Shen Xi and Ma Jiu took people by water, while Song Xi'er took people by land, she only brought 30 people according to the agreement, but she secretly made a heart, and the more than 30 coachmen who drove the carriage were all good hands. ● ⌒, each carriage was stuffed with five or six people with all over their bodies, and their mouths were stuffed into rags to be sold out to sea.

According to the previously agreed price, twenty taels per person, and the total price of this business is about three thousand taels of silver.

As for where Song Xi'er got these people, Shen Xi didn't know very well, but it was expected that there were only two ways, one was the woman who signed the deed of sale bought by the Ya Po in the city, and the other men and women were likely to be kidnapped by Song Xi'er.

Young men are the most important resource of society, and there is no other way but to plunder or deceive. With Song Xi'er's power in Fuzhou, she dared to even kill people and set fires, and it was easy to kidnap people. Anyway, people are missing every day in the city, even if the government suspects her, as long as they are not caught, there is no way to take her.

The place of this meeting is a hill more than ten miles away from the city, there used to be a village on the mountain, but because a few years ago the Japanese invaded the territory and killed the people in the village, Zhuangzi was abandoned, and now only the ruins and broken tiles remain, but there is a land temple on the northwest half-mountainside facing Fuzhou City, and some people occasionally offer incense.

Hundreds of years later, this area was within the city limits of Fuzhou, but now it is a barren land.

Shen Xi asked Ma Jiu to inspect the terrain and have a more detailed understanding of the surrounding terrain, knowing that there was a dense forest on the southeast slope, and there was a valley hidden in the middle of the woods, and he could take a shortcut to get out of the valley. This trail is rarely walked on weekdays, and it is less than five miles south from the valley to the Min River.

In the dead of night, Ma Jiu led the people up the mountain from the east slope, and then went around to the meeting place in the northwest direction. The mountain road in this direction is relatively difficult to walk, but it is to prevent Song Xi'er's people from coming to intercept it, if there is really any problem, you can slip down the valley at any time and retreat calmly.

Halfway up the western slope is a shrub forest. Contacts signal...... Three red fireworks flew up in the sky, confirming that Song Xi'er had indeed fulfilled the promise and brought someone here, Ma Jiu spit out the straw in his mouth to the ground after seeing it, nodded to Xi'er and said, "Miss." We can go up the mountain. ”

Xi'er didn't like Ma Jiu's frivolous style very much, snorted lightly, and walked up the mountain with the saber given to her by Shen Xi.

Ma Jiu whispered: "The little shopkeeper said." Song Xi'er will definitely find someone to ambush near the mountain, and we will go down the mountain as soon as we catch someone. ”

Xi'er said angrily: "You don't need to remind me, and from now on, you must speak the Japanese language, if something goes wrong, don't push it on me!" ”

Then, Xi'er shouted at him: "Eight Ge Yalu!" ”

Ma Jiu was a little dumbfounded, he felt that Xi'er was very difficult to serve, but he knew that this was a "master" specially found by Shen Xi, and he couldn't be offended.

In today's play. Xi'er is the protagonist, he is just a follower who is responsible for running errands and passing on messages.

On the other side, Song Xi'er led people to the agreed place first, and when they found that the "Japanese people" had not arrived, Song Xi'er's people were a little angry.

The old Confucian student talked eloquently there: "Let me tell you, these Dongying people have all crossed the ocean to our Middle Earth to do the killing business, and they pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers, so be careful in everything, you see this time." I dare say that there will be no shortage of people coming from them, because people are afraid that we will eat black ......."

Song Xi'er glanced at him: "Can you say a few words?" ”

The old Confucian shrank his head: "The reminder of the head of the house is that I am standing next to me and pretending to be dumb." ”

The people brought by Song Xi'er all held torches to facilitate lighting. They all carry blades on their bodies to prevent both sides from losing money if they fail to make a deal for a while.

Song Xi'er is quite conceited, she has the protection of Fang Guan, she is powerful in Fuzhou City, and it is not once or twice with the people of the Japanese Kou, she feels that these Japanese Kou do not have the ability to dare to be hard with her.

This time for business. According to those Japanese Kou, it is a long-term transaction, as long as the first business is done, the subsequent transactions will be continuous, almost once or twice a month, which is a great thing for her, because in the past year or so, Liu Daxia, the left deputy capital of the Imperial History, has been keeping an eye on it, and the people of Fujian Metropolitan Division have intensified their efforts to crack down on the Japanese Invaders, and the Wolves have not dared to show up near Fuzhou for a long time.

Song Xi'er thought to herself: "Most of the money I earn on weekdays is filial piety, and I have saved more than 10,000 taels of silver in my hand." Seeing that old guy step down next year and the next commander will come, don't I have to spend a lot of money to dredge it? Even if I'm old, I still have to serve those old guys, it's disgusting to think about! ”

Song Xi'er herself is a small person, she knows that women can only rely on the protection of those in power to gain a firm foothold, so she knows what to do to be best for herself.

The higher Song Xi'er climbed, the more she didn't want to lose everything in front of her.

Finally, after midnight, the eyeline lying in ambush halfway up the mountain came to spread the news that the Japanese were coming.

“…… The people in charge of the house are really Japanese people, their dress is completely different from our Han people, I listened to their muttering on the road, and I couldn't understand what they said. ”

The person who came to report the news seemed to be a little jealous, and the rumors in the outside world were all devils who drank blood, and he felt that he had come back alive from the devil's pile, and he was faintly a little lucky.

Someone reprimanded: "If you don't understand what to say, you are a widow?" I don't know if it's the language of some remote place! If you are in charge, do you want to call the person in charge of the business? ”

Song Xi'er waved her hand: "Since people are here, why bother asking for trouble?" ”

After a short time, the "Japanese people" finally arrived at the abandoned small mountain village, from the entrance of the village, I heard those "Japanese people" arrogantly scolding, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the people sent by Song Xi'er to receive them, Song Xi'er pointed to the direction where the voice came from, and asked, "What are they talking about?" ”

The old Confucian looked a little embarrassed: "It's all scolding, and it's better if you don't know what to do." ”

In fact, he has only been doing business with the Dongying people for a few years, and he can barely understand some of the words, but he still has to be connected to understand the meaning, and he can generally understand the daily language of the Japanese people, but some less commonly used swear words, he is not very clear.

When the "Japanese people" arrived at the largest courtyard in the middle of the village, there were several samurai with long swords at the waist in front of them, and a heroic female Japanese man in the back, which made Song Xi'er's followers shine after seeing it.

Song Xi'er frowned, and a cautious look appeared on her face. After all, it was a woman who came, and she was a little surprised, didn't she hear that women did not have a high status in the Japanese people? Why is the other party leading the team with this person? But she thought about it: "It's a woman who comes, but it's easy to test the truth." ”

If it is a man who takes the lead. When she spoke, it was not easy for her to detect whether she was pretending to be a person from the Central Plains, but if it was a woman, the first thing she thought of was that even if someone designed to trap her. I can't find a woman who understands the language of the Japanese and is willing to put herself in danger.

The two sides stood still, their swords facing each other, apparently wary of each other.

The "widow" suddenly said a word, and Ma Jiu, who was in charge of being the middleman, went up and listened to it, and then came over and said, "Have you brought people here?" ”

This time, Song Xi'er didn't ask the old Confucian student.

She had heard it. The woman was indeed not Han, and the words she spoke were very similar to the words of the Japanese people she had come into contact with before. But for the sake of insurance, she still asked the old Confucian next to her: "Is that what you mean?" ”

The old Confucian was very sure this time, and nodded and said, "The master, that's right!" ”

Song Xi'er's heart that had been hanging was finally completely relieved at this time. She no longer doubts whether this is a game set up by someone else, but only thinks about whether she can do this business well.

"Bring people here."

Song Xi'er gave an order, and the big men behind her escorted Ding Kou, who was bound and gagged from the carriage, to the courtyard. More than 100 people stood in a few rows, Ma Jiu went up to see it, and then went back and said something in the ear of the "widow", and the widow said again, and Ma Jiu came over and said: "There are more women, we need more young and strong." ”

Song Xi'er didn't come forward to talk in person, and the old Confucian took the initiative to stand up and explain: "Men are not easy to find, but this is the first batch, and the follow-up situation should be improved." ”

Ma Jiu asked the widow for instructions and said, "We want to inspect the goods." ”

"Inspection is possible. But you should always show us the real money, you can't be a white wolf with empty gloves, right? ”

What made Song Xi'er and his group vigilant was that these widows came without any boxes at all. There are also no horse-drawn carriages parked near the hillside, which gives the impression of being robbed.

Song Xi'er is cautious, she must not let the Japanese people get too close to the "goods", according to her understanding of the Japanese people, these people are extremely cruel and really start to do it. Although the thugs she brought were numerous, they might not be able to withstand them, and they were likely to put themselves in danger.

Ma Jiu went back and told the widow, who seemed to be a little angry and shouted twice. The old Confucian came over and said, "Dongying woman...... Doesn't seem to be very satisfied. ”

Song Xi'er glanced at the old Confucian student: "Do you still need to say this?" ”

After the widow finished speaking, she turned around, as if she didn't want to face Song Xi'er, this was also due to Shen Xi'er's explanation, if Xi'er was looked at by Song Xi'er for a long time, it was easy to be caught by the other party.

Song Xi'er can be the king and hegemon in Fuzhou City, and she must be extremely shrewd, and she must have a set of views on people and things.

Ma Jiu walked to the middle with two Japanese men with burdens, and the two men successively untied the burden on their shoulders and spread them on the ground.

According to the ratio of gold and silver exchange in the Ming Dynasty, these gold cakes were worth at least five or six thousand taels of silver.

Song Xi'er's people couldn't help but be surprised: "No wonder these widows didn't bring silver, it turned out that they brought light gold." ”

Seeing the gold cake, Song Xi'er was overjoyed, if it was silver, plus some folding, she might not earn three thousand taels of silver, but if it was gold, she could bargain on the exchange price, and she would earn more.

Immediately, Ma Jiu accompanied the two widows to go forward to "inspect the goods", first to determine the appearance and figure of the women, and then to determine whether the men were all young and strong, and whether they could do hard work.

The Japanese people seemed to be dissatisfied with many of the "goods", and muttered a lot, and the old Confucian hurriedly said to Song Xi'er: "Shopkeeper, those Dongying people think that we are shoddy...... It seems that there is an intention to suppress our price. ”

A man next to him patted the knife in his hand: "Don't be afraid, we have a guy, it's a big deal." ”

The old Confucian was a little anxious when he heard this: "Don't do this, if you can win these Dongying people, I will cut off my head and give it to you." ”

Song Xi'er instructed: "Until the last resort, you must not conflict with the Japanese people. ”

Song Xi'er saw that those Japanese people had sabers on them, and she was very jealous, it seemed that there were much more of them on her side, but she didn't have the slightest chance of winning if she really wanted to fight, after all, the officers and soldiers of a team of five hundred people had the experience of turning around and fleeing in the face of twenty or thirty Japanese people.

What's more, the other party said that this is just the first business, and there will be a big deal waiting for her in the future, so there is really no need to lose a big deal because of a small one.

After Ma Jiu accompanied the widow to inspect the goods, he went back to the widow, and what was surprising was that the widow only showed a look of dissatisfaction on her face, but then she nodded and said loudly.

The old Confucian said: "The head of the house, the Dongying woman said that this transaction is feasible, one hundred and fifty people, a total of five hundred taels of gold, but you want to come forward in person, and pay her one hand and deliver the goods with the other." ”

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PS: The second update!

The currency system of the Ming Dynasty was chaotic, and there was no clear ratio of gold and silver, and usually historians believe that the official price in the middle of the Ming Dynasty was about 1 tael of gold worth 6 taels of silver, although the private exchange rate may be higher. The Ming system is about 37.3 grams of the metric system, even if 1000 taels is only 37300 grams, about 37.3 kilograms, two people to carry, one person to carry more than ten kilograms, it should be reasonable.

The Son of Heaven's body has not healed, he is very sleepy, and he has fallen asleep in the middle of the yard a few times, and his state is not at all. This chapter lasted a full four or five hours, and I was also drunk.

Don't say anything.,Keep coding words.,There should be another chapter today! (To be continued.) )