Chai Jin thought so deeply and said: "This is indeed the truth, from tomorrow I will start to arrest the money and grain." ”

Chao Gai also introduced the waterwheel and windmill produced by the woodwork factory, although they are all ancient and common things, but the woodworking factory has made detailed transformations to become more durable and practical, such as the windmill mill can only process grain, and after making improvements, straw such as soybean straw and corn straw can be used for straw, which greatly reduces the use of manpower and animal power. Chao Gai and Chai Jin chatted late at night, and Chai Jin ordered more than 10,000 pieces of equipment from Chao Gai. Of course, Chao Gai understands that to a large extent, Chai Jin bought it in order to repay the grace of saving his life, and Chai Jin may not believe all the benefits that Chao Gai said.

The next day, Chao Gai called everyone over to discuss: "The things that should be discussed here have been discussed by the Chai officials, and they are all satisfied, and we should also leave." Where does Mr. Wu think the next step should be? ”

Wu Yong touched the three and a half beards on his chin and said, "Brother Dengzhou has been there some time ago, there is no need to go again, I think it is better for us to go to the Daimyo's Mansion and meet Lu Junyi." ”

"Okay, I want to learn from Lu Junyi." Li Kui shouted.

Jiao Ting next to him smiled and said: "Just your level and Lu Junyi, be careful of being beaten into a pig's head." ”

"As long as you can, it's not a real fight." Li Kui said.

Pang Wanchun said: "Lu Junyi is different from Chai Daguan, this person may not be a hospitable person, we are not invited to Lu Junyi may not welcome us." ”

"Haha, Lu Junyi is not hospitable, but he is so martial, just say that his brother wants to learn from him, Lu Junyi must like it very much." Wu Yong said with a smile, "My brother's ability is great." I didn't see Chai Daguan treat us as guests. ”

Chao Gai said with a smile: "If you let Lu Junyi and I try to fight with him, I should be able to defeat him, and the problem of foot combat is not big than weapons, but if it is horse fighting, it will be difficult to say." ”

"My brother is humble, the dark clouds and snow are paired with the golden dragon swallowing halberd, Wang Jiaotou can still walk his brother in dozens of moves at the beginning, and then he is no longer willing to accompany his brother to practice." Wu Yong said.

Chao Gai shook his head: "In terms of subtlety and proficiency of tricks, I am far worse than Wang Jiaotou, the reason why Wang Jiaotou is unwilling to practice with me is because I have too much strength, and his hands are numb from the shock." But Lu Junyi is different, he is also a man of infinite strength, and he is eager to fight him. ”

Chao Gai said goodbye to Chai Jin that day, Chai Jin couldn't keep it, although he knew that Chao Gai and others were rich, but he still gave five hundred taels of gold, which could be regarded as a gesture of affection. Chai Jin's reputation in Cangzhou also rose sharply because of the tiger, Chai Jin struck while the iron was hot, and trained the Zhuang Ding team from the new, not in the practice of boxing and kicking, but on the basis of formation and physical fitness, and the Pu knife and spear as the foundation. Even Chai Jin himself can insist on running a ten-mile cross-country run.

Besides, Chao Gai and the others said goodbye to Chai Jin, and worked hard all the way to the Daimyo's mansion. When I arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion, it was already afternoon, and there were many people at the gate of the city, and the queue was long.

Wu Yong asked an old man on the side of the road: "What is the situation, why is the queue so long?" ”

The old man said, "Come from other places, this is a tax." Pedestrians need to enter the city for two documents, and those who bring goods must pay commercial tax. Whoever rides a horse like you is to pay a tax of twenty denarii. ”

"Why is this?"

"The horses have polluted the Daimyo's mansion by pulling dung, if you want me to say, you can store the horses in the inn outside the city, and the price is cheap." The old man said.

Chao Gai looked at the leader of the platoon, although he said that he was a sesame officer in Yuncheng, he might not be easy to do here, so he should wait for tomorrow morning to enter the city. There happened to be an old Yuelai store outside the city gate, and Chao Gai said: "Why don't we stay in the hotel first, and how about going into the city early tomorrow morning to visit Lu Yuanwai?" ”

"Listen to my brother." Humane.

Chao Gai also sighed secretly, this prefect of the Daimyo Mansion was stupid, so even pedestrians were taxed, and it seemed to increase income, but in fact, people were reluctant to come to the Daimyo Mansion in the long run, and the flow of people slowly became scarce.

A group of five people rushed to the old store in Yuelai, and as soon as they arrived at the side of the road, they saw the guy carrying a yellow-faced and thin man with the door panel and throwing it to the door, and the man kept wailing: "Don't throw me, don't throw me." ”

But the man didn't care, and threw it on the side of the road.

Pang Wanchun is also a person who has suffered when he goes out, and immediately said: "Your shopkeeper is too black-hearted, why did you throw a sick person to the side of the road." ”

The man said: "This guest officer, don't you know, this person is a poor scholar, who has lived in the store for three months, earns some pocket money by writing letters for people every day, and has fallen ill in the past month, and has no money to hire a doctor, and he can't afford to pay for the house." It doesn't matter if he can't pay for the house, but he will be discouraged if he dies in the store, so he has to throw him on the side of the road. ”

Pang Wanchun was about to get angry, and Wu Yong said: "What the guy said is also the truth, you go and get busy." Let's go see Him. ”

Chao Gai Wu Yong and others came to this person, and Li Kui shouted and asked: "Boy, what's wrong with you, you look like a chicken cub, so easy to get sick." ”

"You're a chicken, you didn't see me sick." This person said that he was weak, Chao Gai looked carefully, this person was dressed as a standard scholar, not less than twenty-five or sixteen years old, and he was very particular about dressing, but he didn't know why he was so depressed in such a field, it seemed that it was caused by long-term malnutrition and occasional cold. As an important town, the cost of seeing a doctor should not be low.

Chao Gai said: "How much money do you owe?" ”

"Two room money, consistent meal money." The scholar said.

Chao Gai called the guy over, took the money and gave him four times, and said: "Man, I paid for his room, and I always put it on the cabinet for him, and you can ask a doctor again, and I will pay for the doctor." ”

The man saw that someone was paying, and immediately carried the scholar in, Chao Gai paid for it and hired a doctor, boiling medicine and taking it was not a problem, the scholar was very moved, and said that he must repay Chao Gai, and he didn't take it seriously, and he couldn't ask for anything in return for doing good deeds.

Get up early and leave the spare horses at the inn, and the five of them go into the city to rush to Lu Junyi's mansion, Lu Junyi is the number one in the Daimyo's mansion, and you don't know who the prefect is in the Daimyo's mansion, but you have to know who Lu Junyi is. The Lu family is a big family, and the family has a big business, which is much stronger than an upstart like Chao Gai. The Lu family has 10,000 acres of fertile land, and the most important thing is that the Lu family has been a merchant for generations.

Chao Gai and the others quickly came to Lu Junyi's mansion under the guidance of the locals, Jiao Ting handed over the post, and Menzi said unhappily and waited, and went in. I waited for a stick of incense and didn't come back.

Li Kui was anxious, and asked the doorman at the door: "How big is your house, this person has been in for a long time and has not come back." ”

This guy doesn't look at people seriously, and said: "It's from the countryside, our house is big, and you can't get to the main house with a stick of incense." ”

Where did Li Kui suffer from this bird's anger, and scolded: "If you don't brag, you will die, straight mother thief." ”

Menzi saw Li Kui in a frenzy, and immediately shouted inside: "Someone is making trouble, come out and fight." ”

Menzi is relatively thin, but the six people who came out of it are all strong, and at first glance they are from a practicing family. Chao Gai didn't stop Li Kui, six people rushed up, Li Kui was not afraid at all, he hit with his fists, and within a few hits, five of the six people fell, and one was afraid.

"Go and report to the housekeeper." Menzi saw that it was a hard hand, and immediately someone went inside to report, and it happened that Menzi, who had just reported the news, came with a group of people, and a person who looked like a housekeeper came out first.

This housekeeper still knows etiquette very well, and hugged his fists and said: "Chao Tuan has practiced politely, and below is Li Gu, the housekeeper of the house, I don't know why this is fighting." ”

Chao Gai saw that this person was about thirty years old with a small beard and a white face, so he immediately returned the salute and said, "It was just a small misunderstanding just now, my brother and a few Zhuang guests in your mansion did it." ”

The housekeeper said: "It's okay, it's harmless for those who practice martial arts to have a discussion." It's just that my family is really not at home, I went out a month ago, and I haven't come back yet, and there is only a lady in the house, so it's not convenient to meet guests. ”

Chao Gai sighed: "Since this is so unfortunate, then we will not bother. ”

Chao Gai had to retreat with everyone, and Li Kui said: "Since you can't come to the Daimyo's Mansion in vain, let's go around and look for any special snacks or something." ”

Wu Yong also said: "The Daimyo's Mansion is an important town, so it's good to take a look around." ”

The five people did not ride horses and lead the horses along the road, and the construction of this daimyo's mansion was also magnificent, with merchants gathering, and even the original foreign merchants such as the Persians. Li Kui pointed to a group of Tibetan merchants not far away and said, "Look, the clothes worn by those barbarians are so strange. There was also a Han man who was talking to him in bird language. ”

Chao Gai glared at him and said, "How many times have I told you, be polite, and don't do this next time." ”

"Oh, I see." Li Kui said.

Chao Gai looked over, only to see a team of Tibetan merchants, more than ten people, but there were many horses, more than 30 horses, with a lot of goods, because of the trade with the local merchants, there was a conflict, a man in the clothes of a scribe was mediating, although his Tubo dialect was very fluent, but the Tubo people did not listen at all.

At this time, a patrol of 50 soldiers came, and after listening to everyone's explanation, they immediately judged the Tibetan merchants to be justified, and severely scolded the local merchants of the Daimyo Mansion, making the local merchants pay a lot of money, and the Tibetan merchants left.

The man in the long robe kept shaking his head and sighed, "The man with the kang head." ”

Li Kui asked: "What is a kang man?" ”

"The man on the kang head, the nest is horizontal. This kind of person will only be fierce to his wife and children, and he will be a bear when he sees outsiders. The robed scribe shook his head and walked away.

Chao Gai said: "This brother, what happened just now, I don't understand Tubo. ”

This man said: "Just now, those Tibetan merchants wanted to sell twenty snow leopard skins, and a local trading house wanted to buy them. When I inspected the goods, I found that it was not a leopard skin at all, but a dog skin, and I immediately said that I didn't want it. The Tibetan merchant called his accomplices to make trouble. The soldiers who had just patrolled the city came, and they couldn't help but say that they asked the local trading house to collect twenty dog skins at the price of leopard skins. ”

"It's better to meet by chance, I see that this brother is also a cool person, why don't you go to the restaurant for a drink." Wu Yong sent out an invitation.