Guo Rong of the warrior camp returned home with a heavy twenty taels of silver, and at this time, he was still holding his thousand-mile horse.

Guo Rong is in a very good mood, after all, he has enough money, so he doesn't have to sell his thousand-mile horse.

Twenty taels of silver is a huge amount of money for Guo Rong, even for a hundred household officials, because it is enough to ensure that his family can have a year's food and clothing.

Therefore, Guo Rong was very grateful to Emperor Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty in his heart, and he couldn't help but secretly think that the current emperor is really good, which is different from the previous military department's distribution of rice.

Guo Rong still remembers that the new Ming Emperor said that in the future, all the money will be paid in full and will also be issued with silver money, and Guo Rong can't help but look forward to his future happy life.

According to his own treatment of 100 households, if he can pay the full amount of money and all the silver, he can also receive 60 taels of silver a year, so that he can not only ensure the food and clothing of his family, but also buy a few new clothes and even buy a house.

The housing prices of the Ming Dynasty are not inferior to the housing prices of Beijing in later generations, many officials only rent houses in Beijing, and Guo Rong, a hundred household officials who were transferred to Beijing from other places, are naturally the same, and he can only rent and live in a relatively remote place in the outer city, and he has to get up very early every day to go to the thousands of households, and he can't stay with his mother-in-law for a while.

But now, if the imperial court can really distribute the full amount of money every year, he will be able to save a hundred taels of silver to buy a courtyard near the inner city in a few years.

Guo Rong began to look forward to his life, and what made him look forward to it was that the emperor said that he would take them to fight Tartars in the future, although Guo Rong did not read much, he also heard the governor Zhao said that "fame is only taken immediately", he agreed with this sentence, and also knew that his family's future wealth could only come from the battlefield.

He longed for war, especially when he remembered what His Majesty had said about the Tartars killing and plundering the border people in the border towns.

Guo Rong was originally born in a border town military household, and was transferred to Beijing to avoid bloodshed in the border town because of his merit in saving the governor of the capital, Mr. Zhao, but he is also a young man, and he is also a bloody husband, and he is also an excellent border town horse army, therefore, he has always had the idea of seeking wealth by killing the enemy, and now the words of the Emperor Ming make this desire in his heart even stronger.

In the dead of night, Guo Rong was not in a hurry to go home, he first went to a blacksmith shop surnamed Lin that he was familiar with, knocked on the door of this blacksmith shop, and gave the blacksmith Lin a tael of silver: "Blacksmith Lin, use your good iron here, this official wants to make a good knife!" Kill the Tartars in the future! ”

There are many officials in the capital, and there are even more six-rank military attachés like Guo Rong, although Blacksmith Lin is a craftsman, he has also seen many officials, and he is not much afraid of Guo Rong, so he only smiled in surprise: "When did Lord Guo be so generous and take out a tael of silver to make a good knife?" ”

"The imperial court has sent Lu rice, a full twenty taels of silver! Now it's counted as meeting a good emperor."

Guo Rong and Blacksmith Lin are also old acquaintances, so they are not inhibited, and they chatted after mentioning the silver.

In the eyes of Guo Rong and others, whether the emperor is good or not does not lie in whether he follows Confucian etiquette, whether he is cynical, whether he is lustful and cruel, as long as he gives enough money, he is a good emperor.

Blacksmith Lin didn't expect Guo Rong to have so much silver at once, and his face was a little more respectful: "Since the Lord of the Hundred Households is going to make a treasure knife to kill the Tartars, the small one must be carefully built for you!" At the same time, the blacksmith Lin said: "The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is really coming, and even you can receive twenty taels of silver." ”

Guo Rong smiled and didn't speak, he went to buy rice and meat again, and then led his horse to his yard, Guo Rong pushed open the firewood door of his rented shack, he put the rice and meat he bought on the ground, and then tied the horse in the yard.

Guo Rong loves his horse very much, and he couldn't help touching the horse face of the Qianli good horse: "Now that you have money, you don't have to just eat grass, I have already bought beans, and I will make you bean cakes tomorrow!" When you eat stronger, we will kill the Tartars together in the future! ”

Qianli Liangju snorted, seemed to understand Guo Rong's words, and happily rubbed the horse's head against Guo Rong.

Guo Rong chatted with his horse for a while, and then carried the rice and meat back to his house, and Guo Rong's father Guo Yang in the house saw Guo Rong coming back, so he asked weakly, "Marco is sold?" ”

Guo Rong replied with a smile truthfully: "No! ”

Guo Rong's father, Guo Yang, pointed at Guo Rong weakly, although he couldn't get up and beat Guo Rong, he was obviously very angry, and even his breath became short: "What do you want me to say about you, do you really bear to starve your son to death?" My little grandson is so hungry that he can't cry now, if you really don't want to sell the horse, then chop up your father and me and feed my grandson. ”

"What did the master say, it's not that I don't sell horses, it's that I don't need to sell horses, the court has already issued Lu rice, and it is over-issued, and the distribution is still silver, a full twenty taels! I've already bought rice and meat, and now I'll let Yu Niang cook for you to eat. ”

Guo Rong called his daughter-in-law Yu Niang out as he spoke, and handed the rice meat to his daughter-in-law.

Guo Rong's daughter-in-law Yu Niang was very happy when she saw the rice meat, and she was busy cooking meat porridge.

After about half an hour, Yu Niang cooked the porridge and gave Guo Rong's father Guo Yang a bowl, and fed the child with a bowl, while Guo Rong drank it with his father with a bowl.

Guo Yang was obviously hungry for a long time, so he couldn't wait to pick up the meat porridge and send it to his mouth, and he didn't care if the porridge was hot or not.

Even Guo Rong himself felt that when the hot porridge was drunk into his stomach, the whole person was warm, and he had the strength to speak.

Father Guo Yang drank two bowls in a row, and also told his daughter-in-law Yu Niang to eat a bowl quickly, while he asked his son Guo Rong: "Why did the court suddenly send Lu rice and give you twenty taels?" ”

"It was issued by the Son of Heaven himself, and there is a year-end bonus for three months!" Guo Rong replied.

"We have met a good emperor!" Father Guo Rong also laughed when he said a word, "Speaking of which, only during the Xuande Dynasty had such a rich Lu rice." ”

"Your Majesty also said that in the future, the full amount of silver, it can be seen that the new emperor is indeed a good emperor, the lord will teach me to ride and shoot from tomorrow, the child wants to go to the battlefield in the future, the new emperor seems to have the meaning of reinvigorating my Ming army", Guo Rong said.

Father Guo Yang was even more excited when he heard this, and hurriedly pulled Guo Rong to tell the story of his former border town.

Early the next morning, Guo Rong and his father Guo Yang got up early, and Guo Yang continued to teach his son Guo Rong the art of riding and archery.

And Guo Rong's wife Yu Niang and son Guo Chen also stood aside and watched, and his wife and son were also full of red light, put on new clothes, and did not have the slightest hunger and cold.