Chapter 90: Making a deal with Li Er
When your life is too smooth, the god of fate will find a way to give you some unknown episodes mixed with luck or bad luck or even disaster.
In short, it will not let you be too plain and comfortable, and will not let you go all the way to the end of life on a flat straight road, just like a skilled old driver, driving on a road 100 meters wide, no matter how many cars, no matter how skilled you are, you always have to refuel, and maybe there will be a puncture.....
Under Wang Xingxin's small calculations, the new military camp was completely handed over to these unscrupulous young masters, and Lao Niu went to the logistics department to chat with Liu Lao Er every day in addition to routine inspections, or went to the Viscount's Mansion to find Qin Qiong to talk about military affairs.
At present, the new military camp is changing almost every day, and the companies in the large training ground are training one by one.
Whoever stands longer, walks more neatly, sings louder, and even eats more, everything is compared.
Even if they are good brothers with a good relationship, no one will pretend to be cowardly in this aspect of military training, and they all want to be the first, which is not only related to their own face, but also to their father's face.
Unlike the laid-back old cow, Wang Xingxin is not so leisurely, busy making money all day long. Why? In a word: find it yourself!
It was indeed he who found it himself, and he made trouble for himself, and set the food standard of the new military camp extremely high, and there was a supply of ice in each barracks.....
This is a very verbose and logical passage, which makes Lao Niu very rare, and he did not discipline him. This made Wang Xingxin a little uncomfortable, right! is not adaptable.
The food in the new military camp is not to mention the most elite Xuanjia army in Datang, even the landlords and old wealth of Datang can't compare. Three meals a day, which is very rare in Datang, and there must be meat for a meal! Whether it is pork or mutton, chicken, duck and fish have never been lacking in meat.
The meat produced by each Zhuangzi every day is not enough! After all, now Zhenguan has a bumper harvest in four years, and the price of grain in Chang'an has dropped greatly, and it only costs five cents to fight rice.
If it was the previous food configuration of these new army soldiers, the annual output of these Zhuangzi would be enough for 5,000 soldiers and horses to eat for five or six years, but now almost all kinds of livestock and poultry in these Zhuangzi except for cattle and horses have been bought up by Wang Xingxin, it is still not enough!
The point is that Datang does not have large-scale farms! Wang Xingxin was so worried that he pulled out his half-length hair.
There is no shortage of money, and the money earned from selling ice and soap is enough to feed these 5,000 soldiers and horses with a high standard, not to mention the profits from the soap that has now quietly become popular in the circle of the powerful and wealthy in the Tang Dynasty.
Now Wang Xingxin is sitting in the warehouse of the logistics department of the barracks, looking at the piles of copper coins like a hill and the boxes of silver cakes, he is worried! Worry about not being able to spend your money!
As soon as there are poultry sellers in Chang'an and nearby counties, and those who sell pork will basically be snatched up by the people arranged by Wang Xingxin as soon as possible.
In this way, it was just enough for the food of the new military camp, especially one of the important raw materials for making soap from pork, and now the soap is out of stock.
Wang Xingxin, who sighed heavily, greeted Zhao Xingjian, the captain of the Xuanjia Military Academy, who was guarding outside. Li Er gave one hundred Xuanjia Army as his guards, this kid was very unceremonious, and after accepting it, he asked the captain Zhao Xingjian to take ten people to be his personal guards, and the rest were thrown to Changsun Chong to form an inspection team.
This made the captain Zhao Xingjian very dissatisfied, he was not eager for the new drill, and he didn't want to guard this somewhat out of tune Lantian County all day long.
After Zhao Xingjian told Wang Xingxin very politely about his desires, Wang Xingxin gave a very strange explanation: "This lord's name is Wang Xingxin, your name is Zhao Xingjian, and both of us have the word "Xing" in our names!" The most important thing is that your name also has the word "Jian"! This word is very in line with the temperament of this lord! So you'd better follow Lord Ben! Don't worry, Jianjian, follow this lord to eat and drink spicy! Beauty big drops! ”
Zhao Xingjian heard that the lord was calling him to hurriedly walk into the warehouse, and looked at Wang Xingxin lying on a pile of copper coins in some surprise and said, "Sir, what do you command?" ”
"Healthy! Tell the brothers to come over with a few carriages, and let's load up the money and make a deal with Your Majesty!" ”
"Sir, the last general heard you right! Do you make a deal with Your Majesty? ”
"That's right! To be exact, ask Your Majesty to buy a few people! ”
Zhao Xingjian didn't continue to ask any more, from the transfer to this new military camp, he has seen the magic and wonder of this Lantian County! Even he strongly asked the lord not to call himself "Jianjian", but the lord had to accept this title.
Soon ten Xuanjia pro-soldiers came over with some people driving the carriage, Wang Xingxin looked at the money in the treasury and said, "Let's move!" Five cars of copper coins, two cars of silver cakes, hurry up! Lord Ben looked at the money and felt distressed, his liver hurt, and his eggs hurt! ”
Zhao Xingjian seemed to be a little puzzled and asked: "The last lord will know that you will definitely feel distressed if you take this money to your majesty to trade, why does the liver hurt but it hurts?" ”
"Healthy! If you lie on this pile of hard copper coins, you will also be hurt by the eggs! Don't believe you? This IQ! Can't communicate with you. ”
Li Er, who was rarely idle, was accompanying Empress Changsun to tease Xiao Li Zhi in the Lizheng Palace, and when he heard that this kid from Lantian County had brought several carts of silver to meet, he was very curious and said to Empress Changsun: "Guanyin and I dare to bet you, this bastard boy doesn't know what's out of tune!" ”
"Your Majesty, the concubine has been praising this kid lately, isn't it a good thing to come and give you money today?"
"Haha, Guanyin, wait and see! Come to announce the audience in Lantian County! ”
Wang Xingxin came to the Lizheng Hall with a sad face, and after respectfully saluting Li Er, he said, "Your Majesty, please do the minister a small favor." ”
"Oh, Lantian County came with money to ask me for help?"
"Your Majesty, I really need your help, and only you can help the ministers!"
"Haha, the cost of my shot is not low! Most of the silver coins in your truckloads are copper coins, so you must not have enough! Besides, I can't help with everything! ”
"Hehe, Your Majesty, it's just a small favor, a small favor, these silver coins are definitely enough, greatly exceeded!"
"Then you kid tell me what is going on first! If something is unreasonable or you cause some trouble, it is better to bring back your money, please be guilty! ”
"Your Majesty, reasonable, very reasonable! The minister devoted himself to training for His Majesty, and he honestly stayed in the new military camp and didn't cause trouble, which is simply honest! ”
"Dedicated to training for me? I think it's you who are so lazy that you let your new brothers train for me! And why hasn't you seen that gunpowder yet? ”
"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to touch that gunpowder! Just wait for His Majesty to send someone, and it is best for the minister to do a guiding work. ”
"Alright, let's tell me what you want me to do for you!"
"It's not a big deal, I just want to use these silver coins to buy a few people from Your Majesty!"
"Looking for me to buy someone? Why didn't you go to the Tooth Market, why did you look for me? ”
"This kind of person is only available to His Majesty!"
"Say it! What the hell is it, less going around in circles! ”
"Eunuch! A eunuch who can cleanse himself! This is only available to His Majesty! ”
Li Er couldn't cry or laugh after hearing this! Empress Eldest Sun even laughed out loud regardless of etiquette.
After Li Er's smile was enough, Wang Xingxin said very seriously: "Your Majesty, eunuchs are not complete people, presumably the price will not be too high, the minister brought five carts of copper coins and two carts of silver cakes today, and it must be enough to ask Your Majesty to buy four eunuchs who can cleanse themselves!" ”
"Bastard boy, what is the use of this cleansing eunuch? Do you know that you can't use eunuchs as a sesame seed viscount! ”
"Your Majesty, the minister is not for his own use, please listen to the minister's explanation."
So Wang Xingxin explained to Li Er that he wanted the eunuch who knew how to clean himself to help the castration.
After hearing this, Li Er first laughed for a while, and then said seriously: "Lantian County, are you sure that this method of castration can make pigs grow fatter and faster?" ”
"Your Majesty, what do you think, that is, people eat and sleep all day long, and eat when they sleep, and they will quickly gain weight, not to mention the pigs who are not picky eaters. If you don't believe it, ask the father-in-law next to him if he has become more and more weak after cutting, and the more he doesn't want to move? ”
Li Er looked at the chubby eunuch beside him and asked with his eyes, and the eunuch glanced at Wang Xingxin with a very resentful look and said, "Your Majesty, what the lord said is right." ”
"In that case, I will give you six eunuchs in the purification room! Remember not to hide your secrets, but to promote! This is a good thing for the benefit of the people! ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Don't you know that the food ministers of our new army have been worried about losing their hair recently, and now it seems that it is enough, if it takes a long time, this meat will not be available! ”
"Humph! Looking at the millions of male soldiers in my Tang Dynasty, there is no such good food as your new army, and I will go to test it in another month, if it costs so much, if you train a strong soldier who is not as good as the Xuanjia Army, I will not spare you! ”
"Your Majesty rest assured, I will invite Your Majesty to come and inspect it in person after a month, but do you see the silver money brought by the minister?"
"Do you still want to pull it back!"
"Your Majesty, what you just said to give, that is, the meaning of sending, since you have sent it, you don't need money to buy it!"
"Humph! Bastard boy, if you actually say foul language such as castration in front of the queen, this silver money is your punishment! If you don't agree, it's okay, but you have to hit the board for the crime of disrespecting the queen! ”
When Wang Xingxin heard this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this money is for you and your mother, and if there is a surplus in the future, it will be sent!" But don't mention this board again! ”
Li Er smiled and asked Wang Xingxin to get out of the Lizheng Palace.