Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 272 Defense
What Lu Baihu asked Peiyu to pass on was to show his loyalty to himself.

Ning Wan immediately understood Lu Baihu's intentions, so she smiled and said to Peiyu: "Actually, I am going to ask Lu Baihu for help. Lao Lin has been learning to write for more than a year. I wanted him to go to my shop to keep accounts." But I can't do without the Bai family here, so I followed me to Mount Huju, and now it's a good time to help Lu Baihu. As for driving, I don't use it very much on weekdays, and I will find someone else when the time comes Enough."

"It's such a coincidence," Peiyu laughed, "In this way, our young master will get an arm, so it will save a lot of worry!"

"Although he can write a few words, he has never worked as an accountant, and there are many things he doesn't understand. He can only call Lu Baihu." Ning Wan told Peiyu again, "Don't look at Shi Tan now. There are a lot of things going on in the field, but it’s really not a big deal. It will be even more busy when someone comes to buy charcoal in a while, so Lao Lin, I will give it to your family, but I still advise your family to be safe and secure. Hutai County might as well invite a few old accountants with good reputations to sort out all the accounts from the beginning, lest it will be too late to sort them out in the future."

Peiyu quickly nodded and said: "Ma'am is very true. Our young master is also worried about these things at home, and he often thinks about how to manage this matter. Now Madam helped me out with such a good idea. I went back and told him. Solved the young master's worries."

"This is just a common way of doing business. Our family is doing business, so I just need to understand more about it." Ning Wan took a sip of tea and said, "I have a clever way of keeping accounts, I'm afraid Hundreds of monks and eunuchs have never heard of it, the most useful one, and it can save a lot of trouble.”

"Please ask Lu Baihu to prepare some wooden chips, with the words Hu Jushan engraved on them. The hired people will send one for every basket of charcoal brought in. At night, the wooden chips will be collected. The number of baskets per person will be recorded in the account." In fact, wouldn’t it be easier to write down a sum of money than sending it once? Some people do it for a day and don’t do it anymore. They can pay their wages at that time and just tick off the name. As for those who do it for a long time, it doesn’t matter how much they do every day Write it down clearly, and pay according to the book when the winter solstice arrives!"

"Ah! This is really a clever idea!" Peiyu exclaimed, "I went to deliver umbrellas and clothes to the young master when it rained that day, and I happened to see them keeping accounts. However, there are very few people who can write, so many people who deliver charcoal have to wait for a long time and surround the tent in a chaotic manner, which really delays things."

He was surprised again and asked: "Where did Madam get this idea? It's really amazing!"

Ning Wan smiled mysteriously, in fact, this idea was spread from Huju Mountain.It is said that the person who kept the accounts was too busy at that time, so he distributed a handful of counting chips on the table to the soldiers in a hurry, and then kept the accounts with the counting chips at night. It turned out that this method was very practical, and later he made a batch of the above A wooden chip with the words Hujushan written on it.I had to pass one by accident, it was fun.

Judging by Peiyu's expression, even though her nice words were a bit exaggerated before, she is really convinced now. After all, in their opinion, they have never been to the coal field, so how can they understand what happened there?But although Ning Wan didn't see it in person, she heard Tie Shi talk about it!

Ning Wan's face was just indifferent, "It's nothing, it's just a trivial matter." She said again: "I have accepted Lu Baihu's kindness, and it is hard work for you to travel so many times." He casually took two pieces of clothing material for Peiyu After all, Peiyu is a servant, so you must be careful when dealing with her, and you can't let her spread the word for nothing.

Lu Baihu was a sensible person at first, and he had received many teachings from his father, so he felt that he had done a good job in the charcoal business, and Qianhu nodded when he went to see it.Moreover, he has always known that Mrs. Qianhu is capable and can take care of half of Qianhu's house, so he never forgets to talk to his wife about everything, so he listened to Peiyu's reply and looked at the two pieces of clothing. She just nodded, and it seemed that Madam was also satisfied.

A few days later, when Qianhu called him over again, his wife was there, and Qianhu asked him about business affairs in front of his wife, "Now that the banditry has been calmed down, Commander Lu is still paying us the military salary according to the previous routine. Military rations must be very difficult, right?"

How could Qianhu know such news?He has never interacted with Anpingwei, so Madam must have heard about it.Lu Baihu was taken aback, Mrs. Lu was so well-informed!Seeing that Qianhu looked at his wife and nodded, he no longer concealed it, but said resolutely: "Of course my father will not surrender to the commander, and the military supply of Hujushan must be guaranteed no matter what!"

The lady said: "After all, the banditry has been calmed down. There are commanders at the top who oppose it, and the people below are jealous everywhere. It is really difficult for the commanders and colleagues to know!"

This is true. My father is in charge of military supplies. He used to focus on Huju Mountain for the purpose of suppressing bandits. Now that the banditry has calmed down, Commander Zhou is not happy anymore. Even the troops stationed elsewhere have come to compare , and military supplies are always insufficient, so it is naturally difficult.However, Lu Baihu knew it well, "No matter what, my father will definitely take our place first. After all, the land on Huju Mountain is barren, and it is impossible to farm and raise soldiers."

"I have a way to make it easy for Commander Lu to avoid embarrassment." Mrs. Lu said, "We have opened up a few fields and started a charcoal business. Why don't we use these two things to raise troops and ask Commander Lu to reduce the number of colleagues?" For Huju Mountain’s military pay and rations, we only need to ensure that the armaments are distributed on time. However, please ask your lord to help Huju Mountain to deal with it, and use this as a condition to make Commander Zhou agree to farm the land and sell coal to raise soldiers!”

It was too easy for Commander Zhou to agree, and he could not have wished for it.Just don't want the military salary and rations allocated by Anpingwei?Don't the soldiers starve to death!Huju Mountain is not a land for farmland, only relying on the little land in the valley, the local people still can't support it!As for charcoal, although it can be sold for money, it is easy to get free firewood, and how many people can buy it?Lu Baihu didn't believe at all that selling charcoal could make a lot of money to feed an army of hundreds of people!The reason why he took out 1000 taels of silver was to prevent Mrs. Lu from mortgaging the shop. The family had already planned to throw the 1000 taels of silver into the water. , it is not a loss at all.Therefore, Lu Baihu hurriedly looked at Qianhu, but saw that his expression did not change at all, it could be seen that he knew what Madam said a long time ago, and also agreed.

Lu Tieshi indeed knew about it a long time ago, and nodded.The daughter-in-law mentioned a little, and he thought that it was not easy for Lu to command his colleagues. After all, he had been leading the army for several years, and it was only for a period of time that he really didn't have to worry about the national army's food and military pay.Once he figured it out, he didn't want to embarrass Commander Lu again. Commander Lu's presence had already helped him a lot.

Even without Wan'er's repeated guarantee that the charcoal business will definitely make money, and without those treasures, Lu Tieshi would not force others to take care of him, and he could find a way to raise his own soldiers!

"My father is still in charge of the military supplies!" Lu Baihu repeatedly assured, "Who doesn't know that the land in Huju Mountain is barren, and those who are stationed here to guard against bandits are free to allocate military supplies. Can't take it away!"

"We know Commander Lu's good intentions," Ning Wan said solemnly, "If this matter can be settled, it will actually be more beneficial to us than Anpingwei's allocating full rations and salaries to Hujushan."

In the future, when Commander Zhou sees the charcoal business making money, he will definitely have the idea of ​​preempting it, and Ning Wan must take precautions in advance.Still in his dream, Commander Zhou wanted to rob the charcoal business, but at that time there were bandits around Huju Mountain, and the people he sent were also robbed by the bandits just like how Deputy Zhou sent troops from thousands of households. Embarrassing iron stone.But it didn't take long for the barbarians to go south, and the matter was left alone.

However, the situation is different now, the bandits have already been wiped out, and the charcoal business will be bigger than before, so we can only find a way to get Commander Zhou to agree when everyone can't see the benefits.Even if he will regret it in the future, but with the previous promise and the help of his friends, it is difficult for him to publicly regret it.

At this time, Tie Shi also patted Lu Baihu on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I won't let everyone go hungry! Just go and help me with this matter!"

Lu Baihu re-evaluated the charcoal business in his heart, maybe he was wrong?That thing can really make a lot of money?If that's the case, Commander Zhou should not be allowed to participate in it, and the benefits can only be obtained by Qianhu and Lu Jia!So he no longer questioned, nodded and said: "I'll go back to Anpingwei, explain the matter clearly with my father, and let Commander Zhou agree to it in public!"

In order to reduce the military supplies allocated to Huju Mountain, Commander Zhou agreed in front of the generals of the Anping guards that the Qianhu Office stationed in Huju Mountain would buy and sell coal on their own to prepare for military food and military pay.Therefore, starting from this fall, the Anping Guards will reduce their military rations and military pay by half, and starting from next fall, they will only allocate a quarter, and it will become a rule in the future.

Ning Wan was very satisfied with the result, "Commander Lu still earned a lot of money for us."

Tie Shi also laughed and said, "It's really comfortable without restraint, thank you Commander Lu very much!"

Commander Zhou is also a third-rank high-ranking official, and it is not easy to go back on what he promised in front of the generals in Anping, and in two or three years, the barbarians will go south, so there is no need to think about the future. All you have to do is to open up your hands and feet to mine coal, so as to train an elite army!

It was at the end of the spring plowing that more and more mountain people who heard the news came to work, and the coal they picked up quickly piled up into mountains.

Tie Shi flipped through the account book sent by Baihu, and then threw it directly to his wife, "It's all about our Qianhu Office, please help me to see it."

Ning Wan didn't push it either, she was not good at fighting and training, and she still had to do her part to help the business to make money.It took me a while to read the ledger carefully, and it was very clear: one recorded the amount of coal, one recorded wages, and the other listed the cost of the coal field, the daily rice grains, various shovels, etc. Picks, wicker baskets, and so on, are spot on.

Lu Baihu was really attentive.

Counting the amount of charcoal now, Ning Wan felt very happy, she could already calculate how much money she would earn this year.

Such a large number is enough to train soldiers with iron and stone!
But Lu Baihu was unavoidably anxious, "Nowadays a lot of charcoal has been mined, but we haven't seen a penny of profit, but we have paid five or six hundred taels in advance!" If this continues, the 600 taels he brought from home will soon disappear Gone.

Ning Wan was not in a hurry, but she smiled more and more, "It doesn't matter, I'll send someone back to Hutai County to mortgage the shop for 1000 taels of silver, and you can just come and pick it up when you need it."

"Adding another 1000 taels may only last until autumn."

"There will be a market for charcoal in autumn. When winter comes, the business will be so hot at that time!" Ning Wan comforted Lu Baihu, "It's not summer yet, so no one will buy charcoal, let alone Needless to say, everyone doesn’t recognize coal yet! But these coals are silver, so we don’t need to worry!”

Lu Baihu was really not in a hurry.

He suddenly felt that Mrs. Lu was very similar to Lu Qianhu.

This was the case when Lu Qianhu led them into the mountain to suppress the bandits. It was obviously impossible, but he calmly ordered to go down, and with dozens of people, he took down Huju Mountain, which made all the bandits look up to him. Everything will go smoothly in the future, needless to say, it is extremely difficult for others to fight, but it seems very easy for him, so that those who follow him will no longer be afraid of the enemy without knowing it.

Right now, Mrs. Lu has all her leisure time, and she is very sure about the charcoal business. It seems that the money will roll in soon, so she can wait until autumn.

(End of this chapter)