At the beginning of March, the weather was getting warmer, and in a corner of Xiyang City, Sima Yuwen 15 of Huangzhou was feasting in the mansion, just like the common entertainment of this era, and the guest of honor was shooting in the arrow hall. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The distance between the arrow target is one hundred steps, and there are many bows and arrows in the house, which can be selected to take advantage of, and the play shooting is divided into friend shooting and single shooting, and now the four guests of honor are just divided into two groups for group shooting.

The bow is a good rib bow, but the arrow is a little special, with a special target arrow, the arrow is a "Lu" shaped double cone, easy to pull out after shooting the arrow target, the damage to the arrow target is also small, and at the same time will not shock the arrow shaft.

If you want to practice the archery of a hundred steps through the Yang, you must be willing to use good arrows when practicing archery, the most valuable place of an arrow is the arrow shaft, and the target arrow with the target arrow is much more durable than the ordinary arrow.

"This target is really a money-saver... It is said that it came out of the lathe of the ordnance superintendent. ”

Zhou Faming wiped his sweat and said, just now he hit the bull's-eye with an arrow, and now after shooting, he talked to Yuwen Fifteen, he was in a group of two, and the other group had already shot five rounds of twenty-five arrows, regardless of victory or defeat.

Yuwen fifteen looked at Tian Yilong's archery and didn't turn his head: "It's a car out, as long as you prepare the materials, you can make hundreds of cars a day, and now the soldiers in the army use this target arrow to practice archery, and you can save it in a month... Aha, the shot missed! ”

An arrow missed, and the winner was decided, Tian Yilong's group was defeated, and he was fined a jar of wine.

"Is Tian Dudu counting too much money, and his archery skills are rusty?"

"Where, where, after shooting five rounds of arrows, my arm is a little unbearable."

"That's not good, you can be soft at this level, where can you bear it when you go into battle to kill the enemy in the future? You'll have to be punished for drinking in a while! ”

Yuwen fifteen beckoned the guests to the side hall, where a banquet has been prepared, and the guest of honor can talk about things while drinking, today Hengzhou Sima Zhou Faming, Dadu Governor Tian Yilong visited, and one had no official status.

This person's two eyebrows are connected into a line, commonly known as "one-word eyebrows", and he is a slave hunting team led by Tian Liuhu, the owner of a small village in a cottage in Dabie Mountain, and a slave hunting team led by Tian Yilong's crooked relatives, with excellent "performance".

At the end of the previous year, Yuwen Wen, who was then the Duke of Yi Guo, led the troops to the battle, Yuwen 15 stayed in Xiyang City, and Tian Yilong, the governor of the Huangzhou Military Government, did not fight with Yuwen Wen but was stationed in Huangzhou, and Zhou Faming as Sima of Hengzhou was not among the wars.

I thought that Jiangnan Chen would have a small move, but the calm and calm were extremely disappointing, and the three failed to make a trace of military merit, and they were rewarded for their meritorious service or something.

Of course, they didn't feel sorry, after all, they were still young, and they would have the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions in the future.

Yuwen Fifteen, as the confidant of Yuwen Wen, the king of Xiyang, is now appointed as Sima of Huangzhou, in order to guard Xiyang in order to be justified, and his other important task is to be in charge of some industries in the palace, and the profit is not small.

While Zhou Faming served as Sima in Hengzhou, he also helped to watch the family industry, and so did Tian Yilong, as the economy of Huangzhou prospered, and the business of their respective families flourished.

The most comfortable to take a tailwind boat is Tian Liuhu, these mountain people, in the past, were the king of the mountain on a certain mountain, but now they go out of the mountain to do business, and they have earned money that their ancestors have not earned for several generations in a few years.

Originally, everyone was very busy, either busy with official business, military affairs or making money, but recently Xiyang City has been turbulent, and something big is about to happen, as well-informed people, they naturally want to listen to the "inside information" of the people around King Xiyang.

According to the words revealed by various channels, new businesses are about to appear in Huangzhou, and this kind of business is engaged in some special business, called "dart game" or "dart line", an unheard of term, which makes people scratch their heads.

Of course, what this kind of business has to do is to collect money to ensure the safety of people, such as guarding caravans, or sending things, etc., the specific situation is still discussed behind closed doors, so we don't know what will happen in the end.

"In this matter, the king originally wanted to take the time to talk to a few people, but Li Changshi complained a lot, as the so-called more is better than less, so I will pass on the word." Yuwen 15 said this, and did not forget to add:

"In the future, when you are a guest in the palace, you have to be careful, don't let Li Changshi catch the handle!"

"Who's to say it isn't? I was invited to the palace a few days ago..."

A few days ago, he came to Xiyang on business, and was invited to Xiyang as a guest, and several colleagues went together, Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wen set up a banquet to entertain, and Shi Li Gang, the head of the palace, was also present.

Later, Yuwenwen talked about the playing skills of the Hu Pipa in the Western Regions, Zhou Faming was very interested, and the servants in the house brought the Hu Pipa, he played it a few times, and decided to improvise a song to enliven the atmosphere.

Then Shi Li Gang, the governor of the palace, came out with a straight face, saying that Zhou Faming, as Sima of Hengzhou, was an official of the imperial court, and he actually played the pipa in public as a form of advocacy, which was really not appropriate to flatter Shangguan like this.

How embarrassing and embarrassing that scene was, Zhou Faming was so ashamed that he couldn't stop accusing him, Yuwenwen's face turned blue, and then he took the blame, saying that he would not be so casual in the future.

Tian Yilong had already heard of this, but it was the first time Tian Liuhu had heard it, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is Li Changshi so powerful?" The king wants to let him? ”

"Hey, a stubborn donkey, the king doesn't care about him."

Yuwen fifteen coughed dryly, seeing that the topic was inadvertently crooked by himself, he hurriedly made amends: "To get back to the point, Huangzhou's business has been done in Yecheng, although the business is getting bigger and bigger, but the more troubles there are, everyone agrees, right?" ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, he continued: "Doing business, of course, merchants earn more, the Huangzhou caravan went all the way north, and the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods along the way all appeared. ”

"The geese have plucked their feathers, it doesn't matter, they have to be dotted, but some people have a hard time, and they are not satisfied with just buying road money, and they want to swallow the goods when they turn around, everyone knows that those local heroes are mutually exclusive with horse bandits and bandits."

"So, the caravan's guard force should be strengthened, but it costs money to raise a large guard team, and ordinary merchants don't have that much financial resources, and the king wants to take everyone to make a fortune together, so that all the big and small merchants can make money, so what should I do?"

Tian Yilong took the lead in asking: "Could it be that this dart line is an armed escort?" The farther you go, the higher the cost? ”

"Almost, the so-called dart, is an item or person, you can entrust the dart shop to send things or people to a certain place, the dart shop to ensure the safety of the dart, of course, including the caravan, which is very suitable for small traders."

"Letters and all that are included, right?" Zhou Faming's perspective is wider, and he can think of problems that Tian Yilong can't think of.

"Of course, the route of the dart line is basically fixed, and there must be a connection with the post stations along the way, and helping civilians deliver letters is also one of the charging items, after all, the post station will only help the government deliver letters."

"Then wouldn't it be troublesome for the dart store to recruit people from the mountains as dart masters?" Tian Liuhu is concerned about this issue, this is the top priority of all slave hunting teams, if it is done, everyone will have another way to make money.

"Along the way, the branches are responsible for dealing with the government, for example, the people of the young village master are walking around as the dart master of the dart bureau, and the shop guys are generally traders, not wandering thieves."

"Ah, then... Tian spoke straight, Yuwen Sima Mo wanted to be surprised, and he had a question to ask. ”

"Young master, please speak."

"Is this business really making a lot of money?"

Yuwen fifteen didn't answer yet, Tian Yilong answered first, this brother of his lives in the mountains and has little knowledge, has never seen much of the world, and doesn't know the danger of a long journey, so he emphasized it again:

"Do you dare to climb over Dabie Mountain with your bare hands?"

"Uh, it's okay."

"Your mother-in-law took the baby over the mountain alone?"

"Ah, it's very dangerous, but why did she take the baby over the mountain alone?"

"It doesn't matter what his reason is, anyway, your mother-in-law is going to take the baby over the mountain alone, do you want to hire a few people to protect it along the way?"

Tian Yilong's explanation made Tian Liuhu roughly understand where the "business opportunity" of the dart line was, and Yuwen 15 also further explained the "principle" of the dart line: armed escort, so it is necessary to have good skills as a dart master, and it is most suitable to kill people who have seen blood.

In this way, the guards of large families in various places, the soldiers who have retired from the army, and the heroes of the slave hunting team are the most suitable candidates.

In order to avoid disorderly competition and ensure quality, the number of darts is limited, but each dart line can have a lot of dart teams, according to a fixed route to go darts, the dart head as the leader, the dart master is responsible for the bodyguard.

Along the way, there will be their own people's mansions to rest, halfway to meet the bandits who are not long-sighted, do not say a word to draw a knife, and the aftermath is responsible for the local branch.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the dart team is to pass through the state and county as civilians, so it is impossible to equip armor and crossbows, and the weapons used are mainly bows and arrows, spears and knives, and it is likely that there will be casualties on the way to the bodyguards, so the bereavement must keep up.

There are many horse bandits in the Central Plains, so the dart shop must find a way to buy horses, and the dart master had better learn to ride a horse and ride a shot, of course, this kind of thing is not forced, the key is to be able to fight, to prevent sneak attacks and to be vigilant.

As long as the slave catcher team is interested, they can send someone to join the dart shop, of course, how to occupy the shares, then sit down and talk slowly.

"Everyone knows that the trade route from Xiyang to Yecheng is very important, but since King Qi is a Yongzhou pastor in Guanzhong, then King Xiyang naturally wants to open up new trade routes."

Speaking of this, Yuwen 15 began to confess: "There is not too much business, the dart line of the dart line, in addition to Yecheng, there is also Chang'an, each line is thousands of miles away, how can ordinary businessmen have the ability to organize escorts to accompany them?" ”

"Walking Yecheng, there are horse bandits halfway, going to Chang'an, there are bandits halfway, there are all kinds of ill-intentioned heroes along the way, the meaning of the king, the caravan of the Huangzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the dart master will be hired as a bodyguard in the future."

"Huh? That... Isn't that a lot of money spent for nothing? Tian Yilong and Tian Liuhu's brains were a little overwhelmed.

"Spending money? It is said that the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, but everyone is their own family and make a fortune together! ”

When Yuwen 15 said this, he raised his glass and signaled: "Zhou Sima is his own family, Tian Dudu is his own family, isn't the young village master also his own family?" (To be continued.) )