Tangjiang City.
The rich city of Xichengfang. Restaurants for drinking and drinking.
Seven or eight flower girls were walking cautiously through the crowd, fearing that they might accidentally offend everyone present.
But even so, he was still hated.
"Not very good-looking!" A middle-aged thin man coldly pushed the flower girl in front of him over.
The flower girl cried out in pain, raised her tearful face, and relied on her beauty to show mercy to her benefactor who was angry.
Unexpectedly, he was slapped twice again, hard.
At this moment, Hua Niang, whose face was swollen from the whipping, bowed tremblingly and retreated in embarrassment.
"Third uncle is still angry." Opposite the thin man was another young man with a fair complexion. His hair was tied up with a hosta, his eyebrows were sharpened, and his nose was straightened. Just sitting there for a while will give you the elegant feeling of "lonely cloud and snowy posture".
"You don't understand. The new owner of Xiaodukou is the person I hate the most." Lu Yuan kept chattering and drank two glasses of wine in a row before he calmed down a little.
"He was the one who robbed my wine shop business in Wangzhou before. Now his ghost is still there, and he followed me to Tangjiang City."
"Zizhong, you have to help Third Uncle."
The young master smiled and said, "Third uncle, don't be anxious. If you explain it in detail, I will naturally find a way."
Lu Yuan looked happy as he listened. The Lu Zizhong in front of him was the next head of the Tangjiang Lu family, and his reputation for talent and learning spread throughout the inner city. It is said that even the government officials in the city came to visit him personally and wanted to hire him as an official staff.
"Zizhong, my third uncle is relying on you. Please know that if the owner of this small ferry becomes powerful, my Tangjiang and Lu family will also be affected."
"Third uncle, please tell me."
…
The early morning light shines from the river behind the winery. Xu Mu, who had been standing by the river bank for a long time, slowly turned around and walked towards the village.
"Master, the wooden house is also ready."
The wooden house is the house used for distillation. This is the most critical step. If outsiders steal the technology and hand it over to the four major households, the winery and Zhuangzi will basically be closed.
"well done."
In the past two days, Chen Sheng and his gang worked tirelessly and organized the winery and village in a short period of time.
"Where's Si Hu?"
"Brother Tiger went to buy a wine vat, but he hasn't returned yet."
"Chen Sheng, take the two of you to hitch up the cart and go out with me to collect grain from the city."
Everything is ready and cannot be wasted any more. What's even more helpless is that in more than ten days, there will be a monthly wine market.
If you miss the time and miss the wine selections from the restaurant owners, I'm afraid it will become more and more difficult in the future.
Even if you want to collect grain, you have to go far away. The grain farm near Tangjiang City is probably owned.
"Caiwei, when Si Hu came back, he told him not to go out and wander around again in the past few days."
It's not that Xu Mu is too cautious, but that in the seemingly peaceful Tangjiang City, Master Lu will attack them sooner or later.
This is considered a big feud no matter what.
"Xu Lang, the slave family knows." Jiang Caiwei stood at the gate of the village and added at the end.
"Xu Lang, if you encounter trouble, run away first."
Xu Mu nodded, and after Chen Sheng hitched up the carriage, a group of four people, including two horses, took their simple knives and iron bows and hurried towards the east gate.
"Master, where should I go to collect grain?"
"If not, how about going to Chengcheng? Li Xiaowan is an official lady and can be considered a friend. I'll go there and she will naturally help."
"I'm not going." Sitting on the carriage, Xu Mu spoke concisely. He finally got rid of the three ancestors, and he didn't want to get involved again.
Furthermore, Chengcheng is not a place where grain is produced. At most, there are a few grain shops. What are you going to do there?
"Go to Fengcheng."
The carriage turned around and continued forward along the flat official road. By the time they arrived near Fengcheng, it was already dark.
Not long after, there was another torrential rain that had just begun in summer, falling down all over the world like a village woman sifting beans.
Tangjiang City West Square.
Si Hu poked his head out of a small wine shop and said a few words with a smile, as if he had found a reason to come home late. He happily picked up the wine bowl in front of him, touched one with the person at the opposite table, and then drank. All.
"As I said, you and I hit it off as soon as we saw each other. On this day, I will never come back unless I'm drunk."
Twisting a peanut, Si Hu spoke angrily.
Opposite him, there was also a giant man with a beard. He smiled boldly and then raised the wine bowl again.
The two met at noon today. They encountered bullies bullying passers-by in Xifang, so they both took action. Heroes cherish heroes, and this is how they met and had a banquet.
"Like Brother Tiger, I hate bullies the most in my life. Whenever I see them again, I will fight them again until there is peace in the world."
Si Hu's face turned red. Hearing the words "until there is peace in the world", he filled up the wine bowl again and raised his hands in respect.
It wasn't until the rain stopped that Si Hu stood up unsteadily, made an appointment with Lu Wu, and then staggered back to the wine shop.
Si Hu, who walked into the rain, did not see that behind him, four or five people walked into the wine shop with a young man in their arms.
"how?"
"Master Lu is indeed a reckless man, capable of forcing someone to kill." A ferocious look appeared on the face of the bearded man.
"Will it be successful within two days?"
The giant man lowered his head and thought for a while before uttering one word coldly.
"able."
…
In Fengcheng Inn, the sound of rain all night made people more and more anxious.
"My boss, the horse was stabbed." Chen Sheng's voice came urgently from outside.
Xu Mu was startled, quickly put on his clothes, and hurried to the inn's stable despite the rain.
The two horses fell into a pool of blood.
The boy at the inn was crying, and the grease lantern in his hand was so frightened that it fell to the ground. It was swept away by the wind and rain, dragging the wet water with it, and blew it far away.
Xu Mu looked coldly and quickly checked the injuries of the two horses.
After finally killing the Beidi people, they brought five Di horses back to the inner city, hoping to breed them. It's better now, I got stabbed twice at once.
"My boss, that colorful mare is dead." Chen Sheng's eyes were red, blaming himself, "I only walked a little further before, but as soon as I came back, the horse was stabbed."
"Go get the vet first."
"Master, I'll go right away." A young man said and ran forward in the rain.
Xu Mu's hands trembled as he caressed the colorful mare. From Wangzhou to the inner city, many battlers did not die, but died in such a miserable way.
"This little boss, my shopkeeper has said that I will compensate you half of your silver, five taels."
"Get lost." Xu Mu gritted his teeth and stood up in the wind and rain.
The inn boy was so frightened that he ran away.
"My boss, if we know who it is, we will kill him." Chen Sheng wiped his face and held the knife to his chest.
Another young man from behind also approached with an angry face and took off the iron bow on his back.
After several rounds of life and death at the border, they no longer bother to say anything like "reporting to the official". The knife in the hand of a hero who hangs his eggs is the most just truth.
Xu Mu closed his eyes and shook his head seriously.
It's not that he is cowardly. If he really wanted revenge, the best result would be that he could only lead this group of villagers to turn into bandits.
He didn't want that.
Even dogs in troubled times have to work hard to survive.
