Outside Li Zhuangzhuang, Zheng Dahu and Xu Shunqing got on the carriage. The driver raised his whip and drove the animals pulling the carriage along the dirt road to Lingqiu City.
Sitting in the car, Xu Shunqing held a cloth bag with silver in his arms and said, "Why are you being polite to that old guy? He is just a dog raised by my Xu family. Let him go to the governor's Yamen to sue Liu Heng. That's Give him face."
Zheng Dahu glanced at him and said, "Where is the money?"
"What silver?" Xu Shunqing blinked and hugged the silver in his arms tighter.
Zheng Dahu glanced at the cloth bag in his arms and said, "Stop talking nonsense. After taking so much money from Xu Laifu's house, do you still want to keep it all to yourself? Take it out!"
"This is the money of my Xu family." Xu Shunqing held the cloth bag with both hands and leaned back.
"You have a lot of money in the Xu family. You have lost all the money that Mrs. Xu saved a long time ago." Zheng Dahu said sarcastically, "You are a gambler, and you have given away all your money to the gambling shop. I don't want to give it to you." If you want more, give me half."
"You want to take away fifty taels?" Xu Shunqing's face darkened and he said, "No, no, it's too much, at most five taels, no, ten taels. This silver belongs to my Xu family."
Zheng Dahu raised the corner of his mouth and sneered, "Give me half of the money. We only know about this. Otherwise, if the news about you having money spreads and people in the gambling house know about it, you won't be able to keep a single copper penny."
Xu Shunqing's expression changed.
He owes the gambling house hundreds of taels of silver. Even if all the money in his hand is returned to the gambling house, it will not be enough. As long as he cannot repay the money owed to the gambling house at once, with compound interest, it will not take long for the money owed to him to change again. many.
"Fifty taels is too much." Xu Shunqing said with an ugly expression.
How can I easily give out half of the money I finally got?
Zheng Dahu said, "If you give me fifty taels, you can still have fifty taels left. If people from the gambling house come to ask for money, you won't be able to keep even one tael. Who are the people who want the money from the gambling house? You should know better than me."
The color of Xu Shunqing's face changed several times, but finally he took out the cloth bag, took out five ingots of silver, and handed it to Zheng Dahu reluctantly.
"I'll give you the money, but you have to promise not to leak this out, especially not to the people in the gambling house."
"Don't worry, only the two of us know about this." After taking the money, Zheng Dahu said with a smile, "As the saying goes, the benefits are not all yours. If I hadn't brought you to Lizhuang, you wouldn't be able to take it. Get this money."
Looking at the money in his hand, he added, "I didn't expect that even two servants of the Xu family could save so much money. It seems that your Xu family treats their servants well."
Xu Shunqing said with resentment, "This is the money Xu Laifu got from selling my Xu family. It belongs to me."
Zheng Dahu ignored him and put a few coins in his hand into his arms.
Xu Shunqing, who was sitting opposite, said with dissatisfaction, "Li Zhuang is the property of my Xu family. I will never let Xu Laifu, a man who betrayed my Xu family, stay in Li Zhuang as a steward."
"It's up to you whether you want to keep him or not." Zheng Dahu looked indifferent.
Xu Shunqing was stunned for a moment.
Just listen to Xu Dahu continue to say, "When the tiger-character flag falls, he will be useless. In the future, Li Village will be yours. Whether you keep him or not is not your decision."
"I will never leave a servant like him who has betrayed my Xu family in Lizhuang." Xu Shunqing said fiercely, and then added, "Xu Laifu colluded with Liu Heng of the Tiger Flag, and it became clear that he was a bandit. The thing is, can the Lord Guard chop off Xu Laifu's head when executing Liu Heng?"
Zheng Dahu glanced at him and said seriously, "What are you thinking about? If you kill Xu Laifu, who will work hard for my family in the future? Xu Laifu cannot die, and even if he dies, he cannot die in the hands of my family."
His tone softened, and he added, "Xu Laifu lost his job to make a living, and all his family money was given to you. He is even worse alive than dead."
"Okay, Master Zheng, let's spare him first." Xu Shunqing said bitterly.
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On the road at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, more than a dozen large vehicles pulled out a long convoy.
"Master, everything is ready, the team can hit the road at any time." Zhao Wu came to Liu Heng and said.
Liu Heng nodded and said to Zheng Chao next to him, "I'm waiting for your smooth return."
"This subordinate will definitely fulfill his mission." Zheng Chao bowed and said.
Liu Heng warned, "This is the first time our Tiger Flag has gone to sea. Even if it fails, everyone will come back alive. As long as the people are still there, there will be opportunities for the second and third time to go to sea."
Zheng Chao said, "Don't worry, boss, my subordinates will definitely live up to their trust."
"Let's hit the road!" Liu Heng said.
"Yes." Zheng Chao agreed and ran back to the front truck of the convoy. After getting on the truck, he ordered, "Let's set off."
The cart at the front moved slowly, followed by four cars behind, one after another on the road.
A squadron of fire guns served as the convoy escort and set off on the road with the cart. At the same time, Zheng Tie led a dozen riders and walked ahead of the convoy to explore the road.
As the convoy gradually moved away, Li Shuheng said with concern, "I hope they won't have any accidents this time. Our Tiger Flag is really unfamiliar with the sea."
"Don't worry, the sea is not that dangerous. Didn't Zheng Chao say that in the south of our Ming Dynasty, many maritime merchants built their own ships and went to sea, and those red-haired ghosts even took ships from far away places to Luzon and other places to join us in the Ming Dynasty. Doing business." Liu Heng said with a smile.
Li Shuheng said, "Datong is too far from the sea. Even if the sea is a way to make money, it is inconvenient for our Tiger Flag. On the contrary, it is to the north. As long as we can do well, we will be no worse than those Shanxi merchants in the future. There is no need for it at all." Send someone to venture out to sea.”
Hearing these words, Liu Heng smiled.
The Ming Dynasty in this era had many misunderstandings about the sea. On the contrary, some areas in the south were not as resistant to going to sea as the northerners.
While the two people were talking, a fast horse came galloping towards Dongshan from far away.
Soon, the horse came to Liu Heng. The rider dismounted and saluted, saying, "Master, Wang Qifu of the Fan family is here. He has arrived at Xujiazhuang."
"Calculating the days, he should arrive." Liu Heng said with a smile.
Li Shuheng on the side said, "It has been a while since the last time the Fan family's goods were robbed. Could it be that the Fan family is preparing to enter the grassland again, so I asked Wang Qifu to come over and inform us."
"We'll find out if you go and see." After Liu Heng finished speaking, he turned to Zhao Wu and said, "Go back to Xujiazhuang."
The guard brought the horse over, he took the reins and got on the horse.
Li Shuheng was also riding on horseback.
Under the escort of the guards, the two people left Dongshan on horseback and rode all the way towards Xujiazhuang.
