Verse 32: You're a real bastard
Liang Gong stood up abruptly and pointed to the merchant who was in the shipping business and asked, "Are you sure that's the case?" Are you sure the number of thieves exceeds fifty thousand? I don't dare to say this nonsense. β
"Liang Gong, my business depends on everyone to have a bowl of rice to eat, how dare I deceive everyone in this kind of thing, you know, the younger generations have eaten this bowl of rice for generations, if you don't know the two big leaders of the water thieves, everyone will not believe it, it is true, that companion did see fifty or sixty thousand water thieves, and it will definitely not be less than twenty thousand as Yun Hou said."
Old man Liang nodded, the Cao family has been in the water transportation business for a long time, and its reputation has always been notorious, if you don't know the water thieves, this business can't be done for a long time, they are all in the business, these doorways are very clear, but everyone doesn't pierce it, as long as you transport my goods safely, as for how you transported it, what does it matter to me.
After getting down from the soft couch and putting on his shoes, he planned to tell SΓΉ Yunhou the news, and the news of telling SΓΉ Yunhou was wrong, and using more than 10,000 people to besiege 50,000 people was a wrong idea, and it must be corrected, otherwise it would suffer a big loss.
As soon as he walked to the door, he was dragged back by a large group of merchants, begging him not to go, 50,000 water thieves, the imperial court wants to encircle and suppress, it will inevitably be a protracted war, and the land and residences that Yun Ye wants to deliver one after another next year will become a bubble, once others know, a trend will immediately form, and the silver that he has handed over to Yun Ye will be taken away by others, after all, Yun Ye's first return must be a high-ranking official and dignitary, not a businessman like himself.
"But isn't it dangerous for the dynasty to have more than 10,000 soldiers?" Liang Gong was still a little unbearable.
"Liang Gong, you are doing well, the soldiers are in danger. Are we not in danger? Once the business fails, how should we arrange the children in our family? That's tens of thousands of people. β
Looking at the businessman who was holding his leg and crying. Then he looked at his eldest son, who was huddled in the corner and wanted to close the door. Liang Gong hung his head helplessly, as if he was ten years old in an instant. The original ruddy face was all blue-gray, and he trembled and said to his eldest son: "Okay, Houde, from now on, the Liang family will be handed over to you, my father is old, and I don't use it, you talk, I'll go to the back house to rest." With that, he staggered to the back house.
"But when we signed the contract, we were worried that Yunhou would regret it, so we deliberately set the compensation higher. If Yun Ye wants to repent, he must return almost twice our silver coins, and if we regret it, they only need to return us thirty percent of the silver coins. In this way, wouldn't we lose to grandma's family? β
Boss Liang waited for his blood-red eyes to roar and said, "Then what else do you want?" When the water thieves enter the city, we will have nothing to return to, and we won't see a single copper coin? β
"We can resell the title deed to someone else, maybe we can reduce some of the losses, if we get it right. And to make money. β
"Dream of your big head, the people who do water business in Dongting Lake are not small, there are four big ones, and all of them are related to water thieves. The Ke family of Baling has a close relationship with the one-horned dragon king, the largest water thief in Dongting Lake, and their news may have been known earlier than us. Taking advantage of the opportunity now, it is true to hurry up and get back the thirty percent silver coins. β
"What if the government wins. Are we shooting ourselves in the foot by doing so? A clever businessman whispered his opinion.
Everyone looked at him like idiots, the oldest businessman. Closed his eyes and said slowly: "The government will definitely win, the old man never doubted this, the strength of the imperial court has increased greatly in recent years, and the army is even more hidden dragon and crouching tiger, Yunhou himself is also a fierce general on the battlefield, there is no problem in winning the water thieves, but we live on the edge of this Daze, and we have seen countless scenes of the official army encircling and suppressing the water thieves, and most of the officials and troops can win, but have the water thieves been exterminated?"
No, they just broke into pieces and continued to plague this piece of Daze, even if Yunhou is unclear this time, relying on the elite soldiers under his hands, it will not be a problem to break through, but the water thieves will take advantage of the situation to rush over, and now Yuezhou is the richest place on the edge of Daze, they will definitely attack here.
Regardless of whether it is captured or not, Yuezhou will inevitably be devastated, thousands of miles of red land, officials and soldiers, and water thieves will pull a big saw back and forth, you come and go, the war is endless, not to say, two years, the imperial court sent a large army to fight from preparation to extermination to exterminate the water thieves, two years is not much, right?
But in two years, are there still people in Yuezhou? Back then, a cover called the sky, it turned Daze upside down, and the current king of Hejian in the imperial court almost died in Daze, and more than 10,000 soldiers were not buried here? The floating corpses on the side of the parade building, densely packed, the fish in Daze, we haven't eaten it for two years, you are not young anymore, do you remember the scene back then? The official army won in the end, but is there anyone else in Yuezhou? It took almost twenty years to recuperate and gradually gain a little popularity, and the old man really can't wait for twenty years this year, Boss Liang, go, return our title deed to Yunhou, and bring back thirty percent of the silver coins, and the seven achievements should be our capital to the imperial court to suppress bandits, after all, the imperial court has treated us well over the years. β
After the old man finished speaking, he leaned his head on the back of the chair and burst into tears, he was not distressed about money, but distressed about the popularity that Yuezhou had finally gathered, and the painful experience of the year made the old man feel painful.
Seeing the old man crying, the rest of the merchants also howled, but this time they were feeling sorry for their silver coins.
When Boss Liang went to the Assassin's Mansion, he found that the atmosphere in the Assassin's Mansion was very bad, everyone had a face, and the heralds went in and out, and after a while, Boss Liang saw that there were as many as five or six dials out.
Finally waited until he saw Yun Ye, only to find that Yun Ye's eyes were red, and the table was in a mess, and when he saw Boss Liang coming in, he sighed and said, "Can't you give me some more confidence?" As long as Ben Shuai exterminates the water thieves, Xincheng will still implement the original progress, why return the money at this time? β
"Yunhou is a famous general, and the soldiers under his command are fierce soldiers, we have never doubted that this battle will definitely be won by the Hou Ye, but, but, when the Hou Ye wins, Yuezhou will be over, and it will become a scorched earth, if you want to restore your connections, it will take at least twenty years, and we can't afford to wait." Boss Liang knelt behind Yun Ye and cried bitterly, because from Yun Ye's words, he already knew that Yun Ye knew very well what kind of group of water thieves he was facing, and he already knew the exact number of water thieves.
"Qian Sheng, let them do it, and return it according to the forty percent amount, because they at least understand that Ben Shuai will not fail." Qian Sheng stood up from the table in the back, took the title deed from Boss Liang, and took him to the silver vault to get the silver coins.
Boss Liang went back with forty percent of the silver coins in gratitude, Yun Ye sat behind the table for a long time and didn't speak, Han Cheng didn't speak, just sat with Yun Ye like that, sitting from dusk to sunset, until the money rose in and lit the candles, Yun Ye found that the moon had come out.
Thunder sounded in the distant mountains, and the thunder spread far away in the silent night, and if you want to transfer the people in Yuezhou City, the only place you can go is the distant mountains, and only by leaving the battlefield far away can they face the pain of war.
There are many wild beasts and poisonous insects in the mountain, and they can't live in people, so the dog and Shan Ying are playing the drums of the mountain god, and only in this way can they drive the poisonous snakes and beasts to more remote places. There was a lot of gunpowder brought from Chang'an this time, and the gunpowder made by Qingque had a very good effect, far stronger than the effect made by Yun Ye himself, so the sound was even more crisp.
Qian Sheng looked at the bright moon on his head, heard a thunderclap again, looked at Yun Ye in shock, wanted to ask, and held back again, and finally fell into silence.
"Old Han, old money, obviously I have made a lot of money, why can't I feel even the slightest pleasure? My heart is empty, and I would rather they all be vicious to me than see them crying and crying for me, why is that? Old money, you are at least right, I am indeed not a good person. β
After listening to Yun Ye's words, Qian Sheng knocked his belly thumping, and only after several strokes did he say: "If you sue me, why do you think you can wipe out all the water thieves in Yuezhou, I will make a heartfelt evaluation of you, I only ask why you are so confident, don't tell me your wise and martial nonsense, I want to listen to the truth." β
Yun Ye smiled bitterly, after this period of getting along, these two people are indeed two people who can be trusted, although there are many problems, but they are definitely two good men who can trust their lives.
Seeing that Han Cheng was also pricking up his ears to listen, Yun Ye whispered: "There is no special reason, the reason why I have such confidence is because the big leader of the water thieves is my advisor." β
Qian Sheng's fat body jumped up from the chair with a rub, covering his mouth with one hand very vigorously, and pointing at Yun Ye with the other hand trembling, whimpering. It's terrifying.
Han Cheng was like a deflated ball, lying on the chair softly, staring at Yun Ye with terrifying eyes, he couldn't imagine that there were really such people in the world who took one step and looked at three steps, every action had a purpose, every sentence had a special purpose, could it be that this is what people call talent? Why can't I do it myself?
Qian Sheng wrote the case, and after a while, he threw down the brush and held the paper in front of Yun Ye, only to see that it was written: "You sent people to gather all the water thieves together?" β
Yun Ye nodded and said, "That's right, that's the case, the water thieves always have to be exterminated, but it's not easy to start with these people in the east and west, so I gathered them all together and prepared to fight and draw." β
Qian Sheng burned the piece of paper to ashes on the candle, and then threw it in the basin to stir up the flowers, then paced two steps, turned back to Yun Ye and said, "I can now give you an evaluation with great certainty, you are a real bastard bastard." This is a new word he learned from Yun Ye's mouth. (To be continued......)