Chastity Layman

  Chapter 722 Colonies

  The shopkeeper's signboard is his cheap water and wine, which costs a penny a cup, and the other is his braised vegetables.

  Although all kinds of stewed spices are quite expensive, there are many things that can be stewed, and they can be used repeatedly.

Raw beef is bought for fifty yuan a catty, and after marinating, it is sold for eighty yuan a catty. The shopkeeper is still very profitable, especially the buffalo meat from the south and yak meat from the west that he sometimes buys, which cost less than five cents. The purchase price is ten yuan a catty.

  Although the stewed beef is not sold much, the other stewed vegetables in the big pot, especially some tofu, pigs, beef and sheep, are very profitable.

The shopkeeper personally fished out two large pieces of bullock meat from the marinated pot, and showed the staff his superb knife skills that he had practiced hard for more than ten years when he was a waiter. Not scattered.

  Cut it well, stack it neatly on the plate, and get some coriander.

   "Shopkeeper, this is more than two catties."

"Of course I know it's more than two catties. I don't need to weigh it. I also know that the two pieces are at least five catties. If Mr. Qin is willing to come to our restaurant to eat, it is for our face. This is our opportunity to make a fortune. From now on, we will eat Prime Minister Qin has also praised you for being able to publicize to others, so you are still worried about bad business?"

"Besides, Lord Qin gave two silver coins just now, did you see that? These are not ordinary silver coins, they are silver coins specially cast by the saints in the palace for rewards. Did you see this? There are crescent nails on them. Printing, and here, there is a small reward. This is not an ordinary silver coin. It is very rare. There are people outside who specialize in collecting this kind of silver Kaiyuan Tongbao. . Qin Xiangye rewarded two pieces, which can be exchanged for six thousand yuan, and can buy a farm ox, how can I be stingy with this little beef?"

  The shopkeeper excitedly said to the buddy, "Go to the back well and take out the piece of mutton I just bought in the morning. I will make two pots of mutton!"

The shopkeeper was just like this little boy when he was young. He started as an apprentice, cleaning tables, sweeping the floor, carrying water, washing dishes and lighting fires. He worked for three years before he was allowed to touch a kitchen knife, and after another three years of preparing dishes, he was allowed to start cooking. Taiwan, and then another three years before I barely got some wages.

After working hard for most of my life, I barely managed to save some money. I was already at the age of recuperating at home. Seeing the good environment, my heart was moved. I gritted my teeth and asked Guardian Bank to borrow some money. A piece of land, hired people to build these three shops, opened the doors to start a business, and became his own owner.

Business is not booming, but it's not bad either. At the feet of the emperor, taxes and rents have to be paid, and there are no messy apportionments. Said, hard work, there will always be a lot of savings.

  The old shopkeeper has been busy for a long time, and finally prepared all the dishes for Mr. Qin, a large plate of cold-cut stewed beef, the best choice of strong yellow beef, not old or young, with the best meat quality. The mutton is also selected from the best big fat mutton. In addition, there is a plate of brine and two plates of seasonal vegetables.

   Actually, Qin Lang has never eaten anything delicious.

  Ah Huang used to follow Qin Lang to eat and drink spicy food. In the past few years in Wu'an Prefecture, he can be regarded as a local tyrant, and delicacies from mountains and seas are commonplace.

  The two of them didn't come here for taste, they just liked the hustle and bustle of the market, sitting on the side of the road, having wine with this decent dish, chatting while drinking.

On the side of the road, Dugu Yanyun, who followed Qin Lang's frontier and made several military exploits, wore a shiny armor with a silver fish charm on his waist. in the body.

   But at this time, he was holding a horizontal knife on his waist, holding a pair of copper hammers on his shoulders, and standing by the side of the road like a loyal soldier.

Lao Huang ate the water basin mutton, and sighed, "Mutton is the most authentic in Chang'an, especially this water basin mutton. I often let the cook cook it in Wu'an Prefecture. The cook brought from the Central Plains just feels like it is delicious." Almost tasteless."

"But this beef, I don't think it's as delicious as the one in Lingnan. The yellow beef raised by the mountain officials is stir-fried, especially with fuliu vine leaves and more garlic. It's a must. Spicy and delicious."

  Qin Lang smiled, "I thought that after staying there for a few years, you would say that the mountain meat from Lingnan is more delicious."

"Hey, my old Huang is also the governor of Wu'an, the founding count, I can't do things like cannibalism, that's what barbarians do, those barbarians, they are quick to make mistakes, and they like to cut people's heads the most. Very bad custom."

  Qin Lang knew that Wu'an Prefecture seemed to be stable in the past few years, but there was a lot of conflict between the immigrants going south and the original Han Hakkas and the native slang.

Even among immigrants, conflicts often break out. In the final analysis, they are fighting for mountains and fields. Many immigrants gather their fellow villagers as villages for the convenience of management. Most of the people who passed through Guanzhong lived in one place, those who passed through Huainan lived in another place, those who passed through Hedong were divided into another area, and those who passed through Hebei were divided into another area.

   This is indeed beneficial to the management of new immigrants, and it is also convenient for them to live together. After all, there are many customs and habits that are the same.

   But this also brings a bad place, which has formed many large and small fellow-townsmen forces, which are very xenophobic. Once fighting starts, it is easy to fight in groups.

Last year, among the new immigrants, Guanlong people and Henan people fought over the water source. A group fight broke out between the two sides, and thousands of people were mobilized each. The soldiers subsided in the past, but still caused dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries, which can be described as extremely bad consequences.

   And this is not an isolated case.

   "The management of Wu'an Prefecture still can't keep up. The conflicts between Han and barbarians and immigrants are becoming more and more acute. Group fights break out every now and then, and even barbarians rebellion. This is very bad." Qin Lang reminded Ah Huang.

   Judging from the current situation, it is still impossible for Qin Lang to leave the center for the time being and to be a fief. As for the fiefdom of Wu'an Prefecture, he can only entrust it to his retainers to manage it.

   Ah Huang first confessed his mistake to Qin Lang, saying that they failed Qin Lang's trust.

"However, I think what can't be broken can't be built. Those barbarians can only conquer with knives and swords. It doesn't make sense to reason. If they accept the benefits we give them, they will turn their faces and deny people in a blink of an eye. So I think we still have to beat them until they are completely in pain and scared."

"In the past few years, the barbarians, especially the barbarians from the mountains and islands, like to make chaos. I don't think it's a bad thing. Every time we make chaos, we can take the opportunity to eliminate a group of barbarians who don't accept it, and then win new lands and forests. Settle more immigrants, entrust more retainers and knights, build more Wubao manors, and further strengthen our control."

  As for the conflicts among the immigrants, isn’t it common in the Central Plains, not to mention Wu’an Prefecture? Where is there no fight for water when there is drought?

  Just guide slowly, there must be a process.

   "After a while, I will send more people to the south of the fief to strengthen the management of the fief and enrich the state and county government offices. The retainers, knights and warriors of our fief should also improve themselves and increase their sense of responsibility."

   Ah Huang nodded, even claiming yes.

"Actually, Qin Yong, Qin Yong and I are just ordinary people who are suitable for war. It is really not our director to govern the local area. In this respect, to be honest, we are actually not as good as Mrs. Anong, a girl, let alone Yang Jizhen. Such an old fox."

   "Yang Jizhen is really an old fox. After all, he is still separated from us, and we can't fully trust him. The governance of Wu'an Prefecture depends on our own people."

  Qin Lang is very clear that the current chaos in the fief is actually a large part of the reason, which is the connivance of the original rich chiefs like Yang Jizhen. The interests of these people have been greatly suppressed, so they secretly hope that there will be trouble.

   If Wu'an Prefecture is really to be handed over to these people, it will only cause bigger troubles.

Of course, the current chaos in the fief is actually related to the deliberate actions of Ah Huang and those vassals and knights. On the ground, after obtaining fiefdoms and establishing manors and castles, conflicts with the original natives were naturally inevitable.

  After they have established themselves, they want more land, mountains and forests, and even mine water sources, so there is only competition. So they also created conflicts intentionally or unintentionally, in order to provoke those barbarians into chaos, and then they can openly mobilize the townspeople, summon the fiefdom army, wipe out those barbarians, and then seize their mountains, forests, villages, fields, water sources, etc. Even taking people into slavery.

  In the current Wu'an Prefecture, there is no Qin Lang personally sitting in the town, but he has a steady stream of money, food, weapons and other support, so it is completely barbaric expansion.

  Qin Lang sighed softly in his heart. This is essentially the colonial expansion model. These conflicts of interest between the colonizers and the natives will inevitably occur. In the end, they can only be conquered or repelled, and it is impossible to truly coexist peacefully.

  There are 300 enfeoffed knights, 500 enfeoffed warriors, and more than a dozen uncle barons. With so many people planning for their own territory, Wu'an Prefecture can be peaceful.

  The retainers who own the territory have long been connected with the interests of Wu'an Prefecture, so they care more about Qin Lang over there. Which knight has no two or three hundred township soldiers under his command? When fighting with the savages, they all rushed forward, because they were fighting for themselves. This is a battle of grabbing money, food, people, and territory, and those village warriors are also desperately trying to gain territory. A lot of hands have a share.

   These are immigrants from the Central Plains to the south. They are either criminals who will not return to their hometowns for life, or poor bachelors who cannot stand in the Central Plains. Now they want to create a new world in southern Xinjiang.

   They are not fighting for others, they are fighting for themselves!

  Southern Xinjiang is very bitter, but there is hope for a new life!

  (end of this chapter)