Go back to ancient times to be a royal merchant

The doctor came here at a fast pace. After diagnosing Wang Xiujin's pulse, he left a prescription and left in a hurry. Apart from asking about the symptoms and some precautions when prescribing the prescription, he didn't say anything else. If it wasn't for Li Sushan's quick action , I am afraid that even the consultation fee will fall.Because of the diarrhea, Wang Xiujin didn't even have the strength to complain. He lay on the soft bed and looked innocently at the wooden frame on the shed. Is he a plague?Or is it that he smells strongly of a latrine?Need to run faster than a rabbit?

Li Sushan asked his servants to fetch the medicine, while he went back to the room to take care of Wang Xiujin, pouring water and rubbing a cloth to wipe his hands and face.Wang Xiujin squinted his eyes and pretended to be dead. He really liked the feeling of being taken care of by Li Sushan, probably because it was so comfortable, he gradually became sleepy in a daze, but the sleepiness didn't last long. With the rolling of the wheel, Wang Xiujin got up comfortably and quickly, rushed out of the room, and went straight to the hut.

In the small courtyard rented by the two, there is such a small room in each house, which is used to go to the toilet. In fact, Wang Xiujin didn’t have to travel that far, but the moment he woke up, Wang Xiujin decided to go to the latrine. How long will he squat, how long will he run, if he runs for the second time, the servant has no time to clean up the third time...he might as well go straight to the latrine.

Li Sushan followed Wang Xiujin's back worriedly, fearing that Wang Xiujin's legs would be weak and fall, while thinking to himself, why it took so long to take the medicine, and Wang Xiujin could relieve some pain if he took the medicine earlier.

Wang Xiujin didn't squat for too long, he ran a few times, and no matter how much food he had in his stomach, he was able to discharge almost the same amount.It was useless for Li Sushan to make any movements, Wang Xiujin leaned on Li Sushan's body actively, his legs were sore and weak, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.Li Sushan half hugged and half hugged him back to the house.The older woman decocted the medicine she had caught and brought it over.Wang Xiujin squeezed his nose and gulped it down. The taste of the medicine was really bad. After swallowing it, Wang Xiujin's face wrinkled like a steamed stuffed bun.The woman hurriedly brought sweets to the sweet mouth, Wang Xiujin shook his hand, he is not a child.

I don't know if I didn't have any food in my stomach, or the medicine took effect quickly, but Wang Xiujin fell asleep in a daze after a while.Li Sushan, who originally planned to move at night, stayed by Wang Xiujin's side until dawn.

Wang Xiujin slept very deeply, if he wasn't too hungry, he might have slept a little longer.As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Li Sushan sitting on the side, dozing off, as if he had been watching all night.Wang Xiujin didn't dare to move, he was afraid that if he moved, he would wake up Li Sushan.But no matter how careful Wang Xiujin was, he still woke up Li Sushan.People who have stayed in the battlefield are very vigilant, even when there is no battle, they may not be able to sleep soundly.

"Do you feel okay?" Seeing Wang Xiujin opened his eyes, Li Sushan asked.

"It's much better." Wang Xiujin also sat up and rubbed his face. "You..." Wang Xiujin wanted to ask Li Sushan if he was there all night, but when he got to the point of his mouth, he felt that it was completely meaningless to say it, and he asked quite knowingly. "Would you like to go back and sleep for a while? I'll call you during dinner."

Li Sushan shook his head, it wouldn't matter if he didn't sleep for several days on the battlefield, not to mention he took a nap last night. "After breakfast, let's go to the beach." Li Sushan felt that he should quickly find out about Feng'an before returning to Beijing. He was afraid that Wang Xiujin would be greedy for seafood after staying here for a few more days.

Wang Xiujin agreed with the idea of ​​going to the beach, hurriedly got up, stretched his waist, screamed with a very uncooperative stomach, glanced at Li Sushan with a little embarrassment, and hurriedly ran into the back room to change clothes and wash up.Li Sushan felt funny looking at Wang Xiujin's appearance, got up and left, the clothes he hadn't changed all night were full of wrinkles, he needed to change clothes, and he had to think about going to the beach.

The breakfast was porridge prepared by the woman, with some light side dishes. When the two arrived in the front hall, the woman had already set up the dishes, and the two of them sat down and ate without saying a word.Wang Xiujin was really hungry, and he rarely ate faster than Li Sushan. He drank two large bowls of porridge in a short while, and then burped before putting down the bowl and chopsticks.Li Sushan was a little worried about the speed at which Wang Xiujin ate. Would his stomach be able to take it if he ate so fast?Turning his head to look at the woman standing aside, he asked. "Is the medicine ready?"

The woman nodded hurriedly, indicating that the medicine has been fried, and it can be served now.Wang Xiujin's face turned bitter, "I'm already healed, so I don't need to take any more medicine! The medicine is [-]% poisonous!"

"Where did the fallacy come from?" Li Sushan glanced at Wang Xiujin, "I won't eat after today's meal."

Wang Xiujin wanted to argue with reason, but seeing Li Sushan's worried eyes, he swallowed all the words that came to his lips, so he could only take the medicine obediently, so let it be harder!Whoever made himself ill, Wang Xiujin resigned himself to his fate and counted the time to drink the medicine.

Li Sushan watched from the side until Wang Xiujin drank all the medicine before he was satisfied. "Go back and change clothes? Let's go?" Wang Xiujin raised his eyebrows. Why did he feel that Li Sushan was very strange today, but he didn't object to Li Sushan's proposal.

Not long after, the two went out together. Wang Xiujin was afraid of having another bad stomach, so he packed a lot of toilet paper in his arms.The two of them came out of the noisy city and went to the grocery store first. How could they not go to the grocery store when they arrived in Feng'an.

The two found the grocery store not far away, and walked in.The layout inside the shop is the same, but the layout here makes Wang Xiujin feel that there is something different. After walking around inside, Wang Xiujin finds that the problem is different. Unlike other shops, there are seafood grids here.They claim to have grocery stores for everything, but they don’t know if they have any fishing rods. Wang Xiujin stepped forward, “Man, we want to buy two fishing rods, do you have them?”

"This young man really has a fishing rod, but it looks ordinary, do you want to take a look at it?" Since fishing was banned at the seaside, no one bought fishing rods. The fishing rods in the shop have been pressed for many years, and I don't know if they can be used. "My lord, this way please." The clerk quickly led the two of them to look at the fishing rods.

The two followed the waiter, and when they missed the shopkeeper, Wang Xiujin and Li Sushan didn't pay much attention, but the shopkeeper raised his eyes and saw the two of them, his hands trembled.The shopkeeper had attended the wedding of shopkeeper Mi and had met Li Sushan. Because of the rumors outside, the shopkeeper had a deep impression of Li Sushan.Why is the eldest grandson of the Li family here?What is the background of the people around him?He doesn't look like a servant, and he shouldn't be a prince of high status.Thinking about the rumors about the young master of the Li family in the capital, could it be said that the person next to the young master of the Li family is the youngest son of Lord Wang of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?This conjecture flashed by, and the shopkeeper gasped, what did these two people come to Feng'an for?Just for sightseeing?He doesn't believe it.

The shopkeeper looked at the backs of the two of them. Could it be that there was something wrong with the accounts when they came to settle the accounts last time?No, if something goes wrong, it shouldn't be these two who came over, but should come over to take over his affairs, and then let him bring the account book to Beijing to check it out.Or send him directly to the government?In any case, it shouldn't be these two.If the young master of the Li family is really the royal businessman of the Wang family, how can he have time to take care of these trivial matters, the workshops and shops under his name keep him busy.But if it wasn't for this matter, then why did the two of them come here... As if thinking of something, the shopkeeper's eyes widened instantly, he hurriedly closed the ledger, walked in quickly, stopped the guy who was introducing how good the fishing rod was, Let him go to the front to entertain them, and then respectfully bow to the two, "Master Li. I don't know if Master Li will come to the small shop, but what orders does Shopkeeper Mi have?"

"He knows you?" Wang Xiujin had a headache. The shopkeeper who was so far away actually knew Li Sushan. How did he know him?

"I don't know." Li Sushan glanced at the shopkeeper, then looked at Wang Xiujin and spit out this sentence.

"Young master Li may not have much impression. When the shopkeeper got married, I happened to be in Beijing, so I was honored to attend the ceremony." The shopkeeper quickly explained. "I don't know, Young Master Li went to Feng'an to serve as the shopkeeper for Mi..."

"No." Li Sushan didn't expect to meet someone who knew him here, and he really made a mistake. Now he can't judge the relationship between the shopkeeper and the Feng'an government, so naturally he can't tell the truth.

Seeing that Li Sushan was obviously unwilling to talk more, the shopkeeper was a little embarrassed.

"We traveled here all the way from the capital, because I wanted to see the sea and taste seafood, so I found this place." Wang Xiujin continued, "If you don't want to eat a meal of seafood, you will have no luck. No, I want to go Sea fishing, watching the magnificent waves of the sea.”

"You two may not know that sea fishing was banned in Feng'an a few years ago." The shopkeeper invited the two to sit down and poured tea for them.

"What else?" Wang Xiujin's eyes widened with surprise, "But what happened at the beach? Otherwise, why should it be banned?"

"This matter..." The shopkeeper also hesitated to say it. The shopkeeper didn't know what kind of background the grocery store was. He only knew that the shopkeeper Mi was in charge. As for the real shopkeeper, he had never heard of it or seen it. , He didn't know whether to drag the grocery store into the court.Of the two in front of me, one is the grandson of a great general, and the other is likely to be the legendary imperial merchant who makes money from everything. It is said that he once donated all his family property to the imperial court, which was worth half of the national treasury. Here, he has not yet reached the crown.Another identity of the imperial merchant also made him hesitate to speak directly.Mr. Wang, who had been dismissed from office, returned to Beijing, but many high-ranking officials were pulled down.

"If it's hard to say, don't say it." Li Sushan said before Wang Xiujin opened his mouth, "It's just a pity that I can't go fishing in the sea." Wang Xiujin wondered why Li Sushan didn't ask, but he didn't open it. If you have any doubts, you can ask after you go back. At this time, I still listen first.

The shopkeeper heaved a sigh of relief, "If the two of you really want to fish in the sea, I can help you, but the location for sea fishing may not be very good."

"How's the scenery? If the scenery is not good, then I'll change my taste." After thinking that he had to find another way to go to the seaside, he heard the shopkeeper's words, and it was a turn of events. That's it, Wang Xiujin still tried his best to pretend to be very calm. .

"Whether the scenery is beautiful or not, I can't say for sure. You need to see it. I don't know when you want to go. I can arrange it." The shopkeeper is very enthusiastic, and neither of them is someone who can be offended.

"Or tomorrow! We need to prepare for today, and let's take a look at the fishing rod. There must be a tool for fishing." Wang Xiujin stood up and looked at the fishing rod. He didn't know much about fishing rods, but he had caught fish in his previous life. , but his fishing rod was given by someone else, and now he is asked to choose, but he can't tell which one is better and which one is suitable.

The shopkeeper got up and stepped forward, reassuring that everything would be ready tomorrow, and there was no need to buy another fishing rod.Wang Xiujin felt a little regretful, but he didn't refuse the shopkeeper's kindness. He also asked the shopkeeper to help collect some pearls. The value of seaside pearls should be cheaper. In addition, he also needed a few large conch shells. Add [-]% to the purchase price in the shop.

The shopkeeper was about to refuse, but Wang Xiujin put on a posture that he knew that the shop would be liquidated, and suppressed the words from his mouth, and he became more and more sure that this person was an imperial merchant.

The two came out of the grocery store and wandered along the street instead of going home. "My identity has been breached by someone. I don't know if it's good or bad." Seeing a restaurant recommended by the waiter in the inn, he went in and asked for a private room. After the tea was served, Wang Xiujin opened his mouth.

"In the shop, I couldn't confirm whether the shopkeeper had contact with the government, so I didn't ask, so as not to startle the snake." Li Sushan picked up the teacup, and now he was thinking about the shopkeeper. Didn't he mention the certain thing to the little dad, or did he hint at it, but the little dad didn't pay attention?

"Well, I want to know who the shopkeeper of Feng'an is, but who is the real owner behind it? When he came here, did anyone hint that he would report something unusual?" After Wang Xiujin finished speaking, Li Sushan looked up at him, and they seemed to have ignored it. The most important question, it seems that the store below the grocery store didn't know who the owner was, and they believed that the grocery store was a spy for the emperor before, it was all based on guesswork!Some people may have mentioned that they should pay attention to abnormalities, but in the eyes of the shopkeepers in charge of the shop, the so-called abnormalities are probably only related to the income of the shop.

"It seems that I have to send a letter to the capital." After the two were silent for a long time, Wang Xiujin said that Feng An's abnormality, they will continue to investigate, but the problem that has been neglected needs to be adjusted, right?

The two had a hasty lunch at the restaurant, then hurried back to their temporary residence.They wrote letters separately and sent them back to Beijing. Wang Xiujin's letter was much thicker than Li Sushan's. In addition to the grocery store, the letter contained information about Li Gao and Kou Guo, and severely criticized the servility of some officials. criticism.Li Sushan looked at the very thick letter and felt strange. He had never seen Wang Xiujin write such a thick letter when he went to Qiucheng before. What happened this time.

After the letter was delivered, the two waited for the next day to go fishing at the beach.

The capital was not peaceful. King Harder and his son were suppressed, and the civil and military officials fought another battle. The emperor was very annoyed when he heard it. Finally, when a civil official talked about benevolence and holiness, the emperor couldn't hold back. The teacup in his hand was thrown towards the man. "Renai, huh, talk about benevolence to those who come to your door every year to snatch food. I don't know that Aiqing has such a big heart."

The minister who was just boastful just knelt down on the ground, trembling all over. If he didn't know what taboo he committed now, he would be a fool.The ministers who had previously advocated food and drink for King Harder to show the magnanimity of the lord trembled all over, fearing that the emperor would point the finger at them.

The military officers sneered, there are always some people among the civil servants who habitually sing the opposite, thinking that their knowledge is extraordinary, and they don't want to know whose ministers they are and whose salary they are receiving.

The debate in the early court stopped because the emperor threw a teacup, and then dissipated because the military officer gained the upper hand. I look down on these literati more and more.

The civil servants and ministers who were left by the emperor before the scattered court looked at each other, and finally everyone's eyes fell on Mr. Wang. They cupped their hands and asked tentatively why the emperor left them and Mr. Wang together. Now, they felt guilty, fearing that the emperor would confiscate their house if he was not happy. Anyone here, except Mr. Wang, who would dare to say that there is no money or things of unknown origin in their house.At this moment, they are still being left together with Mr. Wang, how could they not be afraid.

Master Wang put his hands into his sleeves and shook his head, expressing that he didn't know the reason.Then he closed his eyes slightly, waiting for the emperor to greet him.Mr. Wang is a little hungry, because of the quarrel in the early court, the time for the usual dispersal of the court has long passed, and it is a great face to not have a belly, but there are so many people at the moment, it is difficult to take out the snacks in the sleeves to fill the stomach , Mr. Wang can only endure the hunger, and he is not in the mood for colleagues who speculate wildly because of guilty conscience.

In the imperial study, the emperor, who had eaten some snacks, was still in a bad mood, so he invited several ministers in.Seeing the gray-faced ministers rushing in, the unbeautiful mood was even worse. "The Ligao envoy once again sent the letter of credence, hoping that I will marry the princess. What do the Qing family think?"

"I think it's inappropriate. If Li Gao wants to show his loyalty, he should send a proton here instead of asking the princess to marry him." Because the hunger affected Mr. Wang's thinking, he made him stand out once.

"I agree with Mr. Wang's theory. If the lord of Ligao is devoted to Daliang, he should send his beloved son to the capital. After his death, he will allow this son to return to Ligao to inherit the throne." With Mr. Wang's clarification, the others They all expressed their approval one after another, but they were relieved in their hearts. Fortunately, they didn't copy their homes.

Lord Wang raised his eyebrows, and didn't even look at the other ministers. These people were too good at agreeing.Stealthily raised his eyes and looked at the emperor, seeing the same expression on the emperor's face, Mr. Wang began to worry whether he would have to starve for another day.