Two days later.

On the second floor of Xu's shop, because the eaves are covered with special grass bark, the sun is scorching outside, and the window is not cool, but it is also breathable and comfortable.

Bai Yan sat by the small window of the private room on the second floor, and after he was tired of writing bamboo slips, he put down his pen and ink.

Turning his head to look at the street outside the window, watching the people coming and going under the scorching sun, the scholars were in pairs, walking in pairs, laughing and pointing at the restaurant in the distance.

Horse-drawn carriages drove past the shop.

In this weather, the rich people are all huddled in the carriage, unwilling to get down and walk.

Although the war in Zhao State, looking at this scene, people feel that this Handan City does not seem to be affected.

"Take a break when you're tired!"

Bai Yan opened his mouth and said.

Behind Bai Yan, three children around seven or eight years old trembled with fright.

"Gentleman, we are not tired!"

"Don't be tired, gentleman, we're not tired!"

The fans in the hands of the two children became faster again, and the children who pinched Bai Yan's shoulders, the weak little hands, also used a little force again.

The child's actions naturally couldn't be concealed from Bai Yan.

Seeing this, Bai Yan didn't say anything, these children's hearts were already full of fear.

Three children, two girls and one boy, one of them is a sister and brother, Bai Yan bought the three, but it only cost 3,000 yuan.

Not even half a gold.

In the Qin State, one child was two thousand five hundred yuan, while in the Zhao State, three thousand yuan was the price of three children combined.

But that's it, it's a pity that karma and Jue are both pity, and it's a pity why don't you use this money to buy one or two women.

Bai Yan knew that it was not karma and Qi that he was not kind in his heart, but that the world was like this.

Nowadays, there are shops, both inside and outside the city, there are places to sell people.

Zhao has been in drought for many years, and the people have no harvest, and when they can't afford to support themselves, there are countless people who buy and sell women and wives.

When people are dazzled, no matter how kind they are, they will be numb.

After all, at a glance, the whole street is full of children, how many children can you sell, not to mention such streets, not only in Handan City, but also in other cities in Zhao Kingdom.

In the face of such a situation, in the face of countless children.

After normal people look numb, in front of Zhao Nu, who is better at words and has tears in pears, they will choose to use money to buy one or two Zhao Nu who are in good shape and can look good to go home.

After all, adult people are more able to take care of people, and it is okay to be a maid if you are tired of it.

Now in Zhao State.

The most precious luxury is not jade jewelry, nor is it a sword beauty.

It's kindness.

"Gentleman, Cai's gentleman Cai Sui, Liang's gentleman Liang Jin, and Wu's gentleman Wu Cheng ask to see!"

Ye hurriedly walked up and said to Bai Yan.

Looking at Bai Yan, Ye knew that since the general moved into this Xu family's shop, in the past two days, there have been no less than sixteen or seventeen people from the Shi clan who have come to visit.

"Hmm!"

Hearing this, Bai Yan nodded and got up.

A moment later.

Bai Yan came to the first floor and saw Cai Sui, Liang Jin, and Wu Cheng in the mouth of the industry.

"Xu Zixiao, Xu Zixiao, I've seen three!"

Bai Yan walked slowly in front of the three of them and bowed his hand.

Behind Bai Yan, three children followed closely, and two children were still holding leaf fans in their hands.

"Cai Sui of the Cai clan of Wei State, I have seen Xu Junzi!"

"Zhao Guoliang, Liang Jin has seen Xu Junzi!"

"Qi Guo Wu, Wu Cheng has seen Xu Junzi!"

When Liang Jin and the others saw Bai Yan, they hurriedly returned the salute.

The three of them are all in their twenties, but the children of Liang Jin and Wu Cheng's scholar clan, although they are scholars, are wearing cloth clothes, not silk clothes.

And that Cai Sui was wearing a silk robe, but the ornament around his waist was not a jade pendant.

Obviously, these three people are all children of the scholar clan, but the scholar clan behind them should all be a little declining, and their status and ability will not be very high.

Compared with the wealthy families in the Qin State, Bai Yan has seen those wealthy families, which cannot be compared at all, the Li family, the Mengshi family, and the Wang family are the real magnates, and the clansmen, young and old, all hold important positions in the court and control the real power.

After that, it was Li Si's Li family, and Feng Quji's Feng family.

Even the Yang family, whose status was a little shaken, compared it with these scholars in front of him, was a terrifying thing.

"What are you doing here?"

Bai Yan looked at the three of them with some confusion.

Although Bai Yan knew that the scholars of these three people should not have much status and ability, and could only be regarded as a small snake, but at the moment, Bai Yan still asked the three of them very politely.

That kind of thing with low eyes and masters, and being superior to others, will not happen here in Bai Yan.

"Mr. Xu, can you take a step to speak?"

Cai Sui, after thinking about it, looked at Bai Yan, and asked softly.

Obviously, among the three people, Cai Sui, who was dressed in silk, was the first of the three.

"Please!"

Bai Yan bowed his hand to the three of them, and then turned sideways and motioned to follow him up to the second floor.

The second floor of Xu's shop.

Because it is a new store, there are no delicate and expensive items in the room, a teapot, a table, three seats, and that's all.

Seeing this, Cai Sui and Wu Cheng naturally didn't think that Bai Yan had no money, because as long as they weren't blind, they could clearly see the jade pendant hanging around Bai Yan's waist, and the jade pendant alone looked very valuable.

Not to mention the three children behind him.

Now when I buy young children in Zhao Guo, I take them with me, either they are kind-hearted and have good character, or they are not bad at all, and they don't care if there are maids to fill the façade.

"Please!"

Bai Yan came to the wooden table and motioned for the three of them to take a seat.

Bai Yan slowly put away the bamboo slips that he had just written, and handed them to the older girl among the three children behind him.

"Yan, pick it up in the wooden box!"

This girl, Bai Yan, named her Yan.

Taken from my grandmother's favorite Qu Yuan, the word 'and the age of the year' in the divorce.

Yan Yan Yan said that Bai Yan hoped that this girl would be able to talk and laugh in the future, and be gentle and docile.

"Three, Zixiaofang has been in Handan for two days, the things are extremely ugly, I hope you will forgive me!"

After Yan left, Bai Yan watched Liang Jin and the three of them kneel down and sat down, and said with a smile.

"How can you say this, at that time, we took the liberty to disturb, and I hope that the gentleman will not be surprised!"

Cai Sui smiled with a smile.

Liang Jin and Wu Cheng also laughed in agreement.

"I don't know if the three of you are here today?"

Bai Yan put down his hand, sat up straight, asked softly, and looked directly at the three of them with a frank gaze.

Since he wants to be a child of the scholar clan with high connections, abilities, and backgrounds, Bai Yan must not cower, and only by being generous and straightforward can people be admired.

in the room.

Heard Bai Yan's words.

Cai Sui and Liang Jin glanced at each other, and then looked at Bai Yan.

"Now that Zhao has been in drought for many years, the land is not harvested, and now there is a war again, I don't know what Xu Junzi is going to sell when he comes to Handan and opens this shop?"

Cai Sui asked in a low voice.

Bai Yan looked at Cai Sui and shook his head.

"Zixiao opened a shop, but he was just trying to make some small profits, which is not enough."

Bai Yan spoke with a slight smile.

Cai Sui listened to Bai Yan's light refusal, and frowned slightly.

Liang Jin and Wu Cheng also looked at the young Bai Yan, they got the news very early that someone was going to come to Zhao to sell grain.

After many inquiries and a lot of time, they got a slightly accurate news in Yingchuan County.

That is the person who sells grain, it is the newly opened Xu shop in Handan City.

A few days ago, the shop was closed, and it didn't open until the next two days, but yesterday those scholars rumored that the Xu family's shop didn't sell grain at all.

This made them very strange, so they were a little unwilling today, so they came to ask.

"We heard before, Zixiao is here to sell grain?"

Liang Jin asked after getting Wu Cheng's eyes.

When Bai Yan heard Liang Jin's words, he laughed again and shook his head again and again.

"Zixiao doesn't know where you got the news, but this is very ridiculous, now Zhao is because of the famine, Qin sent troops to attack Zhao, if Zixiao came to Zhao to sell grain, wouldn't he be an enemy of Qin!"

After Bai Yan finished speaking, he sighed self-deprecatingly: "Zixiao is just a commoner, one has no official power, and the other has no connections and power, so he doesn't dare to be an enemy of Qin!" ”

With Bai Yan's words falling.

Liang Jin and Cai Sui frowned, and just as they were sighing in discouragement, Wu Cheng suddenly looked happy.

"It's okay, then I won't bother Mr. Xu today, I don't know if Mr. Xu has free time in the past two days? Wu Cheng set up a banquet in the red attic, and waited for Xu Junzi to go for a drink! ”

Wu Cheng asked with his hand at Bai Yan, with some excitement in his eyes.

This appearance made Liang Jin and Cai Sui full of doubts, now there are restaurants everywhere in Handan City, but the red attic is one of the few places with a good reputation.

Where to drink and have a feast can cost a lot!

If Wu Cheng wants to have a personal relationship, he will inevitably be too arrogant, and now that restaurant is not a woman, there is no need to go to the Red Attic.

"With a good intention, Zixiao should go to the appointment!"

Bai Yan looked at Wu Cheng and smiled.

Seeing Wu Cheng get up, Liang Jin and Cai Sui could only get up and say goodbye to Bai Yan.

Outside the door of Xu's shop.

Bai Yan sent Liang Jin and the three of them out of the door, and after saying goodbye again, he looked at the backs of the three of them leaving.

"The fish is finally here!"

Bai Yan said with a smile.

The news of selling grain was that he asked Lu Qi to be in Yingchuan, and deliberately revealed it to some 'hearted' scholars.

He said that if he didn't sell grain, it was also a little trick, and ordinary scholars came to inquire, and when they heard his words, they would believe it and leave helplessly.

However, some scholars with big names behind them came to inquire, and their positions were different, and they could hear a deeper meaning.

It's a simple screening.

Only after this screening can we have a deeper level of contact.

Otherwise, in this Zhao country, which is extremely short of grain, if you sell grain directly, no amount of grain and grass will be enough to sell.

It's like the big fish haven't come yet, and the grain and grass have been eaten by the small fish.

The other side.

"I see!"

"Hiss~!"

On the carriage, Liang Jin and Cai Sui heard Wu Cheng's words, and then they understood, and sighed.

"And I have been convinced, that Xu Zixiao is a Qi person!"

Wu Cheng continued to smile at this time and said: "Although Xu Zixiao put away the bamboo slips, I am still a person, and I can recognize the neat Qi characters on it at a glance, and the ink that has been used just now is definitely not a fraud." ”

"Qi people! Okay, so let's go back and tell the others and buy food together! ”

Liang Jin and Cai Sui nodded and said.

If Xu Zixiao is a Qi person, they will naturally rest assured, and the Qi people are rich, maybe Xu Zixiao can come up with a lot of food.

Come to think of it.

Looking back, in terms of carefulness, compared to Wu Cheng, they are really ashamed of themselves, and they can only be full of admiration!

(End of chapter)