Chapter 207: Wealth and Silk Touching the Heart (Thanks to king-kang for floating red
Kang Baoshan nodded frantically and lowered his voice and said, "You understand, the leader spoke Turkic. He said he had a batch of Tuqishi coins in his hand and was willing to share them with us brothers."
Li Siye muttered in a low voice: "Why should I suddenly give money? Tell them to leave their belongings, otherwise their lives will be at risk!"
Kang Baoshan raised his head, managed to maintain his composure, and said, "Jiligulu~%$##"
After the leader of the big food caravan heard this, he babbled back a bunch of words.
"What did he say again?"
Kang Baoshan was stunned for a moment, then turned around and said: "He threatened us. He said that he was a merchant who supplied imperial supplies to the Caliphate family. If we dared to touch their goods, we would be enemies of the entire Uyama dynasty. The Caliph was furious.
A large army will be sent to attack, and when the time comes, the little Su Qishi will be destroyed."
"Fuck..." Li Siye raised the scimitar in his hand and shouted at the other party: "Jiligulu!"
The leader of the food caravan hurriedly raised his hands, waved them in the air in front of him, and muttered again.
"What are you talking about?"
"They said they were willing to give up half of their belongings in exchange for our favor."
This time, these big cannibals seemed to be more proactive. The business travelers leading the camels unloaded many silk packages wrapped in leather tubes from the humps. The number of packed wooden boxes was exactly half of the total cargo.
"So refreshing?" Li Siye nodded in surprise and whispered to Kang Baoshan: "Ask them how much these belongings are worth."
Translator Kang immediately translated it, and the other party answered in a jittery voice. After Kang got the answer, he told Li Siye: "The money is worth fifty thousand dinar gold coins, or three million Tang Tong Bao, or more than four million Tuqi."
Give money.”
Li Siye made some calculations in his mind and thought it was enough to pay and do good deeds. He immediately whispered: "Tell them, agree! Let them pass!"
He waved to Yuan Tao and others who were blocking the caravan, and quickly moved out of the way.
The leader of Dashi was not in a hurry to escape, but instead raised his hand to hug his chest and muttered again.
This time, without waiting for Li Siye's prompting, Kang Baoshan took the initiative to translate: "The elders of the caravan praised you as a virtuous and restrained bandit, not blinded by greed, and a true wise man."
Li Siye raised his head and thought for a moment, then tugged at the thick beard stuck to his chin and asked, "Could you be scolding me with these words?"
Kang Baoshan waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No, no, definitely not. These big food, the Persians are the most outspoken, and have not yet learned to curse in a roundabout way like the Han people."
"Ha," Li Siye waved his palm and patted Kang Baoshan on the head: "Hurry up and move the goods!"
The food caravan walked away calmly amidst the eager attention of everyone. They all sat upright, unhurried and unhurried, as if they were not the ones who had just been robbed.
Everyone carried the goods and loaded them on the horses, dressed up as Sogdian merchants, and headed back to the city. It turned out that a dozen people from the Sixth Regiment were following Yuan Tao, looking at these goods that could be exchanged for real gold and copper coins.
Thoughts inevitably arose in my mind.
One of them rode his horse close to the Brigade Marshal and said in a low voice: "This time we contributed half of our troops and our efforts. Can we share half of the wealth we receive?"
Yuan Tao turned around and scolded: "What are you thinking? We are being hijacked by others this time. Once we participate in sharing the spoils, it is equivalent to joining the bandits. Do you want to be a soldier? Or do you want to be a thief?"
"This robbery was led by Lieutenant Li. We are soldiers, so what is he?"
Yuan Tao raised his head and glanced at Li Siye's broad back in front of him, and said with contempt: "He is a scum who has sneaked into our Tang army. I don't know how he achieved the position of captain. He will not last long, and he will be punished if he does many unjust things."
Kill yourself, you just wait and see. We will only do this once, both sides have the evidence, and there is no need to worry about him going to report and pursue Zhao Lieutenant for misappropriating money."
"I don't understand why Yuan Lu is so stubborn. The robbery has been done, but he doesn't take the money, let alone the big cannibal. Now there are still twelve dead brothers whose family members have not been resettled, and we only rely on our brothers.
How many years and months will we be able to collect the salary of a few people? The imperial court is unkind to us, so why should we adhere to the law and principles."
Yuan Tao said angrily: "Do you know that robbery and taking money are two different things! If you don't participate in dividing the spoils, you will not be guilty. Once you participate in dividing the spoils, there will be a second and third time! Don't forget Zhao Xiaowei
How was he taken out and thrown into prison!"
Li Siye was in the front and could vaguely hear their arguments behind him. He sighed in his heart that this barbarian spirit would never be lacking in any era.
However, he admired Yuan Tao's integrity very much. Even after being tricked by his superiors, he did not give up his moral values and values. He was truly a good border guard.
Just as he was thinking this, Yuan Tao chased him with fifteen cavalry, and he bowed his hand to Li Siye on the horse: "Since the matter here is over, and you have enough manpower to transport goods, we will leave the team.
How about leaving first and returning to another city?"
Do you want to stay away from criminal evidence, or are you unwilling to associate with bandits like me?
Li Siye waved his hand calmly and said: "In this case, I won't keep you, Yuan Lu, you have a share of this treasure..."
"Hold on," Yuan Tao interrupted him immediately: "We just agreed to help you do this kind of thing. We will never take this ill-gotten gain. You, Captain Li, value your kindness very much."
He held the horse's reins with both hands, turned the horse's head, and led his brothers to run away. Among the people following him, several people turned around and looked at the belongings of Li Siye and others hunched on the horse with nostalgia.
, sighed a few times and walked away angrily.
Li Siye watched them leave, turned around and said to Tian Zhen beside him: "Yuan Tao and the dozen or so people around him, most of them hold official positions such as captains, captains, etc. in our eighth regiment. As long as we gather them back, we will be able to win."
The hearts of half the people of the Eighth Regiment.”
Tian Zhen said doubtfully: "Why do I feel that doing this is counterproductive? Didn't you see that Yuan Tao kept a distance from you?"
Li Siye shook his head and laughed: "On the surface, he refused resolutely, but he had already made a move in his heart, not to mention that the people around him were also ready to make a move. Half of the matter is already done, and the other half is up to us to solve the worries and money.
The silk is touching."
They led the horses over the Boda Ridge on foot and headed toward Shule Town along the mountain road.
There are several types of hard currencies active in the market of the four towns in Anxi, and they have stable exchange ratios. The first one is Kaiyuan Tongbao. Although the quantity is large and inconvenient to carry, it is the legal tender of the Tang Dynasty and is circulated throughout the Tang Dynasty.
The second type is silk silk cloth. The silk cloth mentioned here is not the high-end purple ripe cotton silk, but ordinary raw silk. The value of one piece is between 450 and 500 yuan, which is more stable than Kaiyuan Tongbao.
Tongbao is a hard currency. Tongbao is often affected by bad currencies and depreciates in value, but the value of silk is stable, and even in the vast Central Asia region, it is used as a yardstick to measure prices.
The third type is gold and dinar gold coins. People in the Central Plains also call them Susan gold coins. Because gold is scarce and precious, it is easy to carry. Businessmen who ruled the Persian region brought gold to Anxi, and some came as far away as Chang'an.
, buy a large amount of paper, coffee tables and silk and ship them back, and your income can be doubled.
There is also pepper from Tianzhu, which is also an expensive hard currency and becomes more expensive as you go south. It has almost become a luxury product with the same value as gold. In most cases, its price even far exceeds that of gold.
It is the favorite condiment of local dignitaries.
Li Siye and the others exchanged these robbed goods for six stones of pepper from a Hu merchant from Tianzhu in the market of Shule Town. Pepper is easier to carry and store than other goods, and it is easy to sell, even if it is
Carrying several kilograms of pepper to the door of an official to give a gift seems quite impressive. Just like the advertisement said, Yuan Zheng will not accept gifts this year, only black pepper will be accepted.
He personally escorted the pepper to Qiuci, and only sold three stones of it, earning a fortune of 1.5 million. This is enough to prove that as long as you are willing to run away, you can gain more. If it is transported to Chang'an