"It's okay, they're all my own brothers, so there's no need to say polite words." Wang Li naturally waved his hand at Jiang Wei casually and said, "But you have to pay attention to what you say in the future, especially not to say these words to some unfamiliar people."

"Naturally, I'm not stupid, and I won't say anything. It's not that I'm so familiar with you, I treat you as a brother, and I just chat with you casually. Jiang Wei nodded and replied.

"That's good, I just think of you as a brother to remind you of this, and I'm too lazy to say it to others." Wang Li said.

"I understand that, as the storytellers on the street say: 'Woe to the mouth!' Jiang Wei replied.

"Yes, yes, that's it." Wang Li nodded again and again.

"The Qing Dynasty is their full country, and we Han people are a fart in their eyes. As long as it's about Manchurians, be more careful if you can. If you mess with them, it's not easy to deal with. Others are uncles, we can only be grandsons! ”

"Hey, don't say it, it's not like that." Jiang Wei said with helpless emotion on his face.

"Okay, let's not talk about these unhappy things. Today's sun is really scorching, this hellish weather is really going to kill people. Let's do it, when I finish work in the evening, brother, I will have a drink, and we will go to Piaoxianglou to drink two glasses of water and wine in the evening, how about it. Jiang Wei asked with his palm gently shaking the wind.

"Haha... Thin monkey Jiang, it's rare, you are so generous today? I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, brother, I've been hungry for this for a long time, it's rare for you to have a treat, so I won't be polite to you. Hearing that there was wine to drink, Wang Li's mood immediately became happy.

"It's all brothers, what's so polite about this. You have to be polite, and in the evening you will invite me. Jiang Wei laughed.

"Don't, don't, you don't know what I'm doing. I'm not as free as you are now, and my family is counting on me to live with a little money, and I really don't dare to spend it at will. Don't you know, I have to hand over the silver hair every month to your sister-in-law before I have time to cover the heat urgently. Wang Li hurriedly refused.

"Little family. But what you said is also that it is not easy to raise a family. I used to have some money left over from this. Later, everything became more expensive, and the little silver I received felt more and more unbearable. Especially now, the price of flour is getting higher and higher. Jiang Wei didn't blame him for being stingy when he saw Wang Li's appearance, but understood.

Silver is constantly depreciating, and Jiang Wei naturally doesn't understand. Jiang Wei just felt that his money was barely able to support his life before, but it slowly became a little difficult. Especially now that Xuzhou is going to fight and prices are soaring, Jiang Wei has a deeper understanding.

"No, it was better when the Jiangnan bandit battalion of the original imperial court had not yet made a strategic transfer to our Xuzhou side. Since the Jiangnan bandit battalion moved to our side, the price of grain! It's 'rubbing', and it's going up vigorously. I see, it won't be long before many people don't have enough to eat. Wang Li said worriedly.

"King Slippery, you said that this Jiangnan bandit battalion is not fighting thieves in the south, what are you doing here? There are no anti-thieves on our side, so can we still suppress anti-thieves when we come here? Jiang Wei looked at Wang Li and asked suspiciously.

"Shhhh If you keep your voice quiet, you'll get in trouble if someone else hears it. Wang Li hurriedly interrupted Jiang Wei, looked around vigilantly, and then said in a low tone:

"I heard that this Jiangnan bandit battalion will come to our side, and it is not a 'strategic transfer' at all, they were actually driven over by anti-thieves."

"It is said that when the thieves started a war, those bullets and shells came as if they were raining as if they didn't need money. Whoever is in front will die. ”

"If the anti-thieves are just powerful guns, it doesn't matter, but when those anti-thieves fight, one by one, it is as if they are not dead, which makes people feel that they are not like people like evil ghosts from hell, and some people have even seen them bite people to death directly with their mouths. That bloody appearance, but capable people are scared enough. Some people say that they are not human beings at all, but powerful ghosts who have been cast by magic. ”

"No, it won't! I don't believe it. This battle is all in broad daylight, where will any powerful ghosts dare to show up? However, these thieves are so powerful? Isn't our Xuzhou City also very dangerous? After listening to what Wang Li said, Jiang Wei couldn't help but worry on his face.

Although this Manchu person is bullying and arrogant, he can always endure it. However, Jiang Wei heard from the people in the yamen that these thieves were all bandits and robbers who robbed money and grain and wanted their lives. If this is the case, then Jiang Wei can't accept it.

"What are you afraid of, aren't there still people from the Jiangnan bandit camp carrying them in front? Besides, didn't the imperial court also send the elite Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers down? I heard that the Jiangnan bandit battalion was also transferred to our side in order to cooperate with the Manchurian Eight Banners. Because the terrain here is relatively flat, it is more suitable for those cavalry battles. Wang Li replied.

"Yes, yes. Don't look down on these Eight Banners masters, but they should still be very powerful when they fight. Didn't the old people say what they had been saying all along: The Eight Banners cavalry was less than 10,000, and they were invincible when they were full of 10,000? Looking at these thousands of Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers, it is no problem to defeat those anti-thieves, even if you can't beat them, you can completely stop them! Hearing Wang Li's words, Jiang Wei felt a little relieved.

"That's right. If even these Eight Banner cavalry can't defeat them, we can still ..."Wang Li looked at Jiang Wei towards the city gate, Jiang Wei was slightly stunned, and then nodded knowingly.

"This weather, it's so fucking hot, and people are sweating all over their bodies." Wang Li wiped the sweat on his bare forehead with his sleeve and said irritably.

……

Time passed, and the day was slanting westward.

The constant number of pedestrians coming and going at the city gates also increased with the sunset.

At dusk, the setting sun illuminates the sky red.

The sunset makes the whole sky smeared with the last color, and people are intoxicated and sentimental.

As the night gradually fell, slowly, the pedestrians who came in and out of the city gate gradually decreased like the bright light of the sun falling on the ground level.

The street east of the south gate of Xuzhou City is located in a low-lying and remote area, which is a place where peddlers and pawns gather. Piaoxiang Building is located in the middle of here.

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