Volume 1: Juyiwu Chapter 14 Group Portraits
"If only I could catch that kid, then I will have endless money, and I can find a good husband for the stinky girl!" ———————— Jiang Qi
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Just when Jia Hao, Jia Shui, Cai Fu, and Jia Yong retired from others and talked in Jia Hao's study, Wumen was still busy. The housekeeper of the Cai Fu family also distributed goods to each family according to Cai Fu's instructions, Diao Zheng had to report some information to Jia Hao after a while, and after handing over all the medicinal materials to Old Man Lu, he didn't go to Old Man Lu's pharmacy with Li Yan, Old Man Lu, and Zhuge Liang.
More than two moments have passed since they met in the morning, but Li Yan, Old Man Lu and Zhuge Liang have only chatted more vigorously, and there are fewer drinks for a thousand drinks with confidants.
The three of them walked on the snowy road, and the medicinal herbs were carried by several other men in the dock, and several of them were worthy of strong men, leaving the small cart to the women and children to carry with their bare hands.
"Haha, tomorrow I will take you to the library to take a look at the old man's teacher." Between talking and laughing, Li Yan was proud, "Don't shout that you want to be my student at that time." ”
"Shuping, I think it's good if you don't come back and worship Brother Gezhuang as a teacher." Lu Jing took a sip of the hot wine he brought and joked.
Li Yan saw that Lu Jing had brought wine, so he snatched the hot wine a little rudely, took a sip of it, and then signaled Zhuge Liang with his eyes whether he wanted to drink it. Li Yan's move that did not conform to Confucian etiquette surprised Zhuge Liang, especially Li Yan was obviously a little corrupt, but then he thought that it was just because the relationship between Li Yan and Lu Jing was not ordinary, and the relationship between friends was not inhibited.
Although the degree of this wine is not high, it is a medicinal wine secretly made by Lu Jing or a rice wine secretly brewed, and the heat feeling that goes down the throat is not very great, but it is really refreshing to drink it in winter, which makes Li Yan take another sip greedily.
Zhuge Liang just smiled lightly, whether it was Li Yan's joke or Lu Jing's joke in his opinion, it was indeed just a joke, Li Yan was not qualified to be his teacher, and it was impossible for him to accept an elder as an apprentice.
In a blink of an eye, he came to Lu Jing's pharmacy, and Juyiwu was indeed too small to tolerate high-level talk.
Under the command of Lu Jing, Zhuge Liang, Li Yan, and several men helped to put the medicinal materials into the seats, and the medicinal materials that still needed to be processed were put aside first according to Lu Jing's intentions.
"Where did you get these herbs?" Zhuge Liang asked curiously while fiddling with the medicinal herbs.
"There are those that have been harvested in the wild, and there are those that have been stored for a long time, but more of them come from the counties. Wound medicine is rare, and it is generally impossible to get it without a lot of money, and it is generally impossible to get it without a lot of effort. Speaking of medicine, Lu Jing immediately took it seriously, and the style of the elders highlighted, "You see, some of these wound medicines even came from the Western Regions, and they were bought by our purchasing group. ”
"The princes want to be levied, and the thieves want to rob, now you know how difficult it is for us." Li Yan, who still had the pot of wine in his hand, swallowed again.
Zhuge Liang was just silent, he didn't know much about these before, whether it was Juyi Dock or other dock walls, the people within the barrier were probably unsustainable.
Half an hour had passed since the herbs were packed, and the rest of the time before noon was the best time to play chess.
The three of them are all chess fans, even if the chess strength is very different, Li Yan and Lu Jing can also bring Zhuge Liang the pleasure of playing chess.
So the scene that accompanied Zhuge Liang this morning was the same as the first time he came to this pharmacy, two verbose old men when they were playing. pointed at the chessboard, and sometimes talked to Zhuge Liang about chess, but fortunately, it was much easier to save the review.
It doesn't feel good to him that Dao Po or Gan nodded in agreement with the two old men's opinions, but he also had to give the two old men face, so most of the time he still had to laugh and talk.
The snow outside was falling heavily, and the howling wind was born at some point, and before I knew it, another ordinary morning had passed. The fatigue of just playing chess did not offset Zhuge Liang's expectations for tomorrow, I don't know what kind of scenery the library in Juyiwu is, presumably the naughty is the troublemaker in the hall.
Because he made it clear to Diao Zheng when he left, although it was already more than half of noon at this time, Diao Zheng did not come to look for Zhuge Liang. Moreover, Diao Zheng did not have leisure at noon, and there were many tasks in addition to reporting work.
Most of those missions involve security issues, and the activities of the Black Mountain Thieves near Juyiwu have always attracted the most attention, regardless of whether there are Black Mountain Thieves in this area, Diao Zheng must pay close attention. According to the experience of previous years, whenever the New Year is approaching or when there is a spring famine, the Black Mountain thieves will plunder grain everywhere.
Although Juyiwu is located in a remote area, since the duel between Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan has cooled down, there are few black mountain thieves passing through this area, and they often hide at the southern end of the Five Elements Mountain. However, if taken lightly, these predators will kill their prey in an instant, just like the hunters.
Therefore, no matter who goes out, after returning to the dock, he must report some situations on the path to Jia Hao, and then write and ink into a special book for future use. Although this has limited effect on the Black Mountain thieves who have no fixed place and no direction, it can also reduce the risk of going out to the group in Juyiwu, and if necessary, they will disappear to avoid detection.
Just as most of the time people in business are not allowed to expose themselves in the eyes of their peers, because once they are targeted by the stronger, it often means destruction.
Especially the large-scale underground chamber of commerce, their weapons are very cleverly constructed, and words cannot describe it.
The same is true of Juyiwu, when a pair of eyes will stare at it is unknown......
The meeting, which had been chaotic enough, finally stopped at Jia Yong's sentence of "one car" and began to discuss some other miscellaneous matters, and there were more people present than during the secret discussion.
For example, Jia Yong's deputy is also the younger brother, and the "Jiang Laoqi" among the very few people in the militia who are against Diao Zheng, as well as the "Li Dayan, Li Sanshi (dàn)" who is in charge of the defense of the watchtower and has the best eyesight, and the warehouseman and miser turtle "Wang Ba".
When Diao Zheng came, the two rows of high chairs in the hall that had been arranged from the Hu people and had been specially rested by Jia Hao had been filled, and the rest of the people had to stand.
But there were still people who knew each other to make way for Diao Zheng, but a few people who came with Diao Zheng: "Hong Tao, the chief of the second army", "Li Xiong, the chief of the tenth army", and others were not so lucky, so they had to stand on both sides.
Seeing a few rivals coming, Jiang Laoqi glanced at them, and then shook his head a few times at Hong Tao after a little smugness, as if telling him that the incident a few months ago was not over.
There were many people, and only the whistling of the wind could be heard outside, but as soon as they came in, they were muffled by the voices of these people. They all talked about what they saw and heard on the road, but they didn't know that in fact, many of them were following the same line, just competing to perform in front of Jia Gong......
"Have you been closing your mouth for too long? Do you want me to cut off your tongues? ”
Jia Yi, who was still sulking about business, stood up and shouted impatiently.
Jia Yong, who had been silent and silent, was still expressionless, standing behind Jia Yi with his head slightly bowed, but Jiang Laoqi was even more proud because of Jia Sao's domineering shout.
Although this shout made many people present unhappy, it immediately stopped the chaotic scene, and those who were afraid of Jia Motou closed their mouths and said nothing.
It was also because of this that Diao Zheng was able to report the situation to Jia Hao, who was serious since everyone entered the hall.
And as soon as his words came out, everyone present was frightened......