Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

July is a very hot season. Even in the early morning, the soldiers of Yulongzhi who are wearing armor are already covered in sweat.

"Di Qing?"

Seeing the middle-aged general in front of him who was not afraid of the heat and his armor was still in order, Cao Bin immediately became interested.

He directly took out 2000 taels of silver notes from his sleeve, stuffed them in and said:

"Brother, you've worked hard. It's my lord's kindness to buy some ice cubes to cool off the heat."

Song Dynasty already has the technology of making ice with saltpeter, and with the storage in the cellar, ice is not a rare thing for rich people, as long as they have money, they can buy it.

Since Di Qing hasn't risen yet, Cao Bin will naturally try to win him over.

Although giving money is a bit vulgar, it is also the most direct and convenient method.

What is the most able to pull in the relationship, one is respect, and the other is interest.

Giving money can not only represent interests, but also express respect, perfect!

Although Di Qing is a famous general in history, and his personality may be upright, he is not a saint after all.

As long as you are still a mortal, you cannot escape the shackles of these two things.

When Di Qing saw that Cao Bin offered money when he came up, and took out a huge sum of 2000 taels when he returned it, he couldn't help but hesitated, and quickly declined:

"Uncle Cao can't do it. We are ordered by the emperor. It's our duty to protect Uncle Cao. How can we make Uncle Cao spend money?"

The power of money is still quite great, whether it's because of the money itself or because of the respect expressed by Cao Bin, Di Qing's favorability has suddenly risen to a higher level.

In just two sentences, his address changed from the very formal "Uncle Zhongjing" to "Uncle Cao".

At the same time, Di Qing couldn't help feeling emotional in his heart.

This Uncle Zhong Jing deserved to be a well-known dandy in Tokyo, it was too exaggerated, he was almost frightened by the price of 2000 taels.

Don't look at Cao Bin's price of hundreds of taels, 1000 taels, it's just because he has the mentality of an upstart and he still has a big business to support him.

In fact, in the Song Dynasty, the purchasing power of one tael of silver was quite strong.

A catty of rice is only a few pennies, and one tael of silver can buy three to four hundred catties of rice, which is enough for ordinary people to eat for more than half a year.

Seeing Di Qing's refusal, Cao Bin forced the bank note into his arms, laughed and said:

"Brother Di, what are you talking about? Isn't it hard work because of the responsibility?"

"Besides, I don't give you all the money. There are so many brothers who travel with me on business and suffer. I can't treat them badly."

Seeing that Di Qing refused, Cao Bin bluffed and said:

"Brother Di, if you don't accept it, will you look down on me?"

Seeing this, the lieutenant behind Di Qing tugged on his sleeve and said with a smile on his face:

"Thank you uncle, our leader just feels ashamed."

Seeing that Di Qing no longer objected, Cao Bin laughed:

"That's right. Since they are all from our own family, don't be so polite."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, not caring about Di Qing's reaction, and led a group of his men to board the mission ship in a hurry.

As the saying goes, taking people is short, eating people is short.

No matter what Di Qing thinks, as long as he accepts the money, he owes himself a favor, it's as simple as that!

When Cao Bin left, Di Qing complained bitterly:

"We have received other people's money, if we are asked to do something embarrassing, how can we refuse?"

The deputy general stared at the silver in Di Qing's hand, shook his head and said with a smile:

"The boss is too cautious!"

"Who is Uncle Cao, can he bribe us?"

"To put it bluntly, we are now his soldiers."

"Even if we don't give money, and they tell us to work hard, we have to obey orders."

"Besides these, I can't think of what Uncle Cao would ask us to do."

Di Qing froze for a moment, and found that it was indeed the case. He just couldn't understand why Cao Bin was so generous.

The lieutenant laughed:

"What is there to think about? Who is Uncle Cao?"

"Maybe this is the cost of visiting a brothel."

"I didn't want to take part in this errand at first, but I didn't expect Uncle Cao to be so considerate to his subordinates."

"With these silvers, it's worth it even if you lick blood with a knife."

When Di Qing heard the words, he could only agree with the lieutenant general's statement.

In this situation, even if he wanted to return the money to Cao Bin, he couldn't do it. Just look at the eyes of his subordinates to understand.

However, he has a good impression of Cao Bin, not because he loves money, but because of Cao Bin's attitude.

When Li Tang boarded the boat, they went up to meet him, but they didn't even get a word of "hard work".

No matter how upright he is, he can't feel good about such an attitude. He's not a masochist...

At this time, Li Tang was standing on the deck talking with the Xixia envoy, and he could clearly see Cao Bin's behavior.

Seeing that Cao Bin didn't even say hello and went straight into the cabin, he shook his head contemptuously and said to the Xixia envoy:

"Our deputy envoy is from a martial arts background, and he doesn't understand etiquette. Master Zhang laughed at him."

In his opinion, after entering Xixia, the hundreds of guards sent by the imperial court are useless at all, and the best strategy is to win over Xixia envoys.

The Xixia envoy was called Zhang Yanshou, a thin, short middle-aged man who served as the prefect of Jisi in Xixia and was in charge of finances.

The reason why Yuan Hao sent him to celebrate his birthday is also very simple.

They just focused on Da Song's gift in return for convenience.

Just this time to celebrate his birthday, Da Song sent a gift of [-] silver silks in return, which was more than half of the old coins.

There are more in the Liao Kingdom. After one year, 80 million silver can be given out just in return, which far exceeds the old coins.

This is also one of the reasons why the treasury of the Song Dynasty earns tens of millions of silver every year, but it is still financially tight.

There are so many places to spend money!

Hearing Li Tang's words, Zhang Yanshou shook his head and said with a smile:

"After Mr. Li enters our country, don't underestimate warriors. My family's lord doesn't like these things."

Li Tang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood, he cupped his hands hastily and said:

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for reminding me. Mr. Li made a note of it."

As he said that, he said with joy: "Afterwards, Mr. Zhang needs to raise a few more points, lest Mr. Li offend your country's taboo."

Zhang Yanshou waved his hands and said with a smile:

"Master Li, you are being polite, it's all trivial matters."

As he spoke, he casually asked:

"I don't know who the female general next to the deputy envoy is? Is it an official ordered by the court?"

Li Tang glanced at him and said with a smile:

"I've never heard of such a female general in the imperial court. It might be a servant of the Cao family."

Hearing this, Zhang Yanshou was shocked immediately, and asked eagerly: "If I want to buy her, I wonder if Lord Cao can part with her?"

Li Tang gave Zhang Yanshou a strange look.

He also met Hu Sanniang just now. Although she looks beautiful, she is too tall for his aesthetics.

Unexpectedly, the frustrating and thin Xixia envoy would fall in love with this kind of woman.

However, he was overjoyed at this time.

It's just a woman, if she can be used to bribe the Xixia envoy, then his life will be completely guaranteed.

While Li Tang was thinking about how to persuade Cao Bin, suddenly there was noise behind the deck.

At this time, a servant ran over and reported:

"Master, it's not good, our soldiers are fighting with Xixia people."

Li Tang panicked and said, "What's going on?"

The servant glanced at Xixia Zhang Yanshou and said:

"I heard that Yulongzhi's people overturned the Xixia people's breakfast, and they want us to lose money."

Only then did Li Tang heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Since this is the case, just compensate others."

Ding Nuoxuo of that family stayed for a while, and said: "My lord, let's go and have a look, Yulongzhi's people don't want to pay..."

Li Tang's face was filled with displeasure, and he said angrily:

"What am I looking at? Is it up to me to deal with such trivial matters? It's only natural to pay off debts. Since you have done something wrong, you have to accept the punishment."

The servant said: "But the Xixia people asked them to pay 1000 taels."

Hearing this, Li Tang was stunned for a moment, looked at the servant in disbelief and said, "Are you sure it's 1000 taels?"

At this moment, he also has nothing to say, you Xixia people eat gold, why do you let people accompany you for 1000 taels for a meal?

Zhang Yanshou said with some embarrassment:

"It may be that your deputy envoy was too generous, which made our soldiers jealous."

"Lord Li, don't worry, I'll stop them right away."

Hearing this, Li Tang immediately reacted, and quickly said:

"Master Zhang, you don't have to worry about it, it's only a tael of silver. I just need to adjust the tael."

As he spoke, he hurriedly comforted Zhang Yanshou, and followed the servant to the place where the conflict broke out.

Isn't this an opportunity to make friends with the Xixia envoys? Those Qiu Ba also like to show off, otherwise how could they arouse their covetousness.

Li Tang followed his servants and turned around the deck, and saw two parties confronting each other.

One side is the Yulongzhi soldiers led by Di Qing, and the other side is the troops sent by Xixia to the Great Song Dynasty.

With a gloomy face, he walked between the two parties, and asked Di Qing, "What's going on, why did you have a conflict with Xixia?"

Seeing Li Tang coming in person, Di Qing was not stage-frightened, and quickly explained the matter:

"Reporting to my lord, the subordinate officials are distributing rewards to the brothers."

"I never thought that the Xixia soldiers would directly lead people into it. I think they deliberately provoked trouble."

After listening to this, Li Tang took a deep breath, and hated that iron could not be made into steel:

"Commander Di, how could you be so ignorant and offend the Xixia people for a little money?"

"Don't you know that our lives are in other people's hands?"

"If this delays the important affairs of the court, can you afford it?"

Di Qing was stunned for a moment and said, "Master Li, what you mean is that we pay compensation according to their demands?"

He knew that Li Tang's words had some truth, but he couldn't suppress the evil fire in his chest.

Hearing the words, the lieutenant beside him became indignant and said:

"Master Li, those Xixia people are obviously greedy because they see Uncle Cao rewarding us."

"This is the silver that Uncle Cao awarded us, why should we distribute it to them?"

Li Tang scolded angrily: "Presumptuous, are you talking to me?"

After finishing speaking, he whispered:

"In the final analysis, this incident was caused by Cao Bin. He didn't know the benefits and rewarded the soldiers indiscriminately, so that the Xixia people took the opportunity to make trouble."