Chapter 022: Real Gold Is Not Afraid of Fire
Qi Ledao sneered: "This time, I won't give up this living opportunity to the Queen Mother again, pass on my will, and set up the South Palace!"
At the same time, Zhang Wuxian and Shangguan Jin had already come to Shanglin Yuan, and Liu Dashan saw Zhang Wuxian and hurriedly ran over with a smile and said attentively: "Young master, no, it should be Lord Qincha now." Before he finished speaking, Liu Dashan looked at Zhang Wuxian's Ma Haha and laughed.
Zhang Wushu said: "What are you laughing at? You still call me young master, but calling me an adult will make me uncomfortable." After a pause, Zhang Wuxian continued: "What's the matter with Lin Yuan recently?"
"Young Master, Hong Fu of the Young Master, these days when the young master is away, everything is fine in Shanglin Garden. ”
Zhang Wuxian nodded, and then handed the horse bolt to Liu Dashan, and he and Shangguan Jin went to check the gold. These days when Zhang Wuxian was away, he was afraid that the gold would be robbed by others.
The two of them came to the place where the gold was hidden, and when they opened the chest, the gold shined brightly on them. Zhang Wushu began to rummag through the pile of gold with his hands, he had never seen so much gold in his previous life.
Shangguan Jin suddenly said, "No!" Immediately, Shangguan Jin hurriedly took a gold ingot from the pile of gold and began to bite it with her mouth.
Zhang Wuxian was puzzled when he saw this, and said, "What's the matter, is it possible that these gold are still fake?"
Shangguan Jin said: "I don't know now, but my ancestors have been in the jewelry business for thirteen generations, and I feel that it should not be wrong, this should not be the sound of gold colliding." Shangguan Jin seemed to be replying to Zhang Wuxian's words, and he seemed to be talking to himself.
After a long time, Shangguan Jin said to Zhang Wuxian: "Zhang Gongzi, these golds should be true and fake, I want to verify the authenticity of these golds." How many might be ruined, I don't know if it can be or not?"
"Of course you can, if this gold is really fake gold as you said, I can't spare this Li Tie. After that, Shangguan Jin picked ten of them everywhere in this box.
Shangguan Jin took the gold to the kitchen, and directly threw all the ten ingots of gold into the raging fire, and after about half a pillar of incense time had passed, Shangguan Jin extinguished the fire and used a stick to get out the burned things.
Zhang Wushu saw that the gold went in ten times, and only one came back, and his heart suddenly felt half cold, Shangguan Jin pinched the yellow powder on the ground with his hand, and said, "Childe, we were deceived by Li Tie." It is a stone that resembles gold, but it is most afraid of fire and dryness, and if it is left in a wet place for more than three days, it will begin to corrode. When the time comes, all the real gold and the fake gold will be gone, and there will only be a puddle of yellow water left in the chest. ”
Zhang Wuxian frowned, he didn't expect things to develop like this, so he immediately walked out and found someone: "Go and tell Liu Dashan and ask him to prepare a big iron shelf, heat it with a blazing fire underneath, and then pour all my gold into the fire." ”
When the man heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "My lord, why is this?"
"Ask so much what to do, just copy it. After that, Zhang Wuxian turned around and returned to the kitchen, and said, "Miss Shangguan, I have already arranged for Liu Dashan to deal with the matter of gold, and the two of us will go to the market first to see how Zhuge Jin is recruiting." Brother Jin is both resourceful, and I guess he must have a way to get the people I need. ”
Shangguan Jin said: "Then I'll prepare the horse, and the son will rest for a while." ”
Zhang Wuxian nodded, and then fell into deep thought, before he felt that with these 5,000 taels of gold, it didn't matter if he wasn't a rich second generation, but now that his father has lost it, the gold is also fake. Zhang Wuwu was a little helpless in his heart, and now he could only rely on his own hands. At least, he still has the official title of Lord Qincha and the two brothers Shangguan Jin and Zhuge Jin.
Soon, Shangguan Jin pulled the horse over and said, "Childe, get on the horse!", and then Zhang Wuxian boarded the horse with a smile on his face, and he didn't see any sadness at all.
The bazaar is divided into four markets, southeast, northwest and northwest, originally Zhang Wuxian was worried about which market to go to find Zhuge Jin, but he didn't expect Zhuge Jin to be very smart, so he installed the place of recruiting troops at the intersection of the four markets. So as soon as they came in, the three of them met. Zhang Wuxian saw that there were no people around, and thought to himself that even if he had a legitimate reason, he still couldn't do it.
Zhang Wuxian got off the horse, tied the horse to the side of the tree, and said to Zhuge Jin: "Brother Ah Jin, in such a short time, have you recruited a total of ten people?"
After hearing this, Zhuge Jin smiled and said: "No, no, my lord, Ah Jin is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he has recruited enough 1,000 people in just one hour, not counting the 'Tiger Beast Battalion' I selected."
When Zhang Wuxian heard this number, his eyes lit up, it seems that Zhuge Jin's ability to do things is so strong, it seems that he will greatly use this person in the future.
Zhang Wuxian asked, "Tiger Beast Battalion?"
"It was I who asked them to select 20 martial arts masters through a martial arts competition, and paid them three times their military salaries. I think Tiger Beast Camp, you should like it. ”
Zhang Wuxian laughed and said, "Yes, I didn't expect Brother Ah Jin to understand my mind so well." By the way, I don't see any people in this bazaar, how did you manage to recruit 1,020 people?"
Zhuge Jin said: "Actually, there were a lot of people in this market, but after I posted the announcement, these people all signed up one after another, and then they hurried home to prepare to clean up, so now there will be no one to see Gongzi." ”
Zhang Wushu thought to himself, what method did Zhuge Jin use, and why did the people sign up so enthusiastically, is it possible that there is any danger in not joining the army?
Zhang Wuxian said: "Brother Ah Jin, wait a while, you let those 1,020 people gather in my Shanglin Garden, and you will stay here to recruit soldiers and horses and exterminate all the thieves, just 1,000 people are not enough." ”
In fact, Zhang Wuxian didn't care if he could exterminate the thieves, the main thing was to strengthen his own strength, and Zhuge Jin also knew Zhang Wuxian's thoughts in his heart, and the two of them just tacitly agreed.
Zhang Wuxian turned around and said to Shangguan Jin: "Shangguan girl, you will stay here with Brother Ah Jin first, and assist him in recruiting soldiers and horses, as for me, I want to be quiet." ”
Shangguan Jin nodded, and signaled to agree with Zhang Wuxian's words, after all, the fake gold incident was indeed a shallow blow to Zhang Wuxian. Zhang Wushu got on the horse, and began to drive the horse to walk aimlessly, and before he knew it, Zhang Wushu had come to the forest.
Zhang Wuxian jumped off the horse, saw that there was no one around, and began to practice Qiu Gan's Nine Veins Sutra, which lasted for three weeks, and took about 4 hours, the speed was much higher than last time, and the sweat completely soaked Zhang Wuxian's clothes, and even dripped water, Zhang Wuxian didn't know why, and his body would sweat a lot after every practice.
Zhang Wushu went to the river to take off his clothes, jumped into the river and took a bath, he could feel full of strength, the most important thing is that the overwork made him forget the unhappiness that gold brought him.
Just as Zhang Wuxian was enjoying the coolness, he suddenly heard a conversation between the two people.
"Zhao Si, you said that the big boss always asked us to buy wine, and he didn't give it to our brothers to drink, which means a few things. ”
"I've long seen that the big boss is unhappy with us, so let's let him drink this wine comfortably. ”
Zhang Wuxian listened to the conversation between the two clearly, it seems that today he met two fickle people with psychological sovereignty, to be precise, this kind of person can't be used for a long time, no matter how good you are to him, he will eventually sell you. However, letting Zhang Wuxian meet these two people today can be regarded as God helping Zhang Wuxian.
Zhang Wuxian hurriedly put on his clothes while the two of them were not paying attention, and came to the front of the two. The two of them were very vigilant, and said, "Who are you? Why did you appear in our Ziya Mountain?"
Zhang Wuxian snorted and said, "You don't care who I am, but I know who you are." When he said this, Zhang Wuxian took out ten taels of silver from a bag.
The two of them stared at the ten taels of silver with their eyes, and completely relaxed their vigilance. Zhang Wushu threw the silver directly to the two brothers.
When the two of them were overjoyed, Zhao Si suddenly realized something, hurriedly picked up the knife, and said to Zhang Wuxian: "Who are you? Why do you give us ten taels of silver for no reason, do you know, ten taels of silver is a day's income from our cottage." I think you're afraid of the sharp blades in the hands of our brothers, so you took the money to eliminate the disaster. ”
You look at me, and I look at you, as if rejoicing in what I think is witty.
Zhang Wuxian was a little speechless, why are these thieves so stupid? But this aroused Zhang Wuxian's interest even more, if these two people use it well, then they can capture Ziya Mountain in one fell swoop tomorrow.
Zhang Wushu snatched the machete in Zhao Si's hand, and broke the machete with only two fingers, and the two hurriedly knelt on the ground after seeing it, begging for mercy: "Uncle spare your life, uncle spare your life!" It's my two brothers who have eyes and don't know Mount Tai......
Zhang Wuxian really didn't want to listen to this guy's nagging here, so he directly took out a hundred taels of silver from his body and threw it in front of the two.
The two of them stood up and were just about to speak, Zhang Wuxian took the lead and said: "Don't ramble anymore, talk about a word, I cut your tongue, I want you to help me do something, this 110 taels of silver is a deposit, after the matter is completed, I will give you two more 390 taels." I wonder what you two think?"
The guy next to Zhao Si took the lead in standing up and said with a light in his eyes: "Uncle, I don't know if Zhao Sitong disagrees, anyway, I agree." So much silver, enough for me to live for half a lifetime, even if you ask me to kill my own father and mother, I will agree. ”
Zhao Si pushed him and said, "Uncle, if you have any needs, just open your mouth, even if I go to pout my own ancestral grave, I won't frown, uncle." ”
Zhang Wu was sad and thought that these two parents had created something in their previous lives and gave birth to these two things.