Win the Ding 1617

Tashan Camp became very lively!

The family members of each boat were brought to the camps of each battalion according to the organization of each battalion and each sentry under the guidance of their respective flags. Suddenly, there was a wave of heat in the camp.

Yesterday he was still fighting with Jiannu, life and death were on the line, and suddenly his wife and children appeared in front of him, which immediately made people feel as if they were in a dream.

When the governor Xingyuan officers who escorted these families to the battalions announced that this was the grace of the uncle and the princess, all the officers and soldiers immediately exclaimed loudly.

Usually, it is forbidden to bring family members in the Ming army, but the physiological needs and pressure accumulated by everyone need to find a channel to release them.Therefore, the soldiers and horses who have been fighting for a long time will inevitably have incidents of rape and looting. Now the princess sent everyone's family to visit relatives. How can it not be amazing?

More amazing things followed one another.

Just holding his wife and children in his arms, the adults in the Governor's Army announced something again with a smile: "The county chief understands everyone's hard work in the past few days. The family members of the army have come to visit relatives in the past few days, and the whole army has added vegetables to improve the food. In addition, Long Sheng Under the order of the princess, the shopkeeper opened a store in Tashan Daying. All the goods are sold at [-]% off the price of previous years. It is a reward from the princess!" With a bang, they hit Yushan and Hongluoshan camps Cheers resounded in the sky, startling the Qing troops in Baitai Mountain, Tashan Mountain and other places as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Dong E'esuo of the Zhengbai Banner rode his horse back and forth on the ground, suppressing the panicked soldiers and servants, "Don't panic, don't panic! Wait until the Nikans come out of the camp!"

In the camp of the Ming army, the cheers gradually subsided, and people's faces turned red.Full of excitement and happiness.

At present, there is a severe shortage of food and goods in Daming, and the price of goods is high. Although the Guanning Army system will not be like other military towns because of Liao's salary.They often owe wages for more than ten months, but because of the large amount of money in this area (not only the money of the Guanning Army, but also the money of the rebels in Liaodong), the price of food, cloth, oil and salt, which is not much, has been fried even higher. Of course, the generals, lieutenants, and guerrilla generals don't have to worry, but the life of the small officers like the garrison commander below is not easy.

Now after several wars, these middle and lower-level officers and ordinary battalion soldiers have made a lot of money, and their pockets are bulging. They touch the silver dollars on their waists in the camp every day, but they can't find any money to spend. where to go.I can't help but feel itchy in my heart.

If the war is fought elsewhere, there must be groups of Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants, Zhejiang merchants and other merchants doing business around the army, forming a bustling market near the camp.In addition to all kinds of supplies, there are even various shady transactions in the market. Casinos, brothels, and even darker places even have channels for trading with the enemy.

At this time, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were powerful. In the border towns of the Ming Dynasty, most of the food and grass for the frontier army were supplied and transported by the merchants. Every time there was a war, their shadows could be seen.

The same is true of the West at this time.The first army of the Holy Roman Empire went to battle, with an army of 3, and an entourage of 14.Most of them are caravans, and there are also a large number of rogue beggars, thieves and prostitutes and so on.

In battle after battle, hundreds of thousands of people fought with their lives, blood and blood, and turned into huge business opportunities among merchant caravans. No matter how the times change, merchants will never lose.

There are constant waves rolling up on the seashore, being blown by the sea breeze and slapping on the reef.Splashing jets of water, on the beach.The prosperous market in Long is far more noisy and bustling than the waves.

After enjoying a hearty lunch, the young wives and children of the officers and soldiers went to the market together with bamboo chips and waist cards to buy all kinds of things they needed.

A group of familiar women walked along the way.I can't help but think about the meal just now.

In addition to the lack of wine, this welcome meal was very rich in the eyes of the Liaodong Army.Large pieces of pork, beef, and mutton, large plates of various fresh fish, kelp and fresh fish soup, various cured and air-dried meat from Nanzhong, porcelain pots of meat, and even some rarer melons and fruits from the South Road, etc.The whole barrel of japonica rice in the wooden barrel that can make a half-sized child take a bath in it makes people's eyes hard to open.In contrast, the strong tea brewed in the big copper pot on the table is not so attractive, it is not as good as the white sugar that makes the children compete for food and attracts the women to scold them.

There are mostly fish and seafood on the table. At present, a large amount of fresh fish is transported to the military camp every day to serve as meat to replenish the strength of the army. Most of these fish and shrimp are caught by patrolling sailors, and many of them are fishermen from Liaodong Bay. Fishing out to sea was purchased by the supply camp.Money can turn ghosts around, as long as the army is willing to spend money, there are plenty of merchants and fishermen willing to serve them, and Li Huamei is a genteel character who spends money carelessly.

Liaodong is bitterly cold, and there are many smokers among military households, including women.The women reprimanded the children for their uneducated and unsophisticated behavior, but they put the tobacco on the table into their pockets without any hesitation in their hands.

Swallowing clouds and fog all the way, everyone came to the market where Long was popular.

As far as the eye can see, on the road leading to the pier from the seaside market, there are constant traffic and horses. In the market surrounded by wooden fences, many merchants have set up huge tents. The various accents of the South and the North are intertwined, and it is very lively. There are as many markets as there are.

"Father, hurry up! Otherwise, things will be gone?!"

"Damn ghost! Are you still eating and dying there?! The Chinese New Year is coming soon! The materials for the Chinese New Year clothes for me and the little devils have not been found yet. If you can't buy suitable ones, be careful with your skin!"

"My lord, I heard that pearls and precious stones are produced in Nanzhong. I want a good set of jewelry."

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The prosperity of the world is all for Lilai.All the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit, especially for businessmen, it is their nature to pursue profit. Outside the prosperous market, a huge peripheral market has been formed.

The market is mainly composed of merchants who are not from the Nanzhong system, including Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants, and Zhejiang merchants.Because Li Huamei's place was not open to merchants before, and there were sailors patrolling nearby, and a large number of supplies were shipped from various places, so these merchants stared but there was nothing they could do.Now the eldest lady has given her grace and allowed her to come in for trade, although her own goods may not be able to compete with Nanzhong merchants.However, it is also good to pick up the gaps and fill in the gaps.

Among the market crowd, there are also many local military households, mainly the military households in the nearby Tunpu who were affected by the war.

Because the army is here to fight against the two white flags of Jiannu.The rear is very peaceful.Those military households who fled returned to their hometowns one after another when they saw this.After all, the people and the place here are suitable, the situation is familiar, and it is easier to make a living.

After seeing the business opportunity, they also took the opportunity to sell their various local products, and they were sold out every time.If you bring some fresh meat, Chinese cabbage, etc., it is more popular, all kinds of seafood, such as dried kelp.Also welcome.These people came here not only to sell the goods in their hands, but also to meet acquaintances, to ask for kind words, or to follow them, and to turn the money in their hands into food, rice, cloth, oil and salt!

As we said just now, in Liaodong, there are frequent wars and a lot of money and little food.Therefore, inflation is serious, and the prices are not much lower than those of Su Songtai in Jiangnan.Now there is an opportunity to buy cheap goods casually, how can it not be tempting?

Among the crowd who had competed in the Spring Festival travel competition, they finally squeezed to the entrance of the market, after inspecting the bamboo chip waist card.The guard brigade soldiers who opened the door let the officers, soldiers and family members in.

As soon as they entered, the officers were better, and almost all the family members and soldiers exclaimed from their hearts. "Wow!"

Rows of stores built with tents are filled with a wide variety of goods, everything from the wives of general soldiers to the wives of ordinary battalion soldiers can be seen here.In addition to cheap and outrageously good white japonica rice (five taels of silver per stone), refined salt like snow, sugar like white snow, delicate cotton cloth, and beautiful silk, there are also glass mirrors and various "steel" farm tools. More closely guarded jewelry and jewellery.

Of course, tea bricks are also indispensable.

"Shopkeeper, is this polished round-grained rice really five silver dollars and one stone?" A servant touched the silver dollars in his waist, rushed to the rice shop excitedly, and grabbed a handful from the rice bags placed there to check the quality.The intoxicating fragrance of rice filled his nostrils in an instant.The rice grains are very clean, without any sand, gravel, grass clippings or the like.

"My lord. You see, there is a pretense that we are genuine and innocent! Don't say that you are now working hard under our uncle's command. We are a family; even a passerby, we can't cheat others, right? Then We can’t do the immoral thing of mixing sand and pebbles into the rice! It’s five silver dollars per stone, and it’s five silver dollars per stone. Moreover, here we have a kind of japonica rice, other millet, wheat sorghum, etc., really. No."

The rice is good rice and the price is right.However, the servant hesitated a little.If I bought all of the japonica rice, my money might not be enough.Ordinarily, this price is already very fair. Man said it is such a good round-grained rice, even if it is mixed with [-]-[-]% of sand and gravel, I am afraid that it would cost six or seven taels to buy one stone in Ningyuan.

Gritting his teeth, the money was obtained from the war anyway, so he might as well let his wife and children live a comfortable life for a few days!

"Shopkeeper, I want six shi, do you want to sell it?"

The servant was a little worried that he bought too much and was rejected by the big guy.

"Sir, look at what you said! Since ancient times, businessmen are not afraid of big customers. We open the door to do business, as long as you give real money, we are not afraid that you will buy more. We are not as petty as some people. Others When you bought out your goods, you didn’t know how to find a way to replenish them, but you said the customer was wrong! That’s not doing business, that’s cutting off your own money! Lost the customer, but there’s nowhere to find it!”

The big guy said hello to his servants, sent his little guys and apprentices, and quickly issued invoices to collect the money.

"Six stones are good japonica rice, thank you for your kindness, 25 silver dollars!"

"Wait! Didn't you agree on five silver dollars for one stone? Why did it become 27 silver dollars?"

"Master, you don't know, the sign hanging outside is five silver dollars and one stone is true, but our big shopkeeper also said that the [-]% discount is a kindness from the eldest lady to the boss, we businessmen should be a little bit more considerate, right? If you buy more than three shi rice, you will be given a discount. If you buy six shi, the discount will be even more. If you don’t want a discount, see if you don’t.” The big guy took out a bamboo stick painted with colorful paint, “ Take this, any store in this store can be used as silver."

And such a good thing?The servant looked at his wife with joy in his eyes, and then he wanted to hand over the money with the big man and receive his own rice grain.The big guy glanced at his wife and children beside him, showing a look of embarrassment.

"Master, I'm not talking about you. You let people like the wife and the young master go back to Ningyuan with thousands of catties of grain? How come? I'm afraid the grain didn't arrive home. You are already broken. Besides, I think the wife may still be in the store. If not, there are two ways for Xiaohao, you can choose one of them. One is that you leave the address of the house, and Xiaohao will send someone to deliver the food to the house later. The other It was you who received the rice ticket from the trumpet. Go to the rice shop in Ningyuan City and you can get as much as you want. This way, you will save yourself from having to buy thousands of catties of grain when traveling across mountains and seas.”…

"Alright! Just give us the rice ticket!" The servant had already heard from the chief who had been to the capital that officials in the capital communicated with each other, and many of them quietly handed over a rice ticket along with the name card.Those dignitaries are trustworthy, what am I afraid of as a big soldier?

With six stones of rice in their pockets and a bamboo stick in their hands, the family happily bought various items in the store.

The Liaodong Army is different from the rest of the towns on the Nine Frontiers, each fort has military households and battalions.Most of them are tenants and domestic slaves under the name of generals everywhere. Needless to say, they are loyal to the master general. This is also the reason why the Liao army was more powerful in defending the land.Of course, they are outstanding in combat power, but they only listen to the leader, which is also the reason why the Liaodong generals and warlords were formed.

Because of this status, many small military officers and servants in some fields at home were crowded in front of several shops selling farm tools.

Liaodong has a vast land and few people, and there are military towns everywhere.From generals and officers to servants, there is almost no one who is not a large or small landlord who owns a lot of fields.Wu Sangui's father, Wu Xiang, once said that almost every one of his [-] family members owned at least several hundred acres of land.

as a landlord.Naturally, we should care about how to get more food from our own land.In these shops, the shelves are full of hoes, plowshares and other things made of high-quality wrought iron, and there are several step plows hanging high in the conspicuous place facing the gate.

These step plows (pronounced "zhong", which means a plow that can be used by one person) are made of nine-turn steel, which emits a lovely blue light when illuminated by the winter sun.Like a fat and tender lamb in front of a pack of hungry wolves, it attracted the greedy eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army.

Guan Ningjun present was no stranger to such fine plow poles made of pure steel.

A plow plow was given as a reward to those drafted forwards of the Guan Ning Army.It has long been familiar to the officers and men of the Guanning Army.On the same day, great rewards were offered to the frontrunners of each town, as long as you rush into the trenches.If you kill one Jiannu, you will get 30 silver dollars, and if you kill two, you will get a good steel plow!At that time, he showed the plow stick in front of tens of thousands of soldiers.I don't know how many people drool.

The news spread quickly on the Tashan battlefield. Both the Dorgon brothers and Wu Sangui yelled in private that Li Shouhan, who was far away in Shandong, and Li Huamei, who was close at hand, were prodigal sons and daughters who used good steel to make plows. .

However, the concept that this plow stick is a good thing is deeply engraved in everyone's minds.

In front of several shops selling agricultural tools, there were staff loudly explaining and teaching the benefits of this kind of step plow to the soldiers of the Liaodong Army who were watching.

"A kind of plow (pronounced "zhong", which means a plow that can be used by one person) if there is no horse, a step plow can be pulled by one person!"

"If you have a large field in the family of the military masters, this plow stick has another advantage, that is, several plow sticks can be combined into a larger plow stick, and more fields can be plowed at one time! Isn't it amazing?"

"Buy a kind of step plow first and use it back! If it is really useful, you can buy a few more after the autumn, when the grain is harvested, the land is rich, the land grows, and there are more animals, and then put a few of the step plows together. into a great plow!"

Many soldiers with a lot of land in their homes are secretly thinking about it.This kind of step plow does not look complicated, and the same wooden plow frame is not complicated to build. What is rare is that the plowshare and wheels are made of steel.It is the most valuable part.

Such a plow stick, of course, cannot be priced at the same price as one made entirely of "steel". Liaodong has a lot of wood, and wood is worthless.Therefore, the price of this kind of plow stick cannot be high.

"40 silver dollars!"

A shop clerk shouted out the price.

After the 20% discount, there is a so-called group buying discount, and you can use all kinds of chips to pay here. After [-]% discount, a good step plow only needs [-] yuan in silver dollars. It can be taken!

Although it is still not cheap, it is still a very good price in the eyes of Liaodong soldiers.

At present, some people are looking for familiar relatives and friends, and together they go to purchase farm tools according to the so-called group buying standards, from a plow to an iron hoe. With these things, everyone's fields can be plowed a lot, and the food Can play more.According to the price of grain in Liaodong, the cost of the plow stick and hoe will be returned for only a few stones of grain!

Some generals secretly calculated in their hearts that after this battle, Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan will also have such farm tool shops, and they can buy them in large quantities and sell them to merchants, so that they can sell them to Liaodong rebels to make huge profits. That is.

In addition to intending to make huge profits for the rebels in Liaodong by doing purchasing business, some people even secretly conduct business with the merchants of Longsheng that cannot be exposed to the sun.