Reborn Wangjia's little koi, reclaiming wasteland and farming to become the richest man

Chapter 107 I Still Useful
The hearts of the shopkeepers jumped wildly. They were all Tiaoma Huerlang, and all of them had brothers who served as soldiers in Tan Ji's hands. When they heard that Sheng Jiaojiao wanted to collect military rations, all of them immediately became generous.

Only then did they realize Sheng Jiaojiao's identity and background. Her future husband is Tan Ji, and the current front wing chief,
The emperor didn't care about these tens of thousands of soldiers on the border, so he could only take care of the front wing commander.

And they were not only working for Sheng Jiaojiao, raising the price of food in Tiaoma Lake, but also working for Tan Ji, helping to raise food for the army.

This is righteousness, all righteousness.

The shopkeeper Lu Shou came forward, cupped his hands at Sheng Jiaojiao, and asked respectfully:
"Excuse me, Jiao Niang, how much military rations should we receive?"

Sheng Jiaojiao paused and said:
"Just in case, collect as much as you can at this price, don't hesitate, there is nothing wrong with hoarding more food."

Recently, the north of the county has been fighting every day, and Qi Zhang even saved his monthly rest, so he stayed in the north of the county and never came back.

As the leader of the front wing, Tan Ji was too busy to touch the ground.

Under this situation, Sheng Jiaojiao thought that the casualties in Junbei might increase.

From the daily increasing demand for medicinal materials, it can be seen that the consumption of medicinal materials has remained high, and the military supplies reported from the north of the county can reach a new level every day.

Originally, the food in the jumping horse lake barracks came from the support supplies of Zhishou County, but when the battle broke out, these support supplies were not enough.

What's more, these supporting supplies have not been in place since Qi Zhang and Tan Ji switched defenses to the north of the county.

During this period of time, the military newspaper of Zhishou County was submitted all the way to the imperial capital of Daze, and the Ministry of War finally responded, but the reaction was not enthusiastic, let's talk first!
Let's talk about it.

Under such circumstances, everyone in Zhishou County knew from top to bottom that the border guards had no supplies or pensions, and the emperor wanted peace talks, not war.

But the emperor doesn't want to fight, that's what the emperor means, the subordinate country wants to fight, Zhishou County can't control the subordinate country at all.

The frivolous sentence "Talk first, and then talk if there is no agreement" is the hardship and hardship of tens of thousands of soldiers on the border.

If there is no declaration of war, there will be no pensions, and naturally there will be no pensions.

In the military system of Zhishou County, all Hao Erlang who join the army can receive a bag of grain every month in addition to the military salary, and there will be a pension after death.

After Tan Ji became the captain of the front wing, he stipulated that in the middle of winter, the pension could be converted into pension food and distributed to the military households whose son Lang died in battle.

This is a kind of silent guarantee, because in the middle of winter, even a full amount of pension may not be able to buy a full amount of pension food.

Therefore, at this time, it is the most practical to distribute rice and grain instead of money.

In the absence of the emperor declaring war, the emperor would not give the sons pensions or food for the sons if they died in battle.

It's not that it doesn't matter, it's just that it's not yet time to count the number of casualties in a battle.

Often after a battle is over, the statistics of casualties, reporting, review, and distribution of pensions, etc. are implemented, and the family members of the sons who died in battle may have to go on board for several years before they can get the compensation they deserve.

The living conditions in Zhishou County simply cannot tolerate waiting. After waiting for several years, the black hair will turn white, and the flesh will turn white.

It is well known that the imperial capital is unreliable, so Tan Ji, the former wing chief, had no choice but to distribute pensions to his brothers himself.

His burden is getting heavier and heavier, and he does not default on military pay, military rations, pensions or pensions every month. The speed of counting the number of casualties and casualties is very fast. After a battle, a list of casualties will follow.

In just two days, he demanded that the pension be paid in place, and he would never default on it.

Not to mention the original camp of only 2000 people has now expanded to 4000 people.

The [-] sons of rice for the four military camps were mostly sourced from the subordinate countries, and a small part was bought from Sheng Jiaojiao.

After the war was fought like this, every border guard worked very hard. At the beginning, both Tan Ji and Qi Zhang paid pensions to the soldiers who died in the battle, and gave military salaries and rations to the soldiers who did not die in the battle, whether it was money or money. Rice grains are imported in bulk and exported in bulk.

There is enough food.

But later, the battle became bigger and bigger, and tens of thousands of subordinates came to attack Tiaoma Lake at every turn. Tan Ji became the front wing leader and led [-] troops to defend Tiaoma Lake.

After the battle, there is still a reward for meritorious deeds. What is the reward?At this time, rewarding gold, silver and jewelry are all empty, and rewarding rice is the most real.

That is to say, from this time on, in fact, no amount of food is too much.

A month ago, Tan Ji began to order Zheng Ling to haul all the collected money to Sheng Jiaojiao, so that she could collect the grain at the right time. Before the winter came, the army grain for the generals and lieutenants was distributed first.

The military pay will be fought later.

Unlike military rations and military pay, pensions and pension rations are only available to soldiers who died in battle, while military rations are available to every soldier who joins the army, so the amount is not small.

Similarly, the amount of military pay is not small.

As long as Tan Ji asked Sheng Jiaojiao for food once, Sheng Jiaojiao's grain mountain would be half empty.

Seeing that the price of grain has reached her critical line, these two days are the best time to harvest grain.

And the last batch of grain that Sheng Jiaojiao plans to collect will not make any money at all, because the price of grain in the hands of Nanji vendors has almost risen, which is the same as the price of grain that Sheng Jiaojiao and the others are about to sell. out.

A few vendors left quickly to collect the last wave of grain in the Southern Collection, while those vendors in the Southern Collection who had hoarded a large amount of grain in their hands were still complacent and gearing up to raise the price of grain to a new height.

After the last large-scale shipment, the amount of grain in the market began to tighten.

According to the usual method of raising prices, before the winter comes, Nanji, which still has a small amount of grain, will have no harvest. After a few days, the villages near Tiaoma Lake and Nanji will be hungry again If a few people die, the sky-high price of food can be released.

A haze war without gunpowder has begun to enter the final tense stage.
In a vast expanse of white snow, in a peaceful world, Wenxiu held an umbrella for Sheng Jiaojiao, half a step behind Sheng Jiaojiao, and slowly walked forward.

She didn't quite understand what Sheng Jiaojiao was doing recently, but she only knew that the Qi family had become more and more lively recently, and she vaguely heard a child crying in front of her, and adults scolding her.

Wenxiu looked at Sheng Jiaojiao who was walking quietly ahead, and called out:
"Jiao Niang."

Sheng Jiaojiao, who was wearing fox fur armbands, stopped in the snow, her black eyebrows were slightly drawn, and she lifted her foot forward again, leading Wenxiu to turn around the snow bag in front of her.

I saw Lian Xin being dragged across the snow by a woman pinching her wrist.

The little girl was wearing thin and shabby clothes, her little face was flushed from the cold, and she cried out:

"Aniang, Aniang, don't sell me, Aniang, I still have to take care of my younger brother, I can still work for the family, Aniang, please don't let me go!"

The woman who was dragging her away was also covered in pudding, and she was wearing the same thin clothes. The hand that was pinching Lian Xin's slender wrist had already turned red from pinching her.

The woman looked sad,
"Your father died in battle, and the family can no longer support two children. Lian Xin, don't blame my mother for being cruel, and my mother is unwilling, but, but there is no other way, Lian Xin, be obedient and follow me. Auntie go."

Sheng Jiaojiao stood still in the snow, and when she saw the mother and daughter struggling to walk over, she spoke softly,
"stop!"

The woman stopped at the moment, Lian Xin was lying in the snow with tears all over her face, she turned her head and saw Sheng Jiaojiao, she hurriedly broke free from A Niang's hand, got up, rushed to Sheng Jiaojiao, and knelt down directly. In the snow, hugging Sheng Jiaojiao's feet,
"Sir, sir, tell my aunt not to send me away, I'm still useful, I'm still useful, sir."

Sheng Jiaojiao couldn't get away, under the eaves of the umbrella, she raised a pair of cold eyes and looked at Aunt Lianxin.

Aunt Lianxin cried and knelt over, reached out and grabbed Sheng Jiaojiao's skirt, begging:
"Jiao Niang, your Qi family has made a lot of money now, my uncle died in battle, leaving us orphans and widows unable to support us, Jiao Niang, let us go."

"Where are you taking her?"

Looking down at Aunt Lianxin and Lianxin, Sheng Jiaojiao was almost tripped by the mother and daughter. She stretched her hand back and was quickly supported by Wenxiu.

I heard Aunt Lianxin crying again:

"I, I plan to take her to the military dormitory to exchange some silver."

Upon hearing this, Wen Xiu's body trembled, and she said loudly:

"No."

What kind of place is the military dormitory? This lotus heart is so big, so she went there to serve as a slave. In the future, she only needs to grow up a little, and the only way to become a prostitute is left.

Is this Aunt Lianxin deceived by lard?She actually wanted to sell her daughter to such a place.

After Wenxiu finished speaking, she hurriedly looked at Sheng Jiaojiao again, her eyes were anxious, she shook her head vigorously, hoping that Sheng Jiaojiao could help Lianxin.

Sheng Jiaojiao took a look at Wenxiu and couldn't help laughing. Wenxiu was dispatched from Nanjun to a place like Zhishou County, but she still maintained such a soft and kind heart.

It is also rare.

It's just that I was too impatient, everything was written on my face, and it was just for no reason.

After laughing, Sheng Jiaojiao lowered her head and looked at Lian Xin who was kneeling in the snow. What came to mind was this little child who was serious about learning shoes.

Sheng Jiaojiao's phoenix eyes lightly fell on Lian Xin's body, and asked slowly:

"I heard that your family has two children, one is Lian Xin, and the other is Lian Xin's younger brother. Lian Xin has grown up and can work for you. The younger brother is still young and has trouble walking. Why do you just send Lian Xin away, but don't think about it?" Send that little boy of yours away?" Aunt Lian Xin paused, knelt in the snow, with a troubled expression on her face, looked at Lian Xin again, twitched,

"This, after all, is a girl."

"It's also a coincidence. Recently, our old lady's room is short of a little girl. I see that Lian Xin is always sensible and well-behaved. Why don't you give it to our family?"

Sheng Jiaojiao directly interrupted Aniang Lianxin's words, her posture became much cooler, and Aniang Lianxin's eyes were also a little colder.

Aunt Lianxin's face was filled with joy, the Qi family is now a wealthy family in Huangtu Village, she was stopped by Sheng Jiaojiao, she actually had this intention long ago, and wanted Sheng Jiaojiao to take Lianxin away.

It's just that Aunt Lianxin thought carefully and wanted Sheng Jiaojiao to take the initiative to speak up, so that she could raise Lianxin's worth.

Then I heard Sheng Jiaojiao say:
"It's settled. I will give Lianxin to our family. I won't give you a penny. Our family will take care of it, discipline it, and take care of future marriages. Lianxin will still be a good citizen in the future, but it has nothing to do with your family. You It doesn't matter whether she is a slave or a girl in my family, she must also move into our Qi family, how about her household registration?"

"The worth of this lotus heart, I, alas, alas, Jiaoniang, how can this be good?"

Aunt Lianxin obviously didn't do it, she wanted to send Lianxin to the military dormitory, but if she wanted to sell Lianxin as a slave, the mother of the military dormitory would give her a price for Lianxin.

Now that I say give it away, I will give it to the Qi family. Sheng Jiaojiao will not give a penny. Although the Qi family will take care of Lian Xin's marriage when she grows up, but Aunt Lian Xin can't get a penny, and there is no benefit at all.

The benefits all fell to Lian Xin, it had nothing to do with Lian Xin's younger brother, and it had nothing to do with anyone other than the Qi family according to the meaning of Jiao Niang's words. .

Seeing Aunt Lianxin's displeasure, Wenxiu hurriedly squatted down and said urgently:

"My lady, there is nothing to consider. The Qi family is benevolent, and Jiao Niang is a good person. When Lian Xin enters the Qi family in the future, she will only have a good life. Compared with going to the military dormitory, it will be much, much better."

She urged Aunt Lianxin to agree, seeing Aniang Lianxin knelt in the snow silently, Wenxiu's heart cooled a lot, she stretched out her hand, couldn't help shaking Aniang Lianxin's arm, and asked:
"You are also a mother, why are you still hesitating? Even entering Qi's family to be a domestic slave raised since childhood is better than entering Junliao."

"This this."

Aunt Lianxin repeated the word "this", appearing to be very hesitant, she looked at Lianxin in a panic, both mother and daughter had tears on their faces.

I heard Aunt Lianxin crying again:

"Lian Xin, your brother is still young, your father died in battle, and there are still many places in the family that need money, Lian Xin."

Little Lian Xin shook her head, she was crying very hard, kneeling in the snow and crying heartbreakingly,

"Aniang, don't send me to the military dormitory, no, I'm still useful, I'm still useful."

Although she is small, she is not stupid. If she enters a place like the military dormitory, she will have a different way of life in her life. Whether she can come out clean or not depends on fate.

But if she went to Qi's family, after all, Qi's family was in the same village as hers. As long as she was doing well in Qi's family, she would still have a chance to take care of her aunt and brother in the future.

Lian Xin, who was very young, could already see this point clearly.

But obviously, Lian Xin's mother couldn't understand.

She was like a demon, she only thought about Sheng Jiaojiao and wanted to win Lian Xin for nothing, as long as Lian Xin entered Qi's house, no matter how good her life was, it would be Lian Xin's life alone.

Aunt Lianxin was crying, holding Lianxin's wrist with one hand, crying:

"Come on, I have already promised the mother in the military dormitory, you can go to her now, and the family can exchange a few coins."

Wenxiu hurriedly stopped Aunt Lianxin, she said angrily:

"Why can't you figure it out, you must push your daughter into the fire pit? Is it hard for you to let your daughter be an innocent human being?"

(End of this chapter)