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Chapter 1819 How dare you imitate me

The Zhougong River winds like a long dragon among the mountains, majestic and flowing endlessly.

The green mountains on both sides are layered and stretch endlessly, and their reflections in the water complement each other beautifully.

If it weren't for the huge crowds of people in front of us, this beautiful scenery would be quite refreshing!

At this moment, both sides of the Zhougong River are filled with flags waving, gongs and drums beating, and crowds of people, making it extremely lively!

Men, women, young and old, from all walks of life, all gather here!

The river is also crowded with colorful dragon boats!

The rowers on each dragon boat are all wearing special suits and are already seated. The drummer is at the bow, the gong player is in the middle, and the helmsman is at the tail. Everyone is rubbing their hands and looking excited!

Some dragon boat drummers are constantly beating the drums for the final rehearsal, fearing that the drums will not sound and the team’s momentum will not be brought out!

Feng Jiuxiao and the others were far away, "Why not leave the car here? There's no room to go any further!"

Pang Shiwu said, "Isn't it unsafe to leave it here? There's no one to watch over the car!"

Feng Jiuxiao asked: "Why aren't there any people watching over the cars? Aren't those old men wearing red silk on their arms the people watching over the cars?"

Pang Shiwu was startled and looked at the crowd. Sure enough, there were some old men negotiating with some people. Their right arms were wrapped with a piece of red silk with the word "Patrol" embroidered on it. It seemed that they were maintaining order at the scene!

At this time, a loud voice sounded, "Dear fellow villagers, I am the infantry commander Zhou Jie! This time, I was appointed by the prefect Cao to maintain order on the scene. I hope you will understand and cooperate! During the dragon boat race, I hope everyone will compete with each other for results and friendship! Since there are so many people, everyone must pay attention to safety, personal safety and property safety. During this period, I have to say in advance that if anyone takes the opportunity to steal or rob property, molest women, or cause trouble, Zhou will cooperate with the prefectural government to arrest them! Those who resist arrest will be executed on the spot! I hope you will keep it in mind, and don't blame Zhou for being ruthless!"

The surrounding area was in chaos, and many people outside did not hear everything clearly, but they roughly understood that this was the government reading out the relevant regulations. The competition has been held for many years, and everyone basically knows the government's several reminders: don't steal, don't rob, don't molest women, pay attention to queuing in order to enter and exit the venue, don't crowd, and avoid large-scale trampling. Many people immediately responded: "Got it!"

As soon as Zhou Jie raised his hand, a hundred Song soldiers quickly dispersed and stood guard every twenty feet!

At this time, thirty yamen runners also came over. They stood in a team and patrolled back and forth. Song Bing was responsible for the fixed posts, while they were responsible for the mobile posts! One was active and the other was quiet, complementing each other!

Pang Shiwu found an old "patrolman" and asked, "Sir, can you help keep an eye on the carriage for us?"

The old man's eyes were sharp and shrewd, and he answered readily: "Of course, but we charge for it!"

Pang Shiwu smiled, “I’m not afraid of charging fees, I’m just afraid of not charging fees!” As long as a fee is charged, the other party must fulfill their obligation to care, and once there is any loss, it can be traced back to the source!

When the old man heard this, he immediately realized that the other party might be a big fish!

"The price is not low!" The old man deliberately stared at Pang Shiwu's eyes and observed his expression! As long as Pang Shiwu showed a "don't mind" look, he would immediately double the price!

Pang Shiwu asked, "How expensive is it?"

The old man said, "One or two a day!"

Pang Shiwu laughed, "Not expensive!" One tael of silver was far more than expected! At this special time and place, twenty taels of silver was not expensive!

The old man smiled, he looked at Feng Jiuxiao and the others, "I said one car and one tael!"

Pang Shiwu was startled for a moment, then smiled, "Oh, that's not bad!"

The old man was no longer calm!

Damn it, it’s still less!

Pang Shiwu had no change on him, so he borrowed three taels from Zeng Yong and handed it to the old man!

The old man took the silver reluctantly and really wanted to slap himself!

Although these "professional patrolmen" are greedy for money, they have a strong sense of professional ethics. Otherwise, they would not have been able to do this job in the countryside for so many years! This time, the prefect also specially praised them. They were so excited that they said that these old guys had not worked in vain over the years, and even the new prefect recognized it!

Feng Jiuxiao and his companions squeezed into the crowd. After a while, Zeng Yong said, "That old man must be regretting not asking for more money!"

Feng Jiuxiao said with a smile: "After all, the customs of the people here are simple and honest. Even if they ask for a lion, they will only ask for three taels! If it were somewhere else, those cunning people would definitely ask for a hundred taels first when they see Fifteen's heroic look!"

Pang Shiwu was unhappy when he heard this, "Am I stupid? I will give it to him just because he wants 100 taels?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "This is a game! As long as you respond to him, he can guess the approximate price in your mind from your expression, and then he will start to bargain with you! He will definitely say that if you think it's too expensive, he will give you a discount! As for how much, it depends on who is better between the two of you! Haha!"

Pang Shiwu said, "Those three taels of silver are really not expensive!" Zeng Yong smiled and said, "Yes, it is indeed not expensive!" Hearing him say this, Pang Shiwu immediately showed his joy, "Brother, look, I said it is not expensive!"

Unexpectedly, Zeng Yong added with a half-smile: "If it were normal times, one or two taels would be too much!"

Pang Shiwu was stunned. "What? This is not the first time I've given money."

Zeng Yong said: "In the past, you always gave rewards based on your feelings. When people saw that you were well-dressed, they knew you must be rich. So if they said less, they were afraid that you would misunderstand that they looked down on you, so they always said at least one or two taels of silver. If someone told you that it only cost fifty coins to help look after the carriage, what would you think?"

Pang Shiwu said, "Fifty coins? So little? One thousand coins and one ounce, less than one tenth?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "You are a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man! The monthly allowance for maids or servants in some wealthy families does not exceed five taels, and most of them are three taels. On average, they can only earn a hundred coins after working hard for a day. He helps you watch for half a day, without having to move or lift anything, and he can drink tea and rest when he needs to. He can easily earn fifty coins. Do you think fifty coins are too little? Even if it is too little, a hundred coins will do, right? A hundred coins, for a cart, is only one tenth of it!"

Pang Shiwu was stunned and said, "Brother, are you saying that I'm a spendthrift?"

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "What do you mean by prodigal son? Can one tael of silver ruin the family? Then our family is too poor! I just want to tell you that some money should be calculated. In short, spend what should be spent and don't spend what shouldn't be spent! If there is no parking space here, and he is the only one watching the car, and we insist on shopping here, then he won't be too much if he asks for one hundred taels!"

Yuan Zishan smiled and said, "Fifteen, do you understand?"

Pang Shiwu smiled and said, "I'm not stupid, don't you understand this?"

Chili sneered, "Hey, when did you become smart?"

Pang Shiwu immediately chuckled, "I am still stupid in front of you, but I am a little smarter in front of others!"

Yuan Zishan smiled and said, "Huh, Fifteen has indeed made some progress. His brain has become quite sharp!"

Chang Zijin also smiled and said, "It's mainly because you have a good big brother to take care of you, right, Fifteen?"

Pang Shiwu laughed dryly, "Yeah."

Feng Jiuxiao thought to himself: Why am I involved again?

Yuan Zishan pursed her lips and smiled, "Yes, as the saying goes, 'A red bird is red when it is near a red bird, and a black bird is black when it is near a black bird!' After spending so much time with his elder brother, he has become so slick!"

Chang Zijin thought to himself: It’s rare that you didn’t argue with me this time!

Feng Jiuxiao thought to himself: That's not right. Whenever Chang Zijin mentions me, Zishan, he will definitely argue with me. But he didn't argue with me this time. Is he planning something big?

Everyone was talking and laughing and had already squeezed to the shore!

This section of the river is extremely wide and has formed a natural meander, so the flow is relatively slow and the water is almost invisible to the naked eye, making it the best section for dragon boat racing.

Pang Shiwu led the way, followed by Feng Jiuxiao, Yuan Zishan's four daughters, Zeng Yong the second to last, and Big Wolf the last, and the eight of them entered the crowd in a mighty manner. Pang Shiwu said "Excuse me" while squeezing in. Many people instinctively turned back and glared at each other after being squeezed out by Pang Shiwu. They were about to curse, but when they saw that the other party was a young man as tall as an iron tower, with two swords hanging from his waist, a pair of tiger eyes blazing with murderous intent, and an indescribable aura of oppression all over his body, they swallowed the curses and subconsciously moved to the side to make way for Pang Shiwu and his party!

In an instant, Feng Jiuxiao and others might have arrived at the shore, where the view is the best!

"Well, let's do it here." Pang Shiwu put his hands on his waist and said in a deliberately old-fashioned way. As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit on the back of his head by Feng Jiuxiao!

"What's wrong, brother?"

"How dare you imitate me?"

Thank you Yudong for your strong support and encouragement!