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Chen Ke didn't have any purpose, so he took his two younger brothers and wandered leisurely on the street, watching groups of people gathered around, listening to plays, watching teenagers chasing each other and playing in the streets, and looking at shops and shops, like
The spring flowers are blooming all at once, and no one is left behind. The hawkers on the other side are singing like orioles, and the sugar shops on the other side are sending strong fragrance.[]
Not doing anything, just walking, listening, and watching, I felt like I was drinking a cup of nectar, which felt very comfortable.
Just when he was in a trance, he suddenly heard someone calling him: "Sanlang!"
Chen Ke followed the sound and saw the wine merchant Li Jian, followed by two servants carrying gifts.
"It turns out it's Uncle Li. It's a big holiday. Where are you going?" Chen Ke said with a smile and cupped his fists at him.
"Fuck you," Li Jian wanted to smile, but couldn't. "I just happened to bump into you."
"But something happened?"
"First, I haven't seen you for a long time. I went to see you. Second, alas..." Li Jian sighed and said, "Let's go to your house and talk about it."
Chen Ke nodded. Seeing that Liulang was very playful, he asked Wulang to take an eye on him and took Li Jian home.
When he got home, he invited Li Jian to sit in the front hall, but there was no sign of Aunt Zhang, so Chen Ke had to go and pour him tea himself.
"No need to bother." Li Jian grabbed him and said, "I'm so burned out right now that I'm not in the mood to drink tea."
"Then we have to lower the fire." Although Chen Ke said this, he really didn't know how to make Song Dynasty tea, so he had to bring a glass of water to Li Jian: "Let's talk after we finish."
"Alas..." Li Jian took the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. He sighed heavily and said, "A disaster is coming, Sanlang."
"..." Chen Ke frowned slightly, waiting for him to continue.
"Yesterday I was summoned by the commander, and he told me that Huangjiao wine has been added to the tribute list of Yizhou Prefecture!" Li Jian said with a bitter look on his face: "From this year on, every September, one hundred barrels of Jieyuan wine will be required to be used with Yizhou Prefecture!"
The so-called "Hebu" means the government compulsorily purchases goods in quantities and prices specified by the government.
"How much price will the government give?" Chen Ke asked.
"Five Guan."
"Five guan?!" Chen Ke said with eyes widened: "A barrel of raw wine is 600 jin, and the cost alone is 14 guan! One hundred barrels will cost 900 guan! How much wine can we make in a year?"
"Last year it was 70,000 kilograms..." Li Jian said solemnly: "Anyway, we can't hold it."
"You didn't explain it to the commander?" Chen Ke stared at him and said, "This is not asking for wine, this is asking for life!"
"Of course I did," Li Jianyu said calmly, "but the order said that this was a matter of order and no bargaining was tolerated..."
"Bring it here..." Chen Ke stretched out his hand and said.
"What?" Li Jian raised his tearful eyes.
"Official documents!" Chen Ke glared at him and said, "You have to let me see it, so that you can feel at ease, right?"
"I didn't get the official document. I was told by the commander-in-chief." Li Jian shook his head and said, "He said that he asked me to go back and prepare. I will have the official document before the departure."
"Hey..." Chen Ke touched his bare chin: "How evil..." and asked: "What else did the commander say?"
"No, let me go back after saying that..." Li Jian said helplessly.
"You just came back obediently?" Chen Ke said in disbelief.
"There's nothing I can do. If Chen Daling was here, I would naturally stalk him." Li Jian said depressedly, "But Song Daling only took office at the beginning of the year, and he behaved like keeping strangers away. He didn't have time to open up the joints."
Thanks to the rapid development of Qingshen County, the original magistrate of Chen County was promoted before his term was completed because of his outstanding political achievements. He was replaced by a magistrate named Song just a few years ago.
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Seeing that Chen Ke was silent for a long time, Li Jian finally couldn't help but shed tears: "I used to think that paying tribute was so far away, so why did we have to do it?"
"People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of getting strong. If you are fattened, someone will naturally kill you." Chen Ke said lightly: "This is not surprising. I didn't expect it to be like this in the Song Dynasty."
"Oh, I always feel like I'm a nobody, but when something happens, I realize that I'm nothing." Li Jian wiped her tears and said, "My eyes are all black, and I can only stand upright to be slaughtered."
"Why are you panicking?" Chen Ke comforted him and said, "September is still half a year away. Let's think of a solution."
"What solution can we come up with?" Li Jian was extremely frustrated: "Besides, there are 10,000 kilograms to be shipped this month. Will it be shipped or not?"
"..." Chen Ke thought for a moment and asked, "How many more orders are there?"
"Let's say at least hundreds of thousands of catties, all of which have been booked for the year after next." Li Jian thought about it and said: "Just for delivery before September, there are fifty thousand catties, and all of them have been paid in full.
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"I asked you to only collect a deposit, but you just didn't listen." Chen Ke glared at him and said, "It's okay now, but it's hard to ride a tiger, right?"
"Sanlang, it's useless to say that. Get a charter quickly!" Li Jian said pitifully.
"Fa, if you don't trust someone, you can't establish a contract. Why can't you deliver the goods if the contract is written in black and white?" Chen Ke pondered for a while and said decisively: "Don't take any more new orders, but those that have been placed will still be shipped on time."
"What should I do with the hundred barrels I bought?" Li Jian asked with wide eyes.
"Don't you understand? If we buy according to the government's conditions, we will definitely die." Chen Ke said calmly: "Whether we fulfill the original order or not is just a matter of how fast we die. We will die anyway, so why bother?
Being stabbed in the spine..."
"I don't want to die..." Li Jian started to cry and said, "Sanlang, is there nothing we can do?"
"Don't be impatient, go back and regain your energy, and come to me again," Chen Ke said in a deep voice: "As you said, once your eyes are black, you can only wait for death. We have to find a way to solve this matter.
Only when we understand the ins and outs can we dare to say that we have countermeasures."
After sending away Li Jian, who was mourning for his heir, Chen Ke felt very heavy and stood in the courtyard without saying a word for a long time.
He originally thought that the officials of the Song Dynasty did not disturb the people and the world was simple. As long as he did not break the law and did not bother anyone, he could live a happy and prosperous life. It seemed that this was not a carefree paradise after all, and he could not always be without a care.
Go on without any worries.
At this time, Aunt Zhang came back from outside, holding a small bag of fried melon seeds in her hand. Seeing Chen Ke's gloomy face, she thought she was angry with her for sneaking away to a neighbor's house to have sex.
Chen Ke didn't have the heart to scold her. He knew that it was inevitable for servants to cheat on her without a mistress, so he just looked at her coldly and turned around to enter the house.
After sitting in the room for a while, he thought about the whole thing again and again. Why did he feel something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was. He lay on the bed in trouble, and while he was in a daze, he heard someone
Knock on the door.
"Come in." Chen Ke sat up. He thought it was Aunt Zhang who had come to admit his mistake. When the door opened, he found that it was his second brother Chen Chen and a tall and thin young man. Although the young man could not hide his anxiety, he still couldn't help but feel worried.
He lost his composure and bowed his hands to Chen Ke.
Chen Ke was staring in confusion, cupping his fists and saying, "Who is this?"
"Sanlang, this is Sanlang from Uncle Su's family, named Tongshu."
"Uh, uncle...brother." Chen Ke squinted at the young man and thought to himself: "Uncle Su's house in Meishan?"
"There are still a few Uncle Sus." Chen Chen, who is usually sarcastic, said sharply today: "Dad asked my uncle to send a letter asking us to go to Meishan."
"What happened to daddy?" Chen Ke suddenly woke up.
"Third brother, don't worry. Uncle Chen Shi is fine," the tall and thin young man said, although his tone was gentle, but he couldn't hide his anxiety: "There is a patient in my family, and I have come to ask third brother to come over and treat him."
"I don't know any medical skills," Chen Ke said, "Uncle Song is not together. Can you please take a look at it?"
"That's exactly what Uncle Song meant." Uncle Tong said.
No matter what, life is at stake, so the only thing to do is hurry over. Chen Ke closed the door, gave Aunt Zhang a few words, and walked out.
When going out, Uncle Tong walked in front, and the Chen brothers followed a little behind. Chen Ke looked at Erlang and whispered: "What are you going to do?"
"Are you brothers?" Erlang already looked like an adult, but his figure was a little thin and he looked about the same height as his younger brother. His face turned red and he said, "If you are a brother, just don't say anything."
"Hey..." Chen Ke smiled ambiguously, although he didn't know what was going on.
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The three of them arrived at the pier. The ship bound for Meishan had already left the pier. Uncle Tong said in frustration: "I don't know when the next boat will leave!"
"Just stop the boat." Chen Ke said.
"How can anyone listen to us?" Tong Shuxin said, maybe someone can call back the boat that left, but it would have to be a respectable country squire, not a young man like us.
"Uncle Qiu, why don't you do it?!" Before he could finish speaking, he heard Chen Ke's loud voice.
Seeing this sudden sound, people on the dock raised their eyebrows. Uncle Tong wanted to find a crack in the ground and burrowed down. He smiled helplessly in his heart and said: 'Why is this Chen Jia Sanlang as out of character as my second brother...'
He originally thought that others would laugh at them, but who knew that those people actually laughed and shouted together: "Boss Qiu, why don't you come back!"
What surprised him happened was that the flat boat that had sailed dozens of feet came to a slow stop, and then drove back in reverse. After a while, it rested on the shore, and the boss of the boat put down the cables and pedals, and then straightened up.
He smiled at Chen Ke and said, "It's such good luck to be able to carry Saburo once!"
‘This, this, the people in Qingshen County are so old-fashioned and warm-hearted?’ Uncle Tong’s expression was wonderful.
Unable to bear the pain, Chen Chen explained in a low voice: "This is the original landlord of my house, but we have some friendship." This boss Qiu was the one who took the Chen family to the county and rented them a house. At that time, Chen Ke was
After a while of cheating, I almost rented the house to the Chen family for free. After I returned, I was scolded by the old lady for a long time. Who knew that by the time the Chen family moved out, the entire yard had been completely renovated, even more impressive than when it was newly built, and there were always people there all month long.
rent.
But his wife was overjoyed and stopped renting the house and moved back from the boat. As long as he didn't run the boat, Boss Qiu also went back to live. Not only was he no longer angry with Chen Ke for lowering the price, but he always wanted to repay him.
The boat sailed away from the county town again. Chen Ke and Boss Qiu thanked each other a few words, and then they talked to the same uncle. It turned out that he was one year older. Chen Ke's heart moved and asked: "Uncle Tong, are your brothers in the family
Several people?"
"I only have one older brother," Tongshu said very considerately: "We are nicknamed Hezhong and Tongshu because we had an older brother, but he died young."
"Sorry." Chen Ke apologized.
"It doesn't matter," the young man said, although his face was cold, but after getting familiar with it, he was still very gentle: "I also think there is something wrong with the fine print, and I have asked my father to correct it for me."
"Oh, let me ask you a question." Chen Ke endured it for a long time, but still couldn't bear it and said, "Is your name... Su Che?"
"Well, my younger brother is Su Che." The young man was not surprised and nodded slightly.
