Chapter 343: Caught in Calculations
The deposit for the house was given in such a half-robbed way, and Na Yan had to accept this very scoundrel deposit, theoretically speaking, this deposit was made by him, and the money was spent, but Li Su left a "dead money" and "stingy" comment in his mouth, which was not pleasing to both ends.
After taking Li Su's two opals, Na Yan reluctantly left, the transportation of materials for the new house is a major matter, and he has to go to the east and west markets in the city to spread the news, and negotiate the price with the merchants who settled in the market, so that others are willing to transport the materials from the distant Shazhou to Xizhou.
Looking at the reluctant back, Li Su showed a thoughtful look.
Turning his head to look at the Wang Zhu next to him, Li Su suddenly said: "If you are a businessman, and a loss-making transaction is placed in front of you, will you do it?" ”
Wang Zhuan smiled innocently, revealing a mouth full of white teeth: "Am I stupid?" Who will do it knowing that it is a loss-making business? ”
Li Su's smile was quite meaningful: "Yes, even you know that you can't trade at a loss, so how can you not know?" This is ...... It's kind of interesting. ”
"What do you mean? What do you mean by 'even I know'? Wang Zhu heard that the meaning of the words was wrong, and obviously he was not praising him.
Li Suchao pouted at the back of Na Yan in the distance, and said with a smile: "Na Yan is a businessman, a very successful businessman, what a businessman has to do in this life is to seek profit from this, these four words should be embedded in the bones of a businessman, and he must not be forgotten for a moment, otherwise he is not a qualified businessman, but just now, Na Yan made a blind man can see that it is a loss-making business, I don't know how much a mansion in the desert is worth, it must not be a decimal, Na Yan just pretended to hesitate, and probably only took a few breaths to accept me two opals as a deposit, This deal is done like a joke, why would a qualified businessman agree to do this deal? ”
Wang Zhu said angrily: "You are Xizhou, don't drive." The second boss of this city, he wants to please you, and for the future, it is normal to occasionally make a loss-making transaction. ”
Li Su smiled: "In the lifeless city of Xizhou, the people in the city are poor and the market is depressed. Anyone in a normal person could see that this city was unattractive to merchants, so why did he have to please me? ”
Wang Zhu blinked: "Maybe he has a crush on your connections in Chang'an?" ”
Li Su laughed even louder: "Everyone in the world knows that I was demoted to Xizhou by His Majesty, and I don't know when and what month I will be recalled to Chang'an, he used his strength on such a degraded official as me, did he take the wrong medicine?" ”
Thinking is obviously not Wang Zhuan's strong point, now Wang Zhu has felt a little headache, rubbing his temples, Wang Zhu sighed: "Then he must have taken the wrong medicine." ”
Li Su groaned: "Now think about Nayan's identity, he is the cousin of the Prime Minister of Qiuzi Nari. The country of Qiuci and my Tang Dynasty have not been in harmony over the years, and they often collude with the Western Turks to harm the merchants on the Silk Road......"
Wang Zhu was taken aback: "What do you mean...... What's the problem? ”
Li Su blinked: "Did I say this?" I just wanted to say, that's a very interesting person......"
In the distance, there was only a small black dot left on Na Yan's back, Li Su stared at the small black dot for a long time, and a deep smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Well, this person." Very interesting indeed......"
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After finishing his busy work, Li Su was satisfied and led Wang Zhu and Zheng Xiaolou into a wine shop in the east of the city.
The liquor store is very basic. It looked like it had been a long time, the wooden planks on the floor creaked and creaked, and there was a smell of decay in disrepair, as if it were going to collapse at any moment, and there were only a few low tables in the store that were also in disrepair, and two lazy fellows. It's like stepping into an eerie medieval vampire castle.
Li Su is in a good mood today, anyone who can use two opals given by others to build a big house will be in a good mood, plus he also brought two super thugs, at first glance, he belongs to the kind of people who can't be provoked. So Li Su walked into the wine shop without any psychological pressure.
The guy came over lazily and listlessly gave Li Su a jar of wine, anyway, there was no choice, there was only this kind of wine in the whole wine shop, for the sake of the guy's lazy under-smoking appearance quite his own charm back then, Li Su decided not to smoke him, and gave a few more pennies very happily.
Money can make ghosts grind, and naturally it can also lift the guy's spirits, and after a few pennies are stuffed into his arms, the guy's expression suddenly becomes very homely, just like a passionate desert.
The wine shop is a very pure wine shop, the business philosophy is very stubborn, they only sell one kind of wine, and there is no appetizer, the wine is served and poured into a tattered pottery bowl, Li Su took a closer look, and couldn't help frowning.
This wine ...... It smelled a bit like rancid water, and it was rancid water overnight, so I couldn't really say for sure if it was wine or not.
"Tell you, you're lucky today, come, you take a sip first." Li Su pulled Wang Zhu over, picked up the wine bowl and poured it into his mouth.
Wang Zhu didn't dislike it, he drank it all in one gulp, and smacked his mouth, looking like he was still unsatisfied.
"Is it good?" Li Su blinked.
"Okay, a little sour." Wang Zhu grinned silly.
Li Su didn't speak, didn't drink, and sat quietly on the couch.
Wang Zhuqi said: "Why don't you drink? ”
Li Su looked at him for a while, and after finding that Wang Zhu had no signs of poisoning, he frowned and took a cautious sip.
"Tsk! It's so sour! Li Su shook his head in disgust and refused to take a second sip.
The wine is not the wine of the Central Plains, with a bit of inferior taste of grapes from the Western Regions, which is indescribably unpleasant.
"Brother Xiaolou, you also sit down, I invite you to drink today, you must be grateful......" Li Su warmly beckoned Zheng Xiaolou and Wang Zhu to sit down.
Zheng Xiaolou seemed to see Li Su's sinister intentions, so he ignored him, just threw a disdainful look, and still stood with his arms around with a cold face.
Wang Zhu didn't care, sat down and took a few sips, and the small half jar of wine went down.
Li Su had no choice but to watch him drink boredly, and after a while, Li Su fell into a happy daze.
The restaurant is very quiet, with only three tables of customers, and the other two tables are obviously people from the city, which is considered one of the few middle classes, otherwise there would be no spare money to drink here.
A good city was governed like this by Cao Yu, the people in the city were poor, all industries withered, internal and external troubles were endless, and it was really not a blessing for the people to have such a chief official.
Li Su is now waiting, waiting to verify every word of Master Qian, if it turns out that what Master Qian said is true, then Cao Yu, Li Su must pull him off the horse, a good city, can not be put in his hands to spoil.
When people are in a daze, time flies very fast, and before they know it, the jar of wine that is so bad that it can't be worse is drunk by Wang Zhu almost to the bottom, turn his head to look at the sky outside, it's not too early, it's time to go back to the camp.
Just as he was about to get up, the sound of chatting at the next table gently and quietly drifted into his ears, Li Su's expression moved slightly, and just about to get up, he sat back again, pricking up his ears to listen to the discussion at the adjacent table.
"It's a pity that the daughter of the Zhao family in the north of the city is only fourteen years old, and she is very smart, in our desert circle, she is also a very good beauty, I heard that the beginning of spring has promised a good family, and she is the son of a wealthy businessman in Gaochang Kingdom, although it is not a main room, but people give a lot of dowry, seeing that the situation of the Zhao family is going to brighten, who knows that the sky will fall into trouble......"
"Phew! Bullshit, man-made disaster! The daughter of the Zhao family was harmed! ”
"By whom?"
"This Xizhou City, the old, the new, are not good goods, I heard that the new one is not a driver, from Chang'an, the scene is very sufficient, and he also brought a thousand people to escort the car, it can be seen that the origin is not small, this new driver is not a good car, and the cavalry team brought is not a good goods, I heard that the daughter of the Zhao family was harmed by a cavalry in the cavalry."
"Is there such a thing? How do you know? ”
"How do I know? I live next to Zhao's house, last night Zhao's door was kicked open, one night only heard the girl crying, adults also cried, made a night, the Zhao family's daughter hung her neck before dawn, the corpse is still parked in the courtyard of the Zhao family, I heard that it was the riding Cao who drank too much at night, happened to meet the Zhao family's daughter, felt quite beautiful, and broke into the door to kill her, alas, a human life! Why can't you bear it! ”
"Xizhou City, it's becoming less and less a place for people to stay, just leave with Hu Shang's caravan in a few days, it's better to go anywhere than in Xizhou......"
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Wang Zhu and Zheng Xiaolou listened blankly, their expressions were full of shock, and they unconsciously turned their heads to look at Li Su, but saw that Li Su's face was already iron-blue, and his body trembled slightly with anger.
"Li Su, this ......" Wang Zhu was anxious.
"Shut up!" Li Su said, stood up, and said expressionlessly: "Go, go back to the camp!" ”
The three of them walked out of the wine shop silently, Wang Zhu and Zheng Xiaolou saw that Li Su was not good, and they didn't dare to say more, so they followed silently.
From the east of the city to the north of the city, it is necessary to pass through two streets, one vertical and one horizontal, and the middle fork of the vertical and horizontal is just the Thorn Shifu.
Li Su's expression was terrifyingly gloomy, and when he was about to walk to the Assassin's Mansion, his footsteps suddenly stopped.
Because he heard movement, and it was not small.
The front was densely packed with people, surrounding the front door of the Thorn Mansion, seeing that the number of people was about thousands, there was a vacant piece of land in front of the door, and a corpse was covered with a white cloth on the ground, and two middle-aged men and women knelt on the ground facing the gate of the Thorn Mansion, crying so darkly.
More than 1,000 people stood quietly behind the middle-aged men and women, not shouting hoarsely, nor complaining with indignation, but standing quietly in front of the door, thousands of pairs of eyes staring at the closed door without blinking, but in the silence they could clearly feel the anger that could crush their shoulders.
Li Su pursed his lips, this scene doesn't need to be explained at all, it can be understood at a glance.
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PS: There is one more ...... (To be continued......)