These food stamps come in several denominations, the lowest - will, then one liter (less than two in later generations, then one bucket, five buckets, and the highest one stone.) Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info More than one stone is mostly used for settlement between the military and merchants, and is not circulated among the people.

These food stamps can be exchanged for rice and grain at the grain store of the Department of Civil Affairs, and the denomination is a bucket, and it is exchanged for a bucket of rice.

Now the food stamps can be taxed and shopped on the East Road, and there is a growing flow of people, which has a tendency to replace silver taels and copper coins. After all, silver is of different fineness, its value is uncertain, and it is depreciating more and more, while the food stamps are stable and easy to carry.

You have to use a dart bureau to escort you with a few thousand taels of silver, and a small package of a few thousand food stamps can be taken away. With all kinds of convenience, it is conceivable that food stamps are popular on East Road. Now on the East Road, many foreign merchants have to go to the Civil Affairs Department to exchange for food stamps, otherwise no one wants silver and copper coins.

Grain stamps have been called banknotes on East Road, reminiscent of Daming treasure banknotes. However, it is obvious that the grain stamps on the East Road are much stiffer than the Daming treasure banknotes, can the Daming treasure banknotes pay taxes? Can you exchange a bucket of rice for a bucket of denomination?

Of course, the value of food stamps is getting heavier and heavier, and it is inevitable that some lawbreakers will take risks, so in addition to severely punishing and cracking down on the law, the East Road has also strengthened the anti-counterfeiting of food stamps.

Don't underestimate the technology of this era, the watermark on the bill of exchange made by merchants in the early Qing Dynasty is clearly visible.

Stroking this large stack of "food stamps", Chen Sheng's eyes showed a look of satisfaction.

If all these food stamps are exchanged for rice grain, there will be dozens of stones, which can make the wives and concubines and children live a good life for a long time.

According to his own merits, he had about a few dozen taels of silver to share in the reward for the expedition, and when Shangguan asked him whether he wanted silver or food stamps, he did not hesitate to choose food stamps. According to Chen Sheng's knowledge, almost all of the people in his team received food stamps when they received the reward.

There are only a few guys, and they hesitated to choose silver and copper coins, but they were made fun of by their colleagues, saying that now that foreign merchants are coming, the exchange difference between silver and food stamps is getting bigger and bigger, and you still receive silver, stupid! Eventually, the guys got back on the stamps.

Chen Sheng put away the package, leaned on his chest, and looked at the same brother in the room, everyone's face showed a look of satisfaction, showing the joy of thinking of his family when he went home.

Even his friend Ju Yiwu is no exception, this handsome young man rarely shows a gentle smile on his face.

Chen Sheng knew that Ju Yiwu missed Sun Pannan and girl in Tongtunpu, and her pitiful expression suddenly touched Ju Yiwu's originally cold heart.

Chen Sheng looked at Ju Yiwu and said, "Okay?" ”

Ju Yiwu said: "Okay. ”

Although they were friends, they were both silent people, and when they said a word to each other, they stopped talking.

At this time, Jia Changfeng walked in and shouted, "Have the rabbit cubs been sorted out?" After tidying up, go back to their respective homes, these ten days of vacation, say not long, say short is not short, go home early and hug your wife. ”

The room burst into laughter.

Captain A shouted again: "Remember, when you go home, you must strictly abide by military discipline and not disturb the people, but if anyone dares to take the initiative to provoke and disrespect my Jingbian Army, he will draw a knife and cut his mother, and he will be cut in vain." ”

He said, "Gone, gone." ”

He walked out first.

Brother Tongjia, all followed him out, before going out, everyone was still in front of the big bronze mirror next to the door to take a picture of their appearance, Chen Sheng also took a photo, a strong scraped cotton armor, plus an iron helmet, and don't put on the waist knife, very powerful. Even the cold face bowed, and couldn't help but take a photo.

Captain A was careless and warm, he led the horses, and was about to leave, but after thinking about it, he still took his brother to the barracks store to shop.

The barracks in Yongning City, every thousand headquarters have a two-story building, there are many shops in it, there are a variety of goods, food, wear, and use, and the style is simple and durable. The price of goods here is 30% lower than that outside, in order to show the preferential treatment of soldiers. …,

At this time, there are a lot of soldiers queuing up to shop here, obviously returning home from vacation, and everyone has to go shopping to make their families happy. Most people buy rice, flour, tea and sugar, as well as bacon, ham, salted eggs and other things, and those who are ruthless also buy some fox hats, leather coats, scarves, warm shoes, thick socks, gloves for winter use, which are considered luxuries.

In addition to the first class commander, team officers, general officers, and ordinary soldiers in the headquarters, they are all second-class soldiers, and their families are either in Tunpu, or the former East Road military households or ordinary people. On weekdays, it is rare for the family to eat meat, and eat less in front of the white, and bring these rice and meat back, and the family must be happy.

Moreover, the goods in the barracks are cheaper than those outside, if it weren't for the fact that there is a limit for each person according to the military level, everyone really wants to buy more. When it was Chen Sheng's turn, the first chief took out a stack of food stamps and slapped them on the counter, shouting: "Give Lao Tzu twenty catties, Shunxiang Fort brand, big fat pig bacon, as well as ham and salted eggs, all twenty catties!" Remember, you have to Shunxiang Fort card. ”

For a while, everyone in the store was looking at each other, and a captain of the same team behind him shouted: "Lao Li, you have made a fortune, buy so much meat and go home, has your wife finished eating?" ”

Li Jiachang shouted: "Eat a fart! ”

Then he turned to the sergeant of Tongjia behind him and shouted, "Everyone has everything, and two of each have been divided among Lao Tzu." ”

Everyone was stunned, and one of them said: "Li Jiachang, why do I want you to break the bank?" ”

Li Jia roared: "There is a lot of, let Lao Tzu put it away!" ”

After yelling, he bought cashmere scarves, felt jackets, rain cages, etc., as well as a cloak collar, all for his wife and children, but nothing else.

As a veteran, Li Jiachang has been rewarded many times, and he has become accustomed to these fleshy things.

After buying, the merchant gave him a delicate rattan leather bag, and put the cloak and other things in, Li Jiachang carried a rattan bag in one hand, and an oil bag containing two catties of bacon, ham, and salted eggs in the other, and shouted: "The rabbit cubs are neat, and Lao Tzu is waiting outside." ”

When he went out, the captain behind him shouted: "Lao Li, you haven't bought it for me yet?" ”

Li Jiachang shouted: "Buy a fart, it's okay if Lao Tzu doesn't hit you with the autumn breeze, and I asked Lao Tzu for it." ”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Chen Sheng was warm when he got the meat that the chief gave him, but he bought a few more bacon, three meat porcelain jars, and ten catties of white noodles. Well, the two sons loved daggers, and bought two knives, one large and one small. There are also two coconut scoops (Ming army kettles at that time).

There are also daggers such as the head knife outside, but the ones used in the army are much better than those outside.

I also bought a thick scarf for my daughter, which I could use in winter, and bought a fox hat, ear warmer, face towel, etc. for my wife and concubine, which cost me for a while.

The next Ju Yiwu, in addition to meat noodles, also bought sweets and pastries, scarves, warm shoes, thick socks, gloves and other things, obviously more for Sun Pannan.

The people of the first class all bought their favorite commercial goods, and came out with large bags and small bags in their hands, only Li Jiachang owned horses, and all the goods were placed on horseback.

In addition to the sentinels and heralds in the barracks, the rest of the people are not allowed to ride horses, Li Jiachang led the horse with one hand, walked in front with a roar, and out of the barracks, he couldn't wait to step on the horse, and shouted: "Brothers, Lao Tzu has taken a step first, aha, lady, the prince is here!" ”

With a whip, he was gone.

With the flow of people, Chen Sheng and others left the barracks and traveled two miles to the south, when they saw a tall and thick sign inserted at the wide intersection, and a place outside read: "The barracks are heavy, don't approach, violators will be killed!" ”

The Shunxiang military camp is a place of security within two miles, and idlers are not allowed to approach, but when this sign is released, I see that the black pressure on both sides of the road is full of porters who carry burdens.

Chen Sheng knew that they were all from Tunbao near Yongning City, and they usually cultivated the camps, and when the farm was slack, they came out to do some short-term work, so must be the same for their own families, right? …,

Seeing Chen Sheng and the others coming, each porter said gossipingly: "Master Jun, but are you going to the word warm shop?" It's more than ten miles away from here, a hundred catties of burden, and only three liters of food stamps. ”

"Master Jun, choose me, I can pick up all your luggage with one load."

"Pick me, choose me......"

The atmosphere in the field was extremely warm, everyone was vying for business, and everyone in the team knew that the general let the soldiers go out on holiday for ten days, and the soldiers went home.

Chen Sheng and others chose "the guy who only needs three liters of food stamps for a hundred catties of burdens...... This person is in his fifties, his face is full of wrinkles, and when he smiles, he reveals two mouths without front teeth, and introduces himself as Uncle De, with a thick Baoding accent.

He saw that in Chen Sheng's group, Chen Sheng and Ju Yiwu both hung red waist cards, and their expressions were more respectful, what does this mean? In the Shunxiang Army, no, now it is called the Jingbian Army, they are all high-grade skilled sergeants, and their skills are extremely extraordinary.

With this waist card, you can usually sit on an equal footing with the captain, and when you see the team officer, you only kneel. Especially when they return from the expedition, they must have made a contribution, maybe next time they meet, the two of them will be the first captain or team officer.

Uncle De enthusiastically loaded everyone's luggage on his two burdens, picked them up, and led everyone to the "yes" word warm shop.

Ten miles outside the west gate of Yongning City, there is the word "yes" warm shop, there is the word "Feng" warm shop in the west of the city twenty miles, there is the word Zhu warm shop in the west of the city forty miles, these post stations, all the way to Huailai City.

The people had no horses, so they had to go to the shops first, where the chariot dealers were thriving, and they could hire a wagon to go home.

In fact, there is also a post station near the west gate of Yongning City, but Wang Dou is not allowed to operate a civilian fleet in the post station for safety and environmental considerations, and is only used for military purposes. It has bred the prevalence of porters, which shows that private operators are really seeing the needle.

Uncle De was quite talkative, and when he saw Chen Sheng and the others walking, they were also in a row, with a straight waist, and a waist knife in armor, showing a heroic spirit, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's good that you can join the army." That boy in my family is looking forward to joining the army day and night. ”

Chen Sheng said: "Actually, it's already good on the East Road, if you go to Henan and other places, you will know what hell is." ”

Uncle De cracked his mouth and smiled: "Also, on the East Road, as long as you dare to work, you can eat enough, it is already considered heaven, if that kid from my family joins the army again, I will have no regrets." ”

Yongning City only has two city gates in the east and west, when everyone passes by the west gate, this place is already very prosperous, everyone has no intention to see more, Uncle De is even more immersed in hard work.

Walking to the word "yes" in one breath, the brothers in Jiazhong, competing to pay, and finally Chen Sheng gave three food stamps with a denomination of one liter, Uncle De cracked his mouth and smiled, and after thanking him, he left in a hurry, obviously going back to do a few more trips of business. ）