Three Kingdoms in a box

Chapter 49

The reputation of the villainous young man of the Qian family is still very famous in Xiagouhe Village. When he stopped him, the three village women were startled and followed them, covering their hands with cloth and saying nothing.

"Hey, didn't you hear what our young master asked you?"

Seeing that the village women were silent, Qian Min's thugs immediately shouted angrily. The three village women were startled. The Qian family's tyranny was obvious to all in Xiagouhe Village. Who dared to provoke them!

The three village women were so frightened that they remained silent. Seeing the unkind looks in their eyes, the three of them were so frightened that they turned around and ran away. When Qian Min saw them, he frowned and said, "Chase!"

With a cry of chase, the three village women ran directly towards Zhang Jiao's home.

Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao were packing up the cut pieces of cloth at this time. This time Li Yu gave too much. Even if he gave each of his followers a piece of cloth, there was still a lot left. At this time, everyone Leave it in the courtyard.

Moreover, the fabrics Zhang Jiao gave to the village women this time were enough to make three military uniforms for each household. Zhang Jiao's intention was very clear, to make more to be prepared, but even so, the fabrics given by Li Yu could not be used up at all.

Now Zhang Jiao's yard was filled with pieces of cloth. Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao were cleaning up. At this time, three village women who were being chased ran over and shouted loudly as soon as they entered the yard. Said: "The great virtuous teacher is in trouble, someone from the Qian family is here!"

Zhang Jiao stood up after hearing this, frowned and said, "Don't panic, why did they attack you?"

Hearing this, the village woman shook her head and said, "That's not true. They just asked us where this cloth came from!"

Zhang Jiao heard this and said, "Oh, even if he does something, he still dares to be violent with me."

At this time, outside the courtyard, Qian Min looked at the relatively upright little courtyard in front of him and said, "This is Zhang Jiao's house."

The loser on the side immediately replied: "That's right, sir, it's Zhang Jiao's family. They're the only ones in the East Village who look pretty decent."

Qian Min frowned slightly: "Are all those pieces of cloth taken from their house? When did this family become prosperous? There are so many pieces of cloth."

The losers all shook their heads to express ignorance. Qian Min raised his hand and said, "Come forward and call the door. I want to see what is going on in this house."

Hearing this, the dogleg immediately stepped forward and shouted at the door: "Open the door, open the door, open the door quickly!"

At this time, the three village women in the courtyard were frightened. They looked at Zhang Jiao with pale faces, but their hands tightly grasped the green cotton in their arms.

Zhang Bao also looked at Zhang Jiao at this time and said, "Brother!"

Zhang Jiao was still very calm and said calmly: "Open the door!"

Zhang Bao heard this and pointed to the cloth around him and said, "Brother, these cloths haven't been collected yet!"

Zhang Jiao snorted coldly when he heard this: "Just put it here, the people of the Qian family bully the weak and fear the strong. If we appear timid, they will bully us even harder, but if we are more stubborn, they will be cautious on the contrary. These cloths are placed here to tell them that we are not easy to bully!"

After Zhang Jiao said this, Zhang Bao was still a little worried and said: "Brother, money and silk are so touching!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jiao said: "This matter cannot be hidden, so why not expose it openly and let the Qian family use it as a weapon!" After hearing this, Zhang Bao pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, since my brother said so, then I will listen to my brother. ."

Zhang Bao walked towards the door at this time and saw several pale village women saying: "You can hide in the house for now. When the Qian family leaves, you can come out again!"

After hearing this, several village women immediately thanked them. Zhang Bao nodded and came to the door. When he opened the door, he saw Qian Min standing at the door and said, "Qian Min, why are you here!"

Qian Min smiled and said: "Brother Zhang Baoxian, I haven't seen you for some years, why don't you welcome me?"

Zhang Baodao: "You are a rich man in the village, and I am a commoner. We don't interact with each other on a daily basis. Why did you come to my house today?"

Hearing this, Qian Min said: "I'm here to treat guests, but brother Zhang Baoxian, I came to your home to be a guest. How could you not block the door to prevent guests from entering? Isn't this the way to treat guests?"

After hearing this, Zhang Jiao in the courtyard said: "Let them come in."

Hearing this, Zhang Bao was helpless. Zhang Jiao had already said so. He, the younger brother, could not say anything more. The head of the family was still the eldest brother.

Thinking of Zhang Bao, he let the door open. Qian Min smiled and said, "That's right. Brother Zhang Bao doesn't need to see me as an enemy. We all played together when we were children, so why bother."

After saying that, Qian Min walked towards the courtyard with a smile: "Brother Zhang Jiao, we haven't seen each other for many years. I really want to offend you...me, what??"

Qian Min entered Zhang Jiao's courtyard with a smile, with the arrogance of a superior inspecting a subordinate, as if a billionaire was ready to experience the life of a rural person, although there was a warm smile on his face , but anyone can see the arrogance in his bones at a glance!
That's a kind of thing. Look, a rich man like me can still show his face among poor people like you. Look at me as a great, polite and corporal. Come on, you can be grateful.

But when Qian Min officially entered Zhang Jiao's courtyard, he was immediately frightened. How could this be possible?

In the small courtyard of Zhang Jiao's family, there were hundreds of pieces of green cotton lying on the ground, being exposed to the sun. Qian Min was dumbfounded. Although his family was the richest man in Xiagouhe Village, even if they were his family, if you asked him to take it all at once They can't produce so many pieces of cloth, but there must be hundreds of pieces on display here!

Hundreds of pieces of fine cotton. Oh my god, how much is this worth?
You must know that in this era, cotton cloth is very valuable and can even be used directly as currency.

Calculated according to the prices in the peaceful times of the Han Dynasty, a piece of plain cotton (white cloth) costs about 600 yuan, while a uniformly dyed and high-quality cotton cloth like the one provided by Li Yu costs at least 700 to 1000 yuan.

Let's compare it. In the same era, a handful of grain cost only [-] yuan, a pound of dog meat only cost [-] yuan, and a pound of pork only cost [-] yuan.

Even for high-quality land that the common people regard as their life, the average price is only 2000 yuan per acre. In other words, two or three pieces of such cotton cloth can be exchanged for one acre of the land that the common people regard as their life.

But now there are hundreds of pieces of cloth like this lying on the ground as if they are free of charge. Even Qian Min, Mr. Qian, who is always known for being a prodigal, thinks this kind of behavior is too wasteful!

At this moment, Qian Min looked stupidly at the cloth randomly placed on the ground around him, swallowed, looked at Zhang Jiao who was sitting on the stone pier and looked at him with a smile and said: "Zhang, Brother Zhang, what are you doing?" Really? Where do you get so many fine pieces of cloth?"

Zhang Jiao laughed when he heard this and said, "Oh, what my father left behind is a bit moldy in the house. Take it out to dry in the sun!"

(End of this chapter)