It was late at night, and Ren Ning felt sorry for Zhui Feng, so he did not continue on his way.
After finding a place with leeward wind, he dismounted and rested.
Make a habit of checking your surroundings to see if everything is safe.
In the past few days, there has finally been a sense of approaching winter, and the north wind on the grassland has become biting day by day.
It was still quite cold at night, but after Ren Ning finished feeding the horse, he closed his clothes and lay on the ground and fell asleep in the blink of an eye.
Early the next morning, the morning star was still high in the sky.
Ren Ning ate something, and after clearing his direction, he headed towards the Kailun tribe.
These days, the Kailun people are far more vigilant than the Benlu tribe.
As soon as his horse saw the continuous tents, four or five horsemen came towards them with weapons.
Seeing that it was Ren Ning, the other party was overjoyed. After a few greetings, he quickly turned his horse's head and welcomed him back like stars holding the moon.
As soon as he returned to the tribe, the three clan leaders and his party happily greeted him.
Several people had big dark circles in their eyes.
"The horse thieves came and attacked last night?" Ren Ning asked.
"Here we come." Allen, always a quick talker, shouted cheerfully.
"This time the horse thieves did not dare to spread their forces too thin. More than fifty people attacked the western edge of the tribe together, which was just a random attack. The other twenty people were just like Brother Ning said yesterday, they were broken into pieces and wanted to sneak in to save people. .”
"Fortunately, we were prepared. Although we lost some livestock pens, we didn't let them take advantage of it too much. Three of them were left behind, and five horses were seriously injured."
"That's good." Ren Ning nodded.
He did not ask how many of the Kailun tribe had died.
The horse thieves or scouts are one less dead, and the Kailun tribe can definitely afford to die for the time being.
"Brother Ning," You Meng's right arm was bandaged. He punched Ren Ning with his left hand. "You didn't show up last night. Everyone was worried about what happened to you."
"You were brought here to help me by Youmeng. Fortunately, you are okay, otherwise I would have to bear the consequences forever..."
"Don't worry! Am I that easy to get into trouble?" Ren Ning laughed and comforted You Meng.
Then, he took out Huang Chengcheng's earrings and said, "Chief, do you recognize these earrings?"
"It's definitely not my daughter's." The three clan leaders blurted out.
Ren Ning's face darkened a bit, "Take it and identify it properly."
Perhaps because Xiliang has few mines, not only women like to wear metal ornaments, but men are no exception.
Earrings are one of them.
The three clan leaders knew that Ren Ning would not take pleasure in him, so they quickly recognized him carefully.
"It's very familiar. I seem to have seen it on someone before." He looked a little ashamed, "It's just that I didn't sleep all night, and I was so dizzy that I couldn't remember it for a while."
Ren Ning was not prepared to whet his appetite, "These are the earrings of the leader of the Benlu clan. Do you recognize them?"
Ouch!
"That's right." The head of the three tribes slapped his thigh, "I wonder why it looks so familiar. It turns out to be that bastard's earrings."
Soon everyone in the tent reacted, and their eyes suddenly fell to the floor.
"Brother Ning, you...you went to the Benlu tribe last night?" Allen's tongue was a little knotted.
Ren Ning nodded, "The horse thief let me go yesterday. I had nothing to do, so I went to greet the Benlu tribe."
"They should be very lively now," he said.
"What's the excitement?" A bunch of people couldn't help but crane their necks.
"It's a funeral." Ren Ning smiled.
"The patriarch's family seems to have some physical and mental problems. Although I am just a stranger passing by, they did not hesitate to send a bunch of things, including this pair of earrings."
He actually saw a lot of good things at that time, but he couldn't take out most of them. Ren Ning had no choice but to take out a stack of banknotes and find a place to hide the other valuable treasures.
When money is tight, maybe he can go over and take it out for use.
Hearing what Ren Ning said, everyone in the tent was stunned. Everyone looked at him as if they were seeing gods in the sky.
The hands of the heads of the three clans were shaking a little, "How did you do it? Really...poisoned me?"
"No." Ren Ning shook his head lightly, "The harm will not affect ordinary people. I will not do such an immoral thing as poisoning the water source."
The heads of the three clans breathed a sigh of relief and soon became energetic again.
Unlike the Kailun tribe, the Benlu tribe has three chiefs. All its power is in the hands of the only patriarch.
Now the patriarch and his family are gone. The entire tribe is expected to be in chaos for a long time. This is definitely good news for Kai Lun.
For a moment, the eyes of the three clan leaders were gleaming, and the sleepiness of not getting enough rest last night disappeared in an instant.
He slapped Allen, "Why are you still dazed? It's such great news, why don't you go and invite the chief and the second chief over to discuss it."
Allen looked at Ren Ning subconsciously.
Ren Ning did not stop him, but just reminded him with a smile, "Chief of the three clans, what I am doing is called a decapitation operation."
"But since I can behead, others will naturally do the same. So you should be careful when you come down."
The three clan leaders were stunned, and sweat suddenly appeared on their foreheads.
He looked around and felt that there were dangers everywhere.
"Brother Ning, when will you leave?"
When Ren Ning and Youmeng first arrived in Kailun, the three clan leaders had asked about the situation and knew that they wanted to find a herbal medicine and that their time was limited.
"There's no rush." Ren Ning smiled: "Zhui Feng likes the horse food here in Kailun, and he wants to keep it for a few more days."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but look at him gratefully.
The military horse rations in the fortress are many times more expensive than those in Kailun. Horse food and the like were naturally an excuse, but Ren Ning wanted to stay and use Kai Lun's power to kill all the Xiliang scouts.
This was originally a matter of helping and benefiting each other.
But in the hearts of everyone in Kailun, the Ren Ning in front of them was similar to the Guanyin Bodhisattva who rescued people in distress.
Well,
They believe in the wolf god, not the Bodhisattva.
Soon, the other two clan leaders rushed over excitedly.
The patriarch was old and almost fell down. But he wasn't angry at all, instead he smiled even more happily.
Ren Ning had no time to participate in their tribe's development plan, but returned to his tent to close his eyes and rest.
It's just that he slept soundly last night, but now he couldn't sleep, so he got up and took out the banknotes to count.
Each banknote represents one hundred taels of silver, and Ren Ning holds a thick stack in his hand, which adds up to thirty thousand taels.
Thirty thousand taels,
What a huge profit!
Ren Ning only had one or two military meetings every month. If you had been working as a scout, it would take more than 2,500 years to save thirty thousand taels. Enough to save from ancient times to now.
The only pity is that Xiliang's economy collapsed. The banknotes it issued were not recognized by any surrounding country except Xiliang itself.
Unlike the wealthy Yunchui, not only the banknotes issued, but also the language and way of thinking have a certain market in surrounding countries.
But this is not a problem.
The Yunchui Empire does not accept banknotes from Xiliang, but the caravans coming and going do.
Ren Ning shook the stack of banknotes thoughtfully.
Both Kailun and Benlu are just small tribes on the grassland, and most of their things are traded by barter. For example, cattle and sheep were exchanged for Yunchui's cloth and coarse salt.
Relatively speaking, large amounts of cash are not of much use, because they cannot be used around here.
The thirty thousand taels of cash in front of me is definitely a lot of money. It was probably used by the Xiliang Royal Court to bribe small tribes like Benlu and use them as cannon fodder.
But it belongs to Ren Ning now.
He silently put the money away and poured it on the bed.
There will be some loss if you exchange money. If you exchange the Xiliang banknotes for Yunchui's banknotes, you will probably have more than 28,000 taels left.
Such a sum of money is not that small in Yunchui Imperial Capital. It can at least buy a large house with four to five rooms.
Of course, it's not a good location.
Thinking of this, Ren Ning turned over.
Five years ago, one of his aunts got married, and the bottom of the dowry was a total of fifty thousand taels!
Still poor.
