Liu Chengye and the three of them dressed up in civilian clothes and dressed up as businessmen and went out of Beijing. As soon as he left Beijing, he rented a carriage at the post station and went to Shanxi.

The old man who was driving the car on the road hummed a brisk and brisk tune, and pulled the three of them homely.

"The three of you are going to Shanxi to do business?"

"That's right, business in the capital is not good, and the three of my brothers plan to go to Shanxi to try their luck." Liu Chengye said.

"In that case, old man, I advise you, don't go to Shanxi. Shanxi's business is monopolized by locals, and outsiders can't get in at all. If you don't do it, you will lose all your money. ”

"Oh? Jin Shang is so powerful? Don't even leave the soup for others? ”

"You guys, I've seen a lot of people who go to Shanxi to do business, and so far none of them have succeeded, and they lost all their money in less than three months."

"Then according to the old man's opinion, where should I go to do business?"

"If you want the old man to see, you still stay in the capital honestly, every place is fixed now, if you go to others, you will have one less bite of soup, and it will be strange if others can tolerate you."

"What the old man said is very true, but my three brothers, since they have decided to come to Shanxi, they will not change their minds."

"It's really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and does not touch the south wall and does not look back. The old man admires your spirit. Uncle kindly reminds you again, don't be too high-profile in Shanxi, there are Tartars in Shanxi, and those Tartars are thugs who kill people without blinking. is targeted by them, at least the money and the money are empty, and the worst is the loss of people and money. ”

"Is there a Tartar government that doesn't know? Don't the Tartar murder government care? Li Dan asked.

The old man smiled self-deprecatingly, and said helplessly: "If the government is in charge, then it is not the government." Now that the officials and bandits are in the family, who will care about the common people? ”

Liu Chengye was silent after hearing this, he really didn't expect that the situation in Shanxi had become so grim.

"Okay, when you get there, it's always right to be careful."

Liu Chengye said with some gratitude: "Thank you for mentioning it." ”

Five days later, when the sun was about to set, he finally arrived in Shanxi, and the old man said: "Three little brothers, Shanxi has arrived." ”

Liu Chengye saw that the old man was getting older, so he paid twice the fare.

The old man asked sharply, "Why is this?" How much is what it should be. Could it be that my old man is the kind of money-grubber? ”

Liu Chengye explained helplessly: "Uncle, I didn't mean that. This is the fare to be paid in advance, and in case my three brothers fail in business, they can take your car back. Otherwise, the three of us would have to walk back. ”

"Since you want to take the old man's car, the money will be given when the time comes."

"It's not a fear of losing all your money, and you won't go home when the time comes." Liu Chengye said that the old man accepted the money.

After saying goodbye to the old man, the three of them entered the city.

On the way, Liu Danshan said in surprise: "Big brother, I didn't expect that old man to be a person with backbone. I thought he'd just take it! ”

Liu Hao said proudly: "The backbone of my Han people is vividly displayed in the old man. ”

Liu Chengye also said with admiration: "Indeed, I didn't expect that the old man would have the spirit of not bending his waist for five buckets of rice." Okay, let's find an inn to rest and get down to business tomorrow. With that, he quickened his pace, and the two of them followed closely at random.

Although it has been declared, the pedestrians in the market are still rubbing shoulders. The streets and alleys are full of shouts and shouts. Just in front of a newly opened inn in front of it, there were a few juniors standing to solicit this customer, and there were a few jugglers next to them, dancing knives and guns.

Liu Chengye noticed this inn at once, he just wanted to find an inn to rest, but he didn't expect that there was a newly opened inn here to solicit customers, so he really fell asleep and came to the pillow.

"Second brother, third brother, let's rest at this Wang inn tonight."

"Big brother just arranges it."

Liu Chengye took the lead and walked into Wang's Inn.

When Xiao Er saw Liu Chengye coming in, he hurriedly ran forward and asked, "Guest officer, how many may I ask?" Sharpen or stay in the hotel? ”

Liu Chengye said with a smile: "Three, stay in the hotel." Give the three of us the best dishes in your store, and today we will try your craftsmanship. ”

"Okay, guest officer, please come here." After speaking, he welcomed Liu Chengye and the three of them to an empty table, wiped the table and stool with the towel on his shoulder, and then motioned for Liu Chengye and the three of them to sit down.

"Guest officer, wait a minute, the little one will serve you food." After speaking, there was a smoke and no one was gone.

After a while, the little two came in with a bowl of fish, a plate of green and pink shrimp, a cup of milky white crucian carp soup, a bowl of fragrant braised pork, and a hot lotus leaf chicken, which made people's appetite soar at a glance.

"Guest, is this enough? If it's not enough, let the small ones be made in the kitchen. ”

Liu Chengye waved his hand and said impatiently: "Enough is enough, you go down!" It's time for dinner. ”

"Guest officer, you use it slowly, the small one goes down, if there is anything to call the small one directly." After saying that, he went down with a bunch of people.

"Big brother, this lotus leaf chicken is good, you can try it."

"Big brother, this braised pork is also good, oily but not greasy, you can taste it."

Liu Chengye saw the appearance of his two brothers, as if he was reincarnated as a starving ghost, and couldn't help but hold his head, as if to say, "I don't know them"

After eating, Liu Chengye went to Xiao Er to settle the bill. I didn't expect to eat ten taels of silver for a meal.

Liu Chengye said with some displeasure: "Little Er, you are not wrong!" I ate ten taels of silver for this meal? ”

Xiao Er changed his previous nod, instantly straightened his waist, and said arrogantly: "That's right, it's ten taels of silver." Guest, do you think you paid for it yourself? Or let the little one pay for you? Look at you like this, it's not that you can't afford to pay ten taels of silver, so you can pay the money quickly, otherwise if we help you pay it later, it won't be this price. ”

Liu Hao suppressed his anger and said, "Why are you still planning to buy and sell?" ”

"Don't say that, officer. We're doing serious business. ”

"And what if I don't give it?"

"Since you don't eat and drink in the toast, then, don't blame the little subordinates for being ruthless. In the territory of Shanxi, no one dares to eat overlord meals in our Wang shop. ”

Liu Chengye forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "Okay, we paid this money." It's just that I need you to give me a voucher. If you don't open a voucher, then today's overlord meal, the master will still eat it. ”

It seemed that he had seen through Liu Chengye's thoughts, and Xiao Er said disdainfully: "I want to take the certificate to sue, right?" Guest officer, I would like to advise you, don't waste your efforts, it's useless for you to sue in front of the provincial government. ”

Liu Chengye said lightly: "This doesn't allow you to worry about it, I will pay the money with the voucher, and I will eat the overlord meal today without the voucher." ”

"Since the guest officer doesn't listen to the little one's advice, then you can do it yourself and go with the little one to see the shopkeeper." After that, he went to find the shopkeeper.

Xiao Er saw the shopkeeper, changed his previous hardness, and said humbly: "The shopkeeper, they just ate ten taels of silver, and they want to issue a voucher." ”

The shopkeeper didn't plan to deal with Liu Chengye and the others, so he opened the voucher and handed it to Liu Chengye.

Liu Chengye happily took out an ingot of ten taels of silver from his bag to pay the bill, and then left the inn.