I’m The King Chapter 1177: : Carrying forward the past and ushering in the future (sixty-seven) poverty and poverty

The donkey returned home happily, took out two bills from his pocket, sat at the table, looked left and right, and murmured: "It's really beautiful!" The vegetable bowl came over and put it on the table, a bowl of braised pork, a bowl of pickled pickles, and then went back to get a plate of steamed buns, looked at the donkey, "Why are you smirking?"

The donkey's surname is Mao, and he has a bad temper, so everyone calls him Maolu, but no one remembers his real name. "This is the monthly money from my boss today." The donkey reached out and grabbed a steamed bun, and said with a big bite.

"What? This, why is this not a copper coin, why is it such a colorful thing?" His wife was taken aback, picked up the two bills from the table, looked up and down: "Donkey, don't we Literacy, don’t let the owner fool you, how can this be money?”

"Don't talk nonsense, this is the new money just issued by the imperial court. In the future, you will not be allowed to use any silver, gold, or copper coins. You can only use this ticket. Everyone in the store will issue this Well, here, this is my monthly salary, a total of fifteen yuan, you can collect it." The donkey said.

"This, can this be used as a money envoy?" His wife was dubious.

"Of course, this is approved by the king. Do you think who is the king who can lie to us? There is a notice posted at the gate of the city. Someone specially read it to us, saying that it is from the family. If you have gold, silver and copper coins, you can go to a special place to exchange them. It seems that one tael of silver is exchanged for one yuan. How many taels of silver are there in our family, you can exchange them anytime you find time!"

"The family has saved sixty taels of silver this year, have they all been exchanged?"

"Of course it's all exchanged. What are you afraid of? When I came back just now, I saw Mr. He Dayou, who lived on our street, and went to exchange the money. What kind of person is he? He is a member of parliament. His wife It's the general, you know? They have much more money than us. Don't be afraid, what is our little money? Besides, will the king lie to us? Without the king, my donkey will still eat the last meal without the next meal. If you have money and married you as your wife, how can you renovate this old house that was originally leaky on all sides and make it so bright now? The notice said. Everyone rushed to exchange money, that is to support the imperial court’s currency reform, to support the king, to support Big man."

"What is Currency Reform?"

"I don't know, but as long as I support the king. My donkey will go bankrupt and do it. Go, you go after dinner. I have to go to work in the afternoon. The boss picked up another trip during this time." It's a big job, I want to transport a batch of ordnance to Daijun, I signed up to go."

"It's the Chinese New Year, and you still have to go so far away? How can you come back in time for the Chinese New Year?" His wife immediately grimaced.

"You mother-in-law, what do you know, the boss said. This trip will cost three times the wages! Aren't you pregnant? I will earn more money to prepare the baby. I will prepare the new year's goods at home first. , if I can't come back, you will continue to live with your parents." The donkey said.

"Then you should eat more meat. It's so cold and you have to walk such a long distance. You must not eat well on the road." The woman brought a large bowl of braised pork to the donkey.

"Say you're stupid. You're really stupid. Let's go out with the boss. We're afraid that we won't be able to eat good food. We've been on this journey. The boss is fawning on us. The food is much better than at home. This meat , you should eat more, now not only you are eating alone, but also my son, you should eat more!" The donkey laughed. "Now that life is better, it's not uncommon to eat meat. This year, prepare more New Year's goods, such as chicken, duck and fish."

"Yeah!"

"Pull up some more cloth and make a few new clothes. Look at your body, it's all patched up."

"Oh, I'll do two with you too."

"I don't need it. I guess this year's Chinese New Year, I won't be able to make it back, and I don't have time to wear new clothes. When I come back, the year is over and I have to go to work again. Should I wear new clothes?" Work, so I don’t need it. I will do it next year. It’s not that I can’t bear the money. We can earn money now, as long as people are diligent and willing to endure hardships, don’t you think? We can save dozens of taels this year Money, I will definitely be able to save more next year, if I work hard, maybe I will be able to raise a small fortune next year, and my salary will double.”

The donkey wife sat quietly on the side, listening to the donkey chatting silently, her face and eyes filled with contented happiness.

Yeah, the money is not bad now. Compared with the previous years, the current life is like a fairy. Both of them are natives of Jicheng, so they can naturally appreciate the huge difference between the present and the past. gap.

As members of the lowest ranks of the Han Kingdom, the Donkey and his wife feel that they are not short of money and live happily. At this moment, in Pinggu County, Shanggu County, thousands of miles away from Jicheng, Li Mingjun, who is the General of the Western Zhao , but was troubled by money.

Three years ago, in the Handan Change of Zhao State, Zhao Qi failed and ran away with Zhao Wang Zhao Wuji's eldest son. , as the first assistant, and as Zhao Qi's **** confidant, Li Mingjun was named a general, and Zhao Xilie, the son of Zhao Qi, became the second general of Xizhao.

Zhao Xilie was stationed in Jinyang County, Jinyang County is now the capital of Xizhao, and Li Mingjun was stationed in Shanggu County with 50,000 troops, and Pinggu became the place where Li Mingjun's general was stationed, and was stationed in Dai County The Eastern Zhao army faced each other from afar.

But compared to the Eastern Zhao army, Li Mingjun was much more distressed. Because he had no money, his most important job was not to train the soldiers and prepare the army for war, but to think hard about raising food, grass, and uniforms for the army. Western Zhao occupies Jinyang, Shanggu and other places, which were originally fertile lands, but in the last war, these places were ravaged by the Qin army, and the people suffered so much that they basically had nothing left. Extremely poor. After Li Mingjun arrived here, the biggest problem is to feed the army and squeeze the people, but the problem is that the people here are so poor that they have nothing.

Dong Zhao doesn't have to worry about this problem, because behind them is Han, and the king of Dong Zhao, Zhao Wuji, has completely become a puppet

, every day's work is life and death, and the power of the country is completely controlled by Zhou Changshou, above economic policy. Zhou Changshou fully adhered to the policy of the big man, vigorously cracked down on wealthy landlords, and strictly restricted land annexation. However, it won't take long for the big man to introduce any policy. In Dongzhao, it will be promulgated in the same way. Although sometimes it is inevitable that Dongshi imitates and makes some troubles of one kind or another, but generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with it. Dongzhao's economy is getting better day by day. not to mention. They can also obtain loans from Han at low interest rates, or obtain goods from Han merchants first, and then pay the money at an appropriate time. Compared with Dong Zhao's army stationed in Dai County, Li Mingjun felt like a beggar now.

Standing outside the barracks, Li Mingjun felt extremely heavy. It was already midwinter, but his soldiers were still wearing single clothes, and there were no winter coats on them. Tens of thousands of soldiers could only curl up in the barracks and shiver. Now he was inspecting a barracks at the forefront. Here There were 3,000 soldiers stationed, but in the cold wind of the call signs, Li Mingjun didn't even see a single soldier standing guard. From the outside, the huge military camp looked like a dead village. Not a single human voice was heard.

If Dongzhao's army came here at this time, they would be able to swallow up their 3,000-strong vanguard battalion without much effort. Li Mingjun's face was full of bitterness, and he didn't have the thought of blaming the soldiers under his command. In such a cold day, the soldiers in single clothes didn't make trouble. If there is no mutiny, it is already very good.

Stretched out his hand and pushed the gate of the big camp. In response to the sound, Li Mingjun walked in with heavy steps. The guards behind hurriedly quickened their pace and rushed inward to notify the garrison leader.

A moment later, the entire barracks boiled, and several generals rushed out with panicked faces. Looking at their appearance, Li Mingjun felt a little sore in his heart. Sacks, the general is like this, the soldiers can imagine.

"General!" Guo Fu, the general of the Qianfeng Battalion, swallowed his saliva, "You, why are you here, I, I will gather the troops immediately."

Li Mingjun waved his hand, "Forget it, what are you doing gathering the army, let everyone come and blow the air? Let's go to your camp."

"Yes, thank you General for your innocence."

"Brothers, you don't have enough clothes to eat, and you don't have enough clothes to keep out the cold. This is my negligence as a general. You can still restrain the troops in the camp. You have done a good job. Not only are you innocent, but you have also made meritorious service." Li Mingjun nodded.

Guo Fu's eyes became moist all of a sudden, what kind of life is this life! Beggars are also more comfortable than themselves.

Guo Fu's big tent was as cold as an ice cellar, and there wasn't even a fire, so Li Mingjun frowned: "Why isn't there even a fire?"

"General, it's not that the last general is lazy, but that all that can be cut near here has been cut, and the distance is far away. First, the cold is unbearable. Second, there are often horse teams coming out from the opposite side. We have Several soldiers who went out to chop firewood never returned, and the last general dared not send anyone out again. If the last general did not try his best to restrain him, the camp would have been burned to the ground by the soldiers long ago. , General, when can we get rid of the cotton-padded clothes, quilts and charcoal fire, if this continues, the soldiers will not be able to bear the mutiny one day."

"Is there enough food?"

"The general brought a batch over here earlier, and now it can barely last for a few days, but it's the Chinese New Year soon, and we don't even have any supplies for the Chinese New Year. Complaints."

"Jinyang has just received news that a batch of supplies will be sent in the next few days. At that time, I will give you a priority to dispatch a batch to meet your urgent need." Li Mingjun said.

Guo Fu smiled bitterly: "General, can you believe the words of Jinyang? They have said such empty words for countless times. If you count on them, I am afraid it will be nothing but joy."

"If you don't count on Jinyang, what should I do? There is nothing left in Shanggu. Even if I try to **** it against my conscience, I won't get anything."

"General ~IndoMTL.com~ To tell you the truth, I've been crazy cold and hungry these two days. I'm going to make a vote, and I have to give it a try anyway." Guo Fu said.

"Are you trying to grab the opponent? How powerful are your soldiers now?" Li Mingjun frowned and said, "I'm afraid they are too cold to hold their guns."

"A person who is hungry and crazy will burst out with great power." Guo Fu hissed: "The food on the other side is delicious and spicy, but we are starving and freezing here. Everyone's eyes are red, so cold. God, they didn't expect us to do it. Didn't even you, the general, think of it? As long as you grab a vote, not only will the problem of our battalion be solved, but you, the general, will also have a comfortable year, won't you? "

"Have you already done scouting?"

"Of course, there are lanterns and festoons on the opposite side, and they are preparing for the New Year. They probably came to inspect my barracks, and I'm afraid they didn't take us seriously."

Li Mingjun suddenly realized, "It turns out that the way you look like in the camp is for people to see."

"Half and half, it's also because the cold is unbearable." Guo Fu laughed. "The other party never expected us to be like this, and dared to attack them, so the possibility of my success is very high." (To be continued)