It was gradually getting dark, and the windows around the wooden house were all blocked, and beds were placed inside, where Liu Yaoqing and brother Zhezi slept.

The others lit a bonfire, opened canned potatoes and braised pork, boiled broth, and ate a hot meal with scones.

The long and tightly sewn bags were rolled up, and the men got in to sleep, and few even set up tents.

Their resting place is not far from the tribe, because there is a water source here.

After the patriarch and the others knew that there was no danger of their lives, they were not so afraid even if they were surrounded, and instead kept secretly watching over there.Smelling the aroma of the food they ate, as well as the tongue-inducing aroma of meat, and seeing that they are all strong and energetic, they know that there are too many people in their tribe, and they may not be able to win even if they resist.

"Father, we just do business with them. What are we afraid of?" Batur was a young, black and thin man. He stared at his bright eyes and said, "We have a lot of sheep and horses, but they are just some wool. , goat milk, these can be exchanged for food to fill the stomach!"

In Daqin, there are coarse grains and fine grains, but for the tribes on the grassland, as long as it is grain, it is the best, it can fill their stomachs, and it feels much better than eating meat every day.

"If we don't agree to them, we can survive this winter unless we merge with other tribes."

"It's just that the women and brothers of our tribe will be taken over by other tribes, the men will become slaves, and the children and the elderly may be killed because they are useless."

If there is no ration at all, and the cattle and sheep cannot be wiped out, otherwise the old people and children will not be so simple to kill, and they may still be eaten.

It's the only way to survive.

But now that good-looking brother brought other options, allowing them to exchange things for food, and they didn't suffer much.

"Brother Zhezi, do you think they will agree?" Liu Yaoqing lay on the somewhat hard bed, leaning against Brother Zhezi tightly, but she didn't feel too cold.

"If they are smarter, we can only agree." Brother Zhezi said, "If they don't agree, let's go find another tribe."

These tribes have never belonged to them, and even robbed the border. It is impossible to say that there is no enmity, but in the face of survival, especially the survival of most people, these can be compromised.

The patriarch came again the next day and agreed to exchange.

"Take these pancakes and pork back and taste them." Liu Yaoqing said with a smile.

The canned pork was poured into a pot and boiled, served with fresh lettuce leaves and pickled cucumbers, and eaten with pancakes, regardless of others, anyway, this is how people like Liu Yaoqing eat these days.

The patriarch returned with pancakes, pork, fresh vegetable leaves, and a jar of pickled cucumbers, and everyone gathered.

Following the patriarch's example, they took a pancake, stacked it, spread a thin layer of meat slices, then a layer of vegetable leaves, and finally a layer of sliced ​​pickles, and rolled up the pancake.

Because Batur is the son of the patriarch, he was lucky to be normal this time. He couldn't wait to bite down, but the pancake was so hard that he almost broke his teeth, but the braised pork inside was squeezed out and he ate it.

"Delicious!" Batur said.

After tasting all the things they brought back, the men immediately went back to their tents to pack wool, sheepskin and so on.

When the patriarch brought people to go again, he did not see Liu Yaoqing, but the steward on the mountain.

While keeping the accounts, he took away the sheepskin, wool, etc., and some men brought out the corresponding pancakes. As for the braised pork, pickled cucumbers, and vegetable leaves, these were not traded for them for the time being, and Liu Yaoqing decided to take some. Trade them for potato chips.

This tribe's deal is over, the next one doesn't need to be so troublesome.

Although there is basically no connection between the tribes, the patriarchs will properly communicate with each other.This time Batur's tribe got a lot of food, so his father couldn't wait to tell the neighboring tribes, and pointed out a way for them to survive.

Until all the pancakes brought were exchanged, there were a lot of things on board, including skinny live sheep.

"I'll ask the steward of Dan County to come back later, but I still have to trouble Shen Congwu to arrange someone." Liu Yaoqing said, "Send more pork here. It won't wait until they are full and warm. If they are used to eating mutton, they feel that pork is not good. good."

"Okay." Brother Zhezi had no objection.

The reason why it went so smoothly this time was because the men arranged by Shen Congwu were very capable, and when they were strong, those tribes would not dare to rebel. If only Liu Yaoqing and brother Zhezi came with their porters, it would be a question of whether they would survive.

Liu Yaoqing said with emotion: "So the rules are set by the strong, we Daqin can only always walk in the front, this way is the least trouble."

"That's right." Brother Zhezi deeply agreed.

Before the Qin family ruled the country, there were about a dozen small countries in such a large area. They were either beating me or I beating you all day long. They quarreled endlessly every day. It was because they were all about the same strength that no one country stood out.

Back then when the Qin family established Daqin, they really re-established the rules.

It's just that later a small country on the border had a talented person, who was stronger than a few years ago. At that time, the emperor was weak, but there were stronger generals in the court, and the small country was wiped out within two or three years.

The stewards and porters had extra wages, and when they got off the boat, those who returned to Shanggu Village returned to Shanggu Village, and those who returned home went home.

But Liu Yaoqing did not hide this matter from anyone, and soon everyone knew that he had gone outside the pass.

Liang Songzi also wrote a special letter, a little confused why Liu Yaoqing did this, but also expressed that no matter what happened, he could help.

"He is a keen one." Liu Yaoqing said, "I do these things for a purpose. There is so much food in every household, I can't eat it all by myself, and the price is low. Is it possible to save it and wait for it to mold? Naturally, we must find a way to sell it. Where there is a shortage of food Food is always needed. And when they get used to the food we give, if we don’t give it, they will have big troubles.”

This is not only to make money by giving food, but also to prevent the other party from having an accident.

However, the price of food is low, but the price outside is high. Where does the price difference go?Part of it belonged to Liu Yaoqing, but part of it belonged to Shen Congwu. After all, they also contributed their efforts, and finally returned to the emperor.

With the money in hand, Liu Yaoqing will invest it on the island and continue to build ships.

It's just that in the future, Pei Yu and Tong Xi will be ordered to raise pigs and chickens, and money will continue to flow into the emperor's treasury, then Liu Yaoqing's side will be more marginal and less conspicuous.

Liu Yaoqing only has a general direction for these things, basically taking one step at a time.

I went to Dan County non-stop, seeing that the new year has not been a month, Liu Yaoqing hurriedly asked the stewards to send all the books, held meetings during the day, looked at the books at night, and arranged things for the new year and the new year. It would take seven days like this to finish the arrangement.

"Liu Qing, you haven't been home for the past few years. This year I'll ask someone else to sit in town. You can go home and have a look." Liu Yaoqing called Liu Qing alone to talk, "I've noticed everything you've done these years. Just say anything."

"I know." Liu Qing nodded excitedly.

Although he has never left since he came to Dan County, his position is the most important. The stewards can be promoted, but he can't. It can be said that his feelings for Dan County are not lower than Liu Yaoqing's, and even heavier .

When he tried his best to meet Liu Yaoqing, Liu Qing just wanted to gain a better future, but now he is satisfied and will not ask for anything more.

Meeting, looking at the account book, going back and forth for a few days, Liu Yaoqing went to the warehouse to arrange again, this year's gift box is different from last year, there are still some things from previous years, and there are also dried kelp, dried fish, shrimp skin and so on.

After making the arrangements, Liu Yaoqing couldn't care about anything else, so she had to go to Linhai with brother Zhezi again.

Lying halfway on the carriage, Liu Yaoqing said: "I really hope that the three children will grow up soon, and ask them to help in the future."

"Children grow up very fast." Brother Zhezi laughed.

It seems that they just met yesterday, but now they have three children, and the two get along with each other tacitly, which is no worse than a couple who have been in love for decades.

Liu Yaoqing is just feeling emotional, the stall he opened is so big, Shanggu Village, Dan County, Linhai, and the island, there are a lot of people's names recorded, Liu Yaoqing now only knows the stewards, as for ordinary workers, he I don't know that skill.

But at this time Liu Yaoqing is relatively easy, because Su Qi and other brothers help, and they can be completely trusted, which saves Liu Yaoqing a lot of trouble.

When we arrived at Linhai, it was windy and cold, so Liu Yaoqing hurried into the house.

Before he rested for a long time, he heard the noise outside, so he hurried out to watch again.

"Brother Qing, Steward Li embezzled money from the treasury and was arrested today." Seeing Liu Yaoqing coming, Brother Zhen hurriedly said, "It's just that the shadow hasn't been found yet, and the stewards are discussing."

When the incident happened, Liu Yaoqing hadn't come yet, and it was all discussed by the stewards. Now that Liu Yaoqing has come, he has the backbone, and Brother Zhen, as the representative, explained the matter.

"Bring him to me to have a look." Liu Yaoqing said.

This steward Li is not in charge of money, generally the stewards in charge of money are trusted by Liu Yaoqing and never have any accidents.

Last year, he was promoted to be the deputy steward because of his clever work. This year, he became the steward just before the Chinese New Year. He was not in charge of particularly important matters, but the cleaning of the house.

It happened that when the warehouse was being cleaned, he was also called, and secretly found an opportunity to steal the silver from the warehouse.

When the men escorted him over, they all stared at him angrily.

"Go and do your work first, I'll ask him." Liu Yaoqing said.

After everyone left, Liu Yaoqing took a closer look at Guanshi Li, and found that he looked rather strange, with sunken eye sockets and a different color of pupils from other people, making him feel...not like one of his own.

But not particularly alien-like.

Liu Yaoqing thought for a while and said, "Call Laiyang over."

Brother Zhezi went out and arranged for someone to call Laiyang over.

Because of Laiyang's special status, although he also works in Linhai, he basically doesn't appear in front of others, and even if he does, he wears a mask and covers his hair.

At the beginning when his hands were not stained with blood, Liu Yaoqing did not take his life.

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