Tang Chang'an, Linhai County Palace.

When Zhushan Bo Muyu saw that her husband said this, she habitually smiled: "Second brother, what are the crooked ideas?"

"Crooked idea, what is a crooked idea? It must be a good idea. "Linhai Wang Lingtong and this married fifth brother's wife, for fifty-one years, have been like this every day, looking like they are noisy, but they are actually stimulating each other's brains.

After settling down with Mu Yu just now, Wang Lingtong's mind was suddenly aroused, and he remembered two things, and said: "The first is that the lacquer carving of the three heroes of Erhe, the whole city, the four elephants of Nanzhao have been to our house, and the second is that these people are related to one person. ”

Zhushan Bo Muyu and Luhou Wangqin couldn't help but say in unison: "Tell Ling Mo and Pingchang Hou to follow?"

"I also want to pull Changyang Hou. Linhai Wang Wanglingtong nodded yes.

Among the five heroes of Lishan, the three elder brothers have been gods for fifty-seven years, and there are still Wen Lie and Qi Carving who have lived to such a long life, and they are called the two elders of Lishan by the younger generations.

Changyang Hou is Hou Wenlie, a high-level medicine dealer, who is now ninety-six years old.

The Marquis of Pyeongchang is the marquis of the spring wine seller, and he is ninety-four years old.

When the Marquis of Pingchang was 90 years old, according to the custom, he entered the palace once a year to worship the Son of Heaven, and the two brothers entered the palace together.

Lacquer carving and once a year in the Spring Festival back to the hometown of Rongzhou Yandao County, often from Qingzhou will bring 600 stone Qingzhou persimmons, before the fifth day of the winter month to load the ship.

Turning through Jishui, to the southwest through Juyeze, Baigou, Bianzhou wharf, and then turning south through Caishui, to reach Chenzhou. Then 48 carriages were loaded, and they went west through Yuncheng and Yexian, turned southwest to Fangcheng and Nanyang, and went south to Xiangyang, Dangyang and Yiling Yangtze River wharves.

If two more ships of 300 stones can be loaded, why can boats of 600 stones be loaded in Jishui and Caishui?

The water in the north is very flat, and taking the Yangtze River waterway is against the water to the west, all the way uphill, so one boat becomes two boats. Directly along the Yangtze River waterway to the west, through Guizhou, Kuizhou, Wanzhou, Zhongzhou, Fuzhou, Yuzhou, Luzhou, and finally to the hometown of Rongzhou Yudao County.

It usually takes 50 days to arrive. Although the trafficking of Qingzhou persimmons takes a long time, it is very easy to sell. When I arrived at my hometown around the twentieth day of the lunar month, the local traders in Yandao County rushed up and completed the approval on the same day.

Every year, trafficking Qingzhou persimmons is like this, excluding transportation costs, eating and drinking costs all the way, earning 5 wen per catty, 600 stone is 72,000 catties, earning 360,000 wen, that is, 360 guan, or 360 yuan. It is equivalent to the profit of selling Rongzhou spring wine for half a year.

Because the lacquer carving and selling Qingzhou persimmon cake is also very famous, in Qingzhou people called persimmon flower sellers, in Rongzhou people are called persimmon sellers, persimmon flowers, persimmon dried persimmon are another name for persimmons, one thing.

Later, Huang Zhao, who had been trafficking oil in the west all the year round, suggested that the land road leading from Qingzhou to Chang'an should not turn around, stop at Chang'an, and then buy dried persimmons from many prefectures and counties in the north of Chang'an, and take Xingzhou, Jianzhou, and Chengdu Avenues to Rongzhou by land.

Therefore, in Qingzhou, Chang'an, and Rongzhou, he is famous for selling persimmons, and he is more famous than selling spring wine.

Wen Lie, Qi Diao and brothers were named marquis in the Changqing period of Mu Zong, and only the two of them were still alive when they were crowned princes, so when they met the Son of Heaven, they were so shocked that the Son of Heaven blurted out: "The god of medicine dealers, the god of persimmon sellers." The famous generals of the Xianzong Dynasty and the Muzong Dynasty are the only ones that survive, and the Tang Dynasty is a treasure. ”

was named a god alive, and was shocked that Wen Lie and Qi Diao both knelt down again, thanking the lord Longen.

So, who is Ling Mill mentioned by Mu Yu and Wangqin at the same time?

But it is Wangqin's fourth brother Wangmiao, he and Wangjun were both born to Mu Yu and are Wangjun's elder brothers. This kid is shocked because he has been very smart since he was a child, and he dresses up like a woman. was very fond of Wen Lie and lacquer carving, and the two old brothers took turns to teach him martial arts.

Later, I wanted to worship the second elder as a teacher, Wang Lingtong and Mu Yu thought that Wang Milling would be a teacher, so wouldn't it be the same as my father's mother? The two elders hung the milling under the name of Wen Yinghu and the ancient name of lacquer carving. Since he was a child, he has been engaged in trafficking with the second elder while practicing martial arts, and he likes to do business very much, and he can see it through at all.

When he was eighteen years old, he was eight feet long, and he looked like his mother Zhushan Bo Muyu, a beautiful man carved out of a mold, and the late Tang Dynasty was so beautiful that it was suffocating. As long as he shuttles to the liquor store once, countless women will inevitably ask who he is?

Because of this, the Wangjia family was constantly proposed by those princes and nobles, and at the beginning, the wooden threshold was kicked off by a large piece and became a bow. had to change the iron threshold, and was kicked bright again, like the Ugin Gate. Some people therefore call the Linhai Royal Mansion the Ugin Palace.

At the age of eighteen, Wang Milling made a wish to engage in business, and poured the native soft-shelled turtle in the Bozhou area where the Changyang Hou Mansion is located. I thought about everything, in order not to affect my father and brother's fame, I was willing to change my surname to Ling, take my father Wanglingtong's Ling character as my surname, and change my name to Ling Milling, the word Gongwei.

Mu Yu was so reluctant to give up, and she was angry with her son for a long time.

Wang Lingtong could think about it, why did Kong Du deliberately change the second hole pot to a pot in order to be prepared? The second is to prevent the official from losing his head, and there will be successors.

After her husband's persuasion, Mu Yu reluctantly agreed, and reluctantly sent her son on the way to the peddler.

Now Ling Mo is fifty-four years old, ten years younger than his eldest brother Wangqin. has been wandering the rivers and lakes for 36 years, from the beginning he can only maintain the food and drink of making friends, almost changed careers, and was beaten by Changyang Hou, but he continues to insist.

Since the tenth year, the turtle has been known in Chang'an and Luoyang's major wine shops, restaurants and vegetable markets. Business turnaround, earning thousands, or even thousands, every year. People give him the nickname Tuan Fishmonger Fairy, and people also call him the King of Turtle Dealers when they joke.

Rich businessmen and heroes from all over the world, making friends everywhere, the so-called friends all over the world, Ling Milling definitely did it. Nanzhao Sixiang, Erhe Sanjie, etc., who is not a high-roller he brought into the house?

These people are much younger than him, and they bow down in front of him one by one, and they are big brothers. This is not simply because his father is Wang Lingtong, and the two masters are the Marquis of Changyang and the Marquis of Pingchang, but mainly because of the prestige he earned in the selling world with his boldness and righteousness.

Therefore, mother Mu Yu and eldest brother Wangqin mentioned Ling Mo in unison. When he went out and arrived in Nanzhao, I am afraid that the rich merchants of the entire Nanzhao Yang Tho Baa City will have to talk with wine.

If he is allowed to go to Nanzhao, not to mention that two beauties who are alluring to the country and the city will be willing to follow, even ten or eight will follow. In addition, as long as he informs the two masters, Wen Lie and Qi Diao, he will inevitably follow. What's the use of asking these two old gods to go to Nanzhao?

Among their disciples, there are countless generals and giant businessmen, and they may have arrived in Nanzhao, and many rich businessmen are their disciples and even great-grandchildren. Therefore, these two people are indeed the treasures of the Tang Dynasty.

The next day is the 10th day of the first lunar month. Early in the morning, Wang Lingtong called his subordinates to the three mansions of Wenlie, Qidiao, and Lingmian in Chang'an City to inform them, and they all went to the Linhai Mansion to discuss. He brought Pearl Hou Jieke, Chao Hou Jiefeng, and Hou Wangjun to meet the Son of Heaven and got the edict.

When he came out of the palace, according to the edict of the Son of Heaven, he went to the household department, the gold department, and the warehouse department to receive 50,000 treasures. According to the list of treasures listed by Jieke, Zhu of Heaven received horseshoe gold, silver, Khotanese jade, Korean ginseng, tiger skin, mink skin, pearls, coral, Shu brocade, Bian embroidery, Su embroidery, Chengni inkstone, rice paper and other rare treasures.

After a whole day, running back and forth through the tooth gates of the tube to collect them, all kinds of treasures filled twelve large carriages. Wangjun brought out a hundred guards from the left Xiaowei Mansion, and Jiefeng brought out a hundred guards from the right Wuwei Mansion. This road of people came to the palace of Linhai County. It was already dark when I got home.

Changyang Hou Wenlie, Pyeongchang Hou lacquer carving, group fishmonger Xianling milling are all here. They had already listened to An Zhi and Wangqin for a day, and they had roughly understood the situation, so the two elders decided to go together.

That night, Wang Lingtong further explained the reason to the second elder: "The fourth uncle and the younger uncle are idle at home, and they will go to Nanzhao with Gao Zhi, one to relax, and the other to accept the apprentices and grandchildren along the way to worship and eat some good wine." ”

Qi Diao smiled again, and joked in his Rongzhou dialect: "Gao Zhi, you are eighty-three, do you still eat wine? Anyway, the old man has not eaten wine for 20 years." Occasionally, I wear a dress, and the hook is so spicy that it is spicy hahaha. ”

Wen Lie's voice is still like thunder, but a little weaker than when he was young, but ordinary people still can't stand it. He smiled: "It's been fifty-seven years since the three god dealer brothers left, and it is a blessing that you and my brother can still see so many children grown." It's a joy every day, so why don't you eat and drink?"

Yo, listening to this tone, this ninety-six-year-old immortal can still eat and drink, oh my God, is it really fake? Mu Yu opened his mouth wide in surprise: "Fourth uncle, the wine and food will be served immediately, and the wine is still casual, don't force it." ”

Wen Lie immediately touched a handful of white beards of more than one foot, and said with a smile: "Don't say it, the ancient proverb says it well: When a person passes ninety-five, he grows his muscles and bones again." It is useless to live to the ninth age. Since the age of ninety-five, you see, the gray hair and white beard are really getting black. Actually started to come out of new teeth, look, upper and lower incisors. ”

Anzhi was very interested, and the children were also interested, so they all leaned over to watch. It's true, the upper and lower doors have grown, and it seems that this folk proverb is very accurate. The twelve earthly branches are one age, so the first era is twelve years old, and the ninth era is one hundred and eight years old.

Ling Mo exclaimed: "Jiuji, one hundred and eight years old, don't you want to live at that time? Why is it useless to live any longer?"

Wen Lie was quite touched and said with a smile, "At our age, it is very rare to see people of the same age or even children, who to talk to when you are full of words? Even if someone listens, we will feel that they are all talking about the ancients, and people don't feel it, and we are also very boring."

"If you live to the ninth age, I'm afraid there will be not many grandchildren left. Listening to us, the great-grandchildren hardly feel the slightest feeling, is it still interesting to live any longer? ”

Talking and laughing about some longevity scriptures, to the point. Wang Wanglingtong of Linhai County bowed slightly to the fourth uncle Wenlie and the fifth uncle Qidiao, and said: "Fourth uncle, little uncle, let's go to Nanzhao this time, passing through Jianzhou, Mianzhou, and Hanzhou, we will definitely meet reinforcements along the way, I don't know if your second elder has thought about it, how to persuade them to help?"

The two old brothers stroked their long white beards and laughed together: "I'll wait for my brother to go and ask those junior generals to rush to Chengdu, isn't that a bag to pick up things." ”

With such two old marquis who were awarded the title 47 years ago, who would listen to your nonsense with the kind of paper-thin human affection in the officialdom? Isn't the second elder's words a bit big?