The next day, Ma Chao came to ask Fang Er to guide them in driving again.
Fang Er's face turned pale, and he waved his hands repeatedly at them.
Go play by yourselves! As long as you don't hit anyone, you can do whatever you want!
This coaching job is really not for the faint of heart!
As soon as Ma Chao and the others drove out of the city gate.
They saw Zhu Zi leading the team back.
And a group of merchants from Suiye City, driving a team of ox carts.
The carts were all loaded with wooden barrels.
Zhu Zi looked curiously at Ma Chao on the cart and asked.
What is this?
Ma Chao was very excited.
Uncle made it yesterday. Uncle said this is also a vehicle.
Get in, I'll give you a thrill.
Zhu Zi said a few words to the interpreter from Suiye City.
Asked them to wait for him at the city gate for a moment.
Then he got into the pickup truck.
Ma Chao stepped on the accelerator.
The pickup truck sped out along the cement road.
Hahaha, isn't it cool!
Ma Chao was very smug!
That idiot Liu Meng, who studied for so long yesterday, couldn't learn it!
Zhu Zi was stunned!
He knew about vehicles.
Horse-drawn carriages, ox carts, aren't they all pulled by large livestock?
How did this big iron lump move on its own!
And it ran so fast!
Faster than a horse!
And it wasn't bumpy at all.
So, Zhu Zi smiled and said to Ma Chao.
Chao'er, let brother try it!
Ma Chao was decisive and shook his head directly.
No, Uncle spent a lot of time making this.
When you have time, brother will teach you how to drive.
Really, this is much better than a horse. Yesterday, when Liu Meng was driving, he almost hit Uncle's head.
Zhu Zi stopped talking.
Safety first.
And with Young Master's abilities, it took him a lot of time to make it, so it must not be an ordinary thing.
It would be troublesome if it broke.
So he let Ma Chao take him back to the city gate.
At the city gate, Abu Aka from Suiye City was petrified!
It wasn't until the pickup truck stopped beside him.
That he excitedly pointed at the pickup truck and said something to the interpreter.
Then, the interpreter translated.
General Zhu Zi, what is this thing? Is it a unique artifact from the East?
Zhu Zi patted Abu Aka.
This is something our Uncle made. Come, I'll take you to see Uncle.
The ox cart team was left outside the city.
Zhu Zi, Abu Aka, and the interpreter went to Chen's residence.
As soon as he saw Fang Er.
Abu Aka quickly bowed.
He babbled in a language that was unintelligible.
Interpreter: Esteemed Earl, thank you for your generosity. Our goods and personnel have all been rescued!
Fang Er nodded and looked at Zhu Zi.
Tell me what happened.
Zhu Zi began to recount his journey to Turky.
It turned out that the incendiary oil and the servants from Suiye City were simply robbed by the leader of a small Khitan tribe.
Zhu Zi took a battalion and went there. Without any nonsense, he immediately opened fire with muskets.
The small tribal leader was stunned!
But seeing his subordinates lying in pools of blood.
The little leader quickly knelt and begged for mercy.
Seeing Abu Aka walking out from the side of the Heavenly Fire Army.
He instantly understood why.
He quickly handed over the incendiary oil and the people from Suiye City.
Everything went smoothly.
However, because the ox carts were slow.
They returned two days late.
Fang Er nodded.
It's good that it went smoothly.
Then it was time for settlement.
The goods were outside the city, and Zhu Zi knew the quantity clearly.
Except for some that were sold by the Khitan small leader.
There were seventy-six carts of incendiary oil remaining.
A total of four hundred and fifty-six barrels.
Which means.
Two thousand two hundred taels of silver.
The Heavenly Fire Army's employment fee was three hundred taels of silver per day for six hundred people.
They were out for thirteen days.
That was nearly three thousand nine hundred taels of silver.
Fang Er said to the interpreter.
After deducting the incendiary oil, you still need to pay me one thousand seven hundred taels of silver.
Of course, you can also choose to pay in gold.
This was the price agreed upon earlier.
The interpreter was stunned when he heard the amount Fang Er stated!
Weren't the incendiary oil enough to cover it?
Why did they still need to pay one thousand seven hundred taels of silver.
Then he translated Fang Er's words to Abu Aka.
Next, Fang Er saw a very speechless scene.
Two merchants who had traveled thousands of miles.
Were actually using their ten fingers to calculate the accounts!
Damn it!
It seemed that when they said half a qian of silver per person per day earlier, these two fellows didn't understand how much six hundred people would cost for ten days?
With this level, they dared to run to the Great Tang?
Perhaps even a wonton vendor could cheat them out of their fortune!
Fang Er watched the two of them calculating for a long time, patting each other's shoulders.
Then Abu Aka, with a conflicted expression, said something to the interpreter, and then looked at Fang Er with sincerity.
The interpreter said dryly.
Esteemed Earl, Chief Abu Aka says that your calculation is incorrect.
It should be that after deducting the incendiary oil, you should be paid two thousand seven hundred taels of silver.
Fang Er was amused!
How in the hell did you calculate that?
Zhu Zi on the side held back his laughter, his shoulders shaking!