Li Huaiguang's rejection was expected by Guo Song, but Guo Song did not expect that it was because Li Huaiguang was afraid of offending Chang Gun. He thought that Li Huaiguang wanted to monopolize the credit and did not want to get involved in it himself.
Since Li Huaiguang wanted to go it alone, Guo Song did not force him. He focused on the internal governance of Fengzhou.
This time Xue Yantuo's attack on Fengzhou brought a large amount of baggage, including 20,000 transport horses, thousands of various carts, a large number of tents, mutton, milk wine, fodder, medicinal materials and other items, as well as a large number of soldiers and armor.
The Xueyantuo people did not have time to take away any military supplies.
While cleaning up the loot, Tang Jun also accidentally discovered ten boxes of gold items that had not yet been opened. These were Xue Mantou's personal belongings. He loved gold and all his personal items were made of gold. These gold items included bottles,
The plates, bowls, basins, pots, etc. are inlaid with a large number of precious gems, weighing more than 500 kilograms, and are worth nearly 100,000 yuan.
Guo Song led the civil and military officials to inspect the mountains of trophies. He said to Xue Changshou: "The horses are distributed to the people of Fengzhou, one horse per household, and let them take care of it themselves. The remaining horses and carts are left to the army, and the others
The government and the army will each share half of the supplies, while the mutton and milk wine will be left to the army."
Xie Changzhi, the county magistrate next to him, couldn't help but said: "It's too much to leave it all to the army! I checked it and found that there are nearly 400,000 sheep's mutton and 150,000 bags of milk wine. Some of it should be distributed to the people."
Guo Song smiled and turned back to ask Li Jidao: "How big is the army's icehouse? Can it fully accommodate them?"
Li Ji scratched his head and said, "It can hold up to 150,000 sheep."
Guo Song immediately said: "While there are still large ice floes on the river, hurry up and retrieve them to expand the icehouse. Give the army 300,000 sheep and 100,000 bags of milk wine, and give the rest to the Fengzhou government."
Li Ji quickly agreed, and he immediately arranged for the army to dig cellars, retrieve ice cubes, and build two new ice cellars to store mutton and milk wine.
Guo Song then said to Xue Changshou: "I'll give you 100,000 sheep and 50,000 bags of milk wine. You can allocate it yourself. However, I suggest leaving some in the government's icehouse. There should be a large number of military dependents immigrating here this year, and they will be used by then."
Worth it."
After a pause, Guo Song continued: "As for the ten boxes of gold items, I plan to send them to Chang'an and exchange them all for money. I guess the families of the fallen soldiers may not want the two hectares of land in Fengzhou. Although the land in Fengzhou is not valuable, the two hectares of land are worth it."
It can be converted into about 40 guan. Let’s give them a choice. If they don’t want the land, give them 40 guan as a pension. If there are tens of thousands of guan left, I suggest it be used to run schools and build ferries. What do you think?
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Everyone was sincerely convinced and bowed together and said: "I'd better consider it carefully!"
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The Fengzhou Prefectural Government immediately distributed the spoils of war. Including Yulin County and Feng'an County, each household in Fengzhou County was assigned a horse and a slaughtered mutton, as well as a ten-pound bag of milk wine.
For a time, the people in the city were extremely happy, as if they were celebrating the New Year. Every household led their horses and carried mutton and milk wine home, laughing and laughing.
That night, Fengzhou also held a grand reward ceremony and lit hundreds of bonfires. The soldiers ate fragrant roast mutton, drank to their heart's content, and got drunk before resting.
It took ten days to clean up all kinds of trophies. Guo Song sent Liang Wu to lead a hundred soldiers to transport ten boxes of gold items to Beijing, and handed them to Dongshi Jubao Pavilion, which purchased them and exchanged them for silver.
Escort him back to Fengzhou.
At the same time, a detailed battle report of the Fengzhou defense battle was handed over to the Ministry of War. Prior to this, Guo Song had already sent people on fast horses to the capital to report the news.
As for whether Shuofang's army should distribute part of the loot, Guo Song did not consider it. Since Shuofang's army was going to sweep the Xue Yantuo tribe, they would probably get more loot, so there was no need to distribute it to them.
The war was over, and the land allocation in Toyosu continued, and the people who had been allocated land enthusiastically devoted themselves to digging ditches and preparing for spring plowing.
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Chang'an Jubao Pavilion, the owner Zhang Lei was inspecting a batch of gems that had just arrived in the warehouse. The gems were shipped from Samarkand. The sapphires of Samarkand and the rubies of Bukhara were equally famous and had always been favored by the aristocracy of the Tang Dynasty.
There were a full ten buckets of gems, all of which were of the highest quality. The smaller gems could be set in gold vessels, while the larger gems were cut and sold separately.
Zhang Lei picked up a ruby and looked at it, while shaking his head, "These gems used to be considered fairy jewelry, but now it seems that they are just a bunch of colored pebbles in the river."
The big shopkeeper next to him said tremblingly: "Proprietor, this is a relatively good batch of ingredients in recent years. They are all top-quality goods."
"I know these are top-quality goods. Don't get me wrong. I just compare them to my own."
Zhang Lei proudly pulled out a ruby pendant from his neck and showed it to the shopkeeper, "Look at my ruby and compare it with the ones you bought. Does it feel completely different?"
The big shopkeeper lost his temper. Zhang Lei showed off the gem to him more than once. He sighed and said: "Proprietor, your gem is rare in the world. I heard that the prince also has one. It is really incomparable."
At this time, a waiter came over in a hurry and whispered a few words to the big shopkeeper. The big shopkeeper was startled. He stepped forward and said to Zhang Lei: "Proprietor, there is someone selling gems at the counter outside. How about the quality of your gemstone?"
Same, but sapphire, would you like to see it, proprietor?"
Zhang Lei's eyes widened. How could it be possible? Guo Song's gems were only given to himself and the prince. How could there be others outside? He quickly stood up and said, "Let's go! Let's take a look."
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In the lobby of Jubao Pavilion, Xue Tao paced back and forth anxiously. The family's embarrassment finally forced her to sell gems.
Starting from this month, their rent suddenly increased from 5 guan per month to 7 guan per month, and the landlord refused to pay the rent every month. Instead, he asked them to pay once a year, otherwise he would have to ask them to move out.
It was impossible for their family to get more than 80 yuan of money at once. They kept putting off the move, and the landlord gave up and asked them to move out within three days.
It happened that the house leaked and it rained all night. Her uncle was getting married and needed money urgently. Her grandfather wrote a letter asking them to support a little money. He said he was supporting a little money, but in fact he just wanted them to pay back the money. Her mother asked her grandfather again and again.
After borrowing more than 100 yuan, my grandfather was in a hurry and had no choice but to ask his mother for money.
But their county can't even get out five guan of money now. Even his always proud father has to lower his head and ask his colleagues to borrow money. Xue Tao knows his father's temper very well. Asking him to ask his colleagues to borrow money is worse than killing him.
Uncomfortable.
The family's embarrassment was so great that Xue Tao could only give up a little bit of her dignity and take the gem to a jewelry store to exchange for money. She was also afraid that the small jewelry store would be cheated, so she went to the most famous Jubao Pavilion in the East City, which has a good reputation.
Very good, you shouldn’t be fooling yourself.
The gem was still in her hand, and the boy next to her said with a smile: "Girl, wait a moment, my big shopkeeper will be here soon. He is well-informed and can give the girl a good price."
Xue Tao nodded, "I'm not in a hurry!"
She forced herself to sit down patiently and picked up the hot tea. At this time, several people walked out of it, including a tall and dark fat man. Xue Tao was secretly surprised. She quickly stood up, took two steps back, and
My little maid stood together.
The big shopkeeper noticed the embarrassment of the young lady across from him, and quickly said softly: "I am the big shopkeeper Xie of Jubao Pavilion. I heard that the girl has a very good gem, otherwise let me appreciate it?"
Xue Tao calmed down, nodded, and put the gem on the tray on the table. The shopkeeper sat down, picked up the apricot-sized sapphire and looked at it for a moment, with a look of surprise in his eyes. He handed the gem to Zhang Lei, "
Proprietor, please take a look!”
Zhang Lei couldn't help but glance at Xue Tao again. He had never seen such a beautiful young lady.
Zhang Lei took one look at the gem and knew immediately that it was Guo Song's gem. It was exactly the same as the one Guo Song gave to his daughter. It was even better in quality and more intensely blue.
Zhang Lei suddenly remembered something and asked with a smile: "Did the little lady get a silver fox shawl last month?"
Xue Tao was startled, how could this fat black man know? She hesitated and nodded lightly.
Zhang Lei immediately understood that this little lady was what his senior brother had told him. The girl that Lao Wu liked actually gave her the gem. It was rare that Lao Wu fell in love with a young woman. This girl was very nice and very talented.
Maybe she will become his sister-in-law.
He waved his hand and said, "You guys step back first."
The shopkeeper and several waiters all retreated. Xue Tao looked at him warily. What did this fat black man want to do?