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

Chapter 719 Seven hundred eight: The three handed over the horses smoothly

Duan Changhong looked at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "Brother, didn't you put all the money with me before you left? Why did you get back so much money after going out for a few days!"

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"My few silver coins are not enough to pay the wages of the seventy men you found for me!

The Turkic people looked at us pitifully, didn't they just collect some money for us!

They honor my silver, how can I not want it?
Isn't it!The three of us took it back by the way. "

Duan Changhong laughed out loud.

"Brother, you are too good at speaking, but who would believe what you said!

Someone gave you silver?Do the Turks have such a good heart?
With your words, go home and lie to your son! "

The two of them are just chatting here for nothing!

Tieniu and Chai Shao happily walked over.

"Brother, guess how many horses we got this time!"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said, "Are there ten thousand horses?"

Chai Shao laughed out loud.

"Brother, you really know how to guess! The two of us have counted these horses just now.

These horses are a total of 120 seven, brother, if you say we get these horses back, don’t you say that we will make a fortune again!

If we don't get rich this time, it's really unreasonable. "

Duan Changhong laughed and said: "You have so many horses, how hard it is to carry them on the road!

Just give me some horses.

A few days ago, a few horses died of illness in my army, and now I am worried about how to report them! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Changhong, isn't this a trivial matter! Why don't we just give you 27 horses for free!
You'll be leading those bridle horses in a minute!

That is the mount of those Turkic people!

Every horse is that good horse! "

"Brother, are you really willing to give me so many horses for nothing!"

"Hey! Isn't that a horse that costs more than 1000 taels of silver! This is a trivial matter, such a young master, I can still be the master!

In a while, you can pick 27 horses and take them away. We don't have to worry about taking them away.

There are so many horses, why are there more horses and less horses! "

"Brother, then I will thank you, I will really take you away in a while!"

"Well! Take it away! You have lost a horse in the army, and now you have finally made up for it!"

In a short time, the owner of the store came over with fifty carts of hay.

The horses were already starving, and as soon as the hay was unloaded from the cart, the horses rushed over to grab food.

Duan Wuji said to Duan Changhong: "Brother Changhong, tonight, you can send some soldiers to take care of some horses for us, fetch some water to drink them, and don't let them be thirsty!"

"Brother, don't worry about these things, I'll take care of all these things, brother."

The four chatted a few more gossips, Duan Wuji and the others led the guards back to the inn. After dinner, all the guards went to bed.

These people have long been exhausted from the day after day of running around.

Duan Wuji said to the owner of the inn: "Come tomorrow morning, besides preparing breakfast for us, prepare a dry meal for us!
Tomorrow morning we'll be on our way after dinner. "

The shopkeeper nodded and smiled.

"Don't worry, there's no problem with this, the little old man will do as he pleases."

Seeing that nothing happened, the three of them went back to their room to sleep.

In the morning of the next day, people had an early breakfast, each brought enough dry food, and then began to scramble for the road with the horses.

Duan Wuji settled the shop owner's money and walked out of the house.

Chai Shao looked at Duan Wuji and asked: "Brother, how much money did we spend in the shop these few days?"

"It's not much, it's only 560 taels of silver. It's been going on for several days. Isn't that cheap enough!"

"Then how much silver do we have left now!"

"Well! I guess there is another one thousand two three hundred taels! If we save money, we shouldn't have any major problems in arriving at Luoyang Prefecture, Henan Province!"

"Well! It's okay if there is no problem. If you can't reach Luoyang Mansion, I can bring some money from home when you pass by our Taiyuan Mansion.

Now that I can reach Luoyang Mansion, then I will save trouble. "

The people gathered the two groups of horses together, and the three of them bid farewell to Duan Changhong and the others, and rushed the horses in the direction of Henan.

Along the way, hungry and drinkable, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and after four days, people and horses finally arrived at Taiyuan Mansion.

Duan Wuji said to Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, we are very close to our house now, after camping for a while, you can get back the two good horses we picked!
The two of us are waiting for you here, so come here early tomorrow morning!
When you come back, let's go to Luoyang mansion immediately.

Let's hand over the horses, so we can have a good rest. "

Tie Niu listened and nodded.

Immediately walked over, led the two horses and ran straight to their hometown. This place is only fifty miles away from their hometown!

This herd of more than 2 horses, which inn can accommodate them!

The people had no choice but to park the horses in the field, and asked for food from the inn, and the guys in the inn sent them over.

Carloads of hay also came in a steady stream.

People live in the wild and divide into two shifts to watch over the horses non-stop, and the suffering is beyond words.

That's good too, Duan Wuji and the others saved a lot of shop money!

The next morning, Tieniu came back early.

The three of them led the guards and drove the horses straight to Luoyang City, Henan Province, and then came down.

It was peaceful all the way. After seven or eight days of trekking, people finally arrived at the outskirts of Luoyang city with their horses at around noon.

Chai Shao urged his horse and entered the city. He went to the city to find Li Shimin.

Less than an hour later, Li Shimin rushed over with [-] soldiers!

When Duan Wuji and Chai Shao met, they hurried over to greet them!

Li Shimin jumped off his horse and said with a smile: "Brothers, you are really amazing! I heard from Chai Shao that you sold more than 2 horses this time, which was beyond my expectation!

You said how much money you three have spent!

I thought it would be great if you could sell thousands of horses back!
I didn't expect the three of you to have such strong financial resources!

Brothers, tell me the truth, can the three of you be as rich as a country! "

Duan Wuji smiled wryly after hearing this.

"Second brother! Don't laugh at us, the three of us have borrowed debts, you still don't know about this!
Can the three of us be rich enough to reach the country?Isn't that a joke!

You see, the more than 100 people we recruited, we still owe their wages and have no money to pay them!
To put it bluntly, the three of us are almost dying of poverty!
The three of us have nothing to do now, we just want to sell these horses for a while!

If you don’t believe me, you can ask my brother Chai and my brother Tieniu! "

"Ask them both? What's the difference between not asking!

Don't they both wear a pair of pants with you?

Do you think I'm a fool? "

Duan Wuji blinked his eyes.

"Second brother, what nonsense are you talking about! The three of us obviously wear pants! How can you say that the three of us wear a pair of pants!"

Li Shimin grinned when he heard this.

"Brother, what! You and my brother are pretending to be stupid, right?

Well, let's not talk about these useless things, it's useless to argue about this!

Now that you have sold the horses back to me, I have to accept your horses!

If you don't accept it, you can't justify it!

It's really not easy for the three of you to go to the Turkic country this time!

It's been so long, how can I do it without earning a lot of money!

Come on, count the number of horses for me, and get them to the barracks for me. After I come down, I will train the army horses and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible! "

After listening to the commander's order, these soldiers immediately started to act, and the time was not too long, and the counting of these army horses was finished.

A partial general ran over and bowed to salute.

"Marshal, we have already counted these horses. There are a total of 98 army horses."

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Three virtuous brothers, you are really interesting. You don't even say that you put in a whole number for the horses. How can I pay you for this piecemeal work!"

Chai Shao laughed and said, "You can pay us as much as you want!

We don't want more from you!
Second brother, it's not easy for the three of us to do this small business!

That's suffering and suffering and the fear of life! "

Li Shimin laughed and said: "I, the three brave generals of the Tang Dynasty, went abroad to do business, and if I didn't earn two dollars, it would be too embarrassing to say it!

You have brought back these military horses. Once they form combat effectiveness, this will greatly relieve the pressure on our border defense!

Three virtuous brothers, you may not know it yet!The Naxi Turks have repeatedly attacked our borders recently, and our border residents have suffered heavy losses!

Those Turkic people dispatched 20 to [-] cavalry as soon as they were dispatched. They often attacked our border without a trace, and slaughtered countless soldiers and civilians of our Tang Dynasty!

Damn it, relying on the advantage of the cavalry, these bastards have repeatedly killed my border people and robbed my border people of their property!
When I have trained these troops, I must take revenge on them!

I want to tell them that my Tang Dynasty is not easy to bully! "

Li Shimin said to the general: "You lead the soldiers to get these horses to our camp first, and order the craftsmen to equip them with saddles and stiff ropes as soon as possible. Let's train the horses at once!"

The partial general bowed to Li Shimin and saluted.

"Yes! The last general takes orders!"

After finishing speaking, the general ordered the soldiers to rush their horses back to the barracks.

When Duan Wuji saw that the handover of these horses was completed smoothly, he couldn't help but let out a long breath!

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Three virtuous brothers, let's go, follow me into the city!
Brother, I have to treat you well today!

You have made meritorious service to the country, so what can you do if you don’t invite me! "

Duan Wuji smiled wryly after hearing this: "Second brother! Look, we have handed over all the horses, when will you pay us the silver!"

"Why are you so anxious to pay the money! Can I still owe you money for the horses?"

After hearing this, Chai Shao quickly said: "Second brother! It doesn't matter if you owe us horse money for ten or eight days!

Do you see, the gang of brothers we hired are waiting for us to ask for money!
If we don't send them away, how can we feel at ease? "

"Then how much silver do they need!"

"7000 taels! Why don't you give us 2 taels first, and the three of us will send them away first.

The three of us would be content with them leaving, otherwise, how could the three of us have enough to eat! "

Li Shimin listened and nodded.

"Well! Alright then! Then I'll pay you 2 taels of silver first!

Lest you get angry in a hurry! "

Li Shimin said to a soldier beside him: "You go back to the city immediately on horseback, and first bring 2 taels of silver from my commander's mansion!
We are here waiting for you!

You have to go and come back quickly. "

The soldier got on his horse immediately after receiving the order, beat the horse and ran straight to Luoyang City.

The four sat under the tree while waiting for the silver, while chatting under the tree, and the guards gathered together in twos and threes to wait.

Less than an hour later, the personal soldier came with two carts carrying money.

When Duan Wuji saw him, he waved to the guards.

"Hurry up and unload all the silver from the car, and let's divide the money after counting it!"

When the guards saw that the silver was brought in, they were all invigorated, they unloaded the silver in a hurry, Duan Wuji and the others started to count the number, and they finished counting in a short while.

Then the three of them began to hand out money!Those who followed them to seize the horse for the second time were paid 150 taels of silver each, and the dozen or so people who did not go were paid 50 taels of silver each.

After all these personnel have been dispatched, the 2 taels of silver will be sent out to 880 eight taels of silver!

Finally, all these personnel were dismissed, and these people were all overjoyed when they received the money.

These people greeted the three of them one after another and rode home.

After all these people left, Duan Wuji said with a smile: "We still have about four hundred taels of silver left over from this horse sale.

Isn't there more than 5000 taels of silver on this earth!You two each have 2000 taels of silver, and the rest will belong to me! "

After hearing this, the two unpacked their burdens and wrapped up their share of money.

Duan Wuji also wrapped up the rest of the money.

After the three of them carried their bags, Li Shimin said with a smile: "Three virtuous brothers, let's go! Let's go to the city!
At noon today, I want to take the wind and wash the dust with you. "

The three of them followed Li Shimin into the city, and they walked to the gate of Li Shimin's handsome mansion. The soldiers ran over and took the horses of the four to the yard where they were raised, and fed them with good grass and materials.

Li Shimin led them into his handsome hall, Li Shimin ordered to set up a banquet quickly, and the four of them sat at the table while waiting for the banquet, chatting gossip!
Li Shimin looked at Chai Shao and asked, "Brother, how much money did you spend on horse sales this time?"

Chai Shao laughed and said, "Each of us bet 30 taels of silver.

Brother, why are you asking this! "

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Nothing, so the three of you still earn a lot of money!

Um!Each of you can earn more than one hundred thousand taels of silver, and it will take a few years without any problem!

Now I feel relieved. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "Second brother, when are you going to give us money for the remaining horses!

You give today, or tomorrow!

The three of us brothers have won silver, so we must treat you well! "

Li Shimin smiled and said: "You don't need to invite me, I will invite you first today and then talk about it!
After eating and drinking for a while, brother, let me tell you again!

If you don't eat and drink enough, brother, I won't say that. "

(End of this chapter)