When the gates of the Great Northern City were opened, there was always a lot of traffic. Because Zhao is not a traditional agricultural country, there are more preferential treatment for merchants, and there are more merchants from the south to the north than from other countries, not to mention that Handan has convenient transportation conditions, and it is a gathering of merchants and a city

This is fundamentally different from the Qin State, after the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Qin State implemented the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, vigorously promoted agriculture, and suppressed commerce, because the merchants' love for Zhao was still stronger than that of Qin. In particular, there are rare grassland specialties in the Central Plains, which are the favorites of all ethnic groups in the Central Plains.

Li Zhuo and his generals slowly moved towards the city with the team. Although this is not the first time he has come to Handan, the first few times he has either followed his brother or his father, and it is the first time that he has traveled alone. He is very out of his nature, and he is half a big child, and he is always full of interest in novelties, so although he has not yet entered the city, his heart has already entered Handan.

"Young General, let's quickly find a place to rest, and we will enter the royal city tomorrow to meet the king." In order to be able to subdue this foal, Li Yan specially arranged for his old butler to accompany Li Zhuo to the south, because in total, this old butler is a subordinate of Li Zhuo's father Li Shan, that is, Li Zhuo's father, and he watched the Li brothers grow up, so for Li Zhuo, it can be regarded as a demon pestle.

"Uncle Guo, don't rush me." Li Zhuo's face was excited, looking at the small merchants and vendors coming and going around, the dazzling stalls and goods around him, his mouth couldn't close, these things may be common in Handan, but in Daijun, they are very rare, he picks left and right, and he is very busy, "Brother explained, come to Handan, when you go to the mansion of General Lian Wu of Shancheng to meet you, at this time, you also just pick out some gifts." ”

"The young general is going to go to General Lian's mansion today?" The old butler handed the horse to the general behind him, and walked over to Li Zhuo himself, watching him pick things.

"Well, let's go today, if you don't go today, I will meet the king another day, I'm afraid there will be no time." Li Zhuo said, handed the things he had selected to the boss who was already full of joy, and said with a smile: "That's all." The boss took the things and hurriedly handed him the money. Li Zhuo, who thought that there were not many things and the price was not expensive, was really taken aback by the boss's offer, and was about to argue, but the old housekeeper's eyes were bright, and he hurriedly handed over the money and goods, and pulled Li Zhuo out of the stall.

"Uncle Guo, why are you stopping me, that hawker is definitely a profiteer!" Li Zhuo said that he had to break free from Uncle Guo's pull and reason with the profiteers.

"The young general is angry, this Handan and the royal city want to compare, I don't know how much it costs, if the price of the royal city is used to study the price of Handan, it will be very stupid." Uncle Guo said, pushed Li Zhuo onto the horse, and explained carefully.

"Why is that?" Li Zhuo obviously didn't understand.

"General, you think. The products produced by the royal city are nothing more than birds and beasts and game, the skin of tigers and wolves, the mountain shape is treacherous, the land is barren, and there are few cultivators, so it is not expensive at its price, if it is local. ”

"Where's Handan?"

Handan is different, this is the capital of Zhao State, where the world's department stores gather, and from this there are merchants in the Central Plains. However, the pain of transshipment in the middle of it, the money spent, naturally has to be converted into the price. If a wolf skin is sold for twenty yuan in Daiwang City, it may not be able to buy it forty years ago when it arrives in Handan. Uncle Guo led his horse and explained to him slowly.

"I see." Li Zhuo nodded, thought for a while and said: "No wonder the eldest brother often says that with the cost of grain transshipment, if ten buckets of millet are transported from the capital and arrive in the Daiwang City, seven will be able to rise there, even if it is thankful." Li Zhuo nodded and said, then frowned and asked, "In that case, why don't you set up granaries in various places to replenish your military food reserves, and have to work hard to transport grain from the capital?" ”

After hearing this, Uncle Guo hurriedly signaled Li Zhuo to silence, looked at the surrounding ordinary people, carefully looked at the surrounding crowd, and then turned around and whispered to him, "The young general can not mention this again!" This is Handan, you can't talk nonsense. ”

"Why?" Li Zhuo didn't know why, when it came to food, Uncle Guo was a little scared, what is the taboo about this?

He is still a teenager at heart, and he has no idea what is at stake. In fact, each county has its own granary, but the storage capacity is very small, barely emergency, and it is basically escorted from the capital to other areas. The ugliness in this is not because of Zhao Yong's darkness, but because of the methods that many countries are implementing, first, to prevent the generals from having bad intentions, and second, to do so, at least to ensure that the capital can be defended until the reinforcements arrive, so as to facilitate the counterattack.

Although there is the pain of transshipment, it must be carried out. Li Zhuo came to Handan this time, and Li Yan said many times that he might stay in Handan and must learn to deal with others without being down-to-earth. It was Uncle Guo who asked Li Zhuo to be quieter to prevent the partition wall from having ears.

Li Zhuo didn't seem to understand, but he wasn't the one who didn't know the severity, and when he saw Uncle Guo's serious words, he let go of the doubts in his heart. This kind of political nonsense is still a problem for him, because he doesn't think too much about it, goes to a shop to pick up something, and walks to Lian Wu's house. As soon as I entered the alley, I saw a young man, who was surrounded by four or five young people, punched and kicked.

The young man is obviously not big, just like Li Zhuo's grade, but his clothes are ragged, he is also yellow and thin, and he is still young, so he was pushed and shoved by several people, punched and kicked, and he couldn't bear it at all, so he had to protect his vital point and prevent himself from being hurt more seriously, but his palms were tightly held and refused to let go. Several people beat and scolded at the same time, which was unbearable.

Li Zhuo has a young heart, and he is so strong and chivalrous, seeing that young people are being bullied, he doesn't want to go away. Although he is young, he is still very good at kung fu, and he is not afraid to face Hu Ren, let alone face these gangsters. I saw him galloping in front of several people, facing a few people who were stunned and looking at him, one jumped off the horse, and kicked directly to the person closest to him, that person was already looking at Li Zhuo in surprise, it was Li Zhuo who was furious, he didn't pay attention, he took this blow solidly, and was kicked aside by Li Zhuo.

When the gangsters saw their brother being beaten, they came back to their senses and howled to teach Li Zhuo a lesson. But Li Zhuo is no one, how can he let these little minions hurt himself, with a straight fist and an elbow blow at a while, he will beat several people all over the ground in an instant, crying and crying for mercy.

Li Zhuo glanced at a few people with a sneer, and quickly helped the beaten young man up. The young man was obviously not lightly injured, and his body and face were bruised, blue and purple. His face was very ugly, his lips were a little cracked because he hadn't drunk water for a long time, he held Li Zhuo's arm, and said weakly: "Thank you for saving your life." ”

"Don't get excited." Li Zhuo looked at the young man, to be exact, not as old as his own child, and asked with concern, "Can you still walk?" If not, I can help you get back. ”

"Don't dare to bother the strong man." As he spoke, he spread out his palm, and when Li Zhuo saw it, it was half a piece of corn, and he was surprised, so he heard him say: "Actually, I blame me for this, I don't have money to buy anything, but I am hungry, so I have to steal their food." He deserved to be chased and beaten by them. ”

While the two were talking, Uncle Guo and the generals already felt that when they heard the young man's words, they already knew it in their hearts, and he said to the young man: "In this case, I think it is better to give them the finances." He glanced at Li Zhuo and motioned for him not to make a mistake.

After listening to the young man, Li Zhuo knew that he had really wronged these people this time, and it was natural to repay the debt, and the owner didn't say anything, but he took care of the loss first. But he was stubborn by nature, and he still said with hatred: "Even so, if you don't pay your debts, you will be punched and kicked, and if you become a thief in order to make a living, you will be spurned by others, and you don't know how to forgive at all." ”

The gangsters listened to it, and their hearts were half cold, thinking that they had met the demon king of the mixed world this time, and they couldn't make sense of reasoning, but the other party was strong, and he was also with his generals, and he was obviously at a disadvantage, so in order to save his life, he kept begging Li Zhuo to let them go like a fart. Although Li Zhuo wanted to refuse, Uncle Guo persuaded him to calm down and not be too loud, and the young man kept persuading him to put the responsibility on himself, Li Zhuo had no choice but to let them go.

"That, the cost of the corn cake, it will be delivered to the house another day." The young man looked at the way a few people left, and said with an embarrassed expression.

It was okay if he didn't mention it, as soon as he finished mentioning it, several people ran faster, lest Li Zhuo use this as an excuse to clean himself up again, and soon disappeared at the mouth of the alley, leaving all the embarrassment to Li Zhuo and the young man.

"Thank you to the general for saving his life, he will do his best to send all the dispatches every day." As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Li Zhuo.

"Don't, don't, I'm just at the right time, don't take it personally." Li Zhuo refused embarrassedly, as if he remembered something, took out a few coins from his personal purse, and handed them to the young man, "Here are a few coins, you can use them first, if it is not enough, you can go to the city post house to find me, I will help you." ”

The young man pressed Li Zhuo's coin and remained silent for a long time, then grabbed his palm suddenly, held the coin firmly in his hand, and said to Li Zhuo, "Great kindness, never forget." If you can set foot in Zhao another day, you will definitely repay today's kindness tenfold. ”

"It's not necessary." Li Zhuo said, got on the war horse, and said to the young man under the horse, "Meeting is fate, if you meet again, you will definitely be invited to a banquet." I have something, go first. So saying, he bowed his hand to him and urged the horse forward.

The young man looked at his departing figure, and suddenly remembered an important matter, he shouted loudly towards the back of Li Zhuo leaving: "I am Su Qin, the general and remember." ”

However, all that answered him was the clatter of horses' hooves and the smoke and dust in the sky.