My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 7 A deal

"This trip is thanks to Big Brother Lu Yi's support. Hao Meng doesn't want medical expenses, but the head of the Zhang family must respectfully pay Big Brother Lu Yi for tea." Hao Meng did not answer rashly after hearing this, but glanced at Lu Yi, who had a calm expression, and said respectfully.

"Hehe, Big Brother Lu Yi has the greatest reputation. Maybe if we let him ask for more, I might get more. After all, I was injured because of this, so I'm sure he'll give me most of it in the end."

"It seems that Lu Yi does have some skills. Not only is he well-known, he is also quite prestigious among these knights. It seems that the Zhang family will bleed heavily this time." Seeing this, Zhang Shang looked up to Lu Yi even more and his heart was bleeding slowly.

"Hao Meng, what nonsense are you talking about? If there is no benefit, won't I stand up for my brother?" Lu Yi said angrily, leaving Hao Meng stunned.

"Brother, what are you doing? Isn't this the routine we used when we were Renxia?"

"After all, a knight-errant cannot do justice on an empty stomach. If you rob the rich and help the poor, you have to make sure you don't starve to death first, right?"

Hao Meng looked at Lu Yi blankly, as if he was looking at a stranger.

Lu Bu and others were also surprised.

"Although my brother Hao Meng was injured, he only suffered superficial wounds. Mr. Zhang can just give him a thousand coins to help him recover from his injuries." Lu Yi had a righteous look on his face and was not affected by Hao Meng and others at all.

In addition to meeting Zhang Liao, another purpose of his visit to Mayi was to establish contact with the Zhang family.

My plan to make money depends on Zhang.

"Alas, one thousand coins is one thousand coins. Who told me to hurt someone without any reason? But this thousand coins is a lot. I hope you can be flexible... Hmm?" Zhang Shang suddenly realized something was wrong while talking. He raised his head and looked at Lu Yi in disbelief: "Do you mean that only one thousand coins are needed for compensation?"

Although inflation began to occur nationwide due to disasters at the end of the Han Dynasty, it was still far from as exaggerated as the time when Dong Zhuo melted twelve golden men to mint coins. A hectoliter (Note 1) of grain was sold for hundreds of thousands of coins and there was still no market for it, forcing the people in Guanzhong to eat their own children.

Now in Bingzhou, even the best Liang rice only costs 400 coins per hu, and pork and mutton only cost a dozen or twenty coins per jin (Note 2).

This amount of money, even according to Zhang's own assets, is only one month's salary for an employee without food and accommodation.

Good man, you are using coercion and intimidation, as if you want to wipe out the whole clan, and the result is all for this thousand dollars?

Why didn't you say it earlier?

I was almost scared to death!
“If Mr. Zhang thinks it’s not enough, we can add a little more…” Lu Yi smiled.

"It's a lot, a lot! One thousand coins is just a reasonable number!" Zhang Shang remained a businessman. Faced with interests, he was unwilling to give in easily even if a group of famous knights in Bingzhou were sitting opposite him.

"Where is the steward? Go to the storehouse and get a thousand coins to give to this strong man!" He was afraid that Lu Yi would go back on his word, so he handed the thousand coins to Lu Yi in a very short time.

"You can count them in front of me. They are all top-quality Wuzhu coins, of sufficient quality and quantity!" Zhang Shang looked at Lu Yi eagerly, waiting for him to nod and end the matter, and send these villains away.

"I have heard a lot about the reputation of the Zhang family of Mayi as a good merchant even in Wuyuan County. Why do you need to count a mere thousand coins? You sound as if I doubt Mr. Zhang." Lu Yi weighed the cloth bag of coins twice. According to the experience left by his predecessor, he felt that the sound produced by the collision of the coins was about the same, so he threw the bag into Hao Meng's hands.

"Brother Hao Meng, although Zhang Xun injured you, you were the one who spoke out of turn after drinking. Now Zhang Xun not only apologized to you in person, but the Zhang family also compensated you with one thousand coins for medical expenses. It is better to resolve a feud than to create one. In my opinion, let's just leave it at that."

"This……"

If they hadn't attacked the Zhang's fortress, Hao Meng would have thought that one thousand coins were not too little. But now that his group had entered the Zhang's fortress with their weapons, with just one order from Lu Yi, they could immediately kidnap Zhang Shang and others and extort money from the Zhang family. If he thought about it this way, Hao Meng felt that one thousand coins were too little!
"Hmm? Hao Meng, do you have any objection to what my elder brother said?" Seeing that Hao Meng did not seem to agree with Lu Yi's point of view, Lu Bu stepped forward and slapped Hao Meng on the shoulder, and helped him to loosen up his stiff trapezius muscles in a friendly manner.

"It hurts, it hurts... Fengxian, please show some mercy. Even if Hao Meng has a hundred guts, he won't dare to disobey Big Brother Lu Yi!"

"It's over, it's over!"

Hao Meng only felt that his shoulders seemed to be clamped by an iron hand, and the muscles and bones of his shoulders were squeezed so hard by the iron hand that they seemed like they would break at any time.

"Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, then, fellow heroes, shall we..." Upon seeing this, Zhang Shang immediately began to politely drive them away. If these burly men stayed in his fortress and had any ill intentions, the Zhang family would be in danger.

"No hurry..." Lu Yi's smile did not fade. Suddenly, he bowed to Zhang Shang and said, "As the saying goes, a guest from afar is a guest. We have worked hard to resolve the misunderstanding between Zhang and my brother. Now we have not eaten or drunk anything for most of the day. We are starving and thirsty. The great Zhang of Mayi will not be reluctant to give us a table of wine and food, right?"

"Okay, okay... I'll tell my servants to prepare wine and food, and hold a banquet to entertain all of you heroes." Although Zhang Shang's face was a little stiff when he heard it, he still agreed without hesitation. As long as he could get rid of these plague gods, giving out a table of wine and food would not be a big deal.

After all, the Zhang family was wealthy and powerful, and soon a sumptuous meal was placed on the table.

Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others also sat down and started to eat and drink. They were indeed hungry after traveling for most of the day.

Lu Yi also began to enjoy the food and wine in front of him with peace of mind. Now that the misunderstanding with Zhang had been resolved and there was no bleeding, there was no need to worry that Zhang would poison the food and wine.

On the other side, Zhang Xun also quietly gave instructions to his fellow clansmen.

"We will eat and drink together. If these villains refuse to leave after eating, we will have the strength to fight them!"

"Ahem... Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved and we've had enough food and wine, I see it's getting late, are you guys ready to..." An hour later, Lu Yi and the others were satisfied with the food and wine, and Zhang Shang immediately looked at Lu Yi, who was picking his teeth with a fish rib instead of a toothpick, with a smile on his face.

"Oh... no hurry!" Hearing this, Lu Yi smiled and threw away the fish bone in his hand, stretched out his big hand and grabbed Zhang Shang: "Since we have enough wine and meat, how can we lack tea to sober up? Mr. Zhang, you won't be reluctant to give up a bowl of coarse tea, right?"

"This..." Zhang Shang was deeply shocked by Lu Yi's shamelessness, and Zhang Xun on the side also had an angry expression on his face, just as I expected.

"Hahaha, rest assured, Mr. Zhang. I, Lu Yi, have never liked free food. After eating the wine and meat of the nobles and drinking the tea of ​​Mr. Zhang, there will be retribution!"

"Later report?" Zhang Shang's expression immediately relaxed when he heard there was benefit, and he asked hesitantly.

"It just so happens that I have a very profitable business in my hands, and I want to discuss it with Mr. Zhang. However, there are too many people in the hall, so why don't we go into the inner hall and talk!"

"That's...ok."

Note 1: One hu = one shi = 120 jin = 30 kg
Note 2: One Hanjin = 250 grams

All units (weights and measures) that appear in the text of this book are units of the Han Dynasty.

In order to prevent some readers, including the author himself, from being easily confused and having no idea, a chapter on weights and measures will be uploaded in the work-related section for your reference.

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