Huaizhou Mansion is the capital city in the southwest area of Dajing, located in the southwest central zone. The Governor of the Southwest was stationed in Huaizhou Prefecture, and there were three prefectures of Qingzhou, Qianzhou, and Rongzhou under his jurisdiction, as well as seven county seats: Qing'an County, Lin'an County, Maoyuan County, Qingrong County, Fengming County, Lingxi County, and Baolin County.

Among them, Qing'an County is located in the southwest border, adjacent to Lingxi County and Lin'an County, and is located in the same mountain and forest area, rich in leather goods and medicinal materials.

Anping Town is the most prosperous town in Qing'an County, because it is backed by several mountains and is located in an open and fertile plain, which produces countless precious medicinal materials and various high-quality leather goods every year, attracting countless merchants to station.

Its prosperous Cheng dù is slightly better than the county seat of Qing'an.

From Hong'an Mansion to Huaizhou Mansion, it is necessary to pass through seven or eight state capitals, and the distance is about 2,600 miles.

On the third day after leaving Hong'an Mansion, because Cen Erye and his wife and Cen Sanlang were sick and hurried, their bodies and bones could not stand it, and Cen Dalang, a strong young man, was sick and vomited badly, Cen Erniang and his party began their first rest since departure.

The convoy stopped at a post station in Qingzhou Province, which is adjacent to Hong'an Province. Because Cen Erniang made a generous move, she had a good job of setting up the post station, coupled with the cold winter, few people went far away, and the post station was empty. All of them lived comfortably in the outer two courtyards of the three-entry compound of the post station.

Of course, there are many people in the dart game, and they live in the outer courtyard with more wings, and the master and servant of the Cen family live in the elegant courtyard full of red plums in the middle.

Due to the initial thaw after the snow, although there was no wind, snow or ice blocking the road in the past few days, the snow on the road melted, and the spacious official road was muddy. Every short distance, there are large and small potholes. Sitting in the carriage, it was very uncomfortable.

Rao is Cen Erniang, a person who is healthy and does not get sick in the carriage, and after sitting in the carriage for three days, he couldn't stand it. She lay on the bed in her room, closed her eyes for a while, and finally felt a little refreshed. came out to see Ling Feng, Feng Pozi and others, preparing lunch and boiling medicine at the same time.

Thinking that her parents and brothers were still lying in the room, she went into the house to take a look at them, and found that they were all fine, but they were not in good spirits, so she put her mind at ease. In my heart, I felt more and more glad that I had coerced and lured Dr. Qin to accompany him.

It's just that Dr. Qin is old after all, and he has been drowsy by the carriage these days. After getting off the carriage today, he fainted after prescribing medicine to her family and himself, and now Jingshan is taking care of him in front of the bed.

In the past few days of getting along, Dr. Qin saw that Jingshan was only fifteen, but he was steady and meticulous, interested in medicine, and smart and sensible, so he accepted him as an apprentice, planning to teach him well, so that he could inherit his mantle in the future.

Because Dr. Qin no longer has any relatives alive, he takes care of Jingshan's apprentice as a grandson, but within a few days, the two have become like grandchildren.

Cen Erniang had nothing to do alone, and after admiring the red plums in the courtyard for a while, she put on a hat and came to the outer courtyard where the dart masters were gathered, and asked Lin Wuye, the leader of the dart masters who were responsible for escorting them this time, how long would it take to arrive in Anping Town.

Lin Wuye told Sù Cen Erniang that according to the itinerary of their convoy, counting the time for recuperation and replenishment halfway, it would take at least fifty days to reach Huaizhou Mansion. To Anping Town, Qing'an County, under the Huaizhou Prefecture, it will take more than half a month.

When Cen Erniang heard this, her heart was cold, and she gasped: "Isn't it going to be the beginning of spring next year before you can reach Anping Town!" "She thought she'd be there in a month at most. It's only been three days now, and the family and Doctor Qin can't hold it anymore, so how can they live in the future?

Lin Wuye looked at Cen Erniang's stunned expression and sneered: "Second girl, look at you like this, it seems that you don't know how remote the place you are going to is. ”

"I don't know." When Cen Erniang thought about it for a moment, she said to Lin Wuye with admiration and gratitude: "It turns out that you have to escort us for so far and so long!" It's really hard for you and all of you, if we weren't in a hurry, we wouldn't have been able to reunite with your families even on Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

"What did the second girl say!" Lin Wuye smiled heartily: "Our profession of dart master is like this. When the customer needs us and where he goes, we will follow. Our brother took so much more silver taels from you, not to mention that he can't reunite with his family on Chinese New Year's Eve this year, even if he can't return home on Chinese New Year's Eve next year. ”

"You don't know, the brothers say that you are generous in private, and we are willing to dart with you. If your family wants to go out in the future, just find us Hongwei Dart Bureau. By the way, I forgot to tell you that our Hongwei Dart Bureau is in Anping Town, which also has an office. It's on Xianglin Street, and when I get to Anping Town, I'll show you. The place is very conspicuous and easy to find. ”

"Our dart bureau has been escorting merchants to and from Anping Town and Hong'an Mansion for a long time, which is safe and convenient, and the fees are reasonable. It's not me who blows, everyone praises it! If you want to go out, find us dart game! ”

"It's a little farther from Hong'an Mansion to Anping Town, but there is no danger, so you don't have to worry. I told you earlier that along the way, our dart game has already played a good game of heroes. You can rest assured. ”

Cen Erniang smiled bitterly: "I'm not worried about the uneasy life on the road, I'm afraid that my family won't be able to sustain such a long journey." I also feel tired that you can't reunite with your family, and I really don't want to go. ”

Lin Wuye grinned and said, "What's this!" You can relax. We're used to running outside, and we're impatient to stay at home. In the past, we walked the rivers and lakes, wandering around, and we couldn't take care of our home. It's not like walking darts now, you can play everywhere, and you can earn silver. ”

"This time I received the money and reward you gave home, the mother-in-law, father-in-law, and children at home, all happy, I can't believe it, I took a dart, and got this lot of silver!"

Lin Wuye laughed and showed a mouthful of white teeth: "It's enough to catch up with the land they have worked hard to plant for three or four years, and this is still a good harvest." My family tells me to do my best for you! Say that you can't lose a generous and kind customer. Not only me, but also Miao Da, Su Laosi, Li Sanye, Second Brother Feng, Liu Dazhu, all of us, are happy to come out with you. ”

Cen Erniang didn't know that tens of hundreds of taels of silver had such a big impact on a civilian family! In the past, when she was in Xifu, a piece of clothing cost hundreds of taels, and a piece of jewelry cost hundreds or thousands of taels.

After listening to Lin Wuye's words, Cen Erniang paused in her heart, she squeezed out a smiling face, and exchanged a few words with Lin Wuye before returning to the middle courtyard and locking herself in the room, her face suddenly gloomy.

Cen Erniang sat on the warm floor and pressed the sleeve pocket containing the silver ticket, gold ticket and redemption ticket on the left hand side, there were five small purses in it, which she originally prepared for her parents, brothers and herself. But the family didn't accept it, so she was left alone. She is in charge of the family's money, and now all the silver taels of the Cen family are on her, with a total of more than 106,000 taels of silver.