Chapter 54 Follow me into the city and grab people
Chapter 54
"A total of one thousand guan, brought by carriage."
A copper coin weighs about 4 grams, which is usually 1,000 coins. It weighs about 4kg, and 1,000 coins weighs 4 tons. It must be pulled by a horse-drawn carriage, and even a horse-drawn carriage may not be enough.
This is also the reason why it is more convenient to use silk cloth as currency than copper coins today. In this era, there are no silver notes yet.
"Is it enough? Is it too little?" Cheng Dalei asked.
"That's enough. Boss, slaves are cheaper than we thought. Adult slaves only cost the same amount, and old, weak, women and children only need a few slings of money. The reason why I brought so much money here is that the money for Liu Zhi's ransom is more expensive, and secondly
It’s money that takes care of all aspects and makes the transaction go smoothly.”
Today's prices are about 20 guan for a horse, 15 guan for an ox, and 78 guan for a donkey.
You can buy a beautiful little maid with four or five coins, and the price of an adult laborer is only the same.
So in this era, people are not as valuable as donkeys.
"Hurry up and get things done. We will redeem the Liu family this afternoon. We will go back tonight. How is the road going?"
Now there are only two people in the cottage, Huang Sanyuan and Xu Ling'er. If anyone wants to take the idea of Toad Village, Toad Village will simply be an empty city.
Therefore, things must be done as soon as possible. It is best to return to Toad Village tonight.
"The gates of Luoye City will be closed at night and will not be opened until the next morning. However, I have arranged for the guards to guard the city. They will burn a stick of incense for us, which is enough time for us to transport people out."
"Then hurry up and do the work, military advisor, Brother Qin and I will go to redeem the person. Shaoyu, you and Meng Ziyun will go to redeem Liu Zhi. We will meet outside the city."
After deciding on the task, everyone acted separately. What surprised Meng Ziyun was that no matter how you looked at it, Cheng Dalei was just a loser, but why did everyone else obey his words?
When they were about to start the mission, the sun had already turned west. Cheng Dalei's plan was to return to Toad Village tonight. The time was tight and the task was heavy, but when there was money to clear the way, this was not a problem.
He redeemed the Liu family members at a price that was much higher than the market price. The matter went smoothly and he had taken these people out of the city at the beginning of night.
Cheng Dalei saw that these people included children, old people, and women who were already old and frail. There were about eighty or ninety people in total.
When they heard that a copycat from Toad Village had rescued them, the crowd stirred up quite a stir.
"My master has been fighting against the bandits all his life, how can we become bandits!"
"It's an insult to our ancestors, it's an insult to our ancestors!"
"I would rather die than become a bandit! I would rather die, I would rather die!"
This scene was beyond Cheng Dalei's expectation, and he was a little impatient. There were some deviations in the plan, and until now, Meng Ziyun and Lin Shaoyu have not returned.
There shouldn't be any surprises!
He didn't care about Meng Ziyun's life, nor did he care about Liu Zhi that much, but Lin Shaoyu was from the village, so he had to care.
The sounds of hustle and bustle echoed around him, making Cheng Dalei extremely annoyed.
"Stay here!" Cheng Dalei shouted and threw the knife in his waist on the ground: "Those who don't want to be bandits can die. There are many ways to die. Those who don't want to use knives can hit them with rocks or find big trees.
Hang yourself, this is not the time for you to show your loyalty to the emperor and the country, or to show your superiority to others. If you want to die, you can do whatever you want."
No one spoke.
No one spoke, whether it was the old masters who clamored that scholars should be killed and not humiliated, or the young men who claimed to be passionate.
In this way, all he can get in return is Cheng Dalei's contempt.
He looked towards the city gate, feeling secretly anxious. Compared with the estimated time, Lin Shaoyu was late for too long.
At this time, a fast horse galloped towards the city gate, and the man on the horse was Meng Ziyun.
"What's going on, where are Lin Shaoyu and Liu Zhi?" Cheng Dalei asked immediately.
"Miss... today there is a family dinner at the Huang family in the city. Miss was invited there. When we went there, she had already been taken away. Lin Shaoyu asked me to come back to report the news. He wanted to take a look himself."
Liu Zhi was going back to Yanlou to put up a house. She had a lot of rules when it came to seeing her, but if she really met a powerful person, all the rules would be invalidated. The Huang family wanted her to go, so she had to go.
This Huang family member seems to be Huang Yuanwai who wants to marry Su Ying.
"Then you came back on your own?" Cheng Dalei looked at Meng Ziyun and uttered two words: "Idiot!"
Upon hearing this, Meng Ziyun's face turned red and he said angrily: "Boy, I've tolerated you for a long time. Who do you think you are? How qualified are you to teach me a lesson? If you dare to show any disrespect to me again, I recognize you."
You, my knife doesn't recognize you."
This kid is a little too ignorant. He should be taught the rules.
"Qin Man, take action."
"yes!"
Qin Man clapped his horse forward. Meng Ziyun had long been worried about what happened during the day, and wanted to find an opportunity to show some color to these bandits. At this moment, the knife was already revealed.
But Qin Man didn't even move his gun. At the moment when the two horses crossed each other, he grabbed Meng Ziyun's collar and threw him directly.
Qin Man's arms had at least 500 kilograms of strength. With this force, he lifted Meng Ziyun with his head and limbs in the air, spun his body in the air, and threw him seven or eight meters away, before slamming him to the ground.
There was silence, and someone helped Meng Ziyun up in a panic. Although Meng Ziyun was not injured, he was ashamed. He had always been proud, but this was the first time in his life that he encountered such a thing.
He stood on the ground, staring at Cheng Dalei with eyes like fire. Such an insult made him want to die together with Cheng Dalei.
"Are all people in the Liu family so unruly?" Cheng Dalei asked on his horse: "Next time, I will kill you without mercy."
Cheng Dalei showed his murderous intention for the first time. He first attacked thousands of people with no one, and then blocked Lu Heng's hundred elite soldiers.
A leader of thieves in the Xiaoao Mountain Forest.
"Master, Shao Yu is still in the city now, what should we do?"
"If you enter the city, it will be difficult to come out again," Xu Shenji said.
At this time, an old man from the Liu family suddenly said: "I know a road leading outside the city. There is a gap in the wall and there are no guards guarding it."
Cheng Dalei asked clearly about the location of the path, still thinking in his mind. This group of people stayed outside the city for a long time, and things would change later, so they must be sent away as soon as possible. Lin Shaoyu was still delayed in the city, but he had to take care of it.
He already had an idea in his mind, but he hadn't made up his mind yet.
Xu Shenji seemed to have guessed what Cheng Dalei was thinking, and said to him: "Master, when I came from the village, I brought your ax with me, and it was on the carriage."
With that said, Xu Shenji brought the big ax to Cheng Dalei. Cheng Dalei held his Xuanhua ax and felt a little more confident.
"Qin Man, Mencius said, follow me into the city and rob people!"