Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 32 Unkempt, an old lunatic

Guangling City.

Chen Ci just does what he says, and if he has money to open the way, coupled with the status of the son-in-law, who in Guangling City will not give a little bit of face?In just three days, the subordinates bought a large courtyard in the city according to the request of the statement, as well as restaurants, inns, gambling houses and other shops.With such an operation, it costs money like running water, and it is located in a prosperous area, so [-] taels of gold was wasted in three days.

He took a long-term view. Since he returned to his hometown, he couldn't guard the one-acre land in Taoyuan Town.The peach blossom wine run by the government should be made, and it is leased to outsiders in Taoyuan Town to make it. As for Xin's own family, men, women, children, and anyone who is willing to leave, he called him to Guangling to help open an inn or restaurant.As for those who don’t want to leave, such as the old owner’s family, they can stay in the small town, whether it’s to supervise wine making, or direct the planting of tobacco leaves in the coming year, it doesn’t matter. Chen Ci will order people to escort them to maintain self-sufficiency. .

Opening inns and restaurants is nothing more than providing jobs for the young people of the Xin family, otherwise they would have nothing to do in Guangling City.The main focus of the statement is still on the casinos. Casinos and usury are really a lucrative business.

Early in the morning, Chen Ci took the princess to the restaurant opened by his family to have breakfast, and saw the waiter in the store rushing an old man impatiently.

"Let's go, don't stick around the door of the store."

The waiter is a young man from the Xin family in the town.

The old man was not annoyed by his distasteful and ferocious chasing, he just smiled, showing his yellow teeth, pointing at the steaming steamed stuffed buns in the shop, and said playfully, "Give me that, and I won't leave if you don't give it to me." .”

"Oh, I said, why are you so unreasonable, old man? Can there still be beggars in Guangling City?" The waiter rolled up his sleeves and threatened to chase people away, "Old man, hurry up, I'm open for business. , On the first day I opened the store, I didn’t earn half a copper coin, why did you let me lose? Go, or else my old arms and legs won’t be able to bear the iron fist of my buddy.”

The old man turned a deaf ear to it, still giggling, staring at Baozi, not afraid that the waiter in the shop would try to hit someone, as if a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

Just as the waiter was about to make a move, he saw the son-in-law and princess coming hand in hand, his expression was startled, he nodded and trotted over hurriedly.

"What's going on?" Chen Ci frowned.

He frowned because the waiter in this shop is too arrogant, isn't he just an old beggar?
How much is a bun?
The shop waiter pointed at the beggar and said in a low voice, "My son-in-law, a beggar, I will send him away immediately. It will not affect our business on the first day of opening the shop."

Chen Ci went up with a kick, kicking the waiter, who was at a loss and froze on the spot.

The princess is kind-hearted and doesn't see suffering in the world. Seeing the old beggar squatting on the ground with a pitiful look, she immediately walked over and wrapped three or five meat buns in oiled paper and handed them to him: "Old man, take care of it."

The old beggar, unkempt, smiled when he saw this, he was not polite, took the bun, winked and said: "The little girl is kind-hearted, and the heart of the female Bodhisattva will definitely be rewarded."

The princess smiled sweetly.

The old beggar held the steamed stuffed bun, contented, glanced sideways at Chen Ci from the corner of his eye, regardless of his image... oh, or maybe he didn't have much image at all, so he picked his nose and flicked in the direction of Chen Ci. Fortunately, Chen Ci Prepared for a long time, he hurriedly got out of the way, and was about to swear, the old beggar laughed as if he had succeeded in his plan, and then walked away leisurely with the buns.

The statement looked ugly.

The behavior of the old beggar was really strange.

Seeing the old beggar playing tricks on the son-in-law, the young man hurried over, feeling annoyed: "Master son-in-law, why don't I ask someone to stop him and drag him out for a good beating?"

Chen Ci glared at him, "I know how to beat and fight every day. Remember, this is Guangling, not Taoyuan Town. Keep a low profile for me. If something happens, let me go to the government to catch people and watch as I cut you down." I won't kill you."

The princess couldn't help laughing, and lightly opened her white teeth.

The waiter laughed and hurriedly apologized.

Seeing that the waiter in the shop was intimidated, he calmed down his anger in the statement, and took the princess up to the second floor, preparing to have a comfortable breakfast and enjoy a leisurely life.

The opening of the new store must be a good place for many customers to rush to taste and explore the store. In just three quarters of an hour, the store was full of people.

At this time, the small talk of several people attracted Chen Ci's attention.

These few people are talking about the bandits in Babaoshan, and the grain and grass of King Wu were robbed. The thing surprised Chen Shi.

After listening to the statement for a while, my heart became clear.

It turned out that Zhang Mang led the troops to surround Babao Mountain, and fought several times with those bandits, but because the opponent occupied a favorable location, they were still unable to completely capture it.Seeing that the time for the military order was getting closer and closer, Zhang Mang was forced to be impatient. He gritted his teeth and decided to set fire to the mountain and force the bandits down. People put out the fire, and it is said that there were heavy casualties. However, at this moment, news spread that Zhang Mang's family members were kidnapped overnight, and their whereabouts were unknown.

Zhang Mang is the admiral of the "Mang" army of the Guangling Legion. He is a military rank conferred by the imperial court. His wife and children live in Guangling City, but he was kidnapped without anyone noticing?The rumors about this incident happened last night, King Wu was annoyed, and ordered the four gates of the city to be closed, and the murderer must be caught.

"Who else did it? Of course it was Zhang Shun, the little overlord of Babao Mountain. His own mountain was burned in front of him. Why don't you take revenge on General Zhang Mang to death. They are all surnamed Zhang. It is estimated that they were still a family 800 years ago. ,Why bother."

"Hey, it's said that family members are not the only ones to suffer. If something like this happens, you have to die?"

"..."

Listening to their discussion, Chen Ci thought to himself that the bandits in Babaoshan had quite long hands and could reach Guangling City, no wonder they had the guts to rob the King of Wu's food and grass.

"Husband, what are you thinking?"

"It's nothing, I'm thinking about the bandits in Babaoshan. Hey, if I were a bandit, I'd grab the Dongying people to death. What's the point of beating your own people?" Chen Ci grinned.

The princess smiled and added food to Chen Ci, "Your husband has a deep prejudice against Dongying people?"

"Your Highness, you don't understand. It is estimated that according to this trend, the Dongying people will definitely not be able to hold back and want to break out a war with our Great Liang."

The statement doesn't know, but the ten years he estimated is still too conservative.

"Why?" The princess brows were a little worried. After all, war...means the death of many, many people. She is a woman, and women are emotional.

Chen Ci didn't want to explain, and put aside the topic, "But then again, Dongying people are indeed rich. If I can persuade bandits and point my sword at Dongying people, I can play dog ​​bite dog."

Thinking about it this way, Chen Ci felt more and more feasible.

Just do what you say, eat breakfast after Chen Ci, let the princess go back to the manor, and he and Fan Chu went to Wu Wang's mansion to visit.

(End of this chapter)