Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 666
The lady on the opposite side looked at He Wuqi who was stunned, and said with a sneer, "Mr. Wang's word is absolutely perfect, it can be said that it is not bad at all."

Only then did He Wuqi come to his senses, and said awkwardly: "Madam, in front of Mr. Huai, Mr. Wang and all the gentlemen, don't talk nonsense!"

The madam laughed and said, "I see you are in a hurry, I was just joking."

He Wuqi laughed dryly: "Mr. Huai and Mr. Wang are really interesting, very interesting, very interesting..."

He said a few times "very interesting", sat down awkwardly, and looked at He Jing who was opposite.

He Jing hadn't recovered yet, and stared at him blankly.

The table was silent for a while.

Di Renjie glanced at Wang Mang. Wang Mang nodded slightly. He smiled at the crowd and said, "Why, you don't talk anymore? Ah, come on, let's have a drink!"

As soon as this remark came out, Zeng Tai, Lu Jiying, Di Chun and others immediately responded loudly, and the banquet became noisy again.

Madam stood up and said: "Gentlemen, this concubine is too weak to drink, so I will go back to my room to sing and rest."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Madam, please go ahead."

Wang Mang, Zeng Tai, and Lu Jiying looked at each other and nodded: "Madam, go slowly!"

Madam took a look at He Wuqi, stood up and saluted slightly, and left the table with Chun'er.

He Wuqi let out a long breath, looked at his wife's back and said to Wang Mang: "Mr. Wang, your wording is really perfect."

Wang Mang smiled and said, "Oh, it seems that shopkeeper He has really had good luck recently?"

He Wuqi smiled awkwardly: "Ah, that, that's not true. Ah..."

At this time, Di Renjie smiled, and said to Wang Mang and Zeng Tai: "Jing Yang, Zeng Tai, the wine is almost done, the three of us and Shopkeeper He went for a walk by the lake.

Jiying, you can have a few more drinks with Zhang Huan and Di Chun. "

Lu Jiying nodded.

Wang Mang and Zeng Tai got up and left the table with Di Renjie, and walked along the corridor to the lake with He Wuqi.

Several people walked and watched the beautiful scenery of He Garden under the night, but no one spoke.

Wang Mang glanced at Di Renjie, and Di Renjie was watching the surrounding scenery, not in a hurry.

Wang Mang secretly sighed, Di Renjie was really calm.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, and the drunkenness of the crowd dissipated a lot.

At this moment, Di Renjie let out a sigh of relief, glanced at He Wuqi and said, "Master He, it's our first cooperation, how much rock salt are you going to buy this time?"

He Wuqi thought for a while and said: "Based on Wuqi's ability, he could only eat twenty stones. But now with Mr. Huai..."

He thought for a while, gritted his molars and said a number: "Two hundred stones, what do you think?"

Di Renjie, Wang Mang, and Zeng Tai looked at each other and shook their heads slightly.

He Wuqi looked at the expressions of several people and asked, "Is it too much?"

Wang Mang smiled and said, "It's not that we think too much, it's because shopkeeper He has said too little, can you see more?"

He Wuqi was stunned: "More? Then, four hundred stones?"

At this time, Di Renjie said, "More."

He Wuqi was dumbfounded immediately, and said softly: "You two tell me, how much do you want to enter?"

Di Renjie said calmly: "Three thousand stones!"
He Wuqi couldn't help but exclaimed: "What, three thousand stones?"

Di Renjie and Wang Mang looked at each other, and they frowned slightly.

Di Renjie said: "Yeah, why, is it because the other party doesn't have that much stock?"

He Wuqi hurriedly said: "There are goods, don't say three thousand stones, there are four or five thousand stones!"

Wang Mang and Di Renjie looked at each other, and they immediately felt relieved.

Hearing what He Wuqi said just now, Wang Mang almost thought that his previous family was not Crouching Tiger Manor. You must know that with the ability of Crouching Tiger Manor, a mere three thousand stones is not a problem.

And this three thousand stones was also discussed by him and Di Renjie.

But why does He Wuqi have such an expression?

These just flashed through Wang Mang's mind for a moment, and Wang Mang asked tentatively: "Then why is Shopkeeper He worried?"

He Wuqi tentatively said: "I'm not worried about anything else. Three gentlemen, a thousand stone salt requires a lot of money. Now the price of salt is two hundred coins per bucket, and the price of one stone salt is 20 taels of silver. Well, three thousand shi is 6 taels, I'm afraid..."

Hearing this, Wang Mang, Zeng Tai and Di Renjie smiled knowingly, and Wang Mang and Zeng Tai looked at Di Renjie.

Di Renjie took out the 10 taels of silver letter issued by Hongtong Cabinet from his sleeve, handed it over and said, "Are these enough?"

He Wuqi took it over and took a look, and was so frightened that he screamed again: "10 taels?"

Di Renjie nodded and said, "The remaining tens of thousands of taels will be your insurance money. I once said that I will protect you, right?"

When He Wuqi heard this, his lips trembled gratefully, and he grabbed Di Renjie's hand and said, "Mr. Huai, you, you are so kind to He!"

Wang Mang and Zeng Tai looked at He Wuqi amusedly.

Di Renjie smiled and said: "But before the salt is transported back to Xuyi, this 10 taels of letter will be kept in my hands."

He Wuqi handed back the letter and said repeatedly: "Of course, of course!"

Di Renjie said, "Master He."

He Wuqi hurriedly said: "From now on, you can just call me Wuqi."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Wu Qi, these salt lords are very capable. They were able to transport such a large amount of private salt into Xuyi."

He Wuqi looked around and said: "Sir, to tell you the truth, the person who delivered the goods is not the salt lord."

Di Renjie, Wang Mang, and Zeng Tai looked at each other and said, "Who is not Yan Xiao?"

He Wuqi lowered his voice and said: "This is a top secret in the private salt industry. Ordinarily I can't tell you, but now we are a family, so it doesn't matter."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's about the business of our two families, and we will definitely keep it a secret."

Wang Mang and Zeng Tai also nodded: "Don't worry, we will keep the secret."

He Wuqi nodded upon hearing the assurances from Wang Mang, Di Renjie and Zeng Tai, "I absolutely believe this. The person who sold the private salt is Ge Tianba, the owner of Crouching Tiger Villa by the Hongze Lake."

Di Renjie, Wang Mang, and Zeng Tai looked at each other, and the three of them smiled knowingly.

Wang Mang asked, "Is Crouching Tiger Village near Crouching Tiger Town?"

He Wuqi turned to Wang Mang and said, "Exactly, Crouching Tiger Village is forty miles away from Crouching Tiger Town, facing Luanyun Mountain and backing Hongze Lake."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "That's right, what is this person's background?"

He Wuqi said: "I don't know the specifics. I only know that Master Ge has hundreds of outlaws under his command. He himself is also a master of martial arts. In the Hongze Lake area, he is a domineering figure who stomps his feet and shakes the mountains and rivers."

Di Renjie asked: "Then, how did they transport such a large amount of private salt into Xuyi?"

He Wuqi said: "I'm not sure about this. Anyway, the salt in Huaibei's salt-desolate counties are all salt from Crouching Tiger Village."

Di Renjie raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh?"

He Wuqi was half flattering and half talking to himself: "I've always wondered, where did they get so much salt?"

Di Renjie, Wang Mang, and Zeng Tai looked at each other, and the three of them took a deep breath.

He Wuqi said: "Mr. Huai, I was going to pick up salt at Crouching Tiger Manor the day after tomorrow, but since you want to go with me, I will postpone the trip for a few days and go to Crouching Tiger Manor first to say hello to Mr. Ge. , so nothing will go wrong."

Di Renjie said: "Very well, that's it!"

He Wuqi said: "Don't worry, I will definitely get this done."

Di Renjie nodded slowly.

(End of this chapter)