Jinyi Music

Chapter 287

Mou Biao laughed and said,

"My lord, I don't know. It's hard outside the customs. The price of silk and tea is high. The people outside the customs may not be able to afford it. But there is a shortage of cotton cloth, kitchen knives, needles and threads. Even if we pretend to be businessmen, we have to imitate the appearance of businessmen." , if you just buy some high-priced ones and sell them, an insider will be able to see something strange at a glance!"

"Oh I got it……"

The prince is also a smart man, he knows everything, and now he ordered people to pretend to be a lot, such as grain, farm tools, iron pots, rolling pins and other daily necessities.

"They should also want these!"

So it was packed full of twenty cars, and Mou Biao frowned when he saw it.

"That's too much, I'm afraid these people can't protect things just by relying on us on the surface!"

So he spoke to the prince again,

"My lord, we have too much goods and too few manpower. I'm afraid we need to recruit more manpower..."

Zhu Houzhao nodded,
"How to recruit people?"

Mou Biao replied,

"The life of the poor and ordinary people in the frontier is difficult, but the caravans that come and go are very rich. A safe trip to the merchants can make ten times or even dozens of times the profit. To prevent robbery, most caravans will hire thugs to protect them. Juyongguan is close, and many people from all walks of life like to gather here, looking for errands to guard caravans, and they can get a lot of money by going there, if we spread the word in the restaurant, someone will come to the door!"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said,
"The fish and dragons that were only summoned outside are mixed, I'm afraid they don't know the details!"

Mu Biao nodded,

"It doesn't matter, there are a lot of robbers on the road outside the pass, and most of the caravans that come and go are guarding the goods with their own hands, and the recruited people are guarding the outside, so there is no fear of mixed fish and dragons, as long as you carefully identify the robbers inside!"

Left and right their caravan is not for the purpose of preserving the goods, and if something goes wrong, the goods will be thrown away, and they will just keep it!
Besides, they are still secretly following people behind!

Besides, when he came out, his father gave him a secret order. In case of emergency, he only needs to use the secret order to summon the secret agent assistants of the nearby Jinyiwei. Can keep the prince safe.

So this side recruited manpower in the city again. The crown prince was not short of that kind of money. Thirty percent more, so those who heard the news came one after another, and within a day, fifty people were recruited.

According to the rules, the wages of these fifty people are settled every day, and there will be rewards when they arrive at the field. After the manpower is ready, they pull a long convoy and set off in a mighty way.

Zhu Houzhao was sitting on the rickety carriage, with goods piled high under his buttocks. He was wearing a rough linen dress most often worn by people traveling in the rivers and lakes. Mud-smeared skin, when he was in Changping City these days, he deliberately grew a beard, his gentle and handsome face was covered, adding a bit of roughness, he looked the same bearded, and he was facing the sky in the car Looking at the passing clouds, Mou Biao said,
"It's the first time in my life that I'm at the mercy of others. How is it... It's a novelty, but the mud on my legs and hands are a bit irritating..."

Mou Biao glanced at him and whispered,

"After leaving the customs, let the sun dry for a few days, and there will be no need to smear it!"

The prince is spoiled and pampered with fair skin, and the exposed areas can only be wiped with yellow mud and water. After a few more days in the sun, the skin will turn black. Then he pointed to Liu Jin, who was riding a horse and dressed as a rich man, and said,

"It's a good thing to be able to get a tan, but it's a trouble if you can't get a tan like the master!"

The prince has been exposed to a lot of sun these days, and it is much darker than in Beijing. He originally wanted to be the young owner of the caravan when he left the city, but Mou Biao saw that Liu Jin, who could not get tanned at all, was in trouble. The great eunuch was born with fair skin, not tanned, and without a beard. He was really eye-catching in this caravan, so he was simply asked to be the boss of the caravan, and another hundred households from Jinyiwei became the young boss However, I and the crown prince pretended to be buddies and hid in the caravan, so it was safer!

It's just that I have to suffer for the prince, doing the errands of carrying, fetching water and feeding the horses, the prince is the first time a big girl gets on a sedan chair, instead of being annoyed, it's a joy to be a clerk, and it's only three or five days out of the city Today, I can be a clerk Xiao Zhu who works hard, is on call, and always smiles. Mou Biao is also a clerk, but he has some skills, but he has a violent personality, and he will get angry when he disagrees with him. A Biao, the guy who drew his sword and slashed people, had a fight with the recruited Niu Da and Niu brothers yesterday because of a bucket. Everyone didn't think he was surprised like this, but they thought it should be. Watching him single out Niu Da and Niu Er, lifting Niu Da and throwing him to the ground, everyone applauded. Afterwards, Niu Da and Niu Er were not the same as him. We didn't know each other, but we became brothers!
A Biao told Xiao Zhu,
"These gangsters are all reckless people. They don't accept reason or control. They only obey whoever has the biggest fists. As long as you convince them, he will follow you wholeheartedly!"

Little Zhu Qi said,

"You are also new to the rivers and lakes, how do you know?"

Abiao laughed,

"Family biography! How many years has my old man been running outside..."

Xiao Zhu nodded, remembering,
"Yes!"

A Biao’s old man was the one who carried a knife around to kill people for their family. The affairs in the world are naturally clear, unlike his own old man. Except for closing the door in the imperial city to approve memorials and play tricks, the people next to Minister Dou also Not anymore.

After joining the caravan like this, Xiao Zhu slumped on the truck with A Biao and drove on the road every day. When he was resting, he chatted with those people in the rivers and lakes, and when he was free, he saw that his energy had nowhere to vent The brawny men fight and fight, and at night they gather in front of the bonfire to eat large pieces of meat and drink heavily. Xiao Zhu is getting more and more relaxed, throwing away her noble status, and feels that life in the world is very tasteful, so happy !

After five or six days like this, the first wave of robbers finally ushered in...

Apart from going to Mrs. Liu's place to pay respects every day, this four lotus is also learning the art of cutting the veins from Madam Wang.

In this huge Mou Mansion, Mrs. Liu is busy looking after the children, and Mrs. Guan is busy taking care of the affairs of the mansion, but neither of these two people thinks about taking her out to see the world, or helping her to fight. Taking care of common affairs, even if they are busy with their feet up, Si Lian can still hide in her yard and live a quiet life.

This kind of day has passed for about half a month. Seeing that the weather is getting hotter, and the Mou family will go out of the city to avoid the summer heat as usual, the Liu family sent someone to tell them,
"Madam said that after five days, I will leave the city to go to the village to escape the summer heat. I also ask Mrs. Ba Shao to pack up her things and arrange for the people who will stay behind. Then we will set off together..."

Si Lian nodded, dismissed the messenger, and told Mother Wang to say,

"We don't have many people in this yard, just mother, Cuiqiao, and Cuixi go along and let the rest of us stay in the yard!"

Mama Wang nodded,
"Yes……"

The clothes in summer are light and light, and they don't take up much space when packed up. She didn't want to take away those precious jewelry, so she only picked out a few that she usually carries, and sent all the rest to the secret room of the study.

After dark on the fourth day, Mrs. Liu told everyone,
"Early tomorrow morning, we will leave after breakfast..."

Because several young masters in the Mou Mansion have gone out on business this year, and there are only female relatives and the second master Mou Liang left in the family, the team going out of the city is quite deserted. When they arrived at the village outside the city, Liu arranged for Silian In the past, the courtyard where Mou Biao lived was not big, but it was enough to live in Silian and Mama Wang and others. Lian went to talk.

Fifth Auntie has a straightforward temper, with expressions of joy and anger, but she is also soft-hearted. The poor daughter-in-law is newly married and will have to stay alone in the vacant room. Familiar with her, he often led her around when the sun was not high.

The Mou family's Zhuangzi outside the city is extremely large, with fertile fields, orchards, and forests outside. In this season, places with shade trees such as forests and orchards are the most attractive places to linger, so the two of them went for a walk in the afternoon. The trees are shady, and there are gurgling mountain streams. It is very cool and pleasant. There is only one thing, you must wear a medicine bag that smokes mosquitoes on your body.

Mrs. Liu on the other end commutes back and forth between the city and the village from time to time. She is very busy. All the family affairs are handed over to Mrs. Guan. She, but she didn't know that something happened!
It is said that after Wu Yiniang and Silian had a short break in the afternoon, they met again to go around the mountain. The hill of Namu's family is not high, and there are five continuous ups and downs. Walking along the path, you can go around all five mountains. Wu Yiniang and Si Lian often go around the mountains along the path. When you come out in the afternoon, you can return to the village just before dark. The two of them changed into light clothes and stepped on thick soles. soft shoes, and the maids and women left the village.

All the way up the mountain along the path, bypassing a huge rock, and then passing through a dense forest. Everyone has walked through it several times, and they know that there are no big beasts on this hill, but only pheasants, hares, foxes and the like Yes, because the masters are not allowed to kill them, and they are going to keep them for a while, so these little creatures are not very scary, and Fifth Aunt even brought broken rice, dried meat and so on to feed them.

Walking into the dense forest here, I saw pheasants crowing in the bushes, Wu Yiniang sat down and beckoned them to eat,

"Cuckoo..."

The girls imitated the crowing of roosters and summoned those little things with beautiful tail feathers...

Si Lian took the dried meat but went to another place, turned around a large bluestone, and there was a small mud hole under it, in which lived the fox family, when they came earlier, the mother fox had just given birth to a cub, the two foxes The male and female are now working hard to raise their cubs. It is very hard work. Si Lian often goes up the mountain to feed them. This house puts the dried meat not far from the entrance of the cave, waiting for the big fox to come out.

(End of this chapter)