Chen Kang walked out of the mansion and came to the county seat, the county town was full of people, getting closer and closer to the New Year, and there were many people on the street to purchase New Year's applications, Chen Kang greeted acquaintances warmly, and those people behind him talked curiously: "Isn't that Chen Yuanwai, I haven't seen him for a few days." ”

Most of the people on this street have also received Chen Kang's favor, and they are still polite when they see Chen Kang: "Outside Chen Yuan, you are." "I asked this because I was afraid that Chen Kang would mention the tax reminder again,

Chen Kang smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, buy New Year's goods, and wander around." Hearing Chen Kang say this, the guys and shopkeepers in the shops on the street were relieved, and they were busy greeting enthusiastically: "What's the use of Chen Yuanwai, just take care of the small shop business, you usually take care of it, and I will definitely give you a discount today." Chen Kang thanked him with a smile, and continued to walk forward with a limp, this smile he himself felt a little fake,

According to the king's instructions, Chen Kang went straight to the largest silk village in the county, selected the best materials and picked one or two horses, took out the silver and silver tickets ostentatiously, looked at it, and put them back in his arms, this unintentionally revealed his wealth and even Chen Kang himself was beating the drum in his heart, if he met a robber, wouldn't it be troublesome, two good fabrics cost one hundred taels, Chen Kang put a ingots on the cabinet, picked up the fabric and turned around,

The guys in the silk village had already put down their work, and a few people came over and whispered: "Isn't this Chen Yuanwai, I heard a few days ago that he was going to sell his house, what kind of fortune did he make?" The shopkeeper of the silk village Wu walked out from behind, and when he saw the guys gathered together, he coughed dryly twice, and a guy nicknamed Little Pimple came over and handed the silver to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, you see, this is Chen Cripple who bought fabrics." ”

The shopkeeper Wu took the silver and checked it, and pondered in his heart, this silver is really good, this Chen Kang did not come to urge taxes today, and suddenly bought so many things as if he was rich, usually he didn't wait to see Chen Kang, anyway, with the support of the county lord, it is impossible to ask for taxes from this silk village, but what happened to Chen Kang's kid today, is he getting rich himself, or who is buying things for him, in this county, except for the county order, who will have such a big hand, he turned to Xiao Pimple and said: "Little Pimple, you go and take a look." ”

This little pimple is the best to inquire about the main word, only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he is a very gossip person, usually when there is nothing to do, he has to inquire about something and everyone said, because there is some acne on the face, that is, we now talk about pimples, so, everyone loves to call him "little pimple", the little pimple heard the instructions of the shopkeeper Wu, and was busy, turned around and went out of the silk village, looked left and right, he saw Chen Kang enter the jewelry shop of the shopkeeper Yue, and hurriedly trotted over,

Chen Kang carried the fabric out of the silk village, the second place that the king arranged for him to go to was the jewelry shop on the street, the shopkeeper of this jewelry shop was surnamed Yue, known as Yue Laodao, usually a smiling tiger, but if anyone bought their things, the price was to be stabbed, but today Chen Kang didn't mind, this was carrying silver in his arms, and his waist was much straighter when he walked, and even the lame foot seemed to be less serious.

Yue Laodao is standing on the counter, his hand supporting his cheeks and looking at the account book, at this time he is counting in his heart, Zhu County Order does not know if it is still in this county after the New Year, in previous years, there is no less filial piety to this Zhu County Order, this year this time to save it, as the saying goes, people go tea cool, if he is not in Linchuan after the New Year, then this expense is not wasted, in the afterglow I saw someone into the jewelry shop, he came back to his senses and saw that it was Chen Kang, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, what kind of person is not good, but it is this Chen Cripple, At the end of the year, is there another tax urging, I want to ask someone to send him away, but when I looked up, Yue Laodao was stunned,

Chen Kang was directly picked up by Wang Pan from the county government that day, not only asked Lang Zhong to treat Chen Kang's injuries, he ate and drank well in Wang Pan's Mansion these days, and he was well conditioned, and Wang Pan also asked his family to take out some new clothes for Chen Kang to change, which is not the same as Chen Kang on weekdays, today he is neat and neat, and he entered the jewelry shop with his chest up and his head up, and he also carried two pieces of fabric on his shoulders.

Yue Laodao immediately came out from the cabinet: "Chen Yuanwai, what kind of wind is blowing you, come, put down the things first" He said and helped Chen Kang put down the fabric, and then piled up a smile on his face: "Chen Yuanwai, where did you come from, what errand are you going to do today." ”

Chen Kang put down the fabric, just to rest, he rubbed his shoulders and asked Yue Laodao: "Shopkeeper Yue, whether your jewelry is good or not, you are not afraid of being expensive, but it must be good." ”

Yue Laodao pointed to the various jewelry placed on the counter and said: "What you said, our family's jewelry in our county is the most expensive, no, no, no, it is the best." He patronized and looked at Chen Kang, and said that he slipped his mouth, but fortunately Chen Kang didn't hear it, Chen Kang glanced at the hairpins and bracelets on the counter, and said disdainfully: "These are outside, the color is too ordinary, if there is no better, I can go." ”

What kind of wind did Chen Kang smoke today, Yue Laodao was puzzled in his heart, he hurriedly smiled and whispered: "Of course, there are some, but they are just ...... prepared for the county master" Saying, from the drawer under the counter, take out a box, open the box There are really a lot of good things inside, whether it is hairpins or bracelets, from workmanship to seed materials, they are much better than those on the counter, Yue Laodao showed Chen Kang the same, and immediately covered the box again: "These things are not the price above." "What he means is clear, I have good things, but the price is expensive, and I have a relationship with the county master, no matter whether you Chen Kang is here to urge taxes today, I have to let you know this first,

Chen Kang didn't look at the box very much, he said casually: "There will always be a price for the noble and the cheap, and I am also a gift, the shopkeeper Yue is losing money when he sends it, and the shopkeeper Yue sells it to me to make money, if you don't want to sell it, forget it." ”

This Chen Kang's tone today is really not small, Yue Laodao listened to Chen Kang's words, could it be that he was also sent to the county master, Yue Laodao's smile did not fall from his face, he hurriedly opened the box and pushed it in front of Chen Kang: "Chen Yuanwai, if you buy it sincerely, then you can pick it at will." ”

Chen Kang thought to himself, this old knife Yue was probably afraid that I wouldn't be able to pay, so he took out the pile of silver tickets and a few ingots of silver from his arms, just like in the silk village just now, deliberately revealing his wealth, and then took out two or three silver tickets and patted them on the cabinet, "This agate bracelet, this pair of jade earrings, by the way, and this hairpin, how much is this." ”

Yue Laodao looked at the three silver tickets on the counter, all of them were one hundred taels of silver, where did this guy get so much money, "These things, three hundred and twenty taels, are more preferential to you, even if they are three hundred taels, Chen Yuan still has eyesight, these were originally intended to be ...... for the county master" Chen Kang didn't want him to continue: "Wrap the things, you keep the silver tickets." ”

Yue Laodao didn't expect Chen Kang to be so happy, he turned around and quietly slapped himself in the face, and said in his heart: Yue Laodao, Yue Laodao, you see Chen Kang's eyes didn't blink, today it seems that this knife is too light,

As soon as Chen Kang left, the little pimple flashed into the jewelry shop, "Hehe, shopkeeper Yue, you have made a fortune again." Shopkeeper Yue was also puzzled: "Little pimple, you don't pretend to be garlic, the two pieces of cloth he brought are your family's goods, you shopkeeper Wu can make a fortune today." ”

Xiao Pimple smiled: "Where did you go, how can we have your hot knife fast, what do you say happened to this Chen cripple today." Yue Laodao shook his head: "I'm also thinking about it, alas, I said a small pimple, you are counted on the street on this street, don't you like to inquire." Xiao Pimple didn't know much when he saw the shopkeeper Yue, he walked towards the door and said, "Then you think about it first, I'll take a look." With that, Xiao Pimple walked out of the jewelry shop, and Yue Laodao followed to the door and instructed: "Come back and tell me." ”

The third place Chen Kang wants to go to is the tavern on the corner of this street, the shopkeeper and the guy of this tavern and Chen Kang are old neighborhoods, the tavern is not big, there are many people who drink and eat in it, but the profit is very low, one is that the tax in this year is too heavy, and the second is that the tavern has been dry for a long time, and the people who come to drink and eat are all old customers, and the shopkeeper is afraid that it will rise too much, and the guests are not coming, Chen Kang entered the tavern, put the fabric on the stool next to him, and greeted the shopkeeper of the tavern, the man, and the people who eat,

The guy greeted him: "Outside Chen Yuan, your injuries are healed." Chen Kang nodded: "Okay, okay, thank you, little brother." ”

"Hey, what are you thanking me for, today, you are."

Chen Kang said: "Give me half a catty of beef, a hanging of wine, and a bowl of noodles, and I have to go to the county government office to do things when I am full." ”

"Okay, half a catty of beef, a hanging of wine, and a bowl of noodles." The guy shouted at the kitchen in the hotel, reported the dishes and turned to Chen Kang and asked, "Chen Yuanwai, who is the son who sent you that day, why are you still taking the errand of the county government." ”

Chen Kang deliberately raised his voice: "Our son-in-law, he is the brother-in-law of the county master, and this time he is here to pick up the county master to go to the capital." He said, patting the two pieces of cloth, "You don't know, our county master is really afraid of guilt, and he actually handed over all the money he has saved privately in the past few years to our son, no, our son asked me to buy something for his sister to bring." ”

Before the words fell, the sporadic guests who were eating looked at Chen Kang, and the guy smiled: "You are talking nonsense......" Chen Kang squeezed his eyes at him: "How can you talk nonsense, you see, this jewelry" Saying that, he took out the newly bought jewelry, and revealed the silver ingots and silver tickets again: "What are these, the son said, the county lord has earned more than this in recent years." ”

The man's eyes glared at the boss: "Wow, then, then Chen Yuanwai, you are with a big family,." The shopkeeper also came over: "Go, go and serve wine to Chen Yuan." He supported his buddy and came over by himself: "According to what Chen Yuanwai said, our county master has made a fortune in the past few years. ”

The people in this tavern all looked at Chen Kang, Chen Kang smiled weirdly, his words were not finished yet,