Qiang Jin Jiu - Chap 178
Merchants are anxious to see Shen Zechuan, they are worried about their own business.
The hall was noisy and mixed with various accents. They all spoke to chickens and ducks. Without Yan’s central harmony, many people couldn’t even speak Mandarin fluently. Yan Heru set up this “small mutual city” in Dunzhou. They had traded with bandits and border sand ministries, and they were in the business of tea, salt, copper and iron. Now that Yan Heru was taken into custody, they were afraid of Shen Zechuan’s investigation, and they agreed to go to the door together and wanted to make a law and not blame the public.
Chenyang greeted the maids to watch tea. Not only was the hall full of people, but even the hall was full of people, all the merchants who came from the wind. They come from everywhere in Tiannanhaibei, crowded and made the courtyard noisy.
Shen Zechuan sat here and would answer “justified” no matter what he heard. It was almost noisy in the hall, and there was no progress. Shen Zechuan seemed to answer everything, but he didn’t answer anything, leaving the merchants hungry and angry.
Xiao Chiye went to the next door and talked with Hutaihu to finish the military affairs. When he went out to see the sky was dark, he lit the light inside the hall. There are all kinds of sitting and leaning on the outside of the business seats. Inside, Shen Zechuan also consumes with the business people.
Fei Sheng picked out the curtain and whispered to the side of Xiao Chiye: “The master asked Hou Ye, has the military affairs been negotiated? If they are negotiated, then we can have dinner.”
Xiao Chiye said, “Stop these people?”
Fei Sheng replied: “The master said that if they don’t pass, they will keep them, and they will be invited to live here at night.”
Xiao Chiye nodded his head and said, “Let’s have dinner in the courtyard next door.”
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Businessmen have made up their minds to ask for a word from Shen Zechuan, at least seeing Yan Heru. Their goods were stored in Yan’s other house. Now the Biansha cavalry and bandits have returned. What should we do about these goods? However, Yan Heru had guaranteed tickets with them. They had to stay or go, so they had to talk again.
But Shen Zechuan’s Tai Chi played beautifully, but it didn’t mean exactly. Merchants are afraid that Dunzhou is a soldier, and they dare not turn their faces with Shen Zechuan, but can only sit back with the anger and must consume Shen Zechuan.
Shen Zechuan had finished all the tasks in Dunzhou. It was about the same time. When Fei Sheng came back, he stood up and smiled at the merchants: “You guys have been sitting here for a day, and we can talk about things later. I specially prepared someone Banquet, let’s talk in detail later. ”
No explanation was given, Fei Sheng picked the curtain and leaned out.
The merchants sitting inside waited for a long while, but no Shen Zechuan came back, and no maid came in to serve. Waiting for them to come out of the curtain, they found that there were only familiar faces left in the courtyard, not even a guard.
The man who smoked a few pipes was anxious, patted his thigh and said, “Did you run away?”
The merchants were shocked, and sparrow-like crowded together, rushed to the courtyard door, and found the door was blocked.
Someone said, “Do you want to kill someone? That’s not the case! Fujun, Fujun! We are all serious businessmen carrying official documents!”
Fei Sheng, listening to the door slamming, carrying a knife, said, “What’s the mess?” The governor invites you to rest in the courtyard. Are you not willing to leave, then sleep here! ”
Businessmen shouted, “We want to see the governor!”
Fei Sheng sneered and said, “Don’t you see all of you today? My master stayed with you for a long time.” He said that he had moved a chair for himself and sat down towards the door. , We have all checked, among which copper and iron are prohibited by the government, it is not easy to get them out. ”
“Now it’s messy everywhere!” The man who had previously smoked stomped on the door and slumped. “It’s still easy to get a few batches of goods. This is the only way for business. We are all our duty!”
Fei Sheng did not go around with them, raised his hand to take the book, flipped the page and said, “Do you know what I have in my hand? It is the registration book of Yan’s pawnshop, which in detail remembers that every month you go to Dunzhou with you What kind of goods. Blacks and whites, can’t be fake. ”
The merchants inside were whispering, sweaty, shivering and squeezing together, and Fei Sheng couldn’t even hear what they were talking about. At last the man stretched his neck again and shouted across the door: “I can’t help taking tea anymore, hey, I’m taking tea! Open the door, don’t spread it to innocent people!”
“Zhongbo has been ruined like this in the past two years. Who do you go to for tea in Dunzhou? Yan is himself the largest tea merchant going south.” Fei Sheng said, lifting his embroidery spring knife and knocking on the door with a scabbard. Ban, “Don’t make a noise! Hurry up and explain it!”
“Explain what?” The man retorted, “the goods are clearly written in the booklet, are you clear if you hold them?”
Fei Sheng shook the booklet in his hand and said, “This thing has been delivered to Lidu and delivered to Limen. No one can run away. I will tell you that my master is very kind and gives you the opportunity to make up for it. You just need to be here The paper truthfully wrote down who came to Dunzhou for whom and for whom the silver was converted, and I opened the door for you immediately, and the past account was written off. ”
Tea salt, copper and iron, except tea, are all under the control of the court. The Clan’s opening of a copper mine in Juexi was an imperial concession. They had to check the accounts with the household and industry departments on a monthly basis, and they had to send special supervision supervisors. It was just that the errand was too oily and the supervisors sent down were selected by the Ministry of Household Affairs. They often worked with Li Shi and worked together to make false accounts with the court to hide copper and iron for Li Shi. All outflows of copper and iron outside of Chang’s can be regarded as collusion between local government and business. These copper and iron are stolen from Da Zhou in exchange for huge profits, just like the military ration case.
Yan Heru opened pawnshops and courts in Dunzhou, not only to provide a trading place for merchants everywhere, but also to sell stolen goods for local officials, where things were converted into silver. Six-eared Shen Zechuan’s team didn’t say anything complete when they entered Dunzhou, that is, they want to enter Dunzhou, and the specific secret code needed is not just to “regulate rules.”
After Fei Sheng finished speaking, the door suddenly felt like a boil, and various accents clamored, squeezing the door panel. Fei Sheng closed the booklet and put the freshly brewed tea in his hand, blowing hot air.
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Chen Yang ordered the kitchen to make fish before dinner, so Shen Zechuan ate half a bowl of rice, and finally half of the fish was in Xiao Chiye’s stomach. As long as the second son doesn’t stab himself, eating fish is quite happy.
After dinner, two people stood under the eaves and heard the neighbouring businessmen scolding their ancestors. Xiao Chiye rinsed his mouth and wiped his mouth and said, “Is there still a scorpion? Call him at this time, I have something to ask”
Chen Yang stepped back and shouted.
Xiao Chiye turned to Shen Zechuan and asked, “Why don’t you tell Ding Tao to follow me?”
Shen Zechuan looked at Xiao Chiye and said, “Lei Jingzhe is in Dunzhou. If Li Xiong is not watching, he may run out to find Lei Jingzhe. Ding Tao played well with him, and the two children were just right together.”
Xiao Chiye raised the tea cup in his hand and took a sip, as if he had believed.
When Shen Zechuan turned his head a little, his neck was exposed, and there were traces of Xiao Chiye on it, faint, making the jade bead whiter. He did not continue Ding Tao, but said, “The arm restraint last time broke, this time I will hit another one in Cizhou.”
Xiao Chiye thought of Hasen when he thought of arm restraints. He looked at the night and said, “Repair is still usable.”
Xiao Chiye didn’t mention Hasson with Shen Zechuan. The defeat made him quickly go silent, hiding those ambitions. It is really tiring to send crickets, but there is no one who is not tired from the north, and even Lu Yizhang sews the old crickets for the winter clothing of the battlefield. Xiao Chiye was put into the sheath by Xiao Fangxu, but he was so reluctant to wait for the opportunity.
“I’ll hit you two,” Shen Zechuan said earnestly, “and also engraved my name.”
Xiao Chiye raised his arm, pinched Shen Zechuan’s chin, paused for a moment, and said, “Don’t engrave the name on the arm.”
There is no sword on the battlefield, and Xiao Chiye is not willing that Shen Zechuan followed him to be born and die there. He wants a good sign. He wants Shen Zechuan to live a hundred years.
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Hai Rigu and Yan Heru had been hungry for two days. He was still wounded, and his lips were dry and strong when he was dragged under the eaves.
Xiao Chiye squatted down and shrouded Hai Rigu in the shadows. Gujin immediately lowered Hai Rigu’s head and pulled his hair away, exposing the scorpion tattoo on the side of the neck.
“Gedal’s scorpion,” Xiao Chiye said in a deep voice. “What are you doing in Bo?”
Hai Rigu’s arms were tied tightly, he was leaning on the ground and refused to answer. Gujin struck his throat, stuck his head, and chirped toward Xiao Chiye, saying, “Answer.”
Hai Rigu was breathing heavily, and he quickly turned towards Shen Zechuan, who was standing by the door, but this look angered Xiao Chiye, and his head was caught on the ground almost immediately. He was struggling against the cold wooden board and made a struggling sound.
“I’m not an enemy!” Hai Rigu couldn’t break free, feeling like being crushed by an iron arm. He desperately looked up and could only see Xiao Chiye’s boots. He said, “Help me, Shen—”
Xiao Chiye was expressionless.
Hai Rigu gradually couldn’t breathe. He wiped his cheek on the ground and shouted to death: “I still have a lot of things to say!” He gasped, “Do you want to know about white tea? ! ”
Xiao Chiye said: “Until you learn to‘ answer ’, we do n’t want to know anything.”
Hai Rigu’s neck felt the strength, he was struggling against his head, sweating from his side, and snoring, “I, Zhongbo cough, cough! It’s escape!”
Shen Zechuan’s right fingers were vaguely painful. He stepped closer and stopped beside Hai Rigu, saying, “Three days ago, you told me that you called me the son of Gudal, because white tea split you up. . ”
Hai Rigu swallowed saliva difficultly, panting, “Yeah, because white tea splits us … I have you!”
Shen Zechuan frowned slightly.
Xiao Chiye suddenly let go, Hai Rigu panted. Gujin lifted him up, and he was ashamed and relieved for a moment, and said quickly: “Gedal means” bright “in Biansha, this is the name of white tea. Your mother ’s story is very long, if If you don’t mind, let me drool first. I swear to you that everything I say is true. “
