308: No more than a thousand ingots of gold
"Men fight to the border, women weave in their homeland...... "In the capital, in a certain theater building, there are crowds of people at the bottom, and the actors on the stage are also hard-working performers. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
I don't know when it started, this opera became popular in the capital, and there will be several opera performances every day in major theater buildings.
With the strong military power of the Chinese Empire and the vigorous development of industrial facilities, more and more people have normal jobs, their families have relatively stable incomes, and life can go on, and this internal situation is becoming more and more stable.
In this era, there were not many entertainment projects, listening to operas and fighting crickets became the only entertainment projects for people.
In the past, because of the war, all kinds of businesses were very difficult to do, but now the general environment is different, and in their spare time, the people also have the capital to listen to the play.
And I heard that during this period of time, many people have started to think about this, and Zhu Mazi in the east of the city even led people to form a troupe, and the asking price was not high, and they performed everywhere near the capital.
His troupe is very busy during the solar term, and some wealthy villages will always pool money to invite them to perform in the village for a period of time for entertainment.
On this day, Lu San came to the Daguanyuan Theater in the west of the city to listen to the play as usual.
Lu San is forty and three this year, and his family is a well-known landowner in the vicinity, and his family is wealthy, but this person is not very honest on weekdays, and he is often surrounded by a group of small minions, and the people hide far away when they see it.
There is such a rumor circulating nearby, if anyone's child is disobedient, he will use Lu San to scare the child.
However, Lu San didn't care about this kind of rumor, he still lived comfortably every day, enjoying life like an uncle.
"Third Master Lu, excuse me!" Lu San was singing along with the play on the stage, and a middle-aged man about 1.5 meters tall quietly walked over, holding a gold ingot in his hand and placing it on the table.
And the little minions next to him originally wanted to stand up and drive the stranger away, but after seeing a piece of gold, there was no follow-up.
After all, this situation often happens, in addition to not doing his job all day long, Lu San is also a well-known know-it-all in the capital, Lu San's source of information, but he is very smart, if someone nearby wants to inquire about the news, as long as the money is enough, he will be able to get Lu San's reply at the latest.
What made Lu San famous was that the child of a wealthy family in the capital was lost, and he found Lu San, and he didn't know how much it cost, but that night, Lu San sent the child home, and the child was tired of the discipline at home and deliberately ran out.
Even the children who are deliberately hiding can be found, which is enough to prove how capable Lu San is, so people who come from the south and want to inquire about the news of the capital will always be the first to think of Lu San.
"With such a big capital, I, Lu San, can't afford to take this ingot of gold and send it off!" Lu San glanced at the gold on the table lightly, and said casually.
"Third Master Lu, if you don't do business, this doesn't fit your style, or is the rumors outside all false? Lu Sanye doesn't have that much ability at all? The middle-aged man obviously didn't expect Lu San's reaction, but the rejection seemed reasonable, so he offered a set of arguments that had been prepared.
The most important thing for people like Lu San is reputation, once his reputation as a know-it-all is ruined, then there will not be so many people who will come to him to inquire about the news in the future.
The reason why this middle-aged man directly took out a piece of gold was also indirectly telling Lu San that he was a rich man, and if he rejected him, he would have the money to hire someone to go outside to slander Lu San's reputation.
"You haven't opened your mouth yet, I don't know what's going on, now I'm in a bad mood, I don't want to take over business today, what's the matter?" Lu San seemed to be grinning, but this middle-aged man had already put a number in his heart.
But on the surface, Lu San still has the posture that Lao Tzu is an uncle, don't think that you are great if you are rich, Lao Tzu is not a poor bastard, stretch out his hand, Xiao Er not far away walked over with a smile, Lu San casually took out a silver ingot of five taels from the cuff and threw it to the other party, stretched out his hand and pointed to the stage: "Sing well, in addition to the tea money, the rest will be rewarded to them." ”
"Third Master Lu, this ingot of gold is a gift for you, if you are not in a hurry to leave, you might as well take a step to speak, I believe you will not refuse this business." The middle-aged man obviously didn't expect Lu San to be so difficult to handle.
He took out a gold ingot to tell Lu San that he was rich and had enough strength to pay the commission. And Lu San took out five taels of silver and rewarded it to the play, although the two are not at the same level, but one is used to do business, and the other is rewarded at will, faintly, in fact, subconsciously it will make people feel that Lu San's strength is still better.
"Since it was a meeting gift, then Lao Tzu accepted it. But since you are so generous, then I will do this business today, but the price can be said, one word and one ingot of gold. Lu San said casually, as if he was a penny for a word, and he didn't pay attention to it at all.
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Lu San to open his mouth and give a word of gold, if he finished asking, he wouldn't have to spend hundreds of ingots of gold? No matter how rich he is, he can't spend so much money to inquire about this news.
If it weren't for the fact that he had to do it, he would have been tempted to get the gold back and turn around and leave.
"Yes!" Soon, the middle-aged man figured it out, the matter was arranged by them, and it was not his money to spend as much as it spent, anyway, someone took the blame in the end, if they could really find out, then it would be a good thing for them.
"Let's just say it here, Lao Tzu is still waiting to pamper Xiao Mei, but I don't have time to waste time with you here." Lu San said.
The middle-aged man was a little embarrassed, there were so many people here, how could he be embarrassed to say it? However, after seeing Lu San's determined expression, he could only take two steps forward, attached to Lu San's ear and whispered: "I want the army's troop deployment map." ”
"Well, ten words, ten ingots of gold, the difficulty of the news is not low, it is not easy to find out, I don't know if I Lu San will fold it in, ten ingots of gold is a loss-making business, don't do it!" Lu San pinched his fingers and counted.
The middle-aged man had already abbreviated a lot of what he was going to ask, and he had omitted several questions he wanted to ask, originally he wanted to ask about the army strength map, the reserve defense map, and the material reserves of the Chinese Empire, but in order to save money and not ignite the fire, so he only asked this one question.
Although he also knew that it was impossible to get such news with ten ingots of gold, and even he was ready to increase the price, but Lu San directly rejected him, but fortunately, he had already given him a hint in his tone, sister, it was ten ingots of gold, the gold ingots he gave to Lu San before were ten taels, and ten ingots were one hundred taels, and they could be exchanged for a small more than four thousand taels of silver, and the current exchange rate was 1:39, a huge amount of money.
And it's not enough now, with this money in hand, as long as he is given enough time, even he himself can buy enough people to inquire about this news, and he can also use this opportunity to establish their own intelligence network, I really don't know what the gang above thinks.
"This ...... I also know that ten ingots of gold are a bit less, why don't I add more? Ten...... Fifteen ingots of gold, how's that? ”
"Your sister, you'd better find out what kind of news you want to inquire about before you come, this kind of news can be done for fifteen ingots of gold? Do you really think Lao Tzu is cheap labor? After Lu San heard the other party's offer, he couldn't help but feel a little angry.
Army deployment map, that's a military secret, right? If you are caught, you want to lose your head, and you want to make Lao Tzu lose your head with fifteen ingots of gold? Do you think it's possible?
Besides, if your turtle son gets the news and is looking for an opportunity to leak the news, how can Lao Tzu be reasonable? Although Lao Tzu's backstage is hard enough, he is not afraid of you poking out, but if you poke out, Lao Tzu can only run away.
"Twenty ingots ......?" The middle-aged man continued, regretting it in his heart, he had known that he had taken that kind of gold for five taels a ingot, but now he had dug a pit for himself and had to jump.
"Let's go......" Lu San ignored the other party and ordered directly to the dog's legs.
"Third Master Lu, don't be in a hurry to leave, thirty ingots, how about thirty ingots?"
"Hmph, thirty ingots, you just give me a hundred ingots, I won't help you inquire about this matter, if it's a thousand ingots, then you can barely think about it." Lu San turned his head and said with a hint of playfulness.
A thousand ingots of gold, that is, 10,000 taels of gold, Nima, a small 400,000 taels of silver, if this money is really pitted, he Lu San will really be able to live a life like an uncle in the future.
"This ...... Third Master Lu, I came with sincerity, I hope you can also be honest with each other, and make money with kindness......"
"That's why I offered a thousand ingots of gold for the sake of harmony, otherwise you think you would still be standing here? What, why don't I send you to the police? See if you can buy them off with this bit of gold? Lu San said with a smile, he didn't expect money anymore, no spy would spend so much money to inquire about such a news.
"You...... I need to go back and discuss with the shopkeeper, I will give you an answer at this time tomorrow, and I also hope that Lu Sanye can keep it secret for me, I think you should understand. The middle-aged man obviously couldn't do such a big thing, but he couldn't offend Lu San to death, so he could only go back and discuss with the above before making a decision.
But he already knows the final result, and there is no power to decide it, after all, it's not a small amount of money, it's 400,000 taels of silver, just buy such a broken news? To paraphrase a sentence from the landlord of the Chinese Empire, the landlord's family has no surplus grain.
"Please ......" Lu San said casually, and even though he left the theater with someone, the moment he left the theater, the expression on Lu San's face returned to grimness, and he felt that no one was close, and he instructed a little minion beside him: "Send someone to keep an eye on this guy, don't startle the snake first." ”
The little minion agreed, and immediately quickly ran to a steamed bun shop not far away, bought two hot meat buns back, and handed the meat buns to Lu San.
Lu San picked up the meat bun and ate it in a big gulp, and took out some broken silver and gave it to the little minion who ran the errand.
And in the corner not far away, a young man had already taken in every move of Lu San and the others.
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