Chapter 143: To each his best
As the defendant, Zhao Feng is now a weak foreigner, and he was ready to accept the unfair punishment, but the result of the punishment announced by the Huguan County Commander in court was greatly beyond his expectations. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Huguan County Ling knew that Zhao Feng still had 20 catties of gold by his side, but he only awarded 5 catties of gold to the deceased's family, and Zhao Feng planned to compensate all the gold to the deceased's family. As for letting Zhao Feng go to Xihe to Lishigan for one year of hard labor, such a punishment is nothing at all, Zhao Feng is manslaughter, even if Huguan County ordered Zhao Feng to sentence Zhao Feng to five years in prison, Zhao Feng has to accept it.
The punishment of the Huguan County Order also exceeded the expectations of the deceased's family. They didn't accept mediation because of the twenty catties of gold that Zhao Feng carried, but the county order only awarded them five catties of gold, which was far lower than their psychological expectations. However, they could not come up with any reason to question the punishment of the county order, because once they angered the county order, they might not even have the five catties of gold.
The Han people value righteousness and neglect life, and they all look down on those who forget their righteousness for profit. There are 20 vendors who help Zhending buy horses to enter the horse pen to pick horses, but only the deceased is greedy, which is actually a very shameful thing for the people of Huguan County. Morally, the dead do not actually deserve sympathy. If the family of the deceased continues to mess around, it will make the people of Huguan feel even more ashamed, and they will not be able to continue to live in Huguan in the future.
The family of the deceased carried the body of the deceased and left the county office, Zhao Feng came out of the county office, caught up with the family of the deceased, and took out five catties of gold from his body and gave it to the family of the deceased.
So, after the Huguan County Order verdict was over, why didn't he arrange for an errand to follow Zhao Feng to prevent him from taking the opportunity to escape?
Because, the Huguan County Order was not worried about Zhao Feng escaping at all. In this era of credit, if Zhao Feng escapes in order to avoid a year of hard labor, the consequences will be very serious! There is no shame in working for a year, but if you escape the sentence, it is tantamount to complete treachery, such a person will not be able to hold up his head for the rest of his life, and will live in the shame and contempt of others.
In the surprised eyes of the deceased's relatives, Zhao Feng went to the barracks to see Xu Huang and thanked Xu Huang for upholding justice for him.
Xu Huang met with Zhao Feng, and after listening to the verdict of Huguan County, he was also slightly surprised. Now that the matter was understood, he comforted Zhao Feng and asked Zhao Feng to return to Lishi City with his rear battalion, and after arriving there, he could serve his labor with peace of mind, and the year would soon pass.
Zhao Feng was a trustworthy man, and he told Xu Huang that he did not want to stay in Huguan and delay time, and was willing to go to Lishi as soon as possible to accept the heavy labor of building the city. Seeing Zhao Feng's resolute attitude, Xu Huang assigned him a task of transporting grain, and asked him to be responsible for pulling a cart full of grain to Lishi.
A chariot, also known as a chariot, is a two-wheeled wooden cart that is pulled by a person in front of him by manpower. Because the weight of the cart is much heavier than that of the wheelbarrow, and the carrying capacity is also larger than that of the deer cart, it cannot be pulled by people who are not strong. Zhao Feng is tall and healthy, and it is not a problem to pull a car.
Xu Huang asked Zhao Feng to transport grain from the stone, which was the most common type of forced labor for men in the Han Dynasty. Zhao Feng gladly accepted, and under the leadership of the guards, he left Xu Huang's military tent and went to the officer in charge of escorting the grain to apply for the task.
Inside the military tent, Qin Yi frowned, looking at the piles of gold and copper coins, and was thinking about how to spend the money obtained from the sale of horses.
Taking this money to buy grain from the Shangdang is obviously a stupid idea. Not to mention how much impact the 85.4 million yuan will have on the grain market of the Shangdang, the key is that there is basically not much surplus grain in the counties of the Shangdang, and if we buy grain from the Shangdang again, it will become a situation where the Shangdang is short of grain and there is surplus grain in Xihe, then it is a stupid thing to do with good intentions. Shangdang and Xihe are both the sphere of influence of the Tiance Army, no matter where there is a food shortage, the Tiance Mansion has to come forward to solve it in the end.
However, sending these gold and copper coins directly back to Xihe does not reflect his ability. Let money make money and create more benefits for the Tiance Army, this is Qin Yi's true idea and goal.
Qin Yi thought about it, but he couldn't find it, so he sent soldiers to invite Chen Shi to ask Chen Shi to help him find a way. Qin Yi is a cavalry in Tiance Mansion to participate in the military, and Chen Shi is a Cangcao military officer, and the duties and tasks undertaken by the two are closely related to the logistics supply of the army, and it is most appropriate to discuss methods together.
Chen Shi was imprisoned in Qin Yi's tent, and when he saw Qin Yi in a daze around a large pile of gold and copper coins, he asked Qin Yi with a smile: "Is Counselor Qin worried about this large pile of goods?" ”
Qin Yi nodded and said, "I'm really worried!" If we take this money back to Lishi, it will be a waste of the sufficient transportation capacity provided by the rear camp this time, money is a dead thing, and we must exchange it for something more valuable to bring back Lishi, so that the general can feel that we are doing things hard! ”
Chen Shi listened to Qin Yi's thoughts, pondered for a moment, and then proposed to Qin Yi and said, "I heard that there is a kind of silk produced near Luxian, which has a smooth and fine texture and a very beautiful pattern, so the price is high, and it is difficult for non-wealthy families to afford. If you buy the silk from Luxian County and then take it to Yuanyin to trade with the Hu people, you will definitely make a lot of money! The glaze of the pottery fired in Tunliu and the eldest son is blue, bright and bright, and it is also the favorite thing of the Hu people, although the profit is not as rich as the silk of Luxian County, but it is better in large quantities, and if you buy a batch of stones to transport back to Lishi, it can also bring returns. ”
After listening to Chen Shi's suggestion, Qin Yi's eyes lit up, and he felt that it was worth a try to buy Lu silk and green pottery.
Just like what he said to Chen Shi earlier, Lu Bu personally gave an order to the rear camp and asked Xu Huang to come to the party with 4,000 soldiers and horses to transport grain, but in fact there was no need for so many soldiers. Because the local landlords and wealthy families in Shangdang had promised to send their own people to transport grain to Lishi, all they needed was safety protection on the road.
There were 1,000 cavalry in the rear battalion, and as long as they accompanied the patrol along the road, it was enough to ensure the safety of each grain transport team. Because from Shangdang to Lishi, after all, they are operating on the territory completely controlled by the Han people, and the Tiance cavalry can arrive at the slightest disturbance.
Since the 3,000 infantry in the rear battalion did not need to participate in the transportation of food and escort, it was necessary to find a way to let them transport something else back to Lishi, otherwise it would be a waste of transportation capacity.
Qin Yi told Xu Huang about his and Chen Shi's ideas, and Xu Huang expressed his support, so the two went their separate ways, Chen Shi took 500 soldiers and a batch of gold to Lu County to buy silk, and Qin Yi took 1,000 soldiers and 50 million copper coins to Tunliu and his eldest son to buy green pottery.
Because the war affected the trade routes, the price of silk in Luxian County and the price of green pottery in Tunliu have dropped significantly, and Qin Yi and Chen Shi's purchase is obviously very helpful to stimulate the local sericulture industry and pottery industry.