Chen Xin went all the way back to Erdao Street, at this time it was still morning, there were many pedestrians on the street, most of them were customers who came to buy towels and hats, more than a dozen towels and hats shops on Erdao Street walked in and out, it seemed that the flow of people was not small, Chen Xin estimated that the business should be good to open a dress shop, as for Liu Minyou said to become Pierre Cardin and the like, it is unlikely, but it should be able to feed these people now.

The more he thought about it, the more optimistic he became, humming a little song, and suddenly saw Zhou Shifa in front of him running from a street in the south in a hurry, panting and panting, looking like he was being chased by a dog, Chen Xinying went over and asked, "Why is Brother Zhou so anxious?" If it's urgent, do you want your brother to help? ”

Zhou Shifa had a very good impression of Chen Xin, stopped his steps, wiped the sweat on his forehead, took a few big breaths, pulled Chen Xin to the side of the street and whispered: "Brother Chen, you don't know, Jiannu is here!" ”

"Jiannu?! Really ran to Tianjin? ”

"No, it's Jinzhou, the slave chief sent troops from Shenyang on May 6, and the Jiannu army has crossed the Sancha River on the 8th, and now I'm afraid that the fight will start early, and Lord Wang of the Ministry of War urgently transferred Qian Deputy General to Yuguan (Shanhaiguan), I want to accompany me, and I will leave tomorrow. This fucking dog Tartar, he won't rest after fighting North Korea, he's busy reincarnating. ”

Chen Xin listened to his heart tightened, after this era, in order to get a reasonable identity, he dressed himself up as a Liaodong man who had killed the Tartars, combined with the history he had seen, he made up a story, and now almost even he himself believes in that identity, often looking at the problem from the perspective of this identity, and the people around him unconsciously reveal their hatred and fear of Jiannu in their daily conversations, which also affects him at all times, and he, as a future person, knows how much damage the Manchu Qing Dynasty's ignorant and barbaric rule of more than 200 years has caused to China, all of which made him naturally regard the post-Jin regime as the opposing party.

As a generation that has never experienced war, he read some historical articles in later generations, armies and wars are just some simple numbers, and now when he heard the Houjin army attack the Ming Dynasty, a dull and depressing feeling hit his heart, because these armies are no longer some numbers, they are barbarians with strong soldiers, they are real beings who can kill themselves, and Chen Xin really felt the fear of war.

He hurriedly asked, "How many people are there in Jiannu?" Only the soldiers and horses in Tianjin can be stopped? ”

Zhou Shifa said: "Listen to the general said, there are at least 100,000 Jiannu, and the troops from all over the north have been transferred to Shanhaiguan, Brother Chen, I want to go first, the news has not spread yet, I have to buy some grain, rice and firewood for my mother first." ”

Chen Xin hurriedly arched his hand: "Brother Zhou, please don't worry, please don't worry about killing slaves, if possible, help me kill a few more slaves, don't worry about the family, every few days I will let Daixi go to your house to help take care of your mother." ”

Zhou Shifa never expected Chen Xin to say this, his eyes showed some emotion, and he also said to Chen Xin: "I, Zhou Shifa, am not a good person on weekdays, but I will never be vague when killing Tartars, just say to Brother Chen today, and I will never embarrass Erdao Street." ”

Zhou Shifa hurriedly rushed home, Chen Xin also hurried back to the yard, walked more than ten steps, and heard Zhou Shifa shouting from afar behind him: "Brother Chen, when I come back, we will not get drunk." ”

Chen Xin hurriedly turned around and agreed loudly, his feet did not stop, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw that Lu Chuanzong, Hai Gouzi and others were still training in the courtyard, Wang Daixi sat on the ground and washed clothes, Liu Minyou's door was closed, and it was estimated that he was still writing his plan, Chen Xin asked them all to stop, and called Liu Minyou out, everyone gathered around the stone table, this stone table was originally going to be moved away, but later it was really convenient to use, so it was kept all the time.

Chen Xin saw that everyone had arrived, and then said: "Listen, everyone, now let's put down what we are doing, let's go to the rice store to buy four stone grains together." He did a little calculation, there were seven of them here, and each person had one pound of grain per day, and it would cost two hundred and ten pounds per month, which was close to two stones. This Jiannu's attack should not be able to hit Tianjin, because even the entrance battle of Chongzhen in the second year of Jiannu did not arrive in Tianjin, and now Houjin, who is still in the post-Nuerhachi era, does not have the ability to fight for a long time, and the strategic environment has not completely improved, Chen Xin estimates that they will fight for a month at most, they must withdraw, and the price of grain will be calmed down, and he and Lu Donkey are still about to leave, so it should be enough to buy only four stones of grain.

Liu Minyou said strangely: "Why do you buy so much grain, four stones of grain cost more than four taels of silver." ”

Chen Xin retold the simple retelling of what Zhou Shifa said just now, everyone in the courtyard listened, everyone didn't speak, the needle could be heard, the sea dog, Zhang Dahui and others all showed a look of hatred on their faces, Jiannu had already destroyed one of their homes, did they want to destroy one of their homes again, Chen Xin comforted everyone for a while, soothed their feelings, and then said: "Now follow me to buy food, maybe the price of food will rise soon, set off immediately, everyone take their pockets." ”

A group of people panicked to take out rice bags, wooden basins and other things, rushed to the nearest rice shop on Dongmen Street, this shop also knew them, the Ming Dynasty urban civilians buying food habits are different from later generations, they rarely have food reserves on weekdays, the general family is only to buy a few days or ten days of food, and wait until it is almost finished to buy it, so they came less than a month, and bought several times of grain.

Tianjin Caoyun and shipping are convenient, there is never a shortage of grain, and the price is relatively stable, obviously the owner of this shop does not know the news, the price of rice and corn is one or two dollars per stone. He heard that a few people wanted to buy two stones of grain, and looked at them suspiciously, everyone was silent, and he had to call the man to weigh them, of course, the name must have been manipulated, but this house is not bad, and there are about 110 catties (120 catties per stone) in the neighborhoods around the sale, which is already very conscientious.

Liu Min had passed the money, and as soon as the shopkeeper of the grain store put away the money, a guy rushed into the store and whispered in his ear. Lu Donkey looked at him and smiled, carried two bags of grain bags to his shoulders, Chen Xin and the others also took other bags and basins, and went home. Seeing this, several other people who had already arrived at the door of the grain store hurriedly went up and knocked on the door, but no one inside answered, and several people were so angry that they stomped their feet again and again and hurriedly ran to other grain stores.

When everyone came home, they poured the grain into the rice bowl, and there were still a lot that could not be put into it, Wang Daixi opened a wardrobe and put the rice bag directly in it, because he was worried about the mice, he moved the wardrobe to the sea dog and their room, there were three people in their room, and it was easier to fight mice. Now the sea dogs live in the wing room where Chen Xin lived before, and Chen Xin lives in the main house where Ertun is recuperating from his injuries.

When these are all arranged, Liu Minyou asked Wang Daixi to notify the two neighbors on the left and right, so that they can also buy some food, Chen Xin called Lu Chuanzong aside and told him about going to sea, Chen Xin's plan is that Liu Minyou will stay, he can teach a few followers to read, and Lu Chuanzong will also use his fists and feet, and it will be more useful to go to sea.

When Lu Chuanzong heard that there were dozens of taels of silver to take when he came back, he agreed, so Chen Xin took out the ten taels of silver given by the owner, divided five taels to Lu Donkey, and asked him to collect it himself. Lu Donkey's eyes were straight, he had never had so much money, he held the silver in both hands, and asked stupidly, "This is all for me?" ”

Chen Xin said with a smile: "Of course, the owner said that going to sea is always a dangerous way, and gave me ten taels of life money, if you are afraid, it is too late to regret it now." Lu Donkey accepted the money indifferently, and said with a smile: "Since it is a dangerous road, go to find a girl to play today, there is nothing to regret, Brother Chen, if you go or not, I will invite you." ”

Chen Xin smiled and shook his head, of course he didn't care how Lu Donkey used the money, he had been to this kind of place a lot before, and he didn't feel that there was any moral problem, and the main reason why he didn't go was to help Liu Min have a plan to improve the clothing store.

Lu Donkey has never had so much money on him, when he was excited, he saw that Chen Xin was not going, and hurriedly went out, Chen Xin thought he had gone to Goolan, but he came back after a while, took a few roast chickens wrapped in oil and paper, and hugged a jar of wine, placed it on the stone table, and said to Chen Xin: "Three roast chickens, only two dollars of silver, money is his mother's good, how can five taels of silver be used up in two days." ”

Lu Donkey shouted and beckoned everyone to come, and several people pounced on the sea dogs, ripped off a few pieces of chicken and devoured them, Zhang Da asked Lu Donkey inarticulate while eating: "Brother Lu, have you made a fortune?" How can you have the money to buy so many chickens? ”

"Your brother Lu has made a fortune, but it is also a blessing for your brother Chen, anyway, you just have to eat yours, there will be at night, and there will be tomorrow."

A few people drank wine, ate three roast chickens, and even saved lunch, Lu Donkey was full of wine, patted his stomach and hummed a little song to the brothel.

Chen Xin called Liu Minyou, entered the main house, and told Liu Minyou about going to sea. Liu Minyou was silent for a while before he said: "It's really dangerous to go to sea in this era, do you really want to go?" ”

Chen Xin said resolutely: "I must go, otherwise what am I going to do in the shop, we are like this now, we can only mess around, one day the Tartars really hit Tianjin, what will we do." ”

Liu Minyou also knew that this was the truth, they had to buy at least one boat to facilitate their escape, and according to their current situation, it was difficult to scrape together enough money.

Chen Xin saw that he didn't speak, and continued: "It doesn't have to be okay, according to various situation analysis, this owner is an old pirate, so as long as it doesn't run into a hurricane, it shouldn't be a big problem." ”

He paused: "In case, I can't come back, you can take the Shanghai Dogs and them to the south and find an opportunity to go to Taiwan, where it won't fall until very late, and this life will be about the same." ”

Liu Min said in a depressed mood: "Don't talk about this, maybe I'll be back in a month." The owner has been going to the sea all the year round, hasn't he lived to such an old age? ”

"Whoever says no, just in case, don't tell them beforehand, in case they say it is leaked, it will always be a trouble."

Liu Minyou had no choice but to agree, thinking of Jiannu's attack, and asked: "Where can Houjin hit this time, do you know?" ”

Chen Xindao: "There is a battle of Ningjin in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, it should be this time, Zhou Shifa said that there are 100,000 Jiannu, how can Huang Taiji have 100,000 people now, 50,000 is amazing, it seems that in the end, Houjin withdrew by himself, and he didn't get any important results, so there is nothing to worry about for the time being." But this era is a troubled time, except for the Tartars, the scourge of the rogue will soon become a prairie fire, and if we don't do something, we will be cornered one day. ”

"Okay, then you and Lu Donkey should be careful on the road."

"Okay, let's talk about your clothing store now." ----------------------------------- (thanks to the editorial department for recommending in the Sanjiang Potential List)