"General Guan, eat the meat." Zhang Zhiyun scooped up half of a lamb chop from the big iron pot next to him, tore off two and put them on the oilcloth on the ground.
They didn't enter the room. They ate outside under the shade, drank the mutton soup, and sweated.
Guan Yujin sat cross-legged, tore off a rib, and cut it with a knife. The meat on the rib fell onto the oilcloth, and he picked it up and dipped it in salt.
"General Guan, we are at ease with you here. When we achieve military merits, we will give you the lion's share. "
Zhang Jiazhen said to give up military merits first to prevent people from being uneasy.
Guan Yujin swallowed a mouthful of meat. "We have already achieved military merits. The military merits of killing the enemy have nothing to do with us."
He dispelled other people's concerns and gave them all the military merits. The Winged Knights didn't need it.
"Is this thing sturdy?" Wang Han glanced at the telegraph next to him from time to time. He felt that he wanted to use it.
There was a relay station at his home. He thought about sending a telegram to his home. The people at the relay station would send the message to his home and ask if there was anything wrong with his home.
He felt satisfied just thinking about it. Who else could do it?
So the lamb they ate today was counted as his share.
When the soldiers at the frontline returned from hunting, many of them didn't need it, so they gave it to him. He transported it back home and found someone to process it. There was profit in it.
The extra profit was exchanged for other things. It was counted as his remuneration to the army.
This included things from the Hengye Army and the Xi Tribe. Other people's methods were not as good as his.
Originally, he wanted to exchange for canned food, Li Family Zhuangzi's fermented bean curd, chili sauce, black bean sauce, and other things. He could sell them at a higher price elsewhere.
In this way, the Non-commissioned Officer earned, and his family earned. It was a win-win situation.
But he heard that this was considered selling military supplies. He could sell the canned food today, but could he sell the explosives tomorrow?
If he was caught, Zhang Jiazhen, Zhang Zhiyun, and himself would all lose their heads.
He knew how to do business. In the current season, there was a lot of grass on the grassland.
The team that came back to rest went out to cut the grass and carried it back by horses.
He followed the method described in the newspaper to make silage. In the winter, he would make money with the dried grass.
He had an agreement with Zhang Jiazhen and Zhang Zhiyun that they would make half of the money. No one would lose out.
"It's sturdy, but it can't be damaged. If it's damaged, it can't be used by you." Guan Yujin guessed Wang Han's thoughts.
"I … I don't need it." Wang Han said regretfully.
"General Sun Yi is back." Someone suddenly shouted. Not long after, a group of horses and people appeared.
Each person rode on three horses. Each horse was carrying something, and the person walked beside it.
Bundles of grass, hides of wild animals, meats preserved with much salt, pheasants' feathers in nets, chickens dried in the air.
Someone from the side came over to help unload the things. The grass was piled up together with the other things, ready to be transported away.
Naturally, it would be shipped to Wang Han's house. He would find someone to clean it up.
There were people from his family keeping watch here and recording everything.
Including the pheasant feathers, if used as ornaments, the price would not be low.
"Jiedushi, is there mutton soup to drink today? Did he know that we were back? "Sun Yi asked happily.
He had seen it earlier. Eating outside was different from eating at home. It was inconvenient to make mutton soup outside.
"Hurry up and take a shower. We'll talk after you're done eating."
Zhang Jiazhen didn't say anything first. She would tell them after everyone had taken a shower and relaxed.
The people who came back immediately ran to the bathtub, rubbed soap and washed with cold water. They would take a hot bath at night.
They usually couldn't bear to use the soap, but now they used it. Otherwise, the smell on their bodies would be too strong.
In less than ten minutes, Sun Yi ran over shirtless. There were still water droplets on his half-inch hair.
When they went out, they were bald. After staying for a while, their hair would grow out. They even shaved their hair once.
"Where's the telegraph machine? Let me see what it looks like. This is great. In the future, I don't have to send my brothers back and forth. I'm so worried! "
Sun Yi obviously knew the situation when he was bathing. He was anxious.
Behind him, there were people running over to see things. He was not in a hurry to drink the mutton soup.
In the sound of beeping, the Winged Knights demonstrated once. Only then did the team run away to find food.
Sun Yi fished out a lamb leg from the pot. He blew on it and dipped it in salt. He stared at the telegraph machine and smiled foolishly.
"Eat." Zhang Jiazhen said.
"Eat, eat, eat. Hahaha!" Sun Yi stuffed the meat into his mouth and chewed a few times. He said, "This is great. Usually, when I send my brothers back, I'm afraid that they will be caught by the Turks. I'm also afraid that they will encounter a pack of wolves. This time, I'm not afraid."
"Eat slowly, General Sun. You brought a lot of food back. I glanced around. There are more than ten wolves inside. "
Wang Han helped to ladle the soup. He was a Jianghu person and admired the people who fought in front.
"Yes! Twenty-two wolves. The team spread out and surrounded them. None of them ran away. There are wolf cubs inside. I'm most afraid that they will run away. "
Sun Yi gestured with his fingers. He did not feel that killing wolf cubs was cruel.
Everyone understood that if the wolf cubs ran away and survived, they would be trouble.
They were vengeful. In order to take revenge, they could stare at people for months. Under normal circumstances, this was not the case.
After that, Sun Yi picked up the box of pepper noodles and put it into the bowl. There was no pepper. He ate some pepper to increase the taste.
"Last time, they sent pepper. Everyone ate it sparingly. When we cooked meat, we put some pepper, but it was all eaten."
Sun Yi blew on the soup and drank a mouthful. He felt that it was not as delicious as pepper.
Guan Yujin listened and thought for a while. She turned on the telegraph machine and sent a report. After that, she continued to eat.
… …
"Walking around the zoo and looking around makes me feel much better."
Li Dan walked under the sun. He did not even open his umbrella. His body became stronger.
Everyone had the same feeling. In fact, going to see animals had nothing to do with it. It solved the key problem of how to follow the law without killing people.
Therefore, they ate seafood during meals. There was also a train that brought seafood back.
This time, they sold it to restaurants. When the train entered the station, the restaurants, restaurants, and rich people sent people to wait at the station.
There were a lot of shelled seafood. Therefore, the Li Family Zhuangzi ate fried shellfish today.
The tax department of the Ministry of Revenue sent people to the station together. The Li Family Zhuangzi did not collect taxes on the food he ate, but they collected taxes on the food he sold to others.
"In two months, we can eat crabs, right? The crabs in the sea are good. They have a lot of meat. "
Bi Goo, who found that the train could make a lot of money, picked up a big scallop and stretched out his chopsticks to eat the meat. He remembered the tax he collected when he sold the crabs.
The seafood was 20% tax. If the restaurant sold it again, they would collect another tax, so it was 10% tax.
Song Jing said next to him, "The scallops that can be bought for one yuan in Haizhou can be sold for at least ten yuan in Chang 'an. That's ten times the profit."
"You can make trains and pave tracks. I don't care if you make money."
Bi Goo was not fooled. He could buy a lot of seafood in Haizhou for one yuan. The key was that he could bring them back alive in one day.
Building railways was good. Let the railways make more money. Pave longer tracks, and the Ministry of Revenue would collect money.
For example, the seafood sold today for 4,000 shelled fish. The Ministry of Revenue collected 200 shelled fish first, and then another 400 shelled fish.
When the telephone wires were installed, two trains would run at the same time, and more carriages could be pulled.
Even if there were more things that were cheaper, the overall tax revenue would increase, and a small stream would flow in the long run.
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