When things were calm, all I heard was Huo Jiajun's story.
But when the weather is extreme or a battle breaks out, and the entire court is in turmoil, the true character of the Huo family's army is revealed.
Regardless of whether they are responsible for managing the disaster or not, they will rush there as soon as they know about it.
When leaving, he left a special message to escort the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the groups of people safely to the county.
Xu Tianxin thought to herself: What kind of person is that General Zhenbei whose true appearance she has never been able to live broadcast?
Just based on the words he left deliberately, in the eyes of the general, people did not seem to be divided into three, six or nine grades of scholars, farmers, industry and merchants.
The common people and the officials of the Ministry of Rites seemed to be equally important in his eyes.
Xu Tianxin felt that she was a cold-blooded person at heart. In fact, before this, she only trusted and admired modern soldiers. Since time traveling, she has only paid attention to the circle of her own life. No matter how happy the discussions about people and things outside are, it has nothing to do with her, and she cannot integrate into it.
Even if you integrate and interact with people in the village and surrounding areas, you just want to live a good life.
If it weren't for the sake of running a good life with her grandma, she would even feel that she was arrogant.
She comes from a modern era where everyone is equal, and she disdains the idea of men being superior to women, or being superior to others, or being inferior to others. Only officials and scholars are the most important thing. She thinks she has deep feelings for the people here. People have nothing to say.
Others looked down upon her as a little peasant girl. She had not studied the Four Books and Five Classics, and had not been able to take the imperial examinations, so she was not well-informed. She even disdained the idea of many people here thinking like frogs in the well, and the feudal dross and backwardness in the minds of the ancients in the streets. management system.
But at this moment, her support for Huo Jiajun took root.
Huo Jiajun has a general who takes the lives of the people at the bottom seriously, and the atmosphere brought out by such a general will not be bad; there is Grandpa Jia Lai who listens carefully to the thoughts of a girl in her early ten years; there are people like Shan Shao and Shi An, And the soldiers who took her grandma to pick mushrooms and treated the common people kindly.
Xu Tianxin felt that no matter which frontier the Huo Family Army held in the future, she would always be a member of the crowd holding flowers and sincerely congratulating them on their victory.
To use an inappropriate analogy, if one day Huo Jiajun passes by her house, she will finally have the same military-civilian unity as in modern times.
There is a word called Tanishihujiang. She would be very happy to let Huo Jiajun eat for free, using baskets to serve rice and pots to serve soup to welcome the army she supports. Instead of fearing respect and not accepting money due to threats of status.
"Nai, I told Grandpa Lai, who is in charge of logistics, how to make instant noodles. We also talked about the difficulties we will encounter in food, clothing, housing and transportation along the way.
I feel that the Zhenbei Garrison is responsible for the mutual market. Even if it is not fully responsible, it will cooperate with the local government and county offices. He will ask these questions to prepare for the mutual trade.
I also heard that vendors from all over the country will start from all directions in mid-November. "
Only then did Mrs. Xu understand what it meant to give a wild boar skin.
Old Mrs. Xu didn't blame her granddaughter for telling people about the method casually, but she was very pleased that her granddaughter followed her and learned how to deal with the world without a teacher. She pulled Xu Tianxin aside and praised in a low voice:
“It’s the right thing to do.
Like those bullies with some power, if they really want to know our family's secret recipe, can we keep our family like this?
As for the one you call Grandpa Lai, even though he was just a humble old man with no influence before, I could tell at a glance that he was a high-ranking official, equivalent to a sweeping monk in the Huo family army.
Sure enough, how is it? He has a tortoise's back and a snake's waist. He glances at people without using a knife. He wears armor and rides in the front row. He is majestic and appointed as a high official.
As soon as such a person asks you, you take the initiative to speak up.
I would say this is a big bargain delivered to you. There are so many people queuing up outside to grab this opportunity. "
Xu Tianxin was helpless: "Hey, it's not a good word to have a turtle's back and a snake's waist. You used to say that you can't have sex with a turtle's back and a snake's waist."
Not long ago, when she was purchasing goods in Fucheng, her grandma even plausibly taught her third uncle to stay away from the ten types of facial features, such as those with white eyes and broken eyebrows, eagle noses and harrier eyes. It has a turtle's back and a snake's waist.
Mrs. Xu clicked her tongue, why does this child always expose her?
“I just want to say that this is a noble person.
There is a saying that the king of hell is easy to deal with but the little devil is difficult to deal with. Although this metaphor is inappropriate, grandma wants to tell you that those bullies are equivalent to little devils. If they ask for any secret recipe from our family, they will not wait until it is finished. Kill us secretly. Then our family decided to recruit Zhou Xuan.
But on the contrary, such a high-ranking official, who is like the Lord of Hell, does not owe anything to the common people. He does not bother to take advantage of small things, and it is a good thing for the higher-ranking official to owe a debt of favor.
Because they reveal a little bit from the cracks between their fingers, or even just miss a few words, it is enough to find someone to make up for it. Sooner or later, night or day, they can find it from anywhere.
In the future, if you encounter such a good thing again, you can rest assured that the layout will be bigger. Even if the bread is all given away, I will never blame you, she will only be happy. "
Mrs. Xu said that apart from being extremely unlucky in ancient times, she and her granddaughter had pretty good luck. Could this be called bottoming out? The granddaughter even got to know a senior official of the Huo family army.
It seemed that he was catering to Mrs. Xu's words.
At this time, Liu Laozhu and the others were standing in the rain not far away, looking eagerly at the bloody pig skin and discussing: "This thing can be sold for a lot of money."
A man from another group of people, a family of four, said: "It doesn't look like it was badly damaged. I paid special attention when peeling the skin. It seems like a wild boar skin would cost a couple of silver for a piece of wild boar skin if it looks like this. It doesn't take much effort to process it."
If they were tanned in a tanner's shop, wild boar leather boots would be ridiculously expensive if bought from outside. A relative of his family spent five taels of silver on a pair of winter shoes made of wild boar leather and cotton. A boar skin of this size could make several pairs.
These words made everyone smack their tongues. Not to mention anything else, as long as they carry it back to the county, it will be sixteen taels for free?
Liu Laozhu hurriedly directed people to carry the leather away, and said: "They named Tian Xin'er by name. Let me tell you, no one can worry about it. These are two different things. They will not return to the village."
He said this not only to the boys in his own village, but also to the two groups of people.
Don't think that everyone will be treated the same if they are just hiding in the cave. Why should I give it to Xu Tianxin but not others? No matter how angry they are, Tian Xin and Huo Jiajun must have a special fate to become "a family" along the way.
This child is blessed. Liu Laozhu can see that he is very blessed.
Xu Youcang also said: "I left in a hurry and didn't destroy the wild boar skin. It shows that I entrusted it to my niece with all my heart. I just want my niece to wear it. No matter how short of money my family needs, Tian Xin'er must wear it first and use it. It can't be cold anymore." People’s hearts.”
These words were just heard by Mrs. Xu who came over. She smiled and looked back at her granddaughter. Did you see it? This is what she said. She can find it from anywhere, and this is sixteen taels.
Not to mention that she also knew the news in advance, and caravans from various places would not set off until mid-November. She did not have to rush home in a hurry, otherwise she would feel unsure, and her mouth would be covered in fire after being kept in the rain for the past two days. long.
And it is conceivable that if the news was not known in advance, if Qian couldn’t wait for him to come back to the village, the whole village would be like a heartless daughter-in-law waiting for her husband to come home. This time, they knew the exact time through their granddaughter, and they could calculate it later. Calculating the days lost on the road, we can arrive here around the beginning of December, and we can start preparing frozen dumplings, wontons and sticky bean buns around that time.
If the family sells fish floss and other food smoothly, they can still make a fortune before the caravan arrives, which will be around December. The money can be used to stock up on food and vegetables.
"Nai, this mutual market will be completed one after another until February. However, I heard that this year's special situation is that the market will open in winter, and next year it will be divided into categories in July. I guess it will be silk brocade in July. , jewelry in August, salt and iron in September, grain in October, anyway, the mutual trade will be completed before December."
Xu Tianxin heard from Grandpa Jia Lai that he should finish the work when he is fat and strong. Next year when merchants come to the North to do business, they will not suffer as much or as badly as they did this year. He must ensure that everyone has a good New Year.
When the horses are fat and strong, they trade with each other, and war can be easily avoided.
Xu Tianxin didn't say anything. She also guessed that merchants would not have direct contact with overseas tribes.
The goods should be handed over to the government or even directly to Huo Jiajun, and all the goods escorted would be replaced by official businessmen.
Because she asked curiously, is there a commercial street on the border, and people from both sides buy and sell on this street?
Grandpa Jialai smiled and said no, he would only let the merchants wait in the selected town. Those who got the banknotes could leave first, and those who didn't got the banknotes would wait where they were. He didn't say much else.
Then she guessed that those who didn't get the money would have to wait for barter.
For example, Huo Jiajun first took away the silk brocade to the banker, and then used the silk brocade to go to the border to exchange for furs. When it comes back, the furs will be appraised and then handed over to the silk merchants for transportation back to the Central Plains. The silk merchants will buy the furs back with the silver notes that are not yet warm. This is probably what it means. Every time they come back, the court and merchants will make the difference. .
"Oh my God, you kid, why didn't you just finish it in one breath? Such important news."
Mrs. Xu was wet from the heavier rain, but her eyes were bright. She thought to herself: Next summer will start well. She will clear up land in the spring and plant vegetables and pickles in her small garden in advance. She will be well prepared. Small pickles and large radishes can be sold to the Gobi desert.
Xu Tianxin paused: "Oh, Mom, there's one more thing. Grandpa Jia Lai might order flower-scented saponins from me. I think he's already taken the bait. It's probably not an illusion. Because he specifically told me not to rub it into a bath bean. , just like the one I use now, the size of the palm of my hand is just right.”
"What?!"
Mrs. Xu broke her guard. Her granddaughter was not under her nose this morning. What on earth did her family do in the morning?
She knows the cost and profit of soap best. No matter how affordable it is to wholesale it, a small square piece of soap will cost two kilograms of pork. If it is not sold in retail, it will cost one hundred and eighty cents.
She had seen it in Fucheng. This thing was simply not affordable for the poor here. Otherwise, she could have given Liu Laozhu's sister-in-law two soap bars for free.
Even in modern times, daily chemical products are the most profitable. For example, just a big bucket of laundry detergent, and the cost is not much.
Old Mrs. Xu has already settled her account in her mind. Even if she hires people to do all the work and pays wages in the later stage, her granddaughter will only make the recipe, stir the soap, and supervise the quality of the soap in the early stage. No matter what, she will earn ten or eight cents together. And when a person like Jia Lai replied, maybe he was looking down upon someone for eight thousand yuan of soapberry, even if it was three to five thousand yuan, he would still make a lot of money.
"But I promised to give him a sample, but I didn't have time to send it over, and I don't know if it's confirmed. Nai, do you think I'll do it as soon as I get back? Or should I wait for confirmation."
Xu Tianxin supported Mrs. Xu's arm and returned to the tent where she and Jia Lai had been talking. It would be demolished later and so many military tents would not be used.
She wanted to take away her bowl and used things, but found: "...Grandpa Lai took away the soap, but he took away the piece I used."
When Mrs. Xu heard this:
"Just do it when you get back. Officials generally don't talk nonsense. We have to listen carefully. Opportunities are also reserved for those who are sure.
Even if he forgets a lot of things, it won't be a big deal. Everything will have consequences. At most, sell it slowly after you finish it. Don’t be afraid to sell good things, and I’ll give you a guarantee.
It's better than someone else. If you think about it, I will ask you if you have done it during the isolation period. You can't even come up with a hundred and eighty yuan.
You took out some of it and didn't know how much it would cost, so you didn't devote yourself to it. You just finished your work and made soap to save up. When the other party heard that he really took his words seriously, he felt comfortable.
But if we don’t have one, and some people think that we don’t see rabbits and don’t let go of hawks, then what will happen? "
She also had to prepare for her granddaughter's good reputation as an affordable child in the eyes of others.
Regardless of whether the soap is sold slowly or in one go, the money earned will be kept by the granddaughter in her pocket.
Mrs. Xu happily said: "Milk has the sixth sense. Huo Jiajun has a close relationship with our family. You see, he took away the soap you used, right? I will not only sell soap, but when you make paper, you can borrow it if you are unprepared." That old General Jia's glory is even more impressive."
That's right, her granddaughter went out with her this time and found many paper mulberry trees on a large mountain not far from their county.
Otherwise, that mountain would be the place where the three knives were hidden. If the knife hadn't been hidden, they wouldn't have stopped and wouldn't have found it.
Just like this, a blind cat kills a mouse. Family members in the live broadcast room who know each other said, isn't that paper tree? Assistant, go home and make paper to wipe your butt. We use tissue paper to make paper there.
She told her granddaughter that she didn't know how to make paper from tree bark, and the family members in the live broadcast room said: We will check it for you.
The ancient methods of making kakaka are listed, and there is even a method of making paper using panda excrement.
If Mrs. Xu hadn't stopped her quickly, enough was enough, the family didn't know how many kinds would have been posted.
Mrs. Xu was worried that if she continued to list some methods that no one here knew, her granddaughter's hair would catch fire.
As for papermaking, it is too late to designate this year, because in the northern environment, in the current month, repeated rinsing and drying are not possible, and we have to wait until next spring to peel off the bark.
How much money will you make if you make paper and sell it to the Gobi Desert in July next year? Even if you don't sell it there, you can just wholesale it in various counties and towns on weekdays.
At this time, Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin did not bother to dry their wet clothes by the fire. When they packed their things and were about to leave the tent, two soldiers from the Huo family's guard team opened the curtain and walked in. When they saw them, they said doubtfully: "You guys want to continue?" Do you want to use this tent?”
Mrs. Xu: "We..." Can we continue to use it?
The reaction was very quick: "Ah."
"Then you can use it and don't withdraw it yet."
Then how can it be so good, darling, they are all good boys!
Well, let’s eat some intestines, I happen to have some left in my pocket.
Mrs. Xu then called to Xu Youcang and others who were standing there like fools in the rain: "Uncle Lizheng, hurry up and ask a few people to carry the mushrooms to this tent. They can't be dried on rainy days, so use the stove to dry them." Youcang quickly sent the wild boar skin here to be tanned. Why are you looking at it? You can’t wait while it’s hot, otherwise it will be wasted.”
"Mom, do you know how to make salt?"
Oh my god, what can she not do? She has a family, and her family has a little time and a little time. If she continues like this, she can publish a book called The Essential Guide to Time Travel Skills.
