The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 200 Brothers eating from the same pot
Bianjing City, the Forbidden Army.

If you reach the rank of a middle-class soldier, you will receive an additional [-] coins per month, while a lower-class soldier will receive only [-] coins.

A scale of charcoal in Bianjing costs 230 yuan.

One can imagine how miserable the lives of ordinary soldiers were.

Cao rated him handsome.

Liang Xin quietly took charge of the front secretary and bodyguards.

Almost overnight.

The soldiers in the front department felt like they were living like a dog with a family.

Because, when it comes to serving vegetables, it also contains meat and oil.

And you can buy charcoal cakes at a low price.

At this time, Cao Yang had sent a letter and was about to leave. A veteran suddenly asked a few young soldiers to carry a basket over.

There were dozens of shrimps up to five inches long in the basket.

"Give the young general a drink."

"Flatter me?" Cao Yang also smiled.

"I don't dare. It's just something we caught from the sea ourselves. It's just some seafood. It's a cool day and we'll have a few drinks. It's just the right time to drink for the young general."

Cao Yang said with a smile: "Then, I will show you some good things. Come with me."

In Cao Yang's house, Cao Yang dug out a bag of chili peppers.

First he picked out the pepper seeds, and then said to these veterans: "My brother-in-law found this thing. I left the seeds and asked a farmer to plant them for us in spring. Let's try these boiled shrimps together."

Some veterans shouted: "Go find more shrimps."

Cao Yang: "I have wine."

The Cao family, the old Wuxun family who have led troops for many years, understand one thing very well.

When there is a group of soldiers or low-level military attachés who have eaten, drank, and gone to the battlefield with you, most of them are reliable. At critical moments, they may be able to help you decide a battlefield. Win or lose, or save your life.

Back then, Guo Zhongxiao saved the life of the head of the old Pan family.

why.

Just because when Guo Zhongxiao fell ill, the old Pan family gave him a medicine.

Just such a small thing.

This friendship was forged, and when Guo Zhongxiao was in trouble, the Pan family did their best to rescue him.

Love is getting thicker and thicker like this.

After drinking, Cao Yang asked: "Come here, get used to it."

A military attache said, "The weather is a bit weird. We cooked beans. The people who came here this time were given thirty strings of pork, as well as two pieces of linen. When I am on duty here, I also give out vegetables and meat every month." We went to the sea to catch some fish ourselves, and life was good, so the brothers discussed opening up several thousand acres of land to plant Champa rice."

Cao Yang: "Remember, when you plant my peppers, you must plant them carefully. They are treasures, just a few seeds."

"Of course you have to be careful."

Someone else said: "We have discovered that there are many places where fruit trees can be planted. We have already dragged the brothers from Quanzhou Navy to prepare some fruit seedlings. In a few years, in addition to salt, there will also be fruits to eat in Budai City."

"Grow zhe! I led people to patrol the south and go east. I have soldiers from Lingnan under my command. He said that the zhe cultivation here is excellent. If we have tens of millions of jins of salt and hundreds of thousands of jins of sugar a year, , General Cao will collect rewards from us when the time comes."

"Zhong Zhe?" Cao Yang became interested: "Tell me carefully."

Soon, several Lingnan soldiers came.

They grew zhezi at home.

Zhe is sugarcane, which can be eaten as fruit and can also be used to make sugar.

That night, Cao Yang wrote another letter, asking Liang Xin to find a way to get support from Lingnan and prepare a large amount of zhe for them. The zhe can be cut into sections and used as seeds. There are people in Lingnan who are very knowledgeable about this kind of crops. Planted.

Cao Yang was determined to run this place into a decent town, just like his uncle Cao Ping ran Wenzhou.So, he was very interested.

Here in Bianjing.

After Xiao Fengxian studied "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" hard and couldn't put it down for a few days, Liang Xin started to form a team to play cards.

Although Xiao Fengxian was reluctant to put down the book, he went immediately.

Because he received news that the officials of the Song Dynasty at the border scared their Khitan envoys back. When they went to the Xixia border, the Song army actually joined forces with the Khitan to attack the Xixia people.

It's been a bit chaotic recently, and he also wanted to get some information from Liang Xin.

Brother Richard doesn't want to come.

He wants to read.

He felt that he had encountered a magical book and if he read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" thoroughly, he could become the God of War.

Liang Xin's cards are so easy to play.

Liang Xin has already won enough land that she wants, so the purpose of playing cards again is not to win the land.

Or a nameless restaurant.

Or four 17-year-old boys.

Playing dice to challenge the wind, after sitting down, Liang Xin said: "Brother Cha, your brother wants to marry the Khitan princess. He probably wants to cause trouble for our Song Dynasty. Actually, I have a trick you can listen to."

"What?" Brother Richard felt that Liang Xin was uneasy and kind-hearted.

Liang Xin said: "Marry one of our Majesty's girls to you, so that we don't have to fight. Then, our Majesty can continue to give you annual gifts, and you can give some cities as betrothal gifts. This is not just a matter of face." "

"As for the Khitan princess, I think it would be better to marry our Majesty. In this way, the Song Dynasty and the Khitan will be in-laws, and they will be treated as brothers. Otherwise, I think there will be a war. I don't need to fight. I just like to make a fortune and show you a good thing."

Liang Xin touched in her arms and found two pieces of jadeite Buddha.

This was made by the eminent monks of Daxiangguo Temple under the supervision of Li Qingzhao for several days and nights without sleep. It is not big, just one inch long and half an inch wide.

But the material is good, the carving is excellent, and the eminent monk put in even more effort when drawing.

"The ultimate jadeite, my Majesty named it...Jadeite. This thing is rare in the world, and there are even fewer ice species like this that are close to the imperial green. I give it to you."

Guo Fengxian likes it.

He is from a noble family and naturally knows his stuff.

The beauty of jade can only be felt by holding it in your hands.

What's more, this Buddha is really good.

Liang Xin added: "I invited nine eminent monks from Daxiangguo Temple to chant sutras for three days and three nights. It's enough."

"Enough, enough." Guo Fengxian held it with both hands, he really liked it.

Brother Richard also likes it, but he always feels like there's something wrong with it.

Liang Xin has defrauded him of more than 800 acres.

Duan Zhengyan looked at it and said nothing.

Because he knew that this was the gift they gave to Liang Xin, the rough stone called the Pearl of Light. They also had it in Dali, but this kind of green and beautiful stone was indeed a very rare gem.

Last time Liang Xin mentioned the stones in the river to him, he went back and asked his entourage.

Their light beads were also picked up from that area. After the stone skin was broken, there were many colors and the luster was good or bad.

Brother Richard asked: "I don't want it, tell me what you want in return first."

Liang Xin chuckled: "I will lend you [-] cavalrymen, and I will give you [-] brand-new iron kite armors, and I will give you a personal gift of the Equality of All Living Beings, the kind that will make anyone kneel down within seven steps."

"What, what are you doing?" Brother Richard was very alert.

Because their main field force in Xixia made the Song army suffer terribly this time. If we borrow another thirty thousand, I'm afraid there won't be many decent cavalry in Xixia.

(End of this chapter)