When he saw Zhang Pian again at the Xiaoqi military camp, Lu Xu felt a little lucky again, thanks to the three big meat buns he had packed with him. Zhang Pian's soup is clear and watery, with two coarse-grain steamed buns, a bowl of wild vegetable soup, one meat and one vegetarian. The vegetarian one is cabbage stewed with tofu. I guess what he eats is no different from ordinary soldiers of the Knight Cavalry. The only special treatment is probably the few slices of meat.
Zhang Pian didn't know that he would come hungry, and he didn't prepare any food for him before. When he arrived, he generously invited Lu Xu to eat with him.
Lu Xu quickly refused. It was just such a small amount. How could he give Zhang Pian half of it?
Will the Knights think that he wants to starve their Lord Zhang to death?
Zhang Pian: "But you're not used to eating these? I'll ask them to cook whatever you like. We have a small kitchen in the General's Mansion."
Lu Xu smiled.
Zhang Pian eats in a big pot, but he eats in a small kitchen?
Lu Xuxu guessed that the small kitchen in the General's Mansion was probably similar to the good tea that the soldier who served him tea said, and it was reserved specifically for honoring guests.
Lu Xu thought that he, a commoner and a small businessman, was not a distinguished guest and was not worthy of the small kitchen of the general's mansion.
But he really didn't expect Zhang Pian to eat so plainly. The Northern Frontier Army, which was under difficult conditions, could still put out a table of meat for him.
Lu Xu: "I ate three big meat buns before coming here. I'm not hungry at all now, but I'm just a little thirsty. I wonder if I can ask Mr. Zhang for a bowl of water."
Zhang Pian smiled and asked someone to prepare tea.
When the tea was brought, Lu Xu was not polite. He drank three glasses of it just like a cow.
He is really thirsty.
I didn't drink much water all day, I ate three big buns, and I almost choked to death.
Zhang Pian finished his meal quickly and gracefully, asked others to remove the bowls and chopsticks, and drank tea with Lu Xu, "How do you like this tea?"
Lu Xu: "Uh... it should be good tea, but I was born in a poor family and have never tasted any good tea. I can't taste it, and it's a waste of the adults' tea."
Zhang Pian smiled and said: "How can drinking it into your stomach be considered a waste?"
He pointed at the teapot, "I exchanged this for the general for the good tea you sent. Speaking of it, the grade is not as good as the tea you sent. However, this is what the general brought with him from Beijing before he came to Shuozhou." Come on, besides entertaining guests, the general is not willing to drink."
Although he understood that this was Zhang Pian's expression that he valued him, and seemed to be telling him that he had already heard about General Xiaoqi, Lu Xu's first reaction was still: Chen Cha!
How many years has it been since Zhang Chang came to Shuozhou? Can he still drink this tea?
He was so confused that he couldn't control his expression for a while. When he came to his senses, he quickly put away his disdain and said to himself: "The tea that the general brought from Beijing is naturally incomparable to ordinary tea. This tea, it's stained The nobility of the capital, the bravery of the general, when you drink..."
Zhang Pian then asked: "It smells like old tea?"
"Well……"
Lu Xu thought to himself, this is what you said, I didn't say anything!
Zhang Pian smiled and took another cup of tea. He didn't mind that it was old tea. Lu Xu also poured a cup and drank it slowly.
Previously, he was thirsty and drank too quickly, so he didn't taste it properly. Now, after tasting it, it was really old tea, quite old!
But I am afraid that not many people in Shuozhou will dislike this tea because it is not good.
Lu Xu expressed how flattered he was, but with his previous performance as a foreshadowing, no matter what he said, it would sound like he was afraid of the power of the General Mansion and was trying to flatter him.
After saying a few words, Lu Xu himself felt quite bored and simply stopped talking.
Zhang Pian seemed to be a down-to-earth person, so he said something more down-to-earth: "I still have some high-quality tea in my shop that I haven't sold. How about I have someone deliver it to me?"
Just don't serve people with old tea. Others say it is an honor. Who knows if they will laugh at them when they go out and treat guests with old tea. They are stingy.
Zhang Pian laughed loudly, "Forget about tea, I can't drink much every year. If there is any shortage, let the general buy it with his own money. What is urgent now is food."
Zhang Pian asked: "I heard that there was a steady flow of customers in your store today, and you sold thousands of taels of goods in just one day?"
Lu Xu was surprised. He didn't even calculate how much money he sold. How did Zhang Pian know?
Is it possible to send someone to keep an eye on him?
Lu Xu said honestly: "I haven't calculated the details yet, but it should be more than a thousand taels."
A children's cashmere suit plus a hat costs more than ten taels, and he sold several sets today.
There were also many people buying the embroidery scrolls for which he quoted a sky-high price.
There were also pieces of silk cloth, which some people bought in bundles. I don’t know if they were purchased by wealthy families or by garment shops in the city.
Just counting these large items, they all cost a thousand taels.
Lu Xu knew that Qinglong City was rich, but he didn't expect it to be so rich.
After more than ten years of fighting, the rich have not been impoverished. It is worthy of being the first city in Shuobei, and it is worthy of being the home of the great families as mentioned by the innkeepers.
He was familiar with Shuozhou during these few trips. Even if he tied up Dengzhou, Yonggu County, Hongxian and other small counties along the way, it would still be worth half of the wealth of Qinglong City.
Lu Xu didn't know if this was normal, but comparing Longxing County, the gap between Longxing County and other counties was far less exaggerated than Qinglong City and other counties in Shuozhou.
Lu Xu said: "But in the first few days of opening, everyone is trying to be fresh, cheap, and giving gifts. It will always be more lively, and it will become normal in the future." Lu Xu estimated based on his experience in Guanyang, "But It shouldn't be difficult to sell a thousand taels a month."
In such a large Qinglong City, not counting the behemoths with huge wealth, ordinary people also consume a lot every day.
In particular, the people of Shuozhou are accustomed to living in the city during the off-season. During the New Year, the city is overcrowded.
The sound of this makes businessmen excited. Consumption power, this is all consumption power!
He wanted to go back quickly and make two more deliveries before the Chinese New Year. The Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival were both good times to make money!
Seeing him speaking so confidently, Zhang Pian smiled and asked, "Then my bonus should be enough to buy food."
Lu Xu: "Of course it's enough! As for the food, you don't know. I had asked Xue Liangguan before and asked him if he wanted it. It was Xue Liangguan who didn't want it, so I sold it in the shop."
Lu Xu took the opportunity to file a complaint against Xue Liangguan, "I came to see you this time just to ask you, will you exchange this year's bonus for grain?"
He only had a few cars left, and he threw them into the Qiaoqi Army camp, which was a drop in the bucket. If Zhang Pian still wanted them, he would have to plan the caravan configuration for next year when he went back.
Zhang Pian: "Let's replace it with grain in the next three years."
Lu Xu smiled bitterly: "Okay."
It was too difficult to transport grain by land. The amount he could transport was already the limit. No matter how many animals Guanyang had, the animal power would not be enough. Relying on human power would be tiring, slow, and too hard.
When he made the first trip, he mainly relied on manpower and light goods. One or two people were needed per truck, while a grain truck required four or five people. No matter how few people were on the mountain road, it would be a squeeze on people.
Even so, many people were reluctant to come back for the first time.
If Shuozhou no longer lacks food, in addition to the food itself, it also needs transportation capacity to support it. However, the entire Daqi is short of cattle and horses.
Lu Xu couldn't help but miss trains and trucks. How else could we say that technology is the primary productive force?
He is a scumbag, so he will not dream of innovating productivity. Instead, he should think about something practical and ask Zhang Pian if he can solve the livestock problem for him.
He doesn’t want to think about horses, but cows, mules, donkeys, etc. You have to have some, right? They are such a big cavalry, they can't rely solely on manpower to transport food and grass during wars!
Zhang Pian thought for a while and called for the grain officer and quartermaster.
After all, he is no longer in the army, and he rarely cares about these things. I wonder if there are idle animals in the army that can be used.
The grain officer and the quartermaster were in a dilemma. Their Qiaoqi army was stationed in Shuozhou. Even if they had some, they couldn't lend them to Lu Xu, a Longxing native, across the county. Wouldn't this be causing trouble for the general and looking for help?
Lu Xu listened for a while and couldn't help but wonder, why did the Xiaoqi Army sound more afraid of being cheated by ginseng than the Northern Army?
Didn't it mean that General Daqi and Li Xiu were the only ones without a backstage?
Is it possible that Zhang Chang’s background is not strong enough?
Lu Xu really wanted livestock power. After riding a mule cart once, he never wanted to cross the two counties on his own feet again.
Lu Xu asked with a grimace: "Isn't it okay to use idle animals? I am transporting food for the Cavalry Army, not to do business for personal gain? The Northern Army also lent me twenty cows."
Even the Northern Border Army dares to do so, what's going on with your Cavalry Army?
Zhang Pian, the grain officer and the quartermaster all felt a little embarrassed.
Of course the Northern Border Army dares to do so. The Northern Border Army is far away from the Emperor in the north of Qianjiao Ridge, and no one is watching them every day. They always come to the court to join them. It is almost enough to say that they are the emperor.
They, the Knight Cavalry, are different.
When Zhang Chang was in danger, Qinglong City was about to be destroyed. In order to win the war, he imposed extortionate taxes and offended all the big families in Qinglong City.
It was better to say that during the war, they had no choice but to twist their noses and endure it if they didn't want to. If anyone dared to say no, Zhang Chang would dare to throw their whole family to the front line.
However, the wealthy families of Qinglong City have been suffering from Zhang Chang for a long time. Now that the barbarians have fled and the world is at peace, they have also begun to fight back against the Xiaoqi Army.
Those who have connections will seek connections, those who have connections will use connections, and those who have none will pool their money and go to Beijing every now and then to find Ginseng Xiaoqijun and Zhang Chang, striving to get rid of this ancestor as soon as possible and replace him with a moderate like the former general Xin Xinghuai.
They hated Zhang Chang, and Zhang Chang hated them.
When the two brothers first arrived in Qinglong City, Zhang Pian had a higher military rank than Zhang Chang and was personally recommended by the general to join the army.
If it weren't for that idiot Xin Xinghuai, who did nothing to collude with the local aristocratic families in corruption and bribery, and allowed himself to be manipulated by the Qinglong City aristocratic family, whether to attack or defend when he should, and delayed the military plan, how could he have caused almost all of his soldiers to be wiped out, and also harmed His brother nearly died and his future was ruined.
Zhang Chang still hates Xin Xinghuai very much. If he hadn't died on the battlefield and never returned, Zhang Chang would have wanted to kill that stupid pig himself to vent his anger.
After Xin Xinghuai died, Zhang Chang transferred his hatred to the big families in Qinglong City. They helped Zhang Chang, and Zhang Chang also repaired them.
They wanted to replace Zhang Chang, and Zhang Chang also wanted to replace the county governor who was close to them.
The secret fight between the two sides eventually escalated into an open fight, and even the county guard was implicated. The mutual reference book was handed over to the capital like snowflakes, causing a huge commotion.
Seeing that the fight was over the appointment of a county governor, the court was furious - who has the final say in Shuozhou in Daqi?
The emperor was furious, and finally the general came forward and demanded that Zhang Chang be severely punished as a warning. However, because his family had been loyal to the emperor for generations and had done a good job in protecting the city, he only fined Zhang Chang half a year's salary as a punishment, and sent a high-profile officer to Shuozhou. warlord.
On the surface, He Chengye, the military governor, was beating Zhang Chang, but in fact, he was supporting Zhang Chang.
After all, He Chengye came here in the name of supervising the relocation of military households to the north. He was trusted by the emperor, was the son-in-law of the general, and had known Zhang Chang brothers for a long time. It is basically telling the big and small forces making trouble in Qinglong City to stay calm. The Zhang brothers have someone in the court.
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