At night, Lu An looked at the dinner brought back by Zhao Le, complete with chicken, duck and fish, as well as a pot of wine, and of course a bag of steamed buns and some pickles.

Lu An was a little surprised, there were so many dishes, and then asked, "With the silver I gave you, you can buy so many things?"

Zhao Le sat aside and said: "The silver you gave, it is definitely not enough to buy so many things, at most buy a chicken and fish, a pack of steamed buns, and then a half-pot bar." ”

"And how did you make up this duck, pork, and half a jug of wine? I don't believe it, you'll pay out of your own pocket. Lu An asked with a smile.

"Actually, it's very simple, it's definitely not enough to go to a restaurant and buy so much money, but if I buy my own groceries, and then give some money and let others do it, that's enough, and I can give a little more. Zhao Le said proudly.

"Then what if it doesn't taste good, then won't the money be wasted?" Lu An asked rhetorically.

"I don't think it's very likely, because you haven't eaten meat for a long time, and now whether it's good or not, you'll find it delicious. Zhao Le said.

Lu An wiped his saliva, picked up a chicken leg and nibbled on it, and said, "What you said is very reasonable. ”

Lu An pointed and motioned for Zhao Le to come along, you're welcome.

Zhao Le was immediately happy, showed a sincere smile, laughed, and immediately poured a glass of wine for Lu An and himself, and drank it all by himself, "cool".

Lu An saw Zhao Le's appearance of drinking, and said, "It seems that you haven't drunk for a long time." ”

Zhao Le nodded several times and said, "This wine can't fill your stomach, and it's expensive, why drink it if you have nothing to do?"

"Really?" Lu An said in disbelief.

"Hehe, I used to drink too much, and I had an accident, and then my parents stopped drinking, so I haven't drunk it for a long time. Zhao Le scratched his head and said.

"I can't see that you are still a filial person. Lu An was surprised as he ate the food and drank the wine.

"Sort of, although I'm idle, I still listen to my parents. Zhao Le said with a smile.

Lu An looked at this somewhat strange person and shook his head, looking like a gangster, but he was very filial. Wearing an armor, but unable to hold a knife. Born in the market, he has a very slippery mouth. The most powerful thing is that he knows how to make money.

Zhao Le also looked at this strange person, he looked good, his martial arts were strong, he could talk big, and the key was that he would take the initiative to give money, which was really strange.

Both of them had the same thinking and directly swept away these dishes.

Lu An patted his stomach and was full, he really hadn't eaten so much meat for a long time.

Lu An thought about it carefully, the last time he ate all-you-can-eat meat, it seems that he went to the bearded man a year ago to rub a meal, two chicken legs, a steamed bun, that meal is the most refreshing meal eaten in Saibei.

As a result, now, just a few days after it came out, big fish and big meat, eating until it dies, it is good to be rich.

glanced at Zhao Le, who was also patting his stomach next door, and asked, "What do you want to say?"

When Zhao Le heard this, he immediately said attentively: "Hero, you are really a hero who saves lives and helps the wounded." ”

Lu An immediately interrupted and said, "I'm not a hero, and I won't save the dead." ”

Zhao Le didn't expect Lu An to directly veto this statement, not only to send money and let himself eat for nothing, but also to let himself find it, so they are not heroes?

A hero who doesn't want to be a hero is a real hero, Zhao Le's attitude towards Lu An is becoming more and more respectful now, and this temperament that exudes all the time really makes him feel a little ashamed.

Zhao Le asked respectfully: "What do you want to know?" ”

Lu An saw that Zhao Le's attitude was becoming more and more respectful, and he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. Immediately said, "Speak well." ”

Zhao Le nodded.

Lu An continued: "In the recent period, haven't you really heard of any major events?"

Zhao Le pondered for a long time, and replied: "I really haven't heard of anything big happening, the main thing is that there are really too few people, otherwise I can talk to them for a while, no one comes, I have no news." ”

When Lu An heard Zhao Le say this, he always felt that something was wrong, it stands to reason that the bearded man drove himself away so quickly, whether it was Saibei or Wangcheng, it should be very lively, and there was a little bit of movement. I've been gone for so many days, and I haven't moved, so I can't say anything, is it because the news is blocked?

Zhao Le looked at Lu An and fell into deep thought, I don't know why, I want to know the news, and ask me if a person in a remote town is a bit difficult for a strong man?

Zhao Le thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it on his mouth, he was also trying to recall, during this time, did everyone say something strange in their conversations, maybe this is what the hero wants to know.

Lu An picked up the wine glass, took a small sip, and did not speak.

Zhao Le looked at Lu An's silent expression, the atmosphere suddenly cooled down, and he felt a little embarrassed, then he suddenly thought of something, so he said: "A few days ago, when I went to eat noodles, I heard something, I don't know if you have heard of it. ”

Lu An raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

"A few days ago, but I don't know what day it was, but there were meteors in the direction of Wangcheng again, and there were several. Zhao Le said.

"Meteor, why again?" asked Lu An, puzzled.

"There were also meteors a few years ago, don't you know?" Zhao Le said.

Lu An shook his head.

"That meteor appeared very suddenly, and it was very bright, and it landed directly in the royal city. Zhao Le said.

Lu An motioned to continue.

"That incident is said to be quite a big trouble, the stargazer watched the sky at night, and concluded that Yingfu Shouxin was a sign of great evil in Ningguo, and some people even found the meteor that fell down at that time, and the word "Ning Death" was engraved on it, which made a big noise. Then King Ning was furious and wiped out all those who knew about it, and it is said that the stargazer also died miserably. Zhao Le said that the saliva splashed out, and he quickly took a sip of wine.

continued: "At that time, everyone thought that this was a joke, laughing at the stargazer who didn't know how to be stupid, he must make King Ning unhappy and be the first bird, but in the end, he was clicked, and before he died, he even shouted: Rather than peaceful, the king will not become a king." After this kind of rebellious words came out, it somehow spread to the people, and everyone knew about it, and then Wangcheng ushered in a wave of purges, and many people died. During that time, even the merchants didn't know to go to the royal city to do business, for fear that they would be arrested if they were not careful. ”

Zhao Le glanced at Lu An, and he was listening attentively, so he said more vividly, using his hands and feet together, standing directly on the chair, and said: "But half a year after this incident, I was told by the stargazer that this meteor is really a bad omen for Ning Guo, and then Wu Guo began to attack our Ning Kingdom, and several cities were invaded and occupied at once, and finally hit a fortress like Saibei City, for three years, Ning Guo doesn't know how many sons fell there, and even I want to go to serve the country and sacrifice my life." ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Le's face was so sad that he almost cried.

"In the past three years, thanks to our general Hu Yong and General Wen Jiang Tian, if it weren't for their hard work, now ordinary people like me would have become the soul of Wu Guo, it is said that they have won now, but what is the difference between winning and losing such a Ning country, I really responded to that sentence, Ning is not restless, and I spend my days in fear and fear. Zhao Le wailed.

Lu An looked at Zhao Le in disbelief.

Zhao Le didn't see Lu An's expression at all, and continued his performance.

"These are not the point, after one war after another, Ning Guo is really poor now, can it be blocked once, can it be blocked a second time? The current King Ning locks himself in a dark palace every day, no one is seen, and there is no one who can share the worries of King Ning in the Manchu Dynasty, except for General Hu and General Jiang, the future of Ning is in danger. ”

Lu An nodded affirmatively, expressed his approval, and praised: "The analysis is in place, so what about the meteor this time?" ”

Zhao Yue cleared his throat and said, "It's strange this time, there is a lot of news, but it has just happened, and I am not sure if it is true or false." ”

"For example?" Lu An had an interested expression.

"My lord, the first person to mention this is a foreigner, with dark skin and a rough appearance, a big hooked nose, and a full beard, probably from the Western Regions, and he has a wound on his arm. The main person is mixed in this caravan and has a strange appearance, so I pay special attention to him, that person happened to talk about meteors with others, and said that Ning Guo had just finished fighting, and now he was going to fight again, I don't know if this time can survive like before, no matter what, they can get some benefits from it. Zhao Le recalled.

Lu An snorted.

Zhao Le continued: "It's the same day, in the noodle restaurant, an old man is eating noodles, his expression is withered, his clothes are tattered, he salutes a lot, and he also carries a sword box, he said that it is his heirloom, and you are the same, you pulled someone to talk about a lot of things, it seems that he came to Ningguo for the first time and asked a lot of strange questions, and the owner of the noodle restaurant was stunned by him. ”

"Outsiders?" Lu An was taken aback.

"Well, yes. Zhao Le nodded.

"It's an outsider again, what did he ask?" Lu An asked aloud.

"It seems that some kind of grandmaster, immortal, and money problem, and took out a few bright stones. Zhao Le said.

When Lu An heard these words, he knew that the old man must be an outsider, and he might be a powerful cultivator, otherwise he would not have appeared in the barren land of Ning Country at this time.

"And then?" Lu An continued.

"I don't know what he said, anyway, he talked with the boss for a long time, and when he finally left, he told the boss to let him open a store in another place, this place has bad feng shui, and he laughed a few times and shook his head. Zhao Le finished speaking and looked at Lu An.

Lu An asked rhetorically: "Feng Shui is not good?"

Zhao Le nodded affirmatively.

Lu An thought about it for a while, the word feng shui is so harsh, I always feel that he is metaphorically metaphorizing nothing, these worldly masters are revealing some unfathomable and shameless when they speak and do things.

The same was true of the two old men in the Sword Pavilion before, one was irritable and fatal, offending this kind of mountain person, he really didn't know how he died, and the other smiled, every time he saw his smile, he had a feeling that his body was hairy, and he was naked in his eyes.

Only Brother Bai is a mountain man who is relatively easy to speak, although he doesn't talk much.

Thinking that Brother Bai also gave him a jade pendant, Lu An couldn't help but be happy.

Zhao Le actually saw Lu An grinning, from the meeting to the present, this is the first time to see Lu An grinning, in Zhao Le's eyes, Lu An should belong to the kind of person who is cold and ruthless, and does not smile, and suddenly a sense of loss welled up in his heart, and the word disappointment was written all over his face.

Lu An asked coldly, "Do you know the immortals?"

Zhao Le was still immersed in the loss just now, and replied weakly: "I know, not only do I know, but I have also seen it." ”

Lu An asked, "Tell me about it." ”

"A long time ago, when I hadn't entered this post station, suddenly a very small caravan came, two carriages, personnel, and goods were pitiful, there seemed to be only 6 people, 3 servants, a steward, and a man and a woman, these two people looked only in their teens, but the man was extremely handsome, and the woman was really captivating, and it was the first time I had seen such beautiful people, and I watched them enter the post station from such a distance. Zhao Le said.

"Are they all immortals?" asked Lu An.

Zhao Le shook his head and said, "At first, everyone thought they were just ordinary family members, and then they didn't take it seriously. But there were a few big people in the other caravan, and after drinking a little wine, the people floated away, and when they saw that they were beautiful, they began to flirt with the little beauty, and then something happened. ”

Zhao Le glanced at Lu An and continued: "Those few people who spoke, in front of everyone, suddenly broke their hands and feet, and were directly cut into human sticks, and immediately blood filled the entire ground, that scene was really like hell, and everyone ran out screaming at that time, leaving these corpses. ”

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" asked Lu An.

Zhao Le shook his head and said: "I didn't see the scene where they were killed with my own eyes, when we were cleaning up later, we went there, I really saw it, like using a knife, no, it should be sharper than a knife, and the cut was really neat, everyone who went there at that time vomited, and I vomited too." ”

"What happened later?" asked Lu An.

"Then the matter was over, and no one dared to mention it again, until some time later, the old man in the inn secretly talked to me about it, and he said that the woman glanced at the people, and then his eyes flickered, and he felt that something flew out, and then the people became sticks, but he saw a small white sword in front of the woman, the kind that was levitating. Zhao Le added.

"So, you just heard what others said, didn't you see it with your own eyes?" asked Lu An.

"Sure, if I had seen it with my own eyes, I might have been lying there too. Zhao Le said angrily.

"I can't see it, do you know a lot, listen to all directions, observe words and colors, and analyze the current situation, I feel a little condescending to stay in this small station. Lu An sighed.

Zhao Le smiled and said: "Qu Bu doesn't know, the days, that's it, who doesn't want to go out to see the world, take a look at the legendary scene of going to the sky and entering the earth, flying with a sword, shattering mountains and rocks with a punch, and breaking the sky with a sword?"

"Why do you want to watch it instead of going on it yourself?" Lu An asked strangely

"Because I don't think I'm this material, this is still very self-aware, and I can't even hold a knife steadily, how can I expect to be such a person. Zhao Le shrugged and replied.

"Then what kind of person do you want to become?" Lu An asked curiously

"Me?" Zhao Le fell into deep thought, when he was still a gangster, his family didn't care, his daily dream was to eat and drink well, and he could cheat and cheat and mix up some money.

Every time I watched the caravan pass through Qingshui Town, I would go with the gangsters here to the caravan to pick up some bargains.

said that it was a bargain, but in fact, Zhao Le came up with a ghost idea, and then pit those caravans, don't look at those caravans are all human spirits, and in the end they are not honestly pitted.

Whenever this time, Zhao Le always has a sense of pride, those caravans that go south and north, which one of them is not in his own hands, if he can also do business like them, he will definitely do better than them, and earn more than them.

Zhao Le remembered the little ideal from before, suddenly laughed dryly, and then said: "Actually, when I was a child, I had a lot of ghost ideas, and others said that I was treacherous, so in fact, I wanted to be a businessman." After speaking, he touched his head honestly.

Hearing what Zhao Le said, Lu An felt a little surprised.

Because the books given by Jiang Tian said that Shinong Industry and Commerce, businessmen were positioned as the lowest level of society, and I didn't understand why Zhao Le had such a choice.

Lu An said what he doubted.

Zhao Le said shyly: "When I was a child, I also studied in a private school for a year or two, and my husband also told me this sentence. Farmers are second, because the people take food as the sky, and the warehouse knows etiquette. Craftsmen, if they want to make good use of their tools, are indispensable in life and other aspects. Only this businessman smells of copper. After saying that, he smirked a little.

Lu An nodded, not seeing that this little gangster still had some ink in his stomach

Zhao Le continued: "When I was a child, I thought it was right, but now that I have grown up, I feel that this statement does not seem to be very right. ”

Lu An asked rhetorically: "The truth written in the book of sages has been thousands of years now, isn't it appropriate to say that it is wrong?"

Zhao Le replied in a low voice: "I'm just talking, I'm not a reader, I read for two years when I was a child, you can just listen to it, right when I say nonsense." ”

Lu An nodded, it's always right to listen to more reason.

Zhao Le sat up straight and said: "The class of this world is like a pyramid, and those at the top of the tower are those who are like you, such as martial artists like you, immortal cultivators, and those who have power, such as King Ning, General Hu, and so on. ”

Lu An smiled directly: "That's a bit of a lot, you may not be able to stand on this spire." ”

Zhao Le explained: "This world is too big, I'm just making an analogy, they are a type of people, and then the next layer of people, that is, the so-called workers, food, clothing, housing and transportation, are inseparable from them, they built the second layer of this pyramid, and the so-called prosperity of the world is shown through their hands." The third and final layer is the peasants and the others. Because they have the most people, they can only be placed at the bottom, since they have so many people, there is a meaning of existence. ”

Lu An was a little confused when he heard this, and his face was full of puzzled expressions.

Zhao Le scratched his head embarrassedly when he saw Lu An's performance, and said, "That's probably what it means, I don't read much and don't speak much." ”

"There's one more you haven't said yet. Lu An reminded.

"And the last one, the merchants, I mean the real merchants, not the kind of small traders who set up stalls, the kind of merchants who really walk on the three levels of the pyramid, who can bring the things of the third layer to the second level, or even to the people of the first level, and show the results of the second layer to the first level, to the third level, forming one cycle after another within a pyramid. And there are so many pyramids in this world, they can bring the materials of this pyramid to another pyramid, forming a cycle, they are the appendages of the pyramid, not only attached to survival, but also based on it, their status should be in the top of the world's big pyramid, without them the pyramid is just a pool of stagnant water. Zhao Le said this excitedly, his face slightly flushed.

Lu An looked at Zhao Le's flushed face, and he didn't know if it was because he drank too much wine or was excited.

However, after listening to what Zhao Le said, I couldn't help but think of pyramids one after another, as well as one white swaying route after another, and finally an incomparably huge pyramid, beating in a flash.

Regarding Zhao Le's thoughts, Lu An could only sigh, he definitely didn't have such an opinion.

Looking at a small post soldier in this post station, Lu An was frustrated, or rather admired, and he was extremely firm in the path he wanted to take.

Zhao Le took a sip of wine, moistened his throat, and said to Lu An with a smile: "Don't be surprised, adults, these are all nonsense and nonsense, or An An guards the two old people in the family, and then marries a daughter-in-law and gives birth to a fat boy, and the small life will be very comfortable." ”

When Lu An heard what Zhao Le said, he didn't know how to speak, thinking of the beard and Jiang Tian's entrustment, he already roughly knew that in Ningguo, it was impossible to live in An'an, maybe in a few months, Ningguo would cease to exist, Zhao Le thought about the beauty, but the ending would definitely not be satisfactory.

Even if in the end, Ning Guo survived, but there are millions of households in the territory of thousands of miles, how many can survive in the end, thinking of this, Lu An was also sentimental.

This kind of feeling should have been numb for a long time, just when I went to the city, this emotion filled me for half a year, and gradually watched the people around me fall down one by one, I gradually became numb, from that period of time, the prestige of the young man in the city slowly accumulated.

I didn't expect this emotion to revive again?

Looking at Zhao Le, who was flushed with wine and a sincere smile in front of him, his heart softened, if he could help, then help once.

Lu An asked, "Since you have thought about it so much, do you have the idea of going into business by yourself?"

When Zhao Le heard this, his eyes, which had been drinking and drunk, instantly brightened, and he hurriedly replied, "Of course there is." After saying this, he withered, and continued: "It's useless to have, no one believes if you don't have money." ”

"I'll hear it. Lu An asked.

Zhao Le lifted his spirit a little and said, "The most basic thing is Ningguo's tea. ”

"Tea?" Lu An asked rhetorically.

Zhao Le nodded and said, "I compared the difference between their own tea and ours for those caravans resting at the post station. Their tea entrance is coarse and astringent, the quality is very poor, but this kind of tea is the best tea they have there, on the other hand, the tea of Ningguo, the entrance is fragrant and sweet, the aftertaste is mellow, the aroma is full, and Ningguo is rich in tea, now the people who are doing business in Ningguo are mainly based on local specialties, and the business between countries is based on war, mainly ore, and almost no one has opened up the way of tea. ”

After Zhao Le finished speaking, he took a pot of tea from the side and poured a cup for Lu An.

Lu An took a sip, and felt average, just the taste of tea, slightly sweet, tea aroma, but still puzzled.

Then, Zhao Le took some tea leaves from a cabinet and ran a pot again, and made another cup for Lu An.

Lu An took another sip and frowned, this tea is so astringent.

For Lu An, a person who can't drink tea, the verdict is high or bad.

Lu An looked at the two cups of tea in front of him, as if the gap was indeed very big.

Zhao Le explained: "The first cup is our ordinary tea in Ningguo, which is fragrant and full of tea fragrance, and the second cup is their tea, bitter, compared with Ningguo's tea, it is simply incomparable." For people who can drink tea, drinking a cup of tea is light and unpleasant, slightly fragrant and slightly bitter, with an endless aftertaste, while their tea is only bitter and astringent. ”

Lu An nodded.

"And Ningguo is rich in tea, the price is quite cheap, and the tea is very light, if it is stored properly, it can be sold, and it can definitely make a lot of money. Zhao Le said affirmatively.

Lu An thought about it for a while, there was nothing wrong with logic, this idea seemed to be indeed possible.

"If you could, would you like to give you such a plan?" asked Lu An.

Zhao Le was really stunned this time and said, "Really, really?"

Lu An nodded and said, "If you're willing to try." ”

Zhao Le knelt directly in front of Lu An and said: "My lord, I am willing, but there is a risk in business, I dare not be 100% sure that I can succeed, if I succeed in the future, I will serve the lord as the lord, if there is a lie, the sky will thunder and thunder, and I will not die well." ”

Lu An waved his hand and said to Zhao Le: "If you want to live, then you have to leave here and try it, I won't say much about the rest." ”

After Lu An finished speaking, he directly took out a thousand taels and handed it to Zhao Le, saying, "I still hope you can succeed, don't let my money go down the drain." ”

Zhao Le looked at the money and cried, reluctant to get up for a long time.

The next day, it was still dawn.

Lu An held a steamed bun in his mouth and went on the road alone.

After just taking two steps, he shook his head, "I feel cheated and have lost a lot." ”

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