The Reborn Wife is Farming

Mu Yangling told the Queen that Xiying was very poor, "Brother Haoran's salary and monthly money are not enough at all. Sometimes he borrows from Brother Zijin, and sometimes he borrows from me, but he has a lot of jewelry and antiques, all of which are from wars. When I was married, I got a share, but those things were difficult to exchange for money. He took out one, but it was not sold, or the price was severely suppressed, so I was so poor. When we got married, most of the dowry gifts he gave me were Those things were all seized by him and Brother Qi. There were almost no fashionable things. The only few bolts of better cloth were taken from Brother Zijin’s shop. There was no silver or gold jewelry, all of them were precious stones. Heyu and some wood and so on."

The queen's heart beat violently, and said: "Jingzhao Mansion is the ancient capital of the former dynasty, and it is also a place of prosperity. I don't know how many antiques they seized. They are all money."

Mu Yangling laughed and said: "Mother, why are you saying the same thing as my sister-in-law? It is true that you can't buy those things even if you have money, but the key is that no one is willing to buy them with money now. Those things can't be eaten, and they can't be eaten. The only thing left is to pass it on to future generations, but who knows if those things can be kept after fighting every now and then?"

How can those things be measured in money?

The queen looked at Mu Yangling with contempt.

A court lady behind him brought a cup of tea to the queen, and the queen came back to her senses, and said with a smile: "Ah Ling, coaxing me, even if those things can't be exchanged for money, it shouldn't be so poor that I need to borrow money from you, right?"

Mu Yangling complained: "How is it impossible? Qi Haoran's salary and monthly money are not much, among other things, he likes precious knives and BMWs. A good horse costs nearly a thousand taels of silver. The money and salary were all gone. Once he bought me a short dagger, which cost more than four hundred taels of silver. He didn’t have enough money, so he had to go and grab Wu Jin’s money. For this matter, Wu Zhifu found Qi Brother Qi filed a complaint, Brother Qi hung him up and beat him for two days."

Of course this is not the case. The fact is that when a large number of refugees flooded into Xingzhou Prefecture, Qi Xiuyuan’s recruitment made the army’s rations urgent, and everyone had nothing to eat, but as long as it lasted for another seven or eight days, the grain in the field could be harvested. Qi Xiuyuan was worrying about whether to use usury When borrowing money to buy grain, Qi Haoran directly led someone to "borrow" the grain depot in Xingzhou Mansion. When he went back, he happened to meet Wu Jin. He was afraid that he would cause a storm in the city by yelling, so he arrested Wu Jin as well. , Then searched and found more than four hundred taels of silver.

The prefect Wu came to the door, and Qi Xiuyuan promised to replenish the grain depot after the autumn harvest, but the grain that had been snatched back by his younger brother naturally went into the warehouse in Xiying.

But of course the prefect Wu didn’t agree, so let’s forget it, Qi Xiuyuan was forced to do nothing, this matter can be big or small, the small one, punishing his younger brother for robbing the grain depot, the lightest is exile, the big one, the Qi family The whole family is involved.

Fortunately, Magistrate Wu also knew that he would not get well if the incident got serious, so he could only hold back his anger and negotiate with Qi Xiuyuan.

In order to make him shut up, Qi Xiuyuan had no choice but to hang Qi Haoran up and beat him up. In order to show punishment, he hung Qi Haoran for two days. Of course, this was in the impression of Wu Zhifu and others. The facts in fact are Well, Qi Haoran was putting on clothes full of welts when Wu Zhifu came, and then smeared some rabbit blood on them.

The reason is that Qi Haoran robbed Wu Jin of money.

Then Qi Hao did use the money to buy a short dagger for him, but he didn't give it to Mu Yangling. He used it himself, and then saved the next month's money to buy a dagger for Mu Yangling.

"They live so poorly, aren't the soldiers in the barracks even poorer?"

Mu Yangling smiled and said: "Mother, how can the soldiers in the barracks compare with them? No matter how poor they are, what they wear is silk, and what they eat is mountain delicacies. There is enough meat. If you want to eat rice, you can eat rice, and if you want to eat white steamed buns." Just eat white steamed buns, and the soldiers in the barracks wear military uniforms issued from above, and the private clothes are also patched and patched, as long as they are not broken, they can have a meat dish in ten days, and they can have two pieces of meat in a meat dish. Very satisfied."

The queen's eyes widened, "Well, it's been such a hard life, where did the so much military pay from the court go?"

Li Jinghua, who was still holding a heart, had already let go of her heart. She sat on the side with her head lowered. Who said Mu Yangling was not smart? At least she performed better than her today.

Spy on intelligence?

How do they judge whether what Mu Yangling gave is true or false? This girl told the truth in three parts, if she didn't happen to know such a thing, I'm afraid she would have believed it.

It would be fine if she could tell 70% of the truth about everything, but she is very shrewd, the 70% of the truth is irrelevant, and the most important three points are replaced with fake ones, the royal family only needs to check. I can find out a general idea, but I don't know the three-point truth. With the previous statement as a basis, I am afraid that even the most suspicious people will believe three-pointers.

Li Jinghua felt relieved, but just gave her a secret look from time to time, so as to make the queen misunderstand, she didn't want Mu Yangling to say these things.

Seeing Weiwei, the queen turned sideways, and waved to Mu Yangling: "You know a lot, come, come to Ben Gong and tell."

Mu Yangling stepped forward unrestrainedly, and the queen asked her to sit with her back to Li Jinghua, so that Li Jinghua couldn't see any winks from Mu Yangling, "The imperial court pays a lot of military salaries every year, don't they Didn't get it?"

The face of the emperor behind the screen sank, but Mu Yangling was overjoyed, shaking his head in confusion and said: "There is no military salary, my father used to be a small flag, and he never paid military salary. Only when there are hundreds of households can there be military salary." , but it’s very little, just five taels of silver a year.”

The queen frowned and said, "Did the higher-ups embezzle it privately?"

Mu Yangling tilted his head and thought for a while, then waved his hand indifferently and said, "Who knows, Qi Haoran has no share anyway, but his salary has not been deducted at all, and Brother Qi's has not been deducted at all, so the official university still has Good thing, others dare not deduct their money."

"Without money, what about the armaments?"

"I know that," Mu Yangling said enthusiastically, "The Xiying will come forward to buy some, and the rest will be handled by each battalion."

The topic became more and more confidential, the queen laughed and said, "General Qi must be partial to General Qi, I heard that he loves this younger brother very much."

"That's not true. The best armaments of the West Camp are sent to the First and Second Battalions, because they are required to be the vanguard in every battle. Brother Haoran's Fifth Battalion is responsible for taking in the old, weak, sick and disabled. to a fifth."

The queen narrowed her eyes, "How do you know this? General Qi also told you?"

"No, I knew it myself." Mu Yangling said as it should.

"No one told you these things, how could you know?" The queen stared at Mu Yangling closely.

Mu Yangling said with a smile: "Because I help him manage the accounts. Brother Haoran's fifth battalion was originally managed by brother Zijin's logistics, but brother Zijin wants to study and do business, so there is no time. Corruption is serious, and he was impatient to check the accounts, so he took the account books and asked me to help him do the calculations. I often go to the camp to look for him, so naturally I know..."

"A Ling," Li Jinghua looked at the queen with a pale face, and said apologetically, "Madam, I suddenly feel unwell, maybe the baby in my stomach is making a fuss. A Ling, come and help me."

Mu Yangling stepped forward to support her in a panic, and the maid who brought tea to the queen nodded her head imperceptibly, and the queen smiled and said, "Since you are not feeling well, let Ah Ling take you to the side hall." Rest for a while, the imperial doctor will be here soon."