Old man Yu said angrily: "That's called Pepper!" ”

Xu Jin realized that he was too excited, and smiled a little awkwardly: "It's the first time I've seen this kind of thing, so it's a little strange." ”

The bunch of red fruits hanging under the eaves, although they had dried and faded, Xu Jin still recognized at a glance that it was the chili pepper of the later generations. This is the taste that later swept all over China, can Xu Jin not be excited?

Old man Yu suddenly said: "My three sons are doing business in Jinjiang, Fujian, and last year a group of red-haired and green-eyed foreigners came to the sea, which is said to be Fu...... What a chicken country! ”

Xu Jin blurted out: "Franc machine! ”

"Yes, yes, yes, it's Franc Machine, or you readers are well-informed!" Old man Yu laughed dryly and said: "Those Fei Lang people have been adrift at sea for several years, and when they came ashore, they were like beggars, and they sold some Western gadgets to people in exchange for food.

These pepper seeds were exchanged by my third son from the Franco, and when he came back at the beginning of this year, he gave them to me by the way. There are a lot of fruits grown by that thing, and the green and red ones are beautiful, but they are so spicy that they can't be eaten, and then my wife wants to plant vegetables in the yard, and I think this thing occupies all the land and cuts it off, so I left some seeds! ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, he really didn't know the treasure, but fortunately, he still left the seeds.

According to the existing documents, chili peppers were introduced to China at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, in the eleventh year of Zhengde, the Ferrang (Portuguese) people had already arrived in China by boat, and they brought in this kind of thing, but for some reason, the introduction time recorded in the history books was nearly 100 years later.

Maybe it was because Old Man Yu lost these remaining seeds in the future, which caused the introduction of chili peppers to be delayed by hundreds of years. Of course, now that it has been discovered by Xu Jin, it is natural that this kind of good thing will not be temporarily "extinct".

"Xiao Langjun, the old man's shop is going to be sold together with the house, and the price is sixty taels of silver, are you sure you want to take over?" Old man Yu obviously didn't want to waste any more time talking about inconsequential peppers, so he asked straight to the point.

Xu Jin nodded and said, "Uncle Yu, I really took it over sincerely, but I can't afford sixty taels of silver, how about forty taels!" ”

Old man Yu suddenly lowered his face, this kid was young, and he bargained ruthlessly, and it was suddenly reduced by one-third, he naturally refused, and shook his head again and again: "No, sixty taels of silver are not sold for a penny, it's not that the old man I boast, even if you search the entire Shangrao County, you can't find a house with better conditions and a fair price than me." ”

Xu Jin nodded and said: "To be honest, the old man's shop is really good, but it is a bit too much to say that there is no better one in the entire Shangrao County, and there will definitely be no way to get it out in a short time." ”

Old man Yu said with a dark face: "If you can't make a mistake, you will wait slowly, anyway, the old man is not in a hurry!" ”

Xu Jin arched his hand: "That's bothering, farewell!" With that, he turned and walked out.

"Hey, the little cub didn't even grow his hair, so he played with the old man to capture his hand!" Old man Yu pursed his lips, but Xu Jin walked straight out, and he didn't even look back.

At this time, Old Man Yu was dumbfounded, and hurriedly chased out and said, "Xiao Langjun is slow, we can discuss the price again." ”

Xu Jin smiled knowingly, he just observed his words, although Old Man Yu said it toughly, but his eyes were vaguely forced, so Xu Jin guessed that he was in a hurry to sell the house, so he deliberately pushed the price very low to test his bottom line, so now Xu Jin can already be sure that Old Man Yu is indeed in a hurry to get the house out.

Xu Jin has been up and down for decades, and he can be said to be a veteran in the negotiation field.

Xu Jin stood still, turned around and looked at Yu Laohan steadily, the latter muttered secretly in his heart, this little cub is not big, why is it like an old oilman.

"Fifty-five taels of silver!" Old man Yu raised a slap with a black face and shook it.

Old man Yu released the rumor that he was going to sell the house a month ago, and he originally planned to go to Jinjiang, Fujian Province to celebrate the New Year with his son, who knew that he had not been able to get it out until now, and now it is the ninth day of the lunar month, and there are still twenty days to celebrate the New Year, and it will definitely be too late to catch up, and it will take ten days and eight days to go to Jinjiang, Fujian by land from here.

Xu Jin smiled and said, "Forty-five taels, no more!" ”

"The old man is not for sale either!" Yu Laohan said angrily, it's a big deal not to go to Jinjiang for the New Year.

At this moment, there was an exclamation from his wife outside, Yu Laohan was startled, and hurriedly ran out of the store outside to check what was going on, but saw a teenager walking in in a hurry.

The young man was about fifteen or sixteen years old, very strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and walked with a tigerish style, but now he was a little embarrassed, with a swollen nose and blue face, messy clothes on his body, and his hands were stained with blood.

The young man was stunned when he saw Xu Jin, and shouted at Yu Laohan again: "Uncle! ”

Yu Laohan pointed at the young man and scolded: "Little rabbit cub, are you fighting with others again...... You, what's the matter with the blood on your hands? ”

When Old Man Yu saw the blood stains on the young man's hands, his old face turned white suddenly, this little beast couldn't have killed someone!

The young man said nonchalantly: "I beat up a few bastards, and my nose bleeds on my hands!" ”

Yu Laohan's heart finally let go when he heard this, but he was angry again, picked up a wooden stick in the corner of the courtyard and hit the young man, scolding: "Kill you little bastard, dance with guns and sticks all day long, so brave and ruthless, this time you hurt someone, next time you kill someone, you just wait to pay for your life." ”

The young man stood without dodging or dodging, allowing Old Man Yu's stick to hit his body.

Old man Yu was so angry that he scolded: "Little brute, who did you hit again this time?" ”

"The stinky beggars in the Chenghuang Temple are always abducting and cheating on weekdays, and they have long been unpleasant, and today they happened to do bad things, so I taught them a lesson!" The boy said with a stiff neck.

When Xu Jin heard this, he couldn't help but look at this bad boy again, and he couldn't see that this kid had a chivalrous heart.

Old man Yu couldn't help but lose his anger when he heard this, it turned out to be a group of beggars, and those guys themselves were not clean, even if they were beaten, they would definitely not dare to report to the official, for fear that they would retaliate secretly.

"Little animal, if the stinky beggar does something bad to hinder you, the government will naturally take care of it, and you can take the mouse and meddle with it!"

The young man pouted and said: "It's the government that doesn't care about me, and the eldest husband sees that the road is uneven, so he should draw a knife to help!" ”

Old man Yu was so angry that he smashed a stick on the young man again, and scolded: "Little bastard, uncle can't discipline you anymore, you go to your old man!" ”

When the young man heard this, he was suddenly a little frightened, and said, "Uncle, I won't look for my father, I will go to the martial arts exam next year!" ”

"Hey, you little cub can get it, you haven't grown any hair to take the martial arts test, be careful that you can't get up from being beaten!"

The young man said unconvincedly: "Uncle Hugh is too much to look down on!" ”

"Get out in, don't be embarrassed here!" Old man Yu said angrily.

The young man took two steps, and suddenly pointed at Xu Jin and said, "Uncle, who is this person?" She looks so girly! ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but have black lines all over his head, and he also had the urge to pick up a big stick and beat this little bastard.

Yu Laohan scolded: "It's your business, get out of here, I'm upset when I see you!" ”

The young man didn't care, waved his fist at Xu Jin, and said: "My name is Yu Dayou, I am invincible all over the West Market, you are here to buy my uncle's house, now listen to it, if you dare to take advantage of your uncle, my fist will not recognize you!" ”

Old man Yu raised his stick and was about to hit him, so the young man quickened his pace and slipped into the house.

Xu Jin touched his chin with a smile, this kid is a prick, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if he had captured something, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Yu, was your nephew just now?" ”

Old man Yu nodded awkwardly and said, "Exactly, that little cub has always been lawless, which made Xiao Langjun smile." ”

"His name is Yu Dayou? Or is it the chieftain's dog? ”

Old man Yu glanced at Xu Jin suspiciously: "The old man is not very literate, but the name of that little cub is recognized, and there is indeed a dog character!" ”

Xu Jin was shocked in his heart, could it be that this kid is Yu Dayou, a famous anti-Japanese general in history?

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, the Jiajing period after Zhengde was the most serious period of the Japanese plague, and the Japanese pirates from Japan continued to invade the southeast coast, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil. During this period, a number of famous anti-Japanese generals emerged, the most famous of which were Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, both of whom were fierce men who made the Japanese frightened.

Seeing Xu Jin's strange expression, Yu Laohan frowned and asked, "Could it be that Xiao Langjun knows Dayou?" ”

Xu Jin's expression returned to normal, shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just think that this Brother Yu is extraordinary, and he can be a peerless general in the future!"

Yu Laohan laughed and said: "Xiao Langjun will not be able to see it, that kid is so brave and ruthless, I don't know if he will be planted one day." ”

Xu Jin smiled silently, and didn't bother to argue, if this kid is indeed Yu Dayou in history, he will definitely become a famous general in the future.

"Hey, Xiao Langjun, it's better to do this, let's take a step back, fifty taels of silver, if you want to buy it sincerely, let's make a deal!" Old man Yu was obviously worried that his nephew Yu Dayou would take revenge if he offended those beggars, so he offered to reduce the price.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves, so it is better to quickly get out of the house and move out as soon as possible.

Xu Jin's psychological price is actually around fifty taels, and he deliberately pressed the price to forty taels before, just to increase the advantage of negotiations, he pretended to be silent for a moment before gritting his teeth and said: "Okay, fifty taels is fifty taels, and I can't take out more!" ”

Old man Yu hurriedly said, "Okay, then let's go to the county office tomorrow to notarize and sign the contract!" ”

Old man Yu was worried that Xu Jin would regret it, but in fact, Xu Jin was even more worried about Old Man Yu's repentance, so he immediately agreed.

Everyone agreed on a time to meet tomorrow, and then Xu Jin asked Old Man Yu for some chili seeds by the way, and then Shi Shiran left.