Chapter 40 The ancients are sincere and cannot be deceived
Shopkeeper Sun leaned down and closed the blood-stained eyes of Kuliba Chi, and then stood hunched beside Kuliba Chi's body and said in a harsh voice: "Five years ago, the head of the family ordered the Yun family to set up the Liaodong caravan. That
At that time, there were two stewards of the Liaodong caravan, one was Lao Zhao and the other was Lao Fu.
Lao Zhao was specifically responsible for solving the Haidongqing matter. After working for less than three years, he was promoted and became the second housekeeper of the family because he found Haidongqing who could convey military information.
I am different. I am responsible for the trivial business of ginseng, furs and medicinal materials in the caravan, so the people I deal with are much more complicated.
When we first arrived in Liaodong, we didn’t know anyone. We only saw this desolate land, and we didn’t even know where to start doing business.
The people here used to only trade with the Khitans and Koryos, and basically did not deal with the merchants of the Song Dynasty. The dangers we face are not only from wild beasts and savages, but also from the Koryos and Khitans, and even us Song people
.
In order to open up trade routes, I personally carried goods into the savages and traded with them, and suffered a lot..."
When the old shopkeeper heard the old shopkeeper talking about these things, his careless smile gradually disappeared. The old shopkeeper was not the only one carrying goods into the mountains. He also went there, and even carried more.
The days were indeed miserable.
The old shopkeeper looked up at the gloomy Yun Er and continued: "What really made our Liaodong caravan's life easier was what happened after I met Khulbach.
The wolves surrounded us, but it was Khulbach and his tribe who rescued us. We fought off the wild wolves together. I still can’t forget the incident of drinking and singing with Khulbach beside the campfire. That is, through that time
Through their contacts, the Yun family’s spirits began to gain popularity in Liaodong.
I also used spirits to open up the Liaodong caravan's business in the North, and finally obtained all the goods we needed."
The old shopkeeper sat in a pool of blood and said with tears streaming down his face: "I made friends with Kulbachi through the course of life and death and strong liquor, but in the end we ended our friendship with strong liquor mixed with arsenic."
Yun Er opened his mouth to speak, but found that he seemed to have nothing to say. The old shopkeeper took out a small wine bottle, took a sip of wine and said with a sad smile: "Second Young Master is not a playboy, nor is he a violent person. You must do this."
There is a reason why you have to do it.
However, I don’t want to hear it, and I don’t want to hear it. No matter how great your plans are, the eldest and second young masters, at this moment, we are the ones who are sorry for Kulbachi!
Now that the Second Young Master has done something, he might as well do it more decisively. If he wants to provoke the Jurchens to be dissatisfied with Sun Sancao, it is not enough to just kill Khulbach, because I invited Khulibach to come.
Heishan Island, it is not perfect if you want to rush and blame others.
I am the leader of the Yun family's caravan. Since my wife pulled me out of my humble state, I should repay it with my life. If I die, how will we send our bodies to the Blackwater Jurchen? What is your plan?
It will be perfect.”
Yun Er shook his head and said, "When the Yun family makes plans, they never put their own people in a position where they can be sacrificed. If that is the case, the plan will be cancelled. We will not betray our own people, no matter who they are.
"
The old shopkeeper sighed and said: "Originally, Khulbach could be one of his own. When we were chatting, he yearned for the apricot blossoms, smoke and rain in Jiangnan that I described. He always said that Liaodong was too cold, and he wanted to bring
Let your descendants go and live in the south of the Yangtze River that I call fragrant flowers, mist and rain."
Yun Er said coldly: "This is exactly the way he wants to die. Although Jiangnan is beautiful, it cannot accommodate more people."
The old shopkeeper smiled and said: "Jiangnan cannot accommodate Khulbach, but Khulbach welcomed me to settle down in Liaodong. He said that Liaodong is very big and can accommodate many people to hunt and herd together...
Hahaha, let’s not talk about this anymore. Although I am not on top of the body over the years, I have done some things. Please, Second Young Master, for the sake of my dedication to the family, treat my children and grandchildren well. As for me, I plan to stay.
I won’t go back to Liaodong.”
Yun Er's expression changed and he took a few steps forward to hold the old shopkeeper's hand. The wine bottle in the old shopkeeper's hand fell down weakly. Yun Er reached out to grab it, smelled the wine in the wine bottle, and said, "Poison wine?"
"
The old shopkeeper smiled and said: "I poured some of both kinds of wine out of the yin and yang pot. Our arsenic is quite poisonous. I feel pain in my stomach right now."
"Gastric lavage, gastric lavage immediately!" Yun Er loudly called to the big man and others to make soap locust water. He picked up the teapot on the table and poured water into the old shopkeeper's stomach to dilute the poison in his stomach.
A wisp of blood and tears flowed down the corner of the old patriarch's eyes. Yun Er's movements couldn't help but slow down. The poison had taken hold and there was no way to save him.
The old patriarch seemed to be aware of his current appearance. After spitting out a mouthful of blood, his expression became relaxed. He bowed his hands to Yun Ergong, then naturally lay on top of Kuli Bachi and said with a smile: "Tiger, I know I was wrong.
If you have any grievances, just point them at me. I really didn’t know that the beautiful wine pot was the Yin Yang pot...
You always say that if you are a good brother, you should drink a can of wine. Damn it, I have really had to drink a bowl of wine with you for a long time..."
The old shopkeeper was speechless in the end. The corners of his mouth began to bleed again. The corners of his eyes, ears, and nose began to bleed. Finally, he twitched and became motionless.
Yun Er returned to his couch as if sleepwalking, and sat there with an empty mind. Just a moment ago, he was venting his dissatisfaction with the old shopkeeper Liao Dong's behavior, but who knew that he would become like this in the blink of an eye.
"I was wrong?"
For the first time, Yun Er tortured himself from the bottom of his heart. There was an inexplicable roar in his ears. The sight of shopkeeper Sun bleeding from his seven orifices seemed to be engraved in his mind. He couldn't get rid of it no matter what. Looking at Sun in his mind,
Looking at the shopkeeper's pleading eyes, he sighed helplessly and laughed at himself: "I'm really not a person who can do big things."
The cobbler came to the old shopkeeper's side, stretched out his hand to test his breathing, shook his head helplessly, cupped his hands toward the corpse, and went back to weave his leather rope again.
The big man gritted his teeth and took out his knife, intending to cut his newly grown arm again, but the knife was knocked away by a pebble thrown by the cobbler.
"Second Young Master, since the old shopkeeper has formulated a plan, we can just implement it. As long as those savages see that the old shopkeeper is dead and I am injured, the blame will definitely be placed on Sun Sancao's head.
I can guarantee that Liaodong will definitely be in chaos again."
The big guy ignored the flying dagger and hurriedly admonished Yun Er.
"We will start loading the ship tomorrow and we will go back to Wild Donkey Island. My child should be half a year old now, so it's time to go back and have a look anyway.
He Fang, a large ship belonging to the Yun family sank due to sea ice, and all the shopkeepers and waiters on the ship, as well as some invited guests, were killed. Send someone to pass this news to Suzhou City, and then send someone to tell us whether we can use it here.
All the goods that arrive should be given to the Dahu Jurchen tribe."
After Yun Er finished speaking, he got up and went back to his room.
The big man looked at the corpses on the ground and at the closed door of the second young master's room. He gritted his teeth and prepared to give Yun Er another advice. Such a good opportunity should not be missed.
The cobbler said slowly: "Forget it, I failed this time, just try again next time. You, the big shopkeeper, will use your own life to beg the second young master to let the Dahu Jurchen go. There is no room for redemption in this matter. Although the second young master looks a little bit
Mother-in-law, but ah, it’s safer to leave your life in the hands of such a person.”
Boss Yan nodded and said, "I have suffered enough at the hands of decisive and decisive people in my life. Now I feel a lot more comfortable following a master like the Second Young Master."
"But the purpose of our coming here is to seize the islands in this area, and we have to move many people to the islands to finally form our own tribe. What's the point of giving up halfway now?"
The big guy was furious.
The cobbler sneered, patted the leather with his leather cutting knife and said: "If the evil one fails, we will use the hard one. There are more than 60 ships floating on the sea now. We probably don't have enough power to attack Suzhou City.
However, we still have the ability to capture islands. On our return trip, we will thoroughly clean up the Changshan Islands and the surrounding sea areas.
We will clean it up again when we come back in the fall. I promise that we can have as many islands as we want. It is said that there are three thousand islands in the East China Sea, and most of them are uninhabited small islands. With a little effort, we can take them all back."
The big man said worriedly: "This will take a long time, and Sun Sancao of Suzhou City will not just watch us take over the islands one by one.
I heard from the second young master that the eldest son is in a difficult situation in Shu and needs to send his people to a safe place as soon as possible. Is there any safe place in this world? It is naturally our own place.
All the young men and women in Jiazi Camp are serving in the army, and those who are left behind are the old, weak, sick and disabled. Without enough servants to take care of them, they will never be able to live alone on the island.
Even if Sun Sancao cannot stop our actions at sea, he is definitely capable of blocking our channels for receiving Han people. The reason why the Second Young Master wants to find someone to replace Sulla Hague is to establish transportation channels, not to
other."
Boss Yan chuckled and said: "Since we are at sea, we are pirates, and robbing people is what pirates do. I don't believe that the Liao people have the ability to seal off all the sea."
The cobbler shook his head and said: "Unless those people come to the island willingly, the old, weak, women and children will not be able to supervise these people for a long time. This is inappropriate!"
The big man sighed and went out to prepare for the funeral of the old shopkeeper. Because something like his happened, he also needed to prepare a decent funeral for Khulbach and others...
Yun Er stood by the window, watching the big man commanding a group of men to dig graves for the dead on the edge of the Black Mountain. For the first time, he discovered that he was not a god and could do anything. (To be completed.)