After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 52

After eating, Ning Yu took out his pen and ink, scooped up the river water to grind it, and patted a piece of paper into Yan Shi's arms, "Sign this and you can leave."

An IOU, indicating that Zhao Guogong Yan Cheng borrowed 3000 million taels of silver from the Xu family in Nanli.

Calculate interest at an annual rate of 20.00%!

"You—" Yan Shi felt incredible. He just came out of Xu Ningwen's study, how did the little scholar know that he exchanged copper coins for 3000 million taels, and paid an annual interest rate of 20.00%, did he lend usury?

Glancing at someone in disgust, Ning Yu stepped back calmly.

"Big brother has nothing else but a lot of money. You didn't come to him for money. Could it be that you fell in love with him?"

How much money the Xu family has, how much money is in cash, and how much bank notes are, the eldest brother has given her the truth when the Xu family decided to stay in Nanli.It is impossible for the eldest brother to hand over the silver in Curry to Duke Zhao, so there will only be 3000 million taels of Yinfeng.

"Your big brother didn't say it was a loan." Thirty million taels is not a small amount, and the interest rate is even more astronomical. Yan Shi is not stupid.

"That's why big brother is embarrassed to say that your Yan family lent 1000 soldiers, and our Xu family lent 3000 million taels of silver. We returned the soldiers, and you should return the silver."

"What about interest?"

"Grandpa Zhang's borrowed troops to help you save military funds for raising troops. Naturally, there is no need to calculate interest, but there is a two-point profit on the money stored in the bank. To lend it to you, you need to take a lot of risks, and it is very likely that you will lose your money. The gold is also discounted, and the interest is of course higher.”

"Oh, there is interest in the bank..." Yan Shi snorted coldly, "You have to be able to raise the money."

There are many people who make a lot of money and make a lot of money, and Yinfenghao is the best among them. The military power in their hands is not strong enough, let alone redeeming money, if they don't get beaten out by random sticks, they can secretly burn incense.

Ning Yu was dissatisfied at the moment, "If you can't bring it up now, it doesn't mean you won't be able to bring it up forever!"

Strong words!Yan Shi suddenly felt a bit itchy in his hand, and the only way to relieve it was to beat a certain guy who didn't know how to be tall and thick into a pig's head, but he suddenly found that at some point, this guy had retreated to the top of the steps and circled to the middle of the arch bridge.

"Uncle Zhuang—"

Just as Yanshi was thinking about the best route to fly over to the arch bridge, he heard the little scholar shout, and immediately the doors and windows of a row of two-story buildings along the river swished open, and more than 30 Lianjiazi, headed by Xu Zhuang, jumped out. come out.

"Xu! Lan! Jun!"

……

Handing over the IOU to Xu Ningxuan, and being praised by Big Brother Bingshan for the first time, the already good mood is even better.

Ning Yu put on straw sandals and a straw hat, and rode Little Red Swallow to Qingfeng Village leisurely.

Huang Chao, who was counting the trophies, trotted over with his long gown.

Without anyone telling or helping, I took off the super-large rucksack on the donkey's back, picked out the good stuff inside, and carefully picked out a bag of fried chestnuts in sugar.

Huang Chao picked up the chestnut shells in his hands and introduced the supplies seized last night.

"There are 140 good horses, 39 bad horses, 64 spears, 8000 sabers, 980 daggers, more than [-] arrows, [-] sets of armor, clothes, shoes, pots, pans, and tents. complete."

"Where's the second brother?" After walking around the pile of supplies and taking a few glances, Ning Yu asked Xu Ningcheng.

"Oops," after biting twice, he didn't bite open, and his teeth ached, Huang Chao threw the unopened chestnuts into a brown paper bag.

"It tastes good, but it's just that the stir-frying time is almost overdone. Remember to deduct the wages when you go back."

"Ask brother Cheng, right? It's in Xiaoqingfeng."

After looting the short general's camp, the other party will definitely put the hat of losing food and grass on the Xu family's head, and seeing the civilian soldiers, someone will definitely persuade King Shuyun to send troops to wipe out the Nanli armed forces, and the time left for them to prepare will not too much.

"Go and find him."

When they arrived at Xiaoqing Peak, a team of shirtless soldiers was transporting rolling stones, rolling logs, wooden arrows and other objects to the mountainside facing the official road.

Xu Ningcheng's observation deck at the top of the peak.

As far as the eye can see, the green hills are continuous into clouds and waves, and the ups and downs extend to nowhere, and the ambition of Lingyun is accumulated in the chest.

"Second brother, come down, I have something to tell you."

The watchtower is about ten meters high, there is no ladder, and it depends on stepping on the tripod to climb up and down. Ning Yu can't go up, so he can only call Xu Ningcheng to come down.

"What's the matter?"

Hiding in the shade of a tree, Ning Yu fanned the wind with a straw hat, "There will be no rain in the next three days."

"What did Xiaoying say?"

"Well, I just did the calculation last night."

Li Xiaoying's ability to observe the sky at night is superb, and the accuracy is as high as [-]%. People in Lijia Village have to ask questions when harvesting rice and planting seeds. Xu Ningcheng naturally trusts Li Xiaoying's ability.

"Come here on purpose just to talk about this?"

The people of the South are good at fighting in the rain, and the battles that should be fought, even if the rivers flood the embankments and landslides, still have to be fought.

Xu Ningcheng didn't understand why the seventh brother was chatting with him about the weather.

Making a special trip, of course, is not a gossip, Ning Yu vaguely hinted at the purpose of coming, "There are six carts of aconitum in the grain brought back from Chengdu."

Aconitum, a big poison.

"You mean..." Xu Ningcheng didn't point it out, but he already guessed Ning Yu's intention.

"The battlefield changes rapidly, so you don't have to be merciful to the enemy." Inheriting the memory of the original owner, Huang Chao naturally knew what aconite was.

As a general, the most important thing is not military insight, nor is it the art of commanding subordinates, but to cultivate a cold heart, hard enough to face death without moving, so that you can defeat the enemy and win without being judged by emotions.

Without thinking too much, Xu Ningcheng quickly made a decision, "I'll send someone to pick Xiaoying up right away."

Since we use poison to attack, we must understand the trend of the mountain and grasp the change of wind direction.

When people are on the verge of death, they will burst out with infinite power. It is not safe to just paralyze the body. It is better to add some hallucinogenic poisons. Huang Chao bit a chicken leg, "Is there any mandala, wormwood or something like that? "

"Yes, in addition to mandala and wormwood, there are also Xiao Shaozi, sage, mad mushroom, black feather jade cactus..."

Seeing Huang Chao's thoughts, Ning Yu reported a long list of hallucinogenic poisonous weeds in one breath.

As early as when her eldest brother went out to buy food and medicine, she asked him to buy a lot of poisonous herbs, and all the poisonous weeds in Nanli were gathered up.

For this reason, two warehouses have been specially set up for storage.

……

The Qingfeng mountains face west.

2 soldiers and horses arrived here yesterday afternoon, picked a slightly low hill and set up camp.

"Reporting to General He, 35 miles to the east, there is a wooden village that can accommodate 1 to [-] people."

On the wide and flat mossy stone, a middle-aged general with a strong beard sat, and on his right hand, there were two square-edged black maces. The lieutenant general was cutting roast lamb for the bearded general.

He was the confidant of the short general who had just suffered a loss two days ago, and he wanted to avenge the short man in his heart.

I saw his ears move, and his body unconsciously leaned towards the moss stone, paying attention to the conversation between the bearded general and the scouts.

"Well, the number of about [-] people matches. After running all night, no one found you?"

"The villain walked close to the mountain wall, but he didn't find the watchtower. The mountain patrol team only encountered two teams, each with three people. The discipline was loose, and the villain was only ten feet away, so they didn't notice it either."

"In your opinion, are they soldiers or civilians?"

"Min. Dressed poorly, the village is full of smoke and fire. At night, groups of three or four gather around one place to fight, talk and laugh, eat meat and drink. Before the villain leaves, less than a thousand people come out to practice. It is faintly visible that the general who is training is furious." .”

"How old is the general, and what is his body shape?"

"It's far away, I can't see the appearance clearly, but the figure is very tall."

Hearing that the scout said that the other party was tall, the bearded man was in a good mood, so he stood up and put on his mace.

"Nanli is the hometown of that person. I think he is not willing to be mediocre, and imitated others to raise flags and revolt. Want to be a hero in troubled times? Heh, don't take a pee to see if you have the ability. I told him a long time ago. Look, isn't it just mud that can't be lifted?"

After hastily eating breakfast, Lu Hu ordered the whole army to march.

"Let's go and meet old friends."

(End of this chapter)