Towards the end of the year, the two soldiers returned from a business trip and passed by the Military Mansion. They accidentally saw the four characters "Yiren Inn". They were puzzled, so they entered the inn under the pretext of asking for water.
"Li Cengjun, aren't you joining the army? Why is it called the Yiren Inn?" Li Lun is a very special Mongolian, the most thoroughly naturalized Han, and the soldiers know him.
Li Lun chuckled: "This is the idea of the two masters from the capital, or their inscription. This is not only the Military Mansion, but also an inn, receiving guests."
"So, why is it called Yiren Inn?"
"The two adults said that the Han people all understand the meaning of the word'Yiren'." Li Lun shrugged, and he smiled ambiguously, as if'you know'.
"Li Canjun, do you have a woman here?"
Li Lun was excited for a while, he felt that business was about to come, "Of course there is, otherwise why is it called'Iren Inn'?"
"What are the rules?" The two soldiers were also excited. They hadn't tasted the familiar taste for almost a year since they left the border to fight.
"Rules? Since I have silver and copper coins, all these rules have to be used to speak!" Li Lun looked at the Ming Army soldiers somewhat proudly. If Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu told him that he is now doing exclusive business, yes. Seller’s market, I don’t know if he is so proud that he even drops his chin.
"Silver? How much silver?" The two soldiers squeezed the silver in their pockets, wondering how many times they could come.
"Sixty coins." Li Lun automatically added the tips given by Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu to the normal price.
"Sixty texts?" The two soldiers stared with amazement. There was such a cheap thing in this place far away from the capital.
Li Lun thought that the two were too expensive. Besides, he didn't dare to offend the Han people.
"Fifty essays are 50 essays, but we have to look at the goods first." Both soldiers participated in the Northern Expedition. According to the harvest of the Northern Expedition, each person could get at least twelve grains of silver, and the Ministry of Households first paid five for each person. Two, the rest of the silver will be settled when they return to the capital.
In their arms, they held these fifty taels of silver. In this far north, they couldn't spend any silver. This is the first time they have the opportunity to spend the silver.
"It's not a commodity, it's a human, it's a woman." Li Lun didn't know what the two soldiers were thinking.
"Yes, yes, it's a human." The two soldiers remembered that Li Lun was originally a Mongolian and had only recently naturalized as a Han. He naturally didn't understand many of the habitual terms of the Han.
Li Lun turned around and recruited Wang Meili.
Wang Meili's waist is thicker, her height is moderate, and she looks good, especially her face with a gentle smile on her face, which looks very gratifying.
In the eyes of the soldiers who hadn't seen a woman for a year, she was simply a fairy outside the customs, and she was also a life-saving fairy.
"Okay, deal." Of course the two soldiers were satisfied. They were about to enter the inner room and go to the kang, but they were stopped by Li Lun: "Two brothers, you have already seen it, pay the money first, and then go in. This is the rule here. ."
"Well, this is a mess, and you have to pay the money first." The two screamed, then gave Li Lun a look, after all they took out the money.
The smallest amount of silver in their pockets is one or two, or one thousand wen.
Li Lun was immediately dumbfounded. He didn't have enough change to find the soldiers, so he was so dumbfounded on the spot.
"What's the matter? Li joined the army, our silver was issued by the Ministry of War, but it is full of silver patterns." The soldiers thought Li Lun was worried about their silver.
Li Lun calculated that he only had 830 wen on his body. Even if the two soldiers agreed to pay together and they were asked for change, he still had seventy wen. "It’s not a matter of silver, two brothers, discuss something. ?"
"What's the matter? Hurry up." Seeing Wang Meili, the two of them were already eager for a while. How could they bear Li Lun's delay
"Two brothers, there are a lot of people here. How about you pay in advance. Next time, if there are other guests, you will have priority, two brothers, how about it?"
"Prepaid?" The two were furious, and their voices increased eight degrees: "We should pay first. It shouldn't be done anymore. How can you make a prepayment? You quickly find change."
Although Wang Meili could not understand what the three of them were talking about, the Han soldiers suddenly raised their voices and their expressions were wrong. She naturally could see that, but she could not speak Chinese, so she walked over with a smile.
Wang's beautiful smile is the best language that the whole world can understand.
"Okay, but you have to give us a receipt, otherwise next time you come, what do you do if you don't admit it?" Seeing Wang Meili's smile, the two soldiers had to compromise.
"Of course, that is of course, the two will go to the kang first. When you go out, I will give you a receipt. When you come next time, it will be very convenient." Li Lun took one or two silver patterns and asked Soldier Eight. Baiwen.
The two soldiers couldn't wait a long time ago. They embraced Wang Meili and entered the hot kang in the inner room.
Soldiers are not like the civilian officials from the capital, who tossed over and over again. They slashed the mess and went in a hurry. Moreover, they had to return to the barracks at night, and no one except when they were on duty outside.
After half a cup of tea, the two of them got off the kang, took the note from Li Lun, and left contentedly. In their hearts, they were very grateful to Li Lun.
Li Lun was also grateful to them, "How much effort is this to make two hundred wen?" He stroked the one or two grains of silver. This was the first time he received real silver and the first time he had it. Own money.
"His father, I owe them one more time!" Wang Meili also got off the kang, she was wearing her belt, and she reminded Li Lun when she saw Li Lun proud.
"It doesn't matter, I owe them half a cup of tea time." Li Lun's gaze never left the silver. He calculated that this silver is too precious to be carried on his body and should be placed in a safe place.
Wang Meili just laughed. The happiness of a man is her greatest satisfaction.
After hearing Li Lun's words, the two soldiers thought that the brothers in the barracks had patronized the Yiren Inn a long time ago, and they blamed them for not being brothers enough, but they found out that they were the first soldiers to visit the Yiren Inn.
After they said, the barracks suddenly changed.
In the second morning, several soldiers who were not on duty again visited the Yiren Inn.
Seeing that there were many soldiers, Li Lun hurriedly recruited Wang Xiuying from outside the city. Anyway, Wang Xiuying had already joined his family. She had earned the money and had to give it to herself.
More and more soldiers were patronizing the Yiren Inn. Fortunately, they didn't stay overnight. They all left with a cannon, and it didn't take long.
But there are too many people, Wang Meili and Wang Xiuying are too much to eat, besides eating and drinking Lhasa, they can hardly go to the kang. They exercise on the kang all day during the day to earn money, and at night they have to nurture their energy.
Although Li Lun has two wives, in order to make money, he can't even touch his wife's side, and he has some worries in his heart. He is like those soldiers of the Ming army who are serving outside the pass, and he has gradually moved away from the taste of a woman.
Fortunately, the herdsmen had some casualties due to the previous wars, but now there are many boys and girls. Li Lun used his liaison status to join the army to gradually find a few women with good looks when he moved from house to house.
At the beginning, Li Lun was just to satisfy his own desires. Every time he went to the kang, he would give a woman ten coins of copper coins. He occasionally met other men. Under the double pressure of Li Lun’s power and copper coins, men also Can only swallow.
Li Lun, who had tasted the sweetness, gradually realized the taste.
After discussing with several enlightened families, those men who appreciate the usefulness of silver reached a consensus with Li Lun: Li Lun can recruit their women at any time in the future, but Li Lun will draw 20 wen for the 50 cents of copper paid by the Han. , The remaining thirty essays, women can take home.
In the beginning, there were not many such families. In Lingbei Province now, there is no normal material circulation, and silver cannot be purchased for the time being, so it is of little practical use.
It was not until March and April of the following year that the Han Chinese transporting military rations brought large quantities of tea, cloth, and grain to Chita for sale. The herdsmen really realized the magic of silver and began to beg Li Lun and let their women join the Yiren Inn. Herders gradually increased.
These women are all controlled by Li Lun. If the soldiers need them, Li Lun can mobilize nearby shepherdess to serve them at any time, as long as the soldiers have enough money.
The fact that the soldiers frequented the Yiren Inn gradually spread, and even Hong Chengchou and Shi Kefa were alarmed. They sat together and discussed a solution.
"Master Shi, according to the final check, the soldiers patronizing the Yiren Inn does exist." Daming has always continued the tradition of "ruling military with culture". In Lingbei Province, Governor Shi Kefa is the highest leader, Hong Chengchou dare not hide it from him.
"Hong Junzuo, soldiers often visit the Yiren Inn. It is inevitable that they will lose their ambitions. If we go on for a long time, our armed forces will inevitably relax. Your Majesty ordered me to wait here to defend the territory and open up frontiers. Without strong armaments, how can we open up frontiers in the north of the mountain surrounded by foreign races? Keep the soil?" Shi Kefa was quite disgusted with the soldiers' patronage of the Yiren Inn.
"My lord is right, but the soldiers are far away from home. In this place three thousand miles away, it is inevitable that there will be some homesickness, so that they can get some comfort, which is good." Hong Chengchou is more concerned about the actual needs of his soldiers.
Shi Kefa categorically rejected: "Hong Junzai, soldiers can do these illegal things if they are far away from home? In the gentle country for a long time, if the soldiers have no combat effectiveness, why should I wait to explain to your majesty?"
"Master Shi, if the soldiers are homesick for a long time, they will not have much will to fight, and their combat effectiveness will not be strong. Your Majesty once told the Admiral that he will stay here for five years, five years. Master Shi, how can I solve the soldiers' homesickness?" Although Hong Chengchou supported the soldiers, he did not dare to fight against Shi Kefa. After all, Shi Kefa was the highest civil servant in Lingbei.
"Then how can Hong Junzai maintain the combat effectiveness of the soldiers? Besides, how can the soldiers have a lot of silver?" Shi Kefa needs the support of the army. His current escort is provided by Hong Chengchou. He does not want to fall out with Hong Chengchou. This is outside the customs. , Far away from the capital, if Hong Chengchou turns his face, his history is helpless.