After Yang Haiyan finished speaking, she looked at Niu Da.
Niu Da thought about it. Although he was the head of a family, this matter concerned the future of the family, so he said, "Madam, I want to ask the family."
Yang Haiyan expressed her understanding: "By the way, we are not in a master-servant relationship. It is equivalent to me being the owner of the restaurant and you being the shopkeeper I hired. Our relationship is one of employer and employee, so even if you follow me, you are still good citizens and will not become slaves." She knew that the ancients attached great importance to slaves and good citizens, and the environment also required them to pay attention to it, so Yang Haiyan made it clear here first.
Sure enough, Niu Da was relieved after hearing this. No one wants to be a slave if they can be a good citizen. "Yes, I understand. I will go home and discuss it with my family first."
Yang Haiyan said: "No hurry, just reply to me tomorrow."
Niu Dadao: "Yes, I will go to the town tomorrow to give you an answer."
Yang Haiyan nodded. She was here just for this matter, and then she went back. After Yang Haiyan left, Niu Da closed the door of the manor and returned home.
Niu Da had two sons and two daughters, both of whom had already started families. However, even though the two sons had started families, their family did not split up, as it was not customary in ancient times to split up a family when the elders were still alive.
Niu Da, who usually stayed at the manor, came back. His eldest granddaughter, who was taking care of the house, called out, "Grandpa, why are you back?"
It is the busy spring season. The wives of the Niu family have taken all the dogs, big and small, to the fields. Only Niu Da is busy at the manor.
Niu Dadao said: "Go to the field and call your grandma and the others over. Tell them all to come back and tell them that grandpa has something to discuss with them."
Niu Da's granddaughter Niu Hua said, "Hey."
Niu Hua ran fast, and soon she called Niu Dapo Niang and the others. When they got to the door, Niu Dapo Niu asked, "Old man, Xiao Hua said you have something to discuss with us, what is it?"
Niu Da's eldest son: "Yes, Dad, what do you want to discuss with us?"
Niu Daerzi: "Dad, you can make the decision if there is anything. We don't care anyway." Isn't it always like this? Niu Daerzi smiled innocently.
Niu Dadao: "This matter is quite important. I want to hear your opinions. It is also related to the future of our family. Let's go inside and talk."
When they heard that it was related to the future of their family, the Niu family members were very curious. What important things could there be in their ordinary families? However, seeing that the tone of the head of the family was still very cautious, their curiosity was aroused.
After entering the house, Niu Da said, "This is what happened..." He repeated what Yang Haiyan said, "What do you think? Right now there are three choices: one is not to go; two is for me to go alone; three is for our whole family to go."
Mrs. Niu said immediately, "Of course I will go. You are stupid, old man. Our family can't even earn 500 wen of silver a month, let alone one tael of silver a month. It's hard to find a job in the town, and the county town is far away. But now Madam can give us one tael of silver a month, and there is also a food allowance of 200 wen. What's more, we can set aside a piece of land in the manor to grow crops for our family's food. What else do we have to worry about
Think about it, old man. We can earn more than just this one or two silver coins a month. If we rent our land to the villagers, we can get 10 or 2 silver coins a year, right? This is also quite a lot of money we earn." Mrs. Niu was in charge of the family's financial power, and she immediately made some calculations.
After listening to this, Niu Da looked at his son and daughter-in-law and asked, "What about you?"
Niu Da's eldest son said, "What my mother said makes sense. I think I can go."
Niu Daerzi: "I listen to my father and mother."
The wife of Niu Da's eldest son said: "We can earn money and have good relationships. Our boss is a great general. We work for him. If outsiders know about it, they can take a look."
Niu Daerzi's wife: "What the eldest sister-in-law said is right. With this relationship, the children may be able to work under the general in the future."
After Niu Da's family discussed it, he went to the county town that afternoon without waiting until the next day.
Military Camp
Han Zhen was very busy. Qin Fang had already submitted the list of recommendations for the captains of the thousand-man army. Du Ke directly appointed Han Zhen as the captain of the thousand-man army, Wei Wei as the captain of the centurion. In other words, not only Han Zhen was busy, but Wei Wu was also busy.
When Han Zhen heard that Yang Dahua had arrived, he thought she was there to deliver lunch, so he arranged the things at hand and went to the back of the military camp.
Han Zhen: "Big flower."
Yang Dahua saw the dark circles around Han Zhen's eyes and felt distressed: "You must have been very busy these past two days, right?"
Han Zhen comforted her, "It's okay." It's better to be busy, "What's wrong with you?" She didn't bring a lunch box, so it wasn't her who delivered the meal.
Yang Dahua expressed her idea, and then expressed her own opinion: "I have already inquired at the money house... Husband, do you think it is feasible?" She also told the money house about the borrowing method and interest rate.
After listening to Yang Dahua's story, Han Zhen looked at her in surprise. He had always thought that Yang Dahua was virtuous, thrifty, good-tempered, and hardworking. But there was nothing else to her. Unexpectedly, this time, she gave him a completely subversive impression. She dared to borrow money from the bank to buy Yang Haiyan's shop and manor. This was not something Yang Dahua would do with her current image.
Han Zhen looked at her, his eyes were a little different from before, Yang Dahua was a little shy: "Husband, what's wrong?"
Han Zhen smiled and said, "No, I think your idea is very good. I can take some time to go to the bank with you now. After the loan is settled, I will come back." It must be said that borrowing money to buy shops and manors is still in line with his idea. In the case of a serious bank, it is better to owe money to a bank than to a friend. When money is involved between friends, there will always be differences in the process of getting along.
Ten days later, in mid-March, the court issued documents to transfer five generals including Guan, Qin Fang, etc.
After hearing Qin Fang talking about this place, Yang Haiyan was stunned: "Yunxiang County?"
Seeing her surprised expression, Qin Fang couldn't help but ask, "Do you know Yunxiang County?"
Yang Haiyan said: "I know, I have only read about it in a book. It was a geology book, but it was only mentioned briefly. Yunxiang County is a county town in Renzhou. The area of Renzhou itself is relatively small among the 18 states of Qi State, and Renzhou is located in a remote area. More importantly, Renzhou is relatively poor.
Also, it is recorded in the Qiguo History that Renzhou was the territory of King Liang twenty years ago. King Liang was the half-brother of the late emperor. After King Liang passed away, Renzhou was taken over by the court and has not been divided up to this day. "
Qin Fang said: "Poverty is not terrible. It is better if the imperial court takes over. Otherwise, I am a subordinate of the imperial court and a minister of the emperor. In other princes' territories, no matter what I do, I have to get the prince's approval first, and I will inevitably be classified as a faction." This is unclear. Therefore, he prefers to do practical things in territories without a master.
Yang Haiyan felt that what Qin Fang said made sense. However, "Sir, no matter what, you have to send someone to find out first. Find out who is the current head of Renzhou and the current situation in Yunxiang County, no matter if they are powerful, rich or poor, you have to find out everything."
Qin Fang said: "Don't worry, Yanyan. The court has given me 3,000 barbarians to settle. I will write down the situation tonight, and let Kunshi take Taoshan and Huang Huzi to investigate the situation tomorrow."
Yang Haiyan was relatively confident in Qin Fang. Although he was young, he was the eldest brother since childhood, so he always did things in a cautious manner.
The next day
Qin Fang called Kunshi, Taoshan and Huang Huzi early in the morning and gave them instructions.
Renzhou, Yunxiang County.
"What do you think of General Qin who is about to be transferred to the front?" The speaker was a middle-aged man, but he was not very old. He looked to be about thirty-five or thirty-six. He was relatively tall, but very thin, and his complexion was not very good. This middle-aged man was Yang Shunlei, the county magistrate of Yunxiang County. Yang Shunlei was a member of the imperial examination, and he ranked last in the second class. This was his second year as the county magistrate of Yunxiang County. In fact, it was very common for county magistrates to be re-elected. Unless they had made particularly outstanding achievements, county magistrates without connections in remote areas would basically be re-elected.
An old man said, "The court never sent a general to defend the city in previous years, but this year they suddenly sent a general to defend the city. Could there be other purposes?" The old man was the county magistrate of Yunxiang County. He was a local. Before Yang Shunlei was sent to Yunxiang County, he had already been the county magistrate of Yunxiang County. There is a saying that the barracks are permanent, but the soldiers are transient. In the case of County Magistrate Zhuang, it means that the county magistrate is permanent, but the county magistrate is transient.
Yang Shunlei: "What about Lao Song? What do you think?"
Old Song is called Song Wenbing, and he is the chief clerk of the county. The county magistrate, the county magistrate, and the chief clerk are the iron triangle in any county.
Song Wenbing said: "The court document states that General Qin was there to settle the barbarians, but why did he stay after settling the barbarians? We don't understand this. However... if we have a general to defend the city in Yunxiang County, it may be a good thing for us."
Yang Shunlei sighed: "I hope it's a good thing. I have to find out what kind of person this airborne general who defends the city is. I will write a letter to the window and ask him about the situation. Uncle Bai, the affairs of the general's mansion are left to you." Uncle Bai is the county magistrate. As he is older and the iron-clad county magistrate here, Yang Shunlei respects him more.
County Magistrate Bai said, "Don't worry, I'll send someone right away... No, I'll go and renovate the General's Mansion myself. But we can only repair the parts that need repair. If we overhaul it, our county office doesn't have the money to do so."
Yang Shunlei thought about it and it made sense: "Just do the repairs as you said. The county government doesn't have that much money, and it won't make you rich even if you try to swell your face."