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

Chapter 172 Chapter 160
Seeing that there was no one in the room, Duan Wuji immediately lay down happily in the room and fell asleep. Duan Wuji didn't wake up until evening.

Duan Wuji lightly jumped down from the kang, stepped into the main room, and saw that the food had already been put on the table.

The whole family had dinner around the table, Duan Yanqing looked at Duan Wuji and asked with concern: "Wuji, have you recovered yet? If not, go back to sleep after eating."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Father, don't worry, I'm fine."

Duan Yanqing looked at his youngest son with a smile and asked, "Wuji, how many taels of silver can you earn by selling horses this time?"

After hearing this, Duan Wuji summed up and said: "Well, I guess our family can earn 9 to [-] taels this time, and you will know in a few days."

"Huh? Earn so much? You think all the money in the world has come."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "How much money have I made? Dad, our family is a little rich at best, and it is far from being truly rich. Who told me to have such a fortune? If I don't get rich, then There is no reason!"

Duan Yanqing opened his mouth but did not say anything.

Duan Wuji looked at Duan Changsheng and asked: "Brother, is there anything about Brother Chai Zhang Luo's snakeskin armor? How many sets of armor have you produced in total? How much money did you spend to make this armor?"

Duan Changsheng laughed and said, "A total of seven sets of armor have been produced, and Chai Shao asked for a set of armor himself. It took a total of 2000 taels of silver to make these armors, and each set of armor cost less than 300 taels of silver.

Brother, do you want to take a look at these snakeskin armors for a while? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "I don't think it's useful? Forget it, let's keep it at home and wait for them to come to pick it up in a few days.

Brother, didn't you take out our two sets of armor separately? "

"Take it out, your brother and I still have this trick? Our family sells the snake skin, and our family sells the silver. If they take the things away and don't even give out any money, then we Isn't it a big loss for the family, brother, do you think that what I said, brother, is right!"

"Did Chai Shao come to our house when the armor was being made?"

"Come on, he has been here for two days, and he hasn't been here since. Let me tell you, their snakeskin armors are made of four layers of snakeskin, but our family's two sets of armor are both six Made of a layer of snakeskin. Much stronger than their armor.

Brother, how about I take it out for you to have a look now? "

Duan Wuji shook his head with a smile.

"Forget it, you'd better keep it well. I'll ask you for it when I need it. I'm afraid we won't need these things in a short time."

Duan Wuji stood up and said to everyone: "Father, mother, brother, please rest, I'm going back to sleep."

Duan Changsheng laughed and said, "Brother, can you really sleep? Haven't you really recovered after sleeping for a long time?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Since my house left, I haven't really had a night's sleep every day. I worry about this caravan every day. It's either this or that. I can rest now." Is it?"

"Brother, won't you take some time to sleep?"

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"In that Turkic country, the most dangerous thing is not the wolves, but the Turkic people. These guys are scheming, and they kill people at every turn. We are foreigners, and we are the targets of slaughter at any time. You said that in such an environment Dare I sleep?

Well, I'd better go to sleep, you rest. "

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji walked out from the main room, Duan Wuji returned to his west wing room, immediately took off his clothes and fell asleep.

It wasn't until the next day when he scored three shots that Duan Wuji finally recovered.

Duan Wuji went to the main room and saw that the food was still on the table, Duan Wuji saw it and said with a smile: "It's so weird today, why the table hasn't been cleared yet."

Duan Yanqing laughed and said: "What's so strange? Your mother knows that you haven't eaten yet. Isn't this specially placed for you? You should sit down and eat."

Duan Wuji was not polite when he heard that.

Immediately picked up the bowl and started to eat, after breakfast, Duan Wuji began to practice martial arts in the yard.

In the following four or five days, Duan Wuji practiced martial arts at home all day, and all life returned to normal, and Duan Wuji put on the sandbag that he hadn't brought for many days.

This morning, Duan Wuji was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, when suddenly Chai Shao barged in on his horse.

Duan Wuji immediately stopped practicing martial arts when he saw it, and walked over with a smile.

"Brother Chai, why are you free today? Come on, come on, please come to the room quickly. Brother Chai, don't leave today, stay at my house for a few more days."

Chai Shao laughed and said, "I've been very busy recently, so I don't have any time, but no matter how busy I am, I still have to come here today.

Hey, brother, do you know what I'm doing here today? "

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"How do I know this? Brother Chai, what's the matter with you?"

Chai Shao laughed and said, "Brother, the money from our horse sale has been paid, and today I specially sent you money."

Duan Wuji was overjoyed.

"Really? Brother Chai, this is a great joy! This year's money came down really fast! Brother Chai, please come to the house."

Chai Shao waved his hand.

"Brother, forget it, the money cart will arrive in a while, let's stay in the yard for a while."

Duan Yanqing also came out of the house when he heard voices in the courtyard.

Seeing this, Duan Wuji grabbed his father's hand and said softly: "Father, you can quietly call my brother over, the money cart will arrive in a while, tell him to unload the money.

Tell him, don't make a fuss about it! "

Duan Yanqing nodded after listening.

"Well, I know about that."

After finishing speaking, Duan Yanqing walked out quietly, and after a short time, Duan Changsheng followed his father and walked in with a smile.

Duan Changsheng looked at Chai Shao and said hello. Several people were chatting in the yard. After a short time, the silver cart arrived. Forty soldiers armed with long guns followed the silver cart to the left and right to protect it.

Duan Wuji saw that there were twenty carts transporting silver. Duan Wuji looked at Chai Shao and asked with a smile: "Brother Chai, how much money is this?"

"How much silver? It's a total of 20 taels. You can share the silver with them."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Chai, you have treated our family as a silver bank, and I don't know how to count, but you brought all the money here and asked me to divide it. It's really embarrassing for me."

Duan Wuji Niutou said to Duan Changsheng: "Brother, hurry up to Duanjiaji and ask them both to come over, and we will settle the money after dividing the money."

After hearing this, Duan Changsheng immediately turned around and ran out. It wasn't long before Duan Changsheng led Tie Niu and his four brothers there.

Duan Wuji looked at them and said: "Our money for selling horses has all come down, let's divide it up today.

This time we have a total of 30 taels of silver, and we can get about 150 taels of silver. However, it should be less than 30 taels to 50 taels. I guess the government should not be so generous. It can give [-] taels less. Not bad.

When I came back this time, Brother Chai advanced another 500 taels, plus the cost of renting the place where the horses were kept and the money for buying fodder, how could I spend money?

Let me calculate the cost of 3000 taels of silver for him.

Let's do it this way, the three of us will give him a total of 2000 taels of silver. My family is a big stock, and my family will pay 1000 taels of silver.

Brother Tieniu, your family should pay 500 taels of silver. Brother Changqing, the three of you should also pay [-] taels of silver.

As for the fee of 200 taels of silver, let's not give it to him, let him suffer a small loss.

Brother Chai, do you think you are satisfied with my distribution? "

Chai Shao laughed and said, "Brother, your calculations are really accurate! Well, that is indeed the case.

Brother, just distribute according to your plan. "

Duan Wuji jumped on the silver cart, first took out 1000 taels of silver and handed it to Chai Shao.

"Brother Chai, this is the money I owe you, please keep it."

Seeing this, Tieniu and the others ran over one after another, jumped into the car to help Duan Tianji's family unload the money, and the surrounding soldiers threw their spears and came to help. The ten cars of money were unloaded in a short amount of time. .

Then, everyone helped move the money into the house together. After moving all the money, Duan Wuji took out 100 taels of silver and rewarded the soldiers who helped.

Tieniu also jumped on the silver cart, took 500 taels of silver from the one-jin cart and handed it to Chai Shao.

"Brother Chai, here is the 500 taels of silver I owe you, take it."

When Duan Changqing saw it, he took 500 taels of silver from the car and handed it to Chai Shao.

Duan Wuji was just about to follow the remaining silver carts to unload the silver, when Tie Niu saw him and waved his hand.

"Brother, forget it, don't go there, is it too much effort to unload this little money?
You'd better stay and talk to Chai Taige for a while, and by the way, you can discuss our next horse sale, so that we can recruit together when the time comes, and we will unload the money in a while. Come together, you wait here for us. "

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Okay, okay! Then I won't go there. Normally it won't take much effort to unload this little money. Go ahead."

Tie Niu and the others took the silver cart and left, Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Brother Chai, I'm fine now, follow me into the West Wing Room for a while, let's have a good talk."

Chai Shao tied the horses in the yard, followed Duan Wuji into the West Wing, and the two sat on the kang and chatted.

Chai Shao looked at Duan Wuji and said, "Brother, when are you going to do the next business?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "I plan to leave in ten days or eight days. This is the first time we sell horses to Shandong. I can't guarantee that we will make a profit from this sale! Brother Chai, are you willing to throw away the horses?" 5000 taels of silver?"

Chai Shao listened and said with a smile: "Brother, why should I worry about you doing business? I don't blame you if I lose my brother, I only blame my brother for my bad luck."

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Well, that's fine. I've made it clear to Nayelu and his son this time. This time we'll only try to sell [-] horses. If it works, let's continue. If it doesn't work, we'll stop immediately and pay a few thousand. None of us can hurt a muscle or a bone for two silver coins.

Whatever we do, we'd better be on the safe side.

Brother Chai, this time I plan to get a cart of porcelain and try it out. If it works, we will have another profitable business in the future. Do you think this will work? "

After hearing this, Chai Shao thought for a while and said, "What's the point? Let's try it. If it doesn't work, we won't lose much. If it works, let's sell some porcelain."

Don't worry, brother, I support you in this matter.After I got back, I went to change the porcelain, trying to find the cheapest source.

Let's see if we are lucky this time. "

In a short time, Tie Niu led Duan Changqing and his three brothers over.

Duan Wuji saw it and said with a smile: "Brothers, you have become rich again this time, and now you are all rich people. This is really a happy event!"

Tie Niu laughed and said: "It's true that all four of our brothers have become rich, but no matter how rich we are, we dare not compare with you! You alone are worth four of our brothers, and you are really rich. You are brother!

The four of us are just your subordinates, and we follow you just to earn a few small money. "

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Brother Tieniu, you earned more than 4 taels this time. Is this a small amount? Isn't your appetite too big?"

Tieniu grinned when he heard this.

"Brother, brother, what I said is the truth. The prosperity of our Duan family depends on you now. You are the best in martial arts and have the most eyes. You said that we brothers will not follow you to get rich. ah?

Brother, you can lead us to get rich, we brothers will never forget your benefits. "

Duan Changqing also said after hearing this: "Brother, you are the leader of our brothers, and we will follow you in the future. If you have food, our brothers will not be hungry. If you have meat, we will eat it." The brothers also followed suit.

Brothers, do you think I am right? "

Duan Changhong and Duan Changhao also nodded.

"Brother, we two brothers will rely on you from now on, we two brothers will work hard with you from now on, you will take us two brothers from now on!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "You rely on me, who do I rely on? I have to rely on Brother Chai, Brother Chai, you have to pull us in the future!"

Chai Shao listened and said with a smile: "Don't worry, no matter what you do in the future, I will take your brothers with you, isn't it okay? From now on, we will share the blessings and share the difficulties, do you think this is good?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Okay, let's make a deal like this from now on."

Duan Wuji looked at his brothers and said: "Brothers, in another ten and a half months, we should go to sell horses again. This time we will just run for fun. Brother Tieniu, prepare two thousand 500 taels of silver.

Brother Changqing, the three of you brothers should pay a total of 500 taels of silver.

I believe that all the money will be lost, and none of us will be able to hurt our muscles or bones. "

The four brothers listened and nodded.

"Well, brother, we know about this, so don't worry."

At this moment, Wang Jinhua walked in.

"Wuji, ask your buddies to come over for dinner, the food is already served."

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Okay, brothers, now follow me into the house for dinner."

(End of this chapter)