"The cow fell down the valley and died."

Several shepherd boys spoke in unison, and while Ling Shi listened, he turned his head to look at the priest of Beidi County who was sitting at the bottom: Wu Shilu.

Priest official, this is the position of Wu Shi Lu in the government, subordinate to the servant, and in charge of the government animal husbandry, the station is his hometown Wu County, which is the hometown of Wu Shi Rong, the water and grass are abundant, there are many livestock, cattle and sheep, half of which is Wu Shi Lu's private property, and the other half is public property.

On the eve of the big competition of cattle and sheep in each county in the first month of the lunar calendar, there was a case of a bull falling off a cliff and dying in the pasture in the east of the county, which is a common occurrence, but Ling Shi, who is resident in Hongo, did not expect that Wu Shilu happened to come here and listen to his decision on the case.

With Wu Shilu staring, he had to show his ability, so he took a few shots:

"The Law of the Stables says that if there is a death of cattle and horses owned by the government, it must be reported to the county priest and stable officials immediately, and the officials will inspect them and hand over the dead cattle immediately. If the dead cattle and horses are corrupted because they are not submitted in time, they will be compensated according to the price of tendons, skins, horns and meat when they are not corrupted! ”

In the Qin Dynasty, whether it is a border county or an inland area, cattle and horses are valuable property, and their use value is not inferior to the cars of later generations. Therefore, the government attaches great importance to it. When the cattle and horses were alive, they pulled carts and cultivated the land, and after they died, their whole body was full of treasures, and the tendons could be made into bowstrings, the skins could be made into armor, and the horns could be made into horns and bow materials, not to mention the meat, in short, and strive not to waste at all.

In addition, every year, the priest counts the number of cows and horses in each stable: "Ten adult cows, six of which have no youngsters a year, are punished for not being able to breed the cows with all their hearts!" ”

If there are more than 10 oxen, and a third of them die in a year, no matter what the cause, whether it is an epidemic or an accident, the officials in charge of the cattle and the disciples who feed the cattle are guilty!

After being ordered to list the laws one by one, the shepherd boys knew that they were afraid that they might have a big deal.

"The official has asked people to go to the valley you said to check, on the cliff, there are not many traces of the ox stumbling and falling, and I went to the bottom of the cliff to look for it, but no carcass of the cow was found."

"Maybe it was eaten by a tiger and a leopard!"

The older shepherd boy shouted, and the others looked at each other.

"Tigers and leopards will not devour their bones and horns together, right? How could not a drop of blood be shed? ”

Ling Shi saw that the group of shepherd boys were beginning to feel weak, so he separated them one by one, and continued to interrogate, where had the shepherd boys seen this meeting, they panicked, and soon confessed the facts one by one.

It turned out that they were instigated by the adults in the family to secretly take away the cattle they raised, but they lied that the cow fell off the cliff and died. I thought that the cliff was bottomless and no one would go down to check, but who expected that the government would invite a honey picker to hang a hemp rope to find out......

The truth has been revealed, and the next thing is to send someone to arrest the person who instigated the shepherd boys to steal cattle, and it is best to get all the stolen goods, and then, waiting for him, will be punished for the two crimes of "stealing cattle" and "instigating" at the same time, and a "city dan" with a life sentence will not be able to escape.

As for this group of shepherd boys, Ling Shi also plans to be sentenced heavily, demoted to a small subordinate, and go to do harder work than herding cattle, and the oldest boy will even be blackened!

After formulating the wording of the verdict, Shi Chao Wu Shi gave up his hand and asked for his opinion, at this time, Wu Shilu, who had been watching for a long time and was silent, finally spoke.

"The people of the border are not good generations, they all migrated to this county with sins, although three or four generations have passed, but they are still poor, how can their children and grandchildren be filial sons and grandsons?"

"And we barbarians."

Wu Shilu pointed at himself and said with a smile: "Always have the heart of birds and beasts, it is difficult to raise and easy to lose." Today's monarch is strict in the case, but as everyone knows, there are no big fish when the water is clear, and the shepherd boy is not a Fu in the first place, and he is deceived and instigated by others, so it is better to open the net, avoid the punishment of black face, and go to the hidden official to do some heavy work. ”

After thinking about it, Shi adopted Wu Shilu's opinion, and let a few little shepherd boys go, and only punished them for hard work, and did not engrave words on their faces blackened by the sun.

"Why did the eldest brother suddenly become kind-hearted?"

After leaving the hall where the case was being heard, Wu Shiyan's younger brother, Wu Shiyan, was waiting for him at the door.

"It's not kind."

There is no doubt that the Wu brothers are dressed up and Doctor Qin Shi, but they talk to each other in Rong language.

He stroked his beard and said, "I just thought about what happened when I was a child......

Although they are now rich and wealthy, the two brothers are not from a high background. It's just a poor child of the Wushi tribe outside the country, whose parents died when he was a child, and he lives by grazing people.

In that year, because of the drought, the grass on the mountains withered, and the cattle and sheep were not fed, and they were getting thinner and thinner, so the tribal ruler took out his anger on the two brothers, and every few days they were given a whip, and they were not fed.

Looking at the thin brother who hadn't eaten for two days, Wu Shilu was ruthless, drove the cattle and sheep into the uninhabited mountain col, raised the knife in his hand, and directly slaughtered a sheep, and the two brothers had a full meal.

He is not like those shepherd boys, who are so stupid as to use the clumsy excuse of "falling to death", so that he will inevitably be blamed and even killed. So he took his brother and ran away with the cattle and sheep!

At that time, the Wu tribe had been divided into two by the Great Wall, both inside and outside the country, and there were not too many restrictions on exchanges. They fled to Qin Pass, and Wu Shilu still relied on his old face, and although he couldn't understand the language, he still managed to sell these cattle and sheep.

Of course, Wu Shilu was severely blackmailed, three cows, ten sheep, and only sold for more than 20,000 yuan, but that was the first pot of gold he got.

If Xiao Guan's guards also rigidly stopped them outside the pass, the two brothers would have been beaten to death by Jun Chang long ago, how could they be the great businessmen of Fubi Fengjun today?

After tasting the sweetness of doing business, Wu Shilu began his journey to make a fortune, first getting a temporary residence permit "inspection and transmission" to obtain legal status. He also bought the first pot of gold for cattle and sheep cubs, raised them for two years and sold them, and then used the money from the sale to buy silk silk from the Central Plains, and brought them to the Rong kings and elders to exchange for more livestock.

In this way, the exchange of silk horses was very profitable, and his business became bigger and bigger, and he owned cattle, sheep and horses all over the mountains, so many that he had to use grains to count......

Relying on a large amount of money as a stepping stone, Wu Shilu was able to get the attention of Qin Shi Huang, enter the house, let him have an official body, and buy and sell for the government.

"One of the most important things for businessmen is to be kind to others."

Reflecting on the business experience of half his life, and looking back at the shepherd boys, they cast a grateful look at Wu Shilu after learning that they did not have to be grim.

"In a few years, my family may be able to gain a few more loyal disciples." Wu Shilu smiled slightly.

These evil young men who were not from good backgrounds and did not have much way out were an important part of the Wu clan caravan, how could the good family condescend to be driven by him, a merchant, to transport goods thousands of miles away?

The so-called "good family sons" are a special group in the Kansai prefectures, and there are not many of them.

First of all, except for doctors, witches, merchants, hundred workers, and sons-in-law, in Qin, where agriculture is the most important, they are all regarded as the last industry, especially merchants and sons-in-law, and they are the first choice for the side.

Secondly, the son of a good family not only abides by the law himself, but also pushes three generations to the top, and has no family criminal history.

Finally, a good family must have a certain amount of property, movable property such as slaves and maids, horses, cattle, and immovable properties such as fields and houses are all counted, and they must be more than 100,000 yuan......

There is only one kind of family that can do this: the military aristocracy.

They are martial and proud, and pay attention to "驷驖 (tiě) Kongfu, six bridles in hand, the charm of the public, and the hunting of the public." ”

Wu Shi likes and dislikes young people and hates good families, but Heifu is the opposite.

"I heard that the newly arrived county Weixing County, every time you go to a county, you must first recruit a good family to come to see you?" Wu asked his younger brother.

"Exactly."

Wu Shiyan said: "Not only summoned, but the county lieutenant also wore armor, personally saddled the saddle horse, selected people with good family strength, galloped to Jingyang, and lectured on war Chen. He talked in public about his experience from Qianshou all the way to the middle change, and encouraged the sons of the good families, and in the end, he recruited the sons of the good families to enlist in the army as county soldiers......"

Heifu is also regarded as a combat hero in the war of Qin's unification of the Six Kingdoms, and his deeds of leaping from the head of Qiantou to the county lieutenant are also extremely inspirational "legends", and the good families of the counties are inspired by him and enthusiastically apply.

"This county lieutenant, although he has just arrived, first raised the Rong of the Great Plains, and then collected the heart of the county soldiers, and finally, he also recruited all the sons of the good family into the army, which is bent on doing great things......"

Wu Shilu was thoughtful, of course he knew what Heifu wanted to do, but his position was a little delicate.

"Once the administration of the northern land is tightened, the water will be clear, and if the water is clear, there will be no big fish."

When the time comes, their family, as the biggest fish, will not be easy to mix.

Moreover, Heifu's war target must be one of the Yueshi and the Xiongnu, and Wushi Lu trades with the two countries every year, collects bribes, and earns a lot of money.

That's why he's worried.

But no matter how worried he is, Heifu is about to arrive in Wushi County, and Wushi has to squeeze out a smiling face to meet him at the border, and see what means this son will use to convince himself to support this war.

If it weren't for Wu Shi's blowing, if he hadn't actively cooperated and provided financial resources, cattle and horses, and Heifu's war plan, I am afraid that he would have encountered many difficulties.

At the end, Wu Shilu suddenly asked his younger brother.

"What kind of person is Hef?"

Recalling all the things that have happened in the past two years, Wu Shilu always feels that this person seems to have been born out of thin air, suddenly rising, suddenly being favored, and suddenly proposing all kinds of new ideas and strategies, but he can always have an appetite for Qin Shi Huang.

If it's a coincidence, it's fine, but if it's something he's calculating in his heart, it's terrifying.

"I don't dare say anything else."

Wu Shiyan recalled that when he was in Xianyang, he had few meetings with Heifu, and through brown sugar, Heifu also had an interest in his own business.

He said firmly: "Heifu, if he is a businessman, his wealth and achievements are probably no less than that of his brother!" ”

……

"Wujun!"

The next day, as soon as the county lieutenant's carriage stopped, Heifu, who was wearing a crimson official uniform and a silver seal and blue ribbon, came down, and under the recommendation of Wu Shiyan, he got to know each other with Wu Shilu, and then kindly helped up Wu Shilu, who was about to worship......

"Wujun is more powerful than Fengjun, he doesn't worship the county magistrate, and he salutes me, it's really a torture to kill the afterlife!"

Wu Shilu didn't dare to slack off, but looking at this black guy with a simple face, he still couldn't imagine that such a person, why did his younger brother say that he had a "business vision" comparable to himself?

The two observed each other and exchanged pleasantries, Wu Shi Lu mentioned the Wu County Niu and Ma Dabi that will be launched tomorrow, but Heifu was not very interested in this, and after a few polite words, he simply made clear the purpose of his visit.

"Wujun, what I want to talk to you about in detail is not fat or thin cattle and horses, but a big deal involving tens of thousands of dollars!"