Su Wu casually twisted off the copper lock and lifted the box, revealing a row of bright silver ingots in the box.

Each silver ingot has one or two,

There were fifty silver ingots in the box.

The current situation is chaotic, and prices are also soaring.

At this time, the purchasing power of copper coins cast in the Ming Dynasty fell continuously,

But the value of silver and gold is becoming stronger.

Now the war is fierce and dangerous.

The prices of livestock such as mules, horses, donkeys, and cattle that can carry goods have risen.

The strong mule that used to be bought for about ten yuan,

Nowadays, it takes twenty yuan, or even more, to buy a good mule that suits your wishes.

Not to mention the price of the horse.

War horses are the most needed.

Nowadays, horses are short of horses everywhere, and some soldiers even drive mules and donkeys as horses.

A real horse, even a slow horse, costs 40 or 50 yuan. A good war horse is worth hundreds of stalemates, or even hundreds of stalemates.

And it's easy to buy.

but,

If you exchange copper coins for silver,

Not to mention the price of a large animal like a horse—this is something that has no market value.

Like a good mule,

As long as it costs only twelve taels of silver at most, you can buy one!

Su Wu looked at the fifty taels of silver in the box.

He looked up at Cui Yulan again.

Cui Yulan pursed her mouth,

Turning back, I took off a clay pot from the cart carrying two beds.

She uncovered the mud seal of the clay pot and poured all the copper coins inside into the box containing fifty taels of silver.

Hurry,

It is well preserved in the clay pot, like newly cast copper coins scattered into the box.

The light of the yellow and white things shines brightly on the eyes.

"My family has only a little savings!" Cui Yulan said with great distress.

Zhaodi next to her saw this,

Suddenly a little embarrassed.

She didn't have much money.

But when she saw Zhaodi giving Su Wushao all the money, she couldn't even take out a penny, and she felt very embarrassed.

Hesitated for a moment,

Sister-in-law Zhaodi took off a copper hairpin from her head.

She also put it in the wooden box, and she said, "When I make money, I will repay Xiaolang for saving his life."

"Oh, my sister-in-law has misunderstood!" Cui Yulan hurriedly spoke and said to Zhaodi, "It turns out that I agreed with him to give him some money, which has nothing to do with my sister."

As she said that, she turned around and looked at Su Wu.

Su Wu picked up the copper hairpin and handed it back to Zhaodi.

This woman is just this thing,

But he was not good at taking advantage of Cui Yulan as he did, and he was: "You keep this hairpin, it is natural for Cui Yulan to give me money. You two are not in the same situation, don't take this to heart."

Cui Yulan nodded,

I felt quite aggrieved in secret.

He and Zhaodi's sister-in-law were rescued by him to survive.

So where is the situation different?

But she immediately thought,

Xiaolang only collected her money.

Not accepting Zhaodi's little sister-in-law's hairpin,

Doesn’t it mean that I am different from my sister-in-law?

Thinking of this, she became secretly happy again.

Su Wu didn't know how many subtle thoughts the two women had in these few breaths.

He dragged the wooden boxes full of wealth, a pile of ragged iron, into the shadows,

He said to the two: "We need to discuss an explanation,

After going back,

It's better to explain to the master,

Where did these silver, swords, guns and weapons come from?”

...

It's almost dusk,

Su Wu pushed the cart and rushed back to the stove team from the dirt road to the east.

The ironware wrapped in cloth on the tray,

As the vehicle bumps and collides, it makes a jingle sound.

The fat old man sitting on a bench smoking, saw Su Wu bringing the two of them back, and then narrowed his eyes.

After Su Wu put down the cart, he did not check what was on the car first.

First, I looked at the two women following Su Wu who were bowing.

On the left is Cui Yulan,

Melon-shaped face, willow eyebrows, almond eyes and peach cheeks, it looks like a man likes to be beautiful.

On the right is Zhaodi,

She has an oval face, big eyes, fair skin, and handsome appearance!

Li Yueshan opened his mouth and turned off the tobacco pot. While the second girl was not paying attention, he glared at Su Wu fiercely before pointing at Zhaodi and asked, "Big apprentice, what's going on with this girl?"

"Rescued from Shilihe Village." Su Wu replied calmly, explaining Zhaodi's origin clearly.

The fat old man observed the change in his apprentice's expression - he saw nothing,

But when my disciple said that Zhao Difu's family was killed by all the bandits,

Zhaodi's eyes were filled with tears.

The old man suddenly realized that what his apprentice said was true.

"There are no males in the village, are there any children?" the old man asked casually.

Seeing Zhaodi's expression suddenly became embarrassed,

He quickly changed the topic: "I am pitiful Shilihe Village, which was originally a big village, was a bunch of thieves and bandits to harm them. It's hateful these thieves and bandits, hateful--"

Speaking of the latter, Li Yueshan sighed.

The bandits are hateful,

But how could these thieves be the most hateful ones?

If you can eat enough, have something to do, and make money,

Not those born with malignant nature.

Who is willing to be a bandit who everyone calls for?

"Since the girl happened to be caught by my apprentice, she joined my team, and that would be a fate.

You and Magnolia,

From now on, I will be from my team." Zhaodi felt relieved after Li Yueshan said this.

She knelt down and kowtowed to Li Yueshan and thanked him.

Li Yueshan waved his hand and asked Cui Yulan to pull Zhaodi up.

He turned to see what was on the tram.

Two beds of quilts - moved out of Cui Yulan's house, they are all very simple.

Just as I could replace the bed in the temple with holes and fleas crawling everywhere.

A pack of things picked up with rags,
To be continued...