Chapter 2272 Gold and Silver (April Monthly Ticket Plus 8)
General Nie never mentioned the beauty again until he returned to the post station.
The next day, Manbao and Zhou Liru went to see the wounded soldiers living in the inn next door, while Manager Li took Bai Shan and others to see the courtyards, and finally chose one to move into.
This time they rented three large courtyards. They lived in the middle, and the soldiers and guards lived on the left and right sides.
As soon as they rented the yard, Manager Li took the guards to buy some things and hired some servants. This time they would stay in Xizhou for a long time, and the exact duration would depend on how long they found a house.
Although they didn't seem to have heard much about this house along the way.
Because they would be staying there for quite a long time, they had to have all the necessary things, and Manager Li was very careful in selecting the servants.
As a result, before he could choose the person, the beauty from last night was sent over by the Protectorate.
Bai Shan and the others didn't expect the Protectorate to act so quickly. They forgot to tell Manager Li last night, and they were busy today and forgot again, so Manager Li was confused when he received the person.
Bai Shan saw his eyes constantly sliding over him and these beauties, so he coughed lightly and said, "These are all given by General Guo to Young Master Liu. Manbao has already accepted them on his behalf. You can take them away first."
Manager Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but then he became worried. "Ten people, young master. How are we going to arrange for so many people?"
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "Aren't there two empty rooms in the courtyard where we live? Let's vacate them for them to stay in."
Manager Li: ...But that was vacated in advance for servants to live in.
Forget it, it’s not good to have servants who make the master worry. He can only make room and move some guards to the courtyards on the left and right.
Manbao had already lit a fire in the kitchen in the next yard and was directing people to boil medicine.
Because they were all external injuries and everyone was taking similar medicines, she boiled the medicines with the same prescription together.
They also have to prepare to go out, so they need to prepare some medicine for injuries, and they also need to make ointments, powders, pills and other things.
The two previous wars have basically consumed all the resources.
Mr. Zhuang helped them select medicinal herbs in the yard, weighed them according to Manbao's prescription, and placed them on paper. After weighing, he took them to chop the herbs.
Manbao sighed as he made medicine, "The herbs are too expensive."
Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "That's not difficult. Just spread the word and people will come to you with money and ask for medicine."
He pointed at the medicine she was making and said with a smile, "You're going to make medicine by trading. You're going to make it anyway, so why not make a few more pots?"
When Manbao heard this, he thought it made sense, so he handed the matter over to Bai Shan, "By the way, aren't those beauties here? Let them come and help me."
Manbao asked for people yesterday. Firstly, she saw that they really wanted to leave the Protectorate, she felt that General Guo was not a good person, and these beauties were really beautiful; secondly, she was in urgent need of manpower.
Among their people, including the guards, there were only a few who were completely uninjured, and there were even more who were seriously injured, some with missing limbs. General Nie had never thought of leaving the survivors in the Western Regions, and neither had Manbao, so they were in urgent need of manpower now.
Just as General Guo wanted to give it to him, Manbao asked for it.
If you ask whether the delicate beauties can do such rough work... then it's really not difficult. Although they were a little confused, the beauties still changed their clothes and came to help. They were very skilled in chopping medicine, fetching water, and making fire. It was obvious that they had done a lot of rough work.
Seeing this, Liu Huan whispered to Zhou Man and the others, "No wonder they want to leave the Protectorate so badly. It turns out they have to do rough labor in the Guo family."
Manbao looked down at his hands and asked, "Is this rough work?"
While chopping herbs, Liu Huan said, "Isn't it? I've seen that the concubines of my uncles don't need to work."
Although they were just dancers and not concubines, they were all the same in Liu Huan's eyes.
But that doesn't seem to be the case here.
The little beauties are not only good at doing rough work like washing and rinsing, but they are also good at martial arts.
Manbao saw a beautiful woman lightly jump to catch the herbs that fell from the shelf. His mouth opened wide and he asked, "Do you know martial arts?"
The beauties all knew that it was Zhou Man who asked for them, and she was the chief officer of the delegation, so they lowered their heads slightly and smiled shyly, showing their best attitude, "I only know how to dance with a sword."
That was much better than her. Manbao was already imagining how majestic it would be to have them as her female guards. Bai Shan casually broke her fantasy and asked, "Can they beat Daji?"
Seeing her silence, he continued, "I heard that Jin Kuian woke up in prison. General Guo admired his martial arts very much and promoted him to serve in the army. Even Erge was used in the army."
Manbao frowned slightly, but it was the law of the Jin Dynasty to register criminal slaves in the army. General Guo's action was not illegal. It was just that Jin Kuian was too cruel, and she was unhappy about it.
However, she also gave up the idea of asking the beauties to be her female guards. Alas, they couldn't even beat Daji, let alone someone like Jin Kuian. Asking them to be her guards would be a waste of their lives. It would be better for them to be guillotined at home.
Manbao spent most of the day making medicine, and it was not until the evening that he had time to deal with the luggage with Bai Shan. Without waiting for General Nie and others to ask, they had all the boxes moved to a warehouse.
These courtyards were rented to merchants, so there was a warehouse in each courtyard, which didn't even have windows, let alone beds or anything like that, so it wasn't habitable.
Although they didn't know why Bai Shan and the others were so careful to put the boxes filled with stones and hay into the warehouse, the soldiers and guards still helped to move them in.
Then Bai Shan sent everyone out and closed the door, leaving only two people in the warehouse.
Bai Shanxian opened the boxes with peeling seals and broken chains. Most of them were only half-full of stones and hay. Obviously, when the boxes fell before, although the soldiers listened to them and put the things back, they were perfunctory and did not put them all back.
He poured these things out, and Manbao kept taking out some gold and silver ingots and jewelry and putting them in...
Finally, after opening the boxes whose seals and locks were still intact, Bai Shan replaced the obviously large items such as cloth and silk with them. After he had dealt with everything, he opened the door and asked people to come in to clean up the garbage in the warehouse and move the boxes out. They were going to return the items to everyone according to the previous list.
When General Nie saw that they could make things appear as they went in and out, he was stunned, and the soldiers and guards were also stunned.
Lieutenant Nie turned his head to look at the four empty boxes being carried out by the soldiers, and a guess came to his mind. He remembered that these four boxes were bought in that village in the Western Regions...
(End of this chapter)
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