Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 163: Buying Water

Chapter 163: Buying Water

After getting the money and the black token, Xiao Gui rushed to the stable. Before the soldiers in the stable could stop him, he had already shown them the black token. Seeing the black token in his hand, they let him pass.

Entering the stable area, Xiao Gui looked around and found the lieutenant in charge of the stable. He walked up to the lieutenant and said, "This subordinate has seen the Lieutenant."

The lieutenant nodded at him and asked, "What are you doing in the stables? Don’t you know that no one is allowed to enter the stable area without permission?"

Knowing that the stable is an important place, Xiao Gui didn’t feel offended by his questions. He took out the black token, showed it to the lieutenant, and said, "This subordinate came under the direct order from General Ren to get transport carts and request for escort soldiers."

As a person who has been in the army for more than ten years, the lieutenant never asks questions that should not be asked. As long as he does his job well, he doesn’t care about the rest. He took the black token and looked at it carefully for a while, then returned the black token to Xiao Gui.

He looked at Xiao Gui and asked, "How many transport carts and escort soldiers do you need?"

Xiao Gui made some calculations and replied: "Twenty transport carts and thirty escorting soldiers."

The lieutenant nodded and said, "You wait here. I will go and arrange the transport carts and the escort soldiers first."

Xiao Gui clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Lieutenant."

When the lieutenant went to arrange the transport carts and escort soldiers, Xiao Gui was waiting there anxiously. From time to time he looked at the moon hanging in the night sky to check the time. An hour has passed since he returned to the barracks.

He wondered if the others who were waiting for his return in the village were all right. While he was walking in a circle, the lieutenant finally returned with thirty escort soldiers and twenty transport carts.

Seeing his anxious expression, the lieutenant said, "The transport carts and the escort soldiers were ready. You can go now."

Clasping his fists at the lieutenant, Xiao Gui said, "Thank you, Lieutenant."

The lieutenant nodded at him, and returned to his post in the stables. Seeing that the lieutenant had already left, Xiao Gui looked at the thirty soldiers and said, "Brothers, our mission is to bring clean water back from a village eighty li away from the barracks. We must bring the water back by tomorrow morning."

After Qi Baijun’s attack last night, almost all the soldiers in the barracks knew that their water had been poisoned. So when they heard Xiao Gui’s words, they were all excited and felt relieved.

Seeing that everyone knows the importance of transporting the clean water back safely, Xiao Gui said, "Let’s depart immediately. We don’t have much time left."

After they made their last preparations, they left the barracks and rushed towards the village. Because they rode war horses and the transport carts were also pulled by war horses, they arrived in the village in an hour.

Stopping at the entrance of the village, Xiao Gui shouted, "Captain, I came back with the money to buy water."

A few seconds after he shouted, he saw a man running away. Knowing that the man was going to report to their leader, Xiao Gui looked at the thirty soldiers and said, "Brothers, these people are very arrogant. It is better not to have any conflicts with them later."

Thirty soldiers nodded silently after listening to his words. Not long after, Xiao Gui saw the leader of the villagers coming out with his captain and his team members.

Xiao Gui jumped off his war horse, clasped his fists at his captain and said, "Captain, General Yao has agreed to the price of clear water. I brought the money and the transport carts to bring the water back."

His captain looked at the twenty transport carts and the escorting soldiers, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Xiao Gui, you have done a good job."

He then looked at the leader of the villagers and said, "Since Xiao Gui already brought all the money, can we finish the transaction now?"

The leader nodded and said, "Of course. Please follow me."

Seeing that the leader had left with the others, Xiao Gui signaled the escorting soldiers to drive the transport carts into the village. They followed the leader for a while, and came to the back of the village. Before they could ask where the clean water was, their eyes widened after seeing what was in front of them.

The leader turned and looked at them and said, "This is all the clean water we have right now."

The captain looked at the thing in front of him, and then glanced at the leader. In front of them was a huge wooden barrel. Standing in front of the wooden barrel, he felt that the wooden barrel was as high as a hill.

The leader looked at their shocked expression and smiled. He picked up a wooden bucket next to the huge wooden barrel and said, "This is the bucket we use to measure the water. How many buckets of water do you want to buy?"

Hearing his question, the captain came back to his senses. He looked at the leader and said, "We will buy two thousand buckets of clean water."

"All right. Then please bring your water barrel, and we will start filling it with water." The leader said with a business smile on his face.

The captain signaled the others to drive the transport carts closer, and began to fill the water barrels brought from their barracks with clean water one by one. Two hours later, they finished filling the last bucket of water.

The leader looked at the captain and said, "That is two thousand buckets of clean water. The total payment is ten thousand taels of silver."

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