For many years, I didn’t feel lonely during the Spring Festival.

Even in the manor, it seems empty today. Matsuhito took Jiko and Ziko to give up the porridge. Fukada Kyoko should also accompany her husband Qi Min. According to the old customs, many famous masters and retainers who came to Ouhara to visit Qi Min and go to the Rehda Shrine to pray for blessings on the New Year's Day.

On the door, there is a straw rope woven by Shintoki, which is used to welcome the God of New Year, but it even makes Lu Ning feel a sense of loneliness in a foreign land.

Even the Xiaoxin Bureau had already asked for leave and returned to his hometown to visit relatives.

Bored, Lu Ning came to the servant's yard.

The pair of small figures were chopping firewood in the yard. Of course, the children of Aqing Bureau did not split the firewood into such a heavy physical work, but the boy used a hatchet to cut down the firewood branches, and the girl arranged the firewood neatly.

When they saw Lu Ning, the boys and girls were shocked and hurriedly threw down their work. They knelt aside according to the Central Plains customs taught by their mother to meet with the Lord of Class in auspicious words.

Since buying them, Lu Ning has rarely seen them. They both followed their mother to do some work within their ability.

Lu Ning smiled and waved his hand, as if Bureau Aqing had gone out to purchase New Year's supplies early, but it was not here.

Lu Ning didn't come to see the family of three and shouted: "A Da, A Er!"

Soon, two thick men ran out of the wing room, with beards on their faces, slightly sunken eyes, and slightly curved black hair, which was very distinctive.

The two of them were the two Hokkien slave soldiers who were given to him after Lu Ning transformed into a heavy armored soldier "Lu Bantou".

The two Hokkien slave auxiliary soldiers around the Chongjiazhang were recruited at the first level of the battalion. However, after being assigned to the Chongjiazhanghang, the three of them had a very personal relationship. The two auxiliary soldiers, their actual identities were equivalent to those of the regular soldiers.

All the expenses for both of them were provided by the heavy armored soldiers.

Among the imperial guards, the heavy armored insurgents with auxiliary soldiers are higher than those of ordinary infantry, but in fact it is the expense of auxiliary soldiers.

Of course, those who can be selected as heavy armored soldiers must be much stronger than ordinary infantrymen, and must be the most elite brave one among infantrymen.

The heavy armored soldiers support their auxiliary soldiers, which also shapes the intimate relationship between the main soldiers and the auxiliary soldiers, making the main soldiers and the auxiliary soldiers an integrated combat unit.

Generally speaking, the master will not treat his auxiliary soldiers too badly. After all, on the battlefield, he is the closest comrade who may save his life.

Ada, A Er and Lu Ning didn't take special care of the two. Generally speaking, they were similar to other regular soldiers to the auxiliary soldiers. After all, they could not rely on their identities and break the rules in the army. They could turn all their salary into their treatment, but what should the other soldiers do?

On the contrary, after they were forced to be expelled from military service with Lu Ning, Ada and A Er's living standards have improved significantly. There are fish every day, and they can still eat meat every few days.

When Lu Ning felt that he was alone, he thought of these two brothers.

The two young and strong-willed Eagle men didn't know if they had lovers in their hometown, but they were both extremely frugal. They thought they wanted to save some money to live in their hometown. Unfortunately, like all the auxiliary soldiers, the regular soldiers they served were very good to them, but they also reflected this kind of goodness in food and other treatments, which could also make them eat strong and serve themselves better.

Lu Ning did not break this rule either.

But every month, the regular soldiers still pay some money to the auxiliary soldiers of the Emirati, and there is a minimum of fifty cents in the army.

This also makes the auxiliary soldiers have some thoughts about the future and have the belief that they can live a good life in the future. Only in this way can they maintain strong fighting spirit.

After all, the soldiers might have enough to have a meal at the beginning, but if they do not bring them a promising motivation, these soldiers will inevitably start to eat and wait for death, especially those of auxiliary soldiers. They rely on ideological and armed forces to brainwash and instill a sense of honor, the effect is far less significant than that of regular soldiers, and they should still have tangible benefits to provide them.

However, even now, Lu Ning has not broken the rules, and each person still pays the lowest standard of salary, which is fifty cents per month, every two months, which is one hundred cents, the minimum face value of Daqi Tongbao Banknote.

Nowadays, with the price of the Central Plains, two jin can buy green and strong oxen. In addition, not to mention Hokkaido, Jinghai, and Andong, it is in the Central Plains. Because of the expansion of land and the migration of immigrants, it is okay for everyone to have land to plow. Moreover, a large amount of land has not been truly cultivated, and these fields are all public property and can be distributed to new males or retired males. Therefore, the prospects of the Hokkaido slaves are actually bright. After all, they are provided with food and drink. If you can save money, don’t use it. In four years, you can save a cow’s money. With the allocated public land, you can say that your life will be very healthy, provided that you don’t encounter natural disasters, man-made disasters, illnesses, etc.

Of course, in fact, it is difficult for the soldiers to hold back and not consume. Post-war venting is never avoidable. Some soldiers will even use the stimulation of gambling to relieve pressure. Even if gambling is prohibited in the army, the maximum sentencing is hanging. Once officers at all levels find gambling, no matter how much they are, they will be dismissed immediately. Those who take the lead in setting up gambling will be punished with third-class crimes, which means that they will start with a 100-plus slap. A little larger amount may lose their heads, but a small-scale gray area is also indispensable.

However, generally speaking, the more elite camps like Xuanfu Camp, the fewer some gray phenomena are.

Asa and Asa Er seem to have no special bad habits in the army.

"Let's go, today for the Chinese New Year, I will take you two to eat something delicious outside!" Lu Ning said with a smile, but he smiled in his heart, but he didn't expect that there would be such a day when the Chinese New Year would require two men to accompany him, but it was unique.

Ada and A Er were both surprised.

The army leader they served was different from others. This army leader was hard to bear, and his physical strength was much better than the two of them together. This was only visually detected. Therefore, the role of the two has never been so important. This is the first time the army leader wants to take them out alone.

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Since the Qi people set up an embassy here, Oharako-cho has become more and more prosperous. The surrounding countries gathered in peddlers, bringing cloth, tea, luxury goods from Qi, and the nobles who were very fond of Central Plains silk, porcelain, various handicrafts, etc., and the main transportation location is Kyoto.

After all, the ministers have huge demands and no matter how much they cost, most of the civilians outside Kyoto live in extremely poor lives, but they cannot be the main audience of Qi's goods. Here, it has now become the port closest to Kyoto to buy all goods.

In addition to silver, Qi Shang's main needs are that young women with strong bodies are sent to the Central Plains to work as female workers, slaves, etc.

From a certain perspective, it is a little bit civilized than the slave trade.

Of course, Qi merchants have a very inconsistent theory. Before the transaction, they will ask the woman's origin. If there is a nature of robbery, deception and other trafficking, not only will it not be traded, but it will also be handed over to the Embassy. According to the agreement reached by the Embassy and its own government departments, all the trade affairs involving Qi people will be ruled by the Embassy. Therefore, those human traffickers often have no money.

There is no way to trade the population. Whether it is the gold or pearls needed in the Central Plains before, after obtaining the Ao Yu, there is no need to trade overseas. For Japanese goods, besides precious metals, human resources have transaction value.

Lu Ning is quite satisfied with this.

So-called luxury goods such as pearls are obviously unequal trade. Nowadays, exporting so-called luxury jewelry that is not precious metals for precious metals, raw materials, human resources and other resources is the right way to foreign trade.

No matter what, with merchants coming and going from north to south and more Qi people living together, Kochi, which Oharakura, became unprecedentedly prosperous.

Even the formal prostitution industry such as Jiuniang and Su Niang were born. The main targets were merchants, as well as the Qi people who lived here without family, new troops, mercenaries, etc., who suddenly had so many single men.

Lu Ning led Ada Er to the izakaya, and there were also three or four radiant wine lovers.

There is no way, there are three izakayas in Kokcho. After the first one has the service of the wine girl, the other two will have to be eliminated if they do not catch up.

The wine girl is a little more reserved than Su Niang. She drinks with guests and sings and dances. If you want to stay with her, you have to agree. This naturally requires you to pay a price that touches others, or you are attractive, so the price may be lower.

Therefore, overall, the quality of the wine girl is higher than that of the Su Niang.

In fact, it is not later generations, even if there are only three izakayas in Kokcho, there are not many customers. Moreover, it is the New Year day, and single men such as vendors stranded in Ohara must be willing to have a few drinks today.

Of course, Lu Ning felt that it was also related to the time he came. After all, it was just around 10 o'clock in the morning.

The four wine ladies, Lu Ning waved his hand and asked them to accompany them.

There was a burst of laughter and joy immediately.

In fact, Lu Ning didn't like these vulgar fans? But if he didn't want anyone to accompany him, he would definitely be uncomfortable for Ada and A Er to find one. There were four wine girls in total, and only three were needed. In the end, the one who was picked out would be greatly hit. He would simply ask for all of them, not more, not less. After all, deep in Lu Ning's heart, there was still the gentlemanly demeanor of men in later generations.

In the private room, I took off my shoes and knelt down. The smell of Ada and A Er's feet immediately made Lu Ning frown and told them to be hygienic, but it was obviously not effective.

The wine girls are used to it, and they still have a charming smile, and they can't smell it at all.

But in fact, it seems that one of the wine girls has a very scent under his feet.

Lu Ning felt a little helpless. This was like the Red Mansions in the Central Plains. But thinking about it, it was originally a county residence. Just now, there were more people and more industries, so it was naturally incomparable to the prosperous towns in the Central Plains.

But looking at Ada and Aji, it seemed that they were very enjoyable and excited, but they were a little unwilling to let go in front of themselves.

Lu Ning quickly found an excuse to retreat. Here, it was a torment for a second.

The boss lady outside had a very charming charm. Lu Ning handed the boss lady a silver coin. It was Daqi Yinbao. It has been planning for a long time, but it has just been issued and the official rating is a permanent rating, which is one tael of silver. Of course, in fact, it is naturally far less than one tael of sterling silver.

However, from the perspective of Daqi, the big merchants who have seen the world are used to using banknotes in Bianjing, Yangzhou and Donghai, let alone silver coins?

I never had any obstacles when I wanted to exchange paper money for copper coins.

This makes the credit of Daqi Tongbao banknotes higher and higher, let alone newly issued silver coins.

In Japan, where there are Qi State's Shangyuan and Qi merchants, there are silver coins, not to mention many big merchants will collect silver coins.

The boss's wife's eyes lit up when she saw the silver coins.

Lu Ning smiled and said, "Let me accompany my two friends, and the rest are all yours. Tell me those two friends that you can have a good rest today and go home tomorrow."

The boss immediately smiled happily, nodded repeatedly to thank him, and diligently helped Lu Ning open the grille door and lift the curtains, and sent them to the outside of the izakaya.

Then, Lu Ning saw Zhendong Ji who was walking towards her with a depressed look on her face.
Chapter completed!