The young man thought in his mind. If it were an ordinary money tax, it would certainly be nothing to these silk and satin shops that were making a lot of money every day. But if untimely things like rawhide were added, it would be hard to say. You know,
Raw hides are unique to the grasslands. Except for the Turks and Uighurs in Mobei, only the Khitans in Jibei have a large amount of pasture. If merchants in Chang'an City want to find a sum of raw hides, they can only exchange them from these herdsmen.
If it's a fair exchange, that's fine. After all, everyone gets what they need.
But if the herdsmen learn about the eagerness of the traders and come to beat the autumn wind like those Turkic women, will these traders be forced to vomit blood as compensation?
It is not necessarily that the imperial court was not considerate of the people, but there is no doubt that the lower-level officials were exploiting them.
Alas, harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, and harsh government is fiercer than a tiger!
He bought three pieces of Su silk from Haoji Silk Shop and asked Hao Chun to send two of them back to his home as gifts to the two young ladies. Li Kuo himself took one piece of Su silk and presented it to Ni Xin. Now that they were familiar with each other,
Being familiar with the road, as soon as he entered the inn, Li Kuo climbed straight to the second floor and headed towards the guest room on the north side.
"My guest, my guest."
Just as Li Kuo was about to knock on the door, the inn's waiter trotted over and followed him.
"Sir, are you looking for the lady who lives in this room?"
The waiter was panting and wiped his sweat with the sweat towel on his shoulder and asked.
"Not bad, she..."
"She checked out of the hotel early this morning and moved out. She also told me that if a young master comes to see him, he should tell the truth!"
The waiter was sincere, and he didn't even ask for the reward from the young man, so he confided everything Miss Ni told him.
"Oh, thank you." Li Kuo nodded to the waiter to express his gratitude.
This Ni Xin is really interesting! She obviously has interest in her, but she refuses to say it out. I must have annoyed her last night, right?
Now that this was done, the young man sighed, turned around, went downstairs, and walked out of the inn.
"Creak!" The wooden door slowly opened, and watching the young man leave the inn, Ni Xin leaned against the door frame and shed a line of tears.
This idiot!
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"How are you, brothers? Three Peach Gardens, Four Seasons Wealth, Five Leaders, Six Six Successes, Seven Qiao Sisters, Eight Horses and Two Flying Wines, fill them up with wine, all for you!"
In the military camp on the outskirts of Chang'an City, the bronze warriors were drinking and fist-fighting. Their general was not in the army these days, and they finally had a moment of leisure. If they didn't reward themselves at this time, wouldn't they be really sorry for themselves?
"Come on, come on, give it to General Dou!" Seeing that Dou Qing made a mistake again, Pu Dachui laughed and brought the wine glass to him.
"Hey, let me tell you, Lao Pu, you are not kind. This is already the third time. How can you still feed me so hard?"
Dou Qing was not someone to be bullied, and when he saw Pu Dachui acting like this, he also got angry.
"Hey, hey, didn't you say it wrong? Didn't you say it wrong?" Pu Dachui explained with narrowed eyes, making it difficult for anyone to make a mistake. Although he was usually very carefree, he really had a lot of evil thoughts.
"Well, tell me, what do you say you are good at? Whatever you say you want to play, we, Lao Pu, will play with you!"
"That's what you said!" Dou Qing slapped the table and said, "Let's compare the size!"
Pu Dachui scratched his head and said: "Comparing size?"
"Yes, compare the sizes!" Dou Qing nodded and said: "There are three dices in total. I shake them like this. If the total is less than ten points, it is considered small, and if it is greater than eleven points, it is considered large!"
"This is simple!" Pu Dachui was delighted when he heard it. There was nothing fancy about this thing, so it was most suitable for him.
Everyone present was from the military, so they just did what they said. In a short time, the tables originally filled with wine and food were cleared away and placed on the table with chips and dice for betting.
Everyone took a deep breath and stared at the proposer, Dou Qing.
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"Keep him down, hold him down, his grandma is a bear, I said to hold him down, you can hold him down as big as a hammer!" Pu Dachui angrily pushed Wang Xiaochun on the head, cursing in his mouth.
The sum of the three sieves thrown this time is less than ten, which means that all of Pu Sledgehammer's chips have been placed in the center of the table.
"Hey, brother Sledgehammer, let me tell you, the tides are turning. Thirty years from Hedong to thirty years from Hexi, you should have lost twice." Dou Qing smiled and brought the handful of money to his side and said to him.
Pu Dachui joked.
"Humph, don't be too happy too early. It was Xiaochun who was disobedient before. This time I, Lao Pu, go into battle in person and must win back the situation!" Pu Dachui was not a good person, so he straightened his joystick when he saw this.
I vowed to win back all the money I lost.
"Okay, Brother Sledgehammer, what I want is your exhilaration. Come on, put in all the money and chips, come on!"
Dou Qing ordered with a smile, as if the money would fall into his hands the next moment.
"Brother Sledgehammer, what do you guess?"
"It goes without saying that I'm overstating the younger one!" Pu Dachui put his hands across his chest and said resolutely.
"Okay! Then I'll start!" After saying that, Dou Qing shook the pottery cup. He shook it faster and faster, and the eyes of everyone present fell on his hand.
"Open!" Hearing a loud shout, Dou Qing stopped his hand. "Are you really suppressing me?"
"No need to worry, I'll be humbled!"
Dou Qing nodded and slowly opened the pottery cup.
"Twelve o'clock, twelve o'clock, it's big!" Dou Qing beamed as soon as he saw the three sieves. "Brother Sledgehammer, you lost again!"
"This, how is this possible!" Pu Dachui put his head in his hands and cursed in frustration. This was his salary for half a year, and this was the money he saved to marry his wife. Just like that, lost it all in one day?
"No, I, Lao Pu, want to win back my salary for next year!"
Dou Qing smiled and said: "Okay, since Brother Pu you are so generous, I will sacrifice my life to accompany you, and I will pay for my salary next year!"
Just when Dou Qing was about to start shaking, a messenger stumbled into the camp and said: "It's not good, it's not good... General, General, he is back!"
"Sir General, tell me clearly!" Pu Dachui grabbed the man's collar and scolded him.
"It's General Li, Li Bingmao... Li Bingmao has brought him back!"
The messenger was shaking like chaff and said these words that shocked everyone extremely.
ah!
At this time, all the bronze warriors present were stunned and petrified.