There are still three days to go before the winter solstice, and the weather in the capital has turned cold. When I wake up in the morning, the gutters under the eaves and the wooden basins placed outside the house are often full of ice.

Qian Jin often looks at the sky and sighs. This year is a good year, and this winter is key to predicting next year's climate. If there is a disaster of ice and snow this winter, the winter wheat planted in September and October will not sprout at all, and the people will not have a harvest next year.

Helplessly, it is difficult to predict the weather with Chen Guo's current technical means, so he can only hope that God will be merciful.

As early as ten days ago, when there was the first frost in the capital, Qian Jin instructed a winery to sell the hoarded blended alcohol in batches, priced at 100 wen a catty, and not a cent less. After several months of publicity, there is a winery that has a good reputation for blended alcohol, and there are often wineries who come to buy it, but there is a strict order for money to enter, and not a pound is allowed to be released.

After a rough calculation, the 400,000 catties of blended alcohol are almost more than 40,000 taels of silver. Huajian Fang also received seven or eight hundred taels of silver every month, which was enough to maintain the expenses of the courtyard and several workshops. Counting the 20,000 taels of silver that the emperor had previously rewarded, Qian Jin almost had more than 60,000 taels of silver in his hand. With this silver, his heart is finally more steady.

The south attaches great importance to the winter solstice, and it is more important than the New Year.

That morning, Boa and Emily went to the street with them to buy some goods, along with the Li Liang siblings and the three children of Nuomi. The group happily took the carriage driven by Lao Cao Tou to Qianmen Street to sweep the goods.

Fortunately, there is a tailoring workshop at home, and the clothes in the courtyard are always made-to-order. Today, Boa and Emily are wearing floral short jackets and green dresses from Blossom House, and a red turtleneck underneath. The two of them are tall and tall, and they look even more fresh and refined in this outfit. It's a pity that jeans can't be made yet, otherwise two modern girls will be born.

From time to time, pedestrians looked at Boa and Emily. Qian Jin glared back at the beginning, but he was really busy in the back, and in the end, he could only let others look at it, so he should be regarded as an advertisement for the winter clothes of Huajianfang.

Li Liang and the others got two sugar gourds and some gadgets, and now they are satisfied with them.

The group stopped and stopped, and after half an hour, they took a rough stroll around Qianmen Street. Qian Jin's hands were already full of all kinds of things, and seeing that Bao'er and the others were still vigorously stuffing the purchased things into their arms, they had to send the goods in their hands back to the carriage first.

There were many people on the street, and Lao Cao Tou parked the carriage in a small alley near the entrance of Qianmen Street, and it took him more than a quarter of an hour to go back and forth.

When he rushed back to the agreed place, he didn't see Bao'er and them. His heart sank, and he said that Bao'er and Emily were both women, and Li Liang and the three of them were half-grown children, so something should not have happened. A few days ago, a thief pretended to be an old man and attacked him here.

There are a lot of people on the street, and the noise is endless. He hurried through the crowd, and after a few moments, he finally saw a number of people in a circle in front of him. He pushed aside the crowd, it was Bao'er and them, and a big stone in his heart finally fell.

However, Bao'er and her situation do not seem to be good. A big man with a long beard led a dozen people to block their way, and the two inhuman officers seemed to help them break the siege, but the other side was overwhelmed and stalemate there for a while.

Qian Jin looked at the big man's familiar face, and after a while, he finally remembered that his name was Wang Liuzi, and he was the concubine commanded by the king of the soldiers and horses in Nancheng, and he usually liked to bully his neighbors the most. When the first day of the opening of Huajian Fang, the sixth son of the king brought people to "cheer", but was easily sent away by Master Huijing.

"Humph! Wang Liuzi, your father didn't let you continue to be evil. Qian Jin said as he pulled out the Miao knife, his eyes were not good.

That Wang Liuzi followed the prestige, and he had already recognized that the person was now a celebrity in the court, and Qian Jin, the junior brother of the first assistant of the court, shook slightly. He opened his mouth, and after a while, he said something that he himself could not believe: "Young Master Ben saw that these two sisters were lonely, and he was afraid that there would be villains bullying him, so he acted as a flower messenger, what does it have to do with you?" ”

Qian Jin couldn't laugh or cry, stared at him for a moment, and it was still difficult to connect the words "Flower Protector" with the person in front of him.

The onlookers on the side were very happy when they saw Wang Liuzi eating deflated, and they all gathered not far away to watch. There are also many people who recognize Qian Jin and know that he is the champion who has swam the street, and they have applauded.

Qian Jin rested the Miao knife on his shoulder and slowly paced behind Wang Liuzi. Last time, Wang Liuzi went to Huajianfang to make trouble and suffered a big loss, but this time he was bumped into by Qian Jin, and he was a seven-foot man who was so frightened that his legs were like sifting chaff. The guys next to him knew Qian Jin, and they all stepped aside and didn't dare to speak.

"Get on your knees!" Qian Jin kicked Wang Liuzi's knee, and the latter fell to his knees with a thud. Although Wang Liuzi acted recklessly, he also knew that Qian Jin was now a thousand households of Jinyiwei, and he had also raided many officials. Therefore, although he was resentful, he did not resist in the end.

Qian Cheng came to Wang Liuzi, raised his chin with the scabbard, and sneered: "Give me a reason, otherwise you will go to the Zhenfu Division to get eighty rods for yourself." ”

Wang Liuzi turned his face to the side to avoid it, and said with a smile: "Qianhu let me go this time, and the little one will not dare next time." ”

"Next time? Ben Qianhu has only been in the capital for a few months, and you have already committed two crimes at my hands. Qian Jin pointed at Bao'er and asked with a smile: "My sister, do you also need you to 'protect the flowers'?" ”

Wang Liuzi heard this, and the boss with his mouth open had cursed himself a thousand times in his heart: I went out today and hit an iron plate, who is not good to provoke, I have to provoke the sister who is a celebrity.

Today he led a dozen guys out to hang out, taking a string of sugar gourds in front of this stall and a small clay figure in front of that stall, but they didn't give money.

When he was playing, he inadvertently knocked down Li Xiang. Bao'er and Emily came to theorize where Wang Liuzi had seen such a beautiful woman, so they wanted to inquire about the details of them. Unfortunately, two officers from the Inhuman Mission also came out for a stroll today, and when they saw Emily being pestered, they came over to help. Wang Liuzi is a local snake, and when he saw that there were two strangers, he didn't care whether they were Chen Guo's VIPs or not, and he was going to beat him first, but he was hit by Qian Jin.

He sneered and said, "Those who don't know are not guilty, this time it's a small one, and I invite a thousand households...... Adults don't remember villains. ”

Qian Jin was disgusted. This Wang Liuzi has nothing to do every day, and in order to harm the neighbors, he can manage it once and can't manage it a second time. He originally wanted to inform the king to come over and lead the people, but a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind: this sixth son of the king is five big and three thick, and he is estimated to be a good hand when he charges into battle. At present, there is a shortage of people in his brocade guard, so it is better to take him over and take care of him, and treat it as a harm to the neighbors.

So he put the Miao knife into the scabbard and asked in a deep voice: "It's a pity that you don't go to the barracks to be a soldier." You are given two choices, either go to the pacification division and receive eighty canes, or ...... Serve as a soldier for this thousand households. See for yourself. ”

Who knew that Wang Liuzi replied without thinking about it: "Of course I am willing to go to Qianhu's subordinates to be a soldier." Qianhe, please take it in. ”

"Everyone else sees being a soldier as a chore, and you're fine. Don't think about it anymore? Qian Jinqi said.

"Don't think about it. I can give thousands of households an errand for this pickled goods, and my dad probably won't be happy too late. ”

Qian Jin thought about it, the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division commanded by Wang really had no future, if Wang Liuzi could enter Jinyiwei, it would be a good way out. But his thousands of households don't accept those who are messing around, and Wang Liuzi would be very wrong if he thought so.

Seeing that Qian Jin was silent, Wang Liuzi hurriedly explained: "Don't misunderstand Qianhu, the villain looks so virtuous, and he has always been disliked by his father. If it weren't for my mother's tightness, it would be possible for the little ones to be swept away. If I can go to Qianhu as an errand boy, I don't have to look at my father's face anymore. After a pause, he said with some grievances: "More than half of the small bullying and domination of the market is to anger my father......"

Qian Jin was a little surprised when he heard this. It seems that the family plays a vital role in a person's character. Because the sixth son of the king did not like his appearance, it is estimated that he lacked father's love since he was a child, and his personality will gradually distort. If you can fix him well, it will be a good deed. He touched his nose and smiled, "Since that's the case...... You go home and talk to your father first. If Commander Wang agrees, you can take the tokens of this thousand households and go to Wanping County to find Ge Yun and Ge Baihu. With that, he took the Night Dagger from his body and handed it to Wang Liuzi.

The sixth son of the king was overjoyed. He carefully took the dagger, kowtowed solemnly to Qian Jin three times before getting up, and walked up to Li Xiang and touched her little face when he was leaving.

After Qian Jin watched him leave, he turned around and asked Bao'er: "Didn't you ask you to wait for me on the spot?" ”

Bao'er said aggrievedly: "There are many people on the street, and one of them ran away without paying attention to Xiangxiang." ”

Qian Jin squatted in front of Li Xiang and asked softly: "Xiangxiang, you must not run around when you come out in the future, do many bad people outside know?" ”

"Xiangxiang knows. There was just a person who had two red-eyed white rabbits in his bamboo basket, which was very beautiful. Xiangxiang chased after her, and in a blink of an eye, she didn't see Sister Bao'er. Later, I was hit by the fat uncle who had just left. Li Xiang twittered about what happened to her just now.

"Rabbit?" Qian Jin got up and looked around, where was there still a person carrying a rabbit. It seems that the sixth son of the king has no intention of doing a good thing today. At present, although Princess Jing has evacuated the capital, who knows if she has set up a shadow. I'm not afraid, but it's not good if the people in the courtyard are blackmailed.

Qian Jin put aside these thoughts, greeted the two alien officers, and said, "Today's matter, this thousand households will be grateful." I don't know what the two of you call them? ”

"Rouen, Englishman."

"Acheson, from Frankie."

The two wore dark blue naval officer uniforms and wide-brimmed hats, both in their early twenties. Rouen was a stocky man, half a head shorter than Qian Jin, and his hair was blonde; Acheson was about the same height as Qian Jin, with a slender body and eyes that were as blue as jewels.

Qian Jin nodded, turned around and led Bao'er and the others back home.

"Qianhu, I have seen Ling Mei at the cocktail party, and I can never forget her figure again. I have a small request, can you invite me to your home? Acheson said with a red face.

"Go to my house? Do what? Qian Jin's words were not good: "I want to hit my sister's idea, no way." ”