After paying homage to the martyrs who died in battle, Yi Feng signed and approved the report of the military merit reward for the last battle in the north, and the military department immediately announced the reward list for the whole army. The General Logistics Department, Gong Cao and other departments were busy for a long time, and finally according to Yi Feng's request, they rushed to get out all the rewards for the military merits of fighting in the north before the year. As soon as the merit book was established, Cang Cao also immediately transferred the list of books to the Northern Bank, and the Northern Bank transferred all the rewards and bonuses of the meritorious soldiers to the bank accounts of the soldiers according to the list of books. The logistics department of the army will directly send the bills to the soldiers, and then the soldiers can go directly to the bank to withdraw the money or transfer it or leave it directly in the account.

This is a huge reward, the Wuzhou army fought in the north this time, won successive battles, achieved a series of victories, and captured a huge amount. On average, tens of thousands of soldiers who went north received more than 100 rewards each, even the soldiers who stayed behind also received a reward, and even the various units of the garrison army also received a reward. In addition, coinciding with the approaching New Year, the Huai Huang Army issued a year-end reward as usual, as well as a reward for winter clothes and silver shoes, and the last month's monthly salary and monthly food were also paid in advance, and the payment was doubled. There was a joyful and festive atmosphere everywhere in the Huaihuang Army, although many Northern Expedition soldiers were deducted a sum of 80 yuan from the military department to pay the gift in advance because they brought back a Hu concubine from outside the Saiwai, but in the end they still had dozens of rewards on their accounts. Even some outstanding warriors have been rewarded with hundreds of times. In addition to the bounty on the account. The various materials such as rice, flour, silk, cloth, shoes, tea, wine, salt, and sugar issued by the army were also a large pile. Everyone's face was full of joy that could not be concealed.

Many of the soldiers who had received the bounty were sent home in hired cars for all kinds of supplies, and immediately rushed to the offices of the Northern Bank in the city with their wives and children. If you are in line, you should also check the account in person.

Huang Shi gathered the fur and brocade robe on his body, rode his horse slowly, and saw his own house on the street from a distance. The two door gods pasted on the gate are still the two door gods that have just been purchased and pasted by their novices in this courtyard. On the east side is a statue wearing a golden helmet, wearing armor, a full body uniform, and a sword in one hand. The door gods on the west side are both armed with swords, and the two door gods are tiger-eyed. Majestic-looking. One of these two door gods is called Shen Tu and the other is called Yu Lei. It was once recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas that they guarded the ghost gate. They keep an eye on the ghosts that are harming people, and when they find them, they tie them up with ropes made of reeds and throw them down the mountain to feed the tigers. So the Yellow Emperor saluted them and worshiped them when they were young. Paint the images of the gods, the yulei and the tiger on the door. And hang the reed rope, if there is a fierce ghost appear two gods will catch it and feed the tiger. Later, it was handed down that every family had the custom of sticking to the door god and hanging peach charms. At the beginning, the two portraits of the door gods that he personally picked were pasted by himself, and now it seems that this door god really blesses him.

Seeing Huang Shi looking at the door god on the courtyard gate from afar, Wu Shi Tong couldn't help but smile and said: "This god is mighty, but Brother Huang's current official position, this courtyard is a little smaller." ”

Huang Shi nodded, "It's a little small." At first, he was in a hurry to welcome his relatives and get married. Time is in a hurry, and there is not much money in hand. Therefore, I bought this courtyard house. Later, when I brought my father-in-law's family, my father and two brothers, and my family, the yard was a little tight. And what Wu Shitong said is also right, now he is the head of the first battalion and three regiments of the tank of the former army of Wuzhou, with twenty chariots and five hundred brothers under his command. After stepping into the regimental commander, he can be regarded as a senior officer of the Wuzhou Army. In terms of military rank, he has just been promoted to General An Yuan. This time he also brought a Xi woman back, but on the day he entered the city in triumph, he just asked his own soldiers to help him send the woman home, but he used the excuse that there were still things to deal with in the army, and he finally came back until today. Approaching the door, he was also a little apprehensive, how the official position was high, but when facing his father and wife, he was still a little nervous. I don't know if the woman is still alive, hey. This time, I have a lot of bounty in my hand, and it seems that I can really consider changing to a bigger house.

"Brother Huang has heard of it, the governor's office has a new plan, planning to build four more new cities outside Huaihuang City, and eventually form a plum blossom city of six cities around Huaihuang Central City, I heard that after the completion of the new city, the six outer cities will be connected by city walls, so that these seven cities will become a huge city."

"Well, I've heard of it." Huang Shi nodded, Huaihuang is now more and more prosperous, although Huaihuang is a three-city city, but after all, it was only a regulation of a military castle in the early years, and it was enough to repair it before. But now Huaihuang is becoming more and more lively day by day, and the population is increasing day by day, as the center of Wuzhou, Huaihuang City seems a little simple and small. Building four new cities, and then connecting the six outer cities to enclose a larger area, was undoubtedly a very large but feasible plan. Huangshi had also heard of this plan, and heard that after the establishment of the four new cities, they would be used as garrisons and warehouses for grain stockpiling. The inner city walled by the Six Cities and the huge urban area between the Six Cities will be developed with workshops and residential areas. to meet the growing demand for production and housing.

"If Brother Huang plans to change houses, I think it is better to pre-purchase these houses that will be built. I heard that the planning plan of the residential area has been released, and if you pay 30% of the house price in advance, you can book a desired residence in advance. It is said that a set of three-entry courtyard houses only needs 500 yuan. Samurai Tong told Huangshi what he had heard.

"Five hundred is not expensive, but I don't know when I will be able to get the house to move in." Five hundred guan was an unimaginable astronomical amount for Huangshi a year ago, but for Huangshi, who has now been promoted to the head of the field army's chariot battalion, this amount of money is really not much. With his current position, he has a monthly salary of 60 yuan, plus a subsidy of 9 yuan, and a salary of 20 yuan, and another month of 45 stone monthly salary. Although there are no other official positions in the imperial court, such as Zhitian, Yongye Tian, Xuntian, Gongyu Tian, and Gongfu money, there are already almost 100 yuan on the surface. What's more, everyone knows that the Huaihuang Army is well treated and has high benefits. The reward is higher. The spring and winter silver shoes are rewarded in various annual festivals, especially the rewards for military merits in wars, which are the biggest heads. This time. All the rewards Huangshi received added up to more than 500 guan, and two war horses and a concubine were not counted. And the various rewards and rations that have just been received at the end of the year add up to more than 300 yuan. Being a soldier at his level is really good. It is no longer necessary to rush to the front to fight, the food is high, and the rewards are sufficient. A house of 500 yuan does not need to think about money at all.

Samurai Tong was also envious. Now that he is being taken by Yi Feng's side, he is only a civilian for the time being, and he has no military rank. Listen to the easy wind. It is planned to stay by his side to study and study first, and then send him to the martial arts hall to study, and then send him to the lower army to work at the bottom for a period of time, and then he will talk about it. Generally. The samurai tong is the person Yi Feng personally wants. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the future. However, seeing that Huang Shi was just a small soldier who followed Yi Feng to his tofu shop to eat bean curd a few months ago, and now he has become the leader of the group with five hundred people in a blink of an eye, it is false to say that he is not envious.

"I heard that the new city will be built after the year, and it is planned that it will be delivered in the autumn of next year."

Huang Shi saw that he was very moved by this house, and said with a smile: "Brother Wu also plans to pre-order a set?" ”

"I do have this plan, Huaihuang is so lively, the house is a valuable thing, and now I will only make money and not lose money when I buy it. In the future, Huaihuang will definitely become more and more prosperous. The house will be worth a lot of money. However, I don't have as much money as Brother Huang now, so I plan to pre-order a set of 100 sets of courtyard houses first. ”

"If Brother Wu needs it. You can also take it with me first, I don't dare to say it, there is still a surplus of two or three hundred. Huang Shi said with a smile, he didn't dare to despise the original shopkeeper of the tofu shop. In the past, when he was training in the martial arts hall, he had been Yi Shuai's guard and went to the tofu shop several times, and he also heard that the warrior Tong brothers had come to Huaihuang to do business, but they had no money, and in the end, Yi Shuai took the initiative to borrow money to open a tofu shop. There are so many businessmen in Huaihuang, how many can get Yi Shuai to borrow capital? Since then, Huangshi has begun to deliberately associate with the samurai. Unexpectedly, sure enough, now the samurai Tong was named by the marshal to do things by his side. Today, I happened to meet Wu Shi Tong in the military camp, so Huang Shi asked him to help transport the New Year's goods sent home with him, and pulled him over to enhance the relationship.

Wu Shi Tong smiled and said, "Brother Huang, you still have to think more about how to pass the customs when you meet your sister-in-law, this time you brought back a Xi girl from the north, I heard that you haven't entered the house yet, maybe your sister-in-law has prepared a washboard waiting for you." ”

Huang Shi blushed and shouted: "Don't make fun of it, don't make fun of it, it's normal for men to take concubines, how can your sister-in-law have an opinion." That being said, he really didn't know anything about it. Wife Xu is also a gentle and virtuous woman, and has read, at the beginning he took a lot of effort to marry her, after marriage he was obedient to his wife Xu's words, this time in the north of the battle, saw that everyone talked about a Hu Nu temporary comfort, one day drank a little more wine in the coaxing of the fellow officers, then borrowed wine to strengthen the courage to go into the tent with a hint to himself several times. When the wine sobered up, the matter was gone.

"Tomorrow Dashuai will enter Beijing, and the Wu brothers will also go together, right?" Huang Shi asked with a different question.

"Dashuai was originally scheduled to leave for Beijing tomorrow, but there was an accident, and he has already postponed his departure until three days later."

"What's going on?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just a bold guy, who actually deceived us in the name of King Han and deceived our handsome. Now the marshal is personally trying the case, and he wants to return the Han king's innocence. "There is something mysterious about the samurai Tong.

Huang Shi felt that this matter was not as simple as it seemed. Otherwise, if he is really an ordinary liar, how can he use the marshal to try it in person and postpone the time to go to Beijing for three days?

"What did the liar do?"

"That liar came under the banner of King Han to ask for the exclusive right to sell all the wine in Huaihuang Distillery, and he wanted to underwrite all the wine in our Distillery." Samurai Tong said with a sneer, and finally added disdainfully, "But the money he paid to buy wine is only 10% of what we sell to the outside world!" ”

Huang Shi gasped and was stunned for a long time without making a sound! (To be continued......)