He Libo ate a bite of food and drank a sip of wine, looking at the two beaten people who were downcast, and looking at the king who held a wine glass in one hand but did not give it to his lips. After watching it for a long time, he couldn't stand it anymore, and put the wine glass on the table. Knocked on the wooden table, the wine glass "ping" sound. The three looked at him at the same time.

"I said Yin Shijie, and you Yu Danian. Aren't the two of you who sigh and sigh just some silver taels? Just spend money to buy lessons. He Libo was also angry when he saw the two of them being beaten, but they were quite in their early twenties, and they chatted a few times, and He Libo was originally straightforward when he spoke.

Yin Shijie and Yu Danian looked at each other, and seemed to have endless grievances. Yu Danian said: "This business is not profitable, and I don't know how to go back and explain to the people in the village after accompanying some more." ”

"What the hell do you do?" He Libo couldn't help but be curious.

"Alas, let's just say it, anyway, let's be a new road, won't we still hit the nail?" Yin Shijie said

He Libo listened to them while eating, and he didn't nod his head to show that he was listening. ‘

Among the two, the tall and thin one is called Yin Shijie, and the other is chubby and Yu Danian. These little brothers are cousins and brothers, from Jincheng County, Zezhou.

Listen to Yin Shijie said: "In the past two years, the price of the coal we have produced has been very low by the merchants, saying that it cannot be sold at a price in the capital, and the tax is still high. The villagers heard that there are many officers and soldiers near Yanzhou, and we can make more money by selling them directly, so this is not coming. ”

He said, "How? Make a lot of money, right? ”

Yu Danian's big round face pouted: "What do you earn, let's go to Bianjing first to take a look, it is indeed very high, and the tax is twenty catties per pack." That's a good number, the tax drawn here is not lower than that of Bianjing, and it depends on the spirit of the official, if you are happy, you will smoke less, if you are not happy, it is not fresh to smoke fifty catties. It's just a matter of trying to get some touches. No matter how strong our feet are, we can't do it. ”

The king looked at the three people in front of him, to be precise, the horse market had been in a bit of a trance when he came back, the woman who was riding a white horse and wearing a white veil and a woman dressed in white stood far away in front of the Xixia village flag. What kind of person is next to that woman, Wang Bi really hates that his piece of jade is not that understandable, he even hopes that it is Liang Yuexia, but if she is really under the moon, Wang Bi doesn't dare to think about it, this kind of heartache is a kind of close but like the end of the world.

The sound of He Libo crouching down his wine glass dragged him back from his thoughts, and he looked at He Libo, who did not look at the king, but ate unhurriedly and chatted with the two of them. Thinking of He Libo who has traveled thousands of miles since his teacher is gone, he also promised Brother He a few days ago that he will try his best to help him, if he doesn't cheer up, he won't be right with Big Brother.

Wang said, "This is really unreliable," and at this time he also shifted his attention from his contemplation to their side.

Yin Shijie said: "That is, as far as our donkey is concerned, once the donkey is dead, he will carry a hundred catties." ”

He Libo was puzzled and said, it would make a lot of money to sell it to the capital.

Yin Shijie took a sip of the wine in the cup, and said slowly while pouring the wine: "Listen a lot, I'm just talking about the tax drawn at the city gate, you can't go into the city to get a stall to sell it, you have to go to a special carbon farm to sell it." There's also a tax in this one. Let's just say that we can't go through a city on this road, passing through the prefecture and county, even if it is a post station, there are taxes. Along the way, people eat horses and feed them, not pick fees. Let's put it this way. We have to think about saving our capital, and we have to carry 200 catties with a load. ”

Yu Danian: "That's similar to the livestock, so we thought that one would be to see the cost here, and the other would be to find some good horses." Alas"

After speaking, the two sighed together. Wang Bi estimated in his heart and asked, "How much do you sell to merchants?"

"Originally, a pack could be sold for six or seven times, but now it can't be sold to five times, and it can be sold for more than twenty times in the capital. If you get home, there will be six or seven left. ”

Yin Shijie said: "These four or five families have strong physical strength, and they will produce more than ten or twenty packs a year. ”

Wang Bei couldn't help asking, "So little?" ”

"Less? That's still a lot, how much time does it take to dig to get out of the coal, and someone has to guard it, and we sometimes fight when we go out of the field. You can't dig in the cold, you can't dig in the rain, you have to scorch it now or there is no smoke, if you find the right one, you can't smoke it, and if you have smoke, you have to smelt it and sell it, and the cost is not counted. Do the math, how much can you give? ”

Yu Danian also hurriedly said: "Yes, we still have a tax on people, so we can't get the township soldiers." If you don't go to taxes, the taxes are high, and the training is actually a good day. Not to mention the land tax, the poll tax. Calculate that each family will spend a few dollars per month. I'm still in danger of collapsing the hole. ”

He Libo said: "I have a big head, do you understand, brother-in-law?"

The king said, "It would be good if you listened to the last sentence, a few dollars, let me ask you, how much is the monthly salary of a servant?" ”

He Libo thought about it and said: "Fifteen times, I can maintain a family of four or five." Turning his head to Yin and the others, he said, "It seems that it is difficult for you to make money, but how can you two come to negotiate the price, why don't you find an older one?"

The two of them looked at each other and said, "Let's both of us have read some books and have points in our hearts." ”

Yu Danian said: "Originally, not only did I burn coal this winter, but also build an iron weapon or something. In the past two years, there has been almost no war, and besides, the original coinage in various places, copper is not enough to cast iron money, I don't know which grandson in the past two years, I proposed to get some paper tickets, and the coal used less to cast money. ”

He Libo smiled "poof", and almost sprayed the wine in his mouth on Yu Danian's big fat face. Looking back at the king, he didn't seem to hear at all.

Yin Shijie said: "Don't talk about this paper ticket, it's not a paper ticket, we have to get a load of iron money on the way back and forth." ”

He Libo smiled and said, "That's it, by the way, brother, you see that these two people are not easy, you have a lot of ideas, can you help them?" And they praise you, hahaha."

Wang Bei took a blank look at him, and said in his heart This He Li bowl is clearly in the way I heard the man just now say that I am a grandson, and he deliberately saw what I did.

Yu Yin and the others looked at He Libo and were puzzled. The king asked, "There is a way, quickly take out your friends and show me." ”

The two took out the banknotes from their arms, and the king smiled after reading them. Pick it up and run out. Yu Yin and the others were startled, and suddenly reflected that the king seemed to have robbed their banknotes, and hurriedly chased them out. He Libo wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by the shopkeeper and hurriedly paid for the wine and food.

The county seat is not big, and the king has the strength of his feet, so he ran to the county government in one breath. The official stopped, and he handed over the name card.

Chong Yi was looking at the case file in the hall, when he heard that the king was coming, he came out to greet the fat and thin people next to the king, and pulled his arm. When the instrument was drunk, the county yamen pulled and pulled, what kind of system

Yu Danian, Yin Shijie saw that it was a county order, and he didn't dare to pull it anymore, standing on the pedestal of the county government in a daze.

The king saluted to the seed ceremony, Lord Seed, these two men robbed me of my silver ticket. I snatched it back. As soon as Chongyi heard the order, he escorted the two thieves to the hall.

Wang said, my lord, they still have accomplices, please report to the county, and the official communication hall will detain their accomplices when they receive such a silver ticket.

Chongyi really ordered and ordered the official to go to the official shop for civilian clothes after-sales.

Wang next to the second followed the Yi back to the lobby, and saw that Yu Danian Yin Shijie was kneeling under the hall, Yu Danian was still at a loss, aggrieved and wronged, Yin Shijie glared at the king.

Wang Bei smiled and said to Chongyi, "Thank you, sir." ”

Chongyi was about to ascend to the hall but was stopped by the king, "Wait, sir, wait for the accomplice to come to the retrial"

There are 2,000 words in the text, but in fact, it is two hours, from He Libo pulling the king who has no intention of watching the horse from the horse market back to the Didian, to drinking and chatting with the two downstairs in the Didian, it is just a matter of one or two hours. Before the wine was drunk, the king estimated that the people who cheated the horse money were greedy, and they would not come in exchange for this hand.

This Jiaozi is only used in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and only the official Jiaojiao can be exchanged for silver. Let's catch the money changer first.

Yin Shijie was unconvinced and said: "I said next to the king, why did you rob us of our silver ticket and bite back?" Do you ask adults to interrogate adults whenever they want? ”

Chong Yi said: "The thief still dares to deny it, come and open his mouth." ”

Don't look at the appearance of half a literati, this majesty is really a bit tasteful, and the king hurriedly stopped him.

Yu Danian dragged Yin Shijie and motioned him to say less, originally the two of them were still blue and swollen and had just been beaten, and the matter of buying and selling horses could be checked or not.

He Libo also chased after him, and the king whispered a few words to him, and He Libo turned around and went out.

Yu Danian and Yin Shijie's kneeling legs were numb, looking at what Wang Bi and the county commander were whispering, Chongyi would frown and smile for a while, look at it with doubt, and finally nodded.

About half an hour later, the official brought two men.

These two people were unlucky enough, seeing that the horse market was almost dispersed, they changed their clothes and led the horses into the county seat, wanting to exchange the Jiaozi silver tickets for silver, and the shopkeeper took a look at them and gave them to the plainclothes officer. The two of them were locked up and taken to the county office.

Chongyi asked Wang Bian to identify the silver ticket, and Wang Bian took it out and compared it and said yes, exactly.

The county commander ordered the officials to search for the person who redeemed the silver ticket, and found the talisman of the Western Xia soldier after a search. The two were sent to the military camp stationed in Yanzhou. What the barracks do with them doesn't care.

At this time, He Libo also led the stolen horse back to the mansion, and the king smiled at each other when he saw this.

The horses honored the county government, Yu Danian Yin Shijie took back the silver, and when he returned to the store, he felt really hungry, so he simply asked Xiao Er to send the wine and food to the room of the store. The two invited the king to resign by the way.

After three rounds of drinking, Yu Danian said, I said Wang Gongzi, "It's good for you to tell us, why do you still let us kneel for half a day"

He Libo laughed and said: "Who asked you to scold the person who proposed the silver ticket, don't you know that it is Wang Gongzi?" ”

Yu Danian smirked twice: "In the future, we will follow the son, this time we will go back and do the things arranged by the son first, and wait for the son in Jincheng, Zezhou." ”

Yin Shijie asked: "The silver tickets are all the same, how can the son identify the silver tickets?" When he asked, all the people looked at the king

Wang smiled and said: "You naturally don't understand the affairs of the official family, but you can't say it either." "What's so hard about the heart? When he wrote Renzong at the Chrysanthemum Banquet, he also mentioned that it was printed separately by state, and the code of each state was different. These are all passwords hidden in Jiaozi's silver tickets, and there are other uses in this, and they can't be told for the time being.

Wang Bian believed that there must be a way for him to sneak to Xixia, Wang Bian stood on the wall of Yanzhou, looking at the Xixia Zhai camp in the distance in the moonlight.