open sea

Chapter 14
"Hey! This group of birds and monkeys! Brother Mu, why do you think I am a military household?" Shao Tingda sat on the bench in the tavern irregularly, stepped on the stool with his right leg bent, sandwiched two pieces of golden suckling pork, He took another two sips of North Face Shaojiu, slapped the chopsticks on the table, shook his head in displeasure and said to Chen Mu: "If we are ordinary people, wouldn't it be beautiful to see the prosperity in this house in Guangzhou Fudian? Ugh!"

Housing prices in the Ming Dynasty were not expensive. Even in Guangzhou, you can buy a two-story house with four or five rooms in a good location for four or five taels of silver. If you buy it for eleven or twelve years, you only need ten taels of silver ; If you rent a house, it will be even cheaper.

After Shao Tingda's words came out, Qi Ding Fuyuan on the wine table showed envy. He didn't get a single victory in the Heiling night battle and almost died under the knife of the bandits. How can you not be envious of Shao Tingda's rich and powerful appearance now?Wei Balang, a dead boy, couldn't understand what Shao Tingda was talking about. He was a little confused after taking a sip of Nanjiu with a small wine glass, and then filled himself with Shao Tingda's burning wine pot, sticking out his tongue.

On the other hand, Shi Qi, who also had a harvest, looked longingly, then sighed again, drank the wine in the glass, and snatched the jug from Xiao Hachiro's hand with dejected eyes.

"You just want to spend it when you have two dollars!" Chen Mu shook his head and smiled, seeing Fu Yuan's envy and Shi Qi's concern, holding a glass of wine, he said with emotion: "It's lucky for me to escape from death this time. Congratulations on being rewarded again, come, brothers, have a drink together!"

The Guangzhou government’s reward for the Heiling bandits was four taels of silver per head. Chen Mu handed over all eight heads and one captive to Zhang Yongshou in exchange for more than 30 taels of silver. Chen Mu got only 20 taels of silver. Shao Tingda He also got 12 taels, which made Shao Tingda, who had never seen silver, so happy that he almost cried bitterly while hugging Chen Mu. Shi Qi, who killed a thief, also got four taels, and everyone's pockets were bulging. up.

This money may be worth a meal in the hands of a wealthy businessman, just like in the previous life, in "Jin Ping Mei", Ximen's officials gave ten taels of silver to the woman who pulled the fiber, but in fact the purchasing power was not the slightest. It's true, it's more than half a year's salary to catch up with the county magistrate.

Of course, this is also because the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were not high.

Everyone had a drink together, and then Chen Mu took out a tael of silver and put it on the table with a smile, pointed to Fu Yuan and said, "Although you didn't capture it, you didn't run away either. Go back to Qingyuan to subsidize the family."

As he said that, Chen Mu slapped the dead child on the back of the head while holding a wine glass and drank in a daze, and also gave a tael of silver, saying: "I have a great Ming Law, and two people kill a thief together. Silver. Xiao Hachiro has done a good job in loading the medicine, so he hid it and went back to buy rice to eat!"

Hearing Chen Mu's words, Wei Balang put the money into his arms foolishly, and it seemed that he really planned to obey and go back to buy rice.Fu Yuan stared at the silver on the table with wide eyes, and after a few breaths, he swallowed and asked in disbelief: "Chen Xiaoqi, this, this is mine?"

"Take it, it's not this time to get rich. Next time you meet an enemy, try to cut off your head." Chen Mu ignored Fu Yuan's surprise, just waved him to accept the money, and then said, "Go buy someone after you've had wine." The doctor is here to see if Old Man Zheng's leg is healed, and I will pay for the medical... consultation fee."

Fu Yuan nodded quickly, didn't even drink the wine without a second word, took the money into his arms, greeted Chen Mu and walked out.It is unbelievable to say that Fu Yuan is not excited to move Chen Mu at this moment, but it is also unbelievable to say that this emotion can last for three days.

To Chen Mu, this matter was nothing more than breaking money and avoiding disasters. A tael of silver is not a small amount of money, but there are always things more important than money, and if the interests are not shared equally, it is easy to cause disasters.To put it bluntly, Qingyuanwei, except for his brother Shao Tingda who is somewhat related by blood, and Wei Balang, a dead boy who knows nothing but obedience, there is no one in the world that Chen Mu can trust.

Giving Wei Balang the money, Chen Mu regarded it as pocket money for the child. Giving Fu Yuan the money, he really didn't think that Fu Yuan could do anything for him, as long as it made people not feel bad about him.

As for old man Zheng, there was no way to do it. You couldn't ignore the injuries of your subordinates, otherwise no one would dare to fight with their lives next time.But to be honest, Chen Mu felt that old man Zheng was too much, and asking Fu Yuan to go to the doctor was just doing his best to obey the destiny, to see if he could bring old man back alive, and even if he could, he probably wouldn't live for two months in Qingyuan.

To be honest, this feeling of throwing money around like dirt... is not bad!

After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Shi Qi toasted Chen Mu and said it was "justice", and then went back to his room to take care of old man Zheng. Only Shao Tingda and Xiao Hachiro were left on the table. Seeing Shao Tingda's preoccupied appearance, Chen Mu asked, "What are you thinking about?" Have a bitter face?"

Shao Tingda drank a lot of shochu, thought for a while with red eyes and a sullen face, and then as if he had made up his mind, he drained five taels of silver from his pocket, and said to Chen Mu: "Brother Mu, why don't we get together ten taels, you take the time Send it to Bai Baihu... Baihu is very kind to us, we have to be sensible and respect."

"whispering sound!"

Chen Mu laughed as soon as he heard it, and then he was stunned to think for a while, then his face turned into a smile again, and his heart was full of twists and turns, then he reached out and pushed the silver back, saying: "Bai Baihu is a person who does great things, he doesn't like it." This little silver. Those who should be filial should have done so long ago, otherwise why do you think your brother has only three stones a month from the seventh rank?"

Zhang Yongshou sold nearly 40 taels of silver in the first-level business, and Bai Yuanjie's family background was no worse than that. How could the hereditary hundred households be short of the ten taels of silver?Instead of giving ten taels of silver, it would be better to be like this now.What's more, even if there is a bribe, he, Chen Mu, should pay the bribe himself. There is no reason to use Shao Tingda's money to bribe.

This time, Chen Mu knew that the military households are really poor, and the military officers have money, so they really have money, especially those with the surnames Zhang and Bai, whose ancestors were the commanders of the guards, and the guards have thousands of military households. They are all like domestic servants, and half of the military fields are privately owned by military officers. It is strange to be poor!
"You take the money carefully. What he wants is not money, but your brother's life." Chen Mu said softly, and then said two words emphatically, "Work for your life."

Shao Tingda curled his lips. Although he took the money back, his eyes were red but he couldn't see a hint of drunkenness. He whispered to Chen Mu: "Bai Baihu is a nice person, brother, don't say that. If it weren't for Baihu's blocking, our brothers might not be able to live until now."

Seeing Chen Mu's puzzled face, Shao Tingda whispered: "We both took eight heads, I didn't dare to sleep that night, Zhang Xiaoqi and the others saw us like wolves at night, I saw what Bai Baihu said to Zhang Xiaoqi, Later Zhang Xiaoqi said to buy the head from you, and the feeling of fear disappeared. The next day, Zhang Xiaoqi sent someone to drag a military household into the woods and kill him... Brother, you don’t count, we killed fifteen A thief, the chariots and horses can carry 21 corpses, and the heads of Chen Guan and the five military households they died have been credited."

Note:
The house price and typical house price come from the book "Jin Ping Mei" written between Longqing and Wanli in the Ming Dynasty and "The Red Deed of Yao Shijie's Resale of Houses in Xiuning County in the Second Year of Tomorrow's Revelation" included in the "Compilation and Interpretation of Contract Dates in the Past Dynasties of China" and "Holiday in the First Year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty". Ning County Wu Changfu et al. Sell House Bai Qi" and so on are only estimates, and the actual house price depends on the quality, location, orientation, area, appearance and other standards.

　Today's college entrance examination, thousands of days of sharpening the sword, once you succeed, I hope you will win the battle.

　　Don't ask for a title on the gold list, but hope to be worthy of your heart.

　　wish you well.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)