The rain was still dripping. If the team members were relaxed last night and happy to have a rest, they were a little worried today.
The ancients didn't like rainy days, not only because it was troublesome to use umbrellas and the roads were muddy, but more importantly, it was easy to get sick on rainy days.
Rumble...
thunder in the rain, look at the thunder, it hurts the ears of people who hear it, it can be seen that the rain will get heavier, and the rain will not stop for a while. Fortunately, the place where they set up camp is more reliable, not flat, but slightly sloping, so there will be no water accumulation.
Qin Fang called Niu Da: "How long do you think the rain will last?" He frowned. Even though he didn't know how to look at the rain or the weather, he was born in a farming family and didn't like rainy days since he was a child. Every time it rained, the elders in the family would nag about it. After hearing it many times, the children understood it. Moreover, when he was a child, he was also playful. When there were adults at home on rainy days, they would restrain him from going out to play. Therefore, he really didn't like rainy days.
Niu Da looked at the rain and the weather. The sky was overcast and thunderstorms were rolling, like the face of an old man in his seventies or eighties. It was really not good to look at. He thought about it and said a rough number: "About four or five days."
Qin Fang's heart sank when he heard it.
Niu Da said again: "Maybe it won't rain all the time. It will stop for a while and then rain again."
Qin Fang nodded to show that he understood. Afterwards, he went to look for Kunshi, but couldn't find him. He saw Taoshan: "Where is Kunshi?"
"My Lord, Captain Kun took some people to the county town to buy ginger and brown sugar. Madam said that looking at the situation, the ones bought yesterday are definitely not enough, and we have to give everyone three bowls a day." Taoshan said, "Captain Kun said that looking at the situation on this rainy day, the ginger and brown sugar in the county town may not be able to meet our needs. He may have to go to the neighboring county to buy it." Qin Fang
nodded and stopped asking about this matter. He turned around and looked for Captain Yang.
Captain Yang was helping the doctor. Everyone was in the tent on this rainy day, and the doctor was the busiest.
Qin Fang looked at the busy doctor inside and the people waiting for medicine, and a trace of uneasiness flashed through his heart. He said to Captain Yang: "Niu Da said that the rain is expected to last for another four or five days. If it lasts for four or five days, the medicinal materials in the county may not meet our needs. Old Yang, take people to collect medicinal materials. Wait... How much military pay is left now?" Before they set out, the court allocated a sum of silver. However, this sum of silver was used to purchase food and medicinal materials. Of course, when everyone received food and medicine, they also paid on the spot. However,
the silver allocated by the court was not much, and the food and medicinal materials were stored in large quantities, so the silver could not be recovered so quickly.
Captain Yang was in charge of the money and was about to say that the silver was tight. When Kunshi went to buy ginger and brown sugar today, he had already received a sum of money. The money they had on hand was not enough to stock up on food and medicine.
Captain Yang said, "There are still about two silver taels." The total amount given by the court was only one thousand taels. This one thousand taels of silver was the food allowance for the soldiers, not for the barbarians, but it was included when they bought food and medicine in advance.
Now the silver is not enough, what should we do?
Captain Yang saw Qin Fang was silent, and asked again: "Sir, what should we do if we don't have enough money?"
Qin Fang was silent for a while: "If we don't have enough money, we have to raise money. We have to raise money." But how to raise money? Expect others to give it to us for free? Dream on. Qin Fang thought for a while, and went to find Yang Haiyan.
Yang Haiyan was embroidering handkerchiefs in the tent. There was nothing for her to do at the moment, so she could only embroider handkerchiefs to pass the time.
As soon as Qin Fang came in, a corner of the curtain was lifted, and a cold wind came in.
Seeing this, Yang Haiyan quickly asked Nanny Lian to bring a bowl of warm brown sugar water: "Drink it quickly, warm your body and replenish your energy."
Qin Fang took it and drank it in one breath, and gave the bowl to Nanny Lian. He said: "Yan Yan, I have to go to the county town and will be back in the afternoon."
Yang Haiyan was stunned. Qin Fang would not leave the brigade unless it was necessary. After all, if something happened to the brigade, he, the person in charge, would be away, and the problem would be troublesome. So when Qin Fang said he wanted to leave the brigade and go to the county town, Yang Haiyan was so surprised. "What are you going to the county town for, sir?"
Qin Fang did not hide it: "The court gave one thousand taels of silver as the soldiers' pay to settle the barbarians this time, but now there are only two hundred taels of silver left. The soldiers' ginger and brown sugar water, and daily food expenses are all deducted from the pay. If it goes on, I'm afraid the pay will not be enough. Anyway, according to Niu Da, we need to stay here for four or five days, so I'm going to the county town to find a way to make money."
Yang Haiyan heard it and joked, "Are you thinking of taking the soldiers to the county town to do hard labor to make money?"
Qin Fang felt that his wife looked down on him too much. Although doing hard labor to make money is also a serious job, can those few coins solve the current situation?
Yang Haiyan sensed Qin Fang's reluctance to accept it, and she found it interesting to see him staring at her. She curled her lips and said, "Then how do you want to make money?"
Qin Fang didn't say, "I'm not sure yet, but I have an idea in my mind. I'll talk about it when I go to the county. Yanyan, I'll leave this to you for now. If you have anything, go to Lieutenant Yang or Lieutenant Lu. I'll be back soon."
Yang Haiyan didn't get to the bottom of it. Everything is a little mysterious to have surprises. Besides, she was really curious about how Qin Fang wanted to make money. "Okay, don't worry, I'm here."
"Yeah."
Qin Fang took ten soldiers to the county. Compared to the barren mountains and ridges, the county was just as quiet. Speaking of which, at this moment, the county is not as lively as the brigade camp. After all, the brigade camp is where 3,000 people gather together, while the people in the county are scattered.
It was raining heavily, and even though Qin Fang and others were wearing raincoats, they were still a little wet.
If it were normal, the people coming in and out of the county gate would be very lively. But today, the county gate is deserted.
There are almost no people entering and leaving the county.
Qin Fang and others arrived at the city gate and were stopped by the guards at the city gate: "Who are you?" After all, they were a group of people, all riding horses, and they looked extraordinary.
Qin Fang took out his pass. He went from the border to Yunxiang County, so he naturally had a pass.
The guard looked at the pass and let them pass.
Qin Fang led his men into the county, assigned tasks to five soldiers, and took the other five soldiers to the inn. He chose a more ordinary inn, which did not look as luxurious as ordinary restaurants, but was also clean.
It was rare for guests to come on a rainy day, so the waiter was very excited to entertain them: "Welcome to the guests, do you want to stay or have a meal?"
Qin Fang said: "For a meal, each person will have a bowl of shredded pork noodles. Please be quick, we are in a hurry."
The waiter said: "Okay, please wait a moment, we serve food quickly." The waiter said, and shouted to the front, "Six bowls of shredded pork noodles."
Qin Fang continued, "Give me a few more side dishes. Oh, waiter, we ran into robbers on the way here, and a lot of our belongings were stolen. Where is the county government here? We have to report to the authorities later."
The waiter was startled when he heard this. He looked around, and then said, "Tsk..." Fortunately, there was no one in the inn at this time, otherwise what would happen? Seeing this
, Qin Fang couldn't help but feel suspicious: "What are you doing?"
The waiter lowered his voice and said, "Gentlemen, it is forbidden to talk about robbers in our county. Once you mention robbers, be careful that you won't survive tonight."
Is there such a thing? Qin Fang and several soldiers looked at each other, and everyone knew that this matter was too funny.
One of the soldiers said, "What do you mean? This is the county town. Are the robbers so powerful? Can they enter the city and kill people? Besides, the nobles in the capital can be discussed, so why can't the robbers?"
Another soldier said, "That's right, why can't we talk about the robbers? Not only am I talking about them today, I'm going to kill them too." The waiter
sighed and said helplessly, "Gentlemen, I can't do anything about it. In the past, there were people who discussed robbers in our county town, but later, as long as someone discussed robbers, they would be killed in serious cases, and would have their arms and legs broken in minor cases. Over time, no one dared to discuss robbers openly."
Qin Fang asked, "Then your county government doesn't care?"
The waiter said, "The county government started to They did, but they couldn't find anything, how could they do it?"
Qin Fang: "Didn't the county government look for the robbers?"
The waiter smiled: "What's the point of looking? No one has proved that it was the robbers who did it. There is no evidence, and the county government can't do anything, right? The county magistrate said that although he is an official, officials have to use evidence to handle matters. Without evidence, he can't do anything to the robbers. Moreover, there are hundreds of robbers, and we in the county government have only a few dozen people, less than a hundred, so we can't beat the robbers. It's just...
dissatisfied with what the guests said, we all know that the robbers are bad and kill people without blinking an eye, but what can we do if we can't beat them? So we can only watch and wait, fortunately the robbers didn't come to the county town to make trouble."
What's this called fortunately?
Qin Fang: "Won't the county magistrate ask the court for help?"
The waiter looked at Qin Fang for a few times, probably because he thought what Qin Fang said was a little funny: "My lord, this matter is not something that we ordinary people can control."
Qin Fang thought so too: "Then do you know where the robbers' lair is? We were robbed, we can't just let it go like this."
The waiter said: "I advise you to just forget it. Look at you, there are only a few of you. How can you compare with them? Robbers are not easy to mess with."
The soldier spat: "Just say it when I tell you to, why are you talking so much nonsense?"
The waiter was startled and felt that this man was really hot-tempered. Since they were going to die, he would stop and be scolded, so he wouldn't stop. The waiter said unhappily, "It's at Qingyuguan in Wulipo outside the city." Wulipo is five miles away from the county town.
After Qin Fang finished eating noodles, the five soldiers who were separated came. Qin Fang also ordered five bowls of noodles for them and asked about some situations. After they finished eating, Qin Fang took them back.
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