Volume 1 Ghost Suppression Chapter 56 Soldiers and Merchants
Wound medicine has always been one of the most sought-after materials during the war, and it has only been less than half a year, and all the wound medicines on the market in the entire Tang Kingdom have almost been bought and sold, and occasionally appear, they are also prohibitively expensive.
Before the war, a bottle of hemostatic powder was only a tael of silver, but now it has been sold for more than ten taels, and it may not be able to be bought, and this caravan is now full of two carts of medicines, once it is sold, it will definitely make a lot of money, because many people are waiting for these medicinal materials to save their lives.
The old pawn looked at Zhang Zhidong in a dilemma, and said directly: "If you want me to see it, directly intercepting this batch of drugs and sending them to the front line can be regarded as a lesson for these unscrupulous black businessmen." The soldiers are working the front line, they are good, they don't contribute, they just want to make personal gains, such people should be killed with a knife. ”
Zhang Zhidong shook his head and said, "We are soldiers, not bandits. ”
After speaking, he stood up and walked outside, while saying, "I'll go and talk to them, how much can I take, and leave some more medicinal herbs, so that the brothers on the front line will have more hope of survival." ”
He walked to the old pawn's side, stopped, and continued: "No matter how this batch of medicinal materials came from, but it belongs to them now, without their permission, let alone robbing, it is not okay to buy hard, and after all, they are the people of the Tang Kingdom, and we are the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom, what we have to do is not only to ensure the safety of their lives, but also to ensure the safety of their property." ”
The old pawn nodded and said, "My subordinates understand, but I feel uncomfortable." ”
Zhang Zhidong nodded, "I'm not feeling well, but I can't break the rules of being a soldier because of the discomfort in my heart." ”
After saying that, he pushed the door and walked out, and the old man turned to follow.
On the other side, the lean man went out, and hurriedly turned around, closed the door at the same time, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, that General Zhang is here." ”
Li Mingwei frowned.
Liu Laocheng asked, "What now?"
Li Mingwei was still thinking about it, but there was a knock on the door outside, followed by Zhang Zhidong's voice: "Boss Li, can you open the door? Let's talk about a business." ”
Li Mingwei nodded, and the lean man opened the door.
Zhang Zhidong walked in with a smile, but asked the old soldier to wait outside the door, and then said to Li Mingwei: "Boss Li, don't worry, I'm really here to talk about business, otherwise I won't come alone." ”
Li Mingwei came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Look at what the general said, please!"
As he spoke, he gave up his position, and then personally poured Zhang Zhidong a cup of tea.
After Zhang Zhidong sat down, he looked at the other five people, then took a sip of the teacup, and then said: "I, Zhang Zhidong, am a rough person, and I won't bend around, so I'll just say it." The batch of medicinal materials you escorted is the most scarce material on the front line, so ......"
He paused deliberately, Li Mingwei's brows furrowed slightly, and the rest of the people also narrowed their eyes.
Li Mingwei said with a smile: "What the general said, the brothers understand very well, we are all from the Tang Kingdom, and we all want to do our part to defend the country, but the brothers are afraid of death and dare not go into battle to kill the enemy, they should have handed over this batch of medicine to the general, but this batch of medicine is all the net worth of the brothers, and the old and young in the family are waiting for this batch of medicine to eat." The general also knows that now that wars are frequent, it is difficult to do anything, it is difficult to be a soldier, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people like us. ”
Zhang Zhidong smiled and nodded: "Out of the Surabaya Pass, it is the main battlefield of the two countries, indeed, this batch of medicine can be sold at a good price when it is taken to the east, but it is dangerous, I don't need to say it, Boss Li knows better than me." ”
Li Mingwei nodded.
Zhang Zhidong continued: "So Boss Li might as well sell this batch of medicine to me, not only to help the soldiers who are desperate on the front line, but also to get the money, and the most important thing is to go home safely and reunite the family." ”
Kang Zhong interjected directly and asked, "I don't know how much the general plans to pay to buy this batch of medicinal materials?"
Zhang Zhidong glanced at him, then looked at Li Mingwei, and said with a smile: "According to the current market price, add one more point." ”
Without waiting for everyone to speak, Zhang Zhidong continued: "Of course, you can only pay a deposit of 30% first, and Boss Li can take my letter and go to the north to find any yamen to withdraw the rest of the money." ”
Speaking of this, he smiled helplessly, "After all, I can't take out so much money now." ”
Li Mingwei shook his head and said: "It's not that Li doesn't believe in the general, but now that the army is in chaos, the brothers really can't stand the toss." ”
Before Zhang Zhidong could speak, the old pawn outside rushed in and said angrily: "The general is kind enough to buy it from you, don't be ignorant, believe it or not, Lao Tzu forcibly expropriated it for you, so that you can't get a penny?"
Zhang Zhidong didn't speak, Li Mingwei looked at Zhang Zhidong, frowned, and said: "General, these medicinal materials are really pawned by the brothers and bought all the family property, if they are forcibly expropriated by the general, it can certainly save the lives of many soldiers, but we and our families can only wait for death." ”
He thought for a while, and then said: "If the general can scrape together all the money, the brothers will leave this batch of medicinal materials, and the general also knows that although this is the market price, it is not easy to find a seller." ”
Zhang Zhidong still didn't speak, his fingers tapped the teacup gently, and then stretched out two fingers, "Two days, give me two days, I will get all the money together." ”
Li Mingwei fell into thought, and after a long time, he nodded and agreed.
Zhang Zhidong got up and said, "Thank you Boss Li for the tea, I won't bother." ”
After saying that, he walked out with the old soldier.
In the room, the atmosphere is solemn.
The thin man frowned and said, "Big brother, this old guy didn't say that just to stabilize us, right?"
Li Mingwei shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, if they want to do it, they will do it a long time ago." ”
Kang Zhong frowned and said, "Even if you really get all the silver for him, the price is ......."
Liu Laocheng opened his mouth and said: "The price is a little lower, but it is better than nothing, if the other party forcibly expropriates it, just a few of us, can it still turn the sky upside down? Not to mention that the relationship between this old man and those cultivators is obviously not ordinary." ”
Li Mingwei nodded and said: "That's the only way, the right should be to do your part for the country." ”
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In yesterday's battle, Su Mingrui not only successfully advanced, but with the help of Yue Fangfei, the realm was directly stabilized at the first order and second grade, which is of course a good thing, but at this moment, Su Mingrui was a little melancholy.
After advancing, he found that not only had his vision and understanding of cultivation improved to a higher level, but even his views on the moves were completely different from before, and those previous sword moves had a feeling that they were not worthy of the realm.
Originally, Li Biyun said that after Su Mingrui advanced, he would give him a new set of sword moves, so Su Mingrui had some expectations, he didn't dare to expect Li Biyun to pass on the "Dragon Slaying Sword Technique" to him, after all, he really didn't have much confidence to control that kind of sword move.
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, Su Mingrui came back to his senses, and listened to Mo Yan ask, "Senior Brother Mo, have you slept?"
Su Mingrui got up and said, "Not yet, Senior Brother Mo has something to do so late?" The door is not locked, come in." ”
Mo Yan pushed the door and entered, and at the same time said, "Congratulations to Senior Brother Su for his successful advancement." ”
Su Mingrui said with a smile: "It's been two years, what is there to congratulate." ”
As he spoke, he pulled a stool for Mo Yan, poured another glass of water, and asked, "By the way, are you okay?"
Mo Yan nodded, "Under Senior Sister Qin's tireless polishing, I can't believe that this body is actually my own. ”
When he said this, he took out a booklet from his sleeve, handed it to Su Mingrui, and said, "By the way, this is something that Elder Li gave me before leaving, saying that I will transfer it to you after Senior Brother Su advances." ”
Su Mingrui was stunned for a moment, opened the booklet, and suddenly looked at Mo Yan in disbelief, and his tone trembled a little, "This is the Dragon Slaying Sword Technique?"
Mo Yan smiled and nodded, but did not speak.
Su Mingrui's eyes continued to focus on the "Dragon Slaying Sword Technique", and said while flipping through it: "No, if the teacher wants to give it to me, why should you hand it over?"
Mo Yan raised his eyebrows, shook his head and smiled: "Then I don't know." ”
Saying that, he stood up, "Now that I have completed Elder Li's instructions, I will not disturb Senior Brother Su's rest." ”
After saying that, he turned around and walked outside.
Su Mingrui originally lacked a new set of sword moves, and the "Dragon Slaying Sword Technique" was exactly what he dreamed of, appearing in front of him at this moment, holding it in his hands, both exciting and unbelievable.
It all seemed so unreal, like a dream, that he forgot to send Mo Yan.
After Mo Yan left Su Mingrui's house, he didn't go back to his room, but jumped onto the roof of a building, sat down cross-legged, and then released his spiritual sense to continue to observe the changes he had discovered in the morning.
Sure enough, in the spiritual vein, the pitch-black flame was still there, and it was swimming slowly, and when it approached the sword bone, it would suddenly become violent, and after moving away from the sword bone, it slowly became docile.
When the flame comes to the end of the vein, and when it is blocked, it retreats, and then hits the thing that blocked it, and after a few attempts to no avail, it turns around and continues to swim, and so on.
Mo Yan looked at it and thought it was very interesting, so he drove his spiritual sense closer and wanted to see what this little thing was, Mo Yan soon found that as his spiritual sense approached, this Xiaodong actually became vigilant, and his speed of wandering became slower and slower, and finally stopped directly.
Mo Yan finally saw the appearance of this little thing clearly, it was a flame, but because it was pitch black, it looked like a small tadpole, this thing obviously had no eyes, but Mo Yan had a feeling that it was also looking at itself.
The little thing seemed to "see" the ink words clearly, and then continued to swim forward, leisurely.
Mo Yan was curious, so he used his spiritual sense to touch this little thing, but it was okay not to touch it, but this touch, the change was so sudden that Mo Yan was so frightened that he almost fell off the roof......