The old man said: "Shopkeeper, the little old man has been mixing on the dock for more than ten years, I have never eaten or smelled the seafood, the fresh goods have the taste of fresh goods, and the dry goods have the taste of dry goods." ”

Chang Sheng furrowed his eyebrows and asked, "Then what do you say my product tastes like?" ”

The old man smiled, and a few mouse whiskers moved around his mouth, revealing a few mutilated teeth.

Chang Sheng looked disgusted, the boss unhappily took out a string of copper coins from his arms, the old man took it and put it into his arms, and then continued: "Shopkeeper, your goods have a musty smell, but this musty smell is well covered, if it weren't for a little old man like Xiao Lao'er who has been moving seafood on the dock all year round, he really can't smell it." ”

Chang Sheng sighed in his heart, he moved a wicker basket, grabbed a handful of sea conpoy from it, put it to his nose and smelled it, and breathed a sigh of relief, how can there be any musty smell, isn't it the fishy smell of seafood? This old man just wants to make money.

He lowered his face and said to the old man, "Nonsense, what musty smell, how can there be." ”

The old man showed a look of disdain on his face, and said to Chang Sheng: "The little old man is a idle helper, but there is no silver to buy your goods, besides, as far as you are concerned, the little old man will not buy the silver, if you don't believe it, just find a connoisseur to ask, if he says that you have no problem with this goods, the little old man will twist off his nose and send it to you." ”

Chang Sheng glared at him, feeling that this old man was extremely treacherous, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it, but he felt a little embarrassed in his heart.

The next morning, he returned to the inn, Huo San hadn't gotten up yet, he finally knocked on Huo San's door, and said to Huo San: "Third master, I heard that Ningbo Wei seems to be in a situation, the military rations are not moved for the time being, and Lifu is idle. ”

Huo San was disturbed by him to sleep, he was already very annoyed, and when he heard that it was just such a trivial matter as loading the car, he was even more annoyed, and shouted: "My father asked you to help me do things, not for you to tell me to do things, you can watch it, load it all into the car and come to me again!" ”

With that, he slammed the door shut.

Chang Sheng was stunned, and scolded Huo San in his heart, but what can he do if he is a subordinate?

He just looked forward to transporting this batch of goods to Hangzhou safely, looking for an opportunity to blow the wind in the ears of the second master and sue Huo San.

Chang Sheng went to load the car without mentioning it, just talking about Huo Roufeng, she lay in bed for a day, and the next morning, she said that she would not stay in the inn anymore, and she must go out for a walk.

Zhang Shengping told her: "The Taiping Society has ordered the market to be closed, and all the shops in Ningbo are not open, and there is nothing to shop outside." ”

Huo Roufeng became curious: "Closed? Is the Taiping Society a chamber of commerce? ”

The Huo family is a merchant, in the early years, when Master Huo was alive, he also held important positions in the Chamber of Commerce, and when Master Huo went to the Chamber of Commerce, he often took her to play.

Zhang Shengping explained: "The ninth master doesn't know that in Ningbo, which is an acre and three points of land, the Taiping Association is more powerful than the Chamber of Commerce, and those who join the Chamber of Commerce are only limited to merchants, but the Taiping Society is different, and there are three religions and nine streams. The more honest and responsible people are, the more they must join the Taiping Society, otherwise they will be bullied. ”

Huo Roufeng knew it in her heart, and asked again: "Then why did the Taiping Society order the market to close this time?" ”

Zhang Shengping said: "The small inquiry, Ningbo Linhai, not many fields, after handing over the surplus grain is about the same, so the local rice merchants have to buy a large amount of rice from Jiaxing every year, the price of Jiaxing rice is moderate, and the quality of rice is better than that of Ningbo, so the people of Ningbo have eaten Jiaxing rice and local rice for many years." However, Ningbo Wei wanted to make a profit from it, so it happened that Jiaxing's rice encountered bandits on the way to it, so Ningbo Wei contacted rice merchants and sold their grain and rice. ”

Huo Roufeng was taken aback and asked, "Ningbo Wei's rice?" Is there a tuntian in Ningbo? ”

Zhang Shengping shook his head: "Ninth Master, none of the Davids along the coast have tuntian, and they all rely on the imperial court for supplies. ”

Huo Roufeng understood, she sneered: "That is to say, Ningbo Wei privately asked rice merchants to sell their military rations, so bold, not afraid of being beheaded?" ”

Zhang Shengping was speechless, and said to Huo Roufeng: "Since they dare to do it, they have deceived them up and down, and they have done this matter seamlessly, besides, the emperor is far away, and his parents and officials can't control the affairs of the army." But I don't know how the Taiping Society learned about it, now the streets are boiling, the people are talking about it, and the Taiping Society has closed all the houses, and the prefect and the yamen can't interfere without interfering. ”

"The price of rice in Ningbo Wei is very high, higher than Jiaxing rice?" Huo Roufeng asked.

Zhang Shengping nodded: "That's true, it's a lot higher." ”

Huo Roufeng let out a sigh that did not match his age, this court is really rotten, it is really unheard of for the guard to dare to let the local rice shop sell military rations at a high price.

But no matter how rich the Huo family is, it is only a small businessman, and these things are just to be heard.

Huo Roufeng wanted to go to the dock to see Huo San's fun, but Zhang Shengping couldn't persuade her, so he had to accompany her out with Huang Ling.

This time, Huo Roufeng refused to wear the tiger head hat again, she was wearing a green caftan brown, Zhang Shengping asked the mother-in-law of the inn to comb two beautiful little buns for her, and she was dressed in a simple and unpretentious manner, but her little face like sheep fat jade, immature but confident expression, looked like a pampered child.

She followed Zhang Shengping and Huang Ling and jumped out of the inn. As soon as she walked a street, Huo Roufeng felt something strange behind her, she turned around to look, but she didn't see anyone, suddenly, she remembered that time she was kidnapped, and on the way back, she also felt this way, obviously feeling that someone was following her, but she couldn't see anything.

Scouts? That's what she thought last time.

The dazzling boy in the sunlight appeared in front of her eyes.

There were three of them, a thin man, a tall woman, and one was him, and he was apparently their chief.

They rode military horses.

Seeing her turning back frequently, Zhang Shengping asked, "Ninth Master, what's wrong?" ”

"Do you feel like someone is following us?" Huo Roufeng asked.

Zhang Shengping and Huang Ling were inexplicable, and they didn't even say no.

Huo Roufeng shook her head, maybe it was her own delusion.

Before the three of them reached the dock, they saw people who looked like threes, threes, twos, and twos were soliciting work.

"Aren't they supposed to be moving rations?" Huo Roufeng asked.

Zhang Shengping went to inquire, and soon there was news: "It seems that something happened last night, and suddenly an order was issued not to let them unload the ship, and the wages have not been settled, and these people dare not go away, for fear that they will not be paid." ”

Huo Roufeng frowned: "Isn't Huo San someone loading him with goods?" ”