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December of the fifth year of Chongzhen, January 1633 A.D., is a relatively special period in Qiongzhou, Hainan. To read the latest chapters, please stay tuned to Aishang Novel Network biquge.info{Aishang Novel Network biquge.info} because many people here have gradually started to use the Western calendar according to the custom of short máo.

A few days ago, on the first day of the first month of the Western calendar, most of the merchants in the market with a bit of status set off firecrackers for a long time, why did they set off firecrackers - because the largest business organization here, the Qionghai Trading Company, was holding a celebration, so they had to follow up.

Fortunately, although the short máo uses the Western calendar, it is also concerned about the festivals of the Central Plains, and the most money is paid every year, and the longest holiday is still the Ūn Festival. So now at the end of every year, from November onwards (lunar calendar), the atmosphere on Hainan Island becomes very lively - the island's wealthy merchants spend their time with the short máo, the Chinese festival and the Western festival. From the 14th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar, that is, the 25th day of the 12th month of the Western calendar, on Christmas Day, all kinds of festivals have emerged, until the 15th day of the first month of the following year, after the Lantern Festival, after the New Year, this "festival date" is considered to be over.

This period is also the best golden sales season for merchants, and various promotional tricks learned from the Qionghai trading company are endless, and many merchants at first thought that the NV boss of the trading company was simply crazy - discounts, giveaways, membership points system...... With so many discounts to give, I didn't do it even if I wanted to lose money and make money!

But since these methods have been used, the strength of the trading company is not something they can offend, so they have to follow up. After a few struggles, I found that the store not only did not lose money but also made a lot of money, and some unsalable goods were also sent out in the name of gifts, but I tasted the sweetness.

So right now, when Zhang Ling took his sister to walk on the shopping street outside Baisha Port and going to Qionghai Market, all he saw were signboards with New Year's discounts, as well as all kinds of novel and interesting things. Zhang Ling is used to seeing it and doesn't care at all, but Zhang Xiǎo Mei, a stupid girl from the countryside of Shaanxi, suddenly has her eyes.

"Ah, brother! Let's go over there...... No, no, the shop here seems to be more fun...... Eh, let's go first. ”

Zhang Xiǎo looked around, only feeling that her two eyes were completely insufficient. The route down the street is completely in a zigzag shape - every shop on either side of the street has to go inside. The girl is very simple, or out of some kind of fear of the hillbilly entering the city, she always feels that this place has nothing to do with her, and she is very satisfied with just looking at the goods, but she has not yet offered to buy it. But Zhang Ling also felt very shameless - he often patrolled here, and these shopkeepers knew him.

After walking another stretch of the road, Zhang Ling felt that he could no longer let his sister embarrass him with this countryman appearance, so he decided to lead the tour by himself. Of course, you can't be this arrogant xiǎo sister, you have to use some xiǎo means......

"Sister xiǎo is hungry, let's go eat something first. The shops here are just some peripheral wild shops, and I will take you to the Qionghai Market to see, where the things are complete. ”

"No, no, I don't feel hungry at all......"

Sure enough, as Zhang Ling expected, his own xiǎo sister would definitely not feel hungry at this time. But he knows his sister's biggest weakness well:

"There's a lot of sweets here...... You should have heard people say that one of the most famous 'Qiongzhou Three Whites' here is sugar. Many merchants came here to buy sugar. ”

As soon as she heard sweets, Sister Zhang's ears immediately pricked up - she loved sweet things from Xiǎo. It's just that the place in Shaanxi is really barren, although she was born in a fairly wealthy military general family, and she is the most favored old man in the family, she can usually pinch a bag of jelly beans or a few maltose is enough for her to be happy for a long time.

"Sweet? Are there sweet beans and maltose? ”

"No, that thing is too low, who sells this in the serious shop here."

"Ahhh......h Is there a rock sugar gourd and a sugar man? ”

"That's there, but it's also something that children eat, and you have to go to the xiǎo dealer to sell it...... Xiǎo sister, I will take you to eat a kind of dim sum, which is very advanced, and you will never forget it in your life. ”

Using this sentence as a yòu puzzle, Zhang Ling Shun Shun let his sister go with him, and finally didn't have to waste time for those miscellaneous shops on the street.

…………

Soon after, when the two reappeared on the street, Zhang Xiǎo Mei carried two strings of rock sugar gourds in her left hand, a bag of fruit preserves in her right hand, and a piece of dim sum in her mouth, which she was reluctant to swallow for a long time, and said vaguely:

“…… Delicious...... It's so delicious! Brother, I've never eaten such a delicious xiǎo dim sum before. ”

"yes, I was surprised when I first tasted it, I really didn't expect there to be such a delicious taste in the world."

Zhang Ling responded to his sister's emotion, took out a handkerchief, wiped the white sènǎi oil foam on her nose and the corners of her mouth for Xiǎo sister, and smiled slightly:

"I heard that this 'nǎi oil cake' used to be enjoyed by NV scholars in short máo, but it has only recently spread to the market. The taste is excellent, but the price is also very high - just two xiǎo pieces cost five dollars of silver, and the money here is considered a silver dollar. ”

"Huh?"

Zhang Xiǎo Mei was stunned for a moment, and reached out to cover her mouth:

"I ate half a stone of rice in those few bites just now?"

Zhang Ling smiled and patted the girl's arm:

"Not only that, the price of rice here is five dollars and one stone, so you just ate one hundred and twenty catties of rice in one go......"

Seeing his sister's nervous look, Zhang Ling, who has always been strict, couldn't help laughing:

"Don't worry, it's okay. Although your eldest brother's salary is not too high, you can still afford to invite your sister to eat a few pieces of cake. ”

"Oh, speaking of this ......"

Although Zhang Xiǎo Mei is hearty, she is an NV person after all, and if she is an NV person, she will inevitably gossip Tianxìng. swallowed the pastry in his mouth in two bites, leaned over to his brother and began to inquire:

"Brother, you're rich now, aren't you? The first few times I let people bring home the silver cakes were put away by my mother, saying that it was good to keep them for emergencies...... With so much spare money to bring back, you must have a lot of money! ”

Zhang Ling shook his head slightly, and responded casually:

"It's okay, there are always dozens of taels of various subsidies every month, and the government of the short máo is never in arrears, and there are no messy things such as folding sèjiāo banknotes, which are all issued in silver dollars."

"What, that's it? Brother, you are the official of a thousand households! No matter how few people there are, they won't only be a few dozen taels of silver, right? ”

Zhang Xiǎo Mei suddenly shouted, although she was not familiar with the world, but after all, she came from a family, and she also knew a thing or two about the rules in the army.

However, Zhang Ling looked at her, and the expression on his face was a little strange:

"No, these dozens of taels are just my personal income, and the income of my subordinates is not under my control, and the rules here are different from those in Shaanxi."

"What about your soldiers and your family?"

"There are no soldiers, no family members - private guards are not allowed here, and to be honest, I can't afford to raise them."

"Huh? Brother, aren't your thousands of households an empty shelf, so miserable! ”

"Miserable?"

Zhang Ling looked at his sister and couldn't help laughing, but his tone was full of pride:

"Xiǎo sister, you are also a general, and you know the bad habits in the army - our military attache of the Ming Dynasty, known as a thousand households, can have three or five hundred households under his command when he really goes to war, and more than a dozen general flags...... More than 400 people is considered good. The rest is empty, right? ”

"yes, if you can't afford to raise soldiers. The grain and silver given by the imperial court are only a little bit, and most of them are still moldy and cannot be eaten, and if you don't eat empty salaries, you won't starve to death. ”

Zhang Xiǎo Mei had a natural expression, and Zhang Ling snorted:

"I used to think so until I was captured by the short máo...... Well, don't pull it far, xiǎo sister, guess how many people I have under me now? ”

Without waiting for the girl to answer, Zhang Ling took the lead in stretching out a palm:

"Five hundred and sixty-one people, a solid establishment, and five hundred and sixty-one people are sent down every month, not a single one. But do you know how much we spend per month? ”

Similarly, without waiting for a response, Zhang Ling himself reported the figures:

"More than 11,000 yuan, equivalent to about 5,000 taels of silver -- this is only the soldiers' salaries, subsidies, and food and vegetable money, and these costs each of us will be close to ten taels of silver per month. In addition, those who serve as soldiers here are issued two sets of inner and outer clothes, four sets of shoes and socks, as well as cooking utensils, cutlery, backpacks, and bedding every year...... All of them are military supplies. Well, I haven't said anything about weapons yet...... We all use firecrackers here, although the guns we use are almost old goods captured from Westerners, but we also have at least one live-fire training every month, and of course, we don't pull down the usual melee combat practice. ”

"Oh my God!"

Before Zhang Ling finished speaking, Zhang Xiǎo Mei was already dumbfounded:

"How much does it cost?"

Zhang Ling smiled bitterly and shrugged:

"I don't know, I only know that if these 500 people are in their hometown, they can easily defeat the 5,000 troops under my father's command, and if they are rogues, even if there are tens of thousands, they are not afraid - and we are not even a regular army here, just auxiliaries used to patrol the streets and guard the home."

"That ......"

Sister Zhang Xiǎo looked around, leaned into her brother's ear, and said softly:

"Brother, if you pull these people back, won't you be able to hold power immediately? The imperial court must ......"

"Shh

Ignoring the suspicion of male NV, Zhang Ling directly reached out and covered his sister's mouth:

"Don't talk nonsense! How can such a thing be spoken? ”

He looked around a little nervously for a moment, and then breathed a sigh of relief as if he remembered something:

"It's okay...... I heard that he went to Luzon and hasn't come back yet, if he is here, it will be trouble! ”

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