Xiao Dong listened to Wei Erbao's idea, was overjoyed, and thanked him repeatedly. Zhang Shi, Shopkeeper Hu and others also echoed, and everyone's faces showed joy.

Xiao Dong bowed his hand to Wei Erbao and said: "We are new to Dongliao County, and we are not familiar with the place, so we rushed to visit this king, but I am afraid that it will be inconvenient. Shopkeeper Wei has lived here for a long time, and he must be a figure who is left and right. I have a reluctant request, can you ask Shopkeeper Wei to introduce us to Wang Yuanwai?"

Wei Erbao said with a smile: "If you are interested in discussing the purchase of timber with Wang Yuanwai, I am naturally willing to take you to Wangjiazhuang." It's just that this Wangjiazhuang is not as good as other places, and there are a lot of rules. ”

When Wei Erbao said this, he paused slightly, and then continued: "Wang Yuanwai is the richest family in our Dongliao County, although his mansion cannot be compared with the dignitaries, but it can also be regarded as a first-class mansion in our Dongliao County. Needless to say, ordinary people, even our county magistrate of Dongliao County has to wait in front of his house to visit, and he can only enter the mansion by going to report to the king from the porter. In addition to the requirements of the king, the door bag is indispensable......"

Xiao Dong didn't wait for him to finish speaking, so he hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Wei can rest assured, all the expenses will be paid by us." ”

When he said this, he turned his head to Shopkeeper Hu and the others and said, "Shopkeepers, first take two hundred taels of silver tickets to Shopkeeper Wei, which can be regarded as a deposit for completing this matter." ”

Shopkeeper Hu and others listened to Shopkeeper Wei and Xiao Dong talking on the side, and they all thought in their hearts that the nonsense surnamed Wei blew the atmosphere of a rich man in a village to the sky. Everyone says that the prime minister is a seven-rank official in front of the door, but this is not a lie. However, in such a poor and remote place as Dongliao County, and the person surnamed Wang is just a rich man, how can he dare to put up such a shelf? This bastard is extremely greedy, and he is even more hateful than Qin Lao Wu.

It's just that when everyone was secretly scolding Wei Erbao, Xiao Dong actually asked a few shopkeepers to give Wei Erbao two hundred taels of silver, and the shopkeeper Hu and the others were shocked. Since boarding the ship at the dock of Ningbo Mansion, these six shopkeepers have been asked for no less than 1,000 taels of silver by Zhang Shi, Qin Laowu, and Xiao Dong under various excuses, and everyone's hearts are full of pain. It's just that if this trip goes well, everyone can make a lot of money, so I can't bear the anger in my heart. It's just that Xiao Dong wants everyone to pay, and it will be two hundred taels as soon as it comes out. The six shopkeepers looked at each other, but none of them agreed.

Xiao Dong saw that the shopkeeper Hu and the others had a look of indignation on their faces, and knew that these shopkeepers were all people who loved money as their lives, although they all had a lot of money, but even if they were asked to take out a penny, it would be like cutting meat from them. It must be lured by the inducement, otherwise it will be a big deal.

Thinking of this, Xiao Dong said: "Ladies and gentlemen, seek big things without being informal. If we make this transaction, two hundred taels of silver will be nothing more than a drop in the bucket for you, and what is it? If you are worried about your money, we might as well break it up in two, and don't do it. However, the large amount of money you invested before was naturally lost. Among them, the gains and losses, you still have to calculate carefully. ”

Shopkeeper Hu and the others cursed secretly in their hearts, but at this time, it was difficult to ride a tiger, and it was too late to stop. I saw that the shopkeeper Hu gritted his teeth and said to the rest of the shopkeepers: "Xiao Da...... Mr. Xiao is right! This money must be spent, otherwise it will lose the old capital, and everyone will be unhappy, isn't this reasonable?"

After he finished speaking, Shopkeeper Song and the others had to nod helplessly. Shopkeeper Hu continued: "Since everyone has no objections, let's get together and take out two hundred taels of silver tickets to Shopkeeper Wei first." ”

Wei Erbao stood aside, unable to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, his face smiled like a blooming flower, and his eyes stared straight at several shopkeepers, as if he wanted to see through where these shopkeepers had hidden the silver on their bodies. I saw several shopkeepers turn sideways, take out a few silver tickets from their arms, and carefully examine them with a disgruntled face.

After a while, Shopkeeper Luo held a silver ticket in his hand, and said to Shopkeeper Hu indignantly: "Let's be a villain first, and then a gentleman." It stands to reason that the two hundred taels of silver should be divided equally among the six of us, and each of us should pay thirty-three taels. However, Shopkeeper Yin is recuperating in the cabin, and his share of silver will be cushioned by us first. It is that each of the five of us will take out forty taels of silver tickets first, and then the shopkeeper Yin will pay us ten taels of silver each, I don't know if the shopkeeper is willing?

The shopkeeper Hu said: "This is natural! Our silver did not fall from the sky, it was all fortunate to earn a penny by hard work." Although everyone has a friendship, but the brothers, he still has to return the money advanced to the shopkeeper Yin. Hu thought that Luo's words were very reasonable, I don't know what you think?"

Shopkeeper Song and others nodded yes one after another, saying "it should be like this". Zhang Shi and Qin Lao Wu secretly thought in their hearts, these people can earn tens of thousands of family fortunes, and sure enough, all of them are necessarily better. Taking advantage of the absence of Shopkeeper Yin, they first set up an offensive and defensive alliance, and everyone could get three taels of silver from Shopkeeper Yin. The effort to squeeze oil and water in this stone is really admirable!

Shopkeeper Hu and the others had already decided, so each of them took out a silver ticket of forty taels of silver, made up two hundred taels of silver, and sent it to Wei Erbao's hands. Xiao Dong took out five taels of silver from his arms, handed it to Wei Erbao, and said: "All the shopkeepers have taken the money out, and Xiao naturally can't lag behind." These five taels of silver are considered door bags, and they were given by Xiao. ”

Wei Erbao got a silver ticket of two hundred taels of silver, and he was already satisfied. He got five taels of silver from Xiao Dong's hand, and he was even more happy. He put away the silver ticket and silver, and said with a smile: "Boss Xiao is really bold, I admire it." If you are in a hurry, you might as well go ashore now and go to Wangjiazhuang to visit Wang Yuanwai. ”

When Shopkeeper Hu and the others saw Xiao Dong's pretentiousness, they only took out five taels of silver and didn't say anything, and they brazenly made a look of paying for everyone, because everyone scolded him in their hearts for being shameless and despicable. However, although he thought about it in his heart, he squeezed out a few embarrassed smiles on his face.

Xiao Dong said to Wei Erbao: "This is very good. Please wait, let's discuss who will go with the Wei shopkeeper. ”

Wei Erbao was quite knowledgeable, knowing that Xiao Dong was discussing things with everyone, and he definitely didn't want to let himself hear it. He arched his hand, and immediately walked to the bow of the boat, and put his hands on his shoulder, making an appearance of admiring the scenery. Just from time to time, he reached out and sneaked a touch of the silver ticket and silver in his arms, and almost laughed out loud.

Xiao Dong saw Wei Erbao walking away, so he lowered his voice and said to Zhang Shi, Shopkeeper Hu and others: "There are so many of us, we can't all go to Wangjiazhuang in a swarm, we have to elect a few people to do this." ”

Everyone nodded again and again, and the shopkeeper said, "Please ask Lord Xiao to give orders, and we will definitely obey the order." ”

Xiao Dong groaned for a while, and then said: "I thought it would be more appropriate for Zhang Yuanwai and Hu Shopkeeper to take the boat family to Wangjiazhuang to buy wood." Zhang Yuanwai traveled south and north, and was quite knowledgeable. Shopkeeper Hu is shrewd and good at bargaining. The boatman has been running the boat for many years, so he naturally knows how to choose the wood to make the mast. The three of them went together, and it was naturally foolproof. ”

When Shopkeeper Song and others heard Xiao Dong say this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and they all echoed their words, saying that Master Xiao's eyes were like torches and he was confident, and he was the most suitable person to choose Zhang Yuanwai, Hu Shopkeeper, and Qin Laowu to go to Wangjiazhuang together.

Zhang Shi and Qin Lao Wu had no objections, but the shopkeeper Hu was in a hurry, secretly thinking that the bastard surnamed Xiao would not be chosen by others, but chose me to go to Wangjiazhuang to do business, and it was clear that he wanted me to pay for the silver to buy wood. I can't eat it! I have to spend money and everyone spends it together, and we must not just cut the meat from Lao Tzu!

Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Hu hurriedly said: "Master Xiao asked Zai Xia to go with Zhang Yuanwai, and Zai has no objections. It's just that this is a big event, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to support it alone when the next person goes. I thought it would be more appropriate to choose two more shopkeepers to go together, and it would be good for someone to discuss when something happened. ”

Shopkeeper Hu's voice fell, Xiao Dong had not yet spoken, and Shopkeeper Song hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Hu is too modest." Among the few of us, you are the most shrewd. It is to recommend the shopkeeper Hu to do things, which is the most assured. As long as you negotiate with the surnamed Wang, we have no objection. ”

When Shopkeeper Song said this, he turned his head to the white shopkeeper, Shopkeeper Luo and others who were standing on the side and said: "Song thinks that as long as the shopkeeper Hu and the person surnamed Wang have negotiated something, we will do it." I wonder what you think?"