Chapter 64: Fiction and Reality

Jin Ji and Wang Ji's convoy left the city gate and came to the camp outside the city. The trucks of the two of them, that is a clear flag, Xu Guangda's soldiers were also ecstatic when they saw it, the God of Wealth is here, can you be happy. A truck costs five taels of silver, and looking at this posture, there must be at least one hundred and eighty vehicles. The entire city gate is crowded, and there seems to be still one in the city, and it is sure that you will be able to make a lot of money today. The stewards of Jin Ji and Wang Ji were also conscious, and when they came up, they handed over the silver on the way, and the general manager who was responsible for collecting the money knew that it was only a lot more.

Wu Ping belongs to the prison army-style figure, and now the affairs here have been almost smoothed out, it stands to reason that he drinks tea every day and waits for the money. But he did his duty, and every day he watched the camp, helping to command, and there were two roads out of the city, and as usual, he ordered the soldiers to lead the way.

These two roads are relatively spacious, but they can only accommodate the next carriage at a time, and the road is twisted and turned, and it takes several times as long to get out on weekdays. The soldiers led the way, they were already acquainted, they should exercise every day, and they would not feel tired when they thought about the silver. But compared with him, the handlebar style of the car is very bitter, where to walk this kind of road, go around, you have to be one hundred and twenty times more careful on weekdays, people who are soldiers have said, don't go along the road with him, once you deviate, fall into the pit, no wonder others.

Jin Ji and Wang Ji walked in two ways, and in the camp they were like painting dragons, a distance of three or four miles, and they could reach more than ten miles in this way. Wu Ping stood in place and watched, but all the carriages that came over had to pass by his side, he didn't deliberately look at what was loaded on the car, but just glanced at the ground intentionally or unintentionally.

"The rut marks are not particularly deep, and it seems that the cargo inside is not particularly heavy." Wu Ping quickly determined the weight of the goods on the car, but every three or five cars, he had to scan it again to determine whether the car behind and the car in front weighed the same.

No matter how difficult the road is, there is always a way to go, and as time goes by, the two families and eighty cars have all left the city. At this time, Wu Ping was also able to conclude that the weight of the goods was basically the same.

"Eighty-tael truck?" Wu Ping sneered in his heart, his face was indeed silent, and he watched as these trucks left the camp and headed into the distance.

The day's work was finally completed, and in the evening, when the city gate was about to close, Xu Guangda divided today's income proportionally, which should be given to his subordinates, which were his own, and which were filial to Lord Wu. The silver given to his subordinates is issued every five days, and the money given to Lord Wu is to let Wu Ping take it back every day.

Wu Ping took a bag of silver and returned to the governor's Xingyuan, which was located in Dongcheng, which was the place arranged by Tian Xiu. After Wu Ping came back, he went directly to see Wu Sinan.

Lord Wu is having dinner in the flower hall, and Wu Ping is here at this time, because he is a personal companion, so there is no need to pass it on. After entering the door, Wu Ping first asked for peace, then put the silver on the coffee table, and then looked around, and saw that there were no outsiders, so he came to Wu Sinan's table and whispered: "My lord...... There's movement today......"

Wu Sinan nodded and said, "It's been a hard day, you're tired, sit down and eat together." ”

"Thank you, sir." Wu Ping moved a chair, sat on the edge of the table, and whispered: "Jin Ji and Wang Ji have a total of eighty truckloads of goods, according to the orders of the adults, less than 200 trucks, they should not have seen it, so their subordinates let them pass." According to the adult's meaning, I casually looked at the rut mark, it didn't seem to be particularly heavy, what was inside, I only heard Jin Ji and Wang Ji say that it was porcelain, and nothing else. I didn't let you look at it, and the soldiers guarding the camp followed the usual practice, took a look at the first car, and let it go. ”

"Very good...... Wu Sinan said with a smile: "Eat, eat more vegetables." Just do as I wanted, look at the ruts, and there are some like these hundred and eighty carts, and when they pass by again, they still don't see it, and let him go. ”

"Yes, sir."

"Brother Fan, all our goods have been cleared, and they are still the same as before, that is, they spent an extra money to buy the road, and the defenders outside the city did not leave any difficulties, and they led the way after collecting the money."

Wu Sinan was eating over there, and Fan Yongdou's house was also eating. Fan Yongdou, Jin Liangyu and other eight people are all here, what Jin Liangyu said just now.

In this way, Wu Sinan is really seeking wealth when he comes out like this. That's fine, no matter how much appetite he has, we can keep him full. Fan Yongdou said triumphantly.

"Brother Fan, according to what you mean, we can really ship next." Wang Dayu said.

"Hmm." Fan Yongdou nodded, and then said: "Our shipment today is worthy of an ordinary caravan, and Wu Sinan will definitely know about this." Since he is seeking wealth and treats such a big family as us, what do you think will happen to him? ”

"No accident, when we ship next time, if it is still such an amount, he will definitely deliberately embarrass us and let us take the initiative to bribe." Jin Liangyu said.

"Not bad. Everyone understands people, do you make money if you have money, the former governor, didn't we feed it too, he is here now, of course, it is not bad for him. In this way, Brother Jin and Brother Wang, the two of you will go back to the house later, and each of you will prepare 10,000 taels of silver for him and send it over. When you arrive, you don't need to say anything, just put the money there, and leave politely. He is a smart man and there is nothing he does not understand. Fan Yongdou said.

"Brother Fan, don't worry, I will do such things."

At that moment, Wang Dayu and Jin Liangyu had a hasty meal, and then hurried back to the house, asked his subordinates to prepare the silver, and rushed to Wu Sinan's governor's office. The two did not go to the door together, the front and back feet were staggered, and they went one by one, just as Fan Yongdou said, put down the silver, said a few polite words, and left. Wu Sinan didn't leave anyone behind, and when the two left one after another, he laughed instead.

The next day, Zhangjiakou was still calm, there was nothing abnormal, and it was the same as before. But in the afternoon, Wu Sinan suddenly sent someone to send a letter to Tian Xiu, telling him to take the generals of Zhangjiakou to Xingyuan tomorrow. Regarding the topic, it is also very clear that it is a matter of recruiting new troops.

Zhangjiakou's soldiers and horses needed to be replenished, and the imperial court also issued a clear document to select from the military households of Xuanfu first, and if it was not enough, recruit people on the spot to make up the number. Conscription is a major event, and it is understandable that Wu Sinan discussed it with Tian Xiu.

In the early morning of the next day, Tian Xiu rushed to the governor's line with his generals to discuss the matter, and Jin Ji Cargo Store and Wang Ji Cargo Company also pulled out a large number of goods this morning.

Horse-drawn carriages and mule carts came out of the freight store and went straight to the north gate. Zhangjiakou is just a fort, although prosperous, but the streets are not so spacious, as more and more vehicles come out, the streets become more and more crowded. Jin, Wang and other eight freight banks often ship on a large scale, which is not an uncommon thing in Zhangjiakou, at most it affects traffic.

Today's people are no longer just the managers of the two cargo houses, Jin Liangyu and Wang Dayu are out in person. The two bosses sat on the carriage and walked in the front, and the wagons all followed, each with two hundred wagons, and thousands of escorts alone.

Before coming to the city gate, Wang Dayu and Jin Liangyu got out of the car in person, signaling their subordinates to send the silver over, they came forward in person, how could the reward be less, a total of four bags of silver, each package is more than 100 taels.

The officers and men received the money, thanked them repeatedly, got out of the way, and let them pass without inspection.

Wang Dayu and Jin Liangyu walked in front and went out of the city gate, of course, the officers and soldiers outside the city also knew the two big bosses, and Mr. Qian, who was responsible for collecting money, came over and nodded, and as soon as the two bosses waved their hands, a man immediately sent the silver.

"I have heard that a car costs five taels of silver, and the total of the goods of our two families this time is a total of four hundred and thirteen cars, and it is not easy for you, here are two thousand five hundred taels of silver, and the extra amount will be rewarded to the brothers for a drink." Wang Dayu put on the appearance of a benevolent elder and said kindly.

"Thank you Boss Wang, thank you Boss Jin. The small ones will arrange for your vehicles to pass. Mr. Qian smiled happily, asked his officers and soldiers to carry the silver, and then ordered the soldiers to lead the way and lead the convoy forward.

Wu Ping was also here, he saw it clearly, and secretly sneered in his heart, "Your Excellency guessed well, they really came early in the morning today." Luckily, it's ready. ”

The soldiers led the vehicle forward, the ground was paved with straw, and it looked about the same, and in general, they relied on memory to see if there were any obvious stones on the grass to identify the road. Now, of course, the grass has been almost crushed, and wherever it can be walked, the straw has been compacted and easily recognizable.

Today, as usual, the soldiers are leading the way according to the rules of these days, but as they walk, they suddenly realize that something is wrong. Because when he walked here, he should turn left, but on the straw on the left, there was an obvious stone, so he was stunned, and then he swept his gaze, and there were no stones on the road in front of him, and there were no stones in the place where he turned left from there.

Seeing such a scene, the soldier thought to himself. Maybe I'm misremembering, and I have to take a step forward.

Their work is not only to lead one road, you must know that this camp walks four miles in a straight line, and walking around so many circles is equivalent to walking ten miles, and when they reach the other end, how can they rush back immediately, they must rest for a while, wait until there is a car to enter the city, and then lead the car into the city into the city's road. If you move like this, you will definitely be a little confused and unable to fully control it.

He took one more step before turning to the left, and the carriage behind him had to take one more step before he could turn. The horse will turn and the wheels will run over it. The distance between the carriages must have been much wider than that of the horses pulling the carts, and as soon as the wheels passed, they suddenly ran over empty. The cargo on the car can be heavy, and this loss of balance immediately falls to the right. The horses were taken by the cart and fell to the right.

"Bang!"

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