Liu Ziqiu didn't expect that Hong Fu Nu would suddenly ask about this matter, and hesitantly said: "Xiu'er is still young, I want to wait for another two years. Sister-in-law, don't worry, even if we are thousands of miles away, I will send someone to invite you.
Big brother and sister-in-law."
Liu Ziqiu has not made a final decision whether to assist Li Tang in the future or conquer the world by himself. He still has some things to figure out. But no matter what, he will start to build his own power. In the past, he had no people and no money, but now he has no money.
Question, there are a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in Xu Tingfu's house. With money, are you still afraid that there will be no one? Liu Ziqiu behaves very confidently.
Gao Xiuer was a little disappointed. In this era, it was common for girls to get married at the age of twelve or thirteen. Historically, the eldest grandson Wugou married Li Shimin at the age of thirteen. After the New Year, Gao Xiuer was already fifteen years old. At that time, she was completely
It's enough to get married late. Liu Ziqiu's reasons clearly sounded to her as an excuse for delaying. It's just that the girl's family is always a little reserved, but it's hard to show it.
Hongfu Nu was a little aggrieved, but Li Jing stopped her with a wink and said: "The Huns are not destroyed, so why should we take care of our family? My good brother is aiming for a thousand miles, and he is really not in a hurry."
Gao Xiuer suddenly raised her pretty red face: "I can wait!"
It was really shameful for a girl to say these words herself. However, Hongfu Nu had already eloped before, so she made Gao Xiuer her confidant and immediately proposed to marry her as a sister.
In the past few days, Liu Ziqiu and Gao Xiuer have been temporarily staying at Li Jing's house. Gao Xiuer still needs to take medicine, but they are all ordinary medicinal materials, which are naturally sold in the city's Chinese medicine shops. She also knows the prescriptions, so she doesn't need to go back to the thatched hut at the foot of the mountain.
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Liu Ziqiu quietly went to Xu Tingfu's home twice more and swept away all the property Xu Tingfu had accumulated over the years, leaving only three hundred taels of silver in the hall as evidence.
After Li Jing got the money, he first went to the market and bought two good horses. He practiced horsemanship with Liu Ziqiu, which was quite fun. However, Liu Ziqiu had to take the waterway when going south, so he couldn't take these horses with him, otherwise Liu Ziqiu would also like to buy a few more.
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In the meantime, in order to complete the tasks assigned by Sun Simiao, Liu Ziqiu also went to the thatched house twice, retrieved the manuscript worth thousands of gold, copied it and sent it back.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed, and Gao Xiuer's body has fully recovered, and her little face is rosy again. Liu Ziqiu said goodbye to Li Jing. But Li Jing asked: "Brother, how do you bring these belongings back?"
Liu Ziqiu said without hesitation: "Of course we will take the water route. I plan to hire a larger boat, which can accommodate more belongings."
Li Jing shook his head and said: "There are many people on the pier..."
Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "If any thief without eyes takes the initiative to bump into me, my fists will not be spared!"
"My dear brother, I can rest assured of my martial arts skills." Li Jing said with a worried look on his face, "It's just that it is inappropriate for my dear brother to carry so many belongings and fall into the eyes of the public."
Although there is no evidence that his property was stolen or robbed, as long as the public investigates their details, the secret will inevitably be exposed. Liu Ziqiu claimed to be the identity of a fisherman in Changshan Village. How did he get so much money? Gao Xiuer even more
It's a gangster.
Hong Fu Nu smiled and said, "I have an idea, why not pretend to be a merchant from the south?"
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The weather was already quite cold at this time, but more than ten days later, a foul smell gradually came out of Xu Tingfu's house, which alerted the neighbors to report it to the government. The government sent police officers to investigate the scene, but they saw four people who often registered at the government office.
The rogue died in the hall.
Le San stabbed Heipi's heart with a dagger. The table leg in Heipi's hand smashed Rotten Cat's head, but Rotten Cat's hands strangled Mu Mu's neck from behind, and Mu Monkey opened his mouth and bit it.
The four scoundrels were entangled in the throat of Lesan, and the death was very strange. There were also many silver ingots scattered in the hall, as many as three hundred taels.
These gangsters have been causing harm to Luoyang for a long time, and the people have long hated them. Now that they are all dead, it can be said to be a great joy. But the human life case is a major one, and four people died at once. The government does not dare to take the matter lightly, and they still need to continue to investigate.
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It doesn't matter if you don't check. After checking, you find that the owner of this house is actually Xu Tingfu, the emperor's personal attendant. Xu Tingfu has been missing for more than ten days, and he has been searched in Luoyang County. The palace has sent people to remind him every day.
At this time, the government became nervous and mobilized a large number of government officials, policemen and villagers to surround Xu Tingfu's house. They wanted to dig three feet into the ground, but finally found a secret room in the backyard. In the secret room, Xu Tingfu was tied up and thrown to the ground.
, his neck was strangled, and he had been out of breath for a long time.
At this point, an unsolved case finally "came to light". Xu Tingfu built a private house outside the emperor without telling the emperor, and hid his belongings, but was discovered by a few gangsters such as Lebanese Third. Lebanese Third and other gangsters broke into the house and robbed Xu Tingfu, but because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, they beat each other to death.
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Yang Guang was the most jealous and worried about being betrayed by those around him, so he made a special rule that no one in the palace could buy a private house without permission. Originally, Xu Tingfu was a person he trusted very much, but he didn't expect that something like this would happen.
Yang Guang was immediately furious and ordered all Xu Tingfu's relatives to be exiled to Lingnan.
This news spread in the palace. Hou Susu and many beautiful ladies who were forced into the palace by Xu Tingfu clapped their hands and said that evil people will be punished. Only Wang Guizhi, the head wife of Jingmingyuan, knew that this incident was definitely not an accident.
, it must be the unknown hero who avenged her.
At this time, the real murderer appeared at the canal dock in the east of Luoyang City.
Liu Ziqiu wears a mink hat and brocade jacket, but shakes an arty folding fan in his hand. He is a typical image of a businessman who has become rich. However, with the opening of the canal, there are more people in the east of Luoyang City dressed like Liu Ziqiu.
, not noticeable.
Snowflakes were falling in the sky, and a house slave in green clothes and a small hat quickly held up an oil-paper umbrella. In order to avoid trouble, these house slaves were bought at the market in the name of Li Jing, and then signed a deed with Liu Ziqiu. The four house slaves were taller than each other.
They are all not tall and have dark skin. They are all Kunlun slaves from Nanyang. Liu Ziqiu personally tested them and found that they are all extremely capable and have practiced martial arts. These four Kunlun slaves also have four vulgar names, A'an,
Ah Fu, Ah Fu and Ah Gui were all named by Liu Ziqiu, which is more in line with his status as a nouveau riche.
Behind him, a small sedan chair creaked over, and two Goryeo maids helped Gao Xiuer out of the sedan chair. Gao Xiuer appeared as the hostess. Although she was covered in silk,
She was wearing gold and silver, but after being disguised, her face was sallow, and she was not as handsome as the two Goryeo maids.
Kunlun slaves, Korean maids, and Xianbei concubines are all the favorites of wealthy nobles, and these nouveau riche merchants are no exception. The foreigners did not have much foundation in the Sui Dynasty, and they were very loyal to their masters. This is what Liu Ziqiu is most proud of.
Valued.
Luoyang, the eastern capital, was the center of the Sui Dynasty. Goods from all over the country were gathered here, and everything was available. Liu Ziqiu spent two days buying everything he wanted to eat, use, wear, and play, and loaded twenty carts with it. , he really looked like a big businessman. No one noticed that among these goods, money from Xu Tingfu's home had been hidden.
The boat was hired yesterday. It is said that the boat owner specializes in traveling from Luoyang to Jiangdu. Liu Ziqiu does not need to interfere with these matters. The few Kunlun slaves are there to run around.
Agui came over with the boss of the ship, bowed and said: "Master, everything on the ship has been packed, and the goods are ready for loading."
The boss of the ship also said: "Don't worry, sir, my ship will be fast and stable."
The voice sounded familiar. Liu Ziqiu took a closer look and found that it was Zhang San. He still remembered that Zhang San's boat was not big, so he couldn't help but frown and asked: "Can your boat carry so much cargo?"
Liu Ziqiu did not change his appearance, but he was now full of wealth and surrounded by people. In addition, he lived in seclusion in Li Jing's family, and his skin was much fairer. He was no longer as abject as when he was in Jiangdu.
Zhang San never imagined that the high-spirited wealthy businessman in front of him was a sailor on his ship two months ago. He could not recognize Liu Ziqiu, and even if he did, he would not believe it. He just said hurriedly: "You can pretend, you can pretend." Look at my boat, it can fit even more."
With the opening of the canal, not only the merchants traveling from north to south became rich, but also the life of boatmen like Zhang San and the trackers along the way gradually became better. Zhang San had sold the boat long ago and borrowed some money to exchange for another. It was a big ship, and he hired four sailors, who became the boss of the ship seriously. After this trip, and the debt he owed was paid off, the ship was completely his.
Liu Ziqiu looked up and saw that the ship was indeed four or five times bigger than the original one. He couldn't help but nodded and said to Agui: "Let's load it."
"Quick, quick, load the goods on the ship." Agui promised, turned around and greeted, "Move gently, don't bump into each other. Put this one at the stern, and send this one to the cabin..."
This grand canal connected the north and the south, enriched merchants, prospered water transportation, and provided livelihoods for many people.
The large trucks loaded with goods like these all come from the horse and carriage shops in Luoyang City. In the past, they mainly relied on long-distance business. Now, just transporting goods from the city to the dock is enough for them to work. This month, there are two new ones in Luoyang City. There are also coolies on the wharf who specialize in loading and unloading goods. A dozen or dozens of them work together in groups to carry goods up and down every day, and they can also support their families.
Regardless of whether Yang Guang's purpose of digging the Grand Canal was to see Qionghua, to enjoy the mountains and rivers, or just to find the beauties in the south of the Yangtze River, it could not conceal the prosperity brought about by the opening of the canal. I am afraid that Li Shimin could not achieve the glory of Zhenguan's rule. It is inseparable from the help of this Grand Canal. It is a pity that Yang Guang acted too hastily and overused the people's power. He was nervous but made wedding clothes for others.
"Mr. Lang, it's time to get on the boat."
Gao Xiuer's words brought Liu Ziqiu back from his thoughts. Then he saw that the twenty cartloads of goods had been transported and put into the cabin to avoid being exposed to the sun. Those piled on the deck were also covered with tarpaulins.
Liu Ziqiu nodded and said, "Well, let's get on the boat."
Suddenly I heard the sound of horse hooves behind me, and someone shouted loudly: "Wait a minute!"
When Liu Ziqiu turned around to look, he couldn't help but be shocked.