Qingyan's eyes lit up when she heard what the other party said. It would be best to be able to sell the horses to the army at once.
She pretended to be hesitant and said: "Of course it would be great to be able to sell them quickly. I wonder if Master Jun can make the decision and buy all my horses directly?
Of course, I won’t sell this mount, only the eight horses behind it. Also, is the military calculating based on market price? "
The soldier guarding the city said: "You guys wait here, I will go up and report, and I will get back to you soon."
Qingyan nodded, parked the donkey cart and waited there.
Fortunately, there are basically no people entering the city now, and they are not blocking the road here.
Qingyan and Xue Minghua looked at each other and said nothing. This horse came from a wrong place, so they would not make too many mistakes.
The soldier went to the city tower, presumably to ask his commander, because there were a lot of people on the other side of the city, and there were carts coming and going. Qingyan couldn't listen to what they said, so she let Chou Chou use it. Just pay attention with your spiritual consciousness, as long as it doesn't harm them.
Chou Chou broadcast the conversation live to her: "The soldier went up and entered a room. There were two generals in light armor, who should be the prison generals.
An older student said: Hui'er, why are you up here, but what's going on down there?
The soldier said: Dad, second uncle, that's a good thing. Didn't second uncle say before that you were ordered to be responsible for purchasing horses and other armaments? A horse dealer happened to come down below.
I took a look and found that the horses were all fat and strong, sleek and well-raised. They were all top-quality horses. The most rare thing was that they also came with a complete set of saddles, so they should be able to keep them together.
There were only eight of them. The other party wanted to take them to the mule and horse market for sale, so I stopped them.
She told her that it would be impossible to sell the horse at once in the mule and horse market. The horse would lose weight over time and would definitely not be able to sell for the price. He even tried to persuade her to sell it to the army, and it seemed that she agreed.
I just need to ask about the price. I don’t know what the price is. I might as well go back to the other party, or my second uncle can go down and talk to her in person.
The slightly younger general stood up and stuck his head out to take a look, and then said to the soldier: Yes, yes, those horses are indeed good. It seems that they are all in their prime and are good horses.
In this case, I won't go down. Anyway, it's just these few horses. If you go to negotiate with him, you can ask him to give him one tael of silver according to the market price and see if he can sell them. If he wants to sell them, buy them all. Then the second uncle will also Give you benefits.
After saying that, I gave him two banknotes, one hundred taels each. It seemed that we had to get more than one hundred taels anyway.
The older man also spoke and said: "It seems that the superiors have allocated a lot of silver this time. Second brother, although there are only eight horses this time, this batch is very good, and it can also let the superiors see what you are doing." Ability will definitely be used more heavily on you in the future.
The second brother who said that laughed, ah, the soldier is down, prepare to collect the money. "
Qingyan listened to Chou Chou's story and thought, it seems that the higher-ups allocated a lot of money to them, and it must be higher than the market price.
Think about it, there are no horses here, and the war horses are no better than the horses that usually pull carts. There are requirements, and you have to go far away to get them. This manpower plus the long journey, isn't it also money?
If someone has the ability to make money, that's their ability. Qingyan is not jealous, as long as the price can be sold within her expectations.
She really didn't have time to go to the mule and horse market. She had thought before that if it didn't work out, she would lower the price and sell it to the horse dealers in the mule and horse market. As long as she could sell it all at once, it would save her trouble.
The money you earn can be used to buy more things in this city, just some souvenirs and the like, and take them back to your parents.
The things in Xingtang Mansion must be more complete than those in Handcheng. After all, this city looks much bigger than that over there.
Unexpectedly, she came across such a good thing. Not only did she buy it at once, but it cost more than the market price. She was already very satisfied. This was a free benefit. If someone makes more money, it belongs to them.
Who told people to buy for the public and be reimbursed?
Similar to later generations, purchase reimbursement is a matter of an invoice.
She remembered her father saying that this kind of thing had happened in their company before.
Once when my father checked the accounts, he found that the invoice reported by someone who went to buy office supplies only cost two yuan for a pencil, let alone anything else.
This sounds like a small amount of money, but the problem is that the financial department still reported it. What does this mean? Complicity!
This makes my father very angry. They are all from higher education institutions. Obviously, they have a part in it. Otherwise, all fools know that if a pencil sells for ten cents now, no matter how good the quality is, It won't be more than fifty cents, and two yuan will be reimbursed. What's the situation?
However, this kind of situation is not only common in some companies, but also in the public sector. If you don't find it out yourself, you can't prevent it, even if you use your own relatives. This kind of thing is not uncommon.
As long as the finance and cashiers use their hands and feet a little, they can make a lot of mistakes. You can only check the accounts frequently, but it is impossible to prevent them.
I just didn't expect that this kind of thing was passed down from ancestors, and it happened to her in this ancient time.
But fortunately, at least now, she is the one who benefits, so there is nothing to say.
Sure enough, after a while the soldier ran down, smiled at Qingyan and said: "I asked the Shangguan, what the Shangguan meant is that the current market price of horses is fifteen taels of silver each. I think your horse is of the right age. , I’ll give you one tael for each horse, that’s sixteen taels, and we’ll break the harness into silver for you for free. A new pair of harness is seven taels, and your old one will be depreciated into five taels for you. What do you think?"
When Qingyan heard this, she realized there was an unexpected windfall!
She thought about giving away the saddle and stuff for free, but she didn't expect that they would also give her money. This was great!
He nodded immediately and said, "No problem, I'll do as you say!"
When she went to Handcheng's Mule and Horse Market to buy a donkey, she also asked about the price. At that time, she thought that if the prices of horses and donkeys were similar, she would definitely buy a horse, so she knew that the price of the horse was indeed fifteen taels. It’s twice as expensive as a donkey, so I chose a small donkey.
It seemed that the other party was quite honest, and he increased the price for her as his second uncle said, so Qingyan happily agreed.
The other party directly took out the banknote. Qingyan was not surprised. She had just heard his conversation above. She did some math in her mind. Sixteen taels plus five taels is twenty-one taels. Eight horses times two. Eleven is a total of one hundred and sixty-eight taels.
She took the other party's banknote and directly gave him back thirty-two taels. Of course, Xian wanted the money from Chou Chou, and she used the money collected from those people.
When the other party saw that she had calculated the price so quickly, and also brought with her some scattered silver, she became even more convinced that they were selling horses, or at least doing business.
Otherwise, how could it be calculated so quickly? You have to make a calculation. People can calculate it directly, and their arithmetic ability is also strong enough.
He took thirty-two taels of silver from Qingyan and put it directly into his arms. His second uncle said before that he would benefit from it, but in fact he understood what he meant when he gave him the banknote. The rest is his.
If he wanted to get more, he could actually negotiate the price further. However, firstly, he is not that kind of person, and secondly, in front of a pretty girl like Qingyan, he still wanted to save some face. Yeah, it’s not easy to compete with a little beauty for those three melons and two dates.
Another thing is that he is also planning to see if he can get another chance. After all, his second uncle wants more than these. If the other party has connections, he can get more. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
Then she said to Qingyan: "If you have horses at home, girl, you can come here to find me. If I am not on duty here, you can also go directly to the prison general. He also knows about this."
Qingyan understood what the other party meant. There would definitely be no next time, but it didn’t need to be said clearly. She nodded with a smile, said hello to him, then led the horse and drove the donkey cart into the city. .
After entering the city, we first walked forward for a while according to the light at the city gate. Once we were far away from the city gate, the road was not bright anymore.
Qingyan pretended to take out a torch from the basket at the back. This was the torch they had made when they were in the wilderness. ChouChou took two of them into the space.
He lit it with a flint, held it in his hand for lighting, and walked forward for a while.
Like Handan City, the distance from the city gate to the inner city is not long, only two to three hundred meters, and there are no homes here.
This is where soldiers gather to fight if the enemy attacks the city or there is an emergency.
If there are many people's houses or shops here, it will be more troublesome. It will be inconvenient for the soldiers to perform their duties, and it will also be easy to hide some enemy spies and spies to cooperate inside and outside.
By emptying this area, you can better prevent these.
Because we had just been delayed for a while, there were not many people leaving the city.
It should be almost nine o'clock in the evening now, the shops are probably closed, and I don't know if there are any inns where I can stay.
Qingyan stopped the donkey cart and said to Xue Minghua: "Sister Minghua, should we go back to your house directly or find an inn to settle down first?"
Xue Minghua thought for a while and said: "It's not too late to go home first. If... if our family doesn't want us to go back, it's not too late to find an inn to stay. Inns are only open until midnight." It will be closed.”
She was thinking that if she found her in broad daylight, her family would not want to recognize her, and it would be bad for her family's reputation if her neighbors saw her.
If she goes back at night, no matter whether her family accepts it or not, she doesn't have to worry about being seen by others. Even if they are seen, others won't know what happened. This is to save the last face for both parties.
Qingyan nodded and asked Fulai to hold the torch. She tied the horse to the car again, got on the shaft and took the torch before asking Xue Minghua: "Then do you remember the way home? How should we go?"
Xue Minghua nodded, "This city has not changed much. If my family had not moved, it should still be in its original location. We came in from the north gate. After a while, we entered the inner city. When we saw the intersection, we turned right. That’s until the end.”
Qingyan nodded, patted the donkey's butt, and let the donkey cart move forward again. She thought to herself that the Xue family was really easy to find. On the west side, it should be the West Street of Xingtang Mansion.
The car was very quiet next. The two children must have sensed their mother's uneasiness. Although they looked at the scene in the city curiously, they did not chatter like before, but sat quietly next to Qingyan.
Qingyan held up a torch with one hand, but she couldn't help it. It wasn't like a lantern could be hung in front, and the carport was made of mats. There was no way to insert a torch, for fear of accidentally setting the carport on fire. I can only hold it up with my hands.
To be honest, the light of this torch bounces around and goes out when the wind blows. It's really hard to see clearly. It's far worse than a flashlight.
The flashlight focused its light forward, but the light of this torch was scattered and could not shine very far ahead. The donkey cart could not pick up the speed. We walked for more than half an hour before we reached the point where Xue Minghua said that intersection.
This intersection looks a bit like the one in Handeng. I wonder if all cities in this era were built the same way. Anyway, this one is quite different from Handeng.
After going west for a while, we passed by the Yamen Gate, and then there was a long wall. It was either an official's mansion or a wealthy family's house.
However, this street is much longer than the one in Handeng. Because there are no pedestrians on the road, the front is very flat. Even if someone could see it in time, Qingyan speeded up the donkey cart and walked for more than half an hour before arriving at the last house in the west.
She also passed by the long wall before arriving at the main entrance. However, Xue Minghua did not let her stop at the main entrance. Instead, she continued walking forward until she reached the far west and found that there was a side entrance there, so she asked Qingyan to stop the car. , also helped her out of the car.
When she first arrived at the main entrance, Qingyan took a special look at the plaque on the door and felt relieved when she saw the word "Xue Mansion" written on it.
It seems that they have not been moved. If the plaque is changed to another surname, then we may have to make other plans.
After all, more than ten years have passed, and a generation may have changed. It is also possible that the Xue family may move to another city.
Xue Minghua got out of the car, walked to the door with a cane, and clicked the copper ring on the door.
Obviously there is a concierge guarding this door, and soon I heard a voice asking from inside: "Who is it? Are you here so late?"
Xue Minghua replied: "I'm looking for Manager Yang in the house. Could you please tell me?"
When the other party heard this, he quickly opened the door. Seeing two women and two children outside the door, he looked confused at first, and then asked: "Do you have anything to do with Manager Yang? At this time, Manager Yang should I’ve already rested, if there’s nothing urgent, why not come back tomorrow.”
It was already midnight, and he didn't want to run and wake up the person in charge of something insignificant, otherwise it would be bad if he got into trouble by then.
