In addition to official positions, there are certainly bounties.

Originally, before sending troops to investigate Zhang Chun, Jia Cong had said that if this matter was true, he should be rewarded with fifty catties of gold.

Now that Li Su and Liu Bei are helping him do things very beautifully, they can also shirk their responsibilities externally, and let Zhang Chun's mistakes in this matter be minimized as much as possible, and Jia Cong will of course do business.

For this kind of thing, the price code is a precedent, and the court will also reimburse it afterwards. Basically, it is compared with the price code of the Huiji thief Xuchang/Xu Shao seven or eight years ago, or the recent Changsha thief district star, and there is no need to bargain.

After Jia Cong announced the reward in person, Li Su thanked him again, and then Jia Cong waved his hand to signal that he could go back and receive the money.

Li Su wanted to give a few words, and Mao recommended himself to serve as a messenger to the imperial court.

However, Jia Cong's attitude towards evicting guests was more obvious, and he was anxious to discuss the wording of the performance with Xin Ping. Li Su knew that he had not fully gained Jia Cong's trust, and his rash progress might make the other party annoyed.

Let's take a steady hand first and go get the money. Wait for Xin to come out, and then stuff the benefits of the cliché, deal with the superficial colleague relationship, and seek this errand.

Li Su took Jia Cong's approval and withdrew from the Assassin's Mansion.

Liu Bei had already finished being asked, and had been waiting at the door, and when he saw Li Su coming out, he hurriedly greeted him: "How is it?" ”

Li Su: "Big brother, your official position still has to wait for the imperial court to reappoint, but it is also convenient for our 'abandonment plan', lest the imperial court will give you a promotion and then abandon your official position." ”

Liu Bei was already mentally prepared for the latter stage of the plan, so of course he wouldn't be uncomfortable when he heard the news, he just asked lightly: "What about you, Boya?" ”

Li Su: "The envoy temporarily granted me the position of assassinating Cao Shuzuo, with a rank of 300 stones, but there is no specific envoy yet." In addition, according to the practice of the imperial court, I will be rewarded with a total of fifty catties of gold, so let's go and receive the reward now. ”

I heard that there are really dozens of catties of gold that can be taken for nothing, Liu Bei is also very happy, who doesn't like money.

It takes a lot of money to do big things, not to mention that Liu Bei is a person who likes "beautiful clothes, dogs and horses" very much.

"Let's go, then go get the money first! Have a good drink tonight, find the most luxurious wine shop in Yecheng! Liu Bei almost instantly entered the rhythm of the biological clock to enjoy life.

Then the music! Let's dance!

The two of them pulled up Guan Yu, got on the horse with a smile, and went straight to Shucao to get the money.

After arriving at the place, Cao Peng, a bookkeeper in charge of reception, figured out the situation and led Li Su and Liu Bei to the treasury to go through the delivery procedures.

Liu and Li were dragged to a treasury, and Cao Peng opened the door with a "bang", gave them a false look, and said officially: "These boxes add up to five million dollars, move away!" ”

Li Su was a little speechless for an instant.

it! Didn't you say that fifty pounds of gold were good? How did it become five million copper coins?

Five million copper coins, equivalent to the weight unit of later generations, weighs 12 tons, who can take it!

"This big brother Cao Peng...... But is there a shortage of gold in the state's treasury? So......" Li Su said with some embarrassment.

Who knew that the other party reacted quickly: "Then according to the practice of the imperial court, let's discount the gold." ”

As he spoke, Cao Peng took Liu and Li to another heavily guarded warehouse, went through some formalities, and then proposed a plate of 20 horseshoe gold cakes, a total of 30 catties.

"This, this, this...... said that 50 catties of gold, this becomes 30 catties? Li Su instantly had a more vivid understanding of the darkness of the court at the end of the Han Dynasty.

And Liu Bei seems to have a lot of social experience in this area than Li Su, and quietly completed the delivery procedures.

After leaving the Cao Yamen with thirty catties of gold cakes on his back, Liu Bei asked Li Su: "Boya, you are also from a scholar, but you don't know the bad rules?" For many years, the court nominally rewarded gold, and it was necessary to convert the official price into copper coins first, and you had to insist on taking the gold cake, and then fold it back. ”

Li Su was stunned for a second or two before accepting this reality.

It turned out that the people of the Han Dynasty had already used the "dual-track system of exchange rates for planned prices and unplanned prices" to exploit those who had made meritorious contributions!

The official exchange rate, from the Western Han Dynasty to the present, is one tael of gold and 10,000 yuan.

The private exchange rate actually depreciated to one tael to 17,000.

So, they didn't do anything, and they were already given a six-fold discount -

Don't be unconvinced, look at Zhu Jun, one of the three heroes of the Yellow Turban, when he helped exterminate the thief Xuchang, Zhu Jun's fifty catties of gold bounty was also depreciated to thirty catties when he got it!

This is not the corruption of the people who manage the money, but the direct distribution of the imperial court.

It is very in line with the characteristics of the second emperor of Huan Ling!

"Don't think about it, this world is like this, thirty catties is not bad, it is a windfall, go and have a good drink!" Liu Bei slapped Li Su twice and asked him not to think about it blindly.

"Big brother, I still have some business, you go find a place to drink first, I haven't convinced the envoy about serving as a messenger tomorrow. I want to go back to the door of the assassin's mansion to squat hard, invite him to have a drink together, give some benefits, and see if I can say a few kind words in front of the envoy to please this messenger - the envoy still doesn't know my eloquence and doesn't trust me in doing things. ”

Li Su originally thought that Jia Cong would directly let him be a messenger, but he never thought that there would be twists and turns.

But it's normal to think about it in retrospect, a person who originally only worked as a scribe for the superintendent, how can the dignified assassin be relieved that you will report to the imperial court on his behalf alone?

At best, Li Su is regarded as a witness, but in addition, he must choose another reliable person as a righteous envoy.

If you don't pay attention to one point, you will directly put aside him, a witness and the original informant, and the matter of Li Su and Liu Bei may only be read by the court in the form of words on the recital.

It's also strange that Li Su didn't have ironclad evidence at the beginning, so he could only go to Jia Cong to report it first. If he has documentary evidence like Tang Zhou, then he will also learn from Tang Zhou's "direct entry into the forbidden and change".

If you can't get to Luoyang, how can you climb the dragon and the phoenix to make friends with the powerful and become famous in the world?

Now I have no choice but to stuff money to give benefits and ask someone to say a few kind words.

"This is the right thing, then there is Brother Lao Xian." Liu Bei also knew the priorities, held Li Su's hand, and put on a posture of entrusting him with a heavy responsibility.

Li Su: "Big brother, however, I may need to make some money to make this happen." Not only this time, but in the future, I am afraid that there will be some joint ...... Big brother, you are an upright person, and you won't want to know the details. ”

Liu Bei was stunned: "It turned out that it had just arrived, and it was going to be spent, so I should have thought of it a long time ago." Now, just take it. A virtuous brother is my goodness and peace. When the ancestor heard that Chen Ping was not guilty of being robbed by gold, he gave Chen Ping ten thousand gold without doubt, how could you and my brother not believe you. ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei grabbed a handful of horseshoe gold from the gold bag, about a few catties of horseshoe gold, and took it to drink, shop, and enjoy himself with Guan Yu, and the rest was actually handed over to Li Su.

More than 20 catties of gold were wrapped around Li Su's waist, almost making Li Su feel awkward when he walked.

However, listening to Liu Bei compare him to Chen Ping, Li Su was still quite proud.

How good it is to be Chen Ping! Even if he met a monarch like Liu Bang, Chen Ping lived longer than Zhang Liang and Xiao He, and after repeated reshuffles of the two dynasties of Empress Lu and Emperor Wen of Han, he still stands. Even Zhou Bo quit his life, Chen Ping is still alone, and he has been living a good life.

To be a man, if you want not to be suspicious of the monarch, you have to have a little problem, "we lie, cheat, steal, we are professionally trained", these dirty water poured on the body, is the tumbler among the founding heroes.

The example that Liu Bei just mentioned is about the confrontation between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang in Xingyang when Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony. Liu Bang couldn't hold it anymore, and someone recommended Chen Ping to him, saying that this person could make a counter-plot to make Xiang Yu withdraw from the army.

Chen Ping has a bad character, greedy for money and lustful, but Liu Bang makes the best use of it. Chen Ping asked for "10,000 gold" up and down, Liu Bang gave it without blinking his eyes, and asked for it after spending it, and spent a total of 40,000 gold before and after. But Chen Ping finally corrupted the people around Xiang Yu, provoked Xiang Yu to turn his face with his father Fan Zeng, and finally killed Fan Zeng.

Everyone knows that Chen Ping must have made a lot of money from the 40,000 gold. But compared with getting rid of Fan Zeng, Liu Bang was too lazy to care.

Liu Bei, although he has no ambition to seize the world now, he has taken Emperor Gaozu as an example since he was a child, and he still has this temper.

His friendship with Li Su has reached this stage, and he naturally regards Li Su as his Chen Ping subconsciously.

Emperor Gaozu can even give Chen Ping 40,000 gold regardless of the use, can't we afford to give the fourth brother 20 gold!

If you mess up, you can buy a lesson for twenty gold, and it's not that you can't afford to play!

……

After gaining Liu Bei's full trust in the use of money, Li Su was completely free of his hands.

He returned to the door of the Assassin's Mansion and blocked it, and after a while, he waited until he came out.

Li Su hurriedly went up and set it on: "Brother Xin!" The younger brother has just arrived, and he has no intention of competing for favor in front of the envoy, so please give me more advice in the future! ”

Xin Ping shrank back in disgust as if he was knee-jerking, looking up and down, it seemed that it was not uncommon to deal with Li Su at all.

However, Li Su's next action immediately made Xin Ping feel his kindness.

Li Su generously stretched out his hand and shook Xin Ping's hands. Xin Ping was about to push it away, but he felt a heavy hollow horseshoe-shaped object stuffed into the palms of his left and right hands.

Just met, just give three catties of gold?

Xin Ping himself was just a petty official with three hundred stones, and immediately felt the great kindness and respect, and put the thing into his sleeve, and his expression instantly smiled like a brilliant chrysanthemum:

"Everyone is a colleague, and it is appropriate to support each other. If there is anything you don't understand, ask me in the future, and everyone will be closer. ”

"When my younger brother first arrived, my brother-in-law set up a banquet in Luming Tower, and invited Xin to enjoy the light. I don't hide it, we don't intend to stay in Yecheng for a long time, we just want to ask Brother Xin to help me say a few kind words to help me ask the envoy to get out. ”

"Well said, well said."

Hearing that Li Su had no intention of working under Jia Cong all the time, Xin Ping became even more friendly to Li Su.