Hou Xu was at the Luoshui River on the south side of He'anli at this time. The place he chose to trade with Xunhe was not in He'anli at all, but on the bank of the Luoshui River.
The official coin of the Eastern Han Dynasty was the five-baht coin. Although gold and silver were also coins, their output was extremely low. Therefore, most private transactions were still based on five-baht coins, with silk as a secondary item, but even if one-third was mortgaged with silk
, how much is two million five baht?
A simple math question, one baht is equal to 0.65 grams, two million five bahts is 10 million bahts, 0.65 times 10 million is equivalent to 6500 kilograms, which is 6.5 tons. For such a heavy weight, just use a double-coiled ox
The carts had to pull more than ten carts. Moreover, the ox-drawn carts were slow and swaggering through the market, making it difficult not to attract people's attention.
Therefore, Hou Xu knew very well that if he wanted to leave with this amount of money, it would definitely not be feasible to rely on slow horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carriages. He would have to use water transportation and find several rivers near Luoyang.
So from the beginning, he never thought about trading in the city, but chose the outer Luoshui River. He'anli is on the Luoshui River in Nancheng. It is sparsely populated, far away from the city, and there are weeds on both sides of the river beach.
Dense makes it easy for ships to hide and is not easily exposed.
The choice of this place was the result of his long and careful consideration.
This time, there were more than two hundred brothers and their families who followed him, a total of five to six hundred people. In these troubled times, as long as they don't encounter large groups of bandits with thousands of people, they still have a certain ability to protect themselves.
Once you have the money, you can find a place to settle down.
At three quarters in the afternoon, the appointed time arrived.
The summer wind blew the reeds beside the river beach, and the Luo River flowed surgingly. Zhao Gong led dozens of people in an ox cart and slowly approached the river, about ten feet away from the river beach.
Stop.
Hou Xu noticed that the wheels of the oxcart were almost sunk in the mud when they approached the river beach, indicating that there was indeed something inside, either money or stones.
But this at least means you may have money.
Dozens of Yellow Turbans stood by the river, with more than a dozen boats behind them. The number of people on both sides was about the same. Although there was no confrontation, they were vaguely wary of each other.
"Who is Mr. Hou?"
Zhao Gong raised his voice and asked.
A middle-aged man took two steps forward and said, "I am."
"The money has been brought, where are the things?"
Zhao Gong asked again.
"here."
The man pointed to the boat behind him again, indicating that everything was on the boat.
Zhang Jiao bribed Zhang Rang with quite a lot of gifts, worth close to tens of millions. The bamboo slips on which the gift list was written weighed dozens of kilograms, and each piece was stamped with Zhang Rang's marquis seal.
At first, Hou Xu did not put the things in Zhang Rang's mansion, but hid them in another place, just to wait for Sili Huangjin to gain power and use these things to force Zhang Rang to act internally.
Hou Xu had already made a plan at that time, and he was sure that Zhang Rang would definitely agree. After all, as long as the yellow scarf was brought together, and the things were presented to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the yellow mud would fall into his crotch, and it would be either Oli or Oli. Zhang Rang would not be able to
Don't make a choice.
But I didn't expect that God's plan was better than man's. Sili's Yellow Turban was over before it even started.
As a result, these things naturally have no value. After all, if you use them to threaten Zhang Rang, without the external support of Sili Huangjin, Zhang Rang can arrest you and destroy the evidence.
Therefore, the real meaning of this thing is naturally to sell it to Zhang Rang's political opponents in exchange for capital for his own livelihood.
Zhao Gong looked in the direction the man pointed and saw a pile of bamboo slips on the boat, and asked, "Can we inspect it?"
"It's okay, but we have to look at the money first."
The man responded.
Zhao Gong nodded, stepped aside, and motioned for the man to come over and check.
The middle-aged man did not doubt that he was there, and came over with two people. The bullock cart was equipped with a large wooden trough, which was covered with linen and tied with ropes.
The man walked over and opened the linen cloth and saw a mountain of coins in the wooden trough. They were all genuine five-baht coins.
"very good."
The man nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and asked Zhao Gong to inspect the bamboo slips.
Zhao Gong and several people approached the boat and looked through the items.
I saw the bamboo slips in the boat piled into a small pile. Each bamboo slip was tied up with a rope and stamped with a bright red seal.
After confirming the authenticity of Zhang Ranghou's seal, Zhao Gong said loudly: "Yes, there is nothing wrong with the things."
The man over there said: "In that case, let's deal."
"certainly."
Zhao Gong slowly walked towards him and laughed. When the two of them approached, he suddenly shouted: "Do it."
Almost as soon as he finished saying this, something unexpected happened.
Not far away from the river beach where they came from, hundreds of people suddenly appeared and surrounded them.
Zhao Gong pulled out the knife from his waist and clamped it on the man's neck.
Rub rub rub rub!
Everyone on both sides drew their weapons.
It's just that the Yellow Turbans didn't dare to take any action because the man was being held hostage.
The man's expression changed drastically and he asked, "What does this mean?"
"Mr. Hou, your friends can take the money, but you and the things must stay."
Zhao Gong quickly jumped behind the man, strangled his neck with his hands, and controlled him.
How much did Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty favor and trust Zhang Rang?
People all over the world are scolding him, and the imperial court's memorials to impeach Zhang Rang can fill a room, but his status is still as stable as Mount Tai, which shows how difficult it is to bring him down.
Based on these things alone, although it is substantial evidence, Xun He is still not 100% sure that he can achieve this step.
Therefore, he wants all the witnesses and physical evidence. Not only does he have to take away the things, but he also wants to take away the people.
Hearing Zhao Gong's words, the man laughed and whispered: "Zhao Buwei, my brother has already guessed that you have this trick. Look over there."
Zhao Gong frowned, looked in the direction the man was pointing, and saw an ambush of hundreds of people emerging from the reed marsh in the distance.
At the same time, a small boat floated on the river, and a man stood on the boat.
The man raised his voice and said: "Lieutenant Zhao, let my brother go, or you can't take the things away."
There was a small boat next to the man, which was covered with linen. The people on the boat lifted the linen cloth, revealing a large stack of bamboo slips.
The bamboo slips shown to Zhao Gong before were real, but only a small part.
A bamboo slip can only contain a few hundred words at most. How could it be possible that the list of gifts worth nearly tens of millions given by Zhang Rang in batches only had such a small amount of records? Hou Xu had already made preparations and asked his younger brother to trade on his behalf.
Zhao Gong's face turned pale slightly. He had never expected this situation. The key was that Xun He was not here, and he didn't know what to do.
For a moment, it was hard to get off the tiger.
"Captain Zhao, you have to keep your word as a man, don't break your word and get fat."
Seeing him wavering, Hou Xu shouted loudly: "If you don't let my brother-in-law go, I will burn these things on fire, and no one can get them by then."
"this......"
After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Gong had no choice but to put down the knife and said angrily: "You are considered powerful."
"Thank you, Lieutenant Zhao."
Hou Xu cupped his hands and waved to the boat next to him to row over.
Hou Xu's brother regained his freedom in life, smiled at Zhao Gong, and said to the people on the shore: "Move the money."
The wooden trough on the oxcart can be disassembled. The Huangjin people directly lifted the wooden trough. Only seven or eight people could lift one wooden trough, like ants moving, and transport it to the ship.
After a while, a boat loaded with bamboo slips also came to the shore. Hou Xu was not around, and the enemy also had an ambush. It was pointless for Zhao Gong to take action again, so he had to reluctantly complete the deal, barely reaching the original goal.
Purpose.
"Lieutenant Zhao, see you later."
Hou Xu, who was on the river in the distance, saw that the transaction was completed. He handed over his hands again, and the yellow scarves on the reed sides on both sides took out the hidden boats one after another, got on the boats and left.
Zhao Gong's face turned bitter. Xun He asked him to take all his things and people. Now that he has run away, how can he explain to him?