"Yun Niang, it's General Yan who is here!"

Rong Laosi shouted into the house, and almost the whole family ran out happily!

Especially sleeping, I can't wait to run out with long legs!

Here comes the silver!

General Yan only brought thirty-six light horsemen with him, he originally came to Fucheng to do business, and it was also an accident to meet Rong Laosan, after hearing about the mulberry wine, he decided to come to the Rong family with him to see, and saw that the Rong family all came out with a smile to welcome him, and suddenly felt a little more warmth in his heart, especially when he saw that he kept waving his hand to him for a hug, that kind of warmth became more real!

Speaking of which, he and this little girl are also old acquaintances.

General Yan jumped off the horse, hugged Mrs. Rong in her arms, looked at it for a while and said, "This little girl has grown a lot, but her appearance has not changed much, and she is more and more like Qin Niangzi." ”

Sleep spitted a saliva bubble very face-savingly, and touched his little face beautifully, and said "wow" twice to General Yan!

General Yan was amused by her appearance of playing treasure, and couldn't help but say, "It's really getting more and more clever." ”

Mrs. Rong hurriedly intercepted these words and said modestly: "The general can't boast anymore, this little girl can understand everything, the general quickly go into the house and sit." ”

General Yan returned the sleep to Mrs. Rong, asked the soldiers to wait in the courtyard, and then followed Song Laosan straight to see the wine.

Pour out a bowl and taste carefully, the taste is really good, and not strong, after drinking it, there is an indescribable light and transparent feeling, and there is a faint familiar taste, which is covered with fruit!

He asked the fourth daughter-in-law directly: "Qin Niangzi, dare to ask if your family's ancestral medicinal liquid is added to this wine?" ”

He had personally smelled the spiritual liquid, and the fourth daughter-in-law couldn't hide it at all, so she nodded: "I added a lot, so it has the effect of strengthening the body and healing the wounds, and we are not going to sell this wine outside, so we want to send it to the army." ”

"Good!" General Yan's words were sonorous and powerful, but as soon as the words fell, there was a big turn, "But the price is ......"

Sleep: "......"

Not good, the general seems to be picking even more!

The fourth daughter-in-law glanced at Mr. and Mrs. Rong and said, "This wine took more than a month to make with the strength of the whole family, and it cost a lot of silver just to buy the wine jar and other things, not to mention the recipe added to it." ”

General Yan understood what she meant, thought for a while and said: "Our army is now short of silver salary, this time I came to Quyang Mansion City for this matter, you should know that now the boundaries of the entire border sixteen states are not very peaceful, the imperial court emphasizes literature and light on military force, and the military salary is getting less and less year by year, and the entire sixteen states are almost out of the control of the imperial court, and the governors of each state are also trying to raise their own ways to raise military salaries, raise soldiers and horses, and they are afraid that Beiyong will invade the territory, and my Dingzhou is no exception." ”

After sleeping and listening, I thought to myself, isn't this the legendary preparation for each king!

How much money does it cost to raise your own soldiers!

Rong Laosi also heard something meaningful, and after he had the idea of joining the army, he paid special attention to the affairs in the army, and immediately asked: "General Yan, how many soldiers are there in Dingzhou?" How much military pay do you need in a year? ”

General Yan appreciated Rong Laosi very much, and also had the intention of accepting him as a fierce general under his command, so this matter naturally would not perfunctory him, and said: "I have 50,000 soldiers in Dingzhou, and I need at least three million taels of silver for the annual military salary plus carriages, horses, grain and grass, not counting weapons and artillery!" ”

Sleep: "!! ”

No wonder it is said that raising soldiers costs money!

A Dingzhou needs three million taels to eat a year, so the entire border adds up, isn't it tens of millions of taels!

Rong Laosi asked again: "How much military salary has the imperial court allocated this year?" ”

General Yan's expression was solemn, and he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence: "One million taels, a total of one million taels in the entire sixteen states!" ”

I gasped when I heard it.

Rong Laosi was so angry that he directly slammed his fist on the table, and said angrily: "The frontier soldiers are not full of food and clothing, but the imperial court is busy repairing the garden with the silver from the treasury, and I heard that the garden is only half repaired and it cost more than five million taels!" ”

General Yan's hand tightened, and he spoke restrainedly: "If the first emperor is in ......"

After only saying the beginning, he didn't dare to continue.

The Rong family was silent.

Sleep and look at this and look at that, and finally tugged at the placket of my mother's clothes, and whispered to my mother for a long time.

After listening to her words, the fourth daughter-in-law's eyes lit up, and she said, "Since the general is short of silver, how about taking the land to pay off the debt?" ”

General Yan then remembered that he had come to buy wine, and he was bound to get this wine, so he asked, "Land?" What land do you want? ”

The fourth daughter-in-law walked to the courtyard with her sleep in her arms, pointed to the hill at the foot of the mountain, and said, "This is this mountain, including the deep mountain behind." ”

General Yan was surprised: "What do you want this mountain to do?" The north is no better than the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the year there is no fruit or grain to grow. ”

The fourth daughter-in-law didn't hide it from him: "We are going to plant ginseng." ”

General Yan seemed to suddenly understand, and began to bargain: "The best wine on the market today is ten taels of silver per bucket, and you now have three hundred and sixty jars of wine at home, one jar of four catties is exactly one bucket, if I collect it at the highest price, it will add up to three thousand six hundred taels, and the mountainous land is five taels of silver per mu, these wines ...... I'm afraid I can't change to such a big mountain. ”

The fourth daughter-in-law smiled calmly: "What if all the harvest produced by this mountain is divided into half of the general?" ”

General Yan heard that the root of his teeth was tight!

This woman is too smart!

"Deal!" General Yan was resolute.

After all, for him, this matter is beneficial and harmless, the mountain is empty, and the county government can't collect a few taxes a year!

Before the Rong family could react, there was suddenly an extra mountain in the house, and after a long time, Rong Lao Er hurriedly asked: "General, do you need to measure the mountain?" ”

On the county side, there must be a proof!

General Yan immediately recruited a soldier to come over and ordered: "You go to the county government immediately, and let the county bring someone to measure the mountain tomorrow and apply for a cadastral for the Rong family." ”

The soldier was ordered to immediately beat his horse and leave!

General Yan looked at the mountain, thought of fifty percent of the income, and was a little warm, and asked, "When are you going to start growing ginseng?" ”

Sleep and stare at my mother.

"As early as September, at the latest next March, in addition to ginseng, I am also going to plant snake flowers in the mountains, make a kind of liquor, there are all kinds of natural treasures in the mountains, birds, beasts, insects and snakes, if you use it well, it will not spoil the landscape, but also give birth to a lot of silver."

When General Yan heard this, he felt that he had come to the right place this time!

Although 200,000 taels of silver have been raised from the Fucheng family, the silver of the family is not inexhaustible, and the more silver comes from, the better!

"Then I'll wait for Qin Niangzi's good news!"

The fourth daughter-in-law hugged Sleep and bowed slightly, which can be regarded as reaching a consensus with General Yan.

General Yan did not stay at Rongjia for long, and transferred a carriage from the county overnight to transport the mulberry wine away and returned to Dingzhou.

It was only after the chariot and horse team had traveled a long distance that the village chief dared to bring the village elders over, and asked in fear, "What's wrong?" The people of the village were terrified when they saw officers and soldiers riding into the village! ”

Mrs. Rong pretended to sigh and said, "It's nothing, General Yan of Dingzhou City is worried about my family sleeping for a hundred days, so I stopped by to take a look." ”

When the village chief heard it, it was okay!

Hurriedly asked again: "Is the general going to come to the banquet tomorrow?" ”

Mrs. Rong spread her hands: "The general is busy with military affairs, so he will leave after reading and sleeping." ”

Village Chief: "......"

What a missed opportunity!!