Chapter 132: Spread the word
"Tao Li?" Hai Liu glanced at the ruffian in front of him, but he didn't care, his eyes kept on the chicken in the hands of the big fangs.
"Oops! What a defeat! …… I can't imagine that Niu Colu's Hai Liuye will one day sell chickens for fun! …… Gotta get it, old six, give the chicken back to our sixth master. Save people from staring at you all the time, and I'm quite uncomfortable watching from the side......" Seeing Hai Liu ignoring himself, Tao Li immediately sarcastically said in a weird way.
"Tao Ye. The sixth master said just now, a chicken is ten taels of silver, can I ask him for some hard-earned money? The fanged thug raised the *** in his hand and asked Tao Li with a smile.
"Look at it! Anyway, you're all 'six', so let's talk! Hahaha......" Tao Li laughed.
"Tao Li, you don't have a ability in front of Lao Tzu. Bring the chicken, Lao Tzu will give you money! Feeling out a silver ingot weighing ten taels, Hai Liu threw it into the arms of the toothy old six, snatched the chicken and put it in the chicken coop. Then, the carriage was about to leave.
However, Tao Li had no intention of letting him go so easily.
"Don't worry, Sixth Master!" Walking two steps in front of the carriage, Tao Li pretended to look at Hai Liu, and said with a smile: "Sixth master, what kind of chicken are you?" How is it so valuable? Ten taels of silver? You've got to have a few hundred of them in this car, right? Aren't you rich? …… How about giving two chickens to the younger brother? No way? It doesn't matter, I'll pay for it. We're old acquaintances, how about half a price, five taels a piece? ”
"Where the did you get that? Want to buy a chicken for five taels? Open your dog's eyes and see, can this chicken be bought for five taels of silver? The strong man who grabbed the shopkeeper Wang just now and asked for money pushed Hai Liu to the front and scolded Tao Li.
"Who are you who dare to talk to us Tao Ye like this? …… Isn't it just a few bald chickens that have shed their feathers? Even the skin is red, it must be a plague chicken, don't say five taels, I don't want five copper plates! The sixth man with the big teeth and a few thugs walked up to the strong man, hugged his arms and said.
"That's right! This must be a plague chicken! I said Hailiu, even if you are short of money, but you can't do this lack of virtue, can this plague chicken be sold? What if it causes a plague? ......" Tao Li also continued, looking like a decent man and a gentleman.
"Tao Li! Although Lao Tzu is not in Beijing these days, I also know that you have been mixing well recently. So, I don't want to cause you trouble, I don't have to be taught a lesson by my master when I go back! …… But don't be too arrogant, today's Hailiu is not the previous Hailiu! Probably thinking that Tao Li's words were too harsh, Hai Liu's eyes widened, and he replied to Tao Li.
"Hahaha...... I'm still dumb when my sixth master of the sea is! Three sticks can't make a fart, and now it seems to be good! …… It's a pity, Hai Liu! What if you're different? Brother, I recently had a little spare money, so I immediately got a cloud cavalry captain, and now we are also at the same level as the four officials of the imperial court, what can you do to me? Hahaha......" took two steps forward, patted Hailiu's shoulder with his hand, and Tao Li laughed proudly.
"It turns out that the previous 'code and escape' is already a cloud cavalry captain! Amazing, I don't know how Captain Tao wants to deal with it? Hai Liu glanced at the strong man, pursed his lips, and looked at Tao Li with a sneer.
"Not good! …… Hailiu, when we fought for territory in the past, I couldn't beat you, and I was chased to my house and beaten half to death. …… Don't worry, everyone is an old acquaintance, and I don't want your arms and legs, as long as you can't get out of bed for three months, how about it? Forgiving enough, right? Putting away his smiling face, Tao Li snorted coldly. As soon as they saw that they were about to officially turn their faces, the crowd of onlookers around them immediately stepped back and gave way to a piece of land that was spacious enough.
"Okay! Hailiu, can't you see that you were quite arrogant before? Why did you get to our territory and make honest friends? Like a good man of a thousand years! The strong man who wanted to extort money just now ignored the current situation, walked over and punched Hai Liu, and asked with a smile.
"Say me? In front of the master, you Hongao dare to fart again? ......" glaring at his companion, Hai Roku said disdainfully.
"Why don't you dare? I've teased your master before! With a red face, Hong Ao said stiffly.
"Blow less! That time, you were knocked down dozens of people at once, and I don't know what happened when I went late? There are dozens of men, who were hunted down and killed almost half of their lives, and they are embarrassed to show off? Hai Liu's expression became more and more disdainful.
"Have you said enough?" Seeing Hai Liu and Hong Ao talking to themselves, as if they didn't take themselves in their eyes, Tao Li was furious and couldn't help but roar loudly.
"Enough is enough! What do you want to do? Being exposed by Hailiu about the past troubles, Hongao was embarrassed and had to turn his attention.
"What's the matter? Hmph, of course it's a hit! He stepped back, and Tao Li let out a few of his thugs and faced Hailiu and Hongao.
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"Hailiu, Hongao, why are you walking so fast?" The sound of horses' hooves suddenly appeared when the two sides were about to start a battle. Then, a tall black horse separated from the crowd and appeared behind Hongao and Hailiu. On horseback was a giant man with a sword, and behind this giant man, with the sound of "squeak", one after another four-wheeled carriages gradually approached. In front of and on both sides of these carriages, there was another group of cavalry, numbering in the hundreds.
"Boss, someone wants to intercept our tribute car!" After looking at Tao Li, whose face had changed drastically, Hong Ao said with a smile.
"Tribute robbery? …… No, this is already the city of Beijing, how can someone rob the tribute car here? The giant man on the horse asked, puzzled.
"Why not? There are so many bold people in Beijing! …… That's it! Hong Ao pointed at Tao Li and said with a wicked smile: "If you want to buy us a chicken for five taels of silver, if we don't sell it, we want to use it to rob it!" ”
"Damn! I remember that this chicken was one hundred and thirty-two taels of silver a catty, how could I buy one for five taels? …… Is it you who want to buy? Taking out his saber and pointing at Tao Li, the giant man asked loudly.
"I didn't ...... No, I didn't say that! Tao Li came back to his senses at this time, and when he saw the scene in front of him, why didn't he understand that he had kicked the iron plate? Not to mention the "tribute car" in Hong Ao's mouth, even those hundreds of cavalry were enough for him to immediately retreat three hundred houses.
"Don't go!" Seeing that Tao Li wanted to leave, Hai Liu suddenly rushed forward two steps forward and grabbed him, and said with a smile.
"Six, sixth master, what do you always want? Shall I make amends for your sins? ......," Tao Li cried out with a sad face. His thugs had already been seen by the cavalry who came with Hai Liu, not to mention doing it, two of them had already knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Don't worry! Don't hit you! Hai Liu said with a smile, and then pulled Tao Li to a chicken coop, pushed Tao Li's head towards the cage again, and then said, "Don't you want to buy one for five taels of silver?" Do you know what kind of chicken this breed is? …… That's right, the feathers on this chicken have been pecked out, and the skin has turned red. But do you know that these chickens are raised from a young age with ginseng, astragalus and other things, which are the most nourishing for the body, which is much stronger than just taking tonics. These chickens, at the end of the year, a merchant in Jiangnan spent a pound of one hundred and fifty taels of silver......"
"Boom!" The crowd of onlookers was in an uproar. A pound of one hundred and fifty taels of silver, isn't that worth more than gold? Some people in the crowd have already begun to calculate, if Hailiu and their cart of chickens are calculated at this price, it will be equivalent to pulling more than 100,000 taels of silver for nothing.
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"Sixth Master, you are rich!" Although Tao Li didn't believe it, how could he dare to say anything?
"Accept your good words, let's continue to see! ......" Hai Liu's head seemed to come up, and he pulled Tao Li and walked towards a carriage that had just followed, and after receiving his signal, the driver of the car waved his hand and lifted the tarpaulin of the carriage. A chill immediately emanated.
Ice! A large piece of ice was fixed to the carriage with wood!
"Come on, come on, come on......" Tao Li was pulled into the carriage by Hai Liu again, only to find that the inside of this giant ice was actually hollow, and it was full of shrimp!
"Have you seen it?" Hai Liu stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of pure white shrimp, turned around twice in front of Tao Li, and said: "The authentic Beihai 'silver shrimp' is the only one in the world, one hundred taels of silver and one catty!" ”
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"Look at this car again, the authentic Beihai 'crystal fish', the whole body is transparent, and the starting price is 3,000 taels of silver! …… There are only two of them here! ”
"Ningguta toffee, you have one penny! …… Lao Tzu is in for a treat, please eat a piece! …… You fuck, don't do it, that's a tribute! I've got it here! ”
“…… Horqin wool carpet, hand-woven, ordinary ten feet in size, five hundred taels of silver! ”
"Firefox skin, Heilongjiang captured and bred firefox; White fox skin, bred from arctic foxes captured in the northern polar regions,...... See this one, this is the skin of the Arctic blue fox, priceless and marketable, only tribute to the royal family! ”
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"So, what about the cars in the back?" Being tickled by a few carts of tribute, seeing that Hai Liu suddenly looked behind him without him, Tao Li couldn't help but ask.
"The cars in the back...... You're not qualified to watch! Hai Liu said with a smile, and then pushed Tao Li towards the side of the road, pushing this guy to the ground.
"Done?" Seeing Hailiu pushing Tao Lidao, Hongao asked loudly in front of him.
"It's over!"
"Let's go!" The giant Agudammu waved his hand, and the convoy continued to move forward.
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The convoy quickly left. However, the people who watched the excitement just now did not leave.
"Where did this come from? What's all the good stuff? ”
"Isn't it? With so many big cars, if they are all calculated at that price, they must be worth at least millions of taels, right? ”
"Millions of taels of silver are not worth it, but hundreds of thousands of taels must be there......"
"Where did this come from?"
"Heilongjiang! Haven't you heard? That firefox was caught and raised from Heilongjiang, and this must be a tribute from Manchuria! ”
"Manchuria? No, isn't that a bitter cold place? ”
"What's wrong with the bitter cold? The deeper the mountains and old forests, the better things there are! …… Haven't you heard of it? Last year, the emperor also ordered the Jingqi to return to Tun, and Manchuria is certainly not like the legend. Otherwise, how could those flag men be willing to go back? ”
"That's right! Doesn't Mukden produce rice? …… Maybe it's a north and a south of the Yangtze River! ”
"Really? I heard that many people followed the banner people who returned to Tun and went to Mukden...... Didn't they earn it? ”
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Ordinary people just look at the novelty and talk about it, but some brains, some courage, some capital, and some ...... What kind of people?
Hailiu's "wide publicity" more than doubled the number of businessmen who openly and secretly entered Manchuria in two years, not counting those who had no capital but had the courage to pan for gold. …… There are enough Chinese, although many are relatively conservative, but there are still many people who dare to take risks, and there are still many desperate people in it! In comparison, it is much better to break into the Kanto region than to smuggle and be caught by the government all day long.