyone. The ladies who were eating in the back room also heard it clearly, and the mother proudly said to her brother, "My son is assertive, I am right, don't be too short-sighted, or look long-term." ”

The uncle had to admire his nephew's long-term vision, which was not at all within his reach.

"As for the 100 taels of silver I gave to each of the two fathers-in-law who delivered the decree, it is indeed too much according to normal terms, but now I think it is really worth the money."

Wang Zuoren asked, "How do you say this, what kind of calculations are there here?"

Xu Jie helped explain, "Our little brother's first protest, to be honest, I really don't know the depth of this." Although the emperor's decree was resisted a lot, everyone used this method in exchange for a good reputation, but after all, everyone is an official, and our little brother is just a cloth clothes, the real emperor is angry, this will be detrimental to the future of the brother, and the father-in-law who passed the decree This is the emperor's confidant and eyes, on the basis of the brother's decent answer, and then took the brother's 200 taels of silver, and naturally said some good things in front of the emperor. ”

Wang Zuoren nodded understandingly, "The fourth brother does things, and it really doesn't leak, which makes the old brother embarrassed." ”

Mao Yulong was slightly modest, and then turned his gaze to Daddy Zhao, who had been silent, "I don't know how Daddy has been doing in the barracks recently."

Father Zhao said indifferently, "After this turmoil, the hearts of the soldiers have become wild, and it is not easy to get it." Then he sighed, "The hearts of the people are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead." But fortunately, the above learned this lesson, and made up for the original arrears of money and food, so that those soldiers could live a stable life. Last month, a sum of money was sent down on a monthly basis, although it was halved. In addition, the city gate tax has also been paid back again, but everyone is already satisfied, and if it continues to be paid like this, everyone will be relieved. I am glad that you have rejected this appointment this time, because you don't know the hardships of being a soldier and the difficulty of being a soldier. As long as you step into here, you will never be able to take off the name of Qiu Ba in this life. ”

Everyone sighed for those soldiers, but it was just to express sympathy in front of Daddy, in fact, in the hearts of several people, although Daddy Zhao sitting in front of them was a guard, everyone still looked down on him from the bottom of their hearts.

"Half of the money and food, can only barely make ends meet, once for what reason is interrupted, the soldiers will be dissatisfied again, with this mutiny, everyone has seen that the government is strong outside, if the soldiers mutiny again, then Dad's official position is a trap for your life."

In Mao Yulong's heart, he always vaguely remembered that there was really a war in Hangzhou City, but he couldn't remember when it was.

This time it was he who made a mistake and quelled the rebellion, but next time he may not be so lucky, so the only thing he hopes for now is that Daddy Zhao can use the opportunity of his garrison to rectify the soldiers of the Ninth Battalion, first of all, the next chaos should not happen from here, if there is such chaos in other places, the soldiers of the Ninth Battalion can help.

Of course, Father Zhao didn't know what Mao Yulong was thinking now, but Mao Yulong cared about him, and nodded, "This time, the eunuch who guarded the town did not transfer the garrison from other places, but suddenly promoted me, in fact, the purpose is here." Then he thrust his chest, "But I already have a countermeasure, and it's not so easy for them to take my head." ”

As soon as he heard that Father Zhao had already taken a countermeasure, Mao Yulong couldn't help but be curious, and hurriedly asked the reason.

Father Zhao first threw his hand at Mao Yulong, "This thing actually needs your permission before I can do it." ”

Mao Yulong pointed to his nose curiously: "Why do you need my permission for this matter, it's really strange." ”

Father Zhao said solemnly, "I don't want to make up for the original shortage of the nine camps under my jurisdiction now, so I will directly let them go home, and take a share of money and food to let them live in peace." Now there are actually only 4,000 people, and they are all hungry, and their bones will fall in the wind, so I am going to boil their muscles and bones, so I thought, I will teach them the skills I used to make money, that is, the pankang work I learned from you, and then every 10 people in a team, take over the work of this pankang, anyway, the work is also to boil the muscles and bones, and then earn some extra money for everyone, is it okay for the eldest nephew?"

Daddy Zhao and his son, after getting their own craft, did this for a period of time, because the kang is indeed a thing that makes people comfortable to live in, and it also avoids the moisture from infecting the body, so they quickly pushed it around Hangzhou, every day Daddy Zhao's father and son are busy and make a lot of money. This time, he was able to pass on this skill to his subordinates, and indeed found a way for those soldiers to live. It really has to be spread out by all the staff, even if the imperial court does not have money and food to send down, everyone's income will be very expensive, which is a good thing.

The reason why Daddy Zhao wanted to ask Mao Yulong for instructions first was not the reason for the simple intellectual property rights. A craft must be inherited from top to bottom, and there are rules. Of course, Mao Yulong couldn't refuse this thing that was beneficial to the people, so he made a promise.