Chapter 211: The Zhao Family's Troubles

Beihua Quanye Bank is a two-story cement and iron-reinforced building, the four walls of the house are unremarkable, and there is no shadow of square bricks, only the eaves of the roof are consistent with the Daming house. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

There were ten soldiers with knives and guns standing outside the double open gate, Fang Shun and the others came in and saw that there were many people coming and going, and they were all going to explore the truth and reality like Fang Shun.

Entering the spacious hall, I saw that half of the hall was blocked by a half-height fence cabinet, which was divided into more than 30 stalls, and there was a guy behind each stall.

One of the walls of the hall was plastered with notices detailing the bank's procedures, and a few men explained to the people who came to inquire, and each of them was surrounded by a group of people who listened to the rules and regulations.

Fang Shun and the others listened to it for a long time on the side, and what they said was similar to what the middle-aged man said, except that there was one thing that was very important, from now on, Beihua will use gold, silver and copper coins instead of silver taels.

The guy is holding gold, silver and copper coins in his hand, everyone can take a look, Fang Shun and others passed on a silver coin, the silver coin is shining, the front and back are engraved with exquisite patterns, the result of their inquiry is a gold coin for ten silver coins, a silver coin for a hundred copper coins, and a silver coin for one or two silver, in half a year, gold and silver coins and silver are the same as the two, and half a year later the government will only recognize gold, silver and copper coins.

This did not cause a big reaction, after all, it is more than ninety percent pure gold and sterling silver, and there are such exquisite patterns, according to their simple concept, this is also worth a tael of silver, and it is not a tattered piece of paper to cheat money.

Fang Shun and the others also saw that a few soldiers were really saving money, putting them in the cabinet and filling in some words, and then they got the fold with a red cover.

Fang Shun and others inquired about the bank's interest on lending, and sure enough, it was three to five percent, and three percent was collateral. Four and five cents is no collateral, this point said that Fang Shun and others understood, if there is real estate, jewelry, armor, etc., they can be mortgaged and loaned, but each household is not allowed to mortgage the acres of land.

Fang Shun and the others walked out of the bank excitedly, and discussed all the way to the granary of the chief secretary of government, and came to the west of Fang Mao Port. A large open space surrounded by a tall fence is the granary, from the outside you can see some tall spired granaries, at the gate some horse-drawn carts, ox carts full of grain are waiting to be weighed.

Fang Shun and the others waited at the door to ask a few farmers who had sold grain and went out, and were told that there were no dirty things such as kicking grain to lose weight, stealing rice buckets, etc., that is, checking whether the corn has pests and mildew, whether the sweet potatoes have pests and teeth, and after weighing, they will be given a sign. Go to the signing room to get the money.

The silver coin in the hand of one of the bankers almost dazzled the eyes of several people.

Only one person came out with wilted heads, it turned out that the corn was not kept well and moldy, and of course he regretted that he only exchanged half of the silver money.

Fang Shun and the others can be said to have opened their eyes, and they returned to the village full of joy, and each prepared their carriages and horses to go to Fangmao Port to sell grain.

Fang Shun also agreed with his mother-in-law to build a house after selling grain, buy some cloth and shoes and socks, and also propose to his in-laws and marry Fang Yuanshan. There are many long nights and dreams, and now everyone who has a woman in the family is shaking. If there is a suitable woman, then go to the bank to borrow money to handle the marriage of the second child.

The Liao people in the southwest of the entire North China Plain are happily collecting and selling grain, in exchange for money to buy goods and organize weddings, while the central and northeastern parts are much quieter, they are all Liao people who arrived after this year, and they arrived first is just to roughly open up the acres of sweet potatoes and plant a crop. Those who arrived late were still in the fields while there was no snowfall.

Zhao Limin's family and Huang Jishan's family have just finished buying white sweet potatoes. Zhao Limin's family has three sons, while Huang Jishan's family only has three fathers and sons, and the two sons are not yet adults. In particular, sweet potatoes are tedious tasks to get up, clean up the soil, and put them in the bag.

Although the two families have not replanted 50 acres of fields because of the solar terms, the harvest of more than 30 acres of white sweet potatoes is also a lot, at least next year's rations are enough, and white sweet potatoes can also be used as dishes, so the mood of the two families is good.

Next year, the adults will also send out the grain, of course, the last half of the ration, as long as the wind and rain are good next year, they will turn over, and live and work in Beihua from now on.

However, all the good mood disappeared on this night, because the eighteen-year-old eldest son Zhao Guang was going to serve as a soldier to eat food, and he was extremely stubborn, and his mother's tears could not dissuade him.

Zhao Guang stood in the courtyard with his head down, Zhao Limin and Zhao Wu were persuading him, Zhao Wu was full of tears, and Zhao Yuan and Zhao Hao were listening honestly.

"Zhao Guang, what's so good about being a soldier and eating food, your father and I have been a military household for more than ten years, and I can't even afford to support my family, so I only settled down here." Zhao Limin said bitterly, he knew that the child had his own ideas when he was older, and he couldn't use it as simply as when he was a child.

"Dad, you are a Ming military household, it is good to give half a year's salary, Lord Zhao's soldiers have a salary of one or two silver per month, never in arrears, and there are rewards for going to war, if it is long, the total salary of 100 is several times that of the soldiers, Dad, I don't want to nest in this small mountain village for a lifetime." Zhao Guang said with a stiff neck.

Zhao Limin knew that Zhao Guang had let the Broken Army hook all the souls, and when he was on Mi Island, Zhao Guang had nothing to do with the soldiers on the island, and Zhao Guang knew a lot of the details of the Broken Army, and it seemed that Zhao Guang had the idea of becoming a soldier at that time.

"Then you don't care about your parents, as the eldest in the family, you should help your parents support the family business, do you let your younger brother and father go to the land to farm." Zhao Wu said with red eyes.

"Mother is right, as the eldest son, the eldest brother should sit at home, and when the younger brother is sixteen years old next year, the younger brother will go to the army to eat food." Zhao Yuan on the side said that when Zhao Guang went to break the barracks and walked around, he was by his side, everything was in his heart, and he also had the intention of becoming a soldier, but he didn't say it because he was a little younger.

Lao Zhao and Zhao Guang immediately looked at Zhao Yuan in surprise, what is the situation, Zhao Guang did not appease, and another one came out to be a soldier to eat food.

"Why, the Broken Army is well fed, and it can still have a future." Seeing everyone staring at him, Zhao Yuan shrank his neck timidly and muttered.

"I don't live anymore, the meat I gave birth to has to be used as a soldier to eat food, what can I do?" Zhao Wu cried, one was not enough, and the other was going out, which really made Zhao Wu think about it.

So this topic will be stopped for the time being, no matter what, it can't continue tonight, otherwise Zhao Wu will die for everyone to see.

The cold winds of late autumn began to wreak havoc on the land of Beihua, and the temperature dropped greatly, and anyone knew that the winter in Beihua was coming, and the first snow would come at any time, and Beihua was famous for its snow.

In a woodland in the southeastern part of the North China Plain, where the hills and mountains meet, Li Xuan led 500 Korean soldiers in ambush, all of whom were watching a passage on the southern edge of the woodland, which was the main passage from the North China Plain to the Shisheng Plain.

Li Xuan was dressed in a blue robe, with a sword at his waist and hips, and was wearing plate armor, and his body was much stronger than before, Li Xuan immediately decided to join it when he heard the news of the formation of the North China Korean garrison, and Li Xuan, who had seen the world, thought that when a kingdom was expanding, the military general was the shortcut to promotion.

And the small Jeju is too narrow, since Jeju has a younger brother operating here, he also has a way back, why don't he dare to win him, so Li Xuan was appointed as the most familiar and trusted candidate among the three thousand Korean soldiers to be the head of the Korean garrison.

Of course, the three thousand generals of the Korean garrison are all Ming people, and the ten hundred generals are also Ming people, and there is also a staff group of ten people who assist Li Xuan in handling military affairs, which actually plays a role of supervision and control.

The 3,000 Koreans, including Li Xuan, arrived in Beihua after three months of training, and there is no need to mention the sins he suffered in these three months.

If it weren't for the fact that he had suffered a lot from his career as an official slave for several years, Li Xuan would definitely not have been able to bear it, and he finally understood why the Broken Army would be so good at fighting.

After two months of campaigning, more than 100 people were killed, and the Anui people within a radius of 100 miles were either forced to land or flee.

This time, it was the largest Karamo tribe that had retreated to the mountains, dissatisfied with the small tribe that did not obey the order and subordinate to the Ming people, and threatened to send troops to retaliate, so the small tribe hurriedly reported to the garrison army, and the garrison army immediately decided to set up an ambush here.

Li Xuan peeked at the deputy general Wei Landlord who was looking into the distance with a telescope, and said that the Korean garrison was actually the Ming man who had the final say, and Landlord Wei was the Ming general who was responsible for the training of the Korean army, and he was actually the one in control of this army.

After all, the Koreans have not been naturalized for a long time, and it will take time to build trust, and he believes that as the life of the Koreans in Jeju and Beihua gets better and better, they will all be annexed, and the Ming people will also trust them more.

The trees shook in the distance, and the three small tribes of Anui ran back in a panic, telling them that a large group of Karamo tribes was coming, with about three hundred warriors.

Li Xuan pouted, the Anui people have no armor, iron weapons are not fine, there is no military law, and it is not enough to rely on Yu Yong.

Li Xuan looked around at the five hundred garrison troops a week, and even Changbai always had iron armor to protect them, although it was the chain mail and piercing armor eliminated by the Ming people, it was also iron armor, and the other soldiers were all wearing cotton armor, which was much stronger than the Anui people.

There was a noise in the distance, and the chaotic ranks of the Karamo tribe came into view, and they walked into the ambush circle unsuspected.

Li Xuan looked at Landlord Wei, Landlord Wei was silent, Li Xuan ordered an attack, which is good, Ming people know to give him face in this town.

In the sound of the brass trumpet, accompanied by two rounds of bows and arrows, five hundred Korean soldiers howled and broke into the ranks of the Karamo tribe like a tiger descending the mountain, and the melee began, Li Xuan had no doubt that his soldiers were the victors, I am afraid that after the war, some people will save enough heads of five Anui people to enjoy the acres of land in Beihua, which is also the reason why the Korean soldiers are like wolves and tigers. (To be continued.) )