Chapter 16: Guess Who I Am
"Hurry up, hurry up, work hard, the young master is still waiting for our cattle and sheep to rescue the disaster."
"Fellow villagers, work hard, we will go to Chang'an Township soon, the young master said, as long as this cow and sheep are delivered, our children and mother-in-law will be saved."
"That's right, if the young master hadn't saved us at that time and gave us this errand, this is a great kindness."
"Let's go!"
No. 20 Qingzhuang, under the leadership of a young sergeant wearing leather armor and a Tang knife around his waist, drove thousands of cattle and sheep to the direction of Changle Township, wearing stars and moons, the young sergeant wiped the sweat on his head, looked at the passionate young man with bright eyes, and then walked firmly in front and led them to their destination - Changle Township, where there are villagers waiting for them, and they must not let them down, thinking back to half a month ago, the mysterious young master wearing a black mask and his words are still in his ears.
"Xue Rengui, you lead them to Gyeongju, where people have already arranged for people to exchange a thousand cattle and sheep in the Turks, remember, although these are used to help the victims, but in the event of an unavoidable situation, give up those supplies, I want none of you to come back, understand?"
At the same time that Xue Rengui led everyone to drive the cattle and sheep to Changle Township, Li Yong was listening to the latest news from Gundam.
"Gong ...... Master. ”
"Huh?"
Li Yong didn't like them to call him an adult or a son, after all, he didn't have an official position, and it would cause unnecessary trouble if he was heard, so they all changed their names to call him Young Master, and Gundam was the only one who called him Young Master.
"Now there are 1,461 households outside the city that have taken in the victims, and 232 households were introduced to quarantine yesterday and are willing to settle down, and they have moved to Xishan, and 164 people have entered various workshops to start training, according to the public ...... The young master's instructions do not accept children under the age of 14, but only men and women over the age of 14 and under the age of 50, and there are 20 children of school age studying in our school. ”
"Well, I know the situation, what problems do I need to solve?"
"Now there are still 1,229 families still quarantined outside the city, although they are still resettled according to your wishes, but we don't have much food, and our money is almost at the bottom."
"Is there anything you can do about it?"
Li Yong is not a person who holds power, and he also sees the performance of Gundam disaster relief, and thinks that he is a talent that can be created, and intends to let him take the position of the general manager, and when he encounters problems again a lot of time, he will not just tell him how to do it like the tradition, he will do it, Li Yong will let Gundam think of a way first, encourage him to say his thoughts, if he is right, he will not object to let him do it, if he can't think of it, he is giving him a little reminder to inspire him, under the instillation of Li Yong's advanced concepts, Gundam has done many things handy, Even many times take the initiative to give Li Yong a lot of suggestions for improvement, Li Yong is very satisfied with Gundam's talent, compared to him is not omnipotent, Gundam looks rough, but he is careful and good at doing things, and he pays very much attention to subtle things and can find them.
"Young master, I think so, Xue Rengui and their day of coming back is approaching, the food can be slowed down, the next batch of cattle and sheep trading with the Turks is already underway, the personnel I am already arranging, when Xue Rengui and them come back, they can almost set off, as for the money, the soap and soap in the workshop have been hoarded a lot, but at this time I don't think it's appropriate to dump it in Chang'an, so not only will it be difficult for us to make a fortune, I want to prepare for a trip to Chang'an, personally talk to those big grain households, and exchange things for things, What do you think, young master?"
"Your idea is good, that is, you have to grasp the point of exchanging goods, you also know that now the price of grain in Chang'an City is changing several times a day, and the imperial court is already in a hurry to raise grain, I am afraid that they will not give us food at a low price."
"These damn moths, the people are almost hungry, and they are still making a fortune, they should be killed."
Gundam angrily slapped the table vigorously, Li Yong understood Gundam's overly excited expression and rude behavior in front of him, because he knew Gundam's tragic experience back then, Li Yong patted him on the shoulder, stood behind his back with his hands behind his back and turned his back to him.
"I understand your feelings, you remember, the more this time, the more you can't mess up the proportions, only calm and calm, the courage of Mount Tai is not afraid of the top, in order to deal with every crisis, bartering is okay, but this time those moths must be made to pay a heavy price."
"Please show the young master, as long as those bastards pay the price, they are willing to go to the soup and go to the fire."
After that, he knelt down to Li Yong on one knee, but Li Yong didn't help him up, and continued to carry him behind his back and said.
"Get up, you will go to Chang'an tomorrow, take the old bachelor, I have already explained it to him, when you arrive in Chang'an, you don't have to come forward, let the old bachelor contact those families, you just help in secret, many people in Chang'an know you, your identity is inconvenient to come forward, the old bachelor is from the south to flee, no one knows, you can go under the banner of going to the sea to trade, you pay attention to your own safety after you arrive in Chang'an, those families do everything for money."
"The young man is wise, his subordinates know, and he guarantees to complete this mission."
Gao Da suddenly stood up and saluted Li Yong again and then exited the house, and when he left, he looked back at the simple thatched hut, the man in it made him respect and felt that his wisdom was terrible, and he had already calculated what he hadn't expected, and his feeling for Li Yong was that he was both respectful and afraid, because he was an enemy with such a person, and he didn't know how to die.
The next day, Gundam left Changle Township with the old bachelor, the old bachelor looked at Gundam with a look of disbelief after dressing up, the old bachelor was the first batch of victims he took in, the peasant-like dark skin, no matter how he looked like a rich merchant running to the sea, but after dressing up, Gundam saw the kind of businessman's eyes from his eyes, and the feeling of a nouveau riche between his actions, thinking that the young master taught such a peasant to become a rich businessman, it was incredible, and he must consult him well when he went back.
"Mr. Gao, this time I will have to escort the little one."
The old bachelor smiled while stroking and touching the beard on the side of his lips, so that Gundam couldn't wait to beat him on the spot, if he didn't know that he was an authentic peasant, this style is a big profiteer, Gundam couldn't beat it, snorted and drove the carriage to Chang'an City, after the two spent a lot of money on the city gate tax, they swaggered into the most upscale inn in Chang'an, Gundam no longer showed up after entering the inn, sneaking into the dark side to support the old bachelor on the bright side at any time, And the old bachelor ate under the gaze of everyone who wanted to cut him and ordered a large table full of dishes, almost a book that feeling, and what made everyone unbearable was that the old bachelor only ate one bite of each dish and didn't eat it, the pie was more emperor than the current emperor, and at night he was accompanied by the most expensive KTV point in Kangle Fang, and for several days in a row, Gundam looked at the flowing water-like tent, and he was about to explode, and asked calmly.
"Old bachelor, you spent more than a thousand taels in three days, you won't forget the purpose of our visit, right?"
"Manager Gao, put 10,000 hearts in your stomach, do you really think that I only know how to eat, drink and have fun every day?"
"Oh? Isn't it? ”
"Hehe, in fact, I deliberately showed our financial resources in front of those people in the past few days, didn't you find that many of these people are the eyeliner of those families?"
"Yes, I've found several eyeliners too."
"That's right, we went into the city in such a high-profile way, and then I squandered extravagance in front of them, just to tell them a message, I have money, I am very rich, and I believe that the fish is about to take the bait."
Gundam looked at the farmer in front of him, where was there still the loyal and honest appearance at that time, it was a different person, if he didn't know him, Gundam thought that someone else was pretending, during this time, how did the young master train this goods, it was terrible, the old bachelor seemed to see what Gundam was thinking, only he knew, in addition to him, there were many people who joined the intelligence bureau established by the young master, where they introduced the inhumane torture and all kinds of knowledge day and night, and then became qualified spies, None of these secrets are known except for the young master.
"Is Boss Wang here?"
"The fish is hooked."
"Well, stay safe."
"Don't worry, I'm a professional."
The old bachelor left Gundam with a mysterious smile and left the room.
"Ah, isn't this Boss Lu, I'm so free to look for me today, let's go, I'm not drunk tonight."
"Okay, it just so happens that a few friends are here today, so let's have a good drink."
"That's it, please."
"Please!"
The old bachelor enthusiastically hugged the boss surnamed Lu and left the inn, Gouda recognized this person as a member of the Lu family in the hiding place, Gouda turned around and left the inn, and followed the old bachelor to the Yaju Pavilion, one is to ensure the safety of the old bachelor, and the other is to monitor who is tonight.
"Bosses, business is booming!"
The old bachelor greeted the people present with a smile on his face and clenched his fists, and the others also stood up to greet him in return, and the surname Lu enthusiastically introduced him one by one, and the smile on the old bachelor's face continued, saluting those one by one, but secretly paying attention to all kinds of micro-expressions among them, which he learned in Li Yong's intelligence bureau.
"Boss Wang, let's not talk about polite words, you also know that the business in Chang'an City is getting more and more difficult to do now, I don't know what good way you have?"
"Bosses laughing, I'm afraid of running to the sea, I can tell you, this running to the sea, it's not as simple as you begging for a life on land, this wind and rain is secondary, if you still encounter any big wind and waves, it is the ship is destroyed and people die."
Everyone looked at the old bachelor and said that it was not fake, plus his black skin, it did look like the characteristics of people who often go to sea, but they had also heard of people who ran to the sea, and the money they made on a trip was not many times better than the money they made on land, but in the Tang Dynasty there were no sea ships, only the imperial court had some small sea boats that could only run near the sea, and only in the south Quanzhou and Guangzhou there were large sea ships, Guangzhou did not need to think about it, it was Feng An's territory, Quanzhou was the sailor of the imperial court, not to mention that the boat was small, not to mention that it could be used for them.
"Boss Wang laughed, I don't know what kind of fortune I am going to make this time in Chang'an?"
"I don't make any money, but I want to find a partner in Chang'an this time, and you can see if this thing can be sold well."
The old man took out a piece of soap and a bar of soap from his sleeve and put them on the table.
"Soap?"
"Shopkeeper Li, do you recognize you?"
"How can you have such a thing?"
A shopkeeper surnamed Li suddenly stood up and shouted out the soap accurately, the old bachelor and the others looked at him in surprise, but the old bachelor's surprise was pretended, because he knew about the Li family in Longxi, this was specially told to him by Li Yong, this time he came to Chang'an, the people of the Li family in Longxi must have come, and they must have known the soap he was peddling in Gaoqiao Town at that time, so such key information must be told to the old bachelor, and he is not afraid that the old bachelor will tell these secrets, because they were chosen to enter the intelligence bureau in the first place, He was selected from all aspects of their investigation, and these people were loyal to him under his brainwashing.
"Shopkeeper Li, do you know soap? Great, I won't bother to talk to you shopkeepers, can you please tell them if this thing can be sold in Chang'an? ”
"Hmph, who the hell are you? How do you have soap? Where is Li Yong? ”
"Shopkeeper Li is really joking, what Li Yong, this soap was finally changed by me in the big cannibal, I originally wanted to come to Chang'an to find a few people to make a fortune together, it seems that I came to the wrong place, farewell!"
The old bachelor put away his smile and saluted everyone present and turned around to leave, "Bang~" scared everyone, all eyes were given to the angry shopkeeper Li who slapped the table, everyone didn't know how the usually good talker Li changed when he saw this soap, everyone was curious, in fact, the shopkeeper Li was called Li Shi, he had an elder brother named Li Lai, who was the housekeeper who called Li Yong in Gaoqiao Town at that time, but after Li Yong's killer who killed the Li faction disappeared, Li Lai was implicated, was kicked out of the house by the owner of the house with his legs broken, and finally died of illness on the street, how could this hatred not make Li Shi angry.
"Stop, you dare to walk out of this door, I want your life."
"Yo, this Chang'an City really has no royal law, I don't believe you dare to do anything to me."
The old bachelor also glared at Li Shi angrily, and he didn't show weakness at all, and the Gundam who was hiding in the shadows almost jumped out to save the old bachelor, but when he saw his calm appearance, he was also calmed, what kind of cropper is this, this is obviously a veteran in the army, the young master is prepared to be able to practice in such a short time, it's amazing.
"I'd better ask you, who the hell are you?"
The old bachelor plucked out his ears contemptuously and said.
"Guess, guess who I am, guess the prize."
"Lao Tzu slaughtered you, ah~~"
Li Shi burst out and wanted to pounce on the old bachelor opposite, but how could everyone let him get his wish, because tonight's bureau is arranged by the heads of each family, the first is to find out the unknown Boss Wang, and the second is if the identity of the old bachelor is true, then it depends on whether there is any possibility of cooperation, because the families have long wanted to trade on the sea, but there has been no way, this Boss Wang may be a breakthrough, now seeing the soap and soap in front of him, coupled with the performance of the Li family's shopkeeper, everyone is sure that Boss Wang is really Boss Wang, Yes, you can cooperate.