Since he couldn't be low-key, Lin Jue simply didn't keep a low profile, he rode a horse on the street with a big belly, and pointed out the scenery with everyone around him as he walked, talking and laughing. It wasn't until he reached the seemingly most prosperous street in the city that Lin Jue reined in the reins of his horse, took out a silver ingot from his arms, and stretched his neck to look at a group of idlers on the side of the road to ask questions.

"Who told me which is the most exclusive inn in town? Where? And the mina belonged to him. ”

As soon as these words came out, the idlers on the street lit up their eyes and scrambled to shout: "I know, I know." ”

That's a big ingot of silver, or five taels to say the least, that's a lot of money. How can such an opportunity be missed? The crowd was noisy and huddled together, and a skinny teenager was in the front, but he was dragged by the hair and clothes and thrown under the eaves, and was trampled on several times, almost injured.

Lin Jue saw it in his eyes, pointed at the young man and said, "It's just you, you say." ”

The idlers were stunned, the young man was rubbing his ribs and grinning, he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard the words, and he forgot the pain on his body, squeezed out of the crowd and said: "Thank you, master, I know that the best inn is the Four Seas Inn not far ahead, and the small ones are waiting for the lords to go." ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Okay." Then. ”

Lin Jue threw away the silver, the young man caught it with both hands, couldn't help but be overjoyed, put it in his mouth and bit it a few times, and happily put it into the tattered cotton clothes. There was fire in the eyes of everyone around, this kid was lucky with shit, and such a big ingot of silver fell into his hands, he was really unwilling.

Lin Jue shouted at the people on the street: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a businessman from the south, and I came to your place this time to buy a batch of dried and fresh seafood to go back. Purchase at a high price, everyone go home and prepare dry and fresh seafood, and the management and insurance will not teach you to suffer, and everyone will make money. Scatter, disperse. ”

When everyone heard the thunderous cheers, the products here were seafood. In summer and autumn, some people buy seasonal seafood, and the dried seafood tastes bad, smelly, and the taste is not good, but not many people are willing to buy it. Even in the warm season, because the seafood is easy to spoil and is not easy to transport, only the merchants of the nearby state capital come to buy some. Therefore, although you can eat the sea by the sea here, don't think about making money. Today, there are businessmen who come to collect dry goods, which is great news. These people have nothing else, but there are a lot of dried seafood. This is excellent news.

Lin Jue looked at the thunderous cheers of everyone, and nodded with satisfaction.

Bai Bing said in a low voice: "Husband, what are you doing?" What are we going to do with these dry goods? Do you want to bring it back to the mountains? ”

Lin Jue smiled and said: "When you come here, you should be kind to the people and have a good reputation, so that no one can make things difficult, and this is what you can do." Otherwise, our identities are suspicious. Second, this is a way to hide people's eyes and ears, and we need to go to sea from here, and it is the best way to cover up with seafood. ”

Bai Bing nodded and smiled: "I see, it will cost a lot of silver." ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Is silver still a thing?" It's a trifle. ”

Under the leadership of the young man, Lin Jue and his entourage soon came to the Four Seas Inn on the corner of the street in front. Seeing the situation on the lintel of the inn, Gao Muqing was disappointed and smacked his lips: "This is also the best inn?" ”

Sun Dayong and others deeply sympathize, the Four Seas Inn in front of them is dilapidated, the gatehouse is not small, but the pillars are mottled, the withered vines are entangled, and I don't know how many years have not been repaired. However, the courtyard inside is very large, and you can vaguely see the style of a two-story small building behind it, which is indeed different from the pattern of low-rise houses along the street.

"This lady, this is the best inn in our Bohai County. An upper room costs a tael of silver a night, which is very expensive. If you are too expensive, I can take you to another house. The young man was afraid that the silver would be asked to go back, so he hurriedly said.

Lin Jue waved his hand and smiled: "Little brother, no need, it's here." Are you a local? What is your name? ”

The young man hurriedly said: "Yes, I am a local, my name is Ma Haisheng, and the old men call me Ah Sheng." My father's parents and ancestors were all here, and my father was a fisherman. ”

Lin Jue saw that he was clever, nodded and said: "Okay, Ah Sheng, if you are fine, you will come to serve us in the next few days, run errands for the master, and give you a reward of five taels of silver a day." What do you think? ”

The young man was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, my eyelids jumped wildly when I went out this morning. My mother said that today I was either lucky or unlucky, and sure enough, it was not unlucky, but lucky. Old men, ladies, but if you have any commands, just say it. Fit for you, who will serve. ”

Lin Jue smiled and said, "Very good, get up." You should find a place to take a shower and change into clean clothes, and at least wear a pair of shoes. You see that your toes are exposed, isn't this a loss for me to do things? ”

The boy looked down at his tattered padded jacket and leaking shoes, and his face was ashamed. Hurriedly said: "What the master said is, isn't this a shame for the old man?" I'll go to the dock and take a shower. I don't have any clothes, but I go home and wear my father's jacket, which is torn, but it's much better than mine. ”

Bai Bing smiled: "Didn't you give you silver?" Are you going to buy one? ”

The young man shook his head and said, "That's not possible?" The padded jacket is very valuable, and I can't bear it. One piece costs one tael of silver, enough for our family to spend a month, and I can't touch one tael of this silver, so I'll give it to my mother. ”

Lin Jue praised: "Good boy, filial piety who understands is a person." Dayong, let someone go with him and buy him a new robe to change into. ”

Sun Dayong smiled and nodded, and ordered a guard to take the boy away. Gao Muqing sighed lightly: "Who would have thought that there would be such a poor place under the rule of the Great Zhou? Listening to his tone, there is not even a decent padded jacket at home. It's pitiful to be almost barefoot in the winter. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said: "Yes, the people's livelihood is difficult, and there are still many poor people in the world." Being in the capital or other rich places, how can you stop the hardships here? It's really unsettling. ”

As he spoke, the innkeeper heard the news, and it was a thin and withered old man with an exaggerated smile on his face and bowed repeatedly. Someone had already informed him of the news that a group of wealthy businessmen from other places had come to invest in the store. This is the first business this month, how can the shopkeeper not be happy and not pay attention to it?

"Old Peng Lianhai, welcome all distinguished guests to visit the shop. The shop is crude, but we will do our best to serve you well and teach you to feel at home. The old shopkeeper listened very well.

Lin Jue arched his hand and smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Shopkeeper, we are a group of thirteen people, I don't know if you live in this inn? ”

"Stay down, live small. Coincidentally, there are exactly thirteen rooms in the inn, isn't this the will of heaven in the dark? I just share it. What are you still standing, Afford, and Wealth? Don't you lead the horse for the guests and carry the salute? A fish and shrimp, instructed the kitchen to quickly make a fire to boil water, and make tea and water for the distinguished guests to ward off the cold. Oops, what a bunch of elm pimples, quick. The shopkeeper commanded.

"Oh, yes, yes." Several shopkeepers were moved when they heard the sound and immediately got busy. However, their help was rejected by the other party, and the guards waved their hands to signal them not to touch their luggage, and their eyes were fierce, which frightened Ah Fu and Ah Cai at a loss.

Lin Jue smiled and said: "We do it ourselves, there are some valuable things in the luggage, we will do it ourselves." If the guys have done it, and something is missing, it's not clear. Peng Lao shopkeeper, I have booked all the guest rooms, and the room price is easy to say. I have only one request, there are no other customers in the store. The guys in your shop should also be more disciplined, and don't do what we don't command. I am from Jiangnan, and I am not familiar with the place, so I naturally have some precautions, please forgive me. ”

The shopkeeper Peng nodded again and again and said: "Do it, everything will be done according to the instructions of the distinguished master." ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Peng doesn't need to be called by the distinguished guest, it sounds awkward." Under the surname Fang, call me Lao Fang. ”

"How dare you, how can you be so rude, so that you are a big official. Please come into the store and rest. It's a mess outside, people in small places have never seen the world, and when they see outsiders like to watch, don't be surprised by Fang Daguan. The old shopkeeper said as he invited Lin Jue and the others into the inn compound.

Although this inn looks very dilapidated on the outside, it still has a bit of the grandeur of the largest local inn in the courtyard. The yard is wide, and the floor is paved with green bricks, which looks smooth and clean. This is in stark contrast to the muddy potholes on the main street of the county. The county town in this place is poor, and even the main street is still a mud road. There must have been a snowfall here before, and the ground was covered in black mud, stinky and muddy. At this moment, entering this flat compound makes people feel instantly relaxed.

In the corner of the yard there was a row of stables, and a large area of sheds, which looked like the location of the magnifying carts. By all indications, this inn is indeed a well-equipped inn. It's just that I don't know if there are big businessmen coming to do business in this place where birds don't, and whether there is a need for this carport and horse shed to exist. But at least today it came in handy, with a dozen horses and the stables full, and even the carport occupied half of the place.

The old shopkeeper was obviously in a good mood, and commanded the guys to be busy with each other. Looking at the lively situation of the people in the store, the shopkeeper Peng's eyes smiled into a slit. If only it was so busy every day, the inn would be full every day. The inn hasn't opened yet this month, but I didn't expect it to be the end of the year, and there was a big business. This is called 'not open in March, open and eat in March', these guests stay, a day is a few dozen taels of silver, as long as they stay for a few days, they will make a lot of money. I don't know how many days they stay, but I'll have to ask for it later.

The guest rooms in the back are also passable, the bedding is freshly washed and dried, and they are all put away when there are no guests, and at this moment the guys take out the covers and put them on. Although the guest rooms are simple, they are also tidy, and there are more than a dozen guest rooms in the two-story small building, and Lin Jue is all round. In fact, he couldn't live in so many guest rooms, but Lin Jue didn't want to be mixed in with outsiders, and it was inconvenient to act and talk.

Lin Jue and Gao Muqing Baibing's room was selected in the first three rooms on the east floor of the second floor, and there was a small balcony with a wooden fence next to it. It's just that the wind is a little strong, the smell of the sea breeze is a little peculiar, and the rest is perfect.

Everyone was busy, and it was not early after settling in. Entering the city at noon, it was already more than half of the time. Everyone traveled for more than ten days in a row, suffering from wind and frost, and they were all tired and tired. At the moment, he refused the shopkeeper's kindness to prepare the meal, and after eating some dry food, they all went into the room to rest. Soon after, except for the two guards in charge of the guard, there was loud snoring throughout the room.