Evening.

Wang Chen took Wang Wenxiu, Liu Qihong and Mr. Ma out, and Zhang Qing, Xu Jiang, and Li Xiao brought seven or eight people to follow behind to protect.

After the previous transaction was completed, he made an appointment with all the dignitaries and wealthy squires of Chuzhou for dinner.

It's about the same time.

However, Wang Chen was not in a hurry, but went to Chuzhou Wang Ji for investigation first.

On the road.

A few people walked and talked.

There is one street away from Chuzhou Wangji.

Suddenly, a group of people gathered in front of them, not knowing what was happening.

"It has not been peaceful outside the city for the past two days. ”

"Yes, the government has issued a notice, and there are big insects to cause trouble. ”

"Alas, I hope the government can capture the big worm as soon as possible, otherwise people will be panicked, who will dare to go out of the city?"

Wang Chen couldn't understand Chuzhou dialect.

Fortunately, Mr. Ma translated a few sentences on the side.

Big bugs?

How can there be tigers here?

Wang Chen heard the novelty, Chuzhou is the ancient name of Huai'an, it stands to reason that there should be no birds of prey and beasts in the plains, why did the government still post a notice?

Just thinking about it, Mr. Ma next to him frowned and said: "Two years ago, a big insect was captured alive in Sizhou, and the government transported it to Bianjing in a cage, and now there is a big insect as a disaster?"

Wang Chen looked sideways and wondered: "Are you saying that this is not the first time that the pest of big insects has occurred? Big insects don't generally grow in the mountains and forests, Chuzhou Sizhou is located in the plain, where does the big insect come from?"

Mr. Ma smiled dumbly and said: "Who said that big insects only grow in the mountains and forests, our Great Song Dynasty, except for Jingshi Bianjing, there are big insects distributed in all roads, even Pingjiang Mansion is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are big insects in the past few years." ”

All right.

I didn't expect there to be so many tigers in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Speaking of the tiger in Gusu, Wang Chen suddenly thought of an article when he read the history of the Song Dynasty before, which seemed to be recorded like this: In September of the second year of the Dao, Gusu Tiger Night Man Fushan Yan, four food pawns.

According to the records, it seems that it is not a tiger that attacks at night, and the tiger hill in Gusu was named because of the tiger infestation in the pre-Qin period, which shows that the tigers of the Northern Song Dynasty are really running all over the ground.

The group stepped forward to watch the official announcement.

I saw that there was information about the activity of the tiger written on it, probably at the junction of Chuzhou and Sizhou, and it was said to be a very large white-fronted tiger.

Wang Wenxiu, who was staring at the notice, said speechlessly: "Only after recruiting the tiger craftsman did he pay 5,000 for exemption and the rest of the money was charged?"

"Five yuan may not be much money for us, but ordinary people may not be able to earn so much in two or three months. Liu Qihong shook his head and said: "Besides, if you can avoid forced labor by capturing and killing the big insects, it can be regarded as a heavy reward." ”

"Yes, there will be a doctor under the reward. Zhang Qing said.

Wang Chen Khan said: "What do you say? There must be a doctor under the heavy reward?"

Xu Jiang shouted: "Zhang Qing, can you not pretend to understand? If you don't learn and don't know how to do it, there will be a doctor under the reward?"

Wang Chen nodded with satisfaction, yes, don't pretend to be an intellectual if you don't have culture.

Who knew that Xu Jiang said next: "Obviously, there must be a husband under the heavy reward!" After speaking, he also looked at Wang Chen, "Mr. Wang, am I right?"

To your brother-in-law!

Where did you get it?

It is clear that there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and it is a brave man!

couldn't stand these splashes and didn't know how to learn, Wang Chen's eyes were dark and he didn't want to deal with it.

……

The King of Chuzhou.

Before he stepped into the threshold, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy greeted him and said enthusiastically: "Guest officer, please come in." ”

Wang Chen followed up quietly, wanting to see how the service attitude of Wang Ji of Chuzhou was.

As soon as I entered, two thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls greeted me.

"Guest, please have tea. ”

"This is a fine stuffed top crust puff pastry, please enjoy. ”

Tea and pastries are also a lot.

Liu Qihong interjected on the side: "Master, the little guy Wang Ji here is quite good at greeting people, and he is more particular than Tongzhou Wang Ji." ”

"Childe, did you teach them?" asked Wang Wenxiu, who had just sat down.

Wang Chen shook his head, "No." After that, he looked at one of the round-faced female servants and asked, "Where are you shopkeepers?"

The round-faced female servant immediately said: "The shopkeeper is talking about business with people in the private room inside, and the guest officer should wait a while." ”

As soon as the words fell, two laughs came from inside.

"Haha, the king's shopkeeper is wonderful, give me a hundred sets of Chen Mansion every month. ”

"Thank you, Steward Yu, on the first day of every month, I will deliver the goods. ”

Wang Chen held the teacup and looked over, only to see Wang Erlang and a tall and thin man in his thirties coming out of it.

The round-faced female servant immediately stepped forward, "Shopkeeper, there is a guest officer who wants to see you." ”

"Oh, people are ......" Wang Erlang was halfway through his words, and suddenly saw Wang Chen sitting at the round table, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Mr. Wang, why did you come in person?"

Wang Chen snorted, "I passed through here on the way north to Bianjing, so I came to take a look." ”

Wang Erlang was overjoyed, and immediately introduced Wang Chen to Steward Yu of the Chen Mansion.

Hearing that Wang Chen was Wang Ji's owner, Steward Yu greeted him twice, and then said: "I still have something to rush back to the house, Wang Dongjia, you can rest assured, since Wang Ji will supply me to Chen's mansion in the future, if Wang Ji has anything to do in Chuzhou in the future, I will definitely support it, and no one in Chuzhou will dare to touch Wang Ji." ”

It probably means that the king remembers him Chen Jiawei.

Yo.

And wilt thou keep my king's peace?

Wang Chen smiled dumbly, but said in his mouth: "Then thank you Steward Yu." ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Steward Yu waved his hand, "I'm still a little bit ahead of schedule." ”

"Let's go. ”

"Stay. ”

Steward Yu is gone.

Immediately, Wang Erlang reported on the situation of the king of Chuzhou, and the supply of 1,000 sets of daily necessities every month has been booked, and now there is still a shortage of 200 sets of Chen Mansion, and he hopes that Wang Chen can provide 200 more sets of Chuzhou Wang Ji every month.

"Originally, I didn't want to supply these two hundred sets, but you said that only one thousand sets per month were supplied in each place. Wang Erlang said helplessly: "It's just that the Chen family in Chuzhou is a top wealthy family, and its power is no less than that of the Lin family before our Tongzhou, if you don't agree, I'm afraid Wang Ji will not be able to move an inch, so I can only agree." ”

Wang Chen didn't blame anything, "The rules are set by people, everything must be flexible, you have done a good job, in the future, the king of Chuzhou will have 1,200 sets per month, remember, no one else will come again, even if Wang Zhizhou comes." ”

Since you want to starve marketing, you must stick to it to the end.

As for the extra 200 sets of Chen Mansion, the main Wang Erlang has already promised to come down, and he can't break his trust with others.

Learn about the situation of the king of Chuzhou.

Wang Chen got up and prepared to leave.

Who knew that Wang Erlang grabbed him, "Mr. Wang, I still have something to report." ”

"What's the matter?" Wang Chen put his hands in his sleeves and looked over.

Wang Erlang smiled and said: "I saw that you set up a shop in Wangji, Tongzhou to recycle precious gems and medicinal materials, and specially bought the shop next door, and also recovered precious gems and medicinal materials, and it has been open for half a day today." ”

Wang Chen explained this matter, but he didn't expect Wang Erlang to move very quickly, and he was curious: "What is the harvest?"

"I didn't receive the herbs. Wang Erlang said.

Wang Chen was a little disappointed and encouraged: "Keep up the good work." ”

I didn't think about Wang Erlang's next sentence: "I bought a piece of yellow jade that you like, and that yellow stone has a strange shape." ”

Yellow jade?

Could it be topaz or Tian Huang?

Wang Chen became interested and said, "Take a look at me." ”

"Wait a minute. Wang Erlang ran inside.

Waited for about two minutes.

Wang Erlang came out of it, holding a rather large wooden box in his hand, and he handed it over, "I don't know what this yellow stone is, but the shape is similar to Pixiu, and it cost twenty yuan to buy it." ”

Twenty is not money.

Even if the investment fails, Wang Chen doesn't care.

He took the wooden box and opened it, only to see a Pixiu stone with a very similar color to Tianhuang standing up to the sky with his tongue out, and the marks on it did not look like it had been polished, but it was a bit like a natural formation.

Wang Erlang explained: "This yellow stone has not been carved, according to the down-and-out merchant who sold it to me, he accidentally picked it up from the ground when he was doing business in Dali in his early years, and felt that it looked like Pixiu auspicious and carried it with him all the year round. ”

It's really natural.

Wang Chen stretched out his hand and touched it, it was very hard, not Tian Huang.

Tian Huang will be very soft to the touch, he has already sold two pieces of Tian Huang, more or less understandable.

It feels a bit hard to the touch like jadeite.

But the color of yellow jadeite is not like this.

Weird, what the hell is it?

This yellow Pixiu stone has the color of Tianhuang, the hardness of jadeite, the transparency is very high, and the color is also very bright, is it Huanglongyu?

Wang Chen was a little puzzled, didn't say anything, and put it away and said, "Well, I took this stone away, if there is a similar one, continue to buy." ”

"Okay, Mr. Wang. Wang Erlang agreed.

We chatted a few more words.

Leave the King of Chuzhou.

……

Around five o'clock.

Wang Chen came to the agreed restaurant.

The entire restaurant was outsourced by Chen, ready to greet Wang Chen with the friendship of the landlord, of course, and at the same time to talk to Wang Zhizhou, Chen Tongju and Xu Zhixian and other officials.

As soon as he was taken to the second floor by the shopkeeper, Wang Zhizhou and others immediately greeted him.

"Haha, Bu Zhouzi is finally here. ”

"We've been waiting for you until now, so let's get some good wine at the store. ”

"The dishes can be served first, let's sit down and talk slowly. ”

Wang Chen asked Liu Qihong, Wang Wenxiu to sit at a table with the female dependents brought by Wang Zhizhou, Chen Tongjuan and others, and he took Mr. Ma to sit down at the main table.

Suddenly, Mr. Ma pointed to Chen Yuanwai, who was standing not far away and was instructing the restaurant to serve food, and said in a low voice: "Bu Zhouzi, look, is this person familiar?"

Wang Chen glanced at it casually, and there was a man in his thirties standing next to Chen Yuanwai, who was quite familiar, as if it was Steward Yu who he had seen in Wang Ji before, and he snorted, "Is it Steward Yu?"

"That's him. Mr. Ma confirmed.

I didn't expect to meet Steward Yu here again.

Previously, he said that he wanted to cover the king of Chuzhou.

Wang Chen shook his head with a smile and talked to Wang Zhizhou next to him.

Not long after, Chen Yuanwai came over, and he laughed and said, "Bu Zhouzi, the greeting is not good, please bear with me." ”

"No, no, no. Wang Chen waved his hand.

Steward Yu, who came with him, saw Wang Chen, and suddenly sighed, as if he had thought of something, and hurriedly covered his face with his sleeves.

Chen Yuanwai sat down and said, "Bu Zhouzi, today my housekeeper and your Wang Ji have negotiated a business, and I will contribute more than 6,000 yuan to your Wang Ji every month, which can be regarded as your big customer, right?"

Two hundred sets of daily necessities every month, it stands to reason that the average big family is reluctant to buy so many back, according to Wang Chen's understanding of Chen Yuanwai, this person has a very developed business mind, and it is very likely to buy it back and sell it to others at a high price, after all, before buying the clock, Chen Yuanwai's first reaction was to build a clock tower to earn tickets, not to put it at home like others to enjoy, Wang Chen nodded with a smile and said: "Naturally it is my big customer." ”

Chen Yuanwai hurriedly stammered: "Since I am your big customer, then you can take care of them more in the future, there are Wang Zhizhou and them in Chuzhou City, but once I get out of Chuzhou City, if I encounter something, I can only hope that Buzhouzi will help me a lot." ”

Steward Yu was stunned for a moment, and he also said that he wanted to cover Wang Chen, but his owner Chen Yuanwai actually took the initiative to ask Wang Chen to cover it?

Wang Chen waved his hand and said, "I am not familiar with the place in other places. ”

Chen Yuanwai touted: "Even if you are not familiar with the place of life, with your five-grade founding son, plus the identity of the prince and righteous son of the red man in front of the emperor, who is not allowed to sell you a few thin noodles?"

"Yes, you are the son of a prince. ”

"The identity is extraordinary, who dares not to sell your face?"

Wang Zhizhou, Chen Tongju and others also touted two sentences.

Steward Yu, who was standing on the side, heard this, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, Wori, Wang Ji's Dongjia is so awesome? Not to mention the founding son of the fifth grade, is he still the righteous son of the red man in front of the emperor? It's over, why are you bragging about Wang Ji today, he wants to slap himself!

It's just that Steward Yu is happy and regrettable that Wang Chen didn't mention him at all at the dinner, or rather, he didn't even look at him, just chatted and laughed with Wang Zhizhou and others.

Steward Yu smiled bitterly, fortunately, this Bu Zhouzi in front of him was magnanimous, otherwise if he let his master know the situation in the afternoon, he would definitely have to shed his skin if he didn't die, but after thinking about it, he felt helpless, why? Because Steward Yu knew that it was not that Wang Chen didn't care, but that he didn't deserve to let a big man like Wang Chen care.

Wang Chen didn't know that Steward Yu was thinking nonsense, but he just contacted Wang Zhizhou, Chen Tongju and others, not to mention, the effect was good, and after a dinner, the relationship between everyone immediately deepened a lot.

After getting acquainted with the officials of Chuzhou and the local squires and wealthy tycoons, Wang Chen was very satisfied, and if there was anything to do in Chuzhou in the future, he knew that this group of people would more or less help.

Said the Seventh Maniac

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