When Tie Mo sent a letter asking people to come and receive supplies, Cao Shengyu didn't take it too seriously.
But after arriving at Yanmen Pass, Cao Shengyu's eyes widened when he saw supplies worth hundreds of thousands of taels. He lit up the supplies and narrowed his eyes with a smile.
"Hey, be careful, this is a treasure. Among these supplies, this is the most valuable!"
Cao Shengyu was a little irritated when he saw the person in the cargo box, so he quickly said a few words of warning.
Tie Mo watched curiously and came over and asked: "Brother Cao, isn't this just a piece of porcelain? Is it really valuable?"
"Hey, my General Tie, do you know what my old Cao family does?"
"Makers of fur goods and grain!"
"That's wrong, what my old Cao family is really proficient in is the porcelain trade. The piece in front of you is not an ordinary antique. It is a Tang Sancai produced by the official kiln in the early Tang Dynasty. Very few of them have been handed down to this day. Look at this pattern, this
Flying birds..."
"Really?" Tie Mo looked at it for a long time but couldn't see anything special.
After Cao Shengyu talked for a while, he realized that he was talking to a cow, so he had to say: "This piece of porcelain may not be sold for a big price in our Shuntian Mansion, but if it is sent to Jiangnan, if it is less than 50,000 taels of silver, even if Cao has this pair
My eyes are blind."
"At least fifty thousand taels?"
"Well, absolutely!"
Tie Mo couldn't help but swallowed his saliva. On the one hand, he sighed at the wealth of the Jiangnan gentry, and on the other hand, he felt sad for Zhu Youjian.
The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River would rather spend 5,000 taels on a piece of porcelain than donate 5,000 taels of silver to the court for disaster relief.
Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian, please have some snacks.
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The war was raging near Taiyuan Mansion, but Tie Mo, who was responsible for escorting supplies, was extremely free.
On this day, following the convoy to a dense forest, Tie Mo asked the convoy to stop out of caution.
"Sangouzi, is Shouyang ahead of you?"
"Yes, Brother Dingshan is from Shouyang. He must be very familiar with this area. Unfortunately, he has returned to Zhangbei now!" Ruan Sangou looked at Tie Mo with strange eyes as he spoke.
I really can’t praise Tie Mo’s behavior of recognizing his father and selling his son. Brother Tie is so deceptive this time. My mother-in-law sold her son before she got married. I don’t know who can agree with Brother Tie’s behavior.
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Of course Tie Mo could tell that there was something in Ruan Sangou's words. He slapped Ruan Sangou with his hand and said angrily: "You know nothing? You will know later that it is all worth it. I admit that my father cheated his son. Isn't that right?"
If you want to save your brothers from death, you blame me."
"You can't say that. Do you think any of us Shanxi women would agree to let their son have someone else's surname? Brother Tie, I'm not telling you, it's not easy for you to find such an aunt!"
"Stop talking and hurry up and check out the situation!"
"Okay!" Ruan Sangou whistled and led a few people to the front to explore the terrain.
As soon as Ruan Sangou left, Tie Mo found a place to sit down and got sulky. Although Ruan Sangou's words didn't make sense, they were also true. Who wants their son to have someone else's surname these days? Are you treating him as an adopted son?
After a while, Ruan Sangou ran back with the people.
"Brother Tie, everything is normal in the forest ahead, you can pass!"
Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing were sitting not far away. At this time, they raised their heads and moved their lips, but made no sound.
Tie Mo pointed at Liu Guoneng and said with a smile: "Old Liu, if you have anything to say, just say it. We are brothers of life and death now, so don't have so many scruples."
"Okay, Tie Shouwei, take a look at the small village over there. Is there anything abnormal?"
Looking in the direction Liu Guoneng was pointing, there was a small village about five miles away. From a distance, the village only had about a dozen households and looked sparse.
Gradually, Tie Mo also noticed something was wrong.
It was now approaching noon, the time to light a fire for cooking, but there was not a wisp of smoke in the village.
Tie Mo frowned, but before he could say anything, Ruan Sangou already pulled at Liu Guoneng unhappily, "Old Liu, what do you mean? Are you saying that my Sangou has bad eyesight and can't find any enemies?"
"Brother Sangou, Liu didn't mean that!"
"Humph, what do you mean? I see..."
Tie Mo slapped Ruan Sangou on the back of the head and said angrily: "What the hell are you talking about? If there is nothing wrong, use your stupid brain. If there is no problem in the woods ahead, it proves that we are safe? Look over there.
It's time to light a fire for cooking, is there a wisp of smoke?"
"Don't always look down on Lao Liu. If it weren't for Lao Liu, our lives would have been lost in Taihe Ridge."
Ruan Sangou was usually afraid of nothing but Tie Mo. After being yelled at twice, he immediately lowered his head and stopped talking.
After leaving Ruan Sangou and Li Wanqing behind, Tie Mo and Liu Guoneng took two people, disguised themselves, and headed towards the small village in the northwest.
After five miles, we arrived in a blink of an eye. Before we entered the village, we felt a breath of deathly silence. People who are used to fighting on the battlefield are particularly sensitive to the smell of blood.
The whole village was silent, and there were no dogs barking or chickens crowing. Tie Mo could guarantee that something must have happened here.
The four people did not rush into the village, but hid in the poplar forest outside the village. After a while, several men walked out of the village entrance, holding hoes and shovels in their hands, but with weapons on their waists.
"Grandma is a bitch. In this hot weather, men have to do this kind of work."
"Okay, stop complaining. This is the first job we ask for. If we don't do it well, Mr. Lei will have to chop us alive."
After a few people walked away, Tie Mo winked at Liu Guoneng and followed him quietly.
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A river flows from east to west, crossing the village. The river is rushing and rolling, and more than twenty strong men are waving hoes and shovels on a high slope, constantly digging.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Tie Mo looked solemn and clenched his fists tightly with both hands.
These people want to dig down the embankment and divert the river water to the west.
The Heishui River is located between Shouyang and Yangqu. The water flow is gentle on weekdays, but due to a heavy rain in Taiyuan Prefecture, the water level surged.
If the embankment is dug and the river water flows westward into Yangqu, the casualties caused by that time are simply unimaginable.
"What a ruthless method. For the sake of selfishness, you would do such a heartless thing!"
Unlike Tie Mo's anger, Liu Guoneng seemed very calm.
"Tie Shouwei, it is understandable that you are angry, but for some people, this is normal. The more hungry people, the more refugees, the more people some people have in their hands. You are angry because you see less, Liu
Over the years, I have seen nothing crueler than this."
Tie Mo glanced at the surging river with a wry smile, and then quietly retreated with Liu Guoneng.
There are not only hundreds of thousands of people in Yangqu, but also soldiers and horses of Xuanfu and Datongfu are stationed outside Yangqu City.