Chapter 97: Plan Ahead
Lao Jia sat behind the table and munched on beef.
"It's unbelievable that you have all the beef here. Lao Tzu beat his mother's womb, and the number of times he ate beef could be counted on his fingers. ”
"The cow fell to death, and if you don't eat it, it's a waste, and you can't bury it."
"Hey, the problem is, such a strong cow said that if it fell to death, it would fall to death, who would believe it. Actually, no one is stupid. Ploughing cattle is expensive, the court prohibits the private slaughter of ploughing cattle, slaughtering ploughing cattle have to report to the government, must be those sick cattle old and unable to plough the land to slaughter, and after the cattle are slaughtered, the cowhide, beef tendons, horns, cow bones, these are all treasures, ordinary people can not have. The government sent people to kill, and after the killing, they gave some money to pull the cattle away. ”
"Cowhide can make armor, horns can make horns, cow tendons can make bows, cow bones can make knife handles, and everything on the cow is a treasure. Beef will also be bought and eaten by those Haoqiang clans at a high price, and ordinary people have no chance to eat it, and if they can't eat it, they can eat it. Even if there are some rich businessmen, if they don't have a bit of status, it is difficult to eat beef, but the more they can't eat it, the more people want to eat it, so ah, there are always some bold people who will exploit loopholes, such as a good cow, but report it to death, and then spend some money to buy the people in the yamen, the cow will not need to be slaughtered by the government, they will slaughter it, although the cowhide horn and tendon have to be sold to the government, but the beef can be kept, and sold at a high price to those rich people who want to eat beef, have money to eat but are not qualified to eat. ”
"You're pretty good at that." Luo Cheng said with a smile.
"That is, I think I used to do this before, pay more money, make a cow and say that he fell to death, and then the brothers slaughtered it together and ate the beef happily, in fact, I really didn't think beef was delicious before, I didn't think it was any different from horse meat. But because he can't eat it usually, he's willing to spend a lot of money. Lao Jia tore off a large piece of beef with his hand and threw it into his mouth. The heat of the beef stew is excellent, and some spices are put to taste, so the shredded beef made is easy to tear and delicious, tear it gently, the meat is separated along the texture, and thrown into the mouth, but it is not old, the taste is also excellent, and there is no fishy smell.
"To tell you the truth, have you killed cows before, otherwise how could you make beef so delicious?"
"With your heart, you can make good food with your heart."
Luo Cheng said with a smile, this cow was not Luo Cheng fell to death, but someone reported to the yamen to kill the cow, and wanted to pay some money to kill it himself for meat, and then happened to meet the third class of the county government to change blood, Luo Cheng suddenly noticed that there was a cat in it, and arrested the man and cheated a few times, and the man confessed in fright.
That person is specialized in this, to put it bluntly, he is a butcher who slaughters cattle and sells beef privately, relying on a good relationship with the county government to catch quickly, so he reports that a cow falls to death, dies of old age, dies of illness and so on, and then kills the cow and sells it. He did a good job in this business, not only did the rich people in Zhangqiu County buy beef from him to eat, but even sold it to the nine counties of Qi County.
This time I touched Luo Cheng's hands.
This person's crime was discovered, and many arresters in the yamen were implicated, adding to their crimes.
The butcher who slaughtered the cattle was imprisoned, and the cattle that were thrown to death naturally became stolen goods.
The cow could not be resurrected, so Luo Cheng spent a little money to buy the beef and supplement the food for the brothers in the township group.
When Lao Jia heard this, he immediately ran over to eat and drink.
"Do you have any beef, get me some too, and I'll add a meal to the brothers in the group!"
"A cow is only a few hundred catties, and after killing the skin, bones, and meat, there are only three hundred catties left, which is still a big cow, or there are not so many. Although there is a lot of meat, there are two hundred and three brothers in my group, and most of them go to one pound per capita. ”
"Don't talk this nonsense, do you give it or not?"
"There's really nothing left."
"If you don't have it, you have to give it." Lao Jia made a cross. "Don't worry, I'll give money, most of my brothers have never eaten beef. Can't all the brothers in your township regiment have beef to eat, but my brothers in the county regiment still can't eat meat, right? ”
"I'll give you ten pounds, it's really gone."
"What is ten catties enough, what about my five hundred brothers, can one person drink a mouthful of soup?"
Luo Cheng smiled, "It's really enough to drink soup, although there is not much beef, but I still have a cow head left, as well as a full skeleton and oxtail and legs, these stews are enough to drink." ”
"You eat meat and we drink soup? No way! ”
"In this way, if you are given fifty pounds of beef, one brother will also have one or two."
Lao Jia thought about it, "It's pretty much the same, but I want a cow skeleton too." ”
"That's not good, I'll give you fifty catties of beef, I have to keep the cow skeleton, and at most I'll give you the cow head and tail and cow feet."
In the end, Lao Jia agreed with satisfaction.
"Ouch, how do I feel that you kid is much wider than me now? I heard that you Changbai Township Tuan all have three meals a day, and sometimes there are additional meals? ”
"The training intensity is high, and they are all half-sized children, isn't there an old saying, half-sized children, eat old people. What about my more than 200 half-sized children, how can I train and do things if I don't feed them? ”
"Actually, pretty much that's fine." Lao Jia hinted at Luo Cheng.
"Brother Jia, it's almost not, don't be too optimistic. Look at our Zhangqiu county, although this county has only been built for less than 30 years, you can see that there are several places where there are gaps, but they are surrounded by fences. And although we say to the outside world that there is a regiment of 500 county soldiers stationed inside and outside the city, and there is also a township regiment in each township, in fact, how many of these people are really top-notch? ”
"Zhishilang Wang Bo is still on the run, and that Yong Saburo Wang Bodang, you know that this person is actually deeper than Wang Boshui. Now they are most likely still hiding in the Changbai Mountain, we are here at the bottom of the mountain, maybe when these people will kill them down the mountain at night, and then we won't capsize in the gutter! Luo Cheng reminded Lao Jia.
Jia Runbo threw away a piece of beef bone that was gnawed clean, "What you said makes some sense, if this damn Wang Bo Wang Yong doesn't get it, we won't be able to sleep well all day." ”
"Brother, tell me what you can do?"
"What can be a good way, now these two kings are hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, they are frightened rabbits, more vigilant than thieves, and it is too difficult to go into the mountains to get him."
"But this is only a thief for a thousand days, and there is no thief for a thousand days, if we don't get rid of them, we won't be able to live a peaceful life."
"Then we can only strengthen our vigilance, and train the brothers more, and when it comes to the real critical moment, only these subordinate brothers are the most reliable."