Chapter Fifty-Four
He Libo took a bite of food and drank a sip of wine, looked at the two beaten people who were dejected, and then at Wang Pang, who was holding a wine glass in one hand but not bringing it to his lips. After watching for a long time, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he put the wine glass on the table.
As soon as he put it down, he knocked it on the wooden table, and the wine glass made a "pang" sound. The three of them looked at him at the same time.
"I'm talking about Yin Shijie and you, Yu Danian. Aren't the two of you whining and sighing just some money? Just treat it as money to buy a lesson." He Libo was also angry when he saw the two of them being beaten, but they were still young.
They were both in their early twenties, and after chatting with each other a few times, they seemed to get better at talking. In addition, He Libo had a straight-tempered manner.
Yin Shijie and Yu Danian looked at each other and seemed to have endless grievances. Yu Danian said: "This business is not profitable to begin with, and I don't know how to go back and explain to the villagers if I stay with them for a while."
"What kind of business do you do?" He Libo couldn't help but be curious.
"Oh, let's just say it. Anyway, we are trying to take a new path, but we will still hit a wall in the end?" Yin Shijie said [
He Libo listened to them and ate his food, nodding his head to show that he was listening.'
Among the two, the tall and thin one with a long face is named Yin Shijie and the other is fat and fat. The two brothers are cousins and are from Jincheng County, Zezhou.
Listen to what Yin Shijie said: "In the past two years, the merchants have charged very low prices for the coal we have produced. They say that the price cannot be sold in the capital, and the tax is still high. The folks heard that there are many officers and soldiers near Yanzhou, so we directly
If you sell it here, you can make more money, so here it is."
He Libo said: "How is it? Did you make a lot of money?"
Yu Danian's big round face curled up with a smile: "What are you making? Let's go to Bianjing first to have a look. It's really high. The tax is twenty kilograms per load. That's quite a lot. The tax here is not high."
It’s lower than that of Bianjing, and it also depends on the mood of the official. If you’re happy, smoke less. If you’re not happy, it’s not new to smoke fifty kilograms in one load. I just want to do it here. And our legs are not strong enough.
ah."
Wang Pang looked at the three people in front of him. To be sure, those who came back from the horse market had been in a trance. The woman wearing a white veil and a white dress riding a white horse in the distance stood in front of the Xixia village flag.
Who is the person next to that woman? Wang Pang really hates that his jade is not the one who can understand people's hearts. He even hopes that it is Liang Yuexia. But if she is really Yuexia, Wang Pang dare not think about it. This kind of heartache
It's something so close yet seems so far away.
The sound of He Libo squatting down with a glass of wine pulled him back from his thoughts. He looked at He Libo. He Libo did not look at Wang Pang, but ate leisurely and chatted with the two men. He thought of He Libo.
Bo has followed him all the way since his mentor disappeared. A few days ago, he promised Brother He that he would try his best to help him. If he didn't cheer up, he would not be doing anything wrong to him.
Wang Pang said, "This is really unreliable." At this time, he turned his attention from his meditation to their side.
Yin Shijie responded: "That's right, our donkey can only carry a hundred kilograms if it is overstretched."
He Libo didn't explain that it would be quite profitable to sell it to the capital.
Yin Shijie took a sip of the wine in the glass and said slowly while pouring the wine: "Listen, I'm just talking about the tax collected when entering the city gate. You can't go into the city to set up a stall to sell, you have to go to a special carbon
Sold at the market. There is also a tax here. Let’s just say that we can’t stop entering any city along the way. When we pass through prefectures, cities, prefectures and counties, even at the post station checkpoints, there is a tax. It’s not a charge to feed the horses along the way. Let’s put it this way.
If we want to protect our capital, we have to carry two hundred kilograms per load."
The king saluted Zhong Yi and said, "Master Zhong, these two men robbed my banknotes. I snatched them back. As soon as Zhong Yi heard the order, he took the two thieves to the hall."
Wang Pang said, Sir, they have accomplices, please inform the county, and the official diplomacy will detain their accomplices after receiving such a banknote.
As expected, Zhong Yi ordered the government officials to go to the plainclothes shop for sales.
Wang Pang then followed Zhong Yi back to the hall and saw Yu Danian and Yin Shijie kneeling under the hall. Yu Danian still looked confused, aggrieved and wronged, while Yin Shijie stared at Wang Pang.
Wang Pang smiled and said to Zhongyi: "Thank you, sir."
Zhong Yi was about to go to court when he was stopped by Wang Pang, "Sir, wait a minute, wait until the accomplice arrives and try again."
There are two thousand words in the article, but it is actually two hours. From the time He Libo took Wang Pang, who was interested in watching horses, from the horse market back to Di's shop, to the time when he drank and chatted with the two downstairs of Di's shop, it only took an hour or two.
. Before the wine was enough to get him excited, Wang Pang estimated that the people who cheated horses out of money were greedy and would not pay half a trip in exchange for the money.
This jiaozi was only used in the Song Dynasty, and only official jiaozi shops could exchange it for silver. Let’s catch the money exchanger first.
Yin Shijie was dissatisfied and said: "Speaking to you, Wang Pang, why did you steal our banknotes and then bite back? Are you going to interrogate me whenever you ask me to interrogate you?" [
Zhong Yi said: "The thief still dares to deny it. Come on, open your mouth."
Even though Zhong Yi looked like a half-literary man, he seemed a bit dignified, so Wang Pang quickly stopped him.
Yu Danian pulled Yin Shijie to signal him to stop talking. Originally, they were both bruised and swollen after being beaten, and they wanted to investigate whether the matter of buying and selling horses should be investigated.
He Libo also chased after him. Wang Pang whispered a few words to him, and He Libo turned around and went out.
Yu Danian and Yin Shijie's knees were numb. Looking at what Wang Pang and the county magistrate were whispering, Zhong Yi frowned, smiled, looked doubtful, and finally nodded.
About half an hour later, the yamen servant indeed brought two people.
These two people were quite unlucky. Seeing that the horse market was almost over, they changed their clothes and led the horses into the county town. They wanted to exchange the banknotes for silver. The shopkeeper took one look at them and gave them to the plainclothes servants.
In a daze, he was locked up and taken to the county government office.
Zhong Yi asked Wang Pang to identify the banknote. Wang Pang took it out and compared it and said that it was right, it was exactly the same.
The county magistrate ordered the government officials to search for the man who cashed the banknotes, and upon searching they found the military symbols of the Xixia soldiers. Zhongyi ordered the two generals to be sent to the military camp stationed in Yanzhou. They did not care what happened to the military camp.
At this time, He Libo also returned to the government office with the stolen horse. When Wang Pang saw this, he and Zhong Yi looked at each other and smiled.
The horses paid homage to the county government, and Yu Danian and Yin Shijie got the money back. When they returned to the di shop, they felt really hungry, so they simply asked the waiter to deliver the food and wine to the di shop room. The two of them treated Wang Pang to a banquet and said goodbye.
After three rounds of drinking, Yu Danian said, I said to Mr. Wang, "Just tell us, why did you make us kneel for so long?"
He Libo laughed and said: "Who asked you to scold the person who proposed the banknote? Don't you know it is Mr. Wang?"
Yu Danian giggled twice: "We will follow the young master from now on. When we go back this time, we will finish the things arranged by the young master first, and we will wait for the young master in Jincheng, Zezhou."
Yin Shijie asked: "The banknotes are all the same, how can you identify the banknotes?" When he asked, everyone looked at Wang Pang.
Wang Pang smiled and said: "Of course you don't understand the affairs of the official family, but you can't talk about it." He thought, what's so difficult about this? When he wrote to Renzong at the Chrysanthemum Banquet, he also mentioned that printing is divided according to states, and states have different codes.
.These are the passwords hidden in Jiaozi’s banknotes. They have other uses, and I can’t tell them for the time being.
Chapter completed!