Chapter 206: The Toll Collector
There will always be some inexplicable secondary two atmosphere in the youth.
When he was in an orphanage, Li Chengyang was followed by three or four friends, who could make him proud.
Now with more than 10,000 people, there are all kinds of things, which really makes him very happy.
For two days, Li Chengyang was conscientiously playing the role of a good prince.
Even if he walks in the wilderness now, it can't stop him from showing his face (pretending to be an X) anytime and anywhere.
It wasn't until Xiao Cheng said a word that Li Chengyang stopped his big business of pretending to be X.
"Your Highness, is Jiangzhou the territory of the Wang family? Do we really want to be so swaggering in the past? ”
A sentence was poured on Li Chengyang's head like a basin of cold water.
That's right, Jiangzhou is the place of Hedong Road, and Taiyuan is the capital of Hedong Road.
And the actual leader of this capital is the Taiyuan royal family.
What did he want to do when he took 10,000 people to other people's territory like this?
Xiao Cheng continued: "That day in Youzhou, I just drank too much and talked nonsense,
Your Highness, you can't really kill the Wang family, or you will kill all of them,
Either you just stay honest and don't really take your brother's words seriously. ”
Li Chengyang kicked Xiao Cheng off the frame with one kick, and then closed the door and thought carefully.
He must go, after all, his future chief general is waiting for him there, and he can't miss this opportunity in vain.
But you can't go with such a guard of honor.
Who knows what will happen.
It's not that Li Chengyang didn't dare to provoke the Wang family, or didn't want to go to the Wang family to show off his might.
After all, the two sides are now torn faces, and if they want to reconcile, it is estimated that it will take a few years.
But he is not afraid of the Wang family, it does not mean that he wants to go to the Wang family.
After all, it is other people's territory, and on their own territory, they will be constrained in doing anything.
Maybe there will be a few more neuropaths like Wang Lin jumping out of the Wang family, and after a basket of poison, there will be no more than a few of the more than 10,000 guards left.
Even if the Mingmian Wang family is polite, but who knows what bad is behind them.
So if you can't let the Wang family find out, don't let the Wang family find out, and be as low-key as you can.
It is best to arrive in Jiangzhou on the same day, and then take Xue Rengui with you and leave, that is the best.
The herald stopped, and Li Chengyang called Duan Zan and Xiao Cheng into the carriage, intending to talk to them about something.
After everyone found a place to do a good job, Li Chengyang spoke:
"I'm going to put the guard of honor here, and then I'll go straight to Jiangzhou.
Take Xue Rengui with you and run back, it may not take two days to go back and forth, and it may be faster. ”
"What? I disagree! Xiao Cheng was the first to object with a loud voice.
What kind of joke is it to let Li Chengyang go into the tiger's den alone, so what does he, the leader of the guards, do?
Duan Zan also spoke: "Your Highness, we are not afraid of their Wang family,
I still have 5,000 soldiers and horses in my hands, and it is easy to deal with a royal family.
Even if these 5,000 people can't do it, you can still use the prince's right to transfer troops.
and the identity of your generation of Sky Scun Hunting, you can also get a lot of soldiers out, and there are 10,000 people who are sloppy and get together.
Why be afraid of a royal family. ”
Li Chengyang looked at Xiao'er helplessly, yes, Xiao'er's head was about to become a rattle.
When Li Shi stood firmly behind him, Li Chengyang was about to praise her, but he didn't think that Li Shi's words made him lose his temper:
"You can go, take me with you, and die together."
Li Chengyang's head is big, isn't he alone, who else in this world can stop him?
"I can go by myself, I can get out of any situation by myself! It's a burden for you to go, and I'm going to protect you. ”
Xiao Cheng and Duan Zan glanced at each other and lowered their heads silently.
Li Shi's eyes rolled and he stopped talking.
Only Xiao'er was still pulling Li Chengyang and shaking his head desperately.
Li Chengyang touched Xiao'er's head and comforted:
"Don't worry, no one in this world can stop your young master, and the young master will leave for two days."
Xiao'er stared at Li Chengyang, and didn't see any compromise in Li Chengyang's eyes.
Pouted, turned his head away from him.
Li Chengyang shook his head with a wry smile, Xue Rengui, Xue Rengui, for you, I even offended my little fairy.
If you don't follow me, it won't be a big loss.
Everyone persuaded him again, but Li Chengyang still held his bottom line, that is, he wanted to be alone.
In the end, everyone had no choice, although they couldn't understand it, but they still agreed with Li Chengyang's idea.
But in exchange, Li Chengyang had to listen to them in everything.
Xiao'er struggled to take off Li Chengyang's equipment from the carriage, and then asked Li Chengyang to carry these things.
Li Shi also fumbled in the carriage, and then stuffed a large number of bottles and cans to him.
"These are antidotes to all kinds of poisons, and they are all written on the bottles, you have to be careful." Li Shi earnestly instructed.
Duan Zan was much simpler, and pulled an inconspicuous carriage over:
"Your Highness, it seems that you will definitely not be able to ride a horse, you will set up this carriage first,
It's kind of a means of transportation, haha. ”
Xiao Cheng didn't say anything, sat down in the carriage, and beckoned to Li Chengyang:
"Your Highness get in the car, I'll drive you today."
Li Chengyang frowned: "Didn't you say that I should go by myself?" But you didn't speak before, I thought you agreed.
Why are you here to play Rippy now? ”
Xiao Cheng pursed his lips and looked at Duan Zhan: "Xiao Duan, you tell him, what is my current official body?" ”
Duan Zan rolled his eyes: "The prince is the commander of the guard." ”
Xiao Cheng bared his teeth at Li Chengyang: "What's the matter, Your Highness, let's go." ”
Li Chengyang nodded helplessly, and then got into the carriage.
The guards are one with themselves, and they live and die together, and generally the guards die first, and then it is their turn to be loyal to them.
Of course, the main thing is that he doesn't know how to drive a carriage at all.
There's no way, with weapons in your armor, plus yourself, the weight of hundreds of pounds, what horse can move.
Not to mention that there is a Xue Yu who cries like a tearful person.
But whether it was Xiao'er or Li Shi's kindness, he couldn't refuse.
Then he can only take a carriage on the road, since Xiao Cheng is willing to drive a horse for him, it is very suitable.
said hello to everyone hastily, and then the carriage rushed in the direction of Jiangzhou.
As soon as they left, it was a day, and the two old men didn't pay much attention to it, they ate when they were hungry, drank when they were thirsty, and then spent all their time on the road.
Finally, at noon the next day, they came to the boundary of Jiangzhou.
I didn't stop all the way through, so I didn't encounter anything else.
At this point, they had to stop.
For in a col not far ahead, a large number of carriages and the like had gathered, blocking the whole road tightly.
Li Chengyang got out of the carriage and looked out, but didn't find any other way, and then dragged Xue Yu out:
"Look what's going on here? How can there be so many carriages stopping here? ”
Xue Yu glanced at it and replied tremblingly:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, this is a bandit blocking the road to collect money, and the carriage should be all merchants' goods."
Li Chengyang frowned: "Why is this thief still doing the work of the official mansion?" ”
Xue Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed:
"Hey, it's just selling dog meat with a sheep's head, there is not even a mountain in this place, and the thieves from there,
It's just that some people leaned under the door of the Wang family, and then did something unsightly for the Wang family. ”
"The government doesn't care?" Li Chengyang asked.
Then he waved his hand again, signaling that Xue Yu didn't need to answer.
On this piece of land, what the Wang family said is much more effective than the government, and the Wang family wants to do it, but the government can't stop it.
Xue Yu also knew each other, so he didn't talk about the Wang family, but introduced the matter of this thief to Li Chengyang one by one:
This is a group of idlers in a broken household or village, relying on the Wang family to earn a living fee.
Merchants who pass through the area pay a portion of the tolls.
The harvest is not much, everyone can accept it, and there is still some money to be earned on this trip.
And only if you pay the money here, you can get something like a road guide.
With this thing, then the next purchase and sale of items on the Taiyuan boundary will be smooth, and even if you encounter some trouble, you can rely on this certificate to seek help from the Wang family.
Without this credential, it can basically be said that it is difficult to move an inch.
There are often stunned young people who are reluctant to pay tolls, but they all come with full of goods, and then return to the original place in a gray manner, and in serious cases, they can't even go back.
Paying a small amount of money can guarantee the success of this business, and everyone is willing to pay this money.
Even if someone sues the government and asks for help from the government, the rest of the businessmen who have paid the money will come forward to testify, and there will be no one to collect their tolls.
Over time, this kind of thing has become the default rule of almost all businessmen, even if they don't meet these people who pay the toll on the road, those businessmen will find the door of the Wang family by themselves, and beg the grandfather to tell the grandmother that the money must be delivered to the hands of others.
Li Chengyang frowned, and then patted Xiao Cheng:
"Let's go, we didn't bring anything this time, nothing should happen, we can't even charge a passerby."
After speaking, he took Xue Yu back to the carriage.
Xiao Cheng shouted, and the carriage slowly walked over there.
When I walked in, I found that it was a fairly wide road, probably enough for four carriages to run in parallel.
At this time, there were long queues on both sides of the road, moving forward one by one, thinking that they were lining up to pay the money.
But in the middle of this road, it was indeed empty, and there was not a single figure.
Xiao Cheng was happy at first glance, the vacant space left in the middle was enough for two carriages to pass, and immediately waved the horsewhip and drove the carriage to the middle road.
Li Chengyang in the carriage was talking to Xue Yu about Xue Rengui, Xue Yu gave up all resistance since he knew Li Chengyang's identity, and he did whatever Li Chengyang asked him to do, and now he is very well-behaved.
Everything about Xue Rengui was told to each other, and slowly, the image of a farming boy who could endure hardships and eat especially appeared in front of Li Chengyang's eyes.
Originally, I was going to continue to ask about some things, but I didn't want Xue Yu to inadvertently glance out, and then his complexion immediately changed greatly.
Lifting the curtain of the carriage, he shouted:
"Stop, stop, woe, go back."
Xiao Cheng turned his head in surprise: "What's your business, isn't this road here for people to walk?"
We don't do business and don't have to pay, do we still wait in the back of other queues? ”
Xue Yu didn't care about what Xiao Cheng said at all, and after shouting, he wanted to come up and snatch the reins in Xiao Cheng's hand.
Xiao Cheng was just about to scold, but he didn't want a strange voice of yin and yang coming from the front:
"Yo, that baby is so bold? Tired of being alive? ”
As soon as the words fell, Xue Yu slowly sat on the ground as if he had lost his soul:
"It's over, it's all over!"