What's best for Daming?

Until he left Anqing, Luo Lun didn't get an answer, in fact, this answer is not important. Now everyone knows very well that for Daming, the most important thing now is to restore Daming's country. Expel the Manchus from the Ming Dynasty and let the Han people regain their status as human beings rather than slaves of the Manchus.

As for the rest, it doesn't matter!

After leaving Anqing, Luo Lun walked north along the official road that had just been renovated in winter, and on the way he found that most of the people here looked like they were living and working in peace and contentment. It is completely different from what some people say, after the implementation of the "A Soldier System", the people of Jiangbei have a poor life.

Even compared with Jiangxi, the people here seem to be living more comfortably, not at all like the people of Jiangxi, when they see strangers, they will immediately show a defensive look. The comfort of this suit can only be found in times of peace and prosperity that cannot be seen anywhere else.

However, Luo Lun did not ask the Jiangbei officials around him, but observed it himself, and he believed that in this way, he could really find out the difference between this place and other places.

Despite observing all the way, Loren still didn't get the answer, or the answer he wanted.

When approaching Luzhou, he accidentally saw several loyal soldiers wearing red uniforms on the official road, different from the casual walking of ordinary people, these soldiers walking on the side of the road, they lined up, although no one supervised, they still walked in line. The performance of these soldiers made Luo Lun's expression even more solemn, and he immediately thought that the biggest difference between Jiangbei and Jiangxi was that soldiers could be seen everywhere here.

"Brother Yulin, there seem to be a lot of soldiers along the way."

Luo Lun tentatively asked Zhang Yu beside him, it was he who accompanied him all the way north.

"General Luo doesn't know that there are garrisons stationed in every city in Jiangbei, and their task is to protect the place and eliminate local bandits, and now Jiangbei is safe and secure, thanks to this."

"Aren't you afraid that the soldiers will disturb the people?"

Luo Lun almost instinctively asked, bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates. This scourge of being a soldier is worse than that of bandits.

"There is military law, who dares to defy the law?"

Zhang Yu said proudly,

In fact, if you come here and often contact them, you will find that the reason why they can win all battles is not only by virtue of firearms, if there is no strict military discipline, how can there be today's loyal army, you see the loyal army order "two people from the platoon, three people into a line", although no one supervises, but they still abide by military discipline, walking is still like this, not to mention others. ”

Zhang Yu's pride fell in Luo Lun's eyes, and when he looked at the soldiers on the side of the road, his expression became more and more solemn, and now he understood the problem that had bothered him before.

A few days later, when he came to the Huai River, he looked at the merchant ships gathered on the Huai River, and thought of Jiangxi, which is now in a commercial depression, and the prosperity of Jiangbei corresponding to it, he secretly thought to himself in his heart.

"The people live and work in peace and contentment, and it is natural that there are many merchants, so it is no wonder that there are so many businessmen here......"

Early summer is approaching, and although the weather seems cool in the morning, it is still as hot as midsummer at noon. Li Ansheng sat under the big locust tree in front of his passing shop, taking in the cool while looking up at the road.

The road was empty, and there was not even a figure to be seen.

"This son of a bitch!"

It's time for chaos again......

Thinking about the world that has not yet been born, I am not sure how sad it will be in the future. Li Ansheng spat and scolded.

"Regardless of whether he is the emperor of that family, he can sit firmly early, in this world, there is no way to pass ......"

For ordinary people like Li Ansheng, whether it is full or Han, it is nothing more than a master who pays money and pays food, as for the rest, he didn't think about it so much at all, for him who experienced the rogue military disaster during the Chongzhen period and the massacre of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he finally survived and saved his life, settled down in this place, and opened such a passing shop on the side of the official road, what he thought about was a peaceful birthday.

Even the reason why he is called Li Ansheng is an Ansheng. But this birthday is really too difficult, and it seems that there is no day in the world that An was born.

For other people who farm, they may not have felt the impact of the war between the north and the south, but for Li Ansheng, who opened a pass-by shop, after the north-south trade route was cut off, there were almost no customers in this shop, which really made him troubled.

"If it really doesn't work, go back and open a few more acres of land, and you have to get some subsistence rations......"

Just as he was thinking like this, there seemed to be a figure at the end of the faint official road, although it was far away, but it could still be seen that this was a caravan.

"Jingle Bell...... Jingle ......" A string of melodious horse bells quietly sprinkled on the official road, a long team of horses, walking from north to south along the official road, in the horse team, Xuzi, who was leading the horse, looked at the plain from time to time, even now, he would still be surprised by this flat land.

For Xuzi, who is only seventeen years old, the farthest he has ever been to in his life is the county seat, and he has never seen such an endless land in his life, and for him who grew up in the mountains, he has never even imagined that there will be such a land in the world.

A month ago, after leaving home, Xuzi finally understood that the mountains and rivers outside were not the same as he imagined. For him who lives in the thousands of miles of Taihang Mountain, everything in the world outside the mountain is fresh, and everything he sees is curious.

However, their footsteps also stopped at Zhang Heng, and further north, it was the Mengdi that only the eight imperial merchants could go, as merchants, they could only bring the goods to Zhang Heng, and then sell them to the eight imperial merchants, in fact, they were porters. They brought the goods from the mainland to Zhang Heng, and then exchanged them for skins, licorice and other goods in Zhang Heng, and then shipped them back, which has been the case in previous years.

Now, however, these businesses have changed. Just like Xuzi, when he went to Zhang Heng, he only led three horses, but now when he came back from Zhang Heng, he led fifteen horses, each of which was loaded with wool pressed into a bag of cowhide, and these things were transported to the south.

For Xuzi, who is a first-time businessman, he is curious about everything, just like now, why he took this official road.

"Sun Laohei, there seems to be a passing shop in front, and there seems to be a village not far away."

Uncle Wu, who was leading the horse in front, shouted.

"Let's rest here for the night!"

Sun Laohei glanced at the sky, he has many years of business experience, he knows very well, this business is in a hurry, the most taboo is "rush", although this day is just after noon, you can rush down, can you touch the passing shop before dark, or a say, more importantly, like this village side of the passing shop, it is really not necessarily possible to touch, the merchant knows that such a village entrance of the passing shop, often the safest, after all, the store is at the entrance of the village, will not be a black shop in the barren mountains and mountains. If you pass this village, you may not have this shop.

Sun Laohei is the leader of their "horse gang", at least in some name, he is the "gang leader", outsiders want to come in, they have to get his consent, that is, Xu Zi can enter this caravan, and thanks to his sister's in-laws and Sun Laohei's family, just that, it cost ten taels of silver before nodding and agreeing that he entered the caravan.

Listening to the horse bell and looking at this gang of hundreds of horses, Li Ansheng's face suddenly became brighter, and he even deliberately greeted him dozens of feet and greeted him warmly.

"A few masters, although it is still early in the day, but further south, there is no passing shop, you look at me, although the yard is not big, can not put so many horses, but the forest next to this is just the place to tie the horse......"

When he greeted here, Sun Laohei just said "um", and then asked.

"Do you have enough forage to eat?"

The answer is yes, not that Li Ansheng has prepared it a long time ago, but because there are no merchants coming for a while, a lot of forage has naturally been accumulated, and even the hanging salt for feeding the horses has dozens of pieces.

There is material, salt, water, and a forest with bolted horses, and the place is also suitable, so naturally there will be no other places. Because there were a lot of horses in the caravan, the yard of the passing shop couldn't fit it, so Sun Laohei was shouting there.

"Hurry up, first put the goods down to the yard, the big guy is busy feeding and feeding the water, everyone is diligent with their hands and feet, and the businessman who wants to make a fortune depends on being diligent and ......."

Sun Laohei was there shouting at the top of his lungs, and as soon as he gave such an order, the merchants who were covered in the stench immediately began to get busy, and they scattered to unload the luggage and settle the cattle.

But it's only half an hour, there is no one in this yard, even if he is young, and it is the first time to go out to do business, but along the way, Xuzi has also accumulated some experience, he did not tie the horses to the trees as he did when he went out for the first time, but between the trees, pull out a bundle of cowhide ropes, and then tie the horses to the cowhide ropes, so that the horses will not be scattered, so as to avoid the possibility of losing the horse.

Gave the horse fodder, hung a piece of salt, and was busy for an hour, looking like a tired Xuzi, and saw that Sun Laohei had already ridden away on horseback.

"Uncle Liang, what is Uncle Hei doing?"

Xu Zi looked at Sun Laohei who was riding away with some puzzlement, and his face looked a little confused.

"Eat your meal, do you think we have nothing to do all this way, isn't it all the credit of your old black uncle? Eat your meal and go! ”

Liang Laozhuan squinted his eyes and held the cigarette bag and pot, looking at Sun Laohei who was far away, he naturally knew what he was doing when he went out now, he was in the store before, Lao Hei had already inquired, there was a tax customs thirty miles ahead, Lao Hei would go out, he must be going to explore the way.

Sun Laohei, who was riding on a horse, was not very fast, he would occasionally stop his horse, and then with the words of the shopkeeper Li in the passing shop, he looked for a way to avoid the tax customs, the tax customs are not only for collecting taxes, they are also responsible for inspecting the goods, although they can find a way out with silver, they can give away one or two silver, and the big guy will earn one or two less silver.

For Sun Laohei, who had been out of the customs as a merchant from the Ming Dynasty, he naturally knew what to do, nothing more than trying to find a way to avoid the tax customs, but he couldn't avoid it, so he took the silver to go out of the way, but compared to going outside the customs, there are more tax customs in the mainland, and the road is naturally more troublesome.

"Still too greedy......"

muttering so much in his heart, Sun Laohei rode a horse, along the path forked out of the official road, and continued to walk all the way, the tax customs were located not far from the river, and if you want to avoid the tax customs, you not only have to find a way out, but also have to find a ferry.

For outsiders, naturally they don't know what to do, but they can't help the locals, after spending a few dollars to scatter the silver, Sun Laohei finally came to the river, there is a small ferry by the river, looking at the boat at the ferry, his brows frowned slightly, and he thought to himself.

"It's not easy to push two horses at a time......

Thinking in his heart, he still jumped off the horse and led the horse to the ferry by the river, perhaps because there was no merchant relationship, so the boatman at the ferry sat by the river and smoked a cigarette pouch.

"From out of town?"

The boatman smoking a cigarette pouch looked at Sun Laohei and asked.

"Shanxi's."

Sun Laohei didn't hide it from the boatman, in fact, he couldn't hide it.

"Want to avoid the imperial court's customs from here? Is there a lot of goods? ”

"In these years, it is not easy to do business, and the tax lord is darker than the other, and I don't know how much silver I have to draw after a trip. Not much, Mado! ”

Mado, that's why he wants to avoid customs. The boatman, who must have looked at least sixty years old, looked at the merchant as soon as he heard Mado, and then said.

"If you have more horses, the little old man will find a few more boats, this boat is not a ferry boat, and the price is naturally not that price."

"The price is easy to say,"

Sun Laohei, who had been prepared for all this for a long time, hurriedly said.

"As long as you can get the caravan to pass,"

When it got dark, Sun Laohei had already returned to the passing shop, looked at Xuzi, and when he jumped off the horse, he threw the reins directly to him and said.

"Go, Xuzi, feed the horses first, and you and the big ones will go to the forest in a while, our goods are worthless, but those horses are worth ......"

Looking at the smile on Sun Laohei's face, Xu Zi suddenly understood, this must be finding a way, this road will definitely allow everyone to save a few taels of silver, so he hurriedly patted his ass.

"Uncle Sun, you are always tired, thanks to your old ...... on the way"