Bony and bone, da-da-da!

A series of iron hooves trampling and the sound of wheels gradually came from a distance, attracting the attention of the soldiers guarding Chaoyangmen, who raised their heads to look over there, only to see huge carriages galloping towards them.

Stay closer, the appearance of the carriage is clear, four horse-drawn carriages, the carriage is huge, and it is also four wheels, which has officially become popular in Beijing in recent years.

At this time, it was already dawn, and many pedestrians and convoys lined up to enter the city gathered at Chaoyang Gate. In addition, this is also the end point of Caoyun, gathering a lot of people to earn a living here, so that this gate out of the city seems very crowded and noisy.

Fortunately, the gatekeepers here are also conscientious, working very hard to maintain order, so that although this place is crowded, it is not chaotic.

The huge four-wheeled carriages gradually approached the city gate, and their speed slowed down, but they did not stand up to the queue to enter the city, but continued to march towards the city gate, intending to cut directly into the city. Beside the carriage there were some sloppy knights, who, when the carriage slowed down, were a little quicker, crossed the carriage, and ran forward, apparently trying to clear the way for the convoy.

Some of the knight's arrogant actions made the pedestrians and merchants who were about to enter the city dodge one after another, for fear that they would be hit before they could dodge, and some experienced people were even thinking about how the guards at the city gate would punish these bold fanatics, this is the capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, not the county town in the countryside, but not the place where those earth overlords are powerful.

To their astonishment, however, instead of sending out their horses to intercept them, the soldiers here quickly cleared the gates of the city to a wide road for the carriages to pass through.

Syllable!

When the knight at the head passed through the city gate, he suddenly raised his hand, and a black money bag with a drum fell to the ground, and one of the people standing next to him didn't care, but bent down with a smile and picked it up, weighing the money bag, the smile on his face became even brighter, and the crisp crashing sound in the bag seemed to make him numb.

The crisp sound of horses' hooves passed by him in turn, and he never straightened his waist, sat on his waist, and shouted flatteringly, "Little Xie Wang's reward!" ”

Although the knight at the head had already galloped away, and could not hear his flattering thanks, his general expression was still very serious, and it was not until the sound of the horse's hooves passed away that he straightened up, regained his original cold expression, and loudly reprimanded the people, telling them to line up and enter the city in an orderly manner.

"Boss, just ...... Hey! A somewhat obscene soldier leaned over in a single coat, with a strange smile on his lips that you and I understand, and rubbed his right thumb and forefinger.

"Just your boy's sharp eyes." The general manager scolded with a smile, "In the evening, I will invite everyone to drink." ”

"Oh!" A cheer sounded, and the surrounding soldiers all showed joy on their faces, Donglailou is a high-end restaurant, and a table of noodles costs one or two or three dollars of silver, it seems that this time there is a lot of money. Several veteran ruffians stared greedily at the bulging chest, where was the location of the money bag, and they wanted to snatch it from the bottom of their hearts.

But this is just thinking about it, people are generals and officials, they are just big soldiers, they have no money and no power, and they can't fight at all.

"Boss, who was that Wang Yuanwai just now? See how much respect you have for him? The lewd man grinned, showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and asked curiously.

"You don't care about this, be your own errand." The general obviously doesn't want to say more, and the words are full of shirks.

"Boss, just talk about it, lest we don't know each other, and offend people in the future, and you will get a reward, so let us increase our knowledge!" The lewd man still didn't give up, "Besides, everyone is curious, aren't they, brothers?" ”

He turned his head and shouted at the other soldiers.

"Okay." I can't shirk the general view. I had to say yes.

He took a deep breath, thought for a while and replied, "I don't know what Wang Yuanwai's name is, and I don't know where the people are, I only know that there are many such huge four-wheeled carriages coming from this sacred road in the east every month to deliver goods to the capital."

Pointing to the concrete road, he said, "Wang Yuanwai doesn't come with the truck every time, at most two or three times a year. ”

It's just that his explanation obviously can't satisfy the lewd man, "Boss, if you don't want to say it, don't say it, then why are we doing this perfunctory?" Can a delivery person deserve your respect? ”

"Hmph, you fool, you know a fart!" Mr. Cheng snorted coldly, looking extremely disdainful, "Do you know what kind of goods he has in that carriage?" ”

"This ......" The lewd man was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and the soldiers next to him looked at each other, there are so many people here, and none of them know.

"It's salt, it's all salt!" The general manager said with a look of little knowledge and a narrow face, and his expression was full of self-satisfaction, as if this could show his superiority.

"Forehead drops are obedient, that Wang Yuanwai has so many hands, and he can get so much salt from the official mansion!" The lewd man exclaimed, "That huge four-wheeled carriage, I'm afraid it's not a thousand miles in one car, right?!" ”

"yes, yes, so much salt, I don't know how much it's worth?" A soldier next to him said covetedly, looking at him like that, almost drooling out.

"Official salt?" The general manager asked rhetorically, followed by a cold snort, as if disdainful of their ignorance, "You think that's official salt?" It's all salt! Private salt! ”

I repeated the word total private salt twice, and the tone was very heavy, I don't know if it was jealousy or what, anyway, there was a sour and astringent taste in the words.

"Phew!" When it was over, he spat and spit, looking extremely disdainful, completely devoid of the flattery he had just had.

"Private ...... Illicit salt?! The lewd man swallowed his saliva vigorously, his face was incredulous, thinking about the amazing momentum of the large four-wheeled carriage just now, he couldn't believe that the other party entered Beijing with such fanfare, and what was transported was actually illicit salt. The same was true of the other soldiers, their faces full of suspicion.

"Are you kidding, chief? How could anyone dare to transport illicit salt so boldly? Does the salt transport make it irrelevant? Doesn't it matter if you patrol the city? A soldier asked, looking at him like this, he seemed to have an understanding of the operation of the imperial court.

"Tube? Who cares? The general sneered again, "Do you know who Wang Yuanwai is sending illicit salt to?" ”

Without waiting for them to speak, the general manager directly solved the mystery, "It's the Duke of Guo, the Duke of England and the Duke of Chengguo." Who dares to take care of the business of these two top nobles? ”

"Gollum!"

The general general's subordinates swallowed their saliva, their faces changed greatly, they didn't expect to hear such an inside story from the general manager's mouth, the national government trafficked in illegal salt! No wonder the leader is so respectful and flattering to Wang Yuanwai, who can do business with the two princes, this background is absolutely profound, and they can't afford to mess with these little shrimps guarding the door.

"How do you know that?" The lewd man asked curiously, although these are ordinary and not secrets, ordinary people definitely don't know.

"Alas!" The chief sighed and looked into the distance, without words.

After the huge convoy entered the capital, they quickly dispersed, each turning onto the familiar road to deliver salt to the shops, these routes of the saltworks of the coachmen had been walking for five years, so many times that they could not count, and they would not go the wrong way with their eyes closed.

However, some of the vehicles in the convoy were not different, and the drivers on them were also different from those who were scattered, and their spirits were completely different, even if they were sitting in a car, their waists were straight.

These carriages did not disperse, but under the leadership of Wang Wenyan, they headed towards Xicheng. After sparing a circle and arriving at Xicheng, they still did not stop, but went out from Fuchengmen and headed towards the western suburbs. Outside the Fucheng Gate, there is also such a cement road, and these vehicles drove up as soon as they turned around.

If you are a businessman from all walks of life who often comes here to do business, they must know that the focus of this cement road is the cornucopia of the famous Ming Dynasty - Tiangong Workshop.

After coming here, Wang Wenyan called for the door, and then Wei Zhongxian came out and welcomed him and the convoy in.

"Your Highness has an order to place these people." As soon as they met, without waiting for Wei Zhongxian's greetings, Wang Wenyan spoke first and conveyed Zhu Youxiao's order.

"People?" After Wei Zhongxian swallowed the greeting words, he looked at the convoy curiously, not knowing what to place.

Suddenly, the doors of one or two carriages were suddenly pushed open, and in Wei Zhongxian's stunned gaze, one by one sturdy men got down from the carriage, these men just came, they were facing the ground, vomiting nonstop, and with the opening of the door, a sour Nanming stench wafted out, disgusting.

"Not materials?" Wei Zhongxian was very surprised to see that the carriages were full of people, he thought that this time it was to transport the materials needed for the writing workshop.

"Gross!" As more and more people got out of the carriage, the sour smell became heavier and heavier, so Wei Zhongxian and Wang Wenyan hid their faces and fled, this kind of smell that made me want to vomit just by asking, I don't know how these men endured it, such a long way, and they didn't make any movement at all.

"Mr. Wang, what's going on?" Coming to the upper hand, Wei Zhongxian asked with a solemn face, with years of experience and intuition, he instinctively felt that these people were inappropriate.

"I don't know what these are for, but according to His Highness's orders, I sent them, and then I delivered them every time. Father-in-law don't care about so much, just settle them down. Wang Wenyan explained slightly, in fact, he knew that these people were all trained guards of the salt farm, and after being integrated by His Highness, they began to send them here in batches.

This is the precursor of Zhu Youxiao's plan, first put people in the Tiangong workshop, and then send them to the palace when the ants move.

"This is ......" Wei Zhongxian wanted to question it, but he suddenly stopped because he saw a familiar figure, Li Yuyu. Of course Wei Zhongxian knew this well-known young man in the Yulin Army, but now, he reacted in vain, this group of people is definitely not simple.

Squinting his eyes, he carefully looked at the sturdy man who got off the carriage, inside, he saw several familiar figures, all of them were from the original Yulin Army, although he couldn't name it, but he was sure that it was definitely someone from the Yulin Army.

"Mr. Wang, rest assured, the miscellaneous family will definitely not delay His Highness's major affairs." Wei Zhongxian replied with a serious face.

"That's good, I still have something to rush back to Tianjin, so I won't stay long, and I will leave." After explaining the matter, Wang Wenyan left in a hurry.