Chapter 38 Raising Military Salaries
Early in the morning, Li Song knocked on the door: Is the boss awake?
Li Yang, who was lying on the table, opened his eyes, stretched his waist and sighed: Wake up, second child, wait for me to change my clothes and let's go
Opened the wardrobe and took a closer look at which one should I wear with so many clothes, a blue silk embroidered gown was particularly conspicuous, and after you changed your clothes, Li Yang walked out of the room: Did you bring the second title deed
Li Song patted the package on his body: The title deed of the boss's 15,000 mu is all there, and I will prepare the carriage outside the manor
Li Yang put his hand on Li Song's shoulder: Second brother, let's go
As soon as I arrived outside the manor, I saw the second uncle Li Jingfu and the third uncle Li Jinglin guarding the carriage with gloomy faces
Why are the second and third uncles here, could it be that Li Song's big mouth told me about the mortgage of the title deed, so he trotted a few steps forward and gave a salute: My nephew has seen the second uncle and the third uncle
The second uncle flicked his sleeves and turned around: Do you still have my second uncle in your eyes?
Li Yang looked puzzled: Second uncle, how can you say that, if your nephew does something wrong, second uncle, you can teach him
The second uncle snorted: How dare I teach the patriarch
The third uncle, Li Jinglin, stepped forward with a smile and gently pushed the second uncle: The second brother has something to say, let's talk about it
After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Yang: Nephew, where are you two going to go early in the morning
Li Yang looked respectful: Third uncle, Li Song and I have something to do to go to Taizhou City
The second uncle turned around and glared at Li Yang with his eyes: It's all this time, you still have to hide it from us, do you say that you still have me, the second uncle and your third uncle, the field was left by the ancestors, and now you have the idea of the field
As soon as Li Yang heard "Hey", you are a big mouth, you really told the second uncle and the third uncle about this, turned his head and glared at Li Song viciously, and he rolled his eyes and looked at the sky and pursed his lips and pretended to be innocent
"Oh" Second Uncle, it turns out that you and the Third Uncle are here for this matter, and the two uncles are assured that the nephew will not come nonsense, and when the harvested grain is sold, the nephew will redeem these fields
The third uncle raised his hand and twisted his beard: Nephew, can you tell the third uncle, what do you want to do with such money
Li Yang's hesitant "this"
The second uncle grabbed Li Yang's hand and dragged him to the hall: You have to explain this matter to me clearly today, otherwise you don't want to take a step out of the manor, the third brother, you go and invite the sister-in-law out to let her take care of this kid
After a while, Xiaozhuang and Xiaozhou sisters walked in with their mother, and the third uncle followed closely behind, and the mother sat on the chair and waved to let me over: Son, can you tell your mother why you mortgaged these land deeds
I came to my mother's side: I don't know what to say about this matter, but if my mother wants to believe that my son will never come nonsense, if my mother and the second and third uncles must ask me the reason, I can only say that this matter is related to the future of our Li family and the entire Alan Village
My mother raised her hand and gently touched my face: Son, mother, believe in you, but you have to remember that no matter what you do, the interests of the family are paramount, and you brothers must work together to keep this family business, if there is anything, you brothers will discuss more
Li Yang bowed respectfully and said: My mother and son remembered
The mother gently patted Li Yang's shoulder: Don't blame your second uncle and third uncle, they are also for the good of the family
Li Yang nodded: Then I'll go first
The mother nodded slightly and waved her hand: You go
Li Yang turned around and saluted the two uncles: the second uncle and the third uncle and nephew retired first
After coming out of the hall, Li Yang looked at the people around him, and pulled out Li Song's ear: Why are you so lax with this mouth, do I have to call you Li Dazui in the future
Li Song bared his teeth and grinned, "Oops-oops, it hurts" Boss, this matter is really not what I said, but I went to the silver treasury to get the title deed in the morning and bumped into the second and third uncles
Li Yang let go of his hand: Let's go to Taizhou City
The two brothers took a carriage to the gate of Han's house in Taizhou City, and Li Yang raised his hand to grab the door knocker and buckle the door, "Oh-oh"
A man's voice came from inside the courtyard, "Who?"
Li Yang said softly: In Xia Alan Village, the head of the Li family came to find your young master, please report it
The "crunch" door opened and a family member walked out: Please come with me, my young master has explained that if you come, you can be led directly to see him without notification
Li Yang with a hint of respect: That's hard
Jia Ding led Li Yang and Li Song to Han Juzheng's room, he stood in front of the bookshelf looking for something, Jia Ding Shi Li: Young Master Li Family Patriarch is here
After hearing this, Han Juzheng turned around and threw the book in his hand as soon as he saw Li Yang, and walked over excitedly: Brother Li, you are here-come to the house and sit
"Ha-ha" There's a bit of chaos in this house, don't mind
As he spoke, he pushed Li Yang and Li Song to the table and sat down, turned his head and said to his family: Go and make me Brother Li a pot of high-quality tea
Jia Ding nodded: The little one will go
Li Yang said with some unconsciousness: Juzheng doesn't need to bother, I happened to come to Taizhou City today to stop by to see you
Han Juzheng sat down beside Li Yang: Brother Li, you are too unconscious, you don't even call me for such an exciting thing as encircling and suppressing the bandits in Maple Village
Li Yang smiled slightly: The bandit is fierce and the sword is eyeless for fear of hurting you, so I didn't tell you about it
Han Juzheng put his hand on my arm: Brother Li, you don't treat me as a brother, "Hey, Brother Li, it's difficult for you to come to Taizhou, what's the fun to do."
Li Song waved his hand: What's the fun, the boss and I came to Taizhou City this time to borrow some silver with a land mortgage
Han Juzheng listened: Brother Li, how much silver do you want to use
Li Yang took a long breath: 15,000 silver coins
Han Juzheng looked surprised: Brother Li, what are you doing with so much money
Li Yang slapped his hand on his leg: Juzheng, you know a lot of people in Taizhou City, help me see if there are suitable rich people who can mortgage, and as soon as the harvest grain is sold, I will redeem the land, and I will pay half of the interest for more than a month
Han Juzheng thought about it for a while and felt that the half-percent interest was quite reasonable: Brother Li, you came to me, then I can't let you go home empty-handed, I can lend you 7,000 silver coins, to say that the big family in Taizhou City belongs to the Gao family except for the Zhang family
Li Yang looked puzzled, "Gao family", why haven't I heard of it
Han Juzheng came over: This Gao family made a fortune by selling herbs and leather goods to Fuguo in the early years, until several national wars broke out between Fu and Zhejiang, and someone told the official family that the Gao family was a spy of Fuguo, and later the government confiscated a large amount of property of the Gao family, and now there are only a few inconspicuous pharmacies left, and many people say that the people in Gaomi are actually the Zhang family, and I will take you to the Gao family now, Brother Li, I will take you to the Gao family now
Han Juzheng led Li Yang and Li Song to a pharmacy, the door number said "Gaoren Pharmacy" There is a long welcome table on the left side of the pharmacy, and the cabinets against the wall are full of square drawers, each drawer has a different medicine name written in the upper right corner, and several square tables on the right are specially used for people to diagnose and see a doctor
A guy at the reception desk weighed the medicine with a small scale in his hand: what kind of medicine did a few people buy?
Han Juzheng shook his hand: Han Juzheng has something to find Uncle Gao, please let me know
The man looked at it, and several people turned their heads and shouted softly into the room: Someone from the shopkeeper is looking for you
"Who is looking for me?" came from the house, and an old man in his early fifties walked out
As soon as Han Juzheng saw the old man, he stepped forward to salute: Uncle Gao
The old man smiled slightly: It's Juzheng, why do you have time to come to me today
The old man glanced at Li Yang and Li Song and asked suspiciously: These two are
Han Juzheng put his hand on Li Yang's shoulder: Uncle Gao, let me introduce you, this Li Yang is the patriarch of the Li family in Alan Village, and next to him is his brother Li Song, both of whom are good friends of their nephews
Li Yang bowed: I saw Gao Lao in my later life
The old man nodded slightly: It turned out to be the head of the Li family, and I don't know what happened to the two of you who came to me today
Han Juzheng stepped forward and helped Gao Wen to the chair and sat down: Uncle Gao, this is the matter, this friend of mine has encountered a difficult thing, he wants to borrow some silver by taking a mortgage on the land deed, and he will redeem the field after more than a month of harvesting grain, and the silver borrowed will give half of the interest
Gao Wen looked at Li Yang: How much silver does he want to borrow?
Li Yang stepped forward and bowed: Elder Gao, I want to borrow 8,000 silver coins
Gao Wen had a trace of surprise on his face when he heard this: With so much money, Juzheng is not because Uncle Gao doesn't sell your face, but because these pharmacies run by Uncle Gao in the past few years are all small businesses, and they really don't have so much money
Han Juzheng was a little disappointed when he heard this, after all, he brought Brother Li here, but he really didn't borrow the silver, hey, this time he lost face
Li Yang saw that Han Juzheng and Gao Wen were embarrassed, walked to the medicine cabinet and took a look at it, then turned around and asked: Gao Lao Wansheng has some domestic soldiers at home, and they will inevitably not be injured if they dance and play swords all day long, do you have any better hemostatic medicine and antipyretic medicine
Gawain thought for a moment: You should be talking about bruise medicine
Li Yang nodded, "Hmm"
Gao Wen looked proud: It's not the old man, I'm exaggerating with you, if you want to say that bruise medicine looks at the entire Zhejiang country, you can't find four better than this
Li Yang recalled that in the past, the soldiers were injured in the battle, and they did not receive effective treatment in time, resulting in inflammation and suppuration of the wounds, and many soldiers died because of this
Gao Wen thought about it: This bruise medicine is bought by ordinary people relatively little, the price is high, no one buys it, the price is low and there is no profit, I estimate that I will have to pay 120 copper coins for a whole pair
Li Yang summed it up in his heart and felt that the price was reasonable: Gao Lao wanted to buy 1,000 pairs of bruising medicine, and I hope you can give it cheaper for the sake of me and Juzheng's friends, and in the future, common medicines such as treating wind and cold-stopping diarrhea will be indispensable
After listening to Li Yang's words, Han Juzheng cheered up: Uncle Gao, you can take care of my friend
Gao Wen thought in his heart that this is a big business, maybe we can cooperate for a long time in the future, look at how this kid dresses and speaks, he should not be a bad money master, and he is actually giving the old man and Ju Zheng a step down, and I have no reason not to earn the money sent to the door, thinking of this, a smile leaked on his face: You and Ju Zheng are friends, what do you think of each bruise damage medicine 100 copper coins
Li Yang smiled: Thank you Gao Lao for your late life, and you will bring 20 silver coins with you today, and these silver coins will be used as a deposit, and the rest will be paid off when you get the medicine
After saying that, he took out 20 silver coins and gave them to the buddy
Gawain smiled and nodded: Good to say-good to say
Li Yang looked at Han Juzheng: Juzheng, then let's go back first
Han Juzheng got up and saluted: Uncle Gao, then I'll go back
Just as a few people were about to walk out of the pharmacy, Gawain shouted softly: Wait
Han Juzheng turned around and asked suspiciously: Uncle Gao, you?
Gawain got up from his chair: I really don't have that many 8,000 silver coins, but if it is 5,000 silver coins, the old man will be able to take them out
When Han Juzheng heard this, he hurriedly saluted: Thank you, Uncle Gao
Li Song and Gao Wen made a note to use the title deed as collateral, and Gao Wen handed over 5,000 silver coins to Li Song
After leaving the pharmacy, Li Yang stretched out his hands and grabbed Han Juzheng's hand: Juzheng, you have helped me a lot this time
Han Juzheng sighed lightly: Brother Li, you are too outward, I can only help you so much
Li Yang hugged his hands and gave a salute: Juzheng, then I will go back first, and when we are busy in the past few days, our brothers will have a good drink
Han Juzheng smiled: Okay-Brother Li, don't forget to call me then
The two brothers drove the carriage back to the Li family manor, Li Song called a few family members to move the silver coins on the carriage to the silver treasury, and Li Yang returned to his room to sit on the chair, raised his hand and picked up the teapot on the table to the cup of tea
He took a long breath and sighed lightly, put the teacup to his mouth with both hands and blew it gently, where should I get the remaining 3,000 silver coins, and I don't know how things are going on in Guanshan and Plateau
Just when Li Yang was deep in thought, Song Shiting walked in from outside and came to my side: Husband, you are back
Li Yang came back to his senses and said, "Oh, madam, where did you go to play today."
After saying that, I put the teacup on the table, took her hand and gently tugged her, and she sat on my lap
Song Shiting raised her hand shyly and gently pushed Li Yang: Just now, I went to the outside of the manor with Xiaozhuang and Xiaozhou sisters to take a look, husband, I heard Xiaozhuang say that you want to take the title deed to mortgage and borrow money, is this true
Li Yang nodded slightly, "Hmm"
Song Shiting raised her hands and hugged Li Yang: Husband, why don't you tell me when you encounter difficulties, I actually married into the Li family, then I am a member of the Li family, husband, I feel that you have been a lot haggard recently, I hope that if you encounter something in the future, you can discuss it with me, I also want to share some for you and this family, if there is really difficulty, we will face each other together
With that, she leaned her head on my shoulder
Listening to Mrs. 's words, Li Yang's excited eyes were full of tears, and he raised and gently touched her head, he wanted to tell her about Hengyan, but when he thought about it, it was not the time, people were wholeheartedly to you, but your kid took great pains to save other women, and now it is a bit too hurtful to tell her, even if you have to say it, it shouldn't be at this time: Madam, I just want you to be happy every day, I'm afraid that you will be worried about it, so I didn't tell you
Song Shiting looked up at Li Yang: Husband, have you borrowed enough money for you?
Li Yang smiled and said: There are still 3,000 silver coins left
Song Shiting shook her hands vigorously: Then why don't you borrow it from my father
Li Yang was a little unconscious: Madam, it's been less than a month since you passed the door, so I'll go and borrow money from my father-in-law, which is not good
Song Shiting stood up solemnly and put on a triumphant look: I'll tell my father about this
At this time, the six mansions of Chuzhou - Wenzhou - Jinhua - Taizhou - Ningbo - Shaoxing have been rumors, whether it is the pedestrians passing by on the streets and alleys or the people working in the fields are talking about this matter, it is also a coincidence that the general Lei Cai returned to the national capital Yufeng City alone, and felt thirsty and asked for a bowl of tea in the roadside teahouse to rest for a while, and heard the pedestrians and caravans talking about this matter, and even said that Zhejiang is going to die in the country
When Lei Qi heard this, he galloped all the way to the palace, and broke in without waiting for the guards to report Lei Cai, and a guard stepped forward to stop him: General, please don't embarrass the little ones
Lei Qi shook his hand with an unhappy look: Get out of the way
As soon as I entered the inner hall, there was the laughter of the palace maids, and when I went in, I saw that Lei Tai was hugging left and right and having fun with several palace maids, and Lei Qi slammed the long sword in his hand to the ground with a "bang" sound
Seeing that Lei Qi had a gloomy face, Lei Tai sat up, raised his hand and waved lightly to signal the palace maids to retreat: Brother, you have come back from Chuzhou, come here, Brother Wang has a lot of things to say to you
The palace maids covered their chests with their clothes and passed by Lei Qi unhurriedly, and at the moment when they passed by, Lei Qi's eyes widened slightly, leaking a chilling killing intent, which frightened the palace maids and ran out in a hurry
Lei Qi sighed lightly and stepped forward to salute: The minister greets Brother Wang
Lei Tai got up and took Lei Qi's hand: There are no outsiders here, you and my brother don't be bound by these false courtesies, you rarely come back and have a drink with me
Lei Tai shouted outside the hall: Come on, bring the old wine, today I will not get drunk with the general
The two maids brought up the wine and food and placed them in front of them, and Lei Tai raised his hand and waved: You all go down
Lei Qi picked up the wine jug and respectfully gave Lei Tai a glass of wine: Brother Wang, you have to pay more attention to your body, you can't always overwork so much
Lei Tai picked up the wine glass with a smile: Brother, don't worry, we know our body, let's not talk about it, let me tell me how you are doing
Lei Qi picked up the wine glass and drank the wine from the wine glass with a "coo-dong" sound: I am not as leisurely as Brother Wang, although the two countries of Zhejiang and Fuzhou have now ceased fighting, both countries have laid heavy troops on the border, and if the border defense is not careful, the two countries will start a war
Lei Tai picked up the wine jug: Brother, you sit in the border pass, Brother Wang, I will put a hundred hearts on you, if there is any difficulty on the front line, you can just say, Brother Wang, I will definitely find a way to solve it for you
After speaking, he stretched out the wine jug, Lei Qi picked up the wine glass with both hands and greeted it gently: Brother Wang is at the border of the state in many places that have been destroyed by the Fuguo and need to be repaired quickly, and we still owe the soldiers' military salaries and settlement fees, and many ordnance losses are serious and need to be replenished as soon as possible
Lei Tai put down the wine jug: Even if Zhejiang is poor, you can't suffer the soldiers on the front line, how much military money do you need in total
Lei Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and put down the wine glass in his hand: Brother Wang needed a total of 250,000 taels of silver
Lei Tai swallowed a mouthful of saliva when he heard this: Brother Wang didn't tell you that there are only 110,000 taels in the treasury of Zhejiang now, and if all of them are given to you, the top and bottom of Zhejiang will be cut off, so I will first allocate you 60,000 taels of military salaries and settlement allowances for the soldiers, and as for repairing the border and replacing the ordnance, let it go first
Lei Qi looked stunned: Brother Wang, this is not enough
Before Lei Cai finished speaking, Lei Tai raised his hand to interrupt his words: If it really doesn't work, you can ask the rich families and those clans in the prefecture to donate some, and when the taxes of the various provinces are collected this year, Brother Wang is trying to find a way to allocate some silver to you
Lei Qi's face was helpless: the minister respects his life
Lei Tai nodded with satisfaction: After solving the military salary border pass, it will be stable
Lei Qi sighed lightly: The border pass is stable, but Zhejiang is indeed in danger
Lei Tai asked with a puzzled face: Brother, what do you say
Lei Qi coughed lightly and moistened his throat: Brother Wang, do you know about the bandits in Maple Village