Today, the weather is fine, the streets are sparsely populated, and shops are still closed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Those soldiers still stood solemnly in the middle of the street as before, without squinting, and when they saw Song Qi, they didn't move their steps, but just shouted "Hello General Song".

"You've done a great job!" Song Qi smiled and nodded to them, greeting them softly.

Ming Zhu'an, Mao Yong, Ao Bao and others followed behind Song Qi, and the group walked all the way forward accompanied by the district commander Xing Benshan. Mingyu didn't come out today.

They walked through a few streets, and it was about the same thing. There were pedestrians on the streets, but none of the shops were open.

Half an hour later, they came to Jiu'an Street, and a huge business appeared in front of Song Qi.

"General Song! The Yukang firm is located on this street. Xing Benshan pointed to the grand house and introduced to Song Qi.

Song Qi slowed down his pace and looked in the direction that Xing Benshan was pointing. I saw that one side of the entire Jiu'an Avenue was occupied by a whitewashed and tiled house, which was only three stories high, but more than 100 zhang long. Forty or fifty stores have been opened on the street, and the signboards of the stores are written with the word "Yukang", such as: Yukang Rice Shop, Yukang Oil Shop, Yukang Salt Village, Yukang Restaurant, Yukang Inn, and so on. On the other side of the street are scattered shopfronts, presumably run by other small businesses.

Judging from the luxurious decoration of the shops on both sides of the street and the exquisite design of the signboards, it can be imagined that this Jiu'an Street should be very prosperous in the peaceful period. But now, all these shops are closed, as if they have gone out for a leisurely vacation.

"This is the Yukang firm." He stopped in front of a tall foyer.

Song Qi looked up and saw that this foyer almost occupied the position of two storefronts, and the two iron doors painted with dark gray paint were closed. The lintel above the iron gate is inlaid with several large gold lacquer characters: Yukang Firm.

"Bang~Bang~" Xingbenshan reached out and clasped the copper ring on the door.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps coming from inside the door. "Squeak", the iron door on the left opened a slit obliquely, and the head of a middle-aged man in green clothes and green hat poked out from inside, his eyes turned quickly, and he looked at the faces of everyone outside the door with suspicious eyes, and asked coldly: "Who are you looking for?" ”

"I'm the commander of the Dumen District. I have something to see your boss Rao Yukang. There was a smile on his face, and his tone was quite kind.

The man in green clothes listened to Xing Benshan's words, and was a little suspicious at first, he squinted his eyes and looked at Xing Benshan, and saw that the latter was wearing the official uniform of a county official, with his hands behind his back, and a very spirited official frame spontaneously appeared. This time he believed it, his attitude was better, and he said, "Wait a minute. ”

As he spoke, he closed the door again, and there was a rush of footsteps from inside the door, and it seemed that he had hurried in to make an announcement.

After a while, there was a jumble of hurried footsteps from inside the door, and it sounded like the sound of several people walking inside.

At this moment the two doors opened at the same time, and from the deep, deep sound of the shaft turning, the door was quite thick and heavy.

A young man in a blue satin robe appeared in the doorway, followed by several middle-aged men in blue satin robes.

"The criminal master is here to visit us, and he is not welcomed, forgive his sins." The young man bowed deeply when he saw Xing Benshan.

What Xingbenshan saw was a young man, not Rao Yukang, the owner of the Yukang firm, with a hint of displeasure on his face, "Excuse me, what about Ling Zun?" He said in his heart that in the past, Ben Ling came to Yukang Firm, and the owner Rao Yukang went out to greet him in person, but today Ben Ling accompanied General Song over, but he didn't come out, isn't this Cheng Ling embarrassed?

The young man bowed his hand to Xing Benshan and said apologetically, "Before Chen Guobing entered the city, my father and the chief treasurer left the Duo'an Mansion. ”

Song Qi listened to his introduction and knew that he was Rao Yukang's son, so he looked at him carefully. I saw that he was in his early twenties, and although he was not handsome, he could be regarded as having good facial features.

"Oh, when will Ling Zun come back?" Xingbenshan said with disappointment.

The boy shook his head and said, "I don't know." It will have to wait until the situation in Doan Province stabilizes. Since Master Xing has come to us, why don't you go inside and have a cup of tea. ”

Xing Benshan turned his head to look at Song Qi and asked in a low voice: "General Song, Rao Dongjia is not here, do you want to go inside?" ”

Song Qi's face also showed a look of disappointment, and he wondered in his heart, is this Rao Yukang really not there, or is he deliberately avoiding it?

"Young Master Rao, I don't know who is in charge of your account now?" Song Qi asked tentatively.

"Who is this?" Gongzi Rao looked at Song Qi suspiciously.

"This is General Song Qi Song! At present, the security and maintenance of the market in our Dumen District are all in charge of General Song. After Xing Benshan introduced Song Qi, he introduced Rao Gongzi to Song Qi, "This is Rao Qin, the son of the Rao Dong family." ”

Rao Qin said happily: "Song Qi? I've heard, isn't it the legendary general Song Qi who easily defeated Du Min, Hidden Dragon and Quan Da General? ”

"Exactly down there." Song Qi said with a smile, "But it's not so magical in the next place, it's just an accidental victory." ”

Rao Qin blurted out: "General Song, during the absence of my father and the chief treasurer, I will be in charge of the affairs of the business for the time being. ”

When Song Qi heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Young Master Rao, now that the market in Duo'an Mansion has stabilized, I don't know when you plan to open for business?" ”

Rao Qin listened, glanced at the soldiers who had been standing on the street for three or four days, and said with an embarrassed expression on his face: "To be honest, my father put me in charge of closing the door. As for when it will open, my father will have to come back and decide. ”

Song Qi's hope of coming back has disappeared again, if the largest business in Dumen District does not open, how can this compare with Ximen Yun? But there was no way he could force him to open his business.

Song Qi pondered for a long time and said, "I hope you can tell Ling Zun as soon as possible that the stability of the market in Duo'an City needs to be maintained by many merchants." As the leader of the business in the Dumen district, you have a greater responsibility on your shoulders. ”

Rao Qin hurriedly replied: "General Song, don't worry, when my father comes back, I will definitely tell my father what General Song said." ”

Song Qi hugged his fist to Rao Qin, said goodbye, and then turned around and left sullenly. The crowd followed.

The group walked back listlessly and walked towards the next big business.

When they walked to Shiba'an Street, they found that the situation here was completely different from other streets. The shops on both sides of this street, whether it is a restaurant, a steamed bun shop, or a salt and rice shop, have opened their doors to do business, although it is not a market, but it is also an endless business. The streets are full of people, although it is not lively, but it is also full of pedestrians.

This scene made Song Qi's tightly knit brows stretched greatly.

Completely different from the scene of the soldiers standing on the street and ignoring them, the soldiers here are doing all kinds of work, some help people carry water, some help people move tables, some help people carry rice, and some help people repair roofs, and they are very busy.

"Someone actually started to let the soldiers do their work! Looks like I'm about to turn around! Song Qi was overjoyed when he saw this dream scene, and he smiled. (To be continued.) )