Chapter 33: The Tavern
At lunchtime, there were still a few people in the store, as soon as Li Meng entered the door, blocking the sunlight coming in from the door, the light in the room dimmed, these people suddenly looked towards the door, and as soon as they saw who the person was, the people at the two tables by the door immediately stood up.
The shopkeeper on the other side of the counter just wanted to say hello, but immediately closed his mouth, the people who came to this store to drink were rough people, a few glasses of yellow soup were in the stomach, scolding and fighting were commonplace, maybe the new person who came in blocked the sun, so that others were dissatisfied, and then they went out to clean up after they finished making trouble.
All these people who wanted to see the excitement did not expect that the man who stood up at the two tables had a smile on his face, and he was almost kneeling on the ground, and his voice was much sour than the old vinegar accumulated in the store, and said with a smile:
"Why did Brother Li come here today, it's about to be the New Year, and there are still a few filial piety to send to your old man, brothers."
A few men who stood up, these people in the store also knew each other, it was a salt dealer from Changyi who came to Fengmeng Town to sell salt, it is said that it was sent out from a certain big village, there were more than 20 people, and they were all characters who had practiced martial arts, and they were also considered a tyrant in Fengmeng Town, and no one dared to offend.
As a result, Li Meng's forty people were blocked on the way home, and more than a dozen of them were poked over in front of him, and when he was about to fight again, the bamboo pole over there had been replaced with a pointed end, and anyone who looked at the blackened color on the bamboo pole was also frightened, and immediately agreed to Li Meng's conditions.
After that fight, when these salt dealers in Changyi went to the Lingshan Salt Farm to sell salt, two people fell ill on the way, and the Lingshan Salt Farm didn't care, there was no doctor in Fengmeng Town, so in a panic and helplessness, they could only go to the nearby village to beg Li Meng.
Who wants Li Meng to be unambiguous, go to Langzhong who is looking for other thousands of households to see a doctor, and arrange people to wait, an acute illness may not be a serious illness, and timely treatment will not lead to death, just treat people, the leader of the Changyi salt seller is really grateful, and he wants to give Li Meng this salt for nothing, but Li Meng refused, and said with a smile:
"We will do what we have set rules, and we will do this money to treat diseases and save people, and anyone who encounters it must do it, don't take it to heart."
But not everyone does this, the salt dealers in Changyi begged their grandfather to tell their grandmother in the end, only Li Meng's family stretched out their hands, this trip back to Changyi, the matter was known by the owner of the village, and he also felt that Li Meng was not only a strong man, but also a benevolent person, so that his people were more respectful, so that there was this encounter in the hotel today.
Li Meng smiled and waved his hand, and said:
"No need to be polite, I have something to do, you can use it yourself!"
Now Li Meng's speech and deeds gradually have the style of this era, and the respectful attitude of the salt sellers in Changyi makes people in the store, whether they know or don't know who Brother Li is, they all think that Li Meng is extraordinary, and the shopkeeper also walked out with a smile on his face, and said politely:
"It turned out to be Uncle Li, come to the back room, the seat has been reserved for you."
Li Meng nodded and smiled in thanks, the boss obviously didn't expect the person in front of him to be so polite, and he was a little at a loss for a while, only to hear someone whispering there:
"This person is so polite, is it still not a role, I think he is similar to Nahou Shan?"
"Shut up, you don't want to live anymore, this is Li Erlang, the uncle of the salt pole."
“…… Check out, let's go, I don't dare to stay here ......"
The so-called inner room is a single room that the owner of the store converted into his living room, to put it bluntly, it is a closed room, and there is a table in it, Li Meng sits there, as long as he has some peanuts and dried fish, a pot of wine, and sits there waiting for the Wang family and the Kong family, two salt merchants.
After a while, the two shopkeepers talked and laughed together and walked into the house, the Wang family and the Kong family, the two salt merchants, although the people in Fengmeng Town are just a shopkeeper, but this appearance and style are still different from the military and civilian households in this area, the people in this area are busy with life, dark and thin almost everyone, but these two shopkeepers are white and fat, a pampered appearance, it is really rare.
A few months ago, these two shopkeepers didn't have to deign to meet a smuggler of salt, although their identity was just a shopkeeper, but the two of them are now these salt sellers, salt ding, the god of wealth of the salt farm, even if it is the arrogant Mu Inspector, they have to be polite.
The salt stack spends thousands of taels of silver every year to collect salt, and with this silver to spend, why can't he be the god of wealth.
But now it is different, whether it is the Wang family salt merchant or the Kong family, they have found that the salt dealers who have come to deliver salt here recently, in addition to the salt Ding and the salt field, are only those who come to the Xue family's thousand households.
The salt sent by the salt and the salt farm are all mixed with sand, and it would be good to receive their salt even if it could be sold at a low price, and the reason why they bought it again was just to spend money to buy it conveniently.
The salt sent by the salt dealers of the Xue family's thousands of households is of good quality, and the quantity is getting bigger and bigger, the salt collected by the Wang family and the Kong family has its own market, but not only does Li Meng's salt have a lot of salt, but the people who do business have this sensitivity, this Li Meng has already controlled all the sources of goods, and since it is located in Fengmeng Town, it must be aimed at the people near the sea in this area, Li Meng controls all the sources, and they have no other place to collect salt, which obviously means that buyers and sellers can translocate at any time. The price is not up to the buyer.
In fact, these two salt merchants have not thought of other methods, such as buying salt from those foreign salt sellers halfway, and the price is slightly higher, to put it bluntly, let these salt sellers run errands for them to transport salt, and then go back to buy it again, but these ordinary and bold salt barons and salt sellers shook their heads when they heard this, but they couldn't avoid it.
Li Meng can't be offended, if it is a big salt dealer, it is easy to say, the two shopkeepers' subordinates also have dozens of men who can fight, but this Li Meng is the leader of the famous salt pole, some rumors they know that several of the most capable foreign salt dealer teams are beaten down, and there are more than a dozen salt dices who don't know how to whereabouts, which is enough to make people frightened.
Li Meng invited today, although they were apprehensive, but they also had to come to the meeting politely, as soon as these two people entered the room, Li Meng immediately stood up with a smile and a fist, and said:
"Invite the two shopkeepers to meet here today, the place is a little simpler, don't be surprised."