Xu Ling was still thinking about how to politely refuse, when the scalded man on the other side changed his words:
"That's all, you are too cowardly. I'm afraid that within a few days, you will cry for your father and mother and want to go home."
Xu Ling smiled and said nothing. He was not really familiar with the scalded man, and he knew the details of this man. If he got too close to him, it might affect him.
If you offend the scalded man, he is a ruthless character who will kill without blinking an eye.
He only said: "There are seniors and juniors in my family. Although life is difficult, I have no intention of turning into a bandit. Brother Wuming, you should just tell me directly. What do you do with me?"
The scalded man touched his chin and said to Xu Ling, "You are a smart man."
"I came to you because I really want you to do me a favor."
The scalded man told Xu Ling that all his brothers came to him because they could no longer cross the river. The knives in their hands were not yet heated, and few of them made him feel at ease when they started to work.
Now that he has robbed the Wei family's goods again, he is afraid that the Wei family will secretly use their power. When the new official of Lingbao Town comes into battle, they may take it out on him.
He needs money and food.
"The mountain den of a certain person is filled with gold and silver, but the brothers are all hungry. This time they have obtained so many spices, which cannot be used to resist those dog officials."
"X wants your help. Help X sell these things and exchange them for food for X. Of course, X won't treat you badly."
After the scalded man finished speaking, he leaned forward and stared directly at Xu Ling.
"What do you think?"
Xu Ling was using his brain like crazy.
This matter is a double-edged sword, with risks and opportunities coexisting.
As his business grows, he will definitely be targeted by interested people. When the time comes, hundreds of eyes will be watching him, and Xu Ling's every word and deed will be analyzed.
Where does his food come from? How did he transport the goods?
Xu Ling couldn't explain it.
In this kind of thing, if you make one wrong move, everything will be lost.
In order to make up for a lie, Xu Ling had to make up for it.
But he doesn't trust others that much.
But if you get on board with the Scalded Man, the secret behind him seems to be easier to explain.
But the scalded man is a bandit...
What if he is caught by officers and soldiers and Xu Ling's name is revealed?
Is it possible that he is really asked to take his whole family to Liangshan?
In the end, Xu Ling just laughed and said: "I am just a small businessman who has failed in business. How can I accomplish such a big thing?"
"Hmph." The scalded man sat up straight, took out a dagger from somewhere, and turned it quickly on his fingertips.
Xu Ling broke out in cold sweat.
He added: "I need time to think."
The scalded man was not very satisfied with this answer.
"Two months, I will only give you two months. You think about it carefully."
The scalded man made an appointment with Xu Ling to meet in two months, and then drove Xu Ling out of the room.
Only then did Xu Ling realize that his back was wet with sweat.
He returned to the deck, and Niu Decai quickly touched his arm up and down, "Are you okay? I thought those thieves sliced you up and fed you to the fish!"
Xu Ling glanced at him sideways and said what he said was really unpleasant.
Soon, the scalded man finished moving the things on the boat and took the people out of the boat.
It wasn't until their ship was far away that everyone dared to curse loudly.
This trip was in vain again!
However, these smart businessmen did not hand over all their property. Just like Niu Debao hid money in his boots, they also had their own methods of hiding money.
The most disappointing thing was the bow of the Wei family's ship. He checked that the hull hit a reef and opened a big hole, and quickly took people to repair the ship.
They were busy until the next day, when a gust of west wind blew, and they were able to escape from the reef and rushed to Lingbao Town in despair.
Two days later, the ship arrived at Lingbao Town.
Xu Ling and Niu Decai got off the boat together, and they were about to say goodbye when they arrived at the dock.
Niu Decai has to continue taking the boat to Qiantang. Xu Ling wanted him to stay for half a day longer and steal money for him, but he was not willing to stay longer.
Xu Ling was helpless. When he learned that Niu Decai would go to Quanzhou next year, the two agreed to leave a letter to meet at the Pier Inn.
After sending Niu Decai to the merchant ship heading to Qiantang, Xu Ling reluctantly said goodbye to him, and did not leave until the ship was no longer visible.
As soon as the Wei family arrived in the town, they ran back to deliver the letter. Xu Ling rushed to the inn where Fan Shiqing was staying. The old man was fast asleep in the room. When he heard a knock on the door, he woke up and opened the door for Xu Ling.
"Boy Xu, you are finally back!"
Before Xu Ling left, he never expected that it would snow so early. The thick clothes he bought for Fan Shiqing were not that thick. The old man would sleep in the house after eating every day. If he hadn't been in prison for more than ten years, he would really not be able to withstand such a boring life. .
However, Xu Ling took two steps to the left and right and found that he had gained some weight and was no longer so scary.
Then he said with a smile: "Just wait for me for a day or two. When I sell the goods shipped from Quanzhou, we will go home!"
Xu Ling made the decision in everything, and Fan Shiqing's protest was ineffective.
Xu Ling could only go back to the inn to sleep at night. Before dawn, he would go out of the city to collect cabbages and then go into the city to take them to Deyuelou. Then he would ask Yaman to help sell rabbit fur.
There was no snow in Lingbao Town, but the weather was gloomy. The rabbit furs that Xu Ling shipped back were also very popular in the market, and soon there was a cloth shop in the town eating all the furs.
Xu Ling spent seventy taels of silver to buy the fur, and sold all eighty taels.
Counting the risks along the way, the profit is not high.
But it doesn’t count as running short.
Xu Ling also sent nearly a thousand catties of cabbage and several other vegetables to Deyuelou, earning a total of twenty-three taels of silver.
In this way, the two hundred and seventy taels he had on him became two hundred and forty taels.
Finally I can go home.
On the fifth day of November, Fan Shiqing was basking in the sun in the courtyard of the inn. He saw Xu Ling walking in with a happy face and said to him: "Old man Fan, we can go home. Hurry up and pack your things!"
Fan Shiqing knew that he was going to sell goods, and asked in surprise: "Sold out so quickly?"
If other people had so much fur, they would definitely not sell it en masse, but would consider selling it in bulk, sending it to a cloth shop for processing and then selling it for twice the price.
However, Xu Ling didn't have that much time at all. His house was still a leaky mud thatched house. Now the weather was cold and the temperature might cool down someday. He was in a hurry to go home and pay off his debts and build a house for the winter, so how could he think about making more money.
Fan Shiqing didn't have many things, just a piece of luggage in total, and a set of bedding that he bought for medical treatment at the medicine hall.
Xu Ling spread hay on the cart, spread out the bedding, and asked Fan Shiqing to sit in it.
Old Man Fan was very weak. Walking back such a long way might cost him half his life.
Before leaving, Xu Ling went to a bookstore and bought three books to enlighten Xu Ping and Xu An, "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Essay" and "Hundred Family Surnames".
These three books are the most basic books, and many people buy them. The last time Xu Ping saw a scholar copying them in a bookstore, it was the "Three Character Classic".
Because most of them are manuscripts, the price is cheaper than other books. Even so, three books cost five taels of silver.
