Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Hey! Are you still showing me face?"

Mrs. Xu said angrily: "Do you know what you are? Back then, if it hadn't been for my husband's relief, you would have starved to death long ago! Even now, you are still the same as my family, eating the last meal without stopping. The two of you are a pair of trash snacks! With your virtue, you have the face to criticize me?"

"You are completely wrong when you say that! Let me tell you, my surname Zhang is not a piece of trash..."

Zhang Xingyun stretched out his hand, took out an ingot of gold from his sleeve pocket, and continued: "Sister-in-law, other things can be faked, but this gold can't be faked, right? Which piece of trash do you see that can give out so much money?"

Mrs. Xu hesitated and said: "It's really gold? You don't know where to find a piece of brass to make up the number..."

"Look for yourself..." Zhang Xingyun handed over the gold and said, "If this gold is fake, I will never enter your Xu family's door again from now on."

Mrs. Xu is a person who has seen the world, and when she took it, she knew it was real gold.She hurriedly returned the gold and said, "This ingot of gold weighs about five taels... Where did you get so much money?"

"Of course I earned it!" Zhang Xingyun said proudly: "How is it? Our surname Zhang is not so useless, right?"

While talking, he took out another ingot of gold from his sleeve pocket, but this ingot was much smaller than the previous one.

Zhang Xingyun continued: "For so many years, I have been taken care of by my eldest brother and sister-in-law, and I have spent a lot of food at your house. I can't repay you, brother. This ingot of gold is not much, it weighs about one or two, so I gave it to my sister-in-law."

Mrs. Xu had a look of disbelief, and said, "Are you really willing to give it to me?"

Xu Qinen's face was also radiant because of the brother's face, he said loudly: "Don't give it to your mother-in-law! Brother Zhang will take it for you. Hurry up and buy some good wine and food for us to eat! You can't really ignore Brother Zhang's lunch, right?" ?”

"Okay, I'll go right now."

Mrs. Xu took the order to go, and within half an hour, she prepared four dishes and a pot of wine.

Xu Qinen drank a glass of wine happily, then closed his eyes tightly, and said, "It's been more than a year, but I haven't tasted wine for more than a year. Good! This wine tastes really good!"

Immediately, he sighed again, and said, "Oh, I really don't know when will the next drink be?"

Zhang Xingyun said: "When the big brother turns around, he can naturally drink every day."

"Times come and go?" Xu Qinen closed his eyes tightly and said, "Brother, to be honest, I don't even believe what you said..."

"Brother, don't believe me. To tell you the truth, there is a lucky opportunity now, and it depends on whether you can grasp it!"

Xu Qinen's eyes lit up, and he said, "What chance?"

Zhang Xingyun said: "Do you know where the gold in my hand came from? This is an opportunity!"

Xu Qinen hurriedly said, "I won't do anything that breaks the law!"

"Look at what you said, brother, I can't push you into the fire pit. Besides, it's not that I look down on you and make you do evil, and you are not that kind of material."

Xu Qinen blushed slightly, and said, "What's going on?"

Zhang Xingyun explained: "Although this is not illegal, it is still dangerous. There is a wealthy family named Wu in Chang'an City. This Mr. Wu used to be in the jewelry business. Now that he heard that Haimao is making money, he plans to recruit some people go to sea with him."

Mrs. Xu's face changed drastically, and she said, "I understand, the gold in your hand is your life money!"

"What money for life? It's called settling fee! Master Wu said, as long as he promises to serve him at sea for three years. After signing the deed, he will be given ten taels of gold for settling down. There will be two taels of gold per month in the future. .”

Mrs. Xu said: "Who doesn't know that sailing at sea is extremely dangerous? Three years? I'm afraid I won't survive one year, and I'll die in the belly of a fish. Husband, you can't go!"

Xu Qinen shook his head slightly, and said: "You can't say that. The sea is dangerous, so isn't it dangerous in Chang'an? If you can't find a living, within a year, you and I will become beggars. I am not afraid of death, I am afraid of poverty! "

"Brother said that well!"

Zhang Xingyun said: "Let's eat the last meal without the next meal, and live like a ghost, what's the point? Why don't we go to sea with Master Wu and fight to the death. I've heard that gold is everywhere overseas, maybe We've grown so much since then!"

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Three days later, Xu Qinen received ten taels of gold for the settling-in allowance, and gave all of it to his wife.

He said: "Three years later, if I can come back alive, there is nothing to say, we will live a good life. If it is unfortunate, I can't come back..."

"how?"

"You just find a good family and remarry! I'm sorry, you have not enjoyed any blessings after being married to me for so many years. I am really ashamed of being a husband. If there is an afterlife, let's continue our relationship!"

Mrs. Xu choked up and said, "Husband, you must come back alive! I...I'll wait for you!"

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A month later, Xu Qinen and Zhang Xingyun came to Quanzhou Port together with Master Wu's team.

Everyone bought goods, bought ships and went to sea, and embarked on an unknown journey...

Chapter 9 There Are Fairy Mountains Overseas (2)

It turned out that Xu Qinen couldn't understand it all the time. It is true that doing business at sea is dangerous, but as long as he is willing to pay, there will be a brave man under the reward, so he is afraid that he will not be able to recruit anyone?

It's also about recruiting people, there are those who are brave and powerful, those who are not afraid of death, and those who are well-educated. Why don't others recruit, and they insist on recruiting themselves and Zhang Xingyun, a pair of trash snacks?

Of course, even though he couldn't figure it out, he didn't dare to ask more questions because of the two taels of gold per month.

It wasn't until they set sail that Xu Qinen understood the real purpose of Master Wu in recruiting them.

The so-called Mr. Wu is not old, his real name is Wu Zhengxiang, and he is only 42 years old this year.This person is slightly fat, with a pair of small eyes that are not big but show a capable look.

"Two brothers, please sit down."

"Thank you, Master Wu."

"You two don't have to be so restrained." Wu Zhengxiang said: "Going out to sea, sitting on the same boat, there is not so much superiority and inferiority. We encountered storms and waves at sea, and encountered cannibals in foreign countries. A little carelessness , whether it’s the buddy or the boss, it’s no difference.”

Zhang Xingyun interjected: "I see. What you mean is that we are now grasshoppers on the same rope. If something happens, I can't jump and I can't run away from you. We are all on our own, and there are not so many rules."

"That's what it means."

Xu Qinen's life has undergone major changes, and he is much calmer than Zhang Xingyun.He laughed dryly, and said: "Master Wu meant something by saying this. Anyway, our brothers are using people's money to eliminate disasters. If you have anything to do, just order it."

"Uh...it's actually nothing. To be honest, there are sailors on the boat, and if you encounter raw or pirates, there are also guards I hired to resist. Under normal circumstances, less than two are needed."

Zhang Xingyun said: "Then you spent so much money to hire our two brothers, it's not just to chat with you, is it?"

"Of course not." Wu Zhengxiang lowered his voice and said, "Do you two know the real purpose of my going to sea this time?"

"Isn't it doing business at sea?"

Wu Zhengxiang shook his head, and said: "My surname is Wu, not to say that I am rich, but I always have a family property of hundreds of thousands. With so much money, I really can't eat it up in a few lifetimes. If I change places, Will the two of you still go to sea at the risk of narrow death??"

"Of course not."