There was enough wine and meat last night, and the three of them slept soundly.

"Moo~"

Until a cow's cry in the early morning, Song Che was the first to be woken up, and it should be the caravan in the Huaxi Tavern that has crossed.

He got up and stretched, and was about to leave the temple, when Liao Heng suddenly jumped up from the ground, straightened his collar, erected a crown of hair, rubbed his cheeks, and showed Song Che: "Brother Chen, look at me, can you be spiritual?" ”

Song Che smiled: "It's a handsome mess, I will definitely be able to fascinate that lady." ”

At this time, Jiang Yun had also woken up, and the three of them walked out of the temple together.

Yun Niang drove the ox cart, and the guys in the store, led a caravan of ten Rao, and passed in front of the temple together.

"There's a ghost!"

As soon as Song Che and the others went out, someone in the caravan exclaimed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't you know us after only one night? We saw it in the tavern yesterday. Liao Heng stepped forward.

The merchant travelers retreated again and again, and there was a soil: "It is because I have seen you that you are ghosts...... Haven't you been resurrected by a ghost and turned into a zombie? ”

Liao Heng was unhappy, "Anyway, you are also businessmen who go south and north, why do you have no eyesight so much, what the hell dares to come out and walk in this light day?" ”

Song Che and Jiang Yun led six horses, two of which were carrying the tiger killed last night, and he smiled: "I didn't meet the ghost, but I killed two tigers." ”

The three of them discussed last night, and those who pretended to be ghosts behaved strangely, and they didn't talk to outsiders for the time being, so nothing happened.

The business travelers stepped forward to watch, touching and sighing at the tiger corpse:

"What a white-fronted tiger!"

"Two tigers are so big, I'm afraid they have to weigh seven or eight hundred pounds! This coat color, this feel, you have made a fortune! ”

"Bosses, have you taken a fancy to this tiger skin? We don't let the fertilizer and water flow into the fields of outsiders, and we will sell it to you cheaply. Song Che asked with a smile.

The merchant travelers waved their hands again and again, "We are all merchants who are pawns of peddlers, your tiger skin is big and good, and the gentry in the county town have the ability to afford it." ”

"That being the case, let's go to the county seat."

"That's a good dare, the three of them killed these two tigers, and they are real heroes and heroes!"

"In order to eradicate these two tigers, the county offered a reward of 500 yuan to recruit tiger generals, but the tiger hunting went batch after batch, the tiger was not caught, and dozens of people were killed and injured!"

Is it only 500?

Wu Song killed a tiger, and the county rewarded a thousand yuan, which shows that the old lady in this county is a person who picks and searches.

"Three heroes, can you tell us about the experience of fighting tigers last night? Also, you passed by the mass grave and lived in this temple, and you really didn't see ghosts and ghosts at night? ”

A group of dozens of people, lively and lively, surrounded them to listen to stories.

Out of Shimalin, walk along the avenue for another twelve or thirteen miles, you can reach Shima County.

Today's rain is gradual, but it is still dripping, Yun Niang deliberately took care of a few farmers, carrying hoes and shovels, filling as they walked, opening the way for the caravan, and walking was actually not slow.

Yun Niang has always been at the forefront to lead the way, but she will also prick up her ears to listen to the story, be nervous when she hears the excitement, and laugh with everyone when she hears joy.

Song Che asked Jiang Yun and Liao Heng to continue to greet the business travelers, and he rode to the front to stand side by side with Yun Niang.

Yun Niang saw the person coming, and hurriedly straightened her posture, but she still kept glancing at Song Che from the corner of her eye.

There are two kinds of shame, one is to blush consciously, and the other is to deliberately avoid.

Her tavern is not big, but it is well organized, and it makes sense for such a woman to be subtle.

"Boss, the one who holds the sword is my friend, he walks the rivers and lakes, he has always been quick to talk, he beat Wang Er yesterday, it won't have any impact on you, right?" Song Che asked.

Yun Niang's eyes sank, and she sighed lightly: "I usually don't have bad relations with the township tyrants, he won't embarrass my business, but it's just ......"

She looked at Song Che: "Wang Er collects money for Zhang Yuanwai on weekdays, the means are not very clear, and he lives in the county town in front of him, your friend knocked out his tooth yesterday, and with his temperament, I am afraid that he will not give up." ”

Song Che smiled: "Is he as powerful as a white-fronted tiger?" ”

Yun Niang was pleased and squeezed the corners of her mouth, "He bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard, and the tiger's tail can't compare." ”

"Is it wine from your ox cart?" Song Che pointed to the jar covered with an oilcloth behind the ox cart, even if it was sealed, he could smell the aroma of wine.

Yun Niang hummed, "It's not easy to go to the city, and I have a surplus at home, so I want to pull a few cylinders to sell and make more money." ”

Song Che said with a smile: "The jar of wine you gave yesterday, we all felt beautiful after drinking it." I don't know how much it costs to make such a fine wine? ”

Yun Niang also laughed, "Thank you for the compliment, it's all some bad wine brewed by the farmer's coarse grains, and it can't be sold at any price." In my own shop, it is 25 dime, and wholesale sales to restaurants are 20 dime. ”

"So cheap?"

Song Che is also a person who has drunk a lot of wine, although this wine can't catch up with distilled spirits, but it is also a high-quality product, even if it is sold in the county, fifty wen a dime is really worth this price.

Yun Niang said: "It's not cheap, Twenty Wen still depends on the mood of the shopkeeper of the big restaurant, only if you are in a good mood, if you are in a bad mood, you have to lower the price, and even if you don't want it, it is possible." ”

"Your Huaxi Tavern, the monthly income should be good, right?" Song Che asked.

Yun Niang shook her head, maybe she didn't feel very satisfied, "In addition to the guy's salary and ingredients, it is quite good to be able to earn thirty-five or six taels a month." ”

There are a lot of casual fate in the wilderness store, and the more business travel, the more you earn, and the less you earn, more than 30 taels of silver a month, which is very pertinent.

"I'm afraid it's not enough to pay off debts, right?"

Yesterday, I heard that Wang Er mentioned the matter of "repaying debts", so Song Che asked casually.

Yun Niang lowered her head and stopped laughing.

Only then did Song Che realize that he had made an old mistake again, and people had only met you a few times, so if you get to the bottom of it, everyone will be anti-blessed

"Don't mind, the boss lady, you have no intention of being there."

Instead, slow down and fall to the back of the line.

Yun Niang suddenly shouted: "Hey, it's out of the way." It's not a matter of privacy when I owe money. In these ten miles and eight townships, most people owe Zhang Yuanwai's debts......"

According to her:

Zhang Yuanwai, known as Zhang Chao, is the largest landowner in Shima County, and many farmers rent their fields from him. The same is true of the several pieces of Yun Niang's house.

Yun Niang's surname is Li, three generations of grandparents and grandchildren rely on the tavern for a living, how can her father gamble, one day drunk and lost Zhang Yuanwai 800 taels of silver, that night when he woke up and regretted it, and had no face to see his family again, he found a tree in the stone horse forest and hanged himself.

Grandpa Yun Niang learned about this, and he was so angry that he died a few days later. As a result, the tavern business and the foreign debts fell into her hands.

Zhang Yuanwai gave two plans, one is to marry Yun Niang as a concubine, and the other is to pay off the foreign debt of 1,000 taels with interest within two years, which is an overlord clause.

But Zhang Yuanwai is a local rich man, and his family has to give in, where is Yun Niang willing to marry that fifty-year-old man? can only repay the high interest, and in the middle of each month, I have to go to the county town to repay thirty taels.

The landlord is not the same as the wealthy businessman, the landlord has land and the right to control, and the vast majority of the county's financial income depends on him, even the official has to let him have three points of thin face.

Especially in such inconspicuous county towns, the landlords collude with the government, and the common people can only be controlled, and they have to pay as much grain as they want, and the high interest rate is also calculated by them.

The landlord is the emperor of the soil, and this is not an exaggeration.