Gu Qian has always been broad-hearted, slept comfortably, and drank two large bowls of gruel unceremoniously, and then followed Yu Sanli to the small silver kiln.

The small silver kiln is located in the southwest of Nanxiang thirty miles of the mountain, the road is bumpy and difficult to walk, and the group has suffered several times.

"How many are you okay?" Yu Sanli was obviously a person who was used to walking mountain roads, and when he arrived at the mountain pass, he calmly jumped off the mule, and said to Gu Qian with a smile: "It's not that Yu wants you to suffer, it's really that the big boss is caught in an unknown shape, and the silver at the meeting doesn't dare to be transported into the township, so he can only invite a few people to the kiln to see the goods." ”

"The shape is not up to the people, and the three masters don't have to be polite. Gu Qian also jumped off the mule and arched his hand: "Without further ado, let's go and see the goods first." ”

"Okay, Mr. Gu is refreshing!"

The group walked up the mountain in all directions, and only halfway up the mountain did they see a large flat mountain area, and many shirtless miners were selecting materials.

"A few people go this way. Yu Sanli led them to a stone house, and when they saw Yu Sanli coming, the two villagers who were standing guard at the door hurriedly saluted. "I've seen the three masters!"

"No need to be polite. Yu Sanli took out a key from his arms, opened the lock, pushed open the heavy wooden door, and said to Gu Qian and the others, "Please come in!"

Gu Qian and Gu Xiaojiu glanced at each other, motioned for him to stay at the door, and then walked in with Zhang Yong.

As soon as he entered the stone house, Gu Qian felt that his eyes were dark, he stopped and calmed down, and only then did he see Yu Sanli's figure clearly in the dim room.

"It's dark in this house, Mr. Gu is careful about his steps. Yu Sanli took out the fire fold, lit the oil lamp in the house, and took advantage of Gu Qian's sitting down to move a box from the stone cabinet in the corner of the house. The box was a little heavy, so Yu Sanli's steps were a little slow, and Gu Qian knew that what he was holding in his hand was a silver bar.

Sure enough, Yu Sanli put the box on the stone table, and said to Gu Qian with a smile: "Mr. Gu, please take a look." ”

As soon as the box was opened, it was a pile of gray silver ingots, but the silver ingots were poured into a long shape, so Qingjiang called this kind of silver ingots silver bars.

Gu Qian picked up a silver bar, looked at the light, tapped it a few more times to listen to the sound, and then handed the silver bar to Zhang Yong, "Zhang Ergou, you have seen it." ”

Zhang Yong worked as a clerk in the house, and naturally he was also in charge of the affairs of collecting money and grain, he took the silver bar, knocked and bit and tried it, and in Yu Sanli's expectant gaze, he shook his head lightly, and said: "The quality of this batch of goods is average, there are many impurities, and the amount is insufficient. ”

As soon as Yu Sanli heard what he said, his expression was not good-looking: "Guy Zhang, the silver bars in our Nanxiang are genuine, and they didn't pick up the Richang ticket number in the past." ”

"They are them, we are us," Zhang Yong did not give in, "Now the situation is so chaotic, we are also taking risks, if the three masters still go according to the price of the Richang ticket number, we can only go to Beixiang to see the goods." ”

"Hmph, you're just watching our big boss get caught and want to pick up some bargains. Yu San sat on the stool unhappily and said, "Don't scare me with those words, as long as you have money in your hand these days, you are still afraid that you will not have anything to eat?"

"If these silver ingots are not recast by the Baoquan Bureau, do you dare to spend them?" Zhang Yong stood behind Gu Qian and asked with raised eyebrows.

"What is there to dare to spend on this. ”

"You dare to spend, but also people dare to ask for it, after all, you are a rough silver bar, not a regular silver ingot, we have to send it to the Baoquan Bureau after receiving the silver bar, and remove the gift money and loss to the Baoquan Bureau, we can't not make any money at all, right?"

Zhang Yong's words are reasonable, but Yu San wants to strive for more benefits for the federation, not to mention that once the transaction price is determined, it will not be easy to change it in the future. Now is the difficult time for the federation, even if he admits it now, when he gets through this hurdle, he has no face to mention the price increase.

Seeing Yu San's embarrassment, Gu Qian smiled and said: "Talking about business, it can't be negotiated in a day or two." ”

Hearing his joke, Yu Sanli suddenly relaxed, just now he was only interested in arguing with Zhang Yong, but he forgot that this Gu Qi is a cronie of the owner, so he smiled and said to Gu Qian: "What does Mr. Gu think about this?"

"Don't hide it from the three masters, Gu doesn't know much about refining silver ingots, I don't think it's as good as this, I'll take a silver bar back first, let the owner see the goods, and then set the price, if the supply of the three masters is sufficient, I can also ask the owner to come over in person." ”

Seeing that Yu Sanli was a little hesitant, Gu Qian added: "We will exchange this silver bar for silver at the price of Richang before, if the three masters find it inconvenient, we will still bring the silver ticket." ”

As he spoke, he snorted angrily at Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong understood, took out the tattooed silver and silver tickets from the jacket he carried, and asked the three masters to choose by themselves.

"Mr. Gu is refreshing!" Seeing that they were so generous, the three masters finally let go of their hanging hearts, he picked up a silver bar and handed it to Gu Qian, and did not take the other party's tattooed silver and silver tickets, but said with a smile: "Mr. Gu is so generous, Yu is not stingy, you take this silver bar, although you show the goods to your owner." ”

Gu Qian handed the silver bar to Zhang Yong, smiled and said, "In this way, thank you to the three masters." ”

Yu Sanli waved his hand and said, "The family doesn't speak two words. ”

"Okay, I don't know how many goods the three masters have in their hands?"

The box of silver bars on the table was only two hundred taels, and Gu Qian could guess from yesterday's account book that the three masters might put together all the silver bars, and it would not exceed three hundred taels.

Sure enough, hearing Gu Qian's question, the three masters looked stunned, and asked tentatively, "Mr. Gu can't eat it?"

"What do the three masters say, I see that these silver bars are no more than two hundred taels, this is ......" Gu Qian paused slightly, and said with a difficult face: "It's really a little little!"

"How much does Mr. Gu want?"

Gu Qian stretched out his palm: "At least five hundred taels." ”

Five hundred taels really stumped Yu Sanli, although the federation is not rich, but five hundred taels is not impossible to take, but this crude silver ingot and serious circulation of silver are two different things, he can't sell the cash silver at home to Gu Qian, right?

"Mr. Gu, don't worry, I can make up again," Yu Sanli saw Gu Qian's dissatisfaction on his face, and said carefully: "As long as you give another half a month......

"The three masters, it's not Gu who embarrass you, it's really a big shortage of ticket numbers, the owner has set me a task of 1,000 taels, let me complete it within ten days, I really can't wait for you for half a month!"

"Let's ask Mr. Gu to say good things to a certain person in front of the owner, and give him a few days?"

"On the grace period of three or five days, how much can the three masters pay? Is it enough for 1,000 taels?"

Yu Sanli was dumbfounded, let alone one thousand taels, five hundred taels was already his limit.

"Alas," Gu Qian sighed and said, "The third master, you can keep these silver bars for me first, after Gu goes to the county seat to ask the owner, he can only go to Beixiang to receive the goods." As he spoke, he also said to himself: "I just don't know if the head of Beixiang is as righteous as the three masters." ”

When Yu Sanli heard that he was going to Beixiang, he was startled at first, and then slowly calmed down.

Accompanying Gu Qian down the mountain, Yu Sanli did not have the enthusiasm when he went up the mountain, but was a little silent. Gu Qian glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and when he saw that his brows were tightly locked, his heart was happy, and he complained louder and louder.

"Speaking of which, going out this time is really a chore, if it weren't for the sake of being close to the owner, I really wouldn't want to come to Qingjiang County. ”

"Why?" asked Yu Sanli, turning his head.

"The three masters haven't been to the county seat recently, do you? Don't you know, now the people in the county have become frightened birds, for fear of being ...... by the villagers if they get into any trouble" Speaking of this, Gu Qian paused embarrassedly, "The three masters, I'm not talking about you." ”

Yu Sanli's face darkened, and he forced a smile: "It's okay. ”

"The county is like this, and the situation in the countryside is even worse, I encountered several interrogations on the way to Nanxiang, but I suffered a lot. Seeing Yu Sanli's expression, Gu Qian said again: "Beixiang is dozens of miles away from Nanxiang, I really don't want to go!"

"Sir, I'll lead you there, it's all right. Zhang Yong interjected.

"You better go back to the county seat first, give the silver strips to the owner for a look, and I will take Xiao Jiu from Nanxiang to Beixiang directly. ”

"Sir, without me to follow, I'm afraid you'll get lost!" Zhang Yongwei said: "You are a foreigner, you are not familiar with the road, and you can't make sense, or I will accompany you to Beixiang and let the little nine brothers go back to the county on a business trip." ”

"Brother Ergou, I'm young and strong, I'll follow Mr. ”

The two of them fought back and forth, and Gu Qian didn't say anything, until he caught a glimpse of Yu Sanli's expression of wanting to speak and stopped, and then said lightly: "Don't fight, go back to Nanxiang first." ”

Back in Nanxiang, it was noon, and it was inevitable to have a banquet to entertain.

After eating, Gu Qian took Gu Xiaojiu and Zhang Yong back to the guest house to rest, and after closing the door, Gu Qian said in a low voice: "Zhang Yong, wait for the news over there for a while, you will return to the county seat with the silver bar, and Xiaojiu and I will go to Beixiang." ”

"Sir, are they willing to go to Beixiang?" Zhang Yong doubted.

"The big boss in Nanxiang wants to save the big boss, and the second boss in Beixiang was also arrested, and they did it together to burn the county government before, do you believe they didn't collude?"

"But they're competitors. ”

"It also depends on when," Gu Qian lowered his eyelids and said in a low voice: "The enemy of the enemy is my friend, and now their common enemy is the government, do you think it is better to win alone, or to join forces?"

Zhang Yong was dumbfounded: "What Mr. said is true." ”

"I kept Gu Tai in the city to deter Master Ma and the others, and also asked him to collude with the shopkeeper and owner of the Yongde ticket number, I think Yu Sanli will confirm our identities at noon today at the latest. When he confirms our identities, Xiao Jiu and I will be safe. ”

"But you don't understand the language......"

"Yu San is in charge of the official language, and I think basic communication is still no problem. Gu Qian saw that Zhang Yong was still hesitating, and couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, after getting along in the past two days, although Zhang Yong also had some of his own little abacus, but no matter what, he was still oriented towards himself, it seems that this can be used as a seedling to focus on cultivation and cultivation. Thinking of this, he beckoned and motioned for Zhang Yong to come closer and speak, "You have a task to go back to the county this time, I'll tell you in detail......

Gu Qian was still teaching Zhang Yong face-to-face in the guest house, but a donkey came on the road in front of the Nanxiang Federation.

"Niu Da, why are you back?" the villager guarding the gate couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the old man on the donkey.

"Don't talk nonsense, I have something urgent to report to the three masters, pass it on quickly!"