Chapter 21 Delivery
"No problem. Teng Qingshan responded.
Teng Yunlong even reminded: "You prepare more beast skins, so that you can wrap the Bihan knife when the time comes, and the hunters go to the city to sell animal skins, which should not attract the attention of robbers and bandits." Teng Yunlong attaches great importance to this business, after all, too much silver is involved.
Maybe for the big salt merchants, it's just a drop in the bucket, but for Tengjiazhuang, it's almost the power of the whole village.
"Grandpa, don't worry, whoever dares to touch the idea of the Bihan knife, come and kill one by one. Teng Qingshan said.
"Okay!" Teng Yunlong smiled and patted Teng Qingshan on the shoulder, and then he got up, "Okay, I'm going to go with your father too, so you can go back first." Wait a while, you ask your mother to give lunch to your father. ”
"Hmm. ”
Teng Qingshan glanced at his father, who was engrossed in building weapons not far away, turned around and walked out of the weapon shop.
Early the next morning, it was still very dark, and most of the people in Tengjiazhuang had not gotten up yet, and the members of the hunter team, as well as some important members such as the patriarch and marksmanship master of Tengjiazhuang, gathered outside the armory shop.
"Ten Bihan knives in a bundle, divided into eighteen bundles, and the last bundle of twelve Bihan knives!" Teng Yongfan commanded from the side, "Qingshan, you all use beast fur to wrap each bundle of Bihan knives, and then put them in a cloth bag. You can't tell from the outside that there are weapons!"
The members of the Hunters are carefully wrapping.
A large number of furs obtained from hunting wild beasts in the past were taken out at this moment, and in a moment, one hundred and eighty-two Bihan knives were all loaded.
"Yongfan, Qingshan. Teng Yunlong walked over and looked at the two, "You must be careful along the way!
"Yes, Grandpa. Teng Qingshan said with a smile.
Teng Yongfan also said: "Master, you just wait for the silver we brought back." ”
"Qingshan, let's go out!" Teng Yongfan said, Teng Qingshan immediately gave an order, and the members of the hunter team were armed with sharp spears, and some were also carrying bows and arrows, and a group of people left. And Teng Yunlong, Teng Yongxiang and a group of other people in the clan watched this scene from afar, and they could only hope that the journey would go smoothly.
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After walking for half an hour, the genius was completely bright.
On the wide road, the hunters of Tengjiazhuang watched vigilantly and strode forward.
"Daddy, look. Teng Qingshan pointed ahead, and there was a corpse faintly beside the road in the distance, "Everyone be careful." Teng Yongfan said in a low voice, and at the same time, a group of people continued to move forward cautiously, and when they got closer, everyone could see clearly, there were a total of twelve corpses, all of them men.
The dried blood was already black, and the twelve had already been ransacked.
"They were robbed, and the corpses looked like they were born in the middle of the night. Teng Yongfan glanced at it, "Okay, don't look at it, let's continue walking." ”
Teng Qingshan asked as he walked: "Dad, their corpses, no one collects them?"
"Of course there are people who collect the corpses! In this world, so many people die every day, and the corpses are not collected or burned, and the plague has already occurred. Teng Yongfan looked at the corpse just now, but there was no change in mood, he smiled lightly, "Which Zhuangzi does this place belong to, the people of that Zhuangzi, when they come out to farm, they will collect those corpses." ”
Teng Qingshan frowned and said, "Robbers are so rampant, we won't meet robbers on the way, right?"
"Aoyama. A middle-aged man next to him said with a smile, "This robber kills people, and it also depends on the target." If the target has few people and money, of course they will rob it! If there are many people, but with a large amount of gold and silver, they will probably join forces to do it. And poor hunters like us, at first glance, don't have much money. And, to kill our hunters, they die more. It's not worth it, they won't do it!"
Teng Qingshan nodded secretly.
Robbers will also calculate whether it is worth it, poor hunters, not much gold and silver, but extremely difficult, robbers will rarely provoke.
"Hurry up and get into town early. Teng Yongfan said.
As I went, I could see people working in the fields on both sides of the road.
Tengjiazhuang is not too close to Yicheng, nor is it too far. If you rely on two legs, it usually takes nearly two hours to arrive.
Outside the gate of Yicheng, a team of hunters dressed in animal skins appeared, it was Teng Qingshan and a group of them. The sky didn't come out before it was very bright, and now, the sky and the earth were already bright, and Teng Qingshan and a group of them finally arrived in Yicheng. Thankfully, there weren't any robbers along the way.
"It's finally here!" a smile appeared on Teng Qingshan's face, this was his first time in the city.
Because the world is too chaotic, the children in the villa have no chance to enter the city.
"Two copper coins per person. The guard at the gate of the city said lazily, this entry fee is also collected by the people, like this kind of hunters, savage and poor, they are too lazy to entangle, only charge the minimum amount of the entrance fee.
After paying sixty-two copper coins, Teng Qingshan and his group finally entered the city.
"Haha, it's still lively in the city. Teng Qinghu's eyes lit up next to him, "Qingshan, look at how many people are on the street." The streets are full of vendors, and you can't see the end at a glance! Tsk, when did we see so many vendors and so many fun things in our village. ”
Teng Qingshan also felt the prosperity here, the sound of hawkers, and the sound of some inns and restaurants pulling customers, all bustling.
"Hey, in the city, don't do it unless you need to. Teng Yongfan reminded, "Even if you encounter some bastards, you have to do it." Remember, don't kill anyone! It's okay to kill people outside the city, but once you kill people in the city, as long as you run slower and get caught, you will have to go to jail, and this life is over. ”
Everyone understands that the power of the government is also in charge of the city, and as for the outside of the city, no matter how rampant the robbers and bandits are, the high-ranking city lord is too lazy to take care of it. There aren't enough people to take care of it.
"This time, let's not run around, after we sell the goods, we will go back after a little shopping, understand?" Teng Yongfan said.
"Yes. All the clansmen nodded.
In normal times, when you come to Yicheng, you will have a good time, after all, it is rare to enter the city. For example, go to the casino and play two. But this time the delivery involved the amount of gold and silver is too large, and everyone does not dare to take it lightly.
In a quiet and wide street, there were very few people coming and going, and Teng Qingshan and his group walked on this street.
Teng Qinghu next to him said with a smile: "Qingshan, don't look at the few people here, but at night, this is the most lively place in the entire Yicheng." Look, that three-story building, do you know what kind of place it is? Haha, you can't guess it, the women in that place, that face is called a tender, one by one, they can drip water when they pinch it!"
"Haha......" The clansmen next to him all laughed when they heard it.
"Qinghu, did you really pinch those mothers?" Teng Yongfan said with a smile.
Teng Qinghu wiped his nose: "This place is good, but it's too expensive, and it costs one or two silver to go in and have a cup of tea! ”
Teng Yongfan smiled and said: "Qinghu, don't you want to think about it, the three brothels around are the three highest in Yicheng." And it was built next to the major chambers of commerce. What are they for? Their customers are the big businessmen who have money. It's not us. ”
"Qinghu, if you want to taste the taste of women, go to the tofu shop on Front Street, and you will get a lot of money if you do it once. The clansmen teased.
"Go, go!" Teng Qinghu scolded with a smile, "I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet." ”
"Okay, don't talk about it, let's go to the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce in front. Teng Yongfan said.
Teng Qingshan's previous life was in the modern society, and he had seen too many metropolises, and those metropolises took an hour or two to drive across the city, which was comparable to this Yicheng? Of course, in his previous life, all the buildings he saw were reinforced concrete buildings, and all kinds of buildings here were full of ancient style.
"In this area, all chambers of commerce are there, among which Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce occupies the largest area. Teng Yongfan pointed to the front and said, "That is the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce." ”
Teng Qingshan glanced over and couldn't help but gasp.
The gate managed by the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce is more than ten zhang wide, and it can allow twenty or thirty people to go in parallel. The two tall cyan stone lions glowing with golden light at the door increased their prestige, and Teng Yongfan sighed: "Qingshan, those two stone lions, but they are all made of lapis lazuli, so big, each stone lion definitely weighs 10,000 catties." These two stone lions alone are worth thousands of taels of silver!"
Yangzhou salt merchants, rich in flowing oil, is not a lie.
"Get away. One of the four guards at the entrance of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce shouted at Teng Qingshan and a group of others.
"We are delivering the goods, it is Master Li from Jiangning County, and we have ordered the goods!" Teng Yongfan said.
"Master Li from Jiangning County?" one of them frowned and said, "You guys are waiting here, and I'll report it." ”
Teng Qingshan and a group of others waited quietly at the door, and in just a moment, two men in black ran over, glanced outside, and after seeing Teng Yongfan, one of them said loudly: "Tengjiazhuang, come in." With that, he turned his head and walked in front, and Teng Qingshan and a group of them followed.
Outside the Chamber of Commerce, that is only the tip of the iceberg of the extravagance of the Chamber of Commerce, and when you enter the inside, you will know that the life of a giant businessman.
"Good boy. Teng Qinghu's eyes widened.
Teng Qingshan also gasped, the road was paved with huge bluestones, so many neat bluestones, how much manpower would it take?
"The luxury villas of later generations are no better than this. Teng Qingshan said secretly in his heart, "And this is just a chamber of commerce." ”
Yangzhou salt merchants, the first in the world, only Yuzhou giant businessmen, can be compared with it.
The buildings in the Chamber of Commerce are large mansions.
"Be careful, you guys break things here, and you can't afford to pay for them. A man in black who led the way in front said, "There are also surrounding mansions, some of them are inhabited, and they live one by one, but they are all big people like our master, you collide with any of them, you group of people, don't think about leaving alive." Be careful. ”
"Yes, we do. Teng Yongfan said with a smile.
But the clansmen are obviously more restrained, Yangzhou salt merchants, that is a wealthy group that can be involved with the eight major sects in Kyushu, kill some people, even the city lord of Yicheng, I am afraid they will not care.
"This is it. One of the men in black said, "This kind of small business, just tell the housekeeper, don't go to the front door, disturb the master, you will be miserable, come with me, enter through the back door." As he spoke, he walked down the alley between the two large mansions to the backyard door of the mansion.
There are many servants and guards living here.
"Oh, here you are. The cavalry leader who went to Tengjiazhuang to order the goods was sitting on the chair with a golden sword at the moment, and glanced at Teng Qingshan and his group, "Come in, take out all the goods and put them on the ground." ”