"Yes, it was once difficult to be sure. ◢ With ◢ Dream ◢ Small ◢.lā When Gu Heng said that he was not confident in the back, he looked at Jin Liang and Liu Han hesitantly.

The two exchanged glances, and Liu Han smiled bitterly: "Childe's pair is too desolate, I am afraid it will be difficult to enter the eyes of the purple smoke girl." ”

Gu Heng sighed, shook his head with a wry smile, Liu Han didn't want to get involved in this matter, his trip was a secret investigation, and his identity was not suitable for exposure, so he kept a low profile, and the birdsong mountain just now was even quieter, and he deliberately said a wrong word.

"Alas, it's a pity, Brother Wu and Brother Jin, I may not have seen this purple smoke girl, this girl is not only beautiful, but also talented, our Yangzhou is already a humanities gathering, there are many academies, but this purple smoke girl can still be famous in Yangzhou with poetry, which shows her poetry skills. ”

As he spoke, he groaned: "

The fragrant curtain is rainy, and the yellow leaves are the adjacent twilight rolls.

The vine of the powder courtyard is resounding in autumn, and the moon marks of the willow in the zhulan are sparse.

The cold flowers are similar to the thin people, and the stone is cool and the geese do not fly.

In self-love, Lin becomes a small hidden, and the pine wind is closed and flies high. ”

(Author's note: This is written by Gu Hengbo, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and is borrowed here.) ）

After groaning, Gu Heng sighed and drank two sips of wine silently, looking quite reluctant.

Liu Han smiled: "What's the matter, Brother Xian is interested in her? Looking at her pair, it seems that she has already been interested in someone." ”

Gu Heng shook his head, sighed again and said, "Everyone in Yangzhou knows that the person who this purple smoke girl admires the most is the Liu Hanliu family of Hanhai Trading Company,"

Liu Han, who was drinking water, was startled, a mouthful of water was unstable, and he almost choked, Gu Heng and Jin Liang were very surprised, Gu Heng looked at him in wonder: "Brother Wu, what's wrong?"

Liu Han wiped the traces of water on the side of his mouth and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, drink too fast, this Liu Han still has dealings with the Purple Smoke Girl?" Second son, now you have met a strong opponent, the Oiran Qingjin of Baiyi Garden, this Liu family threw 100,000 silver at the beginning, and forced the Qingjin girl into the account. ”

Gu Heng and Jin Liang were stupid, this kind of affair generally spread quickly, but this is limited to celebrities, but Liu Han is not, although many people who appreciate him call him everyone, but more celebrities and scholars look down on his identity as a businessman, so this matter is not widely circulated, except for the imperial capital, outsiders do not know much.

"One hundred thousand taels of silver!" Jin Liang gasped and muttered to himself.

Gu Heng smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly: "This purple smoke girl has seen Liu Hanliu's family, but after reading the poems he wrote, she has been fascinated since then, do you say it's strange." ”

Liu Han smiled bitterly in his heart, he didn't expect that he still had an iron fan in Yangzhou, and sighed: "Idiot, idiot, really an idiot." ”

"Yes, this purple smoke girl is a famous Qinglou bookworm. Gu Heng sighed: "If this Liu family is here, no one in Manyang will have a chance." ”

Liu Han smiled, looked out the window, and said slowly: "Isn't this Liu everyone here, don't be discouraged." ”

Gu Heng shook his head with a wry smile, a little frustrated: "Even if everyone Liu is not here, I don't have much chance, I heard that Lu Ming, the third son of the Lu family, and Yu Fan, the second son of the Yu family, have fallen in love with the Purple Smoke Girl, and the two of them can't compete with each other. ”

Gu Heng was a little gloating, Jin Liang also laughed, Liu Han's heart flashed, looked out the window and said: "Autumn is going to winter, this swallow is also leaving, alas, they also know that the sky is getting colder, it's time to leave." ”

"Yes, it's cold, and in a few months, the Yellow River will freeze, and the ship won't be able to reach the north. Jin Liang also sighed.

"Yes, it's very cold in the north in winter, it's not as warm as in the south, look at that swallow, I'll go back to this nest next year. Liu Han sighed: "Sometimes I think that this thing is free, like us, busy in the world, alas." ”

"Brother Wu sighed," Gu Heng smiled, Liu Han smiled, drank two glasses of wine, put down the wine glass, and looked at the swallows flying outside the window, he put down the wine glass and smiled: "Yes, there is, the familiar Yan is back, second son, what do you think?"

Gu Heng was slightly stunned, then reacted, and muttered: "Helplessly, the flowers are falling, the déjà vu Yan returns, the déjà vu Yan returns, the déjà vu Yan returns, good! wonderful!"

Jin Liang's eyes lit up, looking at Liu Han in surprise, Gu Heng poured wine for Liu Han, and said: "Brother Wu is talented, he can be so absolute, I admire, admire." ”

Liu Han smiled: "The second son has passed, I didn't fall in love by accident, the blind cat met the dead mouse, and it was accidental." ”

"Brother Wu is too modest, this accident is also a kind of proof, why didn't Brother Jin and I have this accident, you say yes, Brother Jin. ”

"Yes, yes, a drink for this. Jin Liang proposed to raise his glass, and the three of them raised their glasses.

After a cup of belly, Liu Han smiled: "These two couplets are right, you should be able to get started, is the second son still interested in having a meeting with the purple smoke girl?"

Gu Heng's eyes lit up, nodded slightly, and smiled humbly: "Thank you Brother Wu today, without Brother Wu, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve my wish today." ”

Liu Han and Jin Liang both saw that he was already a little helpless, Liu Han smiled: "I don't know when Brother Gu will arrive at the store, are we?"

Gu Heng patted his forehead and smiled: "Look at me, I forgot business, I was probably a womanizer in my previous life, Brother Liu, forgive me." ”

Liu Han and Jin Liang couldn't help but be happy, Jin Liang smiled: "The second son is a true temperament, not a fake." ”

"Brother Jin is right, only a gentleman can have a true temperament, and the second son is a gentleman. Liu Han smiled.

Gu Heng's little face was hot, and he hurriedly raised his glass to persuade the wine, this triptych is not only hung for one day, it usually takes three to five days, and a famous prostitute like Ziyan usually hangs for three days, today is only the first day, and it is too late to go tomorrow.

The three of them were full of wine and food, and finally Gu Heng settled the bill, which made Liu Han very surprised, with his identity as a young owner, he could not hang the account or be exempted from the bill in the restaurant, however, he didn't ask, but Jin Liang asked, Gu Heng explained that the rules set by his father, no matter who comes to eat, must settle the bill, if you don't bring silver for a while, you can hang the account, but you must return it within two days, and now you bring the silver, you will settle the bill with silver, and the shopkeeper of the province ran to complain.

"My old man, alas, this is actually good, saving our brothers from having a treat all day long. Gu Heng said self-deprecatingly.

"Master Gu did the right thing, to be honest, the most worrying thing about them is that they will have a gentleman and lose the family business. Liu Han smiled.

There is a reason for that. ”

When he was blessed, Liu Han habitually glanced at the corner, saw a new mark in the corner, and knew in his heart that Li Yan had arrived.

The three of them talked and laughed to Runshunhou, Runshunhou's shopkeeper saw that it was a guest brought by the young owner, but he was also enthusiastic, and also agreed with Gu Heng's price, Liu Han saw the sample, and signed an agreement with them very happily, set a hundred pieces of cloth, and agreed to take it three days later.

Liu Han happily put down the silver, took the receipt, and said goodbye to Jin Liang and Gu Heng, and the two of them also knew that he was going to order a boat to find a bodyguard, and he would not leave him and send him out of the store.

Jin Liang also said goodbye at the same time.

"Why do you want to give him a discount? Less shopkeeper, at this price, we have to earn a hundred taels less. The shopkeeper asked a little puzzled, over the years, Gu Heng has often been busy in the store, and many big businesses have been brought by him, so the shopkeeper agrees with the price he set, otherwise there will be no door.

"Uncle Da, you don't know this, although this business is small, but this shopkeeper Wu promised to buy goods from us in the future, we have a fixed customer in Pengcheng, that is, the distributor that Hanhai Trading Company said, Uncle Da, can we compare with the Lu Jiayu family? Don't do more on this, what to fight with others! Once the workshop of Hanhai Trading Company is built, with their cloth, can we compare, this will not be able to fight, or in less than two years, our business will have to close. ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and nodded heavily, Hanhai Trading Company is so powerful that it can suppress all the cloth merchants in Yangzhou with just one cloth.

Except for the Lu family's Yu family, I'm afraid that the other businessmen are waiting for this knife in fear.

Liu Han is like a real businessman, but he didn't go to the dart bureau to find a fleet, but went to the Cao Gang, the Cao Gang has stores in each wharf, and the outside is under the banner of the Dart Bureau, Liu Han went to contact, however, there will be a ship in five days, but he can move the goods to the Cao Gang's warehouse after three days.

To say that in this era, business reputation is very important, and the freight rate of Cao Bang is clear and clear, just come forward to contact.

The Cao Gang is the largest gang in Yangzhou and has the largest fleet, but Yangzhou is not the only Cao Gang with a fleet, the competition between the fleets is very fierce, and everyone has entered the stage of price war, however, the ships of the Cao Gang are still very popular, the reason is very simple, the tax Ding does not check the ships of the Cao Gang.

From Yangzhou to Pengcheng, there are about eight tax cards, each tax card has to pay taxes, but the ships of the Cao Gang do not pay, especially at this time, it is the time of the autumn Cao Yun, the Cao Gang must transport the grain and salt from the south of the Yangtze River to Pengcheng before the Yellow River freezes, and then send the fleet of the Hanhai Trading Company to the imperial capital.

The second reason for choosing the Cao Gang is that it is safe; in this world, there are many displaced people, and in order to survive, many displaced people gather in the mountains, forests and lakes to form mountain bandits and water bandits, but neither the mountain bandits nor the water bandits dare to touch the goods of the Cao Gang.

Therefore, most businessmen still choose to transport goods.

Coming out of the Cao Gang, Liu Han returned to Defu Building, walked east in the direction indicated by the mark, and sure enough, he saw the mark at the end of the street again.

Following the mark to an inn, Liu Han did not go in directly, but observed outside for a while.

After entering, Liu Han asked the guy in the running hall about Li Yan's pseudonym, and the running hall pointed out the room.

Liu Han knocked at the door, and a vigilant voice came from inside: "Who?"

"It's me. ”

The door opened, Li Yan stood at the door, looking at the strange Liu Han, Liu Han went in without saying a word.

"You are two days behind schedule. ”

This time, Liu Han did not change his voice, and Li Yan recognized it at once.

"I ran into something on the way and was delayed. Li Yan replied apologetically.

"Does it matter?" Liu Han asked with concern, Li Yan smiled, shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, it's been solved." ”

"You didn't reveal your identity, did you?"

"I don't dare. Li Yan replied, "What can you find now?"

Liu Han sighed: "That's so easy, if it's so easy, the palace has already found out." ”

"Then what are we going to do next?" Li Yan asked, Liu Han looked around at this room, this room was very simple, and there was no furnishings.

"Return the room, go to me first, and then think about renting a room, we still have a long time in Yangzhou." Liu Han said.

"Yes. ”

Li Yan came out and returned the room, and he didn't salute, just wrapped a few sets of clothes one by one, and left with them.