Hou Liang rubbed his hands and smiled and said: "You are worrying too much. Although the court has made such a decision, who can abide by it in private? Even the Northwest Army, General Liang and General Zong can't restrain them if they don't do it themselves.
Everyone, right? There are always fish that slip through the net, and they understand each other tacitly..."
To put it bluntly, it's smuggling.
In the northwest, smuggling has always been prohibited.
Food, cloth and tea from the Central Plains, as well as livestock and furs from the Hu people, have always been popular for smuggling. In recent years, several salt ponds have been discovered in the Hu area, so salt has become a popular commodity.
The price of official salt was high, while the price of Hu salt was low, and the profits gained were astonishing. Even the danger of beheading could not stop the smugglers.
Even the Northwest Army cannot be completely clean.
In Mingwei's memory, the collapse of the Northwest Army had a lot to do with this.
More than ten years later, when Emperor Ling came to power, smuggling in the Northwest Army gradually became the norm. From then on, it became decadent and became unable to fight, and suffered defeat after defeat.
She had never mentioned these things to Yang Shu, but since his grandparents were both famous generals, it was not difficult to understand the harm involved.
Without saying much, he sneered, stood up and walked away.
Hou Liang was confused. He didn't know what he said wrong, so he cast his eyes on Mingwei.
Mingwei looked at him sympathetically: "Have you ever heard of avoiding military service?"
Although Hou Liang is a villain, he is also very knowledgeable. After thinking for a while, he replied: "Is it a foreign species?"
"Yes, it is also called a chameleon. The skin on its body changes color as the environment changes to hide itself. Mr. Hou's philosophy of life is very similar to it!"
Hou Liang laughed dryly. As a villain, you must have the consciousness of a villain. It is normal to be laughed at and despised by others. You must not try to keep your dignity. Since you are exchanging your life, this thing is not worth anything.
But Mingwei didn't just want to laugh at him. He changed his voice and continued: "Since you are going to be a evacuee, you should be more competent. In the past, you were in a robber's den, so you could just be a robber. Who is under you now?
It’s time to understand his principles of doing things.”
Hou Liang thought about it for a while and asked tentatively: "Can you please give me some advice?"
Ming smiled and said: "Do you know the origin of your young master?"
Hou Liang replied: "Young Master is the descendant of Taizu, the direct grandson of Princess Mingcheng, the posthumous son of Second Master Yang of Bolinghou Mansion, and the third son of the family. My maternal grandfather, Pei family, has been married for generations, and has an aunt as a noble concubine, who is highly favored by the Holy Spirit...
"
"Okay." Mingwei interrupted him. It's true that he was relegated to this miserable place even if he didn't lift any pot. How could he say that he was extremely favored by the Holy Spirit?
Hou Liang sneered and bowed deeply to her: "I hope the girl will not hesitate to teach me."
"Do you know what kind of person Princess Mingcheng is?"
Hou Liangdao: "The princess is a hero among women, a famous general of the generation. She followed Taizu in the south and north, and she has no love for power. She retreated bravely."
Mingwei asked: "Then what do you think the people taught by the eldest princess will be like?"
Hou Liang was startled for a moment, as if he had some realization.
Ming looked at him with a smile: "If you want to change your color successfully enough, you have to let yourself truly integrate into the environment and even deceive yourself. The young master does not restrict your freedom. You can look around. The people around him are
What does it look like?”
After saying this, she meaningfully said: "Do a good job." and left.
I would rather stop this trip and go there for several days before returning.
Despite his god-like demeanor, he also had sunken eye sockets and a pale face when he came back.
Yang Shu felt guilty and welcomed him in very attentively, serving him tea and water.
"It's a bit troublesome." Ning Xiu said, "The property in the village has been recovered, but the other treasure hiding place has been taken over by another group of bandits."
"What?" Yang Shu suddenly felt as if someone had taken money out of his pocket, "Where are the bandits? How many are there?"
Ning Xiu glanced at him: "Are you going to lead people to destroy them?"
"Uh..." Yang Shu took it back in time, "Just asking."
Ning Xiu became more determined. Look, how long has it taken for him to become a bandit?
"So I said, it's a bit troublesome. There are many more thieves in Yanshan than imagined. They interact with each other, cooperate to rob, and attack each other. If you want to get back the treasure, I'm afraid it will cost a lot.
, in my opinion, it’s not worth it.”
"How much money is there?"
"There's not a lot of silver, but there are quite a few antique utensils, which seem to be worth a lot, but they're not easy to sell."
If the bandits knew how to run a business, they wouldn't have gotten so far. If they had ready-made silver coins, they would probably have squandered it all in a short period of time. Think about it, they even made plans for a poor county like Gaotang, how much money could they have made?
rich?
However, it would be wrong to say that they have no wealth. There are no channels for selling illegal goods for the looted goods, so most of them are difficult to dispose of and are either wasted or piled up there.
Ning Xiu went to the den of thieves this time and took out a lot of inventory. Some of the cloth that was not easy to preserve was too damaged to be used, but there were also many valuable items.
Yang Shu went outside to take a look, and happened to see Hou Liang poking his head, so he grabbed him and roughly pushed him forward: "Do you understand prices?"
Hou Liang was taught a lesson by Mingwei that day, and he carefully walked out of the small dark room. As expected, no one stopped him. So he walked around the racecourse, saw the generals of the Yang family, and went up to talk to them.
Before he was Mr. Hou, these families would respect him very much. Now that he is a prisoner, who cares about him?
But he was so thick-skinned that others ignored him and just stood aside and listened. After several repeated attempts, the generals gradually left him alone.
He had just figured out some tricks, and was frightened when Yang Shu grabbed him like this. He replied cautiously: "I know a little bit..."
"Calculate how much money it costs here!"
So Hou Liang calculated for a long time and told him a number: "The middle value of these antiques is about... one hundred thousand taels."
Yang Shu was stunned.
One hundred thousand taels, a bandit den with hundreds of people can scrape out one hundred thousand taels? Why is this money so easy to pick up?
The bandit leader who was dragged to identify the location was also shocked. With his straw-like hair on his head, he asked Hou Liang in a hissing voice: "A hundred thousand taels? Are these crappy things worth a hundred thousand taels?"
Hou Liang looked at him with disdain: "Someone said in the early years that these things can be exchanged for a lot of silver when transported to the big city, but you didn't listen."
The bandit leader roared in his heart. Of course he wouldn't listen. You old boy, you used this method to cheat the village next door... Who the hell would you say is true! These scraps of metal,
Why is it worth only one hundred thousand taels? With this money, you can go to Yunjing and have fun!
He regretted it, and only regretted that there was no medicine for regret in this world...
"Okay!" Yang Shu clapped his hands and decided, "The training will be doubled tomorrow."
Train your troops well and destroy those bandits!
"Junior brother..." Ning Xiu was a little desperate. Why did the more he helped, the more he continued to go that way?