Chapter 40: The Capture of the Camp (II)

"The gift that Lord Xuanfu handed over to his friend last time to Batel weighs two thousand stones." Seeing that only Shi Jiana's absolute henchmen were left in the Chinese military tent, Yelu Zhao took out an abacus made of jade from his sleeve and quickly dialed it, "At that time, the market was always half a stone each, that is, the total value of the gift was three thousand copper coins. ”

"There is no need to repeat what has already been said." Shi Jiana's brows furrowed slightly, and he waved his hand impatiently, although most of the grain entrusted to the other party was looted from the people, but selling military food privately was not a glorious thing after all, so it would be good to listen to a few words less.

"Yes." Yeluzhao smiled and nodded, but his fingers continued to "crackle" on the abacus, "At the current price, three thousand guan yuan can be exchanged for two thousand four hundred pieces of silver at the market price, of which one thousand five hundred taels will be exchanged for gold ingots according to the ratio of fifteen to one, and the deposit that Battle has previously bet on you will be deducted. ”

"Appropriate, appropriate." Shi Jiana became more and more impatient, and urged in a deep voice, "It's just on the ground, just a few taels of gold and silver, why do you want to be so serious." ”

"It's not that I'm more serious about my younger brother, but in business, even if I am a brother, I have to pay attention to a clear account." Yelu Zhao smiled and held the abacus, bowed his hands in all directions, and then walked quickly to the cloth bag on the ground, untied the rope at the mouth of the bag three times and twice, bent down, and took out a few small red ingots from inside, "Sixty small gold ingots here, one tael each, two hundred silver ingots, five taels each, my lord, you send someone to count, and then the grass people can account for you and the generals." (Note 1)

"Ah,,。h For a moment, Shi Jiana didn't care about feeling that the other party was long-winded, and his eyes were staring at the gold ingot, and his mouth was big enough to fit a whole duck egg.

Looking at the other Meng Yuan generals, they were all so excited that their eyes were stiff and their foreheads were sweaty.

According to the current price on the market, a thousand copper coins can not be exchanged for 800 taels of silver, and 15 taels of silver for a tael of gold is a false price.

However, "Battle" not only gave everyone enough gold and silver, but also more than the ideal figure by 20%, which is too much favor.

Yelu Zhao wanted to have a shock effect, and he didn't take the initiative to show his skills, but just squatted down, and continued to take out a handful of gold and silver ingots, and in an instant, two large rows of orange and white were placed on the ground, which were bright and dazzling.

"Okay, okay, brother, don't dig out, brother, I can trust you, I can trust you." After less than a little and a half, Shi Jiana, the deputy envoy of Shandong Road, was completely convinced, stepped forward, stretched out his arms and pulled Ye Luzhao up, with a smile on his face, "Brother, what are you doing, since I will leave the matter to you, how can you not worry, come on, please take a seat, please take a seat, tonight, we two brothers, but we have to have a good drink." ”

After that, he quickly glanced at his own soldiers, "If you don't put away the things on the ground and hand them over to Sicang for registration, this is an expedient move that the old man has to do in order to prepare military funds, if anyone dares to stretch out his hand indiscriminately, the old man will definitely uncover his skin." ”

"Yes." The soldiers stepped forward, and under the expectant eyes of the generals, they put the gold and silver back into their pockets, and then carried them out of the big tent of the Chinese army.

Knowing that the other party was making a show for himself, Yeluzhao didn't poke it, and when the figures of the soldiers came out of the tent, he yawned and praised with a smile, "My lord is really as honest as rumored, Battle, Battle admires it." ”

"As an official, there must be some to welcome and send to you, but the public is public, and the private is private, and the difference between them must be clear." Shi Jiana was rarely praised and blushed, waved his hand, and explained curtly.

"Your Excellency is very right." Yelu Zhao gave up his hand in admiration again, and then pretended to be very hesitant, frowning and adding, "But if it goes on like this, it's not a matter after all, adults don't blame the grass people for talking too much, you yourself are as honest as water, and you can't look down on this little money, but the soldiers below have a lot of mouths to feed at home." ”

"Alas, what can be done, at this time when the state is difficult, how can we patronize our own house." Shi Jiana couldn't guess what kind of medicine the other party wanted to sell in the gourd, and for the sake of the extra twenty taels of gold and one hundred taels of silver ingots, he smiled perfunctorily.

"On Battle's side, there is a plan for both worlds, I don't know if I should talk about it or not." Yeluzhao immediately walked up the pole and gave up his hand with a smile.

"It's a good of both worlds." Shi Jiana was slightly stunned, and then, a glint of joy appeared in his eyes, "Battle, please speak, between our brothers, there is anything that cannot be said in front of each other." ”

"Yes, yes, Battle, don't be angry, I've never treated you as an outsider." Amur Buhua, Baolig, Bala Gencang and other senior generals stepped forward one after another, and the stars held the moon and surrounded Yeluzhao in the center.

can sell 2,000 stone of military rations at a high price of two or three percent that everyone expects, and the best of both worlds that Battle said can still be worse, obviously trying to pull everyone together to make money, but he just doesn't say it clearly.

"Battle, you have another good opportunity." In the expectant eyes of everyone, Shi Jiana had to lower his stature and take the initiative to ask.

Although he may not put one or twenty taels of red gold in his eyes, but who would have too much treasure, besides, in front of so many henchmen, if he insists on pushing the God of Wealth "Battle" outward, in the future, he will send everyone to fight and kill, and the government decree can get out of the door of the military tent, I am afraid it is all wishful thinking.

"Do you know why Battle recovered his capital so quickly this time, and he was able to bring back 20% more income to adults." Yeluzhao refused to say it directly, but looked around, shook his head and continued to sell Guanzi.

"But the price of food outside has risen sharply, no, it can't rise so much." Shi Jiana first guessed with a smile, and then shook his head to veto.

These months is the time of grain storage, the retail price of grain on the entire Shandong Road will definitely not be more than three times per stone, the merchant buys from the people, but also to change the big head of the small bucket, folded and folded, each stone can give the consistent five or six has great mercy, and Battle can give more than two percent of the reserve price of each stone and a half, of course, it is impossible to resell to the local grain merchants on Shandong Road, he must have found a bold buyer, or would rather lose the capital, but also to please himself this line.

The last possibility is that there is basically no zài, and with the backer behind "Battle", there is no need to make a great effort to curry favor with a small four-pin propaganda deputy envoy, that is, he sells grain to people in need, for example

Eyebrows jumped up suddenly, Shi Jiana shook his head vigorously, "Brother, how do you make money, brother, how can I ask around, hey, forget it, forget it, if you can say it, you can just reveal one or two to everyone, if you can't say it, brother, I won't guess, anyway, there is a sentence in front, out of this door, anything you do, it has nothing to do with my brother." ”

"That's natural, look at your brother's vigilance, brother, will I still fool people." Ye Luzhao, who is alias Battle, smiled and shook his head slightly, "Forget it, I'll tell you the truth, I'm in Weizhou, connected with the people of the Shen family in Jiangnan, and directly resold the grain to him, and their family just happened to have a boatload of goods in demand, this time I am ready to eat them all, and one will not flow out, if this matter can be done, once it changes, it will be at least five times the dividend." ”

"What goods?" Amur was the most anxious and blurted out the question.

Shi Jiana heard that the military food was purchased by the Shen family in Jiangnan, and he was also secretly relieved, anyway, his direct transaction partner was Battle, and the latter did not directly deliver grain to Huai'an, as for whether the Shen family would collude with the Zhu butcher, it was already a matter of two hands, and it had nothing to do with him at all.

Thinking of this, he also quickly put a smile on his face again, took Yeluzhao's hand, and asked earnestly, "Brother, what do you mean ,,, money is not to be used, right, why didn't you speak earlier, it is not necessary to go around such a big circle, this time you earn the money back for everyone, although it is used as the principal, if the gap is still large, brother, I will find a way to help you make up some, between our brothers, what is polite, in short, we are all to make the brothers have more money, not for ourselves." ”

"Don't hide it from you, brother." Yelu Zhao arched his hand, moved inexplicably, "Brother, I really can't eat such a large batch of goods, but I still have a friendship with the Shen family, so let them give them a grace period of half a month to raise the principal, if you are ready to participate in a share, brother, I can't ask for it." ”

"Uh-huh,,。" Shi Jiana muttered in a low voice, "What the hell is it, brother, can you reveal a thing or two." ”

The five-fold bonus does sound very tempting, but the amount is so large that he can't even get the Ninghai firm, so he has to be cautious.

"There aren't many varieties, just two kinds." Yeluzhao nodded and responded very happily, "The first one is this. ”

As he spoke, he quickly took out a round piece from his sleeve and shook it in front of everyone's eyes.

The sun is sinking in the west, and the light in the Chinese military tent is a little dim, but everyone's eyes are shooting out of the scorching essence at the same time, it is a mirror, a mirror that is difficult to buy with money in the north, and it has been praised to an inch and 10,000 yuan on the market, no wonder even Battle, the God of Wealth boy, can't eat it.

"Shhhh Shi Jiana was also shocked, and gasped again and again, Xinna's concubine had already said countless times on the side of the pillow, wanting a mirror, but as a high-ranking official, he had no place to get it, but now, Bartel said that he could eat half a boat, what kind of concept is this, which means that there is half a boat of gold, which is slowly drifting towards him along the water, as long as he stretches out his hand, he can easily get it in his pocket.

"Battle" was afraid that everyone would be surprised that Cheng Dù was not enough, smiled, and added very proudly, "Brother, this side in my hand is the smallest, the largest side of the ship, a foot high, three feet wide, people walking next to it, even the sweat pores on the face, can be clearly illuminated." ”

"Hiss ,,。" The generals accompanied Shi Jiana to breathe cold air, one inch and ten thousand, one zhang high, three feet wide, how many inches is that, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is priceless, damn Shen Wansan, he actually dared, he dared to steal such a heavy treasure for himself, this thing should not be sold at all, it should be offered directly, dedicated, dedicated to everyone to share.

"In addition to the mirror, there is another thing, the value is higher than the mirror, it has not appeared on the market before, and when you see it, you will know that what Battle said is true." Yeluzhao's voice continued, full of temptation that could not be refused.

"Something."

"Battle, you hurry up, don't sell it."

"Battle, you sell it again, and I'll see you at the wine table later."

The crowd listened with itching and scratching, jumping to their feet and urging loudly.

"I can't talk about it, you can see it yourself." Yeluzhao shook his head and responded very regretfully, and then turned his head to the door of the military tent again, and shouted loudly, "Come on, bring the self-striking bell to your lords to open your eyes, go, go." ”

"Yes." Yu Tingyu, who was standing outside the door, was overjoyed, and responded neatly in Mongolian, and then, he and Lu Li rushed away, but after a while, they took more than 20 brothers, like guarding the Buddha's relics, and broke into the Chinese military tent with a huge object wrapped in golden velvet.

At this moment, Shi Jiana just wanted to take a look, what the hell was worth more than a mirror, how could he care about pursuing the other party's rudeness, took a few steps forward, and ordered with a smile, "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up and open the velvet cover, the old man wants to see what can make my brother cherish it so much." ”

"Shopkeeper." Yu Tingyu refused to listen, and pretended to ask Yeluzhao for instructions with his eyes.

"Open it, Brother Shijana is not an outsider." Yeluzhao tilted his head, his face full of pride.

"Yes." Yu Tingyu agreed in a low voice, led all the brothers, and quickly untied the golden velvet, revealing a golden silk nanmu cabinet that was a foot high and three feet wide.

"It's ,,。" Shi Jiana was disappointed and asked with a frown.

"Your Excellency, please order the lantern to be held." Yeluzhao smiled, his chin raised.

"Someone, light the candles." Shi Jiana ordered according to his words, and after a while, the tent of the Chinese army was filled with the unique pungent smell of butter wax, but everyone present, including the "guys" who carried the objects, did not feel the smell of oil smoke unpleasant, and stared at the cabinet one by one, dumbfounded.

On both sides and behind the cabinet, just simply carved some flowers, although the carving is exquisite, but it is definitely not a hand-me-down, however, the front of the cabinet, but inlaid with a whole piece of clear and transparent ice emerald, than the gold leaf that everyone has seen is more smooth and smooth, the naked eye can see the pattern inside the cabinet at once, see a transparent.

What's even more rare is that after the ice cui, there is a diameter of one foot, round mirror, inlaid in the upper position of the cabinet, can clearly see the greed in everyone's eyes, but around this priceless round mirror, and is twelve finger thick, red gems, evenly divided, in the center of the mirror, it is very scenic to poke out a long and short two tortoiseshell hands, the short finger is directly below, the long finger is about two or three gems far away, with the heavy breathing of people, It seems to be moving slowly.

"This thing, called the self-striking bell by the Shen family, is said to be made by the Zhu butcher himself, a total of five units were made, the Shen family used the same weight of gold, only to exchange three of them from Yangzhou, one tripled the price, sold to the Pu family in Quanzhou, and the other two, now in the warehouse in Weizhou, ready to wait until the war subsides, transported to Dadu by water." lest everyone don't know the goods, "Battle" explained in a low voice.

"Everyone, please look at the long needle, every one grid, for five minutes, each revolution, is half an hour, Huai'an is called an hour, and every hour, the short needle moves one square, as long as the hole left on the back of the clock is poked into the key, and the mechanism inside is enough, it can rotate day and night, and the difference every day will not exceed two gems."

Two gems are ten minutes, which should be exactly two-thirds of an hour by current standards, which can really be called ingenious, and no tool, including the water punitium used to observe celestial phenomena in the capital, can be so accurate.

"Everyone, please take a look below, after the ice jade, the object that keeps shaking, is called the pendulum by the Shen family, it is made of a mixture of white copper and silver, which can be stainless for thousands of years, and the center of the pendulum is embedded with a whole piece of ice crystal, with thirty-two facets, which can be candlelight."

The next words of "Battle" have been completely swallowed up by the exclamation, the mirror larger than the basin, the red gem thicker than the finger, the flat ice emerald taller than a person, these three things alone are enough to breathe, as for the precise timing effect, the non-rusty pendulum, the ice crystals cut into thirty-two sides, they are all additives, whether there is or not, can no longer affect the value of the chiming clock.

"Another great ingenuity of this thing is that it will automatically tell the time, and every hour, the clock will strike three times, and it will give people a bigger surprise." Battle was not reconciled, and continued to tear his throat to emphasize.

"On the hour, isn't that just a long needle pointing to the top?" As a general, Shi Jiana could still maintain some composure, glanced at "Battle", and asked with a breath.

"Indeed." Ye Luzhao smiled and nodded, and then, bent down and touched it, took out a long copper key from the velvet case, wrapped it around the back of the clock, stuffed it into an obvious trap hole, and turned it gently, "It's six o'clock soon, as long as you have enough traps, there will definitely be surprises, my lord, take a moment, and a miracle will appear soon." ”

With that, he quickly took the key, retreated four or five steps with a smile, and quietly waited for everyone's praise.

In Shi Jiana's heart, he was envious and curious, and he didn't feel that "Battle" was acting strangely, he put his hands behind his back and walked slowly around the clock, "Skillful, really ingenious, this Zhu butcher, if he doesn't rebel, with this craft, it will not be difficult to get ahead, tsk, tsk"

The generals also nodded one after another, looking at it and touching it at the same time, lest they touch it a few times less than others and suffer losses, Yelu Zhao and Yu Tingyu and others saw it, and they did not stop it, but hid their bodies farther away, so as not to hinder the Yaxing of the generals.

Unconsciously, the long needle made by the tortoiseshell turned directly above the clock, but there was no movement, and Shi Jiana turned his head again in surprise and asked Yeluzhao, "Didn't you say it before?"

He had just said half of his words when suddenly, at the pendulum below, there was a crisp gong sound, "dang, dang, dang," one after another, not slowly, followed by the whole clock trembling, "boom." ”

The thunder resounded through the heavens and the earth, shaking the surrounding Mengyuan civil and military forces, standing unsteadily, and a fire dragon accompanied by thunder broke through the top of the Chinese army's tent and soared.

"Do it." Yu Tingyu broke off and led Lu Li, Yu Tonghai and others to pull out a short blade from their boots, and three of them served one, and all the civil and military forces present were pressed under the knife.

Note 1: Gold reflects both yellow and red light, and the higher the purity, the redder the color, on the contrary, when doped with a certain proportion of silver and copper, it will appear golden yellow.

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