97, Chapter 97

The rain is still falling. If the team members were relaxed last night and were happy to have a rest, then today they are a little worried.

The ancients did not like rainy days, not only because it is troublesome to hold an umbrella and the roads are muddy, but also because it is easy to get sick on rainy days.

Rumble...

The rain was accompanied by thunder, and the sound of the thunder made people's ears hurt when they heard it. However, the rain continued to intensify, and for a while, the rain could no longer be heard. Fortunately, the place where they camped was relatively reliable. It was not on flat ground, but slightly sloping, so there was no accumulation of water.

Qin Fang called Niu Da: "Look, how long will it rain?" He frowned. Even if he didn't look at the rain or the weather, he was still a farmer, and he had been the same since he was young. I like rainy days. Every time it rains, the elders in the house will chant it, and some of their children will understand it after hearing it many times. Moreover, when he was a child, he was also playful. When there were adults in the house on rainy days, they wouldn't let him go out to play, so he really didn't like rainy days.

Niu Da looked at the rain and weather. The sky was covered with clouds and thunderstorms. He looked like the face of an old man in his seventies or eighties, which was not good-looking. He thought for a while and gave a rough number: "About four or five days."

Qin Fang's heart sank after hearing this.

Niu Da said again: "Maybe we don't go all the way down, we stop for a moment and a half, and then go down again."

Qin Fang nodded and said he understood. Then, he looked for Kunshi, but he couldn't find it. He saw Tao Shan and asked, "Where is Kunshi?"

"Sir, Captain Kun took some people to the county town to buy ginger brown sugar. My wife said that looking at the situation, the ones we bought yesterday will definitely not be enough. I will give you three bowls a day." Tao Tao Sandao, "Captain Kun said that depending on the situation on the rainy day, the ginger brown sugar in the county may not be able to meet our needs. He may have to go to neighboring counties to purchase it."

Qin Fang hummed and stopped asking questions. He turned to find Captain Yang.

Lieutenant Yang was helping the doctor in the room. He was always in the camp on rainy days, and the busiest person was the doctor.

Qin Fang looked at the busy doctors inside and the people waiting for medicine, and felt uneasy in his heart. He said to Lieutenant Yang: "Niu Da said that the rain is expected to last for four or five days. If it is four or five days, the medicinal materials in the county may not meet our needs. Old Yang, please take people to purchase them." Medicinal materials. Wait...how much military salary is there now?" Before they set off, the court allocated a sum of money. ‌This sum of money was paid in advance when it was used to purchase food and medicinal materials. Of course, when everyone receives food and medicine, they also pay on the spot.

However, the imperial court did not allocate much money. Food and medicinal materials were kept in large quantities, and the money was not collected so quickly.

Lieutenant Yang is in charge of money, and he is cautious about money. When Kunshi went to buy ginger brown sugar today, he already received a sum. The money they have on hand is not enough to stock up on food and medicinal materials.

Captain Yang: "There are still about two hundred taels." The court gave only one thousand taels in total. The one thousand taels of silver is the food expenses of the soldiers, which does not include Manzi and the others. It is included when they purchase food and medicinal materials in advance.

Now we don’t have enough money, what should we do?

Colonel Yang Qin Fang was silent and asked again: "Sir, what should I do if I don't have enough money?"

Qin Fang was silent for a while: "If you don't have enough money, you have to raise money and find a way to raise it." But how? Do you expect others to give you free money? dream. Qin Fang thought for a while and went to find Yang Haiyan.

Yang Haiyan was embroidering handkerchiefs in the camp. Her son had nothing to do with her, so she could only pass the time by embroidering handkerchiefs.

As soon as Qin Fang came in, the curtain lifted a corner and a cold wind came in.

Yang Haiyan sighed and hurriedly asked Aunt Lian to bring a bowl of warm brown sugar water: "Drink it quickly to warm your body and replenish your strength."

Qin Fang took it and drank it. He finished it in one breath and gave the bowl to Aunt Lian. He said, "Yanyan, I'm going to the county town. I'll come back around the afternoon."

Yang Haiyan was stunned, Qin Fang would not leave the brigade unless necessary. After all, if something happened to the brigade, and his person in charge was not around, the problem would be troublesome. That's why Yang Haiyan was so surprised when Qin Fang said he was leaving the brigade and going to the county town. "What are you going to do in the county town?"

Qin Fang did not hide anything: "This time to resettle the barbarians, the court gave one thousand taels of silver to use as the soldiers' military pay, but there were only two hundred taels of silver left. The soldiers' ginger brown sugar water, every day The food expenses for the day are all deducted from the military pay. If I continue, the military pay may not be enough. According to Niu Da, I still need to stay there for four or five days, so I went to the county to look for ways to make money. "

When Yang Haiyan heard this, she joked: "Is it possible that you want to send soldiers to do hard labor in the county to make money?"

Qin Fang felt that his wife looked down on him too much. Although it was easy to earn money by working as a coolie, could earning a few pennies solve the current situation?

Yang Haiyan felt Qin Fang's dissatisfaction and found it interesting to see the way he glared at her. He curled his lips and said, "How do you want to make money?"

Qin Fangcai didn't say anything: "I'm not sure yet, I just have thoughts in my mind. I'll talk about it after I go to the county. Yanyan, I'll leave this place to you for now. If you have anything to do, please contact Captain Yang or Lu Colonel, I’ll come as soon as I can.”

Yang Haiyan didn't get to the bottom of it. Only when everything is a little mysterious can there be surprises. Besides, she was really curious about how Qin Fang wanted to make money. "Okay, don't worry, I'm here."

"Um."

Qin Fang took ten soldiers to the county. ‌Compared with the barren mountains and ridges, the county is equally quiet. Speaking of which, the county at this moment is not as lively as the brigade camp. After all, three thousand people were gathered together at the brigade camp, while the people in the county were scattered.

The rain was heavy, and even though Qin Fang and others were wearing raincoats, they still got a little wet.

If it were normal, the people coming in and out of the county gate would definitely be very lively. But today, the gate of the county town is desolate.

People entering and leaving the county can hardly be seen.

When Qin Fang and others arrived at the city gate, they were stopped by the guard at the city gate: "Who is it?" After all, they were one person, all riding horses, and they looked like extraordinary people.

Qin Fang took out his customs clearance document. He went from the border to Yunxiang County, so he naturally had a customs clearance document.

The guard read the customs clearance document and let him go.

Qin Fang led people into the county and assigned tasks to five soldiers. He took the other five soldiers to the inn. He chose a relatively ordinary inn. It didn't look as luxurious as an ordinary restaurant, and it was also clean.

Unexpectedly, there were still guests coming on a rainy day, so the waiter went to work with all his energy to entertain them: "Welcome some guests, do you want to stay or eat?"

Qin Fang said: "Eat, each person has a bowl of shredded pork noodles, hurry up, we are in a hurry."

Waiter: "Okay, guest, please wait a moment, we can get the food quickly." The waiter said, and shouted to the front, "Six bowls of shredded pork noodles."

Qin Fang continued: "A few more side dishes. By the way, waiter, we met robbers on the way here, and a lot of things were robbed. May I ask where the county government here is? , We will report to the official later. ”

The waiter was startled when he heard what he said. He looked around and said, "Shh..." Fortunately, there was no one in the inn. What if something happened?

Qin Fang looked at him and couldn't help but feel suspicious: "What are you doing?"

The waiter lowered his voice and said, "Gentlemen, it's forbidden to talk about robbers in our county. Once you mention robbers, be careful that you won't survive tonight."

Anything else? Qin Fang and several soldiers glanced at each other. Everyone knew that the matter was too funny.

One of the soldiers said: "What can I say? This is a county town. Are the robbers still so powerful? Can they still enter the city and kill people? Besides, even the nobles in the capital can be discussed. , Why can’t the robbers do it?”

Another soldier said: "That's right, why can't we talk about robbers? Today I'm not going to kill you, but I'm going to kill them."

The waiter sighed, helpless: "You guys, I can't do anything about it. In the past, there were people in our county talking about robbers, but later, as long as someone discussed robbers, they would be seriously killed. Take it easy. His arms and legs were broken, and over time, no one dared to discuss the robbers openly. "

Qin Fang asked: "Does the county government care about you?"

The waiter said: "The county government was in charge at the beginning, but it couldn't find anything. How can it be in charge?"

Qin Fang: "The county government didn't look for the robbers?"

The waiter smiled and said, "What's the use of looking for it? No one can prove that it was the robbers, and there is no evidence, so the county government can't do anything about it? The county magistrate said that although he is an official, he is An official only needs evidence to do his job. Without evidence, he can't do anything against the robbers. Moreover, there are nearly a hundred robbers, and our county government only has a few dozen people, less than a hundred, so it can't defeat the robbers. only……

To be honest with our guests, we all know that robbers are very bad and kill without blinking an eye, but what can we do if we can’t defeat them? So we could only watch and wait. Fortunately, the robbers did not come to the county to cause trouble. "

‌Are you happy?

Qin Fang: "Won't the county magistrate ask the court for help?"

The waiter looked at Qin Fang several times, probably because he thought Qin Fang's words were a bit funny: "Master, this matter is not something that we, the ordinary people, can take care of."

Qin Fang thought about it and said, "Do you know where the robbers are? We were robbed, so we can't just let it go."

The waiter said: "I advise you to forget it. Look, there are only a few of us, how can we compare with others? Robbers are not easy to mess with."

The soldier let out a sigh: "Just tell me what you're talking about, where's all this nonsense?"

The waiter was startled, and felt that they were really popular. Since they were going to die, and he was criticized for stopping them, he didn't stop them. The waiter said angrily: "It's at Qingyu Pass in Wulipo outside the city." Wulipo is five miles away from the county seat.

After Qin Fang ate the noodles, the five soldiers who had been separated also came. Qin Fang also ordered five bowls of noodles for them and asked some questions. After they finished eating, Qin Fang took his men and left.