Ji Cao's family settled in Youzhou City, with Lin Qingwan's protection, even if there were still people in the Liao Kingdom who hated Lan Na, they didn't dare to do anything beyond the Liang Kingdom.

The house they live in now was bought by Lin Qingwan and given to them, and she gave them a sum of silver before leaving, which is not much, just enough for them to live a worry-free life for a short time.

So they have to do something to make ends meet.

Ji Cao didn't want his grandson to join the army to fight again, and when he heard that Liang also accepted their Khitan imperial examination, he decided to send his grandson to study.

And it costs a lot of money to study.

At first, Jicao took Lanna and her daughter-in-law Nuxi to wash clothes for people to earn some hard-earned money, and later relied on the mutual market, they began to pick sheep on the grassland and sell them to the food sellers in the city.

Later, because of their good sheep, even the restaurants in the city contacted them.

In addition to selling sheep, they also collect some leather goods and medicinal herbs, most of which are resold to merchants, and most of which are collected by local pharmacies and restaurants.

Because there are more and more people coming to Youzhou, and many of them are very rich, they are willing to spend money on food, and all kinds of dishes that they have never heard of and never seen have appeared, and many of them need to use medicinal materials.

Therefore, Lancao's business is getting bigger and bigger, and their lives are better than when their husbands and sons were around.

So when I saw Lin Qingwan again, the last trace of nostalgia in my heart also dissipated.

She saluted Lin Qingwan respectfully, then answered some questions, and paid the money when she withdrew from the private room.

When Yi Han came back to report, Lin Qingwan was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then we will eat for nothing today." ”

After eating vegetarian food, Lin Qingwan leaned in front of the window to watch the lights below, even at night, Youzhou City was lively.

There was a knock on the box door, Yi Han went to open the door, and when he saw the person outside the door, he was slightly stunned, and hurriedly saluted: "General Xu." ”

Xu Lian laughed, looked at Lin Qingwan, who turned around, and said, "I felt familiar when I saw the guards outside you, and after thinking about it carefully, I guessed that you were here." ”

He saw the hat placed aside, and said with a smile: "What's the point of the brocade night walk, the county lord should take advantage of that time to increase his prestige." ”

"I'm afraid of being trampled on." Last time, it was hard to get out of the mutual market.

"How can they give up?" Xu Lian stepped forward with a smile, and Lin Qingwan leaned over to ask him to sit down, and then asked, "When did you arrive in Youzhou?" ”

Xu Lian went to Yunzhou to inspect before, so Lin Qingwan only saw Su Zhang.

"I only arrived this evening, thanks to the blessing of the county lord, now there are many restaurants in the city, and any cook is better than my family, so I came out to eat." Xu Lian said regretfully: "It's a pity, there are more cooks, and this meal is also expensive, in the past, you could eat whatever you wanted on this street for one or two silver, and you can fill your stomach with mutton for five hundred yuan, but now you ......."

Lin Qingwan shook her head and smiled, and asked, "General Xu still cares about that little money?" ”

"It may be a small amount of money for the county lord, but it is a lot of money for me, a poor general, you don't know how edible the bunnies I raise under my hands are."

Lin Qingwan understood, this person is here to cry poor tonight, yes, he only sent Su Zhang away last time, and now there is Xu Lian again.

She narrowed her eyes and said with a smile: "The Northeast Army has its own imperial court, if the household department does not give enough money and food, General Xu only needs to write a book, and I will definitely intercede with Your Majesty on your behalf." ”

Xu Lian twitched the corner of his mouth.

The various armies have never stopped quarreling with the household department because of the issue of military pay and various military expenses.

Don't look at the fact that the household department is very generous during the war, and the whole world prepares grain and grass for them, when there is no war, it is an iron rooster, and I wish that their soldiers would not eat or drink, let alone military salaries, that is, if they can be cut, they will be cut, and if they can't be cut, they will be in arrears.

Every time Xu Lian goes back to Kyoto, he will quarrel with the people of the household, can he quarrel with the military expenses?

The skin on both sides is thick, but it's just a routine.

He didn't believe that Lin Qingwan was useful, but he just said it painlessly.

He looked at Lin Qingwan sadly and reminded: "Lord Lin, in four years, the qualification for the issuance of road guides by the Li Fan Yuan will expire, and it will be ...... then."

Lin Qingwan knew that he was fighting this idea, and hurriedly said: "When the general talks to the household department, I think Your Majesty has pity on the Northeast Army, and may be more willing to leave this matter to you." ”

More than a year ago, when the mutual market first began to prepare, Xu Lian didn't care much about the issuance of the qualifications of this road guide, so he didn't fight for it, and the household department was to reward Lin Qingwan, and he was embarrassed to fight with her.

That's all when they didn't expect the mutual market to be so prosperous.

If they knew, they would care about what kind of affection and reward.

There are still four years to re-issue the qualification certificate, but the household department is already operating, and now the mutual market is under Xu Lian's nose, and although they have a road guide in the Northeast Army, they are also doing business to earn some pocket money for the soldiers in the army, but it is really not enough.

So he also set his sights on the qualifications for the next road guide.

Xu Lian sighed and said: "Although Your Majesty pities the Northeast Army, it is not easy to do it too obviously, if the county lord is willing to support my Northeast Army, it will be different, after all, the mutual market is under the jurisdiction of your Imperial Court." ”

Xu Lianyi pointed out: "Basically, this road guide is that the three of us take turns, and when I wait for the turn, it will be your turn to manage the domain, but if the household department relies on power at that time, it is ......."

This means that the household department will rob it with the Imperial Domain.

Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "This is indeed a difficult problem, then we will wait for four years to determine the issuing department, and then propose to His Majesty to set the regulations, in the future, it should be the turn of the household department is the household department, the Northeast Army is the Northeast Army, and the Li Fan Yuan is the Li Fan Yuan, how about it?" ”

This is still for him to go and grab it from the household, and then set the order.

Xu Lian twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "The county lord is so ruthless, we have lived and died together." ”

Lin Qingwan solemnly said on her face, "It is precisely because of this that I hope that General Xu will take a step back and let the household department come first." ”

She pointed to the excitement below: "Now I look at the mutual market is full of flowers, but there are many problems, and the problems collected by our Faculty can be piled up on the desk every month, and these problems not only need to be solved by the Domain, but also need the support of the Ministry of Households." ”

"And when the road guide is replaced, these problems will only increase, and now we have not changed it, no one knows what problems will occur, aren't they all crossing the river by feeling the stones?" Lin Qingwan said: "But I have experience in crossing the river in both the Fan Yuan and the Household Department, even if I can't touch the stones and will fall, but the number of times will not be too much, and I will not fall too badly, and I can still stand up steadily." But the Northeast Army has no experience in managing the market and the economy, General Xu, once you have a problem, it may cause the entire mutual market to collapse. ”

The whole basis of the mutual market is these merchants, and the merchants can only come if they get the road guide, and Lin Qingwan, the road guide issued later, did not ask about them one by one, but also gave an order to the Li Fan Yuan, and the merchants with obvious bad reputation will not be able to get no matter how much money they pay.

Not to mention that the first batch of merchants who got the road guide were all screened by Shang Mingjie one by one, and this group of businessmen were all businessmen with excellent reputation, extremely loyal to Daliang, and kind.

They were also the only merchants who could get them without having to pay a deposit to the imperial court or pay a fee to buy them.

It is precisely because of their existence that the development of the mutual market can be so healthy.

Rao is like this, and there are many problems in the mutual market.

The road is changed every five years, and at that time, this group of merchants will definitely be replaced by a lot of people, and no one who comes in knows how to behave and what the means of doing business are.

However, the household department has been dealing with these businessmen all year round and has its own way of dealing with them, but the Northeast Army is different.

So Lin Qingwan actually prefers the second round from the household department.

She said: "When the household department takes turn, then the Li Fan Yuan and the household department will formulate a set of rules according to the situation, and when it is your turn to be in the Northeast Army, as long as you follow the rules, then there will not be too many problems." ”

Xu Lian frowned, "That will be nine years later." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "The mutual market is a hundred-year plan, and it is only nine years, why should the general be anxious?" ”

Xu Lian pursed his lips and didn't speak, in fact, what he minded more was that the household department and the Li Fan Yuan had jointly set the rules, so who would and who would not be awarded their road guides, wouldn't it be almost fixed?

Their Northeast Army has a smaller range of options.

Lin Qingwan naturally knew that Xu Lian minded this, but at this point, the interests of the two sides were contradictory, she didn't say much, so she could only mean something: "The general should not only regard the mutual market as a northeast border trade, but also know that this is a national policy, which involves the foundation of the relationship between the Liang State and the Liao State. The rules are designed to make the mutual market healthier and longer-lasting. ”

Xu Lian lowered his head and was silent for a long time, then raised his head and smiled: "I understand what the county lord is worried about, I, Xu Lian, am not a person who only looks at the immediate interests, naturally I put the country first, but after nine years, I will ......."

He sighed faintly: "At that time, I was afraid that I was no longer in the army......

Lin Qingwan was slightly stunned, and saw that his sideburns were dyed with hoarfrost, only to find that he was indeed old, she couldn't help but be stunned, and didn't speak for a while.

Seeing her like this, Xu Lian couldn't help laughing and said: "What are you sad about, although I am not here, but I still have you, this mutual market is your hard work, with you, whether it is the household department or the Northeast Army, I am afraid that it will not be able to spoil it." ”

Lin Qingwan pursed her lips and didn't speak.

Xu Lian couldn't help but shake his head and smile when he saw that she cared more than herself, she was still young, but she was just getting old.

Xu Lian was never a person who gave up easily, and after he went back, he began to select economically gifted soldiers from the army.

Hmph, looking down on them, the Northeast Army can't manage people and the economy?

I want to give it a try, and I will fight for whatever I say in four years, otherwise nine years later, who knows if the Liang and Liao countries will still be as peaceful as they are now?

What if there is another fight?

Then he had to wait in vain.

Lin Qingwan didn't intervene after hearing about his movements, this is the home of the Northeast Army and the Hubu, and they just watch the drama in the Fan Yuan.