Fenglin Tianxia – Queen with a Thousand Pets

Ling Qingyu paused, Lingjia Village was still short of people, especially experienced miners and smelters, and of course craftsmen. He said: We have to go to sea, but don't worry, there will be no problem with safety and future food. We will pay wages according to the output every month, and rice will be provided free of charge according to the population.

Liu Jueming and his wife looked at each other overjoyed, and asked in disbelief: Is there really such a good place?

Ling Qingyu smiled and said: I have something to do now and I have to go to Chang'an first. I'll give you the travel expenses. You go to Hangzhou first to find my steward. He will arrange for you to board the ship. You are not afraid of death. Are you still afraid of being cheated?

Liu Jueming nodded and asked carefully: Most of the iron households in our village and several surrounding villages cannot survive. Can we go together?

This whole family has already died... No wonder when I came in, I felt that there was no popularity here at all. Ling Qingyu sighed and said: It's okay to go, but if you all move, it won't be good for the government to find out. It's best to leave separately, and , except for you, don’t let anyone know where you are going, just say that you can’t survive anymore and find a way out somewhere else.”

Liu Jueming understood it as soon as he thought about it, nodded and said: What the girl is saying is that it is still the Chinese New Year, and the government has less control. If you want to leave, you have to leave at this time. Don't worry, girl, I will never implicate the girl. I just Discuss with the villagers whether to go out and find a way to survive, and those who are willing to go can go.

Yeah. Ling Qingyu nodded.

Then, should I ask now? Liu Jueming asked while rubbing his hands. Seeing Ling Qingyu nodding, he hurriedly got up and went out.

Not only the agricultural tax, but also the mining tax is driving people to death. How has the situation reached this week? Ling Qingyu's vegetables were almost tasteless when he ate them in his mouth.

Master, did you say there is a gold mine here? Han Ye sat next to Ling Qingyu and asked in a low voice.

There should be, but no one may have discovered it at this time. It's in Xiao Qinling. Ling Qingyu also whispered.

If they want to leave, the household registration will be useless. You can use their names to buy this forest in advance. Han Ye said in a low voice. Although the management of mining households is integrated with household registration, it is not integrated with land deeds, so there are loopholes that can be exploited.

But when Liu Jueming came back and asked how many people wanted to go together, Han Zong gave up the idea. Damn it, all the ten surrounding villages were empty!

When I went to ask, the people in the village over there were also discussing whether to fight to the death or move to another place. If we stay here, everyone will die. Liu Jueming said, his voice a little sarcastic. , after calculation, there were actually hundreds of people with their families, which was indeed a lot.

Ling Qingyu was also a little stunned, thought for a moment, and said: In this way, if you go together, I'm afraid it will be a bit confusing. You will divide it into two parts, one part will go to Hangzhou, and the other part will go to Quanzhou. If there is no accident, Zhu Weili has already transferred Australia and The mines in Papua have been found, and these people can become skilled workers.

You can all go? Liu Jueming said happily.

Okay, you can split into two groups. You can find a reliable person to lead the other group. I will give you one hundred taels of silver for travel expenses first. Seeing Liu Jueming's eyes narrowed with a smile, Ling Qingyu's expression became slightly colder and he said: But I have to say it first. After you go, you must listen to me. As long as my subordinates are willing to work, they will not be treated badly. But if they are selfish and commit betrayal, then don't blame me for being ruthless.

Liu Jueming was stunned for a moment, and then said: What the girl said is a bit contemptuous of us. The girl saved us, and we also know what is good and bad. If someone does such a thing, Liu will kill him first without waiting for the girl to take action.

That's very good. Ling Qingyu nodded and smiled: You and Mr. Han will discuss the specific route. We will leave at dawn. You guys should wait for two days before leaving. Remember, do not make a big announcement or leave secretly.

We saved it. Liu Jueming nodded.

Ling Qingyu asked Ying Shisan to take fifty taels of silver and fifty copper coins to Liu Jueming, and then asked: Is that enough? Before Liu Jueming could speak, he thought for a while and said to Ying Shisan: Take another fifty taels. Two pieces of silver, how many copper coins do we have?

Enough, enough. Liu Jueming said hurriedly, so much money!

There are still thirty taels of copper coins left. Master, we still have to keep some for ourselves. Ying Shisan said, why don't you go out and buy a bun and hand it to someone an ingot of 50 taels of silver, or a banknote, or else they will slap you to death. !

Then take the big silver ingot, break it into pieces and give it to him. Ling Qingyu said.

A pile of broken silver and seventy copper coins. Wang Jiawei, the other team leader, looked at it for a long time without making a sound. Then he knelt down and kowtowed to Ling Qingyu three times. His forehead and heart were bleeding from the knock, and he said, Don't dare to forget the grace of saving my life, girl. !”

Ling Qingyu hurriedly helped him up and said, Don't say that, it's mutual benefit, haha.

After struggling all night, they didn't get any sleep at all. Before dawn, Han Zong rushed on the road. With such a big move here, they must not leave any traces of them.

They didn't even leave any letters from them to Hangzhou and Quanzhou, including their names. They just said that they should go to the place where the sailors were recruited on the pier to answer the call.

Of course, the letters explaining the matter will be passed through the channel. The men will board the ship as sailors, while the women and children will have to sneak across.

Lingbao County is not a big town. There is only one street and one inn. I have no choice but to stay there.

Han Ye went to exchange coins, and Ling Qingyu wanted to go shopping.

Your injury hasn't healed yet, and you didn't sleep last night. Just rest here first. Shisan will be fine now, Ling Qingyu said.

Shi San has been driving all day, so he needs to rest. Yan San said as he put on his shirt. After repeated accidents, he would not dare to let her out of his sight again even to death.

Hey, yes, Sum, his appearance is too eye-catching. Even if he is fully armed and his hair is not exposed, the whole body is wrapped in black and looks even weirder. You can't take this with you when shopping, Xie Sanlang... this You better forget it, you naughty kid. If you buy something, he will kill you!

Although it was still the first month of the year, there were very few pedestrians on the street, giving it an air of depression, and the relatively few shops were closed because of the Chinese New Year.

After walking around for a while, Ling Qingyu became a little discouraged.

Seeing a snack shop open, he pulled Yan San into the shop.

They ordered a bowl of noodles and a few stone sesame cakes, and the two of them sat in the small shop and started eating.

Yan San saw that Ling Qingyu was eating happily and asked, Is it delicious?

Well, it tastes good. Try it. Ling Qingyu broke open a sesame seed cake and ate it deliciously.

Yan San shook his head and picked up a chopstick of noodles. As long as this person ate, there was nothing that was not delicious. It was no wonder that he would never forget Lu Yao's craftsmanship. Cooking food was not difficult at all.

I heard that another family died in Majiazhai. Several locals walked in while talking, ordered some noodles and sesame cakes, and sat down.

Many families have died, and now there is no more ore in the pit. If you ask the miners to go there to look for ore, it would be a sin.

Have you seen the notice outside the county government office?

We can't read. Tell me, what do you write?

It is said that the government wants to sell the mountainous land in Xiao Qinling. If anyone is willing to buy it, they can go to the government to buy it.

Little Qinling? How much does it cost?

One hundred thousand taels of silver.

The county magistrate has gone crazy thinking about money. The land in the Xiao Qinling Mountains is not planted, and the trees are not valuable. How can it be worth this price?

If you can't collect the taxes, why don't you try to find money to make up for it?

The locals eat quickly and leave after a short time.

Ling Qingyu saw that there seemed to be some difference in the money they threw on the table, so he turned his head and looked over.

What else do you want, girl? The lady boss came over to collect the money and asked when she saw Ling Qingyu's appearance.

Isn't this money copper coins? Ling Qingyu asked, pointing to the coins in her hand.

This is iron money. Isn't she from Lingbao? Is she from Zhongyuan? We also use this money here, but this money is light and not as good as copper money. The landlady shook her head and then turned around and shouted to the boss: Then the Chen family boy gave me three less iron coins.

Iron money, the economy in the Northern Song Dynasty was deeply affected by the scourge of light money. I thought that there was no such thing in Zhou Dynasty, but it turned out that it was just not available in the places I had been.

What? Seeing her solemn expression, Yan San asked unconsciously.

There is a financial problem in Dazhou. Ling Qingyu lowered his voice and said to Yan San. Yan San didn't understand the reason, so it would be better to talk about the result directly, and then continued: Among the three divisions, only the household department is under the Dong family, and the rest are under the Dong family. They are all members of the Wang family. If there is a problem with the country's finances, the three departments will bear the brunt, and then the military expenses. Hey, let's see how the two families cope.

She smiled cunningly, and Yan San couldn't help but smile. She was different from him. Yan San's method of resolving hatred was very direct and violent, while Ling Qingyu liked to spin so many tricks. Sometimes Yan San felt that she just enjoyed the kind of making people special. It's the feeling of having all the money in your enemy's pocket put into your own pocket.

Returning to the inn, Ling Qingyu handed over the sesame seed cakes he brought back to a few people who had not left home, and Ling Qingyu invited Han Zong, who had just returned, to discuss it secretly.

You mean to buy the Little Qinling Mountains? Han Ye asked.

Yes, if the county magistrate really wants to subsidize taxes, then he will be very anxious about this matter, and the verification of our identities will not be so strict. Didn't Shi Fang lead the way? Use his name and say you like it. The landscape here makes me want to build a Taoist temple or something. Ling Qingyu said.

Taoist temple! Han Ye laughed unconsciously, then nodded and said, Okay, I'll go to the county government office.

Ling Qingyu took out a stack of banknotes and said, Bring Shi Fang with you, and then we need to use the banknotes as soon as possible. I estimate that the banknotes will depreciate in value soon.

Why? Han Zong asked in surprise.

Today I was eating on the street, and someone next to me paid with iron money. I calculated and found that the store charged three iron coins for one copper coin. Let me ask you, how much iron money is consumed on Shaanxi Road? Ling Qingyu asked.

Han Xuan was silent for a moment, his face darkened, and he said: It consumes a lot of money. There is a large scale of iron money in Sichuan, Shu and Shaanxi Road, but the official price is one to one.

And I saw that what he paid was a relatively large copper coin. If calculated based on what they ate, would that large copper coin be worth ten coins? Ling Qingyu asked.

Yes. Han Ye nodded.

The cost of casting a ten-dollar coin and an iron coin is only one-third of that of copper coins. After such money is used for a long time, it will naturally become lighter and heavier, causing depreciation. If someone casts it privately, it will aggravate this trend. You Look, it won't take long for the court to adjust the exchange ratio of iron money. If the currency itself is in chaos and the people in the court are short-sighted, it will easily cause the currency system to collapse. Another point is that now the mining tax class It's so heavy that all the miners have fled, then the production of copper and iron will be affected, and the casting of copper coins will also decrease sharply. When the money-based currency decreases, let's put it this way, if the silver notes in our hands are actually What will happen if the copper coins or silver that can be exchanged are not consistent and are far lower than the real thing? Ling Qingyu himself said it with a cold sweat, Grandma, I still have five million silver notes! More than that, plus what Han Zong, Zheng Xi, and Cai Jingfang had in hand was far more than that.