The restaurant is the most well-informed place.

Not only because of the most miscellaneous in it, but also because of the wine in it, once people drink wine, it is easy to say a lot of things, and the more they talk, the more news they will naturally have.

There are countless good drinkers, and martial arts people are even more so, who knows what will happen in the next moment, and life is sad, drinking is the best way to eliminate sorrow, although it does not relieve sorrow, but it can be intoxicating.

The tavern is also the easiest place for people to gather, after all, many heroes in the rivers and lakes are not pursuing a big bowl of drinking wine and eating meat!

It was noon, people came and went, and the wine was full.

"Lao Zhang, I haven't been here for a long time, where have you made a fortune during this time!" A green-shirted drinker saw his acquaintance and walked over with a pot of wine.

"Hey, don't say it, I went to Luoshui a few days ago, and I lost all the money, a few hundred taels of silver for the goods, but I lost 30% of the income, who do you say Lao Tzu is looking for...... Upset, come, drink......" The man surnamed Zhang didn't look very good, and he kept his head down drinking.

"It's strange, Lao Wu went to Luoshui to buy goods and lost money, what's the situation, the market is not good there? Shouldn't it, it is our Dahua's capital, and the goods are not easy to sell?"

Hearing this, the man surnamed Zhang was angry and said: "Alas, it's not those profiteers who made trouble, phew, let Lao Tzu also suffer, hum, they deserve to be raided......"

"Yo...... It's also copied home, Lao Wu didn't talk about it, what's going on, tell us about it. The green-shirted drinker was interested and asked.

"Let's talk about it, you should know about the chaos in the south now!" said the man surnamed Zhang after drinking a few bowls of wine, his face turned red, and he squinted.

"I've heard, I've heard of it, isn't it thousands of miles of red land in the south, many southerners are running to our north, fortunately we live here in peace, and we haven't been affected by the war......" There were other drinkers on the side.

"That is, our northern land was Taizu's real sword and real gun back then, and he shot it down inch by inch, where is it like the south, but it was surrendered later......" A black-faced man at the side table patted his chest and said proudly.

"Hey, what did you say is out of line, don't talk first, Lao Qi, let Lao Zhang talk about him. The green-shirted drinker waved his hand to stop the words of others, and complained to the person who spoke before.

"Hehe, Lao Zhang, you said ......," the black-faced man sneered.

The man surnamed Zhang drank a big bowl of wine again, and said drunkly: "Then I will continue to say, because of the war in the south, the people are not able to make a living, and people can't survive, so they squeeze to the north, and Luoshui is the capital, so they all go to Luoshui, and there are piles of refugees nearby." ”

Speaking of this, the man surnamed Zhang couldn't bear it: "I have also encountered a lot, ragged, thin as dry bones, even a lot of bark outside the city has been eaten, Lao Tzu is just passing on the periphery, this is already the case, imagine in that deeper place...... Alas!"

The green-shirted drinker said: "Could it be that the court doesn't care and ignores the lives of the people?"

The man surnamed Zhang sighed: "If you want relief, then at least more than 100,000 refugees will get together, calculate how much food you need, don't dare to think about it, although the court is rich, but it can't come up with so much money for a while!"

"Then, the new emperor made a decree to buy grain from Luoshui and nearby grain merchants, and buy it at a price two percent higher than the market price, hey, this is enough!"

Said

Here, the man surnamed Zhang hammered the table heavily, showing indignation.

"But those traitors and thieves in the DPRK and China care about the lives of the people in vain, and only think about making black money. ”

As a result, those black-hearted grain merchants, as well as those ** officials, not only secretly increased the price of grain several times, but also embezzled the grain money allocated by the imperial court for disaster relief, millions of taels of silver, I don't know how many ended up in their pockets. ”

These things were later reported, and the new emperor was furious, and ordered all the associated traders and officials to be arrested and imprisoned, and in half a month, the house was raided, and the head was killed, and it is said that the executioner's knife was broken more than a dozen. ”

Lao Tzu and people also went to see a lively, that scene can be described as people like mountains and seas, went a little late, just a look from a distance, but at that time the waves were like a tide, so not happy. ”

"Also, you don't know, the property confiscated from those officials' mansions is converted into hundreds of taels, and those corrupt officials really deserve to be killed, I don't know how many people's families have been harmed......"

The man surnamed Zhang filmed the case and scolded the corrupt officials, which attracted bursts of applause from others.

After talking for a while, the man surnamed Zhang drank several large bowls of wine in a row, and drunkenly burped: "By the way, the flower thief in our city...... Could it be from the south......"

As soon as the word flower thief came out, the surrounding tables were quiet, and some people even drank a bowl with a dull headache, and the atmosphere was depressing.

The green-shirted drinker sighed and said, "Alas, I think of the tens of thousands of people in Jin'an City, but I let the flower thief act recklessly, and it is difficult for my wife and daughter to take care of it, hey......"

"Such a big city, so many bloody men, let one of his mother's flower pickers make such a fuss, go to your house today, who can be sure that he will come to his house tomorrow. ”

"My mother-in-law and my daughter-in-law...... I don't even dare to go out on the street, Lao Tzu is really aggrieved and panicked, you don't have an idea......"

"The government is incompetent...... Do we have martial arts in our hands, and what can we do......"

"However, it's been so long, can we all find some clues, catch someone early, and we can rest assured early, aren't ......?"

As soon as the green-shirted drinker opened his mouth, it was like opening a chatterbox, and everyone talked about it, and those who were angry, lamented, and angry about the incompetence of the government abounded.

For a while, there was a lot of scolding in the tavern.

In a corner of the restaurant, Nan Tianyi was sitting opposite Han Zhen, listening to the drinkers drinking and chatting.

Nantian listened to it for a long time, but he didn't hear any useful information, and finally spoke: "I've been sitting here for a long time, and it seems that there is no clue to the flower thief." ”

Han Zhen said with a smile: "In the restaurant, there are many things to go about every day, and the things we talk about vary from person to person, how can I just hear what I want." ”

Nan Tianyi was puzzled: "Then why do you have to delay your efforts here, go to other places, maybe it will be more rewarding." ”

Han Zhen smiled mysteriously and said, "Naturally, we can't be in the restaurant all the time, but some people can." ”

Nan Tian thought for a while, and suddenly said, "You mean the people in the restaurant." ”

Han Zhen nodded and said: "Yes, the people who open the restaurant have the most and the fastest news, and they are often able to find out the key points and record them in many seemingly useless news." ”

Nan Tian Yiqi said: "Is this the case in every restaurant?"

Han Zhen shook his head and said, "Of course not, only a small part of them do this kind of business, most of them."

The number is just a simple restaurant, after all, no one wants to make trouble, and there must be a strong enough backer behind it. ”

Nantian nodded, and suddenly said, "You said this to me, aren't you afraid of exposing the secrets of this restaurant?"

Han Zhen said with a smile: "It's not a secret, they collect all kinds of news, just to let people buy it, and the big and small things in the rivers and lakes have derived such a livelihood, which is a lot more convenient." ”

"There are a lot of intelligence news sold in the rivers and lakes, and this inn is just one of the five states connected to our five state mansions, the world is bustling for profit, as long as there is a place of interest, it will give birth to a sale, as long as you pay enough money, you can get what you want. ”

Nantian's eyes lit up and asked, "As long as you have money, can you buy any news?"

I still have some money on me, not to mention the money I "borrowed" from Buchengkong, just the 100,000 taels of silver ticket outside Qin Yuan, I can be regarded as a bit of a belonging.

If you want to find someone, this kind of place to sell news is the most convenient.

Han Zhen shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, it depends on who buys it, and what the news is about it, otherwise it will cause trouble if it is mixed into something that should not be taken care of. ”

Nan Tianyi couldn't help but say: "Isn't there a backer behind the restaurant?" ”

Han Zhen explained: "The most indispensable thing in the rivers and lakes is the outlaws, they have all put their lives on the tip of the knife, do you think they still care about what background and so on." ”

Also, many outlaws can even put down their lives, where are you still closed, what background do you have, killing one is enough, killing two is profitable.

Nan Tianyi remembered one more thing at this time and asked, "Then do you have the money to buy news?"

Han Zhen chuckled and said: "I don't have to buy it, as a gold medal patrol in the Five Prefectures, I still have some small power, as the saying goes, people in the public are easy to do, this is the eternal truth." ”

"Our five state governments have already cooperated with them, in some things, the two parties are interconnected, in these five states, with the protection of my five state governments, they can even do business openly, but correspondingly, they need to give us the information they want. ”

Nan Tianyi sighed, "This is indeed a good deal!"

Han Zhen said with a smile: "Our Wuzhou Mansion is facing difficult Jianghu warriors, they are much more difficult to deal with than ordinary bandits, and most of them are cunning rabbits and three holes, which are extremely difficult to catch. ”

"In addition, the people of the rivers and lakes pay attention to righteousness, where will they care what crimes their brothers have committed and what evil they have done, they only rely on a righteous word in their chests to protect each other, so it is even more difficult for us to act. ”

"So news is an indispensable weapon, with them, we can do things with half the effort, just like a pair of dark eyes, always aware of the movement, it can also be said that the convenience with others is convenient with ourselves!"

Nan Tianyi asked again, "Then will there be news of the flower thieves here?"

Han Zhen shook his head and said, "I don't know, but there will definitely be some clues here, there may be very few, but you can always find out about the flower thief from it." ”

"We only found useful clues from the clues, reasoned repeatedly, and constantly found traces of the thief's crime, and finally arrested him in one fell swoop. ”

Nantian nodded, thinking slightly.

After waiting for another cup of tea, a junior trotted over and said respectfully: "Two guests, my boss is invited!"