Volume I, Chapter 133. The profiteers loaded the goods to Xinyang Xiaowusan and played unscrupulous businessmen
Under a huge umbrella, Qian Bufei leaned on the chair, eating and drinking the refreshments on the table while watching the workers work. The workers of Qianfu did not dare to slack off, and in the hot weather, they continued to enter and exit the warehouse and the loading site, and it only took half an hour to complete the process of sorting, sorting, weighing, and packing the tea collected in the warehouse. A box of tea is 100 catties, and 30 boxes of tea are packed, all of which are sorted out. Qian Bufei got up and looked at the results of these workers, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he said to the workers: "You work hard and are really ink, forget it, master, I am in a good mood, I don't care about you, you all go to rest." In his heart, he looked down on these people who worked, and Qian Bu felt that it was their blessing to work for him, and without my money, they probably wouldn't even be able to eat. And these workers seem to have become accustomed to it, sweating profusely and watching the money go away. Qian Bufei walked back to the courtyard to find the housekeeper, asked him to prepare the carriage, load all the sorted tea leaves into the carriage, and then set off for Xinyang City. After explaining, he went back to the room to find Jin Ye, and at this time, Jin Ye had already sorted out his clothes and was waiting for the money.
After Qian Bufei entered the door, he said, "Madam, let's go." ”
Jin Ye said: "Okay, official. The slaves have been waiting for a long time. By the way, these two people are the two people I picked to serve me, this is Xiaoxia, you know, they used to serve me. This person's name is Liu Dachun, and Xiaoxia recommended it, the two of them are from the same village, I think he is quite honest, so he stayed. ”
Liu Dachun and Xiaoxia bowed respectfully Qian Bufei saluted, Qian Bufei glanced at the two casually, and didn't care too much, at this time he only had one thing in mind, that is, before the unitary time, he arrived in Xinyang City and transported all the tea over, so he said perfunctorily: "Madam, if you like it, it's done." Let's go. At the urging of Qian Bufei, Jin Ye took the two of them and followed Qian Bufei to the door of the Qian Mansion, got into the carriage, and walked in the direction of Xinyang City.
When the Qian Mansion's convoy arrived at Xinyang City, it was already six quarters of the hour. Qian Bufei breathed a sigh of relief, got out of the carriage, and just when he was about to enter the city, he saw that the person guarding the city gate was Ding Xiaowu, who was the one who was arguing with him at the beginning, Qian Bufei panicked, "Why is he?" It's really a narrow road! Didn't you say that you had already done it? ”
The leader of the convoy looked at Qian Feifei standing in front of the convoy and asked, "Master Qian, shall we enter the city now?" ”
Qian Bufei said: "Wait, let me think about it." "Qian Fei plans to wait and see, and wait for this Ding Xiaowu to walk away before entering the city. It's not that Qian doesn't have to be afraid of this Ding Xiaowu, the tea is controlled by the imperial court, and these new teas must also be handed over to the government before they can be issued to the hands of various tea merchants again. The money is not that these teas are not bought from the government, but collected by themselves. If you enter the city and hand over the tea to the government, it is fine, but if you transport it to other places without permission, if it is exposed, it is a violation of the law.
Ding Xiaowu was chatting with other officials at the city gate, and occasionally saw Qian Bufei and the convoy behind him not far away, pointed to the direction where Qian Bufei was, and said to the two officials beside him: "Hey, that person is not the Qian officer of Xiaolin Town!" ”
The two officials also looked over there, and after checking it, one of the officials said, "It's indeed Qian Yuan." It seems that there is a convoy behind it, and there are a lot of boxes on it! ”
Another official said: "The head catcher has explained, and the convoy outside the money officer can be exempted from inspection, and it can be released directly." ”
"yes. This money clerk's business is very big, you see so many boxes, if you really want to check, I don't know when we have to check! It's almost time to change shifts, so don't do so much trouble. A servant said.
Another official said, "Yes." Anyway, the headcatcher has been explained, what is really the matter, the headcatcher bears it. Xiao Wu, what are you thinking about when you look at it? ”
Seeing that Ding Xiaowu was silent, a servant seemed to be thinking about something. hurriedly reminded Ding Xiaowu: "Xiaowu, I know your temperament. However, Master, no, we don't dare not listen to what the head catcher explained. Don't forget what got you removed from office the other day. ”
Ding Xiaowu said with a smile: "Eat a trench and grow a wisdom." I'm not who I used to be. I know how to do it. Ding Xiaowu looked at Qian Bufei, just opposite to Qian Bufei's eyes, Qian Bufei hurriedly turned his face away, and said in his heart: "He seems to have seen me, it seems that he can only go back first, if he catches it, with his bullish temper, I'm afraid he won't pull these teas directly to the government!" Running in vain is running in vain, and it is better than folding these tea leaves here. ”
Ding Xiaowu saw that Qian was not deliberately dodging, thinking that he might have some scruples about himself, so he kept hesitating, and the things on his convoy must be tired. Since you're not coming, take the initiative yourself! Ding Xiaowu thought about it, and walked towards Qian Bufei. When Qian Bufei saw Ding Xiaowu walking towards him, he immediately panicked, and hurriedly wanted to return to the carriage and let the convoy turn back. Who knows, Qian Fei didn't step on it steadily, and fell to the ground facing the loess. Seeing this, Ding Xiaowu laughed out loud, hurriedly walked over, helped the money on the ground up, and said with a smile: "Outside the money officer, let's meet again." ”
Qian Bufei didn't care about the dust on his body at this time, and replied hesitantly: "Ding Yagong, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
Ding Xiaowu asked, "Outside of the Qian staff, what is so flustered?" Look at you, it's all dust, I'll pat you on the back. Then, he was very careful and kind to pat off the dust on Qian Feifei's body. Qian Fei was very puzzled at this time, why was this Ding Xiaowu so kind to himself.
Jin Ye on the carriage heard the movement outside the carriage, hurriedly opened the curtain of the carriage to check, and saw a servant slapping the dust on Qian Bufei's body, calling Xiaoxia on the carriage, the two got off the carriage, walked to Qian Bufei's side, and asked with concern: "Official, are you okay?" ”
Qian Bufei said: "It's okay, it's okay." ”
Jin Ye said to Ding Xiaowu: "Thank you for helping my family officials." ”
Ding Xiaowu said: "Where, where." Qian Yuan is a noble person specially explained by Zhang Zhutou, so I naturally don't dare to slack off. ”
As soon as Qian Bufei heard it, he knew that Lao Zhang had already trained this kid, and his attitude was also arrogant, and he said: "The master wanted to get in the carriage and enter the city, but when he saw you running in a hurry, he was startled by the master, and he fell unsteadily. ”
Ding Xiaowu apologized again and again: "I'm sorry, outside of Qian, my eyes are not very good these days, and I don't dare to recognize you from a distance, so I want to get closer and see the truth, but I don't know that I scared you, Master Qian, I really can't help it." ”
Qian Bufei didn't want to argue with Ding Xiaowu at this time, and said: "Okay, master, I'm going to enter the city, as for the convoy behind me, Zhang Zhutou will give you an explanation." ”
Ding Xiaowu said respectfully: "Confessed, confessed." The head catchers have all been explained, and they are unimpeded. ”
Qian Bufei smiled and said, "That's good." He said to Jin Ye: "Let's go, madam, let's get into the carriage." ”