After entering the city, I found that although there was a yamen here, there were also soldiers guarding the city. But the people here don't have the habit of checking the 'customs clearance paperwork' at all! It's just that the 'entrance fee' of 25 cents is charged according to the head of the person and the 'head of the horse', and he doesn't care about me anymore. Even after I took out the 'customs clearance document issued by the emperor himself', the guards here didn't look at me anymore......

Could it be that I have already left the territory of Datang? Otherwise, why don't the people here care about the customs clearance paperwork at all?

Moreover, I found that this small town seemed to be very poor, and in addition to some people dressed as merchants, there were also some people sitting in strange-looking 'bamboo sedan chairs'. The two dressed people still look like rich people......

"Wait a minute? That ~ is it a sedan chair? "I looked at the appearance of a sedan chair made of bamboo and a sedan chair made of bamboo strips carried by two people one after the other~ I found that since I crossed the Tang Dynasty, it was the first time I saw someone making a sedan chair! It's just that this sedan chair looks too weird and looks extremely shabby......

"I'm in Chang'an City, and I don't seem to have seen anyone making a sedan chair! Generally, people are either in carriages or riding horses~ It's really strange! I muttered to myself.

Of course, this is just my own rare and strange situation.

In fact, in this era, sedan chairs have long appeared.

It is said that the earliest palanquins appeared during the 'Xia Dynasty'. And I heard that in the 'Wei and Jin' periods, the sedan chair was the most common means of transportation for the nobles at that time. The types of sedan chairs in the Tang Dynasty were much richer than those in the Wei and Jin dynasties. For example, the "Bu Yuan" taken by the emperor, the "Buyu" taken by the princes and ministers, the "eaves" ridden by women, and the "Banyu" commonly used by the people are various. This so-called "step, step, eaves and board" are actually the names of various types of sedan chairs.

The Tang Dynasty painter Yan Liben's "Walking Wheel Drawing" is the earliest image of the emperor riding a walking chariot. The painting depicts the fact that Tubo Zanpu sent his prime minister to Chang'an to meet Tang Taizong and propose to Princess Wencheng. Women's sedan chairs also began in the Tang Dynasty, and the eaves they rode on were made of bamboo strips, and the shape was close to the sedan chairs of later generations. However, at that time, the women who rode in the sedan chair were limited to the wives and mothers of the imperial officials.

It's just that when I was messing around in Chang'an City, I didn't really come into contact with the wives and mothers of the court officials. It's mainly because of messing around with the disciples on the street. So I didn't see these women riding on the eaves...... And now it is the early Tang Dynasty, and the main court bosses are basically killed from the war. For them, horseback riding is the way to go. Usually, when you go out in a car, you will be ridiculed for 'not being in good health'...... So I haven't seen a sedan chair in Chang'an City, this is normal!

A bit off topic.

But when I asked the people here, I roughly understood where I had come~ I really deviated from the route and accidentally ran out of Datang. This is a small country called 'Linyi' adjacent to Datang.

"I'll go! I'm really going abroad! I said helplessly.

It's just that when I entered this small town, why didn't anyone come to ask me! However, this also explains why I came here with the customs clearance documents issued by Datang, and that is why the guards turned a blind eye and only charged the 'entrance fee'...... Co-authoring this is not Datang at all.

Fortunately, this is a foreign country. But most of the merchants here are still in the appearance of the Tang Dynasty, but there are also a few people who look like Persians are also doing business.

I asked the merchants of Datang about it, although they thought it was a little strange for me to ask them, "Is there a lot of grain here?" But it also told me that there is no food here ~ elephants and 'Kunlun slaves' are abundant here......

From the south of Linyi, they all have curly hair and black bodies, and their common name is "Kunlun"! And the Tang nobles like the character of 'Kunlun slaves' the most~ These Kunlun slaves are as strong as cattle, but they have a gentle temperament and are down-to-earth and hardworking, and they were carved up by the nobles and wealthy families as soon as they arrived in Chang'an. And this is where many slave traders do transit.

As soon as I heard this, I remembered the two Kunlun slaves in my family, 'Big Black and Little Black'! They're probably here too! If I had known, I would have brought them back, and then found a place to 'release' them directly! I don't need them anyway. And I always thought that these two men were brought from further afield Africa. Now I know that I guessed wrong. These Kunlun slaves are supposed to be the natives of small countries such as Zhenla and Gufunan and Linyi further south......

Knowing that this is not a place where food is abundant, I am not going to stay here for long. Although I heard the businessman here add that this is also a place rich in gold~ I'm still a little tempted. In the end, I chose to find a merchant here and buy a map and nautical chart at a high price, and then I was ready to rest for the night and leave!

Of course, the high price I paid was to throw an empty glass bottle to the merchant...... This guy asked me for a hundred taels of gold to give me a map and a chart, and that's all I could ......

However, after receiving a more valuable 'glass bottle', the merchant kindly told me that in fact, in order to buy enough rice, there was no need to go to a small island in the South Seas. Although there are people there who have found that in some small countries, the price and yield of rice are surprisingly low. However, you don't have to cross the ocean, you just need to go to the 'Zhenla country', which is not too far and can be reached by land, and you can buy a large amount of rice at an unexpected price...... Although the grain production there is not as much as on the small Nanyang island, the people there are really sowing grain, and on the Nanyang island, people in many places do not deliberately sow grain at all~ I heard that the people there only need to sprinkle rice seeds on the ground casually, and then they can easily harvest a season of grain in a few months...... In addition, the weather there is frost-free and winter-free all year round, so it is not a problem to harvest three crops of grain a year! Second Chinese Network

When he said this, the businessman who came to Datang gritted his teeth and said.

But I also understand why this guy is like this, after all, Datang has just experienced war and natural disasters. I heard that a few years before I crossed over, Datang starved to death a lot of people...... As for why the merchants did not buy grain from here back to Datang, the main reason was the distance. Not to mention anything else, in fact, Datang is already rich in grain in the Lingnan region. However, because of the inconvenience of transportation, if most of the grain is transported back to Chang'an, the cost of transportation alone can make the grain rise to sky-high prices. In addition, the road is treacherous and remote...... It is estimated that in this era, except for me, the 'immortal disciple' who brings his own plane and also carries shopping malls and warehouses, no one can do this at all. It's not worth doing either.

"Thanks for the reminder."

After thanking this businessman, I can run less because of my 'generosity', and I don't have to cross the ocean!" In fact, when I first saw the sea, I already felt in my heart: even if it is me, it is very difficult to cross the ocean!

This 'single-engine' small aircraft. Although because I can refuel empty, I don't have to worry about battery life. But this 'wooden kite' made of a material lighter than plastic foam! Although it is very strong because of the magic of the material, it can't withstand any strong winds! As long as the weather is bad and the wind is a little stronger, it will blow the wooden kite in the sky! Along the way, we encountered two sudden gales. If it weren't for the fact that the duck turned into a whirlwind next to us, we would have crashed several times because of this!

On land, however, it is completely different from above the sea, where strong air convection above the sea surface is more likely to occur. So ~ small planes don't have much ability to fly safely across the sea! After all, our current aircraft is actually not as good as the 'biplane of the First World War' in later generations, and it can resist strong winds...... Speed and altitude are incomparable.

Therefore, if you want to cross the sea, you still have to find a boat. That's why I'm going to buy one more chart at a high price. It's just that I didn't expect this businessman of Datang to have a good conscience, although he was a bit of a lion when he sold maps and charts. But when he received my 'glass bottle' as a price, he was very satisfied and told us that we didn't have to cross the ocean...... It seems that you can get a high return if you are generous!

Because I felt that this small town in the 'Linyi Country' didn't seem to be very safe, I didn't let out the other maids and girlfriends when I was resting this time. On the one hand, I feel that this place is not safe enough, and I am afraid that something will happen to the maids and that the people in the girlfriend group will cause trouble. And I also found that although there is a 'post station' here, the post station is not managed, and the deserted inside is not what it looks like.

So I didn't want to get into trouble here, so I had to stay in the best inn here at a high price. That's what the businessman told me, too. It is said that the people here are fierce and the management is chaotic, and if you live in a general inn, there are even things that have been robbed in public. Therefore, for a person like me who travels alone, it is better to go to the residence of the major Datang merchants to borrow, or directly go to the most expensive inn to rest. The most expensive inn in this small town was run by the people of the king of Linyi. Relatively safe.

Although there are ducks by his side to protect himself, and when he encounters the enemy, he can release dozens of heavily armed girlfriend groups to support the scene~ They are all dressed as heavy cavalry! Scared can scare ordinary people to death......

Considering that you are not prepared to stay longer, it is better to keep a low profile.

It's good to ignore it all night. It's just that the price of this inn is too expensive. A guest room costs a thousand copper coins and a piece of silk for a night...... I now know that accommodation here is not just about money, it's about a piece of cloth...... I heard that this is still due to the fact that I can take out the value-preserving and exquisite 'Kaiyuan Tongbao', and nearly half of the house price has been reduced, otherwise it will be more expensive......

"No wonder this is the place where King Linyi came to do the backstage, otherwise it would be strange that with such an expensive house price, it would be strange not to be smashed by someone!" I said helplessly before leaving.

After being 'stabbed' again, but I was powerless to resist, I could only leave this small town silently. Although it is very unwilling to be pitted. But I'm not to the point where I have to get revenge...... So after leaving, I took off directly, followed the direction of the map, and began to walk towards the 'Zhenla Country'.

Looking at it from the sky, I felt that the scope of this Linyi country was really super small! In addition, I flew at a lower altitude so that I could not go the wrong way this time. The purpose is to see the roads underground.

However, after leaving Datang, I found that there was no more than the gravel road like the official road. The road is full of dirt roads. And most of them are blocked by various shrubs and large trees...... It's really easy to get lost when flying at low altitudes!

As for driving on the ground~ Forget it! The low-altitude flight disturbed many pedestrians and locals from various small villages along the way. But I still saw a lot of robbers and bandits hiding on both sides of the road, ready to rob pedestrians. It seems that the merchant was right when he told me that 'the people are fierce and lawless'! I saw that whether it was the escort of the merchants or the bandits and robbers who blocked the road, they would not stop until they killed all the other party's people when they met each other! There were several conflicts on the way, and I noticed it after paying attention to it. After the bandits robbed the road, they would kill all the merchants and their guards before swaggering to steal the goods. And if the merchant's guards win the robbers, they will chase them all the way until they are killed......

"These bandits are not professional at all! Shouldn't you shout something like 'I'm driving this mountain' and ask people to keep the money for the road? Like them, if you don't kill all the businessmen, it's not good. Wouldn't it be like they were 'fishing in the water!'" Burn the forest and hunt! 'Is it?' If I were a businessman, I would have to work hard! I was hovering in the sky watching the excitement while complaining to the ducks on the side. And this girl looked at the scene below and nodded with a sympathetic look......

It took about half a day to fly all the way. I saw that the weather suddenly became overcast. I saw that large dark clouds were gathering from a distance, and before I could land, a violent rain accompanied by thunder appeared.

Because I was afraid of being struck by lightning, I could only ask the duck to help me make an emergency landing, and then I found that although there was a dirt road on the ground, there was no shelter from the wind and rain on either side except for the woods and bushes! And there is not even a small hill, which makes it impossible for me to dig a pit to hide from the rain like last time!

I had no choice but to take the risk of moving the cash truck out of the mall, then hid in it, and changed into a wetsuit that I thought would be 'insulating', before shrinking into a corner and closing my eyes and praying......