Chapter 202 Playing with Flowers
The Qin family reunited after a long time, and everyone was tactful enough not to disturb them.
Zhou Da and Ma Jin walked over and sat down next to Hu Guangcong.
"Wow, roast chicken, your food is really good." Zhou Da's tone was sour.
They had come all the way from the northern border, and while they were able to eat enough, the food was truly mediocre. Initially, they were able to sustain themselves with the food that the Sixth Young Master's wife had asked them to bring, but after that ran out, the food deteriorated. Furthermore, it was early spring, and hunting was impossible. They hadn't remembered how long it had been since they had eaten meat, and their mouths were dry.
"Hehe, it's just so-so." Hu Guangcong smiled.
Seeing Zhou Dama coming in, Hu Guangcong took two more pheasants and roasted them.
Zhou Da and Ma Jin were very satisfied with his understanding.
The brothers behind Zhou Da followed suit. They walked to where there were fewer people and sat down next to them without any courtesy.
Because they had seen the team led by Zhou Da before, and now the two teams were obviously going to merge together, everyone was cheerful and it was not difficult to get along with them.
So whether it was the members of the reconnaissance team or the brothers of Yang Wei's Escort Agency, they all accepted their arrival well and even made some room for them.
A soldier just sat down and said with a smile, "It's better to follow the main force."
Zhou Dama walked in and the pheasant was on the rack.
Ma Jin volunteered to take over the task of roasting the chicken, and Zhou Da was about to talk to Hu Guangcong about what happened after they separated.
However, Zhou Da felt something was wrong. He straightened his back, but it was still wrong. "Wait, Lao Hu, get up!"
"What's wrong?" Hu Guangcong stood up in confusion.
Zhou Da also stood up and stretched out his hand to compare their heights. After that, he said, "Oh my god, you've grown taller!"
Zhou Da's tone was full of jealousy. He remembered that before they left, they were the same height.
"There's nothing I can do about it, the food is just too good." Hu Guangcong said proudly, the food in their team has always been good.
To be honest, they hadn't been treated badly during their entire journey. They were almost at Xiangping, the seat of Pingzhou, when the Sixth Young Master's wife announced that their food had to be of a lower quality, otherwise it wouldn't be what it used to be.
However, the worsening of the food only affected the Qin family; their reconnaissance team and Yang Wei's escort agency were not subject to this restriction. This was the best point and the one that convinced them the most.
The two brothers sat down again and started chatting.
Zhou Da was the first to speak, "I thought you had arrived in Xiangping a long time ago." Zhou Da and his companions had never thought that they would catch up with the prince and his entourage.
Hu Guangcong waved his hand and said, "Stop talking. The reason we haven't arrived yet is that we are busy making money."
"Make money, what kind of money?" Zhou Da asked hurriedly. Seeing that he was smiling lewdly, there must be something going on.
Hu Guangcong first looked at Wu Yasi, then winked at Zhou Da, meaning to ask him, "Brother, are those over there ours?"
Zhou Da nodded and said jokingly, it has been nearly two months. If he still hasn't won people over, it means that he, Zhou Da, is incompetent.
After getting the answer, Hu Guangcong began to talk to Zhou Da excitedly about how they had come this far.
First, they collaborated with the government in Yanzhou to fight bandits. Then, they used the spoils from Qinglongzhai as capital to purchase medicinal herbs along the way from Jizhou. There were also two or three instances of bandits robbing each other of their own...
The others pricked up their ears to listen, and they even forgot to turn over the pheasants in their hands.
Zhou Da and his group: ...Oh my god, are the prince and his group having such a wonderful time? They were just busy rushing along the way.
Zhou Da only thought he could hear the clinking of gold and silver as they entered his pockets. "Old Hu, tell me, how much money do you have now?"
"Not much, not much, just around 1,500 taels, hehe."
Zhou Da, who couldn't even take out a tael of silver from his pocket: ...
After a while, Zhou Da calmed down. He looked around and found that some people were gone. "Where are Sun Hang and the others?"
"That kid has good skills, and was chosen by Wu Ren and the others to go with them to buy medicinal herbs."
Purchasing medicinal herbs? "Are you going to make money again?!" Zhou Da's eyes widened, and his voice unconsciously rose.
"Hey, hey, hey, yes."
Zhou Da and Ma Jin looked at each other, not knowing what to say. This kid is so lucky, isn't he?!
Hu Guangcong: "Captain Zhou, Captain Ma, don't worry, you will have a share in joining this time."
"We have a share too?"
"How do you say that?"
"The Crown Prince, the Third Young Master, the Sixth Young Master, and the Sixth Young Master's wife each invested one thousand taels. They said that if they make money, the four thousand taels of capital plus the dividends will be rewarded to your team that will escort the Second Young General and others to the northern border."
Zhou Da and Ma Jin looked at each other and confirmed with Hu Guangcong, "Give them all to us?"
The newly merged soldiers also looked at Hu Guangcong. To be honest, when they heard what Deputy Captain Hu said, they felt excited, but also disappointed. Now, hearing this good news, their eyes lit up.
"Yes, it's definitely for you." Hu Guangcong nodded affirmatively.
Wow! How happy! Zhou Da, Ma Jin, and the soldiers they led were so happy that they almost jumped up.
As the saying goes, "It's not the lack of wealth that's worrying, but the inequality of wealth." It doesn't make sense for everyone to work equally hard but get wildly different results.
It was for this reason that Lu Songli mobilized the three Qin brothers to invest money in Wu Ren.
Zhou Da, Ma Jin, Hu Guangcong and others were the equivalent of the Qin family's personal guards. The group that followed them made a lot of money, so as the head of the family, they had to provide some benefits for the group that went to the northern border.
In fact, if Lu Songli had not made such a proposal, Qin Heng was planning to reward Zhou Dama out of his own pocket to join them.
Hu Guangcong waited until they calmed down a bit before he continued, "And, Old Zhou, I invested eight hundred taels, three hundred of which was for you. Do you want it?"
Zhou Da laughed happily, "Yes! Of course! Haha, you are worthy of being Zhou Da's good brother."
Hu Guangcong saw others looking at him eagerly and said with a smile, "I know quite a few brothers have voted for you. You can ask your good brothers."
Upon hearing this, Ma Jin and the others secretly calculated in their hearts that they had to ask! If that guy only voted for himself and didn't vote for him, then he would cut off the relationship! Humph.
"But, the medicinal herb business is so profitable, why don't the prince and his men invest more? It's not like they don't have the capital." Zhou Da wondered.
Not only Zhou Da was puzzled, but Qin Yan, after listening to the stories of their eldest brother and his group, was amazed but also quite puzzled. Since reselling medicinal materials was so profitable, why didn't they make a big profit this time?
Qin Zhao knew how to do this. He had some understanding of his sixth sister-in-law. He would never let go of any opportunity to plunder the wool. Even a fly that flew by would be given a few performances before he could leave in tears. This time, the sixth sister-in-law was so conservative, it must be because the conditions did not allow it.
Qin Sheng: My wife is always right, whatever she says is what counts.
Qin Heng figured out a reason, which should be related to the prefect of Liaodong County.
Qin Yan: ...Thinking of the Sixth Brother's wife's actions along the way, she had led them to such a whirlwind of fun all the way to exile. He was no longer surprised by his brother's reaction and trust. His strength was truly too great, and he had to submit.
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