39. The heart is like ashes

The further south you go, the more bumpy the road becomes, and it takes three days to walk around a rugged mountain road just for a mountain.

The mountain road was too narrow, and Lin Yi's carriage was too wide, so he could only throw down the cliff and could not block the path of the people behind.

Later, they either walked, rode donkeys, or simply lay on the grain cart, holding the dog's tail and grass in their mouths, and spent the whole day biting.

"Where is this domain, it is clearly to the ends of the earth."

On the seventeenth day, Lin Yi finally abandoned all illusions.

Along the way, I saw weeds and trees, not to mention the town, and I couldn't even see a person's shadow!

This is his fiefdom.

The only consolation is that it doesn't cost money to eat fruits, wild lychees, peach, and mandarin oranges are everywhere, but because there is less human intervention, it tastes more astringent.

Song Cheng said, "Lord Wang, it's only a few days away." ”

In fact, he said that he was also weak-hearted, except for a captain in the team who had followed the Southern Expedition army to Sanhe, and the others knew almost nothing about Sanhe.

"Day after day."

Lin Yi sighed.

Smell the body, it's a little fishy.

When he didn't know the local hydrology and couldn't find anyone to inquire, how could he dare to go down to the river to bathe easily.

After a few more days, they encountered a team selling smuggled salt.

Suddenly encountering someone, Lin Yi naturally felt very cordial, but the other party was like a great enemy, dropped the goods, and fled into the mountains and forests.

Lin Yi smiled helplessly, deliberately opened the sack, grabbed a handful of coarse salt grains, twisted one and tasted it in his mouth, and spit it out as soon as he entered his mouth, with many impurities and teeth.

Shen Chu said, "Lord Wang, the crime of selling smuggled salt should be punished." ”

Lin Yi said lightly, "The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, there are a few people who don't sell salt, you go and punish them?" ”

There is another sentence he didn't say, Sanhe is the Sanhe of him and the king, here with Liang Lu, did he agree?

Shen Chu was cowardly and didn't dare to speak.

After Lin Yi's convoy gradually moved away, more than a dozen salt lords dared to slowly lean out of the jungle, looked left and right and walked onto the avenue.

Looking at the cart with a bag of salt, they fell into doubt.

Is there such a fool in the world?

If you have money, you don't know how to pick it up?

Salt is trafficked to a prosperous place, and one pound can be sold for twenty wen!

After climbing over the undulating mountains, on the vast plains, they gradually saw the people.

Every time you walk dozens of miles, you will encounter a market town, although the scale is not large, and the inn can not accommodate a few people, but it is not a problem to eat and supplement the forage.

Most people live in wooden sheds and are poorly clothed.

When trading with it, there were copper coins from the previous dynasty in the change, and even the treasure banknotes issued during the founding of the country, which had been more than 200 years ago, were put too far away and were broken if they didn't pay attention.

In the capital, one tael of silver can be exchanged for 1,000 copper coins, but here it is less than 700 Wen.

The gap is not ordinarily large!

On the day I arrived at Baiyun City, the city of Sanhefu, it was already the first day of September, and the temperature was still high.

The reason why Baiyun City is called Baiyun City is because there is a mountain on the side called Baiyun Mountain.

It is also a bit out of place to say that it is a city, because there is no city wall, only a few streets criss-crossed, and even the towns and villages in the Jiangnan area are not as good.

Their group of strangers suddenly broke in, and the bustling street suddenly fell silent, stopped, stood on the side of the road, and looked at the team curiously.

Bao Kui, the tall lieutenant, said in a low voice, "Lord Wang, Shen Chu has already gone to inform the command department here, and it is estimated that Lord Xie will be back soon." ”

He is seventy-seven years old, and he had been here with the Southern Expedition ten years ago, and he had been everyone's guide along the way.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Commander Xie Zan, it seems that he and this king are still old acquaintances." ”

Bao Kui reminded, "Lord Wang, the Sanhe Command Division has no commander, and there is no Tongzhi, Lord Xie Zan, as the Tongzhi Prison, is the highest official here. ”

Lin Yi said, "Zhengjiu is the highest?" ”

Bao Kui said, "The Sanhe Command Division is mainly responsible for managing prisoners in exile.

In addition to the Tongzhi Prison, the remaining warehouses, grassland ambassadors, deputy envoys, etc. have no grade. ”

It was noon, when the sun was at its peak.

In the dust raised in front of us was a group of old men who were running as hard as they could.

"Master Xie, slow down, this king is not in a hurry to eat lunch!"

Lin Yi rode a donkey and greeted it slowly.

A sharp gong sounded, louder than the other.

Hong Ying suddenly shouted loudly, "Arrive with the king!" Idlers avoid! ”

Before Xie Zan and the others got close, they knelt down and shouted, "The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!" ”

Most of the people who watched the excitement were ignorant, and a few people knelt down when they saw Xie Zan kneeling.

One contagion, then a large group knelt down, and finally everyone knelt down.

Lin Yi, who was riding on a donkey, was rare and serious, and said in a tone that he thought was majestic, "Flat." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

Xie Zan got up and said, "Lord Wang......"

"Needless to say," Lin Yi looked at this group of gray-haired old men, he really couldn't raise his interest, and said with a smile, "Hurry up and take this king to his residence, the sun is too poisonous, and this king can't hold on anymore." ”

"Yes."

Hearing Lin Yi say this, Xie Zan turned around and rode a skinny old horse with only skin and bones, leading the way in front.

Seven or eight old men in shabby clothes were also very neat on their legs and feet, panting and trotting behind.

Lin Yi worries about them, don't be unaware of the forks.

After walking for a mile or so, he finally stopped in front of an earthen courtyard with a piece of wood on which was written "Sanhe Command Division".

Xie Zan dismounted and said busily, "Lord Wang, please." ”

With Hong Ying's support, Lin Yi got off the donkey and entered the courtyard through the low door.

More than a dozen chickens were fluttering around in the yard, and a big black dog barked at Lin Yi and the others.

A hen flew down from the courtyard wall, Shen Chu reacted quickly, and a scabbard was knocked far away, otherwise it would have smashed on Lin Yi's body.

But Lin Yi didn't get much better, and stepped on with one foot.

"I don't know when the prince will be here," Xie Zan said with a sneer, "I haven't prepared in advance for my humble position." ”

Lin Yi glanced at the adobe houses at the end, and said tastelessly, "You commanders will not look at this king, so let's go directly to this king's mansion." ”

"Lord Wang....." Xie Zan said bitterly, "Sanhe has neither a prefect nor a county, and he is in charge of the ..... as a fellow governor of the prison."

Lin Yi directly interrupted, "Don't talk so much nonsense, tell this king, this king has a mansion or not, give a happy word." ”

Xie Zan lowered his head directly and did not speak.

Lin Yi's heart was like ashes.

"Where does King Ben live?"

Lin Yi asked without giving up.

Xie Zan arched his hand and said, "If the prince doesn't dislike it, the command department can serve as the prince's mansion for the time being." ”

"This king sleeps on the street, and he doesn't live in your house!"

Lin Yi turned around angrily and left.

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