Li Hongji rubbed his hands and looked at him, Uncle Wang walked into the courtyard with his back hand, forming a fist with one hand and a flat palm with the other, slapping it heavily, which was quite a big thing.

Li Hongji turned around and glanced at the tea stall next to him, laughed, and began to close the stall after listening to the words of the old king.

Just as Li Hongji was about to enter the courtyard with two benches around, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves from a distance.

Li Hongji stood on the steps and looked out, only to see three people and six horses galloping in the distance. When I looked closely, it was three military post messengers with triangular red flags on their shoulders, and when the three of them saw the banner raised by Baili Post from a distance, they rushed straight forward!

Li Hongji put down the bench in his arms, stretched the shabby post clothes on his body, and the old king, who had just entered the courtyard with his hands behind his back, heard the sound of horses' hooves and turned back.

"Zao'er, prepare the horse quickly!"

The old king shouted, and he had already gone out, Li Hongji heard the voice of the old king, and hurriedly ran back to the stable.

At this time, the men and horses in the distance had galloped in, and the young colonel in front was dusty, his lips were still a little chapped, and his sideburns under his helmet were very messy, and the sweat that flowed down his cheeks washed out a trail.

The three of them bowed their hands to the old king, and the first junior colonel looked at the outfit on the old king's head suspiciously, and then looked at the layout of the Baili Station, and asked, "I don't know how far this place is from the Yinchuan Station?" ”

The old Wang Tou hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted back, and said loudly: "This place is only twenty miles away from Yinchuan Station, even if it is slow, it will only take half a day, and a few urgent envoys should rest here for a while, and it is not too late to go on the road after changing horses." ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and the little colonel looked Lao Wang up and down for a while, then looked at the furnishings of the Baili Station, and asked, "This is the official post?" ”

The old king replied: "This is Baili Station, which is a subordinate of Yinchuan Station, and it is an official station. ”

At this time, Li Hongji pulled out the three horses of the Baili Station, although the supply of the post guards of the Baili Station was often not in place, but the only three horses of the Baili Station were taken care of quite a miracle horse.

There are not many people in Bailiyi, but there is still a special horseman to take care of these livestock, so you can imagine how much the old king cares about the three horses in Bailiyi.

The colonel exchanged glances with the two subordinates, turned over and dismounted, and the colonel walked to the three horses of Baili Station, patted the horse's neck, turned to the old king and smiled: "Your stagecoach here is spirit!" ”

Hearing this, the old king stroked his beard and said, "Don't look at our villains in a hundred miles of post land, the conditions are not good, but the things explained by the imperial court must not be neglected." ”

The little colonel nodded noncommittally, and with two subordinates, he sat on the seat of the tea stall set up by Bailiyi.

Li Hongji hurriedly rinsed the tea bowl and wanted to fill the three of them with tea, but the little colonel covered the tea bowl with his hand when he saw this, and said, "No need." I wonder if there is living water available here? ”

Li Hongji carried a big teapot and glanced at the old king, and the old king smiled and said: "It's only half a mile to the east, and there is a sweet spring." As he spoke, he pointed out the direction with his hand.

A messenger stood up, with three shriveled water bladders in his hand, and went straight to fill the water in the direction the old king had pointed out.

Seeing that the three of them didn't drink their tea, the old king knew that they were still a little wary of their Baili Station, so he took advantage of this gap and asked, "I don't know where the envoys came from?" ”

The messenger who was left to fan himself with the hem of his clothes gave him a thumbs up and pointed to the east, and said, "Capital! ”

The man was a little proud when he mentioned the capital, probably in his eyes, the two people of Lao Wangtou and Li Hongji were like buns in the countryside.

Not to mention, at this time, Li Hongji really had a taste of dirt buns, and when he heard the messenger's words, he wanted to inquire about what he had seen in the capital, but the messenger was just about to reply, but he was glanced at by the leading colonel, and he stopped talking.

The awkwardness did not last long, for the messenger had already returned with three bulging water bags, and he nodded at the Colonel, who took the water bags handed by his subordinates and uncorked them for a drink.

When the three of them drank the water, the little colonel hugged his fist at the old king's head and said, "I'm tired!" After saying that, he turned around cleanly, and immediately changed to a horse in Bailiyi.

The three of them and six horses left in the blink of an eye, and Li Hongji looked at the three messengers who had gone away, with some envy in his heart.

Lao Wang came back to his senses and saw that Li Zicheng was still holding the teapot and looking at the three messengers in the distance, and said with a smile: "What's wrong, itchy?" ”

Li Hongji hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no." ”

The old king teased: "Come on, I don't know you yet, I like to ride horses when I am a child, our three horses in Bailiyi, the horseman can't compare to you for the time he spends with them." I thought that tomorrow I would ask you for an errand for the boy, look at you monkey-like, but go now, lest you not sleep at night. ”

When Li Hongji heard Uncle Wang's words, he was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I'll prepare a horse for you!" ”

The old king raised his hand and said angrily: "Where to rest where it is cool, is this horse of Bailiyi used by people like me?" Besides, at my age, can I still ride a horse? Go and bring me the donkey in the barn! ”

Li Hongji said a few more words as he wished, and on the way to the stable, he felt a little lighter.

Li Hongji took the donkey over and helped Lao Wang to get on the donkey, but he did not return to Bailiyi, but followed the donkey step by step.

The old king rode on the donkey and walked for a while, turned around, and saw that Li Hongji was still following behind him, shook his head with a wry smile, stopped the donkey, and said to Li Hongji who was following behind: "Zao'er, you go back, I'm afraid that I will go to Yinchuan Station until it gets dark, when will you follow it like this?" ”

Li Hongji saw that the old king's head stopped, hurriedly went over to hold the reins, raised his head and said to the old king's head riding on the donkey: "Uncle Wang, the younger generation thinks that you always ask for errands for me, if I don't follow the person in charge, I'm afraid it will be insincere in the eyes of Shangguan." Besides, the world is not peaceful now, I have practiced kung fu for a few years, and many people have multiple helpers, just in case! ”

The old king also nodded when he heard this, sighed and said, "Okay, you also have an idea, since you say so, then follow it!" It's just that it's a long way to go, you have to be a little prepared, old man, I have bad legs, and you can't walk anymore, and I won't let the donkey out. ”

Li Hongji said with a smile: "Look at what you said, I can't do this even if I am a bastard!" ”

The two laughed and went on the road together, not to mention that people are social animals in the end, and there are people as companions, and the two of them are not bored on this road talking and laughing.

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Li Hongji is a young man in the end, and he has kung fu, plus not everyone in this era can afford to raise livestock for travel after all, and they are used to walking on foot, so when the two of them finished walking the twenty-mile road and saw the Yinchuan post city wall, it was just dark.

Yinchuan Station is located in Xifanzhuang in the middle of the Yinchuan River Valley, Yinchuan River flows from the west of the post house to the Yellow River, is the first post station in Hezhou to Qinghai, Hexi and other places, the location is very important.

Fenglin Pass, Fenglindu, and Lianhuadu near the Yinchuan River flowing into the Yellow River are the famous passes and Jindu on the Silk Road.

From Hezhou to Yinchuan Station and then into Qinghai, there are generally the following routes:

One is to cross the Yinchuan River from Yinchuan Station to the south bank of the Yellow River, go up to Sigou Gorge along the south bank of the Yellow River, cross the Yellow River from Fenglindu (Fenglin Pass), enter Qinghai through Yongjing Yang Pagoda and Wangtai, or cross the Yellow River from Lianhua to Lotus and cross the Yellow River from Lianhua to enter Qinghai through Yongjing;

The second is to cross the Yellow River from Yinchuanyi to Anji, Hulinjia, Chuimatan, and Liuji, and cross the Yellow River from Dahejia or enter Qinghai from Jishiguan.

To take the above route, all need to cross the Yinchuan River from Yinchuan Station, the Ming Dynasty built two bridges on the Yinchuan River, Ming Jiajing "Hezhou Chronicles" said: "Yinchuan Bridge, in the west of the state forty miles, a total of two." In the Ming Dynasty, the "tea and horse market" was implemented, and after the tea and horse trading field was set up in Jishiguan, Yinchuan Yi played a more important role.

Yinchuan Station is a big post station, and it is naturally not comparable to the wild road of Baili Station.

When the two of them saw the tall city wall of Yinchuan Station, Li Hongji's heart gradually rose.

The main reason why he was so anxious to be transferred to Yinchuan Station was that he wanted that share of the money, he and his fellow townsman raised debts, and the big man lent him money because he was a post man, which was to pay interest according to the principal.

If you can't repay your debts, you will be dragged to the yamen, shackled, beaten, and dragged to the street for a walk, then you don't want to mix in the countryside anymore.

Who knows that people are not as good as heaven, he came to Yinchuan Station to seek refuge in Uncle Wang, but Uncle Wang, who has always been indisputable as the way to do things, was affected in the struggle of the people above, and was sent to Bailiyi.

But Bailiyi, the ghost place that fools people, it's good to survive, and it is very difficult to earn a profit, let alone repay the debt.

Thinking of this, Li Hongji, who was full of thoughts, glanced at the old Wang Tou who was riding on the donkey gratefully, he knew that his uncle Wang was not indisputable, but he just didn't want to send money to Shangguan in order to do things, but the way of the world is like this, if you want to get things done, you have to send money!

Li Hongji secretly swore that Uncle Wang made an exception for him this time, and this time it was done, and he must repay it well.

Li Hongji was thinking wildly, the two had already arrived at Yinchuan Station, looking at the fluttering flags, Li Hongji clenched his fists, whether it would be successful or not to see this time!