Chapter 1: Selling Horses
"Hiss"
Li Zheng tied the wound on his arm tightly with strips of rags, and the pain made him gasp. The chill brought by the north wind made people feel numb, but it did not reduce the pain, but only intensified.
I shuddered, and put on my coat in three or two. Although the linen coat is not good at protecting against the cold, it is still warmer than not wearing it.
Lying heavily on the dry grassy slope, Li Zheng lifted the blood-stained head knife aside, hugged his arms, curled up his body, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"This damn Qiang!"
Gritting his teeth and scolding, Li Zheng looked sideways at the big man who was already lying on the side, and said, "This is too messy."
"This is Liangzhou! I said earlier that going to Fuping in Lingzhou would not work. ”
The big man turned his head slightly, revealing a rugged face with some complaints on his face.
"This is not a good idea, Fuping is a county after all" In Li Zheng's thinking, as a big county city, it must be richer, so he insisted on going to Fuping. Unexpectedly, not only did he get injured, but he was chased like a lost dog along the way, and he also caused the big man Zhang Shan to run away with the wolf.
You must know that all the way over, food, clothing, and drink are all paid by Zhang Shan. If it weren't for him, I don't know if I would have survived until now, so Li Zheng did feel a little reluctant in his heart. said: "I don't know the situation in Liangzhou." ”
With a sullen hum, Zhang Shan kept silent, and said for a long time: "Then what are your plans now?" ”
"I'm going to listen to you, go to Lingzhou."
The big man nodded, his body instantly relaxed, and the whole person hid in the dry grass.
Looking up at the gray sky, Li Zheng sighed slightly, his expression confused.
It has been more than half a month since I came to this world. At first, I was at a loss, but now I am not like a fish in water, but at least I have adapted. Whether it is dealing with people or living habits, they are gradually moving closer to this environment.
Humans are indeed the animals that can adapt to their environment the most.
Of course, it also has a lot to do with Li Zheng himself. He didn't care about that world. His optimistic attitude towards life and tenacity allowed him to quickly integrate into the new environment.
When I first arrived, I was at a loss. But fortunately, God was a little interesting and gave him a little capital. However, he was alone, as if he was walking alone in the boundless darkness, completely insecure.
So when he met the big man Zhang Shan, Li Zheng would use clever words and try his best to pull him onto his broken boat.
Zhang Shan's original name was Zhang San, and he was a ranger. Li Zheng didn't think it sounded good and was not formal enough, so he took it without authorization. Zhang Shan didn't object, I'm afraid he thinks this name is also good.
When Li Zheng met Zhang Shan, he intuitively told him that this person was very reliable. With a height of more than eight feet and tendons all over his body, can he be unreliable? For Li Zheng, who lacks a sense of security, Zhang Shan is the best choice.
Li Zheng will not treat anyone as a fool, and he has never felt that there is such a thing as being shaken, coming from all directions, and working hard for others. The ancients were not stupid, at most because of their different visions and ideologies, they had different views on some things, but they were definitely not fools who let others deceive them.
Besides, as a ranger, Zhang Shan has traveled all over the world for more than ten years and has seen a wide range of things, where is it so easy to deceive? In this chaotic Liangzhou, people with bad brains have already died.
Li Zheng's mouth is quite neat, and he has good things in his hands, just when Zhang Shan is short of money. It is easy to say that he used a high remuneration, in the name of 'employment', to let Zhang Shan loosen his mouth and promised to follow him.
However, because he didn't know the situation here, Li Zheng insisted on going to the nearest big city, but he didn't expect that this way was only five or six days, and he had already encountered four interceptions!
These four interceptions were all improvised.
This is Liangzhou, where Hu and Han live together, here only look at the fist, unreasonable. There are only two people, maybe the oil and water on the body are not rich, but no matter how you look at it, they are soft persimmons, easy to pinch!
The first three times, because of Zhang Shan's caution and Li Zheng's passable outstretching, it may also be because the two looked too shabby, and the interceptor did not chase and fight, which allowed the two to escape easily. But this fourth time, I met a ruthless person.
This wave of Qiang people chased them for most of the day, and they didn't retreat until just now.
Even in the first brief confrontation, Li Zheng was injured. Although one was slaughtered, he was also stabbed in the arm. Fortunately, it was scratched, and only the skin and flesh were hurt, otherwise it would have been troublesome.
"Let's have some dry food."
At this time, Zhang Shan opened his mouth to say a word and threw a black cake over.
Li Zheng stretched out his hand to catch it, and there was a little warmth on the cake.
Smelling it, a smell of sweat rushed into his nostrils, and Li Zheng couldn't help frowning.
The cake is a mixture of beans, wheat and other grains, which is coarse and has a very bad taste. This is nothing, the most terrible thing is that this cake has been hidden in Zhang Shan's arms!
I don't know that Zhang Shan hasn't washed clothes for a few years and hasn't taken a bath for a few years, and the body odor can kill people.
But there is no way, you have to eat, or you can only starve to death.
Holding back his vomiting, Li Zheng swallowed in two mouthfuls and swallowed his saliva vigorously - the water bag hanging on the horse's back had dried up in the morning, otherwise it would have been easier to eat.
"Dashan, is the security in Lingzhou better?"
Li Zheng hugged his injured arm, hoping that the warmth from his chest would make him feel better.
"That's nature."
Zhang Shan said: "Lingzhou is the ancestral land of the Fu family in Beidi County, and the Fu family is considered a big family in the entire Liangzhou, and ordinary people don't dare to mess around in Lingzhou." Even the large tribes of the Western Liangqiang tribes such as Huangzhong Qiang, Baima Qiang, Ginseng Wolf Qiang, and Burning Dangqiang also want to give face to the Fu family. ”
"Fu?"
Li Zheng's mind turned, and his eyes gradually lit up: "So the Fu family is very rich?" ”
"Ten thousand dollars!"
Zhang Shan replied affirmatively.
Hearing this, Li Zheng's eyes lit up: "That's good, that's good!" After that, Li Zheng suddenly said: "You know the value of my horse, if it is sold to the Fu family, what do you think?" ”
Hearing Li Zheng say this, Zhang Shan suddenly turned over and got up, and said busily: "Reasonable, reasonable, why didn't you think of Fu?" Your horse is unprecedented, rare and tight. A certain common person is not unusual, but for a big family like the Fu family, it has extraordinary significance! ”
The more Zhang Shan's voice spoke, the more excited he became, as if he had seen countless gold cakes fall into his pocket!
"The current head of the Fu family is Fu Xie and Fu Nanrong. In the first year of Zhongping, Fu Nanrong accompanied General Huangfu to conquer the Yellow Turban and made great contributions. At the beginning of this year, he was appointed as the Taejo of Hanyang. If Mrs. Fu can keep your BMW, it will be of great benefit to both his career and the growth of the Fu family! ”
"I'm sure that if Fu knows about your BMW, he will definitely pay a lot of money!"
When Li Zheng heard this, he was a little surprised. I didn't expect Zhang Shan to know so much news - he understood it again in a blink of an eye, no wonder that in this world, if you want to be well-informed, the first thing to count is a ranger who travels all over the world.
The meaning of Zhang Shan's words, Li Zheng understood everything.
His horse is of no great use to ordinary people, it is just a little rare. Moreover, ordinary people can't afford the price Li Zheng wants. But for those in high positions, the role of this horse is greater.
If you don't say anything else, just say that you will dedicate it to the Son of Heaven in the name of auspiciousness, and you don't know how much benefit you can get. Today's Han Dynasty, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, is in a time of decline, and it is urgent to stabilize people's hearts, and Xiangrui is the best choice.
Moreover, the Fu family is a big family, with lush branches and a well-developed relationship network, and if it is operated a little, the benefits can be multiplied.
With such a calculation in his heart, Li Zheng felt that Fu Shi was indeed the first choice. But after thinking about it, he felt unstable in his heart, so he said: "The Fu family is famous in Liangzhou and has a huge power. If you are tough to take away a certain BMW, the two of them will not be able to resist, and in the end, they will lose their BMW, not to mention, they will lose their lives! ”
"Hahaha"
But he didn't want Zhang Shan to laugh when he heard this: "It seems that you have indeed just come out of the mountain." ”
After a pause, he continued: "In this world, the powerful are not credible, the government is not credible, but the family is credible!" The more famous and lofty the status, the more trustworthy it is! ”
When Li Zheng heard this, his mind was a little unturned, and the look of disbelief was completely written on his face.
"In the fish and meat township, exploiting the people, isn't it a family?"
"Where did you hear that?" Zhang Shan asked rhetorically and explained: "Some heroes may be like this, and the government may also do such a thing, but the family will definitely not." ”
"On the contrary, it is true to build bridges and pave roads, help the people, and accumulate fame. The bigger the family, the more they cherish their feathers, and they will never destroy the city walls. ”
Li Zheng was stunned: "This is the case?!" ”
He has always thought that most of the root causes of the troubled times in the late Han Dynasty came from the exploitation of the common people by the Yu family. However, after listening to the words of Zhang Shan, a native of the country, he suddenly felt that some of his concepts had been subverted.
Perhaps the formation of the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty had a great deal to do with the family, but the reason for this did not come from the direct oppression of the common people.
There is also the statement of Haoqiang, which seems to be very different from the family. The family is tall, and Haoqiang is a nouveau riche.
"The reputation of the family is not self-styled to Lingzhou, if you look carefully, you will understand it in your heart."
After saying this, Zhang Shan kept silent, lay down again, curled up, and closed his eyes.
Li Zheng was disturbed in his heart, and he didn't speak. For a moment, the wilderness was completely silent.
The two rested for half an hour, Zhang Shan turned over and stood up, and said to Li Zheng, who closed his eyes slightly: "It's almost overtime, if you don't leave, you can only sleep in the wilderness tonight." ”
Li Zheng got up, shook his arm, felt a lot better, and exhaled a white breath: "Then let's go." ”
With a whistle, two horses wandering in the grass not far away trotted over.
One of the yellow horses is Zhang Shan's mount, which is not good or bad, it is average. In comparison, the other horse was much smaller, and his coat color was inconspicuous, except for his bright eyes and a strange circle of sackcloth around his neck.
This is Li Zheng's horse, which is the reliance of 'hiring' to Zhang Shan, and it is also the goods that he and Zhang Shan traveled hundreds of miles this time and sold without fear of hardships and dangers, which was the first pot of gold in his plan.