In addition to giving gold and silver, the squires also sent ten beautiful maids, which surprised Li Kang and his son! Gold and silver can be confiscated, but this beauty can't! But if you refuse, it's not suitable, so you can only arrange these beautiful maids in the prefect's mansion for the time being. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this way, the prefect's residence is a lot more lively! The Wang family introduced a housekeeper to Li Kang, after all, there is a prefect's mansion of Nuoda, and no steward is not good! Sanniang is a woman's family, and she doesn't know how to account for those things, so it's good to have a local housekeeper.

The housekeeper was called Jiang Bo because his real surname was Jiang.

This Jiang Bo is quite enthusiastic, after all, he can be an errand in the prefect's house, and he is quite face-saving in front of people.

On the second day, Li Xiang was not in a hurry to go to Rongde County to take up his post, he had already arrived at the ground, first find out the bottom of Shaoxi Mansion, and then say, he was afraid that his father would suffer a loss here, after all, the four major salt merchant families did not look simple, and the same knowledge Wang Lin was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Li Kang officially went to the Yamen on the second day to deal with official business, and Li Xiang took Na Jiang Bo to the street, ready to have a deeper understanding of the customs here.

Walking to the market in the city, Li Xiang flaunted everywhere, and suddenly felt that there was something strange in this Shaoxi City, that is, a person looking for the street, with strange eyes, and whispered something, "Is there any?" "How? and so on.

He was puzzled for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Jiang, you see those people who are in groups of three or two, so weird, what are they doing?" ”

Jiang Bo hurriedly pulled him, signaled not to look around, and replied in a low voice: "Young master, you should be cautious, if you don't have to, don't mess with these people!" ”

Li Xiang said: "Who are these people? ”

Jiang Bodao: "They are all selling illicit salt, they are along the Tuojiang River, and then through the Yangtze River, the salt is transported to Yangzhou for sale, risking their lives, but they sell the smuggled salt to the north and south banks, although the profit is not much, but it is more cost-effective than the official family......

Li Xiang was stunned and said, "So that's the case, has Jiang Bo dealt with them?" ”

Jiang Bo shook his head and said, "Hmph! However, some of the peddlers' pawns, the generation of small fish and shrimp, are not worth mentioning compared to the four major salt merchant families, so they don't have any intersection, but they just know a little, and the young master asks what is this? ”

Li Xiang just said "um" at the moment and stopped talking.

At noon, Li Xiang and Jiang Bo entered a restaurant, and the junior hurriedly received them, but said: "The two of you are tired, please come inside!" ”

Jiang Bodao: "Boy, the officials have official ways, the people have their own people's ways, each has its own way, you must not be blind!" ”

The little second smiled when he heard this, and replied: "The sky is the sky, the earth is the earth, and the small ones can save it!" ”

The two chose a window seat and sat down, and asked for two stir-fried vegetables, a boiled fish, and a pound of soju.

Remember, the person who greets the guest hunched over and runs towards the inner room......

Li Xiang asked with a smile: "Uncle Jiang, what you said to that little second is so embarrassing, I don't understand it!" ”

Jiang Bo said: "There are many people of all kinds here, and what I talk to him is all polite words from the Salt Gang, you are not deeply involved in the world, so you naturally don't understand." ”

After lunch, Li Xiang followed Jiang Bo to the outskirts of Shaoxi City, and when he walked to a three-way intersection, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and the dust was all over the sky......

"What do you see? Get out of the way! ”

The galloping away looked very hurried, a total of twelve, all on tall horses, most of them with dusty faces, and there was ferocity and greed in their eyes. The horse carried two sacks on its back. Seeing that Li Xiang and Jiang Bo were unhurried and slightly blocked the way, they scolded.

Li Xiang said vigilantly: "Uncle Jiang, there may be someone coming behind, are we going to be misunderstood?" ”

Jiang Bodao: "Misunderstanding? Probably not, the person who came is not blind! ”

Li Xiang suddenly realized: "Uncle Jiang, these people can't be robbing other people's things, right?" ”

Jiang Bo said thoughtfully: "The grievances of the rivers and lakes are inseparable from the word 'profit'. The so-called people die for money, birds die for food, who robbed whom, it's not clear, if you want to watch a good show, just hit the horse and move forward, just follow the people! ”

Li Xiangxi said: "Really? ”

Jiang Bo was about to talk, but was interrupted by Li Xiang, and he hurriedly said: "I'm afraid it's too late, you see!" ”

Jiang Bo looked behind him when he heard this, and sure enough, he saw a group of angry people chasing after him......

The leader scolded from afar: "Stop, thief bird! ”

Li Xiang was puzzled, "Is this calling us?" ”

Jiang Bo said: "Slow down, don't look back, wait for them to catch up!" ”

Sure enough, the two of them could talk for a word or two, and the horse team behind them caught up, and at that moment, three people stepped forward and blocked the way of Li Xiang and others......

One after the other, Li Xiang and Jiang Bo were caught in the middle!

Still in shock, I suddenly heard someone ask, "Is that them?" ”

The leader looked at it and said, "Admit your mistake!" ”

Seeing this, Jiang Bo stopped the horse, hugged his fists and asked, "What advice does your friend have?" ”

The man said impatiently, "Have you ever seen a team of horses heading forward?" ”

Jiang Bo smiled: "The rivers and lakes have the rules of the rivers and lakes, and you can't fool the old man into a new bird?" ”

Someone was immediately angry when he heard this, pulled out a big knife with a "swish", and scolded: "The ancestors are stilted, don't you want to live?" ”

But the man who had just asked interrupted: "Hugh is rude! After that, he gently asked Uncle Jiang: "Friend, it's not easy to come out and walk the rivers and lakes, have you ever seen a horse team passing by?" ”

Jiang Bo was about to talk, but he heard Li Xiang's piercing sneer.

The man turned around and saw that it was a handsome little brother, perhaps a scholar, but his attitude seemed extremely disdainful, and he was angry in his heart, and said, "Does this little brother have any advice?" ”

Li Xiang said: "This is a three-way street, isn't it okay for you to divide your many brothers and soldiers into three ways?" Everyone is a person in the rivers and lakes, you don't offend my well water, I don't offend your river water, and now you have to ask my Jiangbo, how dare you tell you? ”

The man was extremely impatient when he heard this, and said viciously: "Huangmao Xiaoer, you said it lightly, this three-way pass outside Shaoxi City, one leads to Rongde County, and the other leads to Fuyi Prison...... You're distracting my brother, and you're with that guy? ”

Before the man could speak, his brothers immediately drew their broadswords and glared angrily!

Seeing this, Li Xiang was afraid that he would be killed if he didn't agree with him, of course, he wouldn't be afraid of these people if he had a gun, he suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled, and said, "Hahaha......"

The man said angrily, "What are you laughing at? ”

Li Xiang said: "Nothing! I think the horseshoe prints in front of this are so obvious, why can't some old rivers and lakes see it? It's ridiculous! ”

When everyone heard that this was just an abruptness, they realized in their hearts that they were blaming the wrong person. But immediately, those two stunned people came out, and they were about to make a move towards Li Xiang. But he was scolded by the person who took the lead: "It's important to get down to business, go!" ”

After saying that, he clamped his legs and walked away...... The people behind him naturally followed him, but the eyes that looked at Li Xiang were a little vicious.

The three groups of people one after the other, no more than a mile away, galloped in the direction of Fuyi Prison...... These three groups of people have their own purposes, the first group is to escape, the second group is to catch up, and the third group is for the curiosity...... Of course, it was not just curiosity, Li Xiang also wanted to investigate the situation of the people in this Shaoxi Mansion and its neighboring Fuyi Prison. (To be continued.) )