Husband has a sweetheart

Chapter 87
The soldiers on the school field were screaming and screaming after being chased by Lu Wei's arrows. They were so embarrassed that they rushed forward with all their strength. If they ran a little slower, Master Lu's arrows would come after them.

If he was really going to be shot, it would be a heartbreak.

Zhang Yuqing couldn't help laughing, covered the sun with a round fan, glimpsed a large open space not far away, and asked the accompanying guard uncertainly, "I remember the first time I came here, is there anything in that place?"

The guard looked a little embarrassed, and said: "Indeed, there is, yes, it's a place for girls. My lord tore down the red curtains, drove those women away, and they are not allowed to come again."

Zhang Yuqing nodded knowingly.

Out of the barracks is a brothel, really outrageous!

Tens of thousands of soldiers ran wildly on the school field, the ground shook, and the sound of crying and complaining shook the sky.

After two sticks of incense, many people were about to foam at the mouth. The people in the kitchen came to report that they could serve dinner, so Lu Wei stopped his horse and ordered the soldiers to disband on the spot and go to eat.

Fang Qin brought food to Lu Wei, just like ordinary soldiers, it was a steamed bun made of miscellaneous grains, a bowl of porridge that looked like a figure, and a plate of dark pickles.

When the guard saw Fang Qin, he wanted to ask Fang Qin to tell Lu Wei, but Zhang Yuqing stopped him.

"Wait." Zhang Yuqing said, through the crowd, she saw that Lu Wei was sitting cross-legged on the ground without any scruples, eating like an ordinary soldier.

Such a rough meal, this formerly refined noble son of the capital can eat it without changing his face.

It is really the environment that makes people.

When night fell and Lu Wei rode out of the barracks, he noticed a familiar carriage at the door.The guard driving the carriage stepped forward and saluted, saying that his wife was in the carriage.

Lu Wei got off the horse quickly, and when he was about to lift the curtain, he suddenly remembered that his body was sweaty and dusty. He wiped his face with a sweat towel, and flicked the dirt on his body before getting into the carriage.

Fang Qin rolled her eyes and simply turned her head away, not knowing what to see.

"Why are you here?" Lu Wei got into the carriage and asked.

Zhang Yuqing looked at him in surprise.

When Lu Wei opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse.

"I've been yelling at those bastards all day today," Lu Wei said.

Zhang Yuqing smiled secretly in her heart, and said, "Don't be so angry, and keep your voice down."

Lu Wei shook his head, "They can't hear it if the voice is too low, or they pretend not to hear it. Those veterans are really bad!"

"Is there any new money and food from Liangzhou City or the capital?" Zhang Yuqing asked.

Lu Wei said: "The last time I went to Liangzhou City, I gave up my face and urged me several times, and finally delivered a batch of food today."

Although it is all old food and it won't last for too long, but the food and grass above have been allocated, which is a good start.

"With food and grass, the morale of the army will be stable, and it will be much easier to practice." Lu Wei said, "The group of soldiers saw the grain trucks coming in one after another, and their spirits were obviously different."

Zhang Yuqing said, "Actually, you don't have to work so hard."

Baochuan's army was so disorganized and disorderly that it is not developed overnight. The previous capitals have all come here in such a dawdling way, so why should Lu Wei bother?
Just like what Shen Shoushan and the others said, Daxia has a treaty with the Hu people, and pays tribute to the Hu people every year. The Hu people will not easily tear up the treaty and invade Daxia. At most, a small group of cavalry will come in and plunder the people. .

Those who looted were the low-level people, and those who died were also the low-level people. What's the matter with them, high-ranking military officials?
Take a look inside Liangzhou City, the group of people in Shen Shoushan are living a life of luxury and luxury, which is not inferior to the luxury life in the capital, how much they will enjoy it!

Lu Wei didn't speak.

Zhang Yuqing said again: "At the beginning, the emperor named you the capital of Baochuan. It seemed that you were a fourth-rank official with infinite glory, but in fact, we all knew it in our hearts. It was just that the crown prince thought that Zhang Yuying had betrothed you and assigned you to this everyone. A place to avoid. Now that the crown prince has married Feng Ming's daughter, his anger should be relieved. After a year or so, you can ask Princess Duanshu to plead for mercy, and it will not be difficult to transfer you back to the capital."

Lu Wei was silent for a long time, and said: "I don't want to go back to the capital. If I go back, I will enter a cage. Instead of entering a cage, I'd rather stay here and do my best to make this place better and stronger, and the people have enough food and clothing. The soldiers are well-disciplined, they are good soldiers who can win battles, and there should be no more tragedies of barbarians slaughtering villages."

Lu Wei looked at Zhang Yuqing and asked hesitantly, "Do you want to go back to the capital?"

Zhang Yuqing shook her head stiffly.

Lu Wei couldn't figure out Zhang Yuqing's thoughts, but he could feel that Zhang Yuqing was in a bad mood at the moment, so he didn't speak again. However, when he thought of Zhang Yuqing's idea of ​​leaving him and returning to the capital, Lu Wei seemed to have a fire in his heart, burning He was very uncomfortable.

He thought Zhang Yuqing was a liar.

What he said before was so nice that he was willing to come here with him and call him "husband" in front of outsiders, but now that he has seen the desert and cruelty here, he retreated again.

Zhang Yuqing's mind was spinning rapidly. She wanted to blurt out some words, but swallowed them again. Thoughts clashed fiercely back and forth, but she still couldn't make a decision.

When the carriage stopped at the gate of Dusi Mansion, Lu Wei lifted the curtain and was about to get up, Zhang Yuqing grabbed his sleeve fiercely.

Lu Wei turned around and looked at her in surprise.

"You are short of money, aren't you?" Zhang Yuqing asked.

Lu Wei smiled helplessly, "Do you still need to ask?"

In the entire Great Xia, there is no other general who is poorer than him.

Zhang Yuqing stared at Lu Wei, "What if I can get you money?"

Lu Wei chuckled, a little surprised by Zhang Yuqing's words, "You..."

Zhang Yuqing interrupted Lu Wei with a serious expression, "I'm not joking with you."

On the second day, Lu Wei and Zhang Yuqing went to Dahu together, and told Fang Qin to continue to train in the barracks, and not to let the soldiers slack off.

This time everyone knew the way, and it was only noon when we arrived at Dahu.

Zhang Yuqing brought a big pot and ordered the guards to get mud to build a stove by the lake, chop firewood for the fire, and scoop water from the lake to cook.

After a while, the water in the pot evaporated, and after the evaporation was complete, only the white flowers stuck to the wall of the pot were left.

Lu Wei stretched out his hand to dip a little, put it in his mouth, and couldn't hide his surprise, "It really is salt!"

"It's just coarse salt." Zhang Yuqing picked up a twig and picked up some yellowed coarse salt.

The guard who was burning the fire also tasted it, nodded and said: "It's not as good as the salt sold in the capital, it's too astringent!"

The salt they use for cooking is all big lumps of yellow lumps, which need to be cut open when used. Although the taste is a bit poor, this powdered salt is already very fine for them!

Zhang Yuqing said: "Now it's coarse salt, which tastes not only salty but also astringent. After a few more processes, you can get pure fine salt that is as white as snow."

Modern people are used to refined salt, but most people don’t know that in the past, due to craftsmanship, ordinary people not only had difficulty eating salt, but the quality of salt was also very low, and other impurities were mixed in large crystals.

It was hard for everyone to imagine what fine salt as white as snow looked like.

Zhang Yuqing pointed to the vast lake that could not be seen, and said to Lu Wei: "This is what I said, the money I can get you."

She approached Lu Wei, smiled slightly, and said in a soft and seductive voice, "It depends on whether Master Lu has the courage to earn this money."

Salt and iron are all government-run. Whoever dares to sell salt in private will be imprisoned at least or beheaded at worst.

But salt is an indispensable thing for every household, and the imperial court sells it expensively for profit.The imperial court repeatedly killed salt dealers because the profit from selling salt was so huge that salt dealers took risks and used their heads instead of their belts to make a living.

The profit of selling salt is so huge, let alone making salt.

Lu Wei looked at the vast expanse of blue salt lake, subconsciously breathing quickly.

If Zhang Yuqing really has a way to produce refined salt, such a large salt field can feed tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Baochuan!
Lu Wei's ears were a little warm, and he tried his best to forget the feeling of his ears. Recalling Zhang Yuqing's performance in front of him yesterday, he was obviously hesitant and did not make up his mind. He didn't tell him about the salt lake until the carriage arrived home and tried several times.

Either Zhang Yuqing didn't trust him, or Zhang Yuqing asked for something and didn't know if he would agree, or both.

Zhang Yuqing had already spoken out, which meant that she still chose to believe him.

Lu Wei took Zhang Yuqing to the lake.

Probably because of the saltwater lake, there is only a layer of hard white salt layer beside the lake, and there are no bare trees, and it stretches as far as the eye can see.

"You help me earn money, do you want something?" Lu Wei asked.

Zhang Yuqing smiled and nodded. She was wearing a red dress, which fluttered in the wind, forming a charming arc. She stood by the lake with her hands behind her back. Under the blue sky and white clouds, she was bright and confident, and she was beautiful.

Lu Wei said, "Then what are you asking for?"

"I have two wishes." Zhang Yuqing looked at the salt lake, pinned a strand of hair that was blown by the wind behind her ears, her dark eyes were dazed and fragile, and said softly: "The first My wish is the same as yours, I hope that the border will be stable, and there will be no more catastrophes like the Luerwei incident."

She wished that there would never be another miserable person in this world who lost his father and mother due to the invasion of foreign enemies like her.

"What about the second one?" Lu Wei stared at her closely.

Zhang Yuqing turned her head and smiled, raised her chin slightly, and returned to that intelligent and calm woman who was confident, with a little arrogance, as if the sadness and fragility at that moment were just Lu Wei's illusion.

"Second, I hope I will be your partner in the future." Zhang Yuqing said.

Lu Wei raised his eyebrows, "What is a partner?"

"The relationship between you and me is equal. I earn money to support my family, and you are responsible for taking care of this family. You have to treat me like your colleagues and brothers, and respect me." Zhang Yuqing continued.

Lu Wei understood, "Like a commercial firm in the capital, the owner will hire a big shopkeeper."

"You can also say that." Zhang Yuqing nodded, and curled the corners of her lips, "I have said so much, but I haven't returned to the original question."

Zhang Yuqing took a step forward, with provocative eyes, "Lord Lu, do you dare to sell this private salt or not?"

　Sweetheart Theater

　　Lu Wei: My wife is in charge of making money to support the family, and I am in charge of being beautiful.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)