On the way back to the inner courtyard, Luo Kaixian felt a little relaxed.

It was the first time he had felt a little more relaxed since he decided to lead Sylvan and the others back to the East.

Walk slowly step by step, and think leisurely step by step.

If the road from East Africa to Byzantium was easy at the earliest, but at that time, was it not a crisis to be alone? When the tigers are napping, how can Luo Kaixian not be careful when he walks the world alone?

Later, after receiving a group of gladiators in Athens, he was able to sleep a little more peacefully, but he began to be busy, at that time, he not only had to readjust his fighting ability, but also learn various languages, and more importantly, to win over the hearts of the gladiators, and at the same time instill his own tactical concepts in the gladiators...... Nowadays, it seems that any of those at that time was laying the groundwork.

After that, it took a year and a half from arriving in Sylvan to returning to Lingzhou, and in the past year and a half, he has lost count of what work he has done and how many roles he has filled. Whether he was a war commander, a miscellaneous officer, a skills instructor, an engineer, a doctor, or a merchant, he served as a civil judge and ...... The Kid King! Who can guess the hard work involved?

After arriving in Lingzhou after all the hardships, things became more and more fulfilling, but it also made people feel very fulfilled - the feeling of building their own home bit by bit was really satisfying.

Now life is much easier than before, the current situation requires him to keep a low profile and hide his identity, and there are fewer things that he has to deal with personally, except for some key things to control the direction, the rest are all controlled by his subordinates themselves - this is a season for him to test the previous pay, the season of harvest.

And just after seeing the performance of Antiano and many personal guards, an indescribable sense of accomplishment surged up in his chest - Antiano was originally just an inconspicuous one of the gladiators, but now he can have a tongue-and-tongue confrontation with the local officials of the Song Kingdom, and Glass, a bloody guy can also distinguish between fighting and killing, and can be free at a critical time, twelve people against forty-six, it is difficult to say which of the two is strong and who is weak, but twelve people fight forty-six people, And to ensure that every fallen enemy is wounded and not killed, which is not something that any team can do nowadays.

Everything was moving in the direction he expected, and how could he not be complacent?

This fullness lasted until the arrival of Helton at dusk, after the snow had stopped.

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The distance from Kaifeng Mansion to Xingyang is not far, it is more than 200 kilometers, and it will only take two hours to take the highway in later generations, but in this era, even if you ride a horse at full speed without stopping halfway, it will take a whole day, not to mention that it coincides with the snow overnight?

In the spacious lobby illuminated by corbel candles, the charcoal fire is beeping and burning in the copper furnace, unlike Lingzhou is still following the Tang-style small table and low table, there are twelve wooden high-backed chairs in this lobby, and the middle is longitudinally put together to visit two hardwood large square tables, on the square table are placed many porcelain fruit plates containing melons and dried fruits, and there is also a clay pot full of boiled tea.

Rokaixian, Orgie, Antiano, Helton and Jin Qian sat together.

"General, my subordinates have purchased a manor in the eastern suburbs thirty miles away from Kaifeng Mansion, and a total of gold has been used...... One thousand taels, two is the measurement method of the Song people, about three tarrants (1) more, according to our Lingzhou measurement should not exceed half a catty. The estate occupies an area of about ...... 5,000 steps from north to south, 3,000 steps from east to west, the east side of the manor is the Bianshui, as long as the river does not freeze, you can see merchant ships coming and going every day...... There was a simple wharf near the river, and after the subordinates bought the manor, nearly half of it had been repaired, but now the water is frozen, and when spring comes, it will only take half a month to complete...... "Helton respectfully reported to Luo Kaixian.

"Thirty miles in the eastern suburbs of Kaifeng Mansion...... "5,000 steps from north to south, 3,000 steps from east to west, each step is calculated by less than one meter, and it is almost an area of nearly 15 square kilometers, this area is not small, for how much money was spent, Luo Kaixian didn't care, he pondered the geographical location that Helton said, and found that it was difficult to imagine the specific situation without arriving at the scene, so he turned to ask: "There is no restriction on outsiders entering the Song Dynasty to buy land?" Song Guoxun has many estates, will they allow outsiders to buy cultivated land at will? ”

"Return to the general's ......" Helton replied without thinking: "Song Guoxungui purchased land in the north or west of Kaifeng Mansion, because the Bianshui passes through the city from east to west, the upstream water quality is clear, and after the Bianshui passes through the city, the water quality is not drinkable, so there are few nobles in the downstream, and most of them are Song businessmen and wealthy households...... The Song people were not xenophobic, there were many yellow-haired and blue-eyed people who lived, and many people bought houses to live in the outer city of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the merchant Nuak, who was on the same road, bought a mansion in the southern city...... In addition, his subordinates also met some Jews, who are said to have lived in Kaifeng Mansion for decades, and the Song people called them to be happy people. The subordinates who went to buy land with gold and silver were very popular with the Song officials, and the Song officials were greedy, and the subordinates only spent a little, so no one made things difficult......"

This passage of Helton covers the general situation of Bianshui, the political attitude and appearance of the Song people, and the attitude towards outsiders, and even the content about the Jews, although it is a few words, but it contains too much information, Luo Kai thought for a while, and then asked: "Where is the manor...... What about now? ”

Hearing about the current situation of the manor, Helton, who had two beards on his upper lip, said with some eyebrows: "The manor is said to have been the property of a scholar in the Song Kingdom, and now the scholar is old...... Yes, that's the word, I went to the south to return to my hometown, so I sold it. There are 146 residences in the manor, all of which are wooden houses in the style of the Song people, of different sizes, enough for 500 people to stay, but the Song people talk about the main room and the side room, and what are the front yards and back houses...... I couldn't tell the difference, but there was still an empty field on the south side of the master's house, which could be leveled as a horse farm, and before the snow snowed in winter, my subordinates had ordered a thousand stables to be built...... Oh, tell the lord that one-third of the manor is now cultivated land, and the original owner has left eighty-four peasant households, and his subordinates don't know whether to keep them, please show the lord! ”

"Eighty-four peasant households?" Luo Kaixian frowned, "After a few days, it's not too late for the brigade to go over to Kaifeng...... Is there no warehouse on the estate? ”

"Ah, please forgive the Lord for the negligence of his subordinates...... There are seven grain warehouses in the manor, three utility warehouses, and an underground storage cellar, which was used by the original owner to store wine and ice, and two grain warehouses are being built near the dock that is now being built...... Helton replied hurriedly.

"How big is the warehouse? How much food can be held according to our metering? "Food is the theme of this eastward trip to the Song Kingdom, Luo Kaixian of course hopes to solve it as soon as possible, and this Helton said a bit generally, so the tone of his question can't help but be a little serious.

The charcoal stove in the reception hall was very busy, perhaps because the temperature was a little high, and a layer of sweat oozed from Helton's forehead, but he didn't even dare to wipe it, he sat up straight, and replied: "Back to the general, according to our measurement method, all grain warehouses can store a total of 75,000 to 80,000 tons of grain...... This figure can only be estimated, because the weight of rice in the south of the Song Kingdom is large and the land is small, while the unhulled grain in the north occupies more land...... At that time, when the manor was purchased, the original owner stored about 300 tons of wheat in the warehouse, and his subordinates left it, and during the repair of the manor, he also sent people to contact the grain merchants, and successively purchased 200,000 stone wheat and 300,000 stone rice...... Two thousand and sixty tons of wheat and three thousand and ninety tons of rice, as well as the southern rice ordered, have not been delivered to the ...... because of the freezing of the river."

"Well, the capacity of the warehouse is enough ......" Luo Kai nodded first, and then shook his head slightly, "However, only five thousand tons of grain is not enough at all." Antiano, how much did you agree with someone this morning? When will it be delivered? ”

Antiano also sat upright, and replied very seriously: "Back to the general, the compensation of the two Shiguo families will be delivered early tomorrow morning, the agreed amount is 2,800 stones, a total of about 270 tons, as for Xingyang He Tongju will be a little later, it is estimated that it will be in the afternoon, the agreed amount is 3,000 stones, a total of about 290 tons, in addition, he promised to contact the local merchants, saying that he can requisition 10,000 stone grain, but the time will be later......"

"Well, Xingyang is here by Antiano, you will contact you, if you see those grain merchants, you might as well promise in person that you can buy them up to fifty percent higher than the market price! If we leave Xingyang in a few days, they can deliver to Kaifeng Province, we can pay the freight, rest assured, we are not short of gold and silver! Luo Kaixian commanded calmly.

"Obey, Lord!" Antiano said yes, and although he remained serious, there was still some smug emotion in his voice.

Luo Kaixian didn't bother to pay attention to these details, and then asked: "Jin Qian, you came yesterday, and you went to Kaifeng Mansion to report the news if you didn't see me, and Helton, you came in a hurry today...... What happened? Tell me! ”

He suppressed the doubts in his mind until Helton had finished the main overview.

Helton and Jin Qian stood up at the same time, knelt on one knee, and put their right hand on their chests and saluted, the former said: "General, half a month ago, a nobleman surnamed Yang of Song Guoyi had a conflict with us, and three of his subordinates were killed, eleven were injured, and Cui Shibalang was also among them...... Please punish the Lord! ”

Three dead? Eleven wounded? Also includes Choi Shibalang?

Luo Kai was a little annoyed at first, but it wasn't aimed at Helton and Jin Qian. He knows very well that although these people under him have come from the killing field, there is also a big difference, Helton and Jin Qian are not troublemakers, and the people they lead are also mostly exquisite, Cui Eighteen's personality is more active, but he is not the one who causes trouble, so the responsibility must be on the so-called Yang surnamed Xungui!

Thinking of this, his face instantly sank, "Stand up and speak!" Explain what happened clearly......"

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Note: (1) Tarrant, Helton is talking about the ancient Greek tarrant here, which is about 26 kilograms in modern times.

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