Although it was already March Fangfei in the border city, but outside this pass, although they had already put on their fur fur again, Shopkeeper Zheng and his men Mao Cai were still so cold that they didn't want to leave the inn room.

How dare they neglect what the prince commanded? All the way to hurry up slowly, to Taiyuan City with the people waiting in the Fufang, and non-stop all the way to the north, to the border in the north of Fanzhi County, take out the letter of the Fufang, and there has already been Hedong Road to pacify Zhang Xiaochun to take care of, Zheng shopkeeper and his party out of the bottle-shaped village, through Lingqiu, smoothly to the northeast of Ulzhou.

"The big shopkeeper, the king is already waiting outside, so I'll go to inspect the goods." Mao Cai wore a hood on his head, probed his brain in, and said to the shopkeeper Zheng.

Today is the third day of arriving in Ulju. The Wang messenger who passed through the Fufang was responsible for contacting the Jin Ren and making checkpoints along the way; He and Mao Cai were responsible for inspecting the goods; The rest of the side are the coachmen hired by the Taiyuan branch from the local area to accept the goods, so that the loaded goods can be transported back.

When it comes to leather goods, Zheng Shopkeeper himself is not very proficient, after all, leather goods are not his main goods, and Mao Cai is a guy who has been handling leather goods for many years, so he has traveled thousands of miles with Mao Cai.

Reluctantly, the shopkeeper reluctantly removed his feet from the warm pit, put on thick leather boots, put on a leather robe over his already thick clothes, and also put on a hood, and then came out of the house with Mao Cai.

The official who had passed through the Fu Fang was already waiting outside the Bai Family Inn where they were staying, and when he saw the shopkeeper Zheng coming out, he led the way north along the street.

After all, this Ulju city is a county seat outside the Guan, and there are not many people living there, most of them are mixed with military and civilians. The building form in the city is even simpler, and the state government is next to the south city gate, covering the widest area, and is the center of the whole city. There is a barracks on the east and west sides of the state office, and there are more buildings such as the academy, the Confucian Temple, and the Wu Temple next to the barracks on the east side. To the north of the state government are neat houses, shops, inns, etc., and depending on the goods they handle, the names of the streets are also known at a glance, such as rice market, leather goods street, Zhushi street, and horse market. The Baijia Inn is also here. In terms of popularity, this area is the most lively center in Ulju City.

The three of them came to the northeast corner of Ulju City, but they were all goods yards and carriage shops. The king chaguan, who was disguised as a merchant, went straight to a freight yard, and a man dressed in Khitan clothes came out of it, and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper Wang seems to be in a hurry to go back to recover his life." ”

The king seemed to be very familiar with this person, and said: "I was ordered by the lord to take the goods, but the road was difficult to travel along the way, but I waited for a long time—I don't know if Lord Wu'en is there?" ”

"Lord Wuen and Chief Digulie have already returned with their men, leaving me and a dozen servants waiting here for the king's treasurer. If you don't come again, I'll sell them and go back." The Khitan man said with a smile.

"Since the two adults are not here, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and check it!" The king urged impatiently.

"Come with me!" The Khitan man glanced at Shopkeeper Zheng and Mao Cai, and beckoned everyone to come in. I saw rows of spacious houses in the freight yard, and only in the upper part of the house there was a row of small window holes to facilitate ventilation in the house, but no one could enter. Shopkeeper Zheng roughly counted, and there were six rows of such houses in this freight yard.

The Khitan man walked to the front row of houses, took a bunch of keys from his waist, opened the copper lock at the door of the house, and walked in. Shopkeeper Zheng also followed, only to see rows of shelves with tall straight roofs, covered with bundles of sheepskins, from the ground to the roof. In addition to the passage that was set aside, six rows of shelves were placed in this long house.

Shopkeeper Zheng and Mao Cai glanced at each other, at least nearly 20,000 pieces of sheepskins were stacked in such a house, so that 100,000 pieces of sheepskins could be stacked in six houses.

The Khitan man approached a stack of shelves, casually picked up the corner of the pressed real sheepskin, twisted it with his fingers and said: "The pure Zhige loses the sheepskin, the board is thick and coarse, and there is no consistent money outside, don't want to receive it!" ”

Mao Cai stepped forward and pinched the sheepskin with his fingers, lowered his head and looked carefully, and then looked around the other shelves, and finally came back, nodded to the shopkeeper Zheng, and said, "It's all the same color, and there is no adulteration." ”

The Khitan man grinned and said, "Since it was given by the adults above for nothing, who cares if he is adulterated or not?!" ”

Shopkeeper Zheng saw that Mao Cai had inspected the goods and there was no problem, so he said: "Although it was given for free, it was transported back to Bianjing City, and the cost along the way was huge, and I am afraid that the cost of transportation will be worth more than this sheepskin." Moreover, this is used for the soldiers in the army to make leather robes, the Khitan sheepskin is large, the leather plate is thick, the hair is thick, the leather robe is durable and warm, and the soldiers like it; If you replace it with a sheepskin with poor wool and skin, the leather robe made will be much worse. The above is strict, so I have to check it carefully, don't blame! ”

"Then we have to inspect the sheepskins in the other barns?" The Khitan man asked with a slight mockery.

"No need!" Shopkeeper Zheng waved his hand and said, "The road is difficult, some places have to be passed by horses, and you can't transport too much at one time, only the goods in this warehouse are enough for this delivery." ”

"What's so hard? Even if you have to send it by horse? The Khitan man asked in some surprise.

"From here to the bottle-shaped village can still be transported by horse-drawn carriage, to the territory of Fanzhi, the mountain road is rugged, the plank road in the east of Jueshan Temple, I am afraid that it will be sent by horse." Shopkeeper Zheng looked at the piles of sheepskins in the barn and said worriedly.

"I wonder if there's a carriage in the yard?" The king asked the Khitan man.

"The wagons that brought the sheepskins were all in the freight yard, and they were reserved for the king's shopkeeper!" The Khitan man seemed to have known that Shopkeeper Zheng and his party were going to borrow a carriage, and said cheerfully.

"In that case, get someone to load the car!" Wang Chaguan urged the shopkeeper Zheng.

The shopkeeper Zheng said to Mao Cai: "Quickly call those coachmen to load the car, and if you don't leave, those coachmen will really be idle!" Mao Cai hurriedly ran back to the inn. The Khitan man went to take Wang Chaguan and Zheng Shopkeeper to see the carriage parked in the backyard of the freight yard.

In a second-floor room in the freight yard, two men with rat tails were standing in front of the window, looking at the shopkeeper Zheng walking to the backyard, and one of the men lowered his voice and said, "Grandma's! What sheepskin do you give?! Give me 500 soldiers and horses for Di Gulie, and I will kill him in Bianjing! ”

Another man said in a deep voice: "There is only one Yanmen Pass, and it is difficult for 5,000 people and horses to pass!" If a few fewer clansmen can be fooled around, the sheepskins they pull away will be spit out by then! It's just a change of warehouse! ”