After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

After settling his brothers, Ma Nantian followed Gu Shisan to find a small stall and ordered some food.

Ma Nantian held the bulging purse in his hand, still shocked by the clinic's charges: "Oh my God, how much money does the governor's office spend on this every year!"

Gu Shisan said admiringly, "I heard from Lu Mei that nearly half of the general's family fortune has been spent. My brothers and I in the Gu family army volunteered to reduce our salaries, but the general disagreed. She said, if we reduce our salaries, will those soldiers from poor backgrounds also reduce their salaries?"

"If they lose weight, how will the whole family live? If they don't lose weight, won't they be inferior to others for nothing?"

Ma Nantian clicked his tongue twice. He had never seen an official who was so considerate of others!

"It's not a solution to keep going like this. What will we do when the general's fortune is all gone?"

Gu Shisan: "So we set up markets and factories. We can earn some money from merchants and revitalize the currency circulation of the entire Yunzhou. After a year or two, Yunzhou will be able to rely on tax collection and become self-sufficient!"

Ma Nantian seemed to be thinking about something.

Gu Shisan ordered the stall's signature dish, mutton soup. "Today's time is a bit tight. When I'm on my day off, I'll take you to Huaishuo Town. There's the most food there, and many Hu merchants like to order milk tea there."

"milk tea?"

"Because of the expansion of the market, many tea merchants will set up points in Fuming Town for transit. Thanks to the innovation of the chefs of Baiwei Hotel, the milk tea in Huaishuo Town has become more diverse."

Thinking of this, Gu Shisan licked his lips and said, "There are two major schools of milk tea, sweet and salty. Sweet milk tea, with all kinds of small ingredients randomly combined, is most popular among children and women. Salty milk tea is generally made of tea bricks, mixed with milk and boiled together, and some milk tofu, milk skin beef jerky, hand-held meat, fried rice, etc. are added. After a bowl of salty milk tea, my stomach can be filled to 70%."

Gu Shisan took a big sip of the mutton soup and then continued, "The Hu merchants and the various tribes from the grasslands who come to the market love salty milk tea the most. It's just that the tea is a bit expensive, and not every household can afford it."

Ma Nantian knows the grassland better than Gu Shisan: "It's not easy for them to eat vegetables. They have to go out to graze in the morning and evening. This salty milk tea is quite suitable for them."

Gu Shisan laughed happily: "Isn't that right? They sell wool and mutton to us, and we sell tea to them. After the money goes through a circle, it will come back to us!"

Ma Nantian rolled his eyes, too lazy to talk to this rough man who had never done business and could only ask for money.

After eating and drinking, Ma Nantian and Gu Shisan took a leisurely walk.

Ma Nantian wanted to go to the suburbs for a look.

Gu Shisan: "Aren't you tired?"

"I can't sleep if I go back, so I might as well walk around and see more."

Every minute and every second in Yunzhou is precious, and Ma Nantian is reluctant to waste it.

On the outskirts of Fuming Town is just an ordinary farmland. The sun is about to set and there are not many people in the fields.

Ma Nantian squatted down, scooped up a handful of cold soil, lowered his head, sniffed it, and his eyes became inexplicably moist.

After looking into the distance, Gu Shisan discovered that it was only the beginning of spring, but the soil at the edge of the field had already been plowed, and they were just waiting for the weather to warm up so that they could sow the seeds.

"Wow, Pu Chang is really capable! The curved plow he gave me is really useful!"

Ma Nantian asked curiously, "Curved plow?"

"Yes, it is said that it has existed since the end of the previous dynasty, but it has never been promoted. The general saw it and thought it was very useful, so he asked the workshop to make a lot of them and gave them to each village for free. The only requirement was that they should not be damaged when returned."

"The general is really kind."

Gu Shisan felt distressed: "Of course not. The general went to Yuyi Town without stopping this time just to find a way to develop the two towns. The general is busy with all kinds of things every day, and he has become thinner."

Ma Nantian felt Gu Shisan's genuine love for the general, and his thoughts became more determined.

"We, the Ma family caravan, have been doing business for many years. We don't have any other skills, but we are good at making money. In recent years, the caravan has been involved with the Tartars, so I am too lazy to bother with it. As long as the money we earn is enough to make a living, that's enough."

Ma Nantian stood up, patted the mud on his trouser legs, and said with great vigor: "I think the general will have many more places to spend money in the future. Our Ma family caravan is willing to serve the general!"

Gu Shisan was very skeptical: "Old Ma, don't brag. The young lady from the general's family is also very good at making money. Don't let her outshine you when the time comes!"

Ma Nantian glanced at him and said unhappily, "Don't forget how much money your Gu family army took from me back then! Don't you know how good I am at making money?"

Speaking of the past, Gu Shisan felt a little embarrassed: "Didn't the court not give money at that time?"

"Are you willing to give it now?"

"No……"

The two men argued for a while, and Gu Shisan knew that Lao Ma had made up his mind to surrender, so he introduced the general's past to Lao Ma so that he could understand the general's temperament.

Old Ma was stunned when he heard this. The general was so powerful? !

It seems that my news is still a lot behind!

When Ma Nantian heard Gu Shisan say that all people in the world are brothers, he keenly realized that there was something else behind the general's words!

Ma Nantian and Gu Shisan looked at each other; their tacit understanding was still there and they understood each other tacitly.

Ma Nantian's heart was burning with excitement, and a sense of pride arose spontaneously!

After returning to Wuzhou this time, I must plan carefully!

"Shisanlang, when I return to Yunzhou, I'll ask you to take care of Dalang's wife and my little grandson."

Gu Shisan's expression was complicated. What Ma Nantian did was both to entrust his son to someone else and to send a hostage!

"Are you really determined to follow the general? This road is not easy to take. Wuzhou is right under the noses of the Tartars, what can you do?"

Ma Nantian has changed his calm temperament, making people feel as if they are seeing the high-spirited shopkeeper Ma of those days!

"Cats have their own ways, mice have their own ways. Don't worry about these. Just guard Yunzhou and protect the general. We businessmen will naturally take care of the money!"

Gu Shisan sniffed: "Okay, when the general comes back, I will take you to see her!"

Gu Nanxi, who had no idea that there was a treasure pot about to jump into his arms, was still traveling across the grassland under the stars.

This time we didn't encounter any Tartars on the road, but we did encounter several waves of merchant caravans.

When the caravan saw Gu Nanxi’s flag, they greeted them enthusiastically.

At night, Gu Nanxi, who had originally planned to use the sky as a blanket and the ground as a shelter, encountered a migrating small grassland tribe and was warmly invited into their tent to sleep for a night.

"Many tribes have moved south to be closer to the market. Unfortunately, the pastures in the south are not as good as those in the north, so we plan to go north when the grass is green and lush. We will come back when the weather gets colder."

The tribal leader kept talking to Gu Nanxi as if he saw a relative.