Chapter 62: Entering Feicheng
The group found a relatively large inn to live in. The innkeeper was overjoyed to see so many merchants coming to stay in the hotel, and he thought that he could have a large income again, and looking at the momentum of this businessman at the head, he should be a very rich lord.
Sure enough, after Ling Yuanhang paid the money for two days' stay, he gave him an extra fifty taels of silver, and said to him kindly: Shopkeeper, we want to do some business in this fat city, and we don't know if it's good or not in this city.
The shopkeeper's surname is Gu, and he is a very talkative middle-aged man. He looked at the fifty taels of silver, and also realized very smartly that the fifty taels of silver were not given for free, this should be the saliva fee given by others, and they wanted to ask him about the market of this fat city. So he said very happily: Young man, if you want to say that before, the business of this fat city is really very easy to do. Merchants from all over the world have come here, and this market is very lively, and there are all kinds of business. But since the Varats occupied this place, there have been fewer merchants from all over the world, and now the market is much more depressed. He sighed and shook his head as he spoke.
Ling Yuanhang smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, my surname is Yan, what is your surname?"
The shopkeeper said: "Boss Yan, my surname is Gu, you can just call me Gu Shopkeeper." ”
Ling Yuanhang said: "Gu shopkeeper, I have always been a businessman everywhere in the east, west, north and south. So, I'm just passing by here today, so I'll just come in and try my luck. If the business is good, we will stay here for a few more days, if it is not good, stay for two days, and we will leave. “
Gu Zhangdeng also smiled and said: It's such a gift, where to make money. However, Boss Yan, whatever you want to sell here, I can help you with your staff. “
Ling Yuanhang smiled and said, "I have a lot of fine silk here, and some good fabrics. There are also some teas. ”
When Boss Gu heard this, he said to him with certainty: "These things are very good to sell here." That's what's missing here. ”
Ling Yuanhang was happy: "Since that's the case, I'll stay here for a few more days." ”
He said mysteriously, "I have a few other girls here, all of them like this." He gathered his thumbs. Then he added: the water is beautiful. ”
Boss Gu was even more excited, and he said to Ling Yuanhang very enthusiastically, "Where are you going to send these beautiful girls?"
Ling Yuanhang said: "These girls themselves are other people's geisha, because they owe me money to give me a top account, really, I have never done human trafficking before this." ”
He paused for a moment and shook his head and said, "To be honest, the ancient shopkeeper, I always think that you can sell anything, just don't sell people, but look at these individuals." The man who owes the debt, he is an official, and he has taken bribes because of corruption. Someone found out. This is not all copied, and when I heard the news and arrived, the courtyard was in chaos. When he was taken away by the yamen, he told me that he had transferred these geisha from his family to me. I can only keep it, or I won't be empty-handed. ”
The ancient shopkeeper smiled and said: "It's nothing, as far as the grandfather you said, he just didn't give you these women, and these women were also sold." That's what they eat. So I said, you don't have to feel guilty, just don't do this kind of business in the future. ”
Ling Yuanhang nodded yes. Then he saw that there was no one else next to him and asked: "Gu Shopkeeper, when I entered the city, I heard that this general Duoyan of Warat is a very lascivious person. A lot of girls have been ruined. ”
The ancient shopkeeper showed a look of resentment on his face, and he sighed and said: "Since the fall of Warat City, the life of the people of Dayuan has been hard, and now the young girl and daughter-in-law dare not go out on the street, lest they meet the Warat people. ”
Ling Yuanhang asked again: "Do the Warat people kill people casually in the city?" ”
The ancient shopkeeper said: "It depends on their mood, when they are in a bad mood, they can do anything bad." I don't know when the army of our Great Yuan Dynasty will be able to fight over to recover Feicheng and drive out the grandchildren of this state turtle. It was also quiet in our Feicheng. ”
"Is there a lot of people in Warat's army here?" Ling Yuanhang asked unintentionally.
"They have 30,000 troops here. This Duoyan of theirs is the first warrior of their country of Warat, and is said to be extremely powerful. There is no unstoppable courage. The ancient shopkeeper said.
Ling Yuanhang pretended to be surprised and asked, "There are so many people, how to solve the problem of food, it must be a difficult problem to solve." ”
Shopkeeper Gu sneered: "How can they have so much grain in their own country, but they have a lot of cattle and sheep, and they kill a lot every day." As for the grain, after they occupied this place this year, all the grain here belonged to them, and they also robbed a lot of people's food. Didn't you see the round house in the east of the city when you came in, the grain was all there, it was the blood and sweat of our people in Feicheng, and now they are all cheap for those Warat people. ”
Ling Yuanhang also sighed with the shopkeeper for a while. Then he said to the shopkeeper: "Gu shopkeeper, where are all the brothels in our Feicheng, we have to go for a walk." ”
The ancient shopkeeper pointed him in a general direction. Ling Yuanhang thanked him, and called Huang Zhongxin and Anan and Abei out of the inn.
After a few people went out, he formed two groups, Anan and Bei. They went to inspect various parts of Feicheng to reconnoiter the terrain and the activities of the Warat army.
Ling Yuanhang and Huang Zhongxin and their group, they saw the place where the ancient shopkeeper said that they put the grain, because it was daytime, they didn't dare to go closer, but they saw that there were soldiers guarding that place from a distance. I had to wait until the evening to come back and take a closer look. Then they went to the brothel that the old shopkeeper pointed out to them, and talked with the bustard about the preliminary price.
The brothel boss was very interested in the girls. Duo Yan slept almost all the famous prostitutes in this brothel, and now the bustard urgently needed some beautiful women to fill the brothel. So as soon as she heard that Ling Yuanhang had eight beauties. She agreed to ask for it all. In this way, Ling Yuanhang sold Xiao Wenzi and other eight people to Ling Yuanhang.
After walking out of the brothel. When he arrived at a sparsely populated place, Huang Zhongxin couldn't help but be happy. He said to Ling Yuanhang: "Xiao Wenzi doesn't know that you sold him. If he knew that you sold him for so much money, he should be proud that he is worth it. ”
Ling Yuanhang also smiled and said: "Just do a full set of plays, so that General Nur can't detect any flaws." We're out this time. The responsibility is great. Any negligence will bring irreparable damage. So we have to be extra careful. ”
When the two returned to the inn, Anan and Abei had already returned. They reported what they had found to Ling Yuanhang. Ling Yuanhang went to see Xiao Wenzi and a few people. Xiao Wenzi and the others were still dressed as girls, Ling Yuanhang divided them into two rooms to live, and Ling Yuanhang told them a few more words. Let them try to do as much as possible according to the woman's words and deeds during these two days, and not go out of the house, and do not show their feet.
Then Ling Yuanhang arranged for everyone to listen to the meal. At the third watch in the evening, several people changed into night clothes, quietly walked out of the inn, and walked towards the night.
At the same time, General Nur remembered what happened at the city gate during the day, thinking that in two days he would be accompanied by a beautiful woman, and there would be a sum of money to be made, not to mention such a beautiful one. After eating in the evening, he touched the fifty taels of silver given by Ling Yuanhang on his body today, and hummed a little song and walked towards Huaxianglou, the largest brothel in Feicheng.
He walked into the Huaxiang Building, and the old bustard hurriedly smiled and said, "Yo, general, you are here." Which girl do you want to accompany you today? ”
General Nur said that he took out the silver and said, "My lord has money today, so I will find your most beautiful girl to serve my lord." ”
Mom twisted her body and said, "Okay, general, it's up to you, you wait first, and I'll call you." Then she went upstairs and shouted, "Zhi'er, come and wait for the general." ”
I saw an answer from above, and after a while, a beautiful girl came down.
General Nur looked at it and frowned, this branch was too far from the beautiful women he saw in the car in the morning. So he asked his mother, "Is this the prettiest girl you have?" Couldn't there be a better one?"
Mom smiled and said, "yes, that's the best thing here." In two days, we'll have something even better. Today, a boss surnamed Yan came to negotiate a deal with me, and he has a few girls, and I heard that all of them are Tianxiang Guose. ”
As soon as Nur heard it, he knew that Ling Yuanhang had come. In his heart, he also believed that Ling Yuanhang was a solid businessman. So he hugged Zhi'er and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll come back in two days." ”