Chapter 45 of Volume One: The Rise of the Western Regions: Such a Prodigal!
Zhao Rang understood every word of what this Westerner said, but he didn't know what it meant when put together.
Turning around to look at Ximen Dazhuang, he saw an even brighter smile on his face!
"What does this Westerner mean?"
Zhao Rang still asked.
Ximen Dazhuang replied with a smile:
"Brother Rang, you have such a good mind, you must have understood, why are you asking?"
Zhao Rang closed his mouth, swallowed, and asked word by word:
"You bought all their land? And then became their shepherd?"
Ximen Dazhuang nodded.
"They...how could they sell their pastoral area to you, a Dawei man!"
Ximen Dazhuang spread his hands and replied:
"Originally they didn't want to..."
"Then?"
Zhao Rang asked.
"Then I gave you too much!"
Zhao Rang silently got down from the table and used the sleeves of his coat to brush away the sand that he had made when he stepped on the table. He picked up the teapot and filled the coarse porcelain sea bowl in front of Ximen Dazhuang with a full bowl of tea.
Then he cupped his hands and said:
"Brother Ximen, I call you brother! Stop making trouble, this is really not a fun thing for me!"
Ximen Dazhuang had never seen Zhao Rang like this before, so he corrected his attitude and asked:
"Is it really this dangerous?"
Zhao Rang nodded and made a head-turning gesture with his hand on his neck. Ximen Dazhuang quickly shrank his neck and felt a little cold on the back of his neck.
After a moment of silence, Ximen Dazhuang suddenly grabbed Zhao Rang's wrist.
"What are you going to do!"
Zhao Rang was much inferior to him in terms of height and strength, and the opponent was his good brother, so he couldn't draw his sword. In addition, Ximen Dazhuang's attack was too sudden, leaving him unprepared, and he was half-lifted and half-pushed.
walked out of the tea shed.
"If it's really so dangerous, then Brother Rang, you can't go either! Come on, let's go home together and be cool!"
Zhao Rang punched and kicked him until he bit him with his teeth, but Ximen Dazhuang refused to let go.
"Let me go!"
"I don't!"
"Why don't you?"
"I'm afraid you'll die..."
When Zhao Rang heard this, his heart moved slightly.
Apart from his parents, the one who is really worried about his safety is probably this brother, right?
But Zhao Rang had no choice.
So he sighed, took out the knife from his waist, and put the blade against the fat on the back of Ximen Dazhuang's neck.
The cold touch made him tremble, and he immediately understood what was going on.
There was another moment of silence.
Ximen Dazhuang let go of his hand.
He knew that his brother was determined to do something, and there was no way he could change his mind on his own.
"Okay, brother, you can go and do your thing, but I do have to move forward!"
Zhao Rang just breathed a sigh of relief. When he heard this, he thought he had caught something in his words again!
"Brother, don't worry, I'm not following you, I really want to move forward!"
Seeing that Zhao Rang was already gnashing his teeth, Ximen Dazhuang quickly explained.
"Where are you going?"
Ximen Dazhuang said:
"What the hell Tologai!"
Zhao Rang's heart skipped a beat and he asked calmly:
"What are you doing there?"
Ximen Dazhuang said:
"Didn't I just buy all their pastoral areas? But I gave them flying money and credit. Although these four people from the Western Regions agreed to sell, they must exchange the flying money into real money!"
It is a habit in the Western Regions to only trade with real gold and silver. After all, this place is not like Dawei, where banks and shops are everywhere. Although it is very inconvenient to use real gold and silver, they are happy to do so.
If the horse can't move, use the camel.
The long camel caravan, with both sides of the camel hump filled with gold and silver, is a very spectacular scene, and it is also a method used by many nobles in the Western Regions to show off their wealth and status.
"Your Ximen family has always used the flying money from Tongbao Bank, right?"
Ximen Dazhuang replied:
"Yes, Brother Rang, it's not like you don't know. My family has always been one of the three major shareholders of Notified Bank. Although we don't make much money, mosquito meat is also meat, and the fat should not go to outsiders!"
These words directly made Zhao Rang depressed...
Although the Zhao family is not considered a wealthy family, it is definitely considered one of the top families in the Northern Territory of Dawei.
But the Zhao family only enjoys the status of VIPs in Tongbao Bank. As one of the three major shareholders of Tongbao Bank, the Ximen family handles more than hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Dip your hands in oil, even if it is just a thin layer.
, is also a shocking number. But in the mouth of this young master Ximen, it became 'mosquito meat is also meat'"
The differences in the world are so ruthless.
No matter how fast the knife in Zhao Rang's hand was, it couldn't cut gold and silver.
Gu Ying felt sorry for himself for a while, and Zhao Rang suddenly realized that Ximen Dazhuang was going to Chagan Tuoluogai to exchange the letter of flying money from Tongbao Bank, which means that there is a branch of Tongbao Bank in Chagan Tuoluogai!
"Does Chagan Toluogai have a branch number for Tongbao Bank?"
After hearing this, Ximen Dazhuang slapped his forehead and said:
"Yes, yes! It's Chagan Tologai! I can't remember the first two words!"
"Chagan Tologeri, is there a semicolon of Tongbao Bank?!"
Zhao Rang asked again.
"Yes! He's not young yet! There are three people who are the chief and deputy shopkeepers, and eighteen people working as assistants. I don't know about the assistants. Some of them are people from the Western Regions hired from the local area. They come and go, and they are not recorded or counted.
"
Ximen Dazhuang said.
Don't look at him when he talks about other things, he often talks about him and talks about cars and wheels. But when he encounters such a question about numbers, he immediately becomes extremely shrewd!
It is said that when Ximen Dazhuang was still crawling on the ground, he could already check the abacus... Now it seems that this rumor is probably somewhat true!
Ye Sanniang, who had been silent all this time, heard what Ximen Dazhuang said, but she walked closer and said to Zhao Rang:
"The various forces in Chagan Tologeri are even more intricate and intertwined. Since Tongbao Bank has a semicolon there, it is a very good place to gain a foothold!"
Zhao Rang understood the meaning of her words.
Ye Sanniang has been to Chagan Toluogai, but she has no interaction with the forces there. It is not difficult to protect them, but if you want to find someone to do things, you still need someone familiar with the local area.
Rely on the familiar road.
Since Tongbao Bank has a branch in Chagan Toluogai, and Ximen Dazhuang is their young boss, it is not difficult to recruit some manpower to investigate the situation.
Zhao Rang weighed it in his mind and said to Ximen Dazhuang:
"Brother, actually the place I want to go to is also Chagan Tologai!"
When Ximen Dazhuang heard this, he was extremely excited. He just opened his mouth to say something, but saw Zhao Rang waving his hand to him and said:
"We can go the same way. I still need some help from you when we get there, but you have to promise me that you won't ask any more questions, and you will do whatever I ask you to do. Can you do it?"
Ximen Dazhuang immediately patted his chest and said:
"Brother Rang, just a word! Even if there are really eighteen levels of hell, I will fill it with gold water! Anyway, no matter how great the principles in this world are, they are not as big as the eyes of copper coins!"
Zhao Rang was angry and laughed at the same time.
We haven’t seen each other for half a year, but this guy’s prodigal skills have improved a lot?
"Okay, okay, Young Master Ximen, let's hurry up and have something to eat? We have to go on the road soon!"
Zhao Rang repeatedly begged for mercy and only begged him to stop talking.
I have been away from home for half a year, and I have finally developed some perseverance in my character! If I listen to him talk a few more words, I am afraid that my Taoist heart will collapse and I will go back. It is better not to leave this door.
"Okay, I'm a little hungry too!"
Ximen Da Zhuang touched his belly, walked to the tea shed, and shouted to the waiter:
"We'll serve whatever meat is available, and the vegetables will be fried! There are four of us, so we can prepare seventy or eighty dishes. Let's just eat it!"
The guy is from the Western Regions and can't understand a word of great authority.
However, the dishes Ximen Dazhuang ordered just now are enough to keep all the master chefs busy for half a day, even at Xiangteng Juli in the royal city...
Seventy or eighty dishes, it’s better to just eat something simple. Only he can say this.
"In the wilderness, it would be nice to have plain noodles. Where can I get these for you?"
Zhao Rang rolled his eyes at him.
Ximen Dazhuang felt that he was wrong and muttered:
"Twenty or thirty are also fine..."
Zhao Rang ignored him at all and took Yuan Kexin, who could speak the Western Region dialect, to the counter and ordered three Pi Ya Zi naan and some dried meat.
Nang is a unique food in the Western Regions. It is similar to Dawei's noodles, but it is baked in a Nang pit and has a fixed shape. It is also covered with chopped skin teeth. After baking, there is a
It has a special aroma of green onions, especially freshly baked, so delicious!
People in the north love to eat pasta, so there are many naan shops opened by people from the west in the north of Dawei. Every time a pit is baked, there will be a huge queue just to have a fresh and hot bite!
Zhao Rang has a cook specially invited from the Western Regions in his family to cook special dishes from the Western Regions! But compared to hard dishes such as large plates of chicken, hand-picked meat, and smoked horse sausage, his favorite is Pi Yazi
Naan!
It's a pity that the naan that the waiter brought was already cold, very dry and hard, and not nearly as delicious as the one fresh out of the pit!
The waiter motioned to Zhao Rang to break off a piece of naan and soak it in hot tea before eating it.
Zhao Rang gave it a try with hesitation, and found that not only was the naan no longer dry and hard, but it was also tainted with the aroma of tea! He didn't even eat the dried meat, he ate most of the naan in one go, and drank it all at the same time.
A bowl full of brick tea was served.
After the other three people had finished eating, Yuan Kexin carefully wrapped up the remaining dried meat and put it into a bag to satisfy their hunger on the road, while Zhao Rang stood up from the counter to pay the bill.
Even though I don’t understand the language, I know everything about money!
With the silver ingot in hand, it can help you say what you want to say and do what you want to do, effortlessly.
"Brother Rang, no need!"
Ximen Da Zhuang shouted.
"Since you call me Brother Rang, you must let me go this time!"
Ximen Dazhuang didn't understand and asked:
"What do I want you to do?"
Zhao Rang took out a silver ingot and replied:
"Let me pay the bill!"
Ximen Dazhuang grinned and said:
"Brother Rang, it's not that I won't let you..."
"Um?"
Zhao Rang turned to look at him, wondering what Ximen Dazhuang meant by his words.