Chapter 55: The One Who Achieves Great Things
Doctor Xiao Liu raised his hand and gave his junior brother a look at the head, and said, "Do you think anyone can eat like you?!" Those salt merchants are just ordinary people, they don't cultivate the original qi at all, how can they eat so much, he eats a bowl of rice! ”
"Ah, what? Just a bowl of egg fried rice costs fifty silver coins!? Is there fifty coins for eating a bowl of silver? Li Deyi stretched out his hand to support his chin and said in surprise. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
His bowl of egg fried rice is the best jade crystal rice, and each grain must be soaked through the egg yolk egg juice, so that the grains are golden brown, like a bowl of golden sand. And the eggs he makes are not ordinary eggs, they are eggs laid by chickens that are specially fed with ginseng, atractylodes, cordyceps and other precious drugs on weekdays. ”
When Li De heard this, he was shocked and couldn't speak. Xiao Liu said: "The flood of salt prices made the people miserable, in order to recuperate, Taizu later issued a regulation, the capitals of various places were built into salt markets, for salt merchants to come to sell salt, if they did not come, they would be regarded as private salt dealers, and they would be executed if caught." After killing these salt merchants who smuggled and drove up the price of salt, they became honest and opened shops in the salt market. Taizu took the opportunity to promulgate a unified salt price agreement charter and ordered the salt merchants to abide by it, stipulating that the big salt merchants could only sell salt in the salt market, which gradually stabilized the salt market system, because the big salt merchants all concentrated on selling salt in the salt market, and the salt price was controlled. However, today, with the corruption of discipline and the drive of profiteering, illegal salt has gradually spread again, and most of the salt merchants in this salt market are secretly selling illegal salt. What we're going to fight today is exactly the idea of these private salts, and we will pay attention to improvisation later. ”
The next day, early in the morning, Dr. Liu called Li Deyi up, and the brothers and sisters finished breakfast and began to pick up and prepare to go out.
"You'll have to cooperate with me in a while, do you know?" Doctor Xiao Liu said to his junior brother when he went out. "What do you say, brother. I'll listen to you. Doctor Xiao Liu shook his wide cuffs and said, "I'm used to wearing clothes with tight sleeves, but I really can't get used to wearing this wide robe with big sleeves." Later, when we get to Yanshi, as soon as I step on your foot, you will say, 'Young Master, Old Lady Cui has instructed you not to say this', and you have to bring a look of anxiety, you know?' Li De nodded: "Senior brother, I'll learn from you, you can see if it's decent." Then he frowned, glared, reached out and pulled the sleeve of his brother's coat, and said it in a hurried voice.
Doctor Xiao Liu nodded with satisfaction: "The understanding is good, and the learning is quite similar." You don't have to be so quiet later, you have to be heard by the salt shop, you know? Li De smiled and said, "I understand." Anyway, brother, I've never seen you wear this outfit today, when did you buy it? It's so beautiful. Doctor Xiao Liu touched the jade pendant hanging on his body and said, "Do you remember the earthquake half county that was raided by us?" It was copied from his house, and this set of clothes is made of satin, and if you look at this jade pendant, it is worth three hundred silver coins, to say the least. If it weren't for today's play, Master and his old man would still be reluctant to take it out for me to wear. ”
Hearing this, Li Deyi was shocked and said: "Yes, why didn't I expect it, when I go back, I will also ask the master for a few good clothes to wear." Doctor Xiao Liu couldn't help but knock on his head and said: "How can you wear this kind of clothes on weekdays, in the camp, we have to be busy every day, you have to teach the children every day, and you have to cultivate the original qi and boil your strength." If you put on this garment, it will wear out in two days, are you willing to wear it? Li Deyi nodded dejectedly and said, "It's a pity, I can't wear this good clothes." Xiao Liu Medical Officer glared: "This dress has no effect except for dressing like a big man, and hanging this jade pendant is still in the way, you and I are willing to wear it." ”
The brothers and sisters went out, Medical Officer Xiao Liu walked in front, and Li Deyi followed absentmindedly in the back, struggling with the gorgeous satin clothes all the way. After walking for a while, Medical Officer Xiao Liu suddenly stopped, and Li Deyi was following behind with his head on his head, and he didn't pay attention to hit his senior brother directly. Doctor Xiao Liu stretched out his hand and pulled Li Deyi, lowered his voice and said, "I'm on the ground, pay attention." After that, he shook his cuffs, straightened his clothes and jade pendants, pretended to be a son-in-law, and walked into the street of Yanshi with a stagger. Li De was stunned and looked at the senior brother who suddenly changed his appearance, and followed behind in a daze, really like a stupid little follower.
Doctor Xiao Liu walked around between several stalls and shops selling salt, and then had a plan in his heart, and said in his heart: Master is really like a god, these salt merchants know that the world is going to be chaotic now, and they all plan to take the opportunity to make a big profit, they must have all secretly hoarded a lot of private salt goods, and there is not much stock on the market, but it is just for show. Dr. Xiao Liu settled down, looked at the largest shop, 'Baiwei Xian', and walked in directly. The shop filled wooden boxes with all kinds of salt for people to choose from. Doctor Xiao Liu took a cursory glance, from coarse salt to refined salt, and then to the best Hexi green salt, there must be more than a dozen. Li Deyi, who is used to eating coarse salt, is obviously the first time he has seen so many kinds of salt, and he can't see it, but he is still wearing the old clothes today, compared to Xiao Liu, he looks like a small guy, so no one pays attention to him at all. Not to mention Li Deyi, he is the little doctor Liu who pretends to be the son of a wealthy family, and the guy in the store has never come to entertain him until now.
Most of these salt merchants are wealthy, and the relationship behind them must not be small if they can open such a large shop in this Luodu City, where every inch of land is valuable. can be the shopkeeper of such a big salt merchant, and all kinds of characters are naturally too knowledgeable, and they are accustomed to this kind of son-in-law who looks like a big family. Dr. Xiao Liu pretended to walk to the cabinet and asked loudly, "Shop, how do you sell this salt?" After a while, a diligent young man came over and began to introduce it to Dr. Xiao Liu, who also pretended to stand by and listen, and listened for a while, and then said with a big smile: "Give me a big bag of these large pieces of coarse salt, and give me a big bag of this good green salt from Hexi." "According to the regulations before the fall of the Ping Zhou Dynasty, a large package of salt and residual salt together is three hundred and fifty catties, that is, one citation.
The guy looked at the appearance of this boy and the clothes on his body, he thought that he was a big customer, but he didn't want to spend a long time talking, but he only bought two large bags of salt, and the enthusiasm was directly gone, but he made an unhappy expression. Doctor Xiao Liu looked at this guy's appearance, pretended to be displeased, and reprimanded loudly: "Who are you going to show this hanged look?" If your salt goods are good, when I come back, I will have to buy hundreds of thousands of catties of salt. As he spoke, he stomped Li Deyi, who was standing stupidly next to him, under his feet. Li Deyi was about to shout as soon as he was in pain, but then he saw his senior brother secretly raising his eyebrows, reacted, and hurriedly stepped forward and pulled his senior brother's sleeve, frowned, controlled his voice, and pretended to be nervous and said: "Young master, the old lady Cui at home told me not to say this." Doctor Xiao Liu cooperated with the deliberate gaffe, and quickly reached out to cover his mouth.
"Later, you will send these two bags of salt to Fuguilou, and they will say that they are the goods of the guests of the special upper room A brand, and someone will naturally take over at that time." As he spoke, Dr. Xiao Liu directly took out a money bag from Li Deyi's body, grabbed a handful of silver coins, took a rough look at more than fifty of them, put them on the counter at random, and said, "Sensei found it, and the rest will send these two bags of salt over, and you will be rewarded for running errands." After speaking, he turned around and walked out, and Li Deyi followed in a daze.
Doctor Xiao Liu took Li Deyi out of the door, and walked out of Yanshi in two ways. As soon as he came out, Li Deyi finally couldn't help it, walked to a corner, saw that there was no one around, grabbed his brother's wrist, and asked, "Senior brother, when did you put a money bag on me, and there was so much money in it?" Why don't I know at all? Doctor Xiao Liu grinned and said: "That's just a little trick, how can the sons of big families have their own money, obviously everyone is rich, but they dislike the smell of money, and they put the money on the little guy." Of course we have to do a full set of plays. Li Deyi couldn't help but fumble around with his hand, and after touching for a while, he confirmed that it was really his brother's trick, but he didn't have a copper coin on him.
Looking up at the sky, Doctor Liu said, "It's noon, let's go, Senior Brother will take you to eat something good today." Li Deyi seemed to think of something, grabbed his senior brother and asked in a hurried whisper: "Senior brother, didn't the master ask us to buy salt, how much did you buy just now?" It's far from it, I can't explain it to Master when I buy this bit back. Doctor Xiao Liu said calmly: "You can wait with confidence, senior brother can't delay the business." Let's go, let's go with my brother first to have a good meal of sacrifice to the Five Organs Temple. Today I will take you to see the prosperity of this Los Angeles city. ”
"Senior brother, don't be in a hurry to eat, tell me first, when did we book a room in that rich building? I don't know. Li Deyi followed behind his senior brother and asked anxiously. Doctor Xiao Liu strode in front of him, and said without replying: "Be quiet, I have arranged everything for your senior brother, put it in your stomach and follow me." As soon as Li De saw that his senior brother was full of confidence, he didn't say much, and honestly followed his senior brother forward.
After walking along the market for a while, the two of them came to the famous Nakdo Seongdong City. Dr. Liu took Li Deyi directly to a large hotel, which was three stories high, and there were seven or eight battles to see. Li Deyi looked up, his face full of surprise, the tallest building he had seen before, that is, the city wall of the Tuliao people. But the restaurant in front of him, in terms of height alone, is not much worse than that of the Ten Thousand Cities. "Lingyun Tower" Li Deyi raised his head and looked at the plaque hanging high and said.
Doctor Xiao Liu had already entered the gate at this time, turned his head and found that his junior brother was still staring at the restaurant with his neck tilted outside, sighing, and went out again to drag his junior brother in. After entering the door, naturally a guy came over to say hello, and Dr. Xiao Liu originally planned to pick a table by the window on the third floor, but unfortunately the third floor was completely covered today, and finally had to pick a table on the second floor. When ordering, Li Deyi had never heard of the names of the dishes reported by Dr. Xiao Liu. When the senior brother finished ordering, Li Deyi had already shed a table of draft, and Medical Officer Xiao Liu glared at the junior brother and reprimanded: "Look at your unproductive appearance, quickly wipe it, this dish is not served, what kind of draft are you dripping?!" ”
"Senior brother, I haven't eaten any of these dishes, but just by listening to the name of this dish, I know that it must be delicious, and you don't want to laugh at me. I'm so big, but it's the first time I've been in such a nice hotel. Li De said with a red face while wiping the draft from the corner of his mouth. As soon as Li De finished saying this, he tried his best to put on a regular appearance, but unfortunately his appearance only lasted until the food was served. Li Deyi, who is accustomed to eating the big pot of rice in the Weibei camp, is still the first time to see such a fine meal, at first he just used chopsticks to taste a little, and when it was delicious, he couldn't take care of it.
Eating with vegetable soup all over his face, his hands were sticky, Li De looked up and looked at his senior brother again. Doctor Xiao Liu also ate fast at this time, but people ate with chopsticks, and the food was no less than Li Deyi. Li Deyi has a bunch of chicken and duck bones, and there are only a lot more of them in Xiao Liu's place. Li De glanced at his brother's elegant eating appearance, looked at himself again, sighed, took the towel on the table and wiped it, and began to learn from his brother's old practical chopsticks to pick up vegetables. But this time, Li De's speed of eating slowed down, and he saw that his senior brother was about to finish a big braised elbow, so he only took a few chopsticks and meat down. I couldn't help but drop the chopsticks and grab them again, but at this time, thanks to Dr. Xiao Liu, he said: "Don't worry about eating slowly, you can eat enough today, and then order it after eating." Slow down and don't choke, there's nothing else going on this afternoon. Li Deyi picked up the chopsticks again and ate the meat honestly. This time, Li Deyi also learned well, and he actually had an idea, and began to try to control his right hand to make chopsticks with the original qi cultivation of the Harmony Realm, and this time the efficiency has really improved a lot, although it is not as good as the senior brother, but it is not much slower.
The brothers ate happily, and the dishes on the table were changed three times unconsciously. The guys who served the food were dumbfounded, and from time to time they looked at the belly of the young master and servant, and wondered in their hearts, "Where did all those meals go, why didn't your stomach rise?" ”
was competing with the third plate of steamed turbid river carp, Li De's ears heard the movement of scolding from upstairs, and he didn't pay much attention to it, just buried his head and continued to eat. Doctor Xiao Liu poked his junior brother who was eating happily and asked, "Eat so much oil and water to eat your stomach, are you tired?" Li Deyi touched the oily mouth and said, "It's really a little." Dr. Liu turned his head and shouted, "Man, two more pots of good tea." ”
Not long after, someone brought up from downstairs with two pots of freshly brewed tea. When he walked to the staircase on the second floor, the guy who delivered the tea was not paying attention, and was directly overwhelmed by a strong man who rolled down the stairs on the third floor.
Hearing the movement of the teapot breaking, Li had to stop pulling into his mouth with one hand, turned his head to see what was going on, and his mouth still kept chirping. Doctor Xiao Liu, who was sitting at the top of the stairs, had already seen it, and glanced at his junior brother, Li Deyi touched his oily hands, stood up and walked over. The guy who was suppressed was also a little panicked at this time, and hurriedly explained: "It was this strong man who knocked me down, which broke the little brother's good tea, and he didn't complain about me." Li Deyi didn't say anything, moved the strong man who was pressing on the guy, helped the guy up again, and said, "You go down, I don't blame you for this." Dr. Xiao Liu casually grabbed an idler who was running errands on the second floor, held a silver coin in his hand and shook it in front of the idler's eyes, and asked, "Who chartered the field on the third floor today?" ”
When the idle man saw that it was a silver coin, he opened his mouth and replied: "I heard that Wang Songcheng's second son, Wang Songli, chartered the venue and invited the sons of various gate valve families who came to Luodu City for a banquet. As soon as Doctor Liu let go of his hand, the silver coin fell into the idle man's waist exactly as it was. Li De glanced at the strong man twice, and found that he was actually directly stunned by someone with original qi. Li Deyi couldn't help but look up at the third floor.
At this time, there was movement on the third floor, and I heard a delicate voice and said with annoyance: "I still have important things to do today, go first, and please don't keep the yanai." Then someone came down the stairs with a bang. Li Deyi followed the voice and looked up, it was the beautiful boy brother he had met outside the city.
At this time, there was an urgent voice upstairs, "I hit it off with Brother Xian, why don't Brother Xian stay, come to my house tonight and have a long talk with me, let's sleep on our feet, so that my brother can do his best to be a landlord." Hurry, stop him. As soon as the beautiful boy walked to the corner of the stairs on the second floor, he turned around and got down, and a strong man with quick skills chased out behind him, and he was about to chase after this beautiful boy.
Doctor Liu coughed, and Li Deyi turned his head to see that his senior brother was motioning for him to stop the guard. Li Deyi didn't think much about it, blocked the stairs as soon as he took a step forward, and said loudly to the guard: "Let's pay us two pots of good tea first." "After that, he opened his hand to stop the guard, and he had a posture of not letting go without giving money.
Seeing that the junior brother had stopped the guard, Dr. Liu turned over directly, jumped out of the window, and landed firmly in front of the door of the restaurant, standing there waiting for the beautiful boy to come out of it. When the fourth prince walked out of the restaurant, Xiao Liu Medical Officer stopped directly in front of him and raised his hand with a smile: "It's really a place in life where we don't meet, why did the fourth prince go in a hurry?" ”
When the beautiful fourth prince heard this, he didn't expect to blush directly, and said angrily: "Hugh wants to mention this matter again!" With that, he bowed his hand and left angrily. Doctor Xiao Liu didn't care, shaking his sleeves, Yi Yiran walked back to the second floor, and when he went upstairs, he saw that his junior brother had already started with the guard.
After a few glances, Doctor Xiao Liu knew that although the guard was also a strong man, he was not the opponent of his junior brother, so he turned his head to pay for the meal and ordered the man to pack the rest of the meal.
Next to him, Li Deyi and the guard were fighting together, and after taking a closer look at Li Deyi's moves, he actually had a bit of the posture of Taizu's third set of broadcast fitness boxing, and every punch and kick was straight and straight, without any fancy. This is mainly due to the fact that Li Deyi has practiced this set of boxing a lot recently, and he involuntarily brought it to the fight. There is no showmanship in the fight between the two, it is simple and direct, the fists are to the flesh, and the strength is about the same, Li Deyi is obviously more flexible.
The guard, relying on his height and long arms, frequently made killing moves against Li Deyi, and shook a punch on the top to seal Li Deyi's sight, followed by a teaseful leg. Li Deyi reacted faster, directly raised his left hand, just grabbed the opponent's wrist, half of his body moved at will, his right foot slammed half a step to the right, and his body immediately moved to the right, avoiding this flirtatious foot in a moment. The guard didn't expect Li De's body to be so fast, and before he had time to react, he was approached by Li De. said that it was too late, and then it was too fast, Li Deyi followed with his right hand and got into the guard's space, stretched out to the guard's head, and grabbed it vigorously! followed by Li Deyi and shouted: "You lie down for me." Then he heard an earth-shattering wail from the guard, clutching half of his head, bleeding all over his face, and falling to his knees on the ground.
When Doctor Liu who was watching the battle next to him saw his junior brother's move, his face turned red directly, and he couldn't help but twist his head to the side. As soon as Li De subdued the guard, and was about to turn around and tell his senior brother to leave, he heard a shout from upstairs: "You are so damn daring, you dare to hurt my guard!" ”