Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 186
When Qin Qiong came, Luo Cheng went to the kitchen himself, and made a few dishes to accompany the wine with the materials sent by Liu's family.

"The dishes are here, cold cut beef, fried beef liver, fried beef heart, braised beef intestines, cooked beef cheeks, and a plate of fried soybeans and a cold cucumber."

Qin Qiong looked at a table of beef dishes and was a little taken aback, "Did you kill the cow?"

"Don't worry, this is not privately butchered beef. Fourth brother's wife's family opened a restaurant in the county, and his husband is a butcher."

The government prohibits the private slaughter of farm cattle, but there will always be old, sick and disabled cattle. When encountering this kind of private slaughter, it is necessary to report to the government and then the government will send a butcher to kill.Under normal circumstances, in fact, the butcher cooperates with the yamen to make some connections, and then he can obtain the qualification for slaughter.

After the cattle are slaughtered, the cowhide, tendons and horns must be handed over to the Yamen. This is an important material for making armor and bows and must not be kept privately.But beef will never be wasted, so it will be sold, but because the cattle are rarely killed, the price of beef has always been high. A catty of beef can be sold for fifty or sixty yuan, which is where ordinary people can afford it.

"Try it, although it's all off-the-shelf ingredients, but I have a unique secret recipe, and the taste is not bad." Luo Cheng said with a smile.

A jug of water and wine was opened, and the just-warmed wine was still a bit cloudy.

"It's really good." Qin Qiong tried the fried beef liver and found it very tasty, charred on the outside and tender on the inside with a bit of sandy feeling. "I never thought that this beef liver could be so delicious."

"That's right, the most delicious liver is actually foie gras."

"Come on, happy meeting with a glass of dirty wine, congratulations cousin, you have been promoted to the eighth-rank brigade commander."

Qin Qiong raised his glass and touched Luo Cheng, "Congratulations, it should be congratulations to you. I left in a hurry last time. I thought you were implicated by me. I guess Zhang Juncheng would not reuse you. Unexpectedly, there are only a few Yue, you are already a captain of Chengdu."

"It's just the county captain, that is, a brave head of the township."

Qin Qiong picked up the cooked beef face with chopsticks, and felt that it was very chewy, chewy, and tasted good. I really didn't expect that the beef face could be cooked like this, "Xiao Wu, since you are now a ninth-rank official Yes, it can be regarded as officially entering the official career, or I will tell the general to find a way to transfer you to You Yiwei. With your talent in suppressing bandits, the general will definitely like it very much, and go there first Any team leader."

Qin Qiong always felt that being in the government soldiers was better than being in the county soldiers.

Luo Cheng refused without even thinking about it. What are you going to do with You Yiwei?Lai Hu'er is now stationed in Donglai County, preparing for the Eastern Expedition.In the several eastern expeditions in history, Lai Huer basically led the waterway soldiers and horses, crossed the sea to conquer Goguryeo, and once even directly entered Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo.

It's a pity that it was a trick of the thieves that time. As a result, the Sui soldiers who entered the city looted everywhere, but they were shut up and beaten, causing heavy losses.

Luo Cheng didn't want to go to Dongnae County, let alone fight Goguryeo. It wasn't that he was peace-loving, but that he was really not interested in participating in a battle that was clearly a failure. Every time he went to the East, he suffered heavy losses. Countless Han men were orphaned. His soul is in a foreign land, and he doesn't want to be that one.

"I never thought that Wang Bo would assassinate you." Qin Qiong said about Wang Bo, an old friend.

"Actually, I won't hide it from you. There are some inside stories here."

There was no one else here, so Luo Cheng told the detailed inside story of Wang Bo's assassination of him.

"Oh? What else?"

"Although Wang Bo was bewitched by others to participate in rebellion and chaos, his nature is not bad, it's just that he was born at the wrong time." Luo Cheng sighed.

When Yang Jian was the emperor, he devoted himself to recuperating and recuperating, so the people could still live.With the accumulation of more than twenty years, the national power of the Great Sui Dynasty was strong and the people were well-off.

However, in the five years since he succeeded to the throne, all kinds of tossings have been made. Although the country is still prosperous, the people have been tossed miserably.

Daye spent three to four years building the Great Wall of Yulin, and used millions of laborers. As a result, the construction period was too fast, and it is said that nearly half of them died.In addition, Luoyang was built in the east of the camp, a canal was built to connect the south of the Yangtze River, and armaments were manufactured to build warships. Almost every family had men who were recruited all year round.

The foundation of the Great Sui Empire was being shaken, but unfortunately the emperor couldn't see it.

"Cousin, if you think Mrs. Zhang is not bad, I think you can actually consider this marriage. You are not too young, and you should understand that your aunt wants to have a grandson early. Anyway, Dongzheng is not still there. Haven’t started yet, you’re back from this trip, why don’t you leave in a hurry, make a kiss, and then wait for a good day, then greet you at the door and give birth to a son at home first. When you want to go to the Eastern Expedition, your aunt will also It won't stop."

Luo Cheng wanted to persuade Qin Qiong to get married at home, so that maybe the newlyweds would not go to the east.

"Think about it again." Qin Qiong said.

The two brothers drank for a while, "Xiao Wu, since Wang Bo entrusted you to take care of his concubines and young children, you should take care. If the money is not enough, I will."

"Since I agreed, I will definitely take good care of them. Don't worry. Since the money, Wang Bo has already prepared it for them. He has already made plans and buried a large amount of money in advance. Last time I told For me, I have already taken out the money, which is probably worth a thousand dollars."

After Luo Cheng took out the money, he stored it up and didn't need it for the time being.

He also arranged for Jingniang and her two children to live in his farm temporarily with the slaves.

Luo Cheng bought a lot of land before, and then bought and rewarded slaves, so he simply placed all these slaves there, built some thatched huts there, and let the eloped drugstore clerk do the farming. head.

Luo Cheng didn't send anyone to take care of these people, anyway, Tai Sui had strict control over slaves.A slave cannot leave his hometown without his master.

If you want to leave the county, not only must the owner take it with you, but you must also have documents issued by Lizheng and the county government, and you must be guaranteed by someone. Without these documents, even if the owner takes you with you, you will not be able to travel far, and you will be arrested if you find them.

The lovers of the Sui Dynasty actually needed documents when they traveled far away, and this was the fault.It is actually the same thing as the road guides in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. If you are not an official or an official, you have to have this kind of official certificate issued by the government and a guarantee from the village when you travel far.

Besides, Luo Cheng was kind to these slaves. He took care of their meals twice a day, and let them build a house. At the same time, he made an appointment with them in advance. They would form a group of ten and take charge of a farm.As long as the harvest per mu can reach one stone, then they can have two meals a day.

If the harvest per mu can exceed one stone, they will be rewarded, and Luo Cheng will directly give them a commission.For example, if a mu harvests one stone and two buckets, then give them [-]% of the excess of two buckets as their reward, and they can get two liters of reward per mu, which is regarded as a reward for them, which belongs to their private property and can be disposed of by them. .Even if they save enough money in the future, they can go to Luo Cheng to redeem themselves and gain freedom.

Of course, in addition to this kind of incentive and reward, Luo Cheng also stipulated that the group of ten people supervise each other, if one person escapes, the other nine people will be punished together.

Therefore, with the help of kindness and strength, the slaves are now living in the farms very honestly. They don't need to watch much, and they work hard every day to repair canals, repair field ridges, go up the mountain to cut firewood, and go to the ground to fertilize.

Wang Bo's concubine, Jing Niang, is placed there now, and she is now a distant relative of the Luo family. Her husband passed away and she had no one to rely on, so she brought a pair of children to join her relatives. Luo Cheng placed her there to cook for the slaves. , is a cook.

Qin Qiong laughed at Luo Cheng, "Now you are a powerful landlord with thousands of acres of fertile land and hordes of servants and boys!"

"It's also thanks to my cousin who went out to capture the blue-faced ghost, otherwise I wouldn't have a chance to make a fortune."

(End of this chapter)