Confused Escort Confused Account

The escort cart was parked by the side of the road, covered with a layer of yellow sand, all rolled back from the suburbs.

Ming Yuezhu's body was also covered with dust, she had already got out of the car, and she was leaning on the car bed bored, looking beyond the night, vainly cast into the distance.

The night was very cool, the night wind bulged the car cover, and the felt cloth edge was shaken and rattled.Shangguan Qing was still sitting in the car, unmoved at all, no matter the wind, sand or bumps, there were few things in this world that could shake his calmness.

From a distance, Mingyuezhu saw Zhao Shitu's figure, downcast and listless. He was wearing a water-blue patterned cardigan like a cabbage after being beaten by frost.

She asked, "Why do you look like a tiger when you walk, but turn into a sick cat when you come back?"

Zhao Shitu had already come in front of him, and sighed, "The Chaofeng Building is already empty."

Ming Yuezhu shook her head: "I have already warned you, don't expect too much."

Zhao Shitu lamented: "Not only can I not get back the money, but I will no longer be able to watch the performances of the dancers, and even that Miss Bai has moved away together. Ah, I understand, she must be desperate, helpless, afraid that grandma will increase the number of her." Sad, I dare not say goodbye in person, I have no choice but to entrust me to go through this..." As he spoke, the previous anger was swept away, and there was a bit of sympathy and sadness in his tone...

Ming Yuezhu interrupted him coldly: "Boss Zhao, you are overthinking, she just wants to take advantage of you."

At this time, Shangguanqing also opened his eyes, and after listening to the conversation between the two, he concluded: "So, Miss Bai has long planned to move back to the Central Plains with the dance troupe. Before leaving, she wanted to send the old dog back home. If you don’t want to make the trip yourself, you can use the fake golden hairpin as collateral and leave the trouble to us.”

Ming Yuezhu shrugged: "That's what happened."

Zhao Shitu finally came out of his grief, and his eyes swept over the two companions in turn: "Did you all know it a long time ago?"

"I only know that the gold hairpin is fake." Shangguan Qing replied honestly.

"I just heard some gossip, and I don't know the truth," Ming Yuezhu also replied, "News are like bamboo shoots after the rain, a lot of them pop up every day, and I can't tell them apart. "

Zhao Shitu let out a long sigh, jumped into the carriage, and limp on the scales weakly: "Oh, forget it, let's go home."

The horse was also tired all day, and didn't have much temper left. It scratched the ground a few times with its front hooves, and started walking again.

The wheels made a dry and heavy creaking sound, dipped in the bleak moonlight, and turned in the direction of their way home.

The carriage turned around and turned, and finally drove into the yard.

The courtyard is actually quite small, if it weren't for the dart flags waving in the wind at the entrance, passers-by would definitely regard it as a grocery store.

It's a pity that the only dart flag has not been washed for a long time, and the writing and patterns have faded.Ming Yuezhu looked up for a while, and asked: "If the Tang Dynasty and the Tibetans go to war, the land here will inevitably suffer. We might as well move to the Central Plains to make a living."

Zhao Shitu's expression suddenly became serious: "I will not leave Dunhuang."

Mingyuezhu said: "If you don't leave, you won't leave. Anyway, if you are so poor, even if the Tubo bandits come, they won't be able to scrape off a little bit of grease. When the time comes, the flag will be collected, the door will be closed, and everything will be fine."

Zhao Shitu just shook his head: "Not to mention, I took over this yard from someone else. The original owner bought this land for the purpose of opening an escort agency. How could he just close down and shut down?"

Ming Yuezhu said helplessly: "Then at least change this unlucky name and change it to a more auspicious one."

Zhao Shitu turned pale with shock: "It's absolutely impossible, the name was already decided when the original owner bought the land."

Ming Yuezhu said: "Are you planning to sit and wait for death?"

Zhao Shitu said firmly: "No, maybe there will be new business coming tomorrow."

"You've said that eight hundred times..."

Just as Shangguan Qing jumped out of the carriage, he was unusually interested in the conversation between the two of them, and his eyes were wider than usual. He stood aside and listened.

Ming Yuezhu turned to him and asked, "Shangguan, do you think it's better to starve to death or die stubbornly?"

Shangguanqing frowned slightly, thought carefully for a while, and finally said frankly: "It's not good."

"Okay," Zhao Shitu snatched the basket from him, held it up in front of Mingyuezhu and shook it, "No one will die of stubbornness today, and no one will die of starvation. At least there is still a basket of eggs here."

Shangguanqing nodded: "You're right, the eggs are from the farm, so they must taste good."

Ming Yuezhu and Zhao Shitu looked at each other, and asked in unison: "Aren't you forbidden to eat meat?"

Shangguanqing said categorically: "Eggs are not meat."

No matter whether Zhao Shitu admits it or not, there is always some truth to Ming Yuezhu's words.

Escort agency is also a kind of business, business is not doing well, there are two reasons - one is too lazy, the other is too confused.

Zhao Shitu is not lazy, he is even more diligent than ordinary people.When Ming Yuezhu was busy watering flowers and planting grass, and Shangguan Qing was busy wielding swords, he often wandered outside to solicit business.

Therefore, the reason for his poverty can only be the latter.

The city of Dunhuang is adjacent to the main route of silk trade, and the commissions for escorting darts have been increasing year after year.Once any kind of business reaches a large scale, it will inevitably be troublesome. There are chambers of commerce in the city, as well as bodyguard clubs. Disputes between caravans and bodyguard bureaus will be coordinated by the bodyguard clubs.The head of the bodyguard club is Yuan Leixing, the head of the Jindao Yuan family.

The Yuan family is one of the famous families in today's Jianghu. They run the largest Golden Sword Escort Agency in the city, and their business spreads all over the Western Regions.It is said that Yuan's ancestors were conferred by the emperor. When Princess Wencheng got married, they traveled all the way from Chang'an to Lhasa. The Yulin Army was unfamiliar with the outside of the Great Wall, so they invited the Golden Sword Escort Bureau to escort them.The plaque hanging at the gate of the Escort is inscribed by Princess Wencheng's father, Grand Master Li Daozong.

Yuan Leixing is the head of the No. 20 generation of the Yuan family. He lives up to his name. He acts impartially and honestly.He presided over the Golden Knife Escort Bureau, even in the turbulent situation, his position was still as stable as Mount Tai.

In comparison, the Escort Bureau is really better than watermelon, Master Yuan probably has never even heard of it.

This is the case with business. Only when you have a solid foundation can you make money with wealth. It is very easy to turn 1000 taels of silver into 2000 taels, but it is more difficult than going to heaven to change ten taels of silver out of thin air.

For example, at this very moment, Zhao Shitu tried his best for ten taels of silver, and stayed in the pawnshop for more than half an hour, entangled with the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper finally couldn't take it anymore, accepted the fake gold hairpin, and threw him a handful of broken silver: "Take it all, there is no need to count it."

Zhao Shitu counted the money carefully, and there were seven and two halves in total. Although it was not as expected, it was better than nothing.He wanted to say something else, but the shopkeeper had already turned his head away and waved away people, so he could only put the broken silver into his pocket and stepped out of the pawnshop threshold.

As soon as he went out, he heard a familiar voice calling him: "Boss Zhao."