Jinyi Night Walk

Xia Xun found out.It turns out that there are many things to do when opening a bathhouse, such as purchasing firewood, towels, and toiletries, arranging for people to collect money, boiling water, and taking a bath.Miscellaneous, a lot of things.Fortunately, the original team of the shopkeeper was retained by Xia Xun.Everything is still the same, and he basically doesn't need to worry too much.

It was just because of the sudden influx of a large number of troops in Dezhou that the number of men bathing increased sharply, so Xia Xun hired a few new men to expand the team of bath masters.This made Lao Jia, the scrub master, very unhappy.Lao Jia is an old man of Baiquan Huntang, and the couple are both highly skilled scrub masters here, scrubbing, tapping their backs, pedicures, cupping, and scraping.All kinds of craftsmanship make people thumb up, and the couple are basically equivalent to the foreman in a mixed hall.

Recently, because his wife had a big belly, he had to go home to recuperate. Lao Jia lost half of his income. He originally hoped that there would be more customers and he would use more energy to earn some money for the family.Who knew that the shopkeeper had hired a few more people back, these newcomers looked rough, and they were clumsy when they took a shower, not to mention that there were too many people and they robbed him of his business.

But he can only complain, after all, he is the shopkeeper.Especially the new shopkeeper is very talkative, he introduced his sister-in-law to come to the house to find some work.Shopkeeper Xia readily agreed, and the shopkeeper used to collect the money by himself.Now that this easy job was handed over to his sister-in-law, Lao Jia thought it was the shopkeeper's selling his face, and he was very proud in front of other scrub masters and his own wife.

But after only a few days, Lao Jia felt that something was wrong. He felt that the shopkeeper left his sister-in-law to work.Not necessarily for his sake.He found that the shopkeeper was very kind to his sister-in-law, and those who smiled before saying a word were always very polite.His sister-in-law is called Su Xinchen, a pretty little girl with a huapa Baotou and a silk hairpin skirt, she looks a bit rustic, but if you look carefully, she is actually quite attractive.

Afterwards, I found out that shopkeeper Xia was in his late thirties. "I haven't married a woman yet. Lao Jia was even more worried. I reminded my sister-in-law a few times in private. Tell her not to give Xia a good face, and stay away from him." The little girl doesn't listen to him either." She really likes to stick with shopkeeper Xia. Whenever Lao Jia throws his arms in the bathhouse and rolls mud waves on the soldiers. He faintly hears his sister-in-law Yinling coming from the front hall. His laughter made him particularly disturbed.

"Here comes the shopkeeper, didn't you work in this line of work before?"

Su Xinchen rested her hand on the counter and looked at Xia Xun with her chin.

Xia Xun said: "Yes." Originally, my hometown was in the north. "The king of Yan rebelled, and there was chaos everywhere. He fled here, and he didn't gather to sit and eat when he thought about it. It just so happened that the shopkeeper here was going to resell the gangster." It's not a tough guy either.As long as you can bear the hardships, you will be successful.I put it down. "

"Oh, what I said."

Duo Xinchen rolled her dark eyes.I looked around.He quietly approached Xia Xun: "The shopkeeper. I think you are a real person, and I can't bear to see you being bullied. I have to tell you something."

Xia Xun hurried over and said, "What's the matter?"

The little girl covered her mouth and whispered: "I'm talking about the shopkeeper. Don't be so cheap, buy saponins, pigtails, and bath beans." Even if you don't follow, you have to find someone you can trust.Jin Zhan, who is in charge of purchasing, likes to be greedy for small things.The previous shopkeeper was shrewd.He doesn't dare to coax others, bully you newcomer, don't know how to do it..."

Xia Xun frowned: "What's wrong. Where did you lie to me?"

Su Xinchen said: "Here, look, this soap. He used to buy the worst grade of soap. He put it inside for customers to use. How much can he use? Now it's good, all the soap he bought is full of The best one, this one, is called noodle medicine, it has the effect of chilblain ointment, and it also has a fragrance. It is much more expensive than the original one. If he buys it well, he will get more benefits from the store, but you will lose it if you are the shopkeeper. ?”

"Huh? There is such a thing?"

Xia Xun's frown suddenly widened, and he patted the counter and said, "I'll go find him!"

"Ai!"

Su Xinchen grabbed him and said, "Shopkeeper, don't be so hot-tempered. An old man at such an age is not as calm as a little girl like me. Let me tell you why Jin Zhan is in charge of buying here? He My uncle and brother are a well-known big rogue in our Texas city. Letting his relatives work here will save us a lot of trouble. Say what you say, but don’t let him get down too much, just give him some advice. Tell him to restrain himself That's it."

Xia Xun couldn't help laughing, nodded and said, "Well, I see."

Xia Xun turned to look for Jin Zhan who was in charge of the purchase, and Su Xinchen stared at his back with his chin resting on his back.He smiled.He said to himself: "The shopkeeper's smile is quite pretty..."

"Old Jin!"

Xia Xun slapped a box of noodle medicine in front of him: "How much is this kind of soap?"

Jin Zhong took a look.Startled, he watched coldly for two days, seeing that the shopkeeper was indeed a novice.Only then did he want to get more benefits, but unexpectedly, even though he has a cousin who is considered a capable person in Texas.But letting the shopkeeper hold the handle with his own hands" was too embarrassing for him, he stood up with a blushing face, and said awkwardly: "Shop... the shopkeeper, it's like this, when I went shopping.It just so happens that the pancreas we often buy is out of stock, but there have been a lot of customers recently, so I count..." Xia Xun said with a smile: "Don't count, go quickly, and get all the pancreas that can also cure chilblain in our Texas city. I bought them all back, and don't leave a single box, you know? "

"what?"

Jin Zhan was a little dazed, and stammered, "All... all bought back?"

Xia Xun said: "By the way, if you buy them all back, you have to guarantee the quality of the goods. It's all here with us. I know you can get some benefits from the store..."

Old Jin Zhan blushed, and argued, "The shopkeeper..."

Xia Xun waved his hand and said, "It's okay. You can earn more this way, and I'm not afraid of you earning it. But you have to do something for me."

Jin Zhan hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, tell me, tell me" as long as Lao Jin can do it, he will never frown. "

Xia Xun said with a smile: "You can definitely do this. I want you to find some people to help and yell around." Especially in front of those soldiers, call out signs for our Baiquan bastard" and said You also know that there are hot water baths in our Baiquan mixed hall, and noodles to treat frostbite." There are so many soldiers in and outside the city of Dezhou.They were all just withdrawn from Beiping, and I don't know how many people suffered from chilblain, so I shouted.you understood? "

Jin Zhan's eyes lit up, he raised his thumb, and praised: "Shopkeeper, your head is really useful. High, really high!"

Xia Xun said with a smile: "Okay." Hurry up and do something. The first thing is to buy all the noodle medicines, and then go to do this. There are a lot of people here." All the bathing utensils are consumed Much more, your old Jin's benefits are naturally... understand?"

"understand."

Jin Zhan grinned, and hastily pulled up the single-leather robe, before he put it on, he ran away... ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※

At the second watch.Baiquan Huntang no longer has guests.The hired workers left one after another.

The "treasurer" has gone home with his brother-in-law, see you tomorrow. "

"See you tomorrow."

Xia Xun watched with a smile as Su Xinchen was pulled out by the sullen old Jia, while stroking his fake beard.Make kindness and thunderbolt.

There are still a few people left in the mess to clean the pool "to do the aftermath. Of course, these jobs are the work of the new scrubbers." By the time they finished their work, all the other workers had left. When the door was up, several people gathered around Xia Xun.

There was only one oil lamp lit on the table, Xia Xun said with a smile, "Okay, tell me, what news did you hear today?"

"Hi! What's the news?"

A large towel was draped over one shoulder.The man with thick eyebrows and big eyes complained, waiting for him to finish talking.Xia Xun said calmly: "Well, they said that there were three times as many people sleeping in one tent at night, snoring loudly, and the smell of stinky feet made people dizzy. Last night, two groups of people slept There are many new faces in "Liejia", what does this mean? "

Tuo Xun patrolled around and found that his enlightening speech had no effect, and several big men were like ducks who listened to Lei and didn't move (understand).Can't help laughing bitterly: "Everyone, remember clearly, you are secret spies now, and your only mission is to collect information. From now on, you need to use your brains more and use less knives. Just beating and killing people is not enough. It stands to reason" I should Train and train you well, but time is urgent, and you can only learn how to do things while doing things.Just take what you have heard, Xu Qing, the number of people sleeping in the tent is three times that of the original, what does this mean?At least it shows that their military accounts are not enough. "

Xu Qing rolled his eyes and said: "Master, I know this, what's the use of that?"

"What's the use? First, it means that they don't have a good rest at night. If it takes a long time, the combat power must be affected, right? Second, it means that they need a lot of military tents, and military tents are easy to burn. If we If you need to cut off the enemy's supplies, you can know in advance what the enemy is transporting. If you attack their supply convoy, you don't even need to get close, just launch rockets from a distance, and you can ignite the tent. To achieve the goal, reduce Casualties, right?

Third, it’s okay to say that it’s winter now.If it is summer.what will happen thenOne of the most important things in the army is epidemic prevention. Thousands of troops are together. Once an epidemic occurs, it is a very terrible thing. If you know this situation in advance, you will deliberately throw a few diseased animals near their camp. Cats and dogs, as long as a few soldiers get sick, what will happen?This is just what I thought of in a hurry after listening to your information. Do you think it is useful? "

"Snapped!"

Xu Qing slapped hard on her thigh.Nodding repeatedly, he said, "Understood. I understand. The subordinate understands."

Xia Xun laughed and said, "That's not all. When you heard them taking a bath, they scolded the soldiers transferred from Jingzhou for fighting with them in the same tent. What does that mean? They are Fengyang soldiers, how could they fight with Jingzhou soldiers?" Mixed in a tent? It may be because they have just fled back, and the army has taken in the stragglers who have fled one after another, and they have not yet been arranged.

It is also possible that Li Jinglong deliberately disrupted the troops from different places, lest they have different ideas.Look at each other when fighting, don't look at them now fighting happily, "being in the same army" is better than clear barriers to improve combat effectiveness, not to mention that after a period of time getting along, it may not be so tense. Men. Then come out For whatever reason. This requires further intelligence gathering."

Xu Qing nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and said in a sincerely convinced way: "My lord, this subordinate understands."

Xia Xun asked several people about the fragmentary conversations they had heard, and helped them analyze the information revealed behind these words, and finally said: "I understand? It may reveal quite important information. Based on this sentence, we may successfully attack the enemy camp and successfully ambush the enemy's marching route in advance. This is much more effective than you personally wielding a knife and killing a few people .”

Several subordinates nodded one after another, and Xia Xun said again: "Okay. What news do we have for the brothers who entered?"

Several people reported to Xia Xun the news that the secret agents of the Northern Army who had sneaked into the southern army with the imperial court's rebellious army went south and secretly told them while taking a bath. Xia Xun first wrote down all the information, and then The top clicked, and pondered: "The news they sent back is not much better than the news you learned from the side. Let them hang around first, if you can't get important positions, you won't be able to get important military aircraft after all. Yes, but at critical moments, internal and external cooperation on the battlefield can also play a big role."

He closed the notebook, raised his head and said, "No more? If there is no other news, we all go back to sleep. But, remember everything for me..."

Xia Xun's face became serious, and he said sharply: "When working under me, you must always be vigilant. Don't drink a drop of alcohol. Now you all know how much important information will be leaked by an unintentional sentence. If you don't raise your vigilance, an unintentional sentence will , you may bury us all here. So, let me say again, if anyone violates my three commandments, once discovered by this officer, he will be executed immediately, understand?"

Xia Xun's voice was stern, not a joke.Those big guys are veterans of the battlefield who kill people without blinking an eye, but their expressions changed in fear, and they responded quickly.Xia Xun was about to wave them away when he saw Xu Qing hesitating to speak, and said, "Why. Do you have something to say?"

Xu Qing stammered and said: "I... I also heard them talking about a woman. I thought that women's affairs were nothing special, so I didn't say anything about it. But after hearing what your lord said, I My heart is pounding, if I don’t say it, I’m afraid I won’t be able to sleep when I go back.”

Xia Xun wondered, "Woman? What kind of woman?"

Xu Qing said: "My subordinates heard that Li Jinglong brought a woman with him. She usually wears military uniform and pretends to be a schoolboy. She waits by his side, and this time she returned to Dezhou." The woman couldn't stay in the barracks.I often go to the city to visit and buy some things for women's household.

Li Jinglong doted on this girl so much that he sent a few small school attendants, and they cursed and said it while taking a bath.this news.Useless? "

Xia Xun was silent for a long time, and sighed deeply: "Oh..." Xu Qing, this is the only piece of information I have collected tonight.is the most useful! "

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