The clerk said: "Today's water city map has been distributed. Come back tomorrow."
The hawker's eyes widened: "You just opened the door today, how could it be gone? If you don't have one hundred thousand catties, you should exchange it for one thousand catties first. You should have one thousand catties, right?"
The clerk was afraid of causing trouble, so he could only say: "No county can accept a thousand catties of salt at once."
Haoke said: "Okay, you can help me change it to a small one, and then give me as many water charts as there are. I will change the rest another day."
The clerk whispered: "This is not your business."
The high-roller frowned: "Then how do we do business?"
Clerk: "Why do you have to go to such trouble? It's a long way to transport it by yourself. If it rains, it will be in trouble."
The hawker pointed at the clerk: "Okay, I finally understand. You guys are in the same group as those profiteers outside. You refused to give me the water flow chart, and forced me to sell the salt to them at a low price so that you can accept bribes." .”
When the clerk heard this, he kindly tried to persuade him, but the man broke these unspoken rules and walked away angrily: "Really, I don't know what to do. Anyway, there will be no hydrograph today. Come back tomorrow."
Hao Ke didn't leave, so he squatted at the door of the Salt Envoy. When a man came, he said, "There is no water flow map. Go back."
Some people didn't believe it and insisted on going in, so he followed.
Seeing that he was nearby, the clerk found it difficult to speak, so he could only say: "No more."
The man frowned: "Why is it gone? I made an appointment with the transporter yesterday."
The clerk winked and said, "It's really gone today."
The man suddenly realized: "Oh, forget it."
Then the man went around to the back door.
The clerk opened the door, looked around to make sure no one was there, took out a water course map and said, "I'm sorry. There's been a scoundrel these days..."
Before he finished speaking, the wealthy man came out of nowhere and snatched the water map: "Just ask me to catch you. You still say no, you corrupt and corrupt officials."
The people who came to get the hydrograph were so frightened that they ran away.
The clerk's face turned red and he was trembling with anger: "Come here, arrest this bastard. He dares to come to the Yamen to cause trouble. He is really lawless."
The high-profile guest shouted, "I'm going to complain to the emperor."
When the clerk heard this, he quickly asked someone to let him go.
This guy can exchange for 100,000 kilograms of salt, maybe he really has some background.
If we go to Lao Zhu's place, everyone in the Salt Envoy Department will be cut into pieces, and no one will be able to escape.
The clerk became more and more frightened as he thought about it, and bowed to the man: "Sir, I am begging you, okay? Please stop making trouble."
The hawker had a rogue expression on his face: "Give me the water course map, and I won't make any trouble."
The clerk originally wanted to say: "You will be robbed as soon as you leave Yangzhou City with one hundred thousand catties of salt."
But think about it, although he means well, when this guy hears these words, he doesn't know how many strange things he has to make up.
Forget it.
Life and death are determined by destiny, wealth and honor are in heaven.
This guy asked for it.
But how can we send him away?
Lord Tongzhi came out and asked, "What's wrong?"
When Hao Ke saw that his colleague was wearing the official uniform of the fourth rank, he immediately said: "Hey, finally an official has come out. I want to get the water course map."
Tongzhi said to the clerk: "Give him the water flow chart of ten thousand catties of salt and ask him to send it to Dingyuan."
The clerk was stunned: "Ah."
Tongzhi said: "Give it to him if I tell you to."
He will know after one luck and one loss.
The clerk could only say: "Yes."
The clerk led Hao Ke out, gave him a water course map, and said, "Ten thousand kilograms of salt is a bit much. You can bring someone and a car to get it tomorrow."
Hawker nodded: "Okay."
The high roller was overjoyed when he got the water course map.
The salt envoy Si Li came out from the capital, feeling quite satisfied.
Several people came up and surrounded him.
These people are both men and women. The men have oily hair and pink faces and look shrewd, while the women are wearing heavy makeup and rocking their faces.
"Uncle, I got the hydrograph."
"Oh, my uncle has made a fortune. Congratulations. How about buying a cute guy? It would be nice to have someone to warm the bed at night."
When the wealthy guest heard this, he immediately turned back and stared at the woman and asked, "What's so lovely about this?"
The woman said: "A little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old."
Haoke said: "It's more beautiful than the one in the Red Mansion."
The woman said: "Hey, the girls in the Red Mansion are all leftovers from our place. My daughters are the most beautiful thin horses in Yangzhou City."
Hawker: "What the hell is a skinny horse? I've only heard of sweaty horses and wild horses."
The woman said: "Oh, this man has been in the north and has never been to Yingtian or Yangzhou. Our Yangzhou thin horse is now famous in Jiangnan. You will know if you go and see it."
Hawker: "It sounds like I've heard it before. Anyway, I'm leaving tomorrow. If I don't spend the money, wouldn't I be doing myself a disservice?"
He followed the woman through the streets and across the bridge, and arrived in front of a large house.
As soon as the mother-in-law entered, she called out: "Oh, here comes the distinguished guest. My daughters are coming to receive the guest soon."
Several girls aged thirteen or fourteen came out, each one more beautiful than the other, and each one more handsome than the other.
The gambler drooled and pointed at the girls: "Is this a skinny horse? How can there be such a beautiful horse?"
The mother-in-law covered her mouth and smiled: "Oh, this uncle is really funny. When these female dolls came to my place, they were thin and small, with long hands and long legs. Aren't they just like skinny horses? So the guests called them They are thin horses.”
Hawker nodded: "So that's what happened. What do you mean now, I can take them away with money?"
Mother-in-law: "Yeah, it's not better than the Hongxiang Tower. In the Hongxiang Tower, the old man spent a lot of money, but he only had one night. If he wanted to take away a girl, the old madam would obstruct him and make things difficult. All we need here is money. , you can take the person away quickly. There will be no consequences in one transaction."
The wealthy man pointed to one of the girls in green clothes and said, "This girl looks like Xiang'er from Hongxiang Tower."
The woman became alert and asked, "How did you meet Xiang'er from Hongxiang Tower?"
Haoke: "I heard what someone said. They said that the fragrance in Hongxiang Tower is white, weak, slender, and like an orchid. Doesn't this girl also look like an orchid?"
The old woman smiled: "Oh, that's right. To be honest with you, Xiang'er also came out of my place."
Hawker frowned: "No way. I heard that she was a Mongolian princess who was captured by General Lan and made into a slave."
The woman smiled and didn't say anything. She just said, "Do you like this one?"
Hawker: "Yes, how to sell it."
The woman held out two fingers.
The gambler said: "Two hundred taels?"
The mother-in-law said: "I am joking. I have been training this girl since she was eight years old. She is one of the best in appearance and figure. She is proficient in chess, music, calligraphy and painting. She is worth two thousand taels."
The wealthy guest was stunned and screamed: "Two thousand taels? Why don't you go and grab it? Even if the dozens of kilograms of meat in her body are made of pure gold, they are not worth two thousand taels of silver."
