Chapter 14 Panlong Castle
The width of the wooden bridge on the Panlong River can only allow a carriage and horse to pass, because it is located in the northern Xinjiang, there are often Xiongnu Hu horses harassing the interior in September every year, when the grass is yellow and the horse is fat, so the Gongsun family built a wooden bridge on the river, and there is a beacon tower in the high place, once the wolf smoke rises, immediately set fire to the bridge; There are big rivers blocking it on three sides, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, they can't get through. Zimu Gongzi also let people in the dry water period in spring, in the shallow water near the bridge still put boulders, artificially created reefs, so that the boat is also difficult to cross the river, so although Panlong Pavilion is located on the border of Youzhou, but it is as stable as Mount Tai.
The weasel and his entourage slowly walked across the wooden bridge, and saw the whole picture of the Panlong Pavilion, the circumference of the city wall is 7 miles, and the foundation of the boulder is built, and it is rammed with loess, gravel, lime, and mixed glutinous rice juice; The wall fort is one zhang and five feet high, set up two city gates in the north and south, dig a half-moon-shaped trench with a depth of one zhang and a width of three zhang outside the north gate, attract river water, invert a huge wooden thorn in the water, set up a suspension bridge on it, stir it with an iron lock turntable; It's really a one-man affair, and it's not open. A mighty Panlong Pavilion, compared with the dilapidated Crouching Tiger Pavilion on the other side of the river, it is hard to believe that the two were originally the same name......
As the drawbridge was lowered, a group of heavily armed Zhuang Ding walked out of the castle, all with hideous faces, by no means good, looking at the caravan like seeing a lamb to the slaughter, the leader of the man, fat and big, with a sideways face, was the "big intestine butler"; Zhu Dayong straightened his chest, folded his hands, tilted his chin, walked up to the horse team and asked proudly, "Where are you from?" Where are you going? Do you know the rules of my Panlong Pavilion? ”
The yellow squirrel hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and saluted, and said with an obscene face: "The villain came from Liaodong, brought some livestock to Qingzhou to sell, and passed through the precious land, this rule is naturally understood." ”
"You understand the rules of Panlong Pavilion, do you understand the rules of Zhu Jiuye?" The chin of the colon housekeeper was raised higher.
Hearing the words of the 'large intestine butler', Zhang Yan, who was standing at the front of the horse team, was furious, and he wanted to 'draw one out of ten' in the Panlong Pavilion, not to mention, a subordinate still dared to blackmail, he was the young master of the Yellow Turban Army, who had suffered such a nest of anger, and urged the horses under his crotch to come forward to theorize, but he was pulled by Lao Zhengtou and pinched his arm vigorously, reminding him that if he couldn't bear it, he would make a big plan, and the form was not as good as a person, Zhang Yan also had to endure it, and a baby face was red with anger.
The weasel, who was also full of anger, forcibly showed a more flattering smile and said, "How can the little one forget your share of the ninth master," he said, he took out a piece of Hetian white jade from his sleeve and stuffed it, and then looked at the Zhuang Ding who was looking at the big intestine housekeeper with his eyes, the yellow squirrel cursed in his heart, and took out a string of five baht coins from his arms and handed it over, saying, "Please brothers drink a bowl of wine!" ”
Looking down at the five baht coins in his hand, they were all 'Jianwu five baht' good money with exquisite casting, smooth ammonium surface, clear money and thin strokes, and the 'large intestine housekeeper' nodded with a smile.
You must know that after the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, prices rose, currency depreciation, five baht money was poorly manufactured, the quality gradually declined, the big one weighed less than 3 grams, mostly about 2 grams, and there were "five baht of cutting wheels" and "five baht of stiff rings", the handwriting is shallow but not obvious, the strokes are thick, and the meat surface is flawed, which has caused prices to soar, and the money is not good.
"Count you kid sensible!" The 'big intestine butler' who smiled like a bun on his face first took Yu Jue into his arms, and then put the string of five baht coins ...... also took it into his arms. "Open the door, let them in, and then find the account room, calculate the toll tax, the old rule, one out of ten!"
"No! ……”
As the figure on the castle swayed, the turntable stirred, "Boom! …… Squeak squeak! "The north gate of the castle was raised, and the swarthy doorway was like a man-eating beast's mouth, completely opened.
In Panlong Castle, the large intestine housekeeper looked at the account room and counted the numbers, and at the same time looked at the horses with greedy eyes, "They are all fat and strong, pure Hun horses, if you get it into your own hands, you will resell it and make a profit several times!"
Thinking of this, he said in an unquestionable tone: "Boss Huang, Qingzhou is far away, the ninth master sees that you sell horses hard, and has the heart to help you, most of these horses are old, weak, sick and disabled, and it is difficult to pull carts from the farmland, and the ninth master is kind, 20,000 yuan per horse, how about I want it?" ”
Looking at the insatiable pig intestine in front of him, eating people and not spitting out bones, the yellow squirrel was also furious, in the Central Plains, usually a ploughing horse is worth 20,000 yuan, a war horse is worth 100,000 yuan, and the good war horse from the Huns can be sold for 200,000 yuan, this is still usual, now the world is turbulent, prices are soaring, it is possible for a Hun war horse to sell for four or five hundred thousand yuan, but the pig intestine wants to buy his Hun war horse at the price of the usual ploughing horse, it is really: it is tolerable, which is unbearable!
"If you go back to the ninth master, the villain's horses have already been booked, and I can't cut my love to you," the weasel replied stiffly.
"Their money is money, isn't my money money?" The pig's large intestine showed a fierce light, and at the same time, with a dozen gestures, the surrounding Zhuang Ding immediately surrounded him with knives and guns.
Seeing this, the men of the horse team also immediately became vigilant, touching the handle of the knife one by one, guarding the horses, and the clever ones were already secretly observing the roads in the castle, ready to rush out of the horse for a while, the impulsive Zhang Yan was even more half-sheathed, preparing for a fight, Lao Zheng Tou hurriedly protected him behind him, the horses are small, if something happens to this young master, then how can he be worthy of the spirit of the 'Tiangong General' in the sky!
"Hmph...... I don't know how to lift! Looking at the movements of the horse gang, the pig's intestine who didn't want to make things bigger on the spot snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards the Zhu family's mansion, these horse gangs who came and went outside the plug were all people who licked blood with knives, if they really fought, I am afraid he would not be able to end well.
Back in the lobby of the Zhu family, the 'big intestine butler', who was still arrogant just now, immediately showed a servile appearance, trotted all the way to the "Zimu Gongzi", knelt down and saluted, and said: "Master Qiyu, the little one has put that team of horses in, and the account office is collecting taxes." ”
"Oh, what about the horses?"
"Hui Gongzi, they are all fat and strong Hun war horses, the small one wanted to use 50,000 yuan a horse (say 20,000, report 50,000, the owner's rebate wants to eat, it is really a black-hearted pig intestine) The price is collected, who knows that the leader of the horse team does not know how to lift, not only to the small knife, but also to the son of you disrespectful, please give the small one the master! After speaking, the pig's large intestine hugged Zimu Gongzi's calf, tears flowed, and he looked like he had been greatly wronged! ”
"Toast and don't eat and drink!"
"Don't move them first, there are many people in the castle, they are driving the horses, they must go south along the river bank, fifty miles away Longshou Slope is their only place to pass, and it is also their only choice to camp tonight, bring sixty armor soldiers at night, with me, bring the horses back, since they don't want money, then let's stay together, go down quickly and prepare, don't show any flaws!" Zimu Gongzi suddenly opened his peach blossom eyes, revealing a burst of murderous intent!
"The little one understands!" The pig's large intestine nodded desperately, showing a villainous smile, and then bowed down and slowly retreated.
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