The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 41: So angry that the pig’s head is rotten

Wang Wenlong led Wang Yu and others to a restaurant next to Dianzi Pier.

Li Bajin ran to serve food and drinks, and Wang Wenlong chose a clean seat and planned to wait while talking.

Just as he was about to give up his seat and go in, Wang Yu suddenly looked at Li Guoxian and said, "Is this a female member of some family?"

Li Guoxian blinked and asked Wang Yu: "Did you see it?"

Li Guozhu and Wang Wenlong both wanted to laugh.

Li Guoxian's disguise as a man was enough to deceive herself. No one on the street could tell that she was a woman.

It's just that when others saw Li Guoxian's wealthy appearance, they thought she was a daughter of a wealthy family and didn't want to expose her. However, Wang Yu was a real person and asked the question immediately.

Li Guozhu said quickly: "This is my girl. She likes to play, so I brought her out."

Wang Yu nodded. Although he didn't say anything, he subconsciously sat a little further away from Li Guoxian.

Li Guoxian was quite dissatisfied when he saw this: "Do you think I'm dirty?"

But Wang Yu said in a very old-fashioned way: "Men and women are not allowed to be intimate."

Li Guoxian snorted and turned away, ignoring him.

At this time, Li Bajin had already ordered the food and wine to be served, and Wang Wenlong quickly smoothed things over for everyone.

He stood up and poured wine for everyone. He didn't discriminate against Li Guoxian and poured a glass in front of her. Only then did the little girl feel happy.

Wang Wenlong picked up the wine glass and asked Wang Yu: "Since my friend is a student in Fuzhou, why did he come to Yuegang?"

After Wang Yu explained it, Wang Wenlong understood that this guy was only 19 years old this year. His family only ran a small business on the street, and his conditions were average. But fortunately, he had been smart since he was a child, so he had already passed the scholar examination at the age of 17, and He has been fond of chivalrous stories since he was a child and has a chivalrous character. He learned martial arts from others on the street.

"After my parents died, I became a scholar again. I thought that people often say that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, so I simply packed up my bags and went out for a trip. I didn't expect that there were so many banknotes and customs officials along the way. They disappeared just after leaving Zhangquan. Because of the money, I had to sell some books in Yuegang. But I didn’t expect that books would be so difficult to sell. The few Shiwen books I have on me were purchased last fall.”

Wang Wenlong was speechless when he heard this. This Wang Yu is completely a chivalrous character. He does things without looking forward and backward. He ran out to travel without even having to pay for the expenses. When he didn't have the expenses, he spent a lot of money to sell ink rolls. As a result, this thing was sold on the street. There was no one to buy it at all, and after half a year, even Zhangzhou Prefecture couldn't leave.

Thinking about the history, Wang Yu led the crowd to attack Gao Yin about half a year later. It seems that in the original history, this guy still had to go through a lot of setbacks to return to Fuzhou.

After experiencing what he encountered in Yuegang, it is no wonder that Wang Yu hated Gao Yin and other middle-level tax collectors after returning to Fuzhou.

After talking about his experience, Wang Yu poured out his bitterness to Wang Wenlong and scolded Gao Yin and his minions for their inaction.

Wang Yu didn't seem to have a brain that could turn around. After he discovered that Wang Wenlong was on the same side as him, he completely dropped his guard. Li Bajin next to him couldn't bear what he said.

This means that Wang Wenlong doesn't care, otherwise Wang Yu would also scold him in many of his words.

Wang Wenlong knew that Gao Yin planned to return to Fuzhou in October. He originally planned to take Wang Yu with him, but now he realized that Wang Yu would definitely not agree. So after dinner, Wang Wenlong asked Li Bagin to take out a ten tael of silver and handed it to Wang Wenlong. In front of Yu.

"Mr. Wang, is this?"

Wang Wenlong said: "Master Chen is not a kind family. If you continue to stay in Zhangzhou, he may come to cause trouble again. My friend, it is better to go back to Fuzhou as soon as possible."

When Li Guozhu saw this, he also took out money from his pocket. He didn't have such a large amount of silver with him, but he had six or seven taels scattered around and gave it to Wang Yu as well.Wang Yu was quite touched, but this guy had no concept of favors. He just felt that he really needed money, so he reached out and took it.

He had already seen that Li Guozhu was rich and Wang Wenlong seemed to be in a tight situation, so he just thanked Li Guozhu, but said sincerely to Wang Wenlong: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I will pay you back when I have money in the future."

Wang Wenlong smiled and shook his head: "I have my own source of money."

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Zhao Fa was led into the house by Master Chen's thugs. Master Chen had a grimace on his face. He received a slap from Wang Yu and Wang Wenlong today. The most powerful one was Li Bajin's kick, which made his lower body swollen.

As soon as Zhao Fa entered the room, he said: "Young Master Chen is in trouble. Now Mr. Wang insists that you collected all the taxes on the shop pier, and he wants to fight you."

Master Chen was stunned for a moment: "How could I charge him any tax? This is the first time I went there today!"

"He is a popular person in front of Eunuch Gao. Now that you have left a document in his hand, why don't you let him arrange it?"

"I asked the man surnamed Wang in a roundabout way just now. He only said that he would sue the matter immediately. Do you have any way to talk to Eunuch Gao? Please take a break from it."

After saying this, Zhao Fa looked at Master Chen's face and saw a grimace instantly appeared on his face.

Master Chen: "I have made good friends with Mr. Wei, but Mr. Wei is currently on business in Fuzhou. I can't find him for a while. Why don't you give him some advice?"

Zhao Fa knew it when he heard that Master Chen had no way to reach Gao Yin.

He had also made two preparations. If Master Chen showed that he had other ideas through the question just now, he would immediately switch to Master Chen's side.

"He said he would deliver it today. This is a troubling matter. How can I persuade him?"

Master Chen had a grimace on his face: "How can this be so great?"

Zhao Fa laughed and said: "Master Chen, how come you, a man who has seen the world, have no idea? There has been a saying since ancient times: when money comes to business, anger comes to a pig's head. In the end, Mr. Wang just wants to make some money. You might as well break some money." Just buy his literary skills back."

Master Chen hesitated for a while: "How much does it cost?"

"It's always six or seven hundred taels."

Master Chen was so frightened that he almost jumped up, "Why don't he come to my house with a knife to rob me!"

Zhao Fa directly threatened: "With Mr. Wang's ability, if he really bites you, it will be more painful than if he took a knife to rob your house!"

Master Chen was about to cry, but he hesitated for a long time and could only say to Zhao Fa: "Can you help me negotiate a lower price?"

Zhao Fa said he tried his best.

He went out to wander around for a day, and came to Master Chen again the next day and said that he had negotiated the price to 500 taels. Wang Wenlong was already very angry. If he lowered the price, he would take Wen Ju to Gao Yin.

Master Chen had no choice but to move as best he could. Within a few days, Zhao Fa found Wang Wenlong with the money in hand.Wang Wenlong was afraid that Zhao Fa had taken profits from it, so he asked Li Bajin to go with him to confirm that the amount of money given by Master Chen was indeed 500 taels, and then handed the Wenju Zhang to Master Chen.

After getting back the 500 taels of silver, Wang Wenlong handed over 300 taels of silver and gave 50 taels to Zhao Fa. He kept 100 taels of profit and the remaining 50 taels was given to Li Bajin, who helped him run errands.

(End of this chapter)