[Low saturation updates in the past few days, first busy these days, and then slowly make up for it, continue to be cheeky and ask for votes]

It's still a familiar road, but time has passed, and now things are different.

Although Baimatong is still in a village, the people inside have been replaced, except for a few who have merit, the rest are related to Yang Bao'er, or those who do evil on weekdays, there is no good luck, the family property is confiscated, and the original real estate is left to settle Han immigrants, and the population in its household is mostly sentenced to exile, only the old and weak are exempted, and there is no extra money and food in the prison cells of the government to feed them.

Guizhou further to the border states, exiled thousands of miles to Qiongzhou or Jiaozhi, Taiwan, the so-called smoke miasma ground, as for three thousand miles away, it is estimated that only to the north to the Liaodong Army. Originally, the Liao affairs are tight now, and the Jianzhou captive chief Nurhachi has been annexing tribes outside the pass in recent years, and has repeatedly provoked the border army, I am afraid that unforeseen changes are just around the corner, Wang Xingping heard from Wang Mingde that the imperial court has been discussing the transfer of troops from the southwest and other places to assist in guarding the north, and this news naturally changed hands from Wang Zunde.

Along the way, Wang Xingping always had something in his heart that he had not let go, and he happened to be on the same road with Wang Zhongde and others, so he asked about it.

"The younger brother has always had something unclear about, and I want to ask the fourth brother."

"The fifth brother has something to say, you don't have to learn such a poor and sour text, and it is not refreshing to speak awkwardly." Wang Zhongde has always spoken simply, and he doesn't feel offended when he is used to hearing it.

"How did the fourth brother know that the thief's camp was in the north that day?"

Wang Xingping remembered that Wang Zhongde almost only sent a team of men to the north, and found the red seedlings in Nanwang Mountain, although it could barely make sense from the point of view, but after all, the probability was too high. Although it is only a little doubtful, it is better to ask, after all, there have been many coincidences in the past two months.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, Wang Zhongde never hesitated to explain to his distant brother who had just recognized, after all, this fifth brother is not ordinary in learning and courage, and he can say a wide range of words at this age, but it is short on local customs.

"The south of Xifeng is Guiyang Mansion, even if there are red seedlings, they will not go there to seek death, this generation of Miao is mostly the remnants of Yang Yinglong's department, it is I who let people go north to find it, thinking that most of them are from Sichuan."

Wang Xingping has something to say, "But there are a lot of natives on both sides of the official road?" Why did the fourth brother think that it wouldn't be the chieftains in these places? There is no longer the worry of the beginning.

Wang Zhongde liked to go straight like this, and said with a smile, "Who would be so blind to the families on the ground, then the west is the water and the west of the stream, if they don't provoke the red seedlings, forget it, the red seedlings dare to provoke them?" Last year, the soldiers and horses of Anjia hit Sichuan directly, and tens of thousands of people crossed the border only a few months ago. ”

Wang Xingping naturally understands this truth, "It's like a big man who puts a silver coin on the table, and takes the money away with a gesture, but no one dares to take it?" ”

When these words came out, everyone burst into laughter.

The An clan living in the middle and upper reaches of the Wujiang River is divided into 48 orders and 13 streams, that is, the so-called thirteen clansmen, which are bounded by the Luguang River, the Yachi River and the Sancha River. On the ground west of the three rivers, there are a total of 42 mesh and 11 streams, which are called Shuixi or Shuinei, and the other six meshes and two streams are located in the east of the three rivers, which are called Shuidong or Shuiwai. "Zexi" is a Yi language, which means grain depot, which is the head of each department, and the hereditary Mu Kui appointed by the An clan is in charge of the money and grain and military affairs of Zexi. The An clan of Zexi in each department is a common discussion system, and the leaders of the clan are elected and established.

"There is always no in the east, I see that the copy of the house says that the red seedlings are mostly in the east of Tongren, Shiqian, Sinan, Sizhou four counties flowing, and there is Miao Minsi in the north of Qiaowei."

"The fifth brother is well-informed, but when it comes to the nearest to the east, there are still the twelve horse heads in Hongbian, without the Song family's nod, which of the general managers of the horse heads dares to let the red seedlings come in to make trouble? Do you think you have a long life? ”

Along the official road north of Guiyang, a large area of land in the east is known as the place of the Twelve Horse Heads of Hongbian. Guizhou An's and Song's are hereditary Xuanwei Division's Xuanwei envoys and Xuanwei Tongzhi. Except for the two tribes of Yu and Liumu Zexi, which are under the jurisdiction of the An clan, the rest of the departments are in Shuixi. And the territory of the Song clan is all in the Hongbian Twelve Horse Heads in the east of the water. The horse head is under the jurisdiction of the Song clan, and each horse head has a general manager, who manages dozens of villages under the head, collects land grain, pays taxes, prepares native soldiers, assigns soil items, and governs the local people.

The former Xuanzhi made An Yaochen first succeeded to the Sichuan Zhenxiong Mansion Longshi as his son, renamed Longcheng and served as the prefect of Zhenxiong Mansion, and his brother An Jiangchen died after the attack on Fu'an surname as Guizhou Xuanwei Envoy caused controversy, the head of the Song family in Shuidong was ordered to protect Guizhou Xuanwei Siyin from the 38th year of Wanli, and then An Yaochen died, his son took the throne, and the Song family managed Xuanwei Siyin as before, and the Qianren called "crown with power", "Seal Protection Division", and its prestige can be known.

The Song family is full of people, and the head of each horse is out of the Song clan.

"Is it the Song clan of the double locust tree in Guiyang City?" Wang Xingping listened to Wang Zhongde's words, and suddenly remembered a big mansion he saw when he returned home from the cabinet last time and passed by Shuanghuaishu Lane in the city.

"What else can the Song family be so extravagant, in addition to the An family in Guizhou Province, the Song family has been born for a long time, I heard that it has been passed down from the Tang Dynasty to today, when Grandpa Taizu's heavenly soldiers entered Guizhou, other ancestors have been here for seven or eight hundred years, in fact, the ancestors of his family are also serious Han children of eight hundred, but they should answer what you said in response to the fifth brother."

"Which one?"

"What goes into spring and summer."

"It is to enter the summer, the barbarians into China will be Huaxia, and the barbarians will be barbarians when they enter China."

Is it China or barbarians, the Han regime has always looked at cultural identity, not ethnic and blood identity, it really has to be purely based on blood ethnicity, Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, half of the prosperous times of the past dynasties can be said to be foreigners, last month when they were camping together in the wilderness, Wang Xingping and a group of military men said a lot of things about the young people, I remember that there is also this sentence.

Wang Zhongde also thought about it at this time, "Yes, yes, yes, it's this Huaxia, speaking of the Lingguan Temple that passed outside the city, the land next to it is also the Song family, the ground in the east of Shuidong, his family has never had a lot of other businesses, and then Longliwei in the east, as well as the flower beggars in the south of Xingui County." ”

Hua Lao Qi is the Huaxi of later generations, which is actually not a Chinese name, but a change in Yi transliteration.

Although these local officials did not dare to provoke the Han officials and Han people easily, they were never polite to the local people under their jurisdiction.

If he can level the ground toast in Guizhou, Wang Zhongde is the first to be willing, even if it is a reward for people, it will be enough for him to make a few lifetimes of credit. However, some of these local officials have been here for more than ten generations, and the ordinary officials of the imperial court have nothing to do with them, and there is still much to rely on for local maintenance.

I heard that Zhang Heming wrote a report to the imperial court urging him that Guizhou could be used to pacify the officials and troops of the barbarians in the Quartet, but it was only a few thousand, although it was an exaggeration, but it was not far from the truth. Compared with the Yi chieftains, who can pull out tens of thousands of native soldiers at every turn, even if the official army can be ten at a time, this number is a drop in the bucket, and even so, it is not enough to guarantee a full salary, not to mention that all parts of the country are not peaceful now.

Talking all the way, it was another avenue, and by noon it was already the chief of Zazuo's lawsuit.

The chief of Zazuo has a large population, and in front of the main road, the walled city is also firmly established, and it is the first big place to go north of Guiyang.

Merchants who came from Huguang to transport grain gathered here, and as soon as you entered the territory of Zasaji, you could see many grain trucks gathered at various intersections.

Wang Xingping thought of something in his heart, so he asked Jian Shouzhi on the side, "My brother-in-law has been working for grain and salt in Sichuan and Guizhou for a long time, and these grain trucks are all grain merchants in the middle of the operation, right?" ”

"Xiaoping, you are sharp-eyed, but now it is a little reluctant to say that it is a grain merchant." Along the way, Wang Zhongde and others talked to Wang Xingping about some local customs, Jian Shouzhi couldn't interject, and it was rare that Wang Xingping asked him about his strengths this time, and finally opened up the conversation.

Wang Xingping was curious, "Oh? Why did my brother-in-law say a little reluctantly? The grain cart I saw in Guiyang Mansion was the same. ”

"The car is the same, yes, but it's empty."

"Huh? Empty? ”

"These are all businessmen in the opening of the company, yes, you and I were originally doing this kind of business on weekdays, after all, it is safe and convenient, seeing that this situation is over, I rushed to Sichuan to guard the branch."

In order to solve the problem of military food in the border areas, the Ming Dynasty drew on the precedents of the previous dynasties to set the system of opening the middle, that is, the merchants transported the grain to the border army station, and the government returned with salt. The government gave a quota for salt introduction, and let the merchants transport grain for the border army, and the merchants transported grain to the ground and received salt quotations from the government, which was called the report. After getting the salt, I went to the designated salt field to wait for the salt, which is called the guard. The amount of salt withdrawn is sold, which is called the market trade.

"Why did you specify to go to Sichuan?" Wang Xingping has the impression that there is no shortage of salt in Guizhou, but the situation in the Ming Dynasty is not clear.

Sure enough, I listened to Jian Shouzhi like a few treasures.

"The closest to Guiyang is only the Salt Class Lifting Division in Sichuan, and there is no other semicolon. From Banzhou all the way to the west, the Yellow City of Neijiang, the Guangfu of Suining, the Xianquan of Renshou, the Tonghai of Zhongjiang and the Yongtong of Qianwei can all support salt, which is so convenient but unprecedented in Guizhou. ”

"The thirteen Fuyi fields in Fushun County, which has the largest output, are all high-grade well salt, but they are the most recent."

"In addition, there is Yun'an Field in Yunyang County in Sichuan, just below Wanxian County, if you only transport grain from Hubei, the distance is not far, but first, you have to pass the Kuiguan natural danger to walk this way, and secondly, Hubei is not short of food, and the recent Shiyan Xuanfu Division does not need the government to open the middle, and the money and grain of Tusi have always been solved by themselves."

"There is still a black and white salt well over there in Jianchangwei, but it is too far away."

"The southwest side is further away from Yunnan, the nearest one is in Chuxiong Mansion, 108,000 miles away from Guizhou, and no matter how far it goes, it will be to Jiaozhi."

"Only when you go to Yongningwei will you go to the salt field there, but the grain has to be transported through Guangxi, so this road is even more difficult to walk."

Hearing his brother-in-law say so much in one breath, Wang Xingping's curiosity was aroused.

"But the merchant I saw here didn't get close all the way."

"Where, most of these people have changed one or two."

"Changed?"

"Yes, there is a group of people who come to China from Huguang to sell grain, except for the merchants who have made old money, most of them are sold on the spot in exchange for salt, and many Sichuan merchants have bought salt in Guiyang Mansion, that is, they are taken back to Shuzhong for salt, and the grain trucks you have just seen are only a few, and more have returned to Huguang early."

"It's always hard." Wang Xingping sighed lightly and sighed that it was not easy to do business.

"Most of these merchants you see, most of them will be sold when they arrive in Banzhou, Banzhou to the west, after passing the Yongzhen Post along the Chishui, all the way to Hejiang, the salt will be introduced to Hejiang and will pour back again, Hejiang's big economy will go to the salt fields everywhere to support salt, support to the salt, sell it, it is another handover."

Wang Xingping heard it strange, so he asked again: "It's better to finish all this trouble, wouldn't it be nice to finish it alone?" ”

"The government of Qianchuan and Sichuan is not compatible, and between the localities, the interests are intertwined, and it is inevitable that there will be discord, not to mention that there are domestic businessmen who sit on the land to monopolize and buy in the salt farms, if it is not for the local economy, without that connection, it is really difficult to do. Such a segmented resale is also to reduce the risk, otherwise if the salt field shirks the blame and competes for profit, the border merchants cannot afford to delay. ”

The more Wang Xingping listened, the heavier his heart became, and the situation he faced in doing business at the end of the Ming Dynasty gradually became clearer, but this clarity was a lingering haze, and any budding capitalism had long been left behind.

was thinking wildly in his heart, but he heard Wang Xiaoliu shout.

"Young master, the foot shop has arrived."