From Longtou Village under Pingyangwei in Shanxi Province, Wang Daniu, Chen Mazi, Li Fugui, Scholar and other military households who had left Longtou Village were walking home talking and laughing.

I went out to fight this time and gained a lot. There were brand-new silver dollars in each of my arms, and I was planning for a better life in the future.

The house must be rebuilt, and it must have a large courtyard with three entrances. Blue bricks and white tiles are absolutely standard. The front door and the courtyard must be hardened with the most popular cement. I heard that Beijing and Tianjin

People in the area have become popular in using reinforced concrete to build houses. There is no need to worry about leaks in the houses built, and they can be built with multiple floors.

However, this building style has not spread to Shanxi yet. The price of cement is relatively cheap. The key is that steel bars are very expensive. Currently, only Miyun Iron Works can produce qualified steel bars on a large scale.

If you have a house, you must marry this wife.

They are all old bachelors in their twenties. In the past, when I saw other people's wives and children sleeping on the bed, I could only be jealous. But now, I have to choose carefully.

Then buy dozens of acres. If you don't finish growing it yourself, you can rent it to others to grow, and you can live a small life like a small landowner.

"Tsk, tsk, Brother Big Niu, you are still very good. You killed four Tatars. This reward is 400 taels of silver, which is enough for a lifetime."

Chen Mazi said with some envy that he only got one head and was only rewarded with one hundred taels of silver.

"Haha, these hundreds of taels of silver are nothing. I haven't heard of it. Here in the Beijing-Tianjin area, you can work casually and earn 2 taels of silver a month."

"I heard that some sailors who specialize in going to sea can earn hundreds of taels of silver a month. Those are the real rich people. Our little money is nothing, we all have to pay for it with our lives."

Wang Daniu smiled and said, he must change the topic and not let everyone focus on himself.

"My dear, you earn hundreds of taels of silver a month and thousands of taels of silver this year. Can they spend all of it?"

When Li Fugui heard this, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Are you afraid that you won't be able to spend all your money?"

"The money is never enough. I heard that people in the Beijing-Tianjin area eat meat every meal."

The scholar smiled and took over the topic.

"Eat meat every meal!"

Everyone couldn't help but sigh. Eating meat was definitely a luxury for poor military households like them. They usually didn't even have enough to eat, let alone eat meat.

Now that they heard that people in the Beijing-Tianjin area can actually eat meat every meal, you can imagine how shocked they were.

Even though they each have hundreds of taels of silver in their pockets and a huge sum of money, they would never dare to be so extravagant when it comes to eating meat every meal.

“If you have the chance, you must visit Beijing and Tianjin.”

Wang Daniu said with some yearning.

"Yes, I must go and see it if I have the chance. I heard that the world outside our Ming Dynasty is vaster. There is a place called Golden Continent. Gold is everywhere. Every stone you pick up is gold."

The scholar nodded. He knew how to read. Now some newspapers from the Beijing and Tianjin areas are slowly being circulated, allowing more people to learn about the outside world.

"Golden Continent?"

"Is there gold everywhere?"

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.

"Scholar, please tell us in detail."

Chen Mazi immediately became interested and said quickly.

"Come next time, next time we come, we will be home soon. When we all drink together, I will take the newspaper and give you a good talk."

The scholar smiled and said, looking forward, he could already see Longtou Village. Hundreds of people had gathered at the entrance of the village, and they seemed to be waiting anxiously.

"I'm back~ I'm back~"

Someone saw Wang Daniu, Chen Mazi and others, and immediately said in a hurry to the people waiting at the entrance of the village.

"Finally back~"

When the villagers at the entrance of the village heard this, they all became excited.

"Everyone, get ready~"

Old man Wu, the leader of the village, said to everyone.

When Wang Daniu, Chen Mazi and others arrived at the entrance of the village, the firecrackers that had been prepared were lit, and they kept crackling, just like during the New Year.

"Welcome back our village heroes!"

Old man Wu said to Wang Daniu and others.

The news of this great victory had already been sent back. Of course, along with the good news was the reward of one hundred taels of silver for killing a Tatar, and two hundred taels of silver for those who died in battle.

Every household in the village has someone going to fight the Tatars, and they are all military households. When the war goes out, every household has a quota, and someone must go to fight.

At first, no one was willing to go. In some families, several brothers even turned against each other and even turned against each other. In the end, they had to draw lots to decide who would go to the war.

Who knew that this time we would get such a generous reward? Because everyone fought desperately, not many people died. In the past, if we fought against the Tatars, even if it was a city defense battle, if ten people went out, they would only be able to come back at most.

half.

But this time, out of ten people who went out, six or seven were able to come back, die in battle, and receive a pension of two hundred taels of silver from their families. No one was afraid of death.

Those who are not dead, those who can kill Tatars on the battlefield, this Tatar's reward of one hundred taels of silver is enough to make people jealous.

When Wang Daniu and others came to the village entrance, when they first looked over, they saw pairs of blood-red eyes filled with envy and jealousy.

Especially young people like himself who did not dare to fight. At this time, all of them had red eyes and their intestines turned green with regret. When they looked at themselves and others, the envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes were all gone.

Can feel it clearly.

"Thank you everyone~Thank you everyone~"

Wang Daniu and others smiled and bowed their hands in thanks, and soon after, people from each family quickly gathered around the expedition member of their own family, asking some anxious questions.

So did Wang Daniu, his father, his mother, his brothers, sisters, and uncles all gathered around.

"Daniu, Daniel, how many Tatars have you killed?"

"Have you got the silver reward?"

"How many are there?"

"Hurry up and show it to everyone."

Everyone was talking to each other, and what they were most concerned about was naturally how many Tatars Wang Daniu had killed and how much silver he had received as a reward.

"Ahem~ Let's go home and talk."

Wang Daniu coughed slightly, smiled and said.

"Yes~yes, let's talk when we get home, let's talk when we get home."

Wang Daniu's father, Wang Yigengen, nodded quickly, and everyone in the family went home in a noisy manner.

In the courtyard of Wang Daniu's house, the Wang family, old and young, all gathered together and sat around. Everyone looked at Wang Daniu.

"Ahem, this time, I killed four Tatars and got a reward of four hundred taels of silver."

Wang Daniu looked at the eager eyes of everyone, smiled and said.

There was no way to hide this matter, because everyone in the village who went on the expedition knew about it, so everyone would naturally tell each other about it.

"Four hundred taels of silver~"

When everyone heard this, everyone immediately smiled. Four hundred taels of silver was an astronomical figure that they had never dared to think of before. They did not expect that Wang Daniu actually killed four Tatars this time.

"Daniu, this money must be taken out and divided among everyone."

Wang Daniu's second uncle Wang Ergen said directly and decisively.

"Yes, Daniel, this money must be taken out and divided equally among the houses."

Wang Daniu's third uncle Wang Sangen also nodded and said.

Wang Daniu's father has three brothers. In normal times, it is a good thing to have more brothers. For example, every time he goes on an expedition or when something happens, Wang's three brothers, one, two and three, only count as one military household, so one person is enough.

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However, there are many brothers, and there are many things to do. For example, in the military field handed down from our ancestors, three brothers are very few. In addition, like this time, everyone is pushing back and forth on who will go on the expedition.

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Whenever there was any benefit, the three brothers would always fight with each other.

Wang Daniu's money hasn't even been used yet, but his second uncle and his third uncle's family are asking for a share of the money.

"Why should I share it with you?"

Before Wang Daniu could speak, Wang Daniu's mother Ma immediately became furious.

"This silver is a reward for our great master who went through life and death and fought bloody battles to kill the Tatars. If you want money, do you have the guts to kill the Tatars yourself?"

"When we first went on the expedition, I didn't know who was pushing and pushing us, saying that we were the eldest family, and this incident must also be our eldest family's fault."

"It's better now, everyone is here to share the money, I'm dreaming!"

Ma is very fierce, a typical rural shrew, and with a lifetime of quarrels, she is someone who refuses to take any losses.

"Sister-in-law, you can't say anything else. This quota handed down from our ancestors does not only belong to your big house. If our big bear goes on an expedition, he will definitely be able to kill the Tatars and get money."

When Wang Ergen heard this, he immediately became unhappy and said quickly.
To be continued...