Chapter 117 Red Fragrance Yang Gong

In March, the entire Zhuangzi received the first batch of blood food.

A steward took two Hongxiang disciples and seven or eight Qingxiang disciples, escorted a tightly sealed carriage, and came to Zhuangzi.

Hu Ma immediately took the people and welcomed them into Zhuangzi. The carriage was sent directly into the warehouse without unloading the goods. He took the horses back and sent them to the trough for fodder and water.

Then the warehouse was sealed and a red lantern was hung in front of the warehouse.

The clerk in Zhuangzi took the guy and kept watch outside the warehouse all night, while Hu Ma arranged for people to prepare meals for the steward and disciples Hongxiang and Qingxiang. They were all good meat and rice, but

But no wine was served to them at all.

On the second day, he broke the seal, hitched his horse, left Zhuangzi, and headed for the city.

From beginning to end, Hu Ma had no idea what the blood food looked like.

He analyzed that it was probably because this Zhuangzi had had trouble before and there were still suspicions from above.

Bloody food does not come into Zhuangzi unless it is forced. Even if it does, it is either in a hurry or in small quantities.

Moreover, the escort personnel did not change from beginning to end, and they were escorted back to the city in one go, eliminating all kinds of risks.

After all, Zhuangzi has a dark history.

When something happened to the old shopkeeper earlier, it was the people from the mine who escorted the blood food to Zhuangzi first. The old shopkeeper checked it and recorded it in the account, and then arranged for the people to send it to the city. The others then returned to the mine to work, which was more efficient than this.

Much more.

But in this way, life is more leisurely than Hu Ma thought.

I have been busy for more than two months, and I am almost done with this season.

Before and after this, he didn't do too many practical things. He just prepared the carriages and horses when he was asked to prepare them. He opened the warehouse when he was asked to open it. He went to respond to requests wherever he was asked. In addition, that was

Just taking care of the food and things like that.

It doesn't look like a shopkeeper, but more like a warehouse manager.

Although it sounds like this is leisurely and there are a lot less risks, the thought of being a shopkeeper has also faded away.

The shopkeeper said before that he wanted to be the shopkeeper, but thinking about it carefully, after working like this for a year, with only hard work and no merit, my foundation is too weak, and it is still too difficult to get the position of the shopkeeper.

Already.

"It is said that the Red Lantern Lady can produce a year's harvest, so she can do it..."

While working, Hu Ma silently thought about it, feeling a little frightened.

As a Zhuangzi, the amount of blood food that came in and out was relatively small, but Hu Ma looked at it coldly, looking back and forth, and she was afraid that two or three thousand kilograms of blood food could not enter the city through Zhuangzi.

Moreover, Hu Ma knows that his own village is only the smallest one among the branches of the Red Lantern Lady Association. So by extrapolating from this, plus other villages, the Red Lantern Lady Association will not be afraid of getting five or six blood meals for this year.

Ten thousand catties?

According to the market price in this world, a pound of green food is worth several taels of silver. In this year, the Red Lantern Empress Association only made hundreds of thousands of silver in and out?

This does not include the blood Tai Sui, some special and rare Tai Sui, Tai Sui blood, etc. that are scarce or additional.

"The Red Lantern Empress has been in power in Mingzhou Mansion for more than ten years. How much wealth has she accumulated..."

Hu Ma didn't even sigh. Of course, he wasn't thinking about anything, he just sighed.

Seeing that the blood food coming into Zhuangzi in recent days was getting less and less, he was relieved that he had no credit, but this year's hard work always failed.

But on this day, it was almost dusk, and suddenly there was a sound of horse hoofbeats outside Zhuangzi. Immediately, someone hurried over and told Hu Ma that a disciple with a red belt around his waist was here and wanted to see the steward.

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"Why do you have to come here when it's almost dark?"

Hu Ma was actually heartbroken.

The blood and food were often transported during the day and had to be sealed in various villages at night.

However, the road is complicated and there are always some unexpected things. If the escorting carriages and horses are left halfway and catch up with the darkness, it will be very dangerous. At this time, they will often send people immediately to the nearby village.

Come and ask for help, add more manpower.

But no matter how many people there are, escorting blood food at night will not be peaceful, and something may happen.

I rushed out in a hurry, but I was a little surprised to see that the Hongxiang disciple here was an acquaintance.

Although I am familiar with them, I am not very familiar with them. After all, I have met many Hongxiang disciples during this time, and I have met some of them several times.

The person who is here now has only met once. He is one of the four Hongxiang disciples who came to Zhuangzi with Manager Xu to investigate after the Tan'er Cult incident. Hu Ma still remembers that his name is Yang

Gong is a proud and arrogant person.

And he didn't seem to come here to find help. When he saw Hu Ma, he said, "I'm here to help you."

"What's the rush?"

Hu Ma was a little surprised, so she invited him into Zhuangzi and said, "You haven't eaten yet. Let's eat in Zhuangzi first."

"Don't eat in Zhuangzi."

Yang Gong glanced at Zhuangzi and said, "If there is anything outside, I can eat anything. I have been hungry all day."

Although his condition was rather strange, Hu Ma still said: "Yes, I will take you to eat in the town."

As he spoke, he asked someone to take Yang Gong's horse and go to the stable to feed and rest. Then he left Zhuangzi side by side with him and went to a wine shop in the town.

There are hundreds of households in this town, and they are actually well-equipped. There are wine shops, restaurants, and some oil, salt and soy sauce shops. Most of them do business with merchants who come and go from Mingzhou Prefecture. Most of them are closed in winter, and only after the beginning of spring there is some business.

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When we entered the restaurant, the restaurant owner also knew Hu Ma and hurriedly came to greet her.

Hu Ma asked him to make some food and wine first, then sat down at the square table with Yang Gong, and then asked him what was going on.

"I made a batch of blood food, and I want to leave your village. I don't worry about the others."

Yang Gong waited for the meat to be cut up, took a few chopsticks to eat, and then whispered to Hu Ma: "But I don't have much manpower. At the critical moment, I may need you to bring the man to help me, so I came to see you in advance.

, please do me this favor."

"Blood food?"

Hearing this, Hu Ma felt a little strange.

This Yang Gong joined the Red Lantern Empress Association in the same year as him, and it was less than a year ago.

These Hongxiang disciples are now mostly responsible for following the stewards from various places, escorting blood food, or going to the mines to prevent changes. But according to Yang Gong's intention, he actually wanted to get a batch of blood food himself.

.

This makes Hu Ma curious. No matter how capable he is, he has never been responsible for a batch of blood food alone, right?

Besides, if you have this power, how come you are short of manpower?

"Humph, I just can't swallow this breath!"

Yang Gong poured a glass of wine into his mouth, slammed it on the table, gritted his teeth and said: "My parents died early, and my uncles sold me to Yazi. I was lucky enough to join the red lantern club, and I worked hard to endure hardships."

, thinking about trying to survive and go back to kill those uncles."

"But unfortunately, I am willing to endure hardships and dare to work hard, but those people still look down on me. Let our brothers do the hard work, and let his subordinates do the credit."

"When the blood meal was distributed, we lined up at the back, picked a little devil, and gave a lame one..."

"Fuck you!"

"..."

As he spoke, his eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, and he stared at Hu Ma and said: "Boss Hu, when I entered this red lantern club, I only liked you and I wasn't afraid of your jokes."

"My original name was not Yang Gong. My name was Yang Danzi. No one gave me a serious name. But after I burned red incense, I changed my name to Yang Gong. Whoever dares to bully me again, I

Just shoot that bastard to death with one arrow..."

I felt the hostility in him, but I also heard some depression and grievance in his heart.

Hu Ma sighed softly, poured the wine for him, and said: "Brother Yang Gong, I am the same as you. I only have one mother-in-law who loves me, and she passed away last year. But this world is always like this, I am plotted and bullied.

Are there fewer things to do?"

"Why bother yourself? Just be more open-minded."

"..."

"I can't see it!"

Yang Gong patted the table, which startled the restaurant owner on the counter.

Hu Ma winked at him, and the restaurant owner immediately understood and trotted into the back kitchen, not daring to listen to what they were saying.

Yang Gong also realized that his voice was louder, his face turned red, and he lowered his voice a little lower, saying: "Those guys are suppressing me and not letting me get ahead, but I refuse to accept this fate. There are several blood mines in our club."

, I just went there and was ordered to do some chores like running errands and patrolling."

"So I found a few people and decided to rob an ownerless blood food mine. As long as I successfully transport it back, it will be a great achievement..."

"Ownerless blood food mine?"
To be continued...