Kurong looked in the direction where the stones were flying, and a young man with unkempt hair, ragged clothes, and beggar appearance was grimacing at himself.

"Old turtle, come and beat me! Hit me! ”

It turned out to be a prank by a crazy teenager.

Kurong's patience had reached its limit, and he threw the stone on the ground and turned to trade with the fat merchant, who he did not want to stay in for a moment.

Seeing that Kurong did not react, the young man threw another stone, which hit the fat merchant on the back of the head.

"Little bastard! You're going to rebel! Beat him up! The merchant was furious and yelled at the two men.

The two men responded and prepared to chase the little beggar, but Kurong was already one step ahead of them.

I saw Ku Rong take three steps and make one step, rushing forward with an arrow, and instantly caught the little beggar with his backhand, and the little beggar didn't react at that speed, and he didn't have time to escape.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts." The little beggar shouted loudly.

"Boss, you let me go."

"Then come after me, I have something to say to you." The second half of the sentence was so subtle that only Kurong beside him could hear it.

Ku Rong immediately let go, and the little beggar ran away, but Ku Rong pretended to be too late to catch up and followed behind.

The little beggar has good foot strength and runs very fast. Kurong slowed down, keeping a certain distance from him.

After several blocks in a row, the little beggar finally gasped for breath and stopped.

"Boss!" The little beggar felt the fire burning in his throat, and continued breathlessly: "You are a horse bandit! ”

"What are you going to tell me?" Ku Rong said coldly.

"You're either a fool or a bandit. Where do normal people have you do this business? The little beggar said with a grumbling face.

"It's not your turn to take care of my business."

"That fat pig is the general manager of the Ronghua firm, nicknamed Sheep Knife, who specializes in slaughtering fat sheep newcomers like you. I listened to the back of the warehouse while he counted the goods. Although I have not inspected the grade of your goods, I can guarantee that he has at least said less than 30%. I didn't dare say it to my face, he had to kill me if he wanted to know that I had messed up his business. The little beggar said to Ku Rong with a serious face.

"Why are you helping me?"

"Because I hate these profiteers! They are rich and flowing, and they have to squeeze us poor people dry. The little beggar clenched his fists and said angrily.

"What's your name?" Kurong's frowning brow stretched for the first time since he entered the market.

"Boss, I'm a pariah, I can't have a name according to "Wen Bolu", and everyone in the market calls me a little bastard."

"Do you know Wen Bolu?" Ku Rong suddenly became interested in this little beggar.

"Of course I do! The sour Xiucai at the west gate of the market, the blind king who tells stories at the east entrance, and Wenbo every day. It's this guy who has made us people miserable. ”

Ku Rong didn't reply, found a stone to sit on the ground, and the little beggar instantly understood what Ku Rong meant, and squatted next to Ku Rong.

"Big boss, do you know why they call me a little bastard?"

Ku Rong shook his head, he had a rare patience for this little beggar, maybe because of the status of the little beggar pariah, maybe because the little beggar was dissatisfied with Wen Bo.

"My mother was a kiln sister when she was young, and my mother said that she used to be the top brand, but I don't believe it. My mother gave birth to me in a brothel, and she doesn't know who my real father is. One day a drunken guest came, and I was only one year old at the time, and my mother came to nurse me, and she neglected the guest, and the guest took a knife and shaved my mother's face. The little beggar sighed helplessly.

"The bustard in the store saw that my mother's face was dazzled and couldn't pick up customers, so he threw ten taels of silver and drove my mother and me out of the door. My mother had nowhere to go, so she took me to work as a lowly dishwasher at the Rifle Inn in the morning market of the South Street Operations Division. My mother and I are miserable, and the two of us are often hungry. Because my mother is a pariah, I was born a pariah, destined to be a slave and a maid, even if I am an apprentice, I don't want it in the store. The little beggar's eyes turned red as he spoke.

Ku Rong didn't interject, just listened patiently.

"My mother is reluctant to let me be a slave to other people's families, my mother said that even a pariah is a level higher than a slave, so I have grown so old that I still need her to support her. I don't want to look at my mother's sad face all day at home, so I wander around this operation department all day long, watching people do business and learning the way of doing business. Boss, do you believe it? I will definitely become a big businessman in the future! The little beggar strengthened his tone and said to Ku Rong with determination.

"Don't you hate profiteers the most?"

"I hate profiteers, but I still want to be a big businessman!"

"Why?"

"It's all because of the money! My mother and I are suffering because of money! I don't love money, but I'm going to make a lot of money and treat it like a brute! ”

The little beggar became more and more excited, Ku Rong counted the time, what Chongsheng explained had not yet been done, this business was yellow, and the goods still had to be sold.

Ku Rong got up and took out fifty taels of silver and handed it to the little beggar, and the thought of dealing with those profiteers again made Ku Rong's head hurt.

"I don't want it!" The little beggar pushed aside the withered silver.

"Why?"

"I didn't earn it, I don't want it!"

Hearing this, Ku Rong smiled. This little beggar is really very interesting, and it is not a waste of time to listen to him complain for a long time.

"Boss, do you still want to sell your goods?"

"Hmm."

"Are you reassured of me? I'll sell it for you! There are a lot of proxy brokers in the market, can I be your broker? The little beggar looked at Kurong with expectant eyes.

"Well, give me your signature note, and wait for me at the business office, and I'll go to the buyer, or the merchants won't believe me."

Ku Rong didn't answer, took out the signed ticket and handed it to the little beggar.

"Boss, aren't you afraid that I will run away with the signed ticket? This operation division does not recognize people! The little beggar's eyes widened and he looked at Kurong with an expression of disbelief. He also said it casually, but he didn't expect Ku Rong to give him the ticket without thinking about it.

"You ran away, I'll kill you, just get the ticket back." Ku Rong's tone of voice was still extremely flat.

"Good! Boss, you go to the place and wait for me to have a stick of incense, just a stick of incense! The little beggar turned and ran.

Looking at the back of the little beggar, Kurong remembered when he was young.

After a stick of incense, the little beggar came as promised, and he brought seven or eight merchants. The little beggar didn't talk nonsense to Ku Rong, just smiled and started his own transaction.

"Come, come, come! The Rongbao who bought the tea went to inspect the goods first. ”

After a while, the little beggar followed the merchant out of the warehouse, then pulled his sleeve and grabbed the other man's sleeve. Use the method of swallowing gold in your sleeve to negotiate with merchants.

"Next! Buy the porcelain Pingsheng number to inspect the goods! The little beggar shouted triumphantly, his voice hoarse and sharp.

"You little devil!" The old shopkeeper of the Rongbao smiled helplessly, and shouted at the man to carry the tea leaves away from the warehouse.

Kurong stood quietly to the side, looking at the little beggar. All transactions were completed in just half a column of incense.

The little beggar smiled and handed a stack of pledge tickets in both hands to Ku Rong: "Big boss, a total of 16,666 taels of pledge tickets were sold, which is an auspicious number!" Take the quality ticket and exchange it for the silver ticket, minus one percent is exactly 15,000 taels. ”

"You don't need an abacus?"

"The abacus is here!" The little beggar looked at Kurong with clear eyes and pointed to his chest. "Boss, please give me your wages now!"

Ku Rong took out the fifty taels that had just been rejected by the little beggar, and the little beggar still pushed it back to Ku Rong.

"Boss! Fifty taels is the best brokerage of the operation division for a single business! I can only count as an apprentice broker at most, so my salary is ten taels! The blind man said that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way! A gentleman is a scholar, a scholar, poor and unswerving! ”

Ku Rong was touched by the little beggar's words, and he suddenly felt that this little beggar had bones, just like himself!

Ku Rong took out ten taels and handed them to the little beggar, and the little beggar grabbed them and quickly put them in his clothes: "Boss, if you want to do business in the future, you will find me!" My house is in the shack of Simon of the Operations Division. You got to ask the little bastard, there is no one you don't know. ”

"Are you willing to get rid of your lowly status?" Ku Rong asked suddenly.

"Boss, what did you say?" The little beggar's eyes turned red instantly, and his whole body trembled.

"I said, would you like to get rid of your lowly status?" Kurong repeated.

"Boss, are you serious?" The little beggar fell to his knees and began to cry.

"I can help you get rid of your lowly status, and if my son-in-law is willing to take you in, I can still take you with me." Ku Rong smiled and helped the little beggar up.

"Boss, you didn't lie to me!" The little beggar choked up and sobbed.

"Don't lie!"

"Boss, I got one hundred and fifty taels for getting rid of my cheap status. I have seven taels saved at home, and with the ten taels you gave, it will be a full one hundred and thirty-three taels. I think it's better to forget it, you don't have to give me so much. I'm slowly saving that one day I'll be able to get out of citizenship. ”

"And your mother's?"

Ku Rong said, and the little beggar pounced and knelt down again: "Master! ”

The little beggar burst into tears like rain, and shouted loudly and hoarsely: "Master! ”

"I can decide on the matter of getting rid of my nationality, but I still need my son-in-law to agree to take you with me. Would you like to follow my son-in-law? ”

"Yes! Willing! Father! I do! The little beggar said with tears and laughter.

"Good! I went to ask my son-in-law first, whether you have the opportunity to follow my son-in-law or not, I will come to help you get out of the country before the market closes tonight. ”

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Chongsheng listened carefully to Ku Rong's words, he didn't expect that Ku Rong, who had always been taciturn, could explain the situation to him in such detail, and he could see that Ku Rong was very concerned. At the same time, Chongsheng did not let go of every detail that Ku Rong said, and he was also very interested in this beggar boy.

"Childe, if you agree, I'll bring the little beggar over to you."

"Nope." Chongsheng smiled and shook his head, Ku Rong looked dazed. "Let's go and redeem this little beggar!"

"Childe, what kind of identity are you! How can you deign to go to that kind of place? ”

"Nangong Xiu once said that all people are born equal. If you are so heroic, but you can take a beggar's business to heart, then I can also take your business to heart. ”

At noon, it rained heavily.

The simple shack leaked rain everywhere, the beam was broken, and half of the straw shed collapsed.

A woman with a scarred face and a dark complexion was sitting in a straw hut sewing a broken linen garment that could no longer be torn.

"Little bastard, get in the house, it's raining so hard outside."

The hut had no door, only a straw frame, and the woman shouted outside.

"Mother, I'll wait, when the rain stops, the old man will come." The little beggar was drenched in the rain and looked longingly at the mouth of the alley.

"You are like me when I was young, where can you believe the whims of the nobles? Not to mention that it rains, even if it doesn't rain, people forget about it. The woman stopped her needlework, her cloudy eyes hollow and numb, and her eyes seemed to be reminded of the glorious years.

"Nope! Mother, no. That old man is different from the others! He will come! He will come, he will come......" The little beggar's voice grew quieter and quieter, and gradually turned into self-talk.

The rain drenched the little beggar completely, and his body gradually cooled, but he still looked firmly at the mouth of the alley.

Suddenly, in a hazy sight, two men appeared.

The little beggar quickly wiped his eyes, and saw a tall and slender man, dressed in a luxurious purple robe, with his hands behind his back in a bright spirit. Another man of great stature was holding an oil-paper umbrella for him.

The two walked unhurriedly in the rain.

"Mother! Mother! They're coming! The little beggar shouted with all his might, for fear his mother would not hear.

The woman rushed out of the grass hut despite the wind and rain, looking left and right: "Where?" Where is it? ”

When her gaze was fixed on the sublime figure, she pulled down the little beggar and fell to his knees in the muddy water, for the woman had never seen such a noble man in her life.

"Get up, please! Hurry up, please! Chongsheng stretched out his hand to help the woman and the little beggar, but the woman pressed the little beggar and refused to get up.

The rain wet half of Chongsheng's robe, and Kurong held the umbrella and looked at Chongsheng with admiration.

My brother is right, Childe is really different from ordinary people. I didn't follow the wrong person!

"This is the little beggar you are talking about?"

"Yes, Childe."

"Little beggar, this is a cheap document for you and your mother. Ku Rong has already gone to the market to inquire about the situation of the two of you, and redeemed the cheap status for you. Chongsheng said as he handed a yellowed piece of paper to the little beggar.

The yellow paper was wet with rain, and the little beggar squeezed it tightly in the palm of his hand, tore it vigorously, over and over again: "Mother! This torturous piece of paper is finally gone! ”

The woman did not speak, but only pulled the little beggar and kowtowed in the rain over and over again, and the mother and son wailed and wept.

"Little beggar, redeem your lowly status, you are already free. Will you follow me? Chongsheng smiled slightly.

"Two masters! I do! ”

"Will you give me your son, woman?"

"Yes! Even if he is allowed to follow the eldest master as a bandit, I am willing! The woman lowered her head and finished excitedly, only to realize that she had said the wrong thing, and slapped herself fiercely: "Master, I can't speak, don't be angry." ”

"No, it won't. Naturally, your son will not do those things that are traitors and criminals with me, but the road ahead is extremely dangerous......"

"Master, you redeemed me and my mother, I will follow you in my life, whether I live or die!" The little beggar gritted his teeth and said word by word.

"Little beggar, since you are already free, you can no longer be called a little bastard in the future." Chongsheng smiled and nodded.

"Sir, I know, I have a name and a surname! It was the blind man who used to tell stories to secretly help me get up. ”

"What's your name?"

"Wang Zuo!"

Wang Zuo? Interestingly, the blind man of the king would give the little beggar such a name. Chongsheng glanced meaningfully at Kurong.

"Tomorrow we will leave Yucheng. You can use these two hundred taels of silver to buy some family business, and you have the right to make a living. When I have time in the future, I will definitely ask Wang Zuo to come and see you. Chongsheng handed the woman a silver ticket worth two hundred taels.

The woman knelt down and took it, holding it tightly in her arms.

"Wang Zuo, say goodbye to your mother!" Ku Rong saw that Chongsheng's whole body was soaked, and hurriedly urged the little beggar.

The little beggar nodded, stood up, and then knelt down in front of the woman, kowtowing nine times in a row: "Mother! When the son is gone, the son will definitely follow the two masters to make a personal appearance! One day, my son will tell you to live in the best house and eat the best meal! Waiting for the son! ”

The woman didn't wait for the little beggar to finish, and held the little beggar tightly in her arms in distress: "Son! ”

The moment of separation between mother and son was tearful, and Chongsheng's eyes were moistened.