Yulong Buzhuang. The old lady who had bought woolen cloth and quilts came again and said happily: "It is said that Shopkeeper Chen is not deceived when he does business, and it is indeed true." The old body went back and tried it, and it was really sturdy and tight, and it couldn't be pulled apart. My lord is specialized in silk and satin, and he also knows a little about other fabrics. ”

Rui Qian thought to himself: "Yes, the shopkeeper of the cloth village has met the silk village, and he is quite expert." ”

"My lord asked the old man to ask you, where did you get your fabrics from?" This person wants to steal business information, and go back to make money by buying goods by himself. It seems that this old lady's lord is really in the business of silk.

"This old lady, didn't you say that her relatives put it here to sell it, how do you know where he bought it from? It seems that he said something foreign, but as for which country, it is unknown. ”

"This is a foreign fabric? So your relatives also deal in fabrics? ”

"Well, he has other businesses, not just fabrics."

"That must be a big businessman?"

"It's not a big business, he hasn't started to operate yet, but he has some goods in his hand for sale on behalf of the agent." Rui Qian is telling the truth.

"My lord said that your wool polyester cloth is very much to his liking. The feeling of the hand touch is very good, some plush, and the clothes made must be very gentlemanly. If you have a new piece of fabric in your store, be sure to keep some. The old lady instructed again, and it seemed that she really liked the wool polyester cloth.

"Definitely, definitely. Hello go. ”

Ruiqian also thought that the price set by Sister Yun was higher, and she really knew the goods, so she sold it to an old silk merchant, and it seems that the quality of this woolen polyester cloth is really good.

The guy came over and said to Rui Qian, "Young master, the sachets and purses on the small counter are all sold out." ”

"Huh? Sold out? Those things that are not eaten and drunk are faster than selling cloth? ”

"That's right, those ladies don't like it so much, they all say buy it and do it."

Rui Qian "sighed" in his heart: What else do I sell if he does it?

At this moment, Tian Liang and Nalan came in, and Ruiqian hurriedly greeted the counter. This cousin of mine is higher than his uncle's official character, and now he is the acting head of the Ruiwang Mansion, and his future is very good.

The three of them exchanged a few words, and Ruiqian told Tian Liang what Da Zhang said.

Tian Liang said with a smile: "Big brother don't worry, the foreign side said that it is inevitable to be imitated, and it is difficult to be surpassed." Those sachets, purses, and handbags are all exotic materials, which are not available in the Qing Dynasty. He could only do it as a rough idea, and without those shiny things, the effect would be overshadowed. ”

"Incisive, incisive! Brother, you're really a business material. ”

"Big brother, don't tease your brother, we're here to see the situation."

"The government takes care of the business below, and there is no way to repay it."

"Look at what you said, you are working hard for the affairs of the house, and if you want to repay it, it should also be the house. Brother and Brother Nalan sent you four small flower cloths, which are quite watery and are estimated to sell well. Here's the price list, it looks like the sales are okay? ”

"Seriously, what about the delivery of the cloth?"

"Big brother must be careful, I heard that there are that kind of ruffians who specialize in charging what land fees often loot merchants?"

"It's not unusual. Most of these ruffians have backgrounds, and without the support of the government, he doesn't dare to be so blatant in collecting money. ”

"So the eldest brother has also been fished?"

"What's the solution? If you don't pay money, the store will suffer, either smash it to pieces, or catch fire, and the loss will be even greater. ”

"This is really a thing, I'll talk to the prince when I go back."

"Don't pay the price, isn't it one hundred and two hundred? It is not guilty of offending these land snakes. Let's be in the bright and in the dark, and if it doesn't go well, it will be more than worth the loss to set a fire for you. ”

"But why let these unearned scum loot at will? Isn't there any division of soldiers and horses that specializes in law and order? ”

"Without their support, I'm afraid those little gangsters wouldn't dare to be so arrogant."

"The plaque on your door doesn't work?"

The eldest brother doesn't know whether it is used or not, but no one will come to collect protection money after the plaque is hung. ”

"Protection money? Is collecting money from merchants a protection fee? Did they protect you? Since it is a protection fee, it should not be charged. ”

"If you compare this with them, you will get a few big mouths."

Tian Liang and Nalan talked to Rui Qian, and after handing over the flower cloth, they went back. As soon as they went out, they saw a few people in black silk coats enter Ruiqian's cloth village, and the two of them hurriedly returned and stood on the porch of the neighbor's ready-to-wear store. It was going to rain, and the two of them stood there like the people who were sheltering from the rain.

"Isn't this the shopkeeper Chen? It's a lot of money if you don't see each other for many days, right? ”

"It's hard to get rich if you run a small business."

"Our brother hasn't visited you for a few days, and I heard that you are selling lasagna and making a lot of money?"

"A few people laughed, the lasagna you mentioned was put in a store by a relative to sell on behalf of the next relative, just three or five pieces, and it was gone after it was sold."

"Isn't that right? Yesterday there was an old lady who bought several pieces of fabric alone, and a young woman also bought several pieces, and in a short time she sold ten or eight pieces, who are you fooling? Look at you like a scholar, it's quite cunning, so let's do it, you pay the money you should pay, and we don't care who you sell it to, if you don't know how to lift, don't blame us for not being righteous. ”

"A few of you are serious, and you haven't asked for your name yet."

"We've been on this street for years, don't you even know our names? It's really confusing to read. So introduce yourself? ”

"Listen to me."

"You stand firm, my surname is Sun, Sun Changhai, and I am known as Sun Liuye. This surname Gao, Gao Chengzi, is my right-hand man, there is a set of neck twisting skills, that is, twisting people's necks into twists, this is surnamed Dong, there are pockmarks on the face, known as Dong Mazi, specifically pinching wrists, after being pinched by him, not only can not write, even eat can not. "What this Sixth Master Sun said is strange and scary.

"Look up for a long time, look up for a long time, look up to ......" Before Ruiqian finished speaking, two young men in white coats came in, with a big grinning and sloppy appearance, and said when they came in: "Which one is practicing neck twisting skills?" My neck is stiff, can I twist it? "This one is quite humorous, and the neck twisting skills practiced by others are used to hurt people, not to cure diseases, and he has fallen into his neck.

"Who are you? We're here to collect cash, don't cross it, okay? You deserve it, and we're not Langzhong. We are talking to the shopkeeper Chen. "It seems that neck twisting and wrist pinching are both frightening.

"Who is the shopkeeper Chen?"

Rui Qian hugged his fists and said, "It's down there." ”

"You? What kind of big man am I, you know? Our brothers are not Sun Changhai and Dong Mazi, but they are also cashiers. A few of them wanted to dominate this place, but they were not interesting enough, so they only cared about collecting their own money and forgot about the two of us. Are you going to pull aside? Don't get in the way here. ”

Rui Qian hurriedly took a few steps back, looking very scared.

Sun Liuye spoke: "May I ask the two honorific surnames?" ”

"What's my last name? A few of you are within our jurisdiction, hurry up and hand over the money you have collected to us, don't talk nonsense. ”

"Ahh A piece of paper draws a nose, you have such a big face! You guys came out of the rat hole in the alley, and you ran here to be the uncle? There's a kind of one-on-one try. I know that the sixth master is very powerful, and if you lose, you will have to pay us money. ”

"We don't do business either, where do we get the money?"

"At first glance, you are two mallets, and Siliu doesn't understand. Still asking us for silver? You've walked the way here, you've paid the tolls! We're in charge of the pavement here. ”

"How do I sound like a roadblock? We walked the road here, but did you pave the way? This is a government shop, and the government hasn't asked for any tolls, what are you? One-to-one, right? Who's afraid of whom? Let's go, go outside, it's too small in the house to be opened. ”

"Ready to slip away, huh? Don't be afraid to run. ”

Several people came outside in tears and immediately entered the battle. Three-on-two. After a while, the duo was defeated. After fighting and retreating, the trio screamed with excitement and chased after each other. The duo was forced into a small alley, and they didn't dare to follow them. Just when the duo was forced to a dead end where no one could rescue them, several people came behind the trio and attacked the trio inside and out. They were beaten until the trio was lying on the ground and could not get up, then they were tied up, put in a pocket, and thrown into the wagon. At first, the three of them were still scolding, but when they opened their mouths, they were punched and kicked. I had to shut up.

The speed of the carriage was still not slow, and I didn't know where it was going, so it was bumpy all the way forward. Sun Liu said in his pocket: "A few masters, raise your noble hand, we can't help it." If we don't collect money, we will be killed......"

There was no one to say anything, and the carriage ran for about an hour before it stopped, and the three men pulled them out of the carriage, dragged them to a place full of musty smells, and then tied them back to back to a post, with paper pockets on their heads, and the footsteps left. Then the sound of horses' hooves was heard farther and farther away. It seems to be outside the city, and there is no sound of pedestrians. "Sixth brother, are these people from Shopkeeper Chen's gang?"

"Not really. Chen's shopkeeper has no brothers and sisters, that is, his father-in-law has a son who is also a scholar, and they open a paper shop in the Liuli Factory. ”

"Are these people who beat us up from the Tao?"

"It's not like, it seems that there is real work, when did we offend these gods?"

"What kind of place is this, why are so many old eagles calling?"

"It's not close to the city anyway. How do you find a way to untie the rope so that you can go home? ”

"Don't worry, why don't I feel tied up very tightly? It's a live buckle! Opened opened. I'll untie you the ropes. It seems that the one who tied us up was just teaching us a lesson, and he didn't want our lives, so he was merciful. Forget it, don't trouble Shopkeeper Chen in the future, maybe there are some big people behind you. ”

Untied the rope and took off the paper pocket on his head, only then did he realize that the three of them were in the Guandi Temple on the road ten miles outside the Desheng Gate in the north of the city. The temple is very dilapidated, and the statue of Guan Gong is about to collapse. There is a lot of wheat grass on the ground, and it should be a place where the rice flowers are entrenched.

It was a few pro-soldiers from the mansion who sent Sun Liu's people to the outskirts, and they acted after receiving Tian Liang's order. They changed shifts once a day to protect Chen Ruiqian, wearing civilian clothes and hiding in the crowd. Seeing that Ruiqian was in trouble, he pretended to be crazy and stupidly entangled with Sun Liu and others. And then send them out a long way. You have to talk about a strategy with these people, and you can't make trouble for Shopkeeper Chen. He has a shop here in the open, and the ruffians are naturally in the dark, so he has to think of a proper way to deal with them on the premise of protecting the shopkeeper Chen.

Although Sun Liusan was scared at the time, they felt very angry and unwilling later, and the two of them shamed the three famous land snakes in front of everyone, and tied them to the pillar. Although I didn't see a few people behind me, I remembered the two in front of me. That's easy to do, anyway, it's nothing to do, just look for these two, find them and arrest them, then torture, won't the other three come out?

Sun Liu may be used to being domineering, only he cleans up others, and if others clean him up, he will stab the hornet's nest. In the past few days, I have been walking around Ruiqian's cloth village every day. The two pro-soldiers have already returned home, and Rui Qian will naturally be replaced, where can Sun Liu and the others find them? The palace is still imposing, and he is still a prince with no power, there are only one hundred and eighty soldiers in this family, and four people rotate forty-five times a day before turning around. If these four people are on duty for four or five days at a time, the rotation cycle will be longer, then it will depend on who can consume more energy than whom. And every year there are new recruits entering the house, and veterans go to the barracks, look for it.