At the beginning of September of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Jingbiandun. Hearing that her son brought him to sue him, he was also a Tunbao official, and there were sixty taels of silver to reward him, his mother Zhong was naturally very happy, but she still thoughtfully asked Wang Dou to keep the silver money, saying that he would need to spend money in Tunbao in the future.

She kept the silk cloth that Wang Dou rewarded that day, and she couldn't put it down when she caressed the cloth, and even said that she couldn't put it down, even if she had such a good fabric, I was afraid that Mrs. Li in the village didn't have it. Afterwards, she solemnly put away the silk cloth, and said that when Wang Dou got married in the future, she would make new clothes for Xie Xiuniang.

Today is the day when Wang Dou and the original Jia Changzhong Dayong handed over the affairs of Jingbiandun. The Ming Dynasty has a strict order, after the officials are promoted, they must wait for the new officials to meet and explain, and the date and document of the explanation must also be reported. After the completion of all the things in the pier, Zhong Dayong will also go to Huiyao Fort to take office.

At this time, Wang Dou was wearing the official clothes of the general flag, Zhong Dayong was wearing a hundred official uniforms, and the two stood in front of the pier gate and talked. is about to leave, looking at everything familiar in the dun, Zhong Dayong is full of emotion in his heart, looking at the high-spirited Wang Dou in front of him, thinking that he went to office alone, and his heart is not tasteful.

"Clock, take care!"

Wang Dou finally hugged Zhong Dayong with a fist, he beckoned, and Han Chao walked over, holding a tray in his hand, covering something with a red cloth on it. Wang Dou stretched out his hand to take the tray and lifted the cover on it, but it was a silver ingot of five taels.

Wang Dou said to Zhong Dayong: "The high clock is Huiyao Castle, and the brothers in the pier have made up a little etiquette, brother's mind, and I hope that the clock is not too little!" ”

As he spoke, he handed over the tray.

Zhong Dayong didn't expect that Wang Dou would give him Yicheng two silver taels when he was leaving, which he didn't expect, he took the silver in surprise, looked at Wang Dou, and wanted to speak, but he couldn't speak. His wife Wang next to him suddenly turned red and shouted, "Brother Wang, you ......"

Wang Dou gave a deep salute: "The hour is cherished all the way!" ”

After a long time, Zhong Dayong sighed and said continuously: "Brother...... I'm ashamed.

Wang Dou took stock of the population and materials in the pier according to the booklet.

At present, what is left in the pier is the Han Dynasty brothers, Qi Tianliang and Yang Tong and his wife, a total of seven people, including himself. In terms of material, the grain, chickens and sheep taken from the Houjin Army that day were almost eaten, the chickens and ducks were gone, there were only three sheep left, only a few bags of rice and noodles were left, and the firewood, grass, smoke and soap stones in the pier were complete. In terms of equipment, in addition to the bows, arrows, spears, and waist knives of the original few people, the armor and weapons taken from the Houjin Army that day were well preserved, and these were the capital of their own business in the future.

That day, after Wang Dou killed the Houjin Pashku, his waist knife was also seriously damaged, and when he came back, he simply chose a Houjin heavy sword from the capture, and the Shun knife on the Houjin Baijia was also picked up, this short knife was much better than the knife he originally used.

There are several pairs of iron armor and cotton armor seized that day, but in addition to Wang Dou, the Han Dynasty brothers and Qi Tianliang all picked a body of leather armor and war horses, the iron armor is heavy, and the cotton armor fire preventer is not as light as the leather armor, and when it is not a life and death battle, in fact, few people are willing to wear iron armor. As for the weapons, the three of them still used the original.

Looking at the armor and weapons in the warehouse, Wang Dou glanced at Yang Tong who was following behind him, and asked him to choose a suit of armor, Yang Tong was overjoyed, which proved that Wang Dou really regarded him as his own. He was grateful for the choice of a cotton armor, and the three-eyed gun in the pier belonged to him. Yang Tong's choice is correct, a qualified archer needs to be trained for many years, in addition to Wang Dou and the three Han Dynasty brothers in Jingbiandun, the bows and arrows in the hands of Qi Tianliang and Yang Tong are purely ornamental, and they use firearms better than bows and arrows.

The inventory of the materials in the pier is complete, and there are a lot of relatively small fire road piers, but it is still too little for Wang Dou's future exhibition, especially in the case that he is going to Tunbao, so he can only slowly think of a way in the future.

Wang Dou was pondering the future exhibition of Jingbiandun and Tunpu, where the Han and Chao brothers and Qi Tianliang were muttering and discussing something, and after a long while, the three of Han and Chao walked up, and Han Zhong was still carrying a bag of heavy things in his hand.

Han Chao clasped his fists and saluted, and said to Wang Dou: "Wang Tou, we have thought about it, Tunpu will need a lot of silver money in the future, and it is useless to put our silver next to us, so we will hand it over to Wang Tou to use together." And there is another point, that day in Dongjiazhuang, Zhang Gui asked Wang Dou if he would like to join the military household registration, so that he could be assigned to the officer's field, otherwise there would only be some rice.

On that day, Wang Dou did not hesitate to join the military household registration, so that his name was recorded in the yellow book of military positions, and his descendants will always be the military household of the Ming Dynasty. And when the two Han and Chao brothers saw Wang Dou join the military household, they also joined the Ming military household together. In this way, they were all given a number of officers' fields, and each of them had land ranging from 150 to 100 acres. Of course, their fields are also taxable, and in the future, they will be directly deducted from their rice.

Qi Tianliang and Yang Tong were originally tenants of Zhang Gui, the manager of Dongjiazhuang, and of course Qi Tianliang would not be a tenant now, he had already surrendered to Zhang Gui that day, and he didn't think about buying some land to inherit the family. However, after these times he rushed around, the fertile land in Shunxiangbao was all owned, and no one was willing to sell it, buying those thin fields and wasteland, the investment was huge, and the taxes and grain were heavy, I was afraid that he would not be able to make ends meet in the future, and his worries also affected the two brothers of Han and Chao. The two of them had originally planned to buy some land, but they both hesitated after that.

At this time, they sent the silver to Wang Dou, not to mention the joy of Wang Dou, and when the fort is opened in the future and the water conservancy is built, everyone can directly divide the land into 100 acres, and it is three years free of grain, this kind of thing that kills two birds with one stone, why not?

The four of them had a deep brotherhood here, and only Yang Tong stood awkwardly awkwardly.

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Wang Douluo counted the silver slightly, the two brothers of the Han Dynasty spent a little time these days, plus they kept some broken silver, one of them took out one hundred and thirty taels of silver, Qi Tianliang also took out eighty taels of silver, connected to Wang Dou's silver, at this time he had a total of more than six hundred taels of silver in his hand, with this money, the confidence of Tunpu in the future will be more sufficient.

Taking out the silver, everyone felt more intimate, and everyone discussed the matter of the pier and the tunbao, and the more they felt that things were complicated and there were many affairs. However, it is necessary to dig a well in the pier first, otherwise the people in the pier will have to go to the Dongfang River a few miles away to pick up the water, which is too difficult.

In addition, I also went to the Dongfang River to see the wasteland that could be cultivated.