Chapter Ninety-Three: The Sale of Illicit Salt (I)
The cottage did not cause any riots because of the death of Wang Lun, and what he liked when he went up the mountain and fell into the grass was that he had good food, good drink, and money, and he was not stingy with these Sun Lei.
"Brother, those salt-carrying ships are here!"
Zhu Gui came to the Juyi Hall and said to Sun Lei.
"Oh, here? Go check it out! ”
Sun Lei got up immediately, he had been waiting for this batch of salt for a long time.
Coming to the small harbor near the golden sand beach, a somewhat large boat was parked at the dock, and seven or eight soap-clad men with sharp blades were guarding the boat.
"Leader Zhu, what about the leader of the king? What about Boss Du? What about the Song chief? ”
A leading man looked at Zhu Gui and asked, he didn't know any of the people Zhu Gui invited down the mountain.
"There is no Wang Lun's splashes, and Liangshan will be my brother's master in the future!"
Ruan Xiaoqi pointed at Sun Lei and said to the man.
"We only do business with the king's leader."
The man glanced at Sun Lei and then at Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, and Ruan Xiaoqi, and said directly, a man beside him was about to untie the cable, as if he was about to leave.
"Don't be ashamed, my brother is worthy of you when he does business with you!"
Ruan Xiaowu was furious when he saw that the man didn't give face at all, so he took out the knife on his waist and jumped to the stake where the cable was tied to prevent the other party from untying the cable.
"I think you want to die!"
Ruan Xiaoqi was also furious, and he was going to hack those people to death with people, and daring to talk like this in Liangshanbo was simply looking for death.
"You ......"
The leader was taken aback by the change, this is a den of bandits, and it is common to kill people and sell goods.
"Xiao Wu, Xiao Qi, you don't have to be like this, buying and selling is not benevolent and righteous, this is a cottage, don't do the business of killing people and selling goods."
Sun Lei smiled and raised his hand to stop Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi, these words made the people on the boat even more vigilant, isn't the cottage a group of bandits who kill people and steal goods?
"Do business depends on people? Shouldn't businessmen look at profits? Wang Lun gave money, why don't I give money? ”
Sun Lei clapped his hands, and several minions walked out with a box, and as soon as the box was opened, it was full of snowflakes and silver.
Seeing the silver in the box, the leader of the ship visibly hesitated.
"Selling smuggled salt is a capital crime, the salt on your ship is enough for you to die thousands of times, do you have to transport thousands of miles back?"
Seeing that the man hesitated, Sun Lei continued with a smile, the crime of selling smuggled salt is very heavy, and the Song law stipulates that anyone who sells smuggled salt will have fifteen canes and ten catties or more. This boat of private salt has to have tens of thousands of catties, to say the least.
"Our lord's family only deals with the king's leader!"
The lead guard repeated.
"Let's go?"
Seeing this, Sun Lei clasped his hands to his chest and said with a smile, the three Ruan brothers beside him had already drawn their blades and walked around the boat, looking ready to make a move at any time.
"I don't know what to call this king!"
An old steward with gray temples walked out of the cabin, and as soon as the old man came out, the nervous guards breathed a sigh of relief.
"The new Lord of Liangshan, Monkey King, is my brother!"
Ruan Xiaoqi said.
"Monkey King? Sun Lei? ”
The old man seemed to be thinking about something again, and suddenly the old man's face changed.
"You are the Monkey King Sun Lei who killed Huahua Tai Sui Gao Ya in Tokyo City!"
The old steward looked at Sun Lei with a surprised face, it was rumored on the rivers and lakes that Sun Lei was too tall, with a big waist and ten measurements, he could run a horse on his arms, and he could stand on his fists.
But in front of him, he is only a boy in his twenties, and the contrast is too great.
"You know? Haha, that's me! ”
Sun Lei generously admitted that the easiest way to become famous in this era is to catch the sea in the world.
"We have heard of King Sun's name for a long time, since King Sun is a hero who eliminates harm for the people, we can sell this salt to King Sun."
The old housekeeper said to Sun Lei, and his attitude instantly took a 180-degree turn, which made Sun Lei a little fluttering, his reputation was really out, and the name immediately shocked the scene.
"No, this old man is fooling me!"
When Sun Lei was proud, he suddenly noticed a trace of imperceptible cunning flashing on the old man's face.
"Since you call me king, then I can't be polite, this salt should be honored by you, and I will be rewarded with my name in the future!"
Sun Lei was furious in his heart, this old man dared to calculate him, and as soon as this flattery was raised, he wanted to set him up so that he could get out.
"King Sun, this old man can't be the master, the master is letting him sell!"
The old man didn't expect Sun Lei to be fooled, and he was about to grab it when he opened his mouth, so he hurriedly said, and the guards next to him were also ready to fight for their lives.
"Who let you call the shots, isn't my Monkey King's name worth a boatload of salt?"
Sun Lei asked murderously.
"Huh?"
The three brothers of the Ruan family also took two steps forward with gloomy faces, and the minions behind them also showed their blades.
"Didn't you say that except for Wang Lun, you don't do business with anyone else? Since you don't want to do business with me, then this ship of salt is naturally filial to me, otherwise you can get out of Liangshanbo? I've heard that the kings under the water are hungry, why don't you go and take a look? ”
Sun Lei looked at the old man and smiled, the two rows of white teeth in his mouth seemed to be shining with cold light.
"Don't dare! Can't! We are willing to do business with King Sun! Yes! Yes! ”
The old man hurriedly changed his words.
"That's easy to talk about! Xiao Er, Xiao Wu, Xiao Qi, put away the blade, he said, this is a business, then there is no need to kill people and sell goods! ”
Sun Lei smiled and asked everyone to retreat.
"Count your acquaintances, otherwise I will really sink you to the bottom of the water and feed the king!"
Ruan Xiaoqi glared fiercely at the people on the boat.
"Since it's a sale, let's get off the ship."
Sun Lei looked at the people on the boat and said.
"Old shopkeeper, get off the boat, my brother is very talkative!"
Zhu Gui smiled and stepped forward to invite the old shopkeeper to get off the boat.
"Easy to talk to?"
The old shopkeeper's face was so bitter that he was wrinkled, if these people in front of him were good at talking, then the jackals and tigers would not eat people.
Afraid of being afraid, the old shopkeeper still took people off the boat, after all, this is Liangshan, and they can't get off the boat.
"Tell me, how much salt was transported?"
A table and chair were placed on the side of the golden beach, and Sun Lei sat on the chair and looked at the old shopkeeper and asked.
"The king, a total of 20,000 catties!"
The old shopkeeper replied truthfully.
"How much is a pound?"
Sun Lei seemed a little dissatisfied when he heard this, and asked in an unhappy tone.
"Twenty-two dollars!"
The old shopkeeper replied tremblingly, not daring to quote a false price at all.
"How's the salt?"
Sun Lei shouted to Zhu Gui in the distance, at this time, Zhu Gui was stabbing the sack with a dagger, taking out the salt to see the color, and after reading it, he licked it with his tongue to taste the taste, making it look like a white powder business.
"Brother, it's average, but it's also salt!"
Zhu Gui grabbed a handful and came to Sun Lei, and sprinkled the handful of salt on the table, the whole salt was still white, but there were still some brown salt grains in it, these were not pure enough salt.
"I've heard that the salt is as white as snowflakes, isn't your salt of this quality fooling me!"
Sun Lei looked at the old shopkeeper with cold eyes.