I’m The King

The donkey returned home enthusiastically, took out two tickets from his pocket, sat at the table and looked left and right, and muttered: "It's really beautiful!" His wife walked with two dishes. He came over, put it on the table, a bowl of braised pork, a bowl of pickled vegetables, then turned around and took a plate of steamed buns, looked at the donkey, "What are you smirking?"

Donkey's surname is Mao, and he has a very good temper, so everyone calls him Donkey. No one remembers his real name. "This is the monthly money from the host today." The donkey reached out and grabbed a bun, and said with a big bite.

"Huh? This, why isn't this copper coin, why is this colorful thing?" His wife was taken aback, picked up the two tickets from the table, and said in detail: "Donkey, we can't read. Don't let the boss be fooled, how is this money?"

"Don't talk nonsense. This is the new money that the court has just issued. From now on, any silver, gold, copper coins are not allowed to be used. Only this ticket is allowed. This is what everyone in the shop issued. , This is my monthly salary, totaling fifteen yuan, you can collect it." said the donkey.

"Well, can this be a money maker?" His wife was dubious.

"Of course it can. This is approved by the king. Think about who the king is and can lie to us? There is a notice posted at the gate of the city. Someone read it to us, saying that there is gold and silver at home. Copper coins can be exchanged at special places. It seems to be one yuan for one tael of silver. How much silver taels are left in our house, you can redeem it at some time!"

"I have saved sixty taels of silver in my family this year, have you cashed them all?"

"Of course they are all redeemed. What are you afraid of? When I came back just now. I saw Mr. He Dayou who lives on our street and went to redeem the money. Who is this person? They are big councilors and his wife is a general. Do you know? People have more money than us. Don’t be afraid, what do we mean by this money? Besides, will the king lie to us? Without the king, my donkey still has a meal without a meal. Where can I have the money to marry? If you become a wife, where can you renovate this old house that was leaky on all sides so that it is so bright? The notice says. Everyone rushed to exchange money, which is to support the currency reform of the court, that is, to support the king and support the big man."

"What is currency reform?"

"Where do I know, but as long as I support the king. My donkey is bankrupt, and go, and you go after dinner. I have to go to work in the afternoon, and the boss has taken another big job during this time. To transport a batch of ordnance to Dai County, I signed up for it."

"It's the Chinese New Year, so you have to go so far? How can you come back in time for the Chinese New Year?" His wife suddenly became bitter.

"What do you mother-in-law know? The boss said. This trip will cost you three times the salary! Didn't you have a pregnancy? I have to earn more money to prepare for the baby. I will prepare the new year's goods at home, if I If you can't come back, you will continue to accompany you with your parents." The donkey said.

"Then you can eat more meat. In this cold weather, you will definitely not eat well on the road if you have to walk such a long way." The mother-in-law brought a large bowl of braised pork to the donkey.

"Say you stupid. You are really stupid. We followed the boss. We were afraid that we could not eat good food. This way. The boss was cheating on us. We ate better than at home. This meat is still you. Eat more, now not only you eat it alone, but also my son, you eat more!" The donkey laughed. "Now the day is better, and eating meat is not uncommon anymore. This year I will prepare a little more New Year's goods for the New Year, and get a little bit of chicken, duck and fish."

"Ok!"

"Pull some more cloth and make a few new clothes. Look at you, you are all patched and patched."

"Oh, I will do two with you too."

"I don't need it anymore. I guess I won't be able to come back in time for the New Year this year. I have no time to wear new clothes. When I come back, the new year is over and I have to go to work again. Why don't I wear new clothes and go to work? , So I don’t need it. I’ll do it next year. It’s not because we don’t want to make money. We can make money now. As long as people are diligent and willing to endure hardships, don’t you think? This year we can save dozens of taels, next year I’m sure to save more. I’ll work hard. Maybe next year I’ll be able to raise a small head and my salary will be doubled.”

The donkey’s wife sat quietly on the side, listening to the donkey’s babble in silence, her face and eyes were filled with satisfying happiness.

Yes, the money is not bad now. Compared with the previous years, today's life is almost like a fairy. Both of them are locals in Jicheng, so they can naturally appreciate the huge gap between the present and the past.

As members of the lowest level of the Han Kingdom, the donkeys feel that they are not short of money and have a very happy life. At this moment, Li Mingjun, a general of Xi Zhao, is in Pinggu County, Shanggu County, thousands of miles away from Jicheng. Money hurts my brain.

Three years ago, Zhao Qi failed in the Handan Change of the State of Zhao. He took the eldest son of Zhao Wang and Zao Wou-ki and ran away. With the support of the people of Qin, he occupied the western part of the State of Zhao. As Zhao Qi’s **** confidant, Li Mingjun was named a general, and Zhao Xilie, Zhao Qi’s son, became the second general of Xi Zhao.

Zhao Xilie was stationed in Jinyang County, Jinyang County is now in the capital of Xizhao, and Li Mingjun is stationed in Shanggu County with 50,000 troops, and Pinggu becomes the station of Li Mingjun’s generals, and Dongzhao who is stationed in Dai County The armies are facing each other at a distance.

But compared to the Dong Zhao army, Li Mingjun was much more upset. Because he has no money, his most important job is not to train soldiers and prepare for war, but to think hard to raise food, money, and clothing for the army. Xi Zhao occupies Jinyang, Shanggu and other places, which were originally anointed places, but in the last war, these places were ravaged by the Qin army all over the time. The people suffered so much, and basically there was nothing left in their homes. Poor to the extreme. After Li Mingjun arrived here, the biggest problem was to feed the army and squeeze the people. That's for sure, but the problem is that the people here are so poor that they have nothing.

And Dong Zhao doesn’t have to worry about this issue, because behind them is Han, and the king of Dong Zhao, Zao Wou-ki, has completely become a puppet.

, Every day's work is drunkenness, life and death, the power of the country is completely controlled by Zhou Changshou, above economic policy. Zhou Changshou completely adhered to the policy of the Dahan, vigorously cracked down on the rich landlords, and strictly restricted land mergers, but it would not take long for the Dahan to issue a policy. In Dongzhao, it will be promulgated in the same way, although sometimes it is unavoidable that Dongshi will do something like this or that, but in general there is still nothing wrong. Dongzhao’s economy is getting better day by day. not to mention. They can also obtain low-interest loans from Han, or get goods from Han merchants first, and then pay the money in due course. Compared with Dong Zhao's army stationed in Dai County, Li Mingjun felt like a beggar now.

Standing outside the barracks, Li Mingjun felt very heavy. It's already the mid-winter season, but his soldiers are still wearing single coats, and there is no winter coat on them. Tens of thousands of soldiers can only curl up in the barracks and tremble. Now he is inspecting a barracks on the front line, here There were three thousand soldiers stationed there, but in the cold wind of the call sign, Li Mingjun didn't even see one of the soldiers standing guard. Inside the huge barracks, from the outside, it looked like a dead village. Not a trace of human voice.

If Dong Zhao's army came at this time, I was afraid that it would be possible to swallow this 3,000-man forward battalion without any effort. Li Mingjun's face was full of bitterness, and there was no thought of blaming his soldiers in his heart. On such a cold day, the soldiers in single clothes did not make trouble. Without mutiny, it's already pretty good.

Reached out and pushed the door of Daying. Responding to the sound, Li Mingjun walked in with a heavy step. The guard behind him hurriedly speeded up and rushed inward to inform the chief of the garrison.

After a while, the entire military camp boiled up, and several generals rushed out with panic faces. Seeing their appearance, Li Mingjun felt a little sore. The dignified general of the forward camp was wrapped in a few coarse sacks, General In this way, the soldiers can imagine.

"General!" Guo Fu, the general of the forward battalion, swallowed, "You, why are you here, me, I will gather the army immediately."

Li Mingjun waved his hand, "Forget it, what do you gather the army to do, let everyone come to blow the air? Go, go to your camp."

"Yes, thank you the general for his innocence."

"Brothers don't have food and clothing, and clothes don't protect against the cold. This is the negligence of my great general. You can still restrain the troops in the camp. You have done a good job. Not only are you innocent, but you have merit." Li Mingjun nodded.

Guo Fu's eyes became wet all of a sudden, what kind of life is this? The beggar also had a better life than himself.

Guo Fu's big tent was as cold as an ice cellar, and there was no fire. Li Mingjun frowned, "Why there is no fire?"

"General, it’s not that the general is lazy, but all that can be chopped around here is chopped, and he has gone far. First, it is too cold to bear. Second, there are often horse teams on the opposite side. We have a lot of expenses to go. The soldiers chopping wood are always there and never returned, and the general never dared to send anyone out. If it weren’t for the general restraint, I’m afraid that this camp could be burned and it would have been burned by the soldiers long ago, general. , When can you pull off the cotton coat, quilt and charcoal fire? If this continues, the soldiers will eventually be unable to stand the mutiny."

"Is there enough food?"

"The general had transported a batch before, and now he can barely hold it for a few days, but this is about to celebrate the New Year, but we don't even have any supplies for the New Year. The soldiers didn't say anything, but they must have complained in their hearts. ."

"Jinyang has just received news, and a batch of supplies will be delivered in the next few days. At that time, I will give you a priority to allocate a batch to meet the urgent needs." Li Mingjun said.

Guo Fu smiled bitterly: "General, can you believe what Jinyang said? They have said such empty words how many times. If you count on them, I'm afraid it's just empty joy."

"What should I do if I don't expect Jinyang? There is nothing left in Shanggu. Even if I try to grab it without my conscience, I won't be able to grab anything."

"General~www.wuxiaspot.com~ to tell you the truth, I've also been cold and crazy these past two days, and I'm starving, I'm going to vote, and I have to fight anyway." Guo Fudao.

"Are you trying to grab the opposite side? How effective is your soldier now?" Li Mingjun frowned, "I'm afraid they will be too cold to hold their guns."

"People who are hungry and crazy will burst out with great power." Guo Fu hissed: "The opposite is delicious and spicy, but we are freezing and starving here. Everyone’s eyes are red. It’s such a cold day. They didn’t think we would do it. Didn’t you even think of the general? Just grab a vote and not only will the problem of our battalion be solved, you will be able to live a comfortable year even with you in the general?”

"Have you done reconnaissance?"

"Of course, the other side is festooned and we are preparing for the New Year. They probably also visited my barracks. I am afraid they didn't take us to heart at all."

Li Mingjun suddenly said, "It turns out that you, Daying, are made to show to others."

"Half and half, also because it is too cold to bear." Guo Fu smiled. "The other party would never think of us like this, and dare to attack them, so I have a great chance of succeeding."