There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 326 Station Hotel.

"Why did you bring me to the backyard?" Wu Youwei looked at Wantong unhappily.

"I don't know either!" Wantong smiled and pointed at the station's Yicheng, oh, that is, the person in charge: "He brought it!"

"I saw you guarding the carriage, so... I thought you were a family member, and you were taken to the back!" Yi Cheng wanted to cry: "It's too late now, let's turn around and go out quickly? Don't let people know that you're here." In the backyard!"

"Just come in." At this time, Zhang Shen got out of the carriage. He was wearing the eunuch's clothes, and he looked like a father-in-law: "It's not convenient for Wu Shi to read, but it must be convenient for our family!"

Yicheng's eyes are wide open^!

There is a regulation in the palace, non-government, the inner prisoner cannot leave the palace for more than 1000 meters!

This is because the father-in-laws also have relatives, and they can see each other twice a year, and give some money to supplement the family.

But these people are not allowed to enter the palace, they can only meet in the big room at the corner of the side door, within 0 kilometers of the palace.

Not only father-in-laws, but also court ladies can meet family members.

This was inevitable, but it was impossible for so many strangers from all over the world to be put into the palace. They were not even allowed to gather at the gate of the palace, so a separate place was arranged for them to meet their relatives.

It's just that it's an unknown number of kilometers away, and you can still see the eunuch. This is an eunuch sent from abroad, right?

And outside is the army, so this is the eunuch who oversees the army, right?

"My little one, pay respects to Eunuch." Yi Cheng hurriedly led others to kowtow to his knees.

He can nod and bow to Wantong, but to his father-in-law, that's really respectful.

"Get up, little bastard, hurry up and entertain the Zhenwei camp, anyone with hot water, hot rice and hot noodle soup, come up, I will reward you." Because he is a eunuch and doesn't grow a beard, Zhang Shen looks younger than his actual age, but Because no matter what, she is also the guardian

I'm in prison, but it's a bit imposing.

"Yes, yes!" Yi Cheng quickly got up.

A little eunuch next to Zhang Shen gave him a silver note of 1 taels: "Here, give us Zhenwei camp people good food and good food. Everyone must have at least one bowl for dinner." Braised pork, a bowl of broth."

1 taels of silver is averaged to each person. If it is purely from Zhenweiying, it must be enough, one tael of silver per person.

But there are more than 1 of them.

Wu Youwei also took out a 1000 taels of silver note in a big way and handed it to Yi Cheng: "Trouble, our people will help take care of it, and the food will be paid by one tael."

For one tael of silver, you can eat two meals, one meal at night and one meal tomorrow morning.

The food in the post station is provided free of charge, but they are all thick noodles, cornmeal and other things. There are also dishes, but they are all Chinese cabbage, radish stewed potatoes, etc. This is because of corn It is impossible to improve the fishy meat after mixing with beans, but it is good to have a little meaty fishy meat in a bowl.After all, the post station has limited funds, and it is impossible to provide good food for the people who come and go.Only the word "food and clothing" can be guaranteed.

But among the people who come and go, there must be no shortage of money. If they want to live well, they have to pay for it out of their own pockets.

At this time, the post stations in Daming were not so decadent, but if the people who came and went paid out of their own pockets, the people in the post stations could live better. Therefore, the postmen of these post stations became the bosses and lobby managers of "public hotels".

With the money they get, they can maintain the station.

While Wu Youwei felt that this was a bad and degenerate situation, he also had to succumb to the reality, you must have a full stomach, right?It's been a day, and if people don't have enough to eat, how can we go tomorrow?

He can take a car, but others can walk on both feet!

It's been a day, if I don't have something good to eat, how can I have the strength to go on the road tomorrow?

"Okay, okay!" Yicheng thought he was going to lose money in business, and it would cost money to entertain people, but he didn't expect to make money.

Of course, how could it be bad?

The people around here raise chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, but they all live by pointing at the post station.

They have no land, because the land near central Beijing is already owned by owners, so they can only survive by raising livestock and poultry and selling them to post stations for cooking.

It is no problem for a post station to support the people in a town.

And this place wasn't a town at first, but later when there were more refugees fleeing famine, it became a town.

It's just that it has no name, so it is called "post".

"Go, remember to ask someone to prepare hot water for us...and Wu Shidu and others to soak our feet." Zhang Shen said: "And those of us, let's soak in hot water. The road is still long."

"Yes, yes, for sure, for sure!" Yi Cheng hurriedly led the people down and ordered.

There is one postman and one hundred postmen in this post station. Because it is the only way for the capital to pass, there should be more postmen. But in addition, the posthouse also hired many women and Taoists to do some rough work, such as boiling water. ; Hire some strong young men to do some things like chopping firewood and carrying water.

I also hired a few chefs, who specialize in cooking, and let them cook if someone pays to order, and they can usually cook some big pot meals.

It can be said that it is a simple ancient version of the hotel.

Yicheng left, and Wantong also asked people to turn the carriage around to go out. Zhang Shen stood there with a smile and looked at him protecting the carriage, and a little eunuch next to him stared straight at him: "My dear, Wu Shi reads so well. shelf."

He was slapped on the head by Zhang Shen: "What nonsense are you talking about? Monkeys, listen clearly. Treat Wu Shidu with more respect than Commander Wan, understand?"

"Ah?" Several young eunuchs were dumbfounded. A sixth-rank servant will be a seventh-rank magistrate after leaving Beijing. What more respect should there be?

Zhang Shen squinted his eyes and smiled like a kind grandfather. He remembered what his godfather said before leaving: "The emperor said, if you dare to raise your tail, someone will dare to kill you on the spot. Pursue it, understand?"

At that time, he was also dumbfounded.

It wasn't until he was told a lot by his godfather that he realized that neither Commander Wan nor Wu Shidu could offend him.

The other person who served as the guarding eunuch was the emperor of one side. When he went, he could only obediently put his tail between his legs and make a clay sculpture of a Bodhisattva. As long as these two don't come to trouble him, it will be fine.

Still thinking about being a tyrant?That is a dream!

"Be honest with our family. If you dare to raise your tail, our family will kill you first!" Seeing the carriage leaving the door, Zhang Shen turned around and said, "Go into the house!"

Naturally, a little eunuch opened the door and lifted the curtain for him.

Outside, Wantong was in a good mood, and Wu Youwei sat in the car and muttered: "Why did you send it to the backyard? This place is full of female relatives, almost making mistakes.

The postmen who stayed behind took them to a courtyard, which was a courtyard with three entrances. The people brought by Wu Youwei lived in the large courtyard next door. This place was specially prepared for those who like to be clean. Wu Youwei and Wantong, as well as several bodyguards in charge of standing guard, and the people who waited on them.

The cook took people to work in the small kitchen at the back, and the others checked separately, and then let the two of them sit down and rest in the main house.

After being seated, Wantong personally took off the cloak on Wu Youwei's body. Although it was only March, it was still cool and windy in Beijing.

The maids who came along boiled water, lit the censer, and cleaned the house. They were all very busy, and they were very careful not to disturb the adults and the master.

"The inn we arrived at today is not bad." Wan Tongdao said, "There may not be such a good place in the future."

"I spent more than [-] taels of silver this day, how much will it cost when I get to Songjiang Mansion?" Wu Youwei said with a sad face, "Tell me, do I have less money?"

There are a lot of cash silver and gold ingots in his space, and there can be a million taels, which are saved from reselling jade over the years, as well as the remaining money after doing business except donations and expenses.

However, because Wu Youwei makes money while donating, few people know exactly how much money he has.

In addition, what Wu Youwei left in Mo Ling Villa was only 20 taels of cash, 50 taels of silver notes and 10 taels of gold notes. Even Butler Lin Su thought that this was the entire family property of the master and swore it It is said that we must guard the family business.

"How much money did you bring?" Wantong was curious. He knew that Wu Youwei had a space, but he couldn't get in.

Wu Youwei tried it. If you want to take him in, you have to make him lose consciousness.

The reason why the second son can go in is because the second son is still a half-year-old baby.

Even if I took him in, I wasn't afraid. Anyway, he wouldn't be impressed, let alone tell it. This was Wu Youwei's depression.

It turns out that this thing can only let him in, dead things go in, conscious living things, no!

"I've saved it up over the years." Wu Youwei said, "But I can't afford to spend so much."

"It doesn't need to be so expensive." Wantong said with a smile: "When we arrive at Hejian Mansion, we won't see the station for at least two days. With so many people, we can only fire on the road. Then the food will definitely not be as good as it is now. Let’s find the largest post station in Hejian Mansion to rest for two days and continue on the road. This meal is considered good, and if we continue walking, we won’t enjoy it so much.”

Because it is located in an important place in Gyeonggi, even the post station is very large, of course it can accommodate so many people, but outside of Gyeonggi, unless it is the best post station in a prefecture, there is no such condition.

"How else can I say that it costs money to raise soldiers!" Wan Tongdao: "1 taels of silver a day is the food standard for the Zhenwei camp when they go out to march. If you save a little, 5000 taels will do. It's just that everyone is on the road and can't be hungry. Stomach. 3000 taels is enough to eat in the local area, besides, there is a supply of food and grass in the local area, and the military salary can also be adjusted from the local tax." The local guards also need to open up wasteland and farmland, and farming is one of the basic national policies of the Ming Dynasty.

"Don't farm the fields." Wu Youwei said, "Just focus on training, and if you practice well, that's fine."

"Then how to eat food?" Wantong was taken aback: "According to your way?

"That's right." Wu Youwei nodded: "Training will turn the top soldiers into farmers. If you want to preserve their sharpness, you can only let them train, or simply go to sea and fight pirates. Return to Beijing to invite credit and reward.

Wu Youwei gave Wantong a look.

Wantong immediately understood that according to the rules of the army, the seized property would be divided into [-]-[-]%, with [-]% reserved for hardworking soldiers and [-]% returned to Beijing, given to the emperor, or entered into the national treasury.

"However, is it possible to count on raising an army with this?" Wantong has led soldiers before, but he has never brought so many. He has led at most a thousand or hundreds of Jinyiwei, and who are Jinyiwei?The orders and prohibitions are no worse than modern special forces.

"Why not?" Wu Youwei said, "How many pirate dens are there in the vast ocean? We'll take one out when we run out of money. This is called raising war with war.

"These soldiers are all elites trained according to the method you said." Wantong said in a low voice: "It can't be damaged. The emperor thinks that they are more reliable than eyeballs. In the vast sea, there is no one year. I don’t dare to let them go floating in the sea.”

Wu Youwei was shocked: "What did you say?"

"I thought you noticed it a long time ago." Wantong pouted: "These people are big men from the north. The reason why they are transferred to the south this time is to defend against pirates, and the other is to let them become a navy. After all there is no sea for them to train...

Wu Youwei finally remembered why he felt strange today, because these soldiers were not like the ancient soldiers. They moved in unison and walked in a uniform way. I have never seen any ancient soldiers, and for a while, I still look at the word "soldier" with old eyes.

"These 1 people will be used to rebuild the Longjiang Navy in the future!" Wan Tongdao: "The emperor's order, the British government agreed..."