The irritable Wang Yigen started wandering around Longtou Village as soon as he left home.
At this time, almost every household had their doors closed, and it was obvious that they were talking about money.
"Bang~"
"You are an unfilial son. Others can steal the Tatars. How come you haven't even killed a single Tatar?"
"You still have the nerve to come back?"
"Look at other people's houses. The little ones only have a hundred taels of silver to take home. The Wang Daniu family has a lot of money and can actually kill four Tatars. But you haven't even killed a single Tatar. Why don't you die at the hands of the Tatars?"
, that way the family can at least get two silver coins."
Not long after he left the house, Wang Yigen heard Old Man He roaring and saw him chasing his son He Dagou with a pole in his hand.
He was beaten and scolded at the same time, which made me really angry.
I saw a lot of money coming home from other families, but it was better for my own He Dagou. He didn't catch a single head on the battlefield, so he came back almost bare-handed.
When I think about it, almost every family in the village who went on an expedition came back with a lot of silver coins, but my son didn't get anything.
Old man He became even more angry and hit him mercilessly with the pole in his hand.
"Dad~Dad~"
"Didn't you say what you said when we went out to fight? Don't rush forward foolishly, and escape back when you have the chance. Only when a person is alive can he have everything. I didn't do what you said, and I didn't get hurt at all."
He Dagou said while hiding.
"You're not hurt at all. Are you mad at me?"
"Look at people like Wang Daniu, Chen Mazi, and Scholar. After getting back a lot of money, they will get married one by one and build houses one by one. Then you can only watch.
Wait, let me see if you are hurt?"
Old Man He was furious, hating that iron could not be made into steel. A Tatar had only one hundred taels of silver, but he did not seize such an opportunity to make a fortune. He was really angry to death.
Wang Yigen could see clearly outside, and he couldn't help but smile on his old face. At the same time, his back straightened. His son was the most powerful. He killed four Tatars. These four hundred taels of silver were enough for his family in the future.
No worries about food and clothing.
"Ouch~ Isn't this brother Yijian?"
After wandering around, Wang Yiyi came to the center of Longtou Village. There is a grain drying field in the center of the village. Everyone usually likes to gather here.
When Matchmaker Tang saw Wang Yigeng's appearance, she immediately stepped forward to say hello. She was the most eloquent matchmaker in the country. Of course, she was also a famous matchmaker. As long as the money was in place, there was no matchmaker she couldn't match.
A sharp tongue can talk about life and death.
In the past, she, Tang Matchmaker, never came to Longtou Village, because Longtou Village was full of run-down military households. It would be difficult to help these run-down military households with matchmaking, even if they succeeded, it would be a happy event.
The money is also pitiful.
But things are different now. Everyone knows that these military households are rewarded with one hundred taels of silver for killing a Tatar, and a pension of two hundred taels of silver for those killed in battle.
In this battle, every household in Longtou Village had someone go to the battle. The imperial court won a great victory. I heard that the amount of money awarded alone was tens of millions of taels. It can be said that every household made a lot of money. A lot of money can be made in an instant.
The rich people.
Not only is there money, but there is also a market.
These run-down military households were previously poor and no one was willing to marry into them, so every household had older unmarried young people, which was where Tang Matchmaker came in.
Therefore, before these military households returned from the expedition, he would go to Longtou Village every day. At the same time, he would search for girls of bidding age from all over the country to serve as matchmakers.
This time, she came to Longtou Village again and said hello to everyone she saw.
"Tang Matchmaker~"
Seeing Matchmaker Tang, Wang Yiyi squeezed out a smile on his dark old face. His eldest son had not gotten married, and his second and third sons had not gotten married either.
In the past, I went to Tang Matchmaker and asked her to help me talk about marriage, but Tang Matchmaker ignored me and didn't follow up at all. After several marriage exchanges, many times no one might be willing to exchange marriages with military households like them.
"Brother Genggen, how many Tatars has your big brother killed?"
Matchmaker Tang looked around and asked in a low voice.
First ask how much money the other party has in hand. If there is more money, she will naturally work harder. After the introduction is successful, the happy money she will get will naturally be more.
"Four~"
Wang Yiyi raised four fingers and said with a smile on his face.
"My dear, isn't this four hundred taels of silver?"
When Matchmaker Tang heard this, her eyes widened slightly and she said in surprise.
"Hehe~"
"Tang Matchmaker, if you have a good girl in your hands, please introduce her to my three little cubs immediately. This money is indispensable to you."
Wang Yigen smiled, now that he has money, he has the confidence to speak.
"Okay~Okay, no problem, no problem~"
"Brother dissatisfied, I came here this time with the intention of introducing you to your family. Does Mr. Zhang from Shannan Village know about the introduction?"
"His eldest son is only twenty-eight years old. He is a pretty young man. The key is hard work and hard work. He has a big butt and is good at raising children. Marry him back now and keep him for you to have your grandson next year."
When Matchmaker Tang heard this, she immediately smiled and started to introduce it after thinking about it.
"What's so good about Blacksmith Zhang's daughter? I have a lot of good girls on my hands. The second daughter of Butcher Li's family in this town is really beautiful. She is even better than Diao Chan. She is pretty and pretty, and she is a perfect match for your family."
At this time, another voice sounded, and it turned out that another Dong matchmaker came over.
Like Tang Matchmaker, Dong Matchmaker obviously also took a fancy to the huge market here in Longtou Village, and also came here to talk about marriage.
"Butcher Li's daughter, I've seen it, and she is indeed pretty."
When Wang Gengen heard this, he immediately nodded and said.
"Brother Gengen, don't listen to her nonsense. Butcher Li's daughter is pretty, but she was told to be a scholar."
"I have many girls here. What do you think of Tailor Zhang's daughter in this town?"
"Tailor Zhang's daughter is no worse than Butcher Li's daughter. The key is that Tailor Zhang's daughter also has a good craft and can make clothes. Think about it, by then your big boss will have money. Maybe in the future
You can go to the county town to buy a house, a shop or something, and you can directly open a tailor shop or something in the county town, and it won't be wrong to marry Tailor Zhang's daughter and keep it."
When Matchmaker Tang saw the business robber coming, she immediately became anxious. She glared at Matchmaker Dong and told her that this was her first target. Go to another house and started introducing her again.
“This is really good~”
When Wang Gengen heard this, he nodded again and again.
"There are also girls in the county. Your big boss killed four Tatars. Here are four hundred taels of silver. There are all kinds of girls. As long as you ask for it, I will find it for you."
Matchmaker Dong was also anxious and said quickly.
In this era when you can get a wife with three taels of silver, four hundred taels of silver is definitely a huge sum of money. Each house in the county can only cost you a dozen taels of silver at most, and a house with a shop can cost dozens of taels.
silver.
There are so many things that four hundred taels of silver can do. For ordinary people like them, they won't be able to use that much money in a lifetime.
"Matchmaker Dong, what do you mean?"
When Matchmaker Tang saw it, she immediately became angry and said to Matchmaker Dong with her hands on her waist.
"It's not interesting. I'm just proposing marriage to Brother Gengen's family. Do you think I'm allowed to come?"
Anyone who can be a matchmaker is naturally not someone to be trifled with. Matchmaker Dong also had a hand in her waist and immediately faced off with Matchmaker Tang.
"Don't know first come first served?"
"How come there are so many houses in Longtou Village, yet you just come here to compete with me for business? Believe it or not, I'm going to scold you like a bitch today?"
"Come on, come on, let's see who gets bloody."
"This is about matchmaking. Who can tell who has the ability? If you don't have the ability, how can you be a matchmaker?"
Matchmaker Dong and Matchmaker Tang stared at each other fiercely.
"Matchmaker Dong, Matchmaker Dong, my scholar is back. Didn't you promise to marry our scholar?"
At this time, the scholar's father came over and said quickly when he saw Matchmaker Dong.
"Okay, okay, how many Tatars did your scholar kill?"
When matchmaker Dong heard this, she immediately put on a smile and said with a smile.
"Not much, just one. I came back with a hundred taels of silver. This is my only son. You have to introduce a good girl and introduce her well. You will not be short of this silver."
The scholar's father said with a smile on his face. He did not expect that the scholar could kill the Tatar and come back with one hundred taels of silver.
"Okay, okay, no problem, keep it with me and keep it to your and the scholar's satisfaction."
When Matchmaker Dong heard this, she immediately agreed and then introduced it to the scholar's father.
"Brother Gengen, what do you think?"
Matchmaker Tang felt angry when she looked at Matchmaker Dong, but when she looked at Wang Genggen, she immediately smiled.
"I said it's useless. I still want to see my son. Why don't you come to my house and sit down and have a drink of water?"
Wang Gengen thought for a while and said.
"Okay~Okay~"
When Matchmaker Tang heard this, she immediately agreed.
…
Longtou Village immediately became extremely lively when the military households brought it back from the expedition, becoming the focus of the entire ten miles and eight villages.
Everyone talked about their affairs every day. Some people kept bragging about how brave they were on the battlefield, killing several Tatars, and some even showed off the trophies they captured from the battlefield.
But these are not what everyone is most concerned about, what matters most is money.
The dilapidated military households in Longtou Village were turned around.
Almost every household has turned over.
Those who killed Tatars on the battlefield were rewarded, and those who died were also rewarded. In short, almost every household brought back hundreds of taels of silver, and those who came back without any silver became the object of everyone's jokes.
The dilapidated military households were turned around, and these dilapidated military households suddenly became fragrant steamed buns.
In less than half a month after Wang Daniu and others returned to Longtou Village, people started getting married in Longtou Village, and girls from other villages married in.
Then one after another, almost every household began to hold happy events. The festive firecrackers sounded almost every day, and there were no banquets in the village almost every day.
Today is the Li family's wedding, tomorrow it's the Zhang family's wedding, and the day after tomorrow it's the Wang family's wedding, one after another, without stopping. After the eldest is married, the second is married.
Almost the entire Longtou Village is filled with a sea of red celebrations. Sometimes, there are several weddings a day, so much so that there are jokes about going to the wrong place.
Girls from other villages were carried into Longtou Village in eight-carat sedans. This was a very rare thing in the past.
The villagers in Longtou Village are all military households. These military households are very poor and very shabby. No one is willing to marry their daughter to them. Even if they want to change marriages, very few people are willing to do so.
There is no way. Although everyone is poor, at least everyone's status is relatively good. If they are military households, their descendants will all be military households. There is no way to pass the imperial examination. No matter how good Feng Shui is, there will be no capable people.
What's more, they have to be squeezed and exploited by hundreds or thousands of households above. Every year, hundreds or thousands of households are given free land, work, etc. In short, the dilapidated military households are the poorest existence, compared with other ordinary people.
It will be even more painful.
But now, these dilapidated military households have money, and they are not ordinary rich. They are rewarded with one hundred taels of silver for killing a Tatar, which is definitely a huge sum of money.
After getting married, although I was still a military household, my life was different these days.
Longtou Village has become very lively, with people getting married in every household. At the same time, people are starting to build houses one after another in Longtou Village.
The houses built one after another occupy a large area, with three courtyards, and cement is used. The front door and the courtyard are paved with cement, which is very clean. The inside of the room is paved with cement. This is
Houses where people live.
After the wedding wave, there will be a house building wave. In the entire Longtou Village, almost every household is building a house. Some people even plan and build it together. It is very neat. The entire Longtou Village is like a busy construction site. People come here every day to work on the construction.
house.
In addition to getting married and building houses, these dilapidated military households in Longtou Village also began to buy fields. Because there were so many people buying fields, the prices of fields in the entire countryside began to rise.
Originally, the land needed was less than 3 taels of silver per acre, but now it has increased to more than 3 taels of silver per acre because of the land purchased by military households in Longtou Village.
Even so, as long as someone sells their land, people from Longtou Village will immediately buy it. The local tycoons are very rich, and the people in the whole village have a lot of money, making it a well-known wealthy village throughout the country.
At the same time, in the county, the prices of shops and houses in the county have also increased. There are many military households like Longtou Village around the county. These military households have money, and some people also come to the county to buy houses, shops, and work.
Do business or something, or simply move to the city.
This in turn led to an increase in housing prices and store prices throughout the county. At the same time, because these military households saw the magic of cement, cement stores that were not selling well at first began to become popular.
