- "If there is a problem with the goods on the car, the result can only be that the officers and soldiers sent by the Kyoto Prefecture will be dragged away and detained at the large warehouse, instead of continuing to pass the inspection at the gate of the city." Gao Qian quickly shook his head, refuted the coachman's speculation, and added: "The Yan family has a huge family business, and the so-called tree is a big trend, and our emperor of Nanzhao is a virtuous monarch who attaches great importance to the construction of the law, and the Yan family will not dare to make any commercial activities that violate the ban in the important city of Kyoto no matter what." ”

After pondering for a while, Gao Qian denied the coachman's construction again, and said lightly: "The north gate has always been slightly negligent in freight than the other three gates, and the west gate is the most congested, and because the sea is about to be shipped, the east gate should be blocked now, I don't think there are other doors to go." There is no need to mention the south gate, if I want to go around the inner city for such a big circle, and then go around from south to north after leaving the city, it is so twisty and turning, it is better to wait here a little longer. ”

Although Gao Qian had not moved, he had already sorted out his thoughts in his mind and came up with a moderate countermeasure, and the coachman heard his narrow-mindedness from Gao Qian's words, and he couldn't help but look ashamed, and he didn't build anything without permission.

When he was silent, the coachman listened to Gao Qian and said: "It's past noon, I don't know how long I have to wait, Mr. Cen in the car is still sick, and he can't accompany us to work so dry, you go buy some food first, it needs to be hot." ”

The groom took the silver handed over by Gao Qian, and asked casually, "I wonder if you and that gentleman are particular about eating?" ”

Gao Qianyan seemed to remember something, and turned around and stretched out his hand to lift the curtain of the carriage door. But as soon as his hand reached mid-air and was about to touch the edge of the curtain, he hesitated again. Eventually, he gave up doing so, jumped out of the carriage, and headed for the car behind.

The third car was occupied by a doctor who was on the same road. Xiangye spent a lot of money to buy him who was willing to leave his medical hall and go all the way to the northwest to take care of Cen Chi on the road.

Gao Qian inquired about the healer, and had an idea in his heart, so he came back and told the groom who was going to buy food what to buy.

The groom trotted all the way down. The high diver returned to his driving position in the carriage. Although he had slowed down his movements with extreme caution. But the carriage leaned forward slightly.

In the car, there was a slight sigh.

Gao Qian's mood moved slightly, and he whispered to the people inside through the car curtain: "Did you disturb Mr. below?" ”

Xiangye once asked Cen Chi to be the west seat of Shi Sangongzi for a period of time. Although Cen Chi did not fulfill his duties in the appointment of Mr. Xixi, no one in the Prime Minister's Mansion dared to despise the honorary status given to him by the Prime Minister.

Gao Qian is a few years older than Cen Chi. But because Cen Chi had this important opportunity in front of him, plus he himself has never been arrogant in treating people. Because of this, most of the servants in the palace also had respect for him, so even the members of the ten generals were infected by the affection and were willing to call him 'sir'.

"Actually, I woke up a long time ago." The man in the car took a breath. He added, "Because I didn't want to move, I didn't move." ”

Gao Qian lifted the corner of the curtain and saw a tired Cen Chi sitting in a corner of the car.

After he was poisoned by that chronic poison. Although it will not be poisoned immediately, but. He only worked for a few days, and the whole person suddenly became obviously haggard, and a circle of bruises appeared under his eyes, which was a phenomenon of disordered qi luck in the internal organs.

According to the doctor, people who have been hit by that kind of slow poison will first feel weak and drowsy, and their bodies will feel paralyzed intermittently, as if the blood is stagnant.

Gao Qian is a person who practices martial arts, and he knows very well what the paralyzing feeling of stagnant qi and blood is like, he looked at Cen Chi's appearance of struggling to even gasp, and couldn't help but feel some sympathy, and said gently: "Mr. needs to rest more." ”

Ke Cen Chi saw Gao Qian lift the curtain and his eyes touched a touch of sunlight outside the car, he first squinted, and after getting used to it, he crawled towards the car door.

No matter how long you rest, you won't be able to regain your strength when you're healthy!

Cen Chi climbed to the door, as if he had climbed a mountain, and gasped for a while, but his body was not like the person who had just climbed the mountain, and he looked like he was sweating.

Gao Qian looked at him like this, a little worried and didn't know what to say.

Cen Chi took a breath, looked around, and then said softly, "Why is the carriage still parked here?" I remember that when I had just fallen asleep, our carriage was almost at the gates of the city. ”

"There is a Yan family caravan in front, it may be that the inspection steps are complicated, which slows down the speed of going out of the city." Gao Qianwen said: "Originally, I had plans to go out at another city gate, but I don't know what the situation is with the other gates. The horse restriction order in the inner city is too strict, and Mr. is unwell, so he can't bear to take you back and forth. ”

Cen Chi didn't seem to care about this problem, but just said casually: "You are doing this and waiting, don't you find something to do?" ”

"Looking for something to do?" Gao Qian was puzzled. He really couldn't think of what else he could find to do at this time, and it would be good to be patient and wait.

Cen Chi sighed and said, "If you have time, get me a cane." ”

Gao Qian was stunned when he heard this, he didn't immediately understand the meaning of Cen Chi's words, but after he understood, he couldn't help but sink his eyes, and then said with an extremely serious expression: "Sir, I will definitely take you to find a good doctor." ”

Cen Chi smiled reluctantly and said, "I know you won't live up to Shi Gong's expectations, but at the moment, it seems that I really need a cane." After he said this, he turned his gaze to the convoy of the Yan family in front of him.

Gao Qian hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed with Cen Chi's statement, his tone softened slightly, and said, "Then we can do it when it's free." ”

Cen Chi said casually: "Don't worry, it's okay to break the roots and branches on the road." With that, he withdrew his gaze from the distant convoy and fell into a thoughtful silence.

Seeing this, Gao Qian also looked forward, looked at it twice, then withdrew his gaze to look at Cen Chi, and asked softly, "What is Mr. thinking?" While he was asking Cen Chi, he was also asking himself in his heart: Is it really as the coachman said just now, what is wrong in the Yan family's caravan?

Cen Chi raised his eyes slightly, noticed the hint of vigilance in Gao Qian's eyes, and hurriedly waved his hand, "It's nothing, the Yan family seems to be waiting for someone." There was a stretch of road in the convoy that didn't move much. ”

After being reminded by his words, Gao Qian, who was thinking about the coachman's words just now, seemed to be a little uncontrollable, and his voice raised slightly, "How can this be." If that's the case, they should give way and let our people who are out of town in a hurry go first. ”

"Wait a little longer."

Same words. Gao Qian had just said to the coachman. Now it is up to Cen Chi to use this to comfort the high potential that arouses the emotion.

But at this time, Gao Qian was like the driver who was depressed and anxious just now, and he couldn't listen to persuasion.

He didn't let go of Cen Chi's persuasion, but couldn't help but say again: "Procrastinate for such a boring thing." I don't want to endure it anymore. If they miss the time and can't make it to the next post station this evening, their Yan family doesn't mind sleeping in the open, but how can Mr. accompany them? ”

Cen Chi saw that Gao Qian seemed to have the intention of going to the front team to theorize. Hurriedly grabbed him and dissuaded: "I'm just guessing." Maybe someone else really has something, and they don't necessarily say ......"

As soon as he said this, something suddenly changed in the convoy ahead.

I heard a man's voice coming from the convoy, and the tone was loud. Full of neutrality, he said loudly: "Yan Jiuzi, move forward." ”

The voice paused slightly. He also said: "Yan Cross, go forward two times." ”

The tone of the voice. It seems to be issuing a kind of command. Suddenly, there was a carriage in the middle of the convoy moving slowly, but the carriages at the front and rear ends were still firmly parked in place.

The voice then called out the name of "Yan Eleven Characters, Twelve Characters", and gave orders to move forward.

In the entire convoy of the Yan Family Commercial Bank, only a few carriages in the middle were slowly moving with the order being issued, and the positions of the vehicles in front and behind did not change, but a long distance of open space had been vacated in the middle.

For the Yan family, who is long in land business, the General Chamber of Commerce has formulated a set of passwords for the exclusive Yan family caravan in the early years, and other land merchants have begun to imitate it in recent years, but most of them cannot abide by the Yan family caravan and standardize.

The number in the password represents the individual serial number of the vehicles in the convoy, but if there is a caravan in front and behind, it is necessary to shout the abbreviation of the chamber of commerce before the number serial number to warn.

At this time, in the open space inside the North City Gate, there was only the convoy of the Yan family's Chamber of Commerce, but despite this, the number of the Chamber of Commerce in front of the number sequence was not omitted. No matter what the situation, when the commander of the Yan family caravan guided the convoy to march, the commands shouted were standardized and consistent, and would not be changed in the slightest.

As for the word 'que' in the password, it is a measure of distance that is exclusive to the Yan family's business activities, and the Yan family's one ring refers to the length of a parking space for the Yan family's commercial vehicle.

The Yan family managed the relevant passwords for their caravans to the level of Cheng dù, which was as strict as the commanders of the military soldiers. There is a saying in the business world that describes it very well: business battles are like battlefields. Therefore, the Yan family, a behemoth family in the business world, can manage the people who do things below like this, which can be regarded as a subtle shape.

If the people present at this time were familiar with the meaning of the Yan family's passwords, when they heard the password guidance from the front of the convoy, even if they didn't get close and take a look at it with their own eyes, they could roughly guess that the middle of the convoy was now vacant for three carriages.

Cen Chi was originally going to persuade Gao Qian to wait a little longer, but after hearing those few commands, he paused. After a few moments, the words had changed when he spoke again.

"The Yan family has been in business for many years, and they have always been committed to perfection in the arrangement of matters, and there has never been a case of replenishment halfway, it seems that they are really waiting for someone this time, presumably we can leave soon." After Cen Chi said this, he climbed back into the car again.

The curtain of the carriage that had been lifted by him and hung down was still shaking slightly, and not far away there was the sound of other carriage axles turning and grinding on the ground.

Gao Qian turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from, and saw three carriages coming not far away, but judging from the standard of the carriage, all three carriages belonged to the van, that is, they were used to carry people.

From the appearance of the manned van and the cargo car, there is little difference, but if you compare it with the tall and wide commercial car in the Yanjia fleet, the difference is more obvious.

The three carriages were not moving fast, allowing the high diver to see who was driving. In fact, if it was an ordinary groom, it would be fine, but Gao Qian suddenly found that the person holding the reins and controlling the carriage led by him was probably not as simple as an ordinary groom. After a few more glances, Gao Qian came to a conclusion that made him a little unbelievable.

The man seated in the carriage of the head of the carriage was judged only by the estimated value of the piece of jasper embedded in the crown of his hair, and the abacus that hung from his waist that was half-exposed outside the brocade bag. Even if he is not the young master of the Yan family, he has much to do with the decision-making leaders of the Yan Chamber of Commerce.

Originally, Gao Qian was still a little suspicious that these three carriages might be sent by other big families who wanted to leave Kyoto, but after seeing the young man with the crown jade on the carriage at the head, he no longer doubted that the person who rode this carriage was by no means an idle person, and it might not be a descendant of the Yan family. But it is also definitely related to this big family.

It's just that. After understanding this, new doubts rose in Gao Qian's heart.

What is the Yan family going to do?

Although the Yan family's current family business has reached the top of the land merchants. And the business of Bushi in the territory of Zhao also accounts for the majority of the total industry of the Yan family, but the head office of the Yan Chamber of Commerce is not in the territory of Zhao Kingdom, but in the small country in the west where the Yan family made its fortune.

It is located in the north of Zhaoguo. Squeezed between the northern geese and the Daqingchuan to the west, there is also a country that is not very large, but very rich. National name beam.

The founding of the Liang State is not too early, the difference is that the Northern Yan is a branch of the much older Great Cause Empire before the Great Zhou, while the Liang State is considered a branch in the middle of the Great Zhou. If only it is divided by time. The founding of the Liang State was earlier than that of the Zhao State, but it was later than the Northern Yan.

There is a saying in the historical compilation industry that Beiyan was founded in northern Xinjiang. The strength of the army is biased, and the civilization construction of the Northern Yan and the Southern Zhou Dynasty is inherited from the experience of the Great Cause Empire.

But. After more than 100 years of absorption and transformation, as well as the test of slight changes in the situation, the Northern Yan has far surpassed the Southern Zhou in terms of military capabilities, but it cannot completely match the comprehensive national strength of the Southern Zhou. In a border defense between the two countries, soldiers have been in a state of confrontation for a long time, which is like a sword against a spear, no one will obey anyone, but if it really starts, no one has a complete chance of winning.

In this case, in addition to the two centralized states of Beiyan and Southern Zhou, which were the first to divide into the territory of the Great Cause Empire, each with one side, there were also some small regimes around it.

After hundreds of years of time testing and washing, the Southern Zhou collapsed ten years ago, but it was not annexed by the Northern Goose, but was covered by another new monarchy. In the vicinity of these two countries, several small countries are also rising and falling, and now there are zài that are the thieves in the Qingchuan River basin and the Liang country, which is relatively complete in all aspects.

The Liang State was biased towards a commercial power, which the current Southern Zhao monarch had seen more than ten years ago when he was still in the northern frontier. The spirit of business can make the cold silver exude extreme brilliance; People in the business way, with an extremely sharp and slippery tongue, almost have the wisdom of a strategist, but they are not in love with power at all, and they are a very special group.

The reason why some historians say that the Liang State is a branch of the Southern Zhou Dynasty is because the founding time of the Liang State can be traced back to the time of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, which occurred more than 200 years ago.

At that time, the national power of the Southern Zhou Dynasty had reached its peak, but the monarch at that time still rejected private commercial activities. So some merchants came together on their own, and no longer stayed in this land where the spirit and wisdom of business could not be distributed, and went to the northwest corner to open up new horizons.

Therefore, the culture of the Liang State was greatly influenced by the Southern Zhou Dynasty, but it also had obvious national characteristics.

The Liang State is heavy on business, the Yan State is heavy on the military system, and as for the Southern Zhao Dynasty, which has not been born for a long time, it seems that it has inherited the great comprehensive characteristics of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

In fact, the national policy implemented by the previous dynasty did not make much mistake in terms of social welfare and people's livelihood, but the authorities themselves made a mistake and wanted to 'demolish the house', that is, an iron plate had to be made out of the hole by themselves.

It has been more than 100 years since the founding of the Liang Kingdom, but the Yan Family Chamber of Commerce really began to crisscross the vast north and south continents, and the whole process is only reflected in one generation. And if you want to deduce, even if the Yan family made a fortune in the Liang country, it is probably because of the specialties of other countries.

The Liang State only provided the Yan family with institutional convenience, which was originally the characteristics of the Liang dynasty, but this does not mean that the lord of the Liang State took special care of the Yan family with his monarchy. And the mountain-like wealth accumulated by the Yan family is still their own private assets of the Yan family, and it has nothing to do with the national treasury reserves of the Liang State.

From a plane perspective, when the Yan family made a fortune, the Southern Zhou Dynasty was taking the last section of the downhill road, with displaced people everywhere and wars raging everywhere. During that period of time, even if the ancestors of the Yan family did not care about the Changnong of the Southern Zhou Dynasty and degraded the merchants, and insisted on taking root in the territory of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, it would be like a big gamble that would be lost, and it would be absolutely impossible to do it.

Now that the Southern Zhou Dynasty has collapsed, the nascent Southern Zhao court has become the master of this land. The Yan family only then began to do business in this area. Business is heavy and prosperous, and in this gradually peaceful territory, the Yan family's business expanded rapidly.

Although the head office of the Yan family is still located in Xiaoliang Kingdom, the Nanzhao monarch did not express a certain sensitive attitude towards this, in addition to the fact that the Nanzhao monarch was very interested in business, and also considered the origin of the Yan family. For the Yan family, Xiaoliang Country is almost the survival of their hometown. Even later. The Yan Family Chamber of Commerce may have to move all of them to Nanzhao, and it is impossible to forget their mother's family so quickly.

In addition, the Yan family has always maintained the attitude and principles that a businessman should have. is not attached to the power technique at all, and it is also a reassuring pill for the Nanzhao monarch.

In addition to being in charge of the whole government, the monarch of Nanzhao also left a hand in the trade road and led a group of Beijing merchants. It is the only shipping in the East China Sea in Nanzhao. In the business on land, the Nanzhao monarch was very generous to the Yan family. But only the shipping part, although it seems that the scope is not large, it is unwilling to let the Yan family interfere at all.

In this regard, the Yan family neither expressed support nor opposition. They seem to have 'forgotten' about the business in this field.

The Yan family has been in contact with the Nanzhao monarch for nearly ten years, and the Nanzhao monarch has only expressed his position once, and the Yan family has not even made tentative moves since then. And that's not all. Even Caoyun, which is almost involved with shipping, has never been touched by the Yan family. Extremely pure is just a merchant's land.

Because the place of origin is in Liang State, in addition to the general office of the Chamber of Commerce of the Yan family is set up in the territory of Liang State, the relatives of the Yan family are also in Liang State.

Although the territory of Nanzhao is vast, several times that of Xiaoliang Kingdom, the activities of the Yan family in the Nanzhao region are still relatively pure for business. Even if the Yan family made some friends in Nanzhao, they were all business friends.

The Yan family rarely interferes with their family's business operations because of friends' affairs, and in these two aspects, their family is very open. People who have business dealings with their family know this and agree with it.

But today, the Yan family caravan was interspersed with three vans interspersed with exception, and in order to wait for these three non-commercial caravans that arrived late, the entire Yan family caravan stalled at the city gate for nearly an hour.

For businessmen, time is profit, which is a very sharp one in business, so who will make the Yan family make such a sacrifice? Who's in the car? What other friends does the Yan family have in Kyoto that is worth working so hard?

-- If the Yan family's relatives want to go out of the city by the way, they should be able to set an example for the benefit of the entire Yan family's business group to improve the efficiency of transportation.

The three carriages that were late for the Yan family were moving very slowly, and gradually approached, Gao Qian hurriedly retracted his gaze, sat down in the driving position of his own car, and maintained a straight posture of looking ahead.

The three carriages slowly came into his field of vision, and from the angle from which they were coming, they were about to merge into the convoy ahead.

However, when the carriages of the two sides were about to merge and take on the shape of a 'human', the young man with the crown jade in the carriage suddenly turned his head and glanced at Gao Qian, who was sitting upright.

With Gao Qian's sitting posture at this time, it was the most common appearance of an ordinary horseman guarding his car, and there was nothing suspicious, but in the eyes of the young man with the crown jade when he turned around, Gao Qian recognized the taste of doubt.

The mind is so sensitive only if it has secrets in the heart and is afraid to let others know about it.

However, although Gao Qian had thoughts about the young man who looked back at him, the other party was not his mission target after all, so Gao Qian would not think about it purposefully. As long as the other party doesn't take the initiative to come to him for trouble, then even if he takes a few more looks, Gao Qian won't really pay attention to it.

The three carriages were quickly merged into the Yan family caravan, and the whole caravan was like a pebble falling in a pool of still water, and the original convoy that was close to stationary began to move, and the characteristic of this action was to go out of the city, and the table xiàn was on the word 'fast'.

The speed at which the convoy is moving is accelerating, as is the speed at which it passes through inspections. After waiting for so long, the high-potential convoy had a preliminary impression of the speed of the Yanjia commercial vehicle passing through the inspection before. At this point, comparing the previous impression with the current speed, the results were surprising.

At this time, the speed of the Yan family's convoy was more than three times faster than before, and if the three carriages that joined were not counted, the time for the team to shorten would be even shorter. The Yan family's convoy almost no longer needs to be inspected, and going out of the city is as simple as walking out of your own compound......

Could it be because I had waited too long before, so the progress of going out of the city in front of me suddenly accelerated, which gave me the illusion of judgment?

Maybe. Is this related to the fact that there are too many empty cars with white swallow flags in the second half of the team?

The Yan family caravan quickly left the city, and Gao Qian's group of three carts, but because the groom went to buy food and had not returned, there was a shortage of one person to drive the car, and the three carriages could only be parked in place.

High diving, on the other hand, is in great need of people who can help. But he thought about the people in the car. I felt a little embarrassed, and finally chose to give up doing so.

Because the reason why Cen Chi left the Prime Minister's Mansion was a bit special, it was very different from his previous purpose of leisurely travel, and it was very dangerous. Therefore, the Prime Minister has calculated a set of confidentiality regulations in advance for this trip.

Specifically, in addition to the few people who left the Prime Minister's Mansion, the peers must be in step with each other along the way. No other participants are allowed to get involved, so even if the high potential Xiangye's subordinates have some power. It is also not allowed to be used without permission.

Because the personnel did not arrive, the high divers could only wait in place. After the Yan family's convoy all left the city, the empty place outside the door of the car in the inner city suddenly seemed very open. It looked a little strange that only the three carriages of the high diver group had stopped, but they didn't go.

A soldier guarding the city came to inquire about the situation. Knowing that Gao Qian was just waiting for someone, he didn't care about him. Soon returned to the post.

Military orders are like a mountain, even in peacetime, and the soldiers who guard the gates of the capital should do the same. If Gao Qian didn't encounter any difficulties, or if his car was simply parked there, it would hinder the vehicles from leaving the city, and he had to move out of the city for the time being, and the city guards would not be enthusiastic enough to offer help.

The city defenders have their own duties and responsibilities, but they are not idle people. After many years of guarding the city gate, the longer the experience of guarding the city gate, the more negative experience there will be after leaving the gate without permission, causing chaos.

The driver of the third carriage was supposed to drive out of the city in turn, but was rejected by Gao Qian. In the end, the car was carrying a healer, who had no skills other than medical skills. Gao Qian felt that leaving him alone in the carriage was prone to problems if the carriage was left unattended.

At this point in time, it was just in time for the most popular business of various restaurants, and Gao Qian suddenly felt a little regretful, he shouldn't have let the coachman go to buy food at this time and have a flattering excitement.

However, several people in his line were specially selected by the Prime Minister, even if they were coachmen, they were also clever people. Buying food was not a difficult task, Gao Qian only waited in place for a while, and the coachman ran back with the packed food in a sweat.

At the restaurant, if you want speed, you can increase the price. On the way back and forth, the coachman was running and did not dare to slack off, so he also increased his speed as much as possible.

If it weren't for the Yan family's caravan making trouble, maybe until the food was bought, they would have to continue to stop in place, eat and drink enough to wait for their opportunity to set off.

The coachman returned to his position, and the three carriages started to leave the city, and the official documents and ministers had all been completed, and the procedures for leaving the city were also very simple and smooth.

After leaving the city, the three carriages quickly traveled up the wide, smooth official road. The carriage wasn't fast, but it wasn't slow. On the official road connecting the Kyoto section, the road condition is excellent, so even to ensure the comfort of the passengers, the horse-drawn carriage can still move at a certain speed rate compared to the country road.

As soon as he was out of the city, Gao Qian saw the Yan family caravan not far away.

At first, Gao Qian thought that something had happened to the Yan family caravan after they left the city, so he led them to walk for so long first, but they only walked such a short distance. But then, Gao Qian found himself quickly approaching the Yan family's convoy, not because they were delayed, but because they were walking extremely slowly.

Compared with the usual speed of the cargo caravan, Gao Qian felt that the speed of his three cars was slow enough, but he didn't expect the Yan family caravan to send out today was slower than him. Not only did he quickly catch up with the tail car of the Yan family's caravan, but with the speed of his side, he also had the momentum to surpass him.

When overtaking in the middle of the road, Gao Qian subconsciously observed it, and vaguely felt that the overall speed of the Yan family's caravan seemed to be affected by the three vans that joined later. But no matter what, these are things that have nothing to do with him, Gao Qian kept in mind Xiangye's instructions, led his own line of three cars, took the itinerary as the first task, and quickly copied from the side of the Yan family's convoy to the front.

Although he didn't want to care about the Yan family's side, when the two groups of cars passed by, Gao Qian still found a problem, the young man Guanyu who was driving in the three vans was gone, and his place had been replaced by an ordinary groom.

I guess I got in the car, right? Someone of his status. Of course, I won't be doing the job of driving all the time.

Gao Qian didn't think too deeply, skipped what he had just seen and discovered, and concentrated on the road.

……

Because Kyoto's horse restriction regulations are extremely strict, and only commercial horse-drawn carriages are exempted, so most of the vehicles entering and leaving the inner city are cargo trucks that abide by the regulations and act more bluntly, so that they can depart together and unload at the same time.

Horse-drawn carriages carrying people generally do not like to go around the inner city. But they also have a well-divided place to go.

For manned vehicles that are flexible in terms of mobility. Generally, they prefer to park in the inns established on the outskirts of the city, and the biggest difference between this kind of inn and the inner city inn lies in the construction of transportation.

Horse-drawn carriages are stocked at the inns on the outskirts of the city. Hire a fixed number of grooms for travelers to hire. Half of the operating profits of this type of inn come from the income from renting horse-drawn carriages, which is subject to the restricted horse law of the inner city inn. And the areas that are difficult to do.

Gao Qian led his three carriages out of the North City Gate and headed north. Half an hour later. They came to the Dengfeng Inn in the northern suburbs to shoot.

The operation of inns in the suburbs of the city, after several years of training and changes, has now formed a relatively fixed system. Kyoto Koyo is close to the East China Sea, and only the south, west, and north suburbs have this type of inn. And there are three representative inns. In fact, they are all industries under the name of the same big businessman, and Dengfeng Inn is one of the top three.

Most travelers traveling north of the city, or coming from the north, choose to pause here. Sometimes travelers who entered the city before the gates closed would return to the inn for a night's rest. Business at Dengfeng Inn has been booming. And the inn itself did not bully customers because of this, and the shopkeeper was very smart. But put all that mind into honest business.

In order for business to be prosperous and long-lasting, the persistence of credibility is very important.

In addition, because it is close to the center of national power, and today is a person who cares about business very much, in addition to giving businessmen a variety of support in national policies, the control of business actions is also very clear. Influenced by this spirit, in addition to the major commercial houses in the inner city to strictly suppress the business house atmosphere, the same is true of the commercial houses in the surrounding area.

The big boss behind the Dengfeng Inn is really one of the Beijing businessmen, and he has done an excellent job of self-discipline in this regard.

Because Gao Diver just wanted to pass by here, he stopped for the time being, so he was beckoned by the inn guy to rest in the shed area outside the store. The three carriages did not drive into the grass hut behind the inn and parked, but leaned against the edge of the official road outside the shed as they were, so as to facilitate the immediate departure of the inn.

The main building of the inn is not high, but it occupies a large area, and there are about 100 rooms inside, but in general, it is enough for guests who do not need to stay in the hotel to rest in the shed area outside. The inn has two sheds, the back of which is equivalent to a stable, and the shed that is built facing the official road has a very different meaning.

It is said that it is a shed area, only because there is no closed wall in this area, only a flat roof supported by hundreds of stout wooden pillars to protect from the sun and rain. This flat roof is not made of thatch, but is evenly paved with a layer of gray tiles, and the bottom of the tiled roof is neatly cleaned, and the tables and chairs are complete, no less than the indoor hall.

When this shed was first built, the person in charge was carefully observed and considered, and such a strange architectural feature was also imperceptibly formed by the characteristics of travelers.

Gao Qian sat at a table under the shed with a coachman, sipping hot tea while looking around aimlessly. Perhaps because it was lunch time and because the sea on the east coast of Kyoto was approaching, the number of tourists who came to watch the ceremony increased, and the seating rate of the more than 100 tables arranged under the tiled tent has increased by 60% or 70%.

Most of these guests are with baggage or some goods. A few big men sitting at a table on the periphery threw a few pheasants, a few smoked animal legs, and a deerskin at their feet, and it seemed that they were going to take them to Kyoto and exchange them for some quick money in a crowded place. Fortunately, the shed area is wide, and they will not affect others to walk in such a casual way.

At a table farther away, several of the guests who were eating appeared to be non-nationals.

The people at this table were dressed differently from the locals, and although there were men and women, they were stained with strange-smelling spices. Under the tiled shed with excellent air circulation without a wall, this smell can stay without knowing whether it is fragrant or smelly.

Among the other diners who are a little further away, there are also frequent eyebrows, and not everyone can accept this spice...... (To be continued)