After November, the New Year gradually approached, and in mid-December, the first heavy snowfall in Qingzhou area this year was hit.

Heavy snow covered the fields and cities, and Yidu County and even the entire Beihai County became a snow-covered world, with the earth covered in silver and enchanting.

At noon that day, a cavalry team rushed from Yidu County along the east coast of Juyang River. The leader was Zhang Xuan. He had just returned from the bay pier and received five erectile straits of thirty thousand pairs of Mingguang armor from Goguryeo, and released a hundred cargo ships, allowing them to return to Beishe City to carry prisoners of war home. At this point, the transaction between the two sides was finally completed.

Of course, there are also withdrawal from Beishe City and temporary loan Huilong Town. Since winter has arrived, it can only be implemented after the beginning of spring next year.

The snow was very deep, covering the earth two feet deep, and the river water had a thick layer of ice, but the estuary was not frozen, and ships could still sail along the coast.

As the county town approaches, the river becomes lively, with hundreds of large sledges parked in the river, which is a unique winter transportation tool in Qingzhou and Hebei. The livestock horses pull sleds loaded with cargo and run on the frozen river. The horse's hooves are covered with straw and the horse's belly is also covered with thick sticky blankets to ensure that the horses will not be harmed by the cold air on the river.

As the New Year approaches, farmers from villages from all over the country come to the city with mountain goods and mutton furs, and buy various New Year items at the same time. Therefore, the sleds parked on the river are loaded with goods, some want to go to the city to sell, and some buy New Year goods and prepare to go home after buying them.

More than a thousand people who came from the city were bargaining around the sleds and buying mountain goods and mutton brought by the farmers. The laughter, shouting, shouting, and bargaining made the city gate particularly lively.

Zhang Xuan likes this kind of scene full of life, which is to live and work in peace and prosperity, and to be peaceful and peaceful. He led the army to fight in the east, hoping that his people under his rule could live such a life.

At this time, a loud noise came from the river, and a woman shouted sharply, "Why can't this money be used? Isn't this copper coins issued by the court? I have no other money, so I only have this money. Anyway, I want the goods, you can do it yourself!"

Many people around him walked towards the noisy place. Zhang Xuan frowned. Why did he meet a shrew? He turned over and got off the horse and walked over.

In front of a pair of sleds, an old farmer was lying on the ground, holding several lamb legs tightly in his arms, and on the other side was a middle-aged woman with a fleshy face. She was very fat and had a bucket-like waist, and was jumping to the old farmer and cursing.

There was a coin of copper coins placed on the ground in the snow. The old farmer wiped his tears and said to everyone: "My fellow villagers judge me. My lamb leg is only sold for three hundred yuan, which is cheaper than the butcher shop in the city. This elder sister wants to buy four coin for money. Not to mention the price, the money is still bad. If I don't want her, I will stop doing it."

Everyone was talking about it, accusing the middle-aged woman of being too unkind and bullying honest people. The middle-aged woman was criticized by everyone and couldn't pull her face down, so she shouted: "Okay! I'll buy three and give him one hundred dollars. That's fine!"

But the problem is not the price. A man scolded her and said, "You woman is unreasonable. Who can use this kind of bad money now? You go to a restaurant to exchange for this bad money. I'm afraid you can't even repay a hundred cents of good money. People don't have to. You actually want to buy three lamb legs!"

"I didn't see such a woman, I was simply bullying."

"I guess I wanted to deceive others, but I was discovered and I was still very upset."

"Isn't this an open robbery?"

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Everyone said to me and condemned the middle-aged woman to be a scoundrel. The middle-aged woman was immediately angry and sat on the ground to make a tantrum, "You are all bullying me, I don't want this money anymore. I want to report to the official. You rob me of my money!"

At this time, Zhang Xuan finally couldn't stand it outside, so he also winked at his personal soldiers. The personal soldiers immediately separated everyone, "Let him make the decision!"

Everyone then realized that Jacky Cheung was actually here, which scared everyone to dodge. Someone took the opportunity to shout: "That woman, Jacky Cheung is here, how dare you make a fuss?"

When the woman heard that Zhang Dashuai was coming, she was so scared that she quickly stood up. She was not stupid. She was the fault of this matter. If she angered Zhang Dashuai and arrested her for a lawsuit, she would not be worth the loss.

Zhang Xuan walked into the inner circle, and the old farmer hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed, "Little Min gave a greeting to the Grand Marshal!"

The woman was so scared that she knelt down and kowtowed, not daring to say a word.

Zhang Xuan looked at the goods on the sled and asked the old man, "What is the name of the father-in-law, and where is the person?"

"Reporting to the Grand Marshal, the young man's name is Gu Bang'er, a native of Qinghe County, he moved to Yidu County the year before yesterday and made a living by raising sheep."

Zhang Xuan asked with a smile again, "Do you want to sell these mutton? How many sheep are you raising?"

"The little old man raised eighty sheep. He is going to sell thirty sheep this year for the Chinese New Year and save some food rations. The little old man sold these mutton. Today he is going to buy a new spinning machine for his wife."

Zhang Xuan nodded and picked up the money he had always done on the ground. At a glance, he knew that it was the new money that had been made in the past two years. The copper content was extremely low, and the whole money was thin and small, grayish-white. Zhang Xuan broke it gently and the money was instantly in half.

Zhang Xuan frowned. This kind of money is generally not needed on the market. It is usually necessary to make money from Daye seven years ago. It is best to have Kaihuang money, which contains at least 90% of the copper content.

"Where did you get this money?" Zhang Xuan glanced at the woman and asked.

In front of Zhang Xuan, the woman completely restrained herself and said with a tantrum, "Report to Mr. Zhang, the little woman sells vegetables in Xicheng, and these copper coins are also paid to the little woman by the grocery buyer, but in the end she saved more than a dozen chunks of money to use it."

When everyone saw this middle-aged woman with a fat face called herself a little girl, many people laughed out loud, and Zhang Xuan almost started to laugh. He held back his smile and said, "Can you take this kind of money into consideration as your usual old money?"

The middle-aged woman did not dare to lie, and after a while, she said timidly: "The little woman collects ten cents as one cent."

"It seems that you are not stupid either. You can't do it when you suffer a loss, but you actually want to buy four lamb legs for the usual money. You think this father-in-law doesn't understand, so he wants to fool him, right?"

Zhang Xuan's voice suddenly became stern, and the middle-aged woman was so scared that she kowtowed like a garlic. "The little woman knew her mistake and would never dare to do it again. Zhang Dashuai spare me this time, I would never dare to do it again!"

Although this woman is hateful, she is not illegal, so there is no need to send her to the official position. Zhang Xuan ordered her personal soldiers to say, "Put her mouth ten times!"

One of the two personal soldiers grabbed the woman's wrist, the other slapped her left and right, slapped her ten times in the face, and her cheeks suddenly became swollen. Zhang Xuan angrily scolded: "For the New Year, I'll spare you this time first. If you dare to bully others again next time, you'll cut off your head and go!"

"Mr. Xie is tolerant, I really don't dare!"

The woman kowtowed three times, grabbed the money from the ground and ran away, causing everyone to laugh.

Zhang Xuan then walked out of the crowd, turned over and went to the city, and heard the old man shouting from afar, "Thank you, General Zhang for being fair!"

Zhang Xuan turned around and waved his hand and ran into the city

When they returned to the mansion, the personal soldiers went back to the barracks, and Zhang Xuan walked towards the inner house and walked to the gate of the inner house. He saw that the yard of the inner house was full of servants. Could it be that the servants were not seen outside, and they were all gathered here.

Zhang Xuan saw them standing on tiptoe and wondering what they were looking at. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised. At this time, someone next to him gently held his arm. Zhang Xuan turned around and saw Wu Niang standing next to him with a smile.

Wu Niang is five months pregnant and her belly is thrusting up. Zhang Xuan pointed to the crowd and asked with a smile: "What are you doing?"

"Sister is giving away New Year's reward!"

Zhang Xuan suddenly realized that the New Year was about to be celebrated, and it was time to give the New Year reward. The annual reward was the year-end bonus. Since ancient times, no matter the shop’s shop’s shop’s bartenders, there will be an additional reward at the end of each year, and Zhang Xuan’s family is no exception.

At present, the number of servants in Zhang Xuan's mansion has increased to more than 70 people, including housekeepers, housekeepers, accountants, concierges, maids, chefs, gardeners, tea boys, grooms, coachmen, wet nurses, errands, etc., and there are twenty female guards. Lu Qing gave them generous treatment. In addition to the fixed monthly payment, there is also a considerable annual reward every year. In addition, food, clothing, housing and use are not required to spend money. It is well-received in Yidu County.

Zhang Xuan actually knew a little bit. Lu Qing told him that the highest annual reward was Wang's Wet Girl. Lu Qing gave her 100 guan. The main reason was that Lu Qing lacked milk and her children could eat it. It was all thanks to Wang's Wet Girl. Lu Qing was grateful, followed by the female guards, each with fifty guan. The wet Girl and the female guards were quite special. They were rewarded separately like A Yuan and Li Xiang, and did not go with everyone.

Zhang Xuan heard A Yuan shouting, "Song Dazhi!"

Song Dazhi is one of the three coachmen in the mansion. He is responsible for driving the carriage for his wife. He looks honest and honest, so he quickly raises his hand, "Here!"

"Reward thirteen stakes!"

The annual reward in Zhang Xuan's mansion is usually a one-month period of money, and then a little more. Song Dazhi's monthly money is ten guan coins, and the annual reward is thirteen guan coins. Song Dazhi was overjoyed and went forward to thank his wife, so he carried a sack and walked out.

A Yuan then shouted: "Yu Shan, ten coins of money!"

"Here is here! Here!"

An old man squeezed forward. He was a gardener and had eight jin of money every month. Although later generations valued privacy and did not know who would take the money, there was no privacy here. Everyone knew clearly who would take the money every month.

Ten stanks of money weighed 60 kilograms. Yu Shan was over fifty years old after all. He had just walked two steps and heard a "wow!" sound, his pocket fell to the ground, and a few broken money ropes were broken, and copper coins were jumping around on the ground.

Everyone helped to pick up the money, and Zhang Xuan also picked up a handful of money and threw it into the bag. Yu Shan thanked him repeatedly. Zhang Xuan said to a servant next to him, "Take the money back to the house for Lao Yu."

At this time, Lu Qing, who was sitting in front, saw her husband standing at the door. She asked A Yuan to continue giving the reward and stood up to walk towards Zhang Xuan.

"When will your husband come back?" Lu Qing asked happily.

"I just got home and saw that it was very lively here, so I came over to take a look."

"Yes! This is always the busiest every year. I prepare for the New Year and I also send you New Year's rewards."

Zhang Xuan nodded. Seeing the wallets all over the floor, he asked with a smile: "Isn't it tired to send such a lot of money to move?"

"My husband is not right. I was just about to give my advice. I was chores for payment of the bill every month. I had to prepare two days for the accounting office and I also had to move the money and divide the money. Everyone was so tired that I said I would give you gold, but one or two gold was too much, and it was too broken and inconvenient to cut it. Can you think of any way to make it easier for us?"

Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered the woman's usual bad money outside the city, and she was cheated if she was not careful. This is indeed a problem. The value of copper coins is too low and the value of gold is too high. I need to find a compromise.

At this time, Wu Niang beside her pursed her lips and smiled: "I have a way!"

Wu Niang took out a small money tied with a red rope from her waist, and smiled and handed it to Zhang Xuan, "Look at this, Husband."

Zhang Xuan took the small money, which was about the same size as the Wuzhu coins, but heavy. He recognized it at a glance that it was a gold coin. The yellow luster was unique to gold, and there were also images of Western figures on it. At a glance, you could tell that it was a gold coin flowing in from the West.

"Where is the money?" Lu Qing next to him asked curiously.

"I got this when I was in Shule. It was brought by Sogdian merchants from the West. They said it was money from the Western Fuma Kingdom. It was very popular with them and could be exchanged for it at the Persian residence in Chang'an."

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood that the Fuma Kingdom was the Eastern Roman Empire. It turned out that this was the gold coins of the Eastern Roman Empire. He thought about it and laughed: "Lend me this money first."

"This money is my lucky money. I can't give it to you. I still have a few more money on my side. I'll give it to you later." Mobile phone users please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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