Immediately after the death of the master

head. "

While applying medicine to him, I poked his wound hard to wake him up:

"The doorman of the big family has a lot of money. Only distant relatives who are related to the master of the mansion have the opportunity to serve. This little brother, with your outfit, let alone a month, you can't do anything to him in the next life."

"So what, I will do what I say." The young man has a murderous aura unique to people in the Jianghu, and he is not joking.

I already had a premonition that he was a big trouble, but I had already provoked him, so I could only advise him earnestly:

"Little brother, I advise you to read more books, what does it look like to fight and kill all day long?"

"Hmph, reading? I've been reading for ten years, but it's useless in the end." Xu Yuque looked at his thin fist and gritted his teeth. "If you want to change your destiny, you still have to rely on your fist."

I shook my head helplessly, and had nothing to say to this violent teenager.

At that time, neither of us thought that many years later, the ruthless Jianghu boy would become a kind and rich businessman, while the timid servant would become a murderous general.

The so-called fate is such an impermanent thing.

The first time I met Xu Yuque, I knew this guy was not a good guy, but we still became friends.Don't get me wrong, I know he is an angry youth and I don't want to have any interaction with him, but this shameless guy unilaterally declared that we have become half-brothers in the name of repaying gratitude.

That was the first time I realized that I was not the thickest-skinned person in the world. This little brother Xu showed me what it means to be beyond others and to have a sky beyond the sky.

In layman's terms, I have never seen such a brazen person!

With the attitude of stealing lessons, I would often ask him to go to the tavern together in my spare time. At that time, neither of us knew how to drink, and the appointment to go to the tavern was just to make myself behave more like an adult.

We are of the same age and background, and we have no scruples when talking to each other.

I told him that I am under the son of Ji's parents, and my usual work is to help him buy some things, talk with him, and do some simple rough work, so that he can get a lot of money.Hearing my words, Xu Yuque's eyes were full of envy. From his eyes, I saw the self who once watched Ji's coachman.

The first time I saw Ji's luxurious motorcade, I was deeply shocked by the world of big shots.The guard of honor is tens of meters long, with attendants opening the way in front, guarded by armored soldiers, and dignitaries sitting in luxurious sedan chairs, which are pulled by two horses. Satin clothes that the richest man could not afford.

I looked at the high-spirited groom and thought to myself:

[Can I become one of them one day? 】

Xu Yuque looked at me when he was a teenager, just like I looked at Ji's motorcade when I was young.

We also want to be one of them, even if we have nothing.

After I finished talking about my recent situation, Xu Yuque also told me about my situation.

Although Xu Yuque was born in a humble age, he was fortunate to worship under the great Confucianism. He studied hard for ten years and learned all about the grand ideals of helping the world and serving the king, Yao and Shun. His master often told him that to devote himself to politics and plead for the people is a scholar The sole purpose of human existence.

After studying hard for ten years, Xu Yuque, who is full of knowledge, was finally released by his master. In his life plan, he will rely on his profound knowledge and quick thinking, starting from the county examination, passing five trials and killing six generals. After winning three yuan in a row, they finally boarded the Golden Luan Hall.

But it is a pity that Xu Yuque suffered an irreversible failure in the first test. As a great student of Confucianism, the most proud student failed even the county examination.Amidst the ridicule of his fellow apprentices, the proud Xu Yuque took his meager luggage and left the prefecture where he had lived for ten years.

At this point in the story, I interrupted him to point out why he failed the county test:

"In the exams of the Yu Dynasty, the examiners had to be concerned about the candidates' reputation when marking the papers, but reputation is too much water. In the actual operation of the county examination, it is often which candidate gives the examiner a lot of money Candidates at home are destined to pass.”

Xu Yuque agreed with this, and he also believed that compared with the intertwined major families, the chances of children born in a poor family becoming an official are too slim. All his life, he was just a ninth-rank petty official.

In Dayu Kingdom, except for the old prince's frontier army, the poor have no way to rise.

Unwilling to be mediocre all his life, Xu Yuque "became a bandit", from a Confucian disciple who had read sage books to a hooligan who wandered in the rivers and lakes, and it took only half a year.

See you in the past six months, Xu Yuque went to many, many places, and saw the most real world that was not described in the book.

Unlike the simple and kind-hearted people described in the book, most of the people are tied to the land all their lives, and they don't care about anything except the fields for growing grain and the short-term affairs of their parents.The limitations of the times and the constraints of policies are the chains that ordinary people cannot get rid of. Most of the people are short-sighted, lack of imagination, they are mean, and they have small stomachs.

They are not as perfect as described in the book, but because of these shortcomings, they are very vivid.

All living beings, the myriad ways of the world, the meek and humble good people, and the unruly people in the poor mountains and rivers, are all mortals working hard to live in the final analysis.

Xu Yuque went deep into the countryside, and also set foot in the market. In the huge and complicated world, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child trekked mountains and rivers, saw all kinds of beings in the society, and experienced the hunger that the children of the aristocratic family could not experience.He once contracted a sudden illness and almost died; he also encountered a wild beast on the road and almost died from the mouth of tigers and wolves.Along the way, he not only ate buns given to him by kind people, but also fought with beggars for half a steamed bun.In order to make a living, he stole passers-by's wallets and food from restaurants, and he also teamed up with ruffians to set up a trap to deceive people.

In the end, Xu Yuque, the most obedient child in the division, became the leader of a team of rangers by virtue of his ruthlessness.

Rangers do not have any social status. In the eyes of the inferior people, they are the lackeys of the upper class. In the eyes of the upper class, they are just waste like ants. They survive in the cracks and harvest most of the hostility in this world. .

They help officials and rich businessmen, help officials collect taxes, and help rich businessmen escort goods.Xu Yuque came to the capital this time to help the rich businessman transport goods. They saved the life of the rich businessman on the way. The rich businessman is a good man who knows how to repay his kindness. He gave them several times the price so that they can enjoy a good time in the capital. time.

But going on like this is not an option, the money will eventually be spent one day, and they must find new sources of income.

Xu Yuque planned to take the risk and intervene in the salt industry.

At that time, the old emperor reused Prime Minister You, who was also a reformer, but compared with the radical old prime minister, his various policies were more moderate.At that time, Prime Minister You was promoting tax reform and gradually liberalizing the salt market monopolized by the government.

Xu Yuque has traveled extensively, has experience in business, and knows some salt dealers who risk their heads in the private salt trade. He wants to take advantage of the loose policy to obtain the right to operate, and take this opportunity to enter the salt industry. In the market, we strive to quickly occupy the market with lower prices before the drunken officials and lords react.

He has had enough of being caught between the official lord and the lower class people, being looked down upon by both parties, surviving in the crack, and if he is not careful, he will fall from his current status to the status of a commoner.

Instead of helping wealthy businessmen with a meager salary, it is better to join them and share the market with them.Xu Yuque decided to give it a try, since he already had nothing and had nothing left to lose.

Selling salt is easy to say, but extremely difficult in practice. The first step is a big problem, how to get permission from the government.

In this matter, I gave him some help.

We were just friends at that time, and I didn't give him any real help. I only vaguely reminded him of Prime Minister Ji's hobbies and his plan to go to the temple recently.

With such meager help, he managed to seize the opportunity.

His success stems from his past efforts, the knowledge he has accumulated over ten years of hard study, and the way of life he has learned in the world.It was he who seized the opportunity and won the trust of Prime Minister Ji with his knowledge and eloquence, and won his ticket to success.

My existence, but at the right moment, gave him a stepping stone.

It is such a small kindness that this guy has remembered for a long time. When the third prince rebelled, when he was thrown into the prison, when there was a shortage of food and soldiers, he would always give me the greatest help when I needed it most.

At the expense of life and money.

Many of the things Xu Yuque did for me took great risks. Once the news leaked out, his life would definitely be lost.He kept saying that he didn't save me and help me for free, but I had to pay it back. If I can't pay him back, I'll give him a job for the rest of my life.But if he really wanted me to pay it back, he wouldn't stand up again when the next crisis arises regardless, under the pretext that I still owe him a debt and can't die here.

He is a shrewd businessman and has never suffered any losses in his life.How could he not understand that when he died, everything would be empty.

Of course he understands, and he has still been my brother for half his life.

This became the biggest muddle in his life