Chapter 45: Fruitful Harvest
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————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Lu Shi stood in front of the city gate, and made a covenant with his brothers not to abandon or give up, which shocked and moved all the brothers.
Can this really be the case? If Mr. Ruru promised, it would be willing to fight for his brother in this troubled world, so everyone looked at Lu Shi eagerly, and they couldn't wait to become a member of Lu Shi's side immediately.
"We are willing, we are willing to not abandon or give up for our brothers, and keep this vow until death." The twenty or so men replied in unison, and knelt down again.
This time is not for the form, but sincerely bowed to the ground, and such a brother, it is for his oath, he is already willing to die without regrets.
Lu Shi hurriedly stepped forward again and mixed them one by one, and said with a wry smile: "Look, I just agreed, and I broke the rules, how should I punish this?" ”
It was a joke, but it warmed the hearts of all the people present, and one by one they burst into tears and whimpered.
Book friends, really don't think this is sensational, in fact, in that era, the lives of the low-class people were like mustard, and they could not be respected at all, let alone respected by the high-ranking scholars.
They felt that Lu Shi's sincere equality and respect, could this respect not make everyone have the determination to repay each other for their death?
"Willing to be punished by Mr." Together, everyone willingly gave the gift.
Lu Shi was really speechless, what else did he have to say? Let's treat each other with a normal heart.
It was not only these men and Guo Tianxing who were moved, but also one person who was moved, that is, the three housekeepers of Zhangjiabao who had been here for a long time and stood aside and watched quietly.
The third housekeeper had already seen and felt all of Lu Shi's on the side, and at this time he stepped forward and saluted him respectfully: "Sir, I was sent by Lord Zhao Dahai, and I came to ask Mr. to go back to Zhangjiabao to check the harvest, Mr. has time?" ”
Seeing that Lu Shi was the third butler who had dealt with him a long time ago, he hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile: "Then please lead the way." ”
When the three stewards saw the pole coming in, they were terrified, and secretly said, this Zhang family is going to suffer a great disaster this time, the pole is attacking a fort and a village, it is all wanton looting and burning, and everywhere they pass, no matter how luxurious and prosperous they are, they will immediately turn into a pile of rubble.
But after waiting for Tianxing's pole to break the fort, the Lu Shi who followed him shouted that he would not burn or plunder, and really restrained his subordinates, and treated the prisoners well, which was beyond the expectations of the three butlers, so he became interested in Lu Shi and secretly observed Lu Shi's behavior.
Originally, these three housekeepers were familiar with Zhao Dahai, Zhao Dahai and others were rude men and illiterate, and they didn't know how to sort out the seized Zhang family's property at all, so they forced the third housekeeper to take action.
Now it's embarrassing for the three housekeepers, this gang, in the eyes of those Zhang family members, is a thief, it's impossible to say it clearly, but in front of the steel knife, where is there room for him to say nothing?
In fact, Zhao Dahai knew that these three housekeepers were single, and they had nothing to worry about, and when they ran out, they threw them away from Guotianxing, and they were coerced to be a housekeeper helper.
At the beginning, the war outside was urgent, Zhao Dahai just tried his best to suppress the children of the Zhang family and the Xiang Yong, don't fight outside, these Xiang Yong who had just surrendered would come to the inside and outside, and everything would be over.
Fortunately, there were bursts of cheers from the city and the city, knowing that the overall situation had been decided, so he put his heart back in his stomach, so he sent the third housekeeper to ask Lu Shi to go back to the Zhang family's old house to count the belongings.
The third steward came to the gate of the city, and saw Lu Shi and the child answering, at that time was attracted by the beautiful prospect depicted by Lu Shi, and was shocked by the passion of the scene that was tragic but even more generous at that time, and his chest couldn't help but rise with pride. So he secretly made a decision.
This is a key step to collect the assets of the Zhang family, after all, in order to fulfill Zhang Laoshi's wish, rescue the disciples of Zhangjiazhuang, and attack the county seat, and prepare supplies and grain for the upcoming coalition army, this is a big deal.
Under the leadership of the third housekeeper of the Zhang family, the assets of the Zhang family were counted, but everyone was dumbfounded.
At the bottom of a water pavilion, a cellar was found, and when it was opened, a musty smell came out.
"Zhang Laocai's treasury is here, please take a look, kings." The third butler stepped forward and introduced.
"How much?" Zhao Dahai asked casually.
"I don't know, it's just that I only see people entering but not going out every year, sir, Lord Zhao, please count it yourself." The tone was respectful and flat.
"Come on a few people, go down and have a look, and then move them up and count them." Guo Tianxing excitedly summoned a few henchmen and commanded loudly. In the past few years, I have only seen in but not out, and the Zhang family's hundred-year accumulation must be a lot, and it is enough for thousands of people in the cottage to live for a while.
Those henchmen happily went down to investigate, and after a while, they all swayed and crawled up, and when they came up, they opened their mouths wide in confusion and did not make a sound.
Guo Tianxing thought that his subordinates were stunned by the town things in the cellar, and went up with one person and one kick, "What's the situation below, are you blocked by demons?" ”
After kicking a few times, one of them came back to his senses and said ignorantly: "Silver, it's all silver, it's silver like a mountain." ”
Mountains of silver? How much does that have to be? So everyone cheered, and a few able-bodied ones were sent to carry them under the ground again.
When the first ingot of silver was brought out, Lu Shi saw a big gray ingot, weighed it and weighed it to five catties, and at the bottom of the silver ingot, this line of words was cast, "Zhang Fu Yongbei, fifty taels of full color." ”
Lu Shi took a look, casually threw it on the pile of silver that continued to be carried out, and thought with a smile: "This is a silver ingot, it turns out that in movies and television, the ancients took a hundred taels of silver in their sleeves, and the feelings were fake." Then he turned back to the third housekeeper and said, "Trouble housekeeper, how about taking me to see the Zhang family's granary?" ”
The third housekeeper also said carefully with everyone's address: "Sir, please come with me, the granary is in the backyard." ”
"There is labor. Please. After that, he left Zhao Dahai and Guo Tianxing and the third housekeeper and left.
Zhao Dahai and others were quite surprised by Lu Shi's performance, people said that gold and silver were moving, but they didn't want to be just curious and not greedy in Lu Shi's words, there are two explanations, one is that Lu Shi has seen and often seen so much silver, but it seems that from Lu Shi's words, he didn't find any clues of a rich and noble background, and the second is that Lu Shizhen is honest in his heart, and he only values kindness and righteousness. If the latter, such a person is at ease with it.
Lu Shi is now in this mountain of grain piles, really happy, this is what he wants most, in this era of famine, this is how many people are crazy and desperate for something, this is the most precious, this is the basis for real survival and development.
The warehouses in front are new grains or wheat, and the warehouses in the back are all sinking grains, and some have begun to grow mildew.
"How much does this have?" Lu Shi subconsciously asked, Lu Shi is not used to modern measurement and conversion now, so he can only ask the third housekeeper who follows him.
The third housekeeper said proudly: "The storage of this piece is no less than 100,000 stones." ”
"100,000 stones?" Lu Shi pointed to the granaries in surprise and was speechless.
"More than that." The third steward has been shocked by Lu Shi's performance, this gentleman is ignorant of the big set of silver, but he is very interested in this grain, which shows one thing, that is, this gentleman is really for the sake of those people who follow, people have a conscience, and the third steward is not cold-blooded, and he began to rejoice for those people in his heart.
"Sir, there are 33 good horses, 110 donkeys, 70 cows, and about a few hundred sheep, not counting chickens and ducks. There are even more of all kinds of farm tools in large and small. ”
Horses, that is what Lu Shi thinks about most now, cattle are the ultimate goal of the people, donkeys are the most important transportation and farming tools in northern Shaanxi, sheep are indispensable living materials for the people, not to mention farm tools, and all kinds of linen and cotton cloth are piled up in several large houses, and there is no way to count.
Lu Shi let out a sigh of relief, and it seemed that he really had a lot of income.
This seizure was quite large, and it also diluted Lu Shi's heart for a while, because of the sorrow brought to him by Zhang Laoshi's death, after all, the livelihood of hundreds of people who followed him in the garrison mountain has been settled, which somewhat reassures Lu Shi.
Instructed a few poles behind him to take care of these grain cloths, and then said to the third housekeeper, "Three housekeepers, this time you have a lot of credit, now the Zhang family has been wiped out, we can't live here for a long time with these, I also heard that the Zhang family also has a son who is making a living outside, once he knows what you do, it will not be good for you, wait a while you follow me to the bank to get some money, take the family to go to yourself, to a place where no one knows to make a living." ”
The third housekeeper was a shrewd person, of course he knew the current situation, heard that Lu Shi thought carefully about himself, looked at Lu Shi at the moment, suddenly knelt down, kowtowed to Lu Shi and said: "Mr. Gaoyi, the boy Zhao Xing remembers the five, the kid is not the first child, the world is in a great drought, the court persecution, the death of both parents, and the lack of a homeless little drag, so I had no choice but to live in this Zhang family, relying on my smooth temperament to do the three housekeepers of this Zhang family, and I also did a lot of things that harmed the villagers, and I felt guilty every night. But in order to survive, I have to be so black-hearted, now I see Mr. Gao Yi, not moved by gold and silver, just crazy for this lot of food that can survive the people, I see Mr. Heart, and must be a person who has done great things, boy is not talented, from now on, I am willing to be in front of Mr. for you to drive. Then he kowtowed again.