Chapter 160: The Chief Flag Officer of the Border Army
Four thousand four hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, hundreds of catties, fortunately, Wanhua also brought the wooden cart, otherwise it would be difficult to take it back, the people on both sides of the way looked at it in amazement, this is not to blame them, ordinary people will not see so much silver in their lives. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
There is a small restaurant on the street, which has been operating in this Mizhi county for twenty or thirty years, and it is also quite famous in this area, and now it has been handed over to the old shopkeeper's son to operate.
At this time, there were five soldiers sitting there to eat and drink, they were wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, but they were all very shabby, with many patches, no way, the court had no silver, and the commander drank the blood of the soldiers, so many soldiers' clothes were worn for more than ten years, and it was not good to think about being worn.
However, each of them had a waist knife pinned to their waists, which added a lot of momentum to them, otherwise, with this appearance, it would not be much stronger than the beggar.
They are the border army stationed in northern Shaanxi, which is an important border defense area, so there are more troops stationed, of course, there are more people in the army, but the combat effectiveness is not flattering, a group of soldiers who are not enough to eat, and their clothes are not enough to wear, and his combat effectiveness can be imagined.
These five people are usually very good, and they often steal their time to do some stealing things together, so they are better than ordinary soldiers, and today is the eldest brother of them, Wang Yong, who has something at home, this Wang Yong is still a flag officer, and this is still a seven-rank military attachΓ©!
Of course, the current Ming military attache is also worthless, if he is a seven-grade civil official, it will be terrible, no matter how bad the mix is, it will not be like them. The other four were ordinary soldiers, and they were idle anyway, so they all followed along.
A few people were eating happily, and suddenly saw that there was a bustling crowd outside, and the crowd was slowly moving with a wooden cart, Wang Yong and they couldn't help but be interested, put down their chopsticks, and walked to the door to look.
I saw two people walking in front of the crowd leading the way, and two people pushing the wooden cart behind them, and there were two rows of people standing neatly on both sides of the wooden cart, as if they were guarding the wooden cart, a total of twelve people.
At this time, I only heard the crowd chatting enviously, "This wooden cart is full of silver, I saw them take it out of the pawnshop with my own eyes." It's amazing, and I can't use it up for generations. β
"It's not, I've never dreamed of so much silver, my God, it's estimated to be six or seven thousand taels!"
"Of course, do you see how big those two sacks are? It's all full, and you see the cart, it's hard to walk. β
"Oh my God, if only you could give me a few taels of silver, it would be a better day."
"Don't think about it, we're just over the eyes, people have money, why give it to us."
Wang Yong and the five of them sounded enthusiastic, and then looked at the appearance of the dozen or so people, although they were all spiritual, but they were dressed ordinarily, at first glance, they were ordinary people, if they were eunuchs, how could they dress like this, seeing these, Wang Yong and the five couldn't help but show a trace of greed.
When the crowd walked away, Wang Yong and the five of them sat back, and then only heard Wang Yong sigh: "I didn't expect that there are still people in our poor place who are so rich, but pity our brother who works hard all year round, but in the end, even his clothes are in tatters, who to reason." β
When the four of them saw Wang Yong say this, they naturally knew what Wang Yong meant, everyone has been brothers for many years, and some things don't need to be broken, they all know it.
"Yes, there is no reason in this world, let's follow Brother Wang, otherwise we won't have anything to eat."
"Yes, yes, yes, this is reasonable, we are mixed like this, but they are mountains of gold and silver, how can there be such a truth in this world."
For a while, all four of them responded one after another, expressing their agreement with Wang Yong's statement.
Wang Yong was also happy when he heard this, he went home and spent all the silver cleanly.
So Wang Yong said happily: "Then let's go." β
The four of them all nodded in agreement, and took a few more bites of the food before they stood up and swaggered away.
The shopkeeper hurriedly stopped them, and then said with a flattering face: "A few military masters, you haven't settled the bill yet!" It was a total of one or two cents of silver. β
At this time, the shopkeeper who was settling accounts on the counter also stopped what he was doing, and looked at Wang Yong and them with a worried face, many years of experience made him feel that these people were not good people, and if they didn't do well, something would happen.
When Wang Yong and the five of them saw that the shopkeeper asked them for silver, they were immediately furious, and Wang Yong said angrily: "What? Lao Tzu eats at your place, does he look up to you, do you know who I am? β
As he spoke, Wang Yong flashed the general flag waist card on his body to the shopkeeper, and said: "See, this is the official waist card, issued by the imperial court, Lao Tzu is an official of the imperial court, and he dares to ask Lao Tzu for money!" β
After speaking, Wang Yong looked at the shopkeeper with a disdainful face, and then raised his feet to leave, joking, when did Lao Tzu and these people eat and give money? If you really want to give money, then you can still eat in a small place like yours!
The shopkeeper was also young and vigorous, and he blocked their way again, and said: "It's a matter of course to give money for this meal, even if you are an official of the imperial court, you should give money!" β
Wang Yong was furious, raised his hand is a slap, only to hear the sound of "pop", it was a solid hit on the face of the shopkeeper, and suddenly there was a red slap mark on his face, and the other eaters also stood up and looked at Wang Yong's side, all of them despised Wang Yong and them in their hearts, of course, they didn't dare to stand up and say a fair word.
The shopkeeper saw that the shopkeeper was beaten, and hurriedly walked over, at this time, the shopkeeper was not to be outdone, and was about to fight back, but was stopped by the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper gave Wang Yong and them one by one.
Then he said: "The guest officer is angry, the guest officer is angry, even if I invite you to this meal today, I hope that the military master will be considerate of our small business and forgive one or two." β
Wang Yong and the others saw that the shopkeeper was so flattering, so they stopped, and then Wang Yong said fiercely to the shopkeeper: "Hmph, this time Lao Tzu doesn't care about you, next time you will look good." β
The shopkeeper just wanted to scold, but he was stopped by the shopkeeper, what can he do when he encounters such a thing? Report to the officer? The yamen didn't pay attention to these things at all, and even if they did, the money they got back was not enough to honor the yamen.
Fight with them? Let's not talk about whether you can win the war, just if you fight, the loss is more than one or two silver, not to mention that they will come to find trouble in the future, which is a headache, hey, those who do business are afraid of encountering this kind of thing.