Chapter 328 Imperial Order
Wu Yongdao: "Xiaosheng has made a plan in the past few days. On the way back to Qingzhou from Yong'er, I have sent people to set up three tea stalls, and have prepared Mongolian sweat medicine, just waiting for them Passing by for a rest. "
"The officials just don't want the birthday card to be sent to Bianjing, and they don't want to offend Song Gongming and his gang. He can't really rob and kill them, so he can only outwit them. Lai Yong'er is also very resourceful, and Song Qing is cautious. With these two people, this matter will never happen."
Zhao Zhen said with a smile, "I don't lack his two hundred thousand gold and jewels. It’s just that we can’t let Cai Jing get away with this money from the people. They want to plunder and harm the people’s money without thinking about spending it.” Many heroes died as a result, which also hindered the birthday plan. If Liang Shijie could rob this batch of property this year, he would not dare to be so blatant in the future. "
Zhao Zhen said: "In that case, I would like to ask brother Duan Jingzhu to go there again, keep company with brother Shi Qian, and report news from time to time. Xuexue arranged for people to report the news to Yong'er early."
Duan Jingzhu agreed. Without taking a break, he immediately resigned from Zhao Zhen and left.
Zhao Zhen said: "There is no need to be in such a hurry. It is not too late to rest for a day before going on. I have something else to ask my brother."
"Please tell me, sir."
Zhao Zhen said: "Brothers are now supervising the racecourse. There are not enough breeding mares in the racecourse. I thought that these days would be a good time to arrange for a few brothers to go to the north to purchase a batch. In addition to the breeding mares, we also need to buy some war horses. Now the horse army The war horse is just enough for one person to ride. If it is damaged, there is no war horse to replace. My brother lives in the north. I wonder if he has any connections?"
Duan Jingzhu said: "Officials, the horses in Liao are short and have long endurance, so they can only be used as light cavalry. I have been in the North for many years, and I know a few small tribes. To say that this horse is still among the white mountains and black waters in the northeast, the Kingdom of Jin There are some good horses in the border area, and the Zhaoye Jade Lion was stolen there."
After hearing this, Gongsun Sheng also said: "Northland horses are easy to buy, but to cross the border, the locals need to cooperate. Okay."
Zhao Zhen nodded: "I told Brother Shi Xiu earlier that I was thinking of using Brother Yang Xiong's approach, but now I can only act according to circumstances."
Duan Jingzhu said: "The villain steals horses, no more than three or five at a time. He knows some of the mountain roads, and there is no very good way to cross the border for a large number of horses." , we will see the difference. At that time, please go with Duan Jingzhu and Brother Shi Qian. I saw that the officials bought a lot of old tea. Tea in the north is expensive, so we can trade with it."
Duan Jingzhu listened and said: "Yes, the land of Youyan is pretty good. The food is similar to that of Shandong and Hebei. Further north, the Khitan people eat more beef and mutton and pay special attention to tea. Tea is considered to be an important part of life. It is an indispensable commodity. There is also a saying in the grassland area that "you cannot live without tea". If it can be delivered to the grassland, one stone of tea can be exchanged for three or four horses."
"On the grassland, Tea is more popular than gold and silver, and few people can refuse it. Although it is the breeding season for cattle and horses, gold and silver cannot buy cattle and horses, but tea can be bought." Zhao Zhen said: "Since we know each other. Tribe leader, when the birthdays are finalized, you, Shi Xiu, and Shi Qian brothers will select sergeants and pretend to be horse traders."
Duan Jingzhu nodded in agreement, and several people sat in the hall. Here we discussed some birthday matters again. At night, Zhu Wu, Xiao Rang, and Pei Xuan were called to gather some heroes and meditate for a long time. The conclusion is still: as long as Liangshan County does not end up personally, success or failure depends entirely on Qingzhou Lai Yong'er and his group. In order to keep themselves clean, Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu could only pass on the news secretly without showing their faces.
In this regard, Zhao Zhen was quite helpless. He had no strength but could not use it, which was very frustrating.
The next day, as if to vent his anger, Zhao Zhen went to the vegetable field, took out a shovel, and plowed through a ridge of vegetable fields in one breath as if to vent his anger. Looking at the plowed fields, Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.
If it wasn’t to keep Gongsun Sheng, I wouldn’t have put so much effort into planning the birthday. For me, running Liangshan County with peace of mind was not as important as a windfall. It's just that judging from the graduation ranking, the Taoist priest profession seems to be much better than his manor owner profession. There must be something he doesn't know. This is the reason why he values Gongsun Sheng so much.
From the current point of view, Gongsun Sheng is indeed a good man, and he does not seem to care about money. I wonder if it is Master Luo who has some instructions and must rob the birthday card.
Shaking his head and no longer thinking about it, Zhao Zhen changed his hoe and hoeed the collodion field he had planted. This collodion field, once planted, will be a treasure mine in the future. A piece of guncotton cloth is worth 15 guan. Even if you only harvest one stone of cotton from an acre of land and spin and weave cloth, you can still produce ten pieces of cloth. After all, the income from one acre of land is 150 yuan.
I just don’t know if this batch of cotton will still be planted as gun cotton after it goes to seed. If so, he would have the second gold mine with stable output besides the four-bearded carp.
After finishing hoeing, Zhao Zhen saw that it was still early, so he greeted the farmer who was still tending the grapes, put down the hoe, and returned to his residence on the mountain.
Cheng Waner saw it and quickly asked Qingzhu to get some cold mung bean soup. Zhao Zhen took it and drank a bowl of it. Cheng Wan'er wiped the corners of Zhao Zhen's mouth with a handkerchief and said, "Ms. sir, why go to the fields and suffer in such a hot weather? It's enough for the villagers to take care of it."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said, Said: "The official family still has a personal plowing ceremony, how can I, a small county magistrate, not be able to plow the land."
Cheng Waner also smiled and said: "Today's official family's personal plowing ceremony is just a show, how can it be true? He went to the ground. I saw it with my father.”
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen suddenly said: "Madam, I heard from Brother Hua Rong that when he was in Qingfeng Village, Liu Gao's wife was granted the title of Gongren. I am also a county magistrate now. Why don't I see the official title?"
"What did your husband say? Liu Gao is just a Zhizhai. How can he be granted the title of Gongren? You can ask General Hua, has he ever seen her wearing a hat? It's just random talk, and Zhizhai's Rank, if he can be granted the title of Ruren, he is considered to have connections."
"The official position is Julang, the living housekeeper, the censor, the left and right secretary, the wailang, the right Wen Palace, the secret pavilion compiler, and the Kaifeng Shaoyin. , Kaifeng prefecture judge, push officer, Shaofu, general, military officer, He'an, Chenghe, Cheng'an doctor, Lingtai order, Wensan officer is Zhilang, Tongzhilang or above, Wusan officer is Zhenwei. Only mothers and wives of officials who are above the rank of lieutenant, deputy lieutenant of Zhenwei, and flying knight of the lord are eligible to be granted the title of Ruren. "
"Although there have been some abuses in recent years, my mother is just a pleasant person. According to the eight grades of waifu, lady, Shuren, Shuren, Renren, Gongren, Yiren, Anren and Ruren, they are already the sixth class, and they still have a salary every year."
"If the husband is established. If I make great contributions, I can get a title in advance. Or if my husband can become the head of a house, I can also be granted a title like my mother."
Zhao Zhen asked: "I am here in Jimi County, is it the same?"
"I don't know about this."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Well, I will write a letter "Xin, ask Lord Taishan. Jimi County must be different from ordinary counties. There are no thieves in Jeju Prefecture. If you don't want to expand the territory, you can try it."
Said. He and Cheng Wan'er entered the study together, each wrote a letter, sealed it, and sent it to Dongping Mansion.
(End of this chapter)