Traditional rivers and lakes belt crossing

In the Ming Dynasty, the status of merchants was not high, especially during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, the status of merchants among scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce was the lowest, but in the early days of the founding of the country, all walks of life needed to be developed, and the role of merchants was indispensable. Silver has made a lot of money.

The wild wolf from the beggar gang in the city and Li Qi from Qian Xiaocheng's journey recovered a little bit after resting for a few days, and their attire changed a bit.One day, the two of them came to a big house in the city, and the wild wolf from the Beggar Gang came up to the door and called: "Open the door, the Beggar Gang begs to see your young master."

He only heard a crack in the door opened in the courtyard, looked out and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, where are the beggars?" After speaking, he closed the door.

The wild wolf immediately wanted to step forward when he heard it, but he thought he was begging for something, so he held back in time. Qian Xiaocheng laughed and said, "What do you think? That's why I want to see you. Haha."

The wild wolf said angrily, "Why are you laughing?"

By the pond in the courtyard, a young man who looked like a playboy was lying on a chair and eating fruit. He casually asked the housekeeper behind him, "Who knocked on the door just now?"

The butler replied: "The two beggars, they came to beg, they have already been driven away."

"Oh." The dude didn't respond, but after a while, he seemed to think of something and asked, "Where are the beggars? Where are they?"

"It has been driven away." The butler replied.

"Then call them back!" The dude thought for a while and said again, "Forget it, stop calling, wait for them to come again." It turned out that he had just remembered his father's arrangement, and he had something to discuss with the beggar gang.

Sure enough, not long after, the mansion door was knocked again, and the playboy smiled and said to the housekeeper, "Take them to the lobby and wait." After speaking, the playboy lay down for a long time, went back to his room and changed his body. Clothes, slowly came to the lobby.

As soon as he opened the door and entered, he heard a woman's voice leisurely say: "My nephew is so arrogant now, I've been waiting here for almost an hour."

The dandy was stunned, why it wasn't two beggars, after seeing who came, he smiled and said: "So it's my sister, I thought it was two beggars."

The woman smiled and stepped forward to pat the dude and said, "What! You treat both of us as beggars."

"Don't dare!" The dandy shouted while hiding, "Sister-in-law, don't hit me."

Suddenly seeing the man who came with her sister-in-law, in order to divert attention, she smiled and asked her sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, who is this, I don't want to introduce, is it my uncle?"

The woman finally stopped playing and came to the man's side, her expression became much gentler, and she said, "Exactly, he is your little uncle." As she spoke, she couldn't help feeling shy.

It turned out that these two people were not Yelang and Qian Xiaocheng who just knocked on the door, but Shen Xiaoxiao and Shan Sinan who happened to be here to visit.It turns out that the house here is the mansion of the richest man Shen Wansan in Luoyang City, but he himself lives in Nanjing City, but his grandsons Shen Boying and Shen Boxi live here.The father of the two of them, Shen Wang, is Shen Xiaoxiao's second brother. Shen Xiaoxiao is Shen Wansan's youngest daughter, so she looks about the same age as her nephew.

Shan Sinan and Shen Xiaoxiao have come to Luoyang City since they left the West Lake in Suzhou. They came here according to the arrangement of senior brother Ye Jimei. They happened to be Shen Xiaoxiao's nephews, so even Shen Xiaoxiao came here Now, after the two of them untied their knots, their minds were connected. Although they were not married yet, they had already made a private decision for life, so when they called him little uncle just now, Shan Sinan didn't refute.

I only heard Shan Sinan say to the dude: "Shen Bo Ning, it's the first time we meet, my name is Shan and my name is Sinan."

Shen Boying was not surprised when he heard this, and said: "I have admired your name for a long time." It can be seen that he knows Shan Sinan's identity, and also understands the relationship between Shan Sinan and Shen Xiaoxiao.

Seeing him, Shan Sinan knew that he was not a martial artist, but considering Shen Wansan's identity, it was only natural.

I only heard Shen Boning continue to say: "Sister-in-law is no longer an official, are you free? You actually came to me." They have cooperated with the government and businessmen for a long time before. The two are very familiar and often joke.

"What's the matter?" Shen Bo Ning asked.

Shan Sinan looked at Shen Xiaoxiao, his eyes indicated that he still said to himself: "We are here because..."

Inside the Luoyang city government, Zhang Baosan reported to his father Zhang Zhongwu: "I haven't found any news about the son-in-law Li Qi and the wild wolf of the beggar gang. Maybe they are really not in Luoyang city anymore."

Zhang Zhongwu heard this and said: "There is nothing to do? I just don't know how to face the eldest princess. Hey, is there anything else?"

Zhang Baosan said: "Today it was discovered that Wudang Shan Sinan and Shen Wansan's daughter Shen Xiaoxiao has entered the city."

"Oh, really? What are they doing here?" Zhang Zhongwu asked.

"On the surface, it seems that Shen Xiaoxiao came to visit her nephew. Should we arrest them? After all, they are both imperial court aggressors." Zhang Baosan said.

Zhang Zhongwu said: "You don't need to catch them, you also said that it seems on the surface, is there any other secrets?"

Zhang Baosan Hu Ge: "Recently, Shen Wansan's two grandsons, Shen Boning and Shen Boxi, came to Luoyang City. They also brought a large amount of gold and silver. I don't know what they are going to do?"

Zhang Zhongwu wondered: "What's the situation? Are they going to do business here? If they want to do it, they should do it in the capital, and Shen Wansan just donated so much gold and silver for the imperial court to repair the Nanjing city wall, which is trusted by the emperor. How can he run away?" Come here?"

Zhang Baosan said: "Yes, and what a coincidence, Shen Xiaoxiao and Shan Sinan came to visit again at this time."

Zhang Zhongwu thought for a while and said: "Don't scare the snake, you can send Jin Yiwei to investigate secretly, maybe you will find something."

Zhang Bao replied three times: "Yes."

Zhang Zhongwu still warned: "This investigation belongs to the investigation, and the news of the son-in-law Li Qi should not be relaxed."

"Yes." Zhang Baosan said.

In the next few days, under Jin Yiwei's secret investigation, no martial arts figures were found to continue to come to Luoyang City, but a large number of businessmen gathered, and they brought a lot of consumption, which promoted Luoyang City to be extremely prosperous these days.

The wild wolf from the beggar gang and Li Qi, who was crossed by Qian Xiaocheng, were discussing in the inn, only to hear the wild wolf say: "Nowadays there are more and more merchants in Luoyang, but we haven't seen the two brothers surnamed Shen yet." .”

Qian Xiaocheng smiled "hee hee" when he heard it, "You will never see them in your life like this."

After hearing this, the wild wolf asked: "Then what should I do?"

Qian Xiaocheng said, "It's okay to tell you, but first you have to tell me what you want to see them for."