Costly?
Han Du's face froze when he heard this, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.
Asked: "What? What cost a lot of money? How much did it cost?"
Seeing Han Du's expression change, Xu Chengfei laughed and said, "Of course food is very expensive. General, you said that the winner can eat meat every meal. As for how much it cost, I don't know very well." , The general knows that the general doesn’t care much about these things. I just want to listen to the people below to report that this month’s military pay is almost exhausted.”
Are you running out of military pay?
After hearing this, Han Du asked doubtfully, "Is eating meat so expensive?"
Xu Chengfei laughed loudly, "If one person eats it, it won't cost much money. But there can be 500 people eating every meal in Shanziying, and these soldiers have never seen any meat stars on weekdays. If you suddenly start eating meat, how can you still have enough?"
Five hundred people eat meat every day, and all of them are big eaters. When Han Du thought of this scene, he felt dizzy.
He jumped up and rushed in front of Xu Chengfei. He originally wanted to reach out and grab his collar, but now that Xu Chengfei was wearing armor, there was no place for Han Du to make a move. Han Du had no choice but to put his hand on Xu Chengfei's shoulder and said viciously: "Can't you let them eat less?"
Before Xu Chengfei could answer, Han Du stepped back and said: "Anyway, the military salary of Shanzi Camp is only so much, and it will be gone after eating. I am also very poor, but I don't have money to subsidize you. When the time comes, you can You have to figure it out yourself.”
Xu Chengfei glanced at Han Du in surprise. He was not surprised that Han Du didn't get any money, but that he was not surprised at all that Han Du didn't get involved in military pay. There are not many generals like Han Du who don't take free money, but they are very few.
This point made Xu Chengfei look at Han Du with admiration. Xu Chengfei thought about Han Du's words for a moment, then nodded and replied: "Okay, I will tell them to be more frugal."
Seeing Xu Chengfei agree, Han Du didn't say anything more. After pondering for a while, he solemnly asked Xu Chengfei, "Have you discovered anything during your patrols these days?"
"No, very calm." Xu Chengfei replied truthfully.
After hearing this, Han Du felt relieved, thought of a possibility, and continued to ask: "If, I mean, if someone comes, are you absolutely sure to detect it?"
Seeing that Han Du didn't seem to believe in his ability, Xu Chengfei felt a little unhappy and replied in a colder tone: "General, you can find someone to try. If someone can get close to the wall and the general can't find it, I will go home by myself." How about taking the baby?"
Seeing Xu Chengfei's unkind expression, Han Du smiled and comforted him, "Of course I believe you. I just said it casually, so don't take it seriously."
After all, Han Du is the commander-in-chief. Seeing that Han Du said this, Xu Chengfei couldn't keep a straight face anymore, so he had to reply quickly: "The general will not dare."
Later, Han Du asked again, "If you want to keep this place airtight like it is now, how many people do you need?"
Xu Chengfei is a professional in these matters. After listening to Han Du's words, he said confidently: "It's not that the general is bragging. As it is now, the general can keep this place airtight with up to two hundred people."
Fine.
Han Du nodded secretly after hearing this. Since Xu Chengfei was confident, the next thing would be easy to handle. Without saying anything in detail to Xu Chengfei, Han Du left Shanzi Camp after the two chatted for some time.
...
It came out after a thousand calls.
The treasure banknotes have finally been distributed. Although it is only a small amount of official salary, it has finally made a start.
A man wearing a blue official uniform returned home. As soon as he entered the door, he was greeted by his wife, who helped him take off his official uniform and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sir. Today's court meeting will be later than usual."
"It's not hard work, I just feel hungry." The official sighed as he took off his official uniform.
Going to court is not an easy task. It would be better if Han Du lived in the inner city now. When he lived in the outer city before, he had to get up in the middle of the night. In addition, in order to avoid the loss of etiquette caused by internal anxiety when going to court, all the officials who go to court, whether they are the second-rank ministers or the eighth-rank minor officials like Han Du. No one will eat or drink in advance, they all go to the morning ceremony hungry.
Usually, it starts at nine o'clock and lasts until about noon. At this time, all the officials could be said to be hungry. But today, because of the distribution of treasure notes, it seemed to be delayed for an extra hour. As a result, the man felt his stomach pounding as soon as he returned home.
Fortunately, his wife was already familiar with this situation and had already prepared meals for him. The official was also a little impatient. He just took off his official uniform and walked to the table to start eating.
The lady also sat down next to him. She was a little bored just watching him eat, so she asked: "The recent court meetings seem to be late. Why are you so busy lately?"
The official swallowed the food in his mouth, took a sip of tea, and felt that he was not so anxious anymore, so he replied: "Busy, I have been really busy recently."
Can you not be busy? Wei Guogong Xu Da, Xin Guogong Tang He, and Yingchuan Marquis Fu Youde divided their troops into three groups, with hundreds of thousands of troops heading north. The people in this group were eaten by horses. This person is an official of the Ministry of War, but whenever there is a war, it is the busiest time for them.
But he was busy, and fortunately, he got his salary today, which made him less tired. Thinking of their salary, the officials quickly put down their bowls and chopsticks.
When the lady saw her master's strange movements, she asked, "What are you doing, master? Is the food not to your liking?"
"The food is delicious. Sir, I want to show you something." The official waved his hand to dispel his wife's doubts, and explained: "Today, the emperor handed out the salary, and all the money given out are precious notes. He said that it will be paid in the future. There is no silver coins left, all are issued with precious notes."
"Treasure money?" Madam asked softly, then sighed and said, "That's not bad."
The official was very surprised by the madam's attitude and asked, "Why do you say this, madam? I remember that you used to like silver coins and didn't like folded coins and precious coins. What's wrong now?"
The lady chuckled lightly and explained: "I didn't like treasure banknotes before, because they couldn't be exchanged for more than one tael of silver." Seeing her master's puzzled face, and knowing that he knew nothing about business, she talked to him After explaining, he said: "But it's different now. In the past few days, Yiguanbao banknotes started to be exchanged for 900 fen, and it has skyrocketed to 1,000 fen."
