Fisherman's Song Dynasty

"Oh?" Xu Zizhen raised his brows. Originally, he planned that Master Hua could put down his eyeliner after he secured the territory. Then he would just check it out slowly. He also knew very well that Master Hua led people to grab the territory today, so how could he have time to worry about it? this matter.

Master Hua looked a little anxious, and urged: "Brother, let's talk first, I'm afraid it will be too late there."

Xu Zizhen is even more strange, what is the concept of too late?But he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly turned around and explained to Mo Li'er, we'll talk about the recipe when he comes back, and after he finished speaking, he asked Master Hua, "Have you brought anyone?"

Master Hua nodded: "Yes, the three brothers are at the door."

"Leave one here."

"Yes, big brother!" Master Hua didn't ask why he was keeping him, and beckoned to a strong young man.

Xu Zizhen nodded, turned around and whispered something to Mo Lier, and waved his hand: "Let's go."

Master Hua led the way to the door, and said to Xu Zizhen as he walked: "Thanks to elder brother's care today, Lao Hua took all three sites. From now on, as long as elder brother says a word, Lao Hua will go in the same way. "

Xu Zizhen smiled: "Everyone has what they need. I'm a lazy person, and I don't like to do things that are out of the ordinary. Besides, with your flower master taking care of me, it's much easier for me to make money and do things."

Master Hua nodded, and didn't continue the topic. He has a straightforward temper and loyalty. Although he has some common problems of gangsters, his beliefs will never be easily changed. There is no need to talk about gestures. boring.

The two speeded up their feet and walked straight towards the east of the city. After a while, they came to a dilapidated and low area. Xu Zizhen raised his head, sniffled, frowned and said, "What's the smell so strong?"

Master Hua smiled: "This is Loumen, the largest oil sauce production place in Jiangnan."

Xu Zizhen was stunned, no wonder this place looks like a slum, with a strong smell of sauce in the air, but whoever is richer would want to live here?After a long time, there will be problems with the nose, and when someone farts in front of them, they will not be able to smell it.

Master Hua led him around the alley for a while, and finally stopped at a street corner, pointed to a house diagonally opposite and said, "Brother, there are women here, and there are more than one, all of them are tied up. .”

Hey, this is really a coincidence. Xu Zizhen himself admires his luck. If he hadn't met Master Hua and encouraged him to lay down this territory, he probably wouldn't have discovered that the group of traffickers would hide people in this place.

Now that the person has been found, he is not in a hurry to rush in, but asks, "How do you know this?"

Master Hua grinned: "After I won this land, I sent a few brothers to take over, so that I can collect monthly money in the future, but one of the boys recently lost a big hole in gambling, and was eager to find money to plug the hole. This place is more decent than this house, and that kid climbed over the wall, but he didn't find the money, but he found out about it."

Xu Zizhen couldn't help laughing, and looked at the house again, the red walls, green tiles, and copper doors and cymbals, although not very grand, compared with the surrounding houses, it was indeed much better.

Hua Ye said again: "Fortunately, that kid can tell the difference between the serious and the serious. After discovering this, he quickly slipped out and came to look for me, without disturbing the people in the house."

Xu Zizhen nodded in praise and said: "It's a good job, but now you are also the number one person in Suzhou City, let your brother do less stealthy work in the future, and lose his position."

Master Hua repeatedly nodded in agreement, not daring to refute.

Just as he was talking, a few cars creaked and squeaked from a distance, and they parked in a row outside the house. A man got off from the leading car, a middle-aged man in a green coat and a cap, and looked left and right. He patted the door lightly, and soon someone opened the door in the room. The two whispered something at the door, and they saw someone carrying wicker baskets outside the door and putting them on the cars. .

Master Hua asked in a low voice: "That basket doesn't look right, why don't we rush over and arrest people?"

"Wait first." Xu Zizhen thought for a while and said, "Recently, this incident has caused panic in Suzhou City. It is impossible not to solve the root cause. Let's wait and see where they send people."

Those wicker baskets are square and densely woven, and you can’t see what’s inside from the outside. They are about half the height of a person. Needless to say, Xu Zizhen has also seen the problem. This size is definitely enough to hide a person. Now, it seems that they are a group of people who have almost saved up their tickets, and they need to change places.

It didn't take much time, all the cars were fully loaded, the convoy started to move, Xu Zizhen raised his chin, and Hua Ye followed from a distance.

The convoy left the city from Loumen, walked a small half circle around the city wall, and arrived at Changmen in the west. Not far away, a wide river suddenly appeared in front of him.

Not far from Changmen, there is a spacious riverside wharf, full of people and vehicles, and ships loading and unloading everywhere.

Xu Zizhen had never been here before, and seeing the bustling scene, he couldn't help praising: "This place is so lively."

Master Hua laughed beside him and said, "This is called Ten Thousand Wharf, but in the grain and oil distribution center of Song Dynasty, there is an old saying that 'Suhu is cooked enough for the world'. The rice and grain in Suzhou and Huzhou can satisfy more than half of the people in Song Dynasty. The season is also the season when the grain is ripe, so these days are very lively."

Xu Zizhen was stunned, and then his eyes were fixed on the convoy, and he saw that the cars drove straight in and stopped at a relatively less crowded place at the end of the pier. There is a flag with three big characters written on it - Changxing Ji.

"Is this the name of that workshop?" Xu Zizhen asked, pointing to the flag.

Master Hua shook his head and said, "Changxingji is a well-established oil and sauce shop in the capital, and they come to Suzhou every year to buy a lot of goods."

Just as he was talking, he saw a young man who looked like a servant coming down from the boat, greeted the leader of the convoy, and directed them to move the wicker baskets on the cart to the boat one by one.

Master Hua pointed to the boy and said, "This is Changxingji's buddy, he is basically the one who comes to Suzhou to buy goods."

Xu Zizhen was taken aback for a moment, and thought to himself: Am I thinking too much?Don't really pretend to be soy sauce here, right?

He thought for a while and asked, "Master Hua, do you know this place well?"

Master Hua was happy when he heard the words: "Brother, I am the local snake here, how can I not know you well?"

Xu Zizhen nodded: "Okay, find a way to get me on board."

"Okay." Master Hua walked over without saying a word, Xu Zizhen followed behind half a step behind, with his head bowed and waist respectful, like Master Hua's attendant.

The young man saw Master Hua coming swaggeringly from a long distance away, he hurried up to greet him, and said with a smile, "Yo, what wind brought you to such a bad place, Master Hua?"

Master Hua stared: "Damn it! This is my land, what's wrong?"

The boy hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, this pier is not bad, brother, what I said is that the smell of our product is bad, so I'm afraid it will hurt your nose, isn't it?"

Master Hua smiled and spat: "Young mother flatter me, what kind of goods are you buying today?"

The boy smiled and said, "It's just ordinary sauced noodles and dozens of jars of vinegar...Master Hua, we have paid for this time, I wonder if your grand master is...?"

Master Hua waved his hand: "I'm not asking you for money, are you afraid of a ball? Hurry up and leave, I have something to pretend."

The boy was taken aback, you are just a rascal, what are you pretending to be?Don't you want to take the opportunity to extort some more money?With the same smile on his face, he took out a few scattered silver coins from his pocket and stuffed them into Master Hua's hand: "Master Hua has worked hard, it's a small thing, I have the right to treat you as tea money."

Master Hua nodded in satisfaction: "That's right, you can be a man." He put the silver in his arms, waved his hand behind him, "Go, give me a hand."

"Yes, Lord Hua!" Xu Zizhen and another younger brother of Master Hua agreed, and walked over to help carry the wicker baskets together.

The boy was taken aback, opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Master Hua leaned over, hooked his neck and said very affectionately: "Brother, how about bringing me something next month?"

"Ah? It's easy to say! What does Master Hua want to bring?" The little servant quickly came to his senses.

Taking advantage of Master Hua attracting the boy's attention, Xu Zizhen and the boy had already carried a wicker basket onto the boat, and there were two other people on the deck, chatting and laughing against the side of the boat, but looking at him from time to time. The cabin seems to be supervising the loading.

Xu Zizhen carried the basket into the cabin calmly, glanced around, and whispered to the little brother to get off the boat among the others, while he quickly hid behind a row of wicker baskets while no one was paying attention. It was a corner in the cabin, the light was dim, and no one could see him hiding here.

These baskets are the same size, and they look the same on the outside. He found one at random, pulled off the lid with all his strength, and reached down. His hand was cold and rough, with a round mouth and a round belly. Similarly, there are four jars in the whole basket, and there are some rags, cotton wool and the like in the middle.

Xu Zizhen's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: Could it be that he really guessed wrong?

Now that the matter had come to this point, he didn't give up, so he pulled off the lid and touched it, it was still the jar.

"Damn, it's useless!" Xu Zizhen cursed secretly, looking around, no one was planning to slip off the boat. Since there is no one here, it seems that the person is still in that house, and he has to go back quickly.

At this moment, he clearly heard a groan in his ear, it was slight and weak, and Xu Zizhen only felt refreshed, as if he drank a glass of ice water on a June day.

I guessed right!