This time all the proceeds were bought for charcoal.

After reporting the account, Xiao Zhan took the bamboo slip and said: "All the last year's charcoal, cotton clothes, and even quilts in the capital have been collected. The grain has basically been purchased, and the grain in the capital is still at the original price. ”

At that time, the purchase of grain was based on the fact that the price of the capital would not be increased. There was already a lot of grain in the capital, and every time I went to collect three or five hundred quintals, I could make up for it all in two days.

Xining nodded, thought for a while, and said, "The one who was injured will be given five taels of silver, and he will be given three days off." ”

I was hit with a fist, the corners of my mouth burst, and I actually got five taels of silver! You must know that if you go up and let the soldiers punch you, you can get so much silver.

And what Steward Lin thought was that it would cost him five taels of silver to get so much silver, which was really worth it!

Xining said again: "The two of you work hard, go down and rest first." ”

He turned to Steward Xiao and said, "Go find two safe people, I will write a thanksgiving form, take it back with the angel, and bring twenty sheep as a tribute by the way." ”

When Xiao Zhan and Steward Lin heard this, they immediately stopped moving. Both said they could do it, they weren't tired.

The corners of Xining's mouth curled, knowing what the two of them were thinking. Still asked Xiao Zhan to write, she read, Xiao Zhan wrote: "Heaven is gracious, and the courtiers are grateful." ”

Where is gratitude, where is there zero tears? Xiao Zhan's pen was a little sluggish, and then began to write.

The meaning of the letter is that I didn't expect sheep to be so popular, and since this is the case, I will pay a tribute of twenty heads on time every month to show my heart.

As for being said to be a businessman, the courtiers were terrified, but it was really a helpless move, after all, Linyi County was too broken by the war, and the tax revenue was almost none, and there was only a little business along the way. However, all the money obtained is used in the prefecture.

Since the minister said that it was not good, he would never do business in the capital in the future.

After writing, tie the rope, drip spicy food on it, and knock the county lord's golden seal on it as a seal.

"Let's let Steward Lin send the sheep and the letter." Xining handed the sealed bamboo slips to Steward Lin: "You do things, I don't worry." You find another person and go with you. ”

Steward Lin thought to himself, this is also an easy job, so he took the bamboo slip and agreed.

Xining leaned on the soft pillow and shook the fan gently: "As for Steward Xiao, after three days of rest, I still have something for you to do." ”

Steward Lin wanted to ask what was going on, but he didn't dare to ask. can't make him want to be like a secret spy, even if the county lord is already suspicious of him, but before he is exposed, he is just suspicious. The suspicion cannot be deepened.

Steward Xiao couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask the county lord, what will happen to the next assignment in three days?" ”

Let others guess, it's better to say it clearly. Xining shook the fan, but did not pretend to be profound, and said directly: "There is no way to do business in the capital, and the things there are also expensive." I'm thinking about waiting, to get out of the limelight during this time. I've been here for a while, but I haven't had a banquet, so I want to hold a lotus root banquet a month later. ”

It is now the end of summer, and although the weather is still hot, the lotus flowers in the pond here are almost in bloom, and there are indeed only lotus roots left.

Xining shook his fan and said lightly: "I plan to feast on unmarried men and women from families with a little family background in the county, and Steward Xiao has made a list, there are more than thirty in total." There are not enough lotus roots in the pond, so I sent you to Jiangnan to buy some lotus roots. ”

Steward Xiao immediately said: "Yes, county lord, I will definitely handle things well." ”

Steward Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing what to do, otherwise he would have a headache if he was asked when he arrived in the capital, but he couldn't come back.

After going out, he first went to arrange carriages, horses and boats, and at the same time asked people to go to the market and ask the Huns to buy twenty fat sheep. After the waiter who came to announce the decree ate and drank well, Steward Lin followed him back to the capital.

When it was almost three days, Xining called Steward Xiao and made a list of the shopping lists for this trip to Jiangnan.

Xiao Zhan looked at the bamboo slips, and then carefully looked at the side before asking with certainty: "The county mainly buys three hundred quintals of lotus root?" ”

"Yes!" Xining picked a candied fruit and stuffed it into her mouth, it was sweet and sour, and it was delicious.

Steward Xiao read to the bamboo slips: "Three hundred quintals of lotus roots, fifty catties of hemp boiling, and one hundred bamboos that have grown." ”

This lotus root can still be understood, but three hundred quintals is too much, and buying ten quintals is enough to open a lotus root feast. Three hundred quintals, this is almost half a county, and every household has eaten lotus root.

Also hemp boiling powder fifty catties, hemp boiling powder is medicine, is Hua Tuo's invention, there is pain or bone when drinking a bowl, even if the pain can not be completely eliminated, you can go to most of it. If it is used well, it is like Hua Tuo, scraping bones and healing wounds.

But fifty catties of hemp are boiling, how many people can drink it!

There are also 100 bamboos, bamboo is abundant in the Jiangnan region, the price is cheap, but it is cheaper, what is the use of buying so much?

Is the county lord blindly using the money when he earns it, buying and buying?

Before Xiao Zhan could think about whether to say it, he heard the county lord say Youyou: "If you can't get it together for a while, it doesn't matter, every time you go out in the future, you will slowly bring it back in batches." By the way, it's not that these things are very light, and they need some things to press the ship, right? ”

Lotus root and bamboo are very light, not like grain. Steward Xiao saluted: "Exactly, county lord!" ”

Xining squinted her eyes, looking confused and slack: "Then go buy some iron ingots, it's not easy to go back and forth, don't waste it!" If you can't buy iron ingots, you can buy kitchen knives, shovels, and iron pestles, anyway, you can buy iron ones, and you want cheap ones. ”

There is such a thing that is not wasted, where is this iron ingot, can it be sold when it is shipped back?

Anyway, the money belongs to the county lord, and the county lord can do whatever he says!

Xiao Zhan also said: "The Jiangnan region has long been a land of fish and rice, and there are many sword masters among the people. Iron ingots aren't hard to get! ”

"Just iron, no weapons!" Xining reminded: "Don't leave people behind. ”

"Yes, county lord!" Xiao Zhan received the order, and the next day he took a few slaves and rode to Liaodong, from where he took a boat to the south of the Yangtze River.

Xining sighed slightly, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal will have to wait for at least three hundred years to be dug out, and it is really inconvenient to go to Jiangnan now.

On Xiao Zhan's way to Jiangnan, Steward Lin also arrived in the capital.

The Thanksgiving Table Han Wang didn't let people read it, so he took it and read it directly. After looking up and down a few times, I couldn't help laughing.

Because he was punished, he was beaten with a court rod, and he was still lying down. The new waiter who came to serve next to him couldn't help asking, "Why is your lord so happy?" ”

King Han looked at the thanksgiving table with a smile: "This Changping county lord is really good at being a man, and he will pay tribute to twenty sheep every month in the future." ”

It is said that the king of Qinling, the king of Han, has always been unkind to the lord of Changping County, and the chamberlain lowered his head and laughed with him: "There are only twenty sheep, which is too little, where is enough." If you want to pay tribute, you might as well have more! ”

King Han shook his head: "Twenty heads is a lot, if it is sent once a year, there will be more than two hundred heads accumulated." Call Lin Heqing in. ”