The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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More than 3000 pieces of cloth were densely placed on the warehouse shelves of Suji Garment Shop and Cloth Shop, and placed one by one according to grade and color. For safety reasons, when the rear warehouse was remodeled, all the windows were built with blue bricks. The open-air patio is also covered with tiles and becomes a part of the warehouse.

Only the big shopkeepers and deputy shopkeepers of the cloth shop and the garment shop are eligible to enter and leave the warehouse. No one is allowed to enter beyond ten feet behind the counter. In addition, four old men from the Su family who know everything about it are arranged as treasurers in the warehouse. They move the cloth on weekdays and take turns on duty at night .

Su Jin was more cautious than careful. He adopted the advice of shopkeeper Zhang and organized the young and strong men into patrol teams before returning from the two places in Songshan, Cangzhou, where he was looking for hired martial arts. The method is to walk at night and hum a ditty, just to embolden oneself. In fact, Su Jin also knows that when encountering someone who intends to sabotage, these young men can only serve as a deterrent, and they are useless.

The guys who hired martial artists have been away for a while, but they haven't brought back the manpower. It's really worrying. I can only hope that there will be no troubles during this time.

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In the small inn in the north of the city, Qin Dalang told the scar-faced man what he had seen and heard all these days in detail. Although Qin Dalang was not qualified to enter the warehouse, Qin Dalang naturally participated in the handling when the fabric was moved into the warehouse. Because the cloth is wrapped with thick leather paper, the color and style of the cloth are not clear, but the quantity is actually there.

Fifteen large carts were piled up like a hill, and it took half an hour to unload the carts and dozens of people moved; in fact, judging from the cloths that came out of the warehouse and put on the cabinets in the past few days, the colors and varieties were all inseparable. , These are all high-quality materials, not ordinary cotton and linen cloth and other high-end goods.

The scar-faced man asked about the samples of the clothes again, Qin Dalang took out a finished silk shirt from the cage and handed it to the scar-faced man, "I can't draw a picture, but the villain pulled some fabric and made it himself when he got an idea." One look, so you can tell at a glance, this is the villain's own money."

The scar-faced man didn't know what style the clothes were, so he stuffed them into his rucksack, lifted his foot to go out, and said coldly before leaving: "I'll come back in a few days, just keep an eye on it for me."

Qin Dalang nodded and bowed to send the scar-faced man away, and when he was far away, he cursed bitterly: "I am a thief, a thief, a bird, I am not a ghost or a ghost."

Turning around, he took out a bag of silver from under the pillow, reached in and touched it for a while, then he calmed down, licked his lips and said: "I have wine today, I am drunk today, this money is not wasted, I haven't tasted women for a few years. It tastes good, let's eat meat tonight."

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In a side room of Tang Zhai in Luzhou, Tang Dong's family closed their eyes and sat on a big chair. The scar-faced man respectfully stood at the bottom with his hands down, and said, "Master, that's what Qin Dalang said, and I'll give you the clothes too." You brought it, what do you want the master to order?"

Tang Dongjia closed his eyes and did not say a word. The candlelight flickered, reflecting his old and thin face flickering, very gloomy.

The scar-faced man didn't dare to speak, and quietly lowered his hands to wait for the order. After a long time, Dong Dong's family slowly opened his mouth and said, "Xiao Hei, then Qin Dalang didn't do his best. The quantity of cloth and the color of the cloth are unknown, and the style of clothes that the old man needs most I just brought a piece of the most common Confucian shirt to prevaricate, you can pick it up and see for yourself, except that the fabric is better, how is it different from the Confucian shirt on the market, there are more than ten kinds of clothes displayed on the Sujia Caitai, this Qin Dalang Not one of them was offered, it was a tease to us."

The man with the scarred face who was called Hei Qi was startled and said: "I think this thief is tired of working, it seems that he will have to suffer a little bit, master, the younger one is not considerate, please punish him."

Tang Dong's family smiled and said: "There is no need for punishment, but you have to be worthy of our Tang family's care for you. If the old man hadn't tried his best to get you out of the magistrate's prison, I'm afraid you have nothing to do with those few of you now." The brother who made a living in this business has already been beheaded, and five years have passed in a flash, I am afraid that your grave is as deep as one person; now you receive nearly five thousand yuan in salary from me every year, and you have a beautiful wife and concubines in your family. I feel comfortable, and my work is not as beautiful as before..."

With a scarred face, Hei Qi's face was red and white, and he nodded again and again: "What the master taught is that my life, Hei Qi, was given by the master, and everything I have now is also given by the master. From now on, I will do my best. , please rest assured, master."

Tang Dong's family picked up the shirt on the table to play with, and said lightly: "Of course I am at ease with you, I plan to give you the shop on West Street, so that you can be an upright businessman yourself, Mr. Zhifu I will also help you change your name and become naturalized, but Su Ji is causing me a lot of trouble at the moment, and I don’t have time to do it.”

Hei Qi with a scarred face knelt down on the ground, kowtowed again and again: "Master, Hei Qi will never forget the grace of rebuilding. I will take care of Su Ji's affairs, don't worry."

Shopkeeper Tang waved his hand and said: "Go, beat Qin Dalang first. Su Ji has been acting frequently recently, and he seems a little mysterious. I don't know what the hell he is doing. Only from the inside can we find out the clues. The next step of the chamber of commerce cannot be carried out blindly, so You know what to do."

The scar-faced Hei Qi kowtowed and said, "Hei Qi will save you." He got up and left.

In the early morning of the tenth day of May, the chief escort of Weisheng Escort led by the head of the Escort to move all the [-] yuan into the car. The four shopkeepers of Su Ji and more than ten assistants followed the Escort's vehicle to form a super investigation and purchase group. go south.

Su Jin looked at the evacuated secret room, feeling quite pained.

The gold ingots in the wooden box had already been moved into Su Jin's bedroom for hiding, and the mountain pile of copper coins was used up by himself within more than ten days. Su Jin didn't know whether to be proud or cry.

No matter what, the fate of himself and Su Ji are inseparable. Although he is not from the Su family in his heart, Su Jin has to admit that he has completely entered the role, that he is a member of the Su family, and the fate of Su Ji in the future Just in his hands, there are nearly [-] clerks, maids, accountants, shopkeepers, servants, cooks... and so on. The future livelihood of these people is controlled by him. Su Jin never felt that he It was so important.

They were sent off at the long pavilion outside the city, Su Jin did not take a car, but walked back to the city slowly, Yang Xiaosi and Xiao Zhuzi followed behind with a mule cart, Su Jin walked forward with his hands behind his back.

At dawn, the mist is like a veil, covering everything around it; the smoke cage is emerald green, the mist is delicate and beautiful, and the beauty of the morning is refreshing.

Su Jin stepped on the dewdrops on the green grass, lowered his head in thought, suddenly the shadowy figure by the willow forest in front of him disappeared, and when he looked closely, there was no trace of him.

Su Jin was a little puzzled, and hurriedly asked Yang Xiaosi to take a look. Yang Xiaosi came back after a while, but there was no one else in Liulin, so Su Jin might be confused.

Su Jin thought, "That's weird, the way you look around, the colors of the clothes are so real, will I be blinded by it?"

Ignoring this matter any more, I greeted and got into the car and went straight to the city gate.

After the mule cart of Su Jin and others disappeared, a short-dressed commoner man appeared in the willow forest. The man looked in the direction of the escort cart, then in the direction of Su Jin's return to the city, and thought for a while. , quickly disappeared into the mist.