In order to verify the guess in his heart, Wu Kang directly opened the fourth box, and sure enough, it was the bull-nosed old man. Seeing the whip marks on his face, he subconsciously frowned, and the cause and effect were clear. The old fox cut off the head of the cow's nose, not to vent his anger, but to prevent him from divulging the secret of ice-making.

Niu Bi is not a traverser, he accidentally found that saltpeter ice is used as a unique skill at the bottom of the box, and he will definitely not reveal it, even the master Chen Shuozhen can't! The whip marks on his face indicate that he had been severely tortured. As for the reason, I can think of my legs and stomach, and I am forced to ask about the method of making ice, it seems that Lao Cui Zhi will definitely win!

But no matter what the purpose, Wu Kang has to accept this child's affection. Evil rebellion is a heinous crime, and those three bad people are the bane, and only the dead can keep secrets.

Thinking of this again, he said half-truthfully: "Thank you Cui Gong for putting yourself in someone's shoes and cleaning up the mess for someone." In fact, you should prepare an extra box, and if you are not satisfied with the outcome of the negotiation, also cut off the head of so-and-so and put it in the box! ”

"Huh! Erlang said and laughed, the old man's purpose is to make ice secrets", Cui Yixuan stood up, walked over and stared at him and said: "When Erlang was still in Lanxi, the old man sent his henchmen to Wujia Village, and he dealt with bad people along the vine, and caught the old god stick by hand. It's a pity that his bones are very hard, no matter how he tortures, he just doesn't use the ice secret technique! ”

Cui Yixuan motioned for him to sit down and continued: "The benefits of making ice are so big, and it is not something that one person can swallow alone. Erlang is a smart person and knows what it means to be guilty. Looking at the whole world, there are very few people who can keep the secret arts! The Cui family behind the old man is one of them. Erlang don't bargain either, the old man will give you a share of Wuzhou. ”

Wu Kang pondered for a long time when he heard this, and finally nodded in agreement. In the three chapters of the agreement with Cui Yixuan, the two sides share the secret method of ice making, and the secret recipe cannot be leaked. The Cui family does not interfere in Wuzhou, and Wukang does not interfere in the Tang Dynasty. Although it is a loss, there is nothing to be done. He didn't have the strength to keep the secret recipe, so he could only use the Cui family, how could he not bow his head under the low eaves?

Cui Yixuan was very generous and also wrote a written agreement. After the treaty was signed, Wu Kang demonstrated saltpeter ice making and asked Cui Yixuan for saltpeter, one large and one small, two copper basins. Put half full of water in the small basin, put the small basin into the large basin, place saltpeter in the large basin, and then pour water into the large basin to slowly increase the amount of saltpeter.

Seeing the water in the small basin frozen, the old fox, who was very good at qi cultivation, was also shocked, and tried to make ice himself.

Wukang had no reservations, and recycled saltpeter crystals, as well as precautions.

After the old fox finished recording, Wu Kang said: "Although Wuzhou makes ice and belongs to a certain person, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and there is no start-up capital. It takes money to rent a shop, and it takes money to buy saltpeter. Cui Gong can lend money to a certain person, or he can directly divide it..."

Cui Yixuan waved his hand to interrupt, pondered for a moment and said: "Since the old man promised not to interfere in Wuzhou, he naturally does what he says. The old man will tell Gorou to prepare everything and pay it back slowly when you earn the money. In addition, Erlang should not meddle in the business, doing business is not the right way, come and be the old man's deputy soldier to join the army."

Wu Kang couldn't help pouting when he heard this, the division soldiers can join the army, and the deputy can be exempted. He had a general understanding of the bureaucratic system in the early Tang Dynasty, and the assassin was the highest governor of a state, and below him there were officials such as Bi Jia, Chang Shi, and Sima, who were called Shangadjutant. They have no real power, and they are used to install idle officials.

The real power is the judge, there are the meritorious officer, the secretary, the household, the judiciary, the soldier, the field and other members of the army, responsible for handling all aspects of government affairs, by the record of the military commander. Recording the matter of joining the army is the actual second-in-command, and most of them are the henchmen of the assassin history.

Joining the army is similar to the chief of staff of a modern army, and the position of power is quite large. The deputy to the army is not satisfactory, similar to the staff officer of the modern army. There is a good saying, if the staff officer does not have a commander, he will not fart loudly! has no real power, and eats a position waiting for death. Under the command of each division soldier, there are more than a dozen deputy soldiers.

Wu Kang didn't want to wait for death, and he didn't want to be in business for the rest of his life. There are four levels of agriculture and industry, and business is the life of the bottom of 10,000 years. In the Tang Dynasty, although merchants were not discriminated against like the Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, they were also rich but not expensive, and there was no way out at all.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and the most bullish businessman in ancient times should be Wu Zhaoyi's father, Wu Shitong, who was the prince of the country during his lifetime, and was named emperor after his death. Wu Kang thought that his daughter would not be as powerful as Wu Zhaoyi, so he had no intention of becoming a wealthy businessman.

As for what to do, in fact, there has been a plan for a long time. Under the influence of Mr. Wen Ruian, he wanted to be a fast catcher, and was called a bad person in the Tang Dynasty. Although you can't participate in the imperial examination, before the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was a joke, and celebrity recommendation was the king. If Cui Yixuan recommends it to the imperial court, he will be able to make a county order immediately.

Wu Kang bowed down and saluted, looking grateful, and said: "Thanks to Cui Gong, I am grateful." But if you don't know anything about military affairs, I'm afraid you'll miss a big thing. Cui Gong looked at how this is, he first became a bad person in the state government and accumulated enough experience! ”

Cui Yixuan's face was full of disbelief, and he couldn't guess what he was thinking for a while, don't you want to be an upright position, and be a notorious bad person? After being silent for a long time, he said, "Tomorrow I will go to Zheng Kai, who is a member of the judicial army." ”

Leaving the Thorn Mansion, due to the curfew, he could only take Cui Wu's carriage back. On the way, I talked to him about opening a store and asked him to help him find a suitable store. Cui Wuda took care of everything, sent Wu Kang back to the house, and gave Siguan money.

The next day, I came to the state office early and looked for Zheng Kai, a judicial officer. The judiciary joins the army to enforce the law and manage prisons, supervise the arrest of thieves, and force bribery, similar to the current secretary of the Political and Legal Committee. There are three groups of men under his command, the jailer in charge of the prison, the official in the yamen, and the bad people who are responsible for detection and arrest.

Zheng Kai knew that Wu Kang was a person who assassinated history, and he was very enthusiastic, and directly made him a bad handsome in Wuzhou City. He also summoned all the bad people, personally brought him over to join the company, and handed him the uniform waist card.

There are a total of 30 bad people in Wuzhou, and the age is basically around 30, all of them are sturdy, and they all have good skills.

For the next half month, Wu Kang was busy every day. He took time to visit his maternal uncle Wu Genbao, and wrote documents with Ruyan in the evening, and he dictated Ruyan's transcript, introducing the living habits and dangers of the golden python, focusing on the feet of the golden python. In fact, pythons have feet, but they are degenerate, sticking to the scales of their abdomen.

When Cui Yixuan learned about it, he sent someone to invite him to the Assassin's Mansion. When Wu Kang flipped over the golden python, revealing his degraded feet, the old guy climaxed directly. The snake has feet, one step closer to the legendary golden dragon!

At the banquet, the old guy told Wu Kang that news came from Chang'an that Cheng Zhijie personally led troops to Wuzhou to escort Jinlong Xiangrui into Beijing. He also knocked on the side and asked if there would be antlers on the snake's head, which made Wu Kang cry and laugh.

After dealing with these trivial matters, Wu Kang spent all his energy on winning people's hearts, and invited his subordinates to eat and drink every day. Cui Wu gave four pieces of money, two times to Ruyan's family, and two times for dinner.

His subordinates also knew that he was hard backstage and ostensibly obeyed his arrangement. The law and order in this era is very good, they have nothing to do all day long, basically eat dry food, or even dry food.

Wu Kang, as a bad handsome, only got 300 Wen Kaiyuan Tongbao a year, and his subordinates were around 200 Wen. According to the price of rice at this time, you can only buy one stone of rice with a year's salary, and now it is one hundred and twenty catties, and you will definitely starve to death, so bad people have black income.

At noon on this day, the Jiang brothers were on duty, both of them were big men, Wu Kang had a good impression of them, and when they rested at noon, they were invited to drink noon tea.

Walking out of the yamen and walking on the street of Fangshi, the passers-by who were originally bustling avoided them and took the initiative to give way to both sides.

Wu Kang couldn't cry or laugh, it seems that the bad people are rotten from head to toe in the territory of Wuzhou, and the people avoid them like snakes and scorpions! I was going to find a teahouse casually, but if I think about it, forget it, it is estimated that when those merchants see them, they must be secretly scolding the eighteenth generation of ancestors. After thinking about it, I decided to go to my uncle's Genbao Teahouse.

Passing by a cake stall, Jiang Erniu opened the steamer and handed one to Wu Kang. This made Wu Kang very helpless, he was a little allergic to cooking cakes, and every time he ate it, he could think of Wu Dalang who was a little Pan Green.

The Jiang brothers gobbled it up, Wu Kang had just finished eating one, and they had already eaten two. Jiang Da Niu touched his stomach and shouted at the cake seller: "How much?" ”

The old man who sold the cake hurriedly smiled, opened the steamer and took out three more, handed them to the three of them, nodded and said, "Send it, send it..."

Erniu hummed with satisfaction, with a sensible expression of your kid, took two more from the steamer, patted his ass in his arms and left.

Wu Kang looked at the old man with pain on his face, looked at the cooking cake in his hand, and sighed helplessly. I heard Ruyan say that one Kaiyuan Tongbao can buy four, and three people can eat and take a total of ten. So he took out the pennies from the money bag on his waist, threw it next to the steamer, and walked to catch up with the two brothers.

The old man was dumbfounded when he looked at Sanwen Qian, and it was probably the first time he had met a bad person who ate cooking cakes and gave money.

Come to Genbao Tea House and find a seat by the door and sit down. Dr. Tea knew Wu Kang and came over to entertain him and serve the best tea.

The three of them chatted and said innocuous things as they drank. In the middle of nothing, under the big willow tree opposite the teahouse, a man aroused Wu Kang's idea. He was about thirty years old, standing upright in the shade of a tree. Holding a red horse with a straw mark on the horse's head, it looks like it is a horse seller.

Many people passed by him, and none of them came forward to ask for a quote. In fact, it is not surprising that the horses of this era, comparable to the BMWs of later generations, are ridiculously expensive. The man's horse fat and strong body should be a first-class horse, and the value is about 20,000 yuan, that is, 20 yuan, or 20 taels of silver.

My father and mother were frugal, and they also did needlework for large families, and they only saved 600 yuan a year. If they want to buy this horse, they need at least thirty years of savings, which is more difficult than buying a house in later generations. Those who really buy and are willing to buy are all big families on the rich side, and there are really not many in Wuzhou City.

Wu Kang estimated that the man would wait for ten days and eight days, and no one would come to buy it. However, in less than a quarter of an hour, he was slapped in the face.

A young man dressed in silk and satin swaggered under the willow tree. In this era, ordinary people wore linen clothes, and those who could wear silk clothes were basically officials, nobles, landlords, and wealthy merchants, and they were all able to buy horses.

Seeing that Wu Kang was full of interest, the Jiang brothers also looked up. Jiang Da Niu was speechless, and said in a strange manner: "This little white face is rich, and those who can buy horses this year are either rich or expensive!" Join the mother, Erniu, you say, why is our family not a big official? ”

Jiang Erniu he, lowered his voice and said: "If yes yes is a big official, why should we be bad people, why should we be poked in the backbone by the neighbors?" Erlang, why don't we go to witness and draw some premiums to make tea? ”

Wu Kang smiled but said nothing, signaling the two of them to calm down and observe the young man carefully. I saw him stroking the horse constantly, looking like he couldn't put it down.

It is rare for a horse seller to meet someone who really wants to buy it, and he also enthusiastically introduces his horse. After nearly a quarter of an hour of bargaining, the agreed price was nineteen yuan. It makes sense for the buyer to let the seller go home with him to trade. There has always been about eight catties of money, and nineteen pounds is more than one hundred and fifty catties, and no one has carried so much money to go shopping.

The seller nodded in agreement and tightened the reins to let the buyer get on the horse. The buyer sat on horseback, stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the north, and the seller led the horse away with him.

The corners of Wu Kang's mouth pulled into a smile, and he had long suspected that there was something wrong with the buyer! When I stretched out my hand to show the way just now, there was a callouse in my palm! In this era, only farmers who often do farm work, and those who practice guns and sticks, will have calluses in their palms!

Thinking of this, he stood up and said to the Jiang brothers: "Big Niu, Er Niu, let's follow quietly." If it is not bad as expected, we are going to make meritorious service today, and maybe we can make a small fortune! ”

The Jiang brothers will be suspicious and dare not have objections, everyone in the yamen knows that Cui Tingshi is his backer, and he also has a great relationship with Cui Wulang. Anyway, being idle is idle, so it's time to go shopping.

Wu Kang said hello to Dr. Tea and said that he would send the tea money tomorrow. Dr. Tea didn't dare to object, and nodded again and again with a smile.

The three of them left the teahouse and quietly followed behind the horses. After walking for about half a mile, I passed the entrance of a jade shop, and the buyer asked the seller to stop.

After stopping for about two minutes, the buyer took out two copper coins, handed them to the horse seller and said, "If you want to buy a jade hairpin for your wife, you go to the tea shed opposite to drink a cup of tea first, and then go home to get the money!" ”

The horse seller politely shirked, and the young man said with a straight face: "Don't say much, let you go, you will go, and this son will come when he goes!" ”

The horse seller took the copper coin, and was very grateful, and quickly helped the young man to dismount, and saluted and thanked him. Then he took the reins to the opposite side, tied the horse to a stake, found a table and asked for a bowl of tea, and sat down facing the door of the jade shop.

The young man glanced at him and turned to enter the jade shop.

The smile on the corner of Wu Kang's mouth was even worse, and he said in his heart that it was a little interesting, this kind of routine is available in Datang?

He shook his head in disdain, and instructed the Jiang brothers: "Wait for that little white face to come out, you will follow quietly." Find a secluded place to stop it, don't talk nonsense with him, and control it directly. Then the two cows guarded, and the big bull came to find so-and-so! ”

The two of them listened in a fog, and they didn't understand or dare to ask, so they looked at each other and agreed.

About ten minutes later, there was a situation in the tea shed, and the two men walked into the tea shed slowly, deliberately accosting the horse seller. Due to the distance, Wu Kang couldn't hear the conversation, but he was definitely tired. Sure enough, the horse seller's attention was attracted and he chatted with the two men.

After waiting for another three minutes, the young man came out of the jade shop, glanced at the attracted horse seller, and quickly left along the street to the north.

The Jiang brothers noticed that something was wrong, looked at Wu Kang incredulously, and quietly followed behind the young man.

Wu Kang is happy, it seems that this kid has already succeeded. There's nothing to do next, just sit back and wait for Jiang Daniu's news. Thinking of this, I walked into the tea shed, sat down at a random table, and asked for a bowl of herbal tea to taste slowly.

The horse suddenly and peed, and Wu Kang instantly lost his mood and put down the tea bowl in his hand.

Seeing Wu Kang frowning, the shopkeeper of the tea shed quickly picked up a tool to clean up the feces and poured it under the corner of the wall next to him. Next to the jade shop, there were also two children of four or five years old, who took off their pants and let them out of the water.

Wu Kang looked at the dirty streets, full of garbage and mule and horse droppings, and the idea of tidying up the city haunted him.

In his previous life, in the Bianjing Drinking Talent Training Base, there was a classmate who had a very strong relationship and was the secretary of a leader in the system. He told Wu Kang that the new official took office with three fires, the first one burned the city's appearance, and the second burned to sweep away the evil and fight evil, which is the safest and most effective way to make political achievements!

The appearance of the city is for Shangguan to see, ordinary people will not care about these, the singing of birds and flowers or the miasma of black smoke have little to do with them.

Take the current situation as an example, Cui Jianshi and Wuzhou officials, except for the three days off every month, will walk to the front street to go to the state office. Smell the refreshing fragrance of flowers and walk in the clean streets; Smelling the pungent fishy smell and always beware of stepping on stinky dog poop, it must feel like a world of difference!

If I do a good job of the face project, let the leaders go to work happily, and return home happily, they will definitely have a good impression of me, and the evaluation of "being able to do things" is the foreshadowing of the future prosperity.

The anti-crime and anti-evil campaign is to do it for the common people to see, and to clean up those bullies who bully and dominate the market, the ruffians who fight and fight, the scoundrels who eat and take cards, and the hooligans who flirt with women. The common people must have applauded me and praised me. If the reputation is far and wide, promotion and fortune are just around the corner.

Wu Kang had a sweet dream, subconsciously looked around, and was slapped in the face by the cruel reality again. Because of the hot weather, the tea shed was very prosperous, and the other tables were full of customers, and there was no one in his own room.

The tea stall owner's mournful face, as well as his expression of daring to be angry and unspeakable, were telling him nakedly: You bad people are the biggest black and the wildest evil in Wuzhou City!

This is a little embarrassing, Wu Kang couldn't help but blush, bad people are born salt, where can they be suspicious! The pestle is here to delay the boss's business, and he has the heart to settle the bill and leave, looking at the hot sun, I don't want to suffer that kind of sin! Ay... Stay without skin and face, just give a few more pennies!

Wu Kang believes that if a notorious bad person wants to change his face and change the views of the common people, it is definitely a big project with a long way to go.

Glancing at the horse seller who was waiting stupidly, he said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and then he will be energetic and deal with the scam in front of him. The first step to change your mind and face starts today!