The pontoon bridge in front of me is very simple, dozens of boats are fixed on the river surface in a row, and then wooden planks are built on the boats to make a bridge deck about two meters wide. Fortunately, the river is gentle here, otherwise the more timid people would not dare to walk.

At this time, people come and go on the pontoon bridge, and boats shuttle back and forth on the river, either citizens who go out to climb the autumn tour, or tea merchants who come to participate in the tea market trade.

Xu Jin and the others got out of the carriage and were just about to walk onto the pontoon bridge, but they happened to meet a group of people walking on the side, and they were slightly stunned when they met each other's eyes.

Xu Jin couldn't help but secretly say that the road was narrow, and the group of people on the opposite side was mighty, I am afraid that there were as many as forty or fifty people, among which two faces were recognized, one was Fang Tianyou, who was beaten by himself a few days ago, and the other was Mo Guan under the prince of Ning Wang.

At the beginning of Shangrao County, Xu Jin also cooperated with Mo Guan Shi to publish a book, and later found out that he was actually a person from Ning Wangfu, so he asked for the manuscript back and married each other.

Don't care about things, he said with a smile: "Xu Gongzi, I really don't meet in life, congratulations to the head of the high school examination, and I was honored to be the third yuan of the boy's test." ”

Xu Jin calmly arched his hand and said, "Thank you, don't worry about it?" ”

A flash of hatred flashed in Steward Mo's eyes, and he said lightly: "Thanks to the blessing of Gongzi Xu, the contemptible person is free of illness and disaster, and it is very good." ”

It is said that at the beginning, the properties of Ning Wangfu in Shangrao County were all in charge of affairs, including Hengfeng Carriage and Horse Trading. However, later Hengfeng Carriage and Horse Shop was seized by Sun Sui on suspicion of collaborating with thieves and thieves, and the shopkeeper and his companion were arrested.

Originally, Mo Guan was in charge of the business of Ning Wangfu in Shangrao County, not only with great power, but also with enough oil and water, and lived a good life, but now he returned to Ning Wangfu to sit on a cold bench, and he had no money to fish, and he had to be controlled by the superiors, and his life was very aggrieved.

Recently, Mo Guan was cheeky and begged Ning Wang Shizi, and finally got an errand to go out to buy tea, so he came to Leadshan County to participate in the Chongyang Tea Market, ready to make a windfall.

At this time, standing next to Steward Mo was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed as a gentry, with a wide forehead and a big nose, and his appearance vaguely resembled Fang Tianyou, he glanced at Xu Jin up and down, and asked, "Does Steward Mo know this person?" ”

Before Mo Guan could answer, Fang Tianyou said hatefully: "Dad, this person is Xu Jin of Shangrao County." ”

This middle-aged gentleman is none other than Fang Tianfu, a well-known local tea merchant and the current head of the Fang family.

A touch of coldness flashed in Fang Tianfu's eyes, and he said lightly: "It's better to be famous than to meet, it's just that the boy tries the little three yuan." ”

A few days ago, Xu Jin injured Fang Tianyou in the fighting hall and recaptured Fei Ruyi's Geng post, after the Fang family reported to the official, he only got ten taels of silver for the soup and medicine, and he didn't even apologize, and then the Fei family also terminated the marriage that the two families were talking about, and the Fang family lost all face. Therefore, Fang Tianfu hated Xu Jin, the initiator, very much, and couldn't help but ridicule at this time.

Fei Maozhong was about to sneer at him, but Xu Jin smiled and said: "Minshou, why bother to be like a market businessman, if you lose your identity, let's cross the bridge." ”

Although the Fang family is rich, Xu Jin hasn't put it in his eyes yet, and he doesn't bother to waste his lips and tongue with Fang Tianfu.

Fei Maozhong said with a smile: "What Ziqian said is extremely true! After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and got on the pontoon bridge in style.

Fang Tianfu was so angry that his face turned pale, when it was his turn to be wealthy, the Fang family was only a lot more than the Fei family, but the Fang family had only risen in recent decades, and so far the family did not even have a talented scholar, and the Fei family, a scholarly family that had been inherited for a hundred years, could not be compared at all, and the identity of a businessman was always the weakness of the Fang family.

Fang Tianyou stared at Xu Jin's back with resentment, and wanted to rush up and kick him into the river, but he didn't have the guts, not to mention that Xu Jin's backstage was very hard, just because of Xiucai's identity, it was not something he could bully in vain.

Xu Jin and the others got on the pontoon bridge, and Xie Xiaowan and the others held hands and followed behind them.

Mo Guan's gaze swept over the face of Fei Ruyi, who was dressed in full costume, and couldn't help revealing a hint of amazement, this woman really has a beautiful appearance, no wonder His Royal Highness the Prince of the World never forgets it.

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Xu Jin and the others walked across the rickety pontoon bridge and came to the foot of the Nine Lions Mountain on the other side of the river.

The northern part of Leadshan County is mainly plains and hills, so Jiushi Mountain is actually not high, just a stone mountain less than 100 meters, and the bottom of the mountain is an extremely open flat land.

At this moment, all the flat land under the Nine Lions Mountain is occupied by the stalls of tea merchants, and all kinds of tea leaves are laid out in baskets, allowing tea sellers and tourists to choose, but it is a bit like an exhibition in later generations.

The ladies shuttled between the tea stalls, picking tea with great interest, and Xu Jin and the Fei brothers followed behind very gracefully.

Fei Maoxian introduced to Xu Jin as he walked: "The quality of autumn tea is not as good as spring tea, if it is the Dragon Boat Festival tea market, the tea merchants gathered here will be more than twice as many as now." ”

"Hey, Uncle Ten, isn't that person your classmate?" Erniu suddenly pointed in one direction, humming and humming.

Everyone looked in the direction that Er Niu was pointing, and saw a tall guy picking around among the tea stalls, wearing a gray robe with a chain pouch on his shoulders, dressed as a businessman on his feet, and it turned out to be Han Chuang's guy.

"Han Shoucheng!" Fei Maozhong couldn't help but blurt out.

Han Chuang, who was looking around, turned around and looked over, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw Xu Jin and the others, ran over happily, and said with a smile: "It's really fateful to meet thousands of miles away, congratulations to Brother Ding and Brother Minxian for passing the college exam." ”

Han Chuang looked at Xu Jin's jade-colored shirt that represented Xiucai's identity with envy. said that he had been taking the exam for so many years, and he hadn't even passed the government exam, but Xu Jin was admitted to Xiucai less than a year after enrollment, and he was still a small three yuan, so he couldn't be convinced.

Fei Maozhong said: "Han Shoucheng, you are not studying in Xinjiang Academy, why are you here?" ”

Han Shoucheng said with a calm expression: "I dropped out of school, and now I have some tea business by myself." ”

Fei Maoxian and Fei Maozhong couldn't help but show regret, in their minds, business is a low-level profession after all, you must know that Han Shoucheng is a scholar who has passed the county exam, and if he works hard for a few more years, he may be able to be admitted to the show, and it is not bad to be a child.

Xu Jin doesn't think there's anything wrong with this, just as the so-called three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion, Han Chuang's family background is not bad, now Lao Tzu Han Xin is the big shopkeeper in the carriage of SF Automobile, and his income is not low, it is more than enough for Han Chuang to go to school, and nine times out of ten Han Chuang chose to drop out.

As Xu Jin expected, Han Chuang did drop out of school by himself, this guy has a flexible mind, but he has no enthusiasm for reading, but is very interested in doing business and making money.

After failing to pass the government test in June this year, Han Chuang came up with the idea of dropping out of school to do business, but because of Lao Tzu's opposition, he continued to study for two months, and finally made up his mind not to study last month, so he quarreled with Lao Tzu.

Han Xin angrily said that he would no longer care about him and let him fend for himself. Han Chuang, this kid, was tough, and took the dozen taels of silver he usually saved and ran to Leadshan County, preparing to pour his own tea business, and happened to meet the annual Chongyang Tea Market.