Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 606; Silk Road Economic Belt
Chapter 570: Silk Road Economic Belt

Liang Boldly led the whole team all the way from Shandong to Chang'an City, and walked for 23 days without food and camp.

When entering the city gate, the military marquis guarding the city gate saw the flag of Li's Second House from afar and began to arrange for troops to clear the road.

"Bold Brother, Master Hou has come to Chang'an? Why are you going through this city gate today?"

"The elder brother of the Zhang family is well, and the younger brother is being polite here. All the brothers are well."

"Hey! What are you doing? We are all rough people and don't know how to return a salute. Look at this, let me give you a military salute, brothers!"

"Oh, don't, don't, oh, you guys are really, come, come, brothers, take this string of silver coins, share them and go back to buy food for the children."

"Thank you, Brother Bold."

The team guarding the city gate is happily receiving a small string of silver coins;

"Which car is Master Hou in? I have to go and say hello. It's rare to go through this city gate. It's unreasonable not to say hello!"

"My lord didn't come. This is the family of Ma Da's steward who went to Shandong to come back to enjoy the blessings in Chang'an."

Listening to the commotion outside, the corners of the window curtains in the front and rear carriages were lifted, Ma Binwang's old Aye Niang secretly looked at such a bustling big city, after all, it was countrymen who entered the city, so they couldn't help shrinking their heads and tails Yes, Ma Binwang's three children were chattering non-stop, and his mother pinned their necks.

"Ah? Lord Hou didn't come? Let me just say, Master Hou can't leave this city gate a few times a year. So he went to pick up the family members of Ma Da's steward?"

"That's right, they were picked up from Shandong. The brothers have been away for more than 20 days, and they are exhausted."

"Isn't it? It's so far away. Brother Bold, is the steward of Ma University that you are talking about, the new steward Ma Binwang who is in charge of the Silk Road?"

"Exactly, the new chief steward of my family last year! Well, let's not talk about it. After the brothers hurried to the city to send them to their positions, they will return to Lantian to return to the Lord."

"Wait a minute, take the money back, Master Hou didn't follow, we're sorry for you..."

"What are you talking about, brother? My lord has confessed, but if he didn't, I don't dare to spend a lot of money indiscriminately. Cut the nonsense and check the horses and horses quickly. The brothers have to go to the city."

"Chengchengcheng, hey! Hurry up and go in, you guys, if you are so tired, why don't you check your ass!"

"Okay, okay, brothers and sisters, let's open the way."

The convoy started to start again, and the two old men in the carriage were so excited;
"Look, look at the old woman, I told you that King Bin has become the climate now, and I told you not to speak loudly in Zhuangzi. Just look at the soldiers guarding the city and they all know King Bin."

"You old man, my son is now the chief steward of the Li family of the five surnames and Qiwang family. You can't talk about coming and going with widows like you were in Zhuangzi. You have to pay attention. "

"Why are you talking about these useless things..."

A group of people came to the northeast corner of Chang'an City in a mighty way, next to the four ladies in Plum Blossom Garden, in a small courtyard, a team of chariots and horses stopped at the door, Liang Boldly commanded a dozen strong men;
"Take everything down, bring more people, take it in at once, and then you can go back to Zhuangzi to do business."

"It's brother."

Although King Ma Bin's Aye Niang brought a lot of things, she couldn't help many people and took them in at once.

Watching a group of strong men go out and get on their chariots and horses, King Ma Bin's Aunt carefully asked the six maids;

"You little ladies, everyone is gone, why are you going back, little ladies? Hurry up and let them go... Old man, hurry up and stop them..."

"Good good!"

The leading second steward hurriedly stopped the two old men;

"No uncle, the servants don't need to go back, they stay here to serve your family."

"Huh? No need, children, we two old guys can wash clothes and cook, and sweeping the floor is an easy thing to do. You don't need to wait, who else does the countryman use to wait, you go back quickly! Don't delay! "

"Returning to uncle, the chief steward of our family has six to a dozen maids to serve him. This is the rule. Your son is the chief steward, so of course he needs someone to serve him. Needless to say, come here Auntie, tell me where to put these things, and the slaves will store them for you."

Ma Binwang's old lady said strangely;

"Save it? Girl, how can we sleep at night if we save it?"

"If you go back to Auntie, everything here is new. The bed and the house are all new. Auntie, there is really no use for you to take these."

King Ma Bin heard that everything was new, and he was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear;

"Ah, it's all new, it's a waste of money, Master Hou, it costs so much to have everything in the house, my wife has to find time to ask Master Hou, we Shandong people can't miss it Manners are a joke."

"Okay, okay, we've been walking for more than 20 days and we're exhausted, so arrange everything quickly, and we can rest after cooking and eating. Auntie, do you think it's okay?"

"Cheng Chengcheng, children, take a break. The old lady will cook for you. My old lady's cooking is delicious."

"Don't dare, auntie, servants are here to serve others, and if you are asked to serve, wouldn't you have to obey the family law when you go back?"

"No, my old lady has to cook for you today."

Not to mention that Ma Binwang's family has started to settle down here, but Liang Daudao led the team out of the city again, galloping all the way, and returned to Lantian Zhuangzi in two hours, and then entered the main hall after reporting.

Li Yu was joking with the four ladies in the backyard and Manager Liu, when he saw Liang boldly coming in and asked with a smile;

"Bold is back. It seems that King Ma Bin's family has settled down."

"Yes, sir, the villain pays homage to you, and my husband is blessed and safe."

"Exemption."

"Thank you sir."

"I want to report to my lord, when I came back, there were family members who were in charge of Ma University, so I was delayed for a few days. I arrived in Chang'an City after [-] days of leaving, and settled down at noon. The six maids stayed behind to take care of the family in charge of Ma University. , I will wait for the quick horse to come back and return to Langjun."

"Understood, you have worked hard all the way, go back and rest for ten days."

"Thank you, Mr. Lang, for taking care of me."

After sending Liang Boldly away, Li Yu turned to look at Lady Liu;
"Miss, where did I just say?"

"Returning to Mr. Lang, just now you said that you want to build a big toilet paper workshop, otherwise the big households in Chang'an City will not be able to supply it."

"Oh yes, speaking of this matter, the workshop must be set up as soon as possible. Don't look at those intellectuals who say that I have stained the writing paper. As a result, everyone rushed to use the sanitary clothes they made. Take off your pants and set up the chastity archway."

"Isn't it? This workshop is not a difficult task. Is there any arrangement for the position of Mr. Lang Jun?"

"This, I really haven't thought about it, does the lady like it?"

"The slave family thinks that the work of toilet paper is labor-intensive work, and the second son of the head of the Liang family can do it."

"The lady is talking about bold Aye?"

"Exactly, his daughter is now taken in as a concubine by the lord, and his son is also serving as the team leader in front of the lord, but the elder brother of the Liang family is still the second steward, which is obviously not suitable.

Especially after his niece was confiscated, she always had a bitter face. The day before yesterday, she met with the slave family in the manor. Although she didn't say anything directly, the slave family could tell the right and wrong.
Mr. Lang has no one to arrange, so why not help the second elder brother of the Liang family, so that Mrs. Liang's face will look better. After all, she will be the lady in the backyard. You have to take care of him, sir, right? "

Li Yu nodded and looked at Liang Daudao's girl sitting next to her;
"That's good, the lady's suggestion is quite reasonable, so we can arrange it like this, and don't need to ask someone else to pass it on. After a while, Mrs. Liang will accompany me for a walk, and I will meet the Erlang of the Liang family."

The big man Liang next to him was trembling with excitement, he glanced gratefully at the steward in the backyard over there, and suppressed his excitement to respond;

"It's Mr. Lang."

The conversation between the two had just landed, when Li Yi ran in with a happy expression on his face;

"Report to my lord, what a great joy."

"Don't worry, speak slowly and listen."

"It's Mr. Lang, the people from the northwest have come back, and the three fast horses have already entered Zhuangzi."

Everyone in the room was overjoyed after hearing this. Since the Silk Road team set off, there has been no news for nearly a year, as if the huge caravan disappeared from the world.

His Majesty the Emperor has been asked many times, as long as those who participated, every household would come to Lantian to inquire about the news, and now they finally have a clue!

Li Yu stood up with a swipe;

"pass!"

"It's Mr. Lang."

Three strong and dusty men came in all the way;
"Meet my lord."

"Exemption."

"Thank you sir."

"Speak clearly."

"It's my lord, let me tell you my lord, starting in the spring, the team walked for more than three months before arriving on the prairie, and when we got to the prairie, Ma Da was in charge and stopped talking. Everything was decided by Brother Agui and Brother Daniu.

Our team is very welcome on the prairie. Among them, several patriarchs asked to exchange all our goods. The two brothers fought with them several times, and beat up all the most rampant tribal warriors along the way. Next, some khans on the grassland were alarmed, and they ordered the entire grassland not to embarrass the caravans on the Silk Road, and asked all the tribes to voluntarily exchange, and our team began to flow unimpeded.

Since then, the exchange of goods along the way has been very smooth. Many horses, cattle and sheep have been exchanged. The steward of the Ma University arranged for me to drive many back first. "

Li Yu had a smile on his face;

"Okay, I knew the two of them would be able to make things happen. By the way, you went together. Do you know how to exchange? How much will it cost?"

All three scratched their heads at the same time, and one of them bit the bullet and opened his mouth;
"Mr. Qi, I don't know what to say. Brother Daniel doesn't know how to count at all. Brother Agui pretends to be very powerful all day long, but..."

"Go on, it's okay. I knew it was the result when I told them to come over. You don't have to hide it even if you say it in detail, and you don't have to worry about offending anyone by saying the wrong thing!"

"It's Mr. Agui, brother Agui is actually no different from a big cow. When exchanging cattle and sheep, as long as you get angry, at the beginning, two iron pots were exchanged for one sheep, and those prairie people praised a few words. Arrange two girls to sleep for one night, and start making random arrangements!
I don’t do much counting at all, sometimes it’s a pile of things for sheep, a pile of tea for cattle, a bundle of silk for horses…”

The servant who reported the letter looked at the faces of the people in the room while talking, and saw that the face of the first chief steward in the inner house was getting darker and darker, so scared that he didn't dare to speak anymore and lowered his head.

"Hahahahahahahahaha, ladies, take a look, it's exactly as I guessed, then Zeng Agui didn't care about anything, and now he went to the prairie, he must be barking his teeth and claws, getting carried away everywhere."

Li Yu smiled and looked at Lady Liu's face;
"I'm not wrong, right? He doesn't know how to count at all. It's okay to count one or two, but Agui doesn't even know the number of more than five. Daniel is a flatterer. King Ma Bin is probably very angry." gone."

"Lang Jun, I really don't understand why you have to listen to them when you are appointed to the grassland. Look at that lunatic Agui, how can there be piles of things in exchange for business? Don't you even check the number? "

Mrs. Liu said the last few words to the person who came back to report the matter, and the person who reported the matter in the middle responded quickly;

"Brother Agui doesn't know how to count when he comes back to the chief steward. He made all the seven accountants he sent so angry that three of them fainted from anger. They took bitter medicine every day to recover. At first Those seven or eight days were messy, and there was no way to keep accounts clearly.

Later, the manager of the University of Martial Arts thought of a way, instead of recording the individual numbers, he only wrote down what was changed in a certain morning, the approximate number of things, what was changed in a certain afternoon, and how many trucks of goods were used, and then he arranged for people to take the rest Separately load the carts, silk, tea, salt, iron pots, put some in each cart,
Then register clearly, put the registered cars and horses first on the next day, and ask Agui to choose the divided cars and exchange them for cattle and sheep, or the things will be wasted in a few months. "

Li Yu couldn't help laughing too;

"King Ma Bin is indeed King Ma Bin, and he is indeed worth a lot of money, and those accountants who collapsed out of breath are probably enough.

When I was in the clan, I had to write down everything that was worth a lot of money in detail, but now I went to the prairie to buy and sell carts of carts in a muddle, so it’s not bad if they are not mad at them.

I have no regrets about this matter. If the Silk Road is re-opened and capable people can go there, it will definitely be cheaper, but the road will become narrower and narrower until it dies down in the end, which is futile!

The people on the prairie are not fools, if you teach them one by one, it will be difficult to do business in the future, not to mention that our records are not clear, the people on the prairie are also confused , so good, just what I want! "

"By the way, where did your returning team go? How far is it to return to Chang'an?"

"Back to my lord, I don't know where they are going right now, I guess they will be able to come back a year ago."

"Well, how many cattle and sheep did you get back this time? How many horses?"

"More than 800 horses, more than 4000 sheep, and more than 900 cattle."

"Li Yi!"

"He's here, sir, please give me instructions."

"You go to the uncle of the Qin family yourself and report the things here clearly. The Supreme should be relieved this time."

"It's Mr. Lang, the villain will go to Chang'an City to report immediately."

Li Yu nodded and sent away the three clansmen who reported the news, muttering in his mouth;

"Although it's quite a lot, it's too far to check the number in my heart, especially cattle and horses. Is the grassland already so poor?"

(End of this chapter)