Chapter 1079 Changping County Lord 27
This time all the proceeds were spent on charcoal.
After finishing the account, Xiao Zhan took the bamboo slip and said: "All the charcoal, cotton clothes, and even quilts from last year in the capital have been collected. The food has basically been purchased. The food in the capital is still at the original price."
At that time, the basis for purchasing grain was to prevent price increases in the capital. There is already a lot of food in the capital. Each time we go to collect three to five hundred dan, it can be fully replenished within two days.
Xining nodded, thought for a while and said: "The one who was injured, give him five taels of compassionate money and give him three days off."
He just received a punch and the corner of his mouth burst open, but he actually got five taels of silver! You know, you can get so much money if you get up close and let the soldiers punch you.
But what Butler Lin was thinking was, after getting so much silver, he only spent five taels of silver. It was really worth it!
Xining said again: "You two have worked hard, go down and rest first."
He turned to Butler Xiao and said, "Go find two reliable people. I will write a letter of gratitude and take it back with the angel. I will also bring twenty sheep as tribute."
When Xiao Zhan and Butler Lin heard this, they immediately stopped moving. Both said they were up to the task and they were not tired.
The corners of Xining's lips curled up, knowing what the two of them were thinking. Xiao Zhan was still asked to write, she read it, and Xiao Zhan wrote: "God's grace is so great, I am so grateful that I shed tears of gratitude."
Where is the gratitude, where is the tears? Xiao Zhan's pen froze for a moment, and then he started writing.
The meaning of the letter is that I didn’t expect sheep to be so popular. In this case, I will pay tribute on time 20 times every month to show my sincerity.
As for the reputation of merchants, which made the courtiers panic, it was really helpless. After all, Linyi County was devastated by the war, and there was almost no tax revenue, so they could only do some business along the way. However, all the money generated was used within the county.
Since the minister said otherwise, he will never do business in the capital in the future.
After writing, tie a rope, add spicy drops on it, and knock the county master's gold seal on it as a seal.
"Let Butler Lin deliver the sheep and the letter." Xining handed the sealed bamboo slips to Butler Lin: "I can rest assured that you can handle the matter. Find someone else to accompany you."
Butler Lin thought that this was an easy job, so he accepted the bamboo slip and agreed.
Xining leaned on the soft pillow and shook the fan gently: "As for Manager Xiao, after three days of rest, I still have something for you to do."
Butler Lin wanted to ask what it was, but he didn't dare to ask. We can't make him act like a hidden spy. Even if the county leader has doubts about him, he is just a suspicion before he is exposed. Don't let your doubts get deeper and deeper.
Manager Xiao couldn't help but ask: "May I ask the county master, what will I be assigned to do in three days?"
Let others guess, it is better to say it clearly. Xining shook his fan, but did not pretend to be profound. He said it directly: "It is impossible to do business in the capital, and the things there are also expensive. I want to wait and avoid the limelight during this period. Come on. There has been no banquet for a while, so I want to hold a lotus root banquet in a month.”
It has now entered the end of summer, and although the weather is still hot, the lotus flowers in the pond here are almost in bloom, and indeed only the lotus roots are left.
Xining waved his fan and said calmly: "I plan to entertain unmarried men and women from well-established families in the county. Butler Xiao made a list. There are more than thirty people in total. There are not enough lotus roots in the pond, so I sent you to Jiangnan. Bring back some lotus roots.”
Manager Xiao immediately said: "Yes, County Lord, I will definitely get things done."
Butler Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he knew what to do, otherwise he would have had a headache if he was questioned when he arrived in the capital but couldn't come back.
After going out, first arrange the carriages, horses and boats, and at the same time ask people to go to the market and ask the Huns to buy twenty fat sheep. After waiting for the chamberlain who came to announce the decree to eat and drink well, Butler Lin returned to the capital with him. About three days later, Xining called Manager Xiao over and made a shopping list for this trip to Jiangnan.
Xiao Zhan looked at the bamboo slips, then looked at it carefully and then asked firmly: "Does the county want to buy three hundred tons of lotus roots?"
"Yes!" Xining picked a candied fruit and stuffed it into his mouth. It was sour and sweet and quite delicious.
Manager Xiao read to the bamboo slips: "Three hundred loads of lotus roots, fifty catties of hemp boiled away, and one hundred bamboos grown."
This lotus root is understandable, but three hundred dan is too much. Buying ten dan is enough to hold a lotus root feast. Three hundred dan, which is almost half of the county, every household eats lotus roots.
Ma Fei Powder is fifty kilograms. Ma Fei Powder is a medicine invented by Hua Tuo. Drink a bowl of it when you have pain or when you are setting bones. Even if the pain cannot be completely eliminated, then most of it can be eliminated. If used properly, just like Hua Tuo, scraping bones and healing wounds will do.
But how many people would it take to drink fifty pounds of Ma Fei Powder?
There are also a hundred bamboos. Bamboo is abundant in the Jiangnan area and the price is cheap. No matter how cheap it is, what is the use of buying so many?
Is the county owner just using the money he earns to buy and buy?
Before Xiao Zhan could think about whether to say it or not, he heard the county chief Youyou said: "It doesn't matter if you can't get all the Ma Fei powder at the moment. Every time you go out in the future, you will slowly bring it back in batches. By the way, these things are not very important." It’s light, you need something to weigh the boat down, right?”
Lotus root and bamboo are very light, unlike grain. Manager Xiao saluted: "That's right, County Lord!"
Xining squinted his eyes, looking dazed and carefree: "Then go buy some iron ingots. It's not easy to go back and forth once, so don't waste it! If you can't buy iron ingots, just buy a kitchen knife, a shovel, and an iron pestle. Anyway, it’s fine if it’s made of iron, it’s cheap.”
Is there such a thing that is not wasted? Where did this iron ingot come from? Can it be sold after it is shipped back?
Anyway, the money belongs to the county boss, and he can do whatever the county boss says!
Xiao Zhan also said: "The Jiangnan area has long been a land of plenty, and there are many sword-making masters among the people. Iron ingots are not difficult to get!"
"I just want iron, not weapons!" Xining reminded: "Don't let others talk about it."
"Yes, County Lord!" Xiao Zhan accepted the order, and the next day he took a few slaves and rode to Liaodong, where he took a boat to the south of the Yangtze River.
Xining sighed slightly. It would take at least another three hundred years for the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to be dug. It is really inconvenient to go to Jiangnan now.
On Xiao Zhan's way to Jiangnan, Butler Lin also arrived in the capital.
The King of Han Dynasty did not let anyone read the gratitude list, he just took it to read. After reading it up and down several times, I couldn't help but laugh.
The chief chamberlain was punished and received a cane from the court, but he was still lying down. The new servant next to him couldn't help but asked: "Why is your Majesty so happy?"
The King of Han looked at the gratitude list with a smile: "This Lord of Changping County is really good at being a man. From now on, he will pay tribute to twenty sheep every month."
It is said that the King of Qinling and the King of Han did not want to see the Lord of Changping County. The servant lowered his head and laughed: "Only twenty sheep are too few. There is not enough. If you want to pay tribute, you might as well have more!"< br>
The King of Han shook his head: "Twenty heads is a lot. If you give them away once a year, you will have more than two hundred heads if you accumulate them. Call Lin Heqing in."
(End of chapter)