Late Tang

The banquet lasted until very late, and the juggling and joy in Penglai City continued all night long.Of course Li Jing understood that all of this was not really to celebrate the victory of suppressing the bandits, it was just a show.

Because during this period of time Xu Yanqingqi and other bandits sprang up and refugees surged, not only the Huaisi area was unstable, but even Dengzhou, which was far away on the coast of the East China Sea, was greatly impacted.People everywhere are in panic, and many bandits and horse thieves also took the opportunity to act wantonly.This caused the largest port in the north of the Tang Dynasty to be greatly affected. There were fewer business travelers in Dengzhou Port, and the commercial trade in Dengzhou began to shrink.

Dengzhou is close to the sea, so it has always relied on ports and sea routes, so it is very prosperous.Once there is too much noise due to bandits, no one will dare to come to Dengzhou Port, and Dengzhou will no longer be prosperous.This is a scene that all Dengzhou officials, local tycoons, and wealthy businessmen don't want to see, so when Li Jing and the others just killed ten bandits, they would make such a big battle, so lively.To put it bluntly, it was just that the upper-level figures took advantage of Li Jing's small victory against bandits to quell the current rumors, stabilize people's hearts, and save business routes.

Others may not be able to see this, but Li Jing understands it very well.This method of engaging in activities to attract and divert the public's attention has been seen a lot in later generations.

That day, Li Jing, Xiao Shitou and the others were all drunk in Wangxianlou, and they were not woken up by the shop assistant until the sun was bright.Opening his eyes, Li Jing realized that he was actually sleeping in the backyard on the first floor of the restaurant, probably the guys' room. There was a row of big bunks in the room. Besides him, there were eight other drunken little stones lying on it.

"Li Sanlang is awake, I'm going to wash my face." A short-brown man saw Li Jing open the door, and rushed over to greet him.

"Where is this, why am I sleeping here?"

"Oh, this is the backyard of Wangxian Tower. You were drunk yesterday, and Feng Changshi's nephew Feng Wulang asked the little one to put you here temporarily. He also specially ordered that if you wake up, let me tell you that you don't have to. I was in a hurry to go back to the barracks, and said that there were three days before the united camp was formally set up, and you can wander around Penglai City at will in these two days. By the way, Feng Wulang also left you [-] yuan on the cabinet, saying it was for you to go shopping Minor use. In addition, he said that he has to go to work on that matter these two days, if you need to find him, you can go directly to Fengfu in the north of the city to find him. "

Li Jing nodded, if it wasn't for the discord between Feng and Cui, Li Jing really felt that although Feng Liang was a bit dandy, he was still a bit dandy and stylish.It's just that he also knows that since he is Cui's disciple, if possible, he still needs to keep a certain distance from the Feng family.

After asking the clerk about the bathroom, Li Jing brought several buckets of cold water, asked for some saponin towels, and took a refreshing cold shower.After taking a shower, I changed into the green shirt and robe I asked my buddy to buy from a tailor shop just now, and I immediately felt much more comfortable.

Looking at the blue shirt on his body, Li Jing smiled.At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, green shirts were originally the exclusive color for high-ranking officials, but later on, high-ranking officials also wore the green official robes of officials of the sixth and seventh ranks, and green shirts also became the clothing of literati. color.Li Jing had obtained the qualification of receiving tribute before, so he was also qualified to wear it.But in fact, Li Jing has never put on a green shirt until now.

The guy who bought the clothes was really clever, knowing that Li Jing is now the governor's student, he picked a green shirt when he bought the clothes.After paying the money, Li Jing, who was in a good mood, also tipped the buddy ten coins.How can I say that Li Jing is considered a rich man now, not only does he have [-] coins in the cabinet, but also [-] coins in his arms.

Back in the house, several people were still asleep, Li Jing went up and kicked them awake one by one.

"Brother Xiucai, let's sleep again, I'm so sleepy." Xiao Shitou closed his eyes and said in a daze.

Li Jing smiled: "Get up, tell you a good thing, the money is divided."

"Pay, what are you going to pay?" The little carpenter was the first to open his eyes.

Li Jing looked relaxed, but in fact, he was a little worried and told about the sale of their first-level military merits.Then, Li Jing stood there nervously waiting for the reactions of the few people.

Silence, long silence.

Li Jing couldn't help but didn't know how to explain it. Although he thought it was good for Xiao Shitou and the others, he had already collected all the money without asking their opinions.What if they can't figure it out and disagree?

"Brother Xiucai, you said the three military heads were sold?"

"Sold."

"Sold 280 sticks?"

"Yes, in addition, Feng Liang gave me a total of [-] guan, and said that the rest is thanks to me. I don't plan to ask for this money, and it is all yours." Li Jing said.

Wang Xiaoshitou and the others sat there blankly. For a long time, Xiaoshitou suddenly yelled: "Little carpenter, quickly help me do the math. The usual money is one thousand yuan, how much is the five hundred guan, 280 guan How much is it again?"

"Too many, I can't figure it out." The little carpenter was small but smart, but he was suddenly dumbfounded at this moment, the number had already exceeded the scope of his plan.

"280 guan is 28 renminbi, and 50 guan is 50 renminbi. These three first-level skills belong to the four of you, Xiaoshi, Carpenter, Xiaoshan, and Xigou. If you share 12 renminbi equally, each of you can Divide [-] yuan." Li Jing blurted out and helped them do the math.

The little dog was frightened by the number, and murmured: "A bushel of sorghum costs a hundred dollars, how much sorghum do I need to buy for this 12 dollars?"

"1250 buckets, or 57 stones, nearly seven thousand catties."

"Brother Xiucai, seven thousand catties per person?"

"Yes, seven thousand catties per person."

"Sorghum with wild vegetables and bran, only one catty of sorghum a day is enough for my family to eat, seven thousand catties, then it can be eaten for more than 7000 days, right? 360 five days a year, wouldn't it be enough to eat for 20 years? "The little carpenter learned to be a carpenter with his father since he was a child, and he knew how to count. He counted for a long time, and he was shocked that the money would be enough to feed his family for 20 years if he bought sorghum.

Li Jing saw a few young people planning with hands and feet, and couldn't help but said: "Let me tell you, do you agree with this matter?"

Xiao Shitou looked at Li Jing with a strange expression on his face: "Brother Xiucai, is there such a good thing? You are not lying to us? Did the seal or something drink too much wine and talk nonsense? How about 2 catties of sorghum in exchange for us?"

Several other people also had the same expressions as Xiao Shitou, as if they thought that Li Jing had just played a big joke with them early in the morning.

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but think about it for a while, maybe that Feng Liang was talking nonsense after drinking, he was really joking with him.But after thinking about it for a while, Li Jing immediately remembered that he still had a flying money of [-] guan in his arms, which couldn't be wrong.What's more, there is still [-] pocket money left by Feng Liang on the cabinet in Wangxianlou.

He reached out and took out the flying money from his pocket and raised it, "Do you know what this is? This is flying money. With this flying money, you can get [-] coins or the same price immediately at any Xuanhe Rui cabinet shop." silk or rice.”

"Brother Xiucai, is that a piece of paper?" Xigou asked with a puzzled expression.

Li Jing tapped him on the head with hatred, and then gritted his teeth: "This is not paper, this is flying money, this is not ordinary paper, this paper is worth five hundred guan."

Seeing Li Jing's serious expression, Xiao Shitou and the others believed it a little.

"Is what that brother said just now true?"

"Really, it's more real than Kaiyuan Tongbao."

Xiao Shitou and the others went half-crazy right away, jumping around the room in shorts with short noses, yelling loudly.

"You haven't said whether you agree or not?"

"Agreed, why don't you agree, Feng's brain is broken, but we are not broken." Several people shouted in unison.

It took a long time for Li Jing to calm down a few people.The last few people discussed how to divide the money. Originally, Li Jing planned to share the money with the three of them, but the three of them refused.Finally, after discussing for a long time, Xiao Shitou and the others proposed that for the 50 yuan, Li Jing would get 30, and then Xiao Shitou would get 3 each, and Wang Dong, Wang Liugen and the others would each get [-].

This result surprised Li Jing, and Wang Dong and others were even more surprised.Originally, when they heard about such a large sum of money just now, they felt a little unbalanced, and felt that they came out together and dealt with the bandits together, but they didn't kill half of them, so they didn't have any money or credit.

Now hearing that Xiao Shitou and the others actually wanted to give them [-] yuan each, they were all surprised and speechless.

Li Jing smiled: "Since you are willing to share the money with everyone, I don't think it's better than this. The four of you, Xiao Shitou, will share that (7 yuan, 22 yuan per person. Then the remaining 5 yuan, Wang Dong and the others Each of the four can get 2 yuan, and I can just get [-] yuan. After sharing the money, don’t spend it indiscriminately. Take the money back to the village, buy land, build houses, buy grain, and buy livestock. The rest will be saved later. You marry a wife."

Wang Dong was the first to object: "Brother, this money is obtained from Xiao Shitou's military exploits, we can't take it. If you want to give it, we have the cheek to take 1 each, and the rest should be kept by brother." .Actually, we knew in our hearts that we would not have been able to kill the bandits if Brother hadn’t fought to command. If Brother hadn’t become the protégé of the governor, he wouldn’t have paid us so much. There must still be many opportunities. This time, the few of us have the audacity to spend [-] yuan to buy some food for our family."

Liu Gen and the others also nodded in agreement with Wang Dong's words. Although there were some frictions between everyone in the past, they all came from the same village after all. These days, following Li Jing, they admire Li Jing more and more.

"Since you say so, let me see it this way. The credit is due to Xiao Shitou and the others. The four of you are [-] each, and Xiaodong and I are five and [-] each. Don't argue anymore, we all came from the same village. Brother, we still need to rely on each other in the future. Get up quickly and wash off the smell of alcohol, then we will go to get the money, and then ask someone to send it home."

"Okay! Now the family won't have to worry about food." A group of young people began to dress and get up excitedly.

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