Su Wu casually broke the copper lock and opened the box, revealing a row of shining silver ingots in the box.
Every silver ingot has one tael,
There were a total of fifty silver ingots placed in the box.
The current situation is chaotic and prices are soaring.
At this time, the purchasing power of copper coins minted in the Ming Dynasty continued to decline.
But the value of silver and gold has become stronger.
Nowadays, the war is fierce and dangerous,
The prices of mules, horses, donkeys, cattle and other livestock that can carry goods have risen sharply.
In the past, you could buy a strong mule for about ten coins.
Nowadays, it takes twenty coins or even more to buy a good mule that suits your needs.
Not to mention the price of horses,
War horses are most needed in war,
At present, there is a shortage of horses everywhere, and some soldiers even use mules and donkeys as horses to ride.
A real horse, even a horse, costs forty or fifty cents. A good war horse can be worth hundreds of guan, or even hundreds of guan.
And it’s very easy to buy it.
but,
If copper coins are exchanged for silver,
Not to mention the price of large livestock such as horses - these are all things with a price but no market.
Like a good mule,
As long as the price is no more than twelve taels of silver, you can buy one!
Su Wu glanced at the fifty taels of silver in the box.
He looked up at Cui Yulan again.
Cui Yulan pursed her lips,
He turned back and took out an earthen jar from the cart that contained two quilts.
She opened the mud seal of the earthen pot and poured all the copper coins inside into the box containing fifty taels of silver.
Wow,
It is well preserved in the earthen jar, just like newly minted copper coins scattered into the box,
The light of yellow and white things is dazzling.
"My family only has this little savings!" Cui Yulan said with great distress.
Zhaodi on the side saw this,
Suddenly I felt a little embarrassed.
She didn't have any money on her.
But she felt very embarrassed when she saw that Zhao Di had given Su Wu Shao a lot of money, but she couldn't get any money out of it.
After hesitating for a moment,
Sister-in-law Zhaodi took off a copper hairpin from her head.
She also put it into the wooden box, and said in a voice as gentle as a mosquito: "When I get pregnant and earn money, I can repay the young man for saving his life."
"Hey, my sister-in-law misunderstood!" Cui Yulan quickly spoke up and said to Zhao Di, "It turned out to be an agreement between me and him to give him some money. It has nothing to do with my sister."
As she said that, she turned around and looked at Su Wu,
Su Wu picked up the copper hairpin and handed it back to Zhao Di.
There is only one thing in this woman's body,
But he could no longer profit from her like he did to Cui Yulan: "You can just keep this hairpin. Cui Yulan gave me money, which is what I should have done. Your situations are different, so don't use it as a gift."
Keep this in mind.”
Cui Yulan nodded accordingly,
Secretly I felt aggrieved.
He and his sister-in-law Zhaodi were able to survive because of his rescue.
So how is the situation different?
However, she immediately thought again,
Xiaolang only took her money,
I didn’t accept the hairpin from Sister-in-law Zhaodi,
Doesn’t it also mean that I am different from my sister-in-law?
Thinking of this, she secretly rejoiced.
Su Wu didn't know how many subtle thoughts the two women had in these short few breaths.
He dragged the wooden box full of money, a pile of scrap metal, and the cart into the shadows,
He said to the two of them: "We need to come up with an explanation.
After going back,
Only then can I explain to Master,
Where did these coins, swords, guns and weapons come from?”
…
When it's almost dusk,
Su Wu pushed the cart and hurried back to the kitchen team with his children from the dirt road to the east.
The ironware wrapped in cloth on the platoon cart,
As the vehicle bumps and bumps, it makes a clanking sound.
The fat old man sitting on a bench smoking a cigarette narrowed his eyes when he saw Su Wu bringing the two people back.
After Su Wu put down the platoon car, he did not check the contents of the car first.
First, he looked at the two women who were saluting behind Su Wu.
On the left is Cui Yulan,
She has an oval face, willow eyebrows, almond eyes and peach cheeks. At first glance, she has a look that all men like. She is beautiful.
On the right is Zhaodi,
Oval face, big eyes, fair complexion, and handsome!
Li Yueshan opened his mouth, put out his pipe and pot, and when the two girls were not paying attention, he glared at Su Wu fiercely, then pointed at Zhao Di and asked, "Disciple, what's going on with this girl?
"
"Rescued from Shilihe Village." Su Wu answered calmly and explained Zhaodi's origin clearly.
The fat old man observed the changes in his apprentice's expression - he saw nothing.
But when I heard my disciple talk about Zhao Di’s husband’s family being killed by bandits,
Zhaodi's eyes welled up with tears,
The old man suddenly knew that what his apprentice said was true.
"There are no boys or boys in Zhuangzi?" the old man asked casually,
Seeing Zhaodi's expression suddenly became embarrassed,
He quickly changed the topic: "Poor Shilihe Village, it was originally a big village, but it was brought to disaster by a group of thieves. I hate these bandits, I hate--"
Speaking of the latter part, Li Yueshan sighed.
Thieves are certainly hateful,
But how could these thieves be the most hateful ones?
If you can have enough to eat, have something to do, and make money,
Not those who are born vicious,
Who wants to be a gangster that everyone shouts to beat?
"Since the girl happened to be bumped into by me as an apprentice, and joined me as a team member, it is fate.
You and Magnolia,
From now on, they will all be members of my team." As soon as Li Yueshan said these words, Zhao Di felt relieved.
She quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Li Yueshan to express her gratitude.
Li Yueshan waved his hand and asked Cui Yulan to pull Zhao Di up.
He turned to look at the things on the platoon car.
The two quilts were moved from Cui Yulan's house. They are both very simple.
It was time to change out of the bed in the temple that was full of holes and had fleas crawling everywhere.
A package of belongings wrapped in rags,
It seems to be quite hard.
The fat old man untied the rag,
The iron forks, hatchets, iron bars, daggers, maces and other weapons inside were scattered out.
Seeing all these things, the corners of Li Yueshan's mouth twitched and he turned to glare at Su Wu again.
I always feel that this great disciple has done something extraordinary without telling me,
He did not have a seizure on the spot,
Keep looking,
Then I saw a small box as big as a human head.
Once out of the box,
The light of the yellow and white thing fascinated his eyes.
"hiss--"
The fat old man took a deep breath.
"What, what's going on? Where did you get so much money?" It's not that Li Yueshan has never seen so much money, but he has never personally handled so much money.
Seeing this money,
He was finally shocked,
He turned around and asked Su Wu repeatedly.
"Master, do you believe in retribution?"
Su Wu replied in a serious voice: "Some bandits kidnapped Sister-in-law Zhaodi and were about to go up the mountain, but I happened to bump into her.
I was angry in my heart,
So he took Cui Yulan to chase them.
Followed them all the way up the mountain,
Then I discovered that the place where the bandits were camping seemed to have been attacked by Li Wei.
All the strong thieves in the mountain were dead,
Only those who went up the mountain later were left,
Then……"
After some discussion between Su Wu, Cui Yulan and Zhao Di,
I feel that no matter what excuses I use to trick the elderly, it probably won’t work.
So I slightly adapted things,
He told Li Yueshan half truthfully and half falsely.
This statement seems abrupt,
But it has extremely high credibility at the moment.
Even if Li Yueshan went to the scene to investigate and saw the death of those thieves, he would definitely attribute it to Li Gui's attack!
Su Wu's narration was very serious and serious.
It was he who claimed that he was "very angry when he saw Zhao Di kidnapped by strong thieves", which made people laugh.
This person rarely smiles from morning to night,
Most of the time, the face is paralyzed,
Will he actually become ‘angry in his heart’?
Also 'very angry'?
This is the most doubtful thing!
Li Yueshan looked at Su Wu suspiciously.
Then he went to see the two girls behind him.
Cui Yulan pursed her lips, and when she saw Li Yueshan's gaze, she nodded quickly: "That's right, Xiao Lang said it exactly.
The situation was very dangerous at that time,
Fortunately he picked up a dagger,
Otherwise, it’s not certain whether we can kill those thieves!”
Zhaodi also nodded beside her.
At this time, Li Yueshan finally believed Su Wu's words. He looked at the box of money and smacked his lips: "Let's see if you dare to be so reckless in doing things in the future? You are lucky this time, and I actually ask you to get things done.
,
If you can't do this..."
Before he could finish his words, he closed the wooden box and held it in his arms: "Put these coins here, Master.
Leave it to you to find a wife!"
"I don't need a wife,
Master, it’s better to spend your money wisely.
Buy a mule, horse, donkey or something,
We're traveling all over the country, we can't just push a platoon cart around all day long.
How far can we go?" Su Wu said quickly.
Li Yueshan thought about it and thought it made sense.
So he said: "That's okay.
The remaining money will be reserved for you to marry a wife.
How can a good man not have a family? Stop talking nonsense to Master!"
"..."
"These iron tools,
Send it to Zhu Tiejiang in Zhujiazhuang,
Get some good firewood pots and good cooking utensils.
The rest is just a few self-defense weapons." Li Yueshan arranged this,
It was probably the first time that he had so many useful things.
He looked a little excited,
Even arranging everything, there is a kind of heroic spirit of "guiding the country".
After smacking his lips, the fat old man continued: "I have informed the chief here that the temple will be officially opened tomorrow!
Why,
They are not doing well either,
I wonder how many kinds of rice can be harvested this time?"
Mentioning ‘growing rice’,
Master is a little worried again,
Sitting on the bench holding the box.
"You go to the temple and change the mattress, and wash the replaced mattress as well." Su Wu arranged the work of the two girls and sent them away.
He turned to Li Yueshan and asked: "Master, what is rice farming?
Is it the kind of rice that harvests soul rice?
Or the kind of rice that comes from ordinary rice grains?”
"You brought back so much money,
It’s not like we can’t afford ordinary rice seeds.” Li Yueshan said with a smile, “Of course the old man is talking about soul-collecting rice seeds.”
His expression became serious: "It must be every time when the temple is opened to pretend to be dirty.
The local people threw in the rice grains in the rice boxes for cooking,
This kind of rice can be planted in the fields, grow and harvest more, and then be processed into soul-collecting rice.
Or directly concocted.
All in all, no matter what, the rice grains that people put into the rice boxes with their own hands can become the main material for making soul-collecting rice.
If not,
No matter how good the rice is,
Don’t even think about making a grain of soul-harvesting rice!”
This chapter has been completed!