Towards the end of the year, two soldiers returned from a business trip, passed by the military palace, and happened to see the four big characters of "Yiren Inn", they were puzzled, so they entered the inn in the name of begging for water to drink.

"Li joined the army, aren't you joining the military mansion? Why is it called Yiren Inn? "Li Lun is a very special Mongol, the naturalization of the Han Chinese is the most thorough, and the soldiers know him.

Li Lun sneered: "This is the idea of the two adults from Beijing, or their inscription, I am not only a military mansion, but also an inn, receiving guests to the outside world." ”

"I see, then why is it called the Yiren Inn?"

"The two adults said that the Han people understand the meaning of the word 'Yiren'." Li Lun shrugged, he smiled ambiguously, with a 'you know' look.

"Li joins the army, you have a woman here?"

Li Lun was excited for a while, he felt that business was about to come to the door, "Of course there is, otherwise why is it called 'Yiren Inn'?" ”

"What's the rule?" The two soldiers were also excited, they hadn't tasted that familiar taste for almost a year since they went out to fight.

"Rules? Ever since there were silver and copper coins, all these rules have to be spoken in them! Li Lun looked at the Ming soldiers with some pride, if Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu told him, what he was doing now was an exclusive business, a seller's market, I don't know if he would be so proud that his jaw dropped.

"Silver? How much silver? The two soldiers pinched the silver in their pockets, not knowing how many times they could come.

"Sixty copper coins." Li Lun automatically added the tips given by Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu to the normal price.

"Sixty Wen?" The eyes of the two soldiers widened in amazement, there was such a cheap thing in this place far away from Jingshi.

Li Lun thought that the two of them were too expensive, and besides, now he didn't dare to offend the Han people, "Fifty wen is fine, it can't be cheaper." ”

"Fifty is fifty, but we have to look at the goods first." Both soldiers participated in the Northern Expedition, and according to the harvest of the Northern Expedition, each person could get at least ten taels of silver, and the household department paid five taels to each of them first, and the rest of the silver was settled when they returned to Beijing.

In their bosoms, they carried these five taels of silver, in this far north, there is no silver to spend, today they have the first opportunity to spend the silver.

"It's not a commodity, it's a person, it's a woman." Li Lun didn't know what the two soldiers were thinking.

"Yes, yes, it's human." Only then did the two soldiers remember that Li Lun was originally a Mongol and had only recently become a Han Chinese, and he naturally did not understand many of the Han people's idiomatic terms.

Li Lun turned around and beckoned Wang Meili.

Wang Meili has a thicker waist, moderate height, and her appearance is also attractive, especially on her face, she always has a docile smile, which looks very pleasing.

In the eyes of these soldiers, who have not seen a woman for a year, she is simply a fairy outside the gate, and she is also a life-saving fairy.

"Okay, deal." Of course, the two soldiers were satisfied, and they were about to enter the inner room to go to the kang, but they were stopped by Li Lun: "Two brothers, you have already seen the people, pay the money first, and then go in, this is the rule here." ”

"Okay, this is a bit of, you have to pay first." The two scolded and glared at Li Lun again, but in the end they still took out the silver.

The smallest of the silver in their pockets is one tael, that is, a thousand wen.

Li Lun was dumbfounded, he didn't have enough change to find the soldiers, so he was stunned on the spot.

"What's wrong? Li joined the army, and our silver was issued by the military department, but it was full of silver. The soldiers thought that Li Lun was worried that there was something wrong with their silver.

Li Lun calculated, he only had 830 Wen on him, even if the two soldiers agreed to pay together, and wanted to find them change, he was still short of 70 Wen, "It's not a matter of silver, two brothers, discuss something?" ”

"What's the matter? Say it. Seeing Wang Meili, the two of them have long wanted to #fire, where can they stand Li Lun stalling for time?

"Two brothers, there are a lot of people here from me, or you two will pay in advance first, and the next time you come, if there are other guests, you will give priority, two brothers, how about it?"

"Prepaid?" The two were furious, and their voices raised an octave: "We pay first, it shouldn't be anymore, how can there be any reason to prepay?" Get change. ”

Although Wang Meili couldn't understand what the three of them were saying, the Han soldier suddenly raised his voice, and his face was not right, she could naturally see it, but she couldn't speak Chinese, so she had to come over with a smile.

Wang's beautiful smile is the best language, and the whole world can understand it.

"Okay, but you have to give us a receipt, otherwise the next time you come, what if you don't admit it?" Seeing Wang's beautiful smile, the two soldiers had no choice but to compromise.

"Of course, that's of course, the two of you go to the kang first, when you go out, I will give you a receipt, and the next time you come, it will be very convenient." Li Lun took one or two lines of silver and gave the soldier 800 wen.

The two soldiers couldn't wait for a long time, and they hugged Wang Meili and entered the hot kang in the inner room.

The soldiers were not like the civilian officials from the Beijing Division, tossing and turning, they cut through the mess quickly, and they had to return to the barracks at night, except for those who had not returned from duty.

After half a cup of tea, the two got off the kang, took the note from Li Lun, and left satisfied, in their hearts, they were very grateful to Li Lun.

Li Lun also thanked them a thousand times, "How much effort did you make, and you earned two hundred wen?" He stroked the silver or two, and it was the first time he had received real silver, and the first time he had his own.

"Dad, I still owe them once!" Wang Meili also got off the kang, she was wearing her belt, and when she saw Li Lun's proud appearance, she reminded her.

"It's okay, I owe them half a cup of tea." Li Lun's gaze never left the silver for a moment, he thought that this silver was too precious to carry on his body, and should be placed in a safe place.

Wang Meili just smiled, and the happiness of a man was her greatest satisfaction.

The two soldiers listened to Li Lun's words, thinking that the brothers in the barracks had already patronized the Yiren Inn, and blamed them for not being enough brothers, but when they asked, they found out that they were the soldiers who visited the Yiren Inn for the first time.

After they said this, there was a sudden movement in the barracks.

On the morning of the second article, several soldiers who did not have a duty visited the Yiren Inn again.

Li Lun saw that there were many soldiers, so he hurriedly recruited Wang Xiuying from outside the city, anyway, Wang Xiuying had already joined his family, and she earned the silver, and she also had to hand it over to herself.

There were more and more soldiers patronizing the Yiren Inn, but fortunately they didn't stay overnight, they all set off a cannon and left, and it didn't take long.

But there are too many people, Wang Meili and Wang Xiuying are also unbearable, they now in addition to eating, drinking and Lazar, they almost don't go down to the kang, they exercise on the kang all day long to earn money, and they have to nourish their spirits at night.

Although Li Lun has two wives, in order to make money, he can't even touch his wife's side, and he has some troubles in his heart.

Fortunately, due to the previous war, the herdsmen had some casualties among the men, and now there are many boys and girls.

At the beginning, Li Lun was just to satisfy his desires # wishes, every time he went to the kang, he would throw ten copper coins to women, even if he occasionally met other men, under the double pressure of Li Lun's power and copper coins, men could only swallow their anger.

Li Lun, who tasted the sweetness, gradually realized the taste.

After discussing with several enlightened families, those men who had tasted the usefulness of the silver reached a consensus with Li Lun: Li Lun could requisition their women at any time in the future, but Li Lun would take 20 of the 50 copper coins paid by the Han people, and the women could take the remaining 30 wen home.

At the beginning, there were not many such families, and now in Lingbei Province, there is no normal circulation of materials, and silver cannot buy goods for the time being, so it is of little practical use.

It wasn't until March and April of the following year that the Han people who transported military rations brought a large number of tea, cloth, and grain to Chita to sell, and the herdsmen really realized the wonderful use of silver, and began to beg Li Lun and let their own women join the herdsmen of the Yiren Inn, and gradually increased.

These women are all in Li Lun's hands, and if the soldiers need it, Li Lun can always mobilize the nearby shepherdess to serve them, as long as the soldiers have enough silver.

The news that the soldiers frequented the Yiren Inn gradually spread, and even Hong Chengchou and Shi Kefa were alarmed, and they sat together to discuss the solution.

"Master Shi, according to the final general's investigation, the matter of the soldiers patronizing the Yiren Inn is indeed zài." The Ming Dynasty has always continued the tradition of "governing the military with literature", and in Lingbei Province, the governor Shi Kefa is the supreme leader, and Hong Chengchou does not dare to hide it from him.

"Hong Junzao, soldiers often visit the Yiren Inn, it is inevitable that the plaything will be demoralized, in the long run, the armament will inevitably be relaxed, His Majesty ordered us to defend the territory here, without strong armaments, in this Lingbei surrounded by foreign races, how to open the territory and defend the territory?" Shi Kefa was quite disgusted by the soldiers' patronage of the Yiren Inn.

"My lord is right, but the soldiers are far away from their hometowns, and in this place three thousand miles away, it is inevitable that there will be some homesickness, so it is good for them to get some comfort." Hong Chengchou is more concerned about the actual needs of his soldiers.

Shi Kefa categorically vetoed: "Hong Junzuo, soldiers can do these illegal things when they are far away from home?" After being in the gentle country for a long time, if the soldiers have no combat effectiveness, how can I explain to His Majesty? ”

"Lord Shi, if the soldiers are homesick for a long time, they will not have much will to fight, and their combat effectiveness will not be strong. Although Hong Chengchou strongly supported the soldiers, he did not dare to stand up to Shi Kefa, after all, Shi Kefa was the highest civilian official in Lingbei.

"How does Hong Junzuo maintain the combat effectiveness of the soldiers? Besides, how many taels of silver do the soldiers have? "Shi Kefa needs the support of the army, his current escort is provided by Hong Chengchou, and he doesn't want to fall out with Hong Chengchou, this is outside the pass, far away from the Jingshi, in case Hong Chengchou turns his face, he Shi Kefa is isolated.