Chapter 64: Cold Arrow
Li Sanshi's second uncle is a senior general who can be ranked in the eastern border army of Shengguo.
It is precisely because of this that he, a small ruffian who has been wandering the streets all the year round, has turned into one of the dozens of grain pressers responsible for transporting grain to the Hegudao battlefield.
Don't look at the small official position of this grain presser, there is a lot of oil and water.
On days when there was no escort mission, Li Sanshi hardly went home, either playing money in the Golden Hook Workshop in Linchang City, or running to Xiangfeng Building to drink flower wine.
Li Sanshi often sighed that the Linchang Feng family deserves to be known as the God of Wealth in the East, the great housekeeper of the Ming King, and this business is done to pick on the weakness of men.
And after having the silver, no matter how much he spent drinking outside, the yellow-faced woman at home didn't care, every time she went home to sleep, she prepared a big table of good wine and food for him, and washed his feet.
He didn't even dare to think about this before.
Today, it was the day when Li Sanshi led the grain pressing team to set off, he came out of an inn next to Xiangfeng Lou early, walked to the wonton stall on the side of the street and sat down, and asked for a bowl of steaming wontons.
Linchang Flower Street, famous in Shengguoyan, is three miles long.
In addition to the large-scale green buildings and the unique courtyards of the top girls, the other buildings on the street are restaurants and inns, which specialize in serving the benefactors who come here to drink flower wine.
The cost in the green house is too high, and sometimes some regulars will lead the girl they know to the inn for the night. In this regard, the major green buildings led by Xiangfeng Lou also turned a blind eye and did not delve into it.
There are also several special scenery in this flower street, such as this wonton stall at the entrance of the street, which comes out at midnight every morning and closes at midnight, which is incompatible with the scenery of flowers and drinks here. But this stall has been set up at the corner of Flower Street for 20 years.
Many guests come out of the Qinglou and inn early the next morning, and they will come to buy a bowl of wontons, which is called "Soul Soup", and then leave slowly.
Li Sanshi, the grain presser, is obviously well versed in this.
This big bowl of wontons, Li Sanshi even drank the soup completely.
Li Sanshi wiped his mouth, then slapped a silver ingot on the table with great momentum, and said heroically: "Don't look for it!" β
"Oh, thank you, Lord Li, for the reward." Xiao Er, who is already not a small age, greeted him with a smile.
"Gone." Li Sanshi stood up in a dashing manner and walked in the direction of the official grain warehouse.
"Master Li walks slowly."
"Hmm."
Li Sanshi walked to the official grain warehouse in four directions, and the acquaintances he met along the way all nodded and called Master Li or Master Li when they saw him.
At this time, the grain pressing team under his command had all gathered outside the big warehouse, and they were doing their homework in twos and threes, and as soon as they saw Li Sanshi coming, they immediately closed their mouths and spontaneously assembled.
Li Sanshi's grain pressing team consisted of 1,500 people, 1,000 people, and 500 soldiers.
Although there were 500 soldiers, most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, pretending to be used for faΓ§ade, and if they could follow them to the river drum road, they would be considered victorious.
Li Sanshi glanced at his subordinates angrily, and without saying a word, he entered the official grain warehouse through the side door.
As soon as he entered, Li Sanshi was led to a small house, and in it sat the warehouse official who was in charge of the official grain warehouse.
Like him, the position is not high, and there is a lot of oil and water.
As soon as he entered the door, Li Sanshi, who looked like a dog outside, immediately changed into a pug, "Lord Zhang, I'm here." β
The cangguan surnamed Zhang raised his head slowly, "Oh, it's Brother Li, sit, sit down." β
Li Sanshi sat down opposite the cangguan stiffly, and at the same time there was a trace of excitement in his eyes.
"What you want to escort this time is 20,000 catties of grain, as well as a batch of military tents, barracks and other baggage."
Li Sanshi nodded, subconsciously rubbed his hands, and looked at Lord Cangguan expectantly.
The cangguan smiled, reached into the sleeve of his left arm with his right hand, and pulled out a roll of silver tickets from it, tying it with a thin thread.
"The old rules."
"Understood."
Li Sanshi picked up the silver ticket, and then saluted to the warehouse official, "My lord, then I'll go?" β
"Go, go early and come back early, and have a safe journey."
Li Sanshi thought to himself that there were no mountain bandits on the way, what could be unsafe?
As if he saw Li Sanshi's thoughts, the cangguan stopped him again and said, "It's really not peaceful now, I heard that ......"
Li Sanshi, who was about to go out, leaned over again, "Did you hear any news again?" β
"The adults above also just got the news, I heard that the escort army of Lord Xiao Ming Wang was attacked in Qushui County, the specific situation is not clear, but ...... Not very optimistic"
Li Sanshi's mouth opened wide in shock, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
"If you hear this, it will rot in your stomach, and if you go out and talk nonsense, even your uncle will not be able to save you."
Cold sweat trickled down Li Sanshi's head, and he nodded vigorously, "The villain understands, I have forgotten about this." β
"Go ahead, be careful on the road."
"Yes, sir."
Out of the big warehouse, Li Sanshi still didn't slow down a little, he never imagined that the majestic escort army of King Xiao Ming would be defeated.
At this time, a powerful subordinate ran over, and when he saw Li Sanshi's uncertain appearance, he didn't dare to ask for a while.
Li Sanshi came back to his senses for a long time, and said angrily: "What are you looking at me? Hurry up and load the food! β
The subordinates hurriedly ran back and beckoned the people of the grain pressing team to start moving grain to the grain field.
Horse-drawn carts drove into the grain field under the control of the people, and when they came out again, they were already filled with bags of grain.
said it was 20,000 catties, but it was actually loaded into the carriage, and it would be good to have 10,000 catties.
This layer of officials, including Li Sanshi, ate 10,000 catties that were missing.
The grain pressing team lined up in a long line and marched towards the north gate.
Some good people ran to the street to see the excitement, Li Sanshi suddenly saw his own bad wife in the crowd, suddenly felt upset, and turned his head.
An hour later, the grain pressing team finally left the city, and Li Sanshi, who was riding on a tall horse, took out the roll of silver tickets handed over to him by the warehouse official before and untied the line.
These are four silver tickets, one of which belongs to him, and the remaining three belong to the grain inspector on the other side of the river drum road.
Carrying the silver ticket back into his arms, Li Sanshi felt very down-to-earth, he had already thought about it, and when he returned to Linchang, he was going to go to the courtyard of the Oiran of Xiangfeng Lou to live for a night.
Three days later, in front of Ba'an Mountain.
Li Sanshi was drowsy immediately, and he had only one idea at this time, that is, to rush to the river drum road as soon as possible, and then return to Linchang and sleep with the Oiran.
Suddenly, he heard a harsh wind and subconsciously turned his head to look.
He saw a black dot, and it was getting bigger.
It's an arrow!
Li Sanshi was crying for help from every pore on his body, he wanted to hide, but his body didn't obey at all.
In the blink of an eye, the arrow was in front of his eyes.
And then...... There is no then.