Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 23

Jingping Village is located less than five miles northwest of the suburb of Wuyin City. There is a small hill behind and a small river on the left. It is also surrounded by mountains and rivers. There are many caves behind the village. These caves have become the best places for Mushan and the others to hide their treasures. .

Zhang Gu took Mu Shan and Mu Jing and others, turned around and came to a cave. Outside the cave, there were ten elite soldiers of yellow scarves guarding in the bushes and woods. There were also four elite soldiers of yellow scarves standing guard at the entrance of the cave. The victory report was very strict. .

They walked into the cave with torches. Although the cave was dark, after entering, they found that the space inside was very spacious.

There are three areas in this cave, where food, weapons, and money are accumulated.

These grains, weapons and money are all spoils of war from Mushan and the others.

A sack of grain is piled up on the left side, a wooden box and a wooden box of money are in the middle, and weapons are piled up against the side of the cave on the right, basically spears, knives, ordinary armor, and more. There are a few bows and arrows, and there are also some bronze swords that look good.

"Big Master, we actually didn't seize much during this war, basically they were some weapons and armor, and they were seriously damaged, but the Young Master led the group of youngsters to destroy the Gu Clan and copied the Gu Clan's mansion. , it is enough for us to have enough food and clothing, just food alone is enough for us to survive for three years!"

Zhang Gu said excitedly.

What they lack most in the past is food. Even if they go down the mountain to plunder, there is very little, and they can only carry it for ten days and a half months.

This time, they are definitely the ones who have robbed the most food over the years. Seeing these piles of rice and chestnuts, Zhang Gu, the butler of Mushroom Mountain, who has to break two grains of rice for use, can't see his teeth with a smile. .

"How much money is there?" Mu Shan walked up and opened a wooden box full of gold and silver coins. These wooden boxes have a lot of volume, and there are fifteen wooden boxes in them. It can be seen that there is a lot of money inside. He took a deep breath and asked.

The gold was cast into gold cakes, and each gold cake weighed about a catty, while there were not many silver coins scattered here and there. They were all silver ornaments, not silver coins, and the last ones were copper coins, and these copper coins came one by one. Lying in the wooden box, there are countless.

"Report to Master, I have already done the liquidation, the gold here is a total of 360 gold, and there are some silver ornaments, and there is still money of about [-] million!" Zhang Gu said.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the copper standard was used, and the main currency in circulation was five baht coins made of copper. Silver was not money, but gold was on top. Gold has always been a symbol of money. No matter it is prosperous or troubled times, it is the currency in circulation. , the official price of one gold in the court is [-] yuan, but gold belongs to hoarding money, which is the hoarding of wealth, so there is little circulation.

Sixty-eight hundred gold, that is sixty-eight million yuan, plus five baht of more than 800 million yuan, more than 360 million yuan, at the current prices of your Eastern Han Dynasty, the house price in the center of the city of the county, a super building with nine entrances and nine exits The big mansion is only about 7000 to 50 million yuan, which is definitely worth hundreds of millions in modern times.

And don't forget, today's era is different from modern wealth standards. In this era, the strength of a family is measured not by money, but by land. It is the merchant family, the most humble family, who owns Those who own the land are the local tyrants.

This Gu clan owns [-]% of Wuyin's fertile land and countless farms. It is by no means a vain name to be the number one noble family in Wuyin.

"While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone!"

Mu Jing looked at the food and money, smiled wryly, and spit out two ironic lines.

These wealth and food were all moved out of the warehouses of the Gu family. The warehouses of these rich and nobles had enough food to feed mice, and the piles of money were full of dust. Under the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, they poor people You can only freeze to death or starve to death, life is so unfair. In this era, the gap between the nobles and the poor is even more obvious.

"You kid, you can say such things, and your literary talent is quite good. It seems that Qushuai taught you a lot back then!" Hearing this, Mu Shan's rough hands messed up Mu Jing's hair again.

Mu Jing slapped Mu Shan's big hand away angrily. This old man is too funny. His hair has been messed up by him many times. You must know that this is ancient times. The hair in a bun is messed up and he wants to get it back ,Too much trouble.

"The big master and the young master are talented and intelligent. We have won this battle. We will work together to plan the strategy. The young master will become a great weapon in the future and lead us to live a good life!" Zhang Gu looked at Mu Jing's eyes. His eyes became more and more satisfied, and he said with a smile.

"Don't praise him too much!"

Mu Shan shook his head: "Although this kid is a little smart, he is still young and has a lot to learn, otherwise he wouldn't let Cai Tu play around!"

"Obviously I played him around!" Mu Jing was a little bit aggrieved, and murmured.

In fact, he also knew that this seemed to be a win-win situation, or Cai Tu, the county magistrate of Wuyin, was superior and used them instead.

Mu Shan ignored Mu Jing's resentment. He looked at the money and weapons, thought for a while, and said, "Zhang Gu, since we already have money, we tried to find a way to buy a batch of quilts and came back. The weather is too cold. , we don't care, but old people and children can't stand it. In addition, as long as these armors and weapons are good, they will be distributed to arm our soldiers. These days seem to be peaceful, but Cai Tu is not trustworthy, and he doesn't know yet How about Zhang Zi's reaction, we still need to be cautious and keep fighting."

"promise!"

"Father, these five baht coins can be used, but I don't think we can use this batch of gold now!"

"why?"

"Because this gold will be of great use in the future!"

"Great use?"

"Father, believe me, maybe this batch of gold can make a great contribution to our future changes!" Mu Shan said confidently with his eyes shining brightly.

If his memory is correct, the current Emperor Han Ling has the habit of buying and selling official positions and titles in order to make money.

As long as there is a suitable opportunity, he will have the opportunity to buy a parentage for his father. You must know that this era is too particular about parentage. If there is a royal title awarded by the court before the troubled times, it will be an extra guarantee in the troubled times in the future.

"All right!"

Mu Shan now trusts his son Mu Jing very much, so he obeyed his words: "Zhang Gu, seal up this gold, and no one is allowed to move it without my order!"

"promise!"

Zhang Gu nodded and bowed his hands to accept the order.

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Wancheng, the city of Nanyang County.

Although this city was almost reduced to ruins during the Yellow Turban Uprising in the past, as Nanyang, the county city known as the number one county in the world, it took two or three years to recover and restore the prosperity and bustle of the past .

The layout of Wancheng is very rigorous. The outside is the moat, and the outside of the moat is the outer city. The walls of the outer city are high and thick. Even the Yellow Turban Army could not break through if they did not cooperate with the inside and outside. After the outer city, there is an inner city, the inner city square There are quite a lot of cities, and it is the main urban area of ​​Wancheng, which is very lively.

The prefect's mansion is located on the east side of the inner city.

There are thirteen entrances and exits in the mansion, and dozens of courtyards, including the school yard for the soldiers, and the wing rooms for offices. There are countless officials entering and exiting.

A courtyard, above the lobby.

Prefect Zhang Zi, about [-] years old, wearing official robes and a jade crown on his head, has a handsome appearance and quite a temperament. He kneels on the head seat peacefully, looking at the copies on the desk from various counties. Picked out one of the playbooks that came, and opened it up to read: "From the play in Wuyin County..."

(End of this chapter)