Li Shizhi looked at his package under his feet, and then looked at the convoy that left in the distance, he became a loner in just half an hour, Li Shizhi reluctantly picked up the package, looked up at the sky, and found that it was still early to continue to hurry.

From Shu to Yangzhou, you need to go out of Hanzhong to Jingchu to Xiangyang, take the Grand Canal to Yangzhou by boat, or you can also go to Chengdu to take a boat from the Min River into the Yangtze River to Yangzhou, Shu has many mountains and rivers relying on the rugged and dangerous mountains, the beginning of spring is the rainy season, at this time whether it is a boat or take the Golden Bull Road is very difficult, but the angry sea boat is not reliable after all, anyway, what you have is time, it is better to start from Hanzhong to reach Yangzhou by land, Li Shizhi looked at the sky, knowing that he needed to speed up his pace, It takes 700 miles to get from Mianzhou to Hanzhong.

Thinking of this, Li Shiyi looked at himself again, and knew that the top priority now was to reach Sanquan County in front of him and buy a horse to reach Hanzhong as soon as possible.

After planning the route, Li Shiyi put away his mind and walked on the road, heading in the direction of Hanzhong, because there are not a few merchants who come and go on the official road, Li Shiyi looks at it while walking, and feels fresh everywhere, but after walking five miles, this freshness disappears without a trace, and he feels that his feet are unconscious and not listening to his own call.

Li Shizhi sat on the stone on the side of the road, he couldn't care about the white robe on his body for a long time, his face was very embarrassed with sweat, and the merchants on the official road would look at him jokingly when they passed by Li Shiyi's side, but now Li Shizhi couldn't care about blushing, when did he suffer such a crime since he was a child, Li Shizhi rubbed his feet vigorously, so that he could recover quickly.

Watching the sun gradually fall to the west, Li Shiyi could only cheer up and get up again and hurry, if he couldn't reach Sanquan County quickly, he would have to sleep in the wild tonight.

Picking up the backpack again, Li Shizhi followed the flow of people on the road again, the official road was dusty, the merchants drove the carriage silently, Li Shiyi walked on the road worriedly, and the white robe on his body was also turned into a gray robe by dust, but Li Shizhi ignored it and continued to measure the distance between Mianzhou and Hanzhong with his feet.

The emperor lived up to his heart, although he stopped and stopped along the way, Li Shizhi had long been abandoned by the large army on the official road, but near the evening, Li Shizhi finally walked to the small town near Sanquan County, Li Shizhi got up and found an inn, asked for a guest room, didn't even care about eating, and immediately fell asleep on the bed.

It was noon the next day, Li Shizhi was woken up by hunger, otherwise he didn't know when he would sleep, the sleepy-eyed Li Shizhi got up from the bed, changed into clean clothes, simply washed his face and picked up the backpack and went out of the room, Li Shizhi stretched his waist and walked to the hall on the first floor, because of yesterday's difficult trek, Li Shizhi is still sore limbs.

Finding a clean table, Li Shiyi sat on the chair, and greeted other diners in the distance, Xiao Er, who greeted other diners in the distance, walked over very enthusiastically and asked: "Guest officer, how was your rest yesterday, today there are boiled mutton, marinated beef, and freshly baked Hu cakes, all kinds of food, what do you think you eat?" ”

After listening to the introduction, Li Shiyi said to Xiao'er: "Half a catty of mutton, another half catty of beef, three Hu cakes, and another lotus vegetable, that's all, hurry up!! ”。

Xiao Er repeated: "Half a catty of mutton, half a catty of braised beef, three Hu cakes, and a lotus vegetable!" Guest, wait a minute, it will be fine right away!! After speaking, Xiao Er went down to serve the food.

Li Shizhi sat on the seat, looking around the surrounding environment to pass the time, Li Shizhi went out for the first time, to see everything fresh, all kinds of people on the street, there are selling along the street, there are children running and playing on the street, all this makes this street become very vivid, when he was in the academy, Mr. taught himself not to stick to books in everything, to go out to see, out of the academy, out of Shuzhong, to see if the world is the same as in the book, whether the truth in the book makes sense, and can fall.

Li Shizhi sometimes thinks about the truth that Mr. said, but he doesn't understand, he doesn't understand everything, and he will ask the master, the master just smiled and didn't answer, and only told himself when he was forced to ask in a hurry, some truths, not that you will understand when you see it, you will say it if you understand it, and you can explain it when you say it, and then you will leave sadly and drink until dawn.

When he was cultivating in his academy, he asked his father these words, and his father also touched his head and didn't answer, letting him think and guess for himself.

Li Shizhi sighed, and began to yearn for his journey so much.

Just when Li Shizhi was sentimental, Xiao Er'er reappeared in front of Li Shizhi with the dishes, laid out the dishes, and quickly said to Li Shiyi: "Guest officer, your dishes are ready, please use them slowly!" "I'm leaving.

Li Shiyi hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Little brother, I'm going to Hanzhong and need to buy a horse, where can I buy it?" With that, he put the money for the meal that had been prepared on the table along with the reward money.

Xiao Er'er picked up the money and counted it, his face immediately became elated, and he immediately replied: "Guest officer, you are asking the right person, there is a carriage and horse shop in the west of the street, specializing in sending people to deliver and sell horses, if the guest officer goes to Hanzhong, you don't have to buy horses, the car dealer can send you to Hanzhong, if the guest officer wants to go to a distant place, then you need to buy horses, because the car dealer in this town operates a business in Shuzhong!" ”

After listening to Xiao Er's introduction, Li Shiyi said directly: "Okay, trouble little brother, I'll go and see it later!" ”

Xiao Er'er left with interest, and Li Shiyi also began to enjoy his lunch, a bite of beef, a bite of Hu cake, and ate it quickly, and after a while, he ate the food on the table.

After being full of wine and food, Li Shizhi stood up and walked out of the inn to the west end of the street, walked a cup of tea, and finally found the car and horse shop in Xiao Er's mouth at the end of the street. ”。

Li Shiyi said to the man: "This little brother, I am going to buy a horse, I don't know if your store sells it??" ”。

The guy smiled: "The guest officer is polite, just call me Ma San, our store has special horses for sale, but to make it clear to the guest officer, the horses in the small shop are not good horses, just some pack horses pulling carts, you know that these pack horses are all old, so they are eliminated and sold, but the price is not expensive, only need ten times for a large run, and a small run of fifteen times!" ”。

The price is not expensive, it takes twenty-five years to buy a strong horse in Chengdu, and Li Shiyi has just obtained the official position of Zhengjiupin, and the annual salary is only forty stones, plus the monthly salary and miscellaneous fields are not enough to buy a good horse, there is a saying in Chengdu that a horse with five flowers is a thousand gold.

Li Shiyi thought about it, but didn't make a decision immediately, and asked: "Third Brother Ma, can I see the condition of the horse and make a decision!" ”。

Ma San immediately replied: "Of course, the small shop is fair trade, of course, the guest officer is satisfied with the purchase, the guest officer is here, please!" ”。