Chapter 37: Giving treasure

Seeing that the shopkeeper of the grocery shop became suspicious, Li Si smiled and stood up to say goodbye. Then he took his entourage to visit several other grocery shops. Seeing that the biggest transaction was still smelt and smelt, the second was the sulfur that was rarely visited on the market before. As for the ironware and iron materials that every group of ants would definitely buy at a high price, they only ranked third. Regardless of the price increase and the transaction volume, they were far from smelt and smelt.

Seeing this, Li Si immediately understood in his heart. He walked to a secluded place and called the two smartest followers to his side, and ordered in a very low voice, "You two hurry back to Dadu and report to Zuo Cheng, saying that Li Si found that the Red Turban thieves were buying sulphurs and sulfur in Tengzhou. The so-called bolt from the blue is probably really related to firearms as the Red Turban Army itself claims to the outside world!"

"The Fourth Master said that the Red Turban Army's notice was the truth?! Did they have their heads trampled by donkeys? They actually told the truth?!" The incident of Wulabuhua's defeat and death in the capital had long been rumored in the capital. The two followers were dogs in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. Naturally, they had known that the Xuzhou Red Turban Army had posted a notice to clarify that there was no thunder. They were stunned and blurted out their questions.

"If you ask you to report, hurry back and report. Why is that so much nonsense?" Li Si raised his eyes first and scolded loudly. Then he sneered and explained: "This is the highest level of lying. It is obviously the truth, but you only want to guess when you go against it. Go quickly and ask Lord Youcheng to find a way to prohibit these two goods from trading in Xuzhou! Otherwise, once Sesame Li accumulates enough gunpowder and wants to take him down, the price that the court needs to pay will be high!"

"Yes!" The two followers did not dare to neglect, and agreed and immediately trotted back to the inn to get the horse. When the other followers saw it, they inevitably asked in a low voice: "Second Master, Fourth Master, aren't the stone and sulfur originally prohibited? Why do you still want to ask the Right Chief?"

"Idiot!" Li Si was impatient and raised his hand to give the questioner a hug, "When was that happening? The ban in our Great Yuan Dynasty was more than that of a bull! But as long as it can make money, which one has been implemented seriously?!"

"Oh, ah, the fourth master said yes, and said yes!" The entourage who was beaten smiled and did not dare to ask another word.

At the beginning of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the Great Yuan Dynasty did prohibit the transaction of saltpeter and sulfur. But those bans were only valid for the Han and southerners. If the Mongolians and Seme people were replaced, no one would take it seriously. Especially the latter, as long as they could make money, their mother could sell them, how could they care about the ban? Therefore, over time, these bans were completely turned into waste paper. Unless the court reiterated again and supported by severe punishments and laws, otherwise, even if you sell slurry to the front of the state government, as long as you don’t step on those stone steps, the adults inside will turn a blind eye.

After finding an important piece of information, Li Si was not in the mood to continue staying in Tengzhou. He found a restaurant that looked quite clean and had a simple meal, then went back to the inn to settle the bill and led his followers to continue running south.

He was anxious to dig a hole for the new Huainan Xuanwei envoy Lu Lu, but of course he refused to walk west to the canal to take a boat. Instead, he went straight out of the south gate and ran along the official road. Unexpectedly, after running for more than ten miles, the road ahead suddenly became extremely narrow. More than a dozen carriages loaded with cargo lined up in a long line, squeezed into the narrowest point, squeezing the entire official road.

"Things that don't have eyes!" Wang Eryi, the entourage following Li Si, cursed, and wanted to use the whip to open the way. Li Si suddenly poked his hand and pulled his arm. "Don't be too troublesome, this is not a big city. Let's go around the mud on the roadside!"

"Why?" Those followers were used to being crabs in the capital. When they were outside, how could they give way to a group of rural bullies? They immediately turned their heads and protested in a verbal manner, "Second Master, you are too cautious. Although this is not Dadu, it is also the territory of the Yuan Dynasty. Who dares not give face to our master!"

"A group of idiots who eat bran are stupider than pigs!" Li Si glared at everyone fiercely and responded in a very low voice, "This place is only a three or two day journey away from Xuzhou. Sesame Li made such a big noise in Xuzhou, and the Guizhou leaders here were not panicked at all. How to live their lives? If you want to say that there is nothing wrong with the local government and the Red Thief, is it possible? If you really recruit local servants, who can guarantee which side they stand on?!"

When the followers heard this, they were so scared that they sucked in air. Everyone had seen it just now. The ground in Tengzhou was indeed as quiet as a paradise, as if they didn't feel the ant thief's nest was close at all. The city gate was also wide open, and they were not afraid of following in Xuzhou's footsteps!

What does this mean? This only shows one thing. Tengzhou officials and the people have long known that the Red Troubles will not attack them! They can't even harass them. There is only one way to make Sesame Li so respectful, that is, the officials secretly get in touch with Sesame Li, pay a sum of money and grain to Xuzhou Red Troubles, and buy a temporary peace.

But the officials in this place were too blatant? After all, the ant thief was just struggling in one or two mansions, while there were hundreds of mansions like this under the rule of the court.

"What do you know? The so-called Qianli official is just to make money." Seeing a suspicious expression on his entourage's face, Li Si frowned and continued. "If the ant thief was beaten to the city, even if he took out all his property to handle it, he would not be able to escape the life of exiling Qianli in the family. However, if he sent his men to hook up with the ant thief, he would not spend his own money. Even if Sesame Li was caught by the court one day and confessed his name, it would be said that the thief was stalking randomly. As long as there was no evidence, the court could not do anything to them in order to calm the people's hearts!"

"Hiss!" After hearing this, everyone took a breath. If the facts were really as Li Si guessed, the one who called the official officer and waited for everyone was probably the fate of being killed. Under the shadow of death, the followers did not dare to continue to be arrogant. They honestly pushed the mount away from the official road and walked forward on the mud.

It was already early February, the ice and snow were gone, and the spring tide was surging. Tengzhou was adjacent to Weishan Lake and the canal. Therefore, both sides of the official road were covered with mud pits of all sizes. If you accidentally step on it, people and horses would be flooded to the neck.

The genius Li Si rode on the horse for more than twenty steps. Seeing that the mud under his feet was really trapped, he had to sigh and return to the official road with his mud-covered followers. Then he jumped off his mount, tidied up his clothes, and quickly walked to the convoy blocking his way, and bowed slightly to a man who looked like a manager, "This brother has invited me. I'm in a hurry to visit my relatives in the south. Can you ask your friend to move out a passage and let me go first? I know that this is a reluctant request, but it's really a relative who is urging me to hurry up, look."

"Wait here, I'll go and ask the boss!" The manager rolled his eyelids unhappily, threw a hard word, and stepped into the convoy. He walked around three times and two times, and then came to a group of people standing and talking in the center of the convoy, lowered his voice and asked the other party for instructions. "Brother Zhu, here you are here, do you see?"

Who was called Brother Zhu by everyone was not Zhu Bashiyi, and who else? He quickly turned his head and looked at Li Si's face, and then quietly ordered with a voice that could only be heard by a few people around him. "Liuzi, I'll block you, you go and secretly recognize him, are they?"

The waiter Wang Liuzi immediately poked half of his head out from Zhu Bashiyi's shoulder, looked at it quickly, then quickly shrank his head back, and shouted in a low voice, "Yes, it's him. I've been asking about the Red Turban Army in the city? I have also transferred all the groceries in the city!"

"Okay, Lao Yu, give Liuzi two hanging money to buy some food to pay filial piety to my mother." Zhu Bashiyi nodded softly and whispered, "Hong San, take a few brothers to go over from the side first and cut off their retreat. Then wait for my order!"

After saying that, he immediately turned his head and walked towards Li Si with Wu Er who was dressed up as a manager.

After genius Li Si has been following Tuo since he was a child, fighting openly and secretly with other Mongolian nobles. So far, he has at least dozens of lives on his hands. His intuition about danger is far beyond ordinary people. When he pulled his horse back to the official road, he already felt something was wrong today. Later, he saw a familiar shadow in the crowd peeking at him, and immediately knew that he was probably targeted. Therefore, without waiting for Zhu Bashiyi to walk to him with the "buds", he took the initiative to move forward and bowed to the ground, "Xiao Ke is in a hurry to get on the road, and he will make no trouble for his brother. I am ashamed, ashamed!"

"You don't have to be too polite!" Zhu Bashiyi waved his hand and responded with a very awkward popular name. "It was Zhu's fault that accidentally blocked your way. Is there any trouble?! I dare to ask Xiaoshe's surname?! Where are you going? Why is it in the afternoon and you're just starting from the city, aren't you afraid of trouble on the road?!"

'If you don't meet you, there will be no trouble!' Although the genius Li Si didn't know that the one standing in front of him was the legendary Zhu Bashiyi with four wings. However, in the murderous aura faintly revealed on the other party, he felt that this person might have an extraordinary identity. He secretly cursed in his heart, and then responded with a smile, "Don't Gui, surnamed Li, is ranked fourth in the clan, brother, just call me Li Si. This time, I went to the south to marry my cousin. Because the wedding date is set at the twenty-eighth of this month, I dare not delay too much on the road!"

After a few words, he answered them without missing a trace. This not only reflected the tutoring that a Han young man in this era should have, but also did not involve any real and useful things.

When Zhu Bashiyi heard this, he couldn't help but look up and down again. Li Sisheng had red lips and white teeth, and his ape's arms and wolves' waist. He was indeed like a pampered young man. His eyes seemed too inconsistent with his appearance, and there was a vague light flashing inside.

Looking up, Xu Hongsan and others had not yet arrived, he smiled and continued, "Then you have to be careful. Although the wedding date cannot be delayed, once you cross the Yellow River, you will enter the territory of Sesame Li. The red scarf thieves are all a group of desperate refugees. The ones they hate the most are rich people like you, Brother Li!

"It's just spreading rumors!" Li Si, a genius, cursed in his stomach, but his mouth was like a righteous expression. "The Red Turban Army must be competing with the court in the future. If he kills people who are dressed neatly, wouldn't it be a shame for the rich people in the world? Besides, I just dressed a little like a little to welcome the bride. In fact, there are only a few acres of thin fields in my home, and I can collect some rent to ensure that I have no worries about food and clothing every day!"

"Is that right?" Hearing Li Si's answer so smoothly, Zhu Bashiyi felt that this person's identity was more and more suspicious. He smiled and continued, "This is the first time I have heard that the Red Turban Army has such a good reputation outside! If Sesame Li learned that you praised him like this, he would definitely come to thank him in person and attract the little house as his confidant!"

"I'm also guessing randomly. I haven't really seen what the rebels look like!" Li Si looked up anxiously and continued to respond with a smile, "But since they have taken the word "righteousness", they will definitely not use a knife to the pedestrian for no reason. Brother, what do you think?!"

"This" Zhu Bashiyi was really stunned by Li Si's question. According to his original intention, since this guy with a obviously northern accent was asking about the Red Turban Army everywhere, and he went to the market to pay attention to the grocery transactions. For the sake of security, he happened to meet him, so he shouldn't let this person and his entourage leave alive. But the person on the left "killing indiscriminately" and the other on the right, and every word is taken into account. It is really difficult for him to choose, who integrates the thinking of the otaku in later generations.

If this person is not removed, if he is a spy from the Yuan Dynasty, through the news of the soaring price of saltpeter and sulfur, it is not difficult to infer that the real reason why the Red Turban Army turned defeat into victory in the last battle in Xuzhou. Although Zhao Jun and Tang Zihao have used means to cover up the truth and delayed the speed of exposure of the truth as much as possible.

But if he didn't understand the other party's identity, he would do it rashly. According to the guy named Li, the word "Yi" in Xuzhou's rebel army was a bit unworthy of its name. After all, this place is still hundreds of miles away from Xuzhou, and the sphere of influence of the Red Turban Army has not yet expanded to the north of the Yellow River. Just because this person had inquired about the Red Turban Army, he killed him without hesitation. If the wrong person was killed and the matter spread, the image of the rebel army that Sesame Li had worked hard for Xuzhou Hongqiu for several months would inevitably plummet.

In a dilemma, Li Si hit him again and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu is afraid that Xuzhou Red Turban is not as unfair as the legendary one?! This is actually very simple. It is better to turn yourself into a hedgehog that no one can bite. I have something, and Brother Zhu understands it at a glance!"

After saying that, regardless of whether Zhu Bashiyi agreed or not, he turned around and strode towards his mount. He untied a wooden box more than three feet long from the saddle, walked back to Zhu Bashiyi with a smile, and gently lifted the lock on the lid with his thumb, "Brother Zhu, please see, this is where my brother relies on!"
Chapter completed!