Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 647
Shuiyun Pavilion, Li Jing hasn't been fishing for a long time.

On this day, Gao Qi saw that Li Jing was free, so he invited Li Jing to fish in Shuiyun Pavilion to enjoy the lotus.

Seeing Gao Qi's happy face, Li Jing knew that he must have something good to tell, not to mention that he rarely had time to relax by fishing and admiring lotus, so he readily agreed.

Just when he arrived at Shuiyun Pavilion, Li Jing was stunned. He didn't know when another attic was built on the water to the north of Shuiyun Pavilion. There was a corridor bridge between the pavilion and Shuiyun Pavilion.

Li Jing stopped to watch for a while, and shook his head slightly: "Although the shape of this attic is quite suitable for Shuiyun Pavilion, but from Shuiyun Pavilion, you can no longer see the scenery to the north. This attic is a big spoiler. ! Who built the attic?"

"The two ladies asked someone to build it. They said that if you have official business while resting here, you can go to the attic to handle it, so that you don't have to run back and forth." Gao Qi laughed.

Li Jingwen couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this: "It's nice to say, but it's actually for me to rest. Isn't this nonsense! It's for the convenience of me alone, ruining such a beautiful scenery."

Gao Qi said with a smile: "In my opinion, what Madam said is still reasonable. It takes several miles to walk from here to the cabinet office. With this attic, you can handle official business here, which is much more convenient."

Li Jing shook his head: "It's a waste of money!"

Gao Qi hurriedly said: "Madam built it with her own money, but didn't use a penny from the public house."

Li Jingjing nodded, and suddenly asked: "By the way, it doesn't seem like it took long to build this loft? Otherwise, it's impossible for me not to know."

Gao Qi laughed and said: "Hehe, in order not to disturb you, all the modeling and carvings were prepared outside, even the paint was painted in advance, and the craftsmen came to build it, and it was completed in three months. "

Li Jing smiled: "It's really well-intentioned! Okay, the capital is built, what else can I say, let's go, let's go and have a look."

After walking a few steps, Li Jing suddenly said, "You don't just want me to see this attic today, do you?"

Gao Qi said with a smile: "Looking at the attic is just a way, mainly because I have some good news to tell you."

"Oh? What good news?" Li Jingqi said.

"A good news came from Cao Wenzhao. Cao Wenzhao led an army to plunder countless cattle and sheep from the Mongolian tribes in Mobei. It is conservatively estimated that there are 50 sheep and tens of thousands of cattle. In addition, tens of thousands of Mongolians were captured. Now Sun Hutou and Zu Dashou are escorting the captives and cattle and sheep back." Gao Qi laughed.

"What? 50 sheep? There are more than 1 captives?" Li Jing couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

Gao Qi smiled and nodded: "Yes, Cao Wenzhao led [-] light cavalry and went straight to the lairs of several Mongolian tribes in Mobei. The Mongols were caught off guard and most of them were wiped out by Cao Wenzhao.

Fortunately, Cao Wenzhao's trip was not aimed at annihilating the enemy. After defeating the Mongols, he began to plunder cattle and sheep. Otherwise, several Mongolian tribes north of Guihua would be pacified by Cao Wenzhao. "

"Hehe, what else do you think, how many 1 Mongols are there? Presumably these tribes are also seriously injured, and I'm afraid they will be annexed by other tribes in a short time." Li Jing smiled and said.

Gao Qi smiled and nodded, and after a while Fang said: "Brother, Cao Wenzhao sent back so many livestock in the first batch, far exceeding our expectations, so we have to think hard about how to distribute them."

"Yes, there are so many cattle and sheep that can feed more than 10 people for more than a month. In any case, they can't be slaughtered at once. If they can't finish eating, they will be wasted. Let's put this batch of cattle and sheep in naturalized temporary breeding first. The logistics department is responsible for the unified distribution." Li Jing said after pondering for a while.

Gao Qi said: "Brother, I think so. Part of this batch of cattle and sheep will be allocated to the major military regions, and the other part will be sold to pay for the army."

Li Jing shook his head and smiled: "There are so many cattle and sheep, even if it is [-]%, there are tens of thousands of them. Selling so many cattle and sheep at once will have a great impact on the price of meat. You must know that the income of naturalized Mongolians depends entirely on sales. For cattle and sheep, if the price of meat falls sharply, it will have a great impact on their lives, which is not a good thing."

"But our military salary this year may not be enough." Gao Qi said hastily.

Li Jing waved his hand and said: "It's really not possible, just borrow the deposits of those merchants from Jingji Bank to issue additional banknotes, a few million taels is not a big problem."

Gao Qi hurriedly said: "Is this possible? Once the merchant runs out of money, what will Jingji Bank do?"

Li Jing smiled: "It doesn't matter, we still have 70 million taels of gold in our treasury! If it doesn't work, give them gold. In fact, as long as we don't leak the news, those merchants don't know that we borrowed from Jingji Bank to issue banknotes. They are I won’t run on the bank.”

(Note: The Ming Dynasty was a silver standard system, and the currency was silver instead of gold.)
"I don't understand these things. I will do what my elder brother says. If it doesn't work, I will be in arrears with the military salary for two months. If something goes wrong, I will be held accountable." Gao Qi said.

Li Jing smiled: "Brother, until the end of the mountain, we must not default on the military salary. We haven't reached that level yet."

As he spoke, Li Jing patted Gao Qi's shoulder lightly: "A lot of times, we have to hold our breath. As long as we hold our breath, the sky won't collapse."

Gao Qi nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that I still need to practice my skill of nourishing Qi."

Li Jing smiled and shook his head: "Brother, I think this batch of cattle and sheep will be used as military rations. You can allocate them to the six military regions and local garrisons, and then distribute them to various troops in batches."

"What about Luzon? If we transport cattle and sheep to Luzon, the cost of the journey may be more than the price of the cattle and sheep." Gao Qi asked.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Don't worry about the troops in Luzon, including the troops in the south. The meat of these troops is reserved for them, and it will be rationed to them in winter when meat can be stored."

Gao Qi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away, and first send [-] sheep to Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhuzi and other departments."

"There are also local troops sent along, and they can be consumed as much as possible. I don't know how much fodder is needed to raise so many cattle and sheep. We can't eat up all the pastures in the Guihua area. Then it will be another troublesome thing next year." Li Jing continued.

Gao Qi smiled wryly when he heard the words: "It seems that it is not a good thing to have too many cattle and sheep."

Li Jing smiled: "Fortunately, Cao Wenzhao captured more than 1 prisoners, otherwise it would be even more troublesome to raise so many cattle and sheep."

"Hehe, yes, Cao Wenzhao's work is indeed safe. Alright, I'll make arrangements first." Gao Qi laughed.

Li Jing shook his head and smiled, "What's the rush? It's all over the place, don't you want to leave me here alone?"

Gao Qi was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked around, only to realize that the two of them had reached Shuiyun Pavilion unknowingly.

Gao Qi smiled and said: "Well, I'll go back as soon as I go, brother, wait for a while."

Li Jing shook his head helplessly: "That's fine, you go."

Gao Qi cupped his fists, turned and left.

Watching Gao Qi leave, Li Jing casually found a stone bench and sat down to think slowly.

Cao Wenzhao brought back so many cattle and sheep. Although it was troublesome to raise them, at least it solved Li Jing's most troublesome food problem. With this batch of cattle and sheep, the army's food burden was greatly reduced. There is no problem in keeping the grain stored until this winter.

Now we can see the grain harvests in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Lianghu. If the grain harvests in these major grain-producing provinces are good, then there is no need to worry about grain problems next year.

Lightly tapping on the table, Li Jing couldn't help looking to the south.

After thinking for a while, Li Jing turned back to Xiao Jiu and said, "Send someone to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Huguang to ask Chen Dahu and Wu Sheng how the food situation in various places is this year, and ask them to report to me truthfully."

Xiao Jiu nodded and waved to the guards who were in charge of guarding around the pavilion. A guard ran over, Xiao Jiu gave some instructions in a low voice, and the guard took the order and walked away quickly.

Seeing that Li Jing was in a good mood, Xiao Jiu approached Li Jing with a smile and said, "Marshal, it's rare that you have time today, why don't you meet the Taoist priest I'm looking for?"

Li Jing frowned: "Isn't it some charlatan?"

Xiao Jiu hurriedly said: "How dare you find a quack warlock to fool you, baby?"Don't worry, this Taoist priest is really a child invited from Wudang Mountain. He is an absolute master of the world! "

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "Do you know what is an expert from outside the world? If you are really an expert from outside the world, can you invite the earthquake?"

Xiao Jiu said with a smile: "Of course my boy can't invite you. In fact, even the person I'm looking for didn't invite this expert. We went to invite you under your banner. The person heard that you wanted to invite him. That's when I came to the capital."

"I heard that you have invited this person for a long time, and I haven't seen him. Is he not worried?" Li Jing asked suspiciously.

"Hehe, the priest knows that you have a lot of affairs, so he didn't worry about it." Xiao Jiu said hurriedly.

Li Jingjing nodded: "All right, I happen to have time today, please invite him to meet me."

Xiao Jiu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "I'll invite him over personally."

As he spoke, he walked to the guard and gave some instructions, then left in a hurry.

Li Jing smiled and said to the guards: "You don't need to be so careful, will someone come here to assassinate me?"

"Back to Commander, be careful and make no big mistakes. Don't be afraid of [-], just in case." A captain of the guard said.

Li Jing shook his head: "Find me a fishing rod and dig a few earthworms. I'll catch fish for a while."

"Yes!" The captain of the guard hurried to the corner of the pavilion, took out a fishing rod, took out a shovel, and ran to the bank to dig for earthworms.

After a while, the guard ran over with an earthworm, and then broke the earthworm into several pieces and put it on the fishhook. Li Jing shook his head and said, "The fun of my fishing is baiting. You did it for me. What fun do I have?" ?”

The captain of the guard said with a smile: "This job is a bit messy, you better not do it."

Li Jing glared at the captain, turned around and came to him beside the pavilion, and went fishing by himself.

It's just that the timing of Li Jing's fishing was wrong, the fish were all in the deep water at this time, Li Jing sat for a long time but no fish came to bite the hook.

(End of this chapter)