Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 433
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In Beihai, Cui Junsu's daughter was taken as a concubine, Du Ruhui was the prefect of Beihai, Qin Qiong was the captain of Qi County, and Fang Xuanling was the prefect of Qi County.

Luo Cheng didn't hide it in the slightest. He unceremoniously used his privilege of entrusting the title to promote those who have good relationship with him and have ability.

From Yidu in Beihai to Licheng in Qijun, Luo Cheng issued a call-up order along the way, recalling the old troops of the [-] Zuo Fifth Army.

Light Cavalry Battalion, Heavy Cavalry Battalion, Modao Battalion, Longbow Battalion, Ballista Battalion, Spear Battalion, Sword Battalion, Scout Battalion...
One battalion after another is rapidly reorganizing, and flags are erected one after another.

With the gathering of three thousand old ministries, Luo Cheng has become more and more at ease.

With these [-] old troops, at least he doesn't have to worry about being attacked like last time. Even if a large group of thieves attack, he can still crush them.

Originally, it was necessary to invite the imperial court to recruit these old troops, but Luo Cheng couldn't wait, so he killed them first and then played.

In Licheng, Luo Cheng stopped for three days.

I went to the ancestral grave of the Qin family to pay homage to Qin's mother, and went to the Qin family to visit my sister-in-law Zhang Runniang.

For more than two years, Qin Qiong has been a filial piety for his mother. Although he was employed by the tyranny, he is still very polite, and he has been separated from his wife all the time.

Fortunately, Runniang is also a virtuous woman. Although her mother-in-law passed away when she was just married, and her husband was busy in the military camp all day, either training soldiers or suppressing bandits, she had to worry about him all day long, but she had no complaints. Taking care of the housework, she managed the entire Qin Mansion in an orderly manner, and even under her management, the family business was still very impressive, earning a lot of income every year.

There is no need to shy away from the relationship between the Qin and Luo families.

Luo Cheng and Run Niang were drinking tea and chatting in the living room, and Run Niang smiled and said that Luo Cheng had a concubine and gave birth to a child when he was away, so Binbin would not cry when he got home.

"There's nothing I can do about crying, I can only coax her well. I really owe her something."

"Your conscience isn't bad if you know what you say. Some of you men change their minds as soon as they become powerful and don't care about women's feelings. Binbin has been at home for more than two years, and it's not easy. Go back and coax her well."

"But there is one thing, I still have to tell you, that girl Hongxian, although my father once thought of betrotting her to you, it seems that it is indeed that girl who has no life to be your wife, but this She has stayed in your Luo family for two years. Now that girl is not too young, and she has been in your Luo family for two years. It is not good to keep this unclear. I also mentioned it in my letter before. I told you that when you come back, I want you to accept the red thread, and that she is in charge of this matter, and the red thread will never refuse. Today you give me an attitude, whether you are willing or not. "

Luo Cheng was one head and two older, but Run Niang asked him about this.

"Let's go back and talk about it."

"Well, it's better for you to talk to Binbin. Another thing is that before your iron workshop and brewery, you let our Qin family join a group, but Qi County has not been in the past two years. Taiping and Zhangqiu are even more unstable. Your father and the others are busy suppressing bandits and thieves all day long, and now they have gained the reputation of the Luo family army. These two workshops have left me to take care of them. I am a woman. I don’t have any skills, so I reluctantly helped to watch, but fortunately, I didn’t live up to your family’s trust.”

"In the past two years, I have taken your sworn brothers to run the business together. The business of the two workshops has expanded to dozens of counties on both sides of the Yellow River, and even sold to Liangjing and Jiangnan. The iron pot and liquor are both The sales are good, the income is good, but the world is too chaotic, the roads are not smooth, and a lot of money is lost every year, but fortunately, even after deducting these, the income is still quite a lot.”

"For the specifics, I asked the steward to make a detailed account, and I will show it to you for review later."

Luo Cheng smiled and waved his hands.

"Look, I don't have time to take care of these things now. Since sister-in-law, you can do these two businesses so impressively, it means that you have found someone. Don't bother the two masters with one thing, and ask sister-in-law to continue to trouble you. As for saying As for the account books, you can check them regularly.”

The Luo family's iron workshop and wine workshop were valued by Luo Cheng in the past. After all, they could make a lot of money. The money at that time was still very useful to the Luo family.

But now, Luo Cheng was not short of money, not to mention winning so many battles in Liaodong and grabbing so many trophies, his share was already enough.

And the emperor's rewards several times were also very generous. The most recent reward was as much as 1000 taels of gold, which did not count other rewards from slaves, farms, etc.

His Qi Guogong still has [-] households in Shiyi. Although since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the system of feudalism has been destroyed, and the vassals and princes have no real fiefdoms. In the Sui Dynasty, even the royal princes did not have fiefdoms. But it's all in the accounts. When the imperial court grants you food, it usually assigns it to a county, and then indicates enough households in the county or county according to the number of closed households.

Every year, the princes and nobles can send their own servants to the place to assist the local officials in collecting their own rent.The rent received is the land rent that should have been given to the imperial court, and now it is handed over to these nobles, but the nobles can only collect two-thirds, and they have to give one-third of it to the imperial court.

A family of Zhenfeng usually takes a family of five or six people in Dingkou. After conversion, three hundred Zhenfeng Shiyi is actually two-thirds of the land rent of about [-] to [-] Dingkou.

And the land rent of a young man is two shi of millet a year, so Luo Cheng, the Duke of Qi, earns about [-] to [-] shi of millet a year, and he has to give one third to the court. That is to say, only two or three thousand stone grains are obtained. If converted into money, the total is only a few hundred guan, which is not too much.

But Luo Cheng, like all noble officials, does not rely on this income.

Salaries and eunuchs are only part of the income. The real big income is the land owned by the nobles, including the land of the position, the land of the honor, the land of the official Yongye, etc., as well as the large amount of land owned by the family, and the use of their status and power. The business of lending, trading goods, etc., is making money.

The higher the status.

Although money still plays a significant role, compared with power and status, its proportion has become smaller and smaller.

If you can't keep your official title, your power is gone, and no amount of money will just make you a fat pig.

And with a powerful position, wanting money is also very simple.

"Don't think my sister-in-law is talkative. It's better to go back this time and spend more time with Binbin. Don't talk about anything else. Let Binbin have a child first. It's more effective than any sweet talk. After all, she is the first wife, and I can't wait for you to have a few concubines." sir?"

Luo Cheng smiled awkwardly.

"Don't take it seriously, be careful that Binbin's elder brother Shan Zhuangzhu comes to trouble you."

"Even if Second Brother Shan doesn't come to look for me, I will still look for him. When I was still in Beihai, I already sent someone to invite Second Brother Shan and Cheng Xu, Di Huang and other righteous brothers to come to discuss important matters."

"Then you pray that we will meet at that time, and the owner of Shan Zhuang won't trouble you." Zhang Runniang said with a light smile.

"I plan to give official positions to all my righteous brothers, and give them the post of captain of a county. With these four or five ranks of official posts, I believe they should not make things difficult for me." Luo Cheng hehe Said.

"You are too cronyistic, aren't you afraid that the imperial censor will impeach you?"

"What are you afraid of? Isn't my sister-in-law's father the censor? Besides, the emperor gave me the privilege of entrusting him with envoys. Based on the current situation in Henan, I will treat Shan Erge and others who have made great achievements in suppressing bandits and chaos in Henan. It's just that the generals have given you a heavy responsibility. What's wrong?"

"This is not something that I, a woman, can say. You can handle it yourself."

(End of this chapter)