Chapter 44: The Black Market

If I hadn't just walked out of that dark passage, I would have come to the night market instead of the black market.

It's so not a black market!

The streets are spacious and clean, whether it is the street shops or the vendors who set up stalls, they are no different from the serious merchants, all of them welcome customers with smiling faces, although the customers who come and go are wearing masks on their faces, but they are talking and laughing, and their manners are also calm, and there is no sneaky appearance as I imagined.

"What do customers want to buy? We have everything in the store except living things."

When I heard the question, I came back to my senses and saw a stocky man standing outside the store with a smile on his face.

I think I was standing in front of someone's store for too long, and it attracted the attention of the store.

But listening to what he said just now, he has a lot of goods in his store, so let's go in and see it.

"Is there a firecracker?"

Listening to my words, the man's eyes rolled and smiled: "The customer is lucky, we just have one left in the store."

The fire gun, that is, the musket, is the official match of the Ming Dynasty Shenji Battalion, which belongs to the control of the imperial court items, and is not allowed to be privately possessed and sold.

At this point, I was finally relieved, it seems that the twenty taels of silver were not spent in vain, and this is indeed a black market.

I followed the short and fat man into the store, with a counter in the middle, two rooms with closed doors on the left and right sides, and it was clear from the light under the door that there were people inside.

"Guest upstairs please"

I looked upstairs, and there was a tall thin man wearing Zhong Kui's mask at the top of the stairs.

Despite the mask, I still felt the man's gaze fall on me, with inquiry and oppression.

The man went downstairs and walked out the door, and the short and fat man smiled and sent the guests off: "Slow down guests, welcome to come again"

I couldn't help but look towards the door, and the man suddenly looked back when he was about to leave the door, and my eyes immediately collided with him.

For some reason, my heart moved inexplicably.

The man quickly withdrew his gaze and walked out.

"Guest, upstairs please"

"Okay" I retracted my gaze and followed the stocky man upstairs.

The upstairs layout was basically the same as the downstairs, and the short and fat man led me into the room on the left.

The room is small, with a window open to the street, and the interior is very simple, with a table and a few chairs in the middle.

I walked to the window and looked out, although it was past ten o'clock, there were many pedestrians wearing various masks on the street, and the shops on both sides were open.

"The guests have been waiting for a long time"

I looked back, and the stocky man walked in with a three-eyed firebolt in his hand.

The three-eyed firearm, a powerful firearm that appeared during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, can not only shoot the enemy from a long distance, but also smash in close combat, is a dual-purpose weapon. I've seen the real thing in the military museum, but it's a scrap compared to the one in front of me.

I don't buy them, but I still want to know the price of ancient guns, "How many years ago?"

"If the guest wants, fifty taels of silver will be taken."

Fifty taels of silver is almost 30,000 yuan, which is much more expensive than AK47.

"Besides that, are there any other good things in the store?"

Hearing this, the short and fat man's eyes turned again, and he smiled: "Then it depends on what the guests want?!"

"Citation"

The smile on the short and fat man's face subsided a little, and I suddenly became a little nervous.

"Where do you want it?" How many copies, is it male or female, and how old are you?"

After listening to the man's question, I was surprised and a little relieved, it seems that this store is really complete.

They have never heard from them, and they don't know how long I will stay here, preferably far away from Nanjing, so there will be a time lag in the verification.

"Two copies, remote, one man and one woman, twenty for men, fifteen for women"

When the short and fat man heard this, the smile on his face was a little ambiguous.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes in my heart, I didn't see that this person was quite gossipy, I guess I thought we were the little lovers of elopement, but that's fine, it is considered that elopement is better than other criminal activities.

"Thirty taels of silver each"

Thirty taels is really not cheap!

I calculated it, and after buying the road guide, I only had less than ten miles of silver left on me, and I didn't know how many days I could hold on to send Xue'er out to do a ticket.

Hey, it's really a lack of money when it's used!

"Two copies, now," I said, placing the silver on the table.

The short and fat man picked up the silver and shook it and said with a smile: "Guest, things will be delivered to you soon" and went out.

I listened to the movement outside with my ears open, and after making sure that there was no one, I couldn't help but say to Xue'er: "We have the ID card, but the silver is gone, Xue'er, when do you say Mu Xin and they will come?!"

"Sister, the silver is gone, I can steal it again!

This one hundred taels already makes me feel a lot of guilt, how many more?!

"Cher, besides stealing, do you have any other ways to get the silver?!" Although I ask so, I don't have a better way to be a practical person in society, what else can Xue'er, a 20,000-year-old child, do?

"Yes, you can gamble!"

"Bet?!" I was moved and rejected this unwise method, "No, no, nine out of ten bets will be lost!"

I don't want Xue'er but I am full of confidence and said: "I won't lose, my sister used to take me to play when she took me to the world, and those are very simple!"

It's the past again, and I'm almost sure now that the person Xue'er is looking for is not the person I am now, but the person I used to be!

I was just about to ask when there was a sound of footsteps outside, so I had to swallow my words back.

The short and fat man walked in with two pieces of paper in his hand and said with a smile: "Are you satisfied with the guest after seeing it?"

I took it over and took a closer look, Zhang Baoquan, male, 20 years old, from Liuzhou, Guangxi, businessman, and Yang Amei, female, 15 years old, from Liuzhou, Guangxi, business.

Yes, far enough away from Nanjing, although the business nationality is a cheap nationality in this era, it also has more reasons to travel far.

The sixty taels of silver are worth a lot.

I put the text away, got up and looked at the short and fat man, and said lightly: "When I came in, I heard that the rules here have always been to ask where you come from or where you are going, but is this the case?"

When the short and fat man heard this, he immediately understood what I meant, and said with a smile: "Rest assured, what we are doing here is honest business!"

Reassured, I nodded, and my heart lowered a little more.

Following the short and fat man downstairs, I remembered what Cher and Yan Hong had said, and asked, "Do you know how to get to the gambling house?"

The short and fat man smiled: "Turn left when you go out, and turn left along the main street until you reach the third fork."

"Thank you"

When I got out of the store, I looked at the left and right sides of the street, and it was still full of people.

Business in this place is really good!

"Sister, where are we going now?"

Hearing Xue'er's deliberately low voice, I smiled slightly, "Didn't you say that gambling is easy?

"Sister, don't worry, you can guarantee a million profits!"

Listening to Xue'er's words, I couldn't help laughing, this girl is really confident!

According to the short and fat man's words, I soon found the gambling house, and standing outside the door, I could know that the business inside must be very good!

Look at the plaque on the door, wealth comes, wealth comes, good name!

Let's see if it lives up to its name tonight!

In the past, I always thought that if I got rich one day, I must go to Macau or Las Vegas and go to the casino to experience it.

Now it seems that it is unlikely to be developed, but the desire to enter the casino to experience it has come true.

On the way, I asked Xue'er what kind of play she was good at, and the little girl said that the dice were the best, so I chose a small table to bet on and pressed two coins of silver first.

"Big"

"Open Big"

"Big"

I stared nervously at the dice Gu that was about to be revealed, and this handful of Xue'er made me weigh down.

"Two, three, three, eight o'clock!"

It's not a big win, but I'm happy.

Then I tried a few small shots, all of which were all hits, and I finally believed that Cher was really good at this game.

The next thing was much smoother, and in less than an hour, the less than ten taels of silver in my hand had multiplied twentyfold when I entered the door, and I won more than two hundred taels!

More than two hundred taels, that's equivalent to hundreds of thousands!

OMG!

"Brother, what's the next pressure?"

Since I have a lot of hits, I have gathered a group of gamblers around me to place bets with me.

I put the money away, got up and smiled, "Everyone, the next one depends on your own luck, and my luck is here today!"

Although I believe in Xue'er's ability, we are not here to smash the field, but we are just here to earn a short-term living expenses, this money is enough!

"Don't!

I smiled and shook my head, and walked out contentedly with the silver.

It's just that this door is easy to get in, but it doesn't seem to be so easy to get out.

Looking at the two big men blocking the way, my hand holding the silver tightened, and I said coldly: "What's the matter?

"Don't get me wrong, childe"

After a rather pleasant voice came, a man walked out from behind the two big men, a man, a handsome man.

The man looked at me and smiled slightly, and said, "Here is the owner, the guests' skills are really superb, I want to invite the guests upstairs to have a cup of tea and make friends!"

For the sake of his handsome face, I dispersed the internal force that was secretly condensed in the palm of my hand, and said lightly: "Thank you for your kindness, but the hour is not early, I will leave!"

The handsome guy listened but said with a smile: "It's really not early, I think the son is also hungry, and I just prepared some wine and food for supper, why don't the son stay and have a supper before leaving, how about it?!"

I was indeed a little hungry, but I still kept in mind the principle of being a traitor or a thief, especially in the black market, who knows if there was any special seasoning added to this supper!

"Good intentions, but no need!"

I was about to leave, but of course I was stopped in my way again.