Daming wolf ride

Updated: 2012-10-08

Where there is truth, there is falsehood, where there is black, there is white, where there is crying, there is laughter, where there is life, there is death.

It is quite normal to open a coffin shop opposite the medical clinic. Of course, it is still awkward to treat the living while earning money from the dead.

Moreover, the facade of the Human Medical Center is also fresh, and the couplets hanging at the door are even more neat. The first couplet is "Wonderful Hands and Kind Hearts Eliminate Suffering", the second couplet is "Virtue and Art are better than the Spring Breeze", and there is a horizontal batch of "Hanging Pot to Help the World" , put some medicinal herb flower pots in the store, and the doctor sitting in the hall holds a book of saints in his hand, this posture alone is enough to beat the dark coffin shop.

Pedestrians also habitually go to the medical clinic instead of the coffin shop. Why?It's not a taboo! [

Does anyone in this world like coffin shop?

Officials are divided into nine grades, and careers are divided into three hundred and six. This person is also divided into three, six, and nine grades.

Those who hang the pot to help the world are upper-class people, second only to those who are officials, but they are not inferior to those scholars who have no fame.This coffin-beater is a cheap business, from the owner to the assistant, no matter where he goes, he is not treated seriously.

Serious people will only deal with the people in this coffin shop except when they encounter trivial matters. In normal times, if you bow your head or look up, it will be as if you don't see him.

unlucky!

However, Xia Laosi, the owner of the coffin shop, never regards himself as contemptible. On the contrary, he still considers himself superior, especially Mr. Zhao who sits opposite him. , but the amount of silver earned is scary.

He, Mr. Zhao, is a living Chinese medicine doctor, but he only earns a few copper coins. If he meets a poor family, he may even put some medicine on it. Only when he meets an official or rich family can he earn a few taels of silver.

But his Xia Laosi is really rich in money. It only costs some wood to make the coffin, and the cost of man-hours does not cost a tael of silver.

Those who bought coffins were all eager to restrain their relatives, so how could they care about every detail with him, stretched out their heads, and retracted their heads, so they had to grit their teeth and buy.Add some funeral objects, and a coffin will cost at least six taels of silver.

A catty of pork is only seven coppers, and these six taels of silver can buy a fat pig. In addition to the two years of non-stop wars outside the customs, this war will kill people, and the dead will have to have coffins.Poor people can't afford it, but you can't stop the rich.

Looking at this Ningyuan City, there are more rich people, not to mention the original big family, even the merchants who come from south to north, there are no less than a few thousand people, which wallet is missing money?

Birth, old age, sickness and death are common things, people die every day, and people have to lie in that coffin every day, not to mention that there are many people who are killed in chaos.

With a radius of hundreds of miles, even his fourth son Xia, there are only three shops that specialize in selling coffins. Is this business booming?

Seeking money in the face of danger, those businessmen risked their heads and ran outside the pass, just for money. He Xia Laosi gave up his family business in the pass and ran to Ningyuan City for money.It's just that those people earn the money of the living, while his fourth Xia earns the money of the dead.

The dead man's money is also silver, and if it is silver, it will not be hot, so you can hold it with peace of mind.I'm not cheating or cheating, so why should I take it lightly.

These days, whoever has silver is the grandpa. The Emperor Taizu established the ancestral system back then, forbidding merchants to wear silk and satin, but now, which rich merchant doesn’t wear silk and satin?

Can the government arrest all those who wear silk and satin?

So, don't put too much importance on high and low, it is only serious to look at money.As long as you have money, the government won't care what you wear.

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As soon as the abacus beads were turned, he saw Mr. Zhao sent away another poor woman who came for treatment. Mr. Xia couldn't help but sneered: "It's good, I posted it outside again."

You said that the same is true of those poor ghosts. If you have no money, you will get sick and just wait at home to die.Come all the way here, didn't you hear that Zhao Shihe is willing to see a doctor for nothing and medicine on credit.Bah, hang the pot to help the world, hang the pot to help the world, one day you will be included in this old bastard.

There is no such thing as doing business!

It's the right way to pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand!

Immortal, let's see how long your clinic can last!

A mouthful of saliva came out of his mouth, and before he could wipe his mouth, a black shadow flashed in front of his eyes, but a man entered the shop.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell the coffin?" The man asked, but he came to the coffin in the middle of the store, looked it up and down carefully, and knocked it back and forth with his hands from time to time.

As soon as the business came to the door, Xia Laosi immediately smiled with joy, but he couldn't smile on his face. He walked to the man pretending to be sad, and sighed: "Is there a mourning at home?"

The man said "hmm": "Brother is gone." His eyes were always on the coffin, and he never glanced at Fourth Xia.

A lot of people came to buy coffins, Xia Laosi was not surprised to see so many, he knew that this man was looking to see if the coffin was good.

He pretended to be kind and said: "Since it is my brother, I want to buy better coffin brother, otherwise, I am sorry for the dead brother."

The man only looked at the coffin, heard the words, without raising his head, and said, "That's the reason, my brother's funeral must be done in a more beautiful way, and this coffin must be made of good materials." After a pause, he took a picture He patted the coffin in front of him and asked, "Shopkeeper, this coffin is not bad, what's the price?"

"Brother has a good eye. You can tell at a glance that this is made of high-quality wood." Xia Laosi first complimented the man, and then pointed his five fingers, "It's not expensive, five taels of silver!"

"So expensive?" The man was stunned for a moment, the price was quite different from what he had imagined. He thought that he could buy it for two or three taels of silver, but he wanted five taels of silver instead.If you buy it at this price, the money given by the guard is not enough.He also thought that even if there were only two or three taels of silver, the silver would not be enough, so what should I do?

Seeing the man hesitate, Xia Laosi thought he was too expensive and was afraid that the business would be ruined, so he hurriedly said: "Brother, you get what you pay for, and it makes sense for me to charge five taels of silver. The coffins sold by this shop can guarantee immortality for a hundred years! Another shop, hehe, it’s not bad if it can be guaranteed for ten years.”

As soon as he heard that it could preserve immortality for a hundred years, the man's eyes lit up, and he agreed without hesitation: "Well, I want this coffin."

Xia Laosi was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Okay, where does my brother live, I will send it to the house with my buddy."

But the man shook his head: "No hurry, I want more than one mouthful." After speaking, he glanced at the store, and there were a few guys behind the store who were rushing to make coffins. Said: "How many coffins are ready-made in your store?"

How many are ready-made?This question made Fourth Xia couldn't help being stunned, hesitated for a moment, and asked the man hesitantly: "What's the matter?...Is there something big going on at my brother's house?"

The man didn't speak, but just looked behind, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing this, Xia Laosi knew it well. It seems that many people died in this man's family, either by plague or by soldiers.There are so many dead people, so what they want is more than one coffin.

Big business, big business! [

Xia Lao Siqiang held back the beating of his heart, and said to the man with a bit of sadness: "The family has encountered such misfortune, my brother needs to take care of himself... But I don't know how many coffins my brother wants?"

The man first turned his head to think about it, then turned his head and said to Xia Laosi: "Seeing that your shop is not too big, it's not difficult for you, just fifty people."

Fifty? !

Xia Laosi was almost stunned when he heard this, and looked at this man in disbelief: There are so many people in your family?

If fifty people die at once, isn't this the same as exterminating the family?Hey, it's too miserable, too miserable, and I don't know what sins this family committed in their previous lives.

After the astonishment, there was ecstasy.Fifty coffins, five taels of silver per coffin, this is 250 taels of silver, plus the funeral objects used for the funeral, I am afraid that as little as 300 taels can be had!

Tsk tsk, today is really a star of fortune, I am going to make a fortune!

He was ecstatic in his heart, but he couldn't show his face at all, Fourth Xia pretended to be in trouble and said to the man:

"My brother wants too much, and there are only a dozen or so ready-made ones in the store. I am afraid that if the guys have to rush to work overnight, it will take a day or two to work. My brother also knows that although all these materials are prepared, they are sold one by one. It is time consuming."

"One or two days?" The man listened, pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, you can finish the coffin in two days."

"Okay then, I'll let the guys get to work."

Fearing that the man would turn back and go to another house to buy it again, Mr. Xia opened his mouth and said, "Fifty mouthfuls is 250 taels of silver. I don't know if I should pay it now, or when it is delivered?"

Hearing this, the man took out a purse from his bosom, weighed it in his hand, then threw it on the coffin, and said: "Your Excellency gave you so much when you came, take it all. "

grown ups?

Xia Laosi is a bit confused, dare to believe that this guy is still from the government?

It doesn't matter whether he belongs to the government or not, as long as he gives the money.Thinking in my heart, I took the money bag from the coffin, thinking in my heart that it might be gold, and yes, 250 taels of silver is a lot, how can a money bag hold it.There can only be gold here, otherwise how can it be enough?

When he opened the purse, he was dumbfounded: what was in this bag was not gold, it was obviously silver, and at best it was only 30 taels of silver, which was more than half of the difference from 250 taels!

"Brother, is this a deposit?" Fourth Xia didn't think about anything else, only thought that this man was a deposit.

Unexpectedly, the man shook his head at him with a serious face, and then said: "It's not a deposit, it's all the money for buying your fifty coffins."

"What? That won't work!"

When Xia Laosi heard this, he immediately jumped up and shouted: "Let's open the shop to do business, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand, you are deceitful! My brother, you are going to buy fifty coffins for me with such a small amount of money. Say it! If you really want to buy the coffin in my shop, in a word, you have to pay enough money, otherwise, please go to his house to have a look again!"

Hearing what he said, the man glanced across his face without returning, and said coldly: "Shopkeeper, do you think I'm joking with you?"

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen soldiers with long knives rushed in outside the shop, and knocked down the paper money dummies piled at the door to the ground.

"You! You..."

Xia Laosi panicked, knowing that he was going to be unlucky today, this guy is not an ordinary person, he is clearly the soldier who licks at the edge of the knife.Looking at their posture, it is clear that they want to buy their own coffin by force!

Seeing that Fourth Xia was still staring at them, a soldier with a scar on his forehead raised his neck, put the long knife in his hand on his neck, and cursed: "What are you looking at! Let me chop you up with a knife!" !"

"Master, spare your life, Lord, spare your life!" Fourth Xia was so frightened that he almost peed, and his body was shaking.

The guys at the coffin shop in the backyard were also frightened by this sudden scene, they threw down the things in their hands and hid in the corner, no one dared to come out to ask what was going on.

Pedestrians passing outside also saw a group of frontier soldiers rushing into the coffin shop, and someone put a knife on the shopkeeper's neck. Although they didn't know what happened, they all hid aside wisely. Dare to join in the fun.

The old doctor in the medical hall opposite was also taken aback by what happened opposite, put down the book in his hand, and looked at Fourth Xia in bewilderment.

.........

"Pan Hu, put down the knife, don't scare the shopkeeper."

"Yes, Mr. Qian."

Hearing Mr. Qian's words, the soldier named Pan Hu snorted, and moved the knife away from the shopkeeper's neck, but still glared at him angrily, as if the shopkeeper was ignorant, and could chop him off immediately with a knife.

Seeing that the shopkeeper was quite frightened, Jiang Wanli knew that his goal had been achieved, so he changed his tone and said to him very kindly: "Shopkeeper, to tell you the truth, we are the Songshan Army, and these coffins are ordered for Hetar The brothers who died in the bloody battle should be restrained, so that they can have a home. But the money is all, brothers, my hands are really tight, I am sorry for the shopkeeper. But don’t worry, the shopkeeper, I, the Songshan Army, have always handled things fairly, and I will never do anything. It will make you suffer. You keep this little money first, and I will send you a note. After a few days, you can go to Jinzhou to find our garrison with this note. My lord will naturally make up for your remaining money. "

"This…"

Xia Laosi was a little hesitant. The cost of fifty coffins is not small, and if it is small, it would cost more than 40 taels. They only gave two to thirty taels. I have to lose at least ten taels, and it hurts to think about it.

But people have made the truth clear, and the gleaming knife is dangling in front of their eyes, do you think you can not agree?

Alas, just treat it as being robbed by bandits!

Thinking of this, Xia Laosi could only agree with a mournful face: "Since the military master said so, then the villain can't say anything more. The brothers died in the battle with the Tartars, and the villain can have the honor to build coffins for them. Sansheng is lucky, so let’s take the money slowly.” He didn’t say that the money would not be accepted, and a businessman is a businessman, no matter where he goes, he takes money very seriously.

"The shopkeeper understands righteousness, I am very grateful on behalf of the brothers!"

With a fistful to the shopkeeper, Jiang Wanli walked to the place where the abacus pen and ink was placed, took a piece of paper and typed a note, signing his name.After writing it, he handed it to the shopkeeper.

Fourth Xia took the note and saw that it was signed by Songshan Qianzong Jiang Wanli, and it said "200 taels of coffin silver owed", which was 20 taels less than the original amount.Just as he was about to say something was wrong, the words stopped when he got to the point of his mouth. He put the piece in his sleeve with a smile on his face, and said, "Let the guys start working now, little ones, let's start working now."

"Thank you, shopkeeper!"

Jiang Wanli clasped his fists again, Xia Laosi didn't dare to delay, and ran to the back in three steps and two steps to recruit the guys to start immediately to build the coffin needed by Songshan.

Here, the soldier named Pan Hu pointed to the medical clinic opposite and said to Jiang Wanli: "Mr. Qian, my lord wants us to find a doctor with good medical skills. I think the old doctor on the opposite side will do it. Or let's invite him to go." Bar?"

Jiang Wanli turned his head to look at the medical clinic, and saw that the old doctor was also staring at him, looking like a genius doctor with superb medical skills.Then he nodded and ordered Pan Hu: "Okay, you take two people to invite the doctor to Jinzhou, and I have to go to the other two. The gap in the coffin is too big, we can only solve part of it first, and the rest will be in Shanhaiguan. Find a way to solve it."

After finishing speaking, he left Pan Hu and the others behind, and led the people to the east of the city.

After Mr. Qian left, Pan Hu walked to the opposite side of the street, and asked politely to the old doctor who looked at him with a puzzled face, "Can you make a visit, sir?"

The old man was stunned, nodded and said: "But I can go out to see the doctor, but I don't know where the military masters want the old man to go for treatment, and who is the doctor?"

Pan Hu said: "Jinzhou, the ones who are treating are the wounded brothers in our army."

"Jinzhou?"

The old man hesitated, Jinzhou is a hundred and ten miles away from Ningyuan, he is old, and he might not be able to withstand the bumps along the way.

"Why, sir, you don't want to visit the doctor?"

Pan Hu was very polite to the doctor, completely different from his previous attitude towards the shopkeeper of the coffin shop. He was not annoyed when he saw that the old doctor was embarrassed, but asked another question patiently.

The old man thought about it for a moment, and he didn't say whether he would like to go, but asked Pan Hu instead: "Just now, the old man vaguely heard that the soldiers said that it was the Songshan Army, but he didn't know if it was the one that fought bloody battles with the Jiannu under the Daling River City. Songshan Army?"

Hearing this, Pan Hu raised his chest proudly, and said proudly, "It's my Songshan Army!"

Seeing that it was indeed the Songshan Army who fought bloody battles with Jiannu, the old man was suddenly excited, and he agreed without hesitation: "It is my duty to diagnose and treat the heroes of the Songshan Army! Please wait for the three military masters, and I will clean up. Let's go to Jinzhou with the soldiers!"

"Why did you agree to be so straightforward, sir? After all, Jinzhou is far away from here?" Pan Hu was a little surprised by the old doctor's straightforwardness.

A blush flashed across the face of the old Langzhong, and he almost choked up and said: "The reason why the old man is willing to go to Jinzhou with the military master is because he wants to see with his own eyes the ambitious Master Shi who eats the meat of the barbarians and laughs and drinks the blood of the Huns! Miss me For thousands of years in China, there has never been a true hero like Mr. Shi, and if you can see him once, your life will be considered in vain!"

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