The merchant did not expect that the homeless man who was still swallowing his saliva just now would be able to take out so much silver in a blink of an eye.
He doesn't care where the money comes from, but money is not dirty when people are dirty.
The merchant immediately put down the long stick in his hand, bent down to pick up the silver on the ground, and said with a smile: "Wait a moment, I will pack the candy for you."
He just made this candy today. If it had been in the past, it would have taken two or three days to sell it out.
The stall was sold out not long after the stall opened today. I'm really lucky.
The vendor's hands moved very quickly. In just a moment, he cut and divided a load of sugar candies and wrapped them in oil paper.
"Your candy is ready."
Zhang Yi took the candy and said calmly: "The candy is very expensive, but you can't buy it for ten taels of silver. Where is the rest of the money? Why don't you give it to me in change?"
"What's left? My load of candy is only ten taels of silver."
The merchant said without blushing or heart beating.
In his opinion, if this little playboy could get such money, he must have stolen it from somewhere. He clearly wanted to take advantage of others.
They are just two small homeless people, and they can't make any big flowers out of them.
Zhang Yi's face turned pale, and he said with a sneer: "You asked me where this money came from, and you just took it indiscriminately? All I can say is that you are so brave."
"The sage has a saying: If you are greedy for small gains, you will lose big ones. That's what you are talking about."
The merchant was slightly startled.
For ordinary people like them, there are not many opportunities to be able to read and write.
At this time, seeing Zhang Yi's words come out clearly, he was suddenly a little surprised and confused.
Zhang Yi continued: "I'm not afraid to tell you where my money comes from. I just met the Lord from Prince Wu's Mansion on the road. I presented him with my family sword. The Lord was very happy and gave me two taels of silver." I'll do something for him."
"I didn't expect that you would be so greedy for it. Now it's just right. I feel like I can't do what you asked me to do, so I have an excuse. It's all because of the evil businessman like you."
After saying that, Zhang Yi couldn't help laughing.
When the merchant saw Zhang Yi being so serious and upright, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
The young man in front of him, with his speech and behavior, was definitely not an ordinary person.
Maybe it was a down-and-out noble who came from afar to seek refuge with his relatives.
Regardless of whether what he said is true or false, he may not be able to offend him.
After thinking about it, he finally honestly found out the remaining change.
"I am obsessed with money. Don't blame me, young master."
Zhang Yi lowered his head and took the change that the vendor found with a normal expression.
He then asked: "Where is the best place here to get information?"
The vendor thought for a while and replied: "The most well-informed people are the little flowers in the city. They are in groups of three and five, and they know clearly who has cats and how many chickens they have."
Zhang Yi nodded and said: "If you knew you were still selling candy, you would still be here and I would come and buy it."
"okay."
Zhang Yi carried two bags of candy and walked towards an alley with the little girl.
The two sat on the floor, took out two pieces of candy, and ate them one by one.
The feeling of happiness as the sweet juice flowed down their throats almost made them cry.
Having not eaten for a long time, their intestines and stomachs are now very fragile and cannot withstand the torment of any big fish or meat.
Only eat light food.
Malt sugar is just right. It is made from wheat and other crops. On the one hand, it can supplement some nutrients, and on the other hand, it can also nourish the stomach.
After eating a piece of candy, the two of them immediately felt much better.
Although they still felt very hungry in their stomachs, they had gained a lot of strength, and their looks and spirits were much better.
At least you won't get tired easily after talking for a long time.
The little girl asked curiously: "Brother, why were you staring at that vendor just now and making a fuss about him?"
Zhang Yi explained: "Generally, those who buy candy are ordinary people from better families, or some small nobles. So this candy seller must have some discernment and be able to know what is good and what is bad. If there are other lower-level vendors, even if you tell the truth, , they won’t know the good or bad in you. That’s one of them.”
"Secondly, the money we have is a bit tight. If we go to some shops with many people, we may easily attract the attention of others. With fewer people buying candy, we can be a little safer."
"Of course the most important thing is that I buy candy for other purposes."
The little girl seemed to understand: "Oh. And, brother, why are you making such nonsense that the master is from Prince Wu's Mansion? Are you not afraid of being found out in the end?"
"Why do you say I'm lying? Isn't that gentleman from Prince Wu's Mansion?"
"Brother, how do you know? I remember that the adult didn't say anything."
"That gentleman is seven feet tall, with a white face and no beard. He is clearly a useless eunuch. I heard on the way that Ying County is now the fiefdom of King Wu, and King Wu has arrived in Luling. Who else would be there besides him? Use eunuchs?"
"Brother, you are so smart. No wonder the master said that you will definitely succeed in the future and become a great person." The little girl looked at Zhang Yi with an indescribable light in her eyes.
"It's difficult." Zhang Yi sighed: "After practicing for so long, I can only reach the third-level martial arts level of opening the pulse. In this life, I can only cultivate to the level of opening the aperture."
"Nowadays, there are so many martial arts forces in the world, and they have mastered more than half of the world's knowledge. If I want to get ahead, these martial arts forces are a hurdle that I can't get around, which means that I can only rely on a certain big shot in the future."
"It doesn't matter. Master said that all things prosper and then decline, and martial arts forces will eventually decline. My skills will always be useful."
"That's all for later, let's find a way to fill our stomachs first."
Zhang Yi's eyes were bright, and he always felt that this might be an opportunity.
It was said that King Wu was not powerful in the palace, but he still had royal status.
Now that there is no better choice, this King Wu is a good candidate for refuge.
"Have you rested? Let's go and do some errands with my brother." Zhang Yi stood up and patted his butt and said.
He walked down the street with the candy in his hand, and then observed at a restaurant near a wealthy family's house.
Zhang Yi saw three or four beggars guarding the door, looking at the many noble people coming in and out of the restaurant.
Every time someone came out, they knelt down and kowtowed, begging for reward.
Occasionally you can get a few copper coins.
Apart from this, there were no other big beggars involved.
He found a seat that was not too conspicuous and sat down with the little girl.
Then he spread out the candy in the oil paper and ate it in front of these little beggars.
An unkempt little beggar noticed Zhang Yi and hurriedly used his elbow to turn the little friend next to him.
Seeing Zhang Yi eating with gusto, they all couldn't help but twitching their throats and swallowing.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhang Yi motioned to several beggars to come over and eat sweets.
These beggars were overjoyed and couldn't wait to run over to Zhang Yi.
Under Zhang Yi's seemingly relaxed expression, his muscles were already tense, ready to deal with unexpected situations at any time.
His current physical strength is a bit difficult to deal with adults, but it should be more than enough to deal with these little beggars.
Zhang Yi smiled and said: "Want to eat? If you want to eat, you can get it yourself."
The beggars looked at each other and started to grab it.
But their movements are not as good as Zhang Yi.
Just when they reached out, Zhang Yi immediately put away the candy in his hand, leaving them empty-handed.
"However, I have a condition here." Zhang Yi said: "Each of you can eat a piece of candy if you tell me a piece of news you have recently inquired about that I think is useful."
The little beggar said happily: "I know, I know. Aunt Wang on the street raised seven chickens, which are very fat. I even stole one last time."
After finishing speaking, the little beggar looked at Zhang Yi expectantly.
After Zhang Yi heard it, he shook his head and said: "This is not useful news to me. I don't need it, so there is no candy."
The little beggar was a little frustrated.
"That's bullshit. There are three of us, but he robbed him alone."
A beggar suddenly became serious and had a wrong idea.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yi kicked him in the middle of his crotch, leaving him without a chance to react.
In an instant, the beggar fell to the ground, curled up together, and was speechless in pain.
"I've practiced martial arts, but you can't beat me. I suggest you follow my requirements honestly, otherwise, there will be no candy." Zhang Yi sat upright on the stone pier with a golden sword, making these little beggars dare not for a moment presumptuous.
The other two little beggars began to lower their heads and think.
Zhang Yi said: "You can talk about something related to martial arts forces."
A little beggar's eyes lit up and he said: "Oh, I know this. Not long ago, the elders of the Tiger Shark Gang were shaken out, and then the Tianlei Sect wiped out a village and took all the fertile land in that village as their own. have."
Zhang Yi nodded and said: "This news is very useful to me, you can get two pieces of candy."
After saying that, Zhang Yi spread out the oil paper and took out two pieces of candy and gave them to the beggar.
The beggar stuffed two pieces of candy into his mouth, fearing that others would snatch them away, which made the other beggar scratch his head and scratch his head.
"Now you can see that I am more interested in the martial arts forces in Luling. You should find out the news about the martial arts forces in Luling and even Yingjun as soon as possible. I will come again tomorrow and you can exchange the information for candy."
"Really?"
Zhang Yi snorted coldly and said, "What's the use of lying to you?"
The little beggar thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case.
They both have nothing and rely on the charity of others to survive. There is nothing worthy of being deceived by the other party.
All of a sudden, I became eager to try.
"Besides, don't let the big beggar know, otherwise, I won't come."
"Uh-huh."
After saying that, Zhang Yi did not stop and went to several other places to repeat his old tricks.
After all this tossing, both brother and sister Zhang Yi felt a little tired.
I happened to eat a lot of sugar, which replenished my nutrition and relieved my stomach.
So, Zhang Yi felt that he was almost done, so he took the little girl to find a stall, ate two bowls of boiled noodles, took a bath in the river, bought some clean clothes, and dressed himself up again.
That night, Zhang Yi found a small inn and lay on the bed to have a good rest.
After the second day, he went to the sugar seller to buy some sugar, bought some paper and pens, and began to collect information from the beggars.
Zhang Yi is very cautious and will not show his face when he sees a big beggar around.
He will only appear when there are only little beggars left.
After three days in a row, through his unremitting efforts, he finally had a rough idea of nearly a hundred martial arts forces in Luling and even Ying County.
Some places were too exaggerated. He either went to the scene to observe it in person, or he went near those martial arts forces and pretended to learn from their masters to verify it again.
In the end, he spent another day making a rough order of the information he collected, based on the background of martial arts forces, reputation, and recent good and evil deeds, and compiled it into a booklet.
Finally, on the fifth day, he arrived at the agreed place early.
And Gao Yanshi was also very punctual and came as promised.
When Gao Yanshi saw Zhang Yi again, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression.
At this time, Zhang Yi had put on clean clothes. Apart from his dark and rough skin, he could no longer contact the refugees at all.
Zhang Yi noticed Gao Yanshi, took the initiative to step forward, took out the brochures he had collected, held them up with both hands and said, "Sir, I am fortunate to have lived up to my mission."
Gao Yanshi suspiciously picked up the brochure handed over by Zhang Yi and found that it recorded the distribution of martial arts forces in Ying County in various sizes.
Not only that, but there was also a rough list of who was working in the yamen.
Even a person like him who is not very knowledgeable can understand it.
Talent.
Definitely a talent.
"Okay, okay." Gao Yanshi said three good words in a row.
This Zhang Yi brought him a lot of surprises.
Gao Yanshi was not stingy, and immediately took out ten taels of silver and said, "This is a reward for you. Do it well. I will visit here every five days at the end of the day. If you have any valuable news, please tell me." .”
Zhang Yi knew that he had a good friend for the time being, and he said happily: "Thank you sir for giving me a chance."
"Do it well." Gao Yanshi put the pamphlet in his arms and turned to leave.
Zhang Yi looked at the silver ingot in his hand and shook it excitedly.
Prince Wu's Mansion.
Zhao Hongming took the pamphlet presented by Gao Yanshi and read it carefully.
There was an expression of surprise on his face.
In this booklet, all the martial arts forces in Ying County, big and small, were listed, as well as some important officials in the Yamen.
Very detailed.
Zhao Hongming praised: "You can achieve this level in just a few days. You are really doing well."
Hearing Zhao Hongming's praise, Gao Yanshi was immediately elated: "This is what a servant should do, as long as it can help His Highness. Your Highness, what are you going to do next? Are you going to solve Feihe Sect? I think Feihe He does all kinds of evil, and his reputation in Luling is very bad."
"Why take down Feihemen?" Zhao Hongming put the pamphlet on the table and said, "My first target is the Iron Tiger Gang."
"Tiehu Gang?" Gao Yanshi was a little confused.
Judging from the information he collected, this sect seems to be in a prosperous stage, and it has not done many things that are outrageous to both humans and gods.
Zhao Hongming smiled and said: "Because they are the fattest among the most incompetent martial arts forces."
(End of chapter)
