"Oh?" Xu Zizhen raised his eyebrows, originally he planned that Hua Ye could fully lay down the eyeliner after laying the ground, and then check it slowly, he also knew very well that Hua Ye led people to grab the land today, how could he have spare time to take care of this matter.

Hua Ye looked a little anxious, and urged: "Big brother, let's go first, I'm afraid it's too late over there." ”

Xu Zizhen is even more strange, what is the concept of being too late? But he didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly turned around and explained to Mo Li'er, and the formula was about waiting for him to come back, and after he finished speaking, he asked Hua Ye: "Did you bring someone here?" ”

Hua Ye nodded: "Bring it, the three brothers are at the door." ”

"Keep one behind."

"Yes, big brother!" Hua Ye didn't ask what he was doing with the people, and beckoned a strong guy.

Xu Zizhen nodded, turned around and whispered a few words to Mo Li'er, and waved his hand: "Go." ”

Hua Ye led the way to the door first, and said to Xu Zizhen as he walked: "Thanks to the eldest brother's care today, Lao Hua has taken all three territories, and from now on, as long as the eldest brother says a word, Lao Hua will go to the fire and water." ”

Xu Zizhen smiled: "Everyone has their needs, I'm lazy, I don't like to do things like birds, and with your flower master taking care of me, I can make money and do things a lot easier." ”

Hua Ye nodded, didn't talk about this topic anymore, he has a straightforward temperament, although there are some common problems of black, but the reason for the determination will never be easily changed, there is no need to talk about it often, it's not interesting.

The speed of the two of them increased under their feet, and they walked straight towards the east of the city, and soon came to a dilapidated and low area, Xu Zizhen raised his head and sniffed, frowned, and said, "What kind of smell is so rushed?" ”

Hua Ye smiled: "This is Loumen, the largest oil sauce production place in the whole Jiangnan region." ”

Xu Zizhen suddenly thought, no wonder this place looks like a slum, with a strong smell of sauce in the air, but who wants to live here if anyone is richer? After a long time, there will be problems with the nose, and when someone farts in front of them, they won't be able to smell it.

Hua Ye took him around the alley for a while, and finally stopped at a street corner, pointed to a house diagonally opposite, and said, "Big brother, there are women here, and there is more than one, all of them are tied up." ”

Hey, this is really a coincidence, Xu Zizhen himself admires his luck, if he hadn't met Hua Ye and instigated him to lay down this territory, it is estimated that he would not have found out that the traffickers would hide people in this bird place.

Now that the person has been found, he is not in a hurry to rush in, but asks, "How did you know about this matter?" ”

Hua Ye grinned: "After taking this land, I sent a few brothers to take over, so that it is convenient to collect the monthly money in the future, but one of the boys has recently lost a big hole in gambling, and is anxious to find money to plug the hole. ”

Xu Zizhen couldn't help laughing, and looked at the house again, the red-walled, blue-tiled and bronze door cymbals, although they were not much magnificent, they were indeed much better than the surrounding houses.

Hua Ye said again: "Fortunately, that kid can tell the difference, and after finding out about this, he quickly slipped out and came to me, without alarming the people in the house." ”

Xu Zizhen nodded and praised: "It's a good job, but now you are also the number one person in Suzhou City, let your brother do less work of stealing chickens and dogs in the future, lose your share." ”

Hua Ye nodded yes again and again, not daring to refute.

As he was talking, a few cars creaked from a distance, lined up and stopped outside the house, and a person got up and down from the first car, with a middle-aged appearance in a small hat in Tsing Yi, looked left and right and gently patted the door, and soon someone in the room opened the door, and the two whispered something at the door, and saw that someone began to carry wicker baskets outside the door, and put them on the cars.

Hua Ye asked in a low voice: "That basket doesn't look right, why don't you rush over and arrest someone?" ”

"Wait." Xu Zizhen thought for a while and said, "Recently, this matter has caused panic in Suzhou City, and it is not possible to solve the root cause, let's wait and see where they send people." ”

Those wicker baskets are boxy, very densely knitted, you can't see what is inside from the outside, almost half a person is more than a person high, no need to say Hua Ye, Xu Zizhen also saw the problem, this size is absolutely enough if it is hidden by a person, it seems that they have almost saved up a group of people's tickets, and it is time to change places.

It didn't take much effort, several cars were all full, and the convoy began to move, Xu Zizhen raised his chin and followed Hua Ye from a distance.

The convoy went out of the city from Loumen, walked around the city wall for a small half circle, and came to the west of the gate, not far away a wide river suddenly came into view, Xu Zizhen suddenly understood, this is to take the waterway?

Not far from the gate, there is a spacious riverside wharf, full of people, cars and people, and ships loading and unloading goods everywhere.

Xu Zizhen has never been here, and when he saw this lively scene, he couldn't help but praise: "This place is so lively." ”

Hua Ye said with a smile on the side: "This is called the 10,000-person wharf, but the grain and oil distribution center of our Great Song Dynasty, there is an old saying that 'Suhu is ripe for the world', and the rice and grain in Suzhou and Huzhou can manage more than half of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Xu Zizhen was stunned, and then his eyes were firmly fixed on the convoy, only to see those cars drive straight in, parked at a relatively less crowded place in the dock, and there was a flat-bottomed broadside boat moored on the shore, with a flag on the bow and three big characters written on it - Changxing Ji.

"That's the name of the workshop?" Xu Zizhen pointed to the flag and asked.

Hua Ye shook his head and said: "Changxingji is a time-honored oil sauce shop in the capital, and we have to come to Suzhou every year to buy a lot of goods." ”

As he was talking, he saw a young man who looked like a small guy coming down from the boat, greeted the leader of the convoy, and began to move the wicker baskets on the car to the boat one by one.

Hua Ye pointed to the little guy and said: "This is Changxingji's buddy, he is basically the one who came to Suzhou to buy goods." ”

Xu Zizhen was stunned for a moment, and secretly wondered: Could it be that I am thinking too much? It's not really soy sauce here, is it?

He thought for a while and asked, "Hua Ye, are you familiar with this place?" ”

Hua Ye was happy when he heard this: "Big brother, I am the head snake here, how can I not be familiar?" ”

Xu Zizhen nodded: "Okay, find a way to let me get on the boat." ”

"Okay." Hua Ye walked over without saying a word, Xu Zizhen followed behind half a step behind, bowing his head and waist, as if he was Hua Ye's follower.

The little guy saw Hua Ye swaggering over from afar, and hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Yo, what kind of wind has blown you to this bad place?" ”

Hua Ye glared: "What a fart!" This is Lao Tzu's land, what's wrong? ”

The little guy hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, this dock is naturally not bad, brother, what I said is that our goods taste bad, I'm afraid of hurting your nose, isn't it?" ”

Hua Ye smiled and said, "Don't pat Lao Tzu, what are you buying today?" ”

The little guy smiled: "It's just ordinary sauce noodles and dozens of jars of vinegar...... Master Hua, we have paid our share of the money this time, I don't know what you are ...... this big driver? ”

Hua Ye waved his hand: "Lao Tzu is not looking for you to ask for money, are you afraid of a ball?" Hurry up and finish loading and leaving, Lao Tzu also has to have goods to load. ”

That little guy was stunned, you're just a splash, what are you loading? Don't you want to take the opportunity to make some more money? The smile on his face was still there, and he took out a few pieces of loose silver from his pocket and stuffed them into Hua Ye's hand: "Hua Ye is hard, it's a little meaning, and it's right to be tea money." ”

Hua Ye nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, you kid can be a man." He took the silver into his arms and waved his hand behind him, "Go, give the gentleman a hand." ”

"Yes, Hua Ye!" Xu Zizhen and another little brother of Hua Ye answered, and walked over to help carry those wicker baskets together.

The little guy was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Hua Ye leaned over, hooked his neck and said very affectionately: "Brother, how about bringing me something next month?" ”

"Huh? Well said, well said! What should Hua Ye bring? The little guy quickly came back to his senses.

Taking advantage of the moment when Hua Ye attracted the attention of the little guy, Xu Zizhen and the little brother had already carried a wicker basket onto the boat, and there were two people on the deck, leaning on the side of the boat talking and laughing, but their eyes looked at the cabin from time to time, as if they were supervising the loading.

Xu Zizhen quietly carried the basket into the cabin, glanced around, and whispered to the little brother to get off the boat among the others, and he took advantage of no one to pay attention and quickly hid behind a row of wicker baskets, this is a corner in the cabin, the light is dim, and no one can see him when he hides here.

These baskets are the same size, and they look the same from the outside, so he found one at random, pulled the lid open, reached down, and started to be cold and rough, with a round mouth and a round belly, which was an ordinary sauce jar, and then touched the same as the side, the whole basket contained four jars, and there were some rags and cotton wool in the middle.

Xu Zizhen sighed in his heart, and secretly wondered: Is it really wrong?

At this point, he didn't give up, and pulled open the lid and touched it, it was still an altar.

"Damn, it's a toss in vain!" Xu Zizhen scolded secretly, and looked around that no one planned to slip off the boat, since there was no one here, it seemed that the person was still in the house, and he had to hurry back again.

At that moment, he heard a moan in his ear. groaning, slightly weak, Xu Zizhen only felt refreshed, which was like drinking a glass of ice water in June.

Lao Tzu really guessed correctly!