Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 15 Trading
After talking with Xu Gong, Yang Menglong found out that Houjin's Niulu troops had rushed in from a neighboring county and slaughtered many villages, shocking the whole county.The local guard station rushed into the city to deploy defenses. The county magistrate Fang Lin discussed with Zhang Qianhu of the Qianhu Office and decided to send some cavalry to inform the people who were far away from the county seat to hide in the county seat or find a safe place to hide. Don't feed the knife to the Houjin people in vain, Xu Gong is one of them.It can be seen from this that Fang County Magistrate is quite a responsible official, and he did not abandon the people of the county to escape or shut down the county town to take care of himself, regardless of whether the people live or die.

"Approximately how many people are there in one Niulu?" Yang Menglong asked curiously.

Xu Gong tilted his head and frowned. Apparently he didn't know how many people there were in Niulu.Qi Hu on the side suddenly interjected: "I can't say for sure. According to the eight-banner system established by the old slave Nurhaci, three hundred dings are one niulu, five niulu is one jiala, five jiala is one flag, and one There should be about 400 people in Niulu. However, some Niulu are stronger, with three or four hundred households, and each household draws one ding. One Niulu has 200 people. Some Niulu is weak, with less than [-] households. , even if they draw two ding per household, there are still less than [-] people.”

Xu Gong looked at this old man in surprise, secretly surprised: "How does this old man know so much?" Yang Menglong was not in the mood to think about it, his head hurt a little.He has experienced the fighting power of the later golden cavalry, and just four cavalry almost wiped out Xiaojiazhuang. If two or three hundred cavalry came all at once, would he still be alive?He slaughtered four people at once, and that post-jin man will definitely come to take revenge. If the hero doesn't suffer from the immediate loss, he should sneak into the county as soon as possible!At any rate, the county town still has a city wall that can withstand it all, staying in Xiaojiazhuang will only lead to a dead end!
After making up his mind, he hurriedly discussed with Xiao Yufang: "Miss Xiao, the Houjin people may come again, it's too dangerous here, we'd better flee to the county seat, otherwise we will only die when the Jin people come. Already!"

Xiao Yufang hugged Xiaojun and said, "Master Yang, you go, I won't go."

Yang Menglong was anxious: "Why?"

Xiao Yufang smiled wryly: "I want to take care of the family business left by my father. If I leave, the family business will not be able to be kept."

Yang Menglong jumped on his feet and said, "So what if you stay? Do you have the ability to keep these things? Once the post-Golden people come, you will burn what should be burned, and what should be robbed will be robbed. Maybe even you will have to go in." , they snatched her away as a military prostitute!"

Girls are most afraid of this. When she heard that she might be snatched away as a military prostitute, Xiao Yufang was so frightened that her face turned pale and she said in a trembling voice: "No way? They..."

Yang Menglong said and gestured: "Why can't you? Do you know how cruel these beasts are? Let me tell you, I have passed through several villages in the past few days, and they were all slaughtered by them. It's so miserable, so miserable. There are hundreds of people in a village, regardless of men, women, old and young, all beheaded..."

Xiao Yufang screamed: "Stop talking, let's go to the county seat, let's go to the county seat!"

Yang Menglong quickly stopped talking, and said: "Then why don't you pack up some money and clothes to go on the road? The post-jin man may be killed at any time, and by then you won't be able to escape even if you want to!"

Xiao Yufang didn't dare to procrastinate any longer, she let go of Jun Xiao, and quickly packed her things. Jun Xiao was no longer so scared, and helped rummaging through the boxes, finding valuables and bringing them with her.Considering that one of Xiao Yufang and Xiao Jun is a weak woman and the other is a kid, and they can't walk fast at all, Yang Menglong went to the yard to find a cart for transporting grain, pulled a war horse, and made gestures with a rope. The war horse snorted uneasily, as if something was wrong.Xu Gong has been watching his every move, and seeing that he seems to be planning to put on the horse, he shouted: "Young Master Yang, what are you doing?"

Yang Menglong said: "Miss Xiao's sister and brother can't walk that far. I have to put them in a cart and let them go by car... I said, boss, can you stop watching? Come and help me." !"

Xu Gong glared at him, as if he had a grudge against him. He seemed to want to put reins on him and let him pull the cart: "You want to use war horses to pull the cart?"

Yang Menglong dodged the hooves kicked by the war horse, and said confidently: "Nonsense, don't use it to pull it, why should I pull it?"

Xu Gong rushed up and snatched the reins, more excited than letting him pull the cart: "You have to understand, this is a war horse, and it is used for war! Rough horses should be used for rough work like pulling a cart! You let the war horse A large cart will be useless after being pulled a few times, it would be better to kill it with one knife!"

Yang Menglong didn't care: "If it's useless, then it's useless. It's not my horse. I feel sorry for him."

Xu Gong was so angry that he wanted to give him a whip, but considering the difference in combat power between the two sides, he endured it, and the hand holding the whip trembled, and roared at the elm head: "Do you know that such a war horse How precious? At least it’s worth 200 taels of silver, and even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it! If we soldiers can have such a war horse, we don’t know how happy we will be. Treating a war horse is better than treating your own wife. It’s good for you, you want to use it to pull a cart! I’m so pissed off, I’m so pissed off!” Hitting the ground with all his strength, he drew a whip mark on the ground, proving to Yang Menglong that he was really going to be pissed off up.

When Yang Menglong heard that the war horse was so valuable, he also murmured a little bit: "That's it... what should I do? You have to have a horse to pull the cart." Holding his chin, he walked around the war horse twice, and said cautiously: "It's so expensive. Zhuang, it shouldn’t matter if you pull the car back once, right?”

Xu Gong almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.It can't go on like this anymore, if it goes on like this, he will really be pissed off by this idiot, he made a genius suggestion: "Mr. I'll bring it here and put it on, let it pull the cart, and then you will lend me this war horse to ride back?"

Yang Menglong was overjoyed: "So you have a rogue, you told me a long time ago! The deal is done!"

Xu Gong didn't quite believe his ears: "Master, have you agreed?"

Yang Menglong nodded: "I agree, quickly bring your horse and harness it, and then I will lend you this horse to ride."

With a whoosh, Xu Gong disappeared, and Yang Menglong was startled by that ghostly movement, and he patted his heart and muttered to himself: "It's terrible, it's terrible! Could it be that this guy is pregnant? Movie flashes and other stunts, right?"

Thus, a transaction was completed in this way, and the two parties exchanged horses. Xu Gong's poor horse, which was forced to be a cameo horse, was harnessed to the cart, and he himself rode the tall and strong Liaodong war horse with great pomp, which was like a shotgun exchange.He probably saw that Yang Menglong was easy to talk, so he started to push forward:
"Mr. Yang, Xiaojiazhuang is more than 40 miles away from the county seat. You have to go until dark to get there. The road is not smooth. You may bump into the ranger of the Houjin man at any time. Even if you have three heads and six arms, you can't take care of it alone. Ah... how about we escort them into the city together?"

Yang Menglong couldn't wish for it, so he agreed.

So, the question came: "But I don't have a good weapon..."

Immediately, an extremely sharp saber was stuffed into Xu Gong's hand.

"I still need a pair of bows and arrows..."

A pair of well-made bows and arrows has arrived.

"The arrows of the Houjin people are very precise, and those who hit them will die, and they can't do it without a pair of armor..."

I also got a set of blood-stained cotton armor.Anyway, these things were also picked up from the post-jin people, and Yang Menglong didn't feel bad at all for using them as favors.

Soon, Xu Gong put on cotton armor, matched with a saber and bow and arrows, and looked majestic. When he walked on the street with this outfit, he didn't know how many girls he would fascinate.He was very proud of himself, this trip was really worth it, although these things might not belong to him, but this outfit is also very showy when he returns to the county town, he would like to see how to force such a hard job Where is the face of the servant captain on him!Of course, it would be even better if I could buy a head from Yang Menglong...

The old man Qi Hu watched with a smile, and waited for Xu Gong to dress up before he said slowly: "Master Xu Jun is right, this road is not smooth, and no one knows when we will bump into the Houjin man... old man Although he is old, he still has strength. He can hold an armor, swing a knife, and draw a bow. He dared to borrow a pair of armor, a saber, and a bow and arrow from Young Master Yang. The golden man has a little more strength!"

Yang Menglong was very generous: "Old man, don't be polite to me. The horses, armor, and weapons are all there. You can pick whatever you like. Take whatever you like."

Qi Hu smiled so much that his eyes narrowed: "The old man is not welcome!" He began to choose armor and weapons.

Taking advantage of Qi Hu's busy work, Xu Gong pulled Yang Menglong aside and asked in a low voice, "Master Yang... no, I'm only a few years older than you, so I'll call you Brother Yang. Brother Yang, you killed four Latter Jin, have you won the first rank?"

Yang Menglong already regarded this buddy as one of his own, and said proudly: "Nonsense, of course!" He took out the sack and opened it, and four bloody heads appeared in front of Xu Gong.Xu Gong picked up one, looked at it, and exclaimed: "It's really the head of a Houjin man! Look at the smooth forehead, it's obvious that he shaved his hair since he was a child. Yes, it's the head of a real slave!" Put it down! He picked up one after another, as if he couldn't see enough.After a long while, he reluctantly put down his head, rubbed his big hands, and said sheepishly: "Brother Yang, I want to ask you something. I wonder if you can agree to it?"

Yang Menglong said: "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Xu Gong said shyly, "I...I want to buy a head..."

Yang Menglong was still so generous: "Damn, I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be this! Okay, I'll sell you one, but the money must be there!"

Xu Gong was overjoyed: "Really? Thank you so much, brother! When I go back, brother, I will give you enough money even if I sell my pants!"

Yang Menglong punched Xu Gong on the shoulder, almost knocking him down: "Who among us is following whom? Do we need to be so polite?"

Xu Gong giggled a few times, overjoyed, even happier than marrying a daughter-in-law.He suddenly thought of something, and lowered his voice: "However, Brother Yang, you must not say that you sold me this head. If you ask me, you can say that we worked together to kill the four queens." Jinren, you won the third level, I won the first level, you must remember!"

Yang Menglong was very cooperative: "Understand, understand, why don't we get the lines right first?"

So the two guys hid aside, and the two heads got together and muttered to each other's lines...

(End of this chapter)