The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the battle in the north of the county is getting bigger and bigger, Qin Wa, Qi Zhang, and Tan Ji can sometimes capture grain from the subordinate countries, sometimes they can't, and when the middle of winter comes, the attacks of the subject countries are much more fierce.

The subject country is close to Jishou County, and is quite familiar with the situation of Jishou County.

They know that every year in the middle of winter, a large number of people in Zhishou County will starve to death because of the harsh living environment.

At this time, Zhishou County was at least people's hearts fluctuating, and at worst rioting.

This year, as long as they take advantage of this opportunity, they will be able to go south and destroy Daze in one fell swoop.

However, in the border army of Zhishou County, there was a Tan Ji and Qi Zhang, and the defense line pulled up by the two was like a moat, and no matter how the subject country broke through, it could not break through this line of defense.

Tan Ji tried his best to feed the war with war, and if he could get food from the subject country, he didn't want Sheng Jiaojiao to support.

really can't get food, Sheng Jiaojiao didn't hesitate to support them.

But no matter which battle, Tan Ji and Qi Zhang were able to capture a large number of gold, silver, jewelry, swords, horses, winter clothes, heavy armor, and a large number of furs from their subjects.

Wenxiu's husband Zhang Jin is very reliable, frequently going back and forth between Vaulting Horse Lake and Shanqing City, when there are more things going out than once, he is also shrewd, and does not point to a pawnshop to make a hard jewelry, sometimes he goes to Shanqing City, sometimes he will go a little farther, and go to Beikang County behind Zhishou County to find a pawnshop.

Even sometimes, Zhang Jin will join forces with Lu Shou and directly sell the jewelry in his hand to the merchant.

As long as she can realize the jewelry in her hand, Sheng Jiaojiao doesn't care what way Zhang Jin uses, she gives Zhang Jin the greatest freedom to do this errand.

And the money realized, Sheng Jiaojiao is no longer used to collect grain.

She had hoarded enough food in her hands, and she said last time that after collecting the last batch of pension food for the army, she would stop and no longer raise the price of food in Jumping Horse Lake.

In the case of the usual distribution of military rations, in the middle of winter, the merchants who collected the leather goods, the silver money gradually failed, if they wanted to eat all the leather goods in the hands of Tan Ji, the former wing commander, they needed a lot of silver in their hands.

But all the money in their hands was used to store up grain.

Once Sheng Jiaojiao decided to stop collecting grain, the grain in their hands would not be able to be sold in large quantities, and if they could not sell it at a reduced price, they could only hoard it in their hands.

The merchants in Nanji who were ready to raise the price of grain were so anxious that they went to the house one by one.

It's already in the middle of winter, seeing that the grain can't be sold, as soon as the midwinter passes, the snow melts and the ice disappears, and spring opens, and the land of Zhishou County is moistened, and wild vegetables can grow.

When the time comes, the people of Zhishou County will be able to live even if they eat wild vegetables.

Although the number of wild vegetables is very small, almost every family in Zhishou County joins the army, as long as they join the army, there will be food, Tan Ji led Qi Zhang, Qin Wa's battle and the more they fight, the more they fight, the more they have fighting spirit, the military rations in the military camp are not panicked, and Zhishou County will never be able to go to the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted.

Loess Village, Qi Family.

The goose-feather-like snow, falling from the top of the nine heavens, the hustle and bustle outside the courtyard of the Qi family for a while, Wenxiu, who was doing embroidery work in the hall, hurriedly stretched out his hand to protect the little girl who was sleeping peacefully in the wooden cradle.

Zhang Jin hurriedly came in from outside, cleaned up the needlework in the wooden dustpan for Wenxiu, and carried both sides of the wooden cradle with both hands, and said:

"There are a lot of merchants outside, you and the girl go to the old lady's house first, and I will go to the aunt."

Because both of them are doing things in the Qi family, Sheng Jiaojiao asked the two of them to come to the Qi family every morning with their children to work.

Zhang Jin and his wife are naturally happy, where can they find such a job in this world, the salary is high, and they can also bring their children to the east house when they do things, so for a few days, they are all doing things in the Qi family while taking care of the children.

I couldn't be more satisfied.

Wen Xiu looked at the noise outside, followed behind the husband with a worried face, went from the backyard to the old lady's house, and asked anxiously:

"Are those people out there making trouble? What happened to Jiao Niang? ”

Mrs. Qi also heard the wind in the house, helped Zhang Jin take over the child, and placed it in her own room, and also asked anxiously:

"How's my sister-in-law? Uncle Zhang, what are those people out there doing? Oh, hurry up and call my four guys and three ladies, and protect Jiaojiao'er first......"

Because it was too noisy outside, for a moment, Mrs. Qi thought that her family had been robbed, just like Zhishou County in previous years.

For this, Mrs. Qi is also very experienced, every year in the middle of winter in Zhishou County, starvation is everywhere, then there will always be people who take risks, some people look at which family is rich, they will use their brains to come to the door to grab some rice.

At this time, the militia team was not very effective, because many of the people who came to grab rice and grain were hard-working locals, and even many people in the militia would come to the door to ask for food with shy faces.

It's just that the villagers are embarrassed to rob in this village, so they go to other places to fight the autumn wind.

There are also people who come to steal food in the dark, no matter who it is, just run away, at this time, every family is not having a good time, and if they help others, a few people in their own family will starve to death.

Because in the past, the Qi family had a very difficult life, and it was also thanks to the many sons and daughters of the Qi family, and there was no starvation of their family members in the end.

This year, the Qi family is rich, and the bacon on the roof beams is inexhaustible, and the cellar is full of grain, apples, shelf-stable side dishes, cold wool, and goat's milk made into cheese...... Even if these things are covered by Mrs. Qi, everyone in Vaulting Lake knows what the Qi family's background is.

So as soon as winter came, Mrs. Qi was wary and nervous, thinking that she would make a fortune this year, and I was afraid that there would be more people who were worried about her family's idea.

Sure enough, as soon as the middle of winter arrived, the people who came to grab things came.

However, it's a coincidence, today the three masters of the Qi family all went to the north of the county to send baggage, and for a while, the only force that the Qi family could use was the four guys and the three ladies, and it was great to bring another Zhang Jin.

Zhang Jin hurriedly reassured:

"Don't worry, old lady, there are still a few merchants outside Lu Shou, I'll go find Jiao Niang immediately."

As he spoke, he touched a ruler-long iron pestle pinned to his waist, glanced at his own girl sleeping peacefully in the cradle, and left with his fists clenched.

His calves were wrapped tightly with cloth straps, and his feet were shoeed with black thick-soled cotton shoes, and he walked through the backyard in a few steps, and walked in a hurry, and swept his body like a bird, swept out of the fence in the backyard, and found Sheng Jiaojiao by the apple tree in the earthen col.

Sheng Jiaojiao wore a water-blue fine velvet cloth cloak, embroidered with white cranes and auspicious clouds, and stood quietly aside, watching Qi Hua and Niu Ju build the stable.

Lianxin wore a new white satin embroidered red plum blossom slanted jacket wool thick clothes, the edge of the dress was decorated with a line of white wool, two small buns were tied on the head, and two red silk silks were tied on the buns.

Her dress, where she looks like a girl, is clearly much better than the young lady of the rich family.

I only sincerely said that being a slave under Sheng Jiaojiao's hands is really enjoying happiness.

At this time, Lianxin was holding Qi Huan's mountain-breaking sword in her hand, waiting quietly behind Sheng Jiaojiao, reciting poems in her mouth,

“...... Late at night, I came back drunk, helped into the tassel and still didn't wake up, drunk and drunk. Sleep in shock, laugh hehe, how long can life be? ”

"It's too negative."

Sheng Jiaojiao frowned when she listened, looked sideways, looked at the snowflakes on her shoulders, and said:

"Change the song."

Lianxin thought about it, and then said:

"The drama Xin Leyi is grateful, and the liver is dissected and the gallbladder is effective."

Sheng Jiaojiao in front was still frowning when she listened, and couldn't help but turn her head, looking at Lianxin who was holding the sword, and was just about to speak, when she heard Qi Huan in front of her smile and said:

"What is this that the lotus heart is backing? I don't understand a word. ”

Sheng Jiaojiao's anger was soaring, she looked at Qi Ju in the snow, and said with disgust:

"If you can understand, our family is going to burn high incense, this has to be a champion, I see what you will do in the future, let you read more books, you are disobedient, and you will laugh at you for not knowing a single word in the future."

In the snow, Qi Huan, who was doing his work, couldn't help but raise his hand and scratch his head, then looked at Lianxin, pursed his lips, and said:

"Anyway, if Lianxin reads it for me, I'm not afraid."

As long as he can read and write, he is not born to love reading, Sister just beat him to death, he wants to sleep when he sees books.

How?

Now it's good, there is a lotus heart at home, if he becomes a general in the future, he will specialize in dancing guns and sticks, and lotus heart will read the military newspaper for him, which is really good......

"Jiao Niang!"

Sheng Jiaojiao was still waiting to reason with Qi Huan, and when she heard Zhang Jin's urgent call in the distance, she knew that something was wrong, so she told Lianxin,

"Let the fourth young master finish his work and write the words, and he needs to memorize the poems you memorize today."

Lianxin hugged the sword, Zhang Jin had already swept in front of Sheng Jiaojiao, bowed down and said:

"Jiao Niang, there are many people in front of our yard, and Lu Shou is coping with it."

"What did you say?"

In the snow, Sheng Jiaojiao went to the backyard of the Qi family, the aqua blue cloak on her body was raised, and when she walked, her skirt swayed lightly, although her steps were fast, her demeanor was extremely graceful, and the skirt did not flutter to the sides at all.

"The villain guessed that it should be related to grain, and most of the people who came were merchants."

Specifically, Zhang Jin is not very clear, he does things for Sheng Jiaojiao, but he may not know Sheng Jiaojiao's calculations.

While talking, the two arrived at the front yard of Qi's house.

Sheng Jiaojiao looked coldly, and in front of the noisy courtyard, about a dozen merchants gathered, and Lu Shou led three merchants to block the front of the Qi family.

I heard someone say angrily:

"Lu Shou, you are also a small merchant who runs a business, you also know that we are all small businesses, we have so much grain in our hands, if we can't get it out, we will lose all our money, you say you won't accept it, what should we do?"

"That's it, I just watched you collect grain all the time, so I hoarded a few carts of grain, and traveled thousands of miles from Nanjun to Zhishou County, where did I know, as soon as the grain arrived, you said you wouldn't accept it, didn't you make fun of us?"

"We know that you are a person who does things for others, and the owner behind you is the Qi family Sheng Jiaojiao, right? You let that little girl's skin come out, and I must talk to her today. ”

"Lu Shou, you dodge Lao Tzu ......"

The merchants have their own circle, since the beginning of the cold weather, Lu Shou took a few small merchants, began to collect grain endlessly, they collected piecemeal, a large amount of grain also collected, and they collected as much as they wanted.

Although Lu Shou never said who he was doing things for, his relationship with Qi Ming was better, and he had been in and out of Qi's house several times recently.

Now the Qi family is in charge again.

So everyone speculated that the grain that Lu Shou collected was not all collected by Sheng Jiaojiao and given to the barracks.

Therefore, once Sheng Jiaojiao did not collect grain, Zhishou County was not chaotic to the extent of starvation, and everyone's grain could not be sold, so they hurriedly came to Qijia to find Sheng Jiaojiao.

Before Sheng Jiaojiao could speak, Qi Huan took Lianxin into the front yard, his hand was pulled back, holding the mountain-breaking sword held in Lianxin's arms, and with a "bang", he pulled out his sword, a little on his toes, like a shock, and the person had already arrived in front of the courtyard.

He fell, and the little boy said angrily:

"I think any of you dare to break into my house?"

He pointed at the merchant led by the sword, and asked in a cold voice:

"Who called my sister 'little girl'? Come out and die. ”

A group of merchants suddenly pushed back, and one of them, Pippi laughed:

"Shiro, don't be annoyed, I'm waiting for Tiannanhaibei to walk the streets and alleys, who hasn't seen it? From the rich and noble eunuch to the peddler and the outcast, we come and go, stretch and bend, I just want to have a way to live with my mother, and she must give us a way to live today. ”

Another merchant raised his voice and said:

"Jiao Niang, you don't force people to go to a dead end, even if we can come out and walk around, we must not be incapable."

When Qi Huan heard this, he was so angry that he wanted to laugh, he opened his mouth to scold, and in the courtyard behind him, Sheng Jiaojiao's voice came out clearly,

"I only found out today that there are still people who dare to talk to me like this on the boundary of this Jumping Horse Lake."

Embroidered shoes stepped on the snow, Sheng Jiaojiao, wearing a water-blue cloak, slowly walked under the eaves, and the figure of Tingena moved gently among the straight trees.

Behind her, a mastiff with a dark mane and a bear-like mastiff, grinning with fangs, a blood-red tongue showing out of her mouth, steaming hot, dripping with a hala in her mouth, quietly followed Sheng Jiaojiao.

The beast-like mastiff, with a fierce light in his eyes, stared straight at the group of merchants outside the yard.

Holding the sword scabbard, Lianxin hesitantly glanced at the mastiff and followed.

After coming to the Qi family for a few days, Lianxin learned that the Qi family had a mastiff named Mastiff, which was a fierce dog without a leash.

It's not that the Qi family doesn't want to bolt it, but they can't bolt it at all.

Even if you tie it with an iron chain, you can be freed by it in an instant, where in the world is there anything hard and durable, which can tie this fierce dog?

Fortunately, this mastiff never hurts people, and usually stays in the backyard to sleep.

If it weren't for someone who was familiar with the Qi family, he wouldn't have been able to see that the Qi family still had such a fierce thing.

Today is also the first time that Lianxin has seen the mastiff come out of the backyard, it seems to be very human, knowing that Sheng Jiaojiao is in danger, it suddenly swept away the decadence, and quietly followed behind Sheng Jiaojiao, grinning, cruelly looking at the group of merchants who came to make trouble.

The dog that bites doesn't bark, the mastiff, never barks.

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