Wang Daqiang was walking in Guangyuan City, with a hard bow hanging on his back.
Just by looking at the standard, you can tell that it must be a military bow manufactured under the Ordnance Supervision.
Since the Xining Reform, the Song Dynasty may have been more stretched in other aspects.
But the quality of ordnance has been significantly improved.
Because one of the supporting measures during Xining's reform was to establish an ordnance supervisor, who would be fully responsible for the creation and management of ordnance.
Moreover, the position of military weapons supervisor has always been held by the backbone elite of the New Party.
Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dun, Shen Kuo and others all served as weapons supervisors.
Moreover, in the Xining era, the position of military weapons supervisor was generally a sign of the transition from the system to the fourth rank.
Of course, Wang Daqiang didn't know these things.
There is no way he can come into contact with these things.
At this moment, Wang Daqiang was thinking about one thing.
What should he do with the reward given to him by Uncle Gao Guo?
How about going to Goulan outside Beizhi City to gamble tonight?
He was hesitating and hesitating.
"Big gun!" a voice sounded from behind.
Wang Daqiang looked back and saw a strong and burly man walking towards him with a smile.
"Pan Guanren has something to do with me?" Wang Daqiang stepped forward and asked.
The visitor's surname was Pan and his name was Sui, and he was a close friend of Uncle Gao Guo.
It is said that he also studied at a government school in Kaifeng Prefecture, but unfortunately he did not pass the examination and got a place in the imperial examination.
I had no choice but to serve as a follower to Uncle Gao Guo.
This is also the way out for many dishonest people.
However, this person does not have the sour taste of other poor people, and he will not look down on people like Wang Daqiang.
Instead, I can gamble and go shopping with them.
Therefore, he quickly became familiar with Wang Daqiang and others.
Pan Sui smiled and asked Wang Daqiang: "Daqiang, I heard that the Youjiang Appeasement Department has prepared to allocate land to you?"
Wang Daqiang shook his head and said: "It's not about dividing the land, it's about enclosing it!"
"In a few days, Official Lu from the Youjiang Appeasement Department will summon us and ask us to draw lots."
At this point, Wang Daqiang became excited: "I have learned how to wear leggings with the people of the Forbidden Army. I will definitely be able to walk a few more miles by then!"
Although Wang Daqiang now knows that in the Jiaozhi Youjiang area, the areas they are allowed to enclosure are all mountains, forests and swamps.
Without the continuous investment of several generations, these lands would probably be difficult to cultivate.
But what does it matter?
He came here to make a fortune, not to farm.
Wang Daqiang has never liked farming since he was a child!
It can even be said that I hate farming!
Farming is too hard.
You need to turn the soil, weed, fertilize, water...
In the past, just taking care of the two acres of vegetable fields at home would take him a whole day, and he would be so tired that his back ached.
Such days are not just one or two days, but day after day, month after month.
It was precisely because he could not endure the hardship of farming that he chose to hang out in Bianjing City.
Compared with farming, although working hard in Bianjing City is hard, half a month's work is enough for him to pay for his own food and drink.
Sometimes I can save money to go shopping in Goulan, or even gamble in the casino.
Although you win less, you lose more.
But Wang Daqiang has always believed that days like this are just days.
But now, Wang Daqiang has a bigger pursuit - to find gold, make a fortune, and then return to Bianjing to take over the county head!
It makes my mother happy and makes my eldest brother no longer have to worry about him.
Therefore, Wang Daqiang thought very simply.
Circle as much land as possible and find as much gold as possible!
Pan Sui chuckled: "Then I'll congratulate Brother Big Gun in advance."
"Same joy, same joy!" Wang Daqiang grinned.
"By the way..." Pan Sui suddenly approached Wang Daqiang and asked in a low voice: "Brother Daqiang, do you want a mother-in-law?"
"Mother-in-law?" Wang Daqiang's face suddenly turned red.
Starting a family...has always been his obsession.
But where did he get his start?
No decent girl would marry a libertine like him.
That's why he could only go to Goulan to buy sex.
But the woman in Goulan will not give him a son as long as he has his copper coins.
It was precisely because of this that he had the obsession to marry the county lord.
Pan Sui nodded and said: "Brother Big Gun, if you want a wife, prepare some copper coins!"
Wang Daqiang's heart started to beat loudly.
Mother-in-law!
A mother-in-law of my own!
Not a prostitute who sells jokes in the bar and is ridden by thousands of people, but his wife!
Just listen to Pan Suidao: "To be honest with Brother Daqiang, Gao Gongshi has always been thinking about Bianjing Township Party members like Brother Daqiang. I heard that the township party members come all the way to Jiaozhi and don't even have a bed-warmer.
So I’m very anxious.”
"No, Master Wang captured Guangyuan, Qiyuan, Beijia, Taiyuan and other places, and obtained thousands of thieves, wives and slaves."
"So, Gao Gongshi thought, instead of selling these women to the local officials, it would be better to sell them to the Bianjing Township Party, Chinese heroes!"
Wang Daqiang swallowed, and then asked boldly: "How much money should I prepare?"
As a member of the imperial family, Wang Daqiang had no doubts about Pan Sui's words.
Because this is what the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty could do.
This has been the case since the founding of the country.
It has been more than a hundred years and it has never changed.
The court usually turned a blind eye to this kind of thing.
There is no way! The Qiu Ba people put their heads on their belts and work for the court, just for the sake of rewards and plunder.
As for military pay?
Even for the Imperial Guards of the Fourth Army, they only get two or three times of military pay a month.
With this little money, I can't even support myself, let alone my wife and children.
This was the source of the collapse of the Imperial Guard in Beijing.
If you pay two or three times a month, you may be deducted from the top and disappear. What kind of fate are you playing?
If you have the time, you might as well go to Bianjing City to find a job.
Even if I have to carry a big bag, I still get three to five baskets a month!
If you have a craft, you can build houses and gardens for people.
If you easily earn ten guans a month, even if some Shangguan leaves, you will still have six or seven guans in your hands. With military pay, you can almost support your family.
Pan Sui looked at Wang Daqiang's expression, smiled, and said: "Fifty guns!"
Wang Daqiang lowered his head as he listened.
Fifty strings!?
Where can he find fifty strings?
Not to mention, he still owes nearly a hundred dollars in debt to the government.
He pressed his fingerprints and signed the deeds on all of them.
He didn't dare not pay it back.
Because the land he was about to enclose was all owned by officials.
If he doesn't pay back the official's money, can those lands still belong to him?
Although Wang Daqiang is poor, he is not stupid.
Pan Sui smiled, then took out a deed from his arms and handed it to Wang Daqiang: "If Brother Daqiang has no money, as long as he signs this deed, Gao Gongshi is willing to lend Brother Daqiang five dollars."
Come and marry a wife!"
Wang Daqiang took the deed and read it for a while.
The words used above are all simple words that he can understand.
The general content is - Wang Daqiang, as long as he signs a contract with Gao Gongshi, Gao Gongshi is willing to lend him fifty guan without interest to give him a Jiaozhi woman.
But the condition is that he must inspect the local sugar cane fields with others at regular intervals in the future.
After the sugar cane is harvested, they still need to work as guards in the sugar-pressing workshops.
In this way, as long as he performs the contract for three years, he will have no fault.
The fifty strings lent by Gao Gongshi were given to him as a reward.
Wang Daqiang looked at the contents of the deed and bit his lip, feeling that it was a bit unreal.
But thinking about how his mother-in-law felt, he hesitated again.
At this time, Pan Sui quietly said to him: "Brother Daqiang, do you know who these women are for sale?"
"They are all the family members and maids of the Yang family, the Li family, and the civil servants, nobles, and scholars from all over Jiaozhi."
Wang Daqiang swallowed his saliva, then he looked at Pan Sui and said, "My lord, I have signed this deed!"
He already owed the court a lot of money.
I don’t care if I owe another fifty dollars!
Moreover, this debt is just a loan. In fact, it can be written off as long as he works for the Gao family for three years.
It's worth exchanging three years of hard work for a coquettish concubine in an official's family!
The author's cold turned into a mycoplasma infection. He kept coughing every night and couldn't sleep at all!
