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Chapter 211: The Zhao Family's Troubles


Beihua Qunye Bank is a two-story cement and iron-reinforced building.

The four walls of the house are plain and there is no shadow of square bricks.

Only the cornices on the roof are consistent with the Ming Dynasty houses.

Outside the double-open gate stood ten soldiers with swords and guns in hand.

When Fang Shun and others came in, they saw a lot of people coming in and out.

They all went to explore the reality like Fang Shun.

Entering the spacious hall, you can see that half of the hall is blocked by a half-person high cabinet.

The cabinet is divided into more than thirty stalls, and there is a waiter behind each stall.

A wall in the lobby is covered with notices, all of which detail the bank's regulations.

There are also several clerks who explain them to people who come to inquire.

Each clerk is surrounded by a group of people to listen to the clerk explain the regulations. .

Fang Shun and others listened to one side for a long time.

What they said was very similar to what the middle-aged man said, except that one thing was very important.

From now on, Beihua will use gold, silver and copper coins instead of silver coins.

The clerk held a gold, silver and copper coin in his hand for everyone to take a look at.

Fang Shun and others passed around a silver coin.

The silver coin was shiny and had exquisite patterns engraved on the front and back.

The result of their inquiry was that one gold coin could be exchanged for ten silver coins. , one silver coin is exchanged for a hundred copper coins, and one silver coin is exchanged for one tael of silver.

Within half a year, gold and silver coins are as popular as silver taels, but after half a year, the government will only recognize gold, silver and copper coins.

This did not cause a big reaction.

After all, it was made of more than 90% pure gold and pure silver, and it had such exquisite patterns.

According to their simple concept, it was worth one or two silver coins.

It was not a tattered piece of paper to cheat money.

Fang Shun and others also saw that several soldiers were really saving money.

They put money into the cabinet and filled in some words, and then got a red cover.

Fang Shun and others looked at the soldiers and it seemed that they were all depositing money.

It's not fake anymore.

Fang Shun and others asked about the bank's loan interest rate, and it turned out to be three to five cents.

Three cents is with collateral, while four to five cents is without collateral.

Fang Shun and others understood this.

If you have real estate, jewelry, soldiers, etc., you can mortgage them for loans, but the land allocated to each household cannot be mortgaged.

Fang Shun and others walked out of the bank excitedly.

We discussed all the way to the granary of the Secretary for Civil Affairs, and came to the west of Fangmao Port.

A large open space surrounded by a tall fence is the granary.

From the outside, we can see some tall and pointed granaries.

At the gate, some horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts loaded with grain are waiting to be weighed on the scale.

Fang Shun and others waited at the door and asked a few farmers who had sold grain and went out.

They were told that there were no dirty things such as cutting grain to lose weight or secretly exchanging rice buckets.

They just checked the corn for insect damage and mildew.

Whether the sweet potatoes are infested with insects or whether they have tusks, they will be weighed and given a lottery ticket, and money will be collected at the lottery room.

The white silver coins in the hand of one of the bankers almost dazzled several people's eyes.

Only one person came out with a wilted head and brain.

It turned out that the corn was not well preserved and became moldy.

Of course, he regretted that he only exchanged half of the money.

It can be said that Fang Shun and others' horizons were opened.

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They returned to the village with joy and prepared their carriages and horses to go to Fangmao Port to sell grain.

Fang Shun also agreed with his mother-in-law that after selling the grain, he would build a house and buy some cloth and shoes and socks.

In addition, he would propose marriage to Fang Yuanshan's family.

There are so many dreams at night, and now those who have a girl at home are trembling.

If you have a suitable girl, then go to the bank to borrow a loan and arrange the marriage of your second son.

The Liao people throughout the southwestern part of the North China Plain were happily collecting and selling grain in exchange for money to buy items and prepare for weddings, while the central and northeastern parts were much quieter.

They were all Liao people who arrived later this year, and they arrived first.

It was just a rough opening of an acre of land to replant a crop of sweet potatoes, and those who arrived late were still opening an acre of land while there was no snowfall.

Zhao Limin's family and Huang Jishan's family have just finished purchasing white sweet potatoes.

Zhao Limin's family has three boys, while Huang Jishan's family only has three sons, father and son.

The two sons are not yet adults, and without the help of Zhao Limin's family, the more than 30 acres of cultivated land will be busy for an unknown period of time, especially when the sweet potatoes are grown.

Cleaning the dirt and putting it in the bag are tedious tasks.

Although neither family has replanted the 50 acres of fields due to solar terms, the harvest of more than 30 acres of white sweet potatoes is quite a lot.

At least there will be enough rations for next year, and the white sweet potatoes can also be used as dishes, so Both families are in a good mood.

Next year the adults will also distribute grain.

Of course, this is the food ration for the last half year.

As long as the weather is good next year, they will turn over and live and work in peace and contentment in Beihua.

But all the good mood disappeared that night, because the 18-year-old eldest son Zhao Guang wanted to serve in the army to get food, and he was extremely stubborn, and his mother's tears could not dissuade him.

Zhao Guang stood in the courtyard with his head lowered.

Zhao Limin and Zhao Wushi were admonishing him.

Zhao Wushi's face was filled with tears.

Zhao Yuan and Zhao Hao listened honestly.

"Zhao Guang, what's the benefit of being a soldier and eating food?

Your father and I have been military households for more than ten years.

We can't even support our family, so we settled down here."

Zhao Limin spoke sincerely.

He knew full well that the child would be born when he was older.

My ideas can no longer be as simple and strong as they were when I was a child.

"Dad, you are a military household in the Ming Dynasty.

Half a year's food and salary is good.

Master Zhao's soldiers are paid one tael of silver every month.

They are never in arrears.

There are also rewards for going to war.

How long is this?

A total of one hundred silver is the army's salary.

The number of soldiers is several times greater.

Dad, I don’t want to stay in this small mountain village for the rest of my life."

Zhao Guang said with a smile on his face.

Zhao Limin knew that Zhao Guang let the Polu Army take away all the souls.

When he was on Shenmi Island, Zhao Guang would hang out with the Polu Army soldiers on the island.

Zhao Guang knew many details about the Polu Army.

It seemed that At that time, Zhao Guang had the idea of ​​becoming a soldier.

"Then you don't care about your parents.

As the eldest son of the family, you should help your parents and support the family business.

How can you let your younger brother and father work in the fields?"

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Zhao Wu said with red eyes.

"Mother is right.

As the eldest son, the eldest brother should stay at home.

When the younger brother turns sixteen next year, he will go to serve as a soldier and eat food."

Zhao Yuan said on the side.

When Zhao Guang went to wander around the Polu military camp, he was there.

He kept everything in mind around him, and he also had plans to become a soldier, but he didn't say it out loud because he was a little young.

The old Zhao couple and Zhao Guang immediately looked at Zhao Yuan in surprise.

What was going on?

Zhao Guang did not comfort him, and another man came out who wanted to serve as a soldier.

"Why, the Polu Army has enough food and salary, so it can still make a future."

Seeing everyone staring at him, Zhao Yuan timidly muttered with his neck shrinking.

"I'm not alive anymore.

All the children I gave birth to will have to serve as soldiers to feed themselves.

What can I do?"

Zhao Wu cried loudly.

If one of them was not enough, the other one also had to go out.

This really made Zhao Wu think hard.

So let’s stop this topic for now.

In any case, we can’t continue tonight, otherwise Zhao Wu will die for everyone to see.

The cold wind of late autumn began to wreak havoc on the land of Beihua, and the temperature dropped sharply.

Everyone knew that winter in Beihua was coming soon, and the first snow would fall at any time.

Beihua was famous for its abundant snow.

In a woodland in the southeastern part of the North China Plain where hills and mountains intersect, Li Xuan led five hundred Korean soldiers in ambush.

They were all looking at a passage at the southern edge of the woodland, which was a passage from the North China Plain to the Tokachi Plain.

Main thoroughfare.

Li Xuan was wearing a blue battle robe, a wild goose feather sword at his waist, and plate armor.

His figure was much stronger than before.

When Li Xuan heard the news about the formation of the North China Korean garrison, he immediately decided to join it.

Li Xuan, who has seen the world, believes that when a kingdom is expanding, military generals are the shortcut to promotion.

And the small Jeju is too small.

Since there is a younger brother running the business in Jeju, he has a way out, why don't he dare to help him, so Li Xuan is the most familiar and trusted among the three thousand Korean soldiers.

The candidate was appointed as the headquarters of the North Korean garrison.

Of course, the three thousand generals of the North Korean garrison were all Ming people, and the ten hundred generals were also Ming people.

In addition, there was a staff group of ten people to assist Li Xuan in handling military affairs, which actually played a role in supervision and control.

Three thousand Koreans, including Li Xuan, arrived in Beihua after three months of training.

Needless to mention the suffering they suffered during these three months, Li Xuan now thought of the instructor's army and the scorching sun.

Standing for an hour and marching in full armor for three days while waiting for these exercises, I still get chills all over my body.

It is really not a life for human beings.

If his years as an official slave had not made him suffer a lot, Li Xuan would have been unable to bear it, and he finally understood why the Polu Army was so good at fighting.

When they arrived in Beihua, since the northern and northeastern parts of the North China Plain had been pacified, the Korean army was assigned to garrison in the southeastern part of the country, separated from several mountains in the Tokachi Plain.

After two months of fighting, more than a hundred people died in battle.

At the cost, the Anui people within a hundred miles radius would have to either make an emergency landing or flee.

This time, the Karamo tribe, which was the largest in the area and had retreated to the mountains, was dissatisfied with a small tribe that obeyed the Ming people and threatened to send troops to retaliate.

So the small tribe hurriedly reported to the garrison, and the garrison immediately decided to set up an ambush here.

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Li Xuan secretly glanced at the deputy general Mingren Wei landlord who was looking into the distance with a telescope.

He said that the North Korean garrison army was actually the Ming people who had the final say.

Wei landlord was the Mingren general responsible for training the North Korean army.

He was actually the one who The controller of an army.

Li Xuan did not take this seriously.

After all, the Koreans had not been naturalized for a long time, and it would take time to build trust.

He believed that as the lives of the Koreans in Jeju and Beihua got better and better, they would all join in, and so would the Ming people.

More trust.

The trees shook in the distance, and the Anui people from three small tribes ran back in panic, telling them that a large group of Karamo tribe was coming, with about three hundred warriors.

Li Xuan curled his lips.

The Anui people had no armor, poor iron tools, and no military skills.

They only relied on Yu Yong, which was insignificant.

Li Xuan looked around at the 500 garrison troops in a week.

All the commanders were protected by iron armor.

Although they were chain armor and zhao armor that had been eliminated by the Ming Dynasty, they were also iron armor.

The other soldiers were all in cotton armor.

Bianu Yi Ren is much stronger.

There was noise in the distance, and the chaotic team of the Karamo tribe came into view.

They walked into the ambush without any precautions.

Li Xuan looked at Landlord Wei.

Landlady Wei didn't say anything.

Li Xuan ordered the attack.

This was good.

Mingren knew that he was given the honor of being the boss.

Amidst the sound of brass horns and accompanied by two rounds of bows and arrows, five hundred Korean soldiers howled like tigers descending the mountain and rushed into the ranks of the Karamo tribe.

The melee began.

Li Xuan had no doubt that his soldiers were the winners.

I am afraid that after the war There will be some people who can save enough heads of five Anui people to enjoy the acres of land in North China.

This is why the Korean soldiers are like wolves and tigers

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