Chapter 1414 Fighting
Tai'an Mountain City was integrated, but the city was not big, and the imperial guards arrived, so the city became the residence of the emperor and all the officials of the emperor. The people and merchants in the city all made their way out and temporarily lived outside the city.
Several new camps were built outside the city and countless tents were set up.
More than 300,000 officials, soldiers, civilians, scholars, merchants, etc. who accompanied him were very lively on the neatly planned ground.
A long pole carries an apricot and yellow pennant with a big wine letter on it.
Below is an open space surrounded by a cloth curtain, with more than ten tables and chairs inside. An old man with white beards takes his son, daughter-in-law and his family sells wine here.
The old man's three sons are more dull than the other, but the three daughters-in-law are like each other, especially when they make jokes with those who come to drink, they look very handy.
Because their business is quite good, many men come to drink. It is naturally impossible to sell too good wine in the open-air business, that is, the gravy made from the lees sold by the lees, or the Erguotou made from sorghum.
They are all strong but relatively cheap wines. They are served with some fried beans or dried tofu, sour bamboo shoots, or some pork head meat and other cooked foods. Of course, it is very pleasant to take advantage of a few little bosses. Although they only ask for a few verbal precautions, these people have been happy for a long time.
Several sisters-in-law seemed to be used to it, and they smiled and slapped the hands they reached out, and cursed those who took advantage of the words. But the more they did, the happier the rude men. And the old man seemed to be invisible to the three sons, and they only focused on making wine or cutting pork heads and mixing cold dishes.
Most of the people who drink here are the coolies in the team, or the coachman, who are hardworking workers, etc. When they have some free time, they will get out of fire in three or five. Most of them are thick and burly, and they speak vulgarly. Some people, in the cold winter, can drink two taels of wine and pull open their chests to reveal the large black breast hair.
The wine is strong enough, the food is delicious, and there are still a few young women who can tease it, so the men naturally like to come and visit.
While eating, drinking, chatting and laughing, someone lifted the curtain and came in, but there were more than a dozen men wearing Mobei leather robes, all tall and burly, and they were obviously Hu people.
The leader was a man with a big belly and sniffed his nose.
"It's this taste. I just like this wine, so I'll give me wine."
A woman smiled and walked forward, "Oh, this is a distinguished guest, but we only have ordinary wines here, but there are no famous wines."
"I don't like any famous wine master. I'm used to drinking the wine you have here in Mobei, so I have to cook a knife and then add some wine and food. Don't worry, the money will not be less than you."
As he said that, the big man took out a piece of pork waist and threw it on the table.
That piece of silver weighs at least five taels.
The woman was shocked.
Although the Qin Dynasty does not limit copper coins and silk to currency transactions, it also uses gold and silver. The ones available are all minted gold dragon coins and silver dragon coins. These large silver ingots are rare.
"What? Not enough?"
As he said that, the big man took another piece from his arms and threw it in front of the woman, "Go and have a drink."
Ten taels of silver, according to the current water card, it can be exchanged for at least twenty cents of money. Their wine is not expensive. Even if they drink enough and add a few servings, it will not exceed a hundred coins. If you throw her 20,000 yuan at this moment, how many days will it take to do business?
"Yes, yes, I'll bring you a drink to the guest immediately and wait."
The woman quickly picked up the silver and did not forget to hold it in her hand and take a closer look.
The Qin Dynasty was prosperous, the people's transactions increased, and the money shortage became heavier. Therefore, the imperial court increased the minting of copper coins and put it into the market, and also began to mint gold and silver coins to enter the market to alleviate the money shortage.
But the output of gold, silver and copper in the Qin Dynasty was not high, so the price of gold and silver has been rising again and again. In the past, one tael of gold and eight guan, but now it has been ten guan. Originally, one tael of silver was discounted by one tael of silver, and now it is even more expensive than two thousand.
A silver coin is one tael, but it only contains 88% silver. The same is true for gold coins. However, a gold coin is still ten jin, while a silver coin is still valuable for two jin.
Such a piece of sterling silver can be used to go to a bank or gold shop, but it is more than twenty cents.
The woman smiled and handed two ingots of silver to her father-in-law.
The old man glanced at her twice, then directly brought a jar of wine to her, "The best Erguotou has not been mixed with any water."
The old man's eldest son glanced at the Hu people and whispered, "A group of local beggars from Mobei can't even pay for the good goods. You can buy two jars of good wine for ten taels of silver."
The old man ignored his son's words. He had been paying attention since the group of Hu people came in. The big belly Hu people were definitely not ordinary Hu merchants or anything like that. This man had a sense of courage in his sub-generals and a hint of nobleness as a superior. Therefore, he guessed that this might be the nobleman from Mobei who came to worship the emperor.
The old man picked up a few pig intestines, pig lungs, pig hearts, and dried tofu from the brine and started cutting them. Although he was once a veteran, he had already retired from the army and returned home. Now he has land at home and a small wine shop in Tai'an City. When the emperor came, his family has vacated it.
Taking advantage of the crowds, I simply put a curtain here and put a table and chairs on it to carry on the guise.
It is easy to make money if you sell such cheap wine and food. Even if you sell them, you can make a lot of money in a day, which can be worth the investment in the past ten days in a day.
Although the crude guys who came like to take advantage of their daughters-in-law, they are just verbal, and the old man doesn't care. After all, they are all small people in the market, and this is not a big deal.
Cut the braised mandarin, turned my head and looked at the table and chairs. Well, when the Hu people arrived, they were already full and there were no spaces left. Today's business is really good. When we meet a generous Hu people, we can last several days a day.
But the good times don't last long.
A burst of rapid footsteps came, and the curtain surrounded was suddenly pulled open.
The curtain was pulled open and several tables were poured down. The people at the table who were drinking happily immediately jumped up in dissatisfaction and cursed.
But then, twenty or thirty people suddenly jumped out from behind the torn curtain.
The leader of the man, wearing a sheepskin robe, took the lead in rushing in with a horizontal knife in his hand.
They were silent, but they were full of evil spirits.
The angry drinker was immediately frightened and ran away.
Only the big-bellied man who had just opened the seal and smelled the aroma of wine in the jar, snorted coldly in dissatisfaction. Not only did he not run away, he directly pulled out his waist knife. The more than 20 people around him also immediately drew the sword, lifting the bones and lifting the bones.
The two groups of Hu people had no words. When they met, they would add swords and greet each other desperately.
These people are extremely fierce and bloody.
In a blink of an eye, four or five people fell down each, and blood splattered all over the floor.
The big-bellied man slashed with a big machete and even cut off a guy who rushed in. The man who led the way in stabbed a big-bellied man to death with one knife.
These people almost thought that they had a life of fate, no one retreated or escaped, but just slashed with their heads.
The sword sees flesh, and the move is deadly.
The old man selling wine stood aside with a kitchen knife and called his sons and daughters-in-law to retreat.
But the old man didn't leave.
"Grandma, leave here quickly."
"You go, I have to stay here. After a while, I have to find them to accompany me for the money for wine and food, tables, chairs, cloth curtains and wine covers!" The old man had a kitchen knife in his hand, but his whole body exuded the fierce old man's aura. Surprisingly, no one dared to provoke him. Perhaps the two groups of Hu people didn't care about other people at all.
In a moment, a piece of land was already lying down.
The man with a big belly was dead, and he was the only one left. He was also stabbed several times and bleeding continuously.
The man sneered.
"Bah, I have a request before I die."
"Tell me!" The handsome man who brought the people in later was covered in blood, and there were still seven or eight people standing behind him.
"I just bought a jar of good wine, but I haven't had time to drink it yet. It's not too late to kill me after drinking it."
As he said that, he threw the knife directly, then picked up the wine jar, poured it into his mouth, the wine flowed down, and the man drank in big mouthfuls.
After drinking it happily, he threw the wine jar, "It's good to be happy, I won't lose money if I die."
"Then go and die."
The big man sneered, "Xue Yantuo's dog thieves, you will pay the price for your arrogance. Where is this? This is at the foot of Mount Tai, the emperor is approaching, but you dare to openly attack and kill our Uighur mission. The saints will preside over justice for us!"
The samurai Xue Yantuo, whose identity was revealed, did not hide it. He just stepped forward coldly, raised his sword and cut off the strong man's head with one knife.
"Damn Uighur dog thief, even if I run to the ends of the world, I will fulfill my vow and kill you. Now I have finally fulfilled my vow. Aye Niang and the brothers and sisters of the tribe, I avenge you. The dog thief who killed you was cut off by me personally, and you can rest in peace."
The sound of rapid footsteps came.
The brigade of imperial guards arrived.
The shield soldiers wearing bright armor stood in front and surrounded Xueyantuo people, behind them were spearmen and crossbowmen.
"Kneel down!"
The leaders of the team shouted loudly.
The man Xue Yantuo looked at these elite Qin imperial guards, smiled slightly, and threw the blood-dropped knife under his feet.
The seven or eight men behind him also left the weapons in his hands.
"Kneel down!" Dutou shouted again.
The man Xue Yantuo knelt down with his head in his arms.
"Take them all away!"
At this time, the old man walked out and said, "Wait."
When the imperial guards saw the old man coming with a kitchen knife, they immediately turned to him with a sword, spear, bow and arrow.
"Who are you?" Everyone asked when they saw that the old man didn't look like these Hu people.
"Xiao Lao is the owner of this wine stall. These Hu people fight to kill him. I can't control my life, but I smashed my wine stall and had to pay for it."
All of them were speechless. This old man really wanted money but his life was worth it.
"I have also been a soldier before and fought against the Turks in Mayi. The wolf cubs I fought back then cried and begged for mercy, including Xue Yantuo and the Uighurs." The old man said.
Everyone was in awe of their heads.
"It turns out to be a senior."
At this time, the man Xue Yantuo smiled and said, "That's true, you were a soldier, you just destroyed your stall. I'm really embarrassed. I still have some gold and silver on me. As the servant, please help me take it out and compensate this person."
He took out his purse and handed the gold and silver money inside to the old man without even clicking it. "I will give you compensation, but I'll have to go with us and record a confession and testimony."
The old man pulled out his wallet and was very satisfied with the amount of gold and silver inside.
"Okay, let's go."
Everyone looked at the Xueyantuo man, "You can still laugh? It's too late for you to cry!"
"I know what the consequences will be, but I don't regret it!" the man laughed.
Chapter completed!