Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 622 Still poor

   Zhao Erlang said: "It's not me who wants it, it's my soldiers who want it. They want to marry a daughter-in-law. How can they marry a daughter-in-law without money?"

  The summer harvest is over. This year's millet harvest in Luoyang is still good. With food, the soldiers have their minds floating and want to fulfill their responsibilities of reproduction.

  This is a major event, Zhao Hanzhang was refreshed and asked, "Are there many people who have a target?"

"Not much, just thirteen," Zhao Erlang said, "but there are many people who want to find wives. I asked. There are more than 300 people in the army who want to marry wives, but they have no money, so I asked. Look at the matchmakers, they don't have money, so it's hard to talk about the daughter-in-law."

   This is indeed a problem, Zhao Hanzhang pondered, "It's time to find a way to pay the soldiers some salaries."

  Because of poverty, Zhao Hanzhang's military pay was only distributed sporadically for a few months, and most of the time he was paid when he was in Cai.

  Since they walked out of Shangcai, Zhao Hanzhang has been getting poorer day by day, her army salaries have been in arrears, it would be good to be able to feed everyone.

   Oh, the elite soldiers of the Zhao family can still send a little occasionally, but it is also intermittent.

   Zhao Hanzhang missed Zhao Hu more and more, "Why hasn't the seventh uncle come?"

   As he was talking, the personal soldiers trotted in and said, "Your Majesty, there is a letter from Yuncheng."

   Zhao Hanzhang quickly stretched out his hand to take it, swept his eyes and ten lines, and didn't eat, "You guys eat first, I'll go write a letter."

   Zhao Kuan and Zhao Yunxin were like ants scratching their hearts and wanted to know what was written in the letter.

   turned his head and glanced at Fu Tinghan. Seeing that he was not curious at all, he asked, "Does Tinghan know what is written in the letter?"

   "I don't know." But always know.

   So there is no need to rush.

   is a letter from Zhao Zhongyu. He asked Zhao Hanzhang to send someone to meet Mingyu, and he has promised to take refuge in her.

   The closest to Yanzhou is Yuzhou, and there are not many people around Zhao Hanzhang who are suitable for this.

   So she decided to leave the matter to Zhao Ming.

   After writing the letter, she immediately summoned Yuanli and handed the letter to him: "You bring the letter back to Yuzhou to find Zhao Ming, please ask him to pick up Mingzhu, remember, you must keep Mingzhu safe."

  Yuan Li responded with awe, took the letter and left, leaving the city overnight.

  Zhao Hanzhang touched his chin and pondered, Ming predicted that as soon as he left, the emperor's digging in the corner would be smoother, but it also meant that the conflict between her and Gou Xi would deepen, and Zhao Zhongyu's stay in Yuncheng would be a little dangerous.

She frowned, pondered for a moment, and summoned Zeng Yue, "Choose twenty people from the army, divide them into two, and let them sneak into Yuncheng quietly. If something changes, **** Zhao Zhongyu back to Yuzhou immediately."

   Zeng Yue responded, paused and asked, "What about the eldest master?"

   Zeng Yue was once a part of the Zhao family, and he was used to calling Zhao Ji that way.

   Zhao Hanzhang lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "The safety of my uncle and grandfather is the main concern."

   Zeng Yue realized in an instant that Zhao Ji's life and death were not important, and he could even ignore it.

   Zeng Yue bowed and stepped back.

  Luoyang and Yuzhou have very close exchanges. Basically, there will be post soldiers delivering letters and official documents every other day. After all, there are occasional things in Yuzhou that need to be handled by Zhao Hanzhang.

Unlike Zhao Hanzhang, who was busy training soldiers, casting money, and dealing with official business reports from various places, Zhao Ming was drinking in his mansion unrestrainedly. Sitting with him were celebrities from Yuzhou, and others who came to Yuzhou from other places. Traveling scholars.

   A celebrity was playing the qin. He leaned on the table, took a sip of sake, and listened with a smile.

  The servant carefully avoided the people in the garden, walked to the pavilion, stepped forward, and whispered in Zhao Ming's ear: "Lang Jun, Luoyang has a letter."

   The letter came just yesterday, and he came again today. Zhao Ming got up with a straight face, nodded slightly with his friends and left.

   The servants followed step by step, and reported in a low voice: "Besides the letter, there is also a carload of money, and the one who escorted it back is a part of the girl's side, called Yuan Li."

   "Money?" Zhao Ming only paused for a moment, and then quickened his pace. Will Zhao Hanzhang give him money?

   She went out for half a year, and each time she would only reach out and ask him for money and send it back, which was the first time in history.

   And Yuan Li also knew that his methods were ruthless, but Fu Tinghan didn't like the other party very much, he could feel it, and even Zhao Hanzhang didn't like the other party very much, but he was easy to use, so she reused it.

  Yuan Li was waiting in the front hall, and when he saw Zhao Ming coming in, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted, "I see Zhao County Governor in my humble position."

   "No gift," Zhao Ming sat down cross-legged, stretched out his hand, and Yuan Li immediately handed the letter he had received respectfully.

   Zhao Ming opened the letter and read it. He glanced at it with ten lines and was slightly surprised.

   He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "You go down to rest first, and I will arrange for you in the evening."

  Yuan Li didn't ask any more questions, he bowed and retreated, all the things he brought from Luoyang were also left in Zhao Ming's mansion.

   Zhao Ming got up and went out to see the money in that car.

   Money is put in boxes, and a cart can't hold several boxes. It is also copper money, and its value is equivalent to a piece of gold.

   But the meaning of the money is not the same.

Zhao Ming asked someone to lift the box down and open it. He picked up a coin from it, looked at the sun, turned it over and saw the word "Zhao" in the lower left corner. He clenched the copper coin in his hand, and his eyes were shining .

   After being silent for a while, Zhao Ming waved his hand and said, "Put the money into the treasury."

"Yes."

   Zhao Ming pondered: "Put away all the valuable ornaments in the mansion. Starting today, I will only wear sackcloth and send the guests away from the mansion, and I will no longer entertain guests..."

   He endured it, and sighed: "Put away all the wine, so that you can be frugal, and I will learn from her."

   The people looked at each other and bowed in response.

   Zhao Ming lowered his head and glanced at the copper coins in his hand, and summoned his personal followers to ask, "Have you not replied to your letter from Xiping? Father, they don't want to come to Chen County?"

   hurriedly bowed and said: "The news that just arrived this morning said that the master and the others set off two days ago."

   Zhao Ming's expression loosened, and he calculated his footsteps and said, "They are getting older, and the speed of the carriages and horses should be a little slower. They will arrive tomorrow evening, and they will arrive in the morning the day after tomorrow. Let someone clean up the yard."

"Yes."

   But Zhao Ming didn't wait for anyone for two days. Zhao Ju led the army to the border of Yanzhou quietly and waited to receive Yuanli and others. Zhao Song and the others hadn't reached Chen County yet.

   Zhao Ming couldn't help but wonder if they encountered bandits on the way.

   But for the past half year, Zhao Hanzhang ordered Xun Xiu and others to suppress the bandits. There should be no large-scale bandits on the road, not to mention that they are still from the Zhao family, under the banner of the Zhao family, and there are some escorts.

   was worried, Zhao Song and the others slowly appeared outside the city.

   Zhao Ming hurriedly went out to greet him. When he saw the mighty team he brought, Zhao Ming was speechless for a long time.

"This is…"

   Zhao Hu was very excited when he saw him. Before the carriage stopped, he stuck out his head and waved to him, "Eldest nephew, I bah bah bah..."

Before Zhao Hu could finish speaking, his mouth was covered by the floating dust. When the carriage arrived in front of Zhao Ming, he stuck his head out of the carriage unhappy and said, "Zinian, why is this road full of dust? As the county governor, you should arrange more people to sprinkle some water on this road every day, so that the business travelers who come here will feel at home, and they like to come to Chen County."

   Zhao Ming bowed slightly with an expressionless face: "What Uncle Seven said is, he has been taught."

See you tomorrow

   (end of this chapter)