"You should practice riding and archery when you have time."

Qin Qiong confessed that the soldiers of the Great Sui had to prepare their own weapons and horses, although they generally paid money to the military government, and then got the standard weapons created by the imperial court, but to be a government soldier, they must first have good martial arts, especially the most important ability to ride and shoot. After all, even if you are selected into the government soldiers, how can you make meritorious contributions if you don't have good riding and archery skills.

"I don't know how to ride a horse, and I don't have a horse." Luo Feng said with a wry smile.

Horses are not cheap, especially in recent years, when the emperor was preparing to conquer Goguryeo in Liaodong, so he ordered wealthy families in the world to raise horses, and these horses were reserved for the Eastern Expedition. Many families had the task of raising horses, and when they were due, they had to deliver horses to the imperial court, which made the price of horses in the Central Plains soar.

When the emperor first succeeded to the throne, the price of horses in Qi County was not high, and the general crossbow horse was about four crossbows, and a horse that could be used for transportation was about eight times, and a war horse was at most about twenty times, but now, it is said that a young war horse has at least forty times, and the price has doubled.

"I have a friend surnamed Xu in Dongjun, his family has a caravan to go to Saishang to trade every year, and he will bring some cattle and horses back, the price is actually not expensive, I will let him choose a young pony for you when I arrive, there is a five or six runs, it is about the same, you can just domesticate and train yourself."

Luo Feng originally wanted to say that he bought a horse, but it is not easy to raise a horse, but thinking about it, this time there is a large bounty in the account, and it will be much more convenient if he can raise a horse.

"When the horse arrives, I'll give you a saddle sheath and a hunting bow."

Ordinary people can't have a strong bow and a crossbow in the army, but hunting a bow is fine, and practicing archery with a hunting bow is actually a way.

At breakfast time, yesterday's entourage brought breakfast again, which was simpler than yesterday, a bucket of freshly steamed wheat rice with a pot of egg drop soup.

Wheat rice is hard to eat, and the wheat is ground and mixed with beans and steamed, and it is very rough and difficult to eat. However, compared with pasta, it saves the process of grinding into flour and sifting, especially after mixing beans, it can save a lot of food.

Uncle Luo was very satisfied with the wheat rice after getting up, for them, it was already very good to be able to eat a full meal, after all, the past few years have been worse than a year, and life is not easy.

In addition to the year of famine, the industrious and thrifty people can still be satisfied, but in the year of the great cause of the new emperor, the wood and soil are built, and the army is sent everywhere to conscript, the people are often requisitioned, and even overdue service, the fields and family affairs at home are often delayed, and the days are sad.

When there is a shortage of green and yellow, he often eats bran vegetables, and if he encounters another flood, drought and locust plague or something, then he has to beg for food and flee for refuge.

"When I get the reward, I'll buy him two stones of wheat and take them home." Third Uncle Luo said while eating wheat rice.

"Third uncle, can you pick up two stones of wheat?"

"Why can't you provoke it, I think I ······· back then" The third uncle recalled the past when he was young.

After eating, the retinue of the county order came again and asked them to go to the county office.

The county government is built in the north of Zhangqiu County, which is the most luxurious house in the county, very big and magnificent, but this is also in the eyes of Uncle Luo, in Luo Feng's eyes, Zhangqiu County is too backward, everywhere is dilapidated, the houses are low, the streets are also narrow, and even such a small county town actually has a special market, that is, it is stipulated that all commercial transactions and transactions must be carried out there.

On both sides of the narrow and uneven streets, there is no shop at all, and there are no people who set up stalls along the street, which embodies a design idea of the war era everywhere.

When I came to the county office, it was already very lively.

Almost every household in the small county town was called, and early in the morning, the officials in the county government beat gongs and drums to notice, and the blue-faced eighteen ghosts were arrested, and they were tried in court, and the county was presiding, which was tantamount to a happy good news for the people in the city.

Since the blue-faced ghost wandered to Qi County, people have been panicking, and even several businesses in Zhangqiu County have been robbed outside, and now the blue-faced ghost has been wiped out, isn't it very happy.

Luo Feng and the others came all the way, and they heard a lot of people talking everywhere, all of them were telling how the blue-faced eighteen ghosts were captured, some of them were very exaggerated, and some of them were not far from ten.

Someone was singing the names of Qin Qiong in Licheng and Luo Wu in Changbai Mountain, saying that they were young heroes, and Luo Feng was a little fluttering when he heard it.

Some people say that the blue-faced eighteen ghosts robbed the county magistrate's daughter because they didn't open their eyes, but the county magistrate invited Zhang Zhuguo, the county magistrate, who happened to pass by in the county.

Luo Qi was very unhappy when he heard this, and went to argue with them with a red face, saying that they were the ones who captured the eighteen ghosts.

When he arrived at the gate of the county office, Luo Feng saw a lot of servants in soap clothes and brown clothes, according to Uncle Luo, those in soap clothes are the three classes of officials, and those in brown clothes are the helpers of the three classes of officers, these are basically the people of the townships, who are recruited to take turns to be errand helpers, these people are different from those who are soapy and clothed.

"Those soaps are so majestic, fifth brother, you must be majestic when you wear this." Xiao Qi looked at the soap Li who were carrying horizontal knives on their waists and said with envy, wearing black clothes and wearing horizontal knives in his eyes, they were public messengers, and they were very majestic.

"Actually, I don't think you need to agree to Zhang County's order to be a soap." Qin Qiong said.

After all, Qin Qiong was born in the Qin family of Licheng, which is a local scholar clan, in their eyes, he can be an official or an official, but if he goes to be a soap subordinate, it will be too lowly and humble, even lowly.

After all, even the third-class officials are actually not really tolerant, because they don't even have formal money and food, and they all rely on all kinds of unspoken gray income.

"You just practice martial arts at home, and after you become a soldier, I recommend you to come to Shuai to be a soldier, that is the right way."

Being a soldier is just a side door, and being a soldier is the right way, this is Qin Qiong's common concept at the moment.

A gong sounded, and a group of officials shouted mightily.

Zhang Xianling appeared in a green official robe and an official hat, while Zhang Xutuo, the county commander, also appeared in an official uniform.

The two sat down, and Zhang Xian ordered people to bet on the blue-faced ghost.

As soon as the blue-faced ghost came up, it caused a burst of scolding from the people outside.

"Hang!"

Zhang County's sentence was very simple and decisive, in recent years, bandits have swarmed in various places, public security is bad, and the imperial court has become more and more strict with these lawbreakers.

Therefore, the blue-faced ghost Zhang County Order was directly sentenced to hanging, and it was a decision, not to be detained first and then reported to the state government and transferred to the Beijing Division Criminal Department.

The blue-faced ghost is a thief who is wanted by the government in many places and kills without forgiveness, and the local government can cut it first and then play.

Zhang Xutuo has no objection to this verdict, and even admires Zhang County's order, he is a county officer from the military, and his own duty is to be responsible for commanding the state and county soldiers and horses, maintaining local law and order, and it is his duty to suppress bandits and catch thieves.

"After the execution, the head of the city will be violently corpsed for three days, and then the head will be beheaded and sent to the state government!"

"Good, good kill!"

The people applauded, and no one sympathized with them, and no one cared why they were thieves.

"If you are guilty, you will be punished and rewarded for meritorious service, the government soldier Qin Qiong and the villager Luo Wu and others have merit in capturing and killing the blue-faced thief, and they should be rewarded heavily, according to the previous wanted reward, the thief will be rewarded with 100 yuan, and the remaining thieves will be rewarded with 10 yuan each·······"

"The government soldier Qin Qiong, the villager Luo Wu and others stepped forward to receive the reward!"

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Luo Feng and Qin Qiong were called to the hall to receive the reward, and several messengers came up in groups of two carrying several large boxes, and Luo Feng put one in front of each of them.

The lid of the box was opened, revealing strings of copper coins and horses of silk.

Luo Feng and seven fellow villagers each received a bounty of copper coins and silk silk worth twenty yuan, and Qin Qiong alone received a bounty of one hundred and ten yuan.

Horses of silk and cloth were taken out and displayed in public, along with strings of money.

Luo Feng secretly counted the silk coins, and he found that there were five large strings of coins, ten silk horses and twenty cloths.

Third Uncle Luo on the side felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Zuo Shi, isn't it twenty yuan reward, why is it only five thousand yuan, ten horses of silk, and twenty ends of cloth?" ”

The soap-clothed official next to him smiled, "That's right, a string of money is a thousand, and five strings is exactly five times." And ten horses of silk are worth five times, and twenty ends of cloth are worth ten times, which adds up to exactly twenty times. ”

"But now a silk horse is worth only a hundred dollars, how can it be worth so much five hundred dollars?"

"Otherwise, what you said is the price of the black market, and the price of the government is 500 yuan for a piece of silk, and the price of one end of the cloth is also 500 yuan, that's right."

A piece of silk is forty feet long, one foot eight inches wide, twelve taels heavy, and one end of the cloth is fifty feet long and one foot eight wide, the price of a piece of silk and one end of the cloth is equal, and the price of a piece of silk or end cloth is worth five hundred, of course, this is the official exchange price.

In fact, due to the rising price of grain in recent years, in fact, silk cloth has become more and more cheap, the normal price on the market is a piece of silk to 100 yuan, but now the county only gives five copper coins, and the remaining 15 pieces of silk and cloth, but it is given to a piece of silk worth 500 yuan, so that the difference is five times.

The silk cloth, which was originally worth fifteen times the reward, depreciated five times in value, and the actual amount was only equivalent to three times.

Twenty bounties, in disguise, became eight.

Even Qin Qiong only issued ten copper coins, and the remaining 100 yuan of the bounty was also silk cloth, according to one horse for 500, his reward of 110 yuan, in the end, it was equivalent to only getting 30 yuan.

Third Uncle Luo wanted to say something, but Luo Feng reached out behind him and pulled him a few times.

He knew that since this official dared to do this in court, then he must have obtained the consent of the county order, although they suffered a lot of losses in this way, but they had nothing to say about the legitimate reason for the official price.

Twenty runs will become eight runs, and there will always be eight runs.

Zhang Xianling in the hall saw Luo Feng's actions and admired it very much, he didn't know that the silk on the market was only worth 100 yuan, but the county government treasury didn't have much money, and it was not easy to come up with 270 yuan at once.

Besides, this is the practice of yamen everywhere, and he can't make an exception for Luo Feng alone, that is a broken rule, and he can't explain it to the above.

Luo Feng didn't make trouble, he was very sensible and very good.

I'm afraid that I will encounter ignorant villagers messing around, and I will be embarrassed.

He waved his hand, and another messenger brought in a few boxes of money.

"Just now it was the government's bounty, and this is an additional reward from the county and the county's businessmen, five thousand yuan per person."

These five runs are real money, all strings of copper coins, without any silk cloth.

Eight plus five is equal to thirteen guans, although it is still equal to seven less bounties, but Luo Feng is already very satisfied, after all, thirteen guans is also a lot of money, especially for him and the old Luo family under Changbai Mountain.

"Xie County Order!" Luo Feng took the lead and thanked him!

"Xie County Order!" Third Uncle Luo and the others also thanked them, but when they heard it, they were actually a little unhappy in their hearts, after all, the bounty was less than half.

However, Luo Feng is quite content, ten birds in the forest is not as good as one bird in hand, and the one who gets it is his own.