The Life Through Books of the Salted Fish Family

With a stroke of his pen, Yan Laoer gave the border army and militia a 50-50 split.

While he was writing and drawing, he said to Mr. Tian: "On the surface, they kill more enemies and are under greater pressure to disobey military orders. But in fact, our contribution is not small. The charter of the militia has long been prepared by the prince." Yes, as agreed, we can support ourselves."

"Is Mr. Xue Qi willing?" Mr. Tian asked.

"Why doesn't he want to do it?" Yan Laoer said nonchalantly: "If he thinks my calculation is wrong, let him ask my elder brother to calculate it again."

Mr. Tian couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

Let Yan Huaiwen do the math, General Xue Qi might not be able to bear it.

Yan Laoer's mind was still transacting the accounts, and he muttered: "We are in urgent need of a sum of cash now to pay the resettlement allowance for the brothers in the militia."

"Teacher, this is what I think. First, sell all the seizures from the militia to the county government. After the county government sets the price, we can then calculate it to each person. I know how much I will give to their families."

Mr. Tian frowned and said, "Huju can't afford so much money."

"That's for sure. You can pay one amount upfront and pay the rest in installments."

"Give them money, and most of them will buy grain in small pieces. No government agency will come forward to buy in bulk and it will be cost-effective. They will get benefits, and we don't have to spend such a large amount of money all at once."

Yan Laoer still has some experience in economics.

"There is also the benefit of returning all these seizures to the county government. It can liquidate the work share account owed by the county government."

It is no exaggeration to say that Huju is heavily in debt.

A forehead account.

The superior owes the official, the inferior owes the people.

The price is 30% below the market price and the exchange rate is 10% above the market price. This is what Yan Laoer considers to be a more reasonable price.

The 40% difference in price was the profit margin he left for the government.

Don't think that 40% is too much. A large part of it is work points that the villagers feel are worthless. When government agencies buy cattle and sheep, they also have to consider the subsequent raising costs.

Yan Laoer has seen how edible these bleating moos can be in large quantities.

Yan Laoer quickly calculated a sum for Mr. Tian and sold the cattle and sheep to the government office, and then converted them into work points and exchanged them. What was the extra cost and how much profit was gained? The exchange of work points for rice is still a living animal like cattle and sheep, especially Barabala talked a lot about what cows mean to a family, especially a family about to plow in the spring.

Mr. Tian didn't understand the price difference for a while, but he was very interested in Yan Laoer's suggestion that people who had exchanged their cattle could come to the government office regularly to hand over cow dung in exchange for part of their work points.

The master and the apprentice discussed the uses of cow dung with great interest.

"We only plant fields in Guanzhou for one season. If the fertility can be increased, the yield per mu can be even higher." Yan Laoer said enthusiastically, and his eyes were full of joy: "Our official fields in Guanzhou will also be expanded this year, and those old wastelands will be expanded." Well, what are we afraid of? We are tax-free for three years to open up wasteland. In these three years, we have almost settled the debt we owe from outside."

"Those who can't afford to buy a cow can rent it first, and sheep can also be rented. The money is fine. You can use pasture to pay for it, work points to pay for it, cow milk and goat milk. Oh, and you can also pay for it with calves and lambs... Oh, don’t tell me, from a long-term perspective, renting it is much more cost-effective than exchanging it all at once.”

"It's best to get rid of all the miscellaneous things quickly."

“We need to buy planting grain as soon as possible.”

Now that we are talking about food, Yan Laoer wants to take stock of the tent in the barn.

It didn't matter what he saw, he was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.

"Teacher, why is this...empty?"

The barn is empty!

The tiger's barn is empty!

Although he had a hunch that there wouldn't be much food left in the barn, he really didn't expect that the account would be empty.

Yan Laoer started to look through the detailed accounts.

When I saw it, I understood instantly.

There are too many extra people in Huju!

The people rescued from Beirong were first settled in Huju.

Compared with the resettled people, the Xizhou Army in the quarry had very little food.

"Look at this again." Mr. Tian handed him another account book.

Yan Laoer hurriedly looked through it.

It is a separate account, and the grain sent by Yongning and Gufeng is recorded in it, and it is used exclusively for grain.

After delivering the food, it is recorded how many people were taken away on the return trip.

My heart finally returned to my stomach.

"This is the right thing. You can't let me raise it. We really can't afford it." Yan Laoer said the truth.

"Your elder brother came up with this method, and it solved Hu Ju's urgent need.

A batch of grain has been sent from Fucheng. Gufeng is close to us, and we have grain and clothes. Letters have also arrived from Longxing and Fengming. They are already on their way to deliver grain and pick up people. Mr. Tian said with emotion: "Speaking of which, if it weren't for the wild animals we picked up in the mountains, we would not have enough food." "

"The yamen is surrounded and we can't get out. We have to rely on the villagers to take care of everything. Once you come back, you will go around for the teacher and pass messages through the wall. It is always inconvenient." Master Tian said this.

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Yan Laoer felt relaxed when he went in. When he came out, he had two bags in front and back, filled with ledgers.

He didn't jump out of the room, he fell.

Mr. Xue Qi jumped down after him and urged: "Go quickly, go quickly."

Yan Laoer: "Brother Xue, please go first. I'm not in a hurry. I want to take a breath first."

"I told you to carry it for you. If you don't do it, I can still steal it." Mr. Xue finally reached out and helped him carry it.

Yan Laoer immediately felt his shoulders relaxed a lot.

"I promised the teacher, I'm with them, people can't go back on their word."

He knew very well in his heart that these were all the yamen's accounts, and his teacher would be held responsible for taking them out. In addition to the account books, he also had the teacher's small seal in his arms, which was even more important.

To be honest, Yan Laoer feels very insecure now and just wants to return to Sanbao as soon as possible.

"Let's go." Yan Laoer walked forward sullenly.

General Xue Qi took a few steps and said, "No, where are you going?"

This is not the way out of town.

"Let's go lead the cows!"

"The city gate is over there."

"What city gate should we go through? We have to go around a long way. We can go out the same way we came in."

Yan Laoer said it was natural. General Xue Qi's horse and his three treasures were tied to the tree near the dog cave. If you go to the city gate, you have to take a detour. Of course, the dog cave is closer.

Mr. Xue Qi really didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Yan Laoer saw his reluctance and advised: "Brother Xue, look at you, why are you so pretentious? A man doesn't stick to trivial matters. If you really care and think so, then it's just a hole, not a dog hole."

Mr. Xue: No need to point it out, thank you!

Yan Laoer insisted on taking a shortcut, and General Xue Qi had no choice but to follow.

There was nothing he could do. Yan Laoer was talking to him about dividing the accounts along the way. This was a big deal and he cared about it very much.

"Fifty-five, if Brother Xue thinks it's okay, I'll bring out all the ledgers. The ones we brought back from the front can be divided as soon as I finish counting them."

"Okay, okay!" Mr. Xue Qi was so happy when he heard this ratio.

If you can’t see the next chapter tomorrow morning, then next morning~