Han official!

Chapter 28 Profit
The law stipulates that if a soldier unfortunately dies, officials will prepare clothes, quilts, and a coffin for him, and send it to his family, offering a small sacrifice, and the senior official will oversee the burial.

Yuan Ying was the Shao Nei of Yangdi County, an official in charge of the collection and storage of money and silk in the county government temple, and also a treasury clerk in the county court, with a salary of 120 dan.

He was an important minor official in the county magistrate's temple.

"Zhang Qian."

Guo Jie stopped Zhang Qian, who was about to step forward with his sword drawn, shook his head, and said to Wei Guang, "Go call Mang Tong. He's the right person for this. You and I are destined for great things. We can't kill officials with our own hands, or we'll leave behind a legacy that could lead to criticism in the future."

He needs a black glove to do the dirty work.

A black glove that dares to kill officials.

The knight in crimson robes had the courage to kill the guards and the chief of the pavilion, and might even try to assassinate the magistrate of Chang'an.

Going further up, not everyone can assassinate county governors, marquises and other powerful people.

Weakhearted.

Qin Wuyang killed someone at the age of thirteen, and people in the country dared not look him in the eye. Before he was sent as an envoy to Qin, everyone from the nobles to the common people thought that Qin Wuyang was Nie Zheng or Zhuan Zhu, who dared to assassinate the king. But when they saw King Ying Zheng of Qin, they were so scared that they trembled all over.

He was the only person around Guo Jie who could match him in courage, and he even felt inferior to him.

Only one person.

Mang Tong, who assassinated the emperor.

Zhang Qian was born in poverty, but he was determined to go to the Western Regions, a place where death was the worst possible outcome in the eyes of the Han people. After all, the Western Regions were a place of confusion. Since the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties, no one had ever reached the border of the earth.

Many nobles, dukes, and common people believed that if they went to the Western Regions, they would fall off the boundary of the earth.

The point is that when you are in trouble, you will think of change.

There is no way that people from humble backgrounds can make a name for themselves.

too difficult.

I have been at the bottom of society for many years and cannot see any hope of moving up.

You can only risk your life.

Gamble with your life.

Without a family background, gambling with his life was the only way out for Zhang Qian, a man at the bottom of society.

"Brother."

Zhang Qian gritted his teeth and said, "I'm just a minor official. If I kill this thief with my own hands and prevent further trouble, I might even be valued by a few higher-ranking officials in Chang'an. If I'm lucky enough to be appreciated by Sang Hongyang, you and I could both be stationed at the border and earn a fortune that will go down in history."

Guo Jie shook his head slightly. He knew that Zhang Qian was gambling with his life again, and it was also the only way out for the common people at the bottom.

He spent a lot of time with Zhang Qian and knew that Zhang Qian valued his life very much.

Gambling with one's life and cherishing one's life are two contradictory things, but they appear at the same time in Zhang Qian. While contradictory, they are also reasonable.

Gambling with one's life was the only way out for common people.

To cherish life is to keep your body useful to accomplish great things. A real man cannot die in obscurity.

“You’re someone who does great things.”

Guo Jie patted the black robe of Zhang Qian, Marquis of Bowang, to stop him from attempting to kill Shao Nei Yuan Ying and then looked at Mang Tong, who was standing at the door to the warehouse. He said, "Go and behead Shao Nei Yuan Ying of Yangdi County. Also, cut off the heads of all the members of the Yuan clan and send them, along with their red silk armor, to the official temple in Chang'an and hand them over to Zhang Tang, the Chang'an lieutenant."

Mang Tong was a big man and ate a lot. He had been busy killing people most of the night and was very hungry. He grabbed a handful of millet and chewed it in big mouthfuls.

When he heard Guo Jie's order, he stuffed all the millet in his hand into his mouth without any hesitation, walked into the warehouse and chopped off Yuan Ying's head.

"Wei Guang."

Guo Jie glanced at Wei Guang, who was removing his red sash armor, revealing a gorgeous outfit, and laughed, "You, having just escaped danger and wiped out the Yang Di Yuan clan who were secretly hoarding red sash armor, you can't wait to put on your gorgeous clothes."

Wei Guang smiled awkwardly. "I'll give you something you're happy to do."

Guo Jie picked up a golden cake, his face beaming with joy. "Find a few open carts and transport all the millet and sorghum from the granaries and warehouses to the capital. Remember to place baskets on the carts to prevent the grain from getting damp and moldy in the event of a sudden snowfall."

A chegou basket is a rolling awning installed on the carriage.

An open cart equipped with a cart basket is also called a covered cart.

Wei Guang was delighted: "I am a riding slave in Princess Pingyang's residence. I usually deal with carriages and horses a lot. It would be most appropriate to leave this matter to me."

There were many valuable items such as pots, bronze goose lamps, lacquer bowls, etc. in several large houses in Hongmenli Lane. Guo Jie called Mang Tong and gave him some instructions. Then he looted them all and sold them in Liushi. He then divided the money equally among his brothers.

As for the several mansions, they were temporarily used as residences for the guards until they were taken away by the government officials in Chang'an.

Ji Shaogong is about to return with dozens of crimson-clad knights from Huiren Family, and needs a proper house to accommodate them.

Kindly support the death warriors.

It’s all about nurturing, and kindness is secondary.

There was a lot of money and food left by Yang Di Yuanshi. It took three or four days to count all the money and food. Chang'an Wei Zhang Tang had already investigated and convicted Yang Di Yuanshi of the serious case of privately storing armor. He wrote a letter and informed Yang Di County through the post station to arrest the remaining elderly, weak, women and children of Yang Di Yuanshi.

The profits from the suppression of the Yangdi Yuan clan were finally counted.

"Brother."

Wei Guang said with a delighted look on his face, "This time we captured a total of 100 gold coins, 4,000 dan of millet, and 7,000 dan of sorghum. The rest included various kinds of pots, bronzeware, lacquerware, and other utensils. We have already sold them all to Liushi and exchanged them for money and silk to be divided equally among the guards at the Gaojie Duting."

The price of millet in Chang'an was one hundred coins per dan, so four thousand dan of millet was four hundred thousand coins, or forty gold coins.

The market price of millet is even higher, 150 coins per dan, so 7,000 dan of millet is more than 1.5 million coins, or more than 150 gold coins.

Zhang Qian, Gan Fu and Mang Tong couldn't help but show joy on their faces when they heard about so much money and silk. They thought to themselves that they had never seen money worth more than one gold last year, but by following Guo Jie, they had made a profit of more than two hundred gold.

Guo Jie was overjoyed and began to distribute the profits: "I will take the 100 gold coins. Each of you will take a portion of the 4,000 dan of millet. Don't forget to leave a portion for Ji Shaogong. In addition, the 7,000 dan of millet, which has the most profits, will be given to Zhao Gong and Zhang Shangli."

Wei Guang said reluctantly, "Given the dispositions of Lord Zhao and Zhang Shangli, they will not accept the gift from you. It is better not to send it to the Chang'an official temple, but to keep it for them to deal with."

"That's a bad word."

Guo Jie said sternly, "Remember this big taboo in officialdom: your leaders, uh, your superiors, can refuse it, but you cannot refuse it."

Zhang Tang might not want it, but Zhao Yu and Sang Hongyang, who were above him, needed to be presented to the emperor to build forest gardens.

Especially Sang Hongyang was so short of money that he wanted to rob the powerful.

As long as Sang Hongyang accepted the millet, he would be in cahoots with the evildoers, which would completely confirm the accusation that Yang Di Yuanshi had secretly stored armor.

"Gentleman."

Mang Tong said in a deep voice, "There is still one person from the Yangdi Yuan clan who has escaped and has not been beheaded. He is Yuan Zhu, the one who once falsely accused you."

Guo Jie was shocked. No matter who ran away, he could not escape. This person knew that he had minted coins privately.

If Yuan Zhu took the gold and ran to Chen County to bribe Youxiaer.

The consequences could be disastrous.

Guo Jie said anxiously: "Mang Tong, go immediately."

"Gentleman."

Ji Shaogong finally returned, holding a human head in his hand. "Yuan Zhuo of the Yangdi Yuan clan dared to go to Chen County to gather information. Fortunately, I caught him and cut off his head. The Yangdi Yuan clan cannot be allowed to survive. We need to find a way to eliminate them as soon as possible."

Guo Jie breathed a sigh of relief, immediately took out the letter and began to write down his crimes, "One hundred lives to atone for three sins", and silently recited a sentence in his heart.

The progress of buying a title to atone for sins is 3%.

(End of this chapter)