The first snow came unexpectedly, just overnight, Yuejing City has been changed into a silver wrap, looking at the extremely eye-catching, a huge Yuejing City, all white and boundless, only a roof chimney, is emitting wisps of green smoke from the outside, becoming a piece of plain white between the extra embellishment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The front line is still fighting, but Yuejing City does not feel the atmosphere of war, almost every day there are good news to Yuejing, for those fast horses galloping with red flags on their backs, shouting the front line of the messenger, not only the city gate army but also the people in the capital, are accustomed to this.

Soon after the city gate was opened, the sound of horses' hooves came from the gallop road covered with a thin layer of snow, and the old king of the city gate defender stretched his waist and glanced at it, and sure enough, it was a messenger with a red flag on his back, "Sure enough, it's here again." ”

The messenger galloped through the streets, shouting a great victory ahead, but the pedestrians in the street were no longer much interested, and like the old king, they only glanced at the messenger, and went about their business again.

Isn't victory a matter of course?

When victory becomes a habit and doesn't surprise people, most people just nod their heads and say, oh, sure enough. So he was busy doing his own thing again.

For the people of Yuejing, now is the time to be busy making money. In previous winters, the first snow meant it was time for their cats, but this year was different. It's snowing, winter is free, it's a good time to earn some spare money.

A large number of caravans are gathering from here, setting off, heading towards the Qin State, the battle of Hengdian, the Qin people's 100,000 border troops suffered heavy losses, and the backbone was broken by the king, the Qin State was forced by the Ming soldiers, opened the door to the Ming Dynasty, and countless caravans poured in, transporting a large number of goods to the Qin State for sale, because of the agreement of the Qin Ming, the taxes paid by the caravans of the Ming Dynasty in the Qin State were no different from those in the Ming Dynasty, not the kind of tithes in the Qin State, which made countless Ming merchants pour in, of high quality, In just half a year after the influx of cheap goods, the local merchants of Qin were beaten to pieces, and the entire commercial system was almost destroyed. Their only way out is to be reduced to a hand for the Ming merchants, using their own stores and the original sales network to the Ming people in exchange for a temporary respite. Earn a little bit of the merger fee.

And the magnates of the Qin State, after a period of pain, some smart people suddenly found that as long as their business was hung on the brand of the Ming people, the previous taxes were almost reduced to the point of ignoring the profits, so overnight, many of the original shops changed their signs, and these smart people began to cooperate with the Ming merchants, and when they made a lot of money, the treasury of the Qin State began to be hit hard.

Taiping Bank, Changlong Bank scrambled to open their own branches in the cities of Qin, one by one Ming merchants who made a lot of money in Qin, deposited baskets of copper, silver, and silver into these banks, and then put a thin passbook into their arms, and then embarked on the return journey with joy, ready to go back to organize the second supply of goods.

Now the cash deposited in the bank, has become the first choice of businessmen, money deposited in the bank, not only do not have to pay management fees, but also interest is desirable, more importantly, convenient and fast, in the Qin State deposit, back to the Ming Kingdom, in any bank branch with the passbook in the hand can be cashed, who will be stupid to drag a few heavy copper and silver, carrying precious gold and silver on the road adventure?

And Taiping Bank, Changlong Bank is naturally elated, when the bank in the copper money, gold, silver filled the treasury, they will be caravowed to the country, for them, naturally there is no ordinary businessman worries, they rely on the Ming Dynasty strong armed forces, and when they transport these things, they are all fully armed, and these guards, are from the retired Ming soldiers, these people after retiring, were hired with high salaries, to continue their military careers.

And the Qin people, after the initial short-term distrust and suspicion, because of the pervasive penetration of the Ming merchants, they also began to deposit the surplus money in their hands into the bank, in exchange for the Ming people's fluttering paper passbook and the same fluttering banknotes, and deposited the money in these Ming silver numbers, there was still interest to be collected, which was unimaginable for the Qin people before.

Ming merchants and banks, just like the same pumping machine, in the smile and enthusiasm, are constantly extracting the flesh and blood of the Qin people to nourish the mother country of the Ming Dynasty, and at this moment, the Qin people, who are being dizzy by the domestic situation, have no time to put their energy and time on this.

Most of the current Ming merchants are from Yongping County to Tiger Pass, and they are scattered from Tiger Pass to Qin State. Now Zhongping, Kaiping, Qingzhou trade road is not the best choice, in Zhongping and Kaiping is fine, but once you enter Qingzhou, there are many thieves, except for businessmen with military background, ordinary businessmen will not ask for hardship.

Moreover, the current trade route from Yongping to Tiger Prison, because the original moat has been opened, it is much faster to start from where to enter the Qin realm, and then go to Yongdu and other Qin cities.

A large number of merchants entered the Yongping trade road, and Yongping County Shoucheng Weigao was naturally overjoyed, and spared no effort to widen and strengthen this road, which can only be regarded as a road blank. He now has manpower, and it turns out that the 10,000 Qin troops of the Qin State who will be Lu Dayuan are now in Yongping. Under the supervision of the Baoqing battalion, these Qin soldiers are now rotated out to work every ten days.

Lu Dayuan's 10,000 Qin soldiers are now in a somewhat delicate position in the Ming Kingdom, they are still not free, but they are not prisoners. In Yongping County, the Ming people set aside a piece of wasteland as their station, and there was originally food to ensure the basic use of these Qin people, but after a period of time, Cheng Weigao felt that it was not cost-effective, because all the expenses of this prisoner of war army were now supported by his Yongping County, although the household department promised to allocate some accounts every once in a while, but so far, Cheng Weigao has not seen a big word, every time he urges, Su Kairong's reply is that the treasury has no money for the time being, and he owes it first, and then he will talk about it after the battle is over at the front line.

So Cheng Weigao understood, if he wanted to get this money from Su Kairong, the iron rooster, he was afraid that it would be a little difficult, and instead of fighting with Su Kairong, it was better to find a way by himself, so he set his sights on this prisoner of war army.

So there is the current situation, the Qin people will rotate a group of people to go out to build roads every ten days, and these people, Yongping County ensures that they are fed and clothed, and also pays a little salary. When Cheng Weigao discussed with Lu Da that when he was paying 100 yuan a day, his own face was also a little feverish, you know, if you want to hire a Ming person now, others will spit on you.

But for Lu Dayuan and the Qin people, this is a good opportunity. Lu Dayuan didn't want his soldiers to be confined in that cage like pigs all the time, going out to work could keep this army alive, and for the Qin prisoners of war, they could still earn some money during their days as prisoners of war, which was completely a pie-in-the-world thing.

One hundred wen a day, which is pitiful for the Ming people, but for the Qin people, the money that is settled once a day is in the pocket, when did they receive the salary on time when they were in the Qin State.

And after some time, some merchants with a keen sense of smell began to pay attention to the heads of these prisoners of war, who were tall and strong, and now seemed to be very well-behaved, a hundred wen a day, what difference was this from working for nothing? These people presented their demands to Cheng Weigao, and the official document that each merchant could hire no more than five Qin prisoners was issued.

And in the autumn harvest season just past, the farmers of Yongping County also began to hire these prisoners of war to help with the harvest, of course, the farmers were more sincere, one hundred wen a day was set by the county guard, not much to give, and the government would find trouble if they gave more, but this did not prevent them from making these prisoners of war eat better.

When it came to winter and the end of farming, the Qin prisoners who worked for the farmers of the Ming Kingdom were actually reluctant to cling to these farmers, and after more in-depth contact between the two sides, the Qin prisoners were shocked to find that the ordinary people of the Ming Kingdom, whether they were farmers or merchants, lived a life, enjoyed the benefits and policies, compared with their Qin people, it was completely one heaven and one underground, and there was no comparison.

These prisoners of war of the Qin State, when they were not soldiers in the Qin State, were also the lowest level of the people. People are really incomparable, one compares, and they are angry.

The psychology of the prisoners of war of the Qin State, in these contacts, began to change little by little, why couldn't he be born to be a Ming man? They're starting to think about it.

Of course, Cheng Weigao is not clear about these psychological changes of Qin prisoners, he only knows that now these Qin prisoners don't have to feed them by themselves, they can support themselves, and the money they earn has also begun to be used to buy some supplies they need in the market of Yongping County. This not only prospers the market, but also adds a tax revenue.

What made him even more reassuring was that these Qin prisoners were very honest, and there was no conflict and public security problems that he was worried about at the beginning. Now on the streets, it is common to see Qin prisoners of war and Ming merchants and ordinary people chatting enthusiastically, and these people may not have been in an employment relationship not long ago.

When winter came, Cheng Weigao no longer had to allocate cotton jackets and quilts to these Qin prisoners, because these Qin people bought them themselves. Of course, this did not prevent him from sitting happily in front of the big case, continuing to complain to the household department, asking Su Kairong to allocate money to himself.

For such a situation, Lu Dayuan is also happy to see it happen, or this will be more smooth for what he wants to do in the future, maybe at that time, there is no need to mobilize himself at all, these people willingly follow themselves.

Lu Dayuan, who was completely desperate for the Qin State, now hopes that he can become a member of the Ming State as soon as possible, just like his big-headed soldiers.