After the lunch break, Shaoyunfeng came to find Xia Xun to travel together, he only changed into a swallow suit, wearing a light-colored robe

In this place of Kaiyuan, there are more people wearing Hu clothes and military uniforms, and most of the Han people are military dependents or prisoners, and they are mostly dressed in drag or short brown, which is enough to show their uncommon status in Kaiyuan City, but it is not publicized.

Xia Xun did the same, and also changed into loose and comfortable clothes, and when the two went out, they met Chu Xiao who was preparing for the original army and Ding Yu of Dingliao Zhongwei, and the two were coming in from outside. Chu Bingbei is a person in his early fifties, his stature is not high, his spirit is shining, and he looks calm and old. Ding Dusi of Dingliao Zhongwei is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, such a young official is in command of the guard, no need to ask, there must be a founding general of the Ming Dynasty in his father's and grandfather's generation.

This person has a strong figure, a simple face, sword eyebrows and leopard eyes, although he is not handsome, but he is also heroic. As soon as they heard that the governor was going to go to the street, the two of them hurriedly changed their clothes, and walked into the street with Xia Xun, Xia Xun's guards followed the instructions, and they also changed into civilian clothes, and scattered in all directions, guarding in the dark.

Kaiyuan is an important military town, the army is stationed in the city and outside the city, there is also a division of the division stationed in Daluo City, 'Xiaoluo City and 30,000 City, there are not many residents in the city, in fact, Kaiyuan City plus the suburban tribal villages, a total of more than 3,000 households, more than 10,000 people, the street pedestrians are not very unusual.

There are very few shops in the city, except for oil and salt shops, grain and rice shops, and cloth and leather shops, there is basically nothing, and the tea house hotel is even rarer. Xia Xun didn't expect that this Kaiyuan city was also desolate, so he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Along the way, villages and towns are rare, Fengsui and post stations are also extremely ping, and the traffic is not convenient. ”

The young envoy said: "Fengsui, post station, every Liaodong capital is in office, are advocating for additional construction, over the years, there are indeed a lot of additions, but ,... Compared with the land in Liaodong, it is still pitiful, and there are its own difficulties! ”

Xia Xun turned his head and asked, "What's the matter, but is the money not allocated enough?" ”

Ding Yu interjected: "Lord Ministry, although it takes money to build the Fengsui Station, it is not a lot, how can it not be built?" The main reason is not that there is a lack of money, but that the population outside the border is too small. ”

He waved his hand and said, "From now on until Beiping, all the way to the wilderness, there are few people, and someone has to guard the Fengsui Post Station after it is built, right?" However, once the post station and the beacon are built, there is not even a village nearby, there are few people within a hundred miles, even the rice grain can not make up for it, the safety of the beacon and the post station cannot be guaranteed, and the repair is also a big problem, so whether it is to build a road, build a beacon, or a post station, they are all restricted. ”

Chu Xiao, who was prepared for the war, said with a smile: "The current situation is much better than before, and it used to be even more desolate here." Xia Guan heard that Jinzhouwei is now much more lively, it seems to be more lively than ours here, Jinzhouwei originally guarded the sea, only dealing with pirates, very desolate, since the imperial court changed to transport grain from the sea, the place where the ship docked is in Jinzhouwei.

Jinzhou Wei built a wharf, the imperial court's grain was unloaded from there, and then the chariots and horses were transported all the way by land, and there were already dwellings built by merchants of mules and horses near the wharf, and they hired a large number of young men of various ethnic groups to unload ships and transport grain, and the men on the boats came all the way from the sea, and when they arrived at the wharf, they also had to eat, drink, play and have fun, so there were shrewd merchants to do business there.

As a result, there were more brothels, prostitutes, gambling houses, and wine shops, and as soon as these places increased, the silk and rouge gouache that the girls needed, and there were also corresponding merchants, and then inns and residences also increased one after another, and these tools were all given up, and some people lived there for a long time, and then some farmland was opened up near the residence, which was both agricultural and commercial.

In a short period of time, what was originally a desolate place is now a rich and noble small city. With the increase in the number of commercial vehicles coming inland from there, from Jinzhou to Fuzhou and Gaizhou, post stations and beacons did not need to be urged, and the guards and generals automatically and spontaneously increased their number. ”

The young imperial envoy immediately said disdainfully: "I heard that when those boats arrived at the dock, they always returned empty, and the merchants sought profits, so they naturally refused, so they bought some delicacies from the north and brought them back to the inland from the land. ”

Chu Bingbei frowned when he heard this, for fear that Shao Yunfeng's words would arouse Xia Xun's attention, so he would cut off people's financial routes, and hurriedly said: "The rumors are not enough to be believed, not enough to be believed!" ”

Xia Xun listened to the heart but moved, as if he had captured something, before he could think deeply, there was a very spacious place in front of him, there was a large space on the side of the road, and there were no buildings, but there were many people and mules, horses, cattle and sheep, mules, horses, cattle and sheep bleating, and those people spoke in a rough voice, which seemed very lively.

Xia Xun couldn't help but ask, "What is this?" It's quite hilarious. ”

Chu Bingbei was slightly uneasy, and reluctantly smiled: "Ah, this and the place are mostly where the local Jurchens and Mongolians exchange cattle and sheep with the Han people in the city for iron pots, salt, cloth and other goods. Those Hu people are very rude, please go this way, don't pay attention to them. ”

At this time, a few men in Hufu who were holding cattle and sheep had already seen Xia Xun and them, although Xia Xun and the others were wearing swallow clothes, but in this Kaiyuan City, they were also considered to be first-class people's clothing, it was not uncommon for one person to be like this, and all four of them were like this, so it was tight, how could it not arouse the ideas of others.

These Hu people are wearing round peaked fur hats, knee-length shirts with small sleeves with collars, high boots, and a short knife hanging around their waists. ”

The man known as Yarha looked up, his eyes immediately lit up, and he said, "Isn't that old man the same person who bought a woman from us last time?" ”

The thin man was stunned, took a closer look at Chu Bingbei, and hesitated: "No, the old man who bought a concubine last time was dressed in Mongolian clothes." ”

Yarha smiled: "That's right, it's him!" Look at the black mole on his cheek, I remember. “

As he spoke, Yarha greeted him with a smile on her face and said enthusiastically: "How about a few of you buy something, and look at a few sheep here?" The sheep raised by my Yarha are fat and strong, and the wool sheepskin mutton and mutton bones are all good tools, and a few guests buy a sheep and go back, stew mutton soup and eat mutton, which is several times cheaper than that in the Guannai.

Chu Bing was about to speak, but Xia Xun was already smiling and asking, "What do you buy here, are there only sheep?" ”

Because Chu Bingbei bought a girl from them as a concubine a few days ago, he was considered an old patron, so this Yarha was not wary, and when he heard Xia Xun's words, he immediately laughed and said: "Then how can it, it depends on what you buy." ”

He lowered his voice a little, and said, "Ox, sheep, mules, horses, women, boys, speak, if you want." ”

Xia Xun was taken aback when he heard this: "Dare to love this person who sells livestock and sells people ugly!" ”

He took a closer look at this man who was fluent in Chinese but could speak fluent Chinese, and asked, "How many sheep do you have, are there only these three?" ”

Yarha was overjoyed when he heard this, and when he heard this person's tone, he was really a big buyer, and his attitude immediately became more attentive and said with a smile: "That's not all, these sheep, just look at the goods, you want to look satisfied, if you want to buy as much as you want, just ask, I have more than 230 sheep at home, except for the cubs, all of them can be sold to you."

As long as you make an appointment with a time and address, I Yarha will deliver it on time, if you want more, I can also buy it from my people on your behalf, how much you want, but ...... You'd better exchange tools such as cloth iron pots, tea and salt, and we can't buy any tools here with the money. ”

Xia Xun glanced at him and smiled, "Yarha? Well, it seems that as long as I want to buy, one or two thousand sheep, you will definitely be able to get it. ”

Yarha's voice trembled with joy, and she patted her chest and said, "No problem! No problem at all! “

Xia Xun said: "If it is thirty or fifty sheep, even if the price is ten times higher, I am afraid it is not worth tossing once, but thousands of sheep, then the profit is more than a little bit, you have so many sheep, why not work harder, contact some brothers in the clan, drive sheep into the customs together, wouldn't it be a big benefit?" “

Yarha smiled when he heard this: "This guest said that it is a long way to go, there are bandits all the way, there are dangerous everywhere, when you reach the pass, there is no way, and it is difficult to enter the customs." In addition, if thousands of cattle and sheep are driven away, the middle-aged men of our tribe do not know how many people to dispatch, leaving behind the old and weak women and children, how to take care of the door. ”

Xia Xun's question, just because he heard that he has a lot of cattle and sheep, which is relatively old-scale, and he can make a lot of profits if he trafficks it himself, so he asked, and after listening to this answer, Xia Xun nodded his head and secretly came up with an idea.

Yarha couldn't wait to ask: "This guest, do you want to buy sheep, I don't know how much you want?" ”

When he said this, he heard the sound of hooves like rain, and a line of fast horses galloped from afar, and all the strong men on the horses wore suede hats, and wore narrow-sleeved bearded clothes, and wore a wide belt around the waist, and the belt was supported by one. Long knives, horses' hooves flying, splashing dust all the way.

"Oops! The people of Hada are coming."

The thin man screamed, poked to the entrance, and let out a sharp whistle, and immediately the whole open field was thrown into a mess, and the nonsense people, whether they were talking about business or bartering, jumped on their horses and fled, and all the mules, horses, cattle and sheep that could be taken away were taken away behind the horse's buttocks, and the animals that could not be taken away by the slow foot were simply thrown there alone.

A jujube red horse galloped to Xia Xun's side, abruptly reined in the horse, the majestic war horse man neighed, a strangle, a stand, a show, showing the outstanding horse work, this person is wearing a narrow sleeved short robe with a big lapel chess, a leather belt at the waist, small boots, very light and neat, heroic and sassy with a graceful handsome, turned out to be a female knight.

When the scimitar flashed, the female knight had already shouted: "All the mules and horses are confiscated!" Arrest! One can't be spared! “

Jiang Xun was stunned, seeing that his eyes were full of cangyi, wolf smoke was everywhere, and he felt dislocated from time and space for a while: "Is it swollen, is this the city management coming?" ”

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