"If you go out to breakfast with me like this, aren't you afraid that Jin Ye will misunderstand when he finds out?" Sister Fang asked softly.

Sister Fang and Wei Bao walked side by side, which is still rare in Daming, although Daming women are not particularly conservative, they are by no means so open, there are few scenes of men and women openly walking side by side on the street, especially Sister Fang'er's outstanding appearance and charm, which has attracted the attention of passers-by.

Wei Bao suddenly said, it turned out that he was using me as a shield, and he didn't want to be entangled by Jin Qiqi? smiled: "I'm not afraid, because I'm bright, let's make friends normally, and we have to be afraid of this and that when we have breakfast together, won't I Wei Bao live up to my red face?" You must know that I, Wei Bao, live up to two things. ”

Sister Fang'er's beautiful eyes glanced at Wei Bao, her self-esteem was a little hit, Wei Bao's meaning was obvious, she didn't think anything wrong with her, this is still the only one among the men Sister Fang has met, those men who have seen her once and have been in contact, which one is not a fly? Either I want to marry her and go home as a concubine, or I want to spend a lot of money to 'play' with her. Am I not as good as your two maids? Have I lost my looks to them?

Because the characters who enter and exit the Shanhailou are either rich or expensive, few children from the poor family can enter a place like Shanhailou, if an honest person meets a woman like Sister Fang, of course there will be people who want to marry her and go home as a wife.

Her conditions are not high or low, she is suppressed by the identity of a merchant woman, and she hides arrogance in her heart, so it is naturally not easy to meet Ruyi Langjun.

"Which two live up to it?" Sister Fang asked curiously.

"Except for parents, only food and beauty cannot be negative." Wei Bao smiled.

Burst.

It was the first time that everyone heard of Wei Bao's two non-negative statements, and they all felt that Wei Bao's skin was really thick, but from Wei Bao's mouth, they didn't feel dirty, but had the true temperament of a man.

Wang Qiuya huffed and secretly thought that you are not guilty of each other, you bully me every day! Where can I compare to this Sister Fang? Isn't she just heavily dressed in grease and powder?

"Then am I considered to be Wei Gongzi's red face?" Sister Fang is interested again.

"Naturally." Wei Bao grinned and lowered his voice, "How can it not be counted?" ”

When Sister Fang heard this, her face turned red, her handkerchief covered her mouth, and she gave Wei Bao a big delicate white eye.

Although Wei Bao's words were not waved, his expression was extremely wavelike.

"You're not a good person either." Sister Fang also responded softly to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao and Sister Fang spoke naturally, and in a blink of an eye, they developed into whispers with grinding ears and temples, provoking Luo Sanzi, Liu Chunshi, Fan Datou and others to prick up their ears and want to eavesdrop, the three of them were envious, it is good to be rich, haven't you found that Wei Bao is so treated by beautiful women wherever he goes?

Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya had a tacit understanding, and they were a few steps behind angrily, trying not to look at Wei Bao and Sister Fang.

Wei Bao and Sister Fang had a happy breakfast outside, Luo Sanzi, Liu Chunshi, Fan Datou, Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya were also full one by one, those who drank yesterday will feel very hungry the next day, and everyone has a big appetite.

A meal was eaten for an hour, mainly Wei Bao and Sister Fang finished eating, it seemed that there were endless words, on the way back, I looked east and west, it seemed that the road was long, walked a few steps, and went back a little, that was because Sister Fang went out, attracted by all kinds of strange trinkets on the side of the road, and asked Wei Bao to help her take a look.

"Qiu Ya, if you had agreed to have a relationship with Xiaobao, now you can justifiably manage Xiaobao, right? Is it uncomfortable to see two people making out like this now? Fan Xiaolin was not only unhappy, but also stimulated Wang Qiuya.

Wang Qiuya snorted softly, "What am I uncomfortable with?" He can do whatever he likes, people are rich now, and we are just poor women. ”

"The mouth is not right." Fan Xiaolin pursed her lips.

"What are you doing so angry? Do you have a crush on Wei Bao? Wang Qiuya glanced at Fan Xiaolin, and the gaze in her beautiful eyes turned.

Fan Xiaolin's face suddenly turned red with shame, and she gently patted Wang Qiuya's arm, "Who wants to take a fancy to him?" I didn't. ”

"Huh." Wang Qiuya was casual on the surface, and suddenly felt a huge pressure in her heart, Wei Bao, who she couldn't look down on just three days ago, has already emerged so many competitors in the blink of an eye, not to mention that Sister Fang, who has a good family background, is beautiful, and can speak well, it is Fan Xiaolin next to her, Wang Qiuya has no confidence that she will definitely win, because Fan Xiaolin has Fan Xiaolin's advantages, lively and cute, and has a beautiful figure, I don't know how many singles in Jinshan who provoke Fan Xiaolin covet Fan Xiaolin.

Wei Bao did not flirt with Sister Fang, a woman like Sister Fang, Wei Bao has no confidence to be able to control, and is not familiar with it, purely out of the consideration of the social circle, a very healthy attitude in the relationship, the more Wei Bao is like this, the more Sister Fang feels that Wei Bao is different, both 'lustful' and measured, which is full of challenges for a beauty like Sister Fang.

By the time Wei Bao and his party returned to Shanhailou, Luo San and Chen Beihe had already come, neither of them came alone, and they each received a large number of people.

Wei Bao smiled and secretly thought, Uncle Sun Jiu really guessed well, it seems that these two guys are ready for today's meal until they finish the silver two on the counter of Shanhailou.

"Brother Chen, you're a little inauthentic, you just had your birthday last month, and you have your birthday again this month? How many times a year do you celebrate your birthday? Jin Qiliang asked Chen Beihe loudly.

"Brother Kim! Are you embarrassed to say me? Why did you bring so many people to dinner today? "Chen Beihe is not to be outdone." A long drought is a nectar, and a foreign country meets a hometown. The cave room spends candle night, when the gold list is inscribed! I want to ask Brother Jin, which one do you have today? What happened to my two birthdays? I'd love to. ”

"I don't take any of them, I just lead my colleagues in the yamen to have fun and add some popularity to Shanhailou, don't you know what the relationship between me and Sister Fang is?" Jin Qiliang said confidently, "I will increase some business with Shanhailou, isn't this reasonable?" ”

Chen Beihe smiled, thinking about how to argue with Jin Qiliang, when he saw Sister Fang beside Wei Bao, and suddenly said, "Xiaobao, you came just in time." Brother Jin, who is Sister Fang with now? You ask, what is the relationship between Sister Fang and you? ”

Jin Qiliang saw that Sister Fang and Wei Bao were standing side by side, the two were handsome men and beautiful women, and they looked like a pair of fairy couples, and he was immediately discouraged.

Wei Bao saw Jin Qiliang's lonely expression, and hurriedly explained: "Brother Jin, Sister Fang and I had some breakfast next to us, not just the two of us, but seven or eight of us went together. ”

"Hey, in the end, it's still young and handsome, our big brother Jin wants to invite Sister Fang to have breakfast together." Chen Beihe couldn't hold back his face when he was squeezed by Jin Qiliang just now, and he couldn't help but fight back at this time, "But Sister Fang doesn't even want to come over for a glass of wine." ”

Jin Qiqi said angrily: "Who said that I was dreaming of having breakfast with Sister Fang? Xiaobao is my brother, Xiaobao and Sister Fang go to have breakfast together, isn't it very common? Xiaobao, tomorrow, the three of us will go to breakfast together, okay? ”

Wei Bao smiled: "It's good, but big brother, you accompany me to buy a horse today, and then I will go back to Jinshan." I don't come to this Shanhaiguan often, I'm just afraid that I won't be able to have breakfast with you and Sister Fang tomorrow. I can't just stay at the guest house in Shanhaiguan for breakfast, right? ”

Chen Beihe patted Jin Qiliang on the shoulder: "Master Jin, it's okay, none of our brothers should run anyone, you greet your friends in the yamen, I greet my friends in the yamen, and the remaining silver will be used up on the counter, how can this meal be enough for lunch today, how about it?" ”

What else can I do if I don't? Jin Qiliang has a big temper, but when he loses his temper, it is also a matter of looking at people, and it is a little unreasonable to turn his face with Chen Beihe for such a thing as drinking, so he hummed sullenly.

Chen Beihe laughed, "Okay, okay, shopkeeper Sun!" Hurry up and serve the food, let's start early today. ”

"Gotcha. Guys, why don't you hurry up and greet Chen Ye and Jin Ye? Everybody is busy. Shopkeeper Sun agreed loudly with a red face, Shanhailou has not had such a good business for a long time, thanks to Wei Bao, thinking about it, he looked at Wei Bao, and just saw Sister Fang's pulse swept towards Wei Bao, and immediately swept away the emotion of gratitude to Wei Bao just now.

The mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law and likes it more and more, but the father-in-law doesn't know it at all, and the father-in-law looks at her son-in-law and can't wait to beat him to death with a stick, otherwise how can she say that her daughter is her father's lover in her last life.

Sister Fang found her father's gaze, her face turned red, and she quietly resumed her role as the shopkeeper in Shanhai Building, greeting the guys, greeting the guests, and busy again.

"Xiaobao, I'll let a brother take you out of the customs later, and I've already opened the ticket for you, but before you retreat tonight, you must come back, otherwise it will be troublesome." Jin Qiliang said to Wei Bao.

"Big brother? Didn't you say you would accompany me out of the customs? Shall I go by myself? Wei Bao Nahan explained softly: "You don't really think that I have anything to do with Sister Fang, do you? Today is Sister Fang looking for me to have breakfast, don't you get me wrong? ”

"Little brother, is your brother like that? How can you be mistaken about this. My brother's daughter-in-law has passed away for several years, and at this age, it is not easy to marry again, and it is even more difficult to marry a lovely person like Sister Fang. I didn't make it clear that I accompanied you out of the customs, and I couldn't help much when I got out of the customs, in this Shanhaiguan, your brother still knew a few people, and when he got to the customs, let alone me, even he was the governor of Liaodong and had to be blind. You go outside first to see, if you don't have any goods in the picture today, you will come back, the horse market outside the customs is very chaotic, don't give birth to right and wrong, otherwise my brother will not be able to help. Jin Qiliang patiently explained.

When Wei Bao saw Jin Qiliang's appearance, it didn't seem like he was jealous for Sister Fang'er, only then did he know that Jin Qiliang said before that he would take him to buy a horse, but it turned out that he was just helping him issue a road guide to get out of the customs. Wei Bao knows that Daming is full of large and small checkpoints, restricting the flow of people and materials, and also extracting heavy taxes, so if there is no road guide, it will not be possible to go anywhere, especially when entering and exiting the customs, it is very strict.

"Alright then, thank you, big brother." Wei Bao Road.

"What's the hurry? Is it okay not to go today? Stay for a drink at noon, or go back in the afternoon, right? Jin Qiliang asked enthusiastically.

"Forget it, thank you big brother for your kindness, I'm still going to do business first, drink with you, and I can't go anywhere in the afternoon." Wei Bao laughed.

"Hehe, the young man is quite self-motivated." Jin Qiliang's mood improved a lot, and he smiled and took out the road guide from his arms, "This is the road guide, I will call someone to take you there." ”

Jin Qiliang checked with his eyes, but he didn't find a 'suitable' person to take Wei Bao out of the customs.

"Big brother, no need, I know where to go, just have this." Wei Bao raised the customs clearance guide in his hand, knowing that Luo San had been out of the customs and knew the situation in the horse market, so he didn't want to trouble Jin Qiliang's friends, people were waiting to eat and drink, and at this time, he would definitely be unhappy and unnecessary to be asked to accompany him to buy a horse.

"Well, that's fine, otherwise it's really not good to find someone to accompany you at this time, it's okay to buy a horse, it's very simple, when you get to the place, look at a few more, buy if it's suitable, don't buy it if it's not suitable, try not to clash with Jiannu (Note 1) and the Mongols, the horse market is not far from the Guanwai, and there are several outposts of the guard post nearby, so the Mongols and Jiannu don't dare to mess around." Jin Qiliang explained, "By the way, the way out is not easy to open, you can take this opportunity to see if there are any suitable wolf skins, tiger skins, mink skins, bear skins, etc., and get a few to enter the customs are all money!" ”

Wei Bao nodded, secretly thinking that I only have four taels of silver left on my body, plus the silver on Fan Xiaolin's body, it is only a little more than ten taels of silver, and it is barely enough to buy a horse, I still have the capital to see what suitable wolf skin, tiger skin, mink skin, bear skin? Why don't you let me buy dozens of catties of deer antler velvet and ginseng by the way?

Although Wei Bao has never been to the horse market, but this is the only thing in the Northeast, in addition to all kinds of animal skins, the rest is deer antler ginseng and Ula grass, which is ranked into the Northeast Three Treasures because of its great use, put it in shoes for the poor, and put it under the bed for heating, but it is not sold for much use.

The largest sales volume was deer antler velvet and ginseng, especially ginseng, which was made more difficult to trade by land because the sea route was completely controlled by Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang army.

—————— Fortune Line——————

Note 1: For the Later Jin people, they are usually called Jianlu in ancient books, and Jiannu is used in this book. At that time, the people of the Ming Dynasty called Nurhachi a slave chieftain and a leader of Jiannu.