Twilight Boundary Chapter 117

Chapter 117 Red fragrant poplar bow

 In March, the entire Zhuangzi received the first batch of blood food.

A steward took two Hongxiang disciples and seven or eight Qingxiang disciples, escorted a tightly sealed carriage, and came to Zhuangzi.

Hu Ma immediately took the people and welcomed them into Zhuangzi. The carriage was sent directly into the warehouse without unloading the goods. He took the horses back and sent them to the trough for fodder and water.

Then the warehouse was sealed and a red lantern was hung in front of the warehouse.

The clerk in Zhuangzi took the guy and kept watch outside the warehouse all night, while Hu Ma arranged for people to prepare meals for the steward and the Hongxiang disciples and Qingxiang disciples. They were all good meat and good rice. But no wine was served to them at all.

On the second day, he opened the seal, hitched his horse, left Zhuangzi and headed for the city.

From beginning to end, Hu Ma had no idea what the blood food looked like.

 He analyzed that it was probably because Zhuangzi had been in trouble before and was still suspicious.

Unless it is forced, blood food does not come into Zhuangzi. Even if it does come, it is either in a hurry or in small quantities.

Moreover, the **** personnel did not change from beginning to end, and were escorted back to the city in one go, eliminating all kinds of risks.

 After all, Zhuangzi has a dark history.

When something happened to the old shopkeeper earlier, it was the people from the mine who escorted the blood food to Zhuangzi first. The old shopkeeper checked it and recorded it in the account, and then arranged for the people to send it to the city. The others then returned to the mine to work, which was more efficient than this. Much more.

 But in this way, life is more leisurely than Hu Ma thought.

I have been busy for more than two months, and I am almost done with this season.

Before and after this, he didn't do too many practical things. He just prepared the carriages and horses when asked to prepare them. He opened the warehouse when asked to open the warehouse. He went to respond to requests wherever he was asked. In addition, that was Just taking care of the food and things like that.

It doesn't look like a shopkeeper, but more like a warehouse manager.

　　Although it sounds like this is leisurely and there are many fewer risks, the thought of being a shopkeeper has also faded away.

The shopkeeper said before that he wanted to be the shopkeeper, but when he thought about it, after working like this for a year, with only hard work and no merit, his foundation was too weak, and it was still too difficult for him to get the position of shopkeeper. .

“It is said that this Red Lantern Lady can produce a year's harvest, so she can do it...”

While doing things, Hu Ma thought about it silently, feeling a little frightened.

As a Zhuangzi, the amount of blood food coming in and out was relatively small, but Hu Ma looked at it with cold eyes, going back and forth, and he was afraid that two or three thousand kilograms of blood food could not enter the city through Zhuangzi.

Moreover, Hu Ma knows that his own village is only the smallest one among the various branches of the Red Lantern Lady Guild. Based on this, if other Zhuangzi are included, the Red Lantern Lady Guild will not be afraid of getting five or six blood meals for this year. Ten thousand catties?

According to the market price in this world, a pound of green food is worth several taels of silver. In this year, the Red Lantern Lady Club has brought in and out hundreds of thousands of silver?

 This does not include the blood Tai Sui, some special rare Tai Sui, Tai Sui blood, etc. that are scarce or additional.

“The Red Lantern Empress has been making a name for herself in Mingzhou Prefecture for more than ten years, and how much wealth she has accumulated...”

Hu Ma didn't sigh. Of course, he wasn't thinking about anything, he just sighed.

Seeing that the blood food coming into the village in recent days has become less and less, he can be considered relieved. He has no credit, but this year's hard work has always been lost.

But on this day, it was almost dusk, and suddenly there was a sound of horse hoofbeats outside Zhuangzi. Immediately, someone hurried over and told Hu Ma that a disciple with a red belt around his waist was here and wanted to see the steward. .

“Why do you have to come here when it's almost dark?”

Hu Ma felt a little nervous.

 The transportation of blood and food is often done during the day, and must be sealed in various villages at night.

However, the road is complicated and there are always some unexpected things. If the escorting carriages and horses are left halfway and catch up with the darkness, it will be very dangerous. At this time, they will often send people immediately to the nearby village. Come for help, extra manpower.

But no matter how many people there are, escorting blood food at night will not be peaceful, and something may happen.

Hurrying out, I was a little surprised to see that the Hongxiang disciple who came here was an acquaintance.

 I am familiar with them, but I am not very familiar with them. After all, during these days of correspondence, I have gotten to know many Hongxiang disciples, and some of them have met several times.

The person who is here now has only met once. He is one of the four Hongxiang disciples who came to Zhuangzi with Manager Xu to investigate after the Tan'er Cult incident. Hu Ma still remembers that his name is Yang Gong is a proud and arrogant person.

And it seems that he did not come here to find help. When he saw Hu Ma, he said: "I came to you for help."

 “What are you busy with?”

Hu Ma was a little surprised, so she invited him into Zhuangzi and said, "You haven't eaten yet. Let's eat in Zhuangzi first."

 “Don't go into Zhuangzi to eat.”

Yang Gong glanced at Zhuangzi and said, "If there is anything outside, I can eat anything. I have been hungry all day."

Even though his conditions were rather strange, Hu Ma still said: "Yes, I will take you to eat in the town."

 Speaking, he asked someone to take Yang Gong's horse and go to the stable to feed and rest. Then he walked out of the village with him and went to a wine shop in the town.

There are hundreds of households in this town, and they are actually well-equipped. There are wine shops, restaurants, and some oil, salt and sauce shops. Most of them do business with merchants who come and go from Mingzhou Prefecture. Most of them are closed in winter, and only after the beginning of spring there is some business. .

　　When we entered the restaurant, the restaurant owner also knew Hu Ma and hurriedly came to greet him.

Hu Ma asked him to make some food and wine first, and sat down at the square table with Yang Gong before asking him what was going on.

"I made a batch of blood food and thought about leaving your village. I'm worried about the others." Yang Gong waited for the meat to be cut up and ate it with a few chopsticks. Then he whispered to Hu Ma: " But I don't have much manpower. At a critical moment, I may need to bring some guys to help me, so I came to you in advance and asked you to do this for me.”

 “Blood food?”

Hearing this, Hu Ma felt a little strange.

This Yang Gong joined the Red Lantern Lady Club in the same year as him, and it has been less than a year now.

These Hongxiang disciples are now mostly responsible for following the stewards from various places, escorting blood food, or going to the mines to prevent changes, but according to Yang Gong's intention, he is actually going to get a batch of blood food himself. .

This made Hu Ma curious. No matter how capable he was, he would never be responsible for a batch of blood food alone, right?

Besides, if you have this power, how come you are short of manpower?

 “Hmph, I just can't swallow this breath!”

Yang Gong poured a glass of wine into his mouth, slammed it on the table, gritted his teeth and said: "My parents died early, and my uncles sold me to Yazi. I was lucky enough to join the Red Lantern Club, and I worked hard to endure hardships." , I want to survive a lot and go back to kill those uncles."

"But unfortunately, I am willing to endure hardships and work hard, but those people still look down on me. Let our brothers do the hard work, and let his subordinates do the credit."

“When the blood meal was distributed, we were at the back, picked a little angel, and even gave a lame one..."

 “Go to hell!”

As he spoke, his eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, and he stared at Hu Ma and said, "Boss Hu, when I entered this red lantern club, you are the only one who likes me, and I am not afraid of your laughter."

"My original name was not Yang Gong. My name was Yangdanzi. No one gave me a serious name. But after I burned red incense, I changed my name to Yang Gong. Who dares to bully me again? Just shoot that **** to death with one arrow..."

 I felt the hostility in him, but I also heard some depression and grievance in his heart.

Hu Ma sighed softly, poured the wine for him, and said: "Brother Yang Gong, I am the same as you. I only have a mother-in-law who loves me. She passed away last year, but this is always the case in this world. I am plotted and bullied. Are there less things to do?"

 “Why bother yourself, just look at it with a clear mind.”

 “I can't look away!”

Yang Gong patted the table, which startled the restaurant owner on the counter.

Hu Ma winked at him, and the restaurant owner immediately understood and ran into the kitchen, not daring to listen to what they were saying.

Yang Gong also realized that his voice was louder, his face turned red, and he lowered his voice a little, saying: "Those guys are suppressing me and not letting me get ahead, but I refuse to accept this fate. There are several blood mines in our club." , I was just ordered by others to do some chores like running errands and patrolling."

“So I found a few people and decided to rob an ownerless blood food mine. As long as I successfully transport it back, it would be a great achievement...”

 “Ownerless blood food mine?”

Hu Ma couldn't help being surprised.

There are quite a few meat mountains in this hundred-mile radius, but most of them are black Taisui. Any place where Qing Taisui, Blood Taisui, or even White Taisui can be cut has long been occupied by people, and most of them belong to their own families.

I have also heard that some products that are in small quantities or are too difficult to cut and transport are often fought over by people from all walks of life.

This Yang Gong actually came up with this idea?

 “Haha, you don't have to worry, I've already inquired about it and I'm fully confident.”

Yang Gong thought Hu Ma was scared, so he smiled and said: "The only problem now is that I can't trust the Xiang supervisors in the association, but we brothers, with too few manpower, can cut off the blood food." , but it's too difficult to transport into the city.”

“I've been thinking about it for a long time, and your method is the only one available, so I plan to send it to you in Zhuangzi first, and then transport it back to the city. Would you like to help me?”

“Sending this batch of blood food back, those people can't think of looking down on me anymore. It's also a great achievement for you!”

Seeing his face flushed with excitement, Hu Ma sighed inwardly.

　　But on his face, he said seriously: "This is nothing to help, it's just my job. If you can do it and bring it over, I have no reason not to accept it."

But I know in my heart that if such a young man acts with excitement, he will most likely fail.

Even if he is really successful, and this batch of blood food is delivered to Zhuangzi, he only needs to press the cooked food, hang up the lantern, and seal the warehouse. All he needs to do is business.

 If you refuse, it will be against the rules of the Red Lantern Club.

What I feel in my heart now is the anger and innocence of this Hongxiang disciple. In fact, I have only met him once, but he believes in himself so much.

 “Great, I know you are reliable.”

Yang Gong was also overjoyed when he heard this. He raised his wine bowl and said to Hu Ma, "Brothers, let's make contributions together and strive for a good future!"

 (End of this chapter)

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