Chapter 273 Installments
After leaving the residence of the Bai Ling clan, Yun Yao immediately went to find the plateau, hoping to move the people of the Bai Ling clan out of the mansion and live in the pavilion. But the content of the conversation with the Bai Ling clan, Yun Yao is also inconvenient to explain to Gao Yuan, after all, it is also her clan, if the content of the conversation is told to Gao Yuan, maybe it will make Gao Yuan have a bad impression of the Bai Ling clan.
In fact, Gao Yuan also guessed that there must have been some conflict between Yun Yao and the Bai Ling Clan, but Yun Yao refused to say it, Gao Yuan was also strong, he had absolute trust in Yun Yao, and let Yun Yao deal with the affairs of the Bai Ling Clan, so Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "Okay, anyway, they are all your clansmen, so it's up to you to arrange it." However, even if they are allowed to live in the inn, the conditions can be arranged a little better. ”
Yun Yao nodded, and was also very grateful for Gao Yuan's trust in her heart, and said, "Thank you, big brother." ”
At this moment, I saw Jiang Mingxia and Luo Huan rushing over, beckoning to Yun Yao's white wolf, and said, "Xiaobai, come on, let's go play." ”
The white wolf glanced at them, and then at Yun Yao, as if begging for Yun Yao's permission, Yun Yao couldn't help but smile, touched the top of the white wolf's head, and said, "Go ahead." The white wolf immediately let out a happy sigh and ran over.
Yun Yao said again: "Xiaoxia, why haven't you seen Xiao Na in the past two days?" Didn't she always play with you before? ”
Jiang Mingxia said: "Isn't Uncle Xiaofeng back?" She was called away by Uncle Xiaofeng a long time ago, so she didn't have time to play with us? ”
Gao Yuan and Yun Yao glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but feel funny, it seemed that the two of them had really developed well. Gao Yuan was also thinking about it, and he wanted to find an opportunity to ask Ling Feng to see if his relationship with Yun Na had progressed to that point, and whether he had pushed that little girl down.
Then Yun Yao went to the barracks to heal the wounded soldiers, while Gao Yuan went to deal with other official duties.
In fact, Gao Yuan really has no time to take care of the affairs of the Bai Ling Clan now, although this time he attacked Yin Mountain and achieved a very brilliant victory, but after returning from victory, there are still a lot of things to deal with. The soldiers who returned from victory should be rewarded, the dead soldiers should be compensated, the captured Xiongnu should also be dealt with, they could not be fed in vain, and the cattle, sheep and livestock captured from Yinshan should also be dealt with. Although it is true that these cattle are a great wealth, they are useless if they are not turned into gold, molybdenum money, and grain. And it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to feed these animals, so they can't be allowed to die.
Therefore, Gao Yuan also issued several orders in a row, and the soldiers who participated in the expedition to Yinshan were each given five hundred copper coins, plus a sheep as a reward. And the wounded soldier is plus two sheep. The families of the soldiers who died in this expedition were given 1,000 copper coins and five sheep as a pension.
The market value of a sheep is generally between 500 and 800 yuan, not only the mutton can be eaten, but also the wool and sheepskin are also useful, and the soldiers are also very happy with the reward distribution of the plateau, which is the family of those who have died in battle, because five sheep can form a small flock, can give birth to lambs, shear sheep, and continue to continue, for these families, this is a sustainable wealth.
Of course, this is also the goal of the plateau, after entering the Daijun, the plateau also continued to improve the treatment of soldiers, and the implementation of the military merit reward system, in order to encourage soldiers to go into battle to kill the enemy, and the family members of the soldiers who died in the war also gave heavy compassion, so that the soldiers have no worries. Therefore, after the plateau stayed in Daijun, he won several battles in a row, defeated the Yan army, defeated the Huns, and expeditioned to Yinshan.
In fact, in this era, the issuance of copper coins is not as popular as the distribution of food and materials, because the monetary system of this era is not perfect, such as grain, cloth, salt, livestock, these things can be directly used in the market for trading, without the need to use copper coins, gold and other currencies as the middle price. And because of the constant wars in this era, the value of the currency fluctuates greatly, and unless it is a country like Qi that has not fought for forty years, the price of any commodity can rise and fall sharply in a short period of time. In fact, in ancient China, officials' salaries were always calculated in rice.
In this way, more than 100,000 sheep were sent out at once, but this time when they came back from Yinshan, they brought back more than 600,000 sheep, as well as 50,000 or 60,000 cattle, and nearly 100,000 horses.
However, although there are a few powerful people in Daijun who are engaged in animal husbandry, there are no super animal husbandry tycoons like the Wu family of Qin State, and at most they can only raise a few thousand cattle and sheep to break through the sky. Of course, it is impossible to eat such a large number of cattle and sheep, and although ordinary people need to cultivate cattle or want to raise a few sheep, there are very few people who can afford it. And if it is trafficked to the Qi country for sale, a small amount is okay, but it is impossible to sell a large amount. Therefore, such a large group of cattle, sheep and livestock are facing the dilemma of not being able to get rid of them. And it is also a lot of money for the county government to raise this batch of cattle and sheep.
Just when everyone felt helpless, Gao Yuan later came up with the simplest way: installment payment. The people who originally intended to buy cattle and sheep paid a fee to the government every year, which can be divided into three repayment periods: three, five and ten years, and the full amount of the fee should be repaid, of course, the total amount of installment payment is more than the amount of one-time payment.
During the repayment period, the cattle and sheep can be disposed of by the people themselves, killed and sold for their own convenience, and if the cattle and sheep die or are lost, they must also pay the remaining fees to the government. Of course, the cattle and sheep purchased by each household in separate payments are mortgaged by their own land, so that they are not afraid that the people will buy cattle and sheep beyond their own repayment ability, or run away after buying cattle and sheep.
After everyone heard it, they all felt that this method was really good, and at the same time, they also admired Gao Yuan a lot, how did he come up with this method. In fact, for the plateau, it couldn't be easier.
Sure enough, after this plan was proposed, it did arouse the interest of many people, because now Daijun is cultivating land on a large scale, if there is a ploughing ox, then the labor efficiency can be increased by at least three times, and each household needs to buy a cow in one go, of course, the vast majority of people can't afford it, but if it is paid in five or ten years, although the installment payment is more than the amount of one-time payment, it can also be afforded. In addition, the more wasteland you open, the higher your income, and the more you can lend and rent your cattle, the stronger your ability to repay the loan.
The same is true for buying sheep, although sheep cannot be cultivated, as long as they buy five or six sheep to form a small group, let alone give birth to lambs, even the wool sheared every year is also a large income, so most of the people are willing to use this way to buy cattle and sheep to improve their lives.
Although the government of Dai County could not recover all the money from the sale of cattle and sheep at once, it was dispersed every year, so that the annual income would increase a little, so that a small amount of money would accumulate into a lot, which was also a lot of wealth. Moreover, this batch of cattle and sheep was actually snatched back, almost no cost, and it was sold to make good money, and it also saved a lot of money for raising cattle and sheep, which was absolutely cost-effective for the government.
As a result, in less than a month, nearly half of the cattle and sheep were bought, and the remaining cattle and sheep were basically sold out after more than two months, and the biggest problem was solved.
Of course, this was a later matter, Gao Yuan just put forward the concept of installment payment, and left it alone, and the implementation of the club was handed over to Ning Qi, Shen Shen, Geng Zhong and others to deal with.
Other materials seized from the Xiongnu camp, such as tents, vehicles, gold, copper coins, jade, bronze utensils, etc., can all be classified and put into storage, and the most seized are still furs, except for cowhides left to make armor, other furs are ready to be trafficked to the Qi country to sell. Although these furs are mainly sheepskins, there are also many foxes, wolves, leopards, tigers, deer and other animal furs, and furs have always been sought-after goods in the market of Qi country.
After these things were dealt with, Lin Wenqing and Liu Hong also came to report to Gao Yuan, it turned out that they had negotiated with the four representatives of wealthy merchants from Qi State, and asked them to ask for the help of the four families to set up a shop in Qi.
The four representatives immediately welcomed it, because it is not a big deal to set up a shop in Qi, and in this way, the goods of Daijun will be transported to Qi by themselves, and then handed over to the four for sale, although the profits of the four will be reduced a little, but it can also reduce many risks, after all, in this era, the world is not peaceful, and the caravans face great risks during transportation, so it is better to be safe, of course, to be safe. In addition, they already knew that the Wu'an army had attacked the Xiongnu and obtained a large number of furs and livestock, which were all best-selling commodities in the Qi country, so cooperating with Daijun would be a very stable source of money, so that Daijun could establish shops in Qi, which would be beneficial to all merchants.
Of course, these four people are only representatives of the family, this time the main purpose of coming to Daijun is to investigate, and there is no power to decide, although they all think that Daijun has established a shop in Qi, which is of great benefit to him, but he can't promise it, but the four representatives all told Lin Wenqing that they will definitely reply to their master the requirements of Daijun's direction, convey Lin Wenchun's request, and promise that they will try their best to facilitate it. However, the four deputies also suggested that it would be best to ask the Daijun to send a person with the right to decide to the Qi country to formally negotiate these matters with the masters of the four families, or to make a decision on the spot, and once it is determined, it can be done well in choosing a address, building a house, and so on.
Lin Wenqing also promised them that the Daijun side had promised the envoys of the Qi State that they would send a mission to the Qi State in March next year, and that the Times County would also send a caravan to set off with the mission.