On the official road next to Qingshan City, a caravan returning from the Mobei grassland was parked at this time. The caravan consisted of twenty people, all from Beiyan, a big shopkeeper, three palm-eye masters, four apprentices, two coachmen, and ten bodyguards hired from the dart bureau. On the bright side, this group of merchants is under the guise of going to Qingshan City to collect some fur medicinal herbs by the way; But in reality, it serves another purpose.

The man in charge of the shopkeeper was short and thin, his eyes were alert and alert, and when he looked at his face, he couldn't help but feel a little pity—in addition to the uniform dark skin of the foot merchants, there were many pockmarks on his face.

"Shopkeeper, there is Qingshan City in front, should we go into the city and go around, or go straight to the East Customs?"

A clever young man beside him ran a few steps quickly, holding the wheel of the car and asking the pock-faced shopkeeper.

Ma Ziliu, who had been mixed into the shopkeeper, spit out the straw stick in his mouth with a 'bah', and squinted at this "thief-faced and stupid" young man and reprimanded:

"Puppy, do you have a head? When we came, we passed through Fengjing in the name of selling silk jewelry, and after we came back, if we only walked around Qingshan City and fell in Pei Ya's eyes, wouldn't it be exposed? ”

The little dog asked with a puzzled expression:

"Pei Ya is just a newly appointed Beijing official, and he is a close friend of the Emperor of Heaven, in addition to licking the emperor's ass, can he have a fart ability?"

Mazi had already followed his master to the rivers and lakes when he was six years old, and now that he is over forty years old, he has become more sophisticated in some aspects. At this time, annoyed by the puppy's vulgar words, he frowned and said:

"If you don't change your mouth, you'll be an errand boy for the rest of your life. It is true that Pei Ya is a confidant of the Son of Heaven, but it is not easy for him to be able to mix all beards and tails in the three roads of the dark north that are surging in the undercurrent; What's more, being ordered to be released at a time of turmoil shows the protection and trust of the emperor Lao'er in Youbei. Such a person, if he only has the ability to slap a horse, I am afraid that he will not even be able to get out of the gate of the capital. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Ziliu pointed to the north gate of Qingshan City in front of him, and the convoy set off again.

"What's more, when it comes to slapping horses and speculating on the emperor's thoughts, the ten ministers together can't compare to one eunuch."

The little dog stopped thoughtfully and fell behind, and was constantly being asked by the other guys who came up.

After the caravan passed the city inspection, it had just entered the city from the north gate, and it saw that both sides of the street had already been cleaned extremely clean, and representatives of various commercial houses stood on both sides to welcome them, and the leader was actually Pei Ya, the governor of Zhongshan Road. This huge battle only shook Mazi Liu's heart to his throat.

"Oh, Pei Du, this is ...... Why is this, this is really tormenting us, and I really can't afford it...... I can't afford us. ”

Ma Ziliu hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, stepped forward and clenched Pei Ya's hands and shook them up and down. At the same time, a large silver ticket from Huinan Qian Zhuang slipped silently into Pei Ya's cuffs.

Pei Ya didn't hear it, and shook it along Ma Ziliu's arm, and said with joy on his face:

"Pei has long heard the name of the leader of the Beiyan business, the hemp shopkeeper, and now Pei is a new official, and it coincides with the caravan of the hemp shopkeeper passing through Zhongshan, and he can't hold back the thirst in his heart, so he made an appointment with the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and I am waiting for you here."

After saying a polite word, the one hundred taels of silver ticket slipped back into the open cuffs of Ma Ziliu. Pei Ya then grabbed his cuffs tightly:

"This is not a place to speak, Pei Mou has booked a table of game in the best Taibai Building in Qingshan City, we are eating and chatting, what does the hemp shopkeeper think?"

"Pei Du is so kind, how dare Xiao Liuzi disobey? Hahaha......"

After saying that, he waved his hand behind him, and the three shopkeepers took the others and followed the subordinates who came to lead the way from the governor's mansion and walked towards the direction of the post house. Before leaving, the leather shopkeeper took advantage of the unpreparedness of the people, poked the little dog, glanced at the pockmarked six who was greeting with the representative of the Chamber of Commerce, and snuggled his mouth, and the little dog had to hang his head and come up.

"Pei Du, although Ma is also a veteran businessman for more than 30 years, he is only a businessman, and he is far from worthy of such courtesy from the governor of your way. If Pei Du has any trouble and needs to work for him, he can give him orders. After all, now that Ma has been treated well by you and eaten your wine and rice, how dare he not contribute? ”

After speaking, he drank a glass of wine first, laughed, and the people around him also opened their mouths to echo, clapping their hands and laughing, while admiring the heroism of Mazi Liu. The little dog who was waiting on the side was watching coldly, shocked by the hypocrisy permeating the entire Taibai Building, and his heart was greatly disdainful.

In fact, Ma Ziliu's words are not leaky. first put on his identity as a businessman, and then expressed the fact that he was courteous and cannibalistic, and the meaning between the words was: I, Ma Ziliu, am an ordinary businessman, although I have received the benefits imposed by you, but I don't have to do my best to help you do anything.

Pei Ya, who has served by Emperor Xuande's side for many years, is also a scene person. Seeing that Ma Ziliu was so careful, he also drank all the wine in the cup, patted Ma Ziliu on the shoulder, and said in an extremely Jianghu attitude:

"Pei came this time, not for personal matters. Brother Ma, please see—"

As he spoke, Pei Ya stood up, walked to the other tables, and pointed to the shopkeepers with his hand:

"This is the shopkeeper Liu who is in the leather business; This is the shopkeeper of Cao, who is in the medicinal herb business; This is the shopkeeper of the Li family on my Zhongshan Road, specializing in selling grain. So why are all the treasurers gathered here? ”

After that, Pei Ya walked back to the main table and poured himself three glasses of wine:

"Don't hide it from the shopkeeper, this year's ancestor worship ceremony in my Youbei, it seems that there is going to be a big problem. If the ancestor worship ceremony can't go smoothly, then no one's business in my Youbei will want to open smoothly. If they don't open it, the people of Zhongshan Road won't be able to live. So Pei's purpose is to talk to you first...... I would like you to see if it is possible to sell their backlog of goods to Beiyan, and by the way, it can also open up the trade route from Zhongshan to Yanjing. ”

As soon as Mazi Liuyi heard what Pei Ya had entrusted him, he immediately put down his wine glass, his brows furrowed, and he gasped in his mouth:

"Hey~ This matter is too big, you are looking for me as a small businessman, but I am afraid that I am worshipping the wrong temple gate, Ma does not have that much ability......"

"There is no need to be so careful, I Pei will guarantee it, today's matter will enter our ears from your mouth, and no one else will know about it."

Ma Ziliu smiled embarrassedly, shook his head and sighed:

"I don't tell lies in front of real people. In the past, large quantities of business were always delivered at the Fengjing City Freight Yard. This time, Pei Du asked us to pass the customs with our own interests, which is not in harmony with the laws of your country, but I am afraid that it will damage diplomatic relations. ”

Pei Ya hurriedly waved his hand at this time:

"I, Zhongshan and the hemp shopkeeper, are sincere fellowship, how can I ask you to do such a headless thing. Pei has a royal pen codex there, which was given by His Majesty Emperor Xuande. If anyone gets this codex, it is equivalent to the imperial merchant of the Inner Treasury, in this three roads in the north, not to mention that the tax has been checked, even the governor of Pei Mou has no right to check. ”

Ma Ziliu was shocked by the imperial pen codex he was carrying, and his mind spun rapidly for a while: If I get this codex, every time the business runs down, the serious profit will increase by more than half, not to mention, and the secret entrainment can also be unscrupulous. It's just that this Pei Ya - or Emperor Xuande Yan Hunt, why do you want to give me this codex as a Northern Yan person?

Ma Ziliu has been a businessman who grew up with an abacus and wheels since he was a child, so he naturally understands the truth that pies will not fall from the sky. At this time, although I was shocked by this news, I immediately came back to my senses:

"I'm afraid this kind of heavy responsibility is not something that I can bear as a profit-chasing businessman. Pei Du is really a non-human......"

"Our Youbei is different from your Beiyan, and we are very respectful of merchants. Don't you know that the pillar of optimus on my Youbei Third Road, Li Deng, the prime minister of the dynasty, was born as a businessman? ”

After that, he also glanced at the shopkeeper Li of the Great Wilderness Grain Store, who also nodded proudly.

At the same time, Mazi Liu also slightly made a color towards the puppy, and the puppy immediately spoke: