Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 99 The money is not enough

Beiyang Town, the firewood house of Gao's family.

Er Gouzi was chopping firewood when he suddenly heard the steward call him: "Er Gouzi, there is a man who claims to be your cousin looking for you outside, go out and have a look."

After hearing this, Er Gouzi put down the hatchet and followed the steward to the outer courtyard.

Seeing the person coming, Er Gouzi was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Cousin, why are you here?"

The person who came hurriedly said: "There is something wrong with your family. My aunt asked me to come and look for you to go home. You should take a leave of absence from the steward."

Er Gouzi asked anxiously after hearing this: "What's wrong, is my father sick?"

The visitor hurriedly said: "No, no, there is something wrong at home, hurry up, they are all waiting for you."

Er Gouzi responded, and wanted to ask the steward for leave, but the steward could hear clearly, before Er Gouzi opened his mouth, he said, "Since something happened at home, you should go back and have a look."

After hearing this, the visitor charged the steward with a crime, and ran out with Er Gouzi.

After running out of the Gaojiazhuang courtyard, the visitor looked back and slowed down.

"Cousin, isn't there something wrong at home, why did you slow down instead?" Er Gouzi wondered.

"Don't worry, it's a good thing, go and meet someone with me." My cousin smiled.

"Who? It's so mysterious!" Er Gouzi questioned.

Cousin smiled and said, "It's Brother Shuanzi from our village. He got rich, so he invited us to drink. He said he would bring us to get rich together."

"Really? You can get rich like a bear like Shuanzi?" Er Gouzi wondered.

Cousin hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense, it's true. Forget it, you'll know when you see the embolus."

Er Gouzi nodded.

While talking, the two came to a hillside. There was a small forest at the foot of the hillside. A group of people were sitting on the ground beside the forest, drinking with wine bowls.

Seeing Er Gouzi and his cousin approaching from a distance, one of them beckoned, and when the cousin saw him, he pulled Er Gouzi and ran over.

Er Gouzi ran to the man, then opened his eyes wide, looked him up and down and said, "Brother Shuanzi, you haven't worn new clothes for many years, where did you get this?"

Shuanzi smiled and said, "What are these clothes? From now on, I will have new clothes every year."

Er Gouzi wondered: "I heard from my cousin that you got rich and you want to make a fortune with us. Tell me, what do you do for a living?"

Shuan Zi waved his hand and said, "Sit down and drink first, and I will tell you while we drink."

"Hey, brother Shuanzi, who did you learn this movement from? Is it a bit of a posture!" Er Gouzi laughed.

Shuanzi laughed and said, "What am I? You haven't seen Hongshanling's grand master's posture, that's called grandeur. When the master speaks, the people below don't even dare to breathe."

"Brother Shuanzi, you are just talking nonsense, and you are the only one who can still see the master of Hongshanling?" Er Gouzi laughed.

"Hey, I really didn't brag this time. Not only did I meet the big boss, but the big boss even talked to me." Shuanzi laughed.

When Er Gouzi and others heard this, they all put down the food and drink in their hands, and went to Shuanzi one after another, and asked angrily: "Have you really seen the head of the family? Then tell me what the head of the house looks like?"

"Tell me, what did the head of the family say to you?"

"What are you going to do in Hongshanling?"

Shuan Zi waved his hands and said, "Come one by one, so many people ask, what am I talking about?"

Shuanzi took a sip of the wine from the wine bowl, and then continued: "Actually, the head of the family is not as scary as in the legend. Just like us, he has two eyes and one mouth. But the eyes of the head of the house are powerful. The people below He can tell what he wants to say at a glance, don't look at his kind face, to be honest, I feel a little scared when I see him smiling."

"Look at how promising you are, the big boss is smiling, are you afraid of something?" One person scolded.

Shuanzi shook his head and said, "You haven't seen it, you don't know. When I saw him laughing, I felt that he knew everything in my heart. But he treated the people below really well. Those brothers on the mountain They are all well-dressed, and their food is better than what we eat during the Chinese New Year, look at the things we ate today, they have them all, and these things cost me a tael of silver."

Shuanzi's words immediately elicited exclamations.

We must know that the prices of this era are actually very cheap, such as chicken, duck, fish, etc., at most only a few tens of pennies per catty.

Ordinary seven or eight people go to a restaurant to drink a large bowl of wine and eat a large piece of meat, and a tael of silver will definitely not be used up.

One tael of silver is enough for ordinary people to spend for several months.

Heroes are not ignorant of numbers. Could it be that their silver fell from the sky?
In the Water Margin, Song Jiang bought Li Kui and asked Li Kui to sell his life to him for only ten taels of silver.

Li Jing also spent ten taels of silver to buy Zhao Shuangxi, so he asked Zhao Shuangxi to lead his family to follow Li Jing up the mountain and become a bandit.

"Brother Shuanzi, where did you get your money?" someone asked.

Shuanzi said triumphantly, "This silver is given by the head of the family."

"Why should the head of the family give you money? You, you didn't go up the mountain and became a bandit, did you?" Someone exclaimed.

Shuanzi nodded, and said in a low voice: "It's not like you don't know what I was like before. I can live a good life with the head of the family. Why don't I go up the mountain. Let me tell you, I just went up the mountain. The high instructor said we Those who have just come up to the mountain can’t be regarded as official brothers on the mountain. They only have one tael of silver for a month. They will be assessed after half a year of training. Take my father and mother to the mountain. If I get promoted, the salary will increase. I don’t want to make a lot of money, I am satisfied if I can get into the first-class soldier.”

"How much silver is the private first class?" someone asked.

Shuan Zi stretched out a palm to compare: "Five taels of silver."

"So much? Brother Shuanzi, can you introduce me to the mountain? I don't need five taels, just three taels of silver." One person said.

Shuanzi looked around, and lowered his voice again: "Do you know why I am looking for your brothers? Our brothers grew up together since childhood. There is a saying that blessings share sorrows and sorrows. I thought about it, I, Shuanzi, have lived a good life, so I can’t leave you brothers behind. If you have the guts, if you want to live a good life, you can go up the mountain with me. We brothers will train hard and strive to become regulars in half a year. Is it better to get three taels of silver a month than not having enough food and clothing?"

"Brother Shuanzi, if someone finds out about being a bandit, he will be beheaded and his family will be hurt," said one person.

Shuanzi looked at the man and said with disdain: "Look at your potential, who will know that you are a bandit except us? Will we betray you? Or will you betray us?"

The man shook his head hastily: "That's definitely not possible, even if you kill me, I won't betray my brothers."

Shuanzi laughed and said, "Isn't it over? Let's go up the mountain secretly without telling anyone, including our parents. When we become regulars, we will take our family up the mountain. Even if the government finds out, it will be too late." There is nothing wrong with us."

"What if the officers and soldiers suppress the bandits?" one person asked.

"Officers and soldiers? What can those bear bags do? I heard that the Weihui Mansion and the Zhangde Mansion each sent more than 1000 officers and soldiers into the mountains to suppress the bandits, and didn't they just run back in despair?" Shuanzi said disdainfully.

"Yes, I've heard that too. It is said that there are fierce ghosts around Hongshanling, and it was the ghosts that scared the officers and soldiers away." One person immediately answered.

Shuanzi glared at the man and said, "Fart, we have lived around Hongshanling for so many years, when did you hear about a ghost? Or have you seen a ghost? Let me tell you, it's the master's god. Help, I guess that ghost was summoned by the master."

"The head of the family is so powerful, so what are we afraid of? Brother Shuanzi, take us up the mountain together?" one person said.

"No problem, but Gao Instructor said that this time there is limited recruitment on the mountain. If you want to go up the mountain, hurry up. If you have any relatives and friends, tell them quickly and let them go up the mountain together. Otherwise, you will not be able to pass this village This shop is gone," Shuanzi said.

"Can relatives and friends do it? Then I'll call my second uncle." One person said.

As soon as the man finished speaking, Shuan Zi slapped the man on the forehead with his backhand: "Fuck, how old is your second uncle? What can you do with taking him up the mountain? The senior instructor said, as long as he is 15 to 30 years old In between, don't fucking mess with me."

"If you didn't say it earlier, I thought any age would be fine." The man muttered.

Shuanzi glared at him and scolded: "Nonsense, if you are older, I can let my father sit at home? Also, you must be careful when looking for relatives and friends. You must talk about it secretly, and don't let outsiders talk about it." I know. After all, we are considered bandits, and we are not afraid of [-], just in case, but we must not implicate our family."

"Understood." Everyone responded in unison.

Shuan Zi waved his hand and said, "Drink, drink, find someone quickly after you finish drinking."

Without hesitation, everyone picked up the wine bowls, pulled the pig's trotters and chicken legs, and began to eat and drink.

After everyone finished eating and drinking, Shuanzi sent them away and began to think about who to turn to next.

The recruiting work in Hongshanling is on the ninth day.

This morning, Li Jing had just finished the early morning training of the assault team and went back to the house to wash up, when Gao Qi stumbled into the house.

Li Jing frowned, and said in his heart: "This flustered look can't accomplish anything big."

"Brother, help! Help!" Gao Qi shouted as he entered the door.

Li Jing said displeased: "What emergency, emergency? What happened on the mountain? How can you be so panicked as the deputy chief instructor!"

Gao Qi settled down and said: "No major incident happened on the mountain, but I am about to. That Tang, Tang Shuanzi brought a hundred or so people up the mountain this time. This time it will cost a lot of money."

Li Jingwen was also taken aback when he heard that: "What? How many did you bring back? More than 100 people? Where did he get it? I remember that kid sent more than 50 people a few days ago."

Gao Qi said with a mournful face: "That's right, his grandma, last time those boys sent people up the mountain, I just cashed in the rewards to them. I didn't expect these guys to go down the mountain immediately after taking the money, saying that they would continue to recruit people." , I didn't care too much, I thought it was only 200 people at most, who would have thought that these guys would bring back 50 people each this time, that Tang Shuanzi brought back more than 100 people, I counted roughly, 150 people can't stop Stay. Brother, do you have any money, please lend me some first."

Hearing this, Li Jing finally knew why Gao Qi was so flustered. It was all because of the reward system he created.

(End of this chapter)