Chapter 63: Drawing Water with a Bamboo Basket
To fight a war is to make a windfall, and Gu Chensha deeply understands this.
Although the wealth of the thousands of boxes under the ground has not been liquidated, it must be estimated to be above 10 million, and such a huge amount of wealth, although it is not comparable to the savings of those wealthy families for hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, but it is not comparable to ordinary local tyrants.
Of course, if it weren't for the fact that he had the space for the Sun and Moon Altar, quickly loaded the wealth into it, and had to eat it all, I am afraid it would be difficult, and there would definitely be princes fighting for it in the name of the imperial court at that time, and now he is pretending not to know, and no one can check it.
However, although he was rich, he was not satisfied, because the expenses in the future were not small, first of all, the training of these two hundred and forty-three soldiers, the expenses of food and drink, and in the future, they all had to have their own families, marry wives and children, arrange family business, and they all wanted him to provide and reward, and in addition, the training needs, weapons, and salaries were not small expenses every month.
Among the wealthy nobles, the real warriors do not have to do chores, practice martial arts every day, perform the master's fighting tasks, and even they themselves have servants to serve, if they are real masters, then they also have their own manor, which is completely superior.
It costs at least thousands of yuan a year to raise such a soldier, that is, thousands of taels of silver. And that's not even counting the reward.
As for Liu Yu and the others, after Gu Chensha returned, he would definitely give them a house and a small manor, so that they could have a family business. This is the rule of the nobility, and only when you are given land and a manor can you show that you are a loyal retainer and cannot be shaken. You can't betray either, and if you betray, you'll be spurned and you won't be able to raise your head again.
Everything was ready, Gu Chensha jumped up from the ground, "Yiming, then you will be honest, hide your strength, don't come forward, don't expose it." ”
"Yes. "Yoshiaki's hidden aura is no different from those two hundred and forty-three people.
As expected, less than two days after the inventory was here, countless cavalry appeared on the main road, rolling like a dragon, and the dust raised soared into the sky.
Hundreds of people at the head, all of them were imposing, and the front one was wearing a cloak, not wearing armor, carrying a purple and gold crown, and riding on a huge golden horse, it was the third prince Gu Fansha.
The huge golden horse, with scales all over its body and horns on its head, was even more powerful than the thunder beast of the barbarian marshal.
"Surround the county seat, search one by one, all the belongings are uncovered, and no private hiding is allowed, otherwise there will be no forgiveness!" Arriving outside the county seat, the three princes issued a murderous order, and Gu Chensha and Shi Zhongtie and others all changed their faces after hearing this, which was obviously said to them, warning them not to hide privately.
"The third child is so domineering. Gu Chensha sneered: "But I have long expected this trick, you can search it, the bamboo basket is empty." ”
He fought to the death to kill the enemy and broke through the county seat, and the third prince Gu Fansha Kankan arrived to receive the wealth.
Gu Fansha was originally afraid of the barbarian envoys and had never sent troops, but now he came to pick peaches when he saw that there was no danger, although this kind of behavior was despicable, but it was also a common practice in officialdom.
Those soldiers were immediately like wolves, and all rushed into the county seat, ignoring the iron in the stone and the ancient dust and sand that were resting nearby, and began to search everywhere.
"Hahahaha" The third prince Gu Fansha laughed and entered the city, and walked towards Gu Chensha, surrounded by dense soldiers, who vaguely surrounded more than a thousand people, and did not let them move: "Old Nineteen, you will really take advantage, Tao County exploded, and you came immediately, and you actually got the credit for recovering Tao County." ”
As soon as these words came out, Gu Chensha knew that this old thirty was very insidious, and said that his behavior was picking up cheap, and the implication was also obvious, that is, after the explosion, the barbarian army retreated, and he recovered Taoxian.
However, he didn't argue with the third child, it was meaningless, anyway, as long as he handed over the body of the barbarian marshal, it would be a miracle, and the county king's hat couldn't run away.
Gu Chensha didn't care, but his subordinates were not convinced and were very angry, but he had explained in advance, ignored them, and only carried out orders, so they all stood still.
"Old Nineteen, your subordinates are not simple, they even wear horn armor, and even I don't have this kind of armor. In the blink of an eye, Gu Fansha's eyes were sharp, "I heard that it was given to you by the Marquis of the Great Stone, there are three hundred sets, there are not many people under your command at the moment, it is better to lend me the excess, I will equip the soldiers, lest they be injured in the next battle with the barbarian army, for the life of the soldiers, you will not be so stingy." ”
"Where is the third brother, the Jushi Hou also lent it to me, but there are not as many as three hundred sets, that is, there are more than two hundred sets at the moment, just enough, and after the battle is completed, I will return it to the Jushi Hou, where is the excess to lend to the third brother." Gu Chensha didn't admit it, he sneered in his heart, this Gu Fansha had already begun to attack him, pressing step by step, but he would definitely not be fooled.
"Shi Zhongtie, what the Nineteenth Master said is true?" Gu Fansha looked at Shi Zhongtie.
"Third master, everything is ordered by the Hou Ye, and the last general is just here to serve and kill the enemy. "The iron in this stone is also a human spirit, he knows what to say and what not to say, and he is as hard as iron and stone.
Gu Fansha's expression was cold, looking Shi Zhongtie up and down, he had always been killed and killed, with great majesty, even if the governor was under his gaze, he was sweating profusely, trembling, Shi Zhongtie still responded calmly, neither humble nor arrogant.
"Okay, Shi Zhongtie, I order you, now immediately lead the men and horses to attack Chaxian and attack the barbarians over there. Gu Fansha suddenly ordered: "I will arrive at any time, you be the striker." ”
"Third Master, before I came, Master Hou said that everything is subject to the temperance of the Nineteenth Master. "Iron in the stone still does not enter the oil and salt.
"What are you talking about? Say it again?" Gufansha narrowed his eyes.
"The last general will obey the temperance of the Nineteenth Master. Shi Zhongtie said loudly.
"Okay, very good, someone!" Gu Fansha's voice raised a lot, and the murderous aura and majesty made the surrounding atmosphere dare not come out.
"Why should the third brother be angry. The order of the Marquis of the Giant Stone is like a mountain, and Shi Zhongtie does not dare to disobey it. Gu Chen's sofa spoke: "Since the third brother's strategic deployment allows us to go to Cha County, then I will bring people over, everyone will do things for the imperial court, there is no need to do this for this life, Shi Zhongtie, pass my order, straighten out your outfits, and set off for Cha County!"
"Yes!" Shi Zhongtie was like a wooden puppet, faithfully carrying out orders.
"Third brother, I'm leaving, and you will guard this Tao County. "Gu Chensha took the lead in leading his soldiers and horses to withdraw from Tao County.
It was surrounded by water, but when the general saw him leading people over, he couldn't help but look at Gu Fansha, blocking or not stopping.
Gu Fansha frowned and thought for a while: "Old Nineteen, if you are greedy for merit and delay the fighter, even if you have great merit in the front, you can be wiped out." ”
"Third brother, I understand. Gu Chensha nodded.
Gufansha waved his hand.
The surrounding soldiers made a way for the people of Gu Chensha to pass, and then rushed towards Cha County.
"Third Master, why did you let him go so easily?" a confidant general next to him asked, "Why do you have to get those three hundred sets of horned armor." ”
"That's a gift from the Giant Stone Hou to win over the old nineteen, and the Ming robbery will be criticized, and the things of the Giant Stone Hou are not so easy to grab. Gu Fansha watched a group of people leave: "I deliberately bullied just now, just to see the old nineteen hole cards, dare not contradict me, he killed the four old demons, and broke through Tao County, there is definitely a strong backup, but he deliberately showed weakness, but there was no timidity in his heart, which made me feel very confident, so I let him go." ”
"Your Highness, I quickly searched the surroundings, and found no property, only many swords and leather armor, which were left by barbarian soldiers. At this time, the general, who had been ordered to search for the treasure, came.
"Your Highness, we have found an underground treasure trove, but it is empty, and it seems that it has been moved. ”
Someone came to report it again.
"What?" Gu Fansha was slightly shocked: "I let go of Lao Nineteen so quickly, just for the sake of the treasure house here, there has been intelligence for a long time, the barbarian army has transmitted a lot of materials to store here, Lao Nineteen didn't take anything with him when he left, I also have intelligence surveillance in the past two days, it is impossible for him to transport all the materials away and carry them, why is there no now?"
"Your Highness, there really isn't. "Several subordinates also had ugly faces, originally they also wanted to get rich, but unfortunately this place is clean.
"There are at least tens of millions of wealth here, and there are many rare treasures that can't be bought with money, and they actually disappeared for no reason?" Gu Fansha's face turned pale: "What the hell is going on? Are you sure that Lao Nineteen did not transfer property on a large scale?"
"Third master, I'm sure. A general knelt down on one knee: "There are our spies everywhere, this wealth cannot be transported without a team of thousands of people, he is not enough now, this wealth is packed in thousands of large boxes, and each of those large boxes needs five or six people to carry, and even needs to be transported by car." There are also no traces of wheels here, so it is impossible for His Highness Nineteen to get his hands on it. ”
"This is a bit strange, could it be that this wealth was brought back when the barbarians retreated? No way, the portal can't go back, it's a one-way teleportation. Gu Fansha took a square step, "Also, where is the divine envoy and the marshal? Could it be that they all died in the explosion?" ”
"Third Master, what should we do now?" several generals gathered around, waiting for His Highness's order.
"Send someone and stare at Lao Nineteen, there must be something strange about him leaving so happily. Gu Fansha's murderous aura was terrifying: "This wealth cannot fall into anyone's hands, with this wealth, I can do a lot of things." ”
At this time, in the depths of the mountains and forests, the team of Gu Chensha was resting, and they did not go to Cha County, but turned their heads into the mountains to rest.
"Nineteenth Master, we don't listen to the orders of the Third Highness?" Shi Zhongtie asked.
"The third wants to command me, it's not that easy. Gu Chensha said deliberately, he knew that the Marquis of the Great Stone and the Third Prince were fighting, and it was easier to get the support of the Marquis of the Great Stone if he was tougher in front of Shi Zhongtie: "The third man came in such a hurry, but he just wanted to get the wealth left by the barbarians, but it was a pity that the bamboo basket fetched water." ”
Shi Zhongtie was also puzzled, he didn't see what wealth Gu Chensha had gotten, he was a smart person, and he wouldn't ask for secrets, he would only go back and report it to the Marquis of Jushi truthfully, which was enough.
"Nineteenth Master, how do we plan next?"
"It's very simple, write a memo, saying that I broke Taoxian, killed thousands of enemies, killed the barbarian marshal, and sacrificed the body of the barbarian marshal, with this, I can get a great credit. The third child wants to compete with me, and I see how he fights. Gu Chensha smiled.