Chapter 8 The Sheep
Wang Yihui's equestrian skills were unexpectedly good, and the two of them rushed to it non-stop and ran 500 miles after dark. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info so it is not a matter of traveling thousands of miles a day, and according to Lin Feng, although the two horses he got cannot be said to be horses, they are also very ordinary, as for the horses, he has never seen them, he has only seen a good horse, that is the best horse of the Lin family, exclusive to the patriarch's mount, and can easily travel two thousand miles every day.
After resting in the field for a night, the two continued to rush the next morning, and finally arrived at Zifeng Town.
Zifeng Town is bigger than Hulin Town, fifteen miles long from east to west, twenty miles long from north to south, and the wall outside is made of bluestone, up to five meters, but I am afraid that it is not much different from the ordinary county seat, but there is no moat. Zifeng Town is located in the main road: there are two official roads intersecting here, to the northeast to the capital city of Anyang, to the southeast to the county seat Lin County, to the east to another county Wu'an, to the west is the north-south direction, more than 5,000 miles long Tianping Mountain, there are many elixirs and beasts in the mountains, so there are many people in the villages and towns of the mountains to collect medicine and hunt, and Zifeng Town is the most important distribution center. Of course, there must be demons in the big mountain, and there are not a few monsters in Tianping Mountain, such as the Baigu Mountain where Wang Yihui just woke up belongs to Tianping Mountain, so every year many people who enter the mountain are killed and more people are disabled.
After the two entered Zifeng Town, Lin Feng said to Wang Yihui while leading the horse forward: "Let's separate here, I still have something to do, you can do it yourself." This is the light cigarette palm I promised you, take it. As he spoke, he took out a pale cyan booklet from the package hanging on the horse and threw it to Wang Yihui.
"Uh, okay." Zifeng Town is different from Hulin Town, where the conference was held that day, the town was very lively with people coming and going, and Wang Yihui didn't want to continue to be with Lin Feng, so he immediately took the pamphlet and agreed.
On the cover of the booklet is written the words "light tobacco palm", which must be a secret note, but the people on this street are obviously not a place to watch the secret note, so Wang Yihui took a look at it and put it in his pocket, and then looked at both sides to find a shop selling clothes - after leaving the tunnel, the two only entered a village in the backing village, and they still took the horse and left, not staying for a minute at all, how could they have time to buy clothes? So he was still wearing clothes from Chen Zimo.
Wang Yihui walked forward for nearly twenty minutes and didn't see a store selling clothes, and the closest thing to clothes was a store selling cloth, but he was in a hurry to wear it, so he couldn't buy cloth first and then find someone to do it, right? So I asked someone to inquire, and then I learned that I could go ahead and turn left at the second intersection, then turn left at the third intersection, and finally turn left at the first intersection to find a ready-to-wear store selling clothes.
Turn left, turn left, turn left, it's like a circle, right? Wang Yihui was not at ease, and found a few more people to ask, but three said they didn't know, and two said the same, so he tried to walk over suspiciously, but he didn't expect to find a store that sold clothes in the end! What else is there to say? One word: Buy! To be rich is to be capricious.
Wang Yihui quickly chose two sets of clothes from the inside out: a samurai suit for practice, and a casual suit for daily wear, because although there are a lot of clothes in this store, they are all old clothes, which should also be worn by others, so he bought these two sets of emergency clothes first, and then found someone to make new clothes. After picking out the clothes, he directly offered to borrow a place to change clothes.
The business of this store is very bad, from the inside to the outside, the shopkeeper is busy alone, when Wang Yihui entered the door, there was no customer in the store, and the shopkeeper sat at the door and dozed off; After picking out clothes for a while, I didn't see a new customer come to the door, so the shopkeeper was very polite to him, readily agreed to his request, and took the initiative to ask him if he wanted to take a bath - the weather was very hot, and Wang Yihui was not as successful as Lin Feng, and after the tunnels, the trek in the mountains and forests, and the horseback riding on this day, he had already smelled of sweat, so he honestly and unceremoniously agreed.
There are three other rooms behind the shop, one is the owner's quarters, one is the warehouse, and the other is the utility room, which has a bath bucket more than a meter high, and the water is readily available - of course, there is only cold water, no hot water, but there is no need for hot water in such a hot weather. Wang Yihui was not polite at all, closed the door and went to take a shower.
After taking a shower and changing clothes, Wang Yihui felt much more comfortable when he walked out of the door, all the old clothes were left in the utility room by him, and the silver was rewrapped and carried behind his back with a furoshiki that he had asked the shopkeeper for before. The horse is too big, it is impossible to carry it with him, so he left it at the door, anyway, this horse was given by Lin Feng, even if he lost it, he didn't feel distressed, but the silver was different, first, he was reluctant to lose it because he had worked hard to carry it, and secondly, he couldn't lose it in his future life, so even when he took a bath, it was in his sight.
Wang Yihui walked to the door of the store and looked out: the business of this store is not good, don't think about the horse stake, there is not even a tree, so the horse is really thrown directly at the door, but I didn't expect that it has been almost an hour and has not been taken away by others, nor has he run away, and is still standing honestly at the door - but this may also be related to the small alley in front of the store with few pedestrians.
"Shopkeeper, how about I give you this horse?" After a day of riding, both thighs were worn out, and although it didn't hurt anymore after taking a bath, he had no desire to continue riding.
"Young Master Wang said with a smile, how can the little old man ask for your horse if he hasn't done anything?" The shopkeeper was an old man in his sixties, with most of his hair turned white, and his face was full of wind and frost.
"Ha, then think of it as my money to buy clothes." Wang Yihui took the clothes and hasn't paid the bill yet.
"That's not good, Young Master Wang, your horse is worth more than 20 taels of silver, and my two sets of clothes add up to less than half a tael, which is too much, I can't take advantage of you." Besides, I have to guard the shop, and I don't have time to ride a horse. ”
"Haha, you're being honest, but it's simple: let's go sell the horses first, and then let's go to the best restaurant for a big meal together."
"This ......"
"Don't hesitate, just ask you to do me a small favor with the rest of the silver."
The shopkeeper was speechless, and after a while he said: "The best restaurant in the town is the Drunken Immortal Building, and a top-class table in the Drunken Immortal Building costs a hundred taels of silver." ”
"Ugh." Wang Yihui was a little embarrassed, "Forget it, we won't eat first-class noodles, just eat a little more." ”
"Anyway, it's going to be dark in another hour, and I don't think anyone will come to the door, so I'll go and help you sell the horse, but I can't ask for the money from selling the horse, just give me the money for two sets of clothes." As he spoke, the shopkeeper stood up and prepared to close the shop.
"Okay, then let's go sell the horses first, and then I'll treat you to dinner." Wang Yihui said that he took the lead in going out and holding the horse, but then remembered something and turned around and asked, "By the way, shopkeeper, I don't know what you call it?" ”
"Young Master Wang is too polite, the little old man's name is Xu Shaoguang, you can call me Old Xu Tou or Old Man Xu." The shopkeeper said to close the door and lock it, "Let's go, let's go to the horse market first." ”
"Uncle Xu, you're polite." Wang Yihui said and followed Xu Shaoguang out of the alley.
There is a special horse market in Zifeng Town for horse trading, located in the northeast, far away from the location of the garment store, the distance is still some, if you take the main road, it will definitely be slower because there are too many pedestrians, but Xu Shaoguang grew up in Zifeng Town since he was a child, and he is very familiar with the path, so he took Wang Yihui to walk the alley, and he didn't meet many people and didn't take any unjust road to the horse market.
As soon as the two arrived at the gate of the horse market, they happened to meet an old man of about the same age who walked out of the horse market, and when he saw Xu Shaoguang, he suddenly wondered: "Hey, old Xu Tou, why did you come to the horse market?" ”
"Taking care of your business, of course." Xu Shaoguang said with a smile, "Are you going home?" Wait and come back, I don't care about the time. ”
"You take care of my business? Did I hear me right? Could it be that you want to leave the town? You're a lot of people who are half buried in the ground, where are you going to go? Do you want to bury your bones elsewhere? Don't worry, I won't be hungry with a bite to eat! Although Xiaoquan is gone, there is still my dog, and I will ask him to give you a flag when the time comes. ”
"Phew! Crow's beak! I will die behind you, and I will burn you paper when the time comes! ”
It can be seen that the relationship between the two is very good, so they are talking here, but Wang Yihui has been hungry for a long time, and he hasn't eaten well in the past two days, where can he bear them chatting here? Immediately coughed: "Uncle Xu, who is this?" ”
"Ahh Look at me, and forget about business when I talk. Xu Shaoguang patted his head, "This is a friend who has played since childhood, called Zhang Youqian, a tooth man in the horse market, although he is slippery, he will not pit me, an old friend, and it is right to find him about selling horses." Lao Zhang, this young master is a little friend of mine, and he wants to sell this horse, so you can tell him what to say. ”
"Hello Uncle Zhang." Wang Yihui said hello and stretched out his hand.
Zhang Youqian's face lit up, and he was a little at a loss, and he didn't reach out to shake Wang Yihui, but hugged his fists as a salute: "Hello! Hello! Young Master Wang wants to sell horses, right? Don't worry, I'll definitely help you do it, but I don't know how you want to sell it? ”
"How to sell it? Does this mean anything? ”
Zhang Youqian knew that Wang Yihui had no experience when he heard it, but he didn't say anything but explained naturally: "There are three ways to sell horses in the horse market: the first is to sell them directly to the horse market. This is the fastest, if you are in a hurry, you can take this method, but the price is the lowest; Second, to find the tooth man to help, you can not only let the tooth person help find the buyer, and then the transaction must be negotiated, or you can entrust it to the tooth person, and the tooth person will naturally send the money after the transaction is completed. This method will naturally sell for a higher price, but it will also take a lot longer, and it will also give the tooth man a commission, so if it is not a particularly good horse, the money in the end is not much different from the first one. In addition, if you have carte blanche to the tooth man, but you are not at ease, you can find a deacon who manages the horse market to guarantee it, but you need to pay another fee, and the money you can get will be even less, and it will even be worse than the first one; The third way is to ask a deacon to buy a voucher and sell it at a specific location in the horse market. The voucher is not expensive, but a voucher is only valid for one day, if you can't sell it for one day, you have to buy the voucher again the next day, although this transaction is completely autonomous, but most people don't understand the horse trading market, so it is almost impossible to sell a high price, but it will consume a lot of energy, time and money. ”
Zhang Youqian just said three methods, and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages without making any suggestions, Wang Yihui couldn't help but have a good impression of him, and immediately made a decision after listening to him: "Just sell it to the horse market!" We're not short of money. Well, I don't know anything about trading, so I'll give you carte blanche to Uncle Zhang, and I'll give you a cut when I turn around, and then we'll go to Drunken Immortal Tower together. Well, Uncle Xu, why don't we go to Zuixianlou to order food first, and then go to Zuixianlou to find us when Uncle Zhang sells the horse? ”
"I ......" Zhang Youqian wanted to speak and stopped, it was really Wang Yihui who believed in him too much, but what could he say? You can't persuade Wang Yihui not to believe in himself, right?
"Let's do it." Xu Shaoguang said and took the reins from Wang Yihui's hand and handed it to Zhang Youqian, "The horse will be handed over to you, you can hurry up, otherwise the good things will be eaten up by the two of us." ”
At this time, Zhang Youqian calmed down, grabbed the reins and glanced at Xu Shaoguang: "Your old arms and legs can go quickly, don't price me When I arrived at the Drunken Immortal Building, you haven't ordered a good dish yet." ”
"Huh." Xu Shaoguang only made a mocking sound, then turned around and pulled Wang Yihui towards the center of the town.
Drunken Immortal Building is located in the center of Zifeng Town, the best location, is a seven-story tall wood and stone mixed building, is also the highest building in Zifeng Town, standing on the seventh floor can overlook the whole town, but unfortunately the average person can not go up: according to the rules of the Drunken Immortal Building, the first floor, the second floor entertains mortals, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors respectively entertain third-rate masters, second-rate masters, first-class masters, and top masters, and the seventh floor only entertains congenital masters and immortals, and ordinary people are not allowed to go up at all, nor can they go up.
Of course, these are all things that Xu Shaoguang told Wang Yihui, but he is only hearsay, and he doesn't know what the real situation is, because he has never entered the Drunken Immortal Building, so the two of them still have some stage fright after entering the Drunken Immortal Building. Wang Yihui was not stage frightened at all, and said to Xiao Er, who came up to ask: "Three." Find us an empty table. The hall on the first floor was packed, and the sounds were chaotic, and it was unrealistic to find a quiet spot, he just hoped that there would be a vacant seat.
Xiao Er said with some embarrassment: "There is no spare table on the first floor, but there is one on the second floor, but it belongs to the elegant seat, and each table needs an extra tael of silver." The two of you? Obviously, this little two didn't think that Wang Yihui and the two could spend, would spend, and were willing to spend this money.
"What?" Xu Shaoguang's face immediately changed - although he had heard of some rules of the Drunken Immortal Building, he didn't know that a table on the second floor would charge an extra one or two silver, otherwise he would not agree to come to the Drunken Immortal Building. You must know that the total price of the two sets of clothes he sold to Wang Yihui is less than half a tael of silver, and the profit is even less, and as a result, he has to spend four more sets of clothes for a table, what is this to eat? It's a loser at all.
Wang Yihui didn't speak, but he was also a little distressed, but since the words had been said, he couldn't go back, so he waved his hand: "It's okay, it's on the second floor." Lead the way! ”
Xiao Er's face immediately showed a look of surprise, but instead of turning around to lead the way, he blurted out: "Young Master Yang, you are here." ”
Young Master Sheep? Where is there any young master sheep? Wang Yihui was puzzled, and when he glanced at Xiao Er, he found that the other party was not looking at himself, but behind him, so he turned around and looked back, and saw a young man about thirteen years old standing behind, he smiled at Xiao Er and walked past Wang Yihui to the stairs, and two imposing guards followed him.
Wang Yihui didn't pay attention to it after looking at the other party, turned back to Xiao Er and said, "Take us up." ”
Xiao Er's face was bitter, as if he hadn't heard it, and he bowed his head there and said to himself: "I actually called him Young Master Yang, this time he will be unlucky." ”
"He's ......"
Wang Yihui was about to ask the other party's origin, the young master of the sheep had already walked up the stairs, but after going up a few stairs, he stopped and turned to the downstairs and said: "Young master, my luck is good today, I only lost a hundred taels, I must have a treat!" The expenses of everyone on the first and second floors are recorded in my account, and everyone eats and drinks to their heart's content! ”
When this young master turned around, everyone on the first floor seemed to have a tacit understanding, and all of them seemed to be frozen by time for a moment, until he spoke, and then the audience burst into applause: "Okay! ”
"Young Master Yuan is really generous!"
"Thank you, Young Master Yuan!"
"Young Master Yuan is making rapid progress, he should win money tomorrow, right?"
This young master just smiled and nodded at the others, but grinned at the person who said he wanted to win: "Borrow your auspicious words, if I really win tomorrow, I will definitely invite everyone to have a good time." ”
As soon as the words fell, there was a full cheer, which can really be described as a tide of applause.
"Who is this man?" Xiao Er obviously knew this person, but he was bowing his head and muttering to himself, there was a bit of a smell that everyone was drunk and I was sober, so Wang Yihui had no choice but to ask Xu Shaoguang.
"He? Hmph, his name is Yuan Ping'an, the only young master of the richest original family in our town, and the biggest loser, often saying to people that if I don't lose the family, how can I be worthy of my parents' ability to earn money. His biggest hobby is to go to the casino to gamble money, and every bet must lose, never won, I heard that every time you lose at least hundreds of thousands of taels, at most a day lost 10,000 taels, so the gamblers called the sheep, and then this nickname spread all over the town, everyone behind the back called him the young master sheep, just now the little second brother shouted out so worried. His second hobby is to entertain: if you lose more money, you have to invite, and if you lose less, you have to invite, in short, people who often come to Zuixianlou to eat can always meet the original young master once in a while. ”
"Haha, this is a good thing for us, wouldn't this meal cost nothing today? Let's go up quickly, and today we will taste the fine noodles for a hundred taels of silver. Wang Yihui said and picked up Xu Shaoguang and went upstairs.
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