Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 246 Ningwuguan year-end inventory

Time flies, since the opening of Shanxi Township on September 22, it will soon be the end of the [-]nd year of Wanli.

After Huang Laifu arrived at Ningwuguan, after a year of development, the changes in Ningwuguan are obvious.Not to mention that the streets and cityscapes have become cleaner and tidier, and they have a town-like atmosphere. Even inside and outside the city, there are many more lumber shops, coal companies, and various businesses.

There are many mountains in Ningwu, especially on Guancen Mountain, there are many thick trees.After Huang Laifu's development plan, there are many more timber shops here, and there are more than ten households such as Yongchengquan, Wanchengde and Deheming.After a large amount of timber was produced, the timber was transported to Taiyuan and other places for sale by ox carts, horse-drawn carts or mules.Of course, Huang Laifu came from later generations, so he naturally knew the importance of environmental protection, so the logging of wood on the mountains was relatively restrained.

As for the coal cooperatives, because Huang Laifu mined coal on a large scale in Ningwu Pass, the number of merchants dealing in fuel charcoal inside and outside the city has increased rapidly. There are more than [-] merchants including Wanyi Store, Gongyi Store, and Yuansheng Store.Similarly, they also use mules such as ox carts and horse carts to transport coal to various states and counties.Every day from Ningwu to Daizhou, to Xinzhou, to Taiyuan and other places, there are endless traffic and horses.

The increase of various businesses has made Ningwu City more and more merchants, and the more so, the more various merchants are scrambling to open shops in Ningguan City, making Ningwu City more and more vibrant and dynamic.The biggest change is the change in the appearance of the soldiers and civilians in the original Ningwu City. The original mess and decadence are gone, replaced by a look of vitality and hope for the future.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is approaching, the streets of Ningwuguan are full of people coming and going, whether they are soldiers, military households, or civilian households, everyone is beaming, with their wives and children, busy buying New Year's goods in various shops.The streets are filled with the sound of handcuffing and bowing of acquaintances meeting each other, and the sporadic sound of firecrackers exploding everywhere from time to time, adding to the joy of the New Year.

Thanks to Huang Junmen, this year has been much better. Due to the large-scale construction inside and outside the city, a lot of labor is required. It can be said that everyone in the army and people of Ningwuguan has a job to do. Even the refugees and beggars in the city are now became a miner.After a year of hard work, after getting their wages, everyone is thinking about how to improve their lives. New clothes are for their wives and children, as well as chicken, duck and meat, and all kinds of Spring Festival couplets. Some, there are also Wanzixiang firecrackers, and I have to buy a few. When the firecrackers are set off on New Year's Eve, it will be lively, but it will save face, right?
In this festive atmosphere, the Ningwuguan governor's yamen was also full of joy.Huang Laifu, Governor Yang, Liu Bingbei, Ma Jiuying's father-in-law, and a cadre of civilian and military generals gathered together.

The year-end inventory has come out. After more than a year of mining and construction, the Ningwu Guanda Coal Mine has formed a scale of tens of thousands of tons of coal per month.Dividends alone, Emperor Wanli who gets the biggest bonus can get 10 taels of silver, Huang Laifu can also get tens of thousands of taels of silver, Governor Yang, Liu Bingbei and others can also get bonuses of more than [-] taels of silver , the rest of the officials and merchants can also get a lot of dividends.

This is not to mention the dividends on the money earned from animal husbandry, timber production, medicinal planting, and mushroom farming in Ningwu Pass.There is also the commercial tax of Shanxi Zhenhu Market. In just a few months, more than 2 taels of tax silver have been collected, which is very amazing.

You must know that in Yuzhebian Town, they have never collected 1 taels of silver for the annual trade tax.In addition, due to the prosperity of business in Ningwu Pass, a lot of related business taxes have been collected.Counting all kinds of dividends, regardless of whether the official is high or small, the pockets of everyone in Ningwuguan are bulging.The profit is so huge, from Governor Yang down, everyone is laughing so hard that their teeth can't see their eyes.

Although these civil servants have always held a disdainful attitude towards Huang Laifu, a warrior since Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei, they still admire Huang Laifu's ability to make money.This also made them feel very contradictory. On the one hand, they disdain to associate with Huang Laifu, a military general, and think it is degrading.

Of course, the hearts of the people are not enough, and they want more money when they have money. For Emperor Wanli, he can get the biggest dividend without paying a penny. Governor Yang and others know it well. Of course I dare not say anything.Only Eunuch Ma Jiuying was in high spirits. After the money was distributed, he must have a higher status in Emperor Wanli's mind. In the future, he might have the opportunity to enter the inner prison, and he might become a eunuch with a pen.

In the lobby of the governor's yamen, next to Huang Laifu, Zhou Wendong held the account book in his hand, and read out the accounts one by one.The amount of dividends that everyone should pay is also clearly written and clear at a glance.Following Zhou Wendong's voice, everyone in the hall was overjoyed, and some even scratched their heads, fidgeting with joy.

When Zhou Wendong finished reading, the hall was full of laughter, and Huang Laifu also cupped his hands and smiled: "Congratulations to everyone for making a fortune. Ningwuguan can not be today without the wise guidance of the governor, and the mutual cooperation of colleagues." Hold on. The amount of dividends has been released today, and within three days, everyone can go to the warehouse to withdraw money!"

There was humility in the hall, Governor Yang Xu smiled and said: "The Huang Junmen are too modest, all of this should be the first achievement of the Huang Junmen!"

Liu Bingbei also laughed dryly, secretly hating Huang Laifu's self-satisfaction, but... thinking of this, he sighed.Liu Quanli, who was standing beside Huang Laifu, opened his eyes, bowed his waist and smiled, "Your Excellency is right, without Huang Junmen, how can I find this golden rooster that can lay eggs and get so much money? Everything is Huang Jun Thanks to the door."

After being appreciated by Huang Laifu, General Liu Quanli led the Ningwu Camp to guard the coal mines. Because of this credit, in addition to the fixed military salary, he also received a mine bonus of 1000 taels of silver. Why didn't he make him smile?
After listening to Liu Quanli's flattery, the civil servants present all showed contempt, but Liu Quanli didn't take it seriously.Anyway, he is now married to Huang, and he has reaped a lot of money. How much is the eyes of others worth?

Governor Yang's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled and said to Huang Laifu: "Huang Junmen, seeing that the New Year's Eve is approaching, this old man is planning to invite colleagues from Ningwuguan, as well as some famous hometown elders, to gather together after New Year's Day. Banquet, I don't know if Huang Junmen can take part in the banquet?"

I look down on it, but now Governor Yang and Huang Laifuji are leeches on the same rope because of the mine matter, so Governor Yang is still very happy to do this emotional wooing.

Huang Laifu showed an apologetic expression on his face, and said: "After New Year's Day? Laifu will come to Wuzhai Fort to inspect at that time. I'm afraid I won't have time to attend the banquet, so I ask Yang Gongwan to forgive me!"

I haven't been back to Wuzhai Fort for some time, so this year's Chinese New Year, Huang Laifu is planning to go back to Wuzhai Fort to celebrate the New Year.By the way, take a good look around Wuzhaibao, after all, that's where he was born and made his fortune.

According to the official vacation system of the Ming Dynasty, there are three days of monthly vacation, plus a few days off for New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, Zhongyuan, Winter Solstice and other festivals, and the annual vacation is about 50 days.So during the three days at the end of this year, plus the fifteen days of New Year's Day and Lantern Festival, Huang Laifu planned to celebrate the New Year in Wuzhaibao.

Speaking of which, in ancient China, officials in the Ming Dynasty had the shortest vacation time, while officials in the Han Dynasty had a five-day vacation, and they could go home to visit their parents and reunite with their husbands and wives.In the Tang Dynasty, there was also a 5-day holiday, and there were 3 days off every year on "Qingming" and "Winter Solstice", allowing officials to go home to worship their ancestors.The vacation system for officials in the Song Dynasty was more relaxed, and the actual vacation for the whole year reached 98 days.
With such a short vacation time, Huang Laifu seldom returns to Wuzhai Fort, so this year, he will also go back to Wuzhai Fort for the New Year.

After hearing Huang Laifu's words, Governor Yang showed displeasure on his face, thinking that his hot face was sticking to someone's cold ass.He said with a dry smile: "That's fine, let's talk about it when Huang Junmen comes back!"

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In the early morning of December 22, the 27nd year of Wanli.

Huang Laifu took his wife Gu Yunniang, Qu Xiuhe, Liu Yumei, Gu Dadao's family members, Zhou Wendong, Wang Qinian, He Fuqianhu, Yang Anzhang, and the three hundred members of the Laifu camp as guards. Go to Wuzhai Fort.As for the rest of the Laifu camp soldiers, Yang Xiaolu and others, they can only celebrate the new year at Ningwu Pass.There is also Ma Jiuying's father-in-law, who also plans to stay in Ningwuguan for the New Year this year. It is too cold to go outside, so he doesn't want to move.

All the people in the group rode on healthy horses, only Gu Yunniang and her daughters sat on the carriage.At this time, the weather was cold, and even with thick grease on everyone's faces, the wind was still biting.The road is full of snow, especially when passing the boundary between Ningwuguan and Shenchibao, most of the roads are mountainous, and the road conditions are very difficult. Huang Laifu thought, it seems that in the next year, Ningwuguan and Wuzhaibao The road needs to be repaired. Anyway, now that we have the financial resources, we will use cement to pave it.

The whole group passed Shenchi Fort in a mighty way. Huang Laifu's third sister-in-law Tian Dafu had accompanied his third sister Huang Birou to Wuzhai Fort to celebrate the New Year a few days ago.That was also the result of Huang Laifu's notification. This year, several sisters and brothers-in-law, as well as Gu Yunniang's brothers and sisters-in-law, went to Wuzhaibao to celebrate the New Year together.

On the afternoon of the 28th, when Huang Laifu and others arrived in front of the north gate of Wuzhai Fort, all the soldiers and civilians in Wuzhai Fort were mobilized to welcome Huang Laifu and his party at the north gate.As soon as Huang Laifu and others' chariots and horses appeared, the firecrackers of Wan Zixiang exploded non-stop, and the huge cheers sounded even more.

Huang Laifu is the backbone of the military and civilians of Wuzhaibao. When Huang Laifu went to Ningwuguan to serve as the commander-in-chief, while the soldiers and civilians of Wuzhaibao celebrated Huang Laifu's promotion, they felt a little disappointed. They were afraid that after Huang Laifu went to Ningwuguan, Wuzhaibao would be forgotten. Yes, this mentality is very subtle.Now that Huang Laifu is back to celebrate the new year, it proves that in his heart, the status of Wuzhai Fort is still very important. How can this not make everyone in Wuzhai Fort happy?

Amidst the cheers, Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang and the girls got off the carriage, and the sound of firecrackers immediately became more lively. Seeing this situation, while Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang were secretly satisfied, Gu Dadao, who was beside them, was also secretly envious, heartbroken. He thought that if he could achieve the achievements and fame of his uncle, then he would have no regrets in his life.

(End of this chapter)