Chapter 291 Daily Life
The four gates of Shengle City each have four gate captains. The official positions can be said to be quite numerous.
Zheng Fan had complained about the military system of the Yan State more than once, especially in Beifeng County. Even overseas Chinese with a little respect can find a set of "dressed beasts" and "wearing flower feathers on their heads" after looking through their family fortune.
But it’s the butt that determines the head. When Zheng Fan was just a school captain, he would naturally criticize him verbally and in writing when faced with the devaluation of the school captain. But when he became the city guard and took charge of a city and used this city as his When it represents an area, it instantly becomes "real fragrance".
Military pay comes from the treasury, but compared to the so-called military pay, ordinary soldiers will value this small amount of money very seriously, but for those who have already made their mark, especially those who In terms of the power of Jindiwu Fort, it is inevitable that it is a bit underwhelming.
At this time, I naturally began to use the "school captain" method,
Give you one, give him one, don't rush, don't grab it, there is everything, there is everything.
For a time, everyone has obtained the official status of Dayan, and naturally they are a family, and everyone is affected by rain and dew. It is better to be like this.
So, it is not surprising that there are four captains guarding the gates of a city.
However, the defenders of these four city gates are mainly Zheng Fan's old team, with barbarian soldiers accounting for the majority.
After working hard to build this city and protect his hometown, it was natural that he had to give the key to his direct descendants.
Zheng Fan and the demon kings under his command would not be at ease if it were others to defend the city. In the past, he and others liked to steal other people's city gates, so if they did too many bad things, they were afraid that retribution would fall on them. On the head.
If in the end, because the subordinates were bribed to cooperate with the inside and outside, and the solid city wall built with hard work was directly reduced to a display, it would really be as depressing as the Gallic Rooster during World War II.
In the early morning, at dawn, Yu Huaping put on a suit of leather armor, took a Yan-made knife instead of a sword and walked out of the inn.
There is breakfast at the inn.
There are steamed buns with stuffings, shredded radish stuffing, pickle stuffing, bean paste stuffing, pure meat buns and rice porridge, as well as siomai, pan-fried and other foods.
The example of King Chu's love for a slim waist was vividly displayed in Shengle City. The daily diet in the General's Mansion slowly became the mainstream standard in the city.
It’s just that things like taste cannot be changed overnight, but there is nothing you can do if you don’t change it, because Shengle City has implemented military control from a long time ago.
The inn is the property of the General's Mansion. When you walk out of the inn and go down a street, everything that is open for business is the property of the General's Mansion, which is the so-called state-owned business.
Among the population of Shengle City, the military population accounts for the majority. This is actually convenient for management in a disguised way. For those who have families and are in the city, their families will have different numbers for adults and children every month based on the population. With the rationing of rice, flour, grain and oil, the bachelor eats and drinks in the military camp anyway.
The caravans traveling to and from Shengle City are all accommodated and received in the business hall, which is also the property of the General's Mansion. Every time a transaction is made, the General's Mansion will take a 10% tax from it.
It’s not that no caravans want to evade taxes. In fact, this is almost the instinct of businessmen.
However, since the time when a Wubao master set up a private market in his own Wubao and Shengle City sent troops to annihilate the entire clan, such things have become much less common.
According to the General's Mansion, the reason why people can do business here without being affected is because the General's Mansion maintains the law and order here, so it is reasonable for the General's Mansion to take a commission when everyone does business and makes money. What should be done.
There is a vegetable market in the city, but it is also the property of the General's Mansion.
Originally, the sign hanging in the vegetable market was Shenglecheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Later, for some unknown reason, General Zheng felt dissatisfied when he saw it and ordered it to be changed to Shenglefang City.
If you want to buy food, you can go to the market to buy it. For other daily necessities, from coal to cloth, etc., there are also special doors open to people from outside the city.
In other words, all the industries that can be done in the city have been taken over by the General's Mansion.
Yu Huaping instinctively felt uncomfortable with this. Walking on the streets of this city, even a sword master like him would feel like he was being strangled by the neck and was about to be suffocated.
In fact, government-run operations have existed since ancient times and have always occupied a huge market share. However, it is extremely rare for companies like Shengle City to completely strangle the private economy in all directions.
Just outside the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, there were a large group of local people opening shops and doing business. Zheng Fan and the Sixth Prince also went there to drink mutton soup.
However, the Zhenbei Hou Mansion has the entire Yan Kingdom to provide blood transfusion support. In Shengle City, to be honest, the support it can get from the imperial court every time is really better than nothing.
According to the establishment of the imperial court, the three thousand soldiers and horses in Shengle City are overwhelming. But in fact, adding up the number of soldiers and horses inside and outside, the number of soldiers and horses in Shengle City has already exceeded 10,000, close to 50,000. number.
It’s just that Jin people make up the majority, plus the 5,000 Jin battalions that Zheng Fan just pulled over and the ones that were already there, as well as the children of the powerful Wubao family who have recently defected and joined in, the Jin people’s troops are in Shengle City has nearly 10,000 people.
In the remaining five thousand miles, barbarian soldiers account for the majority;
Therefore, in the Shengle City military camp, it was difficult to hear those words with a Yandi accent.
Because blood transfusions were not possible in the local area, everything had to be coordinated from the outset. This is what Siniang and the blind man used, an extraordinary method in extraordinary times.
Yu Huaping is uncomfortable because he is a man of the world. He instinctively dislikes restraint and likes freedom, but he has nothing to say about it because there are no homeless people or beggars on the street.
Everyone with hands and feet in the city, regardless of gender, has work to do. There is an extreme shortage of labor in the workshops outside the city. If you want to make a living in this city and work as a poor household on subsistence allowances, then It's almost impossible.
At the same time, school-age children can attend private schools for free, and medical clinics will also provide extremely cheap treatment.
Yu Huaping felt that the governance of ancient benevolent kings that literati praised every day seemed to be nothing more than this.
The largest gold selling cave in the city was also opened by the General's Mansion. It is a large-scale restaurant where everything from banquets and gatherings for ordinary people to higher-level gatherings can be held here.
Behind the restaurant is the largest and only red tent in the entire Shengle City. According to the price tags, it can be considered to fully meet the needs of customers of all consumption levels.
Shengle City can be said to be the only city that does not have private kilns. First, there is no need. Siniang was really good at doing this when she was a child. She was very mature in following the rules and knew how to do it. We collectively invite doctors to come over for regular physical examinations.
The sisters themselves are willing to come. Here, there is no guarantee.
Of course, there are also old madams who want to "start their own business",
The end is that they are caught, and the old madam and the sisters below are thrown into the prison in the city.
Yu Huaping knew that the soldiers and horses in Shengle City were highly paid, comparable to the Jingnan Army. This seemed to be an unbearable burden.
But look at it,
After the soldiers’ pay and silver hair are in the hands of the soldiers, everything they eat in the city, put up red tents, etc., is the property of the general’s mansion, often every day. As soon as the monthly military pay is issued, half of the military pay just issued will have to be returned half a month later. It is impossible to completely protect the capital, but with money circulating like this, the cost of military pay is actually not as high as it seems. So heavy.
Walking, Yu Huaping arrived at the gate of the east gate.
There are two hundred soldiers responsible for guarding the city. The captain of the city gate is a barbarian who can speak Xia language, but with a slightly thick accent. He has a hundred barbarians and a hundred Jin soldiers under his command.
After Yu Huaping arrived, the barbarian captain named Jin Shuke took the initiative to send a snack. The snack had the mark of the General's Mansion, which proved that it was bought from the pastry shop under the General's Mansion.
“This is yours.”
Jin Shu can deliver the snacks to Yu Huaping.
Yu Huaping nodded, and then he remembered that the day before yesterday, someone from the city guards specially called on everyone to join in. His aunt, the captain of the school, had given birth, and everyone was very happy.
Jin Shuke’s mother-in-law was a savage. He bought her from the slave market in the city. Of course, this market was also opened by the general. Only those who signed a contract and bought and sold here were subject to the general. Under the protection of the government, the general government did not recognize any slaves traded privately. There was even a case where a slave sold privately escaped and was caught. Because there was no official seal contract from the general government, the slave was sentenced to freedom.
According to the original thoughts of his subordinates, this barbarian soldier has always been the confidant of General Zheng. The martial arts is the earliest three hundred barbarian soldiers. As a barbarian general, let alone the future, now His status is already very high. Not to mention marrying a girl from Yan State Xiahang in an extremely luxurious way, it is okay to marry a girl from Jin State.
But he didn't, and married a savage aunt.
Privately, many of his Jin soldiers have ridiculed him, saying that the eyes of the barbarians are really strange. If a barbarian marries a barbarian, he is really a bastard who sees the mung bean right.
But in fact, Jin Shuke always remembered the scene when he accompanied his master to attack the first Ganren fortress.
In the Ganren Fort, there was a small red tent with a woman inside.
When the barbarian soldiers looked at those women, their eyes were straight, and they were in trouble.
But Jinshu Coco noticed that at that time, the master's eyes showed dissatisfaction.
Therefore, Jinshu dare not touch the women of Qian State, nor the women of Yan State, nor the women of Jin State, it is best not to touch them, so he bought a barbarian female slave.
This savage mother-in-law is also very proud of herself. She gave birth just five months after she bought her.
I gave birth to three boys in my life, but I was extremely happy with metal arts.
Yu Huaping knew that many people in Jin felt that metal arts were a bit silly, and it was not clear that they were not his own kind.
But Yu Huaping understood that in barbarian culture, as long as the child grew up with him and inherited his surname, he was his "child" and a member of his tribe.
When the barbarians went to war, men above the enemy's chariot wheels would be killed because they believed that these grown-up children could no longer be assimilated, while those little children had no such problem at all.
Jin Shuke was really happy. Even when he bought the savage female slave, he might have noticed that the woman was pregnant, and he might have felt that he had taken a huge advantage.
However, no matter how much you joke about this boss in private, he is your boss after all, so everyone still knows how to join in and do whatever it takes.
Jin Shuke was also on the road, and he bought some pastries for everyone to share. Afterwards, Jin Shuke said to everyone:
"After work tonight, we will gather together. I’ll be the host of the restaurant!”
Juyi Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Litian City and the only restaurant open to the public.
"Thank you, my lord!"
"My lord is very righteous!"
"Thank you, lord!"
Both the barbarian soldiers and the Jin soldiers were happy when they heard this.
Yu Huaping stood at his position with a knife in his hand. The city gate had been opened, and business travelers who were already delivering goods were coming in.
There was no scene like when the gates of an ordinary city were opened in the morning, many vegetable sellers would rush in to catch the morning market. These things were all sent by the General's Mansion in advance to purchase them below and then transport them in together.
Although the suspicion of war is already in front of us, and there is no telling when the savage chaos will spread here, as long as there is no real war, those caravans will continue to come in.
This made Yu Huaping feel that these merchants' pursuit of making money is very similar to the swordsmen's dedication to the art of swordsmanship.
Jin Shuke began to arrange for people to inspect the caravan. They were only inspecting the first wave to see if any spies or spies wouldn't slip in. There was a transit area behind the city gate, and a specially designated area was opened. In large places, there are special officials responsible for cleaning up goods and registering them.
As long as anything enters Shengle City, it will inevitably leave traces. These are also the proof of tax after the transaction is completed.
You can trade in the store yourself, or you can go directly to the commercial office under the General's Mansion, but the price of the latter will be lower.
It’s not that there are corrupt officials who have taken advantage of them. In the past month, Yu Huaping has heard about the news that more than ten officials were beheaded and skinned. In fact, there will only be more officials punished.
The chair that the counting officer is sitting on is already covered with two layers of human skin. You are not allowed to change the chair, so you just sit there and continue working.
Jin Shuke walked up to Yu Huaping and reached out to pat Yu Huaping on the shoulder.
This action of patting the shoulder,
It originated from the owner of Shengle City, General Zheng of the General Mansion. It is said that he liked to pat his subordinates on the shoulders when talking to them;
Gradually, this action was learned by others, and in the army and The yamen were imitated.
“Little fish.”
“Yes, sir.” Yu Huaping responded calmly.
No one knows his true identity except Zheng Fan and others.
"You haven't gotten married yet, have you?"
Although Jin Shuke's Xia dialect has a strong accent, he speaks it fluently.
“Not yet, sir.”
“Shall I help you tell a mother-in-law that you don’t want it?”
Sword Master’s expression is very exciting at this time.
He is really afraid of metal arts, but he can say that a group of savage slaves have recently come to the market. One of the female slaves has even brought you seeds in advance, so he has taken advantage of it.
To be honest, the Sword Master can understand some of the barbarian customs and habits, and he can respect them to a certain extent, but it is impossible for him to be willing to integrate into them.
Previously, there was a soldier nicknamed Si Gui among the city guards. He went to eat meat in a red tent in the city, and for cheap, he chose a savage woman. As a result, it was said that he was smoked and fainted after taking off his pants.
This matter immediately became a joke among the guards at the East Gate.
Yu Huaping naturally would not participate in this kind of topic, but when others talked about it, he had no choice but to hear it.
"A nice woman, a woman from Jin. She is a widow. She has a daughter and a mother-in-law."
Yu Huaping blinked.
“That woman is good-looking, and most importantly, according to your Jin people’s opinion, she is a woman who can live a good life.”
“My lord, I don’t want to think about this for the time being. Earn some military merit and find it later.”
Yu Huaping could only use this excuse to evade.
He has his own code of conduct. Since he agreed to help Zheng Fan guard the East City Gate, he naturally will not let himself give up halfway because of personnel relations.
Swordsman, a sword can be so one-sided sometimes.
“It’s always right to take a look.”
Jin Shuke reached out and patted Yu Huaping’s shoulder again, then lowered his voice and secretly said to Yu Huaping:
"You kid, I can tell, you are definitely not an ordinary person."
"What?"
"You and us, you and them, are different."
"Different?"
"Yes, different, you just The reasons, I don’t believe, they care, we care, about money, women, status, but you don’t care about this at all”
“I care”
"Don't lie to me. As long as I'm not on duty, I will attend Mr. Bei's evening classes."
"Huh?"
The blind man's evening classes are based on the theme of brainwashing.
But sometimes when the interest comes, I will also talk about some philosophy of life, which is the so-called output of three views. If it is more understandable, it is mixed with private goods.
This is the instinct of a blind man, an instinct that cannot be changed, or it can be said that anyone who feels good about himself will suffer from a disease that makes him feel uncomfortable if he does not touch his private goods.
"Mr. Bei said that some people look like us, but in fact, they are different from us. He is like the wolf king. While the wolves are cheering for the meat in front of them, he is worried. The coming winter.
The master is the Wolf King. "
The master naturally refers to Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan is very lazy and rarely attends public events, but precisely because of this mystery, he relies more on his demon kings to shape his character.
If Zheng Fan had nothing to do and just skipped around and showed his face everywhere, he might not have such a good personality effect.
Therefore, every time Zheng Fan appeared, the soldiers around him would be extremely excited, as if they were seeing ardent fans of their idol.
Spurred by the reaction of the sergeants after Tian Wujing appeared in the army last time, during this period, the demon kings spared no effort in this god-making movement.
"Sir, I don't understand what you are talking about."
"Since you came here to take charge, the number of times the master has come to our east gate has begun to increase."< br>
“The general likes to take the east gate, what does this have to do with me.”
"It doesn't matter? The blacksmith's workshop is in the west of the city, but when the master goes to inspect the blacksmith's workshop, he always goes through our east gate. After coming back from the blacksmith's workshop, he specially goes around and goes back through our east gate.
Forget it if he goes out to inspect the city. The master usually doesn’t like lively people, Recently, I have started to patrol the streets frequently. Whenever I patrol, I will come to our east gate.
On the day before yesterday, the owner came to our east gate four times. "
Yu Huaping listened. For this reason, I feel a little helpless.
Really,
Zheng Fan likes to run to the east gate when he has nothing to do during this period.
Even if he goes there twice, it seems that now he has to walk here after lunch and dinner.
Yu Huaping can understand the reason why Zheng Fan ran here.
A sword master is watching the gate for him.
He has to come and take a look from time to time.
Every time, the corners of my mouth tightened to pretend to be serious, but in fact my heart was filled with joy and I felt so proud.
“Brother, I don’t ask you where the devil is.”
“It’s holy.”
“Well, holy, I don’t ask you, you work as an errand on weekdays He is also very conscientious and can’t find any faults. This makes me very satisfied.”
“Thank you for your appreciation.”
"You have to come to Juyi Building tonight."
"I have something to do tonight."
In the evening, the sword master has to teach the little sword boy to practice swordsmanship. This is an unbreakable lesson every day.
Jin Shuke heard the words and was not angry. Instead, he nodded and said:
"Okay."
After saying that,
Jin Shuke turned his head and pointed at the few city guards behind him and scolded:
"The pastries will be eaten after the price is paid. Stand still for me, so you don't have to worry about it." The military disciplinary officer is here to slap you!”
………
In the bedroom of the back house of the General’s Mansion,
The little Marquis lay on the bed with his butt stuck out, saying "Wow wow wow" without knowing what he was talking about.
After seeing the child, Zheng Fan asked Xue San to go to Litian City again to tell Tian Wujing the news. The door of the Hou Mansion was still closed, and the soldiers outside were even more nervous. It's completely unreasonable.
Later, Xue San was forced to sneak into the Hou Mansion and left a letter from Zheng Fan in the Hou Mansion.
As for whether the letter would be accidentally picked up by others, Xue San patted his small chest and said absolutely not. As soon as he sneaked into the Hou Mansion, he instantly felt like being stared at by a tiger. .
Obviously, all his little actions fell into Tian Wujing's "eyes", so the letter could not be picked up by others, and there was no possibility of it being lost.
However, what makes Zheng Fan incomprehensible is that since his letter was sent out, Tian Wujing himself has not come to say anything, nor has he sent anyone to check on the child.
It was as if he had forgotten that his son was still here with him.
However, in the words of a blind man, from this "look", a Longyuan Sword and the five thousand Jin troops are regarded as milk powder money?
At this time,
the little baby who was eating the "exorbitantly priced" milk powder was still moving forward hard on the bed. No one in the room was looking at him. Is it okay to just throw a child on the bed like this? It's a very dangerous thing, and the child's identity is so valuable.
Finally,
when the little Marquis was half way out of the bed and about to fall,
a stone that had been placed on the bed suddenly flew up and pushed the child back.
The young Marquis rolled over on the bed like a fallen onion. He did not cry, but looked at the stone with his two attentive eyes.
“Wow wow wow.”
The stone stopped moving again.
The little Marquis began to see this and began to crawl out of the bed.
Finally,
the one in the stone could not bear it any longer,
a black baby shadow appeared,
The extremely terrifying magic pill appeared and stood in front of the young prince.
The little Marquis did not cry, but lay down on his side, dancing and laughing while looking at the magic pill.
Magic Pill has a cold face.
Little Marquis slowly got up again,
Climbed in front of Mowan,
raised his head,
pouted his little butt,
“Wow, wow, wow!”
Mowan Zhang Opening his mouth, he said solemnly:
"Jie Jie... Jie Jie... Jie Jie..."
"Wow......Wow...Wow..."
< br>"Jie Jie..."
"Wow..." (End of this chapter)