The Life Through Books of the Salted Fish Family Chapter 641

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."

“Mr. Xue Qi, what do you want?” Mr. Tian asked.

"Why is he unwilling?" Yan Laoer said nonchalantly: "If he thinks I can't do the calculation, let him ask my elder brother to do it again."

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

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

Yan Laoer's mind was still transacting accounts, and he was muttering: "We urgently need 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 seized goods to the county government. After the county government sets the price, we can then calculate the price to each person. I will know how much to give to their families."

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

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

“Give them money, and most of them will just buy grains in scattered pieces. It's not cost-effective for the government to buy in bulk. They get benefits, and we don't need to spend such a large amount of money all at once.”

Yan Laoer still has some experience in economics.

“There is another benefit of all these seizures being returned to the county government, which can replenish the work points account owed by the county government.”

 It is no exaggeration to say that the country is heavily in debt.

 A forehead account.

　　We owe money to officials, and people owe money to people below.

 The price is 30% lower than the market price and 10% higher than the market price. This is what Yan Laoer considers to be a more reasonable price.

 The 40% price difference is the profit margin he leaves for the government.

Don't think that the 40% is too much. A large part of it is work points that the villagers feel are worthless. When the government buys cattle and sheep, it also has 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 traded away 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."

"If you can't afford to buy a cow, you can rent it first, or you can rent a sheep. 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... Oops. , Don't mention it, from the perspective of long-term benefits, 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.”

 “You need to buy seed grain as soon as possible.”

Since we talked about food, Yan Laoer thought about packing the tent in the barn.

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

“Teacher, this, this is...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.

　At this sight, 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 little food. "Look at this again." Mr. Tian handed him another account book.

Yan Laoer hurriedly flipped through the pages.

 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, we can't keep him, and we really can't afford it.” Yan Laoer said the truth.

“Your eldest 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 the 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.

Yan Laoer felt relaxed when he went in. When he came out, he had two bags in front and back, stuffed full of account books.

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

General 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 will be with them, and one cannot break one's word.”

He knew very well that these were 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 the city.

 “Let's lead the cows!”

 “The city gate is over there.”

“What city gate should we use? We have to go around a long way. Let's 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.

General 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."

Xue Zongqi: 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 kept talking to him about the division of 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 the ledgers. Those 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~

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