Chapter 62: Hanging Appetite
When the afternoon training was held, Yang Wenli saw that the faces of the Tuntian soldiers showed exhausted expressions, and he had to announce that he would only conduct the morning training camp with full armed training. Overwork can damage people's roots, so Yang Wenli had to give in.
In the busy farming season, military training also has to give way, and there is only one grain a year, and people have to eat, which is a big deal, but the farming is only about ten years, and the end of the farming can be transferred to all-weather training, alas! Wait! Yang Wenli thought so.
After the afternoon training, it was dinner time, and the old lady discussed with Yang Wenli at the dinner table: "Li'er, it seems that it is about to reach the Xia Yuan Festival, and at this time of year, it is a day to worship the ancestors, but now, we are far away here, Li'er, what do you say?" ”
"Mother, where in the world is not home? Our Yang family is not a native of Maoshan Chong, and now my son has just moved his family here, and it is the same for worshipping here. Yang Wenli immediately comforted his mother, but in a second, he remembered something, so he cried out in a lost voice: "What? Mother just said that the Yuan Festival will be off soon, so what time is it today? ”
"Today is the sixth day of the new year! Is there anything strange? The old lady was puzzled by him and asked him rhetorically.
"Oh! OK! My son promised to pick up the third batch of shells on the ninth day of October, and I was very busy some time ago, and I almost forgot about it...... "Hearing the old lady say that today is the sixth day of October, Yang Wenli is like losing his burden, so he explained the reason to the old lady.
"Hmmm! Although you don't burn bone china now, but people are valuable and trustworthy, since you have made an appointment with someone, then you have to keep your word, but you don't have to go in person, send a family to go! After all, your identity is different now, so it's better to be careful. After listening to her son's words, the old lady nodded with satisfaction and said.
Yang Wenli thought about it carefully and agreed. He originally told the shipowner that he would send someone to pick up the goods, but he wanted to ask the shipowner to do something, and he should have gone himself, but his mother was right, he was now a bandit leader, and it was better to be careful, and it was not impossible to find someone to go instead of him.
The next morning of the training, Yang Wenli first called the names of Yang Renyu and Yang Renzhou: "Renyu, Renzhou, you two and your slave soldiers don't have to participate in the training today, I have something for you to do." ”
"Yes," Renyu and Renju immediately stepped forward, and Lili was striking his chest.
"Others, run to the armory to get your personal equipment." Yang Wenli immediately ordered everyone present.
"Obey" led by Yang Rentian, everyone shouted a promise, and then Yang Rentian came out of the ranks, immediately turned back, and ordered the others loudly: "All attention, turn left, target the armory, and walk in unison." ”
When only Renyu Renzhou and his ten slaves were left in the square, Yang Wenli instructed Yang Renyu: "Renyu, this time you are the leader, go back to Maoshan Chong, help me pick up the shells, and ......"
Yang Wenli carefully told Yang Renyu, and repeatedly asked him if he remembered, so he asked them to go back to Maoshan immediately. The reason why they are not allowed to participate in weight training today is because they have to go a long way.
The flowers bloom two and one branch each, here Yang Wenli personally led the rest of the personnel to carry out weight training, and after the two brothers Renyu and Renzhou went home to prepare a little, they went to Yang Wenli's house to find his concubine Red Lady and received fifty taels of silver and a small thing and set off.
After the ancient woman got married, she couldn't show her head casually, and she had to be careful about women's ways, so the red lady is now working at home, not only managing the documents, but also managing the property of the cottage. The Yang family's property and the cottage are separated, and the old lady is in charge, and this time it is an official matter, so the cottage pays for it.
Yang Tianyu and his entourage returned to Maoshan Chong because they were familiar with the road, and they returned to Maoshan Chong safely without any turmoil on the road. Since Yang Wenli laid down the Happy Valley Cottage, he has never gone down the mountain to eat, it can be said that the wind is calm, the four fields are peaceful, and the government will not send troops to the countryside to suppress bandits.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the government's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes were too heavy, and later added Liaoyu, many people could not stand the oppression of the government, and they all took risks, and went to the mountains to be bandits and bandits, which can be said to be bandits everywhere, not only in Qizhou, so as long as the officials do not make big trouble, do not kill people and set fires, even if they rob something, they will not go to the countryside to suppress bandits. Therefore, Yang Renyu and the others were able to reach Maoshan Chong safely, strictly speaking, it was thanks to Yang Wenli's blessing.
Yang Renyu set off on the sixth day of the new year, walked on the road for two days, rested at Yang's house for one night, and the next day was the ninth day of the new year, which happened to be the day of the appointment with the owner of the Tanmin ship.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the shipowner arrived according to the appointment, Yang Renyu immediately led everyone down the hanging rock, rushed to the side of the boat, and greeted the shipowner with both hands: "Shipowner, we are ordered by the young master to pick up the shells, because the young master is not in the village, he can't come in person, and he still looks at Haihan." ”
"It's okay, your young master told the old man last time, and now you can come, it's a promise, please thank your young master on behalf of the old man!" The shipowner also replied.
After finishing the polite words, Yang Renyu took out a big ingot of fifty taels from his arms and gave it to the shipowner: "Shipowner, this is fifty taels of silver, please accept it." ”
The shipowner took the silver with a smile and said politely: "No, no, they are all old customers, don't I believe you yet?" ”
Then he asked expectantly, "I don't know next time...... What is your young master's recipe? ”
"I'm really sorry, our young master is no longer in the village, so it will be difficult to pick up the goods next time. But ......"
"But what? You please. Yang Renyu first shattered the shipowner's dream of cooperating, but he left a little tail in his words, which made the shipowner unable to get up, so he hurriedly asked him.
"It's not a secret, it's a big deal, and the freight alone is at least more than 10,000 taels, but I don't know if you have the means and guts to be the owner?" Yang Renyu said half a minute again, but he emphasized the shipping fee of up to 10,000 taels.
"Ten thousand taels?" The shipowner asked in surprise.
Don't blame him for being surprised, 10,000 taels of silver is definitely a huge amount of money, as long as he does it once, he can be a rich man with peace of mind. At the peak of the middle of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, one acre of paddy field was only ten taels, and now it is October of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and one acre of paddy field has dropped to the lowest level of two to three taels, and 10,000 taels can buy four or five thousand mu of paddy fields, from which you know the value of 10,000 silver at this time.
"Is it selling salt? No, the profit is not so high, and it doesn't seem to be right to sell copper...... "The shipowner kept assuming in his heart, and constantly overturned, but he didn't expect that something would have a freight of up to 10,000 taels.
"Little brother, just say it! What is it forbidden? I'm thinking about it, too! "I really couldn't think of anything good luck for the shipowner, so I had to ask bluntly.
"It's not too forbidden, and we can keep it safe along the way. It's just a bit far. Yang Renyu still only said half a word, and the appetite of the owner of the crane ship.
"Far from being afraid, we are running at sea all year round, even if we go to the South Seas in the Wa Kingdom, we are not afraid at all." When the shipowner heard that it was only a long way, he immediately patted his chest and reassured.
…… To be continued