"It's good if you don't come, you can work with peace of mind," Liu Han tilted his head and fell on the chair, looking at the somewhat dim sky, this small patio is now in good order, and it is no longer as messy as it was at the beginning: "As for this teahouse, it's like this now, don't worry, we only lost two taels of silver in the first month, it's nothing, oh, by the way, this plum blossom is blooming, there must be a flower seller, add a few, these literati and scholars, they like this tune." ”

Zhang Mei sneered when she heard this, and Liu Han said casually: "What are you laughing at, isn't that so, by the way, Zuo Lan, you are familiar with poetry books, there are poems about plum blossoms, write a few, and hang them in the front hall, in addition, prepare paper and pen, if someone is very poetic, let them write it themselves." ”

Zuo Lan agreed, waited for a while, and saw that Liu Han had no orders, so he turned around and went out to prepare, Liu Han waited for her to leave, called Zhang Mei to his side, and told her in a low voice that the teahouse should maintain the status quo, the main function of this teahouse is the dark rudder, and the dark rudder will not attract attention, as for whether it is a loss or not, it doesn't matter, how much the loss is, Fang Zhen will make up for it.

Zhang Mei nodded obediently after hearing this, in fact, Liu Han is not without a way to run the teahouse well, the problem is that it is not needed, it is not good to be too lively here, too lively means attracting attention, which is inconvenient for their original mission.

What made Liu Han a little puzzled was that it had been more than a month since he returned to the imperial capital, but Fang Zhen hadn't sent anyone to contact him, nor had he sent him any tasks, let alone handed over the contact person of the Cao Gang in the imperial court to him, which made him a little incomprehensible.

Liu Han thought about it, it has been more than a year since he returned to Dajin, and now he has several identities, King Qin's secret agent and business partner, the secret helmsman of the Cao Gang, the boss of Hanhai Trading Company, the collaborator of Fengyulou, and the Qingxu Sect walks the world, but this is secret, but it is estimated that it should be very promising.

But with so many identities, he couldn't get close to his target, it turned out that there were two clues, but he cut off one by himself, and the remaining one didn't dare to move.

Looking up at the four directions, he felt that this small patio was like a cage, trapping him inside.

"Ahem! ahem!"

There was a cough outside, Liu Han didn't move, and Zhang Mei got up and entered the room.

"Father-in-law, please inside, please inside!"

Then came Zuo Lan's enthusiastic voice, followed by the sound of tables and chairs pulling.

Liu Han hummed Wu Shan softly, this tune was a tune he was more familiar with, similar to the quintessence of the previous life.

There was a conversation between Zuo Lan and the father-in-law in front of him, Zuo Lan was recommending to him the good tea in the store, the father-in-law's tone was a little lazy, coughing from time to time, and there was a small eunuch's voice on the side who was carefully reminding, asking if he wanted to take medicine.

Although I didn't go out, the situation outside fell into my mind exactly like a movie.

Liu Han hesitated and got up and came out, there were no other guests in the lobby, just two people, sitting was a father-in-law, his face was pale, as if he hadn't seen the sun for a long time, it was still early winter, but he had been wrapped in a thick cotton robe, his body was dry, his expression looked a little tired, and there was a twelve- or thirteen-year-old little eunuch beside him, this little eunuch had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his face was also a little pale.

Liu Han was about to speak, the middle-aged eunuch suddenly broke out with a violent cough, and the little eunuch hurriedly hung his back to smooth him, busy non-stop, but did not say a word, the middle-aged eunuch finally coughed up a mouthful of phlegm and gasped.

Zuo Lan hurriedly brought a glass of water, and the little eunuch took it, tasted it first, and then fed it to the middle-aged eunuch.

"Give my father-in-law a cup of hot water first, Lan Niang, and make tea with mulberry leaves and silver red. ”

Zuo Lan was stunned, her father-in-law also looked puzzled, and Liu Han smiled: "Mulberry leaves have the effect of removing fire and relieving cough, and Yinhong has the effect of relieving fever and phlegm, which can just solve the misfortune of father-in-law." ”

Zuo Lan didn't hesitate to turn around and go in, and the little eunuch hesitated and asked: "Mulberry leaves go to the fire to stop coughing, we know this, but this silver red."

"Father-in-law, don't worry, this recipe was taught by a Taoist master when he was downstream through the rivers and lakes, and he has tried it, and the effect is not bad. Liu Han smiled and said, this recipe is not a mysterious thing, it belongs to the home remedies.

The little eunuch still wanted to ask, the middle-aged eunuch waved his hand, the little eunuch immediately shut up, the middle-aged eunuch was still slightly panting, but it was much better, he looked at Liu Han and asked with a smile: "I didn't expect the boss to treat the disease." ”

Liu Han shook his head with a wry smile: "I have been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, I can order anything, and I can be regarded as a miscellaneous family, but if I want to talk about curing diseases, I don't dare to call it a meeting in Xia, and when my father-in-law returns to the palace, I still need to find a doctor." ”

The middle-aged eunuch nodded slightly, didn't say anything, Liu Han paid attention, in addition to the two eunuchs in the hall, there was also a carriage parked at the door, and the driver was a middle-aged man.

"Your teahouse business isn't very good. The middle-aged eunuch spoke.

Liu Han smiled bitterly: "Alas, this is not just opened. ”

The middle-aged eunuch nodded understandingly: "There is Feng Laiyi, this name is quite elegant, the shopkeeper has read a lot of books." ”

Liu Han was slightly surprised, smiled humbly and said: "Father-in-law, I studied when I was a child, and I was originally going to go to school, but then my family fell into the middle of the road, and I had to go to the rivers and lakes to make a living. ”

"Going to the rivers and lakes?" The middle-aged eunuch was about to speak, and suddenly felt a little stuffy in his chest, so there was another violent cough, just as Zuo Lan came out with tea, Liu Han hurriedly took it, tried the water temperature, and then sent it to the middle-aged eunuch, the little eunuch was about to take it, the middle-aged eunuch coughed violently, and the little eunuch hurriedly gave him a smooth breath and rubbed it on his chest.

Liu Han didn't move while holding the tea, and when the middle-aged eunuch spit out phlegm, he stepped forward to send the tea to the middle-aged eunuch, and the middle-aged eunuch took it and took a sip, the hot tea flowed into the thirsty throat, and the silver-red fragrance dissolved in the water, moistening his throat and heart and lungs, and the depression in his chest suddenly eased a lot.

"This tea is good," the middle-aged eunuch smiled slightly, and then ordered, "Write down this recipe." ”

The little eunuch hurriedly agreed, Liu Han smiled, still standing respectfully on the side, and the middle-aged eunuch raised his eyes to look at Liu Han: "Thank you for the shopkeeper, I don't know the shopkeeper's surname." ”

"Under the surname Liu, the single name is Mo, and it is an honor to be able to serve my father-in-law. Liu Han smiled humbly and flatteringly: "I don't know what my father-in-law is called?"

"My master's surname is Lin, and he is a person in front of the emperor. The little eunuch interjected, Liu Han was shocked, and hurriedly bowed again: "The grass people have seen Grandpa Lin, and it is the glory of Grandpa Lin to come to the shop." ”

Gonggong Lin looked at him, Liu Han felt that these eyes were a little cloudy, but just as he was muttering in his heart, these eyes suddenly revealed a sharp light, although this light disappeared in an instant, but he still felt it, which made his heart tremble, and suddenly felt that this thin-looking eunuch was a little unusual, so he quickly gathered his mind and dealt with it carefully.

"Sit down," Grandpa Lin said lightly, Liu Han was not polite, and sat opposite Grandpa Lin in a proper manner, Grandpa Lin looked at him and suddenly showed a smile: "Don't be nervous, here, you are the boss, I am your guest." ”

Liu Han laughed dryly: "What my father-in-law said is that my father-in-law is mighty, so that the little one trembles and does not dare to be presumptuous." ”

Gonggong Lin sighed: "Today I came to the City God Temple to burn incense, I was unwell, I wanted to come in and have a cup of tea, I didn't expect to meet such a wonderful person as you, we people who have no roots, all day long in the palace, it is easy to come out and relax, you don't have to tremble, let's chat, I will relax." ”

"What my father-in-law said is," Liu Han nodded yes, and said with a smile: "My father-in-law is in the palace, how do I know the life of the small people, counting copper coins every day." ”

Gonggong Lin shook his head slightly, interrupted him, and said: "Wrong, although I am in the palace, before entering the palace, I also lived in the people, and I still know the life of the small people." By the way, you used to run around there?"

Liu Han secretly scolded the old fox in his heart, he deliberately pulled the topic to the palace, but this Lin Gonggong turned the topic to him with one sentence, and there was no trace between the conversions, worthy of being in the palace, amazing.

"I, I ran there, and then I was mainly in Youzhou, outside the plug, and the wages over there were high. Liu Han said.

Gonggong Lin's eyes narrowed into a line, and he thought about it and said: "It's a good place to go outside, but we heard that the horse thieves outside the plug are powerful, aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid, is it useful to be terrible?" Liu Han showed a hint of fierceness at this time: "It's useless, but it's because of this horse thief that he has such a high salary, this wants to be a flat river, safe and sound, who is willing to give you such a high salary, you say yes." ”

"Reasonable. Father-in-law Lin smiled again, took a sip of tea, Liu Han hurriedly rushed him again, keeping the temperature of the tea, Father-in-law Lin looked at him with a smile and seemed to be very satisfied with his move.

"It's very comfortable to walk outside the plug in spring, there is grass everywhere, like this time," Liu Han looked outside: "The road has been closed by heavy snow outside the plug, and the snow in the imperial capital is still a little late." ”

"This side is to the south," Lin Gonggong said, "What kind of goods do you usually take outside the plug?"

"There is everything," Liu Han said, "the main thing is tea, salt, and cloth, and then ceramics." ”

"Where's the silk?" Lin Gonggong interjected.

"Silk is not easy to sell," Liu Han said, this is still the report given to him by the Youzhou store, this kind of analysis report, every store must have: "The outside of the plug is bitter cold, and the Hu people, both men and women, ride horses, this silk is not polished, so they generally don't like silk, and cotton cloth is different, wear-resistant, softer than leather robes, those Hu people like it." However, as for silk, the Bohai country likes it very much, and you will bring a large amount of silk when you go there, but the Bohai region produces salt, not salt. ”

The Bohai State is a small country to the west of Youzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty and is a subject state of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Gonggong Lin listened with squinted eyes, Liu Han glanced at him, and was about to continue, when Gonggong Lin suddenly spoke: "How did our family hear that someone smuggled iron tools to the outside of the plug, have you seen it?"

Liu Han hesitated slightly, and shook his head again and again: "Don't you dare, there is an order from the imperial court, iron weapons are forbidden to go out of the customs, and if the border army wants to find out, the entire caravan will be beheaded." Gonggong Lin suddenly opened his eyes, looked at him and smiled, Liu Han hurriedly added: "This is true, the little one doesn't dare to tell a lie." ”

Gonggong Lin didn't say anything, just nodded: "Our family knows that it is dangerous and difficult to do outside, so you just want to make some money, hey, did you learn the craft of making tea at that time?"

Liu Han smiled bitterly and nodded: "Actually, the little one can make tea, and I learned a little bit of business, and I don't know if it will work, as for this teahouse, but I envy those who read, so I got such a teahouse." ”

Gonggong Lin smiled, then coughed a few more times, raised his eyes to look around, there were a few words on the wall, with his eyes, he knew at a glance that it was from the woman's hand, and he thought that it was the woman who did it just now.

Liu Han didn't hide it, he laughed a few times, and was about to explain that Gonggong Lin had already stood up, Liu Han hurriedly stood up, and Gonggong Lin arched his hand at him casually: "Thank you for your tea, if you have a chance in the future, our family will come again." ”

Liu Han was overjoyed and bowed down: "My father-in-law can come, and the small shop is shining." ”

Lin Gonggong wanted to take out the silver, then stopped, and said with a smile: "If you give you the silver, you probably won't ask for it, even if our family takes advantage of you, are you willing?"

"The little one can't ask for it!" Liu Han was overjoyed, bowed down again, the little eunuch helped Gonggong Lin out of the door, Liu Han followed behind, and when he arrived in front of the carriage, the big man was already ready to step on the ladder.

Gonggong Lin looked back at the plaque on the storefront, and said with a smile: "There is Feng Laiyi, hehe, what a good name." ”

"My father-in-law said yes, then it must be good, hehe, these ten taels of silver are not spent in vain. Liu Han laughed and replied dryly.

Father-in-law Lin laughed and got into the car, the man didn't even look at Liu Han, and drove away, Liu Han looked at the back of the car, and his humble smile gradually solidified.

In the carriage, the little eunuch carefully waited for Gonggong Lin to take a pill, and then gently beat his back.

"Father-in-law, are you here to see him today?" the little eunuch asked cautiously.

Gonggong Lin didn't answer, and the little eunuch asked cautiously again: "How can such a rough man bother his father-in-law to come to see him in person." ”

"You don't understand," Lin Gonggong sighed: "This person is not simple, not simple!"

The wheels pressed on the bluestone, a little shaky, the axles made a clanging sound, the little eunuch did not understand, his expression was very confused, this man behaved humblely, speech, nothing, just a businessman.

"You don't understand yet! When you live to my age, you'll understand. ”