The two officials walked to the side of the stall and shouted at the middle-aged woman: "Alas, the Ao family, it's time to pay taxes." ”

The middle-aged woman picked up the money box and showed it to the official: "Li Shangguan, I don't know what happened in the past two days, there are few guests, you see, this is still the fourth guest today, can you slow down again!"

The servant glanced at the box, and the few copper plates scattered around were not difficult for the middle-aged woman: "Okay, it's all handed over." ”

The two officials left, the middle-aged woman shook her head and sighed, and Liu Han asked with a smile, "How much does this stall have to pay every month?"

"Alas, half a tael of silver. The middle-aged woman sighed, a little worried about putting the money box, Liu Han also sighed, picked up the bowl and drank the soup inside, and then put the bowl satisfied, today is too busy, he has no time to eat breakfast, this stall costs half a tael of silver every month, this tax is high enough.

"It tastes good. Liu Han stood up and put a tael of silver, and the middle-aged woman hurriedly said when she saw this: "Childe, it won't be so much, or so much." ”

"If you have more, you will be rewarded. Liu Han smiled: "Take it, today, my son is happy, hehe." ”

The middle-aged woman no longer shirked, and thanked Liu Han with a smile, Liu Han walked out of the stall happily, as the middle-aged woman said, after the official appeared, the small shops on both sides were opened, and the originally bleak street was a little more angry.

Shi Shiran walked around the city for a while, and after making sure that there was no tail behind him, Liu Han entered the inner city.

Standing in front of the gate of Biluyuan, Liu Han looked at this teahouse, except for the three big characters with far-reaching meanings on the plaque, the whole teahouse was very ordinary, and there was nothing strange about it, and it was even a little old in appearance, not the slightest surprise.

Xiao Er greeted him, with two points of courtesy, two points of impatience and two points of contempt, and asked Liu Han if he wanted to drink tea.

"I'm walking and I'm thirsty, I want a private room, and the private room is quiet. Liu Han said lightly, raised his feet and went inside.

didn't think that Xiao Er would block in front of him, Liu Han was a little surprised, Xiao Er looked at him with a smile and said, "The guest officer may not know, our private room here has to be booked." ”

Liu Han smiled slightly and held Xiao Er's hand: "Please also ask Xiao Er to arrange the arrangement." ”

Xiao Er didn't mind picking up the stuffed silver ticket and nodded with satisfaction: "The guest officer is lucky, there is still an empty one." ”

Liu Han smiled faintly, Xiao Er took Liu Han to the backyard, just stepped into the backyard, Liu Han's eyes suddenly lit up, this backyard is completely different from the lobby in front, not magnificent, but elegant.

The yard is not big, but it is separated by several paths by various flower beds, and a few wooden rooms are faintly among the green bamboo flowers.

Xiao Er led Liu Han into a room, and then asked courteously, "What kind of tea does the guest officer want to drink?"

"Whatever. Liu Han didn't sit down immediately, looked at the room with his hands behind his back, the room was nothing unusual, it was almost the same as the rooms in other teahouses, only one thing was that it was very clean and quiet, and he couldn't hear the sound of any other room here, which made Liu Han very surprised, although a few private rooms were separated by a green bamboo flower garden, but the straight line distance was not far away, with his cultivation, this distance was not a problem at all, but now he couldn't hear the movement in those rooms at all.

There is a special setting here, Liu Han immediately made a judgment, and at the same time, his heart was a lot more settled.

"We don't have this tea. Xiao Er immediately changed into a ruffian appearance, Liu Han didn't care, and said casually: "Then let's have a pot of incense." ”

"Okay, a pot of incense!" Xiao Er shouted loudly, but his feet didn't move and still stared at Liu Han, Liu Han sat down and took out a small wooden card and put it on the table, Xiao Eryi's expression changed immediately when he saw this wooden card, and the ruffian immediately disappeared without a trace, he picked up the wooden card and carefully identified it, and then bowed down to salute: "I don't know if it's the same door, please forgive me." ”

"It's nothing, the man who gave me this thing told me that when something happens, I can come here and see him, and now, I have something to look for him. Liu Han said quietly.

Xiao Er's expression did not slack off in the slightest, and immediately replied: "Please also ask my brother to drink tea slowly, and I will report it." ”

After speaking, Xiao Er saluted again, and when he took it away, he told Liu Han to stay in the room and not go out.

Liu Han opened his mouth, but he still didn't stop Xiao Er, he had some doubts in his heart, Grandpa Mai was in too much of a hurry, and he didn't figure out a lot of things, and when he found here, he wanted to ask clearly, of course, if he could join the internal guard, or be an official in the internal guard, it would be the best.

It didn't take long for Xiao Er to come back again, but he came back alone, brought Liu Han tea and a few plates of melons and fruits, and then withdrew.

Liu Han was drinking tea in the room, and he wondered a little in his heart, this Gonggong Mai was obviously in the palace, how could they inform the palace?

Xiao Er returned to the lobby, looked at the two tables of guests in the lobby, these two tables of guests really came to drink tea, they chatted in a low voice, from time to time let out a soft laugh, it is estimated that there are no guests, Xiao Er gave another young man behind the counter a look, and then turned around and went to the side courtyard, the side courtyard is the place where the guys in the store stay, and it is also the place where the real work, the tea house is just a place to hide people's eyes.

In front of the main house in the side courtyard, a chubby middle-aged man was teasing the bird in the birdcage, the little bird with a red beak and green feathers, jumping around in the cage, occasionally making two crisp calls.

"Shopkeeper's. Xiao Er called and stood aside in a regular manner, the shopkeeper was still teasing the bird, and after a while, he asked, "Has this person been here before?"

"No, I looked at the waist card, it was the brand of the peripheral guest. Xiao Er replied.

The shopkeeper thought for a while: "Yesterday I cleaned up the wind and rain building, and today this person is here, it should be related to this, although the palace has not replied yet, but it should be fast, alas, the action above is too fast, the wind and rain building has fallen, can the situation of the Sanjiang Society be suppressed?"

Xiao Er didn't answer, he knew what he could answer and what he couldn't, and the shopkeeper didn't seem to care about his answer, and still said to himself: "What is this person's name?"

"I don't know. Xiao Er replied, "According to convention, we can't ask." ”

The shopkeeper scooped a small spoonful of food from the small jar and poured it into the bird cage, whistling at the bird, the bird jumped over, smelled the bird food, and then jumped away, and the shopkeeper laughed and scolded: "This little thing is still picky eater." ”

Xiao Er still didn't move, and the shopkeeper teased the bird again, and then turned around: "Prepare, I'm afraid the people in the palace are almost there." ”

Xiao Er bowed down and led the order to go out, judging by the time, if no one came to the palace, then the letter of how to deal with it would also arrive, and if it didn't arrive at this time, it means that the palace sent someone.

"It seems that this matter is quite big, when did this surnamed Liu get involved with the palace?" the shopkeeper muttered in a low voice, he looked around, walked into the room, and came out later, with an extra bird in his hand, stroked the bird's black head, and then threw the bird into the sky.

The bird flapped its wings in the air and flew out of the city.

Then Shi Shiran, the shopkeeper, went out of the side courtyard and went to the lobby, the lobby was already empty, the two tables of guests had left just now, and the two little two were gossiping at the counter, and when they saw him come in, they hurriedly stopped.

The shopkeeper picked up the account book and flipped through it casually, this teahouse is just a cover, it doesn't matter if you earn it or not, but in the past two years, the funds have become less and less, and it is a good thing that the teahouse can earn more.

"Be mental, don't babble, look like you. The shopkeeper left after two sentences, and the two juniors exchanged glances, and then smiled.

It didn't take long for a young eunuch to come in, Xiao Er hurriedly greeted him, the eunuch glanced casually, saw the empty hall, frowned slightly, and then ordered: "Find a quiet place for our family." ”

"Yes, yes, father-in-law, please come with me. Xiao Er bowed his head, just like the real thing, leading the eunuch to the back in front, and when he arrived outside Liu Han's room, Xiao Er stopped, took two steps back, the eunuch pushed the door open, Liu Han was a little bored, looked up and saw the young eunuch, quickly stood up, and saluted him.

"Grandpa Mai. ”

The young eunuch closed the door casually, and showed a smile at Liu Han: "Mr. Liu is really fast, he took control of the shipping company early this morning, and then went to the Liu family's old wine, the ancestor admires you very much!"

Saying that Father-in-law Mai sat down, Liu Han smiled bitterly, sat down, and poured tea for Father-in-law Mai first: "Alas, father-in-law, I only know how big things are in the old wine of the Liu family, father-in-law, you have to help me." ”

Liu Han said and took out a silver ticket and pushed it in front of Grandpa Mai, Grandpa Mai glanced at it, but didn't make a move, looked at Liu Han and shook his head slightly: "Mr. Liu is much more sensible than Xiao Yu, this job must be done well, our family doesn't dare to accept this thing, it's not our family Qinggao, now you are our person, you control the luck, it is determined by the ancestors, whoever dares to make things difficult, you just put your heart in your stomach." ”

Liu Han smiled bitterly, took out another silver ticket, and put it in front of Father-in-law Mai: "Father-in-law, do you know who I saw in the old wine of the Liu family? Cao Mang and the gate valve family, all have, father-in-law, they have clearly told me, let me let Cao Yun out, otherwise I will never give up, father-in-law, to be honest, the power of Fengyulou has been destroyed by them, I am just a businessman, although there are a few bodyguards, but compared to Fengyulou, it is thousands of miles away, father-in-law, Liu also asked father-in-law for help. ”

Father-in-law Mai didn't even look at the silver ticket in front of him and pushed the silver ticket back, and said: "Hmph, don't worry, the ancestor has already decided, no one can snatch it, those guys are just dreaming, the Wang family and the Xu family, it's okay to stay in Jizhou honestly, and he actually stretched out his hand to the imperial capital, and he stretched out that hand to cut that one." ”

Mai Gonggong said and took out a piece of paper and put it in front of Liu Han, Liu Han picked it up and took a look, it was the manpower of the Xu family of the Wang family in the imperial capital, there were those people, how to cultivate, how many private soldiers were dispatched this time, and now they are there, all of them are listed in detail, and the first one is actually the surname Shi, and it is marked as the third grade of the grandmaster, and there are two grandmasters, namely the first and second grades, and there are more than a dozen martial artists on the face.

In addition to the Wang family and the Xu family, there are also the Tian family and the Sanjiang Society, the head of the Sanjiang Society, the cultivation is the seventh grade of the martial artist, but the highest cultivation of the Sanjiang Society is a person named Mei Feng, who is cultivated in the ninth rank of the martial artist, but this Mei Feng is not in the imperial capital, and the internal guard gives the whereabouts unknown.

"Thank you, father-in-law," Liu Han breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he also had some doubts in his heart, is this information accurate? At least the one surnamed Shi is definitely not a third-grade cultivator.

"But father-in-law," Liu Han said thoughtfully, "This is not something that my Hanhai Trading Company can resist. ”

Grandpa Mai tapped his fingers on the tabletop: "Mr. Liu, don't worry, you have to believe in the palace." ”

As he spoke, Grandpa Mai took out another piece of paper and handed it to Liu Han, with only one sentence on it: "The soldiers are all arrayed in front." ”

"When it matters most, you just have to say that and someone will help you. Grandpa Mai said, Liu Han got up gratefully and thanked him, and then took out a silver ticket and put it in front of Grandpa Mai, Grandpa Mai frowned slightly, a little unhappy, and stared up at Liu Han: "Mr. Liu, if you change things, I will be very happy, but this thing is not good, the matter set by the ancestors, no one in the palace dares to stretch out their hands, who dares to stretch out their hands, beat them to death with sticks, this is the rule set by the ancestors." ”

Liu Han was secretly surprised in his heart, this Father-in-law Mu is really amazing, he actually set such a rule, and let everyone abide by it, no wonder the people changed their color when they heard it.

"The palace has checked, your fleet now only has eight ships, and there are seven ships under construction, fifteen ships, a little less, the ancestor hopes that you will build a fleet of thirty ships within two years. ”

Liu Han smiled bitterly: "Father-in-law, the little one has only been back to Dajin for a year, and the small one is not very clear about this ship, and the little one also knows that this ship is not enough, but... , two years, the time is too tight, and I hope that my father-in-law will report to the ancestors and give some time. ”

Gonggong Mai shook his head: "This is the death of the old ancestor, thirty big ships, none of them can be missing." ”

Hearing this, Liu Han's heart suddenly became suspicious.