"You're the owner of this place!" Liu Cheng saw that the woman's hands and feet were very neat, and said casually: "My friend's favorite thing in his life is quiet, if there is nothing else, except for three meals a day, don't let people disturb you!" ”

The woman had already put the dishes away, and when she heard Liu Cheng say this, she covered her mouth and smiled: "Where is the owner, it's just that the first husband left in a hurry, leaving only these few houses, and the concubine can only show her face and do some business to support herself and her children." At this time, the woman had turned around, and the moonlight shone on her face, and she saw a pair of sheared eyes on a goose egg face, a pointed chin, and a cherry mouth that was dexterous and upright, and she was a rare beauty, and while she was talking, a strand of hair next to the woman's sideburns fell, and she reached out to pull it up, and the sleeve fell, revealing a white and greasy little arm.

Zhao Wende saw it, hurriedly and instinctively turned his head, but Liu Cheng stared at it indifferently, the woman saw it, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, so she quietly put her sleeve next to a porridge bowl, and the porridge bowl immediately fell to the ground, and most of the bowl of hot porridge fell on Liu Cheng's robe, and he screamed miserably.

"My lord, what's wrong!" The soldiers who were waiting outside heard the movement inside, and hurriedly pushed the door and rushed in, and the woman saw two men with sharp blades rushing in outside the door, and her face turned pale with fright. Liu Cheng looked at the woman, then at Zhao Wende on the side, and said in a deep voice: "It's nothing, I accidentally knocked over the porridge bowl, you take off your coat and change it for me!" “

The soldiers hurriedly took off their robes and handed them to Liu Cheng, and bowed before exiting the door, Liu Cheng changed his clothes, handed the robe that had been stained with porridge to the woman, and said with a smile: "This little lady, clean my robe, it's tiring!" ”

The woman took the robe tremblingly, she could already see it from the two knife-wielding men who had rushed in just now, and she gritted her teeth. knelt on the ground and said: "Where you are rude, please punish the master!" ”

"Little lady, don't be like this!" Liu Cheng smiled: "I am a coarse person who does not know the number of etiquette, but I am not a bad person. I just annoyed the little lady, it's mine, isn't it, the little lady didn't splash the porridge on her head, she is already virtuous. Brother Zhao, do you say yes! The last sentence was said to Zhao Wende.

When the woman heard this, she couldn't help but laugh, and when she was halfway through the laughter, she felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly reached out to cover her mouth. Liu Cheng slapped his palm when he saw it and smiled: "The little lady is smiling so good-looking, why bother to stretch out her hand to block it, isn't this a tyrannical thing?" ”

The woman laughed when she heard Liu Cheng laugh like this. was already blushing with shame, turned his head and pushed the door and ran out. Zhao Wende, who was on the side, coughed and said, "Brother Liu, you are also a third-grade military attache of the imperial court now, and sometimes you have to pay attention to the good manners." ”

"System, is there anything inappropriate about what I just did?" Liu Cheng smiled: "I'm not married, she is not married, and I am not a lonely man and a widow living in the same room, what's inappropriate?" “

"Brother Liu, you are a third-grade general!" Zhao Wende looked like he hated iron but not steel: "That woman is just a widow." Even if you are a military attaché, there will be officials who will impeach you, and then it will be troublesome. Speaking of this, Zhao Wende lowered his voice and said, "If you really like it." Ben took the woman as a concubine. “

Hearing Zhao Wende say this, Liu Cheng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zhao, it's too early to say this." “

"How can it be early!" Zhao Wende said with a smile: "There are three unfilial pieties. No queen is great, Brother Liu, you are now a third-grade general, and it can't be said that you are not famous. The wife is peaceful, and she has to find the right person, but she can't delay passing on the cigarettes, so it is right to marry a concubine first. “

Liu Cheng was laughed and cried by Zhao Wende's words, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to change the topic casually: "Brother Zhao, according to what you saw, Lord Yang is going to the capital here, do you really want to die?" ”

Hearing Liu Cheng mention Yang He, Zhao Wende's face was clouded, and he shook his head: "I don't know, there are too many people involved in this matter." “

"Well, what's next for you?"

"Intended?" Zhao Wende smiled bitterly: "I was happy for a while, but I hurt others, and after that, I will still be a green lantern ancient Buddha, and I will be with you for a lifetime." “

"Why bother!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "The so-called eating a trench grows a wisdom, Brother Zhao must have gained a lot after this change, why should he be that monk?" “

"Brother Liu!" Zhao Wende sighed: "When I was under Lord Yang in the past, I offended a lot of villains, and now I am also a person who is to be punished, and even my fame has been gone, what else can I do in this life?" “

When Liu Cheng heard this, he understood why Zhao Wende wanted to abscond in plain clothes, and planned to become a monk and live in seclusion, presumably Zhao Wende's proposed salt introduction policy hurt the interests of the group of people behind the salt merchants, and that group of people killed Zhao Wende, and the fame in ancient times can almost be said to be the second life of a scholar, if it weren't for Zhao Wende's fast running, I was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to save his life.

"Brother Liu, before parting that time, you advised me to 'sly rabbit three holes, so that you can sit back and relax', I still don't think so, but now it seems that I am self-righteous!"

Looking at Zhao Wende's decadent appearance, Liu Cheng smiled slightly: "Brother Zhao, if you don't dislike it, I still have a hole." “

"Are you here?" Zhao Wende was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head and said: "Brother Liu, when I was under Lord Yang, many people saw me, and I am now a guilty person, if I have been here with you for a long time, I am afraid that it will affect you." “

"If it were under my hands, it would be recognized; But if you go out of the Jade Gate in the west and go to the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, you won't be recognized, right? “

"Out of the Jade Gate in the West? North and south of the Tianshan Mountains? ”

"Not bad!" Liu Cheng smiled slightly, got up and said, "Please come with me!" ”

Zhao Wende followed Liu Cheng out of the courtyard a little inexplicably, and Du Gu had already greeted him with a few personal soldiers, and the group walked through the county seat and came to a shop near the north gate. Du Gu stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after about half a sound, a guy opened the door, and Liu Cheng stepped forward and said, "I wish to use this merit to return to the people of the Dharma Realm!" ”

The guy clasped his hands together and said: "Eliminate disasters and increase longevity, the same proves that there is no supreme way!" Dare to ask how many pillars of incense this brother burned in front of the altar? ”

"Naturally, it's a burnt nine-pillar incense!" Liu Cheng replied, took out an object from his arms with his right hand and shook it in front of the guy, the guy's face suddenly became extremely respectful, and he bowed down to greet him: "It turned out to be an offering, please come in!" “

The guy invited Liu Cheng and his party into the house, served tea and turned around to ask the shopkeeper. As soon as he walked away, Zhao Wende, who was already full of suspicion, asked, "Brother Liu." What did you just read? What tricks do you play? “

"Tricks?" Liu Cheng laughed: "I just read a passage from the "Salvation Sutra of the Lifeless Old Mother", which is the rudder of the Hongyang Sect in Chaoyi. ”

"The Salvation Sutra of the Childless Old Mother! Red Yang Sect? Liu Cheng, do you believe in such a cult? Zhao Wende is not the kind of rotten Confucian, he has naturally heard of this kind of folk religion after many years under Yang He, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he stood up and was about to leave.

"Brother Zhao, listen to my explanation!" Liu Cheng stretched out his hand to stop Zhao Wen, and said with a smile: "How can I believe this thing, I brought you here today to let you see something!" “

Zhao Wende was grabbed by Liu Cheng, and he struggled twice but couldn't get out. I had to sit down angrily: "Liu Cheng, I, Zhao Wende, have read the book of sages, if you want me to join the Red Yang Sect, it is absolutely impossible!" “

At this time, the shopkeeper came into the house and respectfully saluted Liu Cheng, Liu Cheng took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it over, and said with a smile: "This batch of things has been delivered?" “

The shopkeeper took it and glanced at it, and said with a smile: "I arrived five days ago." It's all in the backyard storeroom. ”

"Okay, take me to see it!"

"Yes!"

Liu Cheng and his entourage walked through the double courtyard, and when they came to the backyard, they saw a warehouse made of blue bricks, and the shopkeeper took out the key from his waist to unlock it. smiled: "It's all inside!" ”

Liu Cheng nodded, then pushed the door and went in, only to see several rows of wooden shelves in the warehouse, on which more than a dozen oil paper bags were placed in different categories. Liu Cheng stepped forward and picked up one casually. Pulling aside the oil paper wrapped outside, inside was a milky white stone with a glass luster, and Liu Cheng weighed it twice in his hand. Handed it to Zhao Wende and asked, "Do you know what this is?" "What is this? Isn't it a stone? ”

"It's a stone!" Liu Cheng smiled: "But it's a rare gem!" ”

"Gems?" Zhao Wende looked at the stone in confusion: "Forgive me for being clumsy, I can't see where the treasure is?" ”

"This stone treasure is treasured, if you crush it and sprinkle it in the field, you will have a good harvest!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "This kind of stone is everywhere in Daze in the northwest, if it can be transported back to Daming, the people of Daming will no longer have to worry about hunger." “

"Is this stone so amazing?" Zhao Wende had a suspicious look on his face. Liu Cheng smiled slightly and did not argue, it turned out that the stone was a potash mine, one of the most important uses of this ore in modern society is to make potash fertilizer, and China's largest potash mineral area is located in Lop Nur in today's Xinjiang, and there is a large amount of potash ore on the surface of the dry lake. When Xu Hecheng was trading with the Oirats, he transported all kinds of ores, materials, furs and other goods he had collected back to Shaanxi, so that Liu Cheng could see if there were any valuable commodities in them.

"Look at this!" Liu Cheng picked up another stone and handed it to Zhao Wende, this time Zhao Wende looked at it carefully, sniffed it again, and finally asked with some suspicion: "This is saltpeter?" ”

"Yes, Brother Zhao really has good eyesight!" Liu Cheng laughed.

In this way, Liu Cheng picked up an object wrapped in oil paper from time to time in the warehouse and handed it to Zhao Wende, at first Zhao Wende could recognize one or two pieces, but later he didn't know more and more, and he couldn't help but secretly admire Liu Cheng Although he is a martial artist, he is no less knowledgeable than a well-known scholar in the world. After about an hour, Liu Cheng described what the many samples in the warehouse were and what they were used for, and suddenly asked, "Brother Zhao, do you know where these things come from?" ”

At this time, Zhao Wende had already guessed a little bit of Liu Cheng's intentions, and said with a smile: "Isn't it outside the Yumen Pass, north and south of the Tianshan Mountains?" ”

"Brother Zhao is really a wonderful person!" Liu Cheng laughed: "Yes, these things are all from over there." Where does my Liu Cheng's fame, strength, and future come from. “

"Do you want me to go west out of the Jade Gate and go to the north and south of Tianshan Mountain?"

"Not bad!" Liu Cheng nodded, he met Xu Hecheng in the deep mountains, helped him break the rebellion, and then the two helped each other, Liu Cheng cleaned up the military camp in Juzhou, built Pitang, built a factory, imported wool, leather, cattle and sheep and other raw materials from the Oirats, and exported tea, woolen wool and other finished products. When Zhao Wende heard this, his eyes couldn't help but shine, and he high-fived and sighed: "Brother Liu, I thought you were just a brave man, but I didn't want you to do so many things behind your back." “

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, Fan Li assisted the Yue King Gou Jian Xingyue to destroy Wu, and he was ashamed of the snow and was the general above the overlord of the world. However, the beak of the long-necked bird of the king of Yue can share hardships and hardships, not joys. Fan Li retired, took Xi Shi to the north by boat, lived in seclusion in the pottery land, became a huge wealth in business, and scattered three times to gather wealth and gold three times, and praised it for future generations, isn't it also done by sages? Brother Zhao, although you have lost your fame this time and can no longer follow the official career, if you follow Tao Zhugong, why can't you go out of another world? ”

Hearing Liu Cheng's words, Zhao Wende lowered his head, thought for a long time, and raised his head and asked, "Brother Liu, you asked me to go to the Western Regions, I'm afraid it's not just to make me a businessman, right?" ”

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from Brother Zhao!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "Although the Dongyu is rampant now, the ancestors of the mountains and seas have been operating for more than 100 years, and the city stretches for hundreds of miles. What is worrying is that the eastern captives are connected to the grassland tribes, and with them as wings, they can compete with our Ming Dynasty. Now the Mongol dragons have no leader, and their Lin Dan Khan is weak enough to compete with the Eastern Captives. But if the Dzungar Khan Batur, who traded with us, was powerful and ambitious, and if he were to be allowed to compete with the Eastern Captives, wouldn't it be possible to kill a catastrophe without spending a single soldier? ”

"It turns out that Brother Liu wants me to follow Zhang Qian and Ban Chao and do the great things that lead to the Western Regions, why don't you say it earlier!" Zhao Wende said with a smile: "If it's for this, it's for me to be willing." ”

"Then Brother Zhao is willing to go?"

"Naturally, I am willing!" Zhao Wende said with a smile, he suddenly stood up, made a deep gesture at Liu Cheng, and said solemnly: "Thank you Brother Liu for this enlightenment, if he can become famous in history in the future, die and be immortal, it is all thanks to Brother Liu!" “

"Don't dare to be!" Liu Cheng hurriedly let go of Zhao Wende's big gift, and said in a deep voice: "But if Brother Zhao goes to Batur, you should be patient first and don't be too anxious to get things done." “

"Why do you say that?"

"Brother Zhao, think about it, although Batur is ambitious, he is now thousands of miles away from the Eastern Prisoners, what would he think if you persuaded him to fight the Eastern Prisoners from the beginning? Either ignore it or use it to blackmail many benefits. What's more, you are not an official of the imperial court now, and it is difficult to say a lot of things directly. (To be continued.) )

PS: I can't imagine that the monthly pass is so powerful, but Weber is a person who has vested Longright, and he wants to get Shu, **There is no end