Dongjiang is located overseas, and there is no arrears in salaries, but apart from saving it for themselves or keeping it for home, the officers and soldiers really have no place to spend it.

Zhu Youxiao was also aware of the situation on the Dongjiang River and believed that this kind of closure would be detrimental to the development of the Dongjiang River and would not be conducive to the state's finances.

According to the current rationing model, the imperial court has to invest all the time, and the economic benefits created by the Dongjiang military and civilians cannot be reflected!

Therefore, the gradual resumption of normal economic activities in Dongjiang, like other places, began before the Chinese New Year this year.

Supply and marketing cooperatives, a product with a somewhat strange name, appeared in front of the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years in advance.

It was opened in Luda and Phi Dao first, and there were not many varieties of goods, but it was still a very sensational event for the Dongjiang military and civilians who had been isolated overseas for a long time.

Fort Arthur is full of military supplies, and for safety, civilians are not allowed to enter casually. The supply and marketing cooperatives are located in a small village not far from the fort, and the future plan will also become a market.

Cotton and silk, daily necessities, tobacco, alcohol, grain and tea, sauce and vinegar seasonings, there are not too many goods, but the sales of clearly marked prices are still very lively.

It was not only the local people who came, but also the residents from the island, as well as the officers and soldiers who took turns to rest. The soldiers have just been paid, so it's good to come and see if it's useless, and it's good to take a walk around and relax.

I haven't been to a shopping market for a long time, and Yingzi and Ah Tao, who haven't bought anything, both widened their eyes, looked left and right, and let out exclamations.

"This cloth is so beautiful." Ah Tao stared at the colorful silk without blinking, envious and regretful.

Yingzi also likes it, but she also knows that it is not something that poor families can afford, so she interrupted: "Look at this cotton cloth, how thick it is, it is from Songjiang, right?" ”

Ah Tao reluctantly withdrew her gaze, reached out and touched it, and said, "Thick is thick, but the color is too plain." ”

Yingzi saw that she had drawn the attention of her good sister back, so she beckoned to her to buy some needles and threads, as well as cotton.

"They don't use silver, do they?" Tao watched curiously as a soldier bought cigarettes and alcohol with silver dollars, and retrieved a small silver dollar and some copper coins.

The guy smiled and explained, "Yes, it was a silver dollar that was just minted by the imperial court years ago, and it is common to silver. The military salary issued by Dongjiang Town is a new silver dollar, and the soldiers like it. ”

Yingzi blinked and asked, "Can you show us?" ”

"Okay!" The guy happily agreed, and took two silver dollars, one large and one small, to show the girls, "Look, this big yuan is printed on it, long live the lord." ”

"Hooray!" Ah Tao squeezed her head and stared wide-eyed.

Yingzi looked at the silver dollar, loved its beauty, and asked, "I can only use this kind of money in the future?" ”

"Now it's a common dollar, and it is estimated that only silver dollars will be used in the future." The man smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "In the house over there, you can exchange silver for silver dollars." Of course, you can change it. ”

The Dongjiang Army's salary was all changed to silver dollars, also for the purpose of saving.

You think, if you send silver, you have to transport it back to mint coins later, and it will be very expensive to transport it back and forth. They simply exchanged all of them for silver dollars, and then set up exchange points to gradually exchange the silver in the hands of the people and officers and soldiers, killing two birds with one stone.

Yingzi reluctantly handed back the silver dollar to the man, selected the goods, took out a piece of broken silver, and said: "A total of five coins and seven cents and one cent, I have one or two pure silver." ”

The guy smiled and nodded, and praised: "The lady is so fast, these five or six commercial goods!" ”

Ah Tao hurriedly urged: "You hurry up and find money, four dollars and two cents and nine cents, don't look for a difference." ”

The shopkeeper at the counter looked at him, looked at it, walked over, and instructed the man: "Wipe one cent, find four dollars and three cents." ”

After speaking, he smiled and said to the two girls: "The two little ladies are locals, are you interested in coming to our store to sell goods?" Take care of the food and pay the wages. ”

Yingzi and Ah Tao glanced at each other, a little confused, and did not answer immediately.

The shopkeeper smiled: "The guys in the store, the home is not here, if you are away for a long time, there will be a lot of inconvenience." Therefore, it was decided a long time ago to recruit locally. I think the two of you are very quick to settle accounts, which is quite suitable. ”

Oh, so you get it. Guys don't want to stay in this remote place for a long time, leave home and leave their loved ones, no one wants to!

"That-" Ah Tao rolled her eyes and asked, "How much is the salary!" ”

The shopkeeper reached out to take the silver dollar, paused on the "Zhu Xiaotou", but picked up the "half yuan" dragon coin, showed it to the two girls, and said with a smile: "Give one a month, and it will be six big yuan a year." is also in charge of food, that is, to earn money. ”

Yingzi's eyes lit up, staring at the "half-yuan" dragon coin, and almost nodded in agreement.

"You haven't rested for years of work?" Ah Tao was also quite moved, but still asked.

The shopkeeper smiled, a little cunning, and said: "Three days off a month, five days off for the New Year." After speaking, he added: "The ministers of the court, there are only five days off for the New Year!" ”

Yingzi was about to nod, but Ah Tao secretly pulled her and said to the shopkeeper: "That's it, we have to discuss it with our family, and then come back to you." ”

The shopkeeper nodded with a smile and said, "It's better to be sooner rather than later, if there is no response on the sixth day of the first month, we won't recruit us." ”

After saying that, he asked the guy to take two door god paintings and give them to Yingzi and Ah Tao.

The two girls thanked each other and turned away.

"On the sixth day of the first month, they are in a hurry to rush home for the Lantern Festival!" Ah Tao pouted and said, "If you can't look down on our place, you can't live for a long time." ”

Yingzi nodded in agreement and said, "No one wants to leave their hometown, everyone wants to be with their families!" ”

"If you want me to say, give one big yuan a month, and they may be able to agree."

Ah Tao's eyes flashed a little cunning, raised her eyebrows, shook the New Year's paper tube in her hand, and complained: "Just give Zhang a painting, how many people do we have, and we can't sell it if we keep it." ”

Yingzi laughed and said, "Then you don't want it!" ”

"Why don't you give it for nothing?" Ah Tao laughed and said, "I want to change to Da Yuan and have a good time during the New Year." ”

The relocation of the Liao people, although the loss of their belongings was heavy, but the silver money and the like can be carried with them, and it is not too unusual for each family to have a few taels.

Yingzi agreed, and said: "I want to change another small yuan and make up a lottery money to carry with me." That dragon head looks so fierce, can it suppress evil spirits? ”

"This method is good, I'll change it too." Tao clapped her hands.

Yingzi rolled her eyes, as if she suddenly remembered something, and said to Ah Tao: "Oops, I forgot to buy medicinal herbs for my father." ”

"Then I'll go with you!" Tao said.

Yingzi shook her head and said, "Don't bother you, I don't know if I can find it?" In this way, an hour later, the two of us met at the entrance of the village and returned to the village together. ”

Ah Tao thought it was okay, and just saw another sister in the same village, so she waved goodbye to Yingzi and ran and chased after her.

Yingzi let out a sigh of relief and turned to go in the other direction.

At the entrance of the village, she finally saw a familiar figure, waiting there!

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