Chapter 689 ?9 Surnames Downgraded and Purchased

Carts carrying goods left Zhangjiazhuangzi and rushed to the location of the surrendered households.

Boats carrying goods also went to the same place from all directions.

When the sun rose again, the surrendered households of the nine surnames of Tiele ate egg custard and pie.

There was also preserved egg tofu mixed with tofu and preserved eggs and aged vinegar.

The soldiers of Bingzhou did not leave, but were resting and eating the same meal.

Wang Jun, the governor of Bingzhou, once again felt the logistical capabilities of Lijiazhuangzi.

When they were thirty miles away from Pujindu, Lijiazhuangzi hurried on the road and ate wontons when they were greeted.

When they arrived at Pujindu, there were stir-fried dishes.

When they arrived here again, they rested for a night and started to eat egg custard and pork and celery pie.

The local area was more than 200 miles away from Lijiazhuangzi. The more time was given to Lijiazhuangzi, the more things were sent, and they were in a continuous flow.

No wonder it is said to be the best logistics in the world. If Lijiazhuangzi was responsible for the logistics of any team in the war, it would probably crush the enemy directly.

Many of the surrendered households ate egg custard for the first time, and it looked like milk tofu.

You can add vinegar, sesame oil, soy sauce, and stewed meat.

Use a spoon to scoop it up and put it in your mouth. It is tender. Take another bite of the pie and it is fragrant.

What is this thing mixed with tofu? It looks like eggs, but the color is wrong.

The manager who came from Zhuangzi didn't want to eat egg custard. He only drank stewed meat and drank it as spicy soup.

Wang Jun moved to the side of the manager. There was a table, a folding table, including the surrendered households.

They calculated according to the number of people, and gave an average of four people a table.

If a household has only three people, they will also be given one table, and if there are five people, they will be given two tables.

The nine surnames are nine surnames, and each surname has its own family.

Some men died of illness on the road, and the women took their children to form a temporary family with other men.

If both men and women died, the children were also incorporated into the family by people with the same surname.

In addition to the table, there are also tableware, towels, wooden washbasins, and toothbrushes.

There are no earthenware pots, iron pots, and jars yet, but they will be delivered one after another, including food, oil, and salt.

They are not slaves, but surrendered households who took the initiative to surrender. To put it bluntly, they are dependent on the Tang Dynasty.

According to historical data, they rebelled this time, but not all of them did.

They are not fighting anymore and want to live a stable life.

"Your village has great logistics." Wang Jun praised.

The manager swallowed the food in his mouth: "It's a matter of money. Fighting costs money. The owner said that as long as the money can keep up, you can always win the battle."

"If you have money but the soldiers are not good, you can't win." Wang Jun disagreed with this.

"If you have money, you will have good soldiers. If the soldiers are not good, it only means that there is not enough money." The manager looked like money was omnipotent.

"What methods do you use to arrange the surrendered households?" Wang Jun didn't want to argue whether money is useful or not.

"The daily necessities belong to selling to them. They have no money, so they will return them when they have money.

Their horses, cattle and sheep were taken away by you, so we exchanged them for livestock with grain.

You keep the livestock and divide them among the brothers. It is hard to transport them over long distances."

The manager talked about the arrangements for the surrendered households and mentioned their property.

The surrendered households came to live normally, bringing their livestock with them. When they moved to the inland, the livestock could not follow them and were divided among the various places at the border.

They had to be returned to the surrendered households with grain, and the clothes were exchanged for the old clothes.

The pots and other things were sold to the surrendered households, and they would be returned little by little when they had money.

"Thank you." Wang Jun chuckled twice.

"The relationship between Zhuangzi and the Nine Families is that of employment. The owner hired them to work.

The grain they planted in the first five years belonged to them, and they paid rent to the court.

After that, they paid a part of the rent to Zhuangzi every year. After paying for ten years, they took out a part of the money to buy land, and the land belonged to them.

Or they paid the rent they should pay for ten years and left at will."

The manager went on to talk about the arrangements in Zhuangzi. The surrendered households were not slaves.

They also had to teach them how to raise poultry, just cattle and horses, and they didn't need others to pay, they would know.

Or they were given sheep, and they raised sheep in the mountains and grasslands owned by the government.

After five years, their lives were stable. If they were allowed to leave again, they would pay ten years of rent all at once and become poor again. Where could they go?

If they chose to pay ten years of rent and then buy land, the land would be theirs, and they would lose their property if they left.

If they wanted to sell the land, someone had to buy it.

"In fact, they don't have much wealth." Wang Jun ate a pie.

Then he said, "They won't surrender because they have a lot of horses and sheep."

"When you go back, there will be gifts in the farm. I hope you will be satisfied."

The steward didn't consider the money of the surrendered households. It was hard to count and there was no account book.

The two chatted and ate slowly. After they finished eating, another large amount of things were delivered and distributed to the surrendered households.

The translators helped to tell the surrendered households that these things were sold to them and they would pay them back slowly when they had money in the future.

The surrendered households didn't have any extra thoughts about this. They would talk about the future later.

When the pickaxe, shovel and saw were delivered, they took the saw to cut wood on the mountain that needed to be converted into terraces.

The wood cut down was just right for converting houses, and the broken branches were firewood.

"Catch one, this guy is big, eat it at night."

"Rabbits, a nest of rabbits, hurry."

"Pheasants and eggs, want to eat roast chicken."

The surrendered households worked, and the sergeants were responsible for clearing obstacles. All birds and beasts were caught if they could, and those that ran fast were ignored.

When encountering a snake, cut off its head with a knife, throw the headless snake together, and take it to the farmers of Lijiazhuang for processing.

When everyone was preparing to eat wild game at night, the food, iron pots, and pottery distributed to each household were delivered.

"These are all sold to you, cheap, food, oil and salt are given to you, and exchanged with your horses, cattle and sheep."

The translators ran over to tell the surrendered households, meaning that you should not always think that we have robbed your things, it is not the case.

The surrendered households looked at a large number of things, especially iron pots.

According to the household and the number of people, four people get one, and five people get two.

There are also kitchen knives, iron spoons, and sets of pottery.

It doesn't matter whether you buy it or not, just use it first.

There are millet, yellow rice, sorghum rice, soybeans, rice, and even finely ground wheat flour in the rice bag.

They compared and found that the things they got were more valuable than their own cattle, horses and sheep.

"This is the first batch of food. When you have eaten almost all of it, the second batch of food will be delivered.

The exchange will be completed only when you grow enough food. So don't worry about not having enough food. You can always eat enough."

The translators continued to tell the surrendered households what the manager said.

A round of cheers rang out. The surrendered households thought that this was all they would be given. They didn't expect that they would be given back when they had eaten all of it. It would not be over until they had their own food.

The households did not eat for the time being. They quickly divided the food before dawn. They felt at ease when they got it in their hands.

As for food? It's okay to go hungry for a meal.

When the surrendered households were happy, a girl stood outside the giant panda park in Lijiazhuangzi. She looked at the cute appearance of the giant pandas and smiled.

"It is indeed a happy thing for Li Dongzhu to raise giant pandas. Don't you think so, Xiaolan?"

The girl asked a girl who was about the same age as her.

"Yes, but we should go back to the palace." The girl named Xiaolan advised softly.