Wine is less than a thousand cups of confidants - not speculation more than half a sentence, Li Yang and Haili Longchuan have only been in contact in the past two years, you don't see that the two have not known each other for a long time, but in terms of friendship compared with more than a dozen acquaintances, there is no Sun Se at all, it just so happens that there is a common ambition between the two, that is, to revitalize the past majesty of Taizhou sailors, which also laid a good foundation for the friendship between the two

Through a period of contact, Longchuan is a bold and righteous person, likes to make friends without so many flowers, and does things in one is one, two is two, never drag mud and water, Li Yang has great trust in Longchuan, which can be seen from the construction of coastal fortresses, tens of thousands of taels of silver were handed over to Longchuan, as for how the money was spent, where Li Yang never asked, and Longchuan will record each expense in detail, and when Li Yang reports the account, he just looks at it

Today's wine is drunk, it feels particularly soft and not sandy at all, I and Longchuan have done three bowls of liquor in a row and have not felt the slightest drunkenness, I am in good shape now, it is estimated that I can drink three bowls and five bowls, at this time Mrs. Sister-in-law brought a plate of cabbage fried dried tofu

Tatsukawa: Brother, let's try how your sister-in-law's food is doing

Li Yang picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the dish, and after putting it in his mouth, his eyes widened slightly: Well, Mrs. Sister-in-law, this dish is very good

Long Chuan: There will be a few dishes in a while, and today our brothers will not get drunk and will not return

After speaking, he picked up the wine bowl and stretched it out to me: Come brother, fill it for my brother

Li Yang picked up the wine jar and poured a bowl of wine for Long Chuan, and then he filled his own wine bowl again, this time the two did not raise their glasses like before, but only drank half a bowl to moisten their throats

Long Chuan: Brother Sun, you'd better go and walk around a few years ago

Li Yang: Brother really doesn't hide it, I have already visited Master Sun before I came to you

Long Chuan: Then Lord Sun didn't tell you anything

Li Yang: Master Sun mentioned to me that the government has 10,000 acres of land to sell in Pengxi County

Long Chuan waved his hand: What kind of news is this, how many people who work in the government of the 10,000 mu of land in Pengxi County don't know, and the 10,000 mu of land is still confiscated by the Deyi Chamber of Commerce

Li Yang: My brother Sun only told me about this one thing

Longchuan: After Liu Jie, the southeast garrison of Taizhou, was beheaded, there was a vacancy among the 12 garrison officers in Taizhou Prefecture, and the defense area of the southeast garrison was in the Wenling area, where Linhai was a landing point when the East Wa Haikou invaded

Last month, Lord Sun and General Yuan went to the southeast garrison to inspect the station, it was a desertion of desertion-drinking drinking-playing dice, Lord Sun and General Yuan turned around in the station, and no one stepped forward to talk, so General Yuan went to find the Baichang on duty, but who would have thought that these masters did not know where to find a group of prostitutes, and when they were in the house and did not know what the world was, they were hit by General Yuan who broke into the door

This is still what happened in broad daylight, General Qi Yuan scolded and waved the whip to beat, several hundred chiefs saw this and hurriedly put on their clothes, and then General Yuan asked a few of them to gather all the officers and soldiers in the station, and after a check, they knew that the station of 500 people was only guarded by less than 200 people, and Lord Sun immediately ordered the removal of those hundred chiefs and investigated, I estimated that the heads of those hundred chiefs should not be saved

Li Yang: Although the elder brother and the hundred elders were derelict in their duties, they were not guilty of death

Long Chuan: Brother Sun, don't you know the temper, the duty of the southeast garrison is to prevent the invasion of the pirates and play an early warning role, if the pirates attack the defenders in the case of unguarded, do you think those counties and villages in the south of Taizhou can hold on, then the common people must not let those brutes give the disaster

Li Yang: Listening to what you said, those hundred leaders really have the possibility of being killed

Long Chuan: Use those hundred heads to make an example of a hundred, brother, you have to be ruthless enough to attack the generals, so that you can suppress the soldiers under you

Li Yang: If you don't say this, brother, I don't know

Longchuan: After Sun Daren and General Yuan returned from Wenling, they decided to carry out a military discipline rectification of the Taizhou Army, and the garrison of the southeast garrison was the most important part of this rectification, and among the 11 garrisons of Taizhou Prefecture, Cheng Yongjia, the garrison of Pengxi County, was the most strict in governing the army, and Sun Daren took over the post of southeast garrison with Cheng Yongjia

Now the vacancy among the 12 guards is the Pengxi County garrison, a few days ago Lord Sun also asked me if there is a suitable candidate to take over the position of Pengxi County garrison, how about the brother Pengxi County garrison position are you interested

Li Yang sighed lightly: Brother, I have a big mess of things in my hands now, and I really can't get out of it

Ryukawa: That's a pity

Pengxi County is located in the southwest of Alan County, the distance is about 110 miles, if you walk, you have to walk about a day to arrive, Pengxi County is not a big 7 villages with a total population of about 30,000, bordering Shaoxing Mansion and the national capital Yufeng City, and Pengxi County is only less than 60 miles away from Taizhou City, if you walk faster, it is estimated that you can get to it in half a day, as far as I know, there is a silver mine and a limestone mine under the rule of Pengxi

Each family has 7 acres of fertile land, although Pengxi County is not a rich county in Taizhou, but it is close to Alan County, if the post of Pengxi County garrison can be held by their own people, it will play a vital role in the future development of the Alan Chamber of Commerce, and the influence of the three in the north of Taizhou will also increase significantly, and the position of Pengxi County garrison must do its best to fight for it

Li Yang: Brother and brother, I can't free my hands, it doesn't mean that others can't let go either, Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui are both battalion commanders and have led troops to fight, and when they quelled the rebellion of Changwei Kingdom, the two of them also made some military achievements, brother, can you see if you can help the two of them say a few good words at Lord Sun

Long Chuan: That's no problem, I'm just worried that this matter may not be easy to handle, I heard that General Yuan has already recommended to Lord Sun, and a commander under his command will take over the position of garrison in Pengxi County, but Lord Sun doesn't seem to be very satisfied with the commander recommended by Yuan Bin, otherwise this matter would have been decided a long time ago

Li Yang hurriedly got a glass of wine for Long Chuan: Brother, you have to worry more about this matter, if you miss this opportunity, it is difficult to say when there will be such an opportunity

Tatsukawa: Then I'll do my best

Li Yang: If my brother has a place to move around, you can make an idea for us, our brothers are not bad, please rest assured at this point

Long Chuan: In the past two days, I'll find an opportunity to talk to Master Sun, but it's not enough for me to talk about this matter, you'd better let Su Shoubei-Quan Shoubei and Zhao Shoubei also help talk about it, so that the success can be more certain

Li Yang looked embarrassed: Brother, how can I tell a few brothers about this, I haven't visited a few brothers during this time, and it's a bit difficult to talk about thinking of a few brothers

"Haha" Long Chuan: That's the case-I'll take the time to help you talk about it the day after tomorrow

Li Yang heard that he arched his hands towards Longchuan: Then there is Brother Lao

Long Chuan: In addition, there is only one garrison seat in Pengxi County, Gao Yuan and Yuankui, I can only help him with one of the two, you go back and discuss it with him, and tell me after the person is selected

Li Yang: I'll tell him when I go back, and I'll give you a letter tomorrow

Long Chuan picked up the wine bowl: Okay

When Li Yang returned to the manor, it was already dark, and as soon as he returned to the manor, he sent someone to invite Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui over, and after the two came to the meeting hall, they sat on the chairs on the left and right sides of Li Yang, and Li Yang picked up the teapot and brought a cup of tea to Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui

Gao Yuan: What did Hongting summon us over?

Li Yang: Among the 12 garrisons in Taizhou Mansion, there is a shortage in the garrison of Pengxi County, and Brother Long intends to protect our brothers from Lord Sun

Yuan Kui: Then you will let General Long, and you will be finished with the promotion, weren't you the northern garrison of Taizhou before?

Gao Yuan: This is an opportunity for officials to be reinstated

Li Yang: I'll forget it, I still have a lot of things to deal with now, mainly to see which of you is interested in the Pengxi County garrison

Gao Yuan: I'm not interested in this, I'm quite content now, Yuan Kui or you should come

Yuankui: You're not interested in either, so I'm welcome

Gao Yuan: It's all your own brothers' politeness

Li Yang: Okay-I'll go and say hello to Brother Long tomorrow, but it's not certain whether this thing can be done or not, let's try our best to fight for it

Yuan Kui nodded slightly: Where you need to use silver, you tell me and I'll take a look

Gao Yuan: Yuankui, if you don't have enough money, I can help you make some together

Li Yang: Oh, it's going to be done - you two pull it down quickly, don't worry about the silver without you two

Gao Yuan: Okay - if there is nothing else, I will go back first, if you don't have enough money in your hand, just tell me and I'll make up a few thousand taels of silver

Li Yang: If it's not enough, I'll tell you both

When he woke up the next day, Li Yang felt that his brain was in pain, and he didn't feel strong when he drank yesterday, so how could he have so much stamina, so he washed his face to sober himself up, and after he finished cleaning up and dressing, he asked Li Song to invite him over for breakfast, and after a while, Li Song hurriedly walked in from outside

Li Yang saw Li Song and hurriedly beckoned to him: The second child is here to sit here, just waiting for you

Li Song saw that there was only a pot of rice porridge and a plate of pickles on the table: Boss, your food here is too light

Li Yang: Just take a bite in the morning

Li Song looked at Xiao Zhou: Xiao Zhou, you go and get me two steamed buns, this just drinking porridge is not only hungry

"It's the young master"

Li Song glanced around: Why didn't the boss see the two sisters-in-law

Li Yang: The two of them haven't gotten up yet, the second child has finished eating in a while, you go to Taizhou City with me

Li Song: Ah-okay

Li Yang: How much silver is left in the second bank?

Li Song: There are still 75,000 taels of silver left in the storehouse after the opening of the month

Li Yang: In a while, you will have people prepare 40,000 taels of silver

Li Song: Why did the boss suddenly need so much silver?

Li Yang: The official family has 10,000 acres of fertile land in Pengxi County, and wants to sell it at a price of 30,000 taels of silver

Li Song: That's expensive

Li Yang: It's not cheap, but it's acceptable

Li Song: Okay - I'll prepare it after dinner

After 40,000 taels of silver were ready, the two brothers selected more than 30 guards to drive 5 carriages to Taizhou City, and when they arrived in Taizhou City, the two brothers went their separate ways, Li Song was responsible for going to the yamen of the state capital to buy the 10,000 acres of fertile land in Pengxi County, and also told him to divide the title deed of the 10,000 acres of land in Pengxi County into 1,000 mu and 500 mu, and Li Yang himself came to Longchuan Mansion with the rest of the silver

You have to do a good job in all aspects, especially things like running officials, even if the relationship is good, you can't just play lip service, how many people have to get some benefits so that people are willing to help you, this time Li Yang sent 10,000 taels of silver to Haili Longchuan, and when he went to Zhao Shoubei-Quanbei and Su Shoubei, he couldn't let Brother Long go empty-handed, as for how many red envelopes should be sent by those people, it is up to Brother Long to decide at his discretion, Li Yang's purpose is to solve everything with money

January 1, 1526 is the first day of the new year, and it is also the busiest and most important day of the year for the Alan Chamber of Commerce

The manor reverberated with the crisp sound of the abacus "crackling", and Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui sat on their chairs and closed their eyes, and they didn't open their eyes until the moment the abacus stopped

Takahara picked up the teapot on the table and brought himself a glass of water: the results came out

As soon as the words fell, Li Song ran in from outside with an account book, and as soon as he entered the house, he first gave himself a bowl of water, and after he finished drinking and sat down, he opened the account book: last year's surplus has been calculated, and the brick kiln has made a profit of 3,127 taels of silver after removing the workers' monthly income - 12 million bricks - 2 million pieces of tiles - a blacksmith shop makes a profit of 1,452 taels - a coal mine makes a profit of 13,241 taels - a profit of 64,321 taels - a daily necessities will make a profit of 35,723 taels, The total profit 117864 taels is still 106077 taels after deducting one percent of the tax, and the total amount of commercial taxes paid is as much as 35,672 taels

The number of pigs on the farm increased from 130 to 412, the number of cattle increased from 221 to 332, the number of sheep increased from 158 to 423, the number of donkeys increased from 400 to 660, the number of horses increased from 200 to 275, the number of chickens increased from 400 to 800, the number of eggs laid by 75,642 chickens, the number of ducks increased from 500 to 751, the number of eggs laid by 64,533, and the large amount increased from 300 to 413 and laid 57,382 eggs, and this year's egg production is expected to double compared to last year

As a result, the originally calm council hall became lively, and no one expected that the silver earned by the Alan Chamber of Commerce would exceed 100,000 taels, and the next thing to do was to give dividends to the brothers, but this year's dividends are different from previous years, and the distribution is not silver but fields

Li Yang: Did you bring the title deed of the 10,000 fields in Pengxi County?

Li Song: Brought

Li Yang: This year's dividends I bought a field for everyone, if that brother thinks it is appropriate to ask for silver, I will recover the land that I will share for a while, at the price of three taels of silver per mu

2,000 acres of plateau field - 2,000 acres of Yuankui field - 1,000 acres of Li Long field - 1,000 acres of Daniu field - 1,000 acres of Hengqi field - 500 acres of Li Zuo field - 500 acres of Guanshan Road Chang field - the remaining 2,000 acres I will share it with myself, and I will cash it out to you now if I want the silver

Everyone looked at each other and no one squeaked, in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that dividing the land was much more suitable than silver, and farming was a long-term income, which could bring a fixed income every year, and it could be left to future generations after decades

Gao Yuan: Why are the fields divided by Hongting this time all in Pengxi County?

Li Yang: I went to Taizhou City a few days ago and heard that the official family has 10,000 mu of fertile land in Pengxi County to sell for 30,000 taels of silver, and there are only more than 200,000 mu of land that can be cultivated in our north

Gao Yuan: Okay, this year, these brothers have not been in vain

Li Yang: Second brother, you will divide the title deed to everyone according to what I just said

Li Song: I'll give them a share in a moment

Yuan Kui excitedly beckoned to everyone: Brothers, don't be in a hurry to leave for a while, today I invited us to the Song Noodle Restaurant to eat and drink

When the brothers heard that it was clapping one after another, Li Yang waved his hand at everyone, and everyone was quiet first: Last year, the Alan Chamber of Commerce was able to achieve such good results, which is inseparable from the efforts of the guys and craftsmen, without their hard work, there would be no family business for our brothers today

This year, I plan to increase the monthly salary of the militia group, the soldiers of each battalion, the brick kiln, the salt field, and the men of the chamber of commerce from 1 tael to 1,200 taels of silver, the miners of the coal mine, iron ore and quarry from 1 tael to 2 taels of silver, and the monthly salary of the foundry workshop in three phases of 1,200-1,500-1,800 wen, so that the brothers and craftsmen can live a more comfortable life, and everyone has money, so that the large and small shops can also do better

Yuan Kui: How much money did we have to spend that year?

Li Song: The monthly income has risen by 2 percent, which means that the profit has been reduced by 20 percent, and it is estimated that it will cost more than 20,000 taels of silver according to last year's profit of 100,000 taels

Yuankui: What do you think?

Gao Yuan: Alas, the money should be enough to spend, even if you have a lot of money, isn't it also three meals a day, as long as you have money to earn a month, you can go up a little, and these brothers under your hands earn more, don't we have a light on our faces

Yuan Kui: Gao Yuan has no opinion, then I have no opinion either

Li Yang: From this year onwards, the militia - the soldiers of the battalions - the brick kilns - the salt pans - the miners - and the guys of the Chamber of Commerce, you can receive 13 months of monthly salaries a year, and those who have worked for half a year will be rewarded with half a month's monthly salaries at the end of the year

Li Song: Boss, I will distribute this money before the end of the month

"Row"