50 people? So many people?

Wei Bao saw that Master Zhang began to think about the problem from the perspective of planning to take this trip, and he was happy in his heart, even if it was 50 people, it was also a number that Wei Bao could accept, and said very simply: "50 people are 50 people, it's okay if there are more people, I am willing to pay this silver!" Just trouble Master Zhang to contact you! ”

Master Zhang didn't think about it, but when Wei Bao said this, it seemed that he had already agreed. A rough person like him naturally couldn't catch up with Wei Bao's brain spinning fast, hesitated and didn't know how to answer, feeling that it was difficult to ride a tiger, he couldn't speak, frowned deeply, and didn't say anything for a long time.

"Master Zhang, since you've already thought about it, let's go and contact a friend now, right? As long as you are careful and let the people below keep their mouths tight, no problem. Seeing that things had taken a turn for the better, Sister Fang hurriedly played a side drum on the side, hoping that things would be settled quickly.

"4 taels of silver for one person, find 50 people." Master Zhang sighed, and while confirming the specific details of the cooperation with Wei Bao, he said pessimistically: "I want to contact a few brothers to see if they are willing?" Without so many people, I wouldn't dare to go this alone. ”

"Good!" Wei Bao said finally: "How long will it take to give a reply?" ”

"It won't be long before they agree, and if they don't, there's no way for me to do it, I have to ask my two brothers." Master Zhang replied, "The three of us can get together and get together almost 50 people. Most of the other footsteps have something to do with the Wu family, and they can't ask. ”

"Master Zhang is very thoughtful." Wei Bao nodded and said, "Okay, I'm waiting for Master Zhang's good news in Shanhailou!" ”

Master Zhang felt that Wei Bao spoke wittily and acted decisively and crisply, and he had a good impression. It's just that Wei Gongzi's age seems to be too young, how to look at it, how to feel a little unreliable, and said with a wry smile: "I'll go to find someone now, and I will definitely go to Shanhailou to reply to Gongzi at noon." However, Childe and Sister Fang will most likely not be good news. If you really want to go this way, there will be 50 people when you go, and when you come back, there may not even be 5 people left. If you can't say it, you have to die in the pass. ”

"Regardless of whether it is as serious as Master Zhang said, it makes sense to ask for wealth and danger, otherwise everyone will be rich!" Wei Bao said solemnly: "Life and death have a destiny, wealth is in heaven, and everything is subject to the destiny of heaven." As long as you dare to do it and do it, you will be worthy of yourself. All roads lead to Hejian House. ”

Wei Bao was actually more nervous than anyone else in his heart, but he said it very easily, it was even more impossible for him to find Yang Hongyi, if he couldn't find anyone on his feet, he had to let his escort team go on this road. But he didn't want this Master Zhang to think that he couldn't do without him.

Master Zhang glanced at Wei Bao and didn't say a word. Wei Bao's words of encouragement, for their old rivers and lakes, it has little effect, if it is not just in time for the disaster year, life is forced, he would never consider this kind of life-fighting business, the whole winter, they have not done a single business on their feet, two or three days before they dare to eat a little coarse grain, hungry people are dying, so they did not decisively refuse Wei Bao.

"Master Zhang, bring your friends to Shanhailou for a meal at noon. Whether you are willing to help me on this trip or not, knowing is a friend, so you don't have to worry about having a meal, right? Wei Bao remembered something, added. It's not that he has money and no place to spend, he invites people to eat when he sees them, there is a certain reason why people who do business love to entertain, it doesn't cost much to eat and drink, but eating people has a short mouth, and after eating together, it is not easy to refuse.

Master Zhang hurriedly shook his hand: "Thank you for your kindness, it's better to skip the meal, I don't know if the two friends I'm looking for will agree." ”

"It's okay if you don't say yes." Wei Bao smiled slightly: "That's it, I'll wait for you at Shanhailou at noon and make friends." If you are afraid of the eldest son of the Wu family, you can rest assured that a person of his status will never embarrass you just because you have eaten with me. ”

Master Zhang was still hesitating whether to agree to eat, but Wei Bao led Sister Fang away without giving him time to hesitate.

"It's up to Master Zhang, I hope it can be done, with 50 porters accompanying him, there will be a lot of insurance, even if you don't happen to meet the locks, the locks will be scruples when they see so many people with them." Sister Fang comforted Wei Bao as she walked.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "Fortunately, with you, you are my nobleman." ”

Sister Fang'er's face turned red, and she glanced at Wei Bao, "Don't always put these words on your lips, and I don't have much strength to say it." It's you who are amazing, and you talked to Master Zhang just now. ”

Sister Fang admires Wei Bao very much now, Wei Bao is younger than her, but in Sister Fang'er's opinion, Wei Bao is very sophisticated, especially when to say what to say, when to leave, not verbose, all grasp it very well. The good feeling between men and women must be based on the inner appreciation, in order to be stable, just liking a person's appearance is not long, the more contact with Wei Bao, the more Sister Fang likes to watch Wei Bao's behavior.

"Showing the way is the greatest strength! If you don't show me the way, I'll be like a blind and deaf man every step of the way. Wei Bao said sincerely: "Information is the most expensive and valuable. ”

Sister Fang tasted Wei Bao's words of 'information is the most expensive and valuable', and felt that it made sense. Naturally, the value of information is not as valued as much in the information age of later generations, but this trend has remained unchanged through the ages. Then she smiled, thinking that Wei Bao's words were funny, but she could always make people listen, unlike when her father talked to her, every time she just started, she knew that her father wanted to talk at length about the truth, which made people sleepy at first.

Wei Bao looked back at Zhang Jianping and Master Zhang's group of porter brothers, all dressed like rice flowers, not much stronger than the guards in his armor, but thinking that people are professional after all, and there are many people, now I can only rely on them.

When the two of them returned to Shanhai Tower, Liu Chunshi and Fan Datou had already led Yang Hongyi's two books to arrive, and they had seen each other, and Wei Bao treated each other politely.

Because Yang Hongyi's official position is not high, his bookstore has no official body, and he does not wear official uniforms, but Wei Bao still shows enough enthusiasm and respect, Wei Bao is such a person, he is the same for everyone, and he will not be different because of the status of the other party.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, the master's statement was not yet popular, but it was actually a similar concept. The secretary office and the master are two different things, if it is the secretary office of an important yamen, such as the secretary office of the cabinet center, at least a civil official of the seventh rank or above.

After a greeting, Wei Bao knew that one of these two people was named Yang Dacheng and the other was Yang Zhengqing, both of whom were members of the Yang family. Most of the cronies around him are from the same family with the same surname, and the people in the clan are also an important feature of the feudal era, not only the system of the first and the right in the township, but also the officialdom in the city is also a combination of layers of family system in disguise, such a system can be more solid and more convenient for the people above.

"Brother Yang, wait a while, let's go to Jinshan together after lunch, right? On this cold day, it would be rude to snub the two of them with a hungry stomach. Wei Bao obviously wanted to wait for the news from the foot line, but he said it very well, giving enough face to these two clerks, he knew that the people under him could save a lot of money by letting it go a little, not to mention that these two people were still handling the road guide, although they did not have an official body, their power was great!

"Well said, well said. Wei Gongzi was too polite. ”

"Wei Gongzi is too polite, how can this be embarrassing?"

Seeing Wei Bao so polite, the two clerks respected them very much, and they both liked them very much, no one didn't like to be respected, especially people like them, usually because the land business inside and outside the customs was controlled by the Wu family, although they had the power to run the road guide in their hands, but the people of the Wu family were commanding one by one, where would they treat them so well?

"Have a good drink at noon, hehe." Wei Bao happily chatted with the two, without letting people see his inner anxiety at this time, Wei Bao's mind was completely focused on whether a group of foot walkers were willing to take this business.

Uncle Sun Jiu asked Sister Fang where she had just gone, and Sister Fang didn't hide it, she told the truth.

Uncle Sun Jiu nodded, seeing Wei Bao talking and laughing with others, he couldn't help but secretly convince Wei Bao of this, at a young age, he didn't panic when he encountered problems, and he could have the demeanor of a general, which was a rare place! But he is very optimistic that this business can be done: "Don't go out with this surnamed Wei anymore!" He has offended the eldest son of the Wu family now, who dares to be a porter for him? If people say that you and this Wei Bao are often together, if this word reaches the ears of the eldest prince of the Wu family again, do you want to make trouble for our Shanhailou? ”

"Dad, why do you talk like that? What trouble can you find? Wei Gongzi is not a bad person who is a traitor, let's go to the street together, can't we do it? Sister Fang said angrily.

"You, you can't listen to what you say, even if you don't say that Wei Bao offended the eldest prince of the Wu family, it's always right that you two men and women are different, right? Tell me to have breakfast and come back in the middle of the morning, what are you talking about? Uncle Sun Jiu also said angrily.

Sister Fang was angry and no longer talked back to Uncle Sun Jiu, she felt that she had often quarreled with her father recently, and every time because of Wei Bao, it seemed that it was difficult for her father to reverse his attitude towards Wei Bao, which made Sister Fang very nerve-wracking.

Wei Bao opened a private room, drank tea and chatted with the two Yang Hongyi's clerks, and the time passed very quickly, and it was almost noon in a blink of an eye, and it was time for dinner. But Master Zhang, who was walking on his feet, still hadn't arrived, which made Wei Bao even more anxious, and he couldn't help but say goodbye to the two clerks, paced out, and went straight to the lobby downstairs.

"Master Zhang hasn't arrived yet." Sister Fang knew what Wei Bao was anxious about, and when she saw him coming down, she took the initiative to answer.

Wei Bao frowned slightly, "Help me cook twenty dishes and send them to Master Zhang." ”

Wei Bao and Sister Fang were talking, Uncle Sun Jiu was listening at the counter with his ears pricked up, Uncle Sun Jiu and Sister Fang were very strange, sending twenty dishes to the foot master? Have they eaten so many dishes?

However, with such a 'large' business, Uncle Sun Jiu was naturally very happy, and laughed: "What kind of dishes do you want?" Wei Gongzi, please order. ”

"You can do it yourself, mid-range will do." Wei Bao Road.

"Isn't it a waste to cook so many dishes? Send them back? It seems that there are only about 20 people in total. Sister Fang helped Wei Bao think about it, so she reminded him.

Uncle Sun Jiu was angry, and hurriedly said: "Since Gongzi Wei has already ordered, there is naturally a reason for the family, so hurry up and let the guy prepare." ”

Sister Fang glanced at her father and didn't move, looking at Wei Bao, wanting to know the answer.

Wei Bao said: "If you don't come at this time, you won't come, but we must do our favors in place!" What are rivers and lakes? The rivers and lakes are sophisticated. This sentence is the most impressive sentence after Wei Bao watched the TV series "Young Marshal", and I don't know if it was really Zhang Zuolin who said it, anyway, he thinks this sentence is excellent, so he has always remembered it. Zhang Zuolin said that it is not easy for anyone to understand half of the people's feelings, and it is impossible to understand them all.

People didn't come, Wei Bao still had to send the dishes over, this is because he said before that he would invite Master Zhang! Master Zhang can't keep the contract, that's someone else's business, and he needs to keep the contract himself! If you say that you have a treat, you have to invite this guest to everything.

Wei Bao subconsciously still hoped that Master Zhang would persuade his other two foot brothers to come and help him deliver the goods.

Sister Fang and Uncle Sun Jiu unconsciously tasted Wei Bao's sentence 'The rivers and lakes are sophisticated', and they both felt that it was very reasonable, especially Uncle Sun Jiu, who had a lot of experience, and they were even more emotional. In fact, Uncle Sun Jiu admires Wei Bao very much, not to mention that Wei Bao is only so young, he is a person in his twenties and thirties, and there is no way to do anything more sophisticated and better than Wei Bao, just because Wei Bao has no fame and is only a businessman at present, Uncle Sun Jiu doesn't want his daughter to have a relationship with Wei Bao.

"I'll let people cook the dishes and send them over, Wei Gongzi can rest assured." Uncle Sun Jiu said: "Why don't you let Yuefang accompany Gongzi Wei again?" Since you have to make enough of the etiquette, it will be even more sufficient to go with the dishes. ”

Sun Yuefang and Wei Bao looked at Uncle Sun Jiu in surprise, they didn't expect Uncle Sun Jiu to suddenly say such a thing?

Wei Bao secretly thought that this Uncle Sun Jiu was really hard to fathom.

Sister Fang said happily: "Dad? What did you just say? Let me and Wei Gongzi go and invite Master Zhang again? ”

"That's right." Uncle Sun Jiu said: "He must have gone to find Wu Laosan and Wang Sidao, those two are Zhang Jianping's brothers, just his family, he must not dare to take this business, maybe he said that he couldn't move Wu Laosan and Wang Sidao, so he refused to come to the appointment." ”

Wei Bao saw that Uncle Sun Jiu suddenly helped him find a way to come up with ideas, and also helped himself analyze, and couldn't help but be grateful: "Thank you Shopkeeper Sun for worrying about my affairs." ”

"I think that Wei Gongzi's business should not be done well, but you young people will definitely not listen, since you can't listen, my family Yuefang will definitely worry about it every day. It's better to let you do it, and it will save her from having no intention of doing other things, and she will not be able to give up all day long. Uncle Sun Jiu complained angrily.

Sun Yuefang was blushed by what Uncle Sun Jiu said, and said angrily: "Dad, what are you talking about? But he walked out of the counter with a smile and was going to accompany Wei Bao.

Wei Bao smiled: "I understand what Shopkeeper Sun means, Sister Fang is willing to help me like this, I am already very grateful, I will go alone." ”

"It's okay, I'll go with you." Sun Yuefang said firmly.

Wei Bao smiled at Sister Fang'er, and saw that Shopkeeper Sun didn't seem to mean to obstruct, so he didn't say anything more.

Twenty dishes are ready in a short time, and a big restaurant like Shanhailou is extremely efficient.

Wei Bao, accompanied by Sun Yuefang, took a carriage, took Zhang Haobo, Li Nan, Peng Mingbo, Gao Du, and a few guys from Shanhailou who delivered vegetables, and went to find Master Zhang Jianping and Master Zhang who were walking at his feet, leaving Liu Chunshi and Fan Datou to continue to drink in Shanhailou's two bookstores that accompanied Yang Hongyi.

Zhang Jianping really didn't expect Uncle Sun Jiu, and went to discuss with Wu Laosan and Wang Sidao, and the three of them discussed fiercely for more than an hour, and their mouths were dry, and they hadn't come to the result yet, so they didn't rush to Wei Bao's banquet invitation.

Several porters under Zhang Jianping were very enthusiastic, and they accompanied Wei Bao and his party to find Zhang Jianping, and found them where Wu Laosan's footsteps landed.

After all, the countryside can still go up the mountain to find some game, dig some wild vegetables to satisfy hunger, and the coolies who walk on the feet have no work to do, and can only huddle in the broken house with their arms all day long.

At this time, Zhang Jianping, Wu Laosan and Wang Sidao were all found, and the footmen under the three of them were also together, Wei Bao counted them with his eyes, there were as many as sixty or seventy people, most of them were young and strong descendants.

"Lao Zhang, Gongzi Wei is here." Zhang Jianping's porter pulled his throat to help Wei Bao report.

When Zhang Jianping heard this, he hurriedly walked out of the house with Wu Laosan and Wang Sidao.

Wu Laosan and Wang Sidao didn't expect Wei Bao to be a handsome boy with such a young grade, and they were both stunned.

Wei Bao smiled and explained his intentions and saluted the three of them.

"Wei Gongzi, this can't be helped. I said that I would go to give an answer to my son at noon, and I would definitely go, how dare I bother my son to come in person? Zhang Jianping saw that Wei Bao actually came again in person, and brought so many dishes. When the dishes of Shanhailou are delivered, they are all packed in exquisite food boxes, which looks very high-grade. There's still a lot of aroma inside the food box.

Zhang Jianping, Wu Laosan and Wang Sidao discussed for a long time, and they couldn't make up their minds, and they still haven't figured out whether to take this trip, but now they see that Wei Bao came in person and brought food, they are very embarrassed, and they don't know how to reply. Wu Laosan and Wang Sidao were silent behind Zhang Jianping without saying a word.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "Don't misunderstand, a few masters, I don't mean to urge, whether you can go on this trip or not depends on your own ideas." I said that I wanted to invite Master Zhang and his friends to dinner, and when I saw that you hadn't gone to the meal yet, I thought about bringing some dishes for your subordinates to eat, and then invited you to Shanhailou to discuss. ”

Stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, Wei Bao's words have all been said to this part, only saying that he is a treat, and he will never mention helping to take the goods, so that a few foot masters can't wipe off their faces, and they can't stop pushing and refusing to go to Shanhailou for anything.