After drinking pheasant soup, Jiang Anyi took the stone to the street. The night in Fuluo County is particularly quiet, and there are few people who can't be found on the street on the day, and I heard that the majestic Uncle Xu lives on West Street, Jiang Anyi specially went to Xu's house to take a look, the ordinary house-style gate, not painted, revealing the brown and yellow wood color, the sedan chair stone is placed on the left and right of the door, and several men are drinking with their fists open.

"Da Zheng Law" has regulations on the construction of official residences, and Jiang Anyi looked at the door of the Xu family and knew that this Uncle Xu had no official status. A red lantern hangs high, illuminating the front of the door in a blood-red color, revealing an ominous color. Jiang Anyi walked around the wall of the Xu Mansion, the Xu Mansion was very large, and there were dogs barking from time to time, and it seemed that there were a lot of dogs.

Early the next morning, Jiang Anyi took the stone to eat breakfast, and there was a porridge shop not far from his residence, which was doing good business and was full of diners. While drinking porridge and listening to the short discussions of the diners' parents, Jiang Anyi collected the news of Fuluo County. As the day turned, I heard a lot of news: the county is going to have a new county order, the original Yan county order is a corrupt official, Chen County Lieutenant is a drunkard, Li County Cheng and Hong Zhushu each sweep the snow in front of the door, and they don't care about anything; The officials and servants of the yamen bullied others and were willing to be Uncle Xu's lackeys......

Uncle Xu, who Jiang Anyi is most concerned about, is surnamed Xu Mingyuan, a native of Fuluo County, whose parents died early and wandered the streets as a splasher. Xu Mingyuan has practiced martial arts, is righteous, dares to rush and kill, and gradually recruited a group of subordinates, becoming the biggest bully in Fuluo County, indulging his subordinates to buy and sell, bullying and exploiting good people, and the government will be replaced by the little minions. Later, the government tried to bribe him, so he simply turned a blind eye, and indulged Xu Mingyuan's arrogance more and more.

After Yan County Ling arrived six years ago, Xu Mingyuan and Yan County Ling agreed to pay Yan County Ling a certain amount of silver every year, and pay taxes, the entire Fuluo County medicinal material business was contracted by Xu Mingyuan, and merchants from other places could only buy medicinal materials from Xu Mingyuan, and medicine farmers could only sell medicinal materials to the Xu family, otherwise the medicinal materials would be confiscated at least and injured at worst. It is precisely because of Xu Mingyuan's domineering behavior that the profits of the pharmacists are getting less and less, and there have been fewer and fewer businessmen purchasing medicinal materials in Fuluo County in the past two years.

After a day on the street, Jiang Anyi made up his mind that the new official took office with three fires, and this fire was going to burn this Uncle Xu.

When I returned to the inn when I was holding the lamp, I saw five people drinking and chatting in the hall, and it seemed that they were merchants who had come to purchase medicinal materials.

"This year's price per catty of fritillary has risen by 100 wen, it costs two taels of silver and a catty, and the selling price is only two taels and one yuan, counting the road expenses and losses, there is no money to save at all, and I will not come next year."

Jiang Anyi had read the "Fuluo County Chronicles" in advance and learned that Fuluo County is rich in fritillary, and there are also sporadic sporadix ginseng, wheat winter, Yuanhu, atractylodes and other things, and there are people who catch centipedes for sale in the mountains.

Facing Jiang Anyi, he was a bearded man, and said in a low voice: "I heard that there are people in Daxing and Xinpo Village who secretly sell medicinal materials, 1,200 Wen for fritillary mothers, and 1,800 Wen for Xuanshen, I want to try my luck tomorrow, and I can't run empty." "Daxing and Xinpo are remote villages in Fuluo County, both of which are in the mountains, and the roads are difficult to navigate.

Jiang Anyi's ears and eyes were quick, and although his bearded words were light, he still listened to them very clearly, thinking that it would be better to go to the villages and towns with this group of pharmacists tomorrow, maybe there would be some surprises. So, Jiang Anyi stepped forward and said with a deep salute: "Brothers, the younger brother is not also in the medicinal materials business, I don't know if you can allow me to discuss together." ”

Seeing that Jiang Anyi was strong and had a slightly dark complexion, like a person who had been through wind and rain, everyone smiled and asked him to sit down. Jiang Anyi called his guys, asked for two more pots of wine, and added a few dishes, and the atmosphere on the table immediately became lively. Pouring a full glass of wine for everyone, Jiang Anyi raised his glass and toasted, and then said: "The younger brother is a Texan, surnamed Jiang, I heard that there is a good fritillary in Fuluo County, but I asked a few pharmacies, the prices are surprisingly expensive, and I am afraid that this business will be lost." ”

"Who says it's not", a yellow-faced man sighed: "I run a medical clinic and live in Ningping, a neighboring county, and the fritillary in Fuluo County is an indispensable medicine, so I have to buy some every year." I can see that in the past few years, the price of fritillary has doubled from 1,000 to 2,000, and other medicines are also a lot more expensive. ”

The bearded man said angrily: "It's all this Xu Yao's bully, I heard that the fritillary he forcibly bought only costs 800 wen, and it can be sold for 1,900 wen when it is transported to Jingyang Mansion Pharmacy, this is the opposite, the fritillary alone can earn at least 8,000 taels of silver every year, plus other medicines, not to mention 15,600 taels of silver, we small pharmacists are squeezed out of life by him." ”

"Whisper, don't let people listen to it, cause trouble", the man in Tsing Yi who was sitting opposite Jiang Anyi persuaded with a worried face, "Everyone drink, go to bed early and get up early, and try your luck in Daxing Village tomorrow." ”

One morning, Jiang Anyi was called, as soon as the city gate opened, everyone set up a car and rushed to Daxing Village, Jiang Anyi rode charcoal, stone rode his green horse, the master and servant seemed to go to the mountains and rivers. Daxing Village is more than 60 miles away from the county seat, the mountain road is rugged all the way, the road is difficult to walk, the scenery is good, the green mountains are verdant, the clouds and mist are swirling, the stream is murmuring, and the birds are crisp.

When approaching Daxing Village, I saw every household drying garlic seeds with bamboo mats in the courtyard. A few horses rushed into the village, and the barking of dogs alarmed the farmers in the house, and before Jiang Anyi and the others were admitted to the hospital, the farmers shouted first: "You guys go quickly, the medicinal materials have been ordered by Uncle Xu." ”

While talking, a few idlers drinking tea stood up from under a pergola in the village, walked over with their clothes draped diagonally and dangling their arms, and shouted: "Where did you come from, I don't have any eyes, don't you know that the medicinal materials here are all wrapped by Uncle Xu?" Hurry up, don't beg for a fight. ”

Even the village has Xu Mingyuan's eyeliner, and this business can't be done. Seeing the fierce appearance of those men, everyone did not dare to argue, circled back the horses and walked back, and when they could not see the village, they said with a beard: "Everyone come with me, I know that there is a fork in the road into the mountain, and there are dozens of families in it, let's try our luck there." ”

After walking more than ten miles of mountain roads, a small village appeared in the mountain col, and fortunately, there was no Xu Mingyuan's eyeliner here. However, Xu Mingyuan in the village also sent someone to say hello, the medicine farmers did not dare to sell more, the whole village gathered more than 50 catties of fritillary and 10 catties of Xuanshen, and sporadically sold some yuan hu and atractylodes, everyone was overjoyed, and it was finally worth the trip.

At the time of the unitary, several tired people rushed back to the Yuehe inn. Hearing the sound, Xiao Er walked out of the door, and said to everyone with a bitter face: "A few masters, I'm really sorry, how many housekeepers of the Xu Mansion are waiting in the hall?" Lowering his voice, Xiao Er hurriedly instructed: "When you go out, ask for peace, and it is a blessing to suffer losses." ”

Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't expect that they would be known to the Xu Mansion just after going to the mountains to buy medicine, and they didn't know that it was the letter that reported to the gods. It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, a few people entered the door hard, and the medicinal materials they bought let Xiao Er carry them into the store.

The tables and chairs in the store were moved aside, and a chair was placed in the middle, a man in silk clothes was sitting with Erlang's legs crossed, the shopkeeper was standing next to him with a smiling face, and there were five or six men with big shoulders and round waists sitting on the bench behind him, who should be the thugs of Xufu.

Jiang Anyi saw that the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion was in his early forties, with a scar on his forehead, with thick eyebrows, leopard eyes, and a garlic nose, revealing a fierce smell. Seeing Jiang Anyi and the others coming in, the housekeeper snorted with his nose and said coldly: "You are so bold, you dare to grab medicine on Xu Ye's territory, and you don't talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes." ”

Xiao Er quietly put the medicine bag on the ground, the housekeeper glanced at it, and said: "According to the rules, these medicinal materials should be confiscated, but my master is kind-hearted, and he can't see others suffering, so he specially told me to buy them at the price, so let's convert these medicinal materials into five taels of silver, Tao shopkeeper, you put on the silver first, and go to Xufu tomorrow to take it." ”

These medicines alone have sixty catties, one catty of one thousand two hundred wen, that is, seventy-two taels, not to mention other medicines, five taels of silver, which is more excessive than grabbing Ming, the most angry five taels of silver are not reluctant, let the shopkeeper's advance, to the shopkeeper's hundred dare not go to the Xu Mansion to ask for money.

The beard was bolder, and he said with a smile: "This lord, we didn't know the rules when we first came, please raise your noble hand and let us go, these medicinal materials cost more than one hundred and twenty taels of silver, just ask you to give us one hundred taels." ”

"What? Too little. Scar's forehead glowed red, his fierce eyes widened, and he shouted, "Teach him the rules." ”

The man behind him smiled and crossed his fingers, forcing towards Jiang Anyi and the others. The man in Tsing Yi was the most timid, and squatted to the corner of the house with his head in a miserable scream, and the yellow-faced man and the others quietly retreated, leaving the cheeked man and Jiang Anyi in front. The cheeked man glanced at Jiang Anyi gratefully, and said, "Brother, this is what I provoked, you let me, don't hurt you." ”

Yes, there are righteous people in the recklessness. Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "Brother Yu, this matter is everyone's, and you can't be left alone." ”

"Yo, there are really people who are not afraid of death." Butler Scar said coldly: "Give me a hard beating, just keep your breath." ”

Those men pounced on him and punched and kicked, the cheeky man was not to be outdone, and greeted him with his fist, and the man in front of Jiang Anyi opened his big hand and grabbed Jiang Anyi's chest. Jiang Anyi put him in his eyes, his hand was like electricity, and with a twist of his backhand, there was a crisp sound of "Gaba", and his hand was broken. Immediately afterwards, Jiang Anyi flew up with a leg, and the man's weight of nearly two hundred catties was kicked up by Jiang Anyi and smashed towards the scar butler.

Scar is also a good hand in the fighting field, as soon as the connoisseur stretched out his hand, he knew that Jiang Anyi was extraordinary, and just wanted to stretch out his hands to hug the comer, Jiang Anyi took an arrow step, flew his legs again, and took advantage of the momentum, the man smashed Scar fiercely, Scar couldn't stand on it, and the two fell backwards together, crushing the chair they were sitting on.

Over there, the man with the arm was beaten by three people, only the ability to parry, the stone was eager to try, and he stepped forward diagonally and punched, hitting a man's ribs, the man didn't put the stone in his eyes, where the fist was fleshy, it was not much worse than a hammer, the ribs were in severe pain, and he screamed and retreated.

When the stone saw that the punch hurt the person, he became more and more energetic, flew up, kicked his leg and went straight to the door of the other person's face, and the man used his hand to kick the stone's leg on the man's hand, and kicked the man back two steps. Jiang Anyi had no intention of fighting, stepped forward with two punches and one kick, put the three of them down, and ended the fight with the surprised gaze of the beard.

Getting up from the ground, Scar stroked his chest and smiled: "Okay, good skills, there is a kind of you waiting." Let's go. ”

Scar left, the shopkeeper cried, and several men who bought medicine were stupid, and they all looked at Jiang Anyi in a daze.