Chapter 3 Buying Grain

Early the next morning, after Zhang Shihua finished breakfast, he left the Inspection Department with Li and Erren, who were waiting here, and rushed to Li Zheng's home. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The group walked for more than 20 minutes before they saw a large courtyard, and Li and Erren said to Zhang Shihua that this was the town's home.

Then Li Chongsan went up to call the door, and it was a subordinate who came to open the door, and the man saw Li Chongsan and said: It turned out to be Li Servant, I don't know what happened to Li Clerk looking for my master, Li Chongsan said to the man: Go and report to your master that the inspector came to visit.

When the inspector heard Li Chongsan's words, he hurriedly said to Zhang Shihua and his party: Wait a minute, I'll go and report to my master.

A few people didn't wait long at the door, and saw an old man about fifty years old, with two middle-aged people with eyebrows and eyes very similar to him, walking towards Zhang Shihua and his party, the old man heard his voice before he arrived: No wonder the old man heard the magpie chirping this morning, it turned out that there was a distinguished guest coming to the door, and the inspection master came here to really make the old man's house shine.

Zhang Shihua also smiled and said to the old man at this time: Li Lizheng is polite, don't blame the official for coming to the door suddenly.

That Li Lizheng listened to Zhang Shihua's words and said: My lord, you are ashamed of the old man when you say this, it is really a blessing for the old man to come in person, and it is too late for the old man to be happy.

Come on, adults, please come in, please come in.

Zhang Shihua and his entourage followed Li Lizheng into the courtyard and arrived in the main house, Li Li was trying to let Zhang Shihua sit down in the main seat, but Zhang Shihua said: You are the host and I am the guest, so there is a reason to let the host sit in the second seat. The two pushed each other twice, and in the end, Li Lizheng sat in the main seat, and Zhang Shihua sat in the second seat.

When everyone sat down, Zhang Shihua said directly to the door: I heard that a group of robbers came here a few months ago, looting everywhere and doing all kinds of evil, it is the local people who are miserable, and the official wants to exterminate these robbers and return the people of the town to peace, but the official has just taken office and is not familiar with this place, and the art of war knows that he knows that he will win a hundred battles, so he wants to invite Li Zheng when he comes to the door today

Recruit some strong archers for this official in Yangshui Town.

The inspection adults can have this heart, the people of Yangshui Town on behalf of the old decay have thanked them, as for the things entrusted by the adults, the old decay should be done, please rest assured that the old decay will issue a notice tomorrow to recruit some young people for the adults.

However, there are some things that adults don't know whether to say or not.

Li Lizheng, please say, this official should listen to himself.

Adults must also know that the archers of this inspection department are not officers and soldiers and have no military salaries to take, and the archers of the inspection department in this town are either according to the labor of the people in the town, or they are transferred when the farmers are slack, and now these archers in the inspection department are all out of the labor that should be served this year, and now it is not a farmer's leisure, I am afraid that even if the old decay issued a notice, it is estimated that the people are rarely willing to sit in the inspection department.

In fact, Li Lizheng does not need to say these things, Zhang Shihua also understands that in the current era, the young and strong labor force in a family is extremely important to the peasants, so even if there is labor in the family, the people who go to labor are generally the old people in their forties and fifties who have been reduced to secondary labor at home.

Unless there is a mandatory rule or something very dangerous, the young and strong people in the peasant family generally do not go out to work.

This is why there are only a few young and strong people in Zhang Shihua's inspection department, but there are so many old people.

However, Zhang Shihua dared to bring up this matter to Li Zheng, and naturally thought of a solution, the ancients in China have long said that "the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit" As long as the people can see the benefits and benefits in this matter, Zhang Shihua is naturally not afraid of not being able to recruit people.

So Zhang Shihua said to Li Lizheng: This time I brought an allocation from the county, and now the money can come in handy.

Oh! Do you want to lure him with profit?

Exactly, Li Li is bothering you to tell the people of this town, but if you are willing to join the inspection department to become an archer, the inspection department has all the food and 200 yuan a month.

It should be noted here that Zhang Shihua is talking about 200 yuan per month, not 200 banknotes, because the Mengyuan court issued paper money indiscriminately, and the current treasure banknotes have long been stinky on the street, and sometimes even the merchants who sell things do not accept treasure money.

And Li Lizheng also asked Zhang Shihua: What the adults gave was really money instead of treasure money. After hearing Li Lizheng's inquiry, Zhang Shihua said: What the official said is money, so it is naturally money. (Two hundred dollars in the Yuan Dynasty is not a lot, you must know that now a stone of rice is only more than fifty dollars, two hundred dollars is not a small amount for the small people of Shengdou, in the Yuan Dynasty a stone weighs about one hundred and twenty catties, four stone rice is equivalent to the yield of one acre of paddy field.) )

So when Li Lizheng heard Zhang Shihua's affirmation, he also showed a surprised expression on his face.

Inspector, then you can rest assured this time, the old decay will not let you down, hearing Zhang Shihua's assurance, Li Lizheng also said to Zhang Shihua with great certainty.

In addition, the official has another thing to worry about.

My lord, please say, as long as the old decay can do the way, I will never dare to refuse.

I don't know if Li Zheng's family has surplus food, so I want to buy some food from Li Zheng.

Hearing that Zhang Shihua was going to buy grain from him, Li Lizheng said quietly, there is still some grain in the old man's house, but he doesn't know how much the inspector wants to buy.

Zhang Shihua said: It doesn't take too much 100 stones, I wanted to transport grain from TH County, but the county seat is more than 70 miles away is really inconvenient, and it will be much more convenient if Lizheng's family has food.

Li Lizheng heard Zhang Shihua's words and said: If it's only a hundred stones, it will be so old that you can still take it out, and I will let the dog transport the grain over tomorrow.

That being the case, the official thanked Li Lizheng here.

Zhang Shihua turned his head again and said to a short young man who was standing behind him and came with him: Thirteen, take out the silver quickly. When the short young man heard Zhang Shihua's words, he took out a silver ingot of about half a catty from his arms and handed the silver to Zhang Shihua.

After Zhang Shihua took the silver, he handed it to Li Lizheng, who said that there was no need for this, but he still smiled and stuffed the silver into his arms.

After Zhang Shihua chatted with Li Lizheng for a while, Zhang Shihua got up and said goodbye.

After leaving, Zhang Shihua heard Thursday Jiu behind him complain: This Li Lizheng is too stingy, my lord, you help the town to suppress bandits, and as Lizheng, he is not even willing to give up a hundred stones of grain.

Hearing Thursday Jiu's words, Li Chongsan, who was beside him, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but saw Zhang Shihua open his mouth and said nothing.

And when Zhang Shihua heard Thursday Jiu's complaint, he just smiled and didn't say anything.

In fact, Zhang Shihua can also see that Li Lizheng is just the Lizheng of a small town, not only has a tall yard, but also has a lot of subordinates at home.

However, Zhang Shihua is not afraid that he is greedy for money, after all, the more this kind of talent, the easier it is to master, if Li Lizheng is really a person who is dedicated to the welfare of the people in the town, Zhang Shihua will not be able to do it in the future.

However, Zhang Shihua left Li Lizheng's house and did not go back to the inspection department directly, but asked Li and Zhou to take him around Yangshui Town, and by noon Zhang Shihua was almost familiar with Yangshui Town.