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

Chapter 226 210 Fifth Caravan Returns to Taiyuan Successfully

The two followed the old prince to the outside of the courtyard to have a look, ho!I saw dozens of people moving money from the warehouse to the yard.

People were coming and going, the old manager and another royal official were watching in the yard.

I saw that the silver in the white flowers was neatly piled up, and it neatly filled the small half of the yard.

Duan Wuji felt dizzy for a while, and thought: Why so much money?My dear, I'm going back now, how long will it take?

After I go back, now I have to stay for a while and practice martial arts well. I can't delay this effort just to make money!

Duan Wuji Niutou said to Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, you can call Brother Changqing and the three of them over, don't let us be so busy here, but they are so idle."

The old prince laughed and said: "The horse dealer also has their shares?"

Duan Wuji smiled.

"That is, several of my older brothers all have shares, and the Wang family is a thousand years old. You said that this is a chance to fight for money. How can you not bring your buddies to make a fortune together?

As the saying goes, a flower blooming alone is not spring, only a thousand purples and reds are spring, the Wang family is a thousand years old, do you think I am right? "

"Well, are you quite knowledgeable, kid?
Hey, Promise, this time you raised the flag and it's long, didn't you say set up a few tables to invite people?You two just sneaked away without making a sound?How embarrassing would it be to spread the word?

Those who know say that you two are informal, but those who don't know must say that the Shanxi people are stingy, and they are so stingy and can't bear to be so stingy. "

Duan Wuji rolled his eyelids.

"I said the Wang family is a thousand years old. Do you think our brothers are the ones who pick and choose? Isn't it just spending two small coins? What's so great about it? I will have silver later, and I will leave you 1000 taels Yinzi, you old man will help me to treat my colleagues to a meal.

I will not discuss this matter myself. "

The old prince laughed when he heard this.

"Okay, then Ben Wang will be the host. I'll settle this matter for you."

At this moment, Tieniu led his three brothers over. The three of them first greeted the old prince, and then happily watched the soldiers move money into the yard.

The three of them looked at the money in the yard, and their hearts were already full of joy.

In a short time, all the money was moved. The old prince looked at the white money and sighed and said: "Oh, I didn't expect that so much white money will belong to you. Alas, this king is really a little I'm not reconciled!"

Duan Wuji's heart trembled when he heard this, and he said to himself: This old bastard, don't use some kind of crooked doctrine to plot against us, wouldn't it be a disaster?

Duan Wuji hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Children of the Wang family, you don't know that when we bought these horses, we also spent a lot of money. Don't look at the money, but it's not much in our hands. .”

After hearing this, the old prince said with a smile: "Don't bullshit me, the money is what I should pay you, and how much you earn has nothing to do with me.

Don't worry, my lord, I won't be a little jealous just because you earn a lot of money. "

After hearing this, Duan Wuji was a little relieved.

Duan Wuji looked at Duan Changqing and his three brothers and said: "The money is all settled, let's count them all.

Brother Changqing, the three of you are better educated than me, so you have to count carefully! "

"No problem, let's count five brothers one by one, so as not to make any mistakes in time."

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Brothers, you four should count. Brother, I don't know a few big characters, and I don't know what a word is when the pole is upside down. I might as well stop counting."

Duan Changqing listened and nodded.

"Well, Brother Tieniu, you can just sit there and rest for a while, let's see the four of us."

After several people finished counting, Duan Changqing asked Duan Wuji loudly: "Brother, we have exactly 50 horses, and each horse is calculated at 40 taels of silver. Shouldn't this be 44 taels of silver? Why is the money in this yard so expensive?" More than 6000 taels?
What the hell is going on here?
Could it be that the old prince rewarded us with more than 4 taels? "

Backer Wang Yanglin laughed when he heard Duan Changqing's question.

"The question this young man asked is really interesting! I rewarded him with more than 4 taels of silver? Do you think this king is that fool? No matter how much silver this king has, I wouldn't just hit a duck's head with money, right?
Wuji, Tieniu, you two brothers are really interesting, why don't you tell your brothers about such a big happy event?
Let me tell you, the more than 4 taels of silver was won by Wuji and Tieniu in a bet with my civil and military officials, you should know by now, right? "

"Ah? I won so much betting! Brother Tieniu and Brother Wuji, congratulations!

It seems that the God of Wealth also likes to fill the old hills with soil! "

The old prince laughed and said, "Didn't the two of them tell you? The two of them are officials now, and they are now the bannermen of my prince's subordinates."

"Ah? Do you still have such a good thing? Then why don't you two brothers talk to our brothers?"

Duan Wuji said with a smile after hearing this: "Our brothers are fake officials, and we only have a waist card. They don't get paid and have no real power. We brothers are embarrassed to say this, for fear that you will laugh at us. both."

Duan Changqing smiled wryly after hearing this: "How dare our three brothers laugh at you? Even a false official is better than nothing!

Hey, my lord, what level of official position is this banner chief?Can you tell us about it? "

The old prince smiled and said, "This flag commander is a mid-level officer. Do you want to talk about the rank? It is the fourth-rank flag commander. If a military officer of this level is in the countryside, he is quite a person of status."

"Ah? So it's a fourth-rank official? Isn't that higher than the county's grand master?"

"County magistrates are generally of the seventh rank, so can these fourth rank flag leaders be taller than him?
Boy, just follow them from now on, I believe it will benefit you in the future. "

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Brother Tieniu, you see we have raised the flag too long, let's take out 1000 taels of silver as a treat, I just talked to Wang Chitose, now I want to say hello to you Bar."

"Brother, you can just decide this matter, so why tell me?"

As he spoke, Tieniu counted out 6000 taels from the pile of more than 1000 taels of silver and handed them to the soldiers beside him.

"This is 1000 taels, order some."

The old prince smiled.

"Well, don't order it, just put it away."

The old prince saw that the silver had been counted, and quickly ordered loudly: "Hurry up and call a car from outside, and load all the silver into the car.

Hey, Wuji, do you still want me to send someone to escort you this time? "

"My lord, look at so much money, there are only a few dozen of us, I still feel a little weak in this way, why don't you send me some escorts?"

"Well, that's fine. I'll tell Xiao Cao'er in a while, and ask him to pick a few escorts for you in the camp. It's okay, Wuji, don't let the brothers run away with you for nothing. You should pay a small amount of money. Give me a couple of bucks.

Otherwise, who wants to take this risk for no reason? "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"My lord, don't worry, the subordinates know about this."

"Well, it's good to know. I'll ask Xiao Cao'er to find you when it gets dark."

In a short time, the 44 carts of silver were ready. Duan Wuji and Tie Niu picked up the 5000 taels of silver on the ground and carried them on their backs.

Several people returned to the inn with the silver cart.

Now Duan Wuji is in a beautiful mood, that Tie Niu is also smiling!

When the sun turned west, Cao Qiubao rode over.

Cao Qiubao met Duan Wuji and they smiled and said, "Brother, tell me, how many people do you need this time?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said, "Brother Cao, how about finding 44 people for me? We only want those who can fight and are obedient."

Cao Qiubao nodded.

"No problem, I'll bring them over in a moment."

After finishing speaking, Cao Qiubao rode away immediately.

Time was short, and Cao Qiubao led 44 people on horseback as expected.Duan Wuji recruited all the personnel, and then mixed all the personnel and divided them into two groups, each with more than 50 people, one group was led by Tieniu, and Duan Changqing and Duan Changhong were his assistants.

The other team was led by Duan Wuji, with Cao Qiubao and Duan Changhao as assistants.

Everyone was fine on the first night on duty, and the night passed without incident.

In the morning of the next day, people ate breakfast early, and then the team set off in a mighty way.

Duan Wuji couldn't help smiling when he saw that all the soldiers were wearing the clothes of ordinary people.

The speed of the team moving westward was very fast. By noon, it was about [-] miles away when people came out. Duan Wuji found an inn for a quick check-in, and then the team continued westward.

Along the way, the team was hungry for food and drink, and stayed overnight at Xiaoxing. After nearly ten days of careful progress, the team finally arrived at Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province on this day.

Duan Wuji's hanging heart was finally let go, Duan Wuji called Duan Changhao over and said: "Brother Changhao, hurry up and go to Chai's mansion, tell that big brother Chai to bring a few more people to meet us. "

After Duan Changhao urged his horse, he immediately hit the horse and ran straight in the direction of Taiyuan City and ran down.

Two hours later, I saw that Chai Shao came to meet him with twenty men carrying big guns.

(End of this chapter)