Chengfeng Teahouse, East One Cottage.

Su Bottle put a gold ingot in the drawer of the wardrobe, then took out the account book and wrote it down. Converted, there are now 378 taels of silver in the Su bottle, but this is 122 taels worse than Qiao Dongcheng's opening price.

Thinking about it, if you knock Qiao Dongcheng again before doing something, maybe Qiao Dongcheng can make more than 100 taels. But Su Bottle has his fault, and looking at Qiao Dongcheng's embarrassed appearance, his heart softened. What he thinks is that people don't want to sell at all, and now they promise to sell at a reasonable price, which is already a huge concession. You can't be too aggressive.

Maybe Su Bottle did something wrong and didn't maximize his interests, but he just had this temper. And a night girl in the Chengfeng Teahouse admired this shortcoming of Su Bottle. Or that she doesn't see it as a disadvantage, but a charm.

Of course, some people like it, and some people don't. For example, Lu Sanniang felt that Su Bottle's business was a loss. If she was in charge of doing things like this, she would be unhappy and complain.

Life is a chaotic system, sometimes, I feel that I know a lot of big truths, master many laws of life and natural laws, but after decades, I find that my life is still a mess.

I gradually learned that "knowing" and "doing" are actually two different things. There are many people who understand, but few people who do it. If he can do it, he can be regarded as a person who has attained the Tao of "the unity of knowledge and action".

But even if you attain enlightenment, it is still in one aspect, and it cannot be comprehensive. Look at the big guys who have made it, maybe they've done a terrible job in some areas as well. For example, the great general who has achieved great military achievements, and his son has turned against him. Another example is a great man who can change the face of the times, and his daughter-in-law lacks respect for him.

Feelings are such a thing as inexplicable. When Night Frost fell in love with Su Bottle, even she didn't know.

Like someone, in fact, it is happy. Because a crush is also in love. But for some reason, the Night Maiden has been crying a lot lately, but she never speaks out to humanity.

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Governor's Office, Mei Pavilion.

The gold ingots were snatched away by Su Bottle, and later I heard Zhen Ping'er say that Su Bottle robbed the ingots in order to buy a gift for the county lord. Tang Mei sat on the couch and suddenly lost her mind, thinking about what gift Su Bottle could buy her.

In fact, for Miss Gatekeeper, some things outside her body are not very interesting to her.

And today's second-grade Dacheng county lord has a higher vision. Even if he gave her the gold ingot in its entirety, she wouldn't be happy. But she was just a little looking forward to seeing Su Bottle give her something. But when Su Bottle came back, he came back empty-handed. The face of the lord of Loulan was elongated.

Before Tang Mei could find fault, Su Bottle was called away by the fourth son, Tang Kuan, and he was mysterious, and he didn't know what was going on.

"Baoyu, there's something I need your help with."

"Oh, what does the fourth prince command, just say it."

"Hehe, good Baoyu, this matter may have to take some risks. But let's get to the point, if you can help me do it, I won't ignore you. And I promise, even if I fail, I'll be able to keep you. Because there will be people who can resist full responsibility. ”

Su Wei frowned and said seriously: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Some time ago, Tang Kuan, the fourth son, wanted to kill Li Xiang's mother by means of "ginseng killing", so that Li Xiang could return to his side as soon as possible to do things. But when Li Xiang saw the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor, he understood Tang Kuan's intentions.

Li Xiang's mother is actually not sick at all. It was Li Xiang who felt that following Tang Kuan always had to take risks, and he didn't want to live like that. So he let his mother pretend to be sick, and he hid at home. But now it seems that the fourth son is going to be ruthless.

While the fourth prince hadn't turned his face yet, Li Xiang decided to return to Tang Kuan's side, and Tang Kuan naturally let his mother go. Then Li Xiang went to Huainan, contacted the local gang, and continued to engage in the thin horse business.

I have to say that Li Xiang is a capable person, and it is no wonder that Tang Kuan values him so much. Li Xiang's method is different from the previous group of traffickers. In the past, those guys went to rob other people's daughters at every turn, that was the way of bandits, and they couldn't help it. If you want to do business for a long time, you should still use money to do things.

Of course, there are also some deceptions.

For example, an announcement was posted saying that as long as your girl passed our assessment, your girl would be lifted out of poverty. We provide food and clothing free of charge, and invite the best teachers to teach them piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, singing and dancing, and educate them to become excellent talents. However, you have to sign a deed of sale. At least fifteen years. Otherwise, if we cultivate and you run away in the end, won't we lose a lot?

There were many poor people in the Liang Dynasty, and they favored sons over daughters, and some extremely poor families drowned directly after giving birth to girls, which is not uncommon. But even so, the population ratio of the Liang Dynasty was not out of balance, because the Liang Dynasty had many wars, and men joined the army, and some of them would be consumed.

For example, in this Longyou War, although the war took place on the territory of the Tang Clan, the Imperial Xuanjia Army, the Ximen Clan Tiger Army, and the Meng Flying Tiger General all had to send troops to support.

And the consumption is huge, counting on the Tang family to recruit troops by themselves, I'm afraid it's too late, then recruit troops nationwide. After three years of fighting, more than 400,000 people were killed. But the population of the entire Liang Dynasty was only more than 30 million.

Although the Huainan area is already a rich area, there are still many poor people. After a period of flickering by Li Xiang and the local gang, it really attracted a lot of beautiful little girls. They were still happy, thinking that they had come to Beijing to enjoy happiness.

In fact, this question should be looked at from different angles. When those little girls were at home, they were often hungry. Although he has to engage in the performing arts industry in Beijing, he can eat enough there.

And not all skinny horses have a tragic fate. There are always those who make enough money to redeem themselves, achieve freedom, and escape poverty with their talents. There are also nobles who have redeemed her life, such as Little Cherry.

However, Xiao Cherry's temper was too violent, just because of Tang Kuan's suspicions, she threw the child to the Red Flower Society, and then she left Luoyang alone.

In other words, Suzaku is Tang Kuan's daughter.

remembered that Tang Kuan had asked Su Bottle to contact the Red Flower Club to help find the mother and daughter, but Su Bottle looked at the baby and didn't know the inside story. Of course, this can't be blamed on Su Bottle, because Ye Guhong is a tight-lipped person, she promised Xiao Cherry not to tell outsiders about the origin of the child, only said that she picked it up on the side of the road. And entrust the child to a trustworthy person, Ji Kuzen.

"Although these children have household registration, now the emperor strictly does not allow girls with Huainan household registration to enter Luoyang, just to prevent the sale of thin horses. But I thought of a way, our family went out in the car and brought the children in one by one. Let's just say that this child is a maid, or a cousin or something. I have already found the fifth, twelfth, Lin Tong, as well as Shi Maosheng, Zhen Xiuwei, and Zhang Hu. One run, and you'll be able to bring in all these kids. ”

With that, Tang Kuan stared at Su Bottle.

I thought it was a big deal, but Su Bottle thought it was easy to do, so he agreed.

Su Bottle did not use a car, but rode out of the city, came to a pre-agreed place, and took a little girl into the city.

The group of little girls has been dressed up by Li Xiang. Buy some cheap fabrics, make new clothes, and tie the maid's head. The little girl taken away by Su Bottle was eight or nine years old, and Su Bottle carried her on a horse and entered the city unhurriedly. Looking at the poor and handsome little girl, Su Bottle couldn't bear it for a while. Buy her candy on the way.

Ordinary people had to line up at the city gate, and Tang Kuan's carriage was on a rampage. It stands to reason that Tang Sigongzi's car should also be opened for inspection, but the city gate guards did not do that. As soon as Tang Kuan passed, Su Wei rode a horse and walked over with a waist card. Seeing that it was an official of the Criminal Department, the city gate guards did not check, so Su Bottle went in with the child.

Without further ado, under the leadership of the fourth prince, more than 30 Huaiyang thin horses entered the city in this way and were successfully sent to the Wanhualou Qin Dance Garden. Then the fourth prince went to negotiate with the Han family and won three shares of the main building of Wanhua Building at a price of 400,000 taels of silver.

The fourth prince was overjoyed, and returned to Qinghuafang with a group of people to celebrate his success in the drunken immortal building.

"Hahahaha!" Tang Kuan laughed loudly and raised his glass: "Finally! Finally won! ”

"Congratulations to the fourth son!" Everyone raised their glasses.

"Reward! All of you here today are rewarded! ”

I thought that Tang Kuan could reward how much money, but it turned out that it was a girl. Summoning a few of the more beautiful red pavilions in the Drunken Immortal Building, and serving a few masters to eat and drink.

I don't know how this news was known by the people of the Governor's Mansion, and soon Tang Mei sent someone to call Su Bei away. And Lin Tong was also called away by Eighth Miss Tang Yun before and after his feet.

Before leaving, Su Bottle borrowed two hundred taels of silver from Tang Kuan.

Although Wang Jin'er is not as delicate as Zhen Ping'er, she is also a very interesting girl, stunned, and straightforward: "The county lord is a little unhappy." Because Su Gongzi said that he wanted to buy a gift for the county lord, but he returned empty-handed, causing the county lord to wait for a day. ”

Su Bottle sighed and said, "Don't mention it, I originally planned to buy it, but the fourth prince summoned to do something, and I couldn't help it." It's better to go buy a gift for the county lord now. ”

Wang Jin'er said: "It's dark, where is the son going to buy?" ”

Su Bottle said: "Trouble Jin'er to go back by herself and tell the county lord that I will see her later." ”

"Oh, then go and go back quickly."

Wang Jin'er walked towards the Guogong Mansion, but Su Wei did not go to buy gifts, but returned to the Governor's Mansion, changed into a set of ordinary clothes, carried a mask in his pocket, and hid a short knife in his arms, and slipped out of the back door.

After a few days of planning, as well as Mei Ran's experience in breaking into the palace of the King of Qi, Su Bei has figured out the residence of Zhao Lian, the son of the King of Qi, and will go there tonight to see if he can find an opportunity to start.