was robbed several times in a row, Yao Zhankui was much more cautious, and selected more than 40 family members, all of whom were strong and strong, and their bottom lines were also innocent. Together with Jiang Nan, Xiaocui and Pang Qing, another deputy housekeeper in the house, a group of people set off in a mighty way.

Walking side by side with Yao Zhankui in front, Jiang Nan glanced back at the group of people who were pushing the wooden cart behind, stared at Yao Zhankui in surprise and asked, "Are we going to walk?" Why not ride a horse? No matter how bad it is, you can find two horses to pull the cart! It's so slow to push a wooden cart! ”

Yao Zhankui was stunned when he heard this, stared at Jiang Nan with a long mouth, looked up and down a few times, and laughed: "I've been listening to you say that I don't remember the past, and I will still be suspicious." Listening to your words today, I can be considered to believe it completely. After saying that, he kept laughing and shaking his head.

Jiang Nan was a little inexplicable when he laughed, touched his head, and was a little unclear.

Yao Zhankui laughed for a long time before stopping, patiently explaining.

It turned out that although horses were the main means of transportation, they belonged to luxury goods in Daliang, and only the state raised them.

You know, the cheapest southern horse also costs 50 or 60 runs. Nanma is a bantam horse that does not run fast, but has good endurance and is good at carrying weights. So it is not suitable for combat and can only be used as a pack horse.

No matter how expensive it is, it is the Turkic horse, and according to the market, the price is sometimes high and sometimes low: when it is expensive, it costs 200 yuan, and when it is cheap, it will not be less than 100 yuan. The Turkic horse is produced from the Turks, and because it is tall and stout, many countries use it as a war horse, including the girder.

The war horses of Daliang were originally purchased from the Turks, in recent years, there were fewer wars, the war horses were idle, the imperial court prepared to build a horse farm, and after decades of breeding and breeding, the price of Turkic horses dropped a lot, but it was also more than 100 times.

The most expensive is the Xiliang horse, which costs more than 500 yuan. Xiliang horse is produced from Dawan, so some people call it Dawan horse, which is larger than the Turkic horse, and is the most suitable for combat horses, but the price is too high, even if it is rich like a beam, it can't afford it.

Dawan is located in the Western Regions, far away from the girder, although the horse is not expensive there, but to transport to the girder is less than a few months, more than a year, plus the cost of the road, the cost of arriving at the girder is high. Moreover, the lifespan of a horse is only a dozen years, and it can be used for a maximum of ten years in the army, and then it will become an old horse and cannot fight horses.

Therefore, in Daliang, only military attachés above the fifth rank can enjoy the treatment of Xiliang horse as a mount.

There is another kind of eliminated war horse, either injured, or old, the price is much lower than that of the southern horse, around 30 runs, but there are not many people who buy it.

Generally, people who are slightly more affluent will choose donkeys as mounts, which are much cheaper than southern horses, about one or twenty runs.

Carts, on the other hand, are more likely to choose oxen, which are about the same price as donkeys. But the speed is very slow, so things that are not very heavy will choose to be pushed or pulled by people.

Listening to his explanation, Jiang Nan knew what the problem was, he didn't expect horses to be so expensive, and he secretly felt that costume dramas killed people.

Last night, I was still thinking that I had never ridden a horse, and I could try it today, riding a high-headed horse all the way, with fluttering clothes, chic and extraordinary, but I didn't expect this result.

It's no wonder that I haven't seen a few people riding horses for so long, and I thought that horseback riding was not allowed in the city.

"How far is Yuhang from here?" As soon as he heard that he was going to go, Jiang Nan hurriedly asked.

"It's about 1,200 miles round trip."

When Jiang Nan heard this, his body shook and he almost fell, this is what he looks like he is going to break his leg.

"Why don't you take a boat?" While he didn't go far, hurry up and think of something else, Jiang Nan suggested.

"Brother Xian has never been far away, I don't know the situation, the boat is farther, and you can't go directly to Yuhang, there will be a section on the road at sea, pirates are more rampant than bandits, not only for money, but also for life. In contrast, it is closer and safer for us to go this way. ”

Speaking of this, Yao Zhankui stopped and sighed, the safe line has been robbed several times, and it is difficult to suspect that someone is deliberately targeting him.

Jiang Nan knew that he had aroused the sadness of his eldest brother, and secretly made up his mind to be vigilant and never let the thieves succeed again.

In this way, I arrived in Yuhang County safely and soundly.

Yuhang and Jiangdu are the same, both are Shangjun, the scale is similar, the difference is that the silk of Yuhang is very famous, and the Qinglou of Jiangdu is even more famous.

In fact, Jiangdu also produces silk cloth, but there are more workshops in Yuhang, and the price is much lower, so many people are willing to come here to purchase, so Yuhang's reputation spread.

Yao Zhankui often has to run back and forth between the two places, so he also bought a house in the city, although it is not as good as Jiangdu, but it is not small, and it is not a problem for so many people to live.

The person in charge here is called Huang Zhenzhou, who is the shopkeeper of the cloth village here, and also serves as the deputy housekeeper of Yao Mansion, mainly helping to buy cloth and send it back to Jiangdu.

Being alone in a foreign land, he is a man with eight faces.

When everyone arrived, the room had been cleaned up, and the food and drinks and hot water had been prepared.

After washing away the fatigue and filling the stomach, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Instead, Jiang Nan pulled the Huang shopkeeper aside and asked what fun there was in Yuhang.

After walking such a long way to come here, I don't know when I will come next time, so there is no reason not to go out for a walk.

Yao Zhankui raised his feet and was about to go back to the room, when he heard that Jiang Nan was going out, he turned around and came back, and he wanted to go with him.

After all, Jiangnan came here because of himself, and the expenses must be paid by himself.

In this way, Yao Zhankui ordered four more family members to follow, and several people went out.

The most famous in Yuhang is Mingsheng Lake, also called Jinniu Lake, which is named after the legend that there is a golden bull living in it.

Walking on the embankment by the lake, watching the distant sun scattered on the clear lake, rippling, and the place near the shore is full of lotus flowers, Jiangnan suddenly felt relaxed and happy, and swept away the exhaustion. He chanted softly: "The lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red." ”

Yao Zhankui was stunned for a moment, he thought that Jiangnan was just extraordinary in martial arts, but he didn't expect that he was quite talented, although he was a military general, he was also from a famous family, and his appreciation ability was not bad.

When Jiangnan first arrived in Yuhang, the two poems that came to him after watching this scene had such a level, which shows that his talent and thinking were quick.

"Good poetry! Virtuous brother is so literate! Yao Zhankui stroked his palms and praised.

Jiang Nan was stunned, when he saw this scene just now, he suddenly thought of this poem in his mind, and couldn't help but chant it, but he didn't expect it to be regarded as his own work, quite embarrassed, and sneered: "I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants." ”

Thinking that there will be no great poet Yang in this world, I don't explain much.

When Yao Zhankui heard this, he said another humble sentence with quite a taste, and hurriedly praised it: "Virtuous brother is talented!" - But this poem has only two lines, which sounds quite regrettable, so why not make it up. ”

When Jiang Nan heard this, he blushed a little when he plagiarized two sentences, and he had to make up for it, I didn't want to find a hole in the ground to get into, so I hurriedly waved my hand and refused.

Yao Zhankui has a lot of perseverance, but when he is modest, he is trying to persuade him, and he even said what words "come with excitement and return with failure".

Jiang Nan had no choice but to chant the whole song:

"After all, in the middle of June, the scenery is not the same as the four seasons.

The lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red. ”

But he secretly comforted himself in his heart, anyway, the plagiarism of the two sentences is the same as the nature of the whole poem, not to mention that Yang Wanli is not in this world, he only thinks that he will help him spread his famous article.

When I think about it like this, I feel much more comfortable.

People are like this, they are lenient with themselves, strict with others, knowing that this move is inappropriate, but they can find all kinds of reasons, and over time, they will get used to it.

"Good poetry! Good poetry! The lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red. The emerald green lotus leaves are boundless, and under the red sun, the delicate red color of the lotus flowers is even more beautiful. ”

Jiang Nan thought that Yao Zhankui was praising him again, and was about to wave his hand to stop it, when he saw that he also raised his head in astonishment. Following his gaze, there was a white-faced boy walking in front of him, holding a folding fan in his hand, repeatedly tapping his palm, reciting the poem just now.

After a closer look, I saw that he was dressed in white brocade, with black riding boots on his feet, and a piece of white fat jade hanging on the jade belt around his waist, standing there with a smile, showing grace and extraordinary bearing. Even the entourage standing next to him, dressed in a single fabric, is better than Jiangnan.

Compared with the entourage, what attracted Jiang Nan's attention was the four guards standing behind the white-faced son, each dressed in brown practice clothes, carrying a long knife on his left waist, holding the scabbard in his left hand, and holding the handle of the knife in his right hand, staring at the people in Jiangnan with a cold face, his eyes were sharp, as if he would pull out his knife and start fighting without saying a word, which was obviously not comparable to a few family members behind him.

Yao Zhankui was about to step forward to talk, but was blocked by Jiang Nan's side with a sliding step, and looked at him a little stunned.

It was Xiao Cui, who was very clever, and stood on the other side of Yao Zhankui with one stride.

Seeing Jiang Nan approaching, the four guards behind the white-faced boy "clicked", pulled out a section of the knife, and watched attentively.