Because of the drinking hangover, I struggled to get out of bed the next day when Chen Daxi knocked on my door. As soon as we met, Brother Daxi happily told me: "Brother, Brother Zhang let us go." ”

I couldn't help but feel a pang in my heart. It stands to reason that Brother Zhang let us go, and I should be happy. But there is a trace of worry and loss in my heart. What is lost is that after leaving, I don't have this day to sleep until I wake up naturally, and I can go to the martial arts field to practice without worrying about food and clothing. This kind of blessed life is not even the rich man in the village. The rich man also has to manage his livelihood every day. What worries is why Brother Zhang so readily agreed to let Brother Chen leave? It stands to reason that now is the right way to employ people, and Brother Zhang should try his best to keep them. Let's just let it go, isn't it that Brother Zhang has annoyed us for a long time? I remembered Wu Song's incident in the Water Margin at the Chai Daguan's house. Maybe people have been annoying us for a long time, but they are just embarrassed to let us go.

I told Chen Daxi what I thought in my heart. Chen Daxi said: "Don't worry about your brother. Life may be a little harder in the future, but it will not be so bad that you will starve if you don't work. In addition, I persuaded Brother Zhang like this: I told Big Brother that although we have rebelled and erected a banner now, we have eighteen people to talk about. But in terms of rebellion, there are still too few people. Like the Taiping Army, there are tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people at every turn. From Guangxi to Hubei, I don't know how many soldiers and horses I received along the way to achieve this great cause. Although we are very powerful in Anhui now, we do not have many people in the surrounding provinces. And we can't attack cities and land now, we can only protect ourselves. We have limited financial resources, let alone recruiting troops to gather in Anhui. Therefore, I want to go back to Pingyu to open a boxing booth, first absorb a large number of congregations, and when the time is ripe, I will also erect the banner of the Twisting Army to jointly oppose the Qing Dynasty. Just like Brother Zhang did before, first win over a group of people. Usually Taoguang is obscure, gathering money and food. When you need it, revolt! Brother Zhang was very happy when he heard me. The matter was answered immediately. At the same time, he also told me that he would also send people to the surrounding areas to do the same thing, so that he could grow and develop in the future, and there was a guarantee. ”

"In addition, Brother Zhang gave us three carriages, one hundred taels of gold, one thousand taels of snowflakes and silver, and everything else for food on the road has been arranged. Just wait for a send-off banquet in the evening, and you can set off at any time. Brother Chen's eyebrows fluttered and he spoke.

Yes! So much money! Not to mention a thousand taels, I have never even seen five taels of silver in my life, and after being in Anhui for so long, Brother Zhang also sent me silver, but it only adds up to more than two taels at the bottom of the box. Growing up so big since childhood, it is just copper coins. The silver was never used. You know, a braised chicken is only more than 20 yuan! Haha, sure enough, you can have no worries about food and clothing in the future.

That night, Brother Chen and Brother Zhang had a drink together, and we were arranged to eat elsewhere. The next morning, before dawn, he was called out. Set off to Pingyu. Pheasant River is far away from Pingyu, and we are comfortable in the carriage with our own soft clothes and Brother Zhang's reward (I walked step by step before!). ）。 Don't bother to talk about it, it's inevitable to sleep in the wind and eat when you go out in the rivers and lakes, but fortunately, two days later, you have arrived at the store. Hedian is the junction of Henan and Anhui, under the jurisdiction of Pingyu, to here, you can get home in half a day.

When we were about to pass the checkpoint, our carriage was detained by the shop patrol. I saw the patrol leader glaring at Brother Chen with horizontal eyes and said, "Where did you come from, why did you come to Runing Mansion?" Isn't it a smuggled salt seller! ”

Chen Daxi smiled and explained to the patrol envoy. The patrol just glared angrily at us, trying to detain our carriage. I was nervous for a while, I was carrying so much money in the car, if it was detained, what would it be like? How will you live in the future? If you don't know that they are officers and soldiers, they will be reasonable, and they will not withhold the people's money and goods for no reason. They are unreasonable people, and they will deduct money and even kill people for a random crime!

Seeing this, Chen Daxi hurriedly took out a tael of silver and stuffed it into the hands of the patrol envoy while no one was prepared. The inspector held the silver in his hand and said, "Look at you, too, you are from Runing." It's not easy to come back from afar, or I'll invite you to have a drink in the evening? After speaking, he turned his head to look at the other small patrols. Brother Daxi understood, immediately took out another penny, and said in front of everyone: "Brothers have worked hard for the defense of our peace. I should have had a treat. A small amount of money, please have a drink, and please forgive me. ”

The inspector made a look, asked the little inspector next to him to collect the copper coin, and let him go.

When the carriage was far away, I sighed, "Damn." All of a sudden, a tael of silver and a drop of money are gone! It's too easy for them to get money! That's enough money for me to spend for half a year! ”

"Humph! No way. The current official is not as good as the current management. I want to be the head of the army, and today I was bullied by dogs in Pingyang! Chen Daxi's face was very ugly: "With so much money, when Lao Tzu used to run the rivers and lakes, he couldn't make money by starving for three months!" No way! Who made our car so soft! ”

"I'll talk about it later, sooner or later I'll have to get this money back tenfold!" Preaching with great joy and indignation!

When I arrived at Chenjiazhai, it was just afternoon. After settling down the Chen family's sister-in-law and other family members, tidying up the softness, it will be dark. Zhou Ma was tired for a few days, and I was embarrassed to ask my sister-in-law to cook for us again. A few of us rode horses in pairs, left the village and walked north, along the Xiaoqing River all the way to Yuedanping. What are you going to do? Naturally, go to the street and have a good drink!

I don't want to drink this wine, and I actually have an accident again.