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Chapter 42 Silver Notes
It was late at night, and Ren Ning felt sorry for Zhuifeng, so he didn't continue on his way.

Finding a leeward place, he dismounted to rest.

Habitually check the situation around, everything around is safe.

In the past few days, there is finally a bit of winter coming, and the north wind on the grassland is biting more and more every day.

It was quite cold at night, but after feeding the horses, Ren Ning closed his clothes and lay down on the ground before falling asleep in the blink of an eye.

Early the next morning, Venus was still high in the sky.

Ren Ning ate something, and after clearing his direction, he headed towards the Kailun tribe.

These days, the people of Kailun are far more vigilant than those of the Benlu tribe.

As soon as he saw the stretch of tents, four or five riders came forward with weapons.

Seeing that it was Ren Ning, the other party was overjoyed, and after a few words of greeting, he quickly turned his horse's head around and greeted him back like a crowd of stars.

As soon as he returned to the tribe, the three patriarchs and his party greeted them happily.

Several people had big dark circles in their eyes.

"Did the horse thief come to attack last night?" Ren Ning asked.

"Here we come." Allen yelled happily as he was always quick-talking.

"This time the horse thieves didn't dare to disperse their forces too much. More than 50 people attacked the western edge of the tribe together, but it was just a casual attack. The other 20 people were just like Brother Ning said yesterday, trying to sneak in to save people."

"Fortunately, we were prepared. Although we lost some livestock circles, we didn't let them take advantage of it too much. Three of them were left behind, and five horses were seriously injured."

"That's good." Ren Ning nodded.

He didn't ask how many Kailun tribes died.

Horse thieves or scouts die one less, and the Kailun tribe can definitely afford to die for the time being.

"Brother Ning," You Meng had a bandage on his right arm, and he punched Ren Ning with his left hand, "You didn't show up last night, and everyone is still worried about what happened to you."

"You were brought here by me, Youmeng, to help. Fortunately, you are fine, otherwise I would be guilty of death..."

"Don't worry! Am I so prone to accidents?" Ren Ning laughed and comforted You Meng.

Then, he took out a pair of yellow earrings, "Patriarch, do you recognize these earrings?"

"It's definitely not my daughter's." The three patriarchs blurted out.

Ren Ning's face darkened a little, "Take it and recognize it."

Perhaps because there are few mines in Xiliang, not only women like to wear metal ornaments, but men are no exception.

Earrings are one of them.

The three patriarchs knew that Ren Ning would not make fun of him, so he quickly and carefully recognized him.

"It's very familiar, as if I've seen it before." He looked a little ashamed, "It's just that I didn't sleep all night, and I was so dizzy that I couldn't remember it for a while."

Ren Ning didn't intend to whet his appetite, "This is the earring of Patriarch Benlu. Do you recognize it?"

Ouch!

"Isn't it?" The three patriarchs slapped their thighs, "I said why they look so familiar. It turned out to be that bastard's earring."

Soon, everyone in the tent realized that their eyeballs fell all over the floor.

"Brother Ning, you...you went to the Benlu tribe last night?" Allen's tongue was a little knotted.

Ren Ning nodded, "The horse thief released me yesterday. I have nothing to do, so I went to greet the Benlu tribe."

"They should be very lively now," he said.

"What excitement?" A bunch of people couldn't help stretching their necks.

"A funeral." Ren Ning smiled.

"The patriarch's family seemed to have some physical and mental problems. Although I was just a stranger passing by, they did not hesitate to send a bunch of things, including this pair of earrings."

He actually saw a lot of good things at that time, but most of them couldn't get them out.Ren Ning had no choice but to take the stack of silver bills, and found a place to hide the other precious treasures.

Whenever money is tight, maybe he can go there and take it out.

Hearing what Ren Ning said, everyone in the tent was dumbfounded.Looking at him one by one, it was like seeing a fairy in the sky.

The hands of the three patriarchs trembled a little, "How did you do it, really go...to poison?"

"No." Ren Ning shook his head lightly, "The disaster is worse than ordinary people. I will not do such a wicked thing as water poisoning."

The three patriarchs breathed a sigh of relief, and soon regained their spirits.

Benlu is not like the Kailun tribe, which has three patriarchs.All its powers rest in the hands of a single patriarch.

Now the patriarch's family is gone.The entire tribe is expected to be in chaos for a long time.This is definitely great news for Kai Lun.

For a moment, the eyes of the three patriarchs shone brightly, and the drowsiness of not having enough rest last night disappeared in an instant.

He slapped Allen with a slap, "Why are you still in a daze? It's such great news, why don't you hurry up and invite the chief and second patriarch over to discuss it."

Allen subconsciously looked at Ren Ning.

Ren Ning didn't stop, but just reminded with a smile, "Third patriarch, my trick is called beheading."

"But since I will behead, others will naturally. So you have to be careful when you come down."

The three patriarchs were taken aback for a moment, and sweat suddenly appeared on their foreheads.

He looked around and felt that there were many dangers everywhere.

"Brother Ning, when will you leave?"

When Ren Ning and You Meng first arrived in Kailun, the three patriarchs asked about the situation, and knew that he came out this time to find a kind of herbal medicine, and his time was limited.

"No rush." ​​Ren Ning smiled: "Zhuifeng likes the horse rations here at Kailun, and he wants to keep them for a few more days."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but glance at him gratefully.

The military horse rations in the fortress are many times more expensive than those in Kailun.Ma Liang was an excuse, but Ren Ning wanted to stay and use Kai Lun's power to kill all the Xiliang scouts.

It was a matter of helping each other and benefiting each other.

But at this moment, in the hearts of everyone in Kailun, Ren Ning in front of them is similar to the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering.

Uh,
What they believe in is the wolf god, not the Bodhisattva.

Soon, the other two patriarchs rushed over excitedly.

The patriarch was getting old and almost fell down.But he was not angry at all, but smiled even more happily.

Ren Ning had no time to participate in their tribal development plan, but returned to his tent to close his eyes and meditate.

It's just that he slept soundly last night, and now he couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he got up and took out the banknotes to count.

Each banknote represented 100 taels of silver, and Ren Ning held a thick stack in his hand, adding up to 3 taels.

3 taels,
What a big profit!
Ren Ning only has one or two military noon every month.If you have been a scout, you will have to save 3 taels for more than 500 years.Enough can be saved from ancient times to the present.

The only pity is that the economy of Xiliang has collapsed. The banknotes issued by it are not recognized by any neighboring country except Xiliang itself.

Unlike the rich Yunchui, not only the banknotes issued but also the language and way of thinking have a certain market in neighboring countries.

But that's not a problem either.

The Yunchui Empire doesn't accept silver notes from Xiliang, but the caravans that come and go do.

Ren Ning shook the stack of banknotes thoughtfully.

Both Kailun and Benlu are just small tribes in the grassland, and most of the things they buy and sell are barter.For example, cattle and sheep are exchanged for Yunchui's cloth and coarse salt.

Relatively speaking, large amounts of cash are not very useful, because there is no way to spend them around here.

The 3 taels of cash in front of him is definitely a lot of money, and it is estimated that the Xiliang royal court used it to buy off small tribes like Benlu as cannon fodder.

But it belongs to Ren Ning now.

He silently collected the money and fell on the bed.

There will be some loss if the money is exchanged. It is estimated that there will be more than 3 taels left if the 8000 taels of Xiliang silver bills are exchanged for Yun Chui's silver bills.

Such a sum of money is not too small for Emperor Yunchui, at least he can buy a big house with four to five entrants.

Of course, it's the one with a bad location.

Thinking of this, Ren Ning turned over.

Five years ago, one of his aunts got married, and the bottom of the dowry was 5 taels!
Still poor.

(End of this chapter)