Borrow the day to change the day

It was still the same restaurant near Dingfu Street. At a table near the counter in the lobby on the first floor, there was a strong man and a short man chatting while drinking.

"Second brother, why hasn't the eldest brother come?" The strong man asked the short man after chewing a peanut in his mouth. wine glass.

When the short man saw it, he reached out and slapped the strong man's hand holding the jug and said, "Don't drink so much, brother is looking for us, there must be something wrong, you're going to drink too much, don't blame us for not calling you when something good happens. "

The brawny man smiled awkwardly, withdrew his hand, and said forcefully, "It's actually fine, I can drink well."

When he finished speaking, he saw the short man glance at the empty wine jugs on his right. The strong man scratched his head in embarrassment, blinked his eyes, and quickly changed the subject: "Second brother, what is that outside the city?" The cement road has been repaired, and it looks really good. This cement is an excellent material for building houses and road repairs."

The short man understood that his third brother had changed the subject, but he didn't mind. He followed the third brother's topic and said, "Yes, the elder brother said before that he came to inquire about cement and wanted to make us rich together."

While the short man was talking, the strong man went to pick up another peanut, and then replied: "Yes, my brother said so, but there has been no movement."

"It should be because I didn't find out the specific news, otherwise the elder brother should have told us." The short man didn't eat, put down his chopsticks, and looked at the strong man and said.

The strong man nodded, and suddenly he also put down his chopsticks, leaned his head closer to the short man and said, "Second brother, there is no news about the appointment of the elder brother with us this time, right?"

The short man shook his head: "I don't know, I will know when the eldest brother comes over."

At this time, the curtain of the lobby of the restaurant was lifted, and a man who looked like a merchant came in. After glancing at the lobby for a while, he walked straight to the strong man's table, and said as he walked, "Second brother, third brother, I kept you waiting for a long time!" .”

When the strong man and the short man heard this, they looked up and found that it was their eldest brother, and they quickly stood up to greet him.

The merchant walked to the table, glanced at the table, and found that there were only appetizers, so he shouted to the counter: "Shopkeeper, hurry up and get some staple food." Then he sat down.

When the strong man saw it, he quickly asked, "Brother, what's the matter, are you in such a hurry?"

As soon as the merchant sat down, he picked up his chopsticks and began to pick up vegetables. When the strong man asked, he replied, "I will go outside the city in a while, to the cement factory."

The strong man and the short man were overjoyed when they heard it, and quickly asked, "Is there any news about the cement?"

The two were a little excited, so they spoke loudly, and the tables far away from them looked over, wondering why they were shouting so loudly.

The merchant shook his head and said, "Don't think about cement."

When the strong man and the short man heard this, their hearts turned cold, and they hurriedly asked, "Why?"

Just as the merchant was about to answer, the waiter came to him and served them staple food.

The burly man and the short man had no choice but to hold back their temper and help Xiaoer make room for the staple food.

The merchant waited for Xiao Er to go down, stretched out his hand to hold a steamed bun in his hand, and then said to the two sworn brothers: "I was late just now. Because of this, the imperial court sent invitations to the major commercial firms in the capital, inviting them to come this afternoon. About the auction of glassware at the cement factory. My boss got one and asked me to check it out."

"What about the cement?" The strong man couldn't forget the cement, because he had observed the effect of the cement on the spot, especially when it rained a few days ago, he went to see it once, and felt that the cement was really good, so he asked the merchant again.

"It is said that the production of cement is not enough, and we are not going to sell it." The merchant answered his question, which made him die of cement. [

"Brother, we don't have an invitation card, so we can't go." The short man didn't just focus on the cement.

"It's okay, I can bring two followers, so I'm wronging the two virtuous younger brothers who are now the followers of the eldest brother." Shangjia took a bite of the steamed bun, chewed it a few times before swallowing it, and then replied.

"Brother, when will it start?" the short man asked with concern.

The merchant estimated the time and said, "We don't have much time, hurry up and eat, and hurry over after eating."

When the strong man and the short man heard this, they stopped talking and started to eat hard.

About half an hour later, the carriage in which the three sworn brothers arrived at the entrance of the square in front of the cement factory.

The soldiers belonging to the Wucheng Bingma Division guarding the entrance stopped the carriage and demanded to show the invitation card, and idlers were not allowed to enter.

The merchant signaled the strong man to open the curtain, and then took out the invitation card from his cuff and handed it to the soldiers for inspection.

After checking the invitation, the soldier pointed to a single building not far away and said, "Go directly to that auction hall, don't wander around, you will be punished if you catch it."

The merchant seemed to know the rules here, and didn't respond in particular. After agreeing, he ordered the carriage to go to the auction hall.

In the car, the short man asked the merchant strangely: "Brother, why are there soldiers guarding this place, and it is so strict, you have to hit the board when you walk around?"

The merchant listened and explained: "This place is close to the cement and glass factory. The imperial court set up guards to prevent the formula from leaking. It is said that there are Jinyiwei guards inside. Remember not to wander after getting off the car, understand?"

The strong man and the short man nodded, not daring to mess around.

At the entrance of the auction hall, the carriage stopped, and the strong man got out of the car and jumped onto the ground first.

He felt that his feet were flat, but the strong man was a little worried about his heavy weight, whether he would dented the cement square when he jumped down like this.I hurriedly took a step away and looked at it, and found that there was no trace of stepping on it.

He looked around and found that there were also two soldiers from Wucheng Bingmasi at the entrance of the auction hall, checking the people who got out of the car in front of them.

Seeing that no one was looking at him, the strong man stomped hard a few more times, then moved to the side to look at the place where he stomped, and found that there was still no trace left.

At this time, the merchant had already got out of the carriage, happened to see the action of the strong man, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about you, look at this car, are there any wheel marks left on the concrete road?"

The strong man really took a look behind the car and saw no traces, so he couldn't help but smiled at the merchant, and then whispered: "The rain a few days ago didn't soften the concrete road, which is really good."

After the short man got out of the carriage, he and the strong man followed behind the merchant, pretending to be his entourage, and then walked towards the door.

As for the car, of course they don't have to worry about it.

After passing the inspection by the soldiers, we came to the gate of the auction hall.

The short and strong men were a little in awe of places like yamen, and followed closely behind the merchants, as if doing so would give them a sense of security.

Unexpectedly, Shang Jia stopped suddenly, and the short man and the strong man couldn't catch up, and they both bumped into Shang Jia's back.

"Brother, what's the matter?" The short man thought something happened in the house and asked quickly.

"Both of you come forward and take a look." The merchant didn't explain, but just let them see for themselves.

The brawny man was taller, his eyes looked directly past the merchants and his mouth became an "o" shape.

The short man walked around the merchant, and suddenly found that there was a large transparent block in front of him.

He stretched out his hand to touch it, feeling cold, then looked at the merchant and said, "Brother, this is..."

"Glass." The merchant replied without hesitation. He almost bumped into it, because he didn't expect the glass to be so transparent, let alone that the glass was so big that it could be used as a door.

"Brother, is the glass so big?" The strong man also opened his mouth at this time. It's not that he has never seen glass before. There is glass, but it is relatively small.

The two soldiers guarding at the bottom of the steps had been paying attention to the situation of the three men, to see that none of them hit the glass door, and that soldier A stretched out his hand to the soldier B opposite him.

Soldier B so-called took out a one-cent silver Nine Sibao banknote of Ming Dynasty from his pocket, handed it to Soldier A, and said, "Finally, I won you once."

The three sworn brothers naturally didn't know that someone would bet on the glass door. The strong man stretched out his palm against the glass and gently opened it, letting the two older brothers go in first.

After all three of them went in, they walked around the screen wall and entered the hall.Unexpectedly, the hall surprised the three of them again.