The Pastoral Life of a Reborn Farmer

Chapter 131

In a town dozens of miles away from Shenzhuang, Shen Da hesitated for a long time before stepping into the pawn shop, "What does this guest officer do?" The man came forward and asked with a smile.

Shen Da paused, took out the token from his pocket, and handed it to the buddy, "Be this."

The clerk took it over, and the black token was as heavy as a stone and as black as ink. The clerk weighed it, but couldn't recognize what material it was made of, so he said to Shen Dao, "Wait a minute, I'll ask the boss to take a look." Shen Da could only nod his head.

When the boss arrived, he stroked his beard and groped for a while, and then carefully looked at the inscription on the token for a long time. After a long time without saying a word, Shen Da was a little nervous, "Why? Isn't it worth money?"

The boss put down the token but did not return it to Shen Da, but said: "I don't know where this thing came from? Do you know the words on it?"

"I don't know how to read!" Shen Dao said, "I just farm in the countryside, so I don't know how to read."

"Then where did this thing come from? Was it passed down from the ancestors?"

"No, no!" Shen Dasheng was afraid of the origin of this thing, and hurriedly said: "I picked it up. I went to the mountains to cut firewood, and I picked it up in the mountains. I just wanted to ask if it was worth money, and see if I could exchange it for some money. , what? Boss, can't you change money?"

"No!" The shop owner said hastily: "Of course it can be exchanged for silver. This is high-quality cold iron, which is rare to find. It's just that I don't have so much silver in this shop at the moment. You have to wait for me here for a while. I'll go." Withdraw money for you."

Shen Da immediately put his heart back into his stomach when he heard the words, and was very pleasantly surprised. It turns out that this thing is so valuable, no wonder the family hid it like a treasure, and no one should know. He is the boss, and the treasure in the family should have been passed on to him. Yes, the father and mother hid this thing so well, they definitely didn't intend to give it to him, but to the third brother. Shen Da felt a little indignant when he thought of this, but fortunately he took it out secretly, otherwise so much money, I'm afraid even He couldn't see a shadow.

"Okay, thank you, boss!" Shen Da hurriedly bent over and smiled, with a happy expression on his face. The pawn shop couldn't come up with so much money for a while, so how much money would it have to be! "Boss, I'll be waiting here, go and get the money!"

The shop owner returned the token to Shen Da, and Shen Da quickly wiped it like a baby and stuffed it close to his chest, not afraid of the cold, the shop boss pulled the waiter and said, "Come here, I tell you to watch the shop."

"It's the boss, don't worry, I'll definitely keep an eye on the store." The clerk didn't understand why the store owner insisted on dragging him out, but he followed him out, until the door, when the store owner said: "Look out!"

Seeing the shop owner's meaningful eyes, the man immediately understood that the court's first step in recovering stolen goods is the pawnshop, so the pawnshop has been displaying images of catalogs of stolen goods offered by the court all year round. It seems that this token is also stolen goods. The man admired it. Looking at the shop owner, he has seen so many portraits of stolen goods for so many years. He did not expect that the boss has such vicious eyes, and he can recognize the items on the pictures of stolen goods at a glance. He has also seen the stolen goods album. Did not recognize.

"Yes." The clerk didn't dare to say much, but nodded to the shop owner with a meaningful expression on his face.

Seeing that he understood, the shop owner was relieved, and turned around to report to the county government office. If it was ordinary stolen goods, he might dare to accept it at a low price without conscience, but this item is not good. This is cold iron, which is used to cast imperial tokens , ordinary people are not allowed to use it, and the word "Chu" is engraved on the token, and there is a seal of the jade seal on the back, and the letter is like coming in person. This kind of thing is a great trouble at a glance, and it may cost the lives of the whole family. It's possible, how dare he accept it, it's more important to go to the county government to report the case, it doesn't matter if this thing is really picked up by this person, or it belongs to him, anyway, he can't control it, in short, it's serious not to touch it.

Shen Da was sitting in the pawnshop, when the clerk came back, he poured him a cup of tea, and said, "Your honored guest, please sit down for a while, today is also unfortunate, the pawnshop received a valuable item this morning, and all of the turnover has been wiped out all at once. The money is all used up, and it happens that there is not enough at this moment, please sit down for a while, our boss will come back after going to the bank."

"Chengcheng, it's troublesome, it's really troublesome." Shen Da stood up and helped the teacup.

"Look at what you said, sit down!" The clerk turned around and leaned against the counter, fiddling with his clothes, waiting to entertain guests, and ignored Shen Da.

Not long after, a yamen servant came, Shen Da looked blankly at the people pouring in from the door of the pawn shop, the shop owner suddenly pointed at him and said, "That's him!"

The yamen servants swarmed up, found the token from Shen Da's arms, and took a look at it. It hadn't been seen for a long time, and most people didn't recognize it anymore, but Han Tie and Ruzhen came to these yamen servants to understand, so they locked Shen Da directly, "Take Walk!"

"Hey... my lords, what's going on? Did you arrest the wrong person? I didn't do anything! Boss, what's going on?"

The store owner didn't answer Shen Da's words at all, but watched him leave.

Shen Da was interrogated and tortured several times in prison, but Shen Da refused to let go and said that this thing belonged to him, only that he picked it up from the mountain. He already figured it out, it must be the disaster caused by the token, he If he admits that this thing is really his own, let alone harming his family, he will definitely be convicted, and he will never be able to get out of this prison at that time, so he firmly bites and refuses to let go.

The token turnover was transferred to the county magistrate, and the county magistrate knew the token. After all, there were not many officials with tokens bearing the word "Chu" in the dynasty. Coupled with the seal of the jade seal, there was only Chuci, the military adviser more than ten years ago. Yes, this is exactly the relic of Chuci!The county magistrate didn't dare to keep the token in his hand for a long time, so he reported it to the higher authorities.

This matter was reported layer by layer, and no one dared to hold it in their hands. After all, the higher the officials in the court, the more they knew how big the Chuci incident was, and no one dared to stop it. In the end, it went straight to Tianting, but Shen Lingyuan was in Huaizhou. I don't know, he is fighting to defeat the Yao family. Mu Hongyuan has not been able to go out since he was locked up last time. Shen Ling can't count on him for the time being. But fortunately, Mu Futai didn't do anything to him, and I don't know why He lost his life-threatening things and was still in a state of distress, but he still didn't want to meddle in Shen Ling's business. In short, he didn't pay attention to the commotion he made in Huaizhou.

Shen Ling has been negotiating with Yao's servants these few days along with the merchants bullied by Yao's family!

The servant who came to Huaizhou this time to buy property was not the servant from last time. It is said that this time it was the head of the Zhuangzi outside the Yao family who came out to buy the property in the name of doing business for himself, but everyone knew that this so-called Zhuangtou must be Yao's trusted servant, and behind Zhuangtou, there must be Yao's big Buddha, but there are some things that everyone knows, but they can't tell.

Shen Ling finally met this servant of the Yao family. The other party seemed to have heard the rumors and knew the details of Shen Ling. Regardless of whether it was true or not, since Shen Ling had already said that he had Mr. Fu as the backer, and that he was using Mr. Fu If some chamber of commerce is created in Huaizhou under the guise, then this face still has to be given.

"Boss Shen, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"This is Mr. Yao, right? Shen Ling has also admired him for a long time these days."

Yao Wancheng and Mu Wu are similar in nature, they are both servants of a rich family, and they are smart and able to do things, so they are entrusted with important tasks and given their family names. They are no longer ordinary servants, but half masters, both Yao Wancheng and Mu Wu are like this.

"Young Master Yao, we Ming people don't speak in secret, and we don't have to go around in circles when we have something to say. After all, Mr. Fu and Mr. Yao are also in the same spirit, and we are also our own family."

"Exactly." Yao Wancheng nodded with a smile, listening to what Shen Ling planned to say.

Shen Ling said: "In this way, since Huaizhou has established a chamber of commerce and surrendered to Mr. Fu, it is our own family. You don't have to buy in Huaizhou. There are many counties in the world. I think Jinzhou is good. The merchants there That's how rich it is!"

Yao Wancheng said: "Boss Shen's words are wrong. Although Jinzhou merchants have rich industries, none of them are easy to contaminate. They always have some connections with the nobles. I am a small servant and want to do something. My own private property, how dare go to provoke them? I think Huaizhou is good, I don’t ask for more, just give me a foothold, everyone can make money together, if you don’t want to sell it, I don’t force it, we are money trading , and there is no reason for anyone to persecute anyone, why do you have to involve all the nobles? Or is it that your Boss Shen is not happy to see me in Huaizhou?"

"How can you! It's the blessing of our Huaizhou merchants that you can come to Huaizhou. It's just that you just said that there is no reason for anyone to force anyone when trading money and goods. Good! I appreciate your behavior, and today is just right , I am also the president of the Huaizhou Chamber of Commerce now, so I will reply to you on behalf of other merchants. We will not sell the property you want to buy! If you are not satisfied, come and talk to me, Shen Ling. If you are willing, then talk to Mr. Fu, it's just right."

Yao Wancheng was blocked back, his expression turned ugly, "Boss Shen, why are you doing this?"

"I can't help it. I'm entrusted by others, and it's a matter of loyalty. Besides, Mr. Fu will definitely support my actions today."

"Boss Shen, how did I hear that you not only followed Mr. Fu, but also the third prince?" Yao Wancheng narrowed his eyes, "Do you really think Mr. Fu will protect you?"

"Mr. Fu is kind and amiable. I had the honor to meet him once, and I deeply admired him. That's why I went to him later. It's just that I am a businessman, so I had to consider trade-offs, and I didn't dare to dominate the family, so I gave him away again. For a gift from the third prince, my heart is still for Elder Fu, of course Elder Fu will protect me, of course, if Yao Shi is willing, I am also willing to give Yao Shi a generous gift, and I will never treat one more favorably than another." Shen Ling smiled.

Yao Wancheng had nothing to say for a while, he didn't dare to rob Yao's name directly, he could only say that he was a silver trader, and there was no such thing as coercion, but Shen Ling said in turn that they were not happy In the transaction, he was not afraid of Yao Shi at all. He suggested that Mr. Fu would not cover Shen Ling, but Shen Ling blocked him again, acting as if he was Mr. Fu's confidant, which made him not know how to deal with it for a while.

Yao Wancheng thought for a while, and ended the conversation with a few polite words. Naturally, the acquisition of the property ended without a problem. He wanted to go back and write a letter to his master to see how he would treat Shen Ling. If by any chance Shen Ling really belonged to Mr. Fu, they If they want to tear their skins apart, they have to grab the property. If Shen Ling is not from Mr. Fu, what will they do? These matters are related to the overall situation of the court. It is not up to him as a little servant to decide, and he can only listen to the arrangement of the master.

"Master Yao!" Shen Ling added, "My porcelain shop will open in a few days, and I'll send someone to send you an invitation card! You must come for a glass of wine."

Yao Wancheng turned around abruptly, looked at Shen Ling coldly, smiled suddenly, and said, "Okay, Yao must go to congratulate."

"That's very good, Mr. Yao, go slowly." Shen Ling smiled and cupped his hands.

After Shen Ling sent Yao Wancheng away, he silently sighed in his heart. It really felt good for a fox to fake his prestige, although the tiger probably didn't know that he was using his prestige at the moment.

Hmm... I hope that the guards sent by the third prince will arrive soon, otherwise he will have to annoy Yao Shi sooner or later and deal with him, and there is also Mr. Fu, who uses his name to provoke hatred, maybe he will come at that time It wasn't just the Yao family who dealt with him, but also Mr. Fu's people. At that time, he could only rely on the protection of the third prince.