After dressing as a widow

After getting the answer he wanted from Lin Zhen, more than a dozen merchants who came one after another left satisfied.

Talking to Yan Canghai who was also interested in this business, Lin Zhen told Zhou Zhengchu and the others to put away their things and go back to sleep in the cabin.

Having been here for many years, he has already formed the habit of going to bed early. He didn't sleep well two days ago because of the overheating on the boat. Now that there is a piece of ice sent by the merchant in the room, he feels more comfortable, and the drowsiness surges up. .

"..."

Suddenly, when Lin Zhen was half asleep, he heard a voice from outside the cabin, and immediately opened his eyes: "Who?"

"It's a villain, boss, we caught someone."

Zhou Zhengchu's voice came from outside the door, Lin Zhen rubbed the base of his nose, got up, put on his coat, and opened the door, "Where is the person caught, bring them in and let me have a look."

"Yes." Zhou Zhengchu nodded, turned around and told Shaoying and another young man to push the man they had caught and tied him up, and dragged him to the room where Lin Zhen lived with his shoulders clasped.

Lin Zhen looked at the plain face in front of him, and although he was flustered after being arrested, he was a little confident that he had a backer behind him, and asked Zhou Zhengchu, "Where did you catch him?"

Zhou Zhengchu said: "Going down to the door of the third room after going down to the cabin, Shao Ying had sharp eyes, and found that his walking posture was different from that of the crew on the ship, and he was not among us. After questioning a few words, this man was revealed. The horse's foot was captured by Shaoying, Ge Yang and Xiong De, but we haven't heard anything from him yet."

To say that the most eye-catching thing on this boat is the tens of thousands of taels of silver just obtained, but this person came to the side of the people when he got out of the cabin, not the other side where the silver was piled up, which showed that his goal was not silver.

Reminiscent of the place he was in, Lin Zhen knew that this person's goal was himself.

Earning tens of thousands of taels a day is indeed a coveted business, which reminds Lin Zhen of the power behind the monopoly of rouge and gouache in Kyoto.

Selling Yurong powder flower dew lipstick by myself, the person who lost the most profit is this person, if this person is sent by them, it makes sense.

But these are just my own inferences, not true.

But Lin Zhen is very glad that he has hidden his identity a little outside. If those people know that Lin Zhen, who can make jade powder, flower dew, and lipstick, is here, I am afraid they will not send a little one to investigate first. Yes, it is also possible to arrest yourself and lock yourself up, forcing yourself to hand over the method.

Lin Zhen said to Zhou Zhengchu: "Keep this person under close surveillance and don't let him escape."

"I'll go to Boss Yan to discuss things."

Lin Zhen asked himself that he didn't have the force value like Gu Lin, and with so much money in his pocket, when would he wait if he didn't slip away now.

When he found Yan Canghai, Yan Canghai was still asleep, he had taken off his coat and was wearing a layer of underwear.

Lin Zhen said: "I'm sorry to bother Brother Yan, I have something to discuss with Brother Yan."

Everyone on the boat had seen his face, Lin Zhen naturally didn't wear a mask in the cabin, Bai Shengsheng's face was so beautiful that it was almost monstrous under the candlelight.

Yan Canghai, who was already thinking about him, looked at his inner garment, then looked at Lin Zhen's eyes without any abnormal emotions, and sighed in his heart, thinking that he should pinch this seedling, maybe he was in Lin Zhen's eyes. In real eyes, he is not even a man.

He said: "Boss Lin came to see me right now, it must be something urgent, but it's okay."

Lin Zhendao: "My subordinates caught a person in the cabin, he should be a spy of some people in the city, just the few people on our ship, it's really troublesome to be targeted, why don't we go back to Lizhou now. "

"Naturally, in order to compensate Brother Yan for working all the way because of me, I will add [-]% to the original damage expenses."

Hearing that he said to catch a person, Yan Canghai also realized that today's battle has attracted some people's attention. Since ancient times, there have been many intertwined places in one place, and behind a small and unremarkable business stand Seeing people that the big guys can't think of.

Lin Zhen's Yurong powder flower dew lipstick is selling so well, it is no exaggeration to say that half of the rouge gouache shops in Kyoto will drink the northwest wind.

It’s because Lin Zhen doesn’t have much goods, and he can’t sell them unless he sells them. I just said that when they were sold out, there were still many women and brothers who were reluctant to leave under the boat, hoping that Lin Zhen would conjure up more goods. Woolen cloth.

Yan Canghai jokingly said: "Don't pay all the damage expenses this time. Boss Lin will save some more goods for me at that time, and just ask me to earn some money."

This matter is easy to handle, Lin Zhen nodded: "No problem, I will pretend to Brother Yan first."

The matter was urgent, the two said a few words casually and went to work separately. The crew members who had just fallen asleep were called up and told to immediately turn around and sail out of the mouth of the canal, returning to Dongyang County, Lizhou.

The crew members who were woken up after sleeping drowsily murmured that they didn’t know what Boss Yan was doing, but they had been with Yan Canghai for many years, and Yan Canghai had always been nice to them.

At this time, most of the merchants were asleep, and only a small number of pleasure-seekers noticed that Yan Canghai's boat had withdrawn from the mouth of the canal and sailed out through the water.

I couldn't help muttering in my heart, no matter how busy I am, I am not busy right now, how can I walk so fast.

Those women who still didn't give up and wanted to continue to make Lin Zhen sell them Yurong powder flower dew lipstick came early the next morning. When they heard that the boat selling Yurong powder had left, they almost thought I got it wrong.

Didn't that ship just arrive yesterday? Why did it go away!

In the capital city, people who were staring at Lin Zhen had different thoughts when they heard the news of his departure.

Mrs. Shi heard the report from the leader that the boat selling Yurong powder flower dew left the canal of Kyoto yesterday, she paused with the hand holding the teacup, smiled and said softly: "Smart man."

Don't look at the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, who are more attractive than each other. Most of them are horse shit with two sides. They look good, but they have already demolished the east wall to make up for the west wall, and the books are full of bad debts.

Regardless of who was in the business of Yurong Fen Hualu yesterday, there were a lot of eyes on him. That was tens of thousands of taels of silver, not hundreds of taels of taels, enough for those who want to maintain their dignity, and at the same time Unsustainable people waste some thought.

Now there must be a lot of officials and people staring at the mouth of the canal. If they didn't run away last night, how could a businessman fly out of their hands?

However, the piece of ice sent by the merchant persisted for most of the night before it melted to nothing, and the temperature in the cabin rose again, making it so stuffy that Lin Zhen couldn't even wipe his body twice a day.

He flapped the fan loudly, opened the neckline a little, let the cool wind blow in, and told himself in his heart that if he persisted for two more days, he would enter the border of Lizhou in two days, and it would be cool by then.

It's been almost ten days since I came out, and Lin Zhen will be absent-minded from time to time in the past two days, thinking of the gouache workshop in Lizhou, the state capital of Lizhou, and Gu Lin.

Except for the time when Gu Lin went to wipe out the refugee army, the two of them had never been separated. He was used to having Gu Lin behind him, and he could see it as soon as he turned his head, and he could touch it as soon as he reached out.

"Wow--" The fan in his hand fanned more frequently, Lin Zhen lay on the bed, feeling his head was hot and dizzy.

He thought, after going back this time, he shouldn't have to follow the goods, and those peddlers and casual merchants will be able to fill up all the goods in their hands.

After Yurong Fen Hualu was on the right track, besides coloring and distilling the dew, he could free up his hands to do other things.

The rouge and gouache business alone is a bit weak, and the glass business that I have written a plan for a long time, and the soap business that makes a lot of money can be started.

The new farming method has not been popularized this year. Next year, we will teach methods such as composting manure water and Quyuan plow to farther places next year, and implement the same policy of first crediting grain seeds and paying them back in two seasons. The people will have money in their hands. Only when we have enough to eat can we talk about building infrastructure and improving the quality of life of the people.

In his opinion, some specialties in Lizhou are still worth digging. If the roads are paved to allow the goods to circulate faster and attract some merchants, the life of the people in Lizhou will be better than it is now.

Lin Zhen, who has been completely relaxed for the past few days, slept well, ate well, and saw the scenery along the way, and his pockets bulged a lot.

When the ship entered the boundary of Lizhou, the temperature gradually dropped, and he was a little wilted by the heat. He was even more reluctant to stay in the cramped cabin. He moved a stool and sat on the deck, blowing the wind, and holding a charcoal pencil on the booklet. Every now and then, put your head down and write something.

The further we went to Dongyang County, the lower the temperature became. On the third day after entering the border of Lizhou, Yan Canghai's boat docked at the mouth of Dongyang County just like the last time he transported grain and grass, and the coolies who unloaded things immediately surrounded him.

But this time there is no goods on it, all the silver in the box containing the jade powder flower dew, a total of 5 taels of silver.

Lin Zhen looked at the team of coolies who carried jade powder for him last time, and said: "This time there is no stock, you guys should find another job."

Seeing Lin Zhen, the leader of this team of coolies remembered Lin Zhen letting them rest for a while, and said with a smile, "So it's you, the boss. It's a pity that I can't do your business."

Lin Zhen smiled and said: "There will be more opportunities in the future."

Suddenly, Lin Zhen saw the boat docked next to Yan Canghai, it seemed that he brought Zhou Zhengchu and the others here to get on the boat to the capital, and it was here, and they hadn't left yet.

Lin Zhen remembered that there was a burnt mark on the right side of the deck of the ship. At that time, he thought in his heart, could it be that he encountered water bandits and burned the ship during the fight.

Lin Zhen, who couldn't interfere with other people's boats staying here for a long time, looked away after looking twice more, and asked Zhou Zhengchu and the others to go and pull over the carriage left at the inn, and carry down the silver in the box.

Fortunately, they were stronger than ordinary people, so it didn't take much effort to lift such a box, otherwise it would be difficult not to make people think about it.

And at the corner of the dilapidated wall not far from the river mouth, a man stared at Lin Zhen who got off the boat, his eyes straightened for a while.

After waiting for so many days, he finally arrived.