Scumbag Training Manual

Chapter 143
Pei Songde nodded, sighed and said: "What the common people fear most in the past is nothing more than four words, natural disasters and man-made disasters. Isn't it man-made disasters nowadays? I really don't know when such days will be the end. Life is too difficult. Everyone is looking forward to a good day with plenty of food and clothing, but it is too difficult."

For some reason, Pei Jing thought of the mysterious His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and said with a slight smile, "It shouldn't be too long."

Pei Jing didn't tell Chen Miao about Xiao Yexuan being the prince, and he even guessed in his heart that the real identity of the man named Shen Yefeng was probably a high-ranking and powerful lord.

But since Shen Yefeng kept silent to Chen Miao, it was inconvenient for him to talk about it. When Shen Yefeng felt that the time was right, he would tell her.

After breakfast, Pei Songde went out for a walk, and when he came back, he kept frowning and remained silent.

Pei Jing, who was talking with his mother, asked, "Father has something on his mind?"

Pei Songde nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I went around our field just now, and now the crops in the field can be harvested, but most of the tenant farmers have run away. The endless wheat field is about to rot when no one harvests it. It's a pity that it's in the ground."

Pei Jing was silent for a while, then suddenly stood up and said, "Father, I'm going back to the barracks."

Lu's surprised: "Isn't there two days off? How can I leave?"

Chen Miao also looked at Pei Jing in surprise, and said softly, "Did something happen?"

Pei Jing smiled and said: "Don't panic, I just suddenly remembered something, and I will come whenever I go. If this thing can be accomplished, maybe our harvest this year will be promising."

After finishing speaking, he hurried away without waiting for everyone to speak.

Pei Jing said he was going to the military camp, but he turned a corner and went to the government office. What he was looking for were the two parents and officials of Yunzhou City, Zhang Jian and Cao Dacheng.

It happened that these two people were in the government office and were discussing how to distribute the food and grass brought by His Royal Highness.

Hearing Pei Jing begging to see him, Zhang Jian said strangely: "Didn't you give this kid two days off? Why did you come back in half a day?"

Instead, he ordered someone to call Pei Jing in.

After Pei Jing came in, he saluted the two of them first, and Zhang Jian asked with a smile, "Why did you come here? Is there something wrong?"

Pei Jing respectfully said: "Yes, because I thought that although His Highness the Crown Prince brought a lot of food and grass this time, after all, he could not quench his thirst from afar. Now 20 troops are stationed in Yunzhou City, and there are still more than ten people in the city. Ten thousand, I don’t know how much food and grass will be wasted every day just by chewing horses, which is really a lot of money.”

Cao Dacheng laughed: "Is it up to you to say that? Mr. Zhang and I are almost worried about this matter here. Although the enemy army has temporarily retreated, the city is still busy, and the merchants can't recover for the time being. The supply of various rice grains is also difficult to maintain. Seeing that the rice grains are decreasing day by day, I was discussing with Mr. Zhang just now whether to buy some more from brother counties."

Pei Jing said with a smile: "Actually, there is no need to go to the surrounding counties to buy. Right now we have countless ready-made grains in front of us."

Zhang Jian asked, "How do you say that?"

Pei Jing laughed and said: "Because of the war, nearly half of the people in the city ran away, but the people left the land. In the morning, my father went to the field to look, and said that the field was golden, but no one harvested it. I'm afraid that after a few more rains, it will rot in the ground. So I thought, why should my lord look far away, why not send soldiers to harvest grain, and the price can be negotiated with the common people. We can set the price It should be higher, so that even if there are grain merchants to collect grain, the common people will be more willing to sell the grain to the government.”

Cao Dacheng nodded again and again, and Zhang Jian smiled and said, "Good boy Pei, you still have some brains, a few words will solve our urgent needs."

Cao Dacheng also laughed, admiring the young man in front of him even more, and said with a smile: "In this case, don't take your vacation, and take someone to collect food!"

"Ah?" Pei Jing said with a bitter face, "Shouldn't the subordinates be rewarded with a few more days of rest?"

Zhang Jian asked with a smile, "How much land does your family have?"

Pei Jing answered honestly: "Probably a hundred!"

Zhang Jian clicked his tongue and said, "Yo, I don't see that you are still a rich man!"

Pei Jing shyly said: "It's all earned by the parents at home, I didn't do anything."

Cao Dacheng touched his short beard, and pondered: "Well, although I deprive you of rest, I will also give you a benefit. I can assign you a hundred people to collect food for your family free of charge. Grain is also given priority in purchasing, how about it?"

Pei Jing frowned and pondered for a long time, weighing the two, finally gritted his teeth and said, "Deal!"

This matter was certain, Cao Dacheng and Zhang Jian immediately assigned soldiers to go out of the city to harvest grain.As long as there is still grain from the owner’s family, it will not only help harvest, but those who are willing to sell it will be recovered at a good price, and the rest of the unharvested fields will also be harvested, but it is not for nothing, as long as you have a formal land lease If you come to the military camp and prove that the land belongs to your own family, then the food you collect will also be used to supplement the common people with money at the normal price.

In this way, the top priority of the lack of food in the army will be easily solved.

Pei Jing brought a hundred and ten people to his family's field, and collected all the food in full swing. Except for his own enough food, the rest was given to the barracks.

One hundred and five dumps of grain were sold for a total of more than 5000 taels of silver, and Pei Jing sold them at an excellent price for his family.

Because of the war, the neighbor's house also moved out, so Pei Jing simply bought the house next to him and opened up the yard, which more than doubled the size of the originally small yard.

Pei Jing pretended to be a public servant, and found seven or eight hard-working young men, and by the way, he also built a greenhouse in his vegetable field.

As a result, Pei's house originally only had five or six rooms, but it expanded to nearly ten rooms in a blink of an eye, and even the vegetable field doubled in size.

After the warm shed was set up, Pei Jing brought his parents and Chen Miao to point out, plant some cabbage here, green vegetables and green onions there, it feels really good.

Pei Jing looked at the large courtyard after the expansion of his house, and sighed: "It seems that we will live here for a while, and when we settle down in the future, let's change to a bigger house."

Lu said with a smile: "To be honest, I've lived here for so long, and I still have feelings. If I really want to move out, I won't be able to bear it for a while."

Pei Jing hugged her mother tightly, and said in a low voice: "Mother, in the future, I will definitely let you live in a house that is bigger than our original mansion."

Lu smiled slightly: "Mother only hopes that you are safe and sound, the rest is not important."

(End of this chapter)