The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 126 Chapter 120
In a short time, Tie Niu and Duan Changsheng drove the horses into the stables in the yard where the horses were raised. The three of them tied their mounts to the trees in the yard and walked straight towards the main house. Entering the main room, I saw that Duan Yanqing was drinking tea at the table.

When Duan Yanqing saw three people coming in, he immediately stood up with a smile, Duan Yanqing looked at Duan Wuji and asked: "Wuji, what did you talk about with Shan Xiongxin just now?"

Duan Wuji listened to the conversation with Shan Xiongxin and told his father carefully.

Duan Yanqing nodded and then shook his head.

"Wuji, what do you think? Tell everyone quickly."

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "What's there to say? I have already agreed to sell the horses to him, 50 taels of silver per horse, and he will come to pick up the horses tomorrow morning."

Duan Wuji looked at Tieniu and said with a smile: "Brother Tieniu, can you sell your horses for 50 taels of silver each? Tell everyone if you have any ideas."

Tie Niu smiled at Duan Wuji.

"Brother, what can I say? I'll listen to you. If you say sell it, we'll sell it. If you say you won't sell it, we'll keep it.

Besides, don't most of these horses belong to you?How many horses do I have!

You can just take doctrine, why ask me again? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Tieniu, I plan to keep thirty good horses and sell all the rest, what do you think?"

Duan Changsheng looked at Duan Wuji and said, "Brother, why are you keeping so many horses?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "What are you doing? How can you and your father do without horses? Don't you need horses to pull carts and plow the land? Sigh, brother Tieniu, don't you keep a few horses?"

Tieniu thought for a while and said: "Well, what you said is also reasonable, so let's keep five horses in my family. My family also has a cart now, and my family also has so much land to plant. Well, this year, maybe our family will buy more horses. It's a few hundred acres of land, besides, my father also wants to have a horse!

Well, then I'll keep five horses. "

Duan Yanqing looked at Duan Wuji and said: "Wuji, Tie Niu's family only left five horses, why did our family keep so many horses?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Father, it's not too many horses to keep. I've already made up my mind. I plan to give five horses to the third grandfather's family. So far, Changhong and Changhao have even one good horse. No, why are they going to sell horses with us next year?

Let's keep the remaining [-] horses at home. You and my brother should each have a horse. In the future, our family's housekeeper and long-term foreman will wear horses, and we will use horses in the future. Is there too much? "

Duan Yanqing laughed when he heard this: "Wuji, do you think in the long run? Well, I'll listen to you. Then let's keep twenty horses in our family, and our family can afford to raise them now. "

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Let's go, let's pick out horses, anyway we have to pick out thirty good horses."

Four people came to the yard where the horses were raised, and picked out thirty good horses.

Duan Wuji said to Brother Tie: "Brother Tieniu, now you can hide these thirty fine horses in your house, and we can get them back after Brother Shan buys them away."

Tie Niu slapped his thigh. "Brother, what are you afraid of him doing? At worst, we will turn against him, and we will not sell these thirty horses to him. What else can he do to us!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Tieniu, I'm not afraid of him, you said that if Big Brother Shan takes a fancy to our horses, if you want to stalk them, who can bear it? Why don't we Hide these thirty fine horses, so as not to waste any more time.

Brother Tieniu, what do you think? "

Tie Niu laughed out loud.

"Brother, your trick is still better, that's good, I will get them away now.

Brothers, take a rest and see you tomorrow afternoon. "

After finishing speaking, Tieniu rode the thirty horses straight to Duanjiaji.

On the morning of the next day, Shan Xiongxin led more than 40 people to inspect the horses one by one, and then paid for them and bought them all.

Duan Wuji looked at the empty stables and said to Duan Yanqing: "Father, there are no more horses now, we can relax for a while, and there is nothing to do now, I think we will go to my third grandfather's house today , let’s go to their house and have a good meal.”

Duan Changsheng laughed and said, "Damn, how do you know how to eat it now? Let's have some fresh ones?"

Duan Wuji rolled his eyes at his elder brother and said with a smile: "Brother, what's new? If they hadn't helped our family before, why would we go to their house?
If I go by myself, let the third grandpa send someone to invite you, do you think that would be interesting? "

Duan Yanqing laughed out loud.

"Wuji, you are still thoughtful, so what are we waiting for? Let's change clothes now."

Duan Wuji counted out 750 taels of silver from this pile of silver and wrapped them up. Duan Wuji smiled and said to Duan Yanqing: "Father, the rest of the silver belongs to our family, you can put it all away."

Duan Yanqing looked at such a large pile of silver and said with a smile: "Wuji, why, all of a sudden our family has such a large pile of silver again!

Wuji, this pile of silver is worth eight or nine thousand silver, right? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "The pile of silver in our family is 750 taels. I bought this pile of silver with my life. You should hurry up and put it away."

Duan Yanqing was taken aback.

"Wuji, let's not do anything dangerous in the future, okay? I won't let my father worry about you."

Duan Wuji smiled slightly.

"Well, okay. But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on! Even if you stay at home, if someone bullies you, don't you have to fight back? I think only by becoming stronger can you hope to keep your family safe .”

Duan Yanqing and Duan Changsheng put away the pile of money from their own family, Duan Wuji put the pile of money that he had wrapped up on the horse's back, and then the father and son put on new clothes and went straight to Duanjiaji.

When they arrived at the Duan Family Collection, Duan Wuji looked at Duan Changsheng and said, "Brother, let's go, follow me to send money to Tie Niu's family."

Duan Changsheng smiled.

"I like to do this icing on the cake, let's go."

Duan Changsheng followed Duan Wuji straight to Tie Niu's house, Duan Yanqing saw it and said with a smile: "I'll go to your third grandfather's house first and wait for you, you have given me the money so hurry up!"

Duan Changsheng nodded.

"Father, go, we'll be here in a while."

When they came to Tie Niu's house, they opened the door and walked in. They saw that Tie Niu was practicing martial arts in the yard. When Tie Niu saw Duan Wuji and Duan Changsheng came in with their horses, he stopped practicing martial arts immediately.

Tieniu shouted loudly into the room: "Father, mother, my brother and my brothers are here."

Tieniu's parents came out of the house immediately upon hearing this.

Duan Wuji took the silver from the horse's back and said with a smile: "Brother Tiefeng, this is the silver from the horse sale. I brought it to you. You can count it. Three thousand 750 taels."

Tie Niu took the silver bag and said with a smile: "What do you see? Brother, can you still count the bad ones? It doesn't matter if you are bad, either you take advantage of me, or I take advantage of you .

Okay, okay, brother, brother, hurry up and have some tea in the house.

Mother, since my brother and my elder brother brought us money today, you can make them something delicious later. "

Duan Wuji shook his head with a smile.

"Brother Tieniu, we won't eat here today, brother, hurry up and pick out five horses, and let's send them to the third grandfather's family in a while.

Hey, uncle, you can go there together later, let's get together again at noon today.

Now that our families are rich, how can we not get together more? "

"Okay, okay, then I'll go change my clothes, Tie Niu, leave the money in the house and don't you want to pick a horse?"

Tie Niu promised and said loudly to his mother: "Mother, you should quickly put away the money. I will go to the third grandpa's house with my father for a banquet in a while."

Tie Niu's mother promised and ran into the house quickly.

Tie Niu put away the silver and walked out quickly. Then, Tie Niu pulled out five good horses from the barn and tied them with ropes. Then, the four of them led the horses straight to the third grandfather's house. come.

After entering the courtyard of the third grandfather's house, the four tied their horses to the poplar tree and walked straight towards the main house.

After entering the room, I saw Duan Yanqing was chatting with the third grandfather.

The third grandfather saw that the main members of the two families had arrived, and said with a smile: "Well, you are all here today, don't leave today, I will let the kitchen cook something delicious.

We haven't been together for so long, let's get together today. "

The third grandfather looked at Tieniu.

"Tie Niu, go to the west of the village to find your brothers and the others, just say that Wuji and the others are here today.

Tell them to hurry home and accompany the guests. "

Tieniu agreed and ran out.

Duan Wuji looked at the third grandfather and said with a smile: "Third grandfather, today we brought horses to my brothers and the others, third grandfather, the horse is tethered in the yard, old man, do you see how beautiful these horses are? "

The third grandfather heard this and stood up.

"Well, let's go out and have a look."

Duan Yanqing and Duan Changsheng helped the old man out of the house. The old man looked at the horses tied to the tree and was overjoyed. He saw the five horses tied in the yard, all fat and strong, snorting under the tree. Live on the ground.

At first glance, it was a good and energetic horse. These five horses were three red horses, one yellow horse, and one green horse.

The third grandpa was very happy to see him.

"Wuji, these horses are really good! How much is this horse worth?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "We picked these horses out of the herd, who knows how much they are worth!

The third grandpa, my elder brother and the three of them should change their mounts too. How can we just ride the earth horses in our rural area?Then how can we go to the desert to sell horses next year! "

At this moment, brothers Duan Changqing, Duan Changhao and Duan Changhong came back with Tieniu. The three of them were very happy when they saw the five fine horses tied in the yard!

"Brother, are these fine horses for us?"

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Isn't that right, three brothers, what do you think of these horses? They are much better than the ones you rode, but these are all young foals that have just scratched their teeth. They haven't been domesticated yet, if you have time, please domesticate them.

This horse has been domesticated and is not much different from the two horses we rode!

Hey, three brothers, have you improved your martial arts recently? "

The three listened and nodded.

"Well, it's okay for a while, we've just practiced martial arts. This kung fu has improved a lot compared to before, but it's still not as good as you two, but we will work hard."

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Three brothers, if you know how to work hard, I hope you will use this winter to practice well, otherwise it will be dangerous to sell horses in the coming year."

Duan Changqing laughed and said, "Brothers, did you make a lot of money going to the prairie this time?"

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"What kind of money do you care about? It's all for a few small change, we just go to Dayuan for a trip, and let's make him a fortune next spring. I hope you don't miss the horse sales next year!"

The third grandpa saw Duan Changhao and said: "Changhao, tell the kitchen that we have guests at our house today, and tell them to cook more dishes. Just say that grandpa, I am going to entertain guests today."

Duan Changhao promised and ran straight to the kitchen, and within a short time, a strong fragrance wafted out from the kitchen.

Duan Changhong brought out a chair from the house for grandpa to sit down, and the few people chatted about their daily routine while waiting for lunch.

There was not much time, and the four tables of sumptuous banquets came up. All the people from the third grandfather's family arrived, and everyone sat around the table while eating and chatting.

After the meal, Duan Yanqing watched Duan Changsheng and Duan Wuji get up to say goodbye, and Duan Changqing, Duan Changhong, and Duan Changhao rushed out.

Duan Wuji looked at the three brothers and said: "Three brothers, you choose your own horses and hurry up to train them. After a few days, you can train your horses and come to my house. Let's go together again." Make every effort to improve your martial arts, and strive to improve our martial arts."

The three brothers were overjoyed when they heard this.

"Brother, let's make a deal. After the three of us have trained the horse, we will go find you with our brother Tie Niu. You have to wait for us!"

Duan Wuji smiled and nodded.

"Okay, let's make a deal."

After finishing speaking, the father and son walked straight to Duanjiazhuang.

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji went home with his father and elder brother.

(End of this chapter)