After Lu Songli and his convoy entered the boundary of Jizhou, they slowly advanced toward the northeast, and the villages became denser.
None of them entered the village. There were more than fifty people. The formation to enter the village was too big and they were afraid it would cause panic. I went to Qingxi Village before because it snowed heavily in winter and sleeping outdoors would freeze you to death.
Now they usually find a place to stay near the village, trying not to disturb the villagers.
Living near the village, it is convenient for them to exchange things.
I don’t know how it started. Their convoy would exchange supplies with local villages for some unique local products.
Although they have plenty of food, it’s nice to change things up once in a while. After all, their supplies were brought from Chang'an City, and the locals were willing to exchange with them.
In addition to eating local specialties, Lu Songli and the others also consciously collect some high-quality local grains.
Then the opportunity occurred during a certain exchange. A local old man took half a sack of herbal roots that he had collected and dried, and wanted to exchange them for some fabrics from Chang'an City.
Xiao Wu, who was in charge of exchanging supplies, was not sure and could not exchange with him.
This scene happened to be seen by Lu Songli. She walked over and said, "Wait, let me take a look."
Lu Songli not only looked at it, but also broke off a small piece with her hands and chewed it.
She recognized the cylindrical or long cone-shaped Bupleurum in the half sack. It was Shexian Bupleurum. Its root was thick, with a dark brown or light brown surface. It was hard and tough, difficult to break, had a slightly fragrant smell, and had a slightly bitter taste. .
Bupleurum and forsythia in Shexian County were later designated as national geographical indication products and are also commonly known as authentic medicinal materials.
The old man talked eloquently, "Madam, you may not look at the appearance of this sack of herbs, but they can really be exchanged for money."
Lu Songli smiled and said, "Uncle, I believe you. This sack of stuff is actually a medicinal material called Bupleurum. You can exchange it for money when you take it to a drugstore in the city."
The old man gave her a thumbs up and said, "Yes, every year there are medicinal herb makers from our county who come to our village to collect this medicinal material." After their village knew that this thing could be sold for money, they would go to the wild to collect it and sell it to the villagers every year. Vendors purchased by the village.
"Besides Bupleurum, are those medicinal dealers also purchasing another medicinal material in your village?" Lu Songli was talking about Forsythia suspensa.
The old man gave a thumbs up again, "Madam, you know your stuff."
"Uncle, we want your Bupleurum. If you want to exchange it, just tell him." Lu Songli pointed at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu stepped forward to greet him smartly, "Uncle, what kind of cloth do you want? We brought a lot when we came out of Chang'an City, why don't you come and take a look?"
The old man came forward with a smile.
Lu Songli returned to the temporary camp carrying a half-sack of Bupleurum. She looked at the half-sack of Bupleurum and fell into deep thought.
The gold and silver treasures they seized from Qinglong Village have not been divided yet, no, they have not been rewarded for their merits.
However, the plan to reward based on merit has been decided.
The keynote of the entire plan is: everyone in the team has a stake in the situation. After all, everyone bears the risk together.
It's just that there are differences between members who contribute more and less, so their contributions are different and the rewards they receive are different. If distinguished according to the contribution of members, it is tentatively divided into five echelons.
Everyone is very happy with this plan.
In terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, the Qin family is naturally the team that gets the most money.
Because the people in the first echelon who contribute the most are four from the Qin family. Also in the first echelon are Xu Zheng and Yang Wei.
Hu Guangcong, Yang Zifa, the deputy of Yang Wei Escort Bureau, and four servants were considered the second echelon.
The third echelon is naturally the reconnaissance soldiers led by Qin Sheng, and they also contribute a lot.
The fourth echelon is the escorts from Yang Wei Escort Agency. They are considered as peripheral personnel.
The women and children of the Qin family are considered the fifth echelon. They focus on participation, and they receive the least rewards, which at most count as head fees.
And because Qiu Hai's private treasury was discovered by Qin Sheng, Qin Sheng and the soldiers who patrolled with Qin Sheng were given an additional reward.
These seized properties should have been rewarded according to merit as soon as possible, and gold and silver property should have been distributed into individual pockets. But Xu Zheng, Yang Wei and others considered that they still had to travel a long distance. If they took it by themselves, what if they lost it? It is better not to separate them first and put them on one or two carriages, which is easier to guard and not easy to lose. Before arriving in Pingzhou, they are then distributed to individuals.
The concerns of the two of them were not unreasonable, so the property was not divided for the time being, but the amount of gold and silver each person received was recorded in the book.
Lu Songli thought about this mainly because she couldn't bear to see so much wealth being idle.
Her best friend in her previous life often said that if you don’t manage your finances, your finances will ignore you.
Well, she admitted that her hands were itchy and she wanted to play the money game. As the saying goes, if you don't have money, you won't be a bastard. There are so many authentic medicinal materials in Jizhou, and she happens to be an expert in this field. The opportunity is in front of you and you have the capital, why not give it a try?
She thought about it in her mind for a long time and felt that her plan should be feasible. If they are willing, she decides to take them once, and everyone can contribute money together if they have the money, and if they have the ability, let the money make money, and let it roll around to achieve common prosperity.
As for how many people would respond, it didn't matter. Anyway, she was sure that the Qin family would definitely support her.
Qin Sheng went to the river to get some fish and came back and saw his wife in a daze, "What are you thinking about?"
Lu Songli asked Qin Sheng to invite Qin Heng and Qin Zhao, and then tell them everything about their plans.
Qin Heng: It’s a good idea, let’s try it.
Qin Zhao: The sixth brother and sister are going to have to deal with this again.
Qin Sheng: As for money, use it if you want, don’t ask me.
The three brothers of the Qin family all supported her idea. All the money allocated to the Qin family was given to her for disposal.
They thought very liberally. Anyway, the property she wanted to use was an unexpected windfall, and she had contributed a lot to obtain this windfall. Now she could use it if she wanted to. It was good to make money, but it was good to lose money. Just pretend it never happened.
After the Qin family unified their thoughts, they summoned everyone to discuss the matter.
"...That's the thing. Now I give you half an hour to think about it. If you are willing to invest money, you can invest. You can invest more or less. When you make money, you will get dividends according to the amount of money invested. If you don't want to, you can also not invest. , but the profit or loss of this trip has nothing to do with you people. We will not use the money that belongs to you, don't worry." After saying this, Lu Songli left.
This incident affected all members of the entire team, and everyone got together in twos and threes to discuss it.
Four officers, Xiao Lu and Ding Ge, came to Xu Zheng and said, "Xu Yasi, what do you think about this matter? To vote or not to vote?"
"I decided to vote."
"How much to vote?"
"All of them."
"Xu Yasi, awesome!"
After learning about Xu Zheng's decision, the four officers gathered aside and muttered.
The escorts from Yang Wei's escort agency surrounded Yang Wei and asked him what he meant.
"Vote, I voted for everything!"
Hu Guangcong's group of soldiers had a much better understanding of each other. Fight them all! Follow Mr. Liu and you will have meat to eat!
The most confusing thing is the escort brothers from Yang Wei Escort Agency. Among them, there are some who are timid and only plan to vote half. Anyway, Mrs. Qin Sixth Young Master said that this is okay. They have thought about it, even if they lose money, they still have half of it.
But after they had just made their decision secretly, they couldn't help but hesitate again when they saw that all the brothers who had been playing well had voted.
For example, Liu Yi, when he saw Xiao Wu put all his money in, he couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Wu, why did you put all your money in?" If he loses, wouldn't his hard work be in vain?
Xiao Wu knew Liu Yi's hesitation. The two were having a good time, so he couldn't help but want to persuade him, "A Yi, what do you think of your place?" Xiao Wu pointed to his temple and asked, "Do you think you are smart? ?”
Liu Yi used to think that he was quite smart. At least he felt that he was one of the smartest among the many brothers in Yang Wei Escort. But this experience with the escort made him wonder if he was really smart?
"Okay, you don't need to tell me the answer. What I want to say is, it doesn't matter if we are not smart, we can just follow the smart people. In this vote, Mr. Xu Yasi and Mr. Yang both went all-in. Do you think they are stupid? ?"
Liu Yi: No, they are not stupid.
Xiao Wu felt that he had said everything that needed to be said. If the cows didn't drink water, how could they be forced to drink?
After listening to others' advice and having a full meal, Liu Yi finally decided to go all-in with everyone!
If you do it, you can turn around and make the decision if you win: if you lose, the worst case scenario is that the wealth never came.
If there is one, there are two. The herd effect is not just talk. Finally, everyone was all-in and no one was left behind.
Therefore, Lu Songli made good use of the wealth they got from fighting bandits.
Later, when everyone was waiting to share the money, these timid people were extremely lucky that they had followed the crowd. Otherwise, there will be a big gap between brothers who are originally in similar situations. If this really happened, they would really regret it so much that their intestines would be green.
