There is truth and falsehood, there is black and white, there is crying and laughter, there is life and death.

It is normal to open a coffin shop opposite the medical hall, of course, this face-to-face, only separated by a long street in the middle, while treating the living, while making money from the dead, it still looks awkward.

Moreover, the façade of the people's medical hall is also refreshing, and the couplets hung at the door are even more neat, the upper link is "the wonderful hand benevolence to remove the suffering", and the lower link is "the virtue and art double Xin wins the spring breeze", plus a horizontal batch of "hanging pot to help the world", and then put some herb flower pots in the store, and Lang Zhong who is sitting in the museum will hold a book of saints in hand, and this shelf alone is enough to beat the coffin shop that is not long.

Pedestrians on the road also habitually pass in front of the infirmary, not in front of the coffin shop, why? It's not a taboo yet!

Does anyone in this world like coffin shops?

The official is divided into nine grades, and the line is divided into three hundred and six, and this person is also divided into three hundred and sixty-nine and so on.

Those who hang pots to help the world are superior people, second only to officials, and they are not bad compared to those who have no fame. This coffin is a cheap business, from the owner to the man, and no one will treat him seriously.

Serious people will deal with the people in this coffin shop except for white things, and they will not see it when they look down, and they will not see it when they look up.

Bad luck!

However, Xia Laosi, the owner of the coffin shop, never looked down on himself, on the contrary, he also regarded himself as superior, especially Zhao Laolangzhong, who looked down on Zhao Laolang, who was sitting in the opposite hall, not for anything else, just because although his coffin shop was a cheap business, the money he earned was terrifying.

He Zhao Laolang is a living person in Chinese medicine, but he earns a few copper plates, if he encounters the four walls of the family, maybe he will also paste a few pieces of medicine, only when he meets the official eunuch or the rich family, can he earn a little bit of silver.

But he Xia Laosi is really rich, and it only costs some wood to build a coffin, and the cost of man-hours does not cost one or two silver, but if this is sold, the starting price is five taels, and one or two less is not negotiable.

The people who bought the coffin were all in a hurry to rein in their relatives, where would they have to deal with him, stretch out their heads and shrink their heads, so they could only grit their teeth and buy them. If you put up some white things, a coffin will earn at least six taels of silver.

A pound of pork is only seven coppers, and these six taels of silver can buy a fat pig, plus the two years of non-stop fighting outside the border, this war will kill people, and the dead will have to be coffins. Poor families can't afford it, but you can't stop the rich people.

Looking at this Ningyuan City, there are more rich people, not to mention the original big households, that is, the businessmen who come and go from the south to the north There are no less than a few thousand people, which one has less silver in the purse?

Birth, old age, sickness and death are common, people die every day, and people have to lie in that coffin every day, not to mention that there are many people who die in this desert.

Within a radius of 100 miles, even his Xia Laosi, but only three shops specialize in selling coffins, can this business not be prosperous?

Money and property are in danger, those businessmen risked losing their heads and came to Guanwai, isn't it just money, he Xia Laosi gave up his family business in the Guanzhong to run this Ningyuan City, for money. It's just that those people make the money of the living, and he Xia Laosi earns the money of the dead.

The money of the dead is also silver, and if it is silver, it will not be hot in your hands, and you will have peace of mind when you hold it. I'm not stealing and abducting, so why should I be light-hearted?

In these years, the one who has silver is the uncle, and Emperor Taizu also set the ancestral system back then, and merchants were not allowed to wear silk, but you see now, which rich businessman is not wearing silk?

Could it be that the government can still arrest all the people wearing silk and satin?

Therefore, Sensei takes what is expensive and cheap too seriously, and everything is serious when it comes to money. As long as you have money, the government won't care what you wear

As soon as the abacus beads were flicked, he saw at a glance that Zhao Laolangzhong had sent away a poor woman who came to treat the disease, Xia Laosi couldn't help but sneer: It's good, it's stuck out again.

You said that those poor ghosts are too, if you don't have any money, you will have any illness, and you will just wait for death at home. I came all the way here, didn't I hear that Zhao Shi and this old immortal Kenbai saw a doctor and was willing to take medicine on credit. Phew, hang the pot to help the world, and one day put you, the old immortal, into it.

There is no such thing in business!

One hand to hand over the silver, the other hand to deliver, this is the right reason!

Old immortal, see how long your medical hall can last!

A mouthful of spit came out of his mouth, and before he could wipe his mouth, a black shadow flashed in front of him, but a man entered the shop.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell coffins?" The man asked, but the man came to the coffin in the center of the shop, looked up and down carefully, and knocked it back and forth with his hands from time to time.

As soon as he saw the business coming to the door, Xia Laosi immediately smiled and frowned, but he couldn't smile on his face, so he pretended to walk to the man's side and sighed: "Is there a mourning in my brother's family?" ”

The man said "um": "My brother is gone." His eyes always looked at the coffin, and he never looked at Xia Laosi more.

There are many people who come to buy coffins, Xia Laosi is not strange to see how much, and he knows that this man is looking at whether this coffin is good or not.

Pretended to be kind and said: "Since it is my own brother, this coffin brother has to buy better, otherwise, I can't live with the dead brother." ”

The man only looked at the coffin, and when he heard the words, he didn't raise his head, and said: "That's the reason, the future affairs of my brother naturally have to be done more beautifully, and of course this coffin must be made of good materials." After a pause, he patted the coffin in front of him and asked, "Shopkeeper, this coffin is good, what price?" ”

"My brother has a good eye, and he can see at a glance that this is made of high-quality wood." Xia Laosi first complimented this man, and then his five fingers stood up, "It's not expensive, five taels of silver!" ”

"So expensive?" The man was stunned for a moment, the price was not small from what he imagined, he thought that he could buy it for two or three taels of silver, but he didn't want to ask for five taels of silver. If you buy it at this price, the money given by the garrison will not be enough. I think that even if there are only two or three taels of silver, the silver is not enough, how can this be good?

Seeing the man's hesitation, Xia Laosi thought he was too expensive, and he was afraid that the business would be yellow, so he hurriedly said: "Brother, you get what you pay for, I naturally have a reason to charge five taels of silver, not to mention anything else, the coffin sold by my Xia family shop can be immortal for a hundred years!" Others, hehe, it's good to be able to keep it for ten years. ”

As soon as he heard that he could keep it immortal for a hundred years, the man's eyes lit up, and he agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I want this coffin." ”

Xia Laosi was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Okay, where does my brother's family live, I'll send it to the house with my buddy." ”

The man shook his head: "Don't worry, I want more than one bite." After speaking, he glanced at the back of the store, there were a few guys behind the store who were rushing to make coffins, he looked at it for a while, and asked Xia Laosi: "How many coffins do you have in this store?" ”

How many are ready-made? This question made Xia Laosi couldn't help but be stunned, hesitated, and asked the man hesitantly: "What?" … Something big happened in my brother's house? ”

The man didn't speak, just looked behind him, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing this, Xia Laosi has counted, it seems that there are many people who have died in this man's family, either suffering from the plague or being a soldier. There are so many people who have died, don't you want more than one coffin?

Big business, big business!

Xia Lao Siqiang held back the beating of his heart, and said to the man with a little sadness: "The house has suffered such a misfortune, my brother has to take care more...... But I don't know how many coffins my brother wants? ”

The man first thought about it sideways, and then turned his head and said to Xia Laosi: "Seeing that your store is not big, it is not difficult for you, just fifty mouths." ”

Fifty mouthfuls?!

Xia Laosi was almost stunned when he heard this, and looked at this man in disbelief: There are so many people in your family?

Fifty deaths at once, isn't this the destruction of the door, the death of the dead? Hey, it's so miserable, it's so miserable, I don't know what this family did in their last life.

The astonishment was followed by ecstasy. Fifty coffins, five taels of silver for one coffin, this is two hundred and fifty taels of silver, plus the mourning goods used in white affairs, I am afraid that you can have three hundred taels!

Tsk, today is really a star of wealth, and I am going to make a fortune!

was ecstatic in his heart, but his face could not be shown at all, so Xia Laosi said to the man as a difficult state:

"My brother wants too much, there are only more than ten ready-made in the store, I'm afraid that the guys will have to rush to work overnight, and it will take a day or two to hurry up.

"A day or two?" When the man heard this, he groaned for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, you can clean the coffin in two days." ”

"Okay, I'll let the guys get to work."

Afraid that this man would go to another house to buy it again, Xia Laosi opened his mouth and said: "Fifty mouths is two hundred and fifty taels of silver, I don't know if my brother will pay it now, or will I give it when I deliver it?" ”

When the man heard this, he took out a money bag from his bosom, put it in his hand, threw it on the coffin, and said, "When you come, you will give so much, you can take it all." ”

My lord?

Xia Laosi was a little confused, dare to love this man or the government?

It doesn't matter if he's from the government or not, just give him money. Thinking in his heart, he took the money bag from the coffin, thinking in his heart that he was afraid that it was gold, and it was also a lot of two hundred and fifty taels of silver, where could a money bag fit. It can only be gold here, otherwise how can it be enough?

When I opened the money bag, I saw that the man was stupid: what kind of gold was in this bag, it was clearly silver, and at best it was only twenty or thirty taels of silver, which was more than half of two hundred and fifty taels!

"Brother, this is a deposit?" Xia Laosi didn't think about anything else, he just thought that this man was a given money.

Unexpectedly, the man shook his head at him with a straight face, and then said: "It's not a deposit, it's all the silver to buy your fifty coffins." ”

"What? That's not going to happen! ”

When Xia Laosi heard this, he immediately jumped up and shouted: "Let's open the shop to do business, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, Tong Suo is not bullied!" Brother, you have to buy me fifty coffins for such a small amount of silver, which can be said! If you really want to buy the coffin in my shop, in a word, you have to give enough money, otherwise, please go to his house again! ”

Hearing what he said, the man's gaze swept over his face without hesitation, and he said coldly: "Shopkeeper, do you think I'm joking with you?" ”

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen soldiers with long knives suddenly rushed in outside the shop, knocking down the paper money dummies piled up at the door.

"You guys! You guys..."

Xia Laosi panicked, knowing that he was going to have bad luck today, where is this man an ordinary person, it is clearly the soldier who licks food at the edge of the knife. Looking at their momentum, it is clear that they want to buy their own coffins!

A soldier with a scar on his forehead saw that Xia Laosi was still staring at them, and as soon as his neck was raised, the long knife in his hand was placed on his neck, and he scolded: "Look at it!" Look at Lao Tzu chopping you with a knife! ”

"The military master spares his life, the military master spares his life!" Xia Laosi was so frightened that his urine was about to come out, and his body was trembling.

The guys in the coffin shop in the backyard were also frightened by this sudden scene, and they threw down the guys in their hands and hid in the corner, and no one dared to come out and ask what was going on.

The passers-by outside also saw a group of border soldiers rushing into the coffin shop, and some people held knives on the neck of the shopkeeper, although they didn't know what was going on, but they all wisely hid to the side, and no one dared to join in the fun.

Lao Langzhong in the opposite medical hall was also taken aback by what happened opposite, put down the book in his hand, and looked at Xia Laosi at a loss.

………

"Pan Hu, put the knife down, don't scare the shopkeeper."

"Yes, Mr. Qian."

After listening to Mr. Qian's words, the soldier who called Pan Hu snorted and removed the knife from the shopkeeper's neck, but his eyes were still glaring at him, as if the shopkeeper was no longer interested, and he could immediately swing a knife and cut him down.

Seeing that the shopkeeper was frightened, Jiang Wanli knew that his goal had been achieved, changed his tone, and said to him very kindly: "Shopkeeper, to tell you the truth, we are the Songshan Army, and the purpose of ordering these coffins is to restrain the brothers who died in the bloody battle with the Tartars, so that they can have a home." But that's all the money, brother, my hand is really tight, I can't stand the shopkeeper. But the shopkeeper can rest assured, my Songshan Army has always been fair, and I will never let you suffer. You can keep this bit of silver first, and I'll give you a note again, and in a few days, you can go to Jinzhou to find our garrison lord, and my lord will naturally make up for the rest of your silver. ”

"This..."

Xia Laosi was a little hesitant, the cost of fifty coffins is not small, and it will cost more than forty taels if it is smaller, so they only gave twenty or thirty taels, if this man doesn't count when he speaks, he can't get the silver with his one, and he will have to lose at least ten taels, which hurts to think about.

But people have made the way clear, and the bright knife is dangling in front of their eyes, do you say yes?

Alas, it should be considered to have been robbed by bandits!

Thinking of this, Xia Laosi could only agree helplessly with a sad face: "Since the military master said so, the villain can't say anything more." The brothers died in battle with the Tartars, and the villain was fortunate enough to build coffins for them, and it was also fortunate for the three lives. He didn't say that he wouldn't take the money, but a businessman is a businessman, and no matter where he goes, he values the money.

"The shopkeeper understands the righteousness, I thank the brothers!"

With a fist at the shopkeeper, Jiang Wanli walked to the place where the abacus pen and ink were placed, took a piece of paper and made a note, and the payment was his own name. After writing it, he handed it to the shopkeeper.

Xia Laosi took the note and saw that the payment was made by Jiang Wanli, the general manager of Songshan Qian, and it was written "two hundred taels of silver for the coffin", which was twenty taels less than the original number. I was about to say something wrong, but the words stopped when they came to my mouth, and I put this in my sleeve with a smile on my face, and said: "The little ones let the guys start work, and this will start work." ”

"There's a shopkeeper!"

Jiang Wanli hugged his fists again, Xia Laosi didn't dare to delay, ran to the back in three steps and two steps to recruit the guys to start building the coffin needed in Songshan immediately.

Here, the soldier named Pan Hu pointed to the medical hall opposite and said to Jiang Wanli: "Mr. Qian, my lord wants us to find a Lang Zhong with good medical skills, and I think the old Lang Zhong on the opposite side will be successful." Why don't we just ask him to go? ”

Jiang Wanli turned his head to look at the medical hall, and saw that the old man was also staring at him, looking like a divine doctor with superb medical skills. nodded and instructed Pan Hu: "Okay, you take two people to invite Na Langzhong to Jinzhou, I have to go to the other two, the gap in the coffin is too big, we can only solve part of it first, and then find a way to solve the rest in Shanhaiguan." ”

After speaking, he left Pan Hu and them, and led the people to the east of the city

After Mr. Qian left, Pan Hu walked across the street, and asked the old man who looked at him with a puzzled face, "Can Mr. go to the doctor?" ”

The old man was stunned, nodded and said: "You can go to the clinic, but I don't know where the old men want to be treated, and who is the one who is being treated?" ”

Pan Hu said: "Jinzhou, the ones who are being treated are the wounded brothers in our army. ”

"Jinzhou?"

The old man was a little hesitant, Jinzhou was a hundred and ten miles away from Ningyuan, and he was old, so he couldn't help the bumpy road.

"Why, Mr. is reluctant to go to the doctor?"

Pan Hu was very polite to this Langzhong, which was completely different from his previous attitude towards the coffin shopkeeper, and when he saw that this old man was embarrassed, he was not annoyed, but patiently asked again.

Lao Langzhong thought for a moment, and did not say whether he was willing to go, but asked Pan Hu instead: "I vaguely heard the military masters say that it was the Songshan Army, but I don't know if it is the Songshan Army that fought with Jiannu under the city of Dalinghe?" ”

Hearing this, Pan Hu was very proud of his chest, and said with great pride: "It's my Songshan Army!" ”

Seeing that it was indeed the Songshan Army that fought with Jiannu, Lao Langzhong was suddenly excited, and agreed without hesitation: "For the good men of the Songshan Army, it is incumbent on the old man to do so!" Please wait a while, clean up the old man, and then go to Jinzhou with the military masters! ”

"Why did Mr. agree to be so refreshing, Jinzhou is far away from here after all?" The refreshment of the old man made Pan Hu a little surprised.

A trace of blush flashed on Lao Langzhong's face, and he almost choked up: "The reason why the old man is willing to go to Jinzhou with the military master is just because he wants to see with his own eyes the Lord Shi who is hungry for Hulu meat and thirsty for Hun blood!" I think that in the past thousand years in China, how can there ever be a real hero like Lord Shi, if you can see him, old age will not be in vain! ”

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