Chapter Twenty-Eight: Preparing for the South si___ Going North

People who mix in the horse market deal with horses and carts every day. When I saw Li Yunhe's car, I hadn't seen it, and I felt novel. If you have a knowledge, look down at the car, that kind of spring is not stainless steel, absolutely not. When watching the car cross the ditch, it passed directly, and it didn't stop, and the person didn't get upside down, and felt that the car was unusual. And the people gathered together more and more, and they were surrounded off. Some people ask, how much did you buy this car? Li Yunhe was very proud when he saw that everyone valued the carriage he built so much. He said, "This car, there is nowhere to buy it, I built it myself." ”

At this time, Li Mao also came over. Seeing that there were these people around, he knew that he was looking for him, so he said, "Okay, you have also seen the car, and you can't see your own if you look at it again." Let's go! The crowd laughed and dispersed. Chen Yufeng said, come to inform, tomorrow I will be ready to set off north. Li Mao was also very happy when he heard it.

However, this Li Mao and Li Gongzi seemed to be more interested in this car, so he looked up and down, left and right, and even climbed under the car to look. After reading it, Li Mao asked, how much cargo can this car carry? Li Yunhe said that he hadn't tried too much, but it was easy to pull twenty stones, and the car was not bumpy. No matter how much I haven't tried, it is estimated that on the road, it is no problem to pull another five stones.

Li Mao said: "Good car, I don't understand, Brother Zhimu can build such a good car, what is the risk of selling horses?" It's not enough to build a car at home. ”

Chen Yufeng has long seen that building this car is also a good business. said: "Zhimu also has plans to continue to build cars, but the cost of this car is too high, and I am still considering whether I can make the car cheaper." ”

"And how expensive can this car be?" Li Mao asked.

"How expensive, look, don't talk about cars, dismantle all these good steels, how much do you think you can sell for?" Chen Yufeng said.

"However, Uncle Chen, have you thought about it, why do we businessmen use cattle to carry goods instead of cars. One is that there are few roads and it is difficult to walk, and the other is that wooden cars are too easy to break, and they dare not use cars when they go long distances. In particular, this vehicle has at least two cars on the roof of one car, and the goods are not bumpy and the passengers are not bumpy. Even if it is more expensive, some people rush to ask for it. When Brother Zhimu came back, I discussed with him about the steel reed car. ”

Bidding farewell to Li Mao and sending Yan Boju home, the two went into the city and came to Chen Yufeng's junior brother's house, loaded the fifteen waist knives and five crossbows he sent someone to retrieve from Lao Wu's car, and the two brothers drank tea and chatted for a while. Seeing that the time was almost up, he came out to pick up Yan Boju. At this time, Yan Boju changed into black clothes and cleaned up neatly. There is a willow leaf single knife hanging from his waist. Chen Yufeng teased him as soon as he saw him, saying, "You old thing, why are you cleaning up so neatly?" It's not to sell you. Why do you have a piece of broken iron hanging up? ”

Yan Boju smiled and said, "Don't underestimate me, I really met a thief on the road, I don't need you to take care of me, it's enough to protect myself." ”

Zhang Zhimu and Huang Yukun bought grain, and Huang Yukun bought some miscellaneous things. On the way back, Huang Yukun said, "Brother, the song you sang last time was so good, you can sing it again!" Seeing that there was no one before and after, Zhang Zhimu sang loudly again. Huang Yukun's face was full of crimson when he heard it, and the feeling of listening to this song this time was different from last time. Zhang Zhimu went over, hugged Huang Yukun and kissed for a while, Zhang Zhimu still wanted to make progress, Huang Yukun resolutely refused, he had to let Zhang Zhimu keep a distance from her, saying that he was afraid that others would see him on the road.

The dinner was very sumptuous, with steamed crucian carp, braised carp, and vegetarian fried shredded potatoes that everyone loves to eat, especially the children. The children firmly believe that whoever fried shredded potatoes is not as delicious as Zhang Zhimu's fried potatoes. Other beef stewed radish and other Huang Yukun's specialty dishes were full of each table. Zhang Zhimu was the first to pick up the wine bowl and said, "Tomorrow, we will travel far away." For the sake of our smooth journey and the safety of our families, let's take a bite. After speaking, he took a sip and said, "When we leave, Sister Yukun will have to worry more, and the people who stay will have to worry more to help take care of the family." Those of us who went out, please rest assured, everyone is a good man who has seen the battle, and we will definitely come back smoothly. ”

After Zhang Zhimu finished speaking, Huang Yukun stood up and said, "I respect the old and young masters who will travel far tomorrow, and I wish you all the best." You can rest assured, with us at home, we will be safe. After saying that, he also took a sip of wine.

Then, everyone drank it. The children had to let Zhang Zhimu come over to eat together. Xiaoqing said: "Uncle, when you come back and you're not busy, don't forget, teach me to sing, you said it a few times, you want to teach me to sing new songs, and I don't have time." Zhang Zhimu thought about it, wasn't it, he was busy during this time, and he couldn't take care of the children at all. Because of the good weather, the dinner table was set in the courtyard today, and I saw cooking smoke coming from the chimney. Zhang Zhimu said: "You don't have to come back, I'll teach you a new song now, and the name of this song is "See the Smoke Rise Again." I'll sing it to you first. Zhang Zhimu sang: "

And I saw the smoke rising

Twilight covers the land

I want to ask about the smoke of the cooking

Where are you going

The sunset is poetic

Dusk is picturesque

Poetic though beautiful

I only have you in my heart

And I saw the smoke rising

It brings back memories for me

May you become Caixia

Fly into my dreams

The sunset is poetic

Dusk is picturesque

Poetic though beautiful

I only have you in my heart

The sunset is poetic

Dusk is picturesque

Poetic though beautiful

I only have you in my heart

Poetic though beautiful

I only have you in my heart"

This beautiful song, with its relaxing melody and simple and simple lyrics, deeply touched everyone. Everyone present stopped the chopsticks in their hands. In this era, there is no habit of applauding, but every time Xiaoqing sings, Zhang Zhimu applauds to encourage her, Xiaoqing is the first to applaud, Zhang Zhimu also applauds, and everyone applauds when they see it. Since then, the habit of applauding has arisen in the kiln gang. Only Huang Yukun knows this song, and Zhang Zhimu sings it to himself.

Then, Zhang Zhimu taught the children to sing this song sentence by sentence. The song was so catchy that the children were almost able to sing it after a while, but it was the adults who sang it first. It's a song that's very easy to sing and easy to learn.

Before dawn, Huang Yukun got up and packed up the prepared dry food. Pour the water hyacinth with boiling water. I thought about everything I could think of. Seeing that everyone was up, Huang Yukun called Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng and Li Yunhe to his house and gave each of them a belt with shoulder straps. Ten gold bars were sewn into each belt. The rest of the gold and silver were packed in a wooden box and stuffed into the car's goods. Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng were in this car. The total amount of silver and gold he brought with him this time was ten thousand taels of silver.

Mrs. Cai found Zhang Zhimu, took out a few dart flags from the Huwei Dart Bureau, and said that if you put them in, you can use them to some extent. Of course, Zhang Zhimu knows that the dart flag of the Huwei Dart Bureau is often a talisman. After thanking him repeatedly, Zhang Zhimu planted the dart flag in the car.

After breakfast, the car set off for the morning light. Everyone sent it out, and in the end, Huang Yukun secretly stuffed Zhang Zhimu with a small handkerchief bag, and whispered: "Put it away." ”

Zhang Zhimu stuffed the small bag into his arms.

The first car to start was Liu Yun in charge. Li Wei was in charge of one of the latter ones, and the other two were in the middle. There weren't too many in the car, and it was only twenty stones. The road is flat and downhill, and there are four people in each car. If the road is not good, people will come down, and when they go uphill, they will help push it up. Xiaoxing sleeps overnight, and can travel 80 miles a day. Everyone was alert along the way, but fortunately, nothing happened for two days. In the evening, I also look for a big store to rest. The car is generally parked in the inner courtyard of the store, and there are people in the store who are on duty, and Chen Yufeng also arranges his own people to take turns watching. The silver box was placed in the guest room where Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, Li Yunhe and Yan Boju lived. That night, suddenly there was a slight sound on the roof of the house, and Chen Yufeng, who was lying on the kang, went out with a wave of a dart. I only heard the sound of "ah" in the room. Chen Yufeng asked the three people in the house not to move, went out by himself, and came back in a while. said: "It's long gone, it looks like we're being targeted." There is a problem with this store, otherwise, why don't the people in the house go to other houses to uncover the tiles, so coincidentally on our house. Tomorrow morning, I won't have breakfast here, I'll rush ahead early and go over a store. Because, if someone really thinks about us, they will wait for us at the next store, so we cross one. Sleep well today, it's okay. ”

Zhang Zhimu really admires Chen Yufeng's experience in the rivers and lakes.

In the morning, before dawn, Chen Yufeng called everyone up, put on the car and left. The shopkeeper said, "The meal is almost ready, let's eat and then leave." Chen Yufeng said no, the meal in front of him was ready and waiting. Chen Yufeng deliberately played sloppy.

Passing by a village, everyone in the noodle shop in the village ate a bowl of noodles and some dry food. Chen Yufeng said that usually this kind of shop in the village is fine. Because outsiders can't open shops in the village, people in the village won't do anything out of the ordinary when they open a shop in front of their own homes.

Not far from the village was a small mountain pass, and in the distance I saw a man sitting on the hillside, carrying a tree trunk. Liu Yun waved his hand, and everyone stopped the car. Liu Yun went over and crossed paths with the other party, so he waved everyone over and continued to hurry. Liu Yunhui said that he was a friend of Wohu Mountain and was very open-minded. I asked about last night, not their people. Ask them who they are, and they say that it doesn't matter what other people do, it's the rule of the way.

Chen Yufeng said: "It seems that there are really people eyeing us, they know it, but they can't say it according to the rules of the road." Okay, no matter what kind of immortal he is, he has to have a good time with them. ”

Yan Boju smiled and said, "I think it's the 'Mountain Harrier' whose hands are a little itchy, haha." ”

This time, according to Chen Yufeng's arrangement, he didn't stay in a store where he should live, and rushed to the next stop, but it was already dark, so he rushed to a larger inn. There was really nothing to do overnight, and the next day, Chen Yufeng got up very late and slowly finished eating before going on the road. Zhang Zhimu thought that this time he might have to play slowly. really let Zhang Zhimu guess correctly, the sun was still very high, and Chen Yufeng let everyone settle in the store. Another night without incident.

This time, Chen Yufeng called everyone up to eat normally in the morning, hurried normally, and rested at the store normally, and there was nothing to do all night.

After getting up in the morning, after breakfast, everyone got into the car, and after leaving the inn, Chen Yufeng told everyone that they were all cheered up today, and if nothing else, something would happen today. Because the thieves who have been thinking about us for three days have miscalculated, and they haven't met us, and now they are mad with anger. According to common sense, those who start at night do not rob the road, and those who rob the road do not do it at night, because the means are different. But today is different, if we don't do it, in two days, we will be in the mouth of the tiger. According to the rules, generally no longer start from the place close to the killing of Hukou, but also to save some face for the officers and soldiers there. If they let us go, the face will be too big. So, today everyone is in good spirits.