Chapter 96: Divide the Spoils

Su Yin turned to look at Nan Jingzhi, “Mr. Nan, you are knowledgeable.

I would like to ask, do these twenty horses have any markings?

Will they be recognized if we use them?”

Nan Jingzhi said nothing but looked at Nan Wu.

Nan Wu replied, “I just checked; these twenty horses are unmarked and can be used. However, you still have to be careful.”

Su Yin understood the implication of the last sentence.

“Mr. Nan, these twenty knives are all marked. Neither of us can use them. I wonder if you can handle them?”

Nan Jingzhi nodded, “Just give us these twenty knives.”

Su Yin nodded and began to break down the proportion of credit among the three parties.

In this battle, Nan Jingzhi and his group contributed the most, so they should take the lion’s share. Although Su Yin and her party were small, she had devised half of the plan, and without her input, the other two parties might not have been safe.

As for the Zhang family, they also contributed, but they followed the crowd, and their number was smaller than the other two parties, so the allocation ratio was naturally the smallest.

Su Yin laid out all the contributions of the three parties clearly.

“So, do any of you have any objections?”

Nan Wu waved his hand, “I have no objections.”

The Zhang family echoed, “No objections, no objections.”

“According to the proportion, Nan Jingzhi’s side accounts for six-tenths. My share is three-tenths, and the Zhang family’s share is one-tenth.”

Su Yin looked at both parties, “What do you think of this proportion? If you have any questions, you can raise them, and we can discuss them.”

The two shook their heads, “We have no objections.”

Nan Wu was about to say that it was okay, but Nan Jingzhi spoke first.

“This ratio is wrong.”

Everyone else was stunned.

“Mr. Nan, how do you want to distribute the proportion?”

Nan Jingzhi shook his fan gently, “I have no objection to the Zhang family’s one-tenth. You can’t do three-tenths; it’s too little.”

Yang Dashan and others felt a sudden sense of relief.

They had also worried that the other party was trying to suppress their share.

“If you hadn’t left this time and attracted my attention, I’m afraid we would have been trapped there.

Therefore, you should have half of the credit. I only need four-tenths, and the rest belongs to you.”

Su Yin looked at Nan Wu.

Nan Wu smiled innocently, “I listen to Brother Nan, uh, Brother Nan. He makes sense, and you have the greatest credit.”

The Zhang family had no objections.

Su Yin raised her hand to Nan Jingzhi, “Thank you very much, Mr. Nan, for your generosity. I will accept five out of ten.”

Twenty long knives, calculated as five hundred cents each, totaled ten taels of silver.

The short blades, based on the market price of two hundred and sixty cents, totaled one, two, or three cents.

As for the horses, these twenty horses were all in good condition, and the price would not be low.

Su Yin did not know much about the price of horses, so she did not want to set the price randomly; she asked Nan Jingzhi directly.

“How much does the horse cost?”

“These horses are not expensive breeds, but they are in good condition. Horses are in short supply recently, and the price has increased slightly.

If they are put on the market, they will probably sell for around fifty taels.”

“Then the price will be fifty taels. Do the calculation; twenty horses, totaling one thousand taels.”

As soon as the number one thousand taels was spoken, both Yang Dashan and Mr. Zhang’s breathing became rapid.

This is their biggest gain this time.

These twenty people, each riding a horse, had come here with goods, but they didn’t expect to be handed such an advantage.

The remaining cash was sixty-three taels and five cents. This small amount of silver seemed insignificant compared to a thousand taels.

“After all the items are converted, the total is one thousand, seventy-four taels and eight cents of silver.”

“Let’s take five-tenths, which is five hundred and thirty-seven taels of silver. Mr. Nan’s side will receive four hundred and twenty-nine taels of silver.”

“The remaining one hundred taels belong to the Zhang family.”

“Since Yin Qian doesn’t have that much money on hand now, the Zhang family can take two horses and another seven taels and eighty cents in cash.”

“I’ll take one horse here,” said Su Yin, “plus thirty-seven taels of silver, and the rest belongs to Mr. Nan.”

Both parties had no objections.

Su Yin looked at Mr. Nan and asked tentatively, “Mr. Nan, we don’t need that many horses here. I wonder if you can afford to buy them?”

There were many people on Nan Jingzhi’s side, and they needed transportation more than Su Yin’s group.

More means of transportation would mean a faster escape.

“Okay. How many horses are you going to sell?” Nan Jingzhi thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

“Five.”

“Okay.” Nan Jingzhi looked at the Zhang family and his son, “If you also want to sell, you can sell them together.”

The Zhang family and his son looked at each other. “We will sell one.”

They decided to keep one for home use and put it on a cart so they wouldn’t need anyone to push the cart.

Another horse could be exchanged for money.

At this time, the more money they had, the better. It could save their lives when necessary.

Nan Jingzhi asked Nan Wu to get the silver. The three parties exchanged payment for goods, thoroughly dividing the spoils.

The Zhang family father and son carried more than fifty-seven taels of silver on their chests and held horses in their hands.

When they returned to their camp, their feet felt light, giving them an unreal sensation.

When the rest of the Zhang family saw them coming back, they hurriedly asked, “What happened?”

Old man Zhang grinned at his wife and children, “We received more than a hundred taels of silver.”

“What!!”

“More than a hundred taels of silver!” His sons and daughters-in-law were shocked.

They had never seen a hundred taels of silver.

“Dad, where is it? Let me see,” the second child said impatiently.

The others also looked at him eagerly.

Old man Zhang carefully took out a fifty-tael banknote and some scattered silver from his pocket.

“This is the banknote.”

The third child stretched out his hand to touch it, but before he could reach it, he was slapped away by Old Man Zhang.

Old man Zhang warned his sons, “Just look at it; don’t touch.”

His sons and daughters-in-law all stared at the banknote eagerly.

They had never seen a banknote; they had only heard about it.

“Dad, how much is this banknote worth?” asked the fourth child.

“It must be one hundred taels,” Lao San replied.

Boss Zhang smiled and said, “No, this is a banknote worth fifty taels.”

“What about the other fifty taels?”

Boss Zhang pointed to the horse beside him, “Well, that’s it.”

“Dad, this horse belongs to us?”

“Yes.”

Several sons walked around the horse happily.

In ancient times, horses were equivalent to modern cars, and expensive horses were equivalent to luxury cars.

Men naturally prefer horses to women.

Old man Zhang couldn’t help but sigh, “You have to remember, it’s thanks to two people that we can be safe today and get this much money.”

Several sons and daughters-in-law of the Zhang family listened quietly.

“The first one is your eldest brother. If he hadn’t insisted, I’m afraid we would have died outside the gate of Hui’an Prefecture.”

“The second person is the girl named Su Yin.”