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On September 13, after more than half a month of travel, the group finally arrived outside the south gate of Tingxian County, Changting County.

The "big boss" had rich experience in the rivers and lakes, and knew that the city gate could not be entered, so he simply asked one of the chariot and horse gang brothers who accompanied him to take his letter, and went into the city to inform the Chamber of Commerce, so that the Chamber of Commerce could send someone out to greet him.

Only then did Shen Xi know that this unattractive "big boss" actually knew how to read and hyphenate, and he was glad that he hadn't written a letter to find someone to report to the official along the way.

More than half an hour after the brothers of the Carriage and Horse Gang entered the city, Song Xiaocheng, the boss of the Carriage and Horse Gang, came out of the city with people, followed by a carriage, and Shen Xi saw the pretty face of Hui Niang who was anxiously looking out of the window of the carriage from a distance.

"A few people, this is the ground in Tingzhou, for a convenience, let's go into the city to talk?" Song Xiaocheng is completely a person from the rivers and lakes, holding his fists and saluting.

The "big boss" got up and said with a smile: "We want to meet the big boss of the Chamber of Commerce." ”

Song Xiaocheng said coldly: "Our big boss doesn't meet people casually on weekdays, so let our little shopkeeper go first, and everything else is easy to say." ”

"Little shopkeeper?"

The "big boss" glanced sideways at Shen Xi and immediately understood.

Along the way, he actually saw that although Shen Xi was the youngest in this group, whether it was Shen Xi Zhang Luo who was staying in the hotel, he thought that Shen Mingwen and others deliberately pretended to be low-key to push Shen Xi out, but now it seems that this little Xiucai is really the most important person in the group.

As soon as Song Xiaocheng waved his hand, a few brothers came from behind, carried over the big box, opened it, and it was full of silver ingots with white flowers, adding up to at least three or four hundred taels.

Song Xiaocheng said: "This is the ground in Tingzhou, the carriage and horse gang are talking, I guarantee here, as long as our little shopkeeper is safe and sound, you can take the silver back and forth from where, but if you want to come hard, even if we don't do it, the government will not spare you!" ”

The "big boss" smiled: "Listen to Your Excellency, you really treat us as thieves who kidnap tickets." I won't tell you anything, we really haven't done the evil thing of robbing the house and kidnapping people for extortion, and the old man's letter to the big boss has been written very clearly, this time it is to escort a few people back, and by the way, to discuss being attached to the Chamber of Commerce and begging for a living. ”

Song Xiaocheng himself also felt strange, I give you the silver, you don't accept it, you have to do things with us here, the thief wants to change his career to be a bodyguard escort?

He couldn't make the decision about this kind of thing, so he hurried over to the carriage and discussed with Hui Niang in the carriage. After a while, the stool was moved out, and Hui Niang stepped on the stool and got out of the carriage with Xiu'er's support.

Hui Niang personally walked to the side of the tea stall, the "big boss" looked at Hui Niang, he didn't expect that the president of the Chamber of Commerce was just a woman in her twenties, upright and young women, he thought that this widow who was dominating the ground in Fujian should be in her forties.

Hui Niang walked over, first saluted politely to the "big boss", looked around the scene, and finally looked at Shen Xi, with pity and gentleness in her expression. But she quickly changed to a serious tone: "This master, you said that you want to be attached to the name of our Chamber of Commerce, and you will make a good living in the future, it's not impossible." ”

The "big boss" didn't expect Hui Niang to agree so happily, and asked in surprise: "Madame doesn't ask me where I was born?" ”

Hui Niang said: "The Chamber of Commerce eats a four-way meal, as long as you come to vote sincerely, regardless of your background." But please return the slave's family, otherwise we can only solve it by suing the government. ”

Hui Niang said that this is a combination of grace and power, very organized and disciplined.

If you want to make a living in the Chamber of Commerce, you can make a living, but the premise is to let people go, and I also make a special guarantee, regardless of your origin, whether you want money or stay to do things, choose for yourself.

As soon as the "big boss" saw this posture, Hui Niang came out with fifty or sixty people just from the brothers of the Che Ma Gang, and there were some burden-carrying and some passers-by around him, all of whom looked at this side intentionally or unintentionally, obviously also the staff of the Chamber of Commerce.

The "big boss" said with a smile: "The old man is not doing business of robbing houses, Shen Gongzi, a few, you can go back." ”

Shen Xi stood up and was about to walk towards Hui Niang, when the tall girl behind him suddenly grabbed him, which suddenly made the situation on both sides tense.

The "big boss" turned ugly and shouted, "Let go." ”

The woman was a little indignant, not because Shen Xi left so easily, but because Shen Xi promised her to take her into the city to go shopping, and felt that Shen Xi was "untrustworthy". Although the woman's temper was not very good, she listened to her father's words very much, let go of her hand, and watched Shen Xi and Shen Mingwen and the others leave the tea house.

"Xiaolang, are you back?" When Shen Xi came to Hui Niang's side, Hui Niang wanted to come over and hug Shen Xi, but when she thought that Shen Xi was no longer a child, she could only endure it, but her face was full of joy, she didn't look like a shrewd and capable president of the Chamber of Commerce at all, she was completely a little woman from a small family.

After Hui Niang was overjoyed, the smile on her face faded, and she looked at the "big boss" and others in the tea house again: "You may go to the city to talk about it?" ”

The "big boss" said: "We have no way to lead, and we can't enter the city." ”

"Such ......"

Hui Niang groaned slightly, called Song Xiaocheng over, and explained carefully.

Song Xiaocheng immediately arranged for people to greet the people of the ship, because the chariot and horse gang accounted for a large share of the Tingjiang shipping, and the cargo ship did not need everyone to check the road guide when entering the city, especially the chamber of commerce was already very familiar with the soldiers there, and if you went to the water gate, you only needed to pay the silver to enter the city gate.

Waiting for Hui Niang to tell the "big boss" about the situation, the "big boss" nodded with satisfaction: "Then we will take a boat into the city." ”

Hui Niang did not take Shen Xi and the others away immediately, but chose to stay, but also to reassure the "big boss" and others, not to say that the people were just released here, and the other side went to report to the official.

On the way to the dock, Hui Niang complained a little: "You too, don't find more people to send each other along the way, if you know it earlier, it's better to take the north road, why cause so much trouble?" ”

Shen Xi smiled, it was probably because Hui Niang didn't count him on weekdays, but now she counted it down, with resentment and nonsense, but also full of concern and blame.

If it was changed to Zhou's, Shen Xi would definitely have to argue a few words, but Hui Niang complained, he just smiled.

People on both sides entered the city by boat together, and got off the boat at the city pier, Hui Niang asked people to prepare a carriage, but the "big boss" made it clear that he was walking.

In fact, along the way, most of the people he brought came on two legs, to say that these people look thin, but their legs and feet are quite numb, they should be used to walking on mountain roads, climbing the slopes and walking like flying, so that they hunt in the mountains on weekdays, plus do some robbery and business from time to time, come and go like the wind, so the government has no way to take them.

Hui Niang herself was small and inconvenient to walk, so she had to take Shen Xi on a carriage with her, but in order to take care of the walkers, the carriage just walked slowly.

The group arrived at the main hall of the Chamber of Commerce and went directly to the second floor to speak.

On Hui Niang's side, Shen Xi and Song Xiaocheng were accompanied, and the "big boss" went upstairs with only his daughter by his side. Although he showed that he did not intend to be detrimental to the head of the Chamber of Commerce, Shen Xi knew that his daughter's brute force alone was very strong, and if he really made a move, he was afraid that no one would be her opponent.

"Madam, let's not hide it, we have been in the mountains for many years, we wanted to live a life of escape, but after the flood in the first two years, the crops were not harvested due to frequent insect infestations, and I had no choice but to come out to make a living in the way, but I was just an honest farmer, and now I have lost the harvest of the field, so I have to sell my strength and want to make a living in the Chamber of Commerce, and I ask Mrs. to take it in."

As soon as the "big boss" sat down, he told him frankly.

Hui Niang nodded slightly: "How many households and how many people are there in total?" ”

Without the slightest hesitation, the "big boss" replied directly: "There are 66 households in total, and there are more than 250 men, women, and children. In the past two years, there has basically been no increase in the number of people on the mountain, but there have been many fewer people, alas! ”

In fact, after the flood, the wind and rain in various parts of Fujian are acceptable, but the problem is that the location of the village chosen by these people is not good, it is just on the shady side of the mountain, and there is no big stream around, so it is impossible to reclaim the paddy fields, but there is some dry land. At this time, there was no drought-tolerant crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, which made life extremely difficult.

Hui Niang said: "I can't come here once, I'm afraid of attracting the attention of the government, I think it can be placed in batches around the capital city of Tingzhou, and work in the boat or carriage shop on weekdays." ”

The "big boss" nodded with a smile and thanked him: "The old man thanked the master here." ”

After that, Hui Niang discussed the settlement with the "big boss", and the "big boss" told his name truthfully, this person's name is Zhu Qi, and he is actually the emperor's surname, and his daughter is a single mountain. Shen Xi pondered for a moment, Zhu Shan, it didn't sound like a woman's name at all, but who told her that she wasn't a little woman in the first place?

Hui Niang took out some coils: "Here are some fine soft, Zhu Dangjia can take these to buy some food and go back, as for the resettlement, it is best to move in batches, the Chamber of Commerce cannot settle so many people at once." ”

Zhu Qi said: "The old man understands. The old man was also desperate, so he chose to go out of the mountains and forests, and hoped that his wife would take more care of him. The old man will take people back to make arrangements, and then take people out of the mountain, but she ...... the mountain I also asked my wife to take her in and let her be a maid in the house. ”

Hui Niang glanced at Zhu Shan with a vigilant gaze, obviously she didn't trust Zhu Shan very much.

Shen Xi knew that this stupid woman was not smart enough to learn such a sophisticated trick as lurking in a big family to make money and kill people, so he took the opportunity to say: "Auntie, you can keep her, she has a lot of strength and can help with work at home." ”

In fact, Shen Xi also reminded Hui Niang that Zhu Qi left his daughter, in fact, he wanted to leave a hostage in exchange for Hui Niang's trust, if you don't leave her, Zhu Qi will not feel at ease to leave.

After the discussion, a few people came down from upstairs, and the people brought by Zhu Qi below were still stared at like thieves.

Zhu Qi said: "Leave a few people to help the Chamber of Commerce do things, in the future, we will be the people of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, this is the big boss of the Chamber of Commerce, this is the Song master of the Carriage and Horse Gang, you will all serve respectfully in the future." ”

Most of the people who came down from the mountain had never seen the world, and they were intimidated by Zhu Qi's threat, and the habit they developed was to listen to the words of the "big boss", so they responded one after another, and Zhu Qi turned back to talk to Hui Niang with a smile, and wanted to place a few people with him to work in the Chamber of Commerce first.

Zhu Qi came from afar, although he wanted to go back, he still had to make some preparations first, and the first thing was to solve the problem of road guidance for them.

After the people settled down, Song Xiaocheng said: "The master, you said that these people are unknown, if they killed people and set fire to leave a record of the case before, and they will be investigated by the government in the future, we will inevitably have to follow the lawsuit." ”

Shen Xi said: "What the sixth brother said makes sense, but in the situation just now, can we refuse?" However, I don't think these people are the worst evildoers, so it's okay to take them in. ”

Song Xiaocheng said: "Little shopkeeper, this is not accurate, I don't know my heart if I know people!" ”

Shen Xixin said, have you ever seen bandits who wear straw sandals, eat wild vegetables, use hoes as weapons, and are as thin as firewood? Even if they are allowed to kill people and sell goods, with their body, they are powerless.

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