At the end of the year, the festive atmosphere is getting stronger.
The market has become increasingly depressed, and most people have gone back to prepare for the New Year.
However, at this time, each business has seen a slight improvement.
The main reason is that there are more jobs in people's hands. Rich families need to increase the number of helpers during the Chinese New Year. Due to the price of food, the price of hiring people has also increased a lot.
Someone Ya even came to Li Po's place and wanted Li Po to help cook at someone else's house.
Naturally, he was rejected by Li Po without hesitation. As a refugee, it was not possible to enter the city. In addition, as a cook, he was working as a lowly servant. He would probably be registered early next year. He didn't want to find a job for himself.
uneasy.
However, his interactions with Bai Xunshi, Zhang Er and others still fell into the eyes of others.
Some people with little business came over one after another, wanting to put a brand name under his name.
This is a very common thing in the human market. There are many people, but they can't compare with those who go to the houses of wealthy people. If you don't have such connections, you won't be able to do anything.
Therefore, most of them are listed under the names of merchants in the human market. Although the merchants must take commissions, the money they earn is much more than those lonely ghosts.
However, Li Po refused to let go. He didn't want to get involved in the business in the market. It wasn't because he was so kind, but because he realized that he really didn't have the ability or connections to compete with these merchants in the market.
Steal business.
In such a season, it is better to do more than to do less.
Finally, amid heavy snowfall, the New Year's Eve of Daye's sixth anniversary came.
Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family even more during festive seasons.
Naturally, the refugees enjoy this festive season with mixed feelings.
They were all people who had left their hometowns, gathered together, and it seemed lively. But after a while, thinking about those deceased relatives and the far away homeland, the adults began to shed tears, but the children did not care so much and had enough to eat.
Then they started to have fun.
Li Po was not too sentimental, so he chopped the haggis into pieces and made a meal of dumplings. Not only did he let everyone ease their grief, but he also felt happy after eating.
Li Chun was also beaming, feeling that this New Year's Eve was the best ever since she was sensible. In fact, as long as her elder brother was happy, she would also be happy.
That night, Li Po lay on the bed, listening to Li Chun's words, and thinking that the money in his hand was almost enough.
Even if it's not enough now, there will still be some time until spring next year, and it should be enough by then.
So, after the year, he was going to hire people to start work.
Build a house first so that everyone has a place to live.
He had already thought about where to build his house. It was in the woods on the other side of the city. He didn't need to talk to anyone else about it. He just had to tell Bai Xunshi.
By then, everyone will be registered as a businessman in Mayi. Can they all be deprived of the lower status?
He didn't know what he was doing, so he could only add a few cents of chips.
Originally, he could go to the tax collector to discuss this matter, but after what happened, Li Po no longer had the intention.
I only occupied a house, and I almost sold my life to others. If I changed my citizenship, I might have to commit murder and arson.
He has no interest in being such a loser or a dead soldier for others.
However, no matter how much he thinks, he can't compare to someone else's frivolous words.
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A few days after the New Year, the county government quickly became deserted after being lively for one or two days.
Lord Li Jing, the de facto master of Mayi County, was hiding in his study, reading quietly with a book in his hands.
He studied military literature, but he had no choice but to talk about military affairs with his uncle since he was a child.
Over the years, he has read a lot of books, but military literature is still his favorite thing to study. Moreover, in the past few years since he came to Mayi, the most pleasant time has been spent in this small study.
Li Jing is quite handsome, with long eyebrows and narrow eyes, his hair and beard are neatly combed, and his graceful aura is revealed just by sitting quietly.
And this young Lord of the County does not look thin. Instead, he looks very strong. He is quite tall. Sitting there, his back is as straight as a pine. No matter how graceful and luxurious he looks, he seems to be unable to
Cover up the faint aura of strength on his body.
Such a temperament is not something that everyone can possess. It is the patent of the children of Chang'an big family. From the moment they were born, they seem to have engraved the majestic and martial atmosphere into their bones, reminding others all the time that they are unique.
different......
Such people must be the product of the times. During the prosperous times when the world was peaceful, or during the dynasties when the culture was prosperous, such people appeared in large numbers.
But during the Daye years, or several hundred years ago, there were endless numbers of people with such temperament.
Therefore, he does not appear to be too unique, not to mention that he has begun to gradually enter his twilight years.
The gloom in the corners of his eyes and brows was so thick that it could hardly be dispersed, making him look a little too serious.
The sound of footsteps stopped outside the study door. Someone whispered, and then the old servant's voice came, "Your Majesty, Liu Biejia is here to visit. He has been extended to the main hall to wait for you."
Li Jing slowly put down the book and frowned inadvertently, obviously unhappy.
I looked up at the sky again, and saw that it was noon, so my mood became even worse, and I had to stay again...
However, Li Jing had already guessed what Liu Bie would tell him when he came to the house. It was nothing more than a matter of transferring grain to Hebei this year.
The emperor's desire to seize Korea was a good thing in Li Jing's opinion.
But like many things before, after trying it again and again, everything changed in the end.
The late emperor was very frugal in his time, and the current emperor actually lives quite a simple life, but what is completely different from his father is that the emperor likes to travel too much.
The labor in the world is getting heavier every year, and the emperor also likes to take many people around. Not to mention the western tour to Zhangye and the northern tour to Yulin, just say that in these years, the emperor has patrolled back and forth between Chang'an, Luoyang, and Jiangdu, let alone
The ministers in the capital, even he here in Mayi, felt deeply that something was wrong.
Now it seems that the expedition against Goryeo will involve more troops and mass action.
As for the world's granaries, headed by Xingluo Granary in Henan, he knew very well how much grain was stored there, enough for a million-strong army to waste.
But he still had to get food from important frontier places like Mayi. Li Jing had a severe toothache just thinking about it. He had been away from Beijing for a long time and had no news. He really didn't understand what the people in Beijing were thinking.
Even if the emperor... there is no one to advise him? If we are to transfer food from Yanmen in Mayi, do we need to transfer people? Aren't we afraid that the Turks will take advantage of this opportunity and move south in a big way?