Chapter Ninety-Two: The Talk of Captivity
Li Shan can act, and what he wants to do most is to send a letter to his family.
"Dangan, haven't you been to Luzhou City before?" Li Shan now sat on the ox cart, the only means of transportation they had, and asked Dangan. Dan Gan didn't speak, his opinion of Li Shan, or the Han people, was even worse than that of Aqi, if it wasn't for Granny Miao asking him to send Li Shan to Luzhou City, he wouldn't have paid attention to Li Shan.
Li Shan's advantage is that he is indomitable, and he doesn't pay attention to Dangan's ignorance at all. He now knows a little bit about these people. Dangan and Aqi are a brother and sister, whose parents died in the war between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty at an early age, and Miao Wu's mother-in-law adopted them.
Finally entered Luzhou City and saw the long-lost restaurant and tea shop, Li Shan felt very cordial. Seeing a very lively and prosperous place not far away, Li Shan hurried over and saw that it said Luzhou Tea Shop. Li Shan sighed: "It's really magnificent, it seems that the tea leaves in Sichuan and Shu are still good." ”
But listening to Dangan, he snorted disdainfully: "No matter how good the tea is, they don't grow it, a group of blood-sucking moths." Li Shan finally heard Dan Gan speak, and Dan Gan didn't say a word to Li Shan along the way.
Li Shan knew that it seemed that the Miao family's resentment towards the tea merchant was very deep, and asked, "Dangan, why do you say that?" You tell me that if what you say makes sense, I agree with you. ”
Dangan is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and some children have a temper, so they immediately raised their heads and said: "Of course Wang Po has a point, what is the best tea in Luzhou?" Of course, it's Xiangyu tea, but where is Xiangyu tea grown? It was our white seedlings that were planted on the mountain. Where do these tea merchants know how to grow tea, but our Xiangyu tea can only be sold to them, and the price is still very low. Do you think they are moths? ”
Li Shan understood what was going on a little and asked, "Then why did you sell it to them?" You can sell it to others or ship it out yourself. ”
Dangan said frustratedly: "They united all the tea merchants around them to buy our Xiangyu tea, and they also bought off the government and didn't let us transport the tea ourselves." Li Shan finally understood why Bai Miao hated the tea merchant so much.
Li Shan thought for a while and said to Dangan: "Dangan, let me ask you a question. Do you say that it is fair for cattle and sheep to kill cattle and sheep and eat meat? Dan Gan didn't quite understand what Li Shan meant: "Isn't it normal for us to eat meat?" The cattle and sheep are all fed by our own family, and there is no robbery of other people's houses. ”
"Yes, the cattle and sheep are fed by your own family. But have you ever thought that cattle and sheep can survive without your feeding, and you just use some forage to let the cattle plough your fields for a lifetime, let the sheep milk for a lifetime, and then eat their meat? In this way, you are not making a lot of money. ”
"So what does this have to do with the tea merchants?" Dangan didn't understand.
"These tea merchants just kept you in captivity, and they blocked all the outlets for your tea, so your tea could only be sold to them. It's like the cattle and sheep we feed. We can get big rewards for very little effort. Naturally, these tea merchants thought the same way. ”
"But whether cattle and sheep are human or not, how can they be compared." Dangan was still not convinced.
"What's the difference between any cattle and sheep? Besides, haven't you always rejected Han Chinese? In the eyes of the Han people, you Miao people are not of the same race as them. In fact, many times people are more ferocious than animals, animals prey only for a full meal, but people's desires are endless. Li Shan sighed.
Dan Gan refuted Li Shan wordlessly, but he was not convinced: "Hmph, the cunning Han people, what you say is very reasonable, you can't hide your dirtiness and ugliness." If you are a Han Chinese, of course you will say good things for the Han people, so I don't believe you. ”
Li Shanwan smiled: "Dangan, I didn't say that what we did was right, in fact, how can right and wrong be so clear?" What I want to tell you is that the way to change the status quo is not to blindly complain and resent, but to jump out of the fence of captivity, and if you don't want to be captive, you have to have the courage to fight. ”
"You said lightly, there are so many Han people, and there are people from the government to help them. What can we do. Although Dangan didn't directly admit Li Shan's words, he already believed it a little.
Li Shan said with a smile: "It's man-made, as long as you work hard, you will definitely get something." I'll help you as long as you want. ”
"You are a Han and are willing to help us" Dangan's prejudice against Li Shan is still very deep.
"You saved my life, why can't I help you? The Han people are not all what you see. In fact, there are many good people in the Han people, such as me. Li Shan is still very narcissistic.
Dangan pursed his lips and turned to leave, leaving Li Shan alone and still there to think.
Coming to Luzhou Wharf, Li Shan asked about the nearby boatmen.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was no folk letter at all, and sending letters at post stations was a privilege that only officials had. So Li Shan could only come to the dock to find someone. As the saying goes, money can make the devil grind, and many things are not done by no one, but just by the starting price that no one gives.
Seeing a shipman transporting goods, Dangan helped Li Shan to come forward and talk: "This big brother, where is your ship going?" ”
"We're a cargo ship bound for Suzhou. Are you going to ship goods? My ship has been running on the Yangtze River for more than ten years, and you can rest assured that your goods are on my ship. It was a middle-aged man who spoke, and it seemed that he was the head of the ship.
"Brother Bow, I want to ask if there is a boat going to Jingzhou?" Li Shan arched his hand.
"Our ship will also deliver to Jingzhou, and we will go to Jingzhou after a while, so if you want to send anything, just put it on my ship." The big brother at the bow of the boat will naturally not let go of the door-to-door business, after all, the Yangtze River is only one road.
Li Shan nodded, the reputation of the ship's family for more than ten years should be guaranteed, and he stepped forward and took out a letter and said, "Then please trouble the big brother at the bow to hand over this letter to the Xiange Restaurant in Jingzhou." Then he took out two coins of silver and handed them to the big brother at the bow, "As long as you deliver this letter, the shopkeeper of the fairy pavilion will give you ten times the silver." ”
The big brother at the bow saw that Li Shan's hand was very generous, and it was as simple as just sending a letter, so he hurriedly took the silver and the letter: "You can rest assured, I will definitely deliver the letter to you in its original form." Li Shan nodded and said, "Then there is Brother Lao's boathead." ”
"You gave him the letter and the money so reassured?" Dangan's view of the Han people is that they are cunning and treacherous, and have no credibility. That's why he didn't believe that person would deliver the letter.
Li Shan smiled and said, "I don't believe in his character, but in his greed." People are always greedy, although two coins of silver is not much, but if it is multiplied tenfold, it is an objective number. He has already made money by sending this letter with two coins of silver, but if he can earn ten times more by sending the letter, then he must go back and do it. Therefore, under any conditions, we can use human nature to act for us, which is also a kind of ability. ”
Dan Gan listened to Li Shan's words and nodded thoughtfully: "Sure enough, the Han people are still so cunning, and their own people are so calculating." Li Shan thought that he was persuaded by himself, but he still had this kind of thinking, there was no way, the concept was always imperceptibly ingrained, and it was not so easy to change.
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