Inside the Drunken Wind Pavilion.
The students were quickly divided into teams according to the size of their respective teams. The team leaders of each team were all well-known students in the academy. This way, at least they would not be in a situation where they did not know who was better.
After the students had chosen their teams, the three teams immediately began to move.
Li Tai divided his first team into twenty-two teams. They went to Chang 'an County, Wannian County, and the twenty counties outside of Chang' an City. He personally led a team to Chang 'an County.
Bruiser, on the other hand, led his Third Brigade to settle the accounts with the Warm Tang Foundation!
Li Ke and Cheng Chumo led the second team out of the workshop to prepare the carriages. Because Li Zexuan had limited their "activity funds", Li Ke and Cheng Chumo, who had been pampered since they were young, had no choice but to save money and bargain with others.
"What? You charge twenty copper coins a day to rent a horse here? Why don't you go rob a bank? Do you think I won't sue you for running a scam? "
This was Cheng Chumo's voice.
The shopkeeper's face stiffened. He said in a muffled voice, "Little brother, the entire Xi City is like this. If you don't believe me, you can ask other places! Don't try to blackmail me! "
Cheng Chumo's mouth was smiling, but in his heart, he was cursing. It was not like he had not asked other places, but the prices of the carriages and horses were more expensive than this place. Otherwise, why would he be chatting with an old man here?
"Oh my ~! You say I'm blackmailing you? Let this young master tell you, an old horse like yours can only earn three copper coins a day at most! Don't think I don't know anything about horses! I've seen the current Emperor's White-hoofed Shadow, White-hoofed Shadow, and White-hoofed Shadow with my own eyes. Three copper coins a day is already too much for me ~! "
This idiot saw that the old man did not fall for his trick, so he started to boast.
(The Hoofed Shadow, Green Mantis, and Salyut Purple that he mentioned were all top-notch BMWs that had accompanied Li Er on his expeditions. Other than these three, there were also Jianmao Gu (Guā), Shifachi, and Telegu, all of which were Li Er's mounts. In the middle of the Zhen Guan period, in order to commemorate these six warhorses, Li Er ordered Yan Lide and Yan Liben to depict the six warhorses in relief, which were placed in the Zhao Mausoleum, and were known as the Six Horses of the Zhao Mausoleum in history.
Hearing this, the old man didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Little brother, since you've even seen His Majesty's beloved warhorse, it means that you're either rich or noble! Tell me, why are you arguing with me over a few copper coins? "
Cheng Chumo cursed in his heart again. It's true that I'm rich, but I can't spend it now!
Just as Cheng Chumo was about to go berserk and beat someone up, Li Ke walked over from the other side of the street.
"Chou Ox, what's wrong? Have you reached an agreement? "
Li Ke asked after he came over.
They had split up into several groups to look for carriages and horses. He had just finished talking with the owner of a carriage company and had come over.
"Not yet! This shopkeeper is stubborn! Little Ke, you only gave me so little money, there's no way we can talk about this business! It's better for you to talk to him! "
Cheng Chumo curled his lips and wanted to quit.
When the old man heard Cheng Chumo say that he was stubborn, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He actually wanted to beat someone up now.
However, he saw that although Li Ke was young, he couldn't hide his noble aura. He knew that Li Ke's background was not small. He calmed himself down and then cupped his hands to Li Ke, saying, "It's not that this old man is stubborn, but the price that little brother just said is simply impossible! Three copper coins to rent a horse, not to mention Chang 'an, even in Bing Province and New Province, it's impossible to have such a price! "
(The Great Tang had many horse farms in Bing Province and New Province, so the price of horses there was slightly cheaper than in other places.)
Li Ke didn't feel offended. He smiled kindly and cupped his hands to the old man, saying,
"Shopkeeper, we are all students from Yanhuang College. This time, we came out from the academy to help the Warm Tang Foundation, so we came here to look for some carriages to deliver honeycomb coal and coal stoves to the poor people who can't afford to burn firewood. So, can you give us a discount? After all, we didn't bring much money with us when we came out from the academy …"
Compared to Cheng Chumo's careless shouting, Li Ke's gentle and refined way of speaking was undoubtedly more comfortable. The shopkeeper only heard half of it and had a good impression of Li Ke. However, when he heard the purpose of Li Ke and the others looking for carriages, the shopkeeper couldn't remain calm.
"Hey! So you're students working for the Warm Tang Foundation! You should've said so earlier! Three copper coins, right? This old man will rent as much as you want! Just treat it as this old man doing a good deed! "
"Then, thank you very much, shopkeeper!"
Li Ke smiled and cupped his hands.
Cheng Chumo's eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he saw this!
How the f * ck is this possible? Does that mean that all the effort I've put into talking for so long was all in vain?
When he thought of this, Cheng Chumo looked at the old shopkeeper with resentment.
As if he could feel Cheng Chumo's "resentment", the old shopkeeper inexplicably shuddered. He looked at Cheng Chumo and smiled apologetically. "Little brother, you can't blame this old man for this! If you had told me your purpose from the beginning, this old man wouldn't have disagreed no matter what! "
Cheng Chumo snorted and ignored the old man.
Li Ke couldn't help but laugh. "Shopkeeper, don't mind him. This brother of mine has always been like this! I haven't asked you how many horses you have here. We'll rent them all! "
The shopkeeper was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Li Ke to have such a big appetite. "There are thirty-two horses in total. Little Lord, are you sure you want to rent them all?"
"I'm sure! Shopkeeper, we'll rent them for twenty days first. Here, the rent is one thousand nine hundred and twenty copper coins. That's the guarantor we hired! "
Li Ke quickly calculated the rent, and then pointed to a middle-aged scholar who was walking over.
The old shopkeeper couldn't help but feel a toothache. If he rented all the horses to Li Ke for three copper coins a day, then his loss would be too great! However, he had already bragged earlier. At this time, he couldn't regret it even if he wanted to. He could only accept the money and let the horses go!
"Ahem! Little Lord, since this old man rented so many horses to you at such a low price, can you let Datang Daily mention this old man's good deeds in tomorrow's news? "
After the handover, the old shopkeeper remembered that Li Ke was a student of Yanhuang College, and the Yamachō of Yanhuang College was the founder of Datang Daily. He had a little evil thought in his heart, so he eagerly asked Li Ke.
Before Li Ke could speak, Cheng Chumo said in a rough voice, "No! Do you think it's so easy to get into Datang Daily? If you really want to do good, why don't you just give these horses to us for free? Little Ke, ignore him. Let's go! Call someone else to take the horses! "
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