With a stroke of his pen, Yan Laoer gave the border army and militia a 50-50 split.
While he was writing and drawing, he said to Mr. Tian: "On the surface, they kill more enemies and are under greater pressure to disobey military orders. But in fact, our contribution is not small. The charter of the militia has long been prepared by the prince."
Yes, as agreed, we can support ourselves."
"Is Mr. Xue willing?" Mr. Tian asked.
"Why doesn't he want to do it?" Yan Laoer said nonchalantly: "If he thinks I can't do it right, let him find my elder brother and try it again."
Mr. Tian couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
Let Yan Huaiwen do the math, General Xue Qi might not be able to bear it.
Yan Laoer's mind was still transacting accounts, and he muttered: "We are in urgent need of a sum of cash now to pay the resettlement allowance for the brothers in the militia."
"Teacher, this is what I think. First, sell all the seizures from the militia to the county government. After the county government sets the price, we can then calculate it to each person. I will know how much I will give to their families."
Mr. Tian frowned and said, "Huju can't afford so much money."
"That's for sure. You can pay one sum up front and pay the rest in installments."
"Give them money, and most of them will just buy grain, and buy it in pieces. It's not cost-effective for the government to come out and buy it in bulk. They get benefits, and we don't have to spend such a large sum of money all at once."
Yan Laoer still has some experience in economics.
"There is also the benefit of returning all these seizures to the county government. It can replenish the work-share account owed by the county government."
It is no exaggeration to say that Huju is heavily in debt.
A forehead account.
We owe money to the officials, and we owe it to the people.
The price is 30% lower than the market price, and the exchange rate is 10% higher than the market price. This is what Yan Laoer considers to be a more reasonable price.
The 40% difference in price was the profit margin he left to the government.
Don't think that 40% is too much. A large part of it is work points that the villagers feel are costless. When government agencies buy cattle and sheep, they also have to consider the subsequent raising costs.
Yan Laoer has seen how edible these bleating moos can be in large quantities.
Yan Laoer quickly calculated a sum for Mr. Tian and sold the cattle and sheep to the government office, and then converted them into work points and exchanged them. What was the extra cost and how much profit was gained? The exchange of work points for rice is still a living animal like cattle and sheep, especially
It's a cow. Barabala talked a lot about what it means to a family, especially a family that is about to plow in the spring.
Mr. Tian didn't understand the price difference for a while, but he was very interested in Yan Laoer's suggestion that people who had exchanged their cattle could come to the government office regularly to hand over cow dung in exchange for part of their work points.
The master and the apprentice discussed the uses of cow dung with great interest.
"We only plant fields in Guanzhou for one season. If the fertility can be increased, the yield per mu can be even higher." Yan Laoer said enthusiastically, and his eyes were full of joy: "Our Guantian, where the tigers are located, will also be expanded this year, and those old wastelands will be expanded.
Well, what are we afraid of? We have been tax-free for three years to open up wasteland. In these three years, we have almost settled the debt we owe from outside."
"Those who can't afford to buy cows can rent them first, or sheep can rent, and the money is fine. You can use pasture to pay for it, work points to pay for it, cow's milk and goat's milk. Oh, and you can also pay for it with calves and lambs...
Oh, don’t tell me, from a long-term perspective, renting it is much more cost-effective than exchanging it all at once.”
"It's best to get rid of all the miscellaneous things quickly."
“We need to buy planting grain as soon as possible.”
Since we talked about food, Yan Laoer wanted to take stock of the tents in the barn.
It didn't matter what he saw, he was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head.
"Teacher, why is this...empty?"
The barn is empty!
The tiger's barn is empty!
Although he had a hunch that there wouldn't be much food left in the barn, he really didn't expect that the account would be empty.
Yan Laoer started to look through the detailed accounts.
When I saw it, I understood instantly.
There are too many extra people in Huju!
The people rescued from Beirong were first settled in Huju.
Compared with the resettled people, the Xizhou Army in the quarry had little food.
"Look at this again." Mr. Tian handed him another account book.
Yan Laoer hurriedly looked through it.
It is a separate account. The grains sent by Yongning and Gufeng are all recorded in it, and it is used exclusively for special grains.
After delivering the food, it is recorded how many people were taken away on the return trip.
My heart finally returned to my stomach.
"This is the right thing. You can't let me raise it. We really can't afford it." Yan Laoer said the truth.
"Your elder brother came up with this method, and it solved Hu Ju's urgent need.
A batch of grain was sent from Fucheng. Gufeng is close to us. We have grain and clothes. Letters have also arrived from Longxing and Fengming. They are already on their way to deliver grain and pick up people." Mr. Tian sighed with emotion: "Speaking of which, if it weren't for
We have long since run out of food for those wild animals we picked up in the mountains."
"The Yamen is surrounded and we can't get out. We have to rely on the villagers to take care of everything. Once you come back, you will go around for the teacher and pass messages through the wall. It's always inconvenient." Mr. Tian said this.
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Yan Laoer felt relaxed when he went in, but when he came out he had two bags in front and back, filled with ledgers.
He didn't jump out of the room, he just fell.
Mr. Xue Qi jumped down after him and urged: "Go quickly, go quickly."
Yan Laoer: "Brother Xue, please go first. I'm not in a hurry. I want to take a breath first."
"I told you to carry it for you. If you don't do it, I can still steal it." Mr. Xue finally reached out and helped him carry it.
Yan Laoer immediately felt his shoulders relaxed a lot.
"I promised the teacher, I'm with them, people can't break their word."
He knew very well that these were all the yamen's accounts, and his teacher would be held responsible for taking them out. In addition to the account books, he also had the teacher's small seal in his arms, which was even more important.
To be honest, Yan Laoer feels very insecure now and just wants to return to Sanbao as soon as possible.
"Let's go." Yan Laoer walked forward with his head down.
General Xue Qi took a few steps and said, "No, where are you going?"
This is not the way out of the city.
"Let's go lead the cows!"
"The city gate is over there."
"What city gate should we go through? We have to go around a long way. We can go out the same way we came in."
Yan Laoer said it was natural. Mr. Xue Qi's horse and his three treasures were tied to the tree near the dog cave. If you go to the city gate, you have to take a detour. Of course, the dog cave is closer.
Mr. Xue Qi really didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Yan Laoer saw his reluctance and advised: "Brother Xue, look at you, why are you so pretentious? A man doesn't stick to trivial matters. If you really care and think so, then it's just a hole, not a dog hole."
Mr. Xue: No need to point it out, thank you!
Yan Laoer insisted on taking a shortcut, and General Xue Qi had no choice but to follow.
There was nothing he could do, Yan Laoer kept talking to him about dividing the accounts along the way. It was a big deal and he cared about it very much.
"Fifty-five, if Brother Xue thinks it's okay, I'll bring out the ledgers. The ones we brought back from earlier can be divided as soon as I finish counting them."
"Okay, okay!" Mr. Xue Qi was so happy when he heard this ratio.