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

Chapter 944 930 Three: Complete the mission, Promise harvests Cordyceps ([-])
Under the command of Songtsan Gampo, the people in the palace began to pack the caterpillar fungus, and seven or eight maids sewed up the mouth of the bag filled with the caterpillar fungus.

The work was carried out in an orderly manner, and it was all done in just one meal.

Then began to weigh the scales, Duan Wuji and Li Jing kept accounts respectively, and the Tieniu was watching the scale closely.

After weighing, add them one by one, and the total weight of these Cordyceps is 250 jin. If the 210-jin bag is removed, the total weight of these Cordyceps is [-] jin.

Calculated at 50 taels of silver per catty, the total silver is 16 taels.

Duan Wuji took out the 100 yuan gold brick that he brought.

"Eldest prince, let's see the count! This is a total of 100 gold bricks, and each gold brick is 16 taels. After you check it out, go through the scale and weigh it!
We are still short of 500 taels of silver from you, Brother Li, didn’t we bring 3000 taels of silver with us when we came out? We didn’t spend much on this journey, so why don’t you take out 500 taels of silver and pay him first! "

Li Jing nodded after hearing this, and immediately opened the bag and put the 500 taels of silver on the ground.

Songtsan Gampo looked at the gold and silver with joy.

He looked left and right at the gold and silver until he found that there was no problem at all, and then ordered someone to bring over a small scale. Songtsan cadres weighed the gold piece by piece, and when he found that there was no problem, He just collected all the gold.

He also checked the silver very carefully, and when there was no problem with the check, he put it away one by one.

The eldest prince ordered people to get the gold and silver into the silver treasury and put them away. He also ordered ten good horses to put the caterpillar fungus on them one by one, and then ordered the soldiers to tie the cordyceps into the bags with rope It's ready!

After everything was tidied up, Duan Wuji and the others bowed their hands to the eldest prince!

"Prince, we are leaving now, if there is a chance, let's meet again!"

The eldest prince Songtsan Gampo smiled slightly.

"Guys, go on your way.

I wish you all a safe journey. "

Tieniu led the way in the front, Short Wuji was in the rear, Li Jing and Zhang Gongjin guarded from left to right, this team left the capital and ran straight to the east.

Not far from the capital, there is a restaurant run by Turpan people, which is selling cooked meat!

When Duan Wuji saw this, he reined in the horse.

"Brother Li Jing, brother Gongjin, go in and buy something to eat!

There are more than 20 of us, and it is enough to buy food for more than a day.

Brother Tieniu, the two of them don't know what to say, so follow them too!

After buying things, we ate while we were on the road.

These horses must not be able to walk too fast with such a heavy load on their backs.

I'm afraid we'll have to stay in the wild tonight. "

After hearing this, the three of them immediately drove towards the big restaurant.

After a short time, the three of them brought back the meat they had bought.

Duan Wuji saw them and asked: "How much meat did you buy from them?"

Tieniu said with a smile: "We wrapped his meat, and the meat cost 25 taels of silver.

One tael of silver buys twelve catties of meat, so the total is more than three hundred catties of meat! "

Tieniu shouted loudly: "Brothers, come and get the meat!

Each of us has a dozen catties of meat, and it will be cleared after the division is over.

Let's sit on the horse and eat while we are on our way. "

These soldiers have no choice but to obey the orders of the officials.

Everyone was gnawing on the meat while rushing on the road. Now this army has become a caravan.

The speed of this team is not slow, but there is no way to compare it when riding lightly and alone.

After all, there are so many animals carrying goods.

When the sun goes down, this caravan will only walk 250 miles away.

Duan Wuji and the others had no choice but to find a leeward valley and camp.

The soldiers unloaded all the goods, and let all the horses graze the wild grass around the ravine.

People sat on the ground and ate cold meat, and there was no way to talk about the hard work.

In the morning of the next day, people left early, and the cold overnight had already froze them to death.

People didn't care about eating, they put the goods on the horses, and immediately set off on the road. After walking seventy or eighty roads, people regained their strength.

It was almost noon when Duan Wuji and the others arrived at Zabbasi's house.

After the gatekeeper went in to report, Zabbasi came out to greet him.

Zabbasi blinked his eyes and saw that Duan Wuji and the others had delivered a cargo of ten horses.

Zabbasi asked in surprise: "I said Mr. Duan, you have paid a deposit for all the goods here, why are you still shipping the goods back from the capital?

Let me tell you, no, I, Zabashi, don’t keep my word. If you don’t want my goods, I won’t refund the deposit you paid.

We are talking about business now, and businessmen must talk about credibility. "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this: "Master Zabbasi, when did we say we don't want your goods anymore!

If we don't want your goods, we won't pay you the deposit. "

"Yeah, since you guys haven't changed, that's great.

Master Duan, I'm really sorry, I was overthinking just now.

Mr. Duan, everyone, let's go, please come inside quickly, you have walked for such a long time, you should also take a good rest. "

These people still went back to the Xikua courtyard. To be honest, these people didn't have a good rest last night, and they are tired now.

After entering the Xikuayuan, Li Jing commanded the soldiers to control all the Cordyceps carried on horseback.

Then all the horses were taken away by Zabashi's servants.

Since the goods were already in stock, Duan Wuji arranged for Zhang Gongjin and Li Jing to take the guards to change shifts, for fear of any accidents!

Zaba looked at the mountains of goods and asked Duan Wuji, "I said Mr. Duan, I think this little goods are much more than mine!

Why do you have such a big appetite! "

"It's not easy to go back without buying more goods? It's not easy for us to come all the way."

"Prince Duan, is my supply enough?

If it's not enough, how about I charge you more? "

"It's okay to charge more, but I'm afraid it's too late, and we should go back today."

"My old friend, this won't waste your time. I just need to arrange for the servants to deliver the letter, and they will send the goods in a while."

"Well, that's fine too. But you can't charge too much, we don't have the money to pay you if it's too much, and it's okay to charge another five hundred and six hundred catties."

Zabbasi was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately ordered several servants to ride out on fast horses.

Duan Wuji looked at Zabbasi and said: "I said Master Zabbasi, it's not too late now, just get your goods out, we can live with it.

When the transaction is completed, we will be on our way in a while! "

"Okay, then I will arrange it now, and we will complete the transaction in a while."

Zabbasi said to the servants at home: "Hurry up and get the caterpillar fungus out of our house, and let them inspect the goods. After the inspection is over, let's pack the bags."

As soon as Zabbasi gave the order, the servants of the family immediately took action.

Bags of Cordyceps fell onto a piece of felt.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu gathered around the pile of Cordyceps and began to inspect the goods. After inspecting the goods, Duan Wuji nodded.

"Well, the goods are okay, let's pack the bags now.

Once the bag is packed, it will be weighed. "

While the bags were being packed, the servants at home brought in several serf owners, each of whom had a dozen or so servants.

Each of these servants carried a large bag.

Duan Wuji knew that these people were all here to hand over Cordyceps to Zabasi.

These people greeted Zabbasi, and when Zabbasi finished packing the bags with the fungus, Zabbasi immediately ordered the maid at home to sew the packed bags with needles and threads.

Then began to weigh, this little Cordyceps weighs 550 jin.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "You packed eighty bags in total, each bag is half a catty! This is a total of 510 catties of caterpillar fungus.

Okay, now you start to collect their Cordyceps, and I will give you a piece to settle the score for you. "

Zabbasi looked at Duan Wuji and said: "I said to Mr. Duan, you can watch and collect these caterpillar fungus. I don't care how much the catty is, as long as there is a number in the end, it will be fine."

Duan Wuji smiled slightly when he heard this, and then said to Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, I leave this job to you.

When collecting caterpillar fungus, you must let them weigh it higher, and you must not do it if the scale is lower. The cordyceps should be stricter, if you find a problem, you may not accept it, or give them less weight, in short Let's not suffer too much.

Our goods are almost finished, and it doesn't matter if there is more or less.

These things are called dead on the street. "

"Brother, don't worry.

See if I can't kill them. "

Duan Wuji smiled slightly.

Then he just sat on the side and didn't make a sound. That iron ox is picky in every possible way, trying to find faults in every possible way.

Now this Cordyceps is indeed not very easy to sell, and these serf owners have no choice but to recognize their heads.

After harvesting the caterpillar fungus, Tieniu smiled and said to Zabbasi: "The caterpillar fungus has been harvested, and this is 790 catties in total."

Zha Brazil stood up, looked at Tieniu and said with a smile: "I said, brother, you are too good at business.

Your means of doing business are much better than mine. "

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Master Brazil, don't talk nonsense.

Hurry up and order them to pack the bags and sew the mouth shut.

Don't you have these numbers?

Come on, let's settle the score and see how much we owe you. "

Abbasi laughed and said, "Isn't that a good idea? This amount of Cordyceps weighs [-] catties, isn't it?"

Three five one fifteen, three five one fifteen, this is a total of 16 taels of silver, you paid me 5000 taels of gold, which is 200 taels of silver.

You still owe me 14 taels of silver. If you give me gold, it should be 5000 taels of gold. There should be nothing wrong with that! "

Duan Wuji turned his head and said to Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, you can give him the gold bricks, a total of 450 taels of gold should be given to him."

Tieniu took out 91 gold bricks and handed them to Zabbasi.

"You count the number, and if you have too much, you can give me silver!"

Zhabaxi saw that there were gold bricks in Tie Niu's baggage, and he was very envious.

"My God! You have paid so much gold, and now there is so much left.

You are too rich!

I have never seen a rich person like you. "

Zabbasi weighed in and said, "This gold is 450 taels, and I will give you another 600 taels of silver!
In this way, our account will be settled. "

Zabbasi took all the gold into the house, and gave 600 taels of silver to Tieniu.

Tieniu collected 100 taels of silver and packed it, then said with a smile: "Brother Li, you can put away the remaining 500 taels of silver.

That's our travel expenses given by the emperor, let's spend those on the way! "

Li Jing also put away the 500 taels of silver.

Duan Wuji saw that the transaction was completed, and said to Zabbasi with a smile: "Hurry up and get us sixteen horses, and put these caterpillar fungus on them for me.

We'll be on our way in a while! "

Zabbasi laughed and said, "I said Mr. Duan, you see the sun is already in the west, why don't you stay with me for one night before leaving."

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"We won't be staying here. We'd better hurry back while there's still an hour or two left."

You can put [-] to [-] catties of goods on this horse, and you can put some feed on the rest of the horses.

Zabbasi smiled slightly.

Then he shouted to the servants at home: "Master Duan has ordered just now, you quickly bring out sixteen horses for him, put all these goods on the horses for them, and then get them six hundred catties of feed Come out, load them with horses, and let them go on the road early!"

The servants obeyed the order and went immediately.

Duan Wuji turned his head and said to Li Jing: "Hurry up and ask them to bring out our horses and load up our goods. I think we should leave quickly!"

When Li Jing and Tieniu saw Duan Wuji's order, they immediately pulled out all their horses, loaded them with goods, tidied them up and walked out from Zhaxi.

Duan Wuji and the others bid farewell to Za Brazil and the others, and ran eastward all the way.

While walking, Zhang Gongjin complained: "Look at this time, why should we stay at Ze Brazil's house for one night before leaving?

I'm afraid he's staying outside again?
Alas, it seems that my old Zhang is really suffering! "

Li Jing and Li Yaoshi gave him a hard look.

"I said brother, you should complain less.

Don't even think about it, is it safe to stay in his house with so many of our goods?

I'm afraid Prince Duan also meant the same thing.

Do you think other people are stupid than you? "

After hearing what Li Jing said, Zhang Gongjin didn't dare to say anything.

The team walked forward for about an hour, and the sun was almost setting.

Duan Wuji ordered Li Jing and Zhang Gongjin to bring back [-] catties of cooked beef from three restaurants and distribute them to everyone.

While gnawing on the beef, everyone hurried forward, and after a while they reached the edge of the dam.

After they got out of the dam, it was dark soon.

They found a ravine, put the goods on the horses, let the horses gnaw the grass freely, and the people gnawed the beef. Except for the five soldiers on duty, the rest of the personnel fell into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)