Invincible Iron Army 50, Shared Difficulties Together Under The Same Banner
Du Lin hastily said: "Why don't you go rob", Wang An seriously told him: "Robbery is against the law". Du Lin said: "Then hoarding and profiteering isn't against the law?" Wang An said: "I'm not hoarding and profiteering, these are all my military rations. If it weren't for the governor speaking on your behalf, I wouldn't even sell to you guys."
Du Lin weighed it and thought that if he didn't buy these military rations immediately, Wang An would certainly raise the price again with his shameless character. As expected, he heard Wang An say: "Now the prices are changing every day, just like my shoes." Du Lin hurriedly interrupted Wang An, gritting his teeth: "I'll buy it, but your military rations are too expensive, you sold them to me for 30 million silver coins when I bought them from you for 10 million. You made a profit of 30 million silver coins in the transaction!" Wang An said: "Du Lin, you're confused, I only made a profit of 20 million silver coins, not 30 million."
Du Lin said, "And what about the silver you sold to the Jiedushi? Didn't you swindle him out of his IOU?" Wang An said, "Du, Defense Commissioner, those 100,000 taels of white silver were used to buy our arrows. We didn't cheat you." Du Lin said, "The arrows were borrowed from the Xiongnu, and you didn't spend any money on them. What costs did you have? Why should we pay you 100,000 taels of white silver?" Wang An said, "I only charged you one or two taels of silver for those arrows." Du Lin asked in surprise, "Then what about the rest of the money?" Wang An said, "The rest was payment for my strategy. The idea of borrowing arrows from the Xiongnu is worth 99,999 taels of white silver itself. You guys made a huge profit, don't you know?" Liu Jiao Jiao chimed in from behind, "It seems like some people are using me as collateral." Wang An said, "Jiao Jiao, you're getting the better end of this deal. Think about it, with my help, I not only got you arrows and grain, but also came up with a plan to block the enemy's advance. And today, I even treated you to a big meal. Are you still not satisfied?" Du Lin was on the verge of tears, thinking to himself, "This big meal was paid for by me! These two shameless people are eating my food, taking my things, and scolding me. I've never seen anyone as shameless as them."
Dulin said: "Governor, it's not just me who is extravagant, there are also Wang Xueli and Qian Xuegui, you can't just frame me alone." Wang An said: "What's the hurry, the governor will slowly frame them all." Dulin suddenly smiled and thought to himself: "This time I'm fine, unfortunately, I'll drag you guys down with me, who made us good brothers?" Liu Jiao followed Wang An, like a little follower, walking towards Wang Xueli's mansion.
Wang Xueli hastily came out to greet him, saying: "The governor has arrived at my humble abode, and it's truly an honor for me." Du Lin said: "Don't bother with these useless formalities, the governor is hungry, hurry up and bring out some good food!" Wang Xueli didn't dare to delay, immediately ordered the dishes to be served, and soon the table was filled with all sorts of delicacies. Chicken, duck, fish, meat, sea cucumber, abalone, swallow's nest, and shark fin were all there. Liu Jiaojiao looked on, feeling a sense of injustice in her heart, thinking that she had been starving herself, while others were feasting here.
Dulin didn't care about others and started eating voraciously. His lunch was all eaten by Wang An, those shameless people not only didn't show gratitude but also scolded them severely. Now they were starving, so they started eating a lot. Wang Xueli looked at Dulin's appearance and muttered in his stomach, thinking: "Glutton, country bumpkin, never seen good food before, really embarrassing".
Liu Jiao and Wang An became elegant while eating, Liu Jiao was ready to have a big meal, but was robbed by Wang An on the grounds that girls need to keep their figure, taking away the abalone and sea cucumber in front of her, and eating them up, making Jiao angry. Du Lin finished eating well, satisfied with rubbing his belly, Wang Xue Li teased Du Lin: "You're full, do you want another serving?" At this time, only heard Du Lin sternly scolding Wang Xue Li saying "Wang Xue Li, the defensive envoy, your soldiers are now suffering from hunger and cold, but you are eating mountain delicacies and seafood, if the soldiers know, it will arouse their anger". Wang Xue Li cursed Du Lin in his heart, when eating, you can eat more than anyone else, why don't I see you sympathize with others, after finishing eating, you actually start talking about me, this is not like a human being. Wang An and Liu Jiao looked at each other, thinking that this was what Wang An scolded Du Lin for just now? So soon Du Lin learned it.
Wang Xueli was about to retort, but Du Lin suddenly rebuked him: "Wang Xueli, you are indeed not like your usual self. From now on, you must share the same hardships as the soldiers and absolutely cannot be so extravagant." Du Lin was even more furious than the Jiedushi and continued to scold: "Confiscate all the luxurious food ingredients and take them to the East City. If you have any questions, go ask the Jiedushi." Du Lin continued: "If this happens again next time, I will definitely revoke your position as Defense Commander and report it to the imperial court for severe punishment." Wang Xueli scolded Du Lin: "The Jiedushi is right here, what right do you have to rebuke me? The Jiedushi hasn't even spoken yet, who do you think you are?" Liu Jiao immediately said to him: "Du Lin's words are exactly what I wanted to say. If you continue like this, I will definitely report it to the imperial court." Wang Xueli hastily bowed and said: "I dare not, I dare not."
Wang Xueli continued: "General, I have done something wrong, but my stored grain is not much. Even if I distribute it all to the soldiers, each person can only eat a mouthful, which is really of no use. I hope you will think of a solution to our military food problem as soon as possible." Wang An said: "Let's do this, I still have some military food over there, which was sold to me by you last time. Today, I decide to sell it to you, and these military food can be enough for your army to eat for several months." Wang Xueli asked: "How about the money?" Wang An said: "We are good brothers, what's the point of talking about money?" Wang Xueli thought to himself that this was absolutely not Wang An's style. Liu Jiao also waited and thought: "Wang An will definitely open his mouth wide like a lion." Sure enough, Wang An said: "Just give me the cost price, not much, just 300,000 taels."
Wang Xueli hastily said: "Why don't you go rob?", Wang An seriously told him: "Robbery is against the law", Wang Xueli said: "Then hoarding and profiteering are not against the law", Wang An said: "I didn't hoard or profit, these are all my military rations, if it weren't for the Jiedushi (military governor) speaking on your behalf, I wouldn't even sell to you".
Wang Xueli weighed it for a while and felt that if he didn't buy these military rations, he wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer. So, gritting his teeth, he said: "I'll buy them. Wang An, your military rations are too expensive. You used 100,000 taels of silver to buy my military rations and sold them to me for 300,000. You made a profit of 200,000 taels of silver in the transaction." Wang An said: "Defender Wang, you're confused. I only made a profit of 200,000 taels of silver, not 300,000."
Wang Xueli said, "And what about the silver you bought from the Jiedushi? Didn't we already lose it to you?" Wang An said, "Du Fangyu, that 100,000 taels of white silver was used to buy our arrows. It's not like we cheated you." Wang Xueli said, "The arrows were just borrowed from the Huns. You didn't spend any money and there was almost no cost. Why did you take 100,000 taels of white silver from us?" Wang An said, "I only charged you one or two taels of silver for those arrows." Wang Xueli asked in surprise, "Then what's the rest of the money?" Wang An said, "The rest is the cost of buying my strategy. This idea itself is worth 99,999 taels of white silver. You guys made a huge profit, don't you know?" Du Lin watched from the side and couldn't help but feel amused in his heart. He thought to himself, "The process is always the same. Soon we'll be dragged along with them to find Qian Xuegui. We're brothers, so if one of us is unlucky, we'll both be unlucky together. Who made us brothers? Good fortune may not be shared, but bad luck must be borne together." Qian Xuegui kept sneezing and said, "Who's talking about me?" His right eyelid was twitching nonstop, and he said, "Could it be that I'm going to have some disaster befall me?" Just then, the sound of a crow's call came from afar. He shuddered in his heart and said, "Indeed, there is going to be some disaster."
Qian Xuegui hadn't even had time to prepare properly when Wang An and the others walked into his mansion. Qian Xuegui hastily went out to greet them, thinking to himself: What's going on today? The Jiedushi and several military officials in charge of defense have all come to my place, could something big have happened with the city's defenses?
Du Lin and Wang Xueli said to Qian Xuegui, "We're hungry, quickly prepare something for us to eat." Liu JiaoJiao clutched her stomach in pain, she had eaten too much. Before long, the table was filled with all sorts of dishes: chicken, duck, fish, seafood, abalone, swallow's nest, shark fin and beef and mutton. Liu JiaoJiao felt speechless, thinking to herself why were her generals like this?
Wang Xueli was starving, but he didn't care about others. He invited guests, but they not only ate, but also took things and scolded him. What bad luck! Liu Jiao, Wang An, and Du Lin couldn't eat anymore, just watching Wang Xueli gobbling down food. In their hearts, they despised him: "Glutton, never seen good food before, truly uncultured, impolite, and unrefined."
After finishing the meal, Wang Xueli scolded "Qian Xuegui, you are a defensive general, your soldiers are now suffering from hunger and cold, but you are eating delicacies. If the soldiers find out, it will provoke their anger." Qian Xuegui cursed in his heart: when eating, you can eat more than anyone else, why didn't you sympathize with the soldiers? After finishing the meal, you actually started scolding me, this is really unreasonable. Wang An and Liu Jiao exchanged a glance, thinking to themselves: isn't this what Wang An just said to Du Lin earlier? How quickly has Wang Xueli learned from him.
Qian Xuegui was about to retort, but Wang Xueli suddenly rebuked him: "Qian Xuegui, you are indeed not making sense. From now on, you must share the same hardships as the soldiers and absolutely cannot be so extravagant." Wang Xueli was even more furious than the Jiedushi and continued to scold: "Confiscate all the luxurious food ingredients and take them to the North City. If you have any questions, go ask the Jiedushi." Wang Xueli continued: "If this happens again next time, I will definitely revoke your position as Defense Commander and report it to the imperial court for severe punishment." Qian Xuegui retorted back at Wang Xueli: "The Jiedushi is right here. What right do you have to scold me? The Jiedushi hasn't even spoken yet. Who do you think you are?" Liu Jiaojiao immediately said to him: "Wang Xueli's words are exactly what I wanted to say. If you continue like this, I will definitely report it to the imperial court and have you punished." Qian Xuegui hastily bowed his head and said: "I dare not, I dare not."
Going back home for the holiday, today is the fourth watch, taking three days off.
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