Although Liufu mortgaged it, the date when Liu's father promised to repay the debt had not yet arrived, so Liu Jing did not make any arrangements for her family. The current situation is that if she earns the money to pay off the debt within three months, everything is easy to say, and if she can't earn it, then the arrangement is useless.

The next day, Liu Jing left Yanghe County with a few old servants at home, as well as the twenty hired prodigals.

The place she went to was Liyang City, the seat of governance in Yangzhou. Liyang is the most prosperous city in Yangzhou, and it is the place where Yangzhou thorns are located, where the humanities gather, the Confucian generation group, and the number of businessmen are countless, and it is the most fascinating city for all Yangzhou people.

There are many rivers in Yangzhou, from Yanghe County to Liyang, choosing a waterway can save a little time, although it can't go long, and you have to walk the official road for a while.

Since leaving Yanghe County, Liu Jing has been very silent, she stood in the cabin, quietly looking at the rushing river outside, and her eyebrows have never stretched. Although the prodigal sons were hired by her, as the world became more and more peaceful, these prodigal sons, who worship rangers and want to be like Guo Xie wholeheartedly, are not easy to mix. Furthermore, a big ranger like Guo Xie believes most in his life, isn't it 'a promise of a thousand gold' and 'willing to throw his head for Xinyi'? Therefore, although Liu Jing is their employer, these men are still respectful and obedient to her one by one, just like an authentic family guard, very conscientious.

After such a day and night, the group finally arrived in Liyang half a month later.

Seeing the towering Liyang City Gate, Liu Jing ordered the ox carts to stop, she took out some gold from her arms, handed it to the hired coachmen, and after seeing them leave, she turned to the prodigal sons, and said loudly: "Gentlemen, this time I have arrived in Liyang, Liu Mou has rented a good courtyard, and I ask you to take your places." ”

She stared at everyone and said gently: "Whether it is the Hualou Wine Workshop, or the major markets, or the docks and outside the Thorn Mansion, gentlemen

Just as I arranged on the road, I squatted there, listened attentively with my ears open, and watched carefully. You just need to remember one word from me, and your task is to memorize every word you heard that day, and to be more attentive to those who are distinctive. Remember, whether it is a small fight between a woman or a great entry into the country, write it down, and report it to me in the evening. She paused and said with a smile: "When I was in Wu County, Liu chose Zhujun, that is, you know that you have excellent memory, and now that you are in Liyang, I hope that you will do your best to help me!" With that, she took a deep snort.

Everyone hurriedly returned the salute in a mess, and responded cheerfully one by one: "Xiaolang rest assured." "It's a small thing." "It's easy."

After receiving their promise, Liu Jing took the lead and walked towards the city gate. Following her closely, Uncle Lu, the servant she brought from Liufu, whispered, "Da Lang, what are you trying to do?" ”

Whether it is Uncle Wang, or several servants, including Uncle Lu, they are all loyal servants who have followed Liu's mother for many years, because Liu's father and Liu's mother are respectful and polite to them, so from childhood to adulthood, Liu Jing also regarded them as elders.

Hearing Uncle Lu's question, Liu Jing shook her head and replied in a low voice: "Uncle will know the Tao by then." She said so, but her expression was a little empty, Uncle Lu suddenly remembered that the little master in front of him, who seemed to act decisively and assertively, was actually just a sister-in-law in the boudoir, besides, Liufu owed a huge debt, and it was impossible to earn a huge amount of money to pay off this debt in just three months. She probably wanted to try her luck, where was there really any definite proposition?

He sighed and stopped asking.

The group entered Liyang City.

The Eastern Han Dynasty has thirteen states in the world, Yangzhou is one of them, and Liyang City is the seat of Yangzhou, it can be imagined how prosperous this Liyang is. Looking at the traffic in front of her, as well as the thin and white young girls with Jiangnan characteristics walking through it, Liu Jing took a deep breath, she looked away, and said in a low voice: "I don't know how prosperous Chang'an Luoyang is?" ”

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the Son of Heaven has attached great importance to martial arts and military merits, taking strength as beauty, dominating the world and crossing the Quartet. Although today, the Confucian style of writing has become popular, but the ideas that have lasted for hundreds or thousands of years are still imprinted in everyone's hearts. At such a moment, everyone, including Liu Jing, looked at the thin and delicate men and women on the street, and subconsciously felt a little contemptible, and felt that this Liyang person was too delicate, and they completely forgot that they were not majestic and tall.

After everyone picked a small stall on the corner of the street and ate something indiscriminately, Uncle Lu and other servants were already busy renting the yard. And Liu Jing walked slowly through the crowded crowd, watching the fresh city while paying attention to everyone she saw.

Looking at it like this, Liu Jing's footsteps were a little chaotic. As she walked, her feet stepped on a man's robe, and then a shout came, "Are you blind!" ”

This rebuke was extremely arrogant, Liu Jing quickly turned her head, she retracted her steps, and she didn't even see anyone clearly, so she apologized gently, "It's the villain who is rude." ”

Liu Jing, who has been treated as a baby by her parents since she was a child, is a daughter's family, if she hadn't been killed at home now, where would she be so abused and careful to apologize? Therefore, although she accompanied her gently, whether it was her expression or tone, there was a faint sense of grievance.

This kind of grievance made the leader of the group of people who were about to stride away raise his hat, and when he looked at Liu Jing, Liu Jing happened to be looking at him.

Looking at each other, Liu Jing couldn't help but be stunned, although this person was wearing a hat and only wearing an ordinary cyan cloth coat, he was extremely handsome and beautiful. His handsomeness is really indescribable in words, as if it is cold, as if it is silent, and it seems to be the ultimate flamboyance and overlook. But the strange thing is that this kind of thing seems to be mixed together, but it is strangely neutralized, and when it is paired with his clear and gentle eyes, it only makes people feel that the young man in front of him is a very gentle and affectionate person.

Liu Jing grew so big, she really didn't expect that a man could be so handsome. In particular, he was only dressed in a green cloth dress that ordinary people only wear. If you have a golden crown and a white jade to wear, but you don't know what kind of style it is?

When Liu Jing met his face and his eyes were slightly stunned, the man glanced at her lightly, nodded at her, and pressed down the hat again, he said softly as he walked: "Go back, you won't need it in the future." ”

He was talking about the servant who had just scolded Liu Jing, and the servant was so shocked that he suddenly looked up at the young man, and his eyes were red and he was about to cry.

No one paid attention to him, and everyone let the servant cry or not, and Zhang stood in a daze, hugged the hat-bearer, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Behind them, Liu Jing was also standing in place, she frowned, and muttered, "It seems a little familiar." Muttering this, she didn't think much about it anymore, and continued to walk forward.

When Liu Jing walked for most of the day, the yard was also rented, Liyang is worthy of being the Yangzhou Governor, the house is very expensive, Liu Jing rented it for three months, and paid ten taels of gold.

Thinking that she took her mother as her life, her father borrowed money everywhere, and he didn't think about using the jade pendant as fifty taels of gold. When I hired those twenty people, I paid a deposit of ten taels, and here I took out ten taels, and the expenses such as food and travel expenses along the way were five taels, and there were only twenty-five taels of gold left in hand. This is just the beginning, and she will stay in Liyang for two or three months in the future, I really don't know if this bit of gold can help her survive to the bottom?

But the bow can be opened without turning back. No, it should be said that she is already a lone bet, or a lone bet that only succeeds and does not fail. With the twenty-five taels of gold in hand, she must turn it into fourteen or five hundred taels within two months to solve the difficulty of Liufu.

After the group settled down, they began to act according to Liu Jingdi the next day.

There are more than 20 people, and she placed them in the most prosperous and lively place in Liyang City. Some begged the bustard's mother to go to a brothel to be a temporary turtle father, some were hired into a teahouse as a tea doctor, some were mixed into the four major markets in the southeast and northwest of Liyang, and wandered around blindly all day long, and some entered the dock as idle workers.

In short, there are more than two dozen people, and each of them has a place. The task of these people is to write down everything they heard and saw that day, and then report to Liu Jing when they come back in the evening.

No one knew what the point of Liu Jing doing this, and Liu Jing listened to these people's reports every day. When she hears some points, she tells them to focus on certain things and people next time.

On the fortieth day when the group entered Liyang, when more than half of the three-month period had passed, this night, after a man had just said a few words about the news he heard at the dock, Liu Jing suddenly raised his hand, "Wait." ”

In the eyes of everyone who looked up and stared at each other, Liu Jing took a few steps around the room with her hands and took out a stack of paper silk from one side. It was a record of what they had collected over the past forty days, and she thought it might be useful. After looking at it once, Liu Jing clasped her hands together, closed her eyes and said in a low voice: "Perhaps, this matter is feasible!" ”

Speaking of this, she didn't wait for Uncle Lu and the others to ask, so she waved her hand and said, "It's okay today, let's go out of the road." ”

"Yes."

This night, Liu Jing never slept. She first took a branch to write and draw on the muddy floor, then walked around in the moonlight, and then polished the ink for a while, until in the early hours of the morning, Uncle Lu also saw her deliberately raised slender figure rubbed on the screen window.

The next day, Liu Jing summoned everyone and ordered the twenty or so people to no longer disperse, but only stay in three places to help her pay attention to a little thing, and at the same time, let two of the prodigal people who had sailed the boat go to be a temporary boatman, and learn how to drive a cargo ship as soon as possible.

And so it was three days later, and the fifth day came.