The two walked through the streets and alleys and soon arrived at a dead end!
"What's going on? Didn't we say we were going to the Feng Escort Agency?" Wang Xiaohai stopped and said, "There's a dead end ahead, so how can we get there?"
"I know, this is a dead end, and no one's ever been here, so you have nowhere to escape!" Boss Zhang, with his mustache, said with a sly grin, "Actually, I also practiced martial arts in my early years, reaching the Great Qingwu Realm at my peak. It's just that I neglected training later, and coupled with years of business and socializing, I fell back to the Small Realm. But it's still beyond the reach of an ordinary person like you!"
Wang Xiaohai knew that the Qingwu realm was called a formal warrior in their place. After a person's prime years, his fighting strength would slowly decline. Seeing that the man with the mustache had been declining even before he was fifty years old, it was estimated that his body had been hollowed out by alcohol and meat.
"Wow, so you are a warrior in the Qingwu Realm. I'm so scared. What on earth do you want by bringing me to this dead end?" Wang Xiaohai said.
"What do you think? You must have brought more than 50,000 taels with you to Ming State. You must have even more silver that you've exchanged for Ming State silver notes." The mustache said, "I think if I take you to the Feng Escort Agency, I can only make 100 or 200 taels at most. If I rob you directly, wouldn't I be able to make more?"
"That's right. You came to Xu's house to negotiate and brought a lot of money with you. Although it's not much, even the smallest amount is still money. I will accept it with pleasure." Wang Xiaohai stretched out his hand.
"You're not even laughing at that!" Boss Zhang with a mustache threw a punch with the Black Tiger Heart-piercing Style, and his fist was so powerful that it made the wind fly.
This guy really wants to kill for money!
The moment the fist approached, Wang Xiaohai slapped Boss Zhang with a mustache and sent him flying against the wall. His neck twisted and he died instantly.
Wang Xiaohai went forward and touched the pocket of Mr. Zhang, the boss with a mustache, and took out a silver note worth ten thousand taels. He put it in his arms, then reached out and pushed down the wall of the dead end, pretending to be an accident, and left.
The two people who were once brothers were separated by life and death in the blink of an eye. It really shows how unpredictable the world is!
"Although the person who led the way is gone, we still know the information about the Feng family. They are a wealthy family and many people should know about them." Wang Xiaohai quickly walked to the street and then to the commercial district.
He looked carefully at the shops on both sides, and the shop signs fluttered in the wind.
Found it!
A three-room red building with a sign saying "Feng's Hotel" appeared in front of Wang Xiaohai. That was it!
Wang Xiaohai walked quickly into Feng's Hotel, and a waiter with a towel hanging on his shoulder came towards him.
"Sir, do you want to have dinner or stay in the hotel?" the waiter asked Wang Xiaohai.
"Of course I want to live... No, I want to ask you for a place." Wang Xiaohai said.
"Oh, you're not staying in the hotel or eating there!" The waiter's face instantly fell, "What's there to ask?" His tone became much colder.
Wang Xiaohai took out two taels of silver and threw it over, saying, "This is a tip for asking questions."
"How can I be so embarrassed?" The waiter took the silver and quickly stuffed it into his arms. Then he said with a pleasant face, "Sir, what do you want to ask? I even know the color of Widow Li's underwear in the shop next door."
"It's very simple. I have some goods that need to be escorted and I want to find a reliable escort company. Do you know which escort company is reliable?" Wang Xiaohai did not ask Feng's Escort Agency directly, as this would seem too suspicious.
"Is that so!" The waiter's voice trembled a little, "Our Feng family's Feng's Escort Agency is very reliable. There is no more reliable escort agency in the whole of Min Country than the Feng family! I'll take you there." There is a commission for introducing customers. He thought that generally the things that need to be escorted by the escort agency are valuable things, and the commission may even be more than what he earned working here for one or two years.
"Feng's Escort Agency?" Wang Xiaohai said, "Then take me there."
"Excuse me, what is the total value of the goods you need to escort? Feng's Escort Agency may not accept it if it is less than one thousand taels." asked the waiter.
The waiter actually wants to know how much he can earn this time. Generally, the insured value is one-tenth of the total price, and the commission is one-tenth of the insured value, so he can get one percent of the total price of the goods.
"Fifty thousand taels." Wang Xiaohai replied.
"Five... fifty thousand taels." The waiter felt as if he was hit by a pie falling from the sky. If it was divided into one percent, it would be five hundred taels. Five hundred taels was his salary for seven or eight years!
"Hey, hey, little bastard, who are you talking to? Why aren't you working seriously? The guests at that table are still waiting for their food!" the restaurant owner scolded, "Don't you want to work anymore? If you don't want to work, get out of here!"
"You're right. I really quit. I've had enough of you!" The waiter threw the rag on his shoulder to the boss, "I'll return your things to you, and I don't want this month's salary. I'm just that carefree!" After saying that, he quickly walked out of the store.
Wang Xiaohai walked out of the store and saw the waiter still standing in front waiting for him.
"Aren't you working anymore?" Wang Xiaohai asked curiously.
"What a bullshit job! This boss is mean and petty. He takes advantage of his last name, Feng, to deduct employees' wages every month and scolds them every day. No one would be willing to put up with his bullshit." said the waiter.
"Then you lead the way."
The waiter took Wang Xiaohai to the lower reaches of the Lanjiang River. The Feng's Escort Agency was located in the lower reaches of the Lanjiang River, which made transportation convenient because the goods transported downstream accounted for eight or nine tenths of the annual cargo volume, and very little was transported upstream.
"How long will it take?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
The waiter walks too slowly.
"It will take an hour. If you take a carriage, it can be half an hour faster," said the waiter.
"Then rent a carriage and a driver. Hurry up, time is of the essence." Wang Xiaohai said, "I'll pay for the fare."
The waiter took Wang Xiaohai to the horse market, paid one or two taels of silver, rented a carriage and a driver to go to Feng's Escort Agency, which was like an ancient taxi.
Thinking of taxis, Wang Xiaohai suddenly had a bad feeling. He had never had a taxi without an accident in his hometown! But now that the taxi was on the move, Wang Xiaohai thought about how there were so many accidents in ancient times.
“Bang—”
After driving for ten minutes, the wooden wheel of the cart hit a raised stone on the road, and the wooden wheel axle broke. The driver let out a cry and stopped the car to check.
"The wheel is broken, and we need to replace it with a spare one," the driver said. "Wait a moment."
Sure enough, something unexpected happened! Wang Xiaohai's premonition was confirmed.
There was a sound of horse-drawn carriages coming from the front. Two burly men in strong clothes riding their horses stopped beside the carriage, quickly drew their swords and stabbed into the carriage.
Seeing this, the coachman who was repairing the car below rolled under the car and trembled.
"Bang—"
The force exploded, and the entire carriage scattered like a balloon. Wang Xiaohai grabbed the waiter and jumped out of the carriage.
The two burly men in tight clothes were repelled by the force, vomited blood, flew backwards, and fell to the ground and died.
"Who wants to kill me?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"I think it's my boss." The waiter said in a trembling voice.
"How do you say that?"
"Because the Feng family has always treated employees who betrayed and resigned like this." The waiter replied.
"Then how dare you quit?" Wang Xiaohai was curious.
"I thought I had gotten rid of them and was going to live in another city with some referral money."
The waiter said this and continued walking forward.
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