What does it mean to step on iron shoes and find nowhere to get it, it doesn't take any effort at all, and now it is.

At the invitation of the strong man and his wife, Su Ren and Leng Jun walked into the strong man's home. In one word, poor. Two words, very poor. Three words, very poor. There was no decent furniture in the house, and the water tank was half cut. The two bare-bottomed children shrank in the corner and didn't dare to come over because they were born. Su Ren never imagined that in an era that was called a model of great governance in the world by later generations, there would still be such a poor people's family.

The woman hurriedly boiled the water, and the strong man diligently wiped and wiped a few broken bowls, and then put them in front of Su Renhe and Leng Jun.

Su Ren said: "Don't be busy, we'll leave after talking about things." ”

When she heard this, the woman began to cry again, and the strong man fell to his knees, and the actions of the husband and wife frightened the children, and the two children wept with them.

"Two sons, I really can't help it, the family of four is waiting for dinner, if you take me away, this family will really be over, please, let us live?"

The burly strong man was like a rickety old man at this time, the muscles all over his body had atrophied a little, and his head was banging on the ground, and it hurt to listen to it.

Su Ren roared: "Okay, who said that he was going to arrest you and take you to the official, we came to discuss business with you?" ”

The strong man was inexplicable, looking up at Su Ren, his head was already blood-red. Grabbed a handful of dirt and pressed it up, and the blood immediately stopped.

Su Ren helped the strong man: "It's really business, we have some salt in our hands, I hope you can help us sell it, if you do a good job, just give us three dollars per catty of salt, and the rest is all yours." ”

"This ......!" The strong man still didn't believe it, the two people in front of him were fifteen or sixteen children, whether they could believe it or not, there was a question mark in his head.

Su Ren smiled and threw a small cloth bag from the cloth bag in front of the strong man: "Don't believe it?" Let's see what this is? ”

The strong man trembled and opened the cloth bag. He was a smuggled salt seller, so he couldn't recognize what was in the bag. It's just that he has never seen such white salt, even the best official salt will be a little yellow, and the salt eaten by ordinary people is inferior salt with a gray tinge.

"Really?" The strong man was holding a salt bag in one hand, and his two eyes were staring at Su Ren and Leng Jun.

Su Ren nodded: "These are just samples, but we can guarantee a hundred catties of output every month, if you can sell them all, our deal will be completed." ”

"A hundred pounds?" The boss of the strong man's mouth opened: "Little boy, do you know how much this best official salt costs per catty?" That's not five dollars, but ten dollars, you have a hundred catties, that's a thousand dollars, even if you sell it cheaply, at least it's five hundred dollars, don't hide it from the little boy, I don't have such a big appetite. ”

"And who has?" Su Ren took out a few copper coins from his cuffs and threw them on the ground: "As long as you can introduce us to us, these will be rewarded, and in addition, I will give you the right to sell five catties of this salt every month." ”

The strong man's face already showed an expression of excitement. Just because these two boys in front of him are so generous, they should also have a very good background. Although they don't know the origin of these two people, if this business can really be negotiated, their family will not have to worry about running out of food.

The strong man arched his hand: "This matter is indeed not something I can take, wait a minute, I will ask our boss, such a good thing, he must be interested." ”

Su Ren nodded: "It's okay!" Go and get back, we'll be waiting here. ”

The strong man immediately got up and yelled at the woman: "Don't hurry up and pour water, so I can greet the two sons, and I will be back soon." ”

While drinking water, he spoke to the woman without saying a word. From the woman's mouth, I learned that the strong man was his husband, surnamed Huo, the fourth in the family, and outsiders called him Huo Laosi. Huo Laosi used to be a farmer, but then the land was lost little by little, and he became a tenant, and after the two children were born, the food at home was never enough to eat. That's when the farm is slack, do some business of selling illicit salt.

The boss Huo Laosi called in his mouth is the biggest illegal salt dealer in the warm water area. This man is very mysterious, as if he didn't exist, and no one has ever seen what this person looks like. However, this man is the recognized leader of almost all salt dealers in the vicinity of warm water. The quality, quantity, and geography of the sale of illicit salt all need to be approved by this boss, otherwise they will either be captured by the government or die.

When I went to see the boss, it was already dark. Under the leadership of Huo Laosi, he bypassed half of the city and came to a secluded alley in the south of the city. The alley was very dark, and I couldn't see my fingers. Huo Laosi learned to cricket twice. A dark shadow appeared behind them.

"Sure enough, it's a hero who came out of a young man, but I didn't expect the dignified old Junguan to actually start this business." The black shadow spoke harshly, but he never appeared, hiding in the shadows and not being able to see what the person looked like.

"You're the boss, aren't you?" Su Ren got straight to the point: "I wonder if the boss is interested in our business?" ”

The boss acquiesced to his identity, ignored Su Ren's question, and asked Su Ren: "You are Su Ren, right?" I heard that you gave a treasure to the county and got 500 yuan, and sure enough, there are some means, but your origin is a little strange, we are doing a headless business, we have to guard against it, first make it clear to you, and then talk about business is not too late. ”

Su Ren also had to admire the shrewdness of this boss and his strength in Wenshui County: "There's nothing to say, since the boss has already investigated me, I will tell the truth, the kid is from Chengdu, he got lost in Wenling, and now he wants to go back to Chengdu, and he is not entangled, so he will take risks, I don't know if the boss is satisfied with this explanation?" ”

"That's the answer!" What is the boss's expression, I can't see it, and it sounds like I'm more satisfied from the tone: "In that case, let's talk about business, right?" Where does your salt come from? The best official salt is not as good as your salt, to tell you the truth, as long as it has something to do with salt in warm water, I don't know, but where your salt comes from, I still have to ask. ”

"Cook it yourself!"

The boss laughed.

Su Ren also smiled: "I really cooked it myself, the kid found a brine spring in Wenling, it took a month, the two of us boiled this hundred and ten catties of salt, that's it, I told everything, can't the boss show his face?" ”

The boss is still standing in the dark shadow: "What we do is business, what is going on in this business, you and I know in our hearts, it is better to meet less in the future, since you have said it, I will also give you a happy word, I have done this business, and someone will go to Laojunguan every month to get a hundred catties of salt, of course, it will also be given to you at the price of five yuan per catty, what do you think?" ”

"Not how?" Su Ren said: "This is too petty, hasn't the boss thought of a better way to cooperate?" Since we can cook this salt, why don't you send us some people to increase the production of fine salt, and then sell it at a low price, so that it won't be long before all the salt in Wenshui County is in your hands, and who will dare to say that you are a salt seller at that time? ”

"What's in it for you?" The boss's voice was not excited or happy, it was still normal.

Su Ren said: "Money! I am most short of money, I am a foreigner, I need money for food, clothing, housing and transportation, not to mention that I have to go home, how can I do without money? ”

"And how much do you need?"

"At least 100 gold!"

"Huh!" The boss laughed: "You can't use 100 gold to get to Chengdu from here, right?" ”

"This 100 gold is just a gift money from me to my life-saving benefactor, does the boss think that my life is not worth 100 gold?" Su Ren patted Leng Jun beside him and smiled at Leng Jun: "As for going back to Chengdu, it's very easy to do, I still have a few hundred money in my hand, it should be enough." ”

"I didn't expect you to be a person who knows how to repay your kindness." The boss nodded: "What if I'm not willing to take out a hundred gold?" ”

"That's good! Tomorrow I will go to the county government again and dedicate my salt making method to the county honor, so credit, the county lord should know his value, and it should not be a big problem to pay a hundred gold. Su Ren sneered: "When the time comes, if you suggest that the county lord use my method to sell salt, not only will you get rid of the official salt controlled by Liu Wen, but I am afraid that your private salt business will not be able to continue." ”

"Hahaha......" I didn't expect this boss to laugh so arrogantly, and the laughter was very abrupt in the silent night, and Huo Laosi on the side began to shiver. The boss didn't care about whether it would attract the surrounding people, or the public who patrolled the streets, so he laughed uncontrollably. More than a dozen dark shadows appeared behind the boss, each holding something in their hands, and by the moonlight they vaguely felt that it should be a weapon.

Leng Jun stepped forward and blocked Su Ren behind him, his fists clenched.

The boss laughed for a long time, and suddenly a torch lit up in the night, followed by several torches to light up the alley. These few people can see each other clearly, only the boss is still hiding in the dark shadow, except for the lower half of the body, the face is still not clear. More than a dozen people, all dressed in black, carrying sticks in their hands, and black cloth covering their faces, leaving only a pair of eyes.

"I don't think you have that chance." The boss's voice was still very calm: "I had thought that there would be such a result before I came, it seems that our business will not be able to be done, in this case, I have to let you disappear completely, for the sake of my brothers, I have to do this." ”

Huo Laosi didn't think that it would end like this, so he quickly knelt on the ground and pleaded with the boss: "Boss, I'm just a messenger, this matter has nothing to do with me, I hope ......"

"Get out!" The boss said coldly. Huo Laosi was pardoned, and quickly got up and swished, and disappeared into the night from among several black-clothed people. Before leaving, he glanced backwards, with helplessness and regret in his eyes.

Su Ren couldn't help but be a little nervous, he thought about thousands of possibilities, but he didn't expect that this boss would be so arrogant. I thought that if I threatened it, the boss would compromise obediently, but I didn't expect to put myself in a dangerous situation. It seems that this ** is really not easy to mix.

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