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Chapter 72 Domestic Demand
"Jia Datou? You said you are a fisherman? Oh, you are just fishing in your spare time, and you can also farm. Can you catch fish now? Let's meet Zhang Da, the cook. I will write you a note. Starting today, every time you fish Catty fish—well, how did you sell fish before? Oh, on the strips, five catties of big fish cost twenty cents, three catties of fish ten cents, and one catty of fish three cents."

"Okay, starting from today, I will give you five cents for every catty of fish you catch, and the fish will be given to Zhang Da, and then I will take the voucher to collect the money from me, go ahead, next one."

"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord."

The 50-year-old fisherman, Jia Datou, is very grateful. They are all tenants of the Xishan Lu family. After decades of hard work, they can barely fill their stomachs. Come on, this day has changed. Not only can everyone share the fields, but those with some skills can also make a living.

This is a good thing that I didn't even dare to think about before.

"Don't thank me, but thank Your Royal Highness."

Zhou Yue corrected with a smile, this feeling that writing a note can change the fate of many people in a few words is really good.

"Master, little old lady, I can weave and make clothes, please give me a way to survive!"

A woman who was about 40 years old rushed forward and kowtowed.

Zhou Yue smiled and asked the people next to him to help him up, but she was thinking about it in her heart.

Weaving cloth, making clothes, if she remembers correctly, there is a large amount of cloth in the supplies stored in the baggage camp, and now it is going to be winter, His Highness should need cotton clothes, and I also need some good-looking ones Cotton clothes... well, the soldiers should all need them. If this matter is not resolved, His Highness will still throw the problem over. There will be no time until then.

I'm ashamed, ashamed, I didn't think of such an important thing.

Food, clothing, housing, and transportation are big things.

With this in mind, Zhou Yue immediately elevated this matter to a strategic level.

"Auntie, can you make cotton clothes?"

"Yes, yes, my lord, the cotton coat made by the little old woman is the warmest, but the cotton coat needs cotton, which is very rare and expensive to buy, it costs five yuan a catty."

"Okay, what's your name? How many people are there in the family? Who are the neighbors? Register all these. I'll write you a note and go to Chen Qing from the supply camp. Do you recognize that guy? If you don't, just take this." Tiaozi went over there to find Boss Xing, and then asked him to arrange someone to take you to Kusi, where you could get the cloth and cotton... Wait, there seems to be not much cotton in the supply camp, where can I buy this stuff?"

Zhou Yue was talking to herself, and she found a big trouble, that is, relying on the output of Xishan County alone is not enough to support the operation of all walks of life.

Now it is cotton, and next is likely to be other materials, such as salt and iron.

"I have to find His Highness for this matter, and I can't handle it."

"My lord, my lord, I know where I can get cotton!"

Zhou Yue was contemplating this matter and the things behind it, when a thin, stick-like man jumped up and shouted in the crowd.

"Oh, what's your name?"

"My lord, my name is Zhou Houzi, and I was originally a shopkeeper who went from village to village. I know where cotton is sold and where cotton is grown!"

"Oh, where do you grow cotton?" Zhou Yuelai became interested. She really didn't know about it, but she knew that cotton coats are really warm. It's freezing cold every winter in the capital, and there is no set of cotton coats. Save your life, you will really be frozen to death.

"Back to the old man, cotton is grown in Anxi Prefecture. I heard from the big shopkeepers in Lucheng that 50 years ago, there was no cotton, and then suddenly there was. Even the Cui family in Anxi Prefecture regarded the cotton business as a business. Big head."

"Anxi Cui, Cotton?" Zhou Yue kept it in her heart, that was one of the six big clans, this matter was very important, and it had to be reported as well.

"Okay, Zhou Houzi, right? I'll write it down for you. I'll give you this note. Go to the supply camp to find Chen Qing. I'll lend you ten or twenty silver coins in advance to prove that you have the ability to buy back cotton. From now on From now on, for every catty of cotton you buy back, you will be rewarded with five copper coins. But if you dare to abscond with the money, the fields and houses that should be allocated to you will be taken back, and your relatives will follow Get tired, think about it yourself."

"Next, oh, and you, Aunt Sun, I'll write you a note to make cotton padded clothes. How many days do you have to make one? Two days, okay, I will give you a lot of money for making one. Next !"

"My lord, my lord, we can also make cotton padded clothes!"

"My lord, I am also a shopkeeper, I can also buy cotton, and I can also buy sugar."

"I can buy wine!"

"I can buy iron!"

"I can go fishing in the big river!"

"I can go up the mountain to catch wild boars, my lord, you can give me five cents a catty for wild boar..."

"My lord, I will..."

……

It's messed up, totally messed up.

But the situation did not get out of control at all. Zhou Yue solved all kinds of trivial matters with ease, because no matter what he did, there was His Royal Highness, the big buyer, and nearly three thousand soldiers. This is His Highness. Said the largest market.

Among these people, those who are suitable for doing work at home will be given a note with the specific delivery date and remuneration written on it.

Those who are suitable for hunting and fishing should give a note with the specific price written on it.

Those who are suitable for opening a shop can choose to rent or buy. In the end, they can choose to replace the house facing the street with their original house. Of course, in this case, Zhou Yue believes that the shop will be profitable and conducive to the prosperity of Xishan County. .

As for those small traveling merchants who are suitable to go to other places to buy various materials, they can provide appropriate financial support. Anyway, they can take the land and houses allocated to them as mortgages.

After Zhouyue finished the day, thousands of notes were written out, and at night, there were still a large number of people waiting in line, so she had to personally promise to continue tomorrow.

In the name of His Royal Highness, never lie.

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In the east of Xishan County, the large yard that originally belonged to the blacksmith Zhang San has now become the temporary office of Kusi, and it is also a large warehouse for storing other materials except food.

Chen Qing, the commander of the Xishan garrison battalion and chief officer of Kusi, has been busy since morning. He even only slept for an hour last night, but there are still countless things waiting for him to deal with.

Materials are checked and put into storage, and craftsmen are instructed to build permanent large warehouses.

Speaking of which, fortunately, blacksmith Zhang San has quite a lot of houses, especially a large warehouse, which is quite solidly built, and all materials that are afraid of the tide can be placed there, and the remaining materials are piled up on the five-acre land. courtyard.

"My lord, Master Sun of Dongjiazhuang sent someone to deliver today's first batch of [-] carts of rice and wheat, which have been piled up in the No. [-] threshing ground at the South Gate. This is a note, please sign for it."

A chief arrester respectfully handed over a piece of paper with Sun Jin's signature, the seal of the master book, and a line of writing on it.

"There are [-] carts of rice and straw, and [-] carts of wheat and straw from Dongjiazhuang. I hope someone can arrange to receive them."

Chen Qing rubbed her eyes, and she didn't know how many times she had slandered in her heart. Sun Jin, the eunuch of Madena, just liked to play with these moths.

As for Zhou Yue who proposed this method, he didn't care at all, Mr. Zhou is a good person.

He wrote his name, took out the freshly baked Kusi seal and pressed it, and blew on the ink. Chen Qing enjoyed this moment very much.

"Okay, after signing for receipt, send it to Husi, sign and seal it for Mr. Zhou to file."

Chen Qing casually handed this piece of paper to his subordinates. Although this thing is terribly troublesome, it will be fine after getting used to it.

Because what was really troublesome was the slips of paper that were transferred from Hu Si Zhouyue.

God, I don't know what Mr. Xiao Zhou is thinking?
If it were someone else, he would have to go crazy.

Is the commander of my dignified Xishan garrison battalion, Chief Kusi, with 200 people under his command, dealing with these trivial matters?

However, these common people seem to have gotten a lot of money. Ma De, some notes are only worth five cents a day, but they have to ask again and again, for fear of cheating him.

But what can be done?

Chen Qing could only bite the bullet and deal with it, really, her face was numb.

By the time the last matter was dealt with and the last civilian had been dismissed, it was already dark, and the brothers of the Xishan Garrison had already lit torches in every alley, and there would be continuous teams of guards in every alley The battalion is constantly patrolling, well, just in teams of two, which is so relaxing.

But, it smells so good, did Fatty Zhang stew fish soup tonight?

"Brothers, are you all here? Are you exhausted?" Chen Qing clutched his stomach, drained the water first, and then felt very hungry. He didn't even have time for lunch.

"Hey, boss, everyone is here, but I'm so hungry!"

"By the way, Boss, when will you be a Boss in such a day, why is Husi so troublesome?"

"Don't talk nonsense, it's all Master Xiao Zhou who is good at scheduling, and others are not good, such as the dead eunuch, adding chaos every day."

Chen Qing shouted angrily, even though only [-]% of the matters handled today were done by eunuch Sun, he was just upset.

"Hey, boss, that's Master Sun already."

There are subordinates to be careful.

"Hmph, I'm under the control of Mr. Zhou, I'm afraid he's a ghost." Even so, Chen Qing restrained himself a little.

"Hey! Isn't this Brother Chen?"

On the opposite side came two patrolling heads from the Xishan Garrison Battalion, carrying lanterns, and couldn't look carefully. They didn't recognize it until they got closer. It was Xu Guan, the team leader of the Second Garrison Battalion, who has now been appointed as the Xishan County Inspection Department. the Chief Officer.

These guys are really relaxed.

Chen Qing spat secretly in his heart, but a bright smile appeared on his face. "Brother Xu, why, if you come to patrol in person, if His Highness sees this, you will definitely be rewarded."

"Come on, old brother Chen, are you going to make fun of me too?" Xu Guan also said with a smile, but then his face became serious,
"Your Highness has an order. Xishan County is now in a state of waste, and there are many things. In order to prevent Xiaoxiao from committing crimes and petty thefts, the Xishan Garrison is fully responsible. No, Xing County Captain Tiantian is too I'm tired, so I'm in charge of patrolling at night, but I don't dare to do anything wrong. Brother Chen, tell me, I dare to relax. I haven't eaten dinner yet. By the way, Fatty Zhang stewed ten pots of fish soup tonight, hey, It smells delicious, Brother Chen, hurry up and take your brothers there, I’m afraid you will only be able to chew on fish bones if it’s too late.”

Although Xu Guan said it was very hard, but seeing his beaming face, he knew how much he enjoyed it.

"Made, there is a candidate for the head of the inspection department, but the other departments have not yet been found. No, I have to find Mr. Xiao Zhou."

Chen Qing left in a hurry. Since he has done a lot of things, he must have a lot of rights. He can't just work without giving benefits.

(End of this chapter)