Reborn in the Water Margin as emperor, built tanks to level the world

Originally, when Shi Qian was performing this task, some of the cultivators wanted to equip him with a few more people.

After all, the more people who sneak into the enemy's city, the greater the effect that can be demonstrated when the inside and outside are combined.

However, Shi Qian, after assessing those people, always felt that although those people were good in skills, if they were allowed to climb over walls and do secret infiltration, their abilities were still too mediocre.

In the end, Shi Qian had no choice but to politely reject the kind offer from Master Zhong.

He alone headed towards Hangzhou City.

At this time, Shi Qian had already sneaked into Hangzhou for three or four days.

During this period of time, Shi Qian almost always slept and rested during the day, and only came out for meals and activities in the evening.

But the scope of movement is very strange.

If ordinary people think about it, he himself sneaked into the city of Hangzhou to do internal work.

During this period, he should most likely go to the city gate and wander around a few times.

This is not only to observe the guard strength at the city gate, but also to facilitate the implementation of internal and external actions in the future.

But what about this time?

Except for walking around at the city gate when I first entered Hangzhou City, in the next few days, I either lingered in gambling houses or mingled in restaurants.

Even from time to time, he would go to a brothel and wander around.

Just looking at his appearance, it seems that he has been completely attracted by the prosperity of Hangzhou.

As for eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling, he himself did it with ease.

He looked like a scoundrel with some spare money in his pocket.

As for Shi Qian, in addition to eating, drinking and having fun on his own, he would also chat with some idle guests in brothels, pubs and casino tables from time to time, gossiping and talking about household matters.

Although he has only been in Hangzhou for three or four days.

However, he also became familiar with many people in brothels, pubs, and gambling houses in Hangzhou.

In addition, he himself is generous in spending and speaking generously.

So for a while, I made a lot of friends.

After three or four days of contact, Shi Qian learned a lot about the news about Hangzhou from those friends.

For example:

Where does the city defense chief of Hangzhou City live?

Who is the general who defends the city?

How many people are there in the city?

How long does it take for patrol soldiers to be on duty?

Even where the city guard went to have a drink before taking up his post, Shi Qian found out clearly.

This evening.

Shi Qian had just come out of a pastry shop and went straight to the medicinal shop next door.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately wanted to ask the shopkeeper to buy a pound of arsenic.

As for the rhetoric, it is simple and reasonable.

I just wanted to pour arsenic from the pharmacy on the pastry and feed it to the mice in my house.

Only after the mice in the house are killed by poison can the house be clean.

The drug store manager was surprised when he first heard such a request.

But after he reacted, he didn't reply first, whether it was yes or no.

Instead, he asked directly:

"The young man looks very unfamiliar to this guest officer."

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid you're not from Hangzhou at all, are you?"

Shi Qian grinned and looked at the shopkeeper in front of him who was over fifty years old, dressed in silk and satin, and with shrewd eyes:

"I am indeed not from Hangzhou, but I just moved here a few months ago."

"But I got sick just after I got here, and I didn't recover until a few days ago."

"Then I saw that there were a lot of mice in my house, so I just wanted to buy some arsenic from you to poison them in order to keep them clean."

After listening to Shi Qian's words, the shopkeeper nodded slowly:

"That being the case, it's not surprising."

"Actually, it was more than a month ago, before the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty outside the city came here."

"The city defense general then ordered that all medicine shops in Hangzhou City are not allowed to sell medicines that are harmful to other people's lives to anyone."

"Anyone who violates this will be punished as collaborating with the enemy."

"So now, let's not talk about this little old man. Even if you turn the entire city of Hangzhou upside down, it is impossible to buy a tael of arsenic, let alone a pound."

Shi Qian spread his hands outward with a worried look on his face:

"What should I do?"

"Right now, there are so many mice in my house. I'm really afraid that if I fall asleep in bed, the mice will lift me up and throw me out the door."

"or……"

At this time, Shi Qian cautiously glanced to the left and right while playing a long note.

Looking at both sides, no one noticed them.

Then he rushed forward and said to the shopkeeper in a very soft voice:

"Otherwise, this would be better."

"What do you think if I pay more?"

"Is one hundred taels enough?"

"If one hundred taels is not enough, two hundred taels will do!"

After hearing this, the shopkeeper's face suddenly became stunned.

Because he had never expected before that the young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks in front of him would be so persistent in buying arsenic from him.

In the past, a pound of arsenic was worth only a few cents.

But what about now?

The young man in front of me with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was actually willing to spend five hundred taels to buy a pound from him.

Such and such, but it is really a huge sum of money.

But what about the shopkeeper?

After struggling in his heart for a long time, he slowly shook his head towards the young man in front of him:

"No, it's because I don't want to earn those five hundred taels."

"Actually, right now, if the little old man really sells you a pound of arsenic."

"Once the incident comes to light, it won't be the little old man's life that will be lost, but the whole family's life will be lost."

"Sir, please go somewhere else."

"I don't dare to make this kind of money anymore."

In Shi Qian's opinion, he must buy the arsenic.

If not, how could he open that extremely heavy city gate with his own strength?

If you can't get it, how can you work with the Song Dynasty army and horses outside the city to implement the plan of combining inside and outside?

But the situation before him was that the drug store owners in Hangzhou were already frightened by such military orders.

Even if the amount of silver he produced here was high, it would be impossible to buy even a penny of arsenic from those drug shop keepers.

At this moment, the drug store owner was about to close his shop and thank Shi Qian.

Shi Qian felt anxious and hurriedly said to him:

"This shopkeeper, this shopkeeper, don't be anxious. Don't be anxious."

"Why don't I just buy arsenic?"

"It's just that right now, there are really too many rats in my house."

"There are so many that they are disturbing our whole family."

"Otherwise, why don't you, old man, think of something for me to do?"

"Think of a way to completely stop those rats."