Chapter 12 of the Flying Dragon (2)
[I'm late, I haven't been able to change the training for a few days, I'm sorry everyone, and I'm trying to make up one more chapter in the next two days]
The two knights came from the official road in the south, and they were still a mile away, and they had already raised Lubu who was preaching good news, which was the so-called Lubu Feijie.
The next is up to the top, the title, the play, the table, the sermon, the pleading, the book, the unveiling, the system, and the dew......
The officers and soldiers won the battle, wrote the good news in large characters on the white cloth, from the place to the capital, the fast horse along the way propagated it, with the strong voice, there was such a form, the Han Dynasty, it was to engrave the good news on the wooden board, to the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the common practice was to use the dew cloth.
Without waiting for anyone to explain, they listened to voices from far and near, and they came from under the city.
'Uza triumphed. ’
'The officers and the army marched on two fronts, and the barbarians were destroyed. ’
'Behead two thousand nine hundred and sixty levels. ’
More than 2,000 beheadings are really a big victory.
A few days ago, Guizhou sent troops from Bijiewei in the north and Annanwei and Pu'anwei in the south to encircle and suppress several rebellious Tuyi entrenched in Wusa, but Wusa is a place in Sichuan, this time I don't know if I have been informed, anyway, Tuyi was killed and fled, but I don't know how many of the more than 2,000 beheadings are real thieves, and how many are the old and weak among the natives.
What Wang Xingping didn't know was that along with Lubu Feijie to Beijing, there was also a report urging the imperial court to urge the two provinces of Huguang and Sichuan to urge food and wages.
"My brother-in-law has looked away, this time I really want to congratulate Xiaoping." Jian Shouzhi rode a horse and stood under the wall, smashing his mouth, this is really a good calculation, or luck is really hard to say, but the war together, Wang Xingping bought thousands of salt from a border merchant in Zazuosi before can be exchanged for a good price.
"I just hope that the next road will be better."
From Xifeng to the north, a small half-day journey, is the dragon pit division, over there after lunch, but you can take a nap, the rest of the journey today is not long, there is no need to compete with the rush of the victory, this can not win.
The sun that slept until noon was a little westward, Wang Xingping got up, a team of people immediately traveled for more than an hour, and then they came to Wujiang Pass, because of the war, they were delayed for a long time when they inspected the road at the ferry, and the whole family crossed the river before sunset, and found a nearby inn to live next to Wujiang Station.
After settling down, I found two tables in the front hall of the store to make one, and ordered a lot of good meat rice with everyone, light vegetables and a freshly picked Wujiang fish steamed and sent to the women's room.
After getting drunk yesterday, Wang Xingping didn't dare to drink more today, so he only coped with Wang Zhongde and others and ate food by himself.
There are many businessmen who travel between Sichuan and Guizhou in the store, and there are three people at the table next to them, who are also talking about the current situation while eating.
The soldiers on the table here pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and Wang Xingping bought it, so they naturally ate and drank happily, but the young master of the Wang family was not thinking about the wine and dinner, but he had the idea of listening to the ears.
I heard a man with five big and three thick men on the table next to him say dejectedly, "You guys are really unlucky this time, I met a soldier last time, and I met a soldier again this time, and I don't know how much money it will cost along the way." ”
"Brother don't say frustrating words, wait until you get to Guiyang, first look for the next place, the younger brother will ask carefully, since the Wusa side has passed the army, presumably there will be no less people who will go to Pu'an this year, let's take a look at the wind in the provincial capital first, but it doesn't necessarily have to be salt." The little man was beside him, and his words were clever, and he had a sharp mouth, as if all the flesh that should have grown on his cheeks had gone to grow brains.
A rough and rough voice didn't care, "I'm afraid that he will do something, in my opinion, the officials and soldiers should clean up this gang of barbarians, so that this realm can be quieter. ”
"You rammer, you know how to fight and kill every day, but it's not good to make a living and go back to ask for a house, or to get an incense for your old Xu family."
"At my age, I'm just going to come out to wander, and I'm looking for a Hun family, how can I still be comfortable?"
"Somebody has to ask for it, too."
The little man laughed, and the man surnamed Xu immediately made a gesture to fight, and the big fist of the bowl came to the little man, and the man laughed and told Rao, and the thick man who spoke first also raised his hand to stop it, and then stopped.
"Xu Da, that's all you have?"
"Who called him Hu Si only recognizes grandpa's fist."
I heard the man speak again, and his words were still full of anxiety, "I don't know if I can transfer it this time, you guys fought first, crossed the river, and there are still two days to go to Guiyang Mansion, and now they have seen a battle, and I don't know what the situation is on the road." ”
"Didn't you just extinguish a stream of red seedlings in the first two months, presumably it was peaceful, and besides, there are messengers who report success, and there will be thieves on the road? You see, people haven't just come over this way. The little man called Hu Si said and snorted towards Wang Xingping.
Wang Xingping also threw a smile at the table and nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.
The little man was stunned for a moment, but immediately laughed and asked, "The little official is from Guiyang Mansion?" ”
"Exactly." Wang Xingping sat on the stool and gave Shi Ran's salute. "How many economists are from Banshu?"
"We came here from Banzhou to do business, I don't know if you are ...... this showman" Looking at Wang Xingping's clothes, it looked like a scholar.
"The younger brother and his family are going to Banzhou."
"Oh?" The man's eyes lit up, "Xiucai, is this going to visit friends or relatives?" ”
"Merchants."
Hearing Wang Xingping say that he was a businessman, the man had an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Wang doesn't look like a businessman?"
That Hu Si said: "It turned out to be Wang Gongzi, I just don't think I am old." ”
Wang Xingping sighed and said: "It's just because there are some changes in the family, don't talk about this." A few economists came from Banshu, and I was here to ask about something. ”
Several people glanced at each other, but Hu Si spoke, "When we go out to do business, the most common thing is to ask around for news, Xiucai doesn't ask, I also want to ask Xiucai." ”
"Let's talk about the economy first, by the way, I haven't consulted the three economic names yet."
"Xiucai is easy to say, in Xia Hu Guoguang, the fourth line in the family, this is my eldest brother, surnamed Su."
The man who spoke at first was silent, and after listening to Hu Si's introduction, he arched his hand and said solemnly: "Su Chengjiu." ”
"That's Xu Da." Hu Si pointed to the hot-tempered man next to him.
Dahan said angrily: "I have a big name, Xu Youde." ”
"Wang Xingping."
"I've seen Wang Gongzi." Again, the crowd spoke in unison.
"What did Fourth Brother Hu say he wanted to ask?"
"We brothers only want to inquire about the situation in the south."
"South? Lubu Feijie's envoy crossed the river before we heard Brother Xu speak, and several economists must have seen it. ”
"I saw it, I saw it, we happened to bump into it when we passed through the Mengguan Pass, and we cut down more than 2,000 barbarians, which is really happy." Speaking of the propaganda of the messenger along the road, Xu Da came to the spirit, Luomeng Pass is a transit from Zunyi Mansion to the south to Wujiang Pass, and I want to come to these three people to rest there at noon.
It's really fast. Wang Xingping silently calculated in his heart, it took him a day to get here, and the anxious fast horse must have arrived in Zunyi at this time, and it was really a double road.
It's just that Su Chengjiu is old, and he is cautious when he asks questions, "Wang Gongzi came from the south, and the official army really killed so many thieves?" ”
"There will be no false news from the government, but Wusa is more than a hundred miles away, and we haven't seen it in person." Speaking of this, Wang Xingping smiled in his heart, even if he went to Beijing from Chishui Weibao, he recently went to Yongning, or went north along the Chishui River to Hejiang and Jiangjin, but this time he went around from Guizhou Province, and the old men in the province were really well-intentioned.
"Is the military village road along the way still easy to walk?" Su Chengjiu continued to care about it, and walked this road in the last two months, but I heard that Hongmiao was in turmoil, and he fought a good fight on the side of Nanwang Mountain, and in the end, the official army was also a big victory.
"When we came, we were all calm, and no locals would dare to harass us all the way from here to Guiyang." Wang Xingping said.
"A few old brothers, rest assured, this road to the north of Guiyang Mansion was cleared two months early, have you ever heard of a barbarian who made trouble in the past two months?" Liao Si didn't know when he heard a few people talking, and he also came up.
Hu Si saw the opportunity and asked, "Who is this?" ”
Wang Xingping laughed and said: "These are Wang's friends, they are all sergeants of Xifeng, and they are just about to go to Chongqing Mansion on an errand, so they went on the road together." ”
How smart Hu Si is, the sergeants of the guard station went to other provinces to do some errands, and there were so many people who went there. In the past, the older businessmen also did this, asking the commander of the guard to help, and finding a person to send some sergeants as escorts, with an official background, it was better than ordinary bodyguards. It's just that although the status of the sergeant is not high, it is not a lowly status, and if you want to invite these Qiu Ba, it is not enough to have money, you have to have some background. Then again, if it was just a coincidence, these sergeants should have stayed in the Wujiang Post instead of drinking at the inn with the young master.
"It turned out that it was a few generals, and Hu Si was clumsy."
Liao Si didn't see anything outside, and said: "You don't have to think about it too much, just go south, as long as you don't go to Shuixi, the rest of the ground will live very well." ”
Su Chengjiu, who had been listening, thanked him, "Thank you for the general." ”
Wang Xingping asked about what he wanted to ask, "I don't know what kind of business Brother Su is doing in Banzhou?" ”
Xu Da didn't wait for Su Chengjiu to speak, and said angrily: "What else can there be, it is to make salt and grain, you are in this poor and remote country, compared to Liangguang and Chengdu, the money-making business is controlled by big households, where can you miss a little bit, it's just to earn some hard-earned money on the way to and from the newspaper." ”
"How many economists are also border businessmen in the newspaper?" Seeing that these three people are together, and there is no one else around, except for the three thin horses in the courtyard, there is no grain cart, it is not the grain to be reported, it must be the same as what he did in Zazuo, he went to collect salt and wanted to return to Sichuan to guard the branch.
"What is not economical, originally I just wanted to go to the market in Guiyang Mansion to collect some small introductions."
A quote is 300 catties, plus the money, the silver is only one tael, plus the money of the minister who transports back and forth, the cost will not exceed five taels, but if you go to the guard, each lead will have to pay three taels of mercury, the price of salt in various places is quite different, but here in Sichuan, there is more salt in the well, the fineness is good, and the transportation and marketing are still guaranteed.
Su Chengjiu sighed, in fact, Wang Xingping also understood his intentions. Since Chenghua, the system of salt administration has been corrupted, because the salt has made huge profits, and the nobles often ask the imperial court to give a large number of gifts, resulting in excessive distribution, in today's words, it is inflation, and the salt field may not be able to guarantee the supply. Occupy the nest', but there is a silver two-fold color of this exploitation, cash silver is not available to everyone, in the process of exchanging cash silver, big businessmen and the government have a grasp.
After Longqing, the system of opening was reopened, but the salt government was corrupted for a long time, so the improvement was not great.
It's just that Guizhou is different from other places, first, Guizhou is already short of grain in the border areas, and it has to rely on transportation from other provinces, and there are salt wells in Sichuan, and the quality is good.
That Hu Si remembered what Wang Xingping had just said, and asked, "What is the young master going to Banzhou to do?" ”
"I went to Banzhou to do business, but I didn't do anything, I still had to ask people."
"Who? Maybe we know. Hu Si's words were full of stammering.
"Cui Ba."