In the mansion of the prime minister of the county, Jia Xu was standing with Xun You in the viewing pavilion in the courtyard.

There are many servants of the Tian family in the courtyard, either shoulder-to-shoulder or hand-carried, and many wooden boxes are sent back and forth.

"It's not hard to guess what's in the box, but it seems that we still underestimate the benefits of this fishing salt." Jia Xu said with a smile, "It's just a temptation to make such a generous move, no wonder people say that the land near the sea is rich, and it really makes my eyes hot for people from the cold and bitter cold places in the west." ”

The box is nothing more than gold and silver goods, and the countermeasures of first literature and then martial arts are also expected by Jia Xu and others, but they don't want Tanaka and others to be so generous.

"The five colors are blinding, the five tones are deafening, the five flavors are refreshing, galloping and hunting, making people mad, rare goods, making people nuisance. Although Xuande was born in the Han family, his family was poor when he was a teenager, and he rarely enjoyed wealth, which was also quite vicious. Jia Jun is not at all. Xun You also looked at the servants coming and going outside, and went out of the gods.

How many heroes from humble backgrounds in the world can endure all kinds of hardships, but they can't stand the wealth after suffering and being happy.

Although he was born in a famous Xun family, the Xun family has always been famous for his talent and learning, and in terms of the amount of wealth, it is actually not superior, so even he has never seen so much wealth in the Xun family.

He is still like this, so what about Liu Bei.

"If it is so easy to indulge Xuande, then why do you and I follow each other here?" Jia Xu smiled, "Even if Gongda doesn't believe in Jia's vision, he should want to believe in his own vision." ”

Xun You nodded, "Now that I can't pass the Wen test, I think I will have to resort to force soon." Does Jia Jun have a good plan? ”

"Naturally, there is a method, and it is not difficult, but I don't know if Gongda's method is the same as mine." Jia Xu looked at Xun You.

Xun You smiled, "It's nothing more than a plan." ”

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In Liu Bei's bedroom, he was sitting at the table, carefully examining an object on the table.

The Tian family and other merchants sent a lot of goods, but he didn't pay attention to it, only this object was indeed a good thing, and he chose it from it.

On the table is a white jade beauty, the size of an arm, exquisite, delicate and smooth, lifelike.

"Yun Chang, what do you think of this white jade beauty?"

At this time, Guan Yu was standing behind him, leaning against the wall and reading, when he heard this, he raised his head and looked at it, and said casually: "A woman's beauty is just a skin, not to mention that jade is not very useful in the first place, and the two phases are superimposed, which is not a good object." ”

"Yun Chang is just too rigid." Liu Bei shook his head and said with a smile, "It is an ordinary thing for a man to love beauty, sex, power and wealth, and he will only get what he wants." The predecessors had a saying, and the color eating is also. There is no need to shy away from it. ”

He raised his hand and touched the jade figure on the table, remembered a story from his previous life, and said with a smile: "Wenjun has a white jade beauty, and he should come to get it now." ”

Guan Yu didn't know what he meant, but he just said: "They sent gold and silver, I think they want to confuse my brother's mind with this, and my brother must be cautious. ”

"Of course I know about it." Liu Bei smiled, "It's just that since they sent it." There's no reason why we shouldn't accept it. It's always good to have more of them. Tomorrow you will exchange all these for food, and now in this world, one more bite of food will not be able to live a few more lives. ”

Guan Yu nodded, feeling that what Liu Bei said was reasonable.

Money has no distinction between good and evil, it only depends on its use.

"What's next for my brother, they've already made a move, should we do something too?"

Liu Bei put down the white jade beauty in his hand, picked up the hay found on the table, skillfully knitted straw sandals, and said with a smile: "I am a person who weaves mats and sells shoes, so I naturally want to visit the township." ”

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On the second day, Liu Bei and Guan Yu rode out of the city and rode into the township.

Outside the drama county, there is a name for Anle.

It is the farthest away from the county of drama, and it is also famous for its large population.

It is the farthest away from the drama county, so the control of the wealthy families in the city is the weakest. With a large population, many things are even more difficult to hide.

There's no better place to find out.

The lieutenant of Anle was an old man of fifty or sixty years of age with gray hair, and he was sitting in front of the inner door napping at this time.

There are not many people in the house on weekdays, so the front of the door is also very clean at this time.

Hearing the neighing of the two horses, the old man suddenly woke up, his movements were quite agile, and he jumped up and was about to run towards the middle.

Just waited for the old man to calm down, and saw that the people in front of him were two young people in long robes, who had never seen before, and couldn't help but sigh.

"The old man is the chief of this peace and happiness, and the two of them are very raw, aren't they in the wrong place?" The old man asked with a smile.

Liu Bei glanced at the old man, just the old man's action of jumping up and running into the middle showed that this place was not simple.

He smiled: "The two of us are from the Northland, doing some horse selling business in the Northland, and we first came to the North Sea, this time I want to come here to find out some news, to see if our horses in the North can be sold here." ”

"I happened to pass by here, and saw that the location of this place is not bad, if it is feasible in the future, I want to choose the place where we want to sell horses, and now I also want to stop by to ask for water."

"It turned out to be from the Northlands."

The old man stared at the two of them for a few moments, and saw that they were both dressed in plain robes, although they were not luxurious, but they were quite neat. The horses in his hands are extremely majestic, and at a glance they are rare and good horses.

If it had been a normal time, he would not have let these two strangers inside. Who knows if these outsiders will cause any trouble?

It's just that the two of them just mentioned that they want to run a horse trading business here, and now the world is difficult, if these two people can really do this, it will make many people in the city have a way to live, and he can't help but be moved.

"In that case, then you can just come in with me, follow me, and don't wander around."

The old man turned to lead the way, and led the two of them inside.

Although they were in the same North Sea, the situation here was very different from what they saw at the border at that time.

When they first entered the Beihai Territory that day, they saw a scene of peace and prosperity, and the common people came and went, safe and worry-free, as if it was a paradise.

And the scene here reminded the two of them of what they saw on the way here.

Displaced, stranded.

A woman led the child by the side of the road, leaving the child to cry behind, but the woman was busy walking, and her eyes were full of sluggishness and confusion.

There were many elderly people sitting against the wall, all dressed in tattered clothes, with a leaky bowl in front of them with notches on all sides. The old man closed his eyes and was speechless.

There were also children kneeling on the side of the old man, with a hay plant stuck in their heads, selling themselves.

Liu Bei Chang took a breath, rubbed his cheeks, turned his head to Guan Yu and smiled: "Yun Chang, this is the real bid seller." ”

Behind him, the 10,000 enemies who would not frown even if they dig into the flesh are silent at this time, and they can't bear to look at it again.

Not far away, several middle-aged men with bare chests and backs were looking at their horses from afar.

At this time, Guan Yu's killing intent was in full swing, and he looked at it with disgust, but his eyes frightened those men back a few steps.

The old man led them all the way, and finally came to a house in the middle of the house.

This place is quite dilapidated, the wooden door at the door is far away, if you meet a strong man, I am afraid that the wooden door will collapse without the help of others.

The dirt on the wall had already fallen, revealing the blue-gray wall inside.

"This is the residence of the little old man." The old man smiled, "It's not bad in the middle. ”

He pushed the wooden door open, and it creaked and screamed.

Liu Bei and the others followed him into the courtyard, and there were only two main houses in the house.

The courtyard was also poor, with only a small table that swayed from side to side, as if a breeze was enough to blow it down.

The old man let out a shout, and then an old woman came out of the main room, carrying a pot of hot soup and several wooden bowls.

The woman kicked a piece of wood and put a foot on the wooden table, then placed the bowl on the table and served hot soup for the crowd.

After doing this, without waiting for Liu Bei and the others to thank her, she had already retreated into the house quickly.

"Don't be surprised, she has been at home for a long time, rarely goes out, and can't see anyone. If you want her to stay, I'm afraid of bumping into you. The old man explained with a smile.

Liu Bei looked around the courtyard, "There are only two people in the chief's family?" ”

The eldest is not young, and he should have had an heir.

"Not really." The chief took a sip of hot soup and sighed, "There is another girl in the family, but it is inconvenient for her to show up." ”

Liu Bei nodded, there is a difference between men and women, although the etiquette of the Han Dynasty is not as strict as that of the Song Dynasty, but in the end, it must be paid a little attention.

He took a sip of the hot soup on the table in front of him, and asked casually, "Did the chief deliberately take the two of us across that road?" ”

"I can't hide it from Lang Jun, there are indeed more poor people on the road I just walked. Before the inner gate, Shi Langjun said that he wanted to run a horse seller business with us. ”

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"If you really choose this place, you always need some manpower, and the manpower in us is very cheap. What Xiao Lao'er did was also hoping that Lang Jun would leave things to us. The old man didn't hide it, and directly said what was in his heart.

"Fang Cai Langjun should also see it, the people in the middle are not having a good time. Not everyone is like the people on that road, but it's pretty much the same. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid of ......"

The old man sighed and poured hot soup for the two of them with his own hands, "I am also the governor of this place, so naturally I want to think more about it, and please don't blame Lang Jun." ”

"Businessmen have always put interests first, so the chief is not afraid that I will change my mind when I see this and go to find a better place?" Liu Bei said with a smile.

"Where does the little old man have a choice, originally if the two Lang Jun didn't come today, the old man would have been ready to fight for his life, and he would go to the drama county to file a complaint."

The old man was excited, and the hot soup in the wooden bowl in his hand splashed a little, but he didn't realize it.

"I don't know who the chief wants to sue?" Liu Bei asked.

"This matter has nothing to do with Lang Jun, Lang Jun still doesn't want to get involved in these things." The old man sighed, and after a moment he remembered something again, "Whether Lang Jun stays here or not, remember not to get involved in the fishing and salt business." ”

"Why is that?" Liu Bei smiled and asked, "It's not a secret, our brothers have also saved a lot of money in selling horses in the north over the years. This time, I came to the east to see if this place could do a horse business, and secondly, I wanted to take advantage of the situation to see if this fishing and salt business could be done. ”

The old man hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "This fishing and salt business is not something you can do with money in your hands, Lang Jun must not go through this troubled water." Otherwise, no matter how much money you have, you will be cheated by someone. ”

Liu Bei asked the chief what he meant, but the old man talked about him left and right, and never mentioned the matter again.

He didn't want to ask too much, so he had to say casually: "When I came to the east, I saw that there were many temples on the road, but it was not common in the north, and it seems that there are many people who believe in Buddhism in Beihai." ”

He mentioned it casually, but he didn't want the old man's face to change greatly, and the wooden bowl in his hand fell to the ground, and the hot soup in the bowl spilled all over the ground.

"Temple? I didn't even have a bite to eat, who would believe those clay figurines. The old man smiled bitterly.

But before he could speak, a woman's terrible scream came from the courtyard opposite, followed by several consecutive sounds, but he was soon covered by someone, leaving only a low whimper.

Liu Bei and the others stood up and wanted to go next door to see what was going on.

"The two Lang Jun don't have to be like this." The old man beckoned the two to sit down, he turned his head to look at the courtyard opposite, and his expression was complicated, "It's a poor person who said that he came to the house." Speaking of temples just now, her affairs are also because of Buddhist temples. ”

"Not long ago, her man went out to do business, she went to the Jinguang Temple to pay incense money, and she didn't want the host of the temple to take a fancy to her appearance, so she stayed in the temple for one night, and when she came back the next day, she was like this." The old man sighed, "Every now and then he yells like a madman." ”

"When the man of her family came back a few days ago, he saw her like this, and he ran out immediately, and there has been no whereabouts so far."

"She is also considered to be a person in the middle, and you people in the middle have never helped her to come out one or two." Guan Yu opened his mouth and said, he couldn't see such a bully of men and women.

The old man glanced at him, ignoring the murderous intent in Guan Yu's eyes, "How can I help her get ahead?" Do you know who came after these temples? Just now I said that I would not let Lang Jun participate in the fishing and salt business, but I never explained the reason, but now when I talk about this, I can no longer avoid it. ”

"Lang Jun knows why she went to Jinguang Temple to pay for incense that day? Why are we so poor when we are in a land rich in fishing and salt? ”

"Isn't it that the wealthy clans above those places colluded with the officials in the country to monopolize the profits of fishing and salt? Not only that, but they also set up many temples in the country, not only Buddhist temples, but also various other temples of obscene gods, and set up clever names to collect money from them. ”

"In the future, if the imperial court really investigates it, they will naturally be able to get rid of it." The old man smiled bitterly, "But now it seems that they have thought a little more, and to this day, Xiao Lao'er has never seen anyone investigate this matter." ”

Liu Bei smiled, "I see." ”