Chapter 90: Poor Jin Wuwei
Datang bookstore is antique, all kinds of bookshelves are reasonably leveled, and all kinds of books are neatly placed, but the business is full of birds, and there are few people at all.
Lu Yun had gone to buy herbal medicine books when he was in the Han Dynasty, so he naturally knew the reason, the books were expensive, and ordinary people could not afford them.
Lu Yun and Feng Xiao walked into the bookstore, and an old man was sitting lazily at the door.
Hearing that someone was coming in, the old man just opened one eye and looked at it, then closed his eyes again, and seemed to ignore the two of them.
Lu Yun was speechless, could it be that the people who sell books are so high-minded, with such an attitude, it is probably impossible to want a prosperous business.
Feng Xiao glanced inside the bookstore and didn't see anyone else.
She frowned and hugged her fists towards the old man: "This old man, I want to find someone named Sun Yicai." ”
The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at the two of them, and said loudly: "Xiao Sun, someone is looking for you!" ”
Feng Xiao and the two looked inside, and a middle-aged man walked out of a corner, wearing simple coarse cloth clothes, and his body was dirty, obviously working.
The middle-aged man's eyes were a little sluggish, and his body was still a little rickety, and he saw that the two of them were busy bowing their heads and bowing their waists: "What books do you two want to buy?" The villain is familiar with the bookstore, and if you name it, I will find out. ”
Feng Xiao was obviously stunned, and Lu Yun couldn't believe it, is this the general of the dignified Jin Wuwei?
Feng Xiao asked uncertainly, "Are you Sun Yicai?" ”
The middle-aged man nodded: "The villain is indeed called Sun Yicai." ”
Feng Xiao's body shook slightly, Lu Yun was dumbfounded, the dignified General Jin Wuwei had fallen to such a point, doing chores in a bookstore.
Feng Xiao took a deep breath, took out the golden token from his arms, and held it in front of Sun Yicai's eyes.
"You know it."
Sun Yicai's body shook, he stood up straight suddenly, his eyes became sharp, and a momentum rose from him.
"Finally, are you going to activate us?"
Lu Yun was dumbfounded again, it was really incredible that a person could say that he could change.
By feeling the momentum on Sun Yicai's body, he is obviously also a martial artist, and he is a master of the Dragon and Tiger Realm, it seems that they have found the right person.
Sun Yicai hugged his fist to Feng Xiao: "I've seen the adult, I don't know what the adult's arrangement is?" ”
Feng Xiao glanced around, and finally landed on the bookstore shopkeeper: "This is not the place to talk, let's change places." ”
Sun Yicai nodded: "My house is nearby, go to my house!" ”
He took Lu Yun and the others outside, and the bookstore shopkeeper snorted coldly: "Xiao Sun, it's not closed yet, you have to go out, but you have to deduct your wages." ”
Sun Yicai turned his head and smiled: "Shopkeeper, I'm not going to do it, you better recruit people as soon as possible!" ”
The shopkeeper's face was ugly: "Xiao Sun, if you dare to threaten me, I will definitely deduct your salary, and you will give me ......." ”
It's just that he couldn't go on anymore, Feng Xiaozheng looked at him with cold eyes, which made him feel shocked and didn't dare to say anything more.
Sun Yicai took Lu Yun and the others into a small alley, came to the door of a small mansion, pushed open the courtyard door and walked in.
When a ten-year-old child saw him, he pounced with joy: "Father, you are back so early today!" ”
Sun Yicai touched the child's head and said with a smile: "Ping'er, daddy wants to talk about business, you go to the side to play." ”
A woman walked out, and Sun Yicai hurriedly said: "Lady, your guests are coming, go and make tea, by the way, use the good tea I treasure." ”
Lu Yun swept his eyes over the courtyard and found that it was just a small mansion, and the courtyard was a bit messy, with only four rooms, many of which were very dilapidated.
Feng Xiao naturally saw it in her eyes, but somehow, she felt a little blocked, a master of the Dragon and Tiger Realm, was actually not as good as ordinary people.
Sun Yicai took the two to the living room and wiped the stool: "Two adults, please sit, the house is messy, let the two of them smile." ”
Lu Yun shook his head, sat down, and after a while, the woman hurriedly came in with tea and made a cup for each of them.
Waiting for the woman to leave, Sun Yicai knelt down in front of Feng Xiao with a plop: "Jin Wuwei Zhonglang will Sun Yicai have seen the adult, I don't know what the adult has sent, he must be liver and brain, and he will not give up." ”
Feng Xiao wanted to say something, but she didn't know how to exit, she didn't know if it was right to come to Sun Yicai.
Lu Yun glanced at Sun Yicai: "Jin Wuwei Zhonglang will be a five-grade official position, and he will have a salary every month, how can General Sun work in the bookstore?" Is it because it is not enough? ”
Sun Yicai shook his head: "Although we have an official position, we are hiding our strength, and in order to avoid exposure, we will not issue money." ”
"Even so, you are a Dragon and Tiger Realm martial artist, why don't you find a better livelihood and not let your family suffer."
Sun Yicai smiled bitterly: "Although we are martial artists, we are not allowed to expose ourselves, so we can only find a livelihood for ordinary people, barely enough to live." ”
Lu Yun was stunned, he didn't expect it to be such a reason, but this reason was sad.
"How long have you been waiting?" Feng Xiao asked suddenly.
Sun Yicai showed a wry smile: "It has been more than ten years since the villain was appointed as the general of Jin Wuwei at the age of thirty. ”
Feng Xiao was silent, Lu Yun was shocked in his heart, more than ten years of waiting, more than ten years of stumbling, more than ten years of nothing to take, but he still held on, waiting for orders, this is really terrible.
"Why do you have to wait all the time?" Lu Yun was puzzled.
Sun Yicai said with a smile: "After we are all loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty in the past, the blood flowing in our bones is to stick to the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that the lord of the Tang Dynasty is our savior, we should repay the favor, even if we pay for our lives, we will not hesitate." ”
Lu Yun nodded, he didn't expect Jin Wuwei's group of people to come from such a background, no wonder Li Qingfeng said that they were absolutely reliable, no wonder they could withstand loneliness.
After being loyal and good, they are naturally pure and good-natured, and they will not betray Datang and the Tang Dynasty at all.
"Are everyone else like you?" Feng Xiao asked again.
Sun Yicai nodded: "They are also hidden everywhere, and they are not exposed, just waiting for His Majesty's order." ”
"As Jin Wuwei, did you have a training place at the beginning, and did you have all the combat materials?" Lu Yun asked.
Sun Yicai shook his head: "There is no training place, but it was equipped with a lot of weapons at the beginning, but I don't know if it can be used." ”
He led the two of them to a room, fumbled around the walls, and found a mechanism.
Open the mechanism, and a secret door appears, leading to the underground.
The underground is a 100-meter basement, in which a lot of weapons are neatly placed, including spears, halberds, long knives, and long swords.
Lu Yun walked up to him, picked up a long knife, and found that there were a lot of rust marks, indicating that this knife was just made of ordinary fine iron and could not withstand the baptism of time.
He picked up a long sword and found that it was the same, and when he looked up, all the weapons here were the same, and they had lost their former brilliance.
Lu Yun shook his head: "It's useless." ”
He was speechless in his heart, a force not only did not have a training ground, but also did not have decent weapons, and sure enough, as Li Qingfeng said, the strength was not strong, so he could only run errands and deliver letters.
Sun Yicai smiled bitterly: "I hope that the adults can equip us with weapons." ”
Feng Xiao felt a little dizzy and had no weapons, which was a big problem.
If it was before, she might still be able to find a way to coordinate a batch of weapons, and at worst, she could buy a batch of weapons first.
Now where would she go to find weapons, if it wasn't for Lu Yun to take her in, she wouldn't even have the money to eat.
Seeing Feng Xiao's embarrassed face, Sun Yicai hugged his fists: "We can find a way for our own weapons, these weapons are polished, although they are a little worse, but they can still be used, please be sure to give us a task, I am afraid that if we wait any longer, many people will regret it for life." ”
"By the way, my lord, I will introduce you to Jin Wuwei and the others."
Feng Xiao shook his head: "Not for the time being, and there is no task, but it will be soon, you should prepare first." ”
Sun Yicai's face showed disappointment, but he still hugged his fists: "Take the order!" ”
On the way out, neither Lu Yun nor Feng Xiao spoke, as if they were thinking about their own affairs.
"Lu Yun!" Feng Xiao shouted.
"I don't know, do I?"
Lu Yun smiled wryly: "Although they are not rich and rich, they are happy as a family, and they also have simple happiness. ”
Feng Xiao nodded: "This is also something I'm worried about." ”
"They should be all young, they have already started a family, and if they are allowed to carry out the mission, it will put them in danger, so I feel sorry for their family."
"Since their establishment, they have not received a single penny, and they are even more incognito, and Datang owes them too much."
Lu Yun was also silent, Datang didn't give them anything, but now he wants them to work hard for the Li family, as long as they have a conscience, they will not be able to make a decision.
"Lu Yun, you help me, I want to make up for them, otherwise I won't be happy." Feng Xiao sighed.
Lu Yun was stunned for a moment, feeling that this was a big problem, even if he could refine the pill, he would not be able to achieve it.
A person's monthly salary is calculated according to one gold, a year is more than ten gold, more than ten years is more than one hundred gold, a thousand people is more than ten thousand gold, equivalent to more than one million taels of silver, this is not a small number, not can be completed overnight.
This is only a conservative estimate, and if you really calculate it, plus other subsidies, promotions, etc., 500,000 gold may not be able to come down.
Even according to the current price of the pill in Chang'an City, he would need to refine it with all his strength for several months before it could be realized.
What's more, it is impossible for him to just refine the pill, he still has to cultivate, and there are many other things to do.
Lu Yun shook his head: "I can't achieve it." ”
Feng Xiao sighed: "Then let's get them weapons first!" ”
Lu Yun quickly calculated in his heart that the price of a good weapon was about ten gold, and a thousand weapons would probably cost more than ten thousand gold, so that he could still spend some time to achieve it.
He nodded: "That's fine."
With the current price of pills in Chang'an, that is, the matter of hundreds of pills, he took time out of his alchemy every day, believing that he would be able to earn enough in ten days and half a month.
The only bad thing is the sales of the pill, he is too conspicuous now and is being stared at by many people.
If you sell the pill yourself, you will not only put yourself in a more dangerous situation, but you may even not be able to sell it.
"Alas!" Lu Yun sighed in his heart, if Zhuo Buyan or Wang Yusheng were here, such a situation could be avoided, and it seemed that Zhao Junran would write a letter to Wang Yusheng and ask him to come to Chang'an.
"Ten days, I hope they will all have weapons in ten days, after all, we are short on time." Feng Xiao muttered.
"In the future, I will give them the greatest compensation and never let them suffer."
Lu Yun glanced at Feng Xiao deeply, he knew that Feng Xiao had already made up his mind.
As the head of a country, if he is soft-hearted and has too many scruples, he may achieve nothing.
So he can't say that Feng Xiao did something wrong, he can only say that the situation is pressing, and he can't help himself.