Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1314
The mountain city of Tai'an is integrated, but the city is not big, and when the emperor came, the city became the residence of the emperor and his entourage, while the people and merchants in the city vacated their land and temporarily lived outside the city.

Several big camps were newly built outside the city, and countless tents were set up.

More than 30 officials, soldiers, common people, scholars, merchants, etc., who came with them, were very lively on the neatly planned ground.

On a long pole hangs an apricot-yellow triangular flag with a big word "wine" written on it.

Below is an open space surrounded by cloth and curtains, with a dozen tables and chairs placed inside.An old man with a gray beard brought his son and daughter-in-law to sell wine here.

The old man's three sons are more dull than the other, but the three daughters-in-law are more intelligent than the other, especially when they make jokes with those who come to drink, they are very handy.

Because their business here is quite good, many men came to drink.It is naturally impossible to sell any very good wine in an open-air business, that is, distiller's lees made from distiller's grains, or Erguotou made from sorghum.

They are all strong but relatively cheap wines. It is really pleasant to pair with fried beans or dried tofu, sour bamboo shoots, or some cooked food such as pork head meat. Just asking for a few words of cheapness is enough for these people to be happy for a long time.

The sisters-in-law seemed to be used to it too, smiling and slapping the outstretched hands back, and scolding those who took advantage of their words, but the more this happened, the happier those rude men were.But the old man and his three sons didn't seem to notice them, they only cared about making wine or cutting pork heads and mixing them with cold dishes.

Most of the people who eat here are the coolies in the team, or the coachmen are laborers, etc. When they have some free time, they come out in threes and fives. Most of them are thick and burly, and they speak vulgar words. In the cold winter season, after drinking two or two ounces of wine, he tore off the shirt on his chest, revealing the large black chest hair.

The wine is strong enough, the appetizers are delicious enough, and there are a few young women who can be teased, so the men naturally like to come and patronize.

While eating, drinking and talking and laughing, someone opened the curtain and came in, but there were more than a dozen men in Mobei leather robes, all of them were tall and burly, they looked like barbarians.

The first person had a big belly and sniffed his nose.

"That's the taste. Master likes this kind of wine. Serve me wine."

A woman stepped forward with a smile, "Oh, this is a distinguished guest, but we only have ordinary wine here, not those famous wines."

"I don't like any famous wine. I am used to drinking the wine you have here in Mobei. I will burn a knife and order some appetizers. Don't worry, the money will not be short of you."

As he spoke, the big man took out a piece of pork kidney silver and threw it on the table.

That piece of silver weighed at least five taels.

The woman was startled.

Although the Great Qin Dynasty does not limit copper coins and silk as currency transactions, gold and silver are also used, and the gold dragon coins and silver dragon coins that can be used are minted gold dragon coins and silver dragon coins. Such large silver ingots are rare.

"What? Not enough?"

As he said that, the big man took another piece from his pocket and threw it in front of the woman, "Hurry up and get some wine."

Ten taels of silver, according to today's water cards, can be exchanged for at least twenty pennies. The wine here is not expensive. Even if you drink enough and add a few snacks, it will not exceed a hundred dollars. Throw it to her now. Twenty thousand dollars, how many days does it take to do business?

"Yes, yes, I'll get the guest officer a drink right away, wait a moment."

The woman quickly picked up the silver, not forgetting to take a closer look at it in her hand.

With the prosperity of commerce and trade in the Great Qin Dynasty, the people's transactions increased, and the money shortage became more serious. Therefore, the imperial court increased the casting of copper coins and put them into the market, and also began to mint gold and silver coins to enter the market to alleviate the money shortage.

However, the production of gold, silver and copper in the Great Qin Dynasty is not high, so the price of gold and silver is rising again and again. In the past, one tael of gold was directly worth eight guan, but now it is directly worth ten guan.In the past, one or two discounts for silver was [-] yuan, but now it is directly [-] yuan.

A silver coin is one tael, but it only contains [-]% silver. The same is true for gold coins, but a gold coin is still worth ten guan, and a silver coin is still worth two guan.

Take such a piece of pure silver to a bank or gold shop, but you can exchange more than twenty guan.

The woman smiled and handed the two ingots of silver to the father-in-law.

The old man glanced at it twice, and then directly offered her a jug of wine, "The best Erguotou, I haven't mixed any water."

The elder son of the old man took a look at those barbarians, and said in a low voice, "A group of soil turtles from Mobei can't tell the difference between the good ones. Ten taels of silver can buy two altars of fine wine."

The old man ignored his son's words. He had been paying attention to the group of barbarians since they came in. That potbellied barbarian was by no means an ordinary barbarian businessman. There was a hint of nobility of a high-ranking person, so he guessed that this might be a nobleman from Mobei who came to pay homage to the emperor.

The old man picked up a few pig intestines, pig lungs, pig hearts, and dried tofu from the brine, and began to cut them.Although he used to be a veteran, he has already retired and returned home. Now his family has land, and there is a small wine shop in Tai'an City. When the emperor came, his family vacated it.

Taking advantage of the large number of people, they simply put up curtains and put tables and chairs here to continue to make a living under the guise.

If you have more people, you can make money. Even if you sell this kind of cheap food, you can make a lot of money in a day, which can be equal to the income of the past ten days.

Although the vulgar people who came here like to talk and take advantage of their daughters-in-law, it's just words, and the old man doesn't care, after all, they are all small people in the market, so it's not a big deal.

Cutting the stewed stew, I turned my head and looked at the tables and chairs, um, when the barbarians came, they were already full, and there were no vacancies. Today’s business is really good, and when I meet generous barbarians, it can last for several days a day .

It just didn't last long.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and suddenly the surrounding curtain was ripped open.

The curtain was pulled back, and a few tables were brought down. The people at those tables who were drinking happily jumped up in dissatisfaction and cursed.

But then, from behind the torn curtain, 30 people suddenly jumped out.

A big man in the lead rushed in, wearing a sheepskin robe and holding a horizontal knife in his hand.

They were silent, but fierce.

The drinker who was originally angry suddenly ran around in fright.

Only the big-bellied man who had just opened the seal and was smelling the wine in the altar snorted dissatisfiedly.Not only did he not run, but he directly pulled out his own waist knife, and the twenty or so people around him immediately drew their knives, Ti Guduo's Ti Guduo.

The two groups of barbarians didn't speak a word, and as soon as they met, they directly clashed their swords and greeted each other desperately.

These people are extremely fierce and bloody.

In a blink of an eye, four or five people each fell down, blood splattered all over the ground.

The big-bellied man swung his machete fiercely, and chopped off the head of a guy who rushed forward.The man who took the lead in rushing in stabbed a fat-bellied man's subordinate to death.

These people almost fought each other with their lives, no one retreated, no one escaped, they just slashed and killed.

The knife sees the flesh, and the trick is terrible.

The old man selling wine stood aside with a kitchen knife, beckoning his sons and daughters-in-law to back off.

But the old man didn't leave.

"Grandpa, get out of here quickly."

"You guys go, I have to stay here, after a while, I have to find money for food and drinks, tables and chairs, curtains and wine cover!" Surprisingly, no one dared to provoke him, perhaps those two gangs of barbarians didn't care about other people.

After a while, the ground was already lying down.

All around the potbellied man were dead, and he was the only one left. He was stabbed several times and bled profusely.

The man sneered.

"Bah, I have a request before I die."

"Let's talk!" The tough man who led people to kill him was covered in blood, and there were still seven or eight people standing behind him.

"I just bought a jar of good wine, and I haven't had time to drink it yet. Let me drink the wine before I kill him."

As he said that, he threw the knife away, then lifted the wine jar, poured it directly into his mouth, the wine flowed down, and the man gulped down.

After drinking it happily, he threw the wine jar away, "Have a good time, death is not a loss."

"Then die."

The big man sneered, "Xue Yantuo's thieves, you will pay the price for your arrogance. Where is this place? This is at the foot of Mount Tai, and the emperor is approaching, but you dare to openly attack and kill my Huihe mission. The saint will preside over it for us." Justice!"

The Xue Yantuo warrior who had been exposed did not hide his identity, but stepped forward coldly, raised the knife in his hand, and chopped off the strong man's head.

"Damn Huihe dog thief, even if I run to the ends of the earth, I will fulfill my oath and kill you. Now I have finally fulfilled my oath. Aye, Niang and brothers and sisters of the tribe, I will avenge you. Kill you The dog thief, I cut off the head myself, you can rest in peace."

There were rapid footsteps.

The imperial army of the brigade arrived.

The shield soldiers in bright armor stood in front and surrounded Xue Yantuo, and behind them were spearmen and crossbowmen.

"Your Majesty!"

The leaders shouted orders.

The man Xue Yantuo looked at these elite imperial guards, smiled slightly, and threw the blood-dripping knife at his feet.

The seven or eight men behind him also dropped their weapons.

"Kneel down!" Dutou yelled again.

Xue Yantuo knelt down with his head in his arms.

"Take it all away!"

At this moment, the old man came out, "Wait a minute."

When the imperial guards saw the old man approaching with a kitchen knife, they immediately turned to him with their swords, spears, bows and arrows.

"Who are you?" Dutou asked, seeing that the old man didn't look like one of these barbarians.

"Xiao Lao is the proprietor of this wine stall. These barbarians are fighting to kill him. The little old man can't control his own life, but he smashed the wine stall of the little old man and has to pay for it."

They were all speechless, this old man was really desperate for money.

"I used to be a soldier, and I fought Turkic people in Mayi. Those wolf cubs who beat them back then were crying and begging for mercy. Among them were Xue Yantuo and Huihe people." The old man said.

They all stood in awe.

"It turned out to be a senior."

At this time, the man from Xue Yantuo smiled and said, "I'm sorry, so you were once a soldier. I'm sorry for destroying your stall just now. I still have some gold and silver on me. This servant, please take it out for me to pay for it." to this one."

Du took out the money bag, and handed the gold and silver money inside to the old man without pointing it out, "I'll give you compensation, but I'll trouble you to come with us and record a statement."

The old man pulled out the purse and was satisfied with the amount of gold and silver inside.

"Okay, let's go."

They all looked at Xue Yantuo, "You still laugh? It's too late for you to cry!"

"I know what the consequences will be, but I don't regret it!" the man laughed.

(End of this chapter)