As soon as Lin Ping'an finished shouting, he heard someone at his feet say calmly:
"The second master knew that there was going to be a lot of noise here this morning, so he hid first."
When Lin Ping'an lowered his head, he saw Xing'er, who was hanging his arms with a cloth belt, sitting on the steps nearby, looking at him with a smile.
I'm sorry that this bastard has been holding his cheek with the hand he can still move, watching the fun.
Xing'er has a good skin, especially that pretty little face that "sees the Master happy". Even though this kid has a playful and smiling face at this time, he is still quite lovable.
"Uncle Lin, don't worry, our second master has given us instructions, saying that after all the hard work, Uncle Lin will go directly to the dock.
He was already waiting there, lest there would be too many people on the way and they would crowd around us, which would make it even harder for us to leave."
Lin Ping'an gnashed his teeth:
"Tsk! This Second Master Lian is really a living Zhuge. He can think of others before everything.
Hey! No wonder people say: Second Master Lian must be a star king from the sky and come down to earth."
Xing'er smiled:
"Uncle Lin, why didn't you say this in front of our second master? The second master will definitely give you a reward."
Lin Pingan also smiled, a little embarrassed:
"I don't mean to flatter you and ask for reward money."
Xing'er gently hugged Lin Ping'an's shoulders, pursed his lips into his arms, and winked:
"My hands are not convenient, so Uncle Lin reached into my arms and took out a handful. There is something good."
Lin Pingan was puzzled and hesitantly put his hand into Xing'er's arms. He took it out and saw that it was a ten-tael silver ingot, so he quickly stuffed it back.
Xing'er smiled and said:
"Why not? This is what the second master asked me to bring to Uncle Lin.
Our second master said that Uncle Lin is serious about his work and not as glib as me, so the second master said that he must give Uncle Lin some reward."
While talking, he took out the ingot and stuffed it into Lin Ping'an's arms.
Lin Pingan quickly took it out:
"What's so funny about this? Come on, come on, I'll give you half of it."
Xing'er laughed softly:
"Uncle Lin, please keep it.
My share is indispensable, otherwise, this arrow in my arm will be in vain?"
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Jia Lian said it was to avoid peace, but actually it was because of another matter.
He went out early in the morning and wandered around for a while before he found the shabby little wine shop that Jia Yucun had taken him to.
Rou Niang actually recognized Jia Lian and called him "Mr. Jia" with a smile as soon as they met.
It's just that she didn't go to see the fun that day, so she didn't know that this "Master Jia" was the legendary "Jia Lian".
Jia Lian got straight to the point and took out a hundred taels of white money and put it on the table to buy Rou Niang's secret recipe for winter brew.
Rou Niang's small wine shop has limited income, but has she ever seen such a large sum of money?
When Jia Lian said that selling only in the north would not affect her business in Gusu, Rou Niang was immediately overjoyed and agreed.
Jia Lian also learned a lot of wine-making skills from Qu Siping and Hops. When Rou Niang explained the secret wine-making recipe of winter wine in detail, he realized that she was not lying to him, so he took out a pen and paper and wrote it down one by one.
Seeing him finish writing, Rou Niang smiled charmingly:
"If you have a hero, you must have a beauty. If you have good wine, how can you not have good food to go with it?
How about Mr. Jia give me another twenty taels of silver? I will give Mr. Jia my ancestral secret recipe for the 'Jiangjiang recipe' and the 'Purple Purple Gai' recipe and take them to the capital.
Mr. Jia also allowed me to buy a larger store and open a decent restaurant. Wouldn’t it be nice to get the best of both worlds?”
When she saw Jia Lian nodding, she immediately said something sweet to make Jia Lian happy and said:
"I have met a noble person today!
I asked Mr. Jia to give me a name for this restaurant in advance. Once Mr. Jia opens his mouth, my business will definitely prosper in the future."
Jia Lian smiled and said:
"Just because of the boss lady's clever words, the business of this restaurant will definitely be booming.
The ancient name of Gusu is Pingjiang House, so your restaurant is called ‘Pingjiang House’ to make it look grand.”
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Unexpectedly, Jia Lian had just come out of the liquor store and was being seen by a passerby who had seen him beat Zou Sen in the street that day. The man immediately shouted excitedly:
"Isn't this Mr. Nie Hai Bai Lian Chu Liu Xiang Jia?"
Immediately, many people who were going to the dock were attracted to run here. Jia Lian was so frightened that he quickly got into the alley and ran away.
Rou Niang was a very smart woman. After hearing this, she understood that this Master Jia was the legendary Jia Lian who saved Gusu City. She immediately regretted it and stomped her feet:
I am really blind this time! I actually missed the real noble man!
If Jia Lian had just asked him to write an inscription or a plaque, he would have become really prosperous in the future.
But now that the matter has come to this, we can only try our best to make amends, so Rou Niang hurriedly said loudly:
"Oops! It turns out that the person who just came to our wine shop for a drink was 'Mr. Nie Hai Bai Lian Chu Liu Xiang Jia'! He just gave me a name for my wine shop."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but wonder:
"Why would Mr. Jia give you such a small shop a name?"
Rou Niang quickly said the name "Pingjiang Tower", but everyone laughed at her:
"If a small shop like yours is called 'Pingjiang Tower', then the fruit shop opposite you will be called 'Huaguoshan'."
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It was precisely because of this detour to avoid the crowd that Jia Lian took a long time to arrive at the dock.
As soon as he arrived at the pier, Jia Lian was stunned.
He expected there would be a lot of people, but he didn't expect there to be so many people.
There was a sea of people on the pier, and it was hard to squeeze through. There were loud voices and loud music, and everyone was vying to get a look at Mr. Jia, who saved the people of Gusu from the iron.
In addition, the squires from various places took the lead and sent a dozen "Wanmin Umbrellas" made of red silk embroidered with gold characters, with countless small silk strips with names written on them hanging from them.
Jia Lian was suddenly moved: the common people are the simplest. Although they are unable to resist power, they will treat whoever treats them well.
This almost overwhelming public send-off meant that Jia Lian's ship didn't leave the dock until noon and headed straight for Yangzhou.
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Jia Lian had been wondering what happened to Lin Ruhai in Yangzhou, but he really didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai, who had been urging his wife to go home, would change his attitude when he actually saw Jia Lian.
A 180-degree turn.
The way Lin Dawen looked at Jia Lian was like looking at a dead fly carrying maggots.
It scared Jia Lian so much.
Damn it! Is Lin Daxue interested in me?
Aren’t all women like this?
When you didn't come home, she would give you a series of life-threatening calls on WeChat; when you really got home, she would immediately give you a cold face, just to make you chase her and coax her.
Isn't it? Could it be that Lin Dawen, a talented and talented man who has all the little wives in the "strengthening platoon", is tired of playing with women and wants to change his taste with me?
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Jia Lian sat across from Lin Ruhai for a while before tentatively asking:
"Uncle, I wonder if the Yangzhou salt merchant's payment of tax money is going well?"
Lin Ruhai said solemnly:
"My nephew has always said that he has a wife and concubines, so why did he go to Suzhou and bring back a romantic nun?"