Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 138 Gossiping

Liu Zheng thought for a while and asked, "Since the current Qing army is so powerful, then Brother Zhao, why did we lose the first Opium War?"

"I think it should be the system. The decadent system can no longer adapt to a world full of robbers, and it is always the self-proclaimed kingdom of heaven. This and that also look down on it."

This topic is actually a bit heavy.It would be fine to drink and chatter in another time and space; but now that everyone is in the late eighteenth century, thinking about the backwardness and beating of the country in the future makes me feel uncomfortable.

Liu Zheng was silent for a while, then murmured: "What should we do?"

Zhao Xin comforted with a smile: "It's useless to think too far, we can only start from the bottom."

Chen Qingsong, who seldom smoked, also lit a cigarette. The cigarette curled up and said in a low voice, "Isn't what we do every day now just for the future?"

Zhao Xin saw that everyone fell into silence, and his mood was a little bit wrong, so he laughed and said, "Do you know? It's not a big deal for the Qing army to buy gunpowder and bullets with their own money. They even "crowdfunded" to buy war horses!"

"Yo~~ Tell me." Chen Qingsong raised his head and said with squinted eyes.

"It is said that from the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty needed to maintain a huge number of war horses, but was unable to afford the huge cost of raising horses financially. So a sum of money was deducted from the salaries of all officers and soldiers, called 'Peng Kou Yin', as The cost of buying and raising war horses.

The specific deduction method is: below the lieutenant general and above the general, 2 renminbi will be deducted every month; cavalry will deduct 1 renminbi; infantry will deduct 5 renminbi; guards will deduct 3 renminbi.The money was stored in the barracks and used to pay for war horses. "

Wu Siyu asked: "Then the money is not used up, will it be returned to the soldiers?"

"How can there be such a good thing!" Zhao Xin said disdainfully: "The remaining money will be sent to the Ministry of Households to be used as military pay after being reported to the Ministry of War for verification at the end of the year. And some war horses bought by soldiers' crowdfunding" If he dies before the time limit, he still has to deduct money from the soldier's salary to make up for it. This is called "compensation pile silver".

According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, the period of compensation for war horses is 3 years in the provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan, and Guizhou. After 3 years, compensation will be exempted. 1 taels of silver within one year, 10 taels of silver within two years, and 9 taels of silver within three years. "

"Ah? Is this green battalion still capable of fighting?" Wu Siyu asked in surprise.

Zhao Xin continued: "If you think there are only these things, you are wrong. The Manchu Qing Dynasty still has evil tricks! There are 13 months in the leap year of the lunar calendar, right? If there is a leap year, does the army have to send 13 months? pay?
During the time of Shunzhi, some people in the court felt that it was a disadvantage to pay soldiers 13 months' salary!But it has to be paid, what should I do?

The wonderful system of 'Xiaojianyin' has been introduced!The Ministry of War deducted a "small Jianyin" from the monthly salaries of officers and soldiers as the salary for the 13th month of the leap year.This is equivalent to the officers and soldiers paying themselves a month's salary.In this way, whether it is an ordinary year or a leap year, the imperial court only pays 12 months of salary. "

After listening to what Zhao Xin said, everyone in the meeting was dumbfounded.

Chen Qingsong murmured after a while: "High, really high!"

The next day, Chen Qingsong stopped the security team of six who had planned to test the artillery.Since the range of the Qing army's artillery is at least 1000 meters, it is temporarily impossible to test the artillery before an area has been completely cleared, so as not to cause forest fires.In this era, if there is a wildfire, there is no way to save it. We can only wait for the rain to put out the fire.

Two days later, Zhao Xin asked Li Ji to count the output of wooden cigarette boxes.After counting, Liji said that [-] wooden cigarette boxes had been completed, and the number of tube boxes was not much.

Considering the development of Ezo Land by Hesheng Shandensan and the owner of Murata House, the sugar he promised to others before, and the debate boat of Shen Huang, Zhao Xin decided to set off in a week.

When Zhao Xin notified the relevant personnel of the news, Shen Jingdan came to him, this time because of his concubine Luyun.

It is said that Director Liu finally used the B-ultrasound machine that Zhao Xin bought for her, so the first person to receive a B-ultrasound diagnosis was Luyun.When Shen Jingdan saw his child through the display screen, he was shocked speechless!

Zhao Xin bought two in total, one for Liu Siting and one for Liu Zheng.People use it, so do horses and cattle.

After the examination, Liu Siting told Shen Jingdan that it will take another month to know whether the child is a boy or a girl.Moreover, Luyun's physique is not good. If she returns to China with Shen Jingdan this time, the child may have a miscarriage.

"Boss Shen, anyway, you will come again in a while. Why should Mrs. Shen go back and forth with you?"

Liu Siting's words made Shen Jingdan ponder for a day, and finally he decided to talk to Zhao Xin.

"Master Zhao, I came this time to ask you one thing, oh no, two things."

"Boss Shen, you're welcome. If you have anything to say, just mention it. I'll help if I can."

"That's right. Doctor Liu suggested that Zhuojing stay and observe at any time. I would like to ask Mr. Zhao to find two Japanese women to take care of it."

"This matter is simple, and I will arrange it as soon as possible. When the time comes, I have selected a person, and please ask Boss Shen to look over it."

"Then I will thank Mr. Zhao!" Shen Jingdan quickly got up to thank him.

"As for the second thing, it's the little girl."

Zhao Xin let out an "ah" and asked, "Is Miss Shen going back too? If she leaves, my school will be even more short of manpower."

"This, this... I want my little girl to stay here for a while."

When Zhao Xin heard this, a stone fell from his heart.

"One is that she can take care of Zhuo Jing, and the other is her background. You know this, Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Xin nodded, thought for a while and said, "Boss Shen, do you think this is okay? For Miss Shen, I will also arrange for two Japanese women to take care of her. But these people are farmers, and they may be clumsy."

"It's okay, it's okay." Shen Jingdan quickly cupped his hands in thanks.

"However, I would like to ask you to tell Mrs. Shen and Ms. Shen. Don't be surprised. Here in Beihai Town, there are no servants. So these four women have to pay for their wages. I will help you with the money. You're out."

Seeing that Shen Jingdan was about to speak, Zhao Xin raised his hand to stop him, and continued: "Well, I'll ask someone to make arrangements. From tomorrow, Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen will move to my white yacht by the sea. Doctor Liu and the others Kouzi usually lives on it."

"Ah?! That's your yacht, my lord? I thought it was a cargo ship!" Shen Jingdan couldn't understand Zhao Xin more and more. He bowed respectfully and said in his mouth: "So, thank you Zhao Xin grown up."

"Liu Zheng!"

Liu Zheng, who was inspecting a heavy draft horse, heard someone calling him, turned around and saw that it was Zhao Xin.

"Brother Zhao, rare guest! Why do you have time to come to my place?"

"Liu Zheng, do you want to go to Xiantai with the boat?" Zhao Xin looked at him with a smile.

"Brother Zhao, you've missed me! To be honest, I've been suffocating for the past two months!"

"Okay! Let's go to Ezodi first this trip, and then Sendai. If possible, we have to send Boss Shen and Fatty Huang to the sea outside Jiangsu."

"Great! I can finally go around the sea!"

Zhao Xin saw that Liu Zheng was in high spirits, so he continued to smile and said, "Then you will move to live on the Thunder God tomorrow?"

"No problem! I'm familiar with it in advance, maybe I can help a little bit."

Zhao Xinxin said that a guest room has been vacated.

In the workshop, Zhang Bo was fighting with Zhao Liang for the nine-section ten-percent cannon.As for this big copper cast that weighs nearly [-] jins and is two meters long, everyone agrees that it is fused with copper smelting ingots.

"Yo~~ You two are busy." Zhao Xin walked into the workshop with a smile.

"Mr. Zhao, when will my new factory be built? Our two brothers are working in the open air all day now!" Zhao Liang straightened up and teased.

"Didn't Lao Chen say about it, it will be built next month, a steel structure."

"Okay! I'll just wait for your words. If this continues, my equipment will grow hairs!"

"Brother, are you still used to living here?" Zhao Xin took out a cigarette and handed it to Zhao Liang and Zhang Bo.

"pretty good."

"How about Zhang Bo?"

"It's a bit frustrating for me to run back and forth by boat every day."

"Then, do you think this is okay? I'll ask someone to build you a wooden house, and you can move here."

"Come on, it's going to take a lot of effort. Zhang Bo and I are both lonely now. My house is also big, so it's enough for him to move here and live with me. What do you think?"

"Sure, then I'll move here tomorrow." Zhang Bo is honest and doesn't have so many thoughts, otherwise he wouldn't let Zhao Xin fool him into the eighteenth century.

Come on!Two sets of rooms are done!
What Zhao Xin thinks is that there are four guest cabins on the yacht, and Director Liu and his wife now live in one, so there is one for Luyun, one for Shen Xuan, and one in the middle for soundproofing.happy!
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Xin asked Li Ji to call Zhi Nai over, and explained carefully about finding a servant.

"My lord, don't worry! Leave this matter to me, and I will definitely find the right person!" Zhi Nai knelt on the floor and solemnly expressed his opinion to Zhao Xin.

The problem is, Shino is not good at this either!This girl is only this year.But Li Ji rolled his eyes and whispered something to Shino.

So the next day, Shino found Katayama Kanbei's wife Tahe.Duohe is just the daughter of a low-level samurai in the Sendai Fan, and she is nothing in the Sendai Fan; but she is considered a top-notch existence among the refugee women in Beihai Town.

"Don't worry about this matter! It's rare to be able to serve an adult, so leave this matter to me!"

Originally, it was common to find a few servants, but the problem was that the two of them said this in the back kitchen of the big cafeteria, but Wan Zao's wife overheard them.

After Wan Niao, Wan Zao's wife knew about it, which meant that all the women in the cafeteria knew about it.

"I heard that my lord is looking for a servant for the Shen family girl, do you have a suitable introduction?"

"Who is the girl from the Shen family?"

"Isn't it the beauty from the Qing Dynasty that my lord brought back from Nagasaki last time?"

"Oh. Do you think my lord has taken a fancy to him?"

"Oh, don't talk nonsense!"

……

"Have you heard? Your lord wants to find a servant for his wife who has never been married."

"Ah? The lord is going to marry his wife?! Whose woman is so blessed?"

"I heard it was the woman from the Qing Dynasty brought back last time. I heard that the two of them are about to get engaged."

"Huh? This is a big deal!"

……

In the evening, Liu Siting and Hong Tao returned to the cabin of the yacht. Before going to bed, Liu Siting began to gossip.

"Hey, I said."

"what?"

"I heard a few women talking quietly today, saying that Zhao Xin is getting engaged?" Director Liu's Japanese proficiency has soared recently.Without him, gossiping with a group of women who are seeing a doctor every day, listening and learning, it is no wonder that the level does not improve.

"What? Mr. Zhao is getting engaged? With whom?"

"That Shen Xuan brought back by Nagasaki! This matter has been spread all over the world. This Zhao Xin really dares to do it!"

"Why don't I know? I saw him this morning. I haven't heard him say it."

"No, I have to go to him tomorrow. Keep it quiet, you have to send out the wedding candy."

"Hey~ Don't go. I'll ask Liu Sheng about this tomorrow. They have a good relationship, and Liu Sheng must know."

……

At dinner the next day, Liu Sheng sat across from Zhao Xin.

"Why are you staring at me? I have something growing on my face?"

"On behalf of everyone, let's see what kind of man is going to be engaged."

"What nonsense! I'm so busy all day long, who am I engaged to?"

"Make it up, keep making it up. Let me tell you, can you be successful? He is hundreds of years older than you! Besides, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! Who said that?! If this little girl finds out, something big will happen!"

"Chou Chou, Chou Chou, the fox's tail is exposed. Don't say that I didn't notify you in advance. Director Liu can tell you that Shen Xuan is still young. If you dare to cross the line, she will never end with you."

"Ah? Brother, what are you all talking about when you have nothing to do?"

"You really don't know?"

"What do I know?"

"Now it's spread all over the place that you're going to be engaged to Boss Shen's daughter."

"What?! I'm going!" Zhao Xin exploded as soon as he heard it. He didn't even eat his meal, so he got up and left.

"Why are you going?" Liu Sheng asked.

"I have to find someone to explain it quickly!"

Liu Sheng also saw that Zhao Xin was not just pretending, and quickly said: "I just passed by the school and saw A Miao and Tuka's sister together. They said they were looking for Shen Xuan."

Zhao Xin suddenly felt something was wrong, A Miao and Xue Wu were learning nursing from Director Liu; these two little girls had nothing to do with Shen Xuan.Xue Wu knew that she was given to Zhao Xin by her elder brother.

"Bad food!" Zhao Xin ran away.

It is said that Zhao Xin cured Tuka's serious injury at the beginning, which made Xue Wu admire him.After she followed Zhao Xin to Beihai Town, because she was too young, Zhao Xin let her live with A Miao, and the two little girls were companions.

As a result, Xue Wu told Zhao Xin that he wanted to learn how to save people and cure diseases, so he asked A Miao to take Xue Wu to find Director Liu as a teacher.Liu Siting also does not refuse anyone who comes, she brings one person with her, and brings a group of people with her as well.

As a result, Xue Wu listened to the discussion of the women who were seeing a doctor in the clinic today, so she dragged A Miao to the school, looking for Shen Xuan.She wanted to have a good chat with Zhao Xin, the "future wife".

Shen Xuan is very strange, she is not very familiar with these two little girls, she just met them a few times when she accompanied Lu Yun to Liu Siting's inspection.

A Miao Bling Bling fanned her long eyelashes, and said with some embarrassment: "Shen, Miss Shen, Xuewu Tanghua is not good, so I want to ask me to tell you something."

Shen Xuan looked at the two very curiously. "Miss A Miao, what do you want to tell me?"

"Xue Wu asked me to tell you..."

"A Miao!"

The three turned around and saw that it was Zhao Xin.He ran all the way, sweating profusely.

"Master Zhao." Seeing that it was him, Shen Xuan bowed slightly to salute.

"What did they say to you?" Zhao Xin asked out of breath.

"Miss A Miao was about to say something, but you came, Mr. Zhao."

When Zhao Xin heard this, he was finally not late. "Okay! Both of you stop talking, I have an urgent matter with A Miao, Xue Wu, you also follow me."

Shen Xuan watched curiously as Zhao Xin turned around and left with a little girl in each hand, as if he was taking two children home.

"What the hell is she going to say to me?"

After taking A Miao back, Zhao Xin was so angry that he knew what the two little girls were going to do.He ordered Katayama Kanbingwei to follow the rumors all the way.Katayama lived up to his promise, and two hours later, the source of the rumors was found, the women in the cafeteria.

Looking at the dozens of submissive women who were pale with fright, Zhao Xin scolded them one by one.He said that whoever dares to spread a gossip about the girl from the Shen family will go to the prison camp to cook for the Qing soldiers.

(End of this chapter)