The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 325

The two chatted for a while, Chai Huangcheng saw that it was getting late, and immediately invited the three of them to the side hall for a banquet. After the banquet, Mu Xu and the others temporarily stayed in Chai Huangcheng's mansion.

For the next few days, Mu Xu didn't go anywhere, and forced Ruan Xiaoqi to not go out to make trouble, but asked Zhang San to go to the city to find out what's going on recently.

Zhang San went there for a day and a half, and when he came back, he reported, "Recently, there are only two new things in Tokyo. The first one is that Zhu Mian in the south of the Yangtze River brought a sacred stone from Taihu Lake. It is said that the sacred stone is more than five feet high and cannot be entered for a while. City, so the officials not only ordered the demolition of Dongshuimen, but also gave the sacred stone a name, what is it called Zhaogong Fuqing Shenyun Stone."

After hearing this, Mu Xu sneered and said, "What a senseless and stupid king, for a piece of broken stone, so wasting people and money, and treating the world as nothing. It's not surprising that you have become a king of subjugation!"

Hearing this, Zhang San thought that Mu Xu couldn't understand what the Daojun Emperor did, but he didn't think too much about it. Then he heard Mu Xu ask, "What else?"

"There is another new thing, which is related to the marriage of Cai Jing's son Cai Kuan."

Mu Xu's expression paused, and he couldn't help asking in a more serious tone, "What's the specifics, please hurry up and explain carefully?"

Zhang San looked at Mu Xu in surprise. He always felt that this brother was acting weird today, but when he was questioned, he still replied honestly, "The one who had a marriage contract with Cai Wei was the fifth daughter of the official family, Maode Diji, but For some reason, it was changed to the fourth daughter, Empress Ande. I heard rumors in Beijing that Empress Maode wanted to pray for the official family and birth mother, so she wanted to become a monk to learn Taoism, and I don’t know if this is true..."

Before Zhang San finished speaking, Mu Xu waved his hand and said, "Go and rest, I want to think about something by myself."

After sending Zhang San away, Mu Xu walked to the window, staring at the early spring scenery outside, took out a piece of jade pendant from his bosom, held it in his hand and rubbed it, and at the same time, it seemed that there appeared in front of him again, the one secretly hugging his knees, The figure of the crying girl hiding in the corner turned out to be a little crazy.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of footsteps outside the house awakened Mu Xu's thoughts. He sighed softly and put the jade pendant back into the Qiankun Pearl.Immediately, someone knocked on the door outside, and a servant said, "My lord is inside. The master asked the younger one to inform you that Tong Guan has arrived. Please go to the living room to talk."

Mu Xu calmed down, and replied loudly, "Go back to your master, I'll be there later."

After a long while, Mu Xu came to the living room with a box in his arms, and saw Chai Huangcheng and Yi Jinyi, a slightly plump middle-aged man in his forties talking inside, seeing Mu Xu coming, Chai Huangcheng smiled introduced,
"Brother Tong Xian, this is my nephew from my natal family on Jingdong Road. Their family is a well-known big family in the local area. There is nothing else but a lot of money."

Mu Xu clearly saw that when Tong Jian heard the silver, his throat couldn't help but move, and then he knew it in his heart, made a humble smile on his face, bowed and saluted, "I've seen Master Tong, little A small gift is not a tribute." As he spoke, he presented the box.

Tong Kai said, "Since he is Brother Chai's nephew, he is one of his own, so why be so polite."

This guy spoke nicely, but his movements were not slow at all. He took the box at once, opened it, and saw that it was full of pearls the size of quail eggs. , "Nephew, sit down and talk quickly."

Mu Xu was not too polite, and sat down on Tong's head. Seeing this, Chai Huangcheng said with a smile, "You guys are down to business, I'll check how the banquet arrangement is going!"

When there were only two people left in the hall, Tong Jian was not polite, and said straight to the point, "How many soldiers does my nephew need, just report the number."

Mu Xu hesitated for a while, and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Tong can tell me, what types are there?"

Tong Jian thought for a moment, then replied, "All kinds of swords, guns, swords and halberds, long and short weapons, all kinds of weapons are available. Most of the armor is paper armor and leather armor, and the number of iron armor is less."

"I don't know how much Mr. Tong can decide, and what is the price?"

When Tong Jian heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, "Likes and knives, as long as they don't exceed [-], it's fine. As for the armor, it's [-] for paper armor, [-] for leather armor, and [-] for iron armor. If you want How much, I can make the decision and give you [-]% of the market price, how about it?"

Mu Xu really didn't expect this guy to have such courage and energy, so he asked expectantly, "Is there a bow and arrow? It's best to use a bow with a god's arm."

Hearing this, Tong Jian shook his head like a rattle, and refused, "This is not good, ordinary bows and arrows are still good, I can find a way to get you one or two thousand, but the magic arm bow, what do you think? Don't even think about it, if this thing leaks out, even my brother can't keep me."

Mu Xu smacked his lips regretfully, and said, "Oh, everything is not peaceful now. My manor is attacked by bandits twice in three days, so I have to buy some weapons to protect myself."

Tong Jianruo looked at Mu Xu meaningfully, and said, "You don't need to explain so much to me, and I don't care what you do with these guys, you just need to say how much you want."

Now that the conversation has come to this point, Mu Xu simply said, "Okay, Mr. Tong, speak quickly, so I won't be hypocritical, just say it directly, how many of these things are there, and how much I want."

Tong Jian laughed, "I'm happy, I'll let someone count it when I go back today, and I'll send someone to tell you the detailed quantity in three days." Speaking of this, thinking of Mu Xu's boldness, he couldn't help but ask,
"I don't know if you need a good war horse. If you want it, I can find a way to get a thousand horses, but the price must be [-]% higher than the market price."

If Mu Xu was just a little surprised in front of him, then he was so shocked that he didn't know what to say. He knew clearly that since the Northern Song Dynasty lost the land of Hehuang, there was an extreme shortage of horses since the founding of the country. The price of the horses is higher than that of Tang Dynasty's war horses.

Therefore, he couldn't believe that Tong Jian was able to get a war horse anyway, and he couldn't help but doubt for a while, whether this guy was trying to test it on purpose.

Tong Kai didn't know what Mu Xu was thinking. He thought that the price would frighten Mu Xu, so he tried his best to sell him, "After passing this village, there will be no such shop. These horses of mine are all from Moutuogang Tian Sijian are all good war horses, if my brother is not going to be the Guanlong Jiedu envoy next month, in charge of using troops against Xixia, nothing can be done."

After hearing this explanation, Mu Xu finally let go of his vigilance. He remembered that in the official history, the Moutuogang Tiansi Prison was the place where horses were raised in the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, even at the moment of the country's subjugation, it was useless. In the end, it was cheap. The golden man, let them get [-] to [-] good horses.

At that moment, Mu Xu pretended to be hesitant and said, "Forget it, my lord has said so, so how can I not give my lord this face? I have wrapped up all these war horses, but I don't know how to transport them back. After all, there are a lot of things. I'm afraid it will be difficult to pass when I meet a local sentry on the road?"

Tong Jian, who felt that he had made a big deal, was in a particularly good mood. He waved his hand and said, "What's so difficult? I will ask my brother to give you a guide in his name. Little official, who has the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard, dare not give this face."

Mu Xu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said a lot of unnutritious compliments, and made an appointment with Tong Jian. After a month, both parties paid the money and delivered the goods.

When everything was settled, Tong Jian was in a hurry to go back to prepare the supply, and he lost interest in staying. Regardless of Chai Huangcheng's persuasion, he hurried away with the box in his arms.

Standing at the gate, looking at Tong Jian's back, seeing Mu Xu's happy face, Chai Huangcheng joked, "It seems that my nephew has gained a lot?"

"TOEFL, TOEFL!" Mu Xu said politely with a smile. Just to be on the safe side, he still asked, "Uncle Shi, what is the reputation of this boy, I'm afraid he will play some tricks."

Chai Huangcheng gave Mu Xu a reassurance, "You can rest assured about this. Although that guy is greedy for money, he still keeps his word. Of course, you'd better be on guard so that you don't get fooled when you get it!"

Mu Xu nodded his head, which was regarded as his approval.After returning to the guest room, Mu Xu immediately wrote a letter, summoned Zhang San, and said earnestly, "Go back to Liangshan as soon as possible, and hand over this letter to Master Lu in person. Don't make any mistakes!"

Seeing that Mu Xu spoke so solemnly, Zhang San naturally didn't dare to neglect, hid the letter close to his body, and resigned.

(End of this chapter)