The donkey returned home happily, took out two tickets from his pocket, sat at the table and looked left and right, and murmured: "It's so beautiful!" His wife walked over with two bowls of vegetables and placed them on the table, a bowl of braised pork and a bowl of pickled pickles, and then turned around and took a plate of steamed buns over, looking at the donkey, "Why are you smirking?"

The donkey's surname is Mao, and his temper is very high, so everyone calls him Maofu, but no one remembers his real name. "This is the monthly money paid by the boss today." The donkey reached out and grabbed a bun, took a big bite and said.

"What? Why is this not copper coins? Why is it this colorful thing?" His wife was shocked, picked up the two tickets from the table, and looked up and down: "Donkey, we can't read, don't let the boss cheat him. Why is this money?"

"Don't talk nonsense. This is the new money just issued by the court. In the future, no money, gold, copper coins are allowed, only this ticket is allowed. Everyone in the store is giving this. Look, this is my monthly salary, a total of fifteen yuan, you can collect it." The donkey said.

"This, can this be used as money?" His wife was half-believing.

"Of course, this is approved by the king. Think about who the king is, and can he deceive us? There is a notice posted at the city gate. A special person read it to us. He said that if there are gold, silver and copper coins at home, they can go to a special place to exchange it. It seems that it is one tael of silver and one yuan. How much silver does our family have? You have found time to exchange it!"

"The family saved 60 taels of silver this year, and they all exchanged?"

"Of course, I have all redeemed it. What are you afraid of? When I came back just now, I saw Mr. He who lives on our street, and went to exchange money. Who are they? They are a great congressman and their wife is a general. Do you know? They have more money than us, so they are not afraid. What is our money? Besides, will the king lie to us? Without the king, I still had a meal but no meal. How could I have money to marry you as my wife? Where can I clean up this old house that was originally leaking from all sides? The notice said that everyone rushed to exchange money to support the court's monetary reform, support the king and the great man."

“What is monetary reform?”

"How can I know? But as long as I support the king, I will do my best to lose everything. Go, and you will go after dinner. I still have to go to work in the afternoon. The boss has taken on another big job during this time and wants to transport a batch of weapons to Dai County. I signed up."

"The New Year is coming, and you still have to go so far? How can you come back for the New Year?" His wife suddenly felt bitter.

"What do you know about your wife? The boss said, this trip will be three times the salary! Are you pregnant? I have to earn more money and prepare the baby. I will prepare New Year's goods at home. If I can't get back, you will continue to accompany you." The donkey said.

"Then you eat more meat. This is a cold weather. If you have to walk so far, you will definitely not be able to eat well on the road." The woman brought a large bowl of braised pork to the donkey.

"You are stupid, you are really stupid. We followed the boss out. We were afraid that we wouldn't be able to eat well. Along the way, the boss flattered us and ate much better than at home. You should eat more meat. Now you are not only you eat alone, but also my son. You have to eat more!" The donkey laughed. "Now life is getting better, and eating meat is not a rare thing. This year, prepare more New Year's goods and make some chicken, duck, fish and meat."

"Um!"

"Tear some more cloth and make a few new clothes. Look at your body, all patches are patched."

"Oh, I'll be with you too."

"I don't need it anymore. I guess I can't come back for the New Year this year, and I don't have time to wear new clothes. When I come back, the New Year is over and I have to work again. Can I wear new clothes to work? So I don't need it anymore. I will do it next year. It's not that I can't bear to give up money. We can make money now. As long as we are diligent and willing to endure hardships, do you think? This year we can save dozens of taels of silver, and we will definitely save more next year. I work hard, maybe I can get a little boss next year, and my salary will double."

The donkey's wife sat quietly on the side, listening to the donkey's chatter silently, but the face and eyes were filled with satisfaction and happiness.

Yes, now we are not short of money. Compared with the years before, the days we are now like gods. They are both natives in Jicheng, so they can naturally experience the huge gap between the present and the past.

As the lowest member of the Han Dynasty, Mao Duer and his wife felt that they were not short of money and lived a happy life. At this moment, Pinggu County, Shanggu County, thousands of miles away from Jicheng, Li Mingjun, as the general of Xizhao, was very worried about money.

Three years ago, Zhao Qi failed in the Handan Incident of Zhao State, and ran away with Zhao Wuji's eldest son. With the support of the Qin people, he occupied the western part of Zhao State and made Zhao Wuji's eldest son the King of Zhao, and served as the chief minister. As Zhao Qi's iron-core confidant, Li Mingjun was named the general and became the second general of the Western Zhao Dynasty with Zhao Xilie.

Zhao Xilie was stationed in Jinyang County. Jinyang County is now in the capital of Xizhao, while Li Mingjun was stationed in Shanggu County with an army of 50,000. Pinggu became the garrison of Li Mingjun, and confronted the Dongzhao army stationed in Dai County.

However, compared with the Eastern Zhao army, Li Mingjun was much more distressed. Because he had no money, his most important job was not to train the ranks and prepare for the war, but to think hard about raising food, military pay, and being subdued for the army. Xi Zhao occupied 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 a lot, and basically had nothing left. It was extremely poor. After Li Mingjun arrived here, the biggest problem was to let the army eat enough and squeeze the people, which was certain, but the problem was that the people here were already poor and had nothing.

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

, the daily work is to live a life of drunkenness and dream of death. The power of the state is completely controlled by Zhou Changshou. In terms of economic policies, Zhou Changshou fully adhered to the policies of the Han Dynasty, vigorously cracked down on wealthy landlords, and strictly restricted land annexation. Any policy issued by the Han Dynasty will not take long before it will be promulgated in Dongzhao. Although sometimes it is inevitable that Dongshi will imitate and cause some chaos in one way or another, it is generally not wrong. Dongzhao's economy is getting better and better day by day. What's more, they can also obtain loans from the Han Dynasty's low interest rate, or get goods from the Han merchants first, and then pay the money at the appropriate time. Compared with the army stationed in Dai County in Dongzhao, Li Mingjun feels like a beggar now.

Standing outside the military camp, Li Mingjun was in a very heavy mood. It was already the middle of winter, but his soldiers were still wearing single clothes and had no cotton coats for the winter. Tens of thousands of soldiers could only curl up in the military camp and shivered. Now he was inspecting a military camp on the front line, with three thousand soldiers stationed here, but in the cold wind of shouting, Li Mingjun didn't even see any soldiers standing guard. In the huge military camp, from the outside, it looked like a dead camp, without hearing a trace of human voice.

If the army of Dong Zhao came at this time, it would be possible to swallow his 3,000-man vanguard battalion without any effort. Li Mingjun's face was full of bitterness, and he did not have the idea of ​​blaming the soldiers under his command. In such a cold day, it would be great that the soldiers in single clothes did not cause trouble or mutiny.

He reached out and pushed the gate of the camp. He opened in response to the sound. Li Mingjun walked in with heavy steps. The guards behind him quickly accelerated their pace and rushed inward to inform the garrison leader.

After a while, the entire military camp became boiling, and several generals rushed out with panic expressions. Looking at their appearance, Li Mingjun felt a little sore. The general was wrapped in several thick burlap sacks. The soldiers could imagine how the general was.

"General!" Guo Fu, general of the vanguard battalion, swallowed, "You, why are you here? I, I will gather the army immediately."

Li Mingjun waved his hand, "Forget it, why are you gathering the army? Let's have everyone come and have a breath of wind? Let's go to your camp."

"Yes, thank you for your unsincereness."

"Brothers, don't wear clothes or keep warm. This is the dereliction of duty of me, the 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 contributions." Li Mingjun nodded and said.

Guo Fu's eyes suddenly became wet. What is this life? The beggar is also more comfortable than himself.

Guo Fu's big tent was as cold as an ice cellar, and there was not even a pile of fire. Li Mingjun frowned: "Why don't there be even fire?"

"The general is not that the general is lazy, but that the people who can cut down here are cut and gone far. First, it is so cold that they can't stand it. Second, there are often horse teams on the opposite side. Several soldiers who went out to chop firewood went and did not return. The general would never dare to send people out again. If the general hadn't had to do the best to restrain him, I was afraid that the camp would have burned all the soldiers long ago. General, when would he be able to put down his cotton coat, quilt and charcoal fire? If this continues, the soldiers will not be able to withstand the mutiny."

“Is there enough food to eat?”

"The general had transported a batch of people here before, but now he can barely hold on for a few days, but the New Year is about to be celebrated, but we don't even have any supplies for the New Year. The soldiers didn't say it, but they must have complained in their hearts."

"There has just been news from Jinyang that a batch of supplies will be sent in the next few days. At that time, I will give you a batch of supplies first to deal with the urgent needs." Li Mingjun said.

Guo Fu smiled bitterly: "General, can you believe what Jinyang said? They have said such empty words for many times. If you count on them, you may just be happy."

"What should I do if I don't expect Jinyang? I have nothing in Shanggu. Even if I rob it against my conscience, I can't grab it."

"General, let me tell you the truth. I have been crazy cold and hungry these two days. I am going to do some votes, and at least I have to try it out." Guo Fu said.

"Do you want to grab the opponent? How powerful can your soldiers have now?" Li Mingjun frowned and said, "I'm afraid they can't hold the guns and swords and guns."

"The hungry people will burst out with great power." Guo Fu hissed: "They are so delicious and spicy, but we are here and we are hungry. Everyone's eyes are red. It's such a cold day, they didn't expect us to take action. Didn't you even think of the general? As long as you grab a vote, not only will the problem of our battalion be solved, but you can have a comfortable New Year in the general?"

"You've done scouting?"

"Of course, there are lights and decorations on the opposite side, and they are preparing for the New Year. They probably have come to inspect my military camp, and I'm afraid they don't take us to heart at all."

Li Mingjun suddenly realized, "So your camp looks like this for people to see."
Chapter completed!