Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 178

Just when Chai Lin came to Guangzhou to look for Tao Zongwang, Li Kui in Jiangzhou City, hundreds of miles away, was bewildered.

This Li Kui was broad and big, with dark skin, like a Chinese-African mixed race, with a big head, big eyes, a big nose, a square mouth, and a messy beard on his chin.Wearing only a single shirt in the cold weather, the muscles on his body are stretched out,
Li Kui got up early this morning, fetched water to wash his face, touched his messy and scary-looking beard and was very satisfied.

"There is a new prisoner today, and I have a few taels of silver to take." Li Kui ate a few mouthfuls of breakfast indiscriminately, and was about to rush to the cell to be on duty.

A postman with a bag on his back came and asked, "Are you Li Kui from Yishui County?"

Li Kui rolled his eyes: "It's me, what are you looking for?"

"You have received the letter from my hometown." The postman took the letter to Li Kui.

Li Kui looked puzzled and asked, "My hometown, who wrote me the letter?"

"A man named Li Da wrote it for you. I don't know the details. Come on, press your fingerprint, and I'm off to work."

Li Kui signed the receipt, and the postman went to deliver the letter elsewhere.

Li Kui took the letter and read it left and right, and he recognized one character Li on the envelope, but he didn't know the rest.

"Go to Brother Dai Zong and ask him to take a look." Li Kui muttered, and took the letter to the prison camp to look for Dai Zong.

Dai Zong had just finished cleaning up the prisoners, and got ten taels of silver, which he took away with satisfaction.

"Brother, my hometown sent me a letter, and I, Tieniu, can't read." Li Kui said and handed the letter to Dai Zong.

Dai Zong received the letter and said: "This is from your elder brother Li Da. It will take at least half a month to come from Yishui. We are slow on the way."

"My brother, it's strange, why did he write to me, it's strange, read it quickly." Li Kui said.

"My brother Li Kui, seeing the words is like a face. I haven't seen him for several years. I don't know if everything is okay." Dai Zong read.

"Stop, I can't understand this, just tell me what it means."

Dai Zong said: "Your brother sent a letter saying that you have been away from home for so many years, and he and your mother are very naughty, asking you to pay more attention to safety when you are outside alone, don't be impulsive when things happen, drink less, and gamble less."

While reading, Dai Zong listened, looked at Li Kui and said: "You are good, boy, when did you get so much money, and you gave back 40 taels of silver to the family. Five taels your brother left for your old mother to take care of, 15 taels I have already bought building materials and plan to renovate your old mother’s house in the spring. I bought a big mule for 20 taels, and compensated the three bitter advocates that you accidentally killed, and now the case is fully understood.”

Li Kui was taken aback, and pinched himself with his fingers, "Oh, it really hurts, I'm not dreaming."

"Your fart dream, the sun is always high. I really can't see it, Tie Niu, okay, I made more than 40 taels of silver and went home." Dai Zong was a little angry. Niu actually made so much money behind his back.

Li Kui patted his pocket and said: "What's the matter, I can get a lot of benefits as a prisoner, but all new prisoners are just given one or two taels of care money. Besides, don't say 40 taels of silver , even if I have half a tael of silver, I wouldn't have delivered my gown to the casino yesterday."

Dai Zong originally thought of Li Kui in the same way. He was careless and careless, and if he had a little money, he either drank or gambled. But now his opinion of him has completely changed. This seemingly simple and honest Tieniu is not so honest. The relationship between the two has become subtle The change.

Dai Zongdao: "Okay, I should be busy, you should also be on duty."

"Okay, I'll go now."

To say that Li Kui's position is very easy and comes with money. He inspects the cells of the new prisoners, and all those who have been assigned have some money on them.

Li Kui took advantage of his looks, and looked scary, so many new prisoners came to pay tribute to him, and Li Kui had good change.

In the morning, a new garrison arrived, and because of a mistake in escorting Hua Shigang, he was sent here.

Li Kui raised his eyebrows and came over with a cowhide whip, looking like he was going to eat people, and shouted: "You little thief, you take the imperial salary and don't think about rewards, and you have lost such an important flower and stone outline. You don't have to teach me a lesson." It won’t work, it must be beaten with dozens of lashes.”

The prisoner was very shrewd, and while Li Kui was approaching, he quietly put two taels of silver into Li Kui's pocket, and said, "Your Majesty sent you to calm down, because the wind and waves on the river were so rough that I lost the Huashi Gang. Very good."

Li Kui touched a lot of money through his pocket, and said: "You are also a good person, behave well, and strive to go home as soon as possible. If there is anything in the future, report my name to Tieniu. I will make sure it will work."

"Yes, yes, thank you Brother Tieniu for taking care of me."

Tieniu hummed a little tune and went back to drink tea at the door of the cell, where there were tables, chairs and benches.

There is nothing to do for a day, and someone comes to change shifts before it is dark.Li Kui was about to call it a day and go back to his residence, when the cell boss came and said, "Li Kui, the quarry is short of manpower, you go to the quarry to help out, and work as a supervisor for a few days."

The quarry is on a barren hill in the north of Jiangzhou City. Hundreds of prisoners are mining stone there. Not to mention the remote location. Even if you kill a prisoner, you won’t be able to get a few drops of oil out of him. Generally, the last thing a prisoner wants to do is work in a quarry.

Li Kui became angry at the time and said: "If I don't go, I won't go. There's no shit in that place, and there isn't even a place to drink."

The cell boss said: "Tie Niu, don't yell at me. It's the meaning of Master Guan Ying. Anyway, I told you, do you want to go or not?"

On the way home, there happened to be a scholar who wrote letters on behalf of him, and Li Kui knew him.

"Xiucai, show me this letter. You don't need to read it to me. Just say what you mean." Li Kui said.

The scholar said: "This is a letter from your elder brother Li Da, saying the whereabouts of the 40 taels of silver you brought home. Five taels were left for your old mother to subsidize the family. The 15 taels of silver were used to buy bricks and tiles. Wait for the spring to come." Just build a house. The other 20 taels compensated the victim you accidentally killed a few years ago, and this case is fully understood. In addition, your brother said that everything is fine at home, but my mother often misses you and hopes that you can go home for the New Year this year."

"Xiucai, you read that right, it was really written by my brother, should I accept it for Li Kui?" Li Kui asked.

The scholar said: "I read characters, just like you play with an axe. Would you use a hoe as an axe?"

"How is that possible? I'm not blind."

"That's all. I have good eyesight, and I count on this to eat. Shall I write a reply letter and give you a discount, three pennies is enough." Xiucai said.

Li Kui said: "When I think about it, I will naturally come to you when I want to write."

Li Kui found a penny from the corner of his pocket, put it on the scholar's desk, and went home.

The more Li Kui thought about it, the more he couldn't figure out what was going on. He didn't give any money to his family, so where did he get the 40 taels of silver?

40 taels of silver is not a small amount of money. A prisoner like him can make 20 taels of silver a year. Although he has a lot of money, Li Kui's drinking and gambling money is gone. It is impossible to accumulate 40 taels of silver. of.

And what's even more exasperating is that Brother Dai Zong seems to have a problem with him. He even wants to transfer himself to a quarry that no one wants to work as a supervisor. Without oil and water, the salary of a few hundred yuan a month is enough for what to do. Not drinking enough?
Back at the residence, Li Kui drank some wine and fell asleep.

In his dream, he dreamed that when he was a child, he went to the market with his mother, and his mother gave him candied haws to eat.The scene changed in a blink of an eye, and I was working with my brother Li Da. Although the two brothers often quarreled, they were brothers and sisters after all.Immediately after he accidentally killed someone and left his hometown, his mother cried like tears.

Li Kui sat up sweating profusely, and he hadn't been home for four or five years.

Li Kui got up and packed his things, sorted out the packages, and moved out a jar from under the bed, which contained his private money, which was about seven or eight taels, including today's two taels, it was enough to travel all the way.

　It will be delivered at three o'clock, asking for a monthly ticket and a recommended ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)