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

Chapter 947 930 six: Selling Cordyceps again, the two went home
Tieniu followed Duan Wuji back home, only to see that Mingzhu had already set up a large table of food, waiting for them to come back for dinner!
Two people are not welcome, two people sit down and gobble it up!

Princess Mingzhu smiled and said: "I told you two to eat slowly, since no one will compete with you two, why worry about having a meal!

If outsiders saw this, how indecent would you say it is! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "He likes to look good, this is in our house, we brothers don't care about that!

Is this the new son-in-law going to the old man's house, Yaguan!Can Yaguan be eaten? "

Duan Wuji's conversation made Princess Mingzhu run out of words, Princess Mingzhu opened her mouth twice, but she just couldn't say anything.

The two brothers ate and drank until they had finished eating all the food on the big table, and then the two brothers put down their chopsticks.

The two brothers chatted for a while, and Tieniu stood up.

"I said brother, you rest! I should go back to sleep for a while.

This has been going on for such a long time, and we haven't rested yet!
I'll come over to invite you tomorrow morning. Both of us brothers have made a lot of money doing business this time.

This is also the first time for us brothers to make such a big fortune. "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Brother Tieniu, I will be waiting for you tomorrow.

After we return to Beijing, I'm afraid there will be nothing for our buddies. We eat and drink every day, and we will start to enjoy ourselves.

Let's stay at home with him for a few days before we talk!

It’s been several months since we’ve been back, and we’ve all suffered outside, so what if we don’t take good care of it at home? "

Tie Niu listened and nodded.

"Well, what you said makes sense! Then you should rest! Brother, I'm leaving."

After finishing speaking, Tie Niu walked out, Duan Wuji and Princess Mingzhu sent him out of the gate, and then the two came back.

Duan Wuji looked at Princess Mingzhu and said with a smile: "Mingzhu, you should rest! I'll go back to the room and sleep for a while.

I didn't rest all day yesterday, and today I've come to this time again.

To tell you the truth, I'm already exhausted. "

"Well! Then you go to rest! Take care of your body well, but don't get sick."

Duan Wuji went back to the house, covered the quilt and fell asleep.

When Duan Wuji woke up, it was already the next morning.

Princess Mingzhu looked at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "I said you are in charge, you can sleep too well!

I slept for a long time yesterday afternoon, and I couldn't wake you up. I slept all night last night, and I didn't wake up until now.

let's go!Put on your clothes and go eat. After eating, wait for a while, Brother Tieniu should come to you. "

Duan Wuji stretched and sat up, put on his clothes and ate.

In a short time, Tieniu came to call him.

The two brothers came to Tie Niu's house, and they sat down in the living room, and Tie Niu ordered someone to bring fragrant tea.

The two brothers chatted while drinking tea.

Now that the money is available, the two brothers are in a very happy mood.

The time was not too long, and a table of sumptuous meals was set up. The two brothers came to the table, picked up chopsticks and ate a big meal.

Bai Huiying was waiting on the side. After the two of them were full, Bai Huiying withdrew the banquet and brought tea for the two of them.

Duan Wuji looked at Tieniu and said: "Brother Tieniu, take a rest after dinner, we brothers will send those caterpillar fungus to the emperor and send them to the palace.

How can I just leave it at home?Turn them into silver, and we two brothers will be fine for a penny. "

Tie Niu listened and nodded.

"Okay! Let's do that.

If that thing is only kept in our house, the emperor should say that the two of us are unwilling to sell it to him.

Send these things over, when is he willing to give us the money, and when will the two brothers share it?
Anyway, don't worry about it! "

As soon as the sun turned west, the two brothers came to Duan Wuji's house. After the two brothers weighed the caterpillar fungus, they ordered the soldiers in the family to load the cart, and then let the soldiers in the family drive the cart. The two brothers followed the carriage straight Come to the palace.

The one who opened the door saw a carriage, followed by Duan Wuji and Tie Niu!
Several guards in the palace stopped the carriage, and after asking about the reason, they said: "You guys wait here for a while!
Wait for us to go in and report, and then you can go in again. "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Then go in and report! We are waiting for you here."

A guard ran in, and after a short time, he ran back again. The guard led a father-in-law out.

"Oh! I said Prince Duan, you sent us the goods so quickly!

Follow me to the pharmacy to pay the medicine!After handing in these medicines, everything will be fine. "

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu followed the chief steward of the palace into the imperial pharmacy, and several imperial physicians came over, opened the bag of Cordyceps and inspected it carefully.

When you find that there is no problem at all, then you start weighing, and when everything is weighed, the medicinal material is considered to be completely handed over.

Tieniu looked at the chief steward in the palace and asked: "I said, sir, when do you think we will give us the money for the caterpillar fungus?"

The steward in the palace grinned.

"Hey, I said General Duan, this little thing of yours is not a matter of money or money, how can I be the master of such a big matter?

I have to ask the emperor, let the emperor decide.

Ordinarily, our country is not difficult now, and besides, the price of your Cordyceps is cheap enough.

Since I entered the palace for so many years, the price of this Cordyceps has never been so low!

I don't think the emperor owes you anything. In a few days, the emperor will order someone to send the money to you.

In my opinion, you just wait at home.

This small amount of goods is only 10,000+ taels of silver.

Well, it is said that this is not a big deal! "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Since this is the case, then my lord, we two brothers will leave."

The two left the palace with the carriage and walked straight to the house.

Tieniu had nothing to do, so he followed Duan Wuji back to Duan Wuji's home.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "There is still some Cordyceps left, and the quantity is not much, so let's not sell him.

We brothers can share it, take these things home, and let the old people eat them!
Everyone else buys Cordyceps to eat, and our brothers are no worse than any of them. They can eat Cordyceps. Does it mean that our parents can’t eat these good things?

Brother Tieniu, what do you think? "

Tieniu laughed and said, "Brother, you are right, I think so too.

The remaining amount of Cordyceps is theoretically 210 catties!
I don't know if it's a gain or a loss, but the meat is rotten in the pot, more or less, and we brothers don't care about this.

If he could go home and honor his parents, he would definitely please them. "

Duan Wuji said to one of the servants: "Hurry up and get the scale, weigh it with a scale, and quickly divide the caterpillar fungus into two equal parts! Let my brother Tie Niu take one part in a while."

Tie Niu waved his hand.

"I said brother, why are you so old-fashioned in doing things? What do you call our share of things!

Isn't it over by grabbing the points with your hands? What's the use of having more and less?

Who are we brothers with whom?It doesn't matter who spends 1 taels of silver.

I said brother, do you think this is the case? "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Since this is the case, then you can watch the points!
After dividing it, let my brother Tieniu choose one. "

"I said, brother, if you don't want to pick anything, you can just give me a copy.

Anyway, we two brothers don't need these things if they are strong.

We buddies are divided, nothing more than showing filial piety to others. "

Not too long ago, the servants at home divided the caterpillar fungus into four small bags and brought them in.

"Chitose Wang's family, I divided these caterpillar fungus into four bags, which is easier to take."

Duan Wuji said to Tieniu: "These four bags are not much different, so you can just take two bags back with you!"

Tieniu didn't even look at it, he picked up two bags of Cordyceps and went home.

Duan Wuji put the remaining two bags of Cordyceps into the warehouse of Sheng Yinzi and locked them up, and then nothing happened.

In the next few days, Li Jing and Zhang Gongjin invited them to dinner separately, to thank Duan Wuji and Tieniu for taking them to do business!

On the fifth day, Li Shimin asked someone to bring them the silver for buying the caterpillar fungus, and Tieniu and Duan Wuji split it up immediately, and each got another 5000 taels of silver.

The next two people really have nothing to do. The two brothers stayed at home for more than [-] days, and it was the end of the year.

As soon as the two brothers discussed it, they decided to ask the emperor for leave and go home early for the new year!

As soon as the two of them ran to the palace and told Li Shimin, Li Shimin readily agreed.

Now the country is at peace everywhere, and there is indeed no place to use them.

After the two of them asked for leave, they immediately started to make arrangements to go home when they returned home.

Duan Wuji looked at Princess Pearl and asked: "I'm talking about Pearl! Look, it's almost the end of the year. Will you follow me home to celebrate the New Year?"

Princess Pearl shook her head.

"I said my husband, I don't want to go back. If I go back, won't it affect your relationship with my sister Jinhua? How uncomfortable it is to have you caught in the middle.

It's best for us sister and son not to meet each other. This is the best way. We will always be polite when we meet in the future.

Why bother looking for those unpleasant things!Husband, do you think it makes sense? "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Well, what you said is really reasonable, then you buy me a few cars for the New Year, and we should leave the day after tomorrow.

After a while, I will ask our second brother to borrow a carriage, and I will take the gold and silver I earned back home. "

"I said Husband, why don't you take them all away? Why don't you tell me to leave some for our mother and daughter?"

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Is there any need to talk about this? It is necessary to save some.

I've already thought about it just now, let's put half of the gold and silver earned here, and get half back from my hometown.

Do you think this will work?
Our hometown has a lot of family members, but the expenses in the countryside are relatively small after all.

Ordinarily there are five of us, so it would cost a lot of money to eat and drink every day.

We have left over two hundred thousand taels of silver here, even if we roll around, we won't be able to spend it. "

After hearing what Duan Wuji said, Princess Mingzhu felt relieved.

Duan Wuji and Tieniu found Li Shimin and told him about borrowing the carriage, and Li Shimin readily agreed.

"Isn't it just borrowing a few carriages? Isn't it easy to talk about it?
Tell me, you brothers, how many carriages do you two think you can borrow? "

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "How many carriages can we two brothers borrow?

You can just lend us fifty carriages. "

Li Shimin was taken aback.

"I said brother, aren't you two joking? Why do you borrow so many carriages?"

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Didn't we sell some Cordyceps money! The gold we got from our hometown has now turned into silver.

How come the money has to be transported back to the hometown?

Also, isn't it the New Year's Eve?We are also high-ranking officials now, so we have to buy some New Year's goods when we go back to our hometown!

What do these two people say when they go back empty-handed? "

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Well, what you said is also reasonable, then I will lend you two brothers fifty carriages!
You two brothers said, I will not send soldiers to escort your brothers! "

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"I don't think the escorting soldiers will be spared? Both of us are generals, who dare to provoke our brothers!

Isn't it bad luck to mess with our buddies? "

Li Shimin listened and nodded.

"Well, that's what you said, now that the world is at peace, generally nothing will happen.

After returning home, you should stay in your hometown for a while.

Anyway, there is nothing wrong with the imperial court now, I will come to you again if I have something to do! "

The brothers were very happy to hear that.

"Second brother, thank you then!"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "If I don't look for you two brothers, you won't stay in your hometown all the year round. Don't you still have a home here?"

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu nodded after listening.

"That's right, what you said is true, we still have a home here after all!

How can we not care about it at all! "

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Next year it will be spring and the weather will be warmer, we will definitely come back.

To be honest, we brothers are used to staying in the capital now.

In the past, we always felt that this was not our home, but after staying here, we felt like home without knowing it. "

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Normal people will be like this. At the beginning I lived in this palace, and I was a little uncomfortable. Isn't it much better now!

After you get used to staying here often, you will no longer think about going back to your hometown.

I said, two virtuous brothers, when are you going home? "

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "We make up our mind to leave the day after tomorrow!"

Li Shimin listened and nodded.

"Well, that's all right! I'll send the carriage to you two in the morning after tomorrow!

You two just wait at home! "

The two are deeply grateful to Li Shimin!The two bid farewell to the emperor and walked straight home.

(End of this chapter)