"If the godmother wants to eat or sell, I'll order someone to send you some." Chao Gai said.

Wang Jinniang said: "No, we have now set up an old godmother firm, specializing in the production of pickles and pickles." Just now I found out that your Chaotian pepper tastes very good, and I plan to make a soybean paste with chili, bean paste, Sichuan pepper, and rapeseed oil. Therefore, you have to buy it. ”

Chaotian pepper due to the small quantity, scarce is expensive, the price is very expensive, Chao Gai plans to ship the firm to 200 wen a catty, but this old godmother firm is his own family, according to the cost of 20 wen a catty. Wang Jinniang didn't dare to ask for more, so she ordered 5,000 catties.

It's not convenient to ask about these little things, but this old godmother firm has a special status and has to take care of it.

Within two days, Liu Liang sent someone to inform him, saying that Duan Jingzhu and Ma Ling were here, this was the last time to sell horses this year, and they would go back for the New Year after delivery.

Duan Jingzhu was very happy, and when he saw Chao Gai, he said: "Every time I come over, my brother personally receives him, and I don't want to go." ”

Chao Gai smiled: "It's a little meaning, Brother Duan and Brother Ma have worked hard to run back and forth, what is it for me to come over to receive it." ”

"Five hundred horses have been shipped this time, and Liu Liang's shopkeeper has already settled the payment for us, and since the weather will soon be cold, he plans to continue his business after the New Year. I also met some small tribes in the north, and they actually had four differences, so I bought a few horses and sent them over, and I was a gift for my brother. Ma Ling said.

Chao Gai said: "Four are not like? Let's take a look. ”

The caravan bought a total of three fours, one of which cost thirty yuan, and when Ma Ling took Chao Gai to see it, he saw that it was just three reindeer.

"The deer, formally called reindeer, is common among northern tribes, who have been trained to pull carts, sleds, and so on." Chao Gai said.

Ma Ling was surprised: "My brother is really well-informed, so this is an ordinary deer, and the price must not be more expensive than a horse, we were fooled." ”

"Otherwise, you can't see this thing in the Central Plains at all, and it's rare and expensive, this reindeer should be able to buy it at a high price when it meets a rich lord here, but don't buy it in large quantities, the practicality is not strong, and ordinary people don't like to ride this." Chao Gai said.

Chao Gai also entertained the caravan of Ma Ling and Duan Jingzhu, and this year, these two people went back and forth several times to sell horses, adding great vitality to the Yuncheng Horse Market and making great contributions to the Yuncheng regimental training.

In the naval camp, Ruan Xiaoqi was a little annoyed, and he was often depressed when he came back from training, and sighed: "This battle with pirates, and fighting like this with complete superiority in weapons and equipment, is really disappointing, although my brother did not punish him, I feel that I can't help it." I couldn't hold back this anger, so I went to my brother and went to sea to exterminate all these pirates. ”

Ruan Xiaoer said: "No matter how powerful the tiger is, it will be bitten by mosquitoes, there is a way to be a thief for a thousand days, not a thousand days to prevent thieves, our caravan comes and goes on the Bohai Sea, it is impossible to have a large number of naval guards every time, if a large number of personnel are guarded every time, it will inevitably increase the cost of doing business and reduce profits, so it is necessary to exterminate this group of pirates, I support you to find your brother." ”

Ruan Xiaoqi rode to the barracks, saw Chao Gai, and suggested that he should send troops to eliminate all the pirates in the black sand, Chao Gai laughed after hearing it.

Ruan Xiaoqi was confused and didn't know why.

"Brother, what are you laughing at? Is Xiao Qi wrong? ”

"No, there's nothing wrong. I'm glad you're growing faster and better than I expected. The naval escort cannot be a lot of people every time, and sometimes it is symbolic, so the black sand must be exterminated. But the Black Sand Pirates are cunning and cunning, and they are difficult to find. We have a large force to send them out and flee, and our small force to send them to meet the battle, so isn't it a passive situation, what we have to do now is to collect and investigate intelligence, I have already sent someone to do it, and when we find their lair, we will attack suddenly and destroy them at once, wouldn't it be more convenient? Chao Gai said.

"I see, I thought my brother wasn't going to beat them." Ruan Xiaoqi said.

"You go back, don't say anything, still train every day, wait for my orders, and when the time comes, you must attack quickly and once and for all."

Ruan Xiaoqi happily went back, Chao Gai had already arranged for Li Han of the intelligence department to start investigating the Black Sand pirates, thinking that since this pirate had been rampant for a long time, he must have something extraordinary, and the information was not so easy to obtain.

The beginning of winter is coming, there is no warm winter this year, there is no excess carbon dioxide, so this winter is very cold, a total of 23 primary schools in Yuncheng County have been completed, and the carpenters in each village are busy building desks for the children, Wang Lun has also recruited all teachers, and will only start school in the spring of next year.

Due to shipbuilding and logging cut down a large number of trees in Shuibo Liangshan, the trunks are used to make wood and keep the shipbuilding, but leaving branches and branches and so on piled up, now the weather is cold, it is a good time to send charcoal in the snow, thinking of this, Chao Gai called Wu Yong and Zhu Wu over, and discussed: "The remaining branches and branches of shipbuilding and logging are piled up like a mountain, and it is also a fire to keep them, and now that the weather is cold, I don't think it is better to distribute these firewood." ”

Zhu Wu was speechless for a long time, Wu Yong shook the fan and was not afraid of blowing a cold, and said: "Send umbrellas in the rain, send charcoal in the snow This is our fine tradition, although firewood is not valuable, but it is still good that older people can't cut down and send some to them, but we can't enjoy good things exclusively. ”

Chao Gai said: "Okay, then call Shi Wenbin to send firewood together." ”

Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, and Shi Wenbin led a team to send firewood to the poor and incapable old people in Yuncheng County, and the family had hundreds of catties, which was enough for cooking in a winter.

Zhu Wu felt that the level of buying the people's hearts with Chao Gai's red fruit was a little lower, but Wu Yongchao Gai agreed, and he had no choice but to agree, anyway, there was no harm in this move.

"Dangdang, dangdang." Zhu Wu knocked on the door of a poor household, and an old man in his sixties, hunched over and trembling, came to open the door.

"Who?" The old man asked.

"Hello old man, I am Zhu Wu of Yuncheng Tuanlian, and I came to send 500 catties of firewood to your family on behalf of Yuncheng Tuanlian and the county." Zhu Wu said.

The old man was a little incredulous and asked, "What?" ”

"I'm here to bring firewood to your old man."

"Ah, send firewood, old man, I received thirty catties of relief food every month, and I received two fat chickens during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I was not willing to kill, and now there are eggs every day." How do you send firewood again? I'm afraid my own son is not so good. The old man said movingly, wiping his tears with his hands.

The people of Yuncheng all praised each other, and even Shi Wenbin gradually liked this feeling of being loved by the people.

Just when Chao Gai was sending charcoal in the snow, a seemingly small event was happening in Kaifeng, Tokyo, but it led to a great change in historical development.

Kaifeng, Gao Yu Gao Taiwei's mansion, Gao Taiwei's study, Gao Taiwei is pretending to read, in fact, Gao Yu can't know a few big characters, but he is a captain, and he can't study hard. After studying for a while, Gao Yanei came in.

Gao Yu's godson was originally not surnamed Gao, he was originally Gao Yu's younger brother, and later Gao Yu became a lieutenant, this little brother felt that he could no longer be commensurate with brothers, so he changed his name to Gao Yu's father, and his own name was also changed to Gao Shuang.

This Gao Shuang has recently changed his normal behavior, not looking for women in cockfighting and lackeys, and has begun to become energetic and studious, because he got a book from heaven. made him understand a lot of truths, and also understood the importance of power and money, and he was no longer satisfied with the fame and power of his godfather, he wanted his own fame and power.

Gao Shuang took a cup of good ginseng tea, put it on Gao Yu's desk, and shouted: "Daddy, it's hard to read, the child has made you a cup of tea, eat it while it's hot." ”

Gao Yu touched his chin, stared at Gao Shuang with big eyes, and said for a long time: "It turns out that you have been naughty and mischievous, and I am a little uncomfortable with it recently." ”

Gao Shuang said: "It turns out that I only know that my father is a lieutenant of the court, and the power is boundless, but now I know that my father is also walking on thin ice, which is not easy, so the child has learned to be obedient, and I want to share my father's worries." ”

"Good boy, you have finally grown up, tell me, what do you want from me." Gao Yu said.

Gao Shuang smiled and said, "I can't hide anything from my father, you see that the child is so old, you can't be a cockfighting lackey at home all day long, and you want to find something to do." ”

Gao Yu thought for a while and said: "Several sons of the Cai Xiang family have basically become prefects, but it's a pity that you can't know a lot of characters, otherwise I will try my best to arrange a county order for you." ”

"I don't want to be a prefectural magistrate, I'll accompany my father in this Tokyo city. Isn't my father very familiar with Kaifeng Mansion Yin, just let him arrange a position for me to catch the head of the fast capital, as for the task, just let me manage the small traders in Kaifeng Mansion. ”

"Managing small traders? What's it that forged, patrolling the city all day and managing the streets? Gao Yu asked in surprise.

"Yes, I have come up with a good name, which is called the Patrol Division of the Clean Street." Gao Shuang said.

Gao Yu smiled: "Okay, since you want to do something, I'll go to Kaifeng Mansion Yin to try, you wait for news at home." ”

When he came back in the evening, Gao Yu's face was not very good, and he was obviously angry.

"Daddy, how are things going?" Gao Shuang asked.

Gao Yu said: "This old thing, relying on his qualifications, doesn't take me seriously, he only promises to give you a position as the head of the capital, and there are only ten subordinates who are responsible for patrolling the city and cleaning the streets, and even you are responsible for cleaning." ”

Gao Shuang couldn't help but feel overjoyed and said, "Okay, good." That's so good, I'm the head of the City Patrol Street Division from now on. ”

Gao Yu didn't know why Gao Shuang was happy, so he had to let him.