Chapter 9 Chapter 6 Silver Dollars

In Anle Temple, hundreds of people carrying silver dollars were gathered together, put on a truck, and taken to Yiguan Temple in the south of the city.This temple is very famous in Chengdu, and it is dedicated to commemorating Guan Yu.According to local folklore, after Guan Erye died, the Shu army could not find his body, so Liu Bei had to return to Chengdu with the battle robe he wore and built this temple to worship him.During the Anti-Japanese War, it used to be a drug rehabilitation center set up by the national government to detain opium addicts, which is equivalent to a ready-made prison.

After getting off the bus, the silver dollar dealers lined up and registered one by one.Li Hanzhang was in the long queue like a centipede, and while moving forward with the queue, he paid attention to how the people in front answered when they were interrogated.After watching a few times, I was relieved.Gradually getting to the front, he saw two People's Liberation Army soldiers in military uniform sitting behind a table, one was in charge of questioning and the other was in charge of recording.The person in charge of the questioning was an officer of the People's Liberation Army who couldn't see how big his job was, and had a bookish face.When observing other people being interrogated just now, Li Hanzhang saw soldiers from the People's Liberation Army running over from time to time, laying on this person's ear and reporting something to him.Although the voices of the soldiers were very low, Li Hanzhang could still hear them intermittently. The soldiers called him "Director Zhang", and at the same time heard "big fish caught", "study class", "plan five days" in a trance What.

Li Hanzhang stretched out his ears trying to hear more information, in order to find a way to get away with it.But before he thought of how to get out, that director Zhang had already stared at him and started to ask questions: "What's your name?" "Zhou Yaozu." "Do you have any documents?" "Yes. Here." Li Hanzhang quickly handed over the certificate. "what is your job?" "Small business." "What kind of small business? I brought fifty silver dollars all at once. Is this a small business?" When the polite Director Zhang said this, a cold light suddenly shot out from the eyes behind the glasses that made Li Hanzhang feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Li Hanzhang hardly hesitated at all, and immediately pretended to be terrified and said: "Sir, I borrowed all my relatives and friends, so I can gather these..." "Do you know why you were arrested today?" Director Zhang looked at the line of people waiting to register behind Li Hanzhang, interrupted him, and asked. "I know, I know. Sir, I sell silver dollars, I deserve to die, I am guilty." Li Hanzhang pretended to be timid, and hurriedly confessed his guilt. "You are disrupting the financial order! According to the regulations of the Military Control Commission, all the silver dollars you carry will be confiscated, and the RMB can be kept. Starting tomorrow, you will participate in the study every day!"

"Yes! Yes!" Li Hanzhang's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words "Start studying tomorrow". After all the personnel were registered, all the people whose silver dollars were found gathered in the yard.Director Zhang, who was wearing glasses, then announced that they had committed the crime of disrupting financial order, and that they would focus on studying the new policy starting tomorrow, and they could go back after learning and promising not to commit another crime in the future.During the study period, each person paid 5,000 yuan for food every day.Then, these people were locked into different rooms in groups of ten.

The leader of Li Hanzhang's group was a young man. As soon as he sat down on the grass bunk, he sighed repeatedly, saying that he had been wronged so badly that twenty silver dollars were confiscated. After hearing this, Li Hanzhang went over to persuade him, "I'm the one who was wronged. I came to exchange RMB. The first time I came here, I hit the muzzle of a gun and was confiscated fifty silver dollars." As soon as the young team leader heard Li Hanzhang say that there is someone more unlucky than himself, he became more balanced and stopped sighing. According to the request announced by the director, he fulfilled his duties as the leader of the study group and began to allocate berths to these unlucky bastards.

The next day, Zhou Yaozu, a silver dollar dealer, started his "new life" in Yiguan Temple.Under the watchful eye of PLA soldiers, he and other silver dollar dealers would sweep the streets, drain ditches, weeds, and brush slogans every morning; in the afternoon, under the organization of the young team leader, he would study the announcement of the Military Control Commission on banning the gold and silver market. For Li Hanzhang, if he wants to contact someone quietly, it is almost a wish.Therefore, within a day, he gained the trust of the young team leader, and knew that his name was Wang Xinfa.The next day, Wang Xinfa took advantage of the power of the team leader to move the bunk of Zhou Yaozu, a silver dollar dealer, to a good position next to him and by the east wall.

At night, the silver dollar dealers couldn't sleep, and they all quietly fought with the people around them.When Li Hanzhang chatted with Wang Xinfa, he found out that he was actually a small police officer in the second sub-bureau of the Chengdu Police Station who was supplying supplies to the department. He usually relied on picking up some urgent things from the warehouse and exchanging some small money for spending. Therefore, the one in Anle Temple He often comes and goes, and has never missed a shot before, but he didn't expect to "plant" this time before he made a shot.

When he heard that Wang Xinfa was from the Chengdu Police Department, Li Hanzhang became alarmed.Because he knew that among the thirteen sub-bureaus under the jurisdiction of the Chengdu Police Station, there were many military special agents.Central reunification and military reunification have always been full of contradictions.Therefore, he was more careful when talking to Wang Xinfa.However, he managed to get a lot of information about the Chengdu Police Station from Wang Xinfa's mouth by means of arranging the Longmen Array: from the first day of the new year, that is, the day the Chengdu Military Control The director brought a group of PLA representatives to the Chengdu Police Station of the Nationalist Government on Huaxing Street, announcing that the police station would be taken over by the PLA starting that day.

Wang Xinfa also told Li Hanzhang that when he was called to a meeting to study, he had seen "Director Zhang" wearing glasses.The man's name was Zhang Zhenzhong, and he was the deputy director of the Public Security Department of the Military Control Commission. He was in charge of taking over the overall work of the police station, and at the same time, he was responsible for focusing on tracking down the lurking military and Central Command spies who slipped through the net. Speaking of Zhang Zhenzhong, Wang Jinfa became excited lying on the bunk, "Don't look like a scholar, his marksmanship is very good! A group of people from the security police brigade sold guns to Chongning Mountain, and they were found out by the military representatives. Use force when you ask questions. I heard that before the gang of ignorant sons could touch the handles of the guns in their waists, four or five feet away, Director Zhang hit the hats of the four people as soon as he played with a big belly box. They flew away. The bullets just went through the scalp one by one, scorching the hair. Four people, but none of them hurt the flesh, which scared the gangsters so much that they peed their pants."

Hearing these words, Li Hanzhang couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat when he thought of the process of questioning himself by the scholar-like, kind-faced and polite Director Zhang. Regarding the takeover of the police station by the Public Security Department, Wang Xinfa also told him that after the takeover work began, only those who usually oppressed the people and killed people, and those who were confirmed to be the spies of the Central Command and the Military Command were arrested.The rest of the ordinary police officers and staff, those who are willing to continue to work, will stay and do their own things, and perform their duties; if they are not willing to do it, they will give you some severance pay and let you go home. Wang Xinfa belongs to the group who don't want to do it.First, he felt that he had made enough money for so many years, so he might as well go back to his hometown in Dayi to buy some real estate, marry a wife, and live his life in peace; It's a bad thing, and sooner or later the military representative will find out, or it will be confessed by colleagues, because of that pass, even those who drink and drink and become dead brothers may go to the military representative to report and report to claim credit.Therefore, Wang Xinfa simply received the severance pay, and planned to return to his hometown Dayi after converting the silver dollars that were not allowed to circulate into RMB.Who knew that in the end, this calculation was not done well, and it was a chicken and egg. While carefully inquiring about the situation from Wang Xinfa, Li Hanzhang frankly comforted him like a seasoned big brother, "Money is something outside of the body, as long as you pass this test, you will look blessed, brother, and there are many opportunities for prosperity."As a result, Wang Xinfa quickly regarded Li Hanzhang as "one of his own". In the first two days after entering the class, Li Hanzhang was still a little worried about the package he left in the inn.Later, I thought that Brother Pao’s family has always valued loyalty, and when I moved in, I paid the money in advance. I guess the shop owner and Xiaoer would not rent the house to others; Find what you have hidden.After thinking about this, Li Hanzhang felt relieved, and began to be his silver dollar dealer Zhou Yaozu in Yiguan Temple. In order not to show off, Li Hanzhang tried his best to mix with other silver dollar dealers, he would do what others did, and he would follow what others said.Because Wang Xinfa has a particularly good impression of Li Hanzhang and likes to talk to him, he always lets Li Hanzhang be with him when he goes to the street to paint signs.Li Hanzhang, who was full of ink, pretended to be illiterate and deliberately pretended to be stupid. Every time he brushed up a slogan, he would ask Wang Xinfa: "What is written on it?" "Support the Communist Party, support the people's government!" "What's written on it?" "Hit all counter-revolutionaries!" "What's written on it?" "Unite the whole people, guard against bandits and special forces!" "What's written on it?" "Celebrate the Liberation of Neijiang!" "What's written on it?" "We will severely suppress those secret agents and bad elements who disrupt finances, speculate, and sell gold and silver!" "This is about us." Li Hanzhang said while looking at the slogan upside down. "Look, look, this tone is really powerful! Suppression is still 'severe', that is to chop off the head. Fortunately, we are taking the ocean this trip, and there are not many. If we bring large yellow croakers, I’m not sure about this head, so I moved.” Wang Xinfa glanced at the soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army who were guarding them with guns not far away, and whispered to Li Hanzhang.After finishing speaking, he caressed his chest exaggeratedly, and let out a long breath. Li Hanzhang was about to answer his words when he suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from the street tens of meters away.Immediately, the two People's Liberation Army soldiers guarding them pulled the bolt of their guns with a "crash" and shouted at Wang Xinfa and Li Hanzhang: "Stop working, face the wall, and stand upright!" As soon as the two heard this, they quickly threw the brush, the paste bucket and a roll of slogans on the ground, and stood upright facing the wall as required.Wang Xinfa subconsciously raised his hands to protect his head. Afterwards, seven or eight soldiers escorted a heavily tied man over.A stern voice was yelling: "The account of reselling the gold bars has not been settled yet, and the bullets hidden in the body have not been accounted for! After entering the study class, you still want to fight against the government! Say, where did you throw the gun? What else was hidden? No radio, are there any other weapons?" "Sir, please forgive me, please forgive me. I said, I said..." Why is this voice so familiar?Li Hanzhang couldn't help turning his head to look over, and happened to have a face-to-face meeting with the guy who was tied up begging for mercy—what Li Hanzhang didn't expect was that the begging person was actually Gou Peide! When Li Hanzhang turned his head, Gou Peide obviously recognized him, and immediately ignored the restraints of the two PLA soldiers around him. While struggling, he looked towards Li Hanzhang and shouted loudly: "Commander of the PLA, Commander of the PLA, I have an important report , I want to make meritorious atonement!" Li Hanzhang immediately realized the danger he was facing.He didn't have time to think about it, then turned around and slapped Wang Xinfa who was beside him, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Guizi, I forgot everything I told you? I've already registered it, registered it." Yes! Did you hear that?" Wang Xinfa was stunned by Li Hanzhang's slap, and stood there dumbfounded covering his face.Gou Peide, who was being escorted and walked up to them, heard Li Hanzhang's words clearly, saw Li Hanzhang's murderous eyes, and saw Li Hanzhang pressing the gun on his waist where he usually holds a gun. Pressing the button, the voice immediately lowered by an octave: "Commander of the People's Liberation Army, I confess everything and explain everything..." Here, the two soldiers of the People's Liberation Army guarding Li Hanzhang and Wang Xinfa saw that Li Hanzhang beat up the team leader. Before Wang Xinfa could fight back, they dragged them away, and then escorted them back to Yiguan Temple. When organizing the study in the afternoon, Li Hanzhang and Wang Xinfa were naturally scolded.However, there were frequent fights and fights in the study class during those two days, so Li Hanzhang slapped Wang Xinfa, which was not a big problem, but just a lesson.But although Li Hanzhang had no expression on his face, his heart kept beating: Gou Peide was also arrested together with him?Which group is he in?Why haven't you seen him these two days?He has already recognized himself, and in the morning he yelled "to make meritorious atonement", is he trying to betray himself?What if Gou Peide confessed himself after being arrested? The whole afternoon, although Li Hanzhang's ears were pricked up, he didn't listen to a word of what the lecturer said.When it was time to eat dinner, he had already made up his mind that as long as he could get away from the study class, he would immediately find a way to leave here: Chengdu, he must not stay any longer. Because of that slap, Wang Xinfa completely turned against Li Hanzhang. That night, he used the power of the team leader to move Li Hanzhang's bunk to the door near the urine bucket, saying it was to "wake up his nervous head."Li Hanzhang smiled wryly, obediently obeyed Wang Xinfa's arrangement, fell down, but couldn't fall asleep. In this way, Li Hanzhang studied with those silver dollar dealers for another two days, and through the lectures given by PLA officers, he also gradually learned about some of the latest policies.At the same time, Li Hanzhang also heard from other silver dollar dealers that they, small shrimp and crab dealers, were only caught to "pay for their bondage". Gou Peide, who has a lot of money, is not considered a big role.The real big fish that the People's Liberation Army is going to catch in this raid is Zhu Junchang, who is known as the "God of Wealth". He is accused of "manipulating the financial black market and speculating in silver dollars." Li Hanzhang recalled that when the War of Resistance was almost overwhelmed, the national government also caught this "big fish": when Yu Zhongying was the mayor of Chengdu, he once arrested this "Zhu God of Wealth".Therefore, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Such a person not only has dozens of shops on Chunxi Road and Chengshou Street, but also has a private bank. He can be said to be a wealthy party, but what is the use of all this wealth now? ? Thinking of this, Li Hanzhang felt a chill run down his spine. Five days later, the silver dollar dealer Zhou Yaozu was released from the Yiguan Temple by the People's Liberation Army. Because of exchanging silver dollars at Anle Temple, Li Hanzhang was arrested and sent to Yiguan Temple, where he entered a study class organized by the Military Control Commission.Five days later, when his study period expired, he was released and returned to the inn in Xiaotong Lane. As soon as Li Hanzhang entered the door, Xiao Er rushed up to meet him and asked, "Boss Zhou, I haven't seen you coming back for a few days. Where did you go to get rich?" Li Hanzhang glanced at the waiter, but didn't answer right away.He went straight to the counter, poured himself a bowl of tea, pretended to be mysterious while drinking, and said: "Brother went over there." "Oh..." Xiaoer couldn't close his opened mouth for a long time. As for where "over there" is, Xiaoer dared not ask, and Li Hanzhang didn't say any more, thinking: let him figure it out slowly. "Brother, this trip is for shoveling business (a temporary transaction), and I left in a hurry, so I didn't have time to say hello to you. Fortunately, I have already paid the shop fee. Did the boss rent it to someone else while I was away? , charge the shop money again?" Li Hanzhang was drinking tea while joking with Xiao Er to find out the truth. "Boss Zhou, Brother Pao is a man of good manners! You gave the shop money, and there are accounts in it, so who dares to ask someone to come in and live in it! Besides, you are not here, we went in, and you came back and said you lost gold. Yinzi, if you want to file a lawsuit with us, how can we make it clear? It’s not worthwhile to cause a big disaster for a few small money!” The waiter’s neck stiffened, and he threw the long cotton cloth scarf in his hand over his shoulder, angrily He straightened his back and answered. "Yeah, yeah! Brother Pao, why do you do such heartless things? Brother, thank you." Li Hanzhang was relieved when Xiao Er said this, and he was not in the mood to fight with him anymore, so he put down the tea bowl , picked up the key and walked to his residence. When he arrived at the door of his room, Li Hanzhang didn't go in immediately. He stood at the door and looked around first, and found that there was nothing unusual, so he focused on the door.Although the room was very dark, through the gap between the wooden door and the door frame, he saw the crumpled bedding on the bed for the first time. Feeling more at ease, he took out the key and opened the door.After entering the room, Li Hanzhang immediately locked the door behind his back, stood in front of the bed and looked around carefully to see if anyone touched his things during the five days he was not in the store.Seeing that the abacus was still pressed against the corner of the bedding, and everything was exactly the same as when he left, Li Hanzhang lifted the blanket and straw, and saw that his hidden things were intact, so he was completely relieved. Although it is in the inn, it is temporarily his own space after all, and no one will disturb him, so Li Hanzhang collapsed on the bed.After five days of torment, he was finally able to be alone again freely. He felt that every pore in his body was exhausted as if it was about to close. An'an slept soundly all night, early the next morning, Li Hanzhang went out to eat a bowl of Dandan noodles, wandered around again, and then returned to the inn.He deliberately put on a listless look, sat by the counter, sighed every now and then, and sighed again every now and then.The store owner squinted at Li Hanzhang for a while, and realized that he had something to tell him, so he took the initiative to ask first: "Boss Zhou, is there something difficult? Tell me, and the boys will help you think about it." Find a way." Li Hanzhang sighed again, and said in a low voice, "Brother, business is not easy." "I heard Xiaoer say, didn't you go to 'over there'? Didn't you make any money?" The shop owner was still thinking about the fact that he hadn't come back for five days. Li Hanzhang didn't even look at the owner of the store. He poured himself a bowl of tea and drank it sullenly. He wiped his mouth and said, "A trip is just to earn a few feet. How can I get rich? Brother, what do you think I should do? It’s the twelfth lunar month, why go back and explain to the mother-in-law?” "Yes, yes! Children are looking forward to the New Year, and adults are looking forward to earning money. It's not easy." The shop owner handed Li Hanzhang his dry tobacco pot, and said to him, "If you want to open it up, if you don't get rich, you won't be able to get rid of it." Come on; fortune is coming, and you can’t escape even if you run.” Li Hanzhang took the cigarette pot and watched the people coming and going outside the store while smoking.At this time, dozens of stragglers wearing tattered military uniforms of the national army walked past the store, and a few seemed to be injured, and were supported by their partners.Li Hanzhang guessed that these guys were captured by the People's Liberation Army, and they didn't want to join the Communist Army to continue fighting. They had just received their severance pay and didn't have time to go home... Just thinking about it, he turned his head and saw that the shop owner was also staring at those people Li Hanzhang understood that he was afraid that those people would come in and cause trouble: if these people came in, they would stay for nothing, and they would cause trouble, and the other guests would not be able to stay.The People's Liberation Army treats prisoners preferentially. Even if you report it to the military control committee, it will have no effect. At most, a few people will be sent to educate them and dismiss them. Fortunately, those people walked past the door of the store in a mess, and they didn't intend to come in to stay in the store, so the store owner let out a sigh of relief.Hearing him sigh, Li Hanzhang looked at the backs of the wounded soldiers, and suddenly remembered the first-aid kit he had brought with him when he left Chongqing; Yunnan Baiyao, I suddenly had an idea in my mind, pulled the shop owner, and whispered: "Brother, you said that the army is in chaos, and if you don't pay attention, you will hurt your arms and legs. If we go to sell Yunnan Baiyao the whole time, it will Can't you make money?" "Good idea, good idea! Boss Zhou, why don't you go, you will definitely make a fortune when you come back with the whole batch. But, Boss Zhou, when you come back after finishing the Baiyao, remember to stay with me." The shop owner praised his idea. Alright, I stood up, bent over and assured Li Hanzhang, "Brother Pao, don't say anything else. Look at what I did during the five days you were away. Don't worry about my small shop, Boss Zhou." Li Hanzhang nodded repeatedly, and said repeatedly: "Don't worry, of course don't worry, one hundred times don't worry. If I don't trust you brother, how can I go away for five days and still not return the house?" Afterwards, he acted like a money fan He said, "Brother Pao's family is all my brothers. Let me tell you straight, go to Yunnan. The mountains are high and the water is far away. I can't take an empty road. I want to bring some things over here. Buy cheap and sell expensive. It’s good to make money every time you come and go.” "Boss Zhou, you really know how to do business! I lived here a while ago when a Yunnan native who came to buy ironware said that people there like Dazu ironware. If you buy some, you will definitely make a lot of money!" the shop owner Hearing that Li Hanzhang asked him for advice, he felt that he had helped someone find a way to make a fortune, and he didn't care about Li Hanzhang's reaction, so he laughed happily. "Great! Brother, let's partner up to do this business," Li Hanzhang saw that the shop owner was slowly following his words, so he continued to make friends with the shop owner, walked over and held the shop owner by the shoulder, and leaned over He whispered in his ear, "Brother, you pointed out the way to get rich. I can't let my brother come up with ideas for nothing. In this way, I will pay for the capital, and I will run for the way. Brother, you sit in Chengdu and inquire about the market. Once you come and go, earn money." We pay three to seven, you three to seven, do you want it?" When the store owner heard it, he could get benefits without spending any money. Isn't this a pie in the sky?His hands were trembling with joy, and he forgot that he didn't have a rag on his hand. He rubbed the counter with his palm and said in a hurry: "Yes! Yes!" Li Hanzhang talked with him for a long time, and finally felt that the time had come. At this moment, he looked at the shop owner in embarrassment and said, "Brother, it's just..." "Brother, what's the problem? Just talk." Seeing Li Hanzhang's hesitation, the shop owner was afraid that such a good thing of making money without paying money would be in vain, so he asked impatiently. Li Hanzhang saw the anxious look of the store owner, and felt that the fire was coming, so he continued: "It's just... the military control committee is strict now, not like it was in the Republic of China, where you can run wherever you want. Sichuan was liberated, Xikang, There was an uprising in Yunnan, and military control committees were set up everywhere, so it’s inconvenient to go out.” Li Hanzhang finally threw out the problem he had been circling around all morning trying to solve. The shop owner was eager to make a fortune, and when he heard this, he immediately said, "Don't you have an ID card from the Military Control Commission? For those things on the road, I'll help you find someone from the street office to get a certificate of dealings in Sichuan, Kang, and Yunnan. It's all right? Don't worry, brother has no way, dare to open a store here? To tell you the truth, my family has lived in this street for several lifetimes, and the people in the street office are very familiar, and they are all relatives who beat around the bush. A proof, isn’t that a piece of cake? Leave it to the brothers.” Of course, Li Hanzhang knew this for a long time: If you don’t have twos and threes, you dare not go to Liangshan; if you don’t have a foundation, you dare to open an inn at the intersection of the street?When the national army did not leave, not to mention the various yamen who came to collect taxes and donations, they could not afford to be blamed, just the gangsters on the street collecting "protection fees" could stalk people to death.Therefore, such people more or less have backgrounds and backers. Seeing that the owner of the store was wrapped into a cover by himself and promised to help, Li Hanzhang hurriedly hit the iron and went out to buy two cigarettes, two bottles of wine, and two bags of sugar, and put them in one pocket for the owner of the store.At this time, it was already afternoon.After Li Hanzhang handed the gifts he had bought to the shop owner, he added fire and said, "Brother, then I will trouble you to go to the street office. I will be on the road as soon as I get the road signs. As long as the business opens, it will be stable." make money." "Yes, yes! It's just that you have to follow along. People will only issue certificates when they see someone." The shop owner happily called Xiaoer to guard the door, and took Li Hanzhang through a few secluded streets. Street, into a compound.But after more than an hour, when he came out of the compound, Li Hanzhang already had the certificate he wanted in his hand.He glanced at the words on the certificate and remembered them in his mind: "There is a citizen of Chengdu, Zhou Yaozu, who set off from Chengdu to Yunnan to deal in iron goods, and bought Baiyao from Kunming Baibaotang Pharmacy to serve the new society. I hope he will be released along the way. " After putting this "talisman" with the big red square seal of Chengdu Military Control Committee in his arms, Li Hanzhang didn't want to stay in this inn any longer. He said to the shop owner: "Brother, business should be smooth, It is even more important to grasp the timing. Now that we have figured out the back-and-forth business route, we have to start early. I mean, the time waits for no one. Before the new year is over, let’s go to Yunnan first to earn a fortune for the New Year. By the way, I will step on the road to see if our brothers are sure of making a fortune. You go back to the inn first, and I will go and buy some clothes for the road. When I come back from work, we will sit down for a while at night , Discuss the business matters carefully." When the store owner heard this, he seemed to remember something, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your store money is not used up yet, I will wait for you to come back and pay the bill." As soon as Li Hanzhang heard it, he understood that the shop owner was worried that the business would not be successful, and the shop would not make any money, so he gave him a reassurance: "Brother, if you say this, you will be out of touch. If the shop money is not enough, I will add it; if there is still If there is any leftover, I will stay here with you. My brother bought Baiyao from Yunnan and stayed here. Brothers are brothers, business is business, each settles its own account, and a man keeps his promises. The money you should get is still 37 Open. I live in your shop, and the shop fee will still be calculated as before." When the store owner heard this, he knew that his thoughts had been seen through by the other party. He was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Brother, you are slapping me in the face." Li Hanzhang also cupped his hands and said: "Brother, this is serious. It's not that you came up with the idea to sell iron goods in Yunnan, it's not that you have a way to prove it. Even if I have superpowers, I can't make money from this." The two talked speculatively, so they parted happily on the street, and each went to do their own things. When Li Hanzhang arrived on the street, he carefully hid the certificate in his bosom, swaggered into a grocery store, first bought a backpack, twirled it around a few times, bought an umbrella and a pair of rubber shoes, I bought everything I could think of on the way, and on the way back to the inn, I bought a bottle of loose liquor, a large bag of stewed beef, and sesame seed cakes. I returned to the store when it was getting dark, and invited the owner and the waiter , gather together for supper. That night, Li Hanzhang hid all his worries and chatted with the shop owner and waiter until midnight.Thinking about leaving here the next day, he felt a little guilty. After all, he used Brother Pao's loyalty and trust to go around in circles to achieve his goal.But the passwords and footsteps of the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army on patrol at night quickly dissipated the trace of guilt in his heart.In such an environment, if he hadn't been so scheming, he might reveal his identity at any time and become a prisoner of the People's Liberation Army.Drinking loose baijiu, eating stewed beef, and listening to the shop owner's honest words after drinking, Li Hanzhang said in his heart to the two brothers who met by chance in front of him: Brother, this is a last resort, I'm sorry! Early the next morning, Li Hanzhang packed his luggage, bid farewell to the shop owner, and left Chengdu.When he walked out of the urban area through the streets and alleys, and approached a "mouth" of the city wall with exposed blue-gray bricks, he suddenly remembered two lines of "Bamboo Branch Poems" written by Zhang Maoji of the Qing Dynasty: Smoke from the kitchen.” The piercing morning breeze seemed to pass through the ice of history, making Li Hanzhang suddenly feel that he was walking on a road with no clear direction.