"Brother Wei, if you don't go, stay at home and rest! Anyway, we've been to the county seat a lot of times, so there shouldn't be any problems, and besides, if something really happens, aren't there still sunspots? Zhang Dalang looked at Wei Shuo, who was full of tiredness, and couldn't help but persuade.

For most of the past half a month, Wei Shuo has been busy with training and salt during the day, and he has to guide everyone to purify the coarse salt at night. This busy call can make Wei Shuo tired half to death, and when it was time to come out again today, Wei Shuo endured the discomfort and proposed to act with the large army, but was rejected by Zhang Dalang.

Wei Shuo struggled to sit up, rubbed his sore arm, and said with a smile: "No, if I don't go with the salt this time, I can't rest assured, this time I don't have to go before, there are a thousand catties of refined salt for sale, and after the first few actions, I think we must have attracted the attention of many people with a heart, and it is always right to be careful in everything." ”

At this moment, Yang Heizi pushed the door in, "Brother Zhang, Brother Wei, everyone is ready, shall we leave now?" ”

"Okay, let's go now!"

There were a total of 50 escorts participating in the operation, each carrying 20 catties of refined salt, plus Wei Shuo and Zhang Dalang, a total of 52 people. Looking at the young man standing in the open space, Wei Shuo waved his hand, and everyone marched in a column to the morning sun in early spring, and marched five kilometers towards the county seat.

"Brother Wei, somehow, I always feel that this escort operation may not go too smoothly." Walking on the road, Zhang Dalang always felt a faint uneasiness in his heart, and always felt that something would happen this time.

Wei Shuo took a deep breath, looked at the looming county town in the distance, and replied in a firm tone: "No matter who it is, we will never allow them to destroy our good life." ”

"By the way, there's something I have to tell Brother Wei."

"What's the matter?"

"The proprietor of that salt shop has always wanted to see you, and I've been telling him that you don't have time, but I think he's been getting a little impatient lately."

Wei Shuo's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he felt that the owner of the salt shop should also take action. In the past month or so, Wei Shuo has provided nearly 1,000 catties of refined salt to the salt shop, and if the other party can still sit firmly in Diaoyutai, it is too much to underestimate the temptation of refined salt.

"Leave him alone, I'll take care of it."

The road was peaceful, and everyone arrived at Buqi County, where many refugees had fled from Qi County, Le'anguo and other western Qingzhou regions. It was only February, and it was still quite cold in the early morning and evening, and many refugees were shivering in the spring cold.

The officials and lords hiding in the county town did not care about this at all, and the entire city gate was closed, and refugees were strictly forbidden to enter the city. Many refugees who lacked food and clothing gathered at the base of the city wall, looking at the pedestrians coming and going with a numb face, looking like they were about to die.

"Da Lang, wait a minute, you have someone quietly inform those refugees and let them move to our Laoshan Mountain, where we can provide them with shelter and food."

Seeing the tragic situation of refugees, as an ordinary person, Wei Shuo felt that he could not be indifferent, he was taught by his parents to be kind and helpful since he was a child, and when he was in school, because he liked to help people, he was nicknamed by his classmates as a good old man and a good man. As a modern man, he could not have the so-called ruthless heart, nor would he watch these hundreds of innocent people die tragically.

Although Zhang Dalang felt that it was a little difficult to take in hundreds of people at once, he would not question Wei Shuo's decision, and besides, he couldn't bear to watch these hundreds of people disappear miserably in the cold wind. He nodded and agreed, "Got it, I'll let Kuroko do it later." ”

After entering the county, everyone went straight to the salt shop, and the owner of the salt shop, who had already gotten the news, was standing at the door at this time looking at Wei Shuo who was walking towards him with a smile on his face, only to see him greet him enthusiastically with both hands in his fists, holding Wei Shuo's arm, and said in a sincere tone: "This is the famous Mr. Wei, Wang has been waiting here for a long time." ”

"Brother, this is our big customer, Wang Dongjia, and our salt has always been purchased by his shop." Zhang Dalang pointed to the middle-aged man holding Wei Shuo on the side and introduced.

Hearing this, Wei Shuo bowed his hand to the Wang family reservedly, "Wang Dongjia, right?" Fortunately, I will be glad to meet you! I've heard of the name of the Wang Dong family for a long time, and I don't want to see it today! ”

"Ah, I have been famous for Mr. Wei's name for a long time, and I have been looking forward to meeting each other for a long time, but I don't think that Mr. Wei is a dragon who sees the beginning but not the end, and today I finally look forward to you."

There is a reason why Wang Dongjia is so enthusiastic about Wei Shuo, he has always wanted to master the production method of refined salt, but Wei Shuo has always been hidden behind the scenes and never appeared, so that he is a little confused, so he does not dare to act rashly. This time, Wei Shuo took the initiative to come to the door, which can be said to give him a chance to go head-to-head.

"Come, please, we'll talk about something."

"Wang Dongjia, please!"

The two walked arm in arm, followed by the others. When they arrived in the backyard, Zhang Dalang first handed over the salt he brought to the bookkeeper in the store, and then the others ate something under the greeting of the salt shop guys, while Wei Shuo and Zhang Dalang followed Wang Dongjia into the living room. The guy served tea, and everyone sat down.

"Mr. Wei is really young and promising, to be honest, my small shop has been relying on your care recently. If it weren't for your refined salt business, my small business would never have doubled in just one month. ”

"Wang Dongjia is too polite." Seeing Wang Dongjia keep putting on his top hat, Wei Shuo always smiled and didn't say anything.

Wang Dongjia looked at Wei Shuo, who was not in a hurry or slow, and his heart was about to get angry, saying that he had not inquired about Zhang Dalang and their details during this period of time, and knew that Wei Shuo was the key person in mastering the production of refined salt, and he had one hundred and ten people under his hand, and he was entrenched in the Laoshan area and occupied the mountain as the king.

It is thanks to Wei Shuo that he is the 'king of the mountain' that forced Wang Dongjia not to act rashly, otherwise he would have sent someone to rob it hard, and it is not simple for a businessman from a family to snatch something from a few ordinary people in the first year?

"This, Mr. Wei, Wang has a few words that I don't know whether to say or not, I think we should expand the production of refined salt and try to expand the market in a short period of time. Of course, if you rely on Mr. Wei's strength alone, this is a bit difficult, but we can work together. ”

Wei Shuo took a sip of tea, and said with a deep sigh: "Wang Dongjia told you so, it is not impossible for you to cooperate with me, but the details of this cooperation need to be discussed carefully." ”

"Okay, Mr. Wei is really happy, as long as you are willing to cooperate, you can mention this condition casually."

"Oh?" The corners of Wei Shuo's mouth showed a hint of mockery and said, "Can you really put forward conditions casually?" ”

"Ahem, this, this, this, this joke, it's just a joke, but I can assure Mr. Wei!" Wang Dongjia showed a hint of embarrassment and said, "As long as Mr. Wei's conditions are not excessive, I can agree." ”

Wang Dongjia has such confidence, behind him is the famous Langya Wang family, originally he was just an extremely remote branch of the Wang family, but recently because of the refined salt business, his status in the family has risen sharply. There was already a rumor over there, asking him to take down the method of making refined salt as soon as possible.

"At the moment, we are short of food, iron, and medicine in the mountains, and we are short of everything anyway. If Wang Dongjia can provide us with some food and medicine, I can let everyone grit their teeth and increase production a little more, and I can also hand over the sales of Qingzhou to Wang Dongjia to be responsible. ”

Wang Dongjia was stunned when he heard Wei Shuo's words, and he didn't know how to speak for a while, he believed that the hint he had just given was very obvious, and it was impossible for Wei Shuo's IQ not to understand, and now the other party deliberately talked about him left and right. Either the other party didn't understand the meaning of what he just said, or he was pretending to be stupid.

Thinking of this, Wang Dongjia was determined to make his words clear, "Mr. Wei, I mean that we can cooperate in production." You have the technology, I have the capital, the two of us can cooperate to quickly expand production, and then occupy the entire market in the shortest possible time. ”

"Cooperation? What kind of co-production? ”

"It's very simple, you can transfer the workshop in the mountains to this county, and then we can recruit manpower and expand production rapidly, and we can divide the profit into three or seven points: you three and I seven."

It's also open! Wei Shuo couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart, and said secretly: Anyway, the heart of this surnamed Wang is quite dark! Giving me 30% of the profit is like a great favor, and it seems that the other party is used to being strong. But at the moment, he can't turn his face with the other party, anyway, he has to sell the stolen goods through the other party for the time being.

Otherwise, he won't be able to pass the official level alone, and selling illicit salt in ancient times was a big crime to kill his head. Speaking of which, Wei Shuo has been selling illicit salt for a while, but he has never been troubled by the government, and it seems that the background of this Wang Dongjia is not simple.