When Lu Songli stood up with the wine glass, everyone's eyes fell on her.
Le Guicai was surprised. He had never expected that the first person to speak was Lu Songli!
While attending the meeting just now, he had already looked vaguely in Lu Songli's direction several times.
He just felt strange that at such an important table, not only could she attend, but her seat was also very special.
In the etiquette, the left is respected. Lord Lu actually let his daughter sit on his left hand, and no one was dissatisfied. It was so strange.
Le Guicai's eyes fell more on Lu Desheng.
Lu Desheng was not dead, so how could he not feel it? He cursed in his heart, what are you looking at? ! What happened to his daughter being the first to speak? You don’t know how powerful she is, huh!
At this table, the first person to speak can only be their father and daughter.
Let Lu Songli speak first. This was something the father and daughter had discussed before, and it was also his suggestion.
Lu Songli also did her part, so this scene happened.
Lu Songli said with a smile, "Everyone, the Southland has been in chaos recently. This time our Liaodong Chamber of Commerce has achieved significant results in the Southland."
"The southbound team headed by Mr. Xue Xuexue, Manager Wu Renwu and others captured a total of about two million taels worth of silver grain in the Southland."
"Except for the southbound team, everyone here is a meritorious person. Once the merits are calculated in the past two days, subsequent rewards will be distributed one after another according to the size of the merit. Please stay tuned."
"Now, I would like to toast everyone with this cup. I hope everyone will continue to work hard and move forward in the coming days."
After Lu Songli finished speaking, she drank all the wine in the glass.
At this time, Lu Desheng followed, "Mrs. Qin Liu is right. Now Liaodong County is where we live. Let's work together to build Liaodong County better." When he said this, he also glanced at Le Guicai. One glance.
At this time, Le Guicai was numb. Two million taels of silver grain! No wonder food prices in Liaodong County are so stable.
He always thought Master Lu was powerful, but he didn't expect his daughter to be even more powerful.
Judging from her performance at the table, everyone was very convinced of her.
It turns out that she was the first to speak, not because Lu Desheng deliberately let her go, but because she was qualified based on her true ability.
After the Lu family's father and daughter finished speaking, they invited everyone to start eating.
Everyone stretched out their chopsticks without hesitation. The table was very good, and the dishes at the table whet your appetite.
When they were half full after eating, everyone toasted a glass of wine to Mrs. Qin Liu, Mr. Lu and the prince each.
Because Mrs. Six is a woman, they did it themselves and let her do as she pleased.
But just like that, after one round, Lu Songli also drank a lot of wine.
By eating and drinking like this, the atmosphere is up.
Some people booed and asked Lu Songli boldly. They wanted to know the details of the reward.
"Everyone can look forward to the reward this time." Lu Songli only said this.
But everyone knows it by heart. They all came from the exile period. She has always been generous to her subordinates who have done good work.
Lu Songli's words were correct. We can indeed look forward to the reward this time. She decided to reward them with two hundred thousand taels of silver. I have already told Wu Ren about this, and I will reward you based on your merits. In this operation in the Southland, those who have meritorious service will be rewarded. Even ordinary employees are getting double wages this month.
There were also people present who were envious of Wu Ren's limelight this time. They asked for orders one by one and expressed their stance to her, saying that if Liaodong County had any follow-up plans, just tell them to go ahead and do it, and they beat their chests loudly.
Lu Songli naturally accepted everything. As for the follow-up plan, let’s talk about it later.
Her next plan is to recruit talented people.
There have been a lot of people coming to Liaodong County recently. She plans to ask her father to recruit a group of retainers first; then to recruit a group of talents in the name of the government to serve as clerical staff or wives in the academy; and finally, let the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce recruit a group of new people. .
This group of people are the preparatory talents she has trained. When she helps her father get Pingzhou Prefecture Mu, this group of people will be put to use if necessary.
Lu Songli believed that through such layer-by-layer screening, the talents coming to Liaodong County should be able to be screened out.
Everyone enjoyed this banquet very happily.
The group of them all left Tianshui New Village in sedan chairs or carriages.
When Lu Songli was leaving the village in a sedan, she could still hear the villagers talking, praising how well the banquet was done.
This banquet had twelve dishes on each table, including ten meat dishes, one vegetable dish and one soup. Everyone who had eaten there gave them a thumbs up, saying that there were a lot of hard dishes at this banquet.
Many old people were sitting at the entrance of the village enjoying the cool weather, and they all sighed that these days are really exciting.
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Yue Shu didn't expect that in half a month, refugees like them would be transformed into this.
It should be said that he has finally returned to his normal self.
On the day they set off with the grain team, while they were stationed overnight, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce sent a batch of medicinal powder to treat the lice on their heads.
Later, we passed a small town that mainly dealt in fabrics, and exchanged grain for a batch of coarse linen and linen clothing.
Now that food prices are very high everywhere, food is more valuable than money, and cloth merchants are happy to trade with them.
What makes the cloth merchants feel it is a pity is that they only want cheap coarse linen, not silk and satin. Coarse linen cannot be sold at a high price, so we can only win with great energy.
This batch of coarse linen and linen clothes were all distributed in the form of wages.
Along the way, many people have left the army for various reasons. Currently, there are still about 20,000 people left in the entire army.
Among them, there are about 4,000 young adults aged 15 to 30, about 3,000 men between 31 and 40, and more than 10,000 of them are old, weak, women and children.
These four thousand young and older men have to spend about an hour every day after setting up camp to come in for training.
In Lu Liuye's words, they were transporting so much food north, and the journey was not peaceful. If they didn't have strong fists, they would just wait to be robbed.
Most of those who join the escort are bringing their families with them, and the rations they consume every day are provided by the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce's food team.
If someone is targeting the food team, they are targeting their rations. How is that allowed?
They have experienced days when they had one meal but no next meal, and how wonderful their lives are now. Even though I’m on the road every day, it’s easier than doing farm work, isn’t it?
After walking for half a month, they consumed about 10,000 shi of food just to feed them.
I heard that it would take another one and a half months to reach Liaodong County, and the subsequent food consumption would be about 30,000 shi.
Of the 100,000 shi of food, they had eaten away 40,000 shi. Thinking about it, Yue Shu felt a little guilty for no reason.
Qin Sheng was studying the map, thinking about which route for their large army to take that would be fast and safe.
At this time, a girl with a beautiful appearance and elegant manners came in with a basin of water, "Sixth Master, I gave you a basin of water, can you wash your face?"
"Didn't I tell you not to hang around me anymore?"
"You saved me and my eldest brother. I just want to do something within my power to repay you."
"unnecessary."
Qin Sheng saved their brothers and sisters with just a little effort, but now he just feels troublesome. The Hou brothers and sisters were related to his sister-in-law's natal family, and they recognized him on the third day among the refugees who followed him in the south. For the sake of being relatives, it was impossible for him not to look after him.
"get out."
Facing Qin Sheng's harsh rejection, the woman felt a little sad.
"Miss Hou, please go out first."
After Hou Ya went out, Liu Erxi advised, "The water is here anyway, so just wash up." There's no need to waste more.
"You have to use it!" Qin Sheng turned around and went out.
If Xue Xu were here, he would definitely tell Liu Erxi that you don't understand your Sixth Master. He is always on guard for fear of being disliked by the Sixth Madam.
Hou Shuang chased after him, "Sixth Master, my sister has caused you trouble. She is also kind-hearted and wants to repay you, but since you don't like it, I will tell her to stop doing those things. of."
"Um."
