Chapter 9 Hangzhou

Hangzhou, Hangzhou Prefecture, located in the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, is located on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Qiantang River, the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, an important economic and cultural center and waterway transportation hub in the south of the Yangtze River, and has the reputation of "paradise on earth" since ancient times. Now Zhu Yuanzhang has built the national capital in Yingtianfu, and Hangzhou, as the mansion on the edge of Yingtianfu, is naturally prosperous.

At this time, it was the third pole of the day, and the streets of Hangzhou were full of people, people came and went, and there was no retraction into the house because of the scorching sun. It can be said that Hangzhou has been as lively as Hangzhou has risen from the scorching sun to the rising fog to the red sky and the lights of thousands of homes in the west.

Liu Mansion is a large family in Hangzhou, and Liu Anqing, the head of Liu Mansion, is also a legendary figure. Liu Anqing, who is now in his sixtieth year, controls the largest medicinal herb store in Hangzhou, Anqing Pharmacy.

Liu Anqing was the same as Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu when he was a child, he was a cattle herder in a large family, and later the world was in turmoil, when Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and others were competing in the Central Plains, Liu Anqing's natural business acumen made him see the opportunity, so he followed Zhu Yuanzhang's example to build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king. 'The method of acquiring a large number of medicinal herbs.

Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought at Poyang Lake, Liu Anqing's eyes fell on Zhu Yuanzhang again, so he gave Zhu Yuanzhang a large number of medicinal materials. Later, it turned out that Liu Anqing's vision was right, because later Zhu Yuanzhang won and established another Han dynasty after the fall of the Song Dynasty.

Afterwards, Liu Anqing was also named Qing'an Hou by Zhu Yuanzhang, although the marquis is a vacant position, but it also symbolizes the supreme honor. Liu Anqing also took advantage of this shareholder wind to quickly spread Anqing Pharmacy all over the land of the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be really the first pharmacy in the Ming Dynasty.

But soon, Liu Anqing found that his situation was very dangerous, because Shen Wansan, the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, was worried about Zhu Yuanzhang because he was rich enough to rival the country, and was forced to invest in the construction of Nanjing City, and was later assigned to Yunnan. Liu Anqing's foresight helped him escape the catastrophe again, because Liu Anqing sold pharmacies all over the country and donated the money and silver to the national treasury in the name of helping to build national defense, and he lived in seclusion in Hangzhou with his family and became a rich man.

When Zhu Yuanzhang died, Liu Anqing once again took advantage of the four-year Jingjing to sell medicinal materials, but with the experience of the past, this time Liu Anqing only controlled the scope of business within the boundaries of Hangzhou Prefecture, and when Yongle Emperor Zhu Di attacked Hangzhou, Liu Anqing surrendered faster than anyone else, and took the initiative to run around to raise medicinal materials for Zhu Di's army.

So after Zhu Di ascended the throne, Liu Anqing was promoted to duke, which is the highest level of the three dukes of the title, Zhu Di also personally inscribed a 'happy old man' plaque to him, at this time is hanging high in front of Liu's house, Zhu pen inscription, Hangzhou Governor has to get off the horse and walk. A common man has such a high reputation, and it is not in vain.

Liu Anqing, who has already appeared in the sixtieth century, does not often appear on the streets of Hangzhou, but he will visit the antique market and collect calligraphy, paintings, porcelain and other things, a typical life of an elderly rich man.

Liu's Mansion is located on the avenue of Hangzhou's North Gate Street, the mansion occupies a huge area, the rivets inlaid on the huge gate are the size of a bowl, and the two stone lions are fangs and claws, symbolizing the status of Liu's Mansion in Hangzhou. Not far from the gate is a storefront that is open under the name 'Anqing Pharmacy', which is also the only pharmacy left by Liu Anqing.

Passing through the red wall, it is the daily life of the Liu family, at this time at the back door of the Liu Mansion, a carriage full of goods stopped at the door, and an old man in Chinese clothes is directing his subordinates to move the goods. This person is the housekeeper who has followed Liu Anqing for more than 20 years, Han Feng. But soon, there was a commotion in the crowd, and the movements of the subordinates also stopped.

A coarse cloth man next to the carriage had an angry face: "Steward Han, I can't let you move the goods without the receipt of the medicine order, if you take more and take a few less, it's good to say that the money and silver are a little less, but there are fewer things here, and I can't explain it when I go back!" ”

Han Feng hurriedly clenched his fists and apologized, and then looked at a young man in a robe standing next to him, Han Feng shook his head and sighed, walked over, and made a long gesture: "Ouyang is in charge, can you not come again?" I can't make a decision on this matter, it's useless for you to look for me, and our master won't see you. ”

The young man drooped his eyelids, looking like he was about to fall asleep, and reluctantly glanced at Han Feng without a trace of emotion: "I'm not looking for your master, your master is too busy, you can just lose money." ”

Han Feng's face changed, but his cheeks, which were full of deep wrinkles, tightened, and he immediately put away his emotions, so his expression looked very strange: "Master Ouyang, you give me the medicine list first, I have to move the goods to the pharmacy quickly, this matter of treating diseases and saving people cannot be delayed." ”

"Medication list? What is the drug list? Did you see me take it? The young man spread his hands, and his face was angry.

"No, no!" Han Feng hurriedly replied, this ancestor can't be provoked.

"Then I don't have it, I don't have the medicine list, and you don't have the money! So you have to take me to your old man, maybe you pay the money, and the medicine list will come back by yourself. No matter how busy you are, you can always squeeze out a little time when you see me, I have been here no less than five times, and every time you say he is busy. How busy can an old man be? Riding a horse with soft feet, riding a woman is softer! The young man sat on the threshold with his back to the door frame, his drooping eyes giving the illusion that he was about to fall asleep at first glance.

Han Feng's hands were clenched, green muscles appeared, it seemed that the mood was not ordinary excitement, but soon, Han Feng's anger disappeared, the flesh on his cheeks loosened, and he said with a smile: "Then I will take Ouyang Master to see our master!" ”

This Ouyang is the second master of the notorious Daming Dart Bureau in Hangzhou. Daming Dart Bureau, the name is very domineering at first glance, and if you are not careful, many people will mistakenly think that it was not opened by Zhu Yuanzhang. In fact, it is a dart game like a black workshop, except for the big boss Yu Lian, the second master Ouyang Bo, and the dart head Xu Lang, there is not even a buddy. can make a name for themselves in Hangzhou, but because they have two masters.

The big boss Yu Lian, the ancestor is very famous, and the family sells stolen goods, and the customers are facing all the people who need to sell the stolen goods. They all have a certain status in the rivers and lakes.

But although Yu Lian is a member of the Yu family, he is a person who belongs to the separate family, and the network of people who sell stolen goods is in the hands of the Zong family. The only connection between Yu Lian and the Yu family is that Yu Lian's surname is Yu, and it has nothing to do with the Yu family's stolen goods kingdom.

The so-called division of the clan family, just like the emperor and prince of the imperial family, Yu Lian is a person who belongs to the category of the prince, and he is also the grandfather of Yu Lian's grandfather can barely be regarded as a 'prince'. Yu Lian is at best a separate family, and in other words, Yu Lian has become a concubine.

But Yu Lian has had lofty ideals since he was a child, and is committed to creating a new kingdom of the Yu family, and he is the 'king'. So after more than 20 years of hard work, Yu Lian finally founded the Daming Dart Game at the age of 30. However, the dart game belongs to the black industry, and the manpower is not easy to recruit. And even if it is a black household, it will be picky, the network of Dingyuan Dart Bureau is large enough, and there is a master of Peng Shuangyu, in the dart industry, Dingyuan Dart Bureau is the best place to go.

Yu Lian, except for the surname Yu, is almost useless. Stratagem, no; martial arts, I don't understand; character, no; Morality, low. But as the saying goes, the smell is the same, Wang Ba looks at mung beans, the more he looks at them, the more compact they become, not to mention that Yulian has a characteristic that many people do not have: toughness. To put it another way, it is thick-skinned and hugely thick. Relying on this characteristic, Yu Lian insisted on making some friends with three religions and nine streams, or relying on some people.

Under the introduction of this group of friends, Yu Lian finally found his mung bean in the vast crowd, that is, the second leader of the Daming Dart Bureau, Ouyang Bo. In other words, this person can be regarded as a dragon and phoenix among people, good at organs, drug making, disguise, medical skills, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc., according to Ouyang Bo's own evaluation: There are still geniuses in the world.

But as the saying goes: God is jealous of talents, and when God opens a window for you, he will definitely seal the door for you mercilessly. Therefore, Ouyang Bo has been weak since he was a child, and everywhere he goes, he feels like he is about to go to see the king of Hades, and he can even sleep in the imperial examination.

So Ouyang Bo is twenty-five years old, and he still can't achieve anything. So Yu Lian took a fancy to Ouyang Bo's excellent quality, and he didn't achieve anything, didn't he just get into the Daming Dart Bureau, who would do the black business with you if he had a successful career. So, Yu Lian followed Uncle Liu Huang's example and looked at the thatched house, and finally fooled Ouyang Bo into the Daming Dart Bureau, and since then he has become a glorious Dart Bureau personnel.

There is also a dart head Xu Lang, this one is Ouyang Bo by the way, because this person is Ouyang Bo's scholar, where the master goes, of course he gets it. Xu Lang was born with a bad head, Ouyang Bobo's, he can't do it, Ouyang Bo can't, he almost can't.

The only thing Xu Lang knows is light work, and his attainments are not low, maybe he also responded to the word "jealous talent", but this time God only opened a palm-sized air window for Xu Lang, but closed all the doors and windows, even the dog hole. Because Xu Lang's muscles and veins were naturally deformed and his internal strength was insufficient, he could only support Xu Lang to use light power once.

In layman's terms, every time Xu Lang uses light exercises, he will be tired like a dog.

It's such a dart game against the sky, but it is mixed up in Hangzhou, because their prices are very cheap, and they can accept any business, in addition to normal darts, other businesses similar to debt collection, dog hunting, letter delivery, etc. The main thing is that both leaders are resilient.

No, Ouyang Bo took over a debt collection business. There is a medical center called Xuanjitang, after prescribing a dose of tocolytic medicine for pregnant women, they actually aborted the child. After investigation, it was found that there was a problem with the medicine from Anqing Pharmacy.

Although the prefect of Hangzhou did not dare to do anything to Liu Anqing, he still enforced the law impartially and sentenced Liu Anqing to compensate for the silver! The rest is up to you to negotiate and settle it yourself! But this Liu Anqing has not been seen for ten days and a half months, not to mention this compensation.

So the pregnant woman's family found someone from the Daming Dart Bureau to collect the debt. This Ouyang Bo's plan was all over the sky, but there was no one to implement it, so he had to use the kung fu of dog skin plaster, and he came to harass the people of Liu Mansion in three days. Today, he happened to encounter Anqing Pharmacy taking medicine, Ouyang Bo simply made a direct plan, took advantage of Han Feng's inattention, got the medicine list and hid it, and forced Han Feng to take him to see Liu Anqing.