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

Chapter 66 Chapter 66

After the caravan arrived at the settlement, Chai Shao immediately asked the translator who could speak Turkic to inquire about the name of the settlement and whether there were any chariot shops for people to live in.

After waiting for eight hours, Fan Ze, who knew Turkic, ran back.

"Reporting to Officer Chai, this settlement is called Qingcaotan settlement, and the settlement here is controlled by a family named Yelu, and their family has the final say on everything in this place.

In addition, where is there any real carriage and horse shop here?However, there are still tents that the Turkic people are idle.

When I came back, a Turkic man named Zambaixi expressed his willingness to rent two vacant tents to us and provide us with board and lodging.

Mr. Chai, what do you think about this matter? "

Chai Shao listened and looked at Duan Wuji.

"Brother, what do you think about this?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Where is that man named Zhamboxi? Let's ask him to come and discuss the price. We can't just agree to Xili Lake, so as to avoid unexplainable troubles in the future."

The translator who understands Turkic laughed and said, "Brother Wuji, you're really thoughtful, I'll find him for you."

"Well, there's no need to look for it, I'm here by myself."

I saw a Turkic man in his fifties speaking half-baked Chinese.

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Old man, so you know Chinese? Then this matter will be easy to handle.

Old man, come, come, come, let's discuss the rent of this tent, so as not to be unclear in the future. "

The old man came to Duan Wuji with a smile.

"Young man, I have been to your Han area 20 years ago, and I know something about your local customs.

After staying for a long time, I also learned a few words of Chinese.Young man, go, get the goods to my house, and I will help you with these goods. "

Duan Wuji smiled slightly.

"Okay, old man. But let's talk about the rent for going to your house to avoid any unpleasant things in the future."

"The rent is easy to talk about. My two tents have been idle all the time. You don't rent them and no one lives in them. I just went to chat with the old man and save me from being lonely.

Are you not cloth dealers?How about this, no matter how long you stay with me, just leave me five pieces of cloth when you leave.As for food?You just eat with me, and you don’t have to pay for food. Anyway, old man, I killed twelve cows, nine horses, and thirty or forty sheep this year. You can’t eat all these things. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Since the old man said so, well, let's drive the carriage to the old man's house."

Duan Wuji whispered to the translator who knew Turkic: "Take four people there and see if you can buy a few barrels of wine back."

After hearing this, Chai Shao immediately took out a piece of silver and handed it over.

"Hey, buddy, see if I can buy some other snacks to take back with me."

The old Turkic man laughed and said, "The tent selling wine is in a yellow tent in the central area. I'll take you there, otherwise you might not be able to find it in a short time."

As he said that, the Turkic led a few people to buy wine.

Duan Wuji pulled Chai Shao to his side and whispered: "Brother Chai, remember, the price of our cloth will be doubled, brother Tieniu, do you remember this?"

The two were taken aback.

"Wuji, why is that?"

After hearing this, Duan Wuji smiled coldly and said: "This is the way of doing business. Didn't we spend a thousand eight taels of silver for this little cloth, then let's say that we spent twenty thousand silver, did you hear clearly?"

Everyone nodded.

"Well, we all remember this. I guarantee that there will be no mistakes."

The time was not long, a few people came back carrying several barrels of wine, Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Old man, you should lead the way ahead, let's go, let's go."

The old man led the group of people straight to a clearing in the northwest corner.At a place more than 100 meters away from the residential area, five tents surrounded a two-acre yard, and the carriage owner drove the carriage into it.

The owner of the car frantically unloaded the horse and tied it to a stake in the yard.

Duan Wuji smiled and asked: "Old man, do you have any fodder here? Get some to feed these horses."

"Well, yes, it's in the biggest tent, take it with you."

After hearing this, Chai Shao nodded to the car owners, and they immediately understood, and immediately went to carry the hay from the tent.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Old man, let's go, let's go to the house and drink."

Duan Wuji winked at Chai Shao, and Chai Shao immediately understood what it meant.

Chai Shao took the old man's hand and said: "Old man, let's go, let's get paid. Let's have a few bowls of him tonight."

The old Turkic man laughed loudly after hearing this: "Okay, okay, let's get paid right away. You have traveled such a long way, you must have been exhausted long ago, eat something and rest early."

As he spoke, the Turkic old man took the lead and walked towards a tent.After entering the tent, the old man lit a fire immediately, and drinking smoke rose from the tent immediately.

Then, the old man put the big pot on the stove, and brought a big wooden basin of meat from another tent and put it into the pot. After a short time, the meat in the pot was hot.

Zambaixi looked at the crowd with a smile and said, "Come on, come on, sit down, let's all drink together."

Chai Shao saw it and said with a smile: "There are only three of us who can drink, the rest of us can't drink, and we don't need anyone who can drink."

"Really, it seems that your management is strict enough. Well, caravans should be like this. Since you don't know how to drink, then you can eat meat and rest when you are full."

Everyone was not polite after hearing this, and they fished meat from the pot to eat.

Duan Wuji glanced at Duan Changhong and the others and said with a smile: "Three brothers, hurry up and eat, and work harder after eating, the three of you will immediately understand what's going on."

The three nodded.

"Brother, don't worry, with the three of us here, everything will be safe."

Duan Wuji nodded and did not speak.

The old Turkic man smiled and said: "Who among you can drink? Sit down and drink. Come on, let's drink a big bowl of him first."

Duan Wuji pulled the iron bull with his hand. "Brother Tieniu, sit down quickly."

The four of them sat on the ground in a small circle, and then drank bowl after bowl of wine.

The four chatted while drinking.

Chai Shao looked at the old man Zambaixi and asked, "Old man, why are you alone at home? Is there no one else at home?"

The old man laughed and said, "Why not? I also have a son, a daughter-in-law, and a 14-year-old grandson."

"What about them? Why didn't you see them?"

The old man smiled and said: "The three of them are grazing in the pasture in winter, and they come back to see me every thirty or forty days. No, the three of them have only been away for five days.

Their tents are all empty, you live in whatever you want.I live in this tent, old man. "

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Old man, didn't you say you want to help us sell goods?

May I ask the old man, what means do we use to sell it? "

The old man laughed and said, "Let me ask you, how much are your eight carts worth?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "To tell you the truth, we made a total of 2 taels of silver.

Our size is a total of six shares. "

The old man smiled wryly.

"Your goods are worth too much silver. If I want to sell tens of thousands of taels of silver, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult. Think about it, how can there be so much silver in a settlement of more than 1 people?

Well, if you want to deal with these goods quickly, unless you use barter transactions.

Otherwise, I am afraid it will be difficult to sell all of them at once. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Old man, we don't plan to make much money this time, as long as we can keep our capital.

Well, if we use the method of barter to conduct transactions, then we only need horses, not cattle and sheep.

Old man, do you think this is okay? "

The old man laughed out loud.

"Young man, you are smart enough to know that cattle and sheep are not as easy to carry as horses. Okay, horses are horses. What more do you want?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "We only want young horses that can run fast, but we don't want young horses."

"Well, that young horse is not worth much, but this horse is even more valuable.

Young people, you don't know that one scorpion can be exchanged for two scorpions, what do you want these scorpions for? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "What are you doing? You took it back to the cultivated land. After all, this horse is not as strong as a horse's egg. We sell it back and just buy it. What's the use of that horse?"

The Turkic old man laughed out loud.

"Since you want that dishonest bastard, this matter will be easy to deal with. I will tell the folks tomorrow to see who has that fast running bastard. I will collect a few hundred for you." Match it."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Old man, how much is a horse on the grassland now?"

"How much? Every good horse is worth eight or nine taels of silver."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Old man, how about this, I will give you ten taels of silver for each horse, and the extra silver will be yours.

As the saying goes, do you do business? After all, in business, you get three cents of the money. This is called everyone earning money together. Old man, do you think so? "

The Turkic old man laughed out loud.

"Young man, you are really sensible. Since you said that, then don't worry about the rest. If your goods are good, I can get you hundreds of horse eggs. It's not a problem.

Alright, I'll run around for you tomorrow. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Okay, then I'll leave it to you, but, old man, listen carefully, we only want fast horses, we don't want slow ones."

"Well, I know that, when I was picking out the assholes, I made your conditions clear to them.

If you think any horse is not good, can you pick them out?
Don't worry, old man, I have seen countless horses. I can see which horse runs fast at a glance. Let these horses pass me the next day. "

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Brother Tieniu, first get a couple of tea leaves from our car, let the old man try it first."

After hearing this, Tieniu ran out immediately, and within a short time, Tieniu came in with two packs of tea leaves.

Duan Wuji handed the tea to Zambaixi.

"Old man, this is a gift from me, how about you try this tea first?"

"How dare I accept such an expensive gift from you? It's impossible."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Old man, you are too polite, isn't it just three or five taels of silver? What's the big deal?
Besides, don't we think we can still make deals in the future?How can it be so discreet?

Old man, if you are willing to make us this friend, then you can put him away. "

The old man laughed and put away the tea leaves.

Duan Wuji and Chai Shao looked at each other, then stood up.

"Old man, take a rest, we should also go to rest, see you tomorrow."

With that said, the three stood up.Withdrew from Zambaixi's big tent.

(End of this chapter)