Chapter 180: Cents
After the war, Qian Sanniang and others searched this abandoned house. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Today's events are very strange, the six sons obviously detective this place, but several people were ambushed by thieves.
The only explanation is that when he was on the sentry, the thief found him, and then hid his body and set up an ambush.
They are all elite thieves who have been fighting outside all the year round, although the six sons are good at equestrianism, but they have not been a cavalry team for a long time, and in terms of sentinels, they must not be compared with these rogue horse teams that walk all year round.
Sure enough, after some searching, Qian Sanniang and others found the thieves' hidden mules and horses in a certain ruin, a total of seventeen horses and mules, twelve civil war horses, and five mules, which were hidden very secretly, and the horses' mouths were chewed on without making a sound.
Thanks to Uncle Wan's rich experience, he found the clues.
Everyone led the captured horses and mules back to the lobby, and then they felt afraid.
These thieves are fierce and cunning, especially many, there are as many as twelve, almost three times their number, and they are ambushed, thanks to the fact that everyone is good, especially the three-eyed handcuffs are very sharp, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.
Uncle Wan looked at Sanniang and was quite pleased, and Brother Tan admired Qian Sanniang and Li Ruwan, and suddenly encountered an ambush by thieves, and was caught off guard but killed the thieves and annihilated them all.
Especially in today's battle, among the twelve thieves and horse sentinels, except for him and Uncle Wan, the rest were killed by Qian Sanniang and Li Ruwan, and the two of them were also saved by Qian Sanniang and the two daughters, otherwise their deaths and injuries are difficult to say.
Qian Sanniang looked at her handcuffs, today's battle, thanks to this baby, the sharpness of this weapon, this battle was vividly displayed, otherwise no matter how brave they are, it is really difficult to say whether they can escape under the ambush of the superior enemy.
The rest of the opponents also cherish the Xin'an handcuff in their opponents, and at the critical moment, this is a weapon to kill the enemy and save their lives. Li Ruwan had already put away the handcuff she had already put away, and at this time she took it out and looked at it carefully, and muttered in her mouth: "Why don't you have an eye?" ā
She pulled down the hammer, rotated the barrel with her hands, turned to the dumb one, and pulled the trigger against the wall, only to hear a loud bang and smoke filled the air.
Li Ruwan scolded: "Scared master, don't sound when it's time to ring, you're naughty." ā
She kissed the handcuffs, cleaned each chamber with a smile, and took out a few rounds of paper-shell ammunition from the cowhide medicine bag on her side, as well as the corresponding goose feather primer tube to reload.
The rest of them are also hands-on, first fill their own sub-medicine.
There were thirty rounds of paper shell bullets and corresponding goose feather primer tubes in everyone's cowhide bags, which was enough.
Qian Sanniang shot a total of five rounds of two handcuffs, she looked at it, took out a small palladium hook from the cowhide medicine bag, removed some debris palladium inside, took out the cane pinned to the gap between the canes and cleaned it up a few times, took out five paper shell bullets, bit the front end, and stuffed them into the tube one by one.
Because it is very tight, it should be stuffed hard, and then stuffed with a cane to the end, and each tube should be poked a few times.
Then fill each tube of goose feather primer tube, but also put in the cowhide bag *** There are three compartments, one is large, containing 30 fixed carton ammunition, one is small, containing 30 goose feather primer tubes, and there is another compartment, containing hook palladium, muslin, gun oil and other things.
Qian Sanniang took five goose feather primer tubes, and inserted them one by one from the holes on the right side of each gunner, and each one was always stuffed into the fire hole, so that when the hammer pulled down the barrel to rotate, the primer tube would not hinder the rotation of the barrel.
The fire holes of each barrel are also designed, with a slight funnel on the outside, and the fire door on the seat is a typical funnel-like, so that when the hammer falls, all the hot iron filings sparks will fall on the primer tube.
Goose feathers are also very flammable, and the primer is not easy to get damp and keeps them dry.
and then use the most expensive and sophisticated Sugang in this era to get angry, which is also the reason why the fire rate of Xin'an handcuffs is very high, and it is difficult to have a dumb fire.
Of course, due to various factors, it is normal for a dumb fire to occur sometimes, especially on rainy days.
Qian Sanniang loaded the paper shell bullet and the primer tube, and the two handcuffs were rotated by hand to rotate the barrels, both of which felt smooth, and she was satisfied with wiping the body with a muslin cloth, and then the two guns rotated flexibly in her hands, and inserted them into the holsters on both sides of her waist.
After loading the medicine again, everyone had a safety guarantee, but they just looked at the corpses of the six sons on the ground, and the remaining four people were in a heavy mood.
In troubled times, I am accustomed to seeing life and death, but the brothers who get along day and night are suddenly gone, it is impossible not to grieve, this is the unpredictable battlefield, and the fresh life is gone.
Tan Ge'er examined Uncle Wan's wounds, cleaned them with alcohol, put on gold sore ointment, and then bandaged them with clean gauze, which is also the result of what they have learned in Xin'anzhuang for more than a month.
Uncle Wan was shot with an arrow in the back, but fortunately, he was protected by iron-inlaid cotton armor, and the flesh was not empty, and after many years of dart career, it was common for him to suffer such injuries, and he didn't care at all.
Qian Sanniang and Li Ruwan looked at the seizures, and the seventeen horses and mules hidden by the thieves all had horse coats and blankets.
Seventeen horses and mules had a lot of miscellaneous items, but in addition to ordinary horse materials, felts, blankets, mattresses, knives, bows and arrows and other equipment, as well as a stone of rice and noodles and some rice, dried meat and food, what made the two daughters excited was a total of about seven hundred and fifty taels of silver, as well as twenty taels of gold, and some broken silver and copper coins.
According to Yang Xianggong, except for the horses, armor and some important weapons handed over, the rest of the seizures, such as silver, belonged to them.
The two daughters have their own reasons, they both want to save more money, looking at these shiny gold and silver, Li Ruwan smirked, and Qian Sanniang's long eyelashes kept flickering.
Uncle Wan wiped his weapon with a muslin cloth, and he smiled: "Sanniang is the captain, how to divide it, it's up to you to decide." ā
Li Ruwan agreed, Brother Tan was patrolling outside the hall with a weapon, and he kept looking at it, but he had no opinion.
Qian Sanniang pondered for a while, and she said: "Twenty taels of gold, which can be exchanged for two hundred taels of silver, here is more than nine hundred and fifty taels of silver." That's it, Uncle Wan, Brother Tan...... There are also six sons, each of whom will share one hundred and fifty taels of silver, and the rest will be divided in half with Sister Wan. Some broken silver and copper coins are used as public expenses, and if they need to be spent on the road, they will be taken here. ā
Li Ruwan immediately said: "This is a good distribution, Captain Qian's rewards and punishments are clear, and it is very fair and just." ā
Uncle Wan and Brother Tan glanced at each other, and they had no opinion, Sanniang and Li Ruwan had the greatest credit for this war money, so they naturally had to share a large share, and it was already very good for each of them to share one hundred and fifty taels of silver.
In particular, she also cared about human feelings, and asked the sixth son to also share a share, although he died because of his own reckless negligence, but if the person dies, it will be over, and it should be shared if it is reasonable. This money must be given, otherwise the brothers will poke their backbones when they go back.
It is also equivalent to the pension money given by the team, plus Yang Xianggong will also give a pension of fifty taels of silver, these two hundred taels of silver, and the widow of the family will also arrange work, and his family can live very well.
Everyone unanimously agreed to let Sanniang take the gold, the price of gold and silver is different in the past dynasties, most of them are maintained at one to five, to the beginning of the Song Dynasty is one to six to five, to the middle of the Ming Dynasty is one to seven to eight, now the end of the Ming Dynasty is about one to ten, and the end of the Qing Dynasty even reached one to twenty.
Qian Sanniang's distribution of gold is also equivalent to some invisible benefits for the captain, and then he took fifty taels of silver.
The rest of them took heavy silver, especially Li Ruwan got two hundred and fifty taels of silver, which weighed more than ten catties, and one catty was still 600 grams at this time.
Everyone smiled and collected the silver, and hid it in their own horse coats, and the sentry was like this, often the harvest was very rich, but it was also very dangerous, and if you accidentally die outside, you will not be able to enjoy any more silver.
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The next four of them discussed what to do, and it was already early days, but the drizzle still hit the roof, bringing a spring chill.
Qian Sanniang believes that the thieves have appeared in Suining, and the intention of snooping on Suining County is obvious, but unfortunately he didn't catch it alive this time, and he had to investigate more, so he had to enter Lingbi County.
It's just that there are more than a dozen rogue thieves at the junction, and after entering Lingbi, you may encounter more rogue sentry riders, and the four of you can't help it.
To continue south, there must be at least ten horsemen.
She also believed that the bodies of the six sons could not be left unto the wild, and should be brought back, and that the seizure of seventeen horses and mules was not trivial, and should be sent back first.
And also......
She said to Li Ruwan, Uncle Wan, and Brother Tan: "If we have made meritorious contributions, we must let the captain, especially Yang Xianggong, know that we should send a good news." ā
Everyone agrees, the rich and noble do not return to their hometowns, such as brocade clothes at night, and they have made great contributions and do not let the coach know, it is better not to stand.
Today's seizure is not trivial, seventeen horses and mules, twelve war horses, this is a very prominent achievement, in the troubled times, war horses can't even be bought with money, and it should indeed be a good news.
Then the more they went south, the more thieves there were, and now there were only four people left, and there were indeed less, so I went to the Ninth Master first, asked for some soldiers and horses, and by the way, I sent the captured ones, and let them bring back everything in the silver, so as not to lose it.
After this battle, Qian Sanniang's prestige increased greatly, and her analysis was also very reasonable, and everyone agreed.
This place is too close to the official road to stay for a long time, everyone immediately cleaned up, sorted out the sheath rope and saddle, collected the scattered utensils of the thieves, and took away everything that could be taken away, just like the felt hats and cloaks on the thieves could also be taken away, and the cotton armor on the leader of the thieves was even more removed.
However, looking at the corpse of the dead thief, Qian Sanniang suddenly said: "By the way, the head of the dead thief, can you go to Yang Xianggong to receive the reward?" ā
Everyone is contemplative, and the rules of Xin'anzhuang have been said a lot, but it seems that they have not said the rules of receiving rewards according to their heads.
Qian Sanniang said: "If you can receive the reward, it will be a pity for these heads, so let's cut them off first and bring them back." ā
At the moment, Li Ruwan was dancing with her axe to chop, and Qian Sanniang and others also helped to cut together.
The heads of the twelve dead thieves were all cut off, and one by one their hair was disrupted and hung bloodily on the saddle. Then Qian Sanniang asked Uncle Wan and Brother Tan to lead the horses, she and Li Ruwan guarded, and the twenty-two horses and mules quickly left this abandoned house.
The sound of trampling hooves slowly faded away, and finally fell silent.
There was only one corpse left in the abandoned house, all headless, soaked in the rain and white.
The rain continued to fall, and the blood flowing from the severed heads stained this piece blood-red.