After the small episode, the inspection at the city gate is still the same.

was so delayed by the Lin family, and when it was Jiang Kun's turn to check, it was indeed a little sunset, but fortunately, the doorman was not unkind, and on the premise that Jiang Kun gave him an extra copper coin, he still used the sunset afterglow to check the things and let them pass.

As soon as I entered the city, the first thing I saw was a wide main road paved with square blue bricks, which looked quite new, but no one walked, and the big trees on both sides of the road were hung with colorful strips of cloth, but there was no writing on it, so it should not be a signboard, I don't know what it is at all, the people in the sugar village and Su Goudan were stunned one by one, and they only felt that everything was fresh.

After settling down in the sleeping place, Jiang Kun instructed: "Lao Wang, you go to the market to find out what is the most sought-after thing in Quanzhou now, and pay special attention to the market of lard, armor, boat ropes, and animal skins." ”

Lao Wang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then nodded and went, leaving only Jiang Kun and Su Goudan to ask for a bowl of boiling water in the hall of the inn at random, this is to listen to these businessmen chatting from the north and south, and secretly listen to the market situation, Su Goudan asked curiously and slightly nervously: "Why did you let Lao Wang inquire about these things?" ”

Jiang Kun didn't hide it from him, and sighed slightly: "I'm afraid it's going to be a war." ”

Su Goudan was shocked, and he was obviously anxious to breathe: "War? Hit whom? Isn't the world already unified? Although I have heard that there has been a lot of trouble in the north recently, what does that matter to us? ”

Jiang Kun sighed and said: "Have you noticed the guards of the Lin family, the armor, equipment, everything, and they are all new, I paid attention to their formation, it is very chaotic, it is obviously not a perennial training, besides, it is only a family, no matter how far away the emperor is, thousands of warriors protect the female dependents, this is not the way to die?" Besides, if you look at the quality of those soldiers, whose family would cause trouble for the master's family like this? I suspect that these people are all newly recruited, mud legs who have just put down their farming tools. ”

This is also the terrible thing about the family in this era, as long as they are given a few months to prepare, tens of thousands of troops can be conjured out of thin air at any time, and if the local officials do not have their support, sometimes the government decree will not even be able to get out of the palace gate.

Su Goudan was even more shocked, and whispered cautiously: "Could it be ...... The Lin family wants to rebel? ”

Jiang Kun laughed and laughed at her, and said with a smile: "What do you think, where did they get so daring?" I suspect that our Great Sui is going to use troops against the barbarians, and the only warrior clan in the southeast is the Lin family, and they have to be counted on to recruit troops, use troops, and raise grain and grass, so it is not surprising that they got the news in advance and made some preparations in advance, this is a golden opportunity. ”

"That'...... So who are we going to fight? ”

Jiang Kun smiled and said nothing, it was not that he didn't know, but he couldn't say it, otherwise he couldn't explain it, of course he couldn't judge that he was going to fight based on these two points alone, but these two points just reminded him.

Jiang Kun is not a historical expert, he doesn't know much about the foreign wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty except for the three expeditions to Goguryeo, but he has an impression of the upcoming war in Quanzhou, but he is not sure of the specific time, because he studied politics in his previous life, and the location of this expedition is Ryukyu.

But to be honest, he doesn't remember exactly how this battle was fought and what it looked like, and everything has to be considered in the long run.

"Two, your hot water, what else do you need?" Our fat goose is a must. ”

Jiang Kun smiled and said: "No need, just hot water, I'll wait for someone, I'll order something to eat later." ”

Xiao Er pursed his lips slightly when he heard this, and walked away with a mutter, the business of their inn is very good, Jiang Kun and the two of them only want hot water and don't eat but occupy a seat, plus his clothes are really a little plain, so naturally he can't help but have a little contempt, but Jiang Kun didn't feel embarrassed at all, he felt hot after taking a sip, and even told Xiao Er to bring him a reed pole.

After drinking for a while and listening for a while, someone suddenly said: "Shopkeeper, give this table a pot of good wine!" A roast goose, and some wine and food to be counted in my account. Before he could finish speaking, a burly shadow sat across from them.

Jiang Kun looked up, but it was actually a few barbarians who were driven into the mud when he entered the door, and he came in from the outside, he didn't expect him to live with him, and he didn't expect this barbarian to speak Chinese so standardly, and a local accent sounded much more standard than Jiang Kun's later life.

Seeing this, the little second immediately waited with a smile, and did not slack off at all because the person who came was a barbarian, and sent the reed pole that Jiang Kun had asked for before and didn't bother with it, and secretly crawled beside Jiang Kun and whispered when he passed by: "This barbarian is rich, you fool him to drink more, and I will give you one percent at the checkout." Jiang Kun couldn't cry or laugh.

This barbarian was not polite, he finished ordering things and sat down on Jiang Kun's table, grinning very well, showing a row of yellow teeth, and said, "Little brother is polite, contemptible Ding Wei." ”

Seeing this, Su Goudan couldn't help but be a little nervous, after all, she had just finished discussing the matter of conquering the barbarians with Jiang Kun, although she knew that this person must not have listened, but she was still inevitably a little nervous, Jiang Kun was calm, and said with a smile: "Brother Ding, please, I look at Brother Ding's clothes, it should be the Yao clan, but do you have any advice?" ”

Ding Wei raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's the Yao tribe, but you Han people generally call us Shanyue, and you don't dare to give advice, but when I entered the door just now, I saw that the little brother's car was as high as a mountain full of goods, and I heard you say that you are from the Wu family, if I guess correctly, Your Excellency is the sugar gang?" ”

"Oh?" Jiang Kun was really surprised at this time: "Does Your Excellency also know about the Knock Sugar Gang?" ”

Ding Wei said with a smile: "Our Yao people live in the mountains, and on weekdays, life is tight, food and clothing are difficult to be self-sufficient, and on weekdays, we rely on some mountain goods to trade down the mountain, so as not to starve to death and freeze to death. It's just that I didn't expect that your gang would actually do this business in Quanzhou. ”

Jiang Kun knew as soon as he heard that this was a business coming to the door, and he took out a small golden bean from his arms and put it on the table with great enthusiasm, and shouted: "Xiao Er, cut me two catties of beef, I please!" ”

It was illegal to kill cattle in the Sui and Tang dynasties, so this beef is naturally extremely expensive to eat, that is, this Quanzhou city is remote and far away from the imperial court, otherwise you can't eat it if you have money, and when Xiao Er saw this, he naturally knew that his eyelids were shallow, but he didn't feel guilty at all, but he took the opportunity to whisper a few words to Na Ding Wei, and it was estimated that the content was similar, but it really made Jiang Kungao take a look, this is a special talent!

Of course, Jiang Kun didn't look down on people because Ding Wei was a barbarian, in fact, the leaders of this kind of clan who were selected and specially purchased in Han cities were all very fine, and it was impossible to really lack hearts.

"I can make friends with Brother Ding today, and the younger brother is fortunate to have three lives, come, the younger brother will give you a bowl of wine."