After the Fairy Disappeared

  Chapter 166 Promotion, salary increase and housing in one step

  He Lingchuan let out a hey voice: "Are you still playing tricks on me?"

   "It's not a joke, it's really hard to describe, alas." Hu Min said with emotion, "I don't read much, and I don't have enough words."

  Since this is the case, He Lingchuan stopped asking. It is true as Hu Min said, if he still enters the Coiling Dragon Dreamland in the future, he will finally be able to see the Red General, so there is no need to rush for a while.

  His drinking partner laughed again: "Your question, more than half of the rookies who join the army will ask it. There are also some people who joined the army directly because of the reputation of the Red General."

   "Where did the Red General come from?" He Lingchuan took the last piece of lard residue, "Are you going to say you don't know?"

   "I'm afraid only Mr. Zhong knows the answer to this mystery."

  The two chatted happily and laughed wantonly. Anyway, the whole restaurant was so noisy.

  In this dream, He Lingchuan realized that he had lost his protective color, as if he had returned to the student days when he was bragging, drinking ice cream and eating skewers. He talked about everything, and it was really easy to relieve the burden.

   It’s been a long time since I felt so comfortable—

  Since he became He Lingchuan.

  Satisfied with food and drink, Hu Min hiccupped and got up to pay, and then dragged He Lingchuan out.

  His legs and feet are inconvenient, so he found a donkey to drive the two of them to the Ministry of Merit.

  Hu Min explained to He Lingchuan on the road: "The Department of Merit is responsible for recording and distributing meritorious service. It is one of the most important institutions in Panlong City. It is divided into two departments: military merit and civil service. If we want to receive military merit now, we go to the military merit department."

  He Lingchuan felt like a country bumpkin entering the city: "It's easy to understand that there are military merits in war, but how do civilians get their merits? Could it be the logistics meritorious service on the battlefield?"

"That's not true. Everything related to the battle is counted in the military merit department. Even if the common people discover spies, they can still be counted as leading military merit. The so-called 'people's property' means that the common people can also accumulate credit for serving corvee, paying more food, and expanding business. It is used to exchange for things that cannot be bought with money or are extremely expensive, such as houses, exercises, medicinal ingredients, and servant places."

  He Lingchuan was stunned: "The number of servants also has to be counted by credit?"

"Of course, if you want to find someone to serve you in Panlong City, it doesn't mean they agree, and you pay the money." Hu Min said with a smile, "If you can exchange for the credit of the fourth-class private house, you can also buy a servant's quota .”

   "This, is it so difficult?" He Lingchuan thought of Liu Baobao from Heishui City, a mere merchant's son, with three concubines and twelve servants in his family.

  The enjoyment that the rich in the outside world can get at their fingertips is as difficult as it is here.

   "What does outreach mean?"

   "Out of Panlong City, to send letters or do business elsewhere." Hu Min asked him, "Did you see the caravan before entering the city?"

   "I see, there are quite a few." He Lingchuan looked at the two sides of the road again, the shops were next to each other, and the goods were far more prosperous than Heishui City.

  Foreign trade is like water, nourishing the city. If there were no foreign goods, Panlong City probably wouldn't be able to operate so prosperously.

  He even saw the theater building, the red house square and the gambling house...

  Everything is orderly and vibrant. It is hard to imagine that this is inside a city that has been shrouded in war clouds for many years.

  Where wars have passed, shouldn’t the vitality be withered and the people displaced?

"Wars and chaos continue in the Panlong Wasteland, so it is not easy to do business outside, and it is worthy of praise." Hu Min said seriously, "The Baling Kingdom has surrounded our business routes several times, trying to trap Panlong City to death. The battles were fought terribly.”

  He then explained: "In the past, these things were not done well. The mother country didn't even know that the Panlong Wasteland had become an enclave and the lonely west. Mr. Zhong learned from the painful experience and determined to make us no longer isolated."

Speaking of this, Hu Min suddenly winked: "Since the number of servants has to be exchanged for credit, the number of newborns in Panlong City has suddenly increased, and everyone is giving birth to children at home when they have nothing to do. This makes the high-level people very happy Put your mouth together! I don’t know if it’s a surprise or not.”

  War, the first element must be people. For a city like Panlong City, which has been fighting for many years, finding ways to increase the population is the top priority.

  He Lingchuan was startled: "Ah, this? Is there any connection?"

   "Of course there is." Hu Min chuckled, "Think about it, since you can't hire people, and there are so many jobs at home, you can't do it yourself, what is the most affordable way?"

  He Lingchuan was not sure: "Having a baby?"

"That's right, if you have a few more children to raise until you are seven or eight years old, don't you have people? It's still free, and you don't need to pay wages at all. As long as you give food to eat, it's easier to use and more obedient than livestock; a little bigger I can go out and work for you, and the money belongs to you, okay?"

   "..." He Lingchuan rolled his eyes, "Since it makes sense, how many children have you had?"

   "I...not yet." Hu Min blushed slightly, "What's the rush?"

   "People with their heads pinned to their waistbands, aren't you in a hurry?" He Lingchuan squinted at him, "Don't tell me you don't even have a date?"

   "Not yet, not yet." Hu Min hurriedly pointed to the front, "Here we are, get out of the car!"

  The Ministry of Merit is the largest building complex on this street. It stands by the lake, with blue walls and gray tiles and cornices, and a three-bay door. There are many people coming in and out. Walk into the six black-painted gates, there is a corridor inside, and there are two roads on the left and right at the back, each leading to the Military Merit Division and the Minyou Division.

  Of course Hu Min took him to the Army Division.

The further you go in, the more detailed the buildings are, and He Lingchuan knows that there are various departments under the Military Merit Department, such as the Military Supervision Department, which is responsible for supervising the army behind the battlefield, beheading deserters, and recording military achievements during and after the war. basis for rewards and punishments.

  The Pengcheng Department where He Lingchuan is going is where military rewards are distributed.

   This is a twenty-square-meter room. There are three people sitting behind three tables. The cabinets by the walls reach to the ceiling, and all kinds of documents and books are placed.

  Hu Min walked to the table by the window and said with a smile: "Liu Gongcao, I brought my brother to receive the merit."

   Liu Gongcao put down his pen: "Name?"

  Hu Min reported a series of reports: "He Lingchuan. On the third day of last month, after the Yanqing River Valley was cut off, the civilians in the cheering city were evacuated to Panlong city, under the command of Colonel Xiao Maoliang."

  He Lingchuan only found out today that Commander Xiao's title is Captain.

   Liu Gongcao is proficient in business, so he rummaged through the cabinet at the back, quickly took out a booklet, opened it, and looked at it: "Well, He Lingchuan, isn't he a local?"

   "Tusu people, they escaped with them." He Lingchuan didn't blush and his heart didn't beat.

"The evaluation is that you are brave in combat and clever in mind. Your team has few fighters, wiped out many enemies, has heavy missions, and lost few civilians, and you have the Red General himself signed, so you deserve the most credit. Well, according to the merits of the group, you can I got a wooden house, thirty taels of silver, a set of interlocking light armor, five catties of cheese, five taels of chewing tobacco, and two acres of medium-sized paddy fields in Qingniu District."

   Liu Gongcao also memorized these chanting items fluently: "If you don't need houses and armor, you can also exchange them for other supplies."

  He Lingchuan smiled all over his face: "I want everything, no need to change, thank you!"

  Hu Min accompanied him out of the Ministry of Merit, got on the original donkey cart again, and headed for He Lingchuan's Xinde house.

  The rewards that He Lingchuan received were very light. The houses and farmhouses consisted of two land deeds, and he put on the light armor he just got. The thirty taels of silver was really timely, otherwise he would be penniless and unable to move an inch in Panlong City, and he wouldn't have the thick skin to always go to Hu Min's for free.

The so-called "wooden house" does not only mean that the building material is wood, but that the houses in Panlong City are divided into nine levels, from high to low, they are "silver-copper-iron-tin-lead-water-fire-wood-soil" .

  Who came up with this painless level name? He just wanted to complain.

  However, He Lingchuan passed the lowest "earth house" with only one military achievement, and got the "wooden house", which is already considered good.

   For a foreigner.

But last time he risked his life, he only got this achievement. It can be seen that it is not easy to obtain military achievements in Panlong City. People have no worries about food and clothing.

  If you want to give yourself and your family a better life, soldiers must fight bravely.

  Qingniu District is relatively remote, and the donkey cart moves slowly. Hu Min yawned and took two naps in a row. However, He Lingchuan didn't dare to close his eyes, for fear that he would exit the dreamland when he was groggy, and he didn't know how long he would have to wait for the next time he came back in.

   After more than an hour, they finally arrived.

  The moment he got off the donkey cart and stood at the door of the wooden house, He Lingchuan thought he had returned to his home in another world.

  Crowded civilian areas, uneven roads, and all low houses. The wall of your house is next to my yard, and the two families on the opposite side even share a partition wall. At night, the couple clapped and clapped, and the family next door beat the child. It was all broadcast live, and every detail could be heard clearly.

  In the house assigned to He Lingchuan, the wooden door is fairly solid, but there is a problem with the lock. Sometimes it can be opened, and sometimes it cannot be opened.

   The two walked in and found that the structure inside was very simple. There were only two rooms, the big one for sleeping, the small one for cooking, and a small yard—

   Rather than calling it a courtyard, it is better to call it a courtyard, because it is a quadrilateral with one corner occupied by neighbors on both sides. The area is at most five square meters, and it cannot fit one more bucket.

   "Is this the wooden house?" Don't say it, He Lingchuan kind of misses it. Before I became He Lingchuan, I also lived in a small rental house in a big city, and the area was no bigger than this. "What does the earth house look like?"

  Hu Min pointed to the water tank in the yard: "The earthen house has only one room, not to mention the yard."

   Well, He Lingchuan corrected, the earthen house is more like the house he lived in in his previous life.

Hu Min pointed him out again: "Cheese and chewing tobacco are in short supply at the market. If you don't need them, you can exchange them for money. As for the paddy fields, if you don't want to cultivate them yourself, you can rent them out to others and get 40% or 60% of the proceeds. You account for 40%, but Panlong City still has 10% of the tax, you pay; if the land in your hand reaches more than 30 mu, the tax will increase to 20%. If you want to reduce it back to 10%, you can use military merits to offset it. Calculate."

  Use your military exploits again... to count? He Lingchuan smiled wryly: "Who did so much work?"

   "Commander Zhong." Hu Min coughed lightly, "Contributions are a good thing. The more you use it, the more you will know that it is in short supply. You will soon know."

  (end of this chapter)