The middle-aged lewd man and his wife were killed by Ma Xiaoshuang, don't look at Ma Xiaoshuang, who is usually a little timid, but he is just afraid of the government and foreigners, and he is a little superstitious, in fact, people like Ma Xiaoshuang are very black when they kill people, because he is simple-minded, and there is no psychological activity and burden when he kills, just like killing two pigs, and those who are active are affected by their own feelings when they kill, and they are more or less hesitant, but people with a simple personality like Ma Xiaoshuang will not appear in this situation.

After the body was packed in a sack, Ma Xiaoshuang and Xiao Zhenlei carried a corpse and threw it into the nearby Shuzhou River, and when they came back, it was already late, and the two fell asleep in a hurry, without saying anything all night.

The next morning, after breakfast, Xiao Zhenlei left Ma Xiaoshuang to clean up in the new house, and he himself rushed to the abandoned factory in Zhabei to check whether the batch of tobacco was still safe.

After coming out of the abandoned factory, Xiao Zhenlei asked someone nearby to inquire about the location of the rich man Lu Jiasheng's mansion, because according to Wang Ergou, who scratched the hook, and the bearded beater who guarded the earthen stack, Lu Jiasheng's mansion was in Zhabei. After inquiry, Xiao Zhenlei learned that Lu Jiasheng's mansion was less than a mile away from the abandoned factory, and Lu Jiasheng might not have imagined that his red clay smoke was stored in the abandoned factory less than a mile away from his mansion, right?

Xiao Zhenlei was wearing a cyan long-sleeved cardigan, black bloomers, brand-new old-fashioned cloth shoes, and a gray pot-lid-style felt hat on top of his head, he grabbed a handful of peanuts and leaned against a big tree diagonally across the road in front of the gate of Lu Jiasheng's mansion, knocking peanuts while observing the people entering and leaving Lu Jiasheng's mansion from time to time.

Near noon, a middle-aged man with a long mustache on his lips and a long beard on his chin, wearing a robe and a horse coat, and wearing a treasured housekeeper's hat walked out of the gate of Lufu. ”

"Hmm!" The middle-aged man nodded in agreement, walked down the steps by himself, and the carriage pulled out of the side door just arrived at the door, and the middle-aged man lifted his robe and got into the carriage.

Xiao Zhenlei saw that he threw the remaining peanuts and peanut shells in his hand to the ground, and waved to a rickshaw diagonally opposite. ”

Xiao Zhenlei grabbed a large handful of copper coins from his pocket and handed them over: "You can go and pull me away, you will go wherever I tell you to go, you will be fast if I tell you to be fast, and you will be slow if you are slow, you know?" ”

The driver was not happy, how could any customer who took the car be like this? However, seeing that the handful of copper plates handed over by Xiao Zhenlei was really a lot, it was worth his own day's income, so he immediately changed his ** degree and readily agreed: "Okay, uncle, sit tight!" ”

Lu Jiasheng has collapsed in the past two days because of the burning of the earthen stack, he stayed at home and didn't think about it, he often lost his temper, he started beating people at every turn, and killed a maid, the whole Lu Mansion was silent, no one dared to speak loudly, think about it, the other goods piled up in the earthen warehouse are not worth a few dollars, but the value of the fifty-three sacks of red clay is too great, he accounted for thirty percent of the shares, and the principal cost nearly 100,000 taels, and now the earthen stack is burned, and his own 100,000 taels are burned is a trivial matter, The key is to lose the money of some other shareholders, and the money lost is not the principal, it is the principal with profits, there has never been a fire in the earthen stack, this time it can be said that he almost lost all his family, it is strange that he is not sick.

Hu Er's housekeeper has been waiting carefully for the past two days, but if he doesn't get a chance to come out and relax, he took a carriage to a bathhouse and found a master with excellent craftsmanship to rub his back, Lu Jiasheng sent him out to let him contact the owners of those tobacco houses, telling them that the tobacco soil this time can not be delivered in time, that is, to say hello, after all, the two sides have discussed it, regular transactions, if the goods are not delivered in time, they must notify the owners of the major tobacco houses in time.

Xiao Zhenlei followed Hu Er's housekeeper to the bathhouse, and when the old master rubbed Hu Er for a while, he stood at the door and leaned against the door, and after a while, the old master who rubbed his back went out to change towels, Xiao Zhenlei stopped him and handed him a piece of ocean: "I have something to talk about with the old man inside, you don't need it!" ”

The old master took the money and left, and he didn't suspect anything, in fact, they were all human spirits, and they all had the instinct to seek good fortune and avoid evil.

Xiao Zhenlei lowered his felt hat to cover most of his face, walked into his back, held a cigarette, took out a match, lit it, took two puffs and said, "Second Master Hu? ”

Hu Er heard that the title and voice were wrong, and immediately turned over and sat up, after all, he was also doing shady business, and he was very vigilant, and after seeing Xiao Zhenlei, he arched his hand and said: "I don't know what this good man has to do?" How to recognize someone Hu? ”

"Hehe, Lu Jiasheng, Master Lu's personal butler, who doesn't know this big beach? I came to Mr. Hu today for nothing else, I just want to ask Mr. Hu Er for a favor, Lao Tzu has a batch of tobacco in his hand and wants to borrow the channel in Mr. Hu's hand to disperse! ”

Hu Er instinctively wanted to refuse, but he remembered that this time his master could not trade with the bosses of the major tobacco houses in time, but he was afraid that the credibility in the hearts of the owners of the major tobacco houses would decline, if he could buy the tobacco in the hands of the person in front of him, even if it was not profitable, it would be cost-effective, and after thinking about it, he asked: "I don't know how many goods this good man has?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei didn't doubt him, but he still kept an eye on him and said, "Seven or eight thousand catties are there!" ”

The people of the Lu family who knew that the store had tobacco and soil in it thought that the tobacco had been burned, and Hu Er didn't think about the amount of tobacco that was stolen by someone after listening to what Xiao Zhenlei said, but such a large amount of tobacco soil still surprised Hu Er, and wondered when someone in this big Shanghai could have such a large shipment at one time? This made Hu Er start to be vigilant, not for other reasons, but the threat of commercial competition, after all, someone has such a large shipment, and its own strength must be very strong, and a large number of tobacco and soil will inevitably lead to a decline in prices, and business will begin to be bad.

Hu Er didn't think about anything else at this time, but he didn't think that if Xiao Zhenlei knew that he had the best sales channel in his hands, he only thought about how to swallow this batch of goods, and then inquired about Xiao Zhenlei's origin, "This hero, I want all your goods, let's make a price!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei took the cigarette from his mouth and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, Second Master Hu, I just want to borrow the bulk channel of red clay!" ”

Hu Er is also a person who is used to walking the rivers and lakes, what scene have you never seen? This guy was ruthless, seeing that Xiao Zhenlei only wanted to use sales channels and was unwilling to sell the goods to him, of course he didn't want to, his face changed: "So this matter is not negotiable?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei watched Hu Er's face change, smiled, thought for a while and decided to change his original intention, since this guy posted it himself to send money, why not? So he said: "It's not negotiable, Lao Tzu will make a price, if the second master Hu agrees, we will trade, if you don't agree, then this business can only fail, but I must borrow the bulk channel of the second master Hu!" ”

Hu Er weighed it and nodded: "Okay, you say the price!" ”

"A piece of two catties and five taels of red clay 300 silver, no two prices! If Master Hu thinks this price is acceptable, let's make an appointment to trade at a time and place! ”

"300 taels? Why don't you grab it? Hu Er almost jumped when he heard the price.

Xiao Zhenlei spread his hands and said, "Second Master Hu can not do this business, but your channel must be borrowed from me!" ”

Hu Er's face became even more ugly, "What if I don't borrow it?" ”

"Then I have to ask Second Master Hu to meet our boss, our boss is not as easy to talk as me, and you will never be able to hide from losing a layer of skin before meeting him!" Xiao Zhenlei said as he pulled out a box cannon from the belt of his waist and aimed it at Hu Er.

In this era, the people who had guns and carried this kind of box cannon with them were definitely not ordinary people, you must know that the Qing government's control of firearms was quite strict, and even if the Qing court wanted to buy guns from foreigners, it was not to say that they could buy them. Suddenly, when he saw the box cannon, Hu Er's face changed drastically, but he quickly put on a smile and said: "This good man, Hu Mou was joking just now, he came out to eat, there is no need to move the guy, right?" Okay, I promised to do this business on behalf of our master, a piece of red clay of two catties and five taels and 300 oceans, how many you want, how much we want! Don't know how to trade? ”

"You go back and tell your master, our boss has 8,000 catties of red clay, let him prepare 960,000 taels of silver, remember that we only need cash silver or ocean, no banknotes issued by the money bank or bank banknotes, bring enough money to wait on the No. 2 steel bridge, someone went over to check the amount of money, and showed you a sample of the goods, if the amount of money is correct, someone will take you to the place of trading, when the time comes, we will pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and after the money and goods are cleared, we will go to each other" Xiao Zhenlei put away the gun and left.