From the time he was brought over by the night patrol soldier just now, it was faintly revealed that this white-bearded old man whose original name was Yinglu was not simple. Now even the important ministers under the King of Qi are looking for him to discuss things, and it seems that this old man is much more powerful than he imagined.

After listening to Zhong Yong's story outside the door about the two Dafang Divisions entering the city, the owner of the grocery store hesitated slightly, and then said to the general Du Wei outside the door: "Lord Zhong Yong, I know what you said, I will send someone to check about the Dafang Division, and I will inform you immediately after I find out." ”

After saying a few words, the white-bearded old man pretended to yawn, and then said to the general commander outside the door, "Is there anything else going on with Lord Zhongyong?" If it's okay, it's not early, and the little old man won't leave you with an adult. ”

At this time, General Duwei, who was standing at the door, was a little entangled. After a pause, he first laughed dryly, and then continued: "There is also a little thing, His Royal Highness King Qi is a young man with a good temperament, a good ranger. There is a deficit in the money account, and His Majesty has already issued several orders to apply for it. This time, another 100,000 stone of military rations were sent, but Qi had a severe drought this year, and the treasury was afraid that it would not be able to come up with this military rations. If Mr. Zheng can share the worries of the monarch, he will give this 100,000 stone military rations. How can Qi Guo be grateful, from the monarch and the minister, to Mr. Zheng. ”

"Lord Zhongyong, you are serious, it's just a little food, Your Highness needs to spend it. Besides, the little old man is all the people of the Qi country, and his net worth and life are in the hands of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, how dare he care about that little bit of food? At this, the white-bearded old man smiled. After a pause, he continued: "Since Xiao Lao'er is a citizen of Qi State, he should share his worries for the monarch. In recent years, Xiao Lao'er has found that the two industries of boiling salt and metallurgy in Qi are declining day by day, the people in charge are incompetent, and the people who do things are opportunistic and fill their pockets. As a Qi person, Xiao Lao'er is willing to share worries for the Lord, and voluntarily takes charge of the salt and iron industry of Qi Country, and also asks the Lord and His Royal Highness to fulfill Xiao Lao'er's heart to serve the country. ”

After the white-bearded old man finished speaking, Zhong Yong stood at the gate for a long time without speaking. After a long time, the general took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Zheng, the return of salt and iron to the public is a law formulated by Emperor Gaozu after he pacified the world. Not to mention you, even His Royal Highness the King of Qi doesn't have the right to grant it privately......"

"Lord Zhongyong, that little old man is not strong." After the white-bearded old man laughed, he continued: "Early tomorrow morning, Xiao Lao'er will take his nephew to send ten stones of grain to the palace of the King of Qi, and it will not delay the army to pursue the Xiongnu north. ”

"Old Mr. Zheng, you are joking, it is a hundred thousand stone military rations......" After hearing the words of the white-bearded old man, Zhong Yong's heart rose to his throat again. Sure enough, I heard the old man surnamed Zheng inside the door sneer, and then said, "Didn't you just say that you had ten stones of grain?" When did it become 100,000 stone again? Lord Zhongyong, do you want to frame Xiao Lao'er? Do you think this little grocery store is worth 100,000 military rations? To tell the truth, it will take two years for the little old man's uncle and nephew to earn back these ten stones of grain. ”

At this time, the general was also entangled in his heart. Since King Qi succeeded to the throne, the entire Qi country has been a confused account. Now I definitely can't take out the 100,000 stone military rations, and the old man inside the door seems to be just an ordinary grocery store owner, but in fact, this person is rich and has hands and eyes. From His Royal Highness the King of Qi to the peddlers and pawns, all of them are inextricably linked with this person. Zhong Yong even suspected that the reason why Emperor Wu sent Liu Hong, who had just come of age and was not deeply involved in the world, to be the monarch of Qi was manipulated by this old man behind the scenes.

But now I can't afford to offend this old man in any case, and seeing that it is about to come to the time for the military rations to depart, it is too late to transfer food from other countries. During the period of Emperor Wu, the Han law was strict, and if the military rations could not be delivered to the front on time. At that time, the officials who supervised the supervision of Qi and escorted the military rations could not escape death. And the official who supervised it was the general Zhong Yong, the commander of the Qi State.

Just when the general was struggling, the white-bearded old man inside the door smiled faintly, and then said, "Lord Zhongyong, although the little old man can't afford 100,000 stone military rations. But at last I still know a few rich people who have a little food, if the adults don't dislike their countrymen for not knowing etiquette. The little old man can introduce it to the adult. The big guy made it up, maybe he really made up the 100,000 stone grain. ”

At this time, Zhong Yong could only use a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and he didn't dare to say anything. For fear that the white-bearded old man in the door would lead the topic to the salt and iron monopoly again, he heard that the old man was relieved, and after a few polite words, he immediately took his leave, and hurriedly walked out of this small grocery store.

After waiting for the general to walk out of the grocery store, he smiled and said to the white-bearded old man: "Old man, I really thought you gave up the Wanguan family wealth, it turned out that the elder brother you changed the soup, and the medicine was still in the pot." By the way, Zhang Mingfang died hundreds of years ago, what is the original winning deer called now? ”

"Now it's called Zheng Yu, and there have been a few more names after Zhang Mingfang, but they have all passed, and they are all the names of some mountain villagers, and I probably won't want to hear it if I don't return to my brother." Zheng Yu, the white-bearded old man, turned on the oil lamp beside him, glanced at the people who returned or did not return through the light, and then smiled slightly, and said again: "Little old man is no better than you monks and monks who have magic skills, and if you don't light up, you can't see the appearance of a few people." The one who doesn't return to my brother's side is Mr. Wu Mian, right? Xiao Lao'er also has a few friends of monks, and his ears are already filled with Mr. Wu Mian's name, and when I see it today, he is really a fairy-like figure. ”

After Wu Mian heard this, he just glanced at the white-bearded old man slowly, and didn't mean to say anything.

After Zheng Yu finished speaking, Bai Wuqiu, who couldn't wait, pointed to his nose and said to the white-bearded old man, "What about me, Lao Tzu?" Lao Tzu's name is Bai Wuqiu, what do your monk's fox friends say about Lao Tzu? ”

didn't wait for Zheng Yu to speak, he had already preemptively said: "Adults speak, children don't interject." As soon as you talk about it, it will be endless, and it will be dawn in a while. Brother Zheng Yu, don't be like a child. Let's get down to business, the original turtle shell should still be in your hands, right? Old man, I found a place for it, Zhanzu can only use it once, it's been three hundred years, you should know what you should know. It's time to give it a new home, too. ”

"It's a pity that you can only use it once......" After listening to the words of no return, Zheng Yu sighed softly, and then continued to speak: "But I also picked up a life once and came back, otherwise, when Qin destroyed the Qi Kingdom, I would have been no longer alive." It was only then that I learned to be obedient, and I gave up the high-walled house and moved to this kind of small family. Anyway, saving your life is more important than anything else, don't go back to my brother, or what you said back then, the older people live, the more afraid they are of death. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Yu sighed, and then continued: "That turtle shell is useless if it is used up once, but after all, the heavy treasure is in the body, and it is not suitable to put it around, so I hid it......"

Saying this, the white-bearded old man smiled strangely at the point of return, and then continued: "Brother who does not return, guess where I can hide the ancestor of divination? ”

"If you want to give it, you can give it, and if you don't give it to Lao Tzu, you will grab it yourself. Old thing, what do you mean by that? His words were swallowed back just now, and Bai Wuqiu was already full of anger, and now he just used this to sprinkle his stomach of qi on Zheng Yu's body.

"Boy, who are you yelling at you?" The monster behind Zheng Yu didn't dare, and took off his clothes on the spot, revealing his body full of scars and tendons, and wanted to rush over again and fight with Bai Wuqiu.

Gui Wu smiled bitterly, raised his hand and tapped on the two monsters that had rushed together and were about to fight together. And they saw that their bodies were frozen in place. The old guy didn't pay attention to the two monsters, smiled at Zheng Yu, who was still smiling bitterly, and said: "Old man, I thought of it when I came, brother, you won't hide Zhanzu by your side, since it was when Qin destroyed the Qi Kingdom, you used the turtle shell, so it should be lying underground with the starving King of Qi now, right?" ”