Chapter VIII

"This bow is a bit old, the bow arm is old, it's a pity,"

The shopkeeper returned to a state of indifference with his dead fish-like eyes,

"Live as eight times, die as twelve times,"

The tone is quite domineering, whether you stay or not, this thing looks at the account book and ignores you.

Tsk, he is very talented in acting, and his acting skills are not bad, if he is known as an old drama bone in later generations, he must have him.

It's just that he got started too quickly, and Zhang Huan also knew what kind of object he was holding in his hand, this was the commander of the Western Xia Army who was killed on the battle array of Zhang Qinzhou, and his hard bow was captured, and Zhang Qinzhou was promoted to the camp because of his military exploits.

The excellent summer bow originally had to be ten runs, not to mention that this was a two-stone strong bow, he had never raised it properly after he got started, and there was no corruption at all, and he wanted to take it for twelve runs, which was a big dream in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Zhang Huan smiled and picked up the horn bow and left.

The shopkeeper's hand stopped, and his eyes looked at Zhang Huan who was walking towards the door in surprise, he hurriedly gave the guy a look, and he continued to perform the illusion that he didn't care about this place and was bent on the ledger.

Zhang Huan ignored the guy's accosting, and when he walked to the door, he was about to push the door and leave.

"This guest officer stays,"

The shopkeeper couldn't hold back any longer, he hurriedly spoke out and even walked out of the backstage.

The handling of the two made Liu Pang and the others look inexplicable, but they just knew that there was something inside, and they didn't know what stories were there.

"Thirty times to work,"

Zhang Huan didn't look at the guy waiting with a smiling face, but sneered and looked at the old fritters behind.

"There is no such saying, an old bow does not have this price, the highest is twenty times, and I have traveled all over Yanzhou, and this is also the highest price, and the profit is six times in March,"

The shopkeeper also stood up at this time, and he also came out of the counter, this time not taking Joe again.

The credit of such an old fritter is zero, and Zhang Huan doesn't mean to believe it at all, but these twenty times are enough for Zhang Huan to move, and as for the profit, it is less than five cents of profit, and Yongshunxing is fair.

It is indeed fair, and it is definitely a conscientious merchant to lend five or six cents of interest in Da Song in these years, and it is generally eight or nine cents of interest.

"Okay, get a bill."

Zhang Huan looked at the old shopkeeper.

'Well said, well said,'

The shopkeeper smiled and took the horn bow and issued a slip for the job.

"The guest officer wants iron money or tea and salt."

The shopkeeper asked.

At this time, there were several currencies in the Great Song Dynasty, one was gold, silver and iron money, and then Jiaozi, and there was tea and salt, Jiaozi was mainly circulated in Sichuan, and tea and salt were circulated in Guanxi and the Central Plains.

Zhang Huan thought about it, he still had to buy some things, which were very trivial, and the tea and salt were inconvenient.

"Iron money."

The guy panted and brought two bags of money, twenty pounds is more than a hundred pounds.

"Come, help the third brother carry it out,"

Liu Pang finally had a chance to perform, and a few boys came over to help lift him out.

Zhang Huan looked at their struggling appearance, grabbed it and walked out easily.

Zhang Huan walked out of the storefront and put the money bag on Heiyun's back and tied it with hemp rope in the saddle.

He can't pawn his own war bow, he needs activity funds to solve the family's difficulties, there is no other way, only to be a weapon on his body, and when he arrives in the city, the knife is a very useful self-defense weapon, and the longbow is useless, so there is only a pawn war bow, fortunately, it is a live pawn, and there is a chance to redeem.

"Liu Shen, do you know anyone who rents a house, I want to rent a larger courtyard and stay away from the residents."

Zhang Huan asked, what he wanted to do had to be far away from other homes.

Liu Shen and the others don't look at their age, but they are standard ground snakes, and many of them are very well-informed.

'Third brother, is it okay outside the city, my father has a few vacant warehouses in his hands, just outside the west gate, I wanted to rent it out a few days ago, but the west gate is not the main road of the official road, if it was the north and south sides, it would have been rented out long ago. ’

Liu Shen immediately said,

'Yes, far from the city gates,'

Zhang Huan was very interested.

Not far away, by a small river two miles outside the west gate. ’

Liu Shen said excitedly, this is actually the idle warehouse of the Economic Strategy Division, which is generally not used, a few old officials can rent it out in private, and the rent can be shared privately by a few people, if he can rent it out, Dad will definitely be able to look at him differently.

"Okay, now show me."

Zhang Huan was in no hurry to go home when he heard this.

Liu Pang hurriedly agreed, he first went to the Yamen of the Economic Strategy Division in the east of the city, and then accompanied Zhang Huan to the west gate.

A few people walked to a fenced boundary outside the west gate, which was next to the avenue, surrounded by a wooden fence, and an old box army opened the courtyard gate, he knew Liu Pang and let a few people in.

"Lao Chai, you're busy, let's just take a look,"

Liu Pang felt a little prickly, as if it was his father, not him.

Lao Chai nodded with a smile and left.

'This goods are happy, here looks at the warehouse is quite idle, there are more than two dollars a month to hold, if the warehouse is useless will be cut, hehe, he has to go home to drink the wind. ’

Don't say it, Liu Pang is a well-known family of these sophisticated people.

Zhang Huan took a look, the three warehouses are built of rammed earth, with tiles on them, each with a shape of several hundred square meters, and there are some broken objects in one warehouse now, and the other two warehouses are empty.

Zhang Huan looked at the maintenance of the warehouse, there was no leakage and rain, and there was a vacant land behind the warehouse, which was also leveled and within the fence.

There are also several large stoves in the open space, which seem to have been used by the defenders to make rice, which is more in line with Zhang Huan's wishes.

"What kind of lease is this land?"

Zhang Huan asked.

"My dad said, three times a month."

Liu Pang stretched out three fingers.

"It's really not expensive, it's because I can't take out too much money at once, how about giving it once a month."

Zhang Huandao, he now has twenty runs in his hand, and there are still many uses.

"The third brother confessed, it must work,"

Liu Pang patted his fat chest and said.

Zhang Huan threw four pieces of money to this goods, and he didn't care about anything else, as for whether Liu Pang hid it privately, God knows.

Zhang Huan returned to the city to order some utensils, and he also went to the carpenter to draw a picture and let the carpenter make an abacus, no way, the carpenter has never seen this strange object, the purpose of his abacus is to make calculations in the school, and the small and large algorithms in it make him feel pain, then, he can only make an abacus by himself.

It was already the end of Shen Shi when Zhang Huan arrived home at night, and the sky had already darkened.

Zhang Huan was holding the black cloud, and there was a few pieces of money left in the saddlebag, which was very inconspicuous at this time.

"Huan'er, why did you come back so soon."

Zhang Yuanzhou was a little surprised, after all, the situation of the eldest brother's family was very bad, and he thought that Zhang Huan would have to take more than a month to come back.

"Tell me about your father and Zhang Qing."

Zhang Yuanzhou said eagerly.

Zhang Huan talked about the situation at home.

Zhang Yuanzhou was speechless for a long time, it was not easy for him and Zhang Qinzhou to support each other, and now he suddenly found that the burden of the two families was on him and Zhang Huan, Zhang Huan even if it was all on him, and for a while Zhang Yuanzhou felt Alexander.

At night, Zhang Yuanzhou tossed and turned,

"Dad, why don't you sleep yet,"

Chan asked.

'I'm wondering if it's a good way to let Zhang Huan go to be a catcher, he has a good brute force sword and arrow, and he can mix it up, and it is not possible to be a soldier to eat food, and the family is the last intact man, and then go into battle, alas. ’

Zhang Yuanzhou sighed.

"But didn't the eldest brother let Saburo study,"

Chan said.

"There are a few high school scholars along the border of Shaanxi, and they can be counted on one hand, Zhang Huan don't look at the hands and feet, and his head is not good,"

Zhang Yuanzhou snorted, but thinking about Zhang Qinzhou's stubbornness and sighed, maybe the eldest brother also planned to let Zhang Huan learn more words and find a good career in the future.

Zhang Yuanzhou sighed,

"Alright, sleep."

"Third brother, aren't you going to the academy with me?"

Zhang Hao saw that Zhang Huan had no intention of going to school with him in the morning, and immediately asked.

"The third brother will do something in the past two days, and I'll go in a few days,"

Zhang Huan said perfunctorily, he really can't sit at the desk safely now, and it is urgent to solve the problems at home.

The two quickly finished eating, and Zhang Hao went to the school.

Zhang Huan's excuse was to go home to take care of the sick day and night, plus he had to rest for a few days in a hurry, of course Zhang Yuanzhou allowed it, and he secretly thought that it was really meaningless for Zhang Huan to go to the school.

Zhang Huan came to the firewood room, Heiyun was happy to see him, he was so aggrieved in the small firewood room, and when he saw Zhang Huan coming, he bit Zhang Huan's sleeve with his teeth and didn't say anything.

Zhang Huan reluctantly took it out and went out with a talk to Chen.