What does it mean to walk through iron shoes and find nowhere? It takes no effort, and now it is.
At the invitation of the strong man and his wife, Su Ren and Leng Jun walked into the strong man's home. One word, poor. Two words, very poor. Three words, very poor. There was no decent furniture in the house, and there was no water.
The jars were half cut. The two naked children huddled in the corner and did not dare to come over because of the strangers. Su Ren never expected that in an era that was regarded as a model for great governance in the world, there would be such poor families.
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The woman hurriedly boiled water, and the strong man diligently wiped several broken bowls again and again before placing them in front of Su Renhe's cold eyes.
Su Rendao: "Stop working so hard, we'll leave as soon as we finish talking."
Upon hearing this, the woman began to cry again, and the strong man fell to his knees. The couple's actions frightened the children, and the two children also cried together.
"Two young masters, I really have no choice. The four members of my family are waiting to eat. If you take me away, this family will really be over. Please, please let us live."
The burly man looked like a stooped old man at this time. All the muscles in his body had shrunk a bit. He was lying on the ground and banging his head, which hurt even when he heard it.
Su Ren yelled: "Okay, who said you are going to be arrested and brought to see the officials? We are here to discuss business with you?"
The strong man was confused and looked up at Su Ren. His head was already blood red. He grabbed a handful of soil and pressed it up, and the bleeding stopped immediately.
Su Ren helped the strong man up: "It's really a business. We have some salt in our hands. I hope you can help us sell it. If we do well, just give us three yuan per kilogram of salt, and the rest will be yours."
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"This...!" The strong man still didn't quite believe it. To put it bluntly, the two people in front of him were both fifteen or sixteen-year-old children. There was a question mark in his head as to whether he could believe it.
Su Ren smiled and threw a small bag from the bag in front of the strong man: "Don't believe it? Let's see what this is first?"
The strong man opened the bag tremblingly. He was a smuggler of salt, so how could he not recognize what was in the bag? But he had never seen such white salt. Even the best official salt would be a little yellow, and ordinary people would eat it.
The salt is low-grade salt with a gray tint.
"Seriously?" The strong man held a salt bag in one hand and stared at Su Ren and Leng Jun with both eyes.
Su Ren nodded: "These are just samples, but we can guarantee a production of one hundred kilograms every month. If you can sell them all, our business is done."
"One hundred kilograms?" The strong man opened his mouth: "Young master, do you know how much this best official salt costs per kilogram? That's not five yuan, but ten yuan. If you have one hundred kilograms, then
It’s only a thousand dollars, even if it’s sold cheaper, it’s still at least five hundred dollars. To be honest, young master, I don’t have such a big appetite.”
"Then who has it?" Su Ren took out a few copper coins from his sleeves and threw them on the ground: "As long as you can introduce us, these will be rewarded to you. In addition, we will give you five kilograms of this salt every month.
right."
The strong man's face already showed an expression of excitement. Just because the two boys in front of him were so generous, they must have a good background. Although they still don't know the origins of these two people, if this business can really be negotiated, they
The family no longer has to worry about having nothing to eat.
The strong man held up his hands and said: "This matter is really not something I can handle. Please wait a moment. I'll ask our boss. He must be interested in such a good thing."
Su Ren nodded: "That's fine! Go back quickly, we'll wait here."
The strong man immediately stood up and shouted at the woman: "If you don't hurry up and pour the water, I can greet the two young masters. I will be back soon."
While drinking water, he talked to the woman without saying a word. From the woman's mouth, he learned that the strong man was his husband, his surname was Huo, and he was the fourth eldest child in the family. Outsiders called him Huo Laosi. Huo Laosi.
The fourth child used to be a farmer. Later, the land was lost bit by bit and he became a tenant farmer. After the birth of his two children, the family never had enough food. So during the slack time, he started selling private salt.
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The boss that Huo Laosi calls him is the largest private salt dealer in Wenshui. This person is very mysterious, as if he does not exist. No one has seen what this person looks like. However, this person is almost invisible around Wenshui.
The recognized leader of all salt dealers. The quality, quantity, and location of illegal salt sales must be approved by this boss. Otherwise, he will be caught by the government or die violently.
When I went to see the boss, it was already dark. Under the leadership of Huo Laosi, they walked around half of the city and came to a secluded alley in the south of the city. The alley was very dark and you couldn't see your fingers. Huo Laosi learned two cricket sounds.
Called. A dark shadow appeared behind them.
"Sure enough, a hero comes from a young age. I didn't expect that the dignified Laojun Guan would also start this business." The black shadow spoke harshly, but never showed up. He was hiding in the shadows and couldn't see what the visitor looked like.
"You are the boss, right?" Su Ren got straight to the point: "I wonder if the boss is interested in our business?"
The boss acquiesced to his identity, ignored Su Ren's questions, and asked Su Ren: "Are you Su Ren? I heard that you presented a treasure to the county magistrate and got five hundred coins. Sure enough, you have some tricks, but your origins are a bit strange.
, what we are doing are all head-turning transactions, we have to guard against it, I will explain it to you clearly first, and then we can talk about the business before it is too late."
Su Ren also had to admire the boss's shrewdness and his strength in Wenshui County: "There is nothing to say. Since the boss has already investigated me, I will tell the truth. This kid came from Chengdu and got lost in Wenling.
Now I have to go back to Chengdu and I don’t have enough money, so I took the risk. I wonder if the boss is satisfied with this explanation?"
"That's an answer!" I couldn't see the boss's expression, but his tone sounded like he was quite satisfied: "In that case, let's talk about business? Where did you get your salt? The best official salt is also
Your salt is not as good as yours. To tell you the truth, in warm water, as long as it has something to do with salt, I don’t know about it. But I still want to ask about the origin of your salt.”
“Cook it yourself!”
The boss chuckled.
Su Ren also laughed: "I really cooked it myself. I found a brine spring in Wenling. It took us two months to cook one hundred and ten kilograms of salt. That's it. I took all the salt."
Having said everything, can’t the boss still show his face to others?”
The boss still stood in the shadow: "We are doing business. You and I know clearly what this business is about. It is better to meet less in the future. Since you have said it, I will also give you a happy word. This business
I have done it. From now on, people will go to Laojun to collect one hundred catties of salt every month. Of course, the money will be given to you at the price of five yuan per catty. What do you think?"
"Not so good?" Su Ren said: "This is too petty. Hasn't the boss thought of a better way to cooperate? Since we can cook this kind of salt, why don't you send us some manpower to add high-quality salt?
Production, and then sell it at a low price. In this way, before long, all the salt in Wenshui County will be in your hands. Who will dare to call you a salt dealer then?"
"What good does this do to you?" The boss's voice was not excited or happy, it was still normal.
Su Rendao: "Money! I am most in need of money. As a foreigner, I need money for food, clothing, housing and transportation. What's more, I have to go home. What can I do without money?"
"Then how many do you need?"
"At least a hundred gold!"
"Haha!" The old man laughed: "It doesn't cost a hundred gold to get to Chengdu from here, does it?"
"This hundred gold is just a gift from me to my savior. Does the boss think that my life is not worth a hundred gold?" Su Ren patted Leng Jun beside him and smiled at Leng Jun: "As for returning to Chengdu, it's very difficult.
It’s easy to handle. I still have a few hundred dollars on hand, which should be enough.”
"I didn't expect you to be a person who knows how to repay kindness." The boss nodded: "What if I don't want to give up a hundred gold?"
"That's great! Tomorrow I will go to the county government again and dedicate my method of making salt to the county magistrate. With such merit, the county magistrate should know his value. A mere hundred gold should not be a big problem." Su Ren sneered.
: "When the time comes, if you suggest to the county magistrate to use my method to sell salt, not only will you abandon the official salt that Liu Wen controls, but I'm afraid your private salt business will not be able to continue."
"Hahaha..." I didn't expect that the boss would laugh so wildly. The laughter was so sudden in the silent night that Huo Laosi started to shiver. The boss didn't care whether it would attract the surrounding people or not.
The man patrolling the street laughed wildly. A dozen black figures appeared behind the boss, each holding something in their hand. In the dim light of the moon, they seemed to be weapons.
Lengjun stepped forward, blocked Su Ren behind him, and clenched his fists.
The boss laughed for a long time, and suddenly a torch lit up in the dark night, and then several more torches illuminated the alley. Now everyone could see each other clearly, except for the boss who was still hiding in the shadows.
Except for the lower body, the face was still unclear. More than a dozen people were all dressed in black, holding sticks in their hands. Their faces were covered with black cloth, leaving only a pair of eyes.
"I don't think you have this chance." The boss's voice was still very calm: "Before I came here, I had already thought that there would be such a result. It seems that our business cannot be done. In this case, we have to let you disappear completely. In order to
My brothers have to do this."
Huo Laosi never thought it would end like this. He quickly knelt down and begged the boss: "Boss, I'm just a messenger. This matter has nothing to do with me. I hope..."
"Get out!" the boss said coldly. As if he had received an amnesty, Huo Laosi quickly stood up and with a whoosh, slipped through the middle of several men in black and disappeared into the dark night. Before leaving, he glanced back.
There was helplessness and regret in his eyes.
Su Ren couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He had thought about thousands of possibilities, but he didn't expect that the boss would be so arrogant. He thought that if he threatened, the boss would compromise, but he didn't expect that he would be put in a dangerous situation.
It seems that this underworld is really not easy to get involved with.
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It’s not easy to finally receive a real little brother. The good days are about to begin. He also made it onto the classified new book list, which is double happiness! Please work harder! (To be continued)