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

Chapter 169
As soon as the caravan heard Duan Wuji's words, they immediately set off and ran straight to the gate. This place is only twenty or thirty miles away from the gate, and this distance is nothing to people at all.

In just over half an hour, the caravan arrived at the pass of the Great Wall with a crowd of horses.

The soldiers guarding the pass had seen it a long time ago. As soon as they saw Duan Wuji and the others coming, they immediately opened the roadblock and let them in.

The leader of the soldiers guarding the border ran over with a smile.

"Boss Duan, you came back really fast this time! I'm afraid you will make a fortune again this time?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "I don't know if I get rich or not? That's the boss's business. I'm only responsible for transporting the horses back and I'll be fine. What does it have to do with me if I get rich or not?

Hey, old man, did the team give you two cows yesterday? "

The soldier leader smiled and said: "Yes, yes, the two cows are still tied up in the barracks, I think they will be slaughtered in a while, who knows if there will be beef for lunch today?

To be honest, these two cows are fat enough, and they will definitely produce a lot of meat. Now we have to improve our food for several days!

Brother, thank you very much. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Thank you? Isn't this what it should be? Next time I will get you two cows back."

"Oh! Brother, we have to thank you. I hope you will come here soon! Let's talk about it!"

Duan Wuji smiled slightly.

"Okay! Let's make a decision. Brother, you are busy, we are leaving."

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji broke his horse and chased after the group of horses.

After the horses entered the customs, the people's suspense was relieved, and everyone drove the horses all the way south. At noon, Duan Wuji bought five carts of fodder from an inn.Then they bought something for the people to eat, and when they were full, they rested for a while, and then the people continued to run south with the horses.

It wasn't until the red sun was setting that Duan Wuji and the others found the largest carriage and horse shop to live in.

The clerk in the shop was very busy when he saw so many horses.

The four men were busy fetching water and drinking the horses, Duan Wuji saw that he was too busy, so he immediately ordered a dozen guards to help, and Duan Wuji bought another [-] carts of hay from the store to feed the horses.

The clerk in the shop looked at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "Guest officer, to tell you the truth, there are no good dishes in the small shop now, only a hundred catties of dried cabbage, not even a catty of meat, and there is only white flour. It weighs more than 100 catties, so how can we treat you?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Man, don't worry, this is enough, you can bake us dozens of big cakes, and just stew the dried cabbage."

Duan Wuji Niutou said to Tie Niu: "Brother Tie Niu, don't we have dead wolves on our horses? Let's get them here and peel five of them and eat them. See if anyone has the leftover meat on them, and take them as well." Throw it into the pot. How can you eat this dry cabbage?"

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Brother, don't worry about these things, I'll order people to skin the wolves right away.

Hey, brother, do we still want the peeled wolf skin? "

"Yes! Why don't you want such a good thing? Let's get it back and make a wolf fur mattress, isn't it better than that dog fur mattress?"

Tieniu smiled and said, "Well, I know about these things, so just leave it alone, and you can wait to eat wolf stew in a while."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Okay, okay, I don't care about it today, you can figure it out.

Brother Tieniu, ask people to rest early after dinner. The on-duty personnel can arrange four groups, and each group should be on duty for more than an hour. "

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Brother, what's the matter with you today?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Tieniu, I haven't slept since entering the territory of the Turkic Kingdom, you may not believe me, but believe it or not.

Hey, buddy, give me a room, I want to sleep, and you don't call me for dinner. "

The man promised to lead Duan Wuji into a room, the man looked at Duan Wuji and said: "You are their leader, I will arrange a good room for you today, this small private room is the most suitable for resting. You are in this hut sleep in."

After hearing this, Duan Wuji cupped his hands.

"Man, thank you for taking care of me. Well, then I'll go to bed and rest. Go ahead."

The man retreated from this room, Duan Wuji was lying on the bed, and after a while, his voice was like thunder.

Duan Wuji fell asleep in the afternoon and didn't wake up until the next morning. Duan Wuji jumped off the bed, stretched his back and walked out of the room. Most of the guards were still lying down and sleeping. Niu and Duan Changqing are practicing martial arts in the courtyard.

When the four people saw Duan Wuji coming out, they hurried over to say hello to Duan Wuji.

"Hey, brother, are you up? Brother, you said that you haven't slept since you arrived in the Turkic country. I believe it. After all, the burden is on you.

Why can't these guards sleep for a long time?What the hell is going on here? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "When we do business, we are afraid of losing money and accidents.

What are they afraid of?What they are most afraid of is losing their lives in protecting goods abroad. After all, there are quite a few people who lost their lives in this business.

Do you think they can not worry?Can you rest if you are worried?After all, every family has parents, wives and children, and the whole family counts on this one person for food. If you say they lose their lives, then the whole family will starve to death?

They are also living a life of licking blood with the knife's head, and the money earned from this trip is probably enough for the family to spend for two years.

Hmph, they met me fortunately, you said how much risk we encountered in the Turkic country in the past few years, didn't we all get through it unscathed?

Of course there is an element of luck in it, but more factors are man-made.

Take what happened last night as an example. If I hadn't discovered the pack of wolves in time, you can imagine the result after a while.

I don’t know which of you was on duty at that time. I think your team leader on duty is deaf ears. "

Duan Wuji walked around the horses in the yard, and saw the horses gnawing on the hay on the ground, Duan Wuji thought, these horses must not be full for days, let them eat for a while today.

Once on the road, there is no telling when it will be fed.

At this moment, the guy in the store ran over.

"Boss, what do you have for breakfast? We can go and make it for you."

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Hurry up and bake big pancakes, bake more, as for this dish, it's better to stew wolf meat with dried cabbage.

Besides, you don't have any other dishes here, so we have no choice but to make do with it. "

The man laughed.

"Boss, there's nothing we can do about it. People don't come to our small shop very often. If you say you bought some fresh vegetables and spoiled them, wouldn't we lose money?

Hey, boss, the stewed wolf meat with dried cabbage last night was so delicious, people were going crazy. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "Is that enough food?"

"Well, just enough."

After hearing this, Duan Wuji said: "Then let's tell them to peel one more wolf today, let's tell people to eat enough this morning."

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji came to Tieniu and said, "Brother Tieniu, hurry up and order someone to skin the wolf. Let's skin one more wolf today, so that people can have another meal. After eating, we can go on our way!"

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Brother, don't bother with this matter, I promise you will have this stewed wolf meat in a short time."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Okay, okay! Then I don't care about it. Well, if this is the case, then I will go back to the room to rest for a while, and call me when the meal is cooked."

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji turned around and went back to his own room.

An hour later, Tieniu personally came to call Duan Wuji.

"Brother, don't lie down, the rice is already cooked. Hurry up and eat."

Duan Wuji jumped off the bed and followed Tieniu to the restaurant, only to see that all the people had already got up, and everyone was scrambling for meat.

When everyone saw the leader coming in, everyone calmed down a little.

Tieniu filled Duan Wuji with a large bowl full of wolf meat, and brought him a large pancake.

Duan Wuji didn't eat anything last night, and now he's a little hungry, so Duan Wuji ate the meat in the bowl and quickly finished the big pie.

Tieniu saw it and said with a smile: "Brother, do you still eat? There is still in the pot now."

Duan Wuji smiled and shook his head.

"Forget it, this is enough for me, let them eat. Let's go on the road when we are full."

After a while, everyone was full.

Duan Wuji settled the store bill, and then said loudly: "Did you all rest last night? Now that we have eaten, let's go right away. You see, it's already three poles in the sun, and it will be a bit awkward if you don't leave." It’s really unreasonable.”

After hearing this, everyone got on their horses one after another, and ran down the horses all the way south.

Along the way, the caravan was hungry for food and drink, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and after seven or eight days of traveling, it finally arrived at a place only fifty miles away from Taiyuan at noon this day. Showed a happy smile.

Duan Wuji called Duan Changqing and said: "Brother Changqing, hurry up and go to Chai Mansion, and let Brother Chai bring someone to pick us up. In Taiyuan Fucheng, he is more familiar than us, and his words are better than ours. Use more."

Duan Changqing listened to a dozen horses, and the horses galloped towards Taiyuan City at high speed.

The caravan moved forward slowly, and when it was about twenty miles away from Taiyuan City, Chai Shao led six or seven servants to pick them up from Taiyuan City.

Chai Shao looked at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "Brother, you are finally back, this time we made a lot of money again, brother, you have worked so hard to come back this time!"

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Brother Chai, what are you talking about? What about hard work and not hard work? Let's go, let's drive this group of horses back."

Chai Shao led the crowd to drive the horses into a large courtyard in the north of Taiyuan City. Chai Shao immediately ordered his subordinates to fetch hay from the open shed to feed the horses, and the many guards brought water to drink the horses. .

After everything went smoothly, Duan Wuji pointed to the dead wolf on the horse and said to Chai Shao: "Brother Chai, we hunted some wolves during this trip to the desert. You can take them home and eat some meat."

Looking at the many wolf skins on the horse, Chai Shao smiled and said, "Brother, how many wolves have you hunted and killed this time?"

"Not many, a total of 89 wolves were hunted and killed. We ate dozens of wolves on the road. Isn't that right? There are only twenty or so wolves left. You can take a few back and eat them, and catch the horses tomorrow." After handing it over, we will each take a few home to eat."

Chai Shao listened and said with a smile: "Brother, you have a good time in your childhood! Look at you, who sell horses and hunt at the same time, you have a beautiful life!"

Duan Wuji smiled wryly after hearing this: "Brother Chai, don't be poor with us, this time we were almost eaten by this prairie wolf, how can we live a better life?

Brother Chai, to tell you the truth, this time we have suffered a lot, and the money has almost been spent, so our rations are almost cut off.When you left, you didn't tell me that the 3000 taels of silver were not enough, and I was tricked by the poor. "

Chai Shao laughed out loud.

"Brother, when I left, I knew that this amount of money was not enough. Think about it, the cost of the 40-plus carriages alone is more than 2000 taels, plus the expenses on the road, what if there are no sixty-seven thousand taels?" Can it be used?

Brother, how many taels of silver are you missing here?I'll bring it to you in a while. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Chai, let's forget about today, you can bring me 500 taels of silver tomorrow, and then we will pay all the fees for the guards.

Brother Chai, there is still a few dozen taels of silver here, let them buy food later.

Brother Chai, please contact the left-behind envoy as soon as possible, we will be fine after handing over the horses. "

Chai Shao laughed and said, "Brother, don't bother with these things, I'll go and find out later."

Chai Shao called over Chai Huo and said, "Go to the restaurant and buy some cooked food and come back. By the way, ask them to bring over ten jars of good wine. I'll treat you tonight."

Chaihuo agreed and turned around and left.

A guard walked over with a smile.

"Mr. Duan, you see we're breaking up tomorrow, can we peel a few more wolves to eat today?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "You go peel it! Peel two more, so we can eat roasted wolf meat later.

Brother Chai, you send someone to the house to bring over two large wooden basins, and bring over a dozen catties of salt by the way. "

After hearing this, Chai Shao said to a servant: "Did you hear clearly just now? Why don't you hurry up and get it?"

The servant immediately ran out on horseback.

Chai Shao said with a smile: "Let me taste the roast wolf meat with you tonight."

After a while, all six wolves were skinned, and the skinner was just about to throw away the internal organs of the wolves.

Duan Wuji waved his hand.

"Wait a minute, take off the wolf livers and hearts of these wolves, this thing must be unpalatable, let's roast it and eat it later."

Chai Shao saw it and said with a smile: "Brother, you really know how to pick good food! Well, this food is really good, I will make some to eat later."

Before long, the servant brought over two large wooden basins, Duan Wuji smiled and said, "Wash the wolf meat, the wolf heart and the wolf liver, and soak them in salt water.

Let's bake it for a while. "

The guards immediately followed Duan Wuji's method after hearing this.

Seeing this, Chai Shao ordered loudly: "Brothers, you have all worked hard this time, let's roast wolf meat tonight.

Everyone started to light this dry firewood quickly, let's start roasting wolf meat immediately when the fire is hot, you don't have to be polite!You're being polite, but there's no wolf meat to eat! "

(End of this chapter)