Watching Qian Yuanwai leave, Wen Yuanwai said: "Jinkou, the judge of the transport, said that he wanted to take him along." In order for him not to sell our land, he is not allowed to sell vegetables to the iron superintendent, is it against the will of the transportation judge? Brother, this is not good. ”

Zhu Yuanwai said: "Brother, it's one thing to say what you say, and it's another thing to do it." This is the land outside the Qian Yuan, and the shops around the ferry are all using his family's dishes, and if we don't say it, we will be suppressed by him in the future. It's winter now, and even if the vegetable garden comes out, there is no vegetable to sell. In the past few months, I have been grinding hard with him first, and it is best to buy some land, and it is really okay not to sell it. In the spring, we'll find another excuse to let him serve food to the iron superintendent. These small rich people in the countryside should not be underestimated, most of the surrounding farmers are his farmers, and it is not difficult for him to control one side and manipulate prices. In the future, when we grow vegetables and make them bigger, will we only supply them to the iron superintendent? Sooner or later, there will be a conflict with him. ”

The other two listened to it, thought about it, and said no more.

The money clerk went out to Qingyu Building, and he was still indignant in his heart, and he scolded and scolded in his mouth. The government planted it, and the people didn't fight with the officials, and these three birds, relying on their own money, contracted the slag of the iron prison, and suddenly smashed their own smelting business. If you know how to do things, say hello to the small furnaces around you first, and you won't be hated like now. It's a pipe dream to still think about buying your own land.

After walking a short distance, there was a small boat on the river, and a man stood at the bow of the boat: "Outside, the little lotus root seller is coming back, and he is looking for you nowhere." ”

Qian Yuan saw that it was his own Zhuang Ke An Shiro, and said busily: "You are good to come!" In the past two days, there has been a shortage of vegetables in the nearby restaurants, and everyone has come to ask me. You go to Qingyu Building first, unload 200 catties, and transport the rest to the goods yard at home over there. ”

An Silou agreed, commanded a small boat, and went to Qingyulou.

In winter, you can't grow any vegetables. Qian Yuanwai finally found a money-making business, and firmly controlled the market in this area with his own connections. sent a few family members to the south to sell lotus root in the Xiangzhou area. There are many ponds and marshes, and good lotus root is produced every winter, and the price is cheap. He also sent people to the Xinyang army to buy bamboo shoots. In its own yard, there are still a large number of shelf-stable dishes such as radishes and onions, which can barely be supplied to the restaurant.

It's just the same, due to his lack of experience, he didn't buy more vegetables to pickle them in the summer and autumn seasons to make pickles, and this market was occupied by an old man from Caizhou, which made him very annoyed. These days, whenever I have free time, I go to the old man to buy his pickle shop.

The town here is new, there are no tooth people, and the money clerk borrowed his own power to monopolize the nearby vegetable market in a short time. This business doesn't look big, but it's actually very profitable, and the three of Zhu Yuanwai want to come to get a piece of the pie, how can he allow it, let alone buy his own land.

Tong Anlu came out of the bathhouse and only felt refreshed. Seeing that it was still early, I saw a tavern not far in front of me, and walked there.

The shops that Du Zhongxiao built in Yongcheng County back then were also set up here at the ferry. When the weather cools down, the business of the bathhouse is especially good, and it is full every day. I heard that a bathhouse will also be built in the iron prison, and the exhaust gas from the furnace will be used to boil water, and I don't know when it will be built.

After walking a short distance, Hou Saburo and Ji Jin came to meet them, both of whom Tong Anlu met in the Xiang Army.

After meeting and saluting, Tong Anlu continued to move forward, not wanting to be pulled by Hou Sanlang, and said, "Brother, where are you going?" ”

Tong Anlu said: "There is a tavern over there, go and drink two glasses of wine." If the two brothers are fine, how about going together? ”

Hou Saburo squeezed out a smile, looked obscene, and said, "What's the point of drinking?" Brother, we have a good place to go, and when we get there, we go straight to heaven. How is it? Let's take you to see it. ”

Tong Anlu said: "I don't know how many times I have visited this town, what is it that I don't know?" And what can be fun? - Brother, you didn't mean gambling money, did you? I don't gamble, and I don't even let me do it. ”

Hou Saburo said with a smile: "Nine out of ten bets are lost, what's the fun of gambling money?" You're nearly twenty years old, and you've never been close to a woman, have you? ”

When Tong Anlu heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, blushed, and didn't speak.

"What's so embarrassing about this, it's not a child. I'll tell you, there's a new place to wash yourself by the river over there—"

Hearing this, Tong Anlu hurriedly shook his head: "I just washed it, you see, my hair is still wet." ”

Hou Saburo laughed: "Wash it yourself, what's the point!" Let me tell you, the newly opened one, after you go in, there is a delicate little lady to help you scrub your body, I don't know how comfortable it is! And, you can do something else, just give money! There is a Hong Banniang inside, only sixteen years old this year, with fine skin and tender meat, alas, as long as it is once, it will never be forgotten! ”

Tong Anlu was young and vigorous, and when he heard these words, he couldn't help blushing. He said, "How do I do such a thing?" The two brothers just go, I don't tell anyone else! ”

After saying that, he ran away in a hurry, and he didn't even go into the tavern.

Hou Sanlang and Ji Jin looked at Tong Anlu's back and laughed together. The two did not marry a wife, and this kind of thing is still afraid that people will know.

The status of the Xiang army is low, the income is not much, and many of them are still alone when they are in their thirties and forties. And with their income, it is not easy for a person to eat and drink and be wealthy, and many people cannot afford to start a family. When I arrived at the Iron Prison, my income increased, and my living conditions suddenly improved, which were all days that I didn't dare to think of before. In the past few months, many people have different thoughts and brains on women.

Where there is demand, there is supply, and this is especially true in this industry. In the beginning, there were women from nearby villages who came here, behind their backs, and privately made deals with the people in the iron prison. One spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and a small area appeared here at the ferry, specializing in this business. Almost all of them are family stores, some of which are made by parents with their daughters, and most of them are made by husbands and wives. The husband guards the door to collect money, and the wife gives birth to Zhang Shuwei inside.

Poverty can change many things, it can form its own morality, it can form its own society. At first, some people were not used to it, but it didn't take long to get used to it. There are a few idlers who specialize in pulling business there, and the words they talk about every day are that a woman's body is not a bowl of wine or an urn of noodles, and there is no stomach after eating. After washing it, it's not the same as new.

There are thousands of households in the iron prison, plus the recently moved here, the market is vast, and this business is particularly profitable, and it is soon targeted by large households. Recently, one of the counties in the county was at the section level, and felt that this matter was profitable, so he opened a large one. Seeing that the bathhouse over there was making money, he used this as a name to recruit a group of women from other places of unknown origin to do this business in it. These people are not comparable to village women, and their reputation spreads quickly, and they are full of people every day.

Hou Saburo went there once, and he knew the taste of the marrow, and he never forgot it every day. Today, I took a break from the house, and I specially brought Ji Jin, who had a good relationship with me, to enjoy it there. The iron prison is tired and tired, and the money earned has nowhere to be spent, and it is the favorite guest of that kind of place.

Tong Anlu lowered his head, ran for more than a mile, and came out of the town before stopping. There are no people here, only the calm Li River, which flows quietly in front of you. The big willow trees by the river, hanging down in strand stripes, swaying bare in the wind.

Thinking that he will be twenty years old soon, but he never knows what it is like to be a woman, Tong Anlu has an indescribable taste in his heart. No matter what, I won't go to that kind of place, I should find a serious family, marry a wife and have children. But in the place of the Iron Prison, there are more men and fewer women, and it is not easy to marry a wife.

When you reach the age of marrying a wife, where can you find a woman? Tong Anlu was a little confused. Now in the iron prison, there is no shortage of money and food, and there are houses and houses, and this kind of life is what many people dream of. Tong Anlu is a technician with a bright future, but the woman can't think of any way.