At ten o'clock in the afternoon, the streets of Taizhou gradually became lively, and the sound of hawkers and the smell of freshly cooked snacks filled every corner. The second child of the hotel tavern warmly greeted the passers-by at the door, pulling business for the store.

A seemingly large-scale restaurant is full of diners coming in and out, and it seems that business is booming. Although there is a lot of work in the store, everyone has a job at hand, shuttling back and forth like loaches among the tables and chairs, which can not affect the guests to eat, but also move quickly without delaying time, obviously they are all experienced veterans.

On a table by the window on the second floor, two burly men sat opposite each other, the two did not speak, just looked at the pedestrians on the street through the window, and one bowed his head thoughtfully and drank tea.

"Two guest officers upstairs, please!" Downstairs came the warm welcome of Xiao Er.

Then there was a sound of the wooden staircase, and Xiao Er led two young people, a man and a woman, to the second floor.

The man who drank the tea looked at it smoothly, only to see the young man's delicate face, a black satin dress, embroidered with flowers and birds with golden silk threads, at first glance it was the son of a rich family, and the girl's appearance was extremely beautiful, a blue and white dress showed her noble but not vulgar temperament, especially the sapphire jewelry worn by the girl, which can be called a rare treasure, from the pair of glass bracelets on the girl's wrist, it can be seen that she seems to have some relationship with the palace.

The young man was also looking around, as if he was choosing where to sit, when the two looked at each other, the man's expression suddenly froze, but the young man naturally pointed to another table by the window and said to Xiao Er:

"Where are we sitting?"

Xiao Er hurriedly said with a smile on his face while leading the way in front:

"As soon as I saw the guest officer, he was the master who had eaten and seen, and this table was quiet and the scenery was good." When I walked to the table, I quickly wiped the already clean table and chair with a rag.

The young man nodded with satisfaction, sat down on the chair back to back with the man, and said:

"You can say it's good, bring two of your store's signature meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, and a pot of good wine, and you can do the rest."

After saying that, he took out a piece of silver from his bosom and put it on the table.

"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute, this silver can't be used, press the cabinet for you first, I'll let someone serve you tea, you drink it first." Xiao Er picked up the silver and said earnestly.

The boy nodded, didn't speak again, but looked at the beautiful girl opposite with a smile.

Xiao Er was naturally very knowledgeable and left without a sound. As soon as he came downstairs, the man behind the young man withdrew his gaze from the window, straightened up and leaned back, and said in a voice that only two people could hear:

"Brother Wansanxian, you are here, our brothers have been waiting for you here every day for the past two days."

Shen Wansan still maintained a smiling expression, looked at Liuli on the opposite side and said:

"Thank you Brother Shicheng, there are some things delayed on the road, and your expenses in the past two days are mine. How's your preparation? ”

Zhang Shicheng lowered his voice, but there was a smile on his face and said:

"It's still Wan Sanxian Brother's pleasure! Everything is in place on my side, only the east wind is owed, and now that the east wind is coming, nothing is bad. ”

Shen Wansan says:

"That's good! Anything else?"

张士成 says:

"This is not the place to speak, I will wait for the virtuous brother on the official road to Hakukoba tonight, and we will talk about it in detail when the time comes."

After speaking, he looked out the window and waved his hand at the street that was imperceptible, and a few strong men who were watching the excitement in front of the stall blended in with the pedestrians and left.

When Xiao Er served the food, he only saw that the two tables of guests on the second floor were talking and laughing with each other, which was very lively.

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At that time, Shen Wansan and Liuli both changed into black clothes, pants and cloaks, wore black hats on their heads, and rode horses galloping on the official road to Baijuchang.

Just as they were about to reach the country, they finally saw six men standing on horseback and waving to them.

With Shen Wansan's eyesight, even if they didn't say hello, they could see that it was Zhang Shicheng and the others, so they lowered the speed of the horses in advance and stopped steadily in front of a few people.

Shen Wansan took the lead in getting off the horse and hugged his fist at Zhang Shicheng and said:

"There are many inconveniences during the day, the eldest brother is on top, please accept the younger brother." After speaking, he bowed to Zhang Shicheng.

Liuli also followed Shen Wansan and politely gave Zhang Shicheng a salute and said:

"Brother Zhang, Liuli is polite."

Zhang Shicheng hurriedly laughed and jumped off the horse, stretched out his hand to pick up Shen Wansan and said:

"Brother Xian, hurry up, Miss Liuli is polite."

Over the years, Shen Wansan has great trust in Zhang Shicheng, as long as all the goods of the Shen family are taught to Zhang Shicheng to be transported, and Zhang Shicheng has lived up to the trust, and has taken care of both black and white in an orderly manner, never letting Shen Wansan worry a little, plus Shen Wansan has a life-saving grace for him, he is more concerned about the affairs of the Shen family, and gradually the relationship between the two has slowly changed from a cooperative relationship to a brotherly relationship.

And this incident was also because of Zhang Shicheng's small hair, Li Bosheng's own sister, who was also a salt miner, was occupied by Qiu Yi, a vicious salt official who had been rampant in the township for many years, Zhang Shicheng wanted to give Li Bosheng a head and kill Qiu Yi, which could be regarded as a scourge for the salt people.

Unexpectedly, when discussing this matter with Shen Wansan, Shen Wansan stopped him and told him that killing a Qiu Yi could not solve all the problems, and that there would be countless "Qiu Yi" who would come out to bully the people in the future.

If Zhang Shicheng kills Qiu Yi now for the sake of momentary anger, he will not only affect the family, but also miss the great opportunity to revolt and destroy the Yuan in the future.

And it turns out that Shen Wansan is not talking big, over the years, Shen Wansan has won a good reputation among the people and the government for his kindness and generosity, and has also made friends with many dignitaries; On the other hand, he took out a large amount of real money and silver, so that Zhang Shicheng secretly accumulated strength, purchased weapons, and hoarded grain and grass. The two of them have made all the preparations before the uprising, but there is still one time to revolt.

And now is the best time in Shen Wansan's mouth, although many people don't think so, thinking that now is not like the previous two years, the imperial court has not yet reacted, and all parts of the country have uncovered uprisings, and rebel armies are blooming everywhere.

Now the imperial court has begun to pay attention to the seriousness of the rebel army, and local governments have also begun to unite with the landlords and wealthy households to organize officers and soldiers and landlord armies to jointly suppress the rebels. Under these circumstances, not only the small rebel armies, but even some medium- and large-scale rebel armies began to disintegrate, and some of the rebel armies that were lucky enough not to be wiped out were either surrendered or disbanded on the spot, and the rebel armies in various places began to faintly show signs of disappearing.

In addition, there are rumors that the imperial court will send the prime minister of the dynasty to take command in person and lead a million elite soldiers to suppress the uprising. This made the rebel armies that were still holding out in various places even more shaky.

But Shen Wansan didn't think so, he thought that the reason why the rebel armies in the early days were short-lived was because they had no clear goals, and most of them raised their banners to rebel with the intention of taking advantage of the fire to rob, and they couldn't survive anyway. In order to rob more in the name of robbery, some teams even shouted the slogan of robbing the rich and helping the poor, which made the landlords and wealthy businessmen in various places take the initiative to contribute money and organize local armed forces to help the imperial court suppress the uprising.

What is the war fought? Fighting a war is a money, and the imperial court did not suppress it with an iron fist in the early days of the uprising, mostly because of a lack of money. In order to avoid their property being looted, the landlords and wealthy merchants were willing to bleed and funded the imperial court to send troops to suppress it.

Far from being suppressed, the rebels with clear goals or beliefs have grown in size and numbers to an astonishing proportion.

Therefore, Shen Wansan felt that now was a good time for the uprising, that is, to reduce the senseless battles with other rebel armies for turf, and to have the frontal cover of the major rebel armies, and to suddenly light a fire on the money bag of the Yuan Dynasty - Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, it was really to catch the Yuan Dynasty court off guard, so that the odds of victory could become greater and the uprising could succeed.

When Shen Wansan's theory came out, the five bodies admired by these salt people who shouted the number and pulled the fiber rope every day threw themselves to the ground.

Zhang Shicheng's brothers and several salt people who took the lead agreed on the spot, and also elected Shen Wansan as the leader of the rebel army, if the uprising succeeds in the future, Shen Wansan will be the emperor.

Shen Wansan refused, the reason is that now only the issue of the uprising is considered, and if his identity is exposed, there will be no way out in the future.

If the uprising fails in the future, there can be a way back, and the merchant ship is the best cover.

If the uprising succeeds, he can also use his status as a businessman to carry out activities next year, find out news for the rebel army, and let the rebel military affairs take the lead.

After all these things were added together, everyone was more convinced of Shen Wansan, and today's meeting was achieved.

As soon as they got on the horse, they were going to the white horse field, and they were also going to a road that was either dead or expensive, and everyone present understood this.

Even if Shen Wansan and Zhang Shicheng talked and laughed on the surface, they were just as nervous.

There is only one exception, and that is Liuli, who is happy in her heart, and even a little excited.

In her heart, she really felt that she had improved qualitatively. From asking for food to stealing, but now she has directly jumped over many thresholds and directly reached the realm of rebellion, which makes her think of an idiom "people go to high places", and she feels that this word is very suitable for her current self.

Liuli was self-absorbed, and a smug smile appeared on her face inadvertently, which fascinated several old men next to her.

Only Shen Wansan, who is familiar with the glass, can see it, although he is not sure, but this little girl with an active mind must have something messy in her mind.