Chapter 675: Just out of the wolf's den and trapped in the tiger's den again
Early the next morning, when the family was having breakfast, Princess Pingning noticed something was wrong. Her daughter-in-law was a little too quiet and kept hanging her head. She signaled Ru Lan to raise her head. She was surprised and said, "Ru Lan, why is your mouth so swollen?"
Already?" Lian
Rulan felt that her face was burning, and she secretly glared at Wang Lidong. It was all this bad guy who had caused this. She puffed out her cheeks and hesitated, "I was hungry last night, so I ate some dried fish and accidentally got bitten by the shark fin."
It’s scratched…”
Father Qi asked with concern, "How about asking Dr. Guo to take a look?"
Ru Lan hurriedly waved her hands, even saying no, and quietly kicked Wang Lidong, who was eating noodles, and signaled for help quickly, and must not ask the doctor to come, in case he saw any clues...
Wang Lidong swallowed the noodles in his mouth, raised his head and said, "Father, no need, I just checked it, it's nothing serious. It will be fine in two days."
Seeing that his son had said this, Qi's father did not insist. Seeing that the eight-treasure porridge in his wife's bowl had reached the bottom, he hurriedly asked, "Would you like another bowl?"
Princess Pingning nodded and signaled for another half bowl.
After Qi's father gave instructions to the boy... he suddenly thought of something and turned to Ru Lan and said, "Your mother is not in good health right now, so you don't need to attend etiquette classes from today on." Lian
Rulan glanced at her mother-in-law sitting opposite, suppressed her joy, nodded and said that her mother's body was the most important thing at the moment, stood up and handed a bag of glutinous rice chicken to Qi's mother, "Mom, eat some glutinous rice chicken, it's delicious.
So glutinous."
"Well, let it go." Princess Pingning said, "I heard from Heng'er that you have been with Sister Wang since you were a child, learning how to be a housekeeper and keep accounts?"
Ru Lan nodded, "Since I was ten years old, my mother began to teach me how to do housekeeping accounts. In the past few years, I have often helped my mother to check the accounts. I also manage the accounts of the 'Xinghua Village' pastry shop."
Regarding these two skills, she felt that she was pretty good at it, so she admitted it openly.
Seeing this, Princess Pingning ordered Ru Lan to follow her to the study room after breakfast to help her.
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Just out of the wolf's den, he fell into the tiger's den again.
Ru Lan secretly complained, regretting it all.
Wang Lidong couldn't help laughing.
I made you cry, now you are stupid!
Rulan almost exploded when she saw that her officials not only refused to help, but also looked gloating about others' misfortune...
Princess Pingning said calmly, "Why, you don't want to?"
Rulan waved her hands hurriedly, forced out a smile and said, "No, no, I'm just afraid that if I don't do it well, I'll make my mother angry."
Princess Pingning said, "As long as you work hard, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake. Just change it! Do you think I am just a person who doesn't know right from wrong?" Lian
Ru Lan was so frightened that she waved her hands, "Mom, I didn't mean that, I was just afraid..."
Princess Pingning interrupted, "Okay, I know what you mean. Have you eaten?"
So fierce!
Rulan only felt sixty percent full at this time, but her head still nodded uncontrollably.
Seeing that his wife was about to get up, Qi's father quickly put down the chopsticks in his hands, carefully supported him on the side, and whispered, "Slow down, be careful..."
Ru Lan immediately stood up and stepped forward, helping her mother-in-law helplessly, and slowly walked to the study...
Entering the study, Ru Lan saw an extra tiny golden nanmu table in the study, placed on the right side of the original desk. Lian
After Princess Pingning sat down, she told Ru Lan that the nanmu table next to her was where she would work from now on.
Rulan said obediently, "Yes, mother."
Princess Pingning pointed to the piles of account books on Ru Lan's desk and said, "These are the account books of all the farms in the mansion. You should check all the accounts for this year and become familiar with the properties of the mansion."
Seeing that each pile was more than a foot high, she roughly counted and found that there were at least more than twenty account books. Rulan's eyes widened and she said, "Mother, how many Zhuangzi are there in our family?"
Princess Pingning said calmly, "156 Zhuangzi."
Rulan was astonished to know that there were so many. Even if they were all small villages with five to six hundred acres, there would still be over one hundred thousand acres of fields. Because of the emergence of cotton cloth, one acre of good farmland near the capital can now be sold for twelve
Through....
Seeing Rulan standing dumbly, Princess Pingning slightly frowned and said, "What are you thinking about?" Lian
Ru Lan hurriedly said that she did not expect that there were so many Zhuangzi at home. As she spoke, she sat on the chair in front of the desk and picked up an account book. The cover had 'No. 1 - Wangjiazhuang' printed on it. She opened the cover and registered on the title page.
A row of information, the address of the farm, the size of the farm, the number of paddy fields, irrigated fields, dry fields, mountains and forests, the total number of people in the farm, the number of tenants, the name of the farm head, etc.
Turning it over again, there are more than a dozen groups of numbers neatly arranged, which are the total grain output of the farm every year and the average yield per mu.
After looking at last year's average yield per mu, it was 615 kilograms, which was more than 6 shi. Ru Lan was extremely surprised.
She remembered that the two Zhuangzi under her name only cost a little more than 2 shi when the weather was good. But in the past two years, there have been severe droughts and floods, and the annual income was only more than 1 shi. This year, the Yellow River burst its banks, and the two Zhuangzi had no money.
After a while, when winter comes, she will buy some grain and send it to the village to help some tenants who are in need, so as not to starve to death.
Thinking that she might have remembered wrongly, she looked through the records from previous years and found that six years ago, the yield per mu was more than 2 shi, which meant that the yield had increased every year in the past few years.
Glancing at her mother-in-law, who was talking to Mother Lu, Ru Lan continued to look through the account books...
More than an hour later, she put down the account book and finally finished reading it. She rubbed the corners of her sore eyes and glanced at the hundreds of account books stacked on her left hand side. She felt that the future was gloomy and she had a look of despair on her face.
Princess Pingning asked aloud, "Have you finished reading?"
Rulan nodded her head hurriedly, "I've finished reading."
Princess Pingning asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Ru Lan took the account book and came to her mother-in-law. She pointed out the mistakes she found one by one, "Mom, the wrong addition here is, it should be 65 shi... The number of chickens and ducks is wrong, there are fewer chickens.
16, 26 ducks less..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Princess Pingning said, "That's all?"
Rulan hesitated for a moment, pointed to a reduction project and said, "Mother, the Yellow River burst its banks twice this year, and the two Zhuangzi under my name were also affected. However, those two Zhuangzi are only five miles away from the Yellow River, but
Wangjiazhuang is 30 miles away from the Yellow River.
I heard Zhuangzi’s steward say that many Zhuangzi were affected by the disaster this time, but they were all near the Yellow River..." Lian
Rulan's performance made Princess Pingning's eyes shine.
After getting along with her for half a month, she is a daughter-in-law who is really bad at everything. She is the first to eat, but she is unexpectedly good at accounting.
"What do you mean by Ru'er, the banker's accounts were tampered with?"
Rulan nodded slightly.
Princess Pingning said, "Since you found out about this matter, you have full authority to handle it."
Ru Lan pointed at herself in surprise and said, "Mother, you mean you want me to come?"
Princess Pingning snorted lightly.
Rulan was a little eager to try, but she had never been in charge of a family before, so she felt unsure, so she whispered, "This... mother... I will give it a try. If I don't do well, don't be angry..."
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When Wang Lidong returned home, he saw Ru Lan, the big magpie, the little magpie, the little cuckoo, and the little thrush gathered in front of the tea table, having a round table meeting. They were so focused that they didn't even notice that he had entered the room.
I got closer and listened, and it turned out that they were discussing how to catch a big rat in a farm.
The little magpie suddenly felt that there was someone else beside him. He turned around and quickly got up and said, "Uncle."
Wang Lidong smiled and nodded.
When Rulan saw Wang Lidong back, she hurriedly invited the big magpie to serve tea, then took him to talk about Wangjiazhuang's affairs, and then explained the plan discussed by several people, "Official, what do you think?
Sample?"
Wang Lidong nodded and said, "Okay, it's good." Lian
Rulan's plan is to first send people to Zhuangzi to find out the news, and if it is true, arrest the head of the village. It's quite satisfactory. As long as the people sent don't fail, sooner or later they will be able to find out.
After Rulan got the recognition, she immediately became full of fighting spirit and quickly ordered the magpie to arrange people to go to Wangjiazhuang to collect intelligence.
"Official, why is your farm's harvest so high?"
Wang Lidong said to Chunlan on the side, "Bring the farm book to Madam."
Chunlan accepted the order and soon handed the book to Rulan, "Madam, agricultural book."
Ru Lan took it. There were four big characters on the cover, "Sihai Agricultural Book", and a row of small characters printed below them. The author was from the Agricultural Science Class of Sihai Private School.
I opened it and flipped through it, and it was all about teaching people how to farm. Although she knew every word, Ru Lan had never done any farm work in her life, so she didn't know whether what was said in it was correct, but she always felt that
With a very powerful look, he said, "Official, if my family follows the method in this book to farm, the harvest can be five or six stones?" Lian
Wang Lidong said, "They should be inseparable."
Ru Lan said in surprise, "If it is handed over to the imperial court and promoted by the imperial court, then people all over the world will not go hungry."
Wang Lidong smiled and said, "The imperial court will start promoting it early next year. However, it will take a few years before farmers all over the world follow the methods in the book."
Ru Lan was surprised and said, "It's such a good idea, why don't farmers learn from it?"
Wang Lidong said, "Most of the literate people do not farm, and most of the farmers are illiterate. Moreover, many farmers are unsure about the new farming method. If the food harvest fails, people will starve to death."
.Only when seeing is believing, will everyone feel at ease.”
Ru Lan decided that next year she would plant her two properties according to the book, "By the way, someone came to the family just now, and the matter of Sixth Sister and Brother Qi has been settled."
Wang Lidong asked, "Xiao Liu agreed?" Lian
Ru Lan said, "I agreed."
Wang Lidong said, "Then brother finally got his wish."
Ru Lan Bagua said, "Guardian, I heard what my eldest brother said. He doesn't really like the lady that my aunt has ordered for him. Do you think my eldest brother will be like my father in the future?"
Wang Lidong thought for a moment and then said, "Probably not. Even if my eldest brother wanted to do this, my aunt would not stand by and watch. The unmarried sister-in-law is my niece. If Xiao Liu dares to act like a monster, my aunt will never do it.
Will be soft-hearted..."
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At the end of November, the ten largest shareholders of the Royal Bank of the Song Dynasty came to the Wende Hall of the Imperial Palace early in the morning. Duke Cheng Guo said in a loud voice, "Yuan Ruo, it's not even the beginning of the month yet. What's the business of calling everyone here today?"
Wang Lidong smiled and said, "There are a few things that I want to discuss with you. The first thing is that the reorganization of the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army on Gyeonggi Road has been completed." He then asked Fugui to give everyone a report on the reorganization of the Forbidden Army.
one serving
Everyone took the report and read it carefully.
In the entire Gyeonggi Road, the number of the Forbidden Army plus the Xiang Army was 290,000, and the Xiang Army was 330,000. After the reorganization, there were a total of 210,000 qualified soldiers, leaving 410,000, of which 350,000 were transferred to the construction corps, and the remaining 60,000 were selected.
A total of 4.89 million yuan was spent on collecting retirement pension, and the average retirement pension for each veteran was 81 yuan.
Ling Guogong felt a little distressed and said, "Is this retirement pension too much?"
Duke Cheng Guo glared at this guy and said, "If you didn't give me more, if you think these people would be so honest, they would have caused trouble a long time ago."
Ling Guojing said, "If you dare to cause trouble, you will be arrested directly and sent to the mines!"
Cheng Guogong banged the table and cursed, "You old man! If you really do this, would you believe that you will be shot in the back when you go out?"
Princess Fukang saw that the two people were arguing louder and louder, so she hurriedly stopped her and said to Wang Lidong, "Yuan Ruo, which roads are you going to organize next?" Lian
Wang Lidong stood up and walked to the map of the Song Dynasty. He took a thin wooden stick and pointed out the three roads around Xixia, "Qinxi, Lizhou and Rongcheng three roads."
Cheng Guogong said, "Yuan Ruo, are you planning to fight Xixia?"
Wang Lidong nodded and said, "Yes. After reorganizing the Imperial Army on the West Road, I am ready to destroy Xixia!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Cheng Guogong was overjoyed, slapped his thigh and said, "This time, let me do the reorganization?"
Duke Fu said, "You have never been to the west to lead troops, and you are not familiar with the situation there at all. Even if you go there, your eyes will be black. With your bad temper, you will definitely cause trouble. Otherwise, you will have a bad temper."
It’s better for me to go. I stayed there for eight years and dealt with the Western Army..."
Duke Cheng Guo sneered, "In the past, I would not have dared to go there, but now we have a musketeer army in our hands. If they try to use tricks..."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Wang Lidong decided, "This time I will work hard to assist Duke Guo and Duke Cheng. You two should be in good company and bring three regiments of escort troops with you when you go over."
The Northwest Forbidden Army has been stationed in Shaanxi, a country with strong folk customs, and has fought against Xia for a long time, so it has maintained strong combat effectiveness for a long time. However, the military discipline of the Western Army is poor. Moreover, the generals of the Western Army are generally inherited from generation to generation, and several relatively powerful local warlords have been formed, such as
The Fuzhou Zhejiajun, Linzhou Yangjiajiang, Qingjian City Zhongjiajun, etc. who often appear on modern TV...this time they will steal the golden rice bowls of these vested interests. If the two of them are left naked,
In the past, it was guaranteed that they would have to hold funerals for the two of them soon.
When Duke Fu heard that there were 20,000 musketeers pressing down on the formation, he was determined and clapped his breasts to ensure that the entire Western Army would be reorganized within three months.
Princess Fukang asked, "How much will it cost in total to reorganize the Western Army and send troops to Xixia this time?"
Wang Lidong said, "There are a total of 430,000 people on the roster of the imperial army and the Xiang army on the third route. They are at war with Xixia all the year round, so the number of people who are on empty pay is estimated to be about 70%. Those who can pass the test must be higher than those on the capital side."
, it is estimated that there will be about 150,000 people.
There are 17 pieces of equipment for a musketeer, including helmets, shirts, boots... 5 grenades, and 1 98K rifle, totaling 560 pieces.
The equipment required for 150,000 people will cost a total of 84 million yuan!"
"Ahem!" Princess Fukang was drinking tea. She choked when she heard such an astonishing number. The prince-in-law hurriedly stretched out his hand to help his daughter-in-law calm down! Lian
Duke Ling smacked his tongue and said, "This is just the equipment for the soldiers. If we include the reconstruction of the military camp, the rations for the soldiers and horses, etc., the cost should not be less than 150,000 yuan."
Wang Lidong nodded.
Princess Fukang said with a bitter face, "The imperial court doesn't have that much money, so does it have to borrow money from the royal bank again?"
The old emperor's funeral was held in great splendor, and the new emperor's reputation for filial piety spread throughout the world, and the people praised her. If a public opinion survey were conducted now, the support rate for Princess Fukang among the people in Bianliang City would be at least 90%.
Achieving such a good effect is not something that can be achieved by the tabloids in a few days. It is all achieved with tens of millions of copper coins.
Just the rewards for veterans, sergeants and millions of Bianliang people cost 40 million yuan. The national treasury had already been completely spent to build the imperial mausoleum for the old emperor, and all of Princess Fukang's private money was also spent.
After receiving the subsidy, I was still short of 30 million yuan. In the end, I had to borrow a large sum from the Royal Bank, but I still haven't paid it back. If I borrow it again, how long will it take to pay it back...
Lian Guogong frowned and said, "Most of Xixia is a land of yellow sand, and only a few salt fields are worth a little money. The cost of this battle is too much. Why don't we delay it and wait until the court has money?"
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His Majesty said, "This does not include the soldiers' salary and wages, it will cost at least four to five million dollars."
After everyone did the math, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became a lot duller.
Wang Lidong picked up the tea cup and took two sips of tea, and then said loudly, "I sent troops to capture Annan a while ago, everyone knows, right?"
Everyone nodded.
Wang Lidong said, "Do you think I made a profit or a loss in this battle?"
Everyone thought about the place in Annan, where the remote countryside was still full of miasma, and they couldn't understand why Wang Lidong wanted to occupy that place.
Duke Cheng Guo asked curiously, "Yuanruo, can you still make money in that place where birds don't poop?" Lian
"Yes, you don't earn much." Wang Lidong stretched out his hand and raised three fingers and said, "This time we sent troops to Annan, we only captured Shenglong Mansion in the Gyeonggi region, and we earned this amount!"