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

Chapter 174 Chapter 160
Everyone was about to end the meeting and go home, Duan Changqing smiled and said: "Everyone, don't leave today, our brothers and sisters will invite everyone to a banquet at noon today.

This horse sale, the three of us each earned more than 1 taels of silver. If we don’t let everyone have a meal, it can’t be justified.

Today, the three of us set up five tables of banquets together. Let's have a meal with all the staff today. "

All the people were overjoyed when they heard that, and they all helped arrange the oranges on the table in the yard.

Not long after, the waiter from the restaurant came in carrying the food box. Everyone started to work together. After a while, several tables of banquets were set up, and everyone sat down one after another. Everyone picked up their chopsticks and started eating.

Duan Wuji's family of three sat at the same table with Tie Niu's family.

The men, women and children of the third grandfather's family sat at the other four tables. Everyone was polite and picked up chopsticks to eat.

Duan Changqing walked towards Duan Wuji's table, and asked with a smile: "Brother, you see we have been at home for several days, when are we going to sell horses again?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "What's the rush! Can you wait a few more days? You three should stay at home for a few days. During this period, don't waste your time. You should practice your kung fu well.

I guess the tea hasn't been shipped yet, so it's useless for us to go there. "

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Brother, why don't we go to Fucheng one day to have a look, and we'll know how long it takes!"

Duan Wuji nodded and said: "Okay, let's go find me in the morning, let's go there tomorrow."

Tieniu laughed and said, "Okay! Then we'll make a deal. We'll see each other tomorrow."

After lunch, Duan Yanqing led the two sons to leave, and a group of little brothers sent them a long way before returning.

Duan Yingchun walked into her father's room, looked at her father and said: "Dad! You are so tall! Now that kid Wuji doesn't want to pull a cart for us. Who told him to be Where is the future patriarch!"

The third grandpa smiled.

"Welcome to the spring! Go and call Changqing and the other three boys over here. I have something to tell them."

After hearing this, Duan Yingchun turned around and went out. In a short time, Duan Changqing, Duan Changhong and Duan Changhao arrived.

"Grandpa, what's the matter?"

"Changqing, Changhong, Changhao, the three of you are the eldest sons of my family, you are not young at all ages, you have to work hard with your brothers Wuji and the others!

Your Brother Wuji is by no means a thing in the pool, and he will definitely be prosperous in the future. You three boys in our family are the most promising at the moment. You should build a good relationship with your brothers. In the future, I believe that your benefits will definitely be indispensable.

This leaf bird accompanies Luanfeng to fly away, and people accompany virtuous and virtuous people naturally.

Look at your brother Tieniu, who spends a lot of money running around with Wuji all day long. Now their family is richer than ours, you have to learn a little bit about it!

When Niu Tie was young, he was a snotty bastard, who would have thought that he would be so promising!

You guys, don't disappoint your grandfather's thoughts, the future success or failure of our family depends entirely on you.

Grandpa, I'm old now, but I'm not old, and I'm not as capable as Wuji, you guys have to practice martial arts at home these few days, and try to catch up with your brother Tieniu, so I don't worry. "

All three nodded.

"Grandpa, don't worry, the three of us will definitely work hard. If we don't lead our family to prosperity, the three of us vow not to be human."

"Well, that's good, I'm relieved, you three go."

The three of them walked out of the main room, and immediately went back to their small courtyard to practice martial arts.

Duan Yanqing, father and son returned home, and Duan Changsheng immediately went to the west to direct the construction of the house.

Duan Yanqing looked at his youngest son and said: "Boy, what kind of shit luck did you have, you became the patriarch of my Duan clan in a dream, what a surprise!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "I don't care to be the future patriarch. What's the point of managing so many families?"

Duan Yanqing laughed and said: "Boy, you have a lot of appetite. If you don't want to be the head of the clan, maybe you still want to be the head of the county."

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Father, how big is the county magistrate? Isn't he just a seventh-rank county magistrate? What am I supposed to do with such a small fluffy official?"

Duan Yanqing's face sank when he heard this.

"Boy, you are not allowed to care about the county magistrate like this. You know how majestic the county magistrate is! How dare you look down on such a big official? I'm really mad."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "What use do I think of such a small official? Father, let's stop arguing about this, I'm off to practice martial arts."

After speaking, Duan Wuji walked out of the yard.

In the morning of the next day, Duan Wuji came back from a long-distance race, and saw the Tie Niu Jian waiting in the yard.

Duan Wuji walked into the house and had two mouthfuls of food in a hurry, and immediately got on his horse and iron ox and ran straight to the city of Taiyuan.

When they arrived in the city, the two of them first went to the cloth shop for a walk, and the owner of the cloth shop hurriedly greeted them.

"Boss Duan, why are you free to visit the shop today? Come, come, drink tea first."

The three sat at the table drinking tea and chatting.

Duan Wuji looked at the owner of the cloth shop and said: "Boss, we need another 6000 taels of goods within three to five days, please prepare for us in advance.

As for the variety of designs and colors, just follow the colors from last time. Let’s come over to say hello to you today. Are you ready in a few days? "

The owner of the cloth shop thought about it for a while and said: "Well, it will take three days at the earliest. If there is less time, we may not be fully prepared."

"Well, then you should prepare quickly, we will come to pick up the goods when the time comes."

After speaking, the two stood up.

"Boss, take a rest, let's go to another place. Let's see you in a few days."

"Hey, Boss Duan, let's go after eating here."

"No, let's eat together again when we have time."

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji and Tie Niu came out, got on their horses and came straight to the tea shop. When they arrived at the door of the tea shop, they saw that the facade of the tea shop had a new look, and the owner of the tea shop was sitting at the door looking at the street view.

When the owner of the tea shop saw Duan Wuji and the others coming on horseback, he quickly stood up and ran over.

"Brothers, why are you here today? Come, come, please hurry up to the store.

Let's have a meal in the store at noon today. Can we ask Amei and the others to cook southern dishes for us at noon today? "

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"Forget it, brother, we won't eat at your place today, and we'll go to Brother Chai's house to eat later. We have something to discuss with him, so we won't bother you today.

Hey, brother, has the tea come in yet?We will be out of stock in a few days, so don't delay! "

The owner of the tea shop laughed when he heard this.

"You two virtuous brothers, don't miss anything. I've already shipped this matter ahead of time. The tea leaves are already on their way. If I don't expect them to arrive tomorrow, they will arrive the day after tomorrow. Normally, you won't be delayed. "

"Well, that's fine.

Brother, this time you can prepare 4000 taels of silver for us, and we will come to pick it up in a few days.Even if you are notified today. "

"Brother, why are you short of goods this time? Is there something wrong?"

"Nothing went wrong. Everything is normal. It's just that we went to Shandong this time to sell horses. This is our first time to sell horses. We are afraid of any accidents. We dare not do it without our shoulders. We all say that the business is afraid Accompanying is not afraid of making money, this is not false at all!

Who would want to do a loss-making business?Do you think it makes sense? "

"Well, that's, that's, better be careful.

Hey, brother, please drink tea! "

The two drank a few sips and stood up and said, "Brother, rest, we are leaving."

After finishing speaking, the two of them walked out of the shop, got on their horses, and rode straight towards Chaifu.

When they arrived at the gate of Chaifu, the two got off their horses.

Tie Niu said with a smile: "Brother, I'll call the door, you can wait here."

After speaking, Tieniu stepped up the steps.

Tie Niu bowed his hands at the gatekeeper.

"Everyone, how are you! Is Brother Chai in the mansion? We are looking for him."

The gatekeeper saw that the two knew each other.How many times has this happened, can you not recognize me?
"Hey, aren't these two Boss Duan? Why did you come here? My son is in the mansion, you wait here first, I'll go in and report to you."

After finishing speaking, the door official opened the door and ran in. After a short time, Chai Shao came out from inside.

"You two virtuous brothers, since you're here, please come inside."

Chai Shao waved at the door officer.

"Hurry up and feed the horses with good grass and materials, don't neglect."

After hearing this, the gate officer immediately led the horse and walked towards the corner gate.

Duan Wuji and Tieniu followed Chai Shao into the gate and went straight to Chai Shao's residence.

After entering Chai Shao's residence, the two sat at the table, and Chai Shao brought them tea himself.

"You two brothers, please have some tea."

The two picked up the teacups and sipped tea while chatting with Na Chai Shao.

Chai Shao looked at Duan Wuji and Tieniu and said, "My dear brothers, I found the porcelain you wanted.

The price is quite cheap. This is a workshop opened by people from Jiangxi, and the porcelain fired inside is very exquisite.

There are teapots, tea bowls, tea trays and so on. By the way, there are also vases and so on. "

"How much silver does it cost to load a cart of goods? Didn't you ask?"

"I'm asking, it's 150 taels of silver. It won't take much. This time I ordered five carts on my own. Brother, you won't blame me, will you?"

"Brother, what are you talking about? How can we blame you! Hey, brother, how many guards did we find this time?"

Chai Shao laughed and said, "How about we find twenty guards this time? It's useless for me to watch too much."

Duan Wuji smiled after hearing this: "Okay, let's find twenty guards, hey, brother, can we ship the goods in five days?"

"Okay, why can't it work! Let's just talk about it. See you in five days."

After staying for a while, Chai Shao said with a smile: "Brothers, let's eat at our house at noon today! We eat dumplings at noon today, so each of you can have a few big bowls!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Okay! It's better to come by coincidence than to come here. Who let us catch up?"

After a while, the hot dumplings were served.

After the three of them ate, Duan Wuji and Tieniu got up and said goodbye.

"Brother Chai, get busy! We're going back now. See you in a few days."

Chai Shao sent the two of them out of the gate of the mansion, and the gate officer led the horse over.

The two got on their horses, and the two cupped their hands at Chai Shao.

"Brother Chai, go back! We're going home now."

After speaking, the two men slapped the horse's buttocks. The pain was unbearable, the two horses neighed, and ran down the official road.

(End of this chapter)