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Chapter 37 Offering Treasures

Seeing that the grocery store shopkeeper was suspicious, Li Si smiled and got up to say goodbye. Later, he took his entourage to visit several other shops that collected groceries, and saw that the largest transaction was still stone nitrate, followed by sulfur, which was rarely talked about in the market before. As for the iron tools and iron materials that every gang of ant thieves will inevitably buy with a lot of money, they only ranked third. Regardless of the price increase and trading volume, it is far from nitrite and sulfur.

When Li Si saw this, he immediately understood a few points in his heart. Walking to a secluded place, he called the two most astute entourages to his side, and ordered in a very low voice, "You two hurry back to Dadu and report to Lord Zuo Cheng, just say that Li Si is now in Tengzhou and the Red Turban thieves are wantonly buying stone nitrate and sulfur, and the so-called Thunderbolt on a Sunny Day is probably really related to firearms as the Red Turban Army itself claims!" ”

"The fourth master is saying that on the notice of the Red Turban Army, what was originally said was the truth?! Have they, have their heads been trampled on by a donkey? Tell the truth?! "The matter of Wu Ra Buhua's defeat and death has long been rumored in the capital, and the two entourages are dogs in Youcheng Mansion, so they naturally know that the Xuzhou Red Turban Army has posted notices to clarify that there is no thunder, and they were stunned, and blurted out their questions.

"Let you go and report it and go back to report it quickly, what so much nonsense?!" Li Sixian pricked up his eyes and scolded loudly. Then, he explained with a sneer: "This is the highest level of lying, it is obviously the truth, but you only want to guess in the opposite direction." Go quickly, let Lord Youcheng quickly find a way to prohibit these two goods from trading in Xuzhou! Otherwise, once Sesame Li accumulates enough gunpowder and wants to take him down, the price that the court needs to pay will be great! ”

"Yes!" The two attendants did not dare to slack off, agreed, and immediately trotted back to the inn to fetch their horses. When the other entourages saw it, they inevitably whispered: "Fourth master, fourth master, weren't the stone nitrate and sulfur originally forbidden things?" Why do you still want to invite Lord Youcheng?"

"Idiot!" Li Si listened impatiently, raised his hand and gave the questioner a neck hug, "When did that happen?" Our Great Yuan Dynasty has more bans than cow hair! But as long as it can make money, which one of you think has been seriously enforced?! ”

"Alas, alas, the fourth master is right, he is right!" The entourage who had been beaten was full of smiles, and did not dare to ask another word.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Yuan Dynasty, it did prohibit the trade of saltpeter and sulfur. But those prohibitions were only valid for Han Chinese and Nan people. If you change the Mongols and the Semu, no one will take it seriously. Especially the latter, as long as they can make money, their mothers and sons can take it out and sell it, how can they care about the ban or not? So over time, these bans have become completely wasted paper. Unless the imperial court reiterates it again, and is backed by harsh punishment and strict laws. Otherwise, even if you sell the stone nitrate to the gate of the state government, as long as you don't step on those stone steps, the adults inside will turn one eye open and close one eye.

An important piece of information was discovered, and Li Si was in no mood to continue to stay in Tengzhou. After finding a restaurant that looked quite clean, he had a simple meal, then went back to the inn to settle the bill, and led his entourage to continue running south.

He was anxious to dig a pit for the new Huainan Propaganda Envoy Lu Luzeng, but of course he refused to go west to the canal to take a boat. Instead, he went directly out of the south gate and ran all the way along the official road. Unexpectedly, after running for more than ten miles, the road ahead suddenly became extremely narrow. More than a dozen wagons laden with goods lined up in a long line, crowded into the narrowest place, squeezing the entire official road to the brim.

"Something that doesn't have eyes!" Wang Twenty-one, the entourage who followed Li Si, cursed, and wanted to use the leather whip to open the way. Li Si reached out and grabbed his arm. "Don't be too troublesome, it's not a big city here. Let's go around the dirt on the side of the road! ”

"Why?" Those retinues are used to being crabs in the capital, and when they go outside, how can they make way for a group of hillbillies? Immediately, Qi Qi turned his head and protested, "Fourth Master, you are too cautious." Although this is not the capital, it is also the territory of the Great Yuan Dynasty. Who would dare not give face to our master! ”

"A bunch of chaff-eating fools, stupider than pigs!" Li Si glared at everyone fiercely, and responded in a very low voice, "It's only three or two days away from Xuzhou here. Sesame Li tossed so much movement in Xuzhou, and the Qianmen here were not panicked at all, how to live and how to live. Is it possible to say that there is no greasy relationship between this local government and the red scarf thief? Actually recruited local errands, who can guarantee which side they will be on?! ”

When the entourage heard this, they were so frightened that they gasped again and again. Everyone did see it just now, and the ground in Tengzhou was indeed as quiet as a paradise, as if they didn't feel that the ant thief's nest was close at all. The city gate is also wide open, and he is not afraid of following in the footsteps of Xuzhou!

What does this mean? This only shows one thing, the officials and people of Tengzhou have long known that the red turban thieves will not attack them! He wouldn't even send his men to harass him. And there is only one way to make Sesame Li so respectful, that is, the people in the government secretly have a relationship with Sesame Li, pay a sum of money and grain to the Xuzhou Red Turban Thief, and buy a temporary Gou'an.

It's just that the officials in this place are too blatant? After all, the ant thieves are only tossing around in one or two mansions, while there are hundreds of such mansions under the rule of the imperial court.

"What do you know, the so-called thousands of miles to be an official, just to make money." Seeing the suspicious expression on the face of the entourage, Li Si frowned and continued. "If the ant thief is sent to the city, even if he takes out all the family property and takes care of it, he will not be able to escape the fate of the whole family being exiled for thousands of miles. But sending his men to hook up with the ant thieves is not spending their own money. Even if Sesame Li is caught by the imperial court one day and confesses his name and surname, it can be said that the thief is dying and biting indiscriminately. As long as there is no evidence, in order to appease people's hearts, the court can't do anything to them! ”

"Shhh When everyone heard this, they gasped again. If the facts are really as Li Si guessed, the official messenger who is summoned at this moment and waiting for everyone is probably the fate of being killed and killed. In the shadow of death, the retinue did not dare to continue to be arrogant. Honestly pulled the mount off the official road, and walked forward with a deep foot and a shallow foot on the dirt floor.

It's already the beginning of February, the ice and snow are gone, and the spring tide is surging. Tengzhou is also close to Weishan Lake and canals. Therefore, both sides of the official road are covered with large and small mud pits. If you accidentally step on it, people and horses will be drowned by the neck.

The ghost genius Li Si rode forward on his horse for more than 20 steps, and saw that the mud under his feet was really full of traps, so he had to sigh, and returned to the official road again with his entourage covered in mud. Then he jumped off his mount, tidied up his clothes a little, walked quickly to the convoy blocking his way, and bowed slightly to a man who looked like a steward, "This brother is invited." Zai Xia is in a hurry to go to the south to visit relatives, can you please ask your men to move a passage and let Zai Xia go first? I know that this is a reluctant invitation, but it is really urgent on the side of relatives, you see"

"Wait here, I'll ask the owner!" The steward rolled his eyelids unhappily, dropped a ** sentence, and squeezed into the convoy. After three rounds and two rounds, he came to a group of people who were standing and talking in the middle of the convoy, and lowered his voice to ask the other party for instructions. "Brother Zhu, here, look?"

is called Brother Zhu by everyone, not Zhu Eighty-one, which one? I saw him quickly turn his head and look at Li Si's face, and then quietly ordered in a voice that could only be heard by a few people around him. "Sixth son, I'll block it for you, you go and secretly recognize it, aren't they?"

The second king and the sixth son of the shopkeeper immediately poked out half of his head from Zhu Bayi's shoulder, looked at it quickly, and then quickly retracted his head, and shouted in a low voice, "Yes, it's him." Have been in the city to inquire about the Red Turban Army? I also went around all the places in the city to collect groceries! ”

"Okay, Lao Yu, take two hangs of money for the sixth son to go back to buy snacks to honor the old lady. Others" Zhu Eighty-one nodded lightly and commanded in a low voice, "Hong San, you take a few brothers to go over from the side first, and cut off their retreat." Then wait for my command! ”

After saying that, he immediately turned his head and walked towards Li Si with Wu Twenty-two, who was dressed up as a manager.

The ghost genius Li Si has been following after getting rid since he was a child, fighting openly and secretly with other Mongolian nobles, and so far, he has at least dozens of lives on his hands. The intuition of danger is far from being comparable to that of ordinary people. When I pulled the horse back to the official road earlier, I already felt that something was wrong today. Later, I saw that there seemed to be a familiar shadow in the crowd peeking at me, and I immediately knew that I was probably being targeted. Therefore, without waiting for Zhu Eighty-one to take the "guys" to his side, he took the initiative to take a step forward and reached the ground, "Xiao Ke is in a hurry, there is no trouble for Brother Tai, ashamed, ashamed!" ”

"Xiao She doesn't need to be polite!" Zhu Bayi waved his hand and responded with a very awkward popular salutation. "Accidentally blocking your way was originally Zhu's fault. What's the trouble not to be troublesome?! Dare to ask Xiao She's surname?! Where are you going? Why did you get out of the city in the afternoon, aren't you afraid of trouble on the road?! ”

'If I don't meet you, there's no trouble!' Although the ghost genius Li Si didn't know that the person standing in front of him was the legendary Zhu Eighty-one with four wings. But in the murderous aura faintly revealed on the other party's body, he felt that this person's identity was probably extraordinary. secretly scolded a few words in his heart, and then responded with a smile, "You are exempt, your surname is Li, you are the fourth in the clan, and my brother can call me Li Si." This time I went to the south to make a special trip to my uncle's house to marry my cousin. Because the wedding date is set for the 28th of this month, I don't dare to delay too much on the road! ”

After a few words, he answered without leaking. It not only reflects the tutoring that a Han boy should have in this era, but also does not involve any real and useful things.

When Zhu Bayi heard this, he inevitably looked this person up and down again. I saw that Li Sisheng had red lips and white teeth, ape arms and wolf waist, and he was indeed like a pampered son. It's just that a pair of eyes seem too incongruous with their appearance, and there is always a fierce light flickering inside.

Looking up and seeing that Xu Hongsan and the others had not yet returned to their positions, he smiled and continued: "Then you have to be careful, although the wedding date cannot be delayed." But as soon as you cross the Yellow River, you have to enter the territory of sesame plums. The red scarf thieves are a group of desperate homeless, and what they hate the most is a person like you, Brother Li, who was born rich! ”

"It's just a lie!" The ghost genius Li Si scolded his mother in his stomach, but his mouth made a righteous and insistent appearance, "The Red Turban Army must be fighting with the court for the world in the future." If you see someone who is neatly dressed and kills indiscriminately, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the rich people in the world?! Besides, the younger brother was just dressed a little like him just to welcome his relatives. In fact, there are only a few acres of thin land in my own home, and I can collect some rent to ensure that I don't have to worry about food and clothing every day! ”

"Really?" Hearing Li Si's answer so sleek and old, Zhu Bayi felt that this person's identity was suspicious. He smiled and continued: "It's the first time I've heard that the Red Turban Army has such a good reputation outside! If Sesame Li learns that you praise him like this, he will definitely come to the door to thank him in person and introduce Xiaoshe as a confidant! ”

"The little brother is also guessing wildly, I haven't really seen what the righteous army looks like!" Li Si looked up anxiously and continued to respond with a smile, "But since they have the word 'righteousness', they will definitely not use knives at pedestrians for no reason." Brother Ren, what do you think?! ”

"This" Zhu Eighty-one was really stunned by Li Si's question. According to his original intention, since this fellow, who obviously spoke with a northern accent, was asking about the Red Turban Army everywhere, and had gone to the market to pay attention to the transaction of groceries, for the sake of insurance, he happened to encounter it, and he and his entourage should not have been allowed to leave alive. But this person "kills indiscriminately" on the left and "rebels" on the right, and every word is on reason. It is really difficult for him to make a trade-off when he integrates the thinking of later generations of otaku.

Let's not get rid of this person, in case he is a spy of the Mengyuan court, and the news of the skyrocketing prices of saltpeter and sulfur is not difficult to speculate on the real reason why the Red Turban Army turned defeat into victory in the last battle of Xuzhou. Although Zhao Junyong and Tang Zihao have already used the means to cover up, the exposure of the truth has been delayed as much as possible.

But if you don't know the identity of the other party, you will do it rashly. According to the guy surnamed Li, the righteous words of the Xuzhou Yijun are a little unworthy of the name. After all, this place is still hundreds of miles away from Xuzhou, and the Red Turban Army's sphere of influence has not expanded to the north of the Yellow River for the time being. Just because this person once inquired about the Red Turban Army, he did not hesitate to kill him, in case he killed the wrong person, and the matter spread, the image of the righteous army that Sesame Li had painstakingly created for the Xuzhou Red Turban for several months would inevitably plummet.

was in a dilemma, but he heard Li Si snort again, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu is afraid that the Xuzhou red scarf is not as uncommitted as the legend?!" This thing is actually very simple, it is better to count on the mercy of others, than to turn yourself into a hedgehog that no one can bite. I have something here, Brother Zhu will understand it at a glance! ”

After that, he didn't care whether Zhu Eighty-one agreed or not, turned around and strode towards his mount. Untied a wooden box more than three feet long from behind the saddle, walked back to Zhu Eighty-one with a smile, and gently lifted the lock on the lid of the box with his thumb, "Brother Zhu, please look, this is where the little brother depends!" ”

"Smack!" The delicate lid of the wooden box popped open, revealing a scarlet velvet lining. On the velvet, there was a copper tube at the end, more than two feet long, round and straight, but at a distance of three inches from the end, it was raised in the shape of a ball. Directly below the balloon, a wooden handle is installed in the front and back positions. On the top of the balloon, there is a half-inch-long strip hole, embedded in which is a dark gray paper twist. It was what he had dreamed of but never been able to build, the musket!