"Boss Wu, what's the matter? It's so mysterious? Did the last one I gave you sell? Seeing Wu Shien's solemn expression, Wei Bao couldn't help asking, the few small cups he sold here Wu Shien, his request was to sell a total of fifty taels of silver, and he didn't think Wu Shien could sell them so quickly.

"It's not sold, it's so expensive, where is it so easy to get rid of? Little brother, this is not what I am telling you, it is a more important thing! Wu Shien made a gesture to sit down, sat down first, still with a solemn face, "This matter is a hundred times bigger than our business!" ”

"Big brother, say it." Wei Bao sat down and looked at Wu Shien, feeling a little panicked, secretly thinking that people in this era just like to sell guanzi, if you have something to say, hurry up?

"Did you grab a batch of goods from outside the customs?" Wu Shien looked left and right, although the door was closed, he still looked twice, very mysterious.

Wei Bao's heart suddenly, I don't know why Wu Shien asked this, in fact, after the last incident, Wei Bao also knew that there is no impermeable wall in the world, and sooner or later it will be exposed, and when he entered the customs, he also went through strict inventory and registration, the clues were too obvious, it was easy to find his head, he was also a last resort, there was no place to store outside the customs, and he had to bring it back to the customs.

"Brother Wu, what do you mean? I don't understand, what did you grab a batch of goods from outside the customs? I'm just doing a little business, you look at me, like someone who has the strength to go outside the customs to grab goods? Wei Bao asked silently.

Wu Shien took a deep look at Wei Bao, and he didn't think that Wei Bao looked like a thief who had the ability to grab goods, so he frowned and said, "Little brother, you'd better tell the truth to me, we have a certain friendship, right?" You've told me the truth, and there are some things that I might be able to help you with. This is not a trivial matter, a whole seven or eight thousand taels of silver leather goods! There are also some ginseng and deer antler velvet, which are all very in-demand goods! ”

"I really don't know what the eldest brother is talking about? The last time I went out of customs, I bought some goods back, but it was all real money and silver, where was it robbed? Big brother, why do you think of me like that? Where do I look like a thief? Besides, who are the people outside the gate? The merchant gang of Jiannu, the merchant gang of the Mongols, and the bunch of horse gangs of the Han people outside the Guanwai, which one is easy to mess with? Don't say it's me, even if two or three hundred officers and soldiers go out, they won't necessarily be able to get any bargains, right? Not to mention grabbing goods. You see that I have two or three servants, and they are all people who don't know martial arts, who can I rob? Wei Bao explained with an innocent look on his face. Listening to Wu Shien's ability to explain the content of the goods clearly, he knew that Wu Shien must have known that the goods were in his hands, so he would not defend whether the goods were in his own hands, but directly shirked the source of the goods, and said that he bought the goods when he was killed!

"Little brother, to tell you the truth, I already know exactly what goods you got back last time! Are those really the goods you bought back from outside the customs? How much silver was spent? Wu Shien asked reluctantly.

"Six thousand taels! I spent a full 6,000 taels of silver! Wei Bao gestured to six, this is a number he said nonsense, in fact, the total price of the goods, said eight thousand taels is not much, anyway, he knows that as long as he bites his goods back to death, not snatched back, no one can take him, because it has entered his pocket, and he wants him to spit it out, unless he razes the armor in the golden mountain.

"Who did you buy it from? Who are they? What is the name of the leader? Wu Shien asked suspiciously: "Is it a Mongol, or a slave?" Or Han Chinese? ”

"Then where do I know where to go? I'm going to do business, not to check household posts. People didn't ask my name, why did I ask for people's names? People only say that they are called the sixth master, and they refuse to say anything else, twenty or thirty strong men, all of them seem to be very good at kung fu, where are the people? I can't tell the difference, I feel like there are Mongols, there seem to be Han Chinese and Jiannu. Wei Bao said ambiguously, as for the title of the sixth master, this is the most common way to call it, and he made it up temporarily, which means that he didn't say it.

"Sixth master? There are Jiannu, there are Mongols, and there are Han Chinese? Wu Shien thought about it carefully and shook his head, he really couldn't remember that there was such a group of people, and he didn't know if there were really these people, or if Wei Bao said nonsense, "How do you know?" Can they still be found? ”

"Then where do I go to find someone, I met in the horse market, I was looking for the source of goods from door to door, and I saw that their goods were suitable, so I bought them." Wei Bao replied indifferently: "If you want to find it, go to the horse market to have a look, long beard, scarred face, two or three heads taller than me, tall and big, a large group of people." ”

"Little brother, let me tell you the truth, you have made a big mistake this time! You've offended the big guys! This batch of goods is the goods of the Wu family! A very well-known merchant gang outside the customs did business with the Wu family, and the two sides agreed to trade in the horse market! As a result, you got this batch of goods! You've got to spit it out! Wu Shien glared and said directly.

"Big brother, why? I went out with six thousand taels of silver, why did I spit it out? I bought it at the horse market, and I came from it openly, not by stealing it. Wei Bao immediately retorted, although Wu Shien's expression was already stern at this time, Wei Bao was not frightened, "I don't care what the Wu family is or not, I just do a little business, and every step is dignified." Even if it is the goods of Emperor Lao Tzu, it can't be said that the sale of real money is illegal, right? ”

Seeing Wei Bao's tough attitude, Wu Shien sighed and changed his face, "I told you in vain just now?" You don't even know about the Wu family? It's Uncle Wu Xiang's house that I told you! In Liaoxi and Liaodong, especially from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan, the most powerful are the ancestral family and the Wu family, and the ancestral family and the Wu family are in-laws. If you have money, you will not be able to spend it! ”

Wei Bao saw that Wu Shien was clearly threatening, although he was still thinking about him, but in fact, he secretly didn't have any good intentions, and he was already angry! "Brother Wu, let's be friends, thank you for thinking about me, let's not talk about this, I still say the same thing - my goods are bought, above board! If you want to get my goods, you have to use silver! ”

Wu Shien saw that what Wei Bao said did not look like a lie, and he looked unpersuaded and was silent.

"Little brother, I know that you must have your backer behind you, and since you refuse to say your backer, I won't force it. But you have to know that in the realm of Shanhaiguan, it is really not as simple as you think, and the backing of the mountain is not as high as the Wu family and the ancestral family, which have been entrenched in Liaoxi for generations! Just the Dongjiang Mao family, amazing, right? It is not possible to come to Liaoxi! Since you don't listen to persuasion, it's useless for the old brother to say more. Wu Shien sighed and threatened: "Whatever you want!" Sooner or later you will have to repent of your bowels. ”

Wei Bao nodded, secretly thinking that Wu Shien still thought that he had something to do with the Mao family, and he didn't bother to explain. After sitting silently with Wu Shien for two or three minutes, I felt that Wu Shien couldn't say anything constructive, and I didn't have the idea of looking for Wu Shien to seek a road guide, so I said: "I understand what my brother wants to say, if you insist on saying that I offend the Wu family by buying goods, I have nothing to say." If nothing happens, I'll go first. ”

"Little brother, think about what I said, the silver can't be earned, and the favor can't be ignored, how did the goods in your hand come from, I won't ask, in short, I tell you, your goods are not coming from the right way! It's better to take it out, and I can help you talk about it, and give you a little handling fee. Wu Shien saw Wei Bao stand up, and also stood up and said.

Wei Bao listened to Wu Shien's meaning, and felt that he should just want to give himself a few dozen taels of silver and take back his goods worth seven or eight thousand taels, smiled slightly with a cold face, and still did not speak.

Wu Shien sent Wei Bao to the door of the store, "Think about it again, my brother is serious, don't lose big because of small profits." ”

"Brother, I understand what you mean, thank you brother for telling me this. However, I also made it clear, when it comes to where I go, I also say the same thing, my things are all made of real money, and if you want to get it from my hands, you have to get real money, I don't cheat people and don't hurt people, but if you want to fool me for nothing, I won't do it. Wei Bao was neither humble nor arrogant and pushed Wu Shien.

"The key is that you can't sell it! Aren't you buying goods just to sell them and make money? If you don't transport these things out of Yongping Mansion, no one will dare to ask for them! Wu Shien looked at Wei Bao and said, "If you want to get out of Yongping Mansion, you have to have a way!" Now that you know that you have taken the goods of the Wu family, who will open the way for you? Could it be that your relationship has passed through the layer of the Governor of Jiliao? You can't find anyone to guide you, can you put such a large amount of goods on your hands and die? The gains outweigh the losses! I'm the middleman, the horse doesn't have to take it back, just take out the furs, I will at least help the little brother get back 500 taels of silver, this is already the best result, what? ”

When Wei Bao heard it, there were 500 taels? My heart moved slightly, but I thought of the goods I had fought hard for, and finally got five hundred taels back, and one-tenth was not enough, and I was still very unwilling, "I went out for 6,000 taels of silver, brother!" ”

"Did you really spend 6,000 taels of silver? How dare you bring so much silver with you when you go out of the customs for the first time? How the hell did you meet those guys? Wu Shien wondered.

"Is this still fake? Didn't I just say that? Brother, why don't you believe me? Ma Shi knew each other, but I didn't know each other before. Wei Bao laughed.

"Ma Shi just met? I just met you and dared to do such a large transaction, did you really bring 6,000 taels of silver out of the customs that day? Is it a silver ticket? And the money and goods were sorted out so smoothly? Wu Shien shook his head, "It's not that I don't believe in my brother, it's really hard to believe it, I don't know the details of the horse market outside the Guanwai, if you trade within a hundred taels of silver, I believe it, but people I don't know just know and trade 6,000 taels of silver?" Unless you have an agreement with the person you are dealing with, it doesn't make sense at all. ”

"So much silver, naturally it is a silver ticket. Brother, if you don't believe me, there's no way, you know my character, it's very refreshing, as long as the thing is worth the price, I've never been too verbose. Wei Bao replied indifferently: "Maybe 6,000 taels of silver is a lot of money in my brother's eyes, but in my Wei Bao's eyes, it's just a bunch of numbers. Didn't I know my brother at the beginning? Doesn't the business of a few dozen taels of silver say that cooperation is cooperation? Make friends. ”

Wu Shien seemed to have never known Wei Bao, his eyes stared at Wei Bao without blinking, he felt that Wei Bao had suddenly changed a lot, when he dealt with Wei Bao last time, he didn't feel that Wei Bao was so powerful, and now Wei Bao seemed to have mastered a huge amount of money, "If this thing is true, then I really can't figure it out." Even if you believe what you can say, I will never be able to teach others to believe it. Little brother, you still think about my brother's words, come to me as soon as possible, and have 500 taels of silver to take back, which is better than having nothing at that time, and getting into a lot of trouble. ”

"If you want to develop, you must not cause trouble, as long as I am upright and have a clear conscience, if I get into trouble, I will carry it on my shoulders." Wei Bao arched his hand with a smile, he was afraid and nervous in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on the surface, and his expression was quite calm.

Wei Bao's calmness made Wu Shien puzzled, feeling that Wei Bao was unfathomable, who could be a backer for such a country boy? More and more suspicious of Wei Bao and Jiangdong Mao family relationship! Except for the Mao family, he couldn't think of anyone else who could have such a big hand. Anyway, he would never believe that Wei Bao was a young man, and he had the ability to take out 6,000 taels of silver at once, and when they met for the first time, he made such a large transaction as 6,000 taels of silver with others.

Wu Shien felt that there must be some very powerful big man behind Wei Bao, and the deal between the Wu family and Guanwai must have been premeditated! Now I'm starting to regret dating Wei Bao. At the same time, I feel that Wei Bao's scheming is really deep, because when Wei Bao was going to go out of the customs that day, and asked Jin Qiqi to do Zhang Luyin, Wu Shien was also present, until now, Wu Shien still thinks that Wei Bao really went out of the customs that day just to buy a horse in the horse market outside the Guanwai. Was everything premeditated? Then this young man dating me, will it also be premeditated?

Thinking about it a lot, Wu Shien felt a chill down his spine for a moment, and felt that he had been being used by Wei Bao.

Wei Bao saw Wu Shien's stunned expression, and arched his hand, "Big brother, if there's nothing to do, I'll go." ”

"Ah, little brother, walk slowly." Wu Shien came back to his senses, and instinctively arched his hand to say goodbye, unable to figure out how Wei Bao dared to swallow the Wu family's goods so hard.

Wu Shien's confused head is not sober, Wei Bao is the same, Wei Bao, who returned to the carriage, felt dizzy, how much energy Wu Xiang has, he can imagine, in front of Wu Xiang, he is the shrimp in the shrimp, people don't do anything to destroy themselves in minutes, but even so, I want to spit out the goods with 500 taels of silver, which violates Wei Bao's bottom line as a man, the price difference is too far, to say 3000 taels or 4000 taels, almost half of the price, He could still think about it.

"Xiaobao, what's wrong? Your face has changed so badly all of a sudden? Fan Xiaolin saw that Wei Bao's face was pale and asked worriedly.

"yes, what's wrong?" Wang Qiuya also asked worriedly.

"It's okay! Go to Shanhailou! Now eat first, then talk! Don't go hungry for any big thing! Wei Bao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. His face was calm, but he felt his heart beating faster and the shock was a little uncomfortable.

Fan Xiaolin snorted, didn't dare to ask any more, and said to the car outside: "Go to Shanhailou!" ”

The attendant who drove the car agreed, and the carriage started and left in front of Wu Shien's shop.

Wu Shien watched Wei Bao's carriage leave in a daze, rubbed his hands, felt that the matter was very tricky, and said to his buddy Wu Youzi anxiously: "Prepare the car, I want to go to Wu Mansion!" Then call the two guys to stare at Wei Gongzi, see where he goes, see who he sees, and report at any time. ”

"Understood, sir." Wu Shien's big buddy Wu Youzi hurriedly bowed down and agreed.

Wei Bao was thinking in the rickety carriage, now the matter is very clear, the Wu family and Guanwai Jiannu are doing business in private, and the goods are in their hands, just such a little thing, he feels that although Wu Shien may not all believe what he says, one thing is certain, that is, no one can say that this batch of goods is not his now, because it is in his hands, and Fan Wenhuan's gang is dead, no one knows whether he robbed this batch of goods or bought it! Buying and selling goods, paying money with one hand and delivering goods with one hand, this is a matter of course, and he takes advantage of it! Don't be too soft-boned, let's take the next step first.

Whether it is doing business, or encountering difficulties in life, in modern times, Wei Bao also has no similar experience, but now he has made a provincial and prefecture-level official with three or four grades, and he is a super local powerful person, which Wei Bao has never met, I'm afraid of being here, this is an era when people don't need to report to killing, and there is no news media or anything, people are really on fire, and a unit like A in Jinshan will be erased from the map for you, and it will be a matter of minutes.

In addition to Wu Xiang, Wei Bao feels that he has another interpersonal relationship, that is-Sun Yuefang! Although he had only met a few times and had no conversation, Wei Bao intuitively felt that Sun Yuefang could give him some help, at least he felt that Sun Yuefang was not like Wu Shien, Jin Qiliang and Chen Beihe, who ate people without spitting out bones, and would not be so hypocritical and treacherous.

Looking at the beautiful ancient scenery outside the car window, Wei Bao's mood couldn't get better, and he felt that he still didn't cultivate enough, and when he encountered something casually, he panicked.

The carriage arrived at Shanhailou after a while, and the business of Shanhailou returned to its previous dullness, if it weren't for the two days ago, Wei Bao brought people to the lively for two days, Shanhailou's business for several months was lukewarm, and there were only two or three tables of guests every day, and some individual customers.

At this time, it was lunch time, Uncle Sun Jiu was crackling in the counter alone, Wei Bao didn't understand anyway, such a little business, but this Uncle Sun Jiu seemed to have endless accounts all day long.

"Uncle Nine." Wei Bao took Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya into the lobby and said hello to Uncle Sun Jiu.

"Yo, Wei Gongzi is here?" Uncle Sun Jiu greeted him with a smile, "Man, hurry up and wait for Master Wei, and wait in the private room." ”

The guy enthusiastically agreed.

Wei Bao didn't see Sun Yuefang, he wanted to ask but was embarrassed to ask, he felt that he was acquainted with Sun Yuefang, but did Sun Yuefang think so? So Wei Bao just nodded, took the people, and followed the guys in the store.

"Wei Gongzi, Jin Ye is on the second floor, do you want to tell him that you are here?" Uncle Sun Jiu suddenly remembered something and asked.

"No need, I have something to do today, I'll leave in a while, if I drink with Jin Ye, I won't be able to do anything." Wei Bao turned around and said indifferently, he didn't want to see Jin Qiliang again at this time, especially when he learned from Wu Shien just now that someone was looking for him, and he even felt that eating here was not a safe thing.

"Oh, good." Uncle Sun Jiu squinted his eyes and smiled.

"Actually, I really don't like to go out of the gold mountain, and when I go outside, I feel that everyone is laughing so hypocritically." Fan Xiaolin whispered in Wei Bao's ear.

Wei Bao smiled indifferently, "Hypocrisy is better than indifference, and if others don't even bother to be hypocritical, it's even more terrifying." ”

Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya listened to Wei Bao's words, nodded thoughtfully.

Wei Bao ordered three dishes at random, and he ate two dishes with Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya, and divided one dish for Li Nan, Gao Du, and Peng Mingbo to eat.

Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya saw Wei Bao's preoccupied appearance, and they didn't dare to speak during dinner.

Wei Bao was wondering what method Wu Xiang would use if he dealt with himself? Come up and go to prison without saying a word? He thinks it shouldn't be, how to say, now he is not a poor and white boy in the countryside, it is the strength of the little armor chief, although the armor commander is nothing, but after all, there are one or two hundred people under him, so he can't 'solve' so many at once, right? So if you want to deal with yourself, you must first get a 'lead', lead yourself to the bait, and then grab the evidence, and then get yourself, as long as you are careful, you will not be 'unlucky' immediately, the important thing now is still to get the road guide as soon as possible, and get rid of that batch of goods, as long as it becomes cash, everything is easy to say, after all, silver is much safer than goods.

You have a way to say that the goods are yours, but you have a hard time saying that someone else's money is yours.

After eating, Wei Bao sat alone in front of the window and meditated quietly, Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya asked the guy to put away the table, not daring to disturb him, and waited outside the private room with a few attendants.

Wei Bao thought about it for a long time, except for asking Sun Yuefang, he really couldn't think of any other way to inquire about the way to do the road guide, he rubbed his head tiredly, it was just past noon, and he actually felt a little sleepy.

"Wei Gongzi."

A crisp and sweet voice woke up Wei Bao, Wei Bao saw Sun Yuefang standing in front of him, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, thinking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived at the rhythm.