This ancient county seat, surrounded by the Xin River from east to west, Zhu Gaoxu and others took the waterway from the Xin River. There are also a large number of residents of the annex city outside the city wall, a piece of low and dilapidated buildings built against the river, not like a city from a distance, but like an ancient town.

The flames of the "Battle of Jingyan" were far from reaching Jiangxi, and at this time, there was no noise of cars and factories, and the city seemed very quiet.

Zhu Gaoxu went south, but did not take the canal route to the east. Although the road to the east is close, the atmosphere is tense because the officers and troops are heavily gathered; The roads of Henan and Huguang are more peaceful and smooth. After crossing the river, they went straight to Jiangxi to set up a political envoy.

If you don't go down the river to the east, you avoid many important obstacles. At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu also came for Du Qianrui...... After Du Qianrui left Beiping, there were many doubts hidden in Zhu Gaoxu's heart, and he always wanted to find Du Qianrui again to ask clearly, but he didn't have the opportunity. This time, he went south without any hesitation and came directly to Jiangxi.

…… This pawnshop in the east of the city was noticed by Zhu Gaoxu two days ago. Since Du Qianrui didn't bring money back, most of them had to be a thing. Zhu Gaoxu first asked Wei Da to take a look in the pawnshop.

Although Zhu Gaoxu has been in Beiping all the year round, he grew up in Beijing since he was a child, and he speaks the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty very fluently. Wei Da can also speak official dialect, but with a Beiping accent, Zhu Gaoxu ordered him to go to the pawnshop and try not to speak.

Not wanting to go very well, Veda came back and reported that he saw a flawless jade bracelet.

That kind of jade bracelet is not something that can be seen everywhere, and it is seen in a pawnshop in a small county town, and it may be very large from Du Qianrui's hands; But it's not necessarily without coincidences. So Zhu Gaoxu made some arrangements, and when he saw that there was only one shopkeeper left in the pawnshop, he went to investigate in person.

The shopkeeper took out the jade bracelet, Zhu Gaoxu reached out and picked it up, and looked at it carefully. He nodded slightly: "Not bad, what's the price?" ”

"Fifteen hundred bills." The shopkeeper stared at the bracelet and said, then muttered for a moment, and said quietly, "If you don't have money, gold, silver, and copper coins are fine, as long as a hundred yuan." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded again. Daming treasure banknotes are very unpopular in the local area, mainly because they depreciate too quickly. However, in most places, government decrees prohibit gold, silver, and banknotes as the main money, and merchants dare not accept treasure money...... So the shopkeeper left a message, deliberately raised the price of the treasure money, and said, "If you don't have money."

"Anything else? Gold chains and the like, the workmanship should be good. Zhu Gaoxu asked again.

"Yes, yes!" The shopkeeper quickly took a few gold necklaces out of the cabinet.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at it, and one of them was very familiar. At this time, there was no standardized processing, and every goldsmith made something different, so he picked up the gold necklace and looked at it carefully, and it was really well-made...... It's very similar to what Zhu Gaoxu used to put in the treasury of the county king's mansion.

"The guest officer has good eyesight." The shopkeeper praised.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him and said with a smile: "You must want me to buy a jade bracelet, the so-called gold is priceless and jade is priceless, you have to weigh the gold necklace, and you can earn a limited amount, this jade bracelet is afraid to make a lot of money!" ”

The shopkeeper said: "You are laughing, this is a genuine child." ”

"What is the price of the gold chain?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

The shopkeeper said: "One hundred bills, if you use money, only seven times." ”

Zhu Gaoxu immediately took out two ingots of gold weighing ten taels from his arms and put them on the wooden cabinet, "Is this okay?" ”

The shopkeeper probably didn't expect him to be so neat, and suddenly smiled, "Yes, yes!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu usually likes to use treasure money, after all, that thing is printed by the Zhu family, and there is no reserve and moderation, as much as he wants, he actually has no value. But at this time, the maximum face value of the Daming treasure banknote is consistent, and at least 1,500 pieces are needed to buy the jade bracelet in front of you...... In later generations, the cash of 151,100 yuan accounted for a large place, it is conceivable that the area of this Ming treasure banknote is still very large.

The shopkeeper was picking up the gold ingot to take a closer look, and Zhu Gaoxu had already dropped the wooden box and put the jade bracelet and gold necklace into his arms.

"My family belongs to Jingshi." Zhu Gaoxu said.

The shopkeeper glanced up at him, "You can see it, you can see it." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "It's a coincidence, I saw a musician in Jingshi, who wore the same jade bracelet, and the musician's surname was Du. ”

"Oh?" The shopkeeper suddenly remained motionless, stunned there, and then said with a smile, "I don't know where it came from." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Show me the ticket account, I'll buy a few more things, and you have the final say on the price." ”

"This ......," the shopkeeper mused. He hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not a musician who is a bracelet, it's not a secret, it's really surnamed Du, let's call him Lao Du." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I'll give you a hundred banknotes, and you take me to find Lao Du Heru?" ”

The shopkeeper looked up at the sunset outside the door, shook his head and smiled: "I'm hungry and I'm afraid that I won't have my life to take the money!" Those who are hungry in the city are living peacefully, and they don't know you, and it is dangerous to go out of the city at this time. ”

"That's just as well." Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly raised his hand and punched it, hitting the shopkeeper's chin with a "bang", and suddenly there was a sound of bone misalignment. The shopkeeper snorted, and his fat body fell down softly, "plopping" to the ground.

Zhu Gaoxu put his thumb and forefinger in his mouth, puffed out his cheeks and blew. Then he ran to the back of the wooden cabinet, and when he saw the two ingots of gold falling to the ground, he picked them up and put them into his bosom, and then found a book of accounts under the counter and put them in his bosom. He grabbed the shopkeeper's heavy body and carried it violently.

A carriage rushed to the door, the side blocked the doorway, and a whistle came from outside. Zhu Gaoxu immediately carried the person to the door, put the person directly into the carriage, patted the wooden board of the carriage first, and jumped up vigorously.

With a "snap", Veda in front of him drove away.

In the carriage, Zhu Gaoxu first tied the shopkeeper with a rope, reached out and touched his chin for a while, pinched it hard, and then gagged his mouth with a cloth ball, and strangled it with a cloth strip.

He then placed the man in a large wooden box with breathing holes, still tied to the wooden box. Everything was done very neatly, and it was prepared earlier.

Veda drove the carriage down a stone road to the river. Wang Bin in a canopy boat also came out and came up to carry the boxes onto the boat with Weida, and several people worked silently, without the need for words at all...... There were a total of four people on this trip, all of whom were generals in the army, and even the eunuch Zheng He was also a person who could lead troops to fight.

Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward, untied the horse from the bent wood, slapped the horse's fart, and released it.

Without a little delay, several people jumped back into the canopy boat, and Zheng He immediately rowed away from the river. Zhu Gaoxu and others lifted the boxes containing people to the bottom of the boat, covered them with wooden boards, and put the boxes containing Jingdezhen porcelain back on.

Before closing the city gates, they rowed to the water gate. It was guarded by the government, and when there was nothing going on in the city, the officials were almost exclusively responsible for collecting money, and the goods entering and leaving the city gates were taxed according to the quantity. At present, the ground in Jiangxi is still relatively peaceful, and when Zhu Gaoxu and others rowed into the city, they were only charged money, and even the inspection was saved.

An official on the shore stretched out his hand to beckon the boat to dock, and the official first glanced at the draft of the canopy boat, bent down and glanced inside, and said, "Qian Baiwen." ”

Zheng He stood at the bow of the boat, put down his oars, and happily took out a string of copper coins and handed it over.

The official took the money and immediately stretched out his hand and waved it!

The canopy boat went out of the water gate smoothly and rowed towards the surface of the Xin River. As the sun sets, the last rays of light shine on the sparkling river, which is particularly beautiful. Zhu Gaoxu breathed a long sigh of relief, looked back at Yugan County, and felt that the ancient city looked more and more gray in the sunset.

When the ship slowly sailed away from the city and night gradually fell, Zheng He lit several lanterns on the ship. There was a "thump" sound from under the ship's plank. Zhu Gaoxu and the others then moved away and released the shopkeeper from the box.

Zhu Gaoxu opened the straw curtain, pointed to the scene outside, and glanced at the shopkeeper, "Now we are out of the city." I'll get out of your mouth, don't shout? ”

The shopkeeper nodded vigorously.

"Huh!" Wang Bin suddenly pulled out a single knife from the corner, and the shopkeeper's eyes widened, and he made a sound of "woo-woo", constantly shaking his head.

Zhu Gaoxu removed the strips of cloth and the cloth ball from his mouth.

"The heroes of the green forest spare their lives!" After the shopkeeper was let go, he said this straight away.