Pride of Heaven and Dragon Slayer

Chapter 269 Shen Wansan

Hearing this person finished speaking in one breath, Ao Kuang immediately smiled and said: "Nothing to say? You've already said this, what else can you say? Haha." acupuncture points.

This person moved his hands and feet first, then clasped his fists and said: "Thank you, Your Excellency, I don't know your name?"

Seeing this, Ao Kuang waved his hands and said: "You can't say your name, it won't do you or me any good if you say it. You're really interesting, see you later."

Ao Kuang's words caused this person to think for a while again. When he saw Ao Kuang's figure about to disappear at the entrance of the alley, the man immediately chased after him and shouted: "Your Excellency, please wait, wait. My name is Shen Wansan wants to make friends with Your Excellency."

Shen Wansan?Hearing this person's name, Arrogance couldn't help but stop and wait for this person who called himself Shen Wansan to follow.

After running for a few steps in a hurry, Shen Wansan cupped his hands a little anxiously and said, "I met you today because I sincerely wanted to make friends. It's already noon, why don't we find a restaurant to eat some food?" ?”

Ao Kuang felt awkward listening to His Excellency Shen Wansan's titles before and after His Excellency, and after thinking for a while, Ao Kuang said: "Don't call me Your Excellency, my surname is Xie."

After listening, Shen Wansan pointed to a restaurant called 'Idleman's Restaurant' on the street on the right and said: "Mr. Xie, I see that restaurant's facade is also clean, how about just staying there?"

Ao Kuang, who was a little hungry in his belly, looked at Shen Wansan's sincere expression and nodded with curiosity in his heart: "Well, that's the one."

After a while, Ao Kuang and Shen Wansan came to the restaurant, ordered some food and sat opposite each other.After the wine arrived, Shen Wansan got up and filled the wine cup in front of Ao Kuang before pouring wine for himself.At this time, Ao Kuang was rather curious whether the Shen Wansan in front of him was the Shen Wansan he knew, so he said, "Shen Wansan, you just said that you have been out of your hometown to do business for half a year, have you missed your home?"

After finishing the arrogant words, Shen Wansan couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then said: "I am a stranger in a foreign land, and I miss my relatives during the festive season. There is no reason to miss home." After this sentence, Shen Wansan said with some doubts: "Thank you Young master, it seems that Duo Shen is quite curious. I don’t know,”

Before he finished speaking, Ao Kuang said directly: "It is true that I am a little curious about you. Just now I counted more than 2 pieces of silver in your possession, and you said that you have only been out of your hometown for half a year. That's why I wanted to know about you." How do you do business?"

"Hehe, I'm just running around to earn some hard-earned money. Since Mr. Xie wants to hear it, then Shen will talk about it."

After taking a sip of the wine, Shen Wansan said: "Half a year ago, I was a poor boy guarding a few acres of crops in the countryside. Our Zhouzhuang was very poor, very poor, and everyone couldn't eat, run or wear clothes. In our Zhouzhuang, we held a send-off event every year. The ceremony of poor god is the same poor every year, and poverty has become a kind of disease in our place, a terminal disease. I was elected as poor god by the villagers half a year ago. Although I am one thousand and 1 Unwilling but really helpless, I was tied up by them as this year's poor god and held the ceremony of sending the poor god. It may be that Tianjian Youlian or I, Shen Wansan, came to luck. Not long after the ceremony of sending the poor god was held, I Met a strange man, he called himself 'Lone Lantern Man'.

I hit it off with him, and under his guidance, I gradually understood what business is from a farmer who only knew how to farm, harvest, farm, and harvest.Every year when we harvest crops in Zhouzhuang, crabs in the river will come ashore and destroy the crops.We have been farming for generations and have always thought that crabs are a scourge, but the teacher of "Gudengren" said that this is not only a scourge, but a gold ingot with legs.At the beginning, I didn’t understand this sentence very well, until one day the teacher of “Lonely Lantern Man” asked me to carry two baskets of crabs with him. After I did as I said, I watched him sell the two baskets of crabs. The sky-high price of 50 taels of silver.That is to say, from this time on, I have a little understanding of what is a transaction, what is a sale, what is a business, and what is a businessman.From then on, I left the farm tools behind and followed the example of the "Gudengman" teacher to draw gourds and earned 100 taels of silver by selling crabs. In the second half of the year, I wandered around and became a businessman buying and selling things. "

Listening to Shen Wansan's words, Ao Kuang secretly felt while drinking the old wine.Xin Dao, in this era of war and chaos, it is really not easy for a businessman who travels widely.

While Ao Kuang was thinking secretly, Shen Wan Sanyue asked Ao Kuang with more and more interest: "Mr. Xie, do you know why people call goods things?"

As soon as the words fell, Ao Kuang drank the wine in the wine cup and said: "Although I am not a businessman, I have heard of the businessman's theory. It has a deep meaning to say that goods are things. Some goods It is like a waste in the east, but it is indispensable in the west. The so-called things are to buy things, buy things from the east, buy things from the east and buy things from the west. Sell at low prices and close to high prices, and make a difference. I don’t know if I’m right?”

"Yes, that's right. How does Mr. Xie explain the word business?" Shen Wansan said urgently.

Looking at Shen Wansan's eager eyes that wanted to prove something, Ao Kuang searched his memory in his mind and said: "Business? It means growth. My understanding is that it means buying things from east to west. Just like the ones in your hometown Zhouzhuang. Crabs are the same. In your hometown, you always think that crabs are a scourge to be useless, but they become a rare delicacy in another place. So according to this saying, turning useless into useful is business, a vital business. A vital transaction is a business."

As soon as Ao Kuang's words fell, Shen Wansan raised his glass to toast and said: "Scholars, farmers, businessmen, we businessmen have always been looked down upon by others. I thought Mr. Xie would look down on me, Mr. Shen, but Mr. Xie's understanding of things, business, two words It fits Shen's thinking. Thank you for this glass of wine, young master."

After toasting, watching Shen Wansan drink it, Aokuang first smiled and said: "Scholars, farmers, businessmen are all indispensable. There are three kinds of people in this world that will never be lacking. Shen Wansan, would you like to listen to my nonsense?" After the words, Ao Kuang drank the wine in the glass and looked at Shen Wansan with curious eyes and continued: "The first one is a businessman like you. The second one is a person who solves troubles for others. The third one is a person who rules others."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Wansan quickly looked at the diners around, and then said in a panicked low voice: "Mr. Xie's words are a bit exaggerated. This is a big city. Dragons and snakes are mixed together, be careful that disasters come out of your mouth."

Ao Kuang shook his hands and said: "Since it is inconvenient to talk, let's stop this topic here. If we meet again by fate, we will have a long talk. Goodbye."

"But Mr. Shen didn't entertain Mr. Xie well, and neglected Mr. Xie?" Shen Wansan said anxiously in frustration.

Ao Kuang who had already got up looked at Shen Wansan in front of him and said: "No, it's just that there are only three kinds of people who appear beside me. One is my relatives. The other is my subordinates, and the third is my enemy. I have to You are a very strange person. I have known you for less than half an hour, but I have a faint feeling of treating you as a friend. It is really this kind of equal feeling that makes me a little uncomfortable. In a word, if you meet by fate in the future, you I recognize this friend, if there is no chance, it will be treated as if there is no destiny between you and me to be friends."

At this time, Shen Wansan's expression was very complicated, with frustration, helplessness and loneliness.Seeing that he seemed to have misunderstood himself, Ao Kuang immediately said: "When I make friends, I don't care about background, family background, wealth or status. To put it a bit arrogantly, you are my first friend in the past 20 years. A person who wants to take the initiative to make friends, but I'm not used to the feeling of friends, so I just see if God's will can let us have a chance to meet again."

"Regardless of origin, regardless of family background, regardless of wealth or status." Shen Wansan first muttered what Ao Kuang said just now in a low voice, then raised his head and said cheerfully: "I will definitely meet again by fate, but thank you before that." Young Master still refuses to tell Shen your name?"

At this time, Xiaoer, who was busy in the distance, waved his hand, motioning for him to come over.When the person came to him, the second child said: "The guest officer doesn't know what you have ordered""

"Go get some white paper ink pads." Ao Kuang said.

After a while, Ao Kuang took out his iron plate of "Mingzun of Merit", dipped some ink pad from the inkstone on the white paper to print the front and back of the iron plate, and then drew a picture on the paper with a pen The name of the package.Then he folded the white paper and said to Shen Wansan in a low voice: "As I said earlier, it is not good for you to know my name. It is not easy for you to travel far and wide to do business. You keep this paper. If you have difficulties in the future, you can use it wherever you want. Look for a place with this clear label. As long as you give this blank paper to the owner there, no matter what difficulties you have, they will help you."

After finishing the words, Ao Kuang said to the unknown Shen Wansan, "We will meet again" before turning and going downstairs.Only Shen Wansan was left in a daze with the blank paper given by Ao Kuang.

Out of the restaurant, Ao Kuang walked on the street and kept asking himself the secret passage, maybe I really don't suit to have equal friends appearing by my side, since when did I stop needing friends?Since when did I not need friends anymore?

After shaking his head and kicking these thoughts out of his mind, Ao Kuang asked along the way which blacksmith shop had excellent craftsmanship.

An hour later, Ao Kuang looked at a family with only a big hammer hanging on the door and said to passers-by: "Is this the best?"

"Of course, the blacksmiths here are excellent. Even some generals often forge weapons here." Passer-by said.

After listening to Ao Kuang, he stepped in and walked in, just as he arrived inside the blacksmith shop, a heat wave hit his face. More than 20 strong men with upper body are busy in front of [-] stoves.Seeing that each of them has solid muscles and their arms are unusually thick.Feeling the high temperature in the blacksmith shop, he stretched comfortably and sighed: "I miss such a comfortable high temperature, comfortable."

At this time, a passing apprentice heard Ao Kuang's words and couldn't help but look at Ao Kuang strangely, and then continued to work while wiping off the sweat beads all over his body with a dirty rag.

Seeing them busy busy one by one, Ao Kuang had no choice but to say: "Where's the shopkeeper? I've been standing here for a long time, why didn't anyone say hello?"

After the words fell, a man who was forging iron shouted without looking back: "There are farm tools outside the door, you can choose what you want."

Looking at the neat and orderly row of agricultural tools at the door, he said arrogantly: "What I want is not agricultural tools, but weapons."

At this time, the strong man turned his head and looked Ao Kuang from head to toe several times: "Han?"

"Yes." Ao Kuang said.

"Not for sale."

Hearing this, Ao Kuang immediately said: "How can you do business like this, just drive the customers out."

"The law of the Yuan Dynasty stipulates that Han people are not allowed to carry weapons. If the blacksmith makes weapons for Han people, it will be a violation of the law." The strong man said while waving a hammer and hitting the red patch.

After thinking for a while, Ao Kuang raised his voice: "I don't want a weapon anymore, I just want three iron chains. This is not breaking the law."

At this time, the strong man handed over the work in his hands to an apprentice beside him and walked towards Ao Kuang, "What kind of iron chain?"

Ao Kuang directly took out 20 taels of gold and handed it to the strong man, saying: "The iron chain I want is a bit unusual in thickness and length. Let's find a quieter place and talk to you in detail."

"Go to the backyard." The strong man told an apprentice when he turned around, "Go to the backyard with those pens, ink, papers and inkstones."

In the backyard, Ao Kuang drew the iron chain he wanted on the paper brought by the apprentice.The iron chain is as thick as an adult's thumb and is 13 meters long.Each section of the hoop is an inch in size.After thinking about it for a while, Ao Kuang adjusted the length of the front end of the iron chain by three meters. The iron ring at the front end was required to form a three-dimensional triangle on both sides, and the outer side had to be open.

After Ao Kuang drew the shape of the iron chain, the strong man took out the 20 taels of gold from his pocket and slapped it on the stone table, saying, "Go, I don't make weapons for the Han people here."

At this time, Ao Kuang shook his shoulders indifferently, stretched out his hand and squeezed out the two ingots of gold that had penetrated into the stone table one by one, and held them in his hands: "Not bad skill, you can slap the gold into the stone table without damaging the gold ingots shape. Although the technique is good, it is not brilliant."

Seeing the strong man who was on alert, Ao Kuang continued in a gentle tone: "You said, is breaking the law more important? Or is life more important?"

As soon as the words fell, the strong man stood up suddenly and said with a bad expression: "Which way are you friends from? I, 'Knocking the Mountain Tiger' Tie Fei, is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by others."

Ao Kuang just looked at the two potholes on the stone table photographed by Tie Fei, and responded flatly and slowly: "Which way? I'm afraid you won't listen to me if I tell you." Knock Shanhu "Tie Fei? I've never heard of it. Soft persimmon? Even if you're made of gold, it's not much harder than tofu dregs in my hands."

(End of this chapter)