Chapter 270: Money, Money
That's a problem!
On the way here, Xue Lang was thinking about this problem-
A thousand parts does not mean that the county government has only increased the burden of a thousand people, and roughly calculated, it should be an increase of 1,000 households.
Naturally, only the private person can be responsible for the private part. These people voted in Xue Lang's name, and they had no foundation in Chang'an City, and when there was no harvest in the first year, they could only rely on Xue Lang to be responsible.
The situation will be better when there is a harvest the next year. At that time, Xue Lang can distribute part of the output of the field to the subordinates according to the proportion, and part of it will be collected for his own enjoyment, so that this is the beginning of a virtuous circle, otherwise, this thousand parts alone can eat up all of Xue Lang's inventory.
Most of the stress is in the first year. In the final analysis, it was Xue Lang's foundation that was too weak, and the sudden increase of this thousand households would cause his pressure to increase greatly.
Xue Lang looked at the account books just now, in order to settle these people, most of the money and silk in the house had been spent, and there was not much left. This is still Su Siniang's calculation, the money and silk are spent together, if you only rely on money, I am afraid that it will be in a hurry. However, these are necessary expenses to raise the trilogy.
The fields are the first to be produced, at least until the summer harvest. Before the summer harvest, Xue Lang needed to be responsible for the food and clothing of these people. There are also seeds for spring plowing in the coming year, farm tools for ploughing the fields, and ploughing cattle should also be prepared. After such a calculation, Xue Lang instantly felt so poor.
Su Siniang said: "The eldest brother has just come back, and he hasn't settled down and rested yet, so he shouldn't bother the eldest brother with these things, but as the head of the family, the eldest brother should be aware of it." β
Xue Lang nodded: "Thank you, brother and sister." This made me think about it. β
"It's good that the eldest brother knows it."
After telling Xue Lang about the situation and problems, Jiang Lin and his family left together and went back to their own house, leaving Xue Lang alone with his fingers in the accounting-
At present, Xue Lang's most stable income is food. It is more than enough to support everything in the house, but it is not enough to support the tribe.
And Xue Lang's large amount of extra income will have to wait until at least the summer. By the summer, the ice selling business should be able to do something, and there should be a sum of income by then, and the rest, counting the fingers, will not have any income.
Xue Lang felt that the egg hurt!
"Lotus fragrance!"
"The slave is here."
Hexiang hurriedly came in, and Xue Lang ordered, "Show me the general ledger." β
"Whoa."
Hexiang immediately brought the account book, and Xue Lang looked through it-
There are quite a lot of fixed assets, but they are all unrealizable. Money is not everything, but no money is everything. After a few months, the problem of making money was once again on Xue Lang's desk.
Eyes patrolling back and forth on the asset book, and when he saw Lishan Hot Spring Villa, Xue Lang suddenly realized that he had never been there since the saint rewarded him! There are still some days before the Chinese New Year, and when you settle down, you can take Jiang Lin and Su Han to the hot spring villa to enjoy it.
There is no urgency to make money, and the government can still support it at present, but what is lacking is a long-term and stable income. This Xue Lang needs to think about it.
Xue Lang hadn't come up with a reason yet, and on the second day, as soon as he got up, the people in the porter ran in panting: "Huh...... Yu Dalang, Gong ...... There is a reward in the palace. β
"Reward?! What reward? β
Xue Lang asked reflexively. The porter said respectfully: "I don't know the little one, but it is said that the saint and the concubine in the palace have rewards for the eldest man." β
Chaise...... Chaise...... Tang Gaozu Li Yuan's concubine seems to have only one, surnamed Wan, who was the old man who followed him when he was the Duke of Tang in Taiyuan Mansion, and the short-lived Li Zhiyun's mother, Wan Guifei Wan. According to the records of the old and new Tang books, this Wan Guifei was obedient and deferential, and Li Yuan took a fancy to her, and the affairs in the palace were decided one by one.
The saint's reward, Xue Lang can still think of it, this ten thousand concubine rewards...... Xue Lang didn't understand! However, if he does not understand, he will not understand, but the reward must be received, otherwise he will be disrespectful.
Hurriedly changed his clothes, tidied up his clothes, and went out to receive the reward-
It was the great eunuch beside Li Yuan, who Xue Lang had seen when he entered the palace. The other party smiled and said to Xue Lang: "Xue Jungong, the miscellaneous family is here by holy order, please Xue Jungong to receive the reward!" After receiving the reward, the Duke of Xue County entered the palace with the miscellaneous family. β
"Chancellor Xue Lang obeys the order."
Xue Lang walked according to the courtesy.
The person who came immediately took out an edict and began to read itβ
However, Xue Lang understood except for the things he was rewarded, but he still didn't understand the others, and he couldn't show his bewildered face, so he had to thank him respectfully.
The things given by the saint are very real, and the reward money and silk silk are naturally needless to say, the saint is very generous this time, and directly rewarded Xue Lang with 2,000 pieces of silk, as well as a number of other precious silk fabrics. In addition, firewood, rice, oil and salt are actually rewarded, especially grain, Xue Lang was directly rewarded with 300 stone of grain, plus the purchase in the house, so it is no problem for his family members to hold on until the summer harvest!
Concubine Wan's reward was naturally not as good as that of the saint, only money and cloth were rewarded, and there were some high-quality furs and medicinal materials.
"Xue Jungong, please receive the reward!"
"Chen Xue Lang received the reward, thanked the saint and the concubine."
After receiving the reward, Xue Lang tidied up his clothes and crowns, and followed the big eunuch into the palace-
"Chen Xue Lang sees the saint, and wishes the saint all blessings and peace."
"Xue Qing's family is exempt from courtesy, flat body, and given a seat."
Xue Lang got up at this time, knelt down on the futon brought by the palace maid on the side, and only after sitting down did he raise his head and quickly glance at the situation in the hall-
The sage Li Yuan naturally sat on the top of the head, and beside him, there was also a woman who was obviously old and richly dressed. Under the woman, it is the King of Qin and the Princess of Pingyang.
"I haven't seen you for a few months, Xue Qing's family has been reduced, my Pingyang has been in Weize Pass for several years, and I have returned like the Qing family, and it seems that it is really a hardship in the border pass."
The saint's tone was rather exclamating.
Xue Lang said: "Thank you for the saint's care." β
The sage said: "When Xue Qing's family first came to my Tang Dynasty, everything started from scratch, what is lacking, what are the difficulties, you can say it clearly, if it is not good to say it to me, you can also find King Qin." β
Xue Lang couldn't help but show a confused face again, completely unaware of where the saint said this. Princess Pingyang, who knew Xue Lang quite well, saw through his doubts at a glance, and interjected: "Qi Yu Aya, Aya's holy oracle just sent people to proclaim, I'm afraid that Youyang didn't understand, how to understand Aya's meaning at this time!" β
Xue Lang arched his hand to Princess Pingyang embarrassedly, and said with a shy smile: "Thank you, Your Highness, I am ashamed of the minister." β
Only then did the saint remember Xue Lang's clumsy level of classical Chinese, and he couldn't help laughing. Concubine Wan Guifei was moved when she heard this, looked at Princess Pingyang, and then looked at Xue Lang, thoughtfully.
The saint didn't realize it, and said to Xue Lang in a kind tone: "It's hard for Xue Qing's family." The concubine and I sent someone to give a small reward, and what we did was to thank the Qing family for giving medicine to my daughter Pingyang for treating her injuries. β
It turned out to be this!
Before Xue Lang could answer, he listened to the sage: "My wife and I only have one daughter in Pingyang, and we love it like a treasure." This time, she was injured at the hands of the Turks, and her life hung by a thread, thanks to the medicine donated by the Qing family to save her life. The grace of saving lives, a small reward is not enough to express the gratitude of me and the concubine to the Qing family. What more could you ask for? It's all for sure. β
Xue Lang hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be a saint." If you want to talk about it, it should be the princess who has a life-saving grace to the minister. If there is no princess to rescue, I am afraid that he has become a lonely ghost, how can he live such a comfortable life! Although the minister's background is ugly, he also knows it. Therefore, please don't say this again, the minister can't afford it! β