The Arhat bed was drying in the yard. The men entered the house and took out the bedding and mats from their bags.
A thick, soft bedding was laid on the bed, and small cushions were placed on the chairs. Someone sat on them, laughing, and touching the brocaded satin fabric with their big hands.
"Don't hurt your thick knife hands." Someone immediately scolded me.
There was laughter in the room, and someone put a clay pot on the table and shouted loudly: "Crow, this is a vase for arranging flowers. Madam and your wife must like flowers."
"There are no flowers in winter." Others laughed.
Wu Ya'er looked at the clay pot and smiled. There can be flowers in winter, but they can't bloom just anywhere.
"When the weather gets warmer after the new year, there will be flowers." He smiled.
"Yes, I know that there is a large field of wild flowers in Tielan Bazi. They bloom beautifully in spring. Once they were surrounded and the concubine of Governor Zhang came to pick the flowers." A man said.
Then someone laughed: "Daniu, you must have been peeking at Governor Zhang's concubine."
The man who was called a big cow didn't shy away from it: "I'm not the only one watching this."
Laughter rang out in the room.
"Speaking of Governor Zhang, he sent someone to warn us a few days ago." A man stopped laughing and said, "Let us retreat from Jiangjiabao, otherwise we will be prosecuted under military law."
Wu Ya'er said: "Ignore him."
He casually drew a few lines and clicked on the table. The table was wiped clean without leaving any marks, but others had already gathered around to look at it carefully.
"Let's go to these two places next," Wu Ya'er said.
A man pondered: "This is Tang Sanyang's territory, what's the reason?"
Wu Ya'er didn't care at all: "Last year he lost to me in the hunting wolf game, so he said I would come and get the hundred sheep he lost to me."
The men in the room laughed.
"Okay, let's help catch the sheep and kill them by the way."
"You also need to remove the bones and cut the meat."
"The sheepskins also need to be dried."
"It can't be considered a violation of military law for us to collect and kill sheep at his place, right?"
They were chatting in unison, but Wu Ya'er didn't pay attention to these trivial matters, and carefully looked at the furnishings in the room to check for any gaps.
"Crow, where are my aunt and siblings?" A man asked, "Are they almost there?"
Wu Ya'er smiled: "It's still early, judging from the last news I received..."
At this time, someone lifted the thick door curtain and walked in: "It's really rare. I just heard from the post soldiers of the Dudu Mansion that there was a bandit riot in Huainan and they killed all the officers and soldiers in a county. The officers and soldiers in the mainland are not even as good as bandits."
Is it done?"
The men in the room laughed again.
"Where?" Wu Ya'er asked, without any smile in his voice.
There was no smile on his face, Wu Ya'er looked very cold without a smile, and the laughter in the room stopped.
The visitor couldn't help but look serious. He thought for a while and confirmed that he was right: "The border between Huainan and Xuanwu."
Wu Ya'er didn't speak.
"Crow, what's wrong?" a man asked solemnly.
Wu Ya'er said: "My mother and the others should be passing by there."
The men all stood up.
"Xiao Qi brought a few people to pick up the aunt?"
"Xiao Qi only brought five people."
"How long has it been since there was no news?"
Everyone asked and talked and rushed out to find out the news. Wu Ya'er was the only one left in the room, and the room returned to calm.
No news for a long time...
Wu Ya'er stood silently with a cold face, then walked to the bed, carefully arranged the mattress again, reached out and pressed it, and was very satisfied: "This is a good quilt that cost three taels of silver to make. Mom will be very happy when she comes.
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"Madam, come here."
Jin Jie held the woman's hand and walked quickly.
The woman was blind but her steps were not disturbed by this, and she let the kumquat lead her along with a smile on her lips.
Jin Jue helped the woman and sat her down on the bed: "Madam, are you a lot softer?"
The woman reached out and pressed the button on the bed, smiled and nodded: "Yes."
Jin Jue smiled and said: "A few days ago, the lady said that she was not sleeping well, so the young lady asked for a new bedding and found the best one." She put it in the woman's ear and said, "It's a tribute. The noble concubine in the palace is here.
Sleep like this."
The woman smiled and nodded and said hello.
Jin Jue smiled, how could this crazy woman understand the imperial concubine's tribute? She said she didn't even know who the lady was. She only had her son and daughter-in-law Que'er in her eyes and heart.
But despite this, the lady put the best bedding on the woman.
Jinju sat down next to the woman and felt the softness of the quilt. Sitting among the clouds in the sky was probably nothing more than this feeling.
"This quilt is enough to feed a family of three for a year." She counted the money.
Yuanji's voice came from the hall outside: "Miss, our money is about to run out."
Kumquat’s ears suddenly pricked up, no more money?!
"...There are only less than one hundred thousand taels of silver available now." Yuanji continued.
Li Minglou hummed: "That means we have no money."
What rich people think of as having no money is different from what everyone thinks of having no money. Jin Jue lowered his ears and leaned on the woman's arm: "Madam, please touch this embroidery, it's gold thread."
The woman followed the instructions and stretched out her hand to touch her: "Yes, it's really nice."
Right, as a girl, it is more appropriate to talk about this topic, Jin Jue smiled.
"Those bandits seem to be cooperating with our propaganda. They have become more violent these days." Yuanji said, "In addition, it snowed again, and more people came to Dou County. Now it is like a small town outside the military camp.
It’s settled.”
Li Minglou said: "Let the county government come forward and build the town according to the situation."
Building a town is more than just a meal. Building a house requires paving roads, building walls, manpower, wood, stones, etc. It requires more money.
"The news has been released, and more grain merchants are coming." Yuanji added, "In the name of Guancang, these people are very trustworthy, and the transaction is very happy."
This is why they have to borrow official warehouses and require the government to come forward for various matters. As a people, it is not so convenient for them.
"The official warehouse is already more than half filled." Yuan Ji looked at the booklet in his hand and frowned slightly.
Do you still want to continue buying food?
"Buy." Li Minglou said without any hesitation, "Not just food, we want all kinds of goods."
Goods that seem to be everywhere now are expensive and may not be available after entering the troubled times.
Although he had just said that the money was going to be used up, Yuan Ji still responded without any hesitation: "I asked Lin Yu to send a large amount of money as soon as possible. However, if the amount is large, it may take longer to hide the traces."
Sometimes the traces of people cannot be traced, but it can be shown in the accounts. Li Minglou asked them to keep their affairs in Dou County confidential. There is no Li Minglou in Dou County, only a young woman Que'er with her mother-in-law and bodyguard.
Li Minglou nodded and walked to the map to look at the surroundings where she was now, the Jiannan Road in the distance, and... she thought of something and turned around: "No need to wait for the money from Jiannan Road, now it's nearby
There is."
Yuanji was a little puzzled.
Li Minglou asked: "Where did the dowry army go?"
Li Minglou's dowry escort team is responsible for a special army in Jiannan Road, so it is called the dowry army.
Yuanji looked at the map and counted the news he had received a few days ago, then reached out and clicked on a place: "We're here."