"Huh? Oh! Pigeons, if you pay enough money, you can definitely buy them. Wei Da patted his chest and promised. Jiangnan is prosperous in business, full of merchants, if the pigeon does not pick the color of the breed, it is no problem to buy it casually. ”

"Pick dozens of good carrier pigeons."

Wei Da perked up, "Yes!" ”

——

There are many businessmen coming and going in Wukou Town, and the business of the restaurant is prosperous, and the middle of the night is the most prosperous time for the business of the restaurant.

In the brightly lit private room of the pavilion on the second floor, Shen Da's family was entertaining guests who met unexpectedly.

"Lin Langzhong has been wronged." He raised his glass gently, "Drink and suppress the shock." What's going on? ”

Opposite Shen Li, Lin Langzhong was beaten so that his face was bruised and blooming, and he woke up after drinking a stomach full of wine, lying on the table and crying.

"Bullying! Luckily threw himself into a rich fetus and led a group of wealthy slaves, he beat people on the street! The rich and noble little Langjun who wore gold and jade did not stay at home, but came to the restaurant in our small place, sat in the pavilion next to him, coaxed me with two taels of gold, and beat me on the street in the middle of the night! Look at what my face is beaten into, woooooo......oo

"Oh, why did he hit you so well?"

"Who knows! I just took a photo with him, and he asked me a few words about the appearance and figure of Ye Xiaoniang, and I told the truth, Ye Xiaoniang is slender, more than six feet tall, with a melon seed face, round apricot eyes, and a voice like a native of Qiantang in Wudi...... He ordered me to be dragged to the side of the road and beaten up! said that I, a little Langzhong, also dared to find him fun, and entertained him behind his back. Where do I gossip about him, I don't even know him! ”

Shen Lisi took a sip of wine.

He didn't care why Lin Langzhong was beaten, what he cared about was why a rich young man would ask about Little Lady Ye. The Ye family went south and north to do business, should they get acquainted with the young owner of which business name again, and chased them to Wukou Town?

"That rich little Langjun came to Wukou Town, did he make a special trip to find Little Lady Ye?"

"No, no, no, I just asked a few words about Little Lady Ye by the way. When three or four Hao slaves surrounded me on the side of the road and beat me, there was a small guy who stopped people everywhere and asked for directions, they were looking for the Wei family with a Beijing accent and a newly moved Wei master, which sounded like the Wei family in the north of the town! ”

"That's it." Shen Li didn't care anymore, and gently pulled the topic away, "Lin Langzhong was beaten, and the two taels of gold were taken back by the rich and noble Xiaolangjun?" ”

Lin Langzhong even stopped crying, and angrily slapped the case, "It's all beaten, and the gold must not be taken back by him!" It's good with me. ”

"Very good." Shen Li gently raised his glass to persuade the wine, "Lin Langzhong relaxes, you need to think like this." If you get the benefit of two taels of gold, it will be regarded as a visit for you in the evening, and you will be charged two taels of gold for the consultation. ”

Lin Langzhong's eyes were like copper bells, "Then what is this beating I struck?" ”

"If you take two taels of gold to go to the clinic, of course you want to treat the disease. In the past, I used to treat patients, but today I will treat your own bruises, not much worse. ”

Hey, that makes sense!

Lin Langzhong clutched the two taels of gold in his sleeve, and his heart was smooth.

He took a glass of toast from Shen Li, and thanked him with a big tongue, "Thank you Shen Da for your explanation!" If you ask me for help, just say, you're welcome! ”

Shen Li put down his wine glass, "Speaking of which, Shen does have something he wants to ask Lin Langzhong, that is, about the Wei family in the north of the town. I heard that the Wei family paid a huge amount of money for a piece of gold cake, and invited Lin Langzhong to come to the door for treatment...... Do you think Wei Jialangjun's illness can be cured? ”

Lin Langzhong drank too much wine, but he was still confused, and he glared and said, "Strange thing, the Shen family and the Wei family have no friendship." Suddenly asked me what is the condition of Wei Jialangjun? ”

Shen Li's eyes flashed, "Hmm......"

The friendship between the Ye family and the Wei family next door seems to be good.

Although Wei Jialangjun was weak in his illness, he took the opportunity to wander around the Ye family's courtyard to take a few looks, in all fairness, Wei Langjun's appearance was noble, his temperament was calm, and he was born in a rich and noble family.

The little lady's heart is like a needle under the sea, watching Ye Fuliu shush her neighbors and ask for warmth, and deliver food, he Shen Li has known her for two years, and he has never had such a good treatment. Who knows if she's just a sick and weak man?

is weaker than illness, he is definitely not as good as Wei Jialangjun.

It can only be pinched from the root.

cured the sick and weak beautiful man's illness, see how he is still sick and crookedly coaxing the little lady?

Shen Li narrowed his shrewd fox eyes, took out a small yellow gold coin from his sleeve, and put it in front of Lin Langzhong.

"Regarding Wei Jialangjun's condition, Shen has something to trust. Although I don't have much friendship with him, the little lady Ye next door to the Wei Mansion has a lot of business dealings with Shen, and she is a familiar friend in the business field. Mrs. Ye is kind-hearted, and she can't see the tragic situation of her neighbor who is seriously ill and dying, and she mentioned it to me a few times, and I am also quite worried. I don't know if Lin Langzhong can completely cure Wei Jialangjun's illness if he lets go of his hand to heal him——"

Lin Langzhong put two taels of gold into the money bag, people stopped crying, their spirits also got up, and they patted their chests, "I dare not say that it is completely cured, the disease will definitely be cured!" The disease of Dan fire becoming poisonous, Wei Jialangjun is not the first! ”

He was moved to push the cup and change the lamp with Shen Li, calling him brother:

"Brother Shen is a rare good man in the world! Twists and turns, you are also willing to pay a lot of money to treat people you don't know. I don't tell him others, Brother Shen, I won't hide it from you, you will have less contact with Ye Xiaoniang in the future. ”

Shen Li originally raised his glass with a smile and listened, but when he heard the last sentence, his smile narrowed slightly, "How do you say it."

"Little lady Ye, she looks really good. But I could see her bone ...... at a glance" Lin Langzhong couldn't control his mouth anymore, leaned over to Shen Li's side, lowered his voice and mysteriously confessed:

"I once met her on the street of Jiangning Mansion, she was the head lady of Xinghualou at that time, and she was taking a car to meet customers! Somehow, she turned into a lady in charge of the Ye family's business again. Brother Shen, let me tell you, people's appearance will change, but bone appearance will not deceive people. The little lady of the Lin family is from a suspicious background......"

Shen Li interrupted him abruptly. "Lin Langzhong, have you collected the two taels of gold for you?"

Lin Langzhong instinctively touched a bulging money bag, "Put it away, put it away." ”

"There is an old saying: medicine can be taken indiscriminately, but words should not be indiscriminately spoken. Lin Langzhong, you are drunk and talking nonsense, slandering the reputation of Ye Xiaoniang's good family, who will be beaten if you don't get beaten? ”

"Huh?"

"Take the two taels of gold for you, and use it as the consultation fee for the second visit tonight. Someone came, dragged him out of the street, and cleared his mind. ”

"Huh?"

In a dark alley on the side of the restaurant road, there was a ghost crying wolf howl at night, and pedestrians on the street tacitly avoided it.

Shen Li sat by the window of the pavilion, facing the lively river where boats and boats came and went, and thought about the difficult little lady of the Ye family while drinking.

Ye Fuliu, Ye Fuliu. Born bright and moving, Jiangnan people have a beautiful skin, but they have a difficult temperament that is soft and hard and does not eat, how can I subdue her and get people home to be a wife without making noise......

Just when he thought of being restless, a group of people drove a donkey cart from far and near, and quickly approached this riverside restaurant. At the end of the donkey cart sat a white-faced scribe dressed in a robe, who couldn't help but whisper, "Move faster!" Block the front and back doors! ”

Several officials blocked the front and back doors, and the staff shouted loudly under the restaurant, "Shen Li and Shen Da are here?" The local Lu Xianzun personally visited and came out to greet him quickly! ”

Lu Zhixian lupine scarf, calmly walked into the restaurant, "Hehehe, no need to be polite." Thanks to Little Lady Ye's reminder and notification, the official did not miss Shen Da's face. The Shen family is rich and noble, don't forget your family and country. ”

Shen Li: "......"

———

It was late at night in the town of five.

In the brightly lit courtyard of the Wei family, Wei Huan sat under the lamp, raising his hand to caress the azure porcelain edge of the cat's pot.

Separated by a wall, Ye Fuliu counted the three newly obtained gold cakes into the account, stretched his waist with satisfaction, and fell into a sweet sleep with the gold cakes.

Chapter 18

The gold cake pillow is not very comfortable to sleep.

Ye Fuliu woke up at the beginning of the fourth watch, and before dawn, people couldn't sleep anymore.

She simply lit all the lanterns under the porch and came out with gold cakes to reconcile.

The chief steward of Qin guarded the front yard, Ye Fuliu sat in the courtyard of the second entrance, the octagonal lanterns reflected the surroundings of the courtyard, and there were piles of account books in front of him, all of which had just been sent from the dock.

Su Qiu sat opposite, the heavy six gold cakes weighed into the book, the abacus beads crackled, occasionally stopped, and recorded a sum in the account book.

"Six pieces of gold cake weighing one pound of pure gold. Ninety-six taels in total. Hang down five taels to calculate the carpenter's wages, and there are about ninety taels of gold left. Equivalent to copper coins ......"

Su Qiu crackled and converted into copper coins, and said happily, "Lady, we have money again." It was more than enough to cover the expenses of the Ye family firm for the whole year. ”

Ye Fuliu slowly picked up two pieces of gold cakes and put them on the table.

The two pieces of gold were placed aside. The cloth silk and satin business is not good or bad every year, and this year, the commercial tax in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River has increased by two percent, and Lu Zhi County has raised donations to the doorstep, ready to lose thirty taels of gold. ”

Su Qiu sighed and made a heavy note in the account book.

There are forty ships under the name of the Ye family, goods are purchased and shipped from all over the south of the Yangtze River, the shopkeepers, bookkeepers, helpers, five or six hundred people eat under the Ye family, and they have to pay taxes after passing through the county and town checkpoints, and the government also stares at the rich households to raise donations. If you want to make money, it's hard.

"Fortunately, the ancestors of the Ye family are prosperous, and there are many mansions everywhere." Su Qiu sighed, "A lot of antiques can be freed up in various houses, and in the spare time of our Ye family's cloth business, we can make a living by doing a side business of buying and selling furniture and antiques, which can not only make up for the shortfall, but also leave a lot." ”

"That's it." Ye Fuliu continued to tinker with the small Nanmu box, "In the past few years, there was a lot of chaos in the north, and there were several battles in succession, which destroyed a lot of good things. There has been no war in the past two years, life has been stable and peaceful, and the price of furniture and antiques has risen. Make a lot of money in this business. ”

The seven-ring secret lock had not been opened so far, and she shook the small wooden box and muttered to herself, "The impact sound is crisp." Is it gold or jade...... With such a good box, no one will put a piece of broken copper and iron in it? ”

Su Qiu was still closing the accounts, and the crisp sound of the abacus beads kept ringing. The account books sent by the dockyard were spread out on a half-stone table.

Ye Fuliu has never looked at the account books very much.

If you want to earn money in business, it is nothing more than four words, open source and reduce expenditure. Su Qiu is good at "throttling", and Ye Fuliu believes in "open source".

Ye Jiaming's cloth business has been done hard all year round, and most of it is to make ends meet. If you want to open source, you have to do the old business.

The business dealings of the old bank are all big customers, and they will not open for three years, but they will be open for three years.

Look at the sharp corners of the stone bricks on both sides of the newly opened cobblestone path in front of you. A Han brick and one or two gold, it was the biggest business of the year.

Look at the six pieces of gold in front of you. Next door, Wei Langjun is a big customer who knows the goods, and if people are sick and the wind blows, they can do two businesses. Antique wooden lamp stands, palace cat pots, add up to a lot of income, and business is done easily.

If Wei Langjun's condition improves, people are in good spirits on happy occasions, and the two families are close to each other, maybe she can do more business. What's the matter with a table full of loss-making ledgers in front of you?

Thinking of this, Ye Fuliu threw the spread account book into the distance, and he was comfortable.

Wei Langjun wanted to buy a cat basin before, but she couldn't get up when she sat down, couldn't open the door, she couldn't even deliver the goods, and her condition didn't sound very good.

"Qin Long!" She shouted at the front yard, "Wei Langjun's condition next door can't be delayed, it's easy to get bad if you delay for a long time." There's something you need to do! ”

Qin Long slept before the two watches, with a pair of sleep-deprived blue panda eyes, squatting in the front yard to wash his face, "Lord's house, four watches in the morning! Which clinic opened so early? ”

"You can't delay seeing a doctor!" Ye Fuliu twisted a piece of gold and weighed the weight, about ten taels.

"Don't look for a medical center, go out with ten taels of consultation money, and find Lin Langzhong for me. The Wei family has searched for so many Langzhong, the medicine stone is useless, and seeing that people are dragging it out day by day, only Lin Langzhong's statement is unique, maybe he really has some ability. Don't ask Lin Lang to get out of the town, find people as soon as possible, and treat dead horses as live horse doctors, which is also a way. ”

When Qin Long received the ten taels of gold, not only was his hand holding the gold nugget, but even his pupils trembled violently.

"Master, Lin Langzhong's reputation in the town is not very good. If he is really a quack doctor, and he will have ten taels of gold in his account just by swaggering and cheating, I, I ......" The hurdle in Steward Qin's heart couldn't get over again.

Ye Fuliu's gentle and clever words instantly extinguished the wildfire churning in Qin Long's heart.

"If Lin Langzhong is really a quack, the ten taels of gold that you handed over to him tonight through your hands will be taken back by yourself. I don't ask where to go. ”

Qin Long's spirit was instantly lifted, his footsteps stopped fluttering, and he didn't feel sleepy, so he changed into short clothes and went to the stable to lead the horses.

Fourth, the correction is the time when the night before dawn is the thickest and the most sleepy. The surrounding neighbors were all in a dream, and the long street was dark everywhere, and even the lanterns in front of Wei's house next door were extinguished. Only the front yard of the Ye family was still lit, and the open gate was lit from the inside out, flowing brightly in the open space.

The door was open to beckon thieves.

Qin Long led the horse out a few steps, and was thinking about whether to close the door, when more than a dozen horses appeared at the end of the dark long street in front of him.

The sound of horses' hooves was crisp, and they trotted all the way along the long street, and seven or eight sturdy slaves rode their horses slowly, guarding a tall young man in a narrow sleeved brocade robe in the middle, and went straight to the brightly lit gate of the Ye family.

"This house is big, and it is in the northernmost part of the town, it must be the Wei family."

"We've finally found it!"