It was late at night, and Ren Ning felt sorry for Zhui Feng, so he did not continue on his way.
After finding a place with leeward wind, he dismounted and rested.
Check your surroundings regularly to make sure everything is safe.
In the past few days, there has finally been a sense of approaching winter, and the north wind on the grassland has become biting every day.
It was still quite cold at night, but after Ren Ning finished feeding the horse, he closed his clothes and lay on the ground and fell asleep in the blink of an eye.
Early the next morning, the morning star was still high in the sky.
Ren Ning ate something, and after clearing his mind, he headed towards the Kailun tribe.
These days, the Kailun people are far more vigilant than the Benlu tribe.
As soon as his horse saw the continuous tents, four or five horsemen came towards them with weapons.
Seeing that it was Ren Ning, the other party was overjoyed. After a few greetings, he quickly turned his horse around and welcomed him back like stars holding the moon.
As soon as he returned to the tribe, the three clan leaders and his party happily greeted him.
Several people had big dark circles in their eyes.
"The horse thieves came and attacked last night?" Ren Ning asked.
"Here we come." Allen always speaks quickly.
He said cheerfully, "This time the horse thieves did not dare to spread their forces too far. More than fifty people attacked the western edge of the tribe together, which was just a random attack. The other twenty people were just like Brother Ning said yesterday. They were broken into pieces. I want to
Sneak in and save people."
"Fortunately, we were prepared. Although we lost some livestock pens, we didn't let them take advantage of it too much. Three of them were left behind, and five horses were seriously injured."
"That's good." Ren Ning nodded.
He did not ask how many of the Kailun tribe had died.
The horse thieves are one less dead, and the Kailun tribe can definitely afford to die for the time being.
"Brother Ning," Youmeng punched Ren Ning with emotion, "You didn't show up last night, and everyone was worried about what happened to you."
"You were brought here to help me by Youmeng. Fortunately, you are okay, otherwise I would be guilty of a hundred deaths..."
"Don't worry! Am I that easy to get into trouble?" Ren Ning laughed and comforted You Meng.
Then, he took out Huang Chengcheng's earrings and asked, "Chief, do you recognize these earrings?"
"It's definitely not my daughter's." The three clan leaders said firmly.
Ren Ning's face darkened a bit, "Take it and take a good look at it."
Perhaps because Xiliang has few mines, not only women like to wear metal accessories, but men are no exception. Earrings are one of them.
The three clan leaders knew that Ren Ning would not take pleasure in him, so they quickly recognized him carefully.
"It's very familiar. I seem to have seen it on someone before." He looked ashamed, "It's just that I didn't sleep all night, and I was so dizzy that I couldn't remember it for a while."
Ren Ning was not prepared to whet his appetite, "These are the earrings of the leader of the Benlu clan. Do you recognize them?"
Ouch!
"That's right." The head of the three tribes slapped his thigh, "I wonder why it looks so familiar. It turns out to be that bastard's earrings."
Soon everyone in the tent reacted, and their eyes suddenly fell to the floor.
"Brother Ning, you...you went to the Benlu tribe last night?" Allen's tongue was a little knotted.
Ren Ning nodded, "The horse thief let me go yesterday. I had nothing to do, so I went to greet the Benlu tribe."
"They should be very lively now," he said.
"What's the excitement?" A bunch of people couldn't help but crane their necks.
"It's a funeral." Ren Ning smiled.
"The patriarch's family seems to have some physical and mental problems. Although I am just a stranger passing by, they did not hesitate to send a bunch of things. And Benlu can have a feast today."
Ren Ning saw a lot of good things, but he couldn't take out most of them. He had to take out a stack of banknotes and find a place to hide the other valuable ones.
When money is tight, you can go over and take it out for use.
The hands of the heads of the three tribes were shaking a little, "Are you really going to... poison me?"
"No." Ren Ning shook his head lightly, "The harm will not affect ordinary people. I will not do such an immoral thing as poisoning water sources."
The three clan leaders breathed a sigh of relief and soon became energetic again.
Benlu is not like the Kailun tribe, which has three chiefs. All its power is in the hands of the only chief.
Now that the clan leader and his family are gone, the entire clan will probably be in chaos for a long time. This is definitely good news for Kailun.
For a moment, the eyes of the three clan leaders were gleaming.
He slapped Allen, "Why are you still dazed? It's such great news, why don't you go and invite the chief and the second chief over to discuss it."
Allen looked at Ren Ning subconsciously.
Ren Ning did not stop him, but just smiled faintly, "My move is called beheading. But since I can behead, others will do the same. So you should be careful when you come down."
The three clan leaders were startled, and sweat suddenly appeared on their foreheads. He looked around and felt that there was a serious crisis.
"Brother Ning, when will you leave?"
He had asked about the situation before and knew that Ren Ning came out this time to find a herbal medicine and that his time was limited.
"No rush." Ren Ning smiled: "Zhui Feng likes the horse food here in Kailun, and he wants to keep it for a few more days."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but look at him gratefully.
The military horse rations in the fortress were many times more expensive than those in Kailun. The horse rations were naturally an excuse, but Ren Ning just wanted to stay and use Kailun's power to kill all the Xiliang scouts.
This was originally a matter of helping and benefiting each other.
But in the hearts of everyone in Kailun at this time, the Ren Ning in front of them was almost like the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saved people from suffering.
Well,
They believe in the wolf god, not the Bodhisattva.
Soon, the other two clan leaders rushed over excitedly.
The patriarch was old and almost fell down. But he was not angry at all, but smiled even happier.
Ren Ning did not participate in their tribal development plan.
Instead, he returned to his tent and closed his eyes to rest.
But he had enough rest last night and couldn't sleep for a while, so he got up and took out the banknotes to count.
Each banknote represents one hundred taels of silver, and he holds a thick stack in his hand, which adds up to thirty thousand taels.
Make a lot of money.
He only earns a little over one tael per month, and it takes him more than 2,500 years to save thirty thousand taels. It is enough to save from ancient times to the present.
The only regrettable thing about Xiliang's economic development is that the banknotes it generates are not recognized by any surrounding country except Xiliang itself.
Unlike the wealthy Yunchui, not only the banknotes issued, but also the language and way of thinking have a certain market in surrounding countries.
But this is not a problem.
The Yunchui Empire does not accept banknotes from Xiliang, but the caravans coming and going do.
Ren Ning shook the stack of banknotes thoughtfully.
Both Kailun and Benlu are just small tribes on the grassland, and most of the things they buy and sell are bartered. For example, cattle and sheep are exchanged for Yunhang cloth and coarse salt.
Relatively speaking, large amounts of cash are not of much use because they cannot be used around here.
The thirty thousand taels of cash in front of me is definitely a lot of money. It was probably used by the Xiliang Royal Court to bribe small tribes like Benlu and use them as cannon fodder.
But it belongs to Ren Ning now.
He silently put the money away and poured it on the bed.
There will be some loss when exchanging money. If the thirty thousand taels of Xiliang banknotes are exchanged for Yunchui banknotes, there will probably be more than 28,000 taels left.
Such a sum of money is not that small in Yunchui Imperial Capital. It can at least buy a big house with four to five rooms.
Of course, it's the kind that's not in a good location.
Thinking of this, Ren Ning turned over.
Five years ago, one of his aunts got married, and the bottom of the dowry was a full 50,000 taels!