Inside Zuifengxuan.
The students quickly divided into teams according to the personnel specifications of each team. The captain of each team is a well-known student in the academy. In this way, at least there will be no situation where "a soldier does not know a general" due to different classes!
After the students selected their teams, the three brigades immediately started taking action.
Li Tai divided his first brigade into twenty-two groups, and directly divided the troops into twenty-two groups to go to the county offices of Chang'an County, Wannian County inside Chang'an City, and twenty counties outside Chang'an City. He personally led them I joined a group and went to the county government office in Chang'an County!
Tiedan led his third team to settle accounts for the Nuantang Foundation first!
Li Ke and Cheng Chumo took the members of the second team out of the workshop to prepare the carriages and horses. Because Li Zexuan restricted "activity funds", Li Ke and Cheng Chumo, who had been pampered since childhood, now had to start saving money and bargaining with others.
"What? You rent a horse here for twenty cents a day? Why don't you go and rob it? Do you believe that I will sue you for running a black shop?"
This was Cheng Chumo's voice.
The shopkeeper opposite him stiffened and said dullly: "Brother, the market is like this in the entire West Market. If you don't believe me, go and ask elsewhere! Don't blackmail me here!"
Cheng Chumo was smiling, but he was thinking mmp in his heart, because it was not like he had never asked about other places, but the prices of some horse racing shops were more expensive than here. Otherwise, why would he be talking to an old man here?
"Hoho~! You say I'm blackmailing you? I'm telling you, young master, an old horse like yours can earn at most three cents a day! Don't think I don't understand horses! The white-hoofed black and green horses in the current Holy I’ve seen both Zhui and Sà Luzi with my own eyes, and I’ve said too much about you, a loser, who only earns three cents a day~!”
Seeing that the old man wasn't fooled, the young man turned on the oral pleasure mode and started talking nonsense.
(The Tiwu, Qingzhui, and Saluzi he mentioned were all high-quality horses that had accompanied Li Er in his southern and northern campaigns. In addition to these three horses, there were also Quanmaoguan (guā), Shifachi, and Tellerqiao, They were all Li Er's mounts. In the middle of the Zhenguan Period, in order to commemorate these six war horses, Li Er ordered Yan Lide and Yan Liben to use reliefs to depict the six war horses and place them in Zhaoling, known as the Six Horses of Zhaoling in history)
The old man couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, and said: "Little brother, since you have even seen the Holy Emperor's beloved war horse, it means that you are either rich or noble! You said that because of a few pennies, why do you want to compete with me here? !”
Cheng Chumo thought to himself again, "It's true that I have money, but I can't spend it now!"
Just when Cheng Chumo was about to go berserk and beat someone, Li Ke came over from the other side of the street.
"Ugly Cow, what's wrong? Have you reached an agreement?"
Li Ke asked after coming over.
They went out in separate groups to look for carriages and horses. He had just reached an agreement with the owner of a carriage and horse shop and came over.
"Not yet! The shopkeeper is so stubborn! Xiao Ke, you only gave me so little money, so we can't negotiate this business! You'd better come and talk to him!"
Cheng Chumo curled his lips and almost wanted to give up.
The old man opposite heard Cheng Chumo say that he was stubborn and could not help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Now he actually wanted to beat someone up.
However, when he saw that although Li Ke was young, he could not hide his noble aura, so he knew that Li Ke must have a good background. He calmed down and then said to Li Ke: "It's not just an old man who is stubborn." It doesn’t work, but the price that the little brother just mentioned is simply impossible! Renting a horse for three cents, let alone Chang’an, even Bingzhou and Xinzhou, can’t have this price!”
(Datang has many horse farms in Bingzhou and Xinzhou, so the price of horses there will be slightly cheaper than elsewhere)
Li Ke didn't feel dissatisfied. He smiled kindly, cupped his hands towards the old man and said:
"Shopkeeper, we are all students of Yanhuang Academy. When we came out of the academy this time, we wanted to help the Nuantang Foundation to do charity, so we came here to find some carriages and horses to give to the poor people who can't afford fuel. We are transporting briquettes and coal stoves from Qiquge, so you are always asking if you can give us a discount. After all, we don’t have much money to prepare after coming out of the academy..."
Compared with Cheng Chumo's careless yelling, Li Ke's gentle way of speaking was undoubtedly more comfortable. The shopkeeper only listened to half of it and became very fond of Li Ke. But after hearing the purpose of Li Ke and others looking for the carriage and horses, the shopkeeper suddenly lost his composure:
"Hey! It turns out you are a student who helps the Nuantang Foundation! You told me earlier! Three cents, right? I will rent it to you as much as you want! Just treat me as a good deed!"
"Thank you very much, shopkeeper!"
Li Ke smiled and cupped his hands.
Cheng Chumo next to him stared at it with eyes wide open!
Is this a special girl okay? So, dear sir, I've spent so long talking, and all my efforts have been in vain?
Thinking of this, Cheng Chumo looked at the old shopkeeper with extremely resentful eyes.
As if he felt Cheng Chumo's "grievance", the old shopkeeper shivered inexplicably. He looked at Cheng Chumo and said with an apologetic smile: "Little brother, you can't blame me for this! If you had explained your purpose from the beginning, then I would No matter what, I won’t disagree!”
Cheng Chu silently hummed and ignored the old guy.
Li Ke couldn't help but laugh and said: "Don't pay attention to him, shopkeeper, my brother has always had this temper! I haven't asked the shopkeeper how many horses you have here, we have rented them all!"
The shopkeeper was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Li Ke to have such a big appetite. "There are thirty-two horses in total. Young Master, are you sure you want to rent them all?"
"Sure! Shopkeeper, let's rent it for twenty days for now. Here, the rent is 1,920 yuan, and that's the guarantor we hired!"
Li Ke quickly calculated the rent, and then pointed at a middle-aged scribe opposite who was walking towards this side.
The old shopkeeper couldn't help but have a toothache. If all the horses were rented to Li Ke for three cents a day, his losses would be too great! But just now his awesomeness has been blown out. At this time, he can't regret it even if he wants to. He can only accept the money and let go!
"Ahem! Young Master, you see that I have rented you so many horses so cheaply. Can you ask Datang Daily to mention a few words about my good deeds in tomorrow's news?"
After the handover was completed, the old shopkeeper remembered that Li Ke was a student of Yanhuang Academy, and the mountain chief of Yanhuang Academy was the founder of Datang Daily. He had a little evil thought in his heart, so he said to Li Ke eagerly .
Before Li Ke could speak, Cheng Chumo said in a rough voice: "No! Do you think Datang Daily is so good? If you want to do good deeds sincerely, why don't you just give these horses to us for free? Xiao Ke, Ignore him, let’s go! Go and ask others to come and hold the horses!”
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