"Let's have another drink, don't they all say that good things come in pairs?" Wang Qiuya said unusually.

Wei Bao looked at Wang Qiuya, and immediately understood, Wang Qiuya also hoped to get drunk herself, so that she couldn't leave today, and said with a smile: "I'm just drunk, I should go on the road today, I still have to go on the road, no matter how late." ”

"Can't you just not go? It's the same next time I go, I'm a little panicked. Wang Qiuya said softly.

Fan Xiaolin's eyes widened, she really didn't expect Wang Qiuya to say such a thing, if she hadn't heard it with her own ears, she wouldn't have believed it, it turned out that Wang Qiuya had pretended to be before? This is still when there are so many people, what if there are only two people at this moment, Wang Qiuya and Xiaobao?

Wang Qiuya's voice was not loud, but Wei Bao, Fan Xiaolin, and Liu Chunshi and Fan Datou around Wei Bao heard it, but others were not good at listening to this kind of thing, and Fan Datou and Liu Chunshi hurriedly covered up the past with the sound of drinking loudly.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, and inadvertently held Wang Qiuya's hand: "I said what I wanted to do, when did I give up halfway?" My life is hard, I don't die so easily. ”

"Don't say that." Wang Qiuya wanted to cover Wei Bao's mouth with her hand, but in front of so many people, she couldn't help it, but tears welled up in her beautiful eyes instantly.

The queen mother and Wang Zhihui suddenly saw Wei Bao holding her daughter's hand, and their hearts were suddenly overjoyed, Fan Lao Pimple and Fan Mother were in their throats, they didn't expect Wei Bao to be so close to Wang Qiuya?

Now Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya are Wei Bao's personal maids, touch their hands, this can be said to be big or small in Daming, but Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya are already adults, Wei Bao is also an adult, they have made a personal maid for Wei Bao, which means that they are already half of the Wei family, unless Wei Bao in the future, it will be difficult to marry again, unless the family can't open the pot, or the missing arm and leg are missing, or the old one is the one who continues to string. It was precisely because they wanted to strive to let their daughter marry into the Wei family that the Fan family and the Wang family made their daughter Wei Bao's personal maid.

Wei Bao couldn't see a woman crying, especially a beautiful woman shedding tears for herself, and suddenly turned soft, looking at Wang Qiuya's delicate appearance with pear blossoms and rain, I really want to pick up Wang Qiuya horizontally now and go to my bedroom to do it, at such a critical juncture, if this time I really hang up, I haven't done anything with a woman in this era, what a pity? It's good to have a descendant.

Wei Bao calmed down for a few seconds, but finally held back, and laughed softly: "What are you crying about?" When rejoicing. Xiaolin, you and Qiu Ya go and have a few more drinks, I'll talk to everyone, and I'll talk to you alone after drinking in a while. ”

Fan Xiaolin heard Wei Bao say that she would talk to them alone later, she was overjoyed, and she hummed sensibly, and led Wang Qiuya away.

Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya both glanced at Xu Rui, who was always standing with Wei Bao's mother and did not go to Wei Bao's side to speak alone.

Although Xu Rui has just come here, the people present, as long as they have eyes, can understand what Xu Rui's mind is, and every time Xu Rui looks at Wei Bao's eyes, there is affection, which makes Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya admire Xu Rui's concentration even more, and feel that Xu Rui really has the courage of a big husband.

Fan Xiaolin came to Xu Rui's side and asked softly, "Rui'er, why don't you go and have a glass of wine with your son?" Don't you need to say something goodbye? ”

"No, you've had enough." Xu Rui smiled shyly.

"Aren't you worried about Xiaobao?" Wei Mu couldn't help but ask.

Xu Rui shook her head gently, "Gongzi Jiren has his own natural appearance, and he will be fine." ”

Wang Qiuya wiped away her tears and sighed softly: "Are you still young, is there anything wrong, who can say clearly?" ”

When Wei Mu heard Wang Qiuya say this, she was immediately unhappy and pulled up her face.

Frightened, the queen mother hurriedly pulled Wang Qiuya aside and blamed: "You girl, the older you get, the more you can't speak?" ”

Wang Qiuya's eyes were red again, and she said in her heart that she didn't mean this, but she didn't say anything more, she knew that Wei Mu didn't like her very much now, and she was wrong.

"Auntie, Qiu Ya is also worried about Xiaobao, don't worry." Fan Xiaolin took Wei's mother's hand and said, "Rui'er is right, Xiao Baoji people have their own natural appearance, it's okay." ”

"If you women are too worried and block Xiaobao, that's not right. It's not right to not worry like Rui'er. Wei's mother said quietly: "The gentlemen go out to live, and the ladies are worried at home." ”

"Old lady, it's not that I'm not worried about Childe, no matter what Childe does, he naturally has his reasons. If there is anything to do with the son, we will just follow the son, and there is no point in saying more things to discourage the son. Xu Rui explained. Originally, she didn't want to say this, but saying this was tantamount to admitting in disguise that she was not optimistic about Wei Bao's trip to Hejian Mansion to do business, but she was afraid that Wei's mother would misunderstand that she was not worried about her son, so she still said it.

Xu Rui's words aroused Wei's mother to appreciate it, nodded, took Xu Rui's hand and said: "This kid, he has so much thought at a young age, if you don't say it, I really can't see it, it's a bit of a young lady." ”

Xu Rui hurriedly bowed her head and said: "The old lady has won the award, since she has followed the son, she is a member of the child's family in life, and she is a ghost in the child's family when she dies." ”

Fan Xiaolin snorted softly, feeling that Xu Rui was too good at things, although she and Wang Qiuya also had the same thoughts, but they were not as good as Xu Rui said, secretly thinking that what she had read was different, and secretly wondered if Xu Rui was really like what she said, just a peasant daughter outside the gate.

After three rounds of drinking, I really drank until more than four o'clock in the afternoon.

Wei Bao and the others sat and drank tea, and everyone was waiting for Wei Bao to speak and set off.

"Childe, what I admire most is the itinerary you just said, it's not a blind rush, you have to wait when you get to Funingwei, see the situation and then go on the road, it's the most brilliant of Childe's entire trip." Lin Wenbiao was convinced.

Wei Bao smiled indifferently: "This is nothing, I just put safety first, ordinary businessmen take goods, and they also know safety first, right?" It's just that many times because of the rush of time, there is no way. ”

"Xiaobao, are you really as sure as you say?" Vedagon is still not at ease.

"Dad, don't worry! I'm not stupid, I know there is no hope, will I still make this trip? Wei Bao smiled and put down his teacup, ready to hit the road! Just said that he would talk to Wang Qiuya alone after drinking, but he also put it aside, he didn't dare to give himself this opportunity to talk alone, knowing that he absolutely couldn't control it.

Fan Datou and Liu Chunshi also persuaded Wei Dakang from the side, saying that they would desperately take care of their son on the road, Wang Zhihui and Fan Lao Pimple instructed Liu Chunshi and Fan Datou a few words, and also persuaded Wei Dakang to be relieved.

"It's not early, I have to rush to Hai Duong Town before the sun goes down, and I will spend the night in Hai Duong Town tonight, it's time to hit the road!" Wei Bao stood up and said.

"Xiaobao, wait a minute, right? Didn't you just say that you should talk to Xiaolin before you leave? "Mother Wei is here, this is because Fan Xiaolin and Mother Fan have repeatedly reminded them that they want to give Fan Xiaolin a chance.

When Fan Xiaolin heard this, she blushed, lowered her head, her heart was pounding, and she made all the preparations before Wei Bao left, which included inheriting the Wei family. Even if she doesn't have a name, she doesn't care.

When Wei Bao heard Wei's mother say this, he suddenly realized and said with a smile: "I've said everything that should be said, making me look like I'm not coming back?" Xiaolin, you and the three stunned brothers just take care of the public works of Jiazhong. Qiu Ya and Rui'er, you take good care of my father and mother, so that I have no worries. Mother, okay, everything that needs to be said is finished. ”

Wei Mu said unhappily: "What kind of thing is this?" You drank a lot of wine just now, hurry back to your room to rest for a while, what are you in a hurry to spend the night in Haiyang Town? It's still early, and it'll be too late in another hour. Xiaolin, you help Xiaobao to take a rest. ”

Father Wei and Fan Lao were pimple, and Fan's head saw Wei's mother's intentions, and hurriedly persuaded each other, saying that Wei Bao would rest for a while before leaving, and everyone was called one heart.

Wei Bao's head swept through three black lines, he thought about the group of people in the foot walk, under his own orders, should have sent the first two groups of people to the road immediately, and I don't know what the situation is, the communication is not smooth in this era, if you don't rush to Haiyang Town, where will you know the situation? In a hurry to get on the road, you let yourself go to the house alone with a girl at this time?

"I haven't drunk too much, haven't I been resting just now? Are you tired after three hours of drinking? Wei Bao smiled and walked out.

The Queen Mother and Wang Zhihui saw that a group of people were united to let Wei Bao and Fan Xiaolin get along alone, originally both hearts were pinched, but now seeing Wei Bao's insistence on refusing, they were suddenly very comfortable, and the Queen Mother hurriedly said: "Xiaobao, you always have to bring a change of clothes on the road, right?" If you don't take Qiu Ya with you this time, you can go with Qiu Ya to see what things you need to bring, right? ”

In fact, Wang Qiuya had already picked up the burden that Wei Bao was going to bring on the road, and when she heard her mother say this, she immediately understood, her face flushed, and she secretly looked at Wei Bao.

When Wei Bao saw that Wei Bao had to go out now, she thought that Wei Bao had no affection for Fan Xiaolin at all, so she sighed and said, "Then Xiaobao, you can go back to the house with Qiu Ya to have a look, don't leave anything behind." "Mother Wei is retreating, since Wei Bao doesn't look down on Fan Xiaolin, Wang Qiuya will be Wang Qiuya, it's better than not touching any of them, and coming to come.

"What's there to see? On such a cold day, I usually don't bathe outside, I just bathed yesterday, and it is enough to bring a change of clothes, we are going to hurry, not to go to the mountains and waters. Wei Bao ignored the stubble, strode out of the hall, and walked outside.

"This kid hasn't opened his mind yet." Wei stomped her foot angrily.

A group of people saw that they really couldn't keep it, so they could only follow and send each other.

Liu Chunshi, Fan Datou, Lin Wenbiao, Liu Jintang, Zhang Haobo, Li Nan, Peng Mingbo, and Gao Du are Wei Bao's entourage and follow Wei Bao.

Wei Dakang, Wei Mu, Luo Sanzi, Fan Xiaolin, Wang Qiuya, Xu Rui, Wang Father and Queen Mother, Fan Lao Pimple Fan Mu and others, as well as the people in Jiazhong who heard that they were going to go far away, gathered more and more, and they all followed behind.

Wei Bao turned over on his horse, hugged his fists at everyone, and said with a smile: "Let's all go back, I'll be back in a few days." It was so easy, but the moment of parting still made Wei Bao's nose sour, and it was only after such a short period of time that he had already had such an inseparable relationship with this land and the people on this land.

Everyone wiped their tears.

People close to the Wei family, Wei Bao's subordinates naturally needless to say, they are a group of supernumerary personnel in the first place, and there are no people who can get the work index under Wei Bao, and now they can rely on the support of the Wei family without worrying about starvation, so they are all crying.

I don't know which doll cried loudly, causing everyone to cry suddenly.

Wei Bao couldn't be persuaded and said to Liu Chunshi: "Are you ready?" ”

"That's it! Two trailer wagons, each with a spare horse, took the horses out this time! Liu Chunshi replied.

Wei Bao counted with his eyes, and the two-trailer carriage was 4 horses! Except for the two people who drove the car, the other 7 people each had two horses, that is, 14 horses, a total of 18 horses, this time it was enough to bring enough money, and took away most of the horses in their armor. "Okay, on the road!"

The accompanying entourage roared together, got on the horse and got on the car, and the team started slowly.

Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya rushed out together, and they both asked Wei Bao to wait.

Wei Bao looked at the second daughter curiously and reined in the horse's reins.

Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya glanced at each other at the same time, and the two of them coincidentally held a purse in their hands, Fan Xiaolin's purse was red, and Wang Qiuya's was red and pink, both of which were exquisite.

Wei Bao's head swept through three black lines, wondering if there would be too many scenes between the two of you?

The two of them didn't speak, they both stuffed their purses into Wei Bao's hands, and ran back to the crowd, this scene provoked many women to wipe their tears.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, and secretly said that there should be nothing now, right? Just on the way.

Xu Rui had already come to Wei Bao's horse, "Childe." ”

Wei Bao smiled: "What? Do you also have a purse? ”

Xu Rui blushed and took off a jade Buddha strung with a thin gold chain from her snow-white pink neck, "Bring it with this son, protect yourself." ”

"Men wear Guanyin and women wear Buddha, you can keep it for yourself." Wei Bao smiled: "Go back." ”

Xu Rui's eyes were red, and she burst into tears.

Wei Bao sweated, "Don't cry, I'll wear it, okay?" ”

Xu Rui's face turned a little pale, and he gave the Jade Buddha to Wei Bao.

As soon as Wei Bao saw that color, he knew that it must be extremely valuable, he knew that Xu Rui came out of Yihong Courtyard and didn't bring anything out, this jade Buddha was the only valuable thing around Xu Rui, and said softly: "Wait for me to come back, buy a bunch of such talisman ornaments for you, what do you like?" ”

"I don't want it, the safe return of my son is better than sending anything." Xu Rui approached Wei Bao and whispered: "This Jade Buddha is collected, this is what my father sold at the beginning, and then I got rich, so I bought it back, this time I came out of Yihong Courtyard, and my mother knew that this Jade Buddha was important to me, so she gritted her teeth and asked me to bring it out." ”

"Since it's so important, you can keep it!" Wei Bao had a headache in his heart, and now he didn't despise Xu Rui because of her past experience, but felt that Xu Rui was really a good girl, but felt a little ashamed. Because Wei Bao wanted to secretly come to Xu Rui several times in the past two days, because he knew that Xu Rui was once a dust girl, he didn't take Xu Rui's body too seriously, and now Wei Bao feels that Xu Rui, Fan Xiaolin, and Wang Qiuya have the same status in his heart.

"Childe stays, if Childe is here, my Jade Buddha is there, if Childe is ...... Anyway, I'll go with Childe right away, and it's useless to ask for this thing. Xu Rui actually burst into tears and laughed.

Wei Bao's head swept three black lines, moved by Xu Rui's affection for him, knowing that women in this era are not joking when they talk about promises, if people know that they are dead, they will definitely go with them, and said with a smile: "You are still the best at talking, go!" As soon as he said that, the war horse under Wei Bao's crotch suddenly got up and down, and it was very convenient.

Jiazhong sent everyone off, looking at the sunset, the snow, and Wei Gongzi's convoy between the two, and refused to leave for a long time. Fan Xiaolin and Fan's mother, Wang Qiuya and the queen mother kept wiping their tears. Xu Rui had no one to rely on, and she didn't cry, but her beautiful eyes were red, and the distressed Wei Mu kept holding Xu Rui's hand and whispering to her.

"Childe, these horses of yours are all first-class horses! I'm afraid I can't buy it in Kannai! Lin Wenbiao drove the war horse and walked beside Wei Bao and said: "I knew that Gongzi's horses were like this, so I didn't worry that Gongzi would be able to get rid of the pursuit of the Silk Gang." ”

Wei Bao smiled: "I don't understand this, are these good horses?" ”

"A good horse of the first class! The old Lin Zizi Gang only has a few of these horses. At first glance, I knew that they were from the grassland, and they had been trained all year round, and these horses would have to be better if I had been trained to do so! Lin Wenbiao replied: "I'm just afraid it's too much of an eyesore." ”

Wei Bao understood what Lin Wenbiao meant by being an eyesore, horses in this era are like cars in the Republic of China, extremely rare, and it is said that the iron horses of the garrison of Shanhaiguan are only a few hundred horses, and a thousand are not enough, not to mention that these horses are not as good as their own, which is a bit of an eyesore.

"It's okay, we have a backer, Daming is not so messy, and there are still people who dare to openly rob horses?" Wei Bao laughed.

"I'm not afraid of the official family, I'm just afraid that the Silkworm Gang will see these horses of Gongzi, and they will be red-eyed, and they will desperately want to grab them!" Lin Wenbiao reminded.

Wei Bao smiled: "Originally, we were going to pass through their territory and not let them grab things, but if we were caught by them, maybe we lost our lives, and we still care about horses?" ”

Lin Wenbiao also felt funny when he heard Wei Gongzi say this, "It's me who is thinking about it, what Gongzi said is right, if we are caught, there will be nothing left, and we still care about these things outside our bodies?" ”

"What you did before, this horse is fate, so it's too rare." Fan said with a big head.

"This is good, for the dry dreadlocks, or for those who eat military rations, horses are fate, these horses can be sold for twenty taels of silver in Yongping Mansion, or even thirty taels of silver a horse, and when you arrive in Hejian Mansion, a hundred taels of silver and a horse are possible!" Lin Wenbiao nodded.

"Can you sell it for such a high price?" Fan smacked his tongue with his head.

"It's just more, it's usually priceless." Lin Wenbiao said with a smile: "I am really reluctant to see Gongzi bring out so many good horses. ”

Wei Bao said: "Just go down smoothly this time." ”

"Childe, horses are also considered wealth, one horse per person is okay, we bring more of these horses, I am afraid that when Childe passes the checkpoint, he will have to add extra money." Lin Wenbiao reminded.

"This is not necessary, this matter, the two bookstores who issued road guides before thought of it, and the people accompanying them on the road were 60 people, and when the time came, it was said that the road was bad, and a few people died." Liu Chunshi said.

"That's fine." Lin Wenbiao said.

Wei Bao was overjoyed, "These two bookstores are really good, they are very thoughtful for us, so on the way, can we bring more people back?" "Wei Bao never forgets to recruit talents wherever he goes, and in his eyes, people are more important than anything else. It's better to save money than to save people's hearts.

"Childe still wants to bring people back from the gate?" Fan's head was curious.

"Well, just like the people we recruited outside the gate, you and Chunshi should be more careful. This trip not only has to open up the trade route, but also to the big market town, and buy a few houses to prepare, now it is a disaster year, prices are soaring, but the price of real estate is plummeting! It's time to take advantage of the situation to buy some industries! In the future, from Shanhaiguan to Hejian Province, there will be our warehouses and trading houses! Wei Bao said.

Lin Wenbiao deeply admired Wei Bao's business wisdom, "Childe thinks really far, listening to Childe's words is really better than reading for ten years." ”

"Huh." Wei Bao smiled slightly.

"Our son-in-law doesn't like to hear people slap on the back, and the son-in-law wants to see what everyone does, not what they say." Fan's head was once counted by Wei Bao, and this time it was his turn to point Lin Wenbiao.

Lin Wenbiao's face flushed, and the cottage was the same as the outside world, big and small leaders, level by level, all of them had developed the habit of slapping horses, "I don't care in the future, but I really think that the son has a strong wrist, no wonder he made a fortune in business." ”

"It's a good time to buy real estate and land at this time!" Liu Chunshi said: "However, the houses in the city, if they are slightly better and larger, they will cost hundreds of taels of silver, and Yongping Mansion and Hejian Mansion are even more expensive." ”

In this era, the most important thing was houses and land, but few people bought and sold them, so real estate transactions were not active.

Wei Bao knows these situations, and he doesn't plan to be a real estate tycoon, "I mainly want to prepare for the development of warehouse shops in the future. ”

"Yes, Childe." Liu Chunshi agreed.

Wei Bao's entourage secretly smacked their tongues when they heard it, these are still small money? also suddenly rose up with pride, feeling that following Childe must have a bright future.

It took more than an hour, when the sky was completely dark, Wei Bao and his party rushed to Haiyang Town, which is not a big town, but the city wall and city gate tower are very well repaired, and the entire Yongping Mansion strictly speaking, belongs to the military area, so these defensive buildings are very complete.

The city wall of Haiyang Town gave Wei Bao confidence, there must be many officers and soldiers in such a place, and there is no need to worry about the locks running into the town to make trouble.

Soon I found out where the porters had settled, and it was an ordinary inn.

Zhang Jianping, the leader of the foot line, heard that Wei Bao was coming, and hurriedly went out to greet him.

"Why don't you stay in the best inn? It took us two to ask about it. Wei Bao laughed.

"Don't dare to spend indiscriminately." Zhang Jianping said: "Childe, it's broken, the people who were sent out before didn't come back!" ”

Well, in Wei Bao's previous plan, he originally thought that he would send two groups of porters to pass by the main road and the small road leading from Haiyang Town to Funingwei respectively, and then the sentry post of the Lao Linzi Bands found them, and they must intercept them, and then notify the Lao Linzi bandits to come over, since they came empty-handed, these gang leaders saw that there was no oil and water, at most they should scold them, and they should drive both groups of porters back, right?

"They don't let the footwalkers come back? What are they left for? Wei Baoqi said: "You didn't reveal my plan to the people below, did you?" ”

"No, no, I told them to go over with empty baskets, and when they met someone from the Silk Gang, they said that they were hired by Wei Gongzi, and they didn't say anything else, if no one stopped them, they went to Funingwei." Zhang Jianping replied.

Wei Bao sighed, "Then maybe you went to Funingwei, right?" ”

"No, I've already asked people to pretend to be fleeing the famine to investigate, we have the habit of making marks along the way, and the marks will be broken when they reach the two checkpoints set up by the Silk Gang, which this brother said, and eighty percent of them will be caught by the Silk Gang!" Wu Laosan replied.

"Caught the Silkworm Gang's cottage?" Wei Bao's train of thought was suddenly confused, and he didn't know what the bandits' purpose was for? This is not what he had envisioned.