Chapter 261: Short of Money
When returning to the city, Qin Yu and Lu Xiao, the two little brats, somehow got into a fight.
"This is my sixth aunt!" Qin Yu emphasized, holding her left leg.
Not to be outdone, Lu Xiao hugged her right leg and said, "This is my aunt, dear aunt."
"Mine is also my own, dear aunt."
Qin Sheng on the side widened his eyes. He really wanted to say, get out of the way, this is my wife!
With both legs held, Lu Songli couldn't walk.
Qin Sheng picked up each of the children with one hand and sent them back to their parents. He then gave them a look and asked them to take good care of their own children.
Qin Sheng returned to Lu Songli with empty hands, stretched out his hand to protect his wife and walked forward, "Let's go."
Qin Zhao: Promising!
Mrs. Jiang was very happy to see her daughter and son-in-law like this.
When they arrived outside the city gate, everyone began to line up to enter the city.
Lu Songli took a quick look and found that there were about three hundred people who followed the Qin and Lu families to settle in Houcheng. Among them, there were more than forty children under the age of ten, and about ten people between the ages of ten and fourteen.
A quick thought would make sense. Those willing to follow them, such as Zhou Da and Ma Jin, were mostly young and middle-aged, either unmarried or married only a few years ago, with children only a few years old. Most of these older children, over ten years old, were their younger brothers or nephews.
Lu Songli thought that with so many children, they had to build a private school. If the young trees are not pruned, they will not grow into useful ones. They cannot just let them play around and make trouble.
There were about three hundred people in their group, and it took a lot of time to register in the city.
When they entered the city, they were a large group, and the locals of Houcheng couldn't help but ask a few questions. Lately, people have been moving back to Houcheng, but it's rare to see such a large group moving in at once. Furthermore, seeing their carriages laden with luggage and families entering the city, they didn't look like they were just passing through.
Lu Songli and the others did not hide it and directly said that it was Lord Lu's relatives who moved to Houcheng and settled there.
After this incident spread, the people of Houcheng felt relieved.
Everyone should live peacefully in Houcheng and call back their relatives who have fled to other places. Houcheng is safe. If it were not safe, why would Lord Lu move all his clansmen here?
More than 300 people, representing about 50 to 60 households, were arranged to live in Tianshui Village. Houses were allocated according to household size, with larger houses allocated to households with larger populations and smaller houses allocated to households with smaller populations.
This is the official allocation.
All the houses had been inspected before to ensure their sturdiness and safety, and any damaged roofs, doors and windows had been repaired simply.
If you are not satisfied, you can find another place to live or change it privately. They will not help you.
Just when everyone was busy moving into their new residence, Yang Wei, Wu Ren and Hu Guangcong found Lu Songli and the others carrying a box.
"Master, Sixth Madam, Third Master, Sixth Master, this is the money we earned this time. For convenience, we have converted it all into gold."
"Except for the two brothers who did not come with us to Houcheng, we gave them their share of silver, and also gave Lord Lu three thousand taels of silver as you instructed.
Everything else is here.”
"How much is it in total?"
"About fifty-two thousand six hundred taels, all converted into gold."
Lu Songli calculated that they had invested less than 20,000 taels of silver in total. Part of the medicinal materials were sent to Longcheng, and she bought them at a price 20% higher than the cost.
Has this increased three or four times?
"Sixth Madam, you don't know that our medicinal materials were extremely popular when they were shipped to Chang'an and were snapped up like crazy. Not to mention the price we sold them at at that time, even if we increased it by 20% or 30%, it would not be a problem." It can be said to be a huge profit!
Even now, the three of them can't hide their excitement when talking about it.
Lu Songli nodded and looked at Qin Heng. "Big brother, Third brother, what A Sheng and I meant is that we should divide this money among the brothers, right? It's just right for them to use as resettlement allowance."
Later, they each invested one thousand taels. It was agreed that this money and the money earned would be divided among Zhou Da and other brothers who were escorting Qin Yan and his party to the northern border.
Qin Heng nodded, "Okay, let's do it."
Qin Zhao: "That's fine with me too."
Qin Sheng: "Listen to Lili."
They did what they said. They immediately beat drums and gongs, gathered people together, and then started to divide the money!
Lu Songli and other decision-makers did not participate in this distribution, so the amount of silver each household received was relatively even, around 600 taels.
Before the money was divided, Lü Songli suggested setting aside four or five thousand taels for village maintenance. In the future, any public expenses for the villagers living in Tianshui Village could be paid directly from this sum. This would be better than having others pay for it later.
Every household received money, and no one minded the four or five thousand taels that were taken away. Moreover, Mrs. Qin Liu said that this money was for public expenditure of Tianshui Village, and all this money would be used for them.
At night, back to Houcheng military camp
After taking a shower, Lu Songli was wiping her hair by the window in the room.
In the room, the oil lamp was burning.
Her eyes fell on the white paper on the table. Recently, Lu Songli has been thinking about how to manage Liaodong County well.
Yes, manage Liaodong County, not Houcheng.
She thought that the imperial court's commendation would come soon. With her father's merits, he would definitely be promoted. If her father were promoted again, he would become a county governor.
The absence of the governor and Liaodong prefect from the negotiations, regardless of the reason, was an established fact. While the governor's residence was in Liaoxi County, it was understandable to the court, Zheng Xun was definitely derelict in his duty.
Therefore, Lu Songli speculated that her father should be the next governor of Liaodong County.
Zheng Xun will be transferred elsewhere.
To successfully manage Liaodong County, we must first encourage spring plowing. Ideally, we could distribute some seeds to the impoverished people who can't afford them, helping them through this difficult time. As for whether we should plant some suitable cash crops later, we'll consider that later.
But her father had seen that the treasury of Houcheng County Government was so empty that rats could escape from it. Houcheng was indeed a poor county.
Secondly, she also wanted to repair the official road. After all, a large number of zombies, no, a large number of talents, were on their way to their Liaodong County. She had to serve these people well, make them feel at home, and spread the good reputation of Liaodong County. Of course, it would be best if they could stay.
This really costs money everywhere, it's a headache.
This time, planning the negotiations with the Xianbei royal court had cost them a considerable sum of money. She had spent her box of exquisite gems, and she had also exchanged the box her elder brother had given her for cash, spending a considerable amount of money on it.
But Lu Songli felt that these gold, silver, jewelry and money were well worth spending, after all, they had taken over the entire Liaodong County.
When Qin Sheng came in, he saw her tapping her forehead and couldn't help but ask with concern, "Lili, do you have a headache?"
"Yeah, it's a headache. How can I get the money quickly?" Lu Songli said unconsciously.
Qin Sheng blinked when he heard this. "My wife has no money left? How can this be possible?"
"Li Li, what do you think about me leading my troops to clear out all the bandits in Liaodong County?" This was the fastest way he could think of to make money.
"Suppress bandits?" Lu Songli's eyes lit up.
Because of years of war, many people in Liaodong County became bandits.
There was no other way. In Houcheng, the common people were the lowest class. Even the bandits lived better than them. For example, if they encountered Xianbei soldiers, the common people might not survive, but the bandits could take up their weapons and defeat them.
But these bandits often cause trouble to the village.
Lu Songli praised, "What a good idea! It will eliminate the banditry and give the people a clear and bright sky. Very good."
Qin Sheng jumped for joy, "Really?"
"Of course. Tell our father about this idea, and then ask him to talk to Lord Le for you. It should be fine."
"Okay, Lili, don't worry about money." Next, you will have a lot of money.
"Okay, I'm not worried." What could make money faster than robbing other people?
The couple smiled at each other.
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