Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2581 Investigation ([-])

Yuan Shuzhi pretended to be surprised and said, "Boatman, how do you know that someone is going to throw himself into the river?"

The boatman showed a sneering expression: "I have seen a lot of things on this river. Everyone in this group thinks that there is a big cake in the sky! Tsk tsk, I bought a piece of waste paper for two yuan and came back. If I can't think about it, I will throw it into the river. "

"Waste paper? So..."

"That's right, guest, you are right." Dan's girl smiled, "I see that among the guests on the boat, you are always someone who has seen the world. You are not fooled by them!"

"I'm ashamed to be cruel. I've been traveling around for my livelihood these years, and I've seen some sinister worlds." Yuan Shuzhi said intentionally, "Maybe this is not the first time."

"Exactly." The boatman nodded, "It happens once in ten and a half months. All the old customers on this boat don't care, but there are strangers every time. As long as you have a greedy thought, you will fall into their way. ",

"Aren't you afraid that someone will report to the government if you are so bold?"

"So what if you report to the official? There are rivers and waterways everywhere here, and you can get on and off the boat at any time. Where can you send someone to arrest people!" Money, if you can't think about it for a while, you will throw yourself into the river."

Yuan Shuzhi didn't think it was different. Similar scams can be said to be everywhere.Even in the city of Guangzhou, which is now the territory of Australians, it is also the "New Life Movement" and "catch the waves", and there is also a "security purge", and all kinds of scams are still emerging.Even the old naturalized civilian cadres from Lingao were deceived.

While chatting, I saw the people who went to "beat the tip" came back one after another. Some of them were pale and dejected, and once they came back, they cursed loudly "I will die badly";Yuan Shuzhi looked at it, and secretly sighed in his heart.

The person sitting opposite him was a young man who also bought counterfeit money. After returning from the pier, he sat alone on a slat with his head in his hands.It has been maintained until now, but at this time the person sat upright.Yuan Shuzhi saw that his eyes were staring straight, his face was stunned, and he knew something was wrong - he was going crazy.

Sure enough, after a while, he suddenly jumped up from his seat, and the top of his head hit the ceiling heavily, making a loud bang.Everyone was taken aback.

But this person didn't realize it, and kept jumping around in the cabin, yelling nonsense: "I'm rich! I'm rich! I have a lot of money!" After saying that, he giggled and threw a few counterfeit coins everywhere. throw.

Yuan Shuzhi knew that this person bought five counterfeit coins for ten yuan just now.This ten yuan is not a small amount, and no one can figure it out.

The young man was yelling in the cabin, and there was a commotion in the cabin.Seeing him going to the stern of the boat, and yelling "I'm going to the Dragon Palace to hunt for treasure", as if he was about to jump into the river, the Dan family girl hurried over with two boatmen, finally managed to control him, and tied him to the stern with a rope.

An old man next to him said: "What a crime! He and I boarded the boat together, and the ten yuan was given by my family to buy medicine for him in Huizhou to save his life!"

Originally, Yuan Shuzhi was just watching the excitement, but the old man's unintentional words aroused his interest.He thought that he was transferred to Huizhou by Mr. Zheng Yuan to investigate the counterfeit medicine case.This person also went to Huizhou to buy medicine, is there any connection between the two?
He pretended to be ignorant and said: "Go to Huizhou to buy medicine? Can't you buy it locally? Besides, here is close to Guangzhou. Guangzhou is a big place. If you can't buy any medicine, you have to go to Huizhou instead of near and far?"

The old man looked Yuan Shuzhi up and down, saw that he was dressed in a "bright and well-knit" attire, and couldn't figure out where he came from, so he asked very politely, "Sir?"

"I'm an accountant." Yuan Shu knew, "I lost my job in Guangzhou, and a friend recommended me to Huizhou to find a job."

"So that's the case." The old man whispered, "So you are from Guangfu! You probably don't know, but since last year, the medicine market in Huizhou—the medicine market in Luofu Mountain, do you know?"

"I know, I know, how can I not know the four major cities in the world!"

"That's it. Since last year, there have been a lot of miracle medicines in this drug market. They are all the ones that take effect immediately after one dose. Especially the symptoms of unhealed golden sores, persistent high fever, and persistent cough. It is actually comparable to the Australian magic medicine, but the price is much cheaper than that Australian magic medicine..."

Yuan Shuzhi already knew the facts of the case from the materials provided by Zheng Mingjiang, and said, "Could it be furnace stone powder or something? But this medicine is also sold in Guangzhou, so it's not a rare thing. Why go to Huizhou to buy it."

"Sir, do you know this medicine? This is it. In fact, there is more than one furnace stone powder. Although it is sold in Guangzhou, the price is not as cheap as that in Huizhou drug market. Therefore, some people are willing to look far away."

"So that's the case." Yuan Shuzhi nodded, and sighed, "The ten yuan is probably the capital of the family. Now that he has been cheated to nothing, the patients in the family are probably in danger. No wonder he can't think about it. gone."

"Mr. is right. It's just that once people's greed comes up, even mountains of swords and seas of fire can't stop him." The old man sighed, "He went crazy on the boat, and I don't know if he will wake up in a while. I'm afraid It’s just that Madman doesn’t know where his home is, so he’s wandering away! The family members don’t know how sad they are.”

After a night of nothing, when Yuan Shuzhi woke up the next morning, the crazy young man had disappeared.I heard from the old man beside me that he made a lot of noise in the middle of the night, so the boatman drove him to the shore and left him to fend for himself, as long as Mo died on the boat.

The boat sailed for more than ten miles, with the wind to hang the sails, but there was no wind to pull the poles. In some places, the boatmen had to go down to carry the fibers and sail all the way east.At noon, I arrived at a place where the river turned, the water was gentle and the river was wide.A tributary flows into the East River here.This is a flat land in a river valley, where a lot of people gather, forming a large-scale grass market, with two restaurants and many tea sheds.Many passenger and cargo ships that go up and down stop here to load and unload passengers and goods.

Boatmen also rest their boats here.Let the passengers go ashore and relax.

This place is already out of the range where Yuan Shuzhi traveled in the past. After a day and a night on the boat, he only felt his hands and feet were stiff, so he took the opportunity of stopping the boat to get out of the boat for a walk to loosen his muscles and bones.

The market is close to the Jiangbei River, so the transportation is convenient.Most of the agricultural products from the four townships and commodities from all directions are distributed here, so it is very prosperous.Today is the day of the market again, people and vendors from all over the place come to the market, the market is very lively.

After walking a short distance, I saw a lot of people around the pier, and some people were still yelling vaguely.It was probably selling something.

Yuan Shuzhi walked over on a whim.

The berth was on the third floor and the third floor outside. Yuan Shuzhi protected his satchel and squeezed in cautiously, but saw a cargo ship moored on the shore, and there was a "goods" parked in the canopy impressively.There were more than a dozen wooden boxes piled up on the pier, all bearing the brand name of Zichengji and the brand of "Guoshi Wushuang".

There was a straw mat next to the pier, kneeling on a woman and three children of different ages, all of them respecting filial piety, crying beside them.Only a middle-aged man wearing a white filial belt was explaining and yelling.

After listening to his yelling, Yuan Shuzhi knew that it was a northern businessman who originally lived in Guangzhou. He had imported a batch of "National Scholars Wushuang" from Guangzhou Ziji, and was going to sell them in the north, and send his children back to his hometown by the way.Unsuitable to travel here, suddenly died of an emergency, leaving orphans, widows, mothers and a ship of goods behind.

Before his death, the businessman took care of those in charge, sold the wine on the spot at a discount, and sent his wife, children and coffin back to his hometown after getting money.

"...Everyone, let's do good deeds, pity the orphans and widows. They have to protect the coffin and return home when they are traveling. It is very difficult. If there is good wine, buy a bunch of it, and you will get benefits and accumulate evil virtues. Our lord The spirit in heaven will also be grateful..."

When the steward talked about the emotion, he burst into tears, and the orphans and widows kneeling on the reed mat next to him mourned and wailed, which made the onlookers sigh and sympathize.There are people who are willing to buy alcohol to overcome difficulties.

Yuan Shuzhi saw that the berths were full of high-quality wines sold by Guoshi Wushuang, and there were stamps on the boxes with the stamp of "Zicheng Ji".I couldn't help but also moved my heart.Then I heard from the manager that Australia's banknotes were not recognized in the Ming Dynasty because it was outside the border of Guangdong.If a bunch of banknotes were collected, they would have to go back to the city to exchange them for silver.Therefore, only silver dollars are accepted, and all prices are discounted by one yuan; the other is to sell out quickly and leave, so this wine is not for retail sale, at least six bottles in a case.

Although it was a tearful sale, but a bottle of [-] yuan also greatly exceeded the purchasing power of many people. In addition, there was a case for sale, which was an unbearable price for ordinary people. Many people who were eager to try it suddenly left.

Seeing that no one came to buy, the manager asked the assistant to open a box, took out two bottles of wine, and took some gourds and ladles.road:

"This is the Guoshi Wushuang that our boss bought from Zichengji! If you want to drink it in a restaurant, you don't have to think about it if you don't have five or six yuan. If you don't believe it, come and taste it and you will know it's real!"

Everyone was discussing, at this time a few people rushed over, pushed the outsiders aside and went in, shouting: "Let me take a look first, leave me two boxes!"

Yuan Shuzhi was pushed and brought to the inner floor.Yuan Shuzhi heard a few people chatting next to him, saying that these people seem to be a certain shopkeeper of a certain local restaurant.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant didn't drink the opened one, and said a few words to the manager.Immediately, he opened another box, took out a bottle, filled it with a ladle, tasted it, and nodded.The guy next to him immediately took out 12 yuan of silver dollars and handed them to the steward.

The steward was overjoyed, and bowed to the end after collecting the money, thanking him repeatedly.The shopkeeper said: "It's really not easy for an orphan and widow to live outside!" After that, he ordered the clerk to take one yuan, wrapped it in white paper, and handed it to the filial woman.

"This is my funeral ceremony. Let's bring the coffin back home so that we can raise the children." After saying that, he asked the assistant to carry the wine and left the crowd.The crowd praised him, saying that he was a good man.

(End of this chapter)