The distance between Xinfeng County and Shangyuli (Zhangli) is almost more than 20 miles, because of the inconvenient transportation in ancient times, so it is necessary to set off in advance to rush to Xinfeng County before the opening of the market, and occupy a good position in advance.

In the early morning, when the sky was still dark, Zhang Ran and Sankui father and son were busy loading the fish in the pond into wooden barrels, and then carrying the large wooden barrels full of fish onto the wheelbarrow and tying them firmly with ropes.

After the three of them hurriedly ate the breakfast prepared by Sankui's mother, they pushed the deer cart and set off along the country road.

Zhangli is located at the foot of Li Mountain, the location is relatively remote, so the road to the town is basically a typical country dirt road, without any repair, all rely on people to walk, so the road is bumpy, overgrown, extremely bumpy and difficult to walk.

In addition, the three of them pushed a large cart of fish, and it was even more difficult and hard to walk, and the road was only seven or eight miles, but the three of them walked for nearly an hour.

This is simply unthinkable in the future, seven or eight miles of road, even in the countryside, riding an electric car or bicycle, that is, only ten minutes.

Walking down this mountain road made Zhang Ran, who came to Dahan and went out for the first time, extremely uncomfortable, and tired enough...

It was only after the trail merged, that the situation improved slightly, and the speed increased slightly. But despite this, it took more than two hours for the group of three people to finally walk to Xinfeng City.

Looking at the small city in front of him, but full of historical charm, Zhang Ran felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "If you want to get rich, build roads first!" This is really a wise saying that has been used for thousands of years! ”

Xinfeng, as the name suggests, is the new Fengyi. On the way, according to Sankui's father, Zhang Meng, during the Qin period of more than 70 years, Xinfeng's name was not Xinfeng, but Liyi. The reason why the name was changed to Xinfeng was because of Emperor Gao.

Emperor Gao is Gaozu Liu Bang, it is rumored that after Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and set the world, he took his father Liu Taigong to Chang'an City to enjoy happiness. But Mrs. Liu lived in Fengyi all his life, suddenly left his hometown, moved to the deep palace, felt very uncomfortable, after a long time, he couldn't help but miss his hometown, so he often sighed and sighed.

After Liu Bang learned the reason, in order to please the emperor, he ordered skilled craftsmen to build Xinfeng City on the basis of the old Qin Liyi according to the original appearance of his hometown Fengyi.

After the completion of Xinfeng City, the layout is not only exactly the same as the layout of Peijun Fengyi, but even the people and livestock in the city are relocated from the original Fengyi.

After decades of development, Xinfeng has grown from a large city with thousands of people to tens of thousands of people.

Yes, in this era of the Han Dynasty, the population of the county was less than 10,000, and it was called "yi". Only a county with a population of more than 10,000 can be called a "county".

And Xinfeng, the population of the county alone has tens of thousands, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a "big city".

But 10,000 people... If you put it in modern society, tens of thousands of people, at best, it is a larger town.

Facing the rising sun, Zhang Ran and Sankui father and son pushed a cart of fish with the flow of people entering the city and slowly moved towards the direction of the gate of Xinfeng City.

After queuing for more than ten minutes, it was finally Zhang Ran's turn to wait for the three.

But I didn't expect that just after taking two steps, a city gate guard stretched out his hand to stop the three of them: "Stop!" Take the herald! ”

"喏~"

Zhang Meng hurriedly stopped the car, took out three wooden calves from his arms, and handed them to the city gate guards in front of him.

After the man took the calf, he looked at it carefully, and then compared the three calves, and looked at Zhang Ran and the three people: "Zhang Meng, Zhang Sankui, Zhang Ran, Xixiang, Xiting, Shangyuli people?" ”

"Yes, yes, the three of us are all citizens of the upper corner!" Zhang Meng hurriedly replied.

"Hmm" The city gate guard nodded with satisfaction, handed the calf back to Zhang Meng, and asked casually, "What are you going to do in the city?" ”

"I caught a little fish at home, and I plan to go to the market and sell it for some money!"

As he spoke, Zhang Meng untied the rope on the barrel and showed the fish in the barrel to the city gatekeepers.

"Alright, you can go into town!"

After the city gate guards saw that the goods on Zhang Ran's car were indeed fish, they let go of the road and let the three of them pass.

......

After getting permission from the city gatekeepers, the three of them hurriedly re-tied the barrel and the cart, and then pushed the cart into the city.

Walking slowly along the streets of Xinfeng City, there are pedestrians everywhere, horseback riders, burden-bearers, cart pushers, silk and satin, and ragged people, all kinds of people, almost all kinds of people.

Perhaps because today is the opening day of the market, the street market in Xinfeng City can almost be called full of pedestrians, and the river is endless. On both sides of the road, there are banners, wine shops, butcher shops, restaurants, and other shops, which are lined up one after another, and they are almost full.

Whether it is the shopkeepers or the street vendors, they are all full of smiles, warmly greeting the merchants and pedestrians, drunk, bread sellers, and meat sellers...... There was a lot of shouting and shouting everywhere.

Following Sankui's father, all the way through the bustling and lively streets, the group of three finally came to the vicinity of the fish market in the west of the city.

"Here it is! Let's find a place to unload the goods first, and then start selling fish! Zhang Meng said as he looked around, found a shady place where no one was around, parked the wheelbarrow aside, wiped the sweat from his forehead and turned to Zhang Ran and the two.

"Well, okay! You're tired all the way. Uncle, you sit down and take a breath first, and leave the rest to me and Sankui! ”

Zhang Ran said as he beckoned to Sankui, and the two of them quickly untied the rope on the wheelbarrow, and then lifted the barrel off the cart.

.....

After sitting in the shade of the tree and resting for a few minutes, seeing that Zhang Ran and the two were almost cleaned up, Zhang Meng got up and came to the wheelbarrow to grope for a while, and then came to his stall with a slender wooden stick, gently knocked on the lid of the wooden barrel and said, "Sankui, open the lid of the barrel and show all the goods!" ”

"Oh, oh..."

Hearing his own Ah Weng's command, Sankui hurriedly nodded yes, and reached out to lift the lid of the barrel.

"Gott~"

The moment the lid of the barrel was opened, a pungent fishy smell and rancid smell spread to the surrounding area. Zhang Ran and Sankui, who were close to the wooden barrel, bore the brunt of the attack, and almost didn't vomit out the brown rice they ate in the morning.

The sudden foul smell made Zhang Ran and the others a little dazed, and subconsciously began to look for the source of the smell, and involuntarily set their eyes on the barrel at the same time.

As far as the eye could see, there were many grass carp floating in the barrel with white maws, and there were no less than a dozen of them.

At this look, the two couldn't help but be shocked, especially Sankui, who almost didn't cry, holding the wooden barrel and exclaiming: "Ah Weng, Ah Weng!" Our fish are dead! ”