The next day, Yang He and the others left Fangyu Town and continued north. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This side has always been Tongjing Avenue, the basic road is easy to walk, there are no rivers and hills to obstruct, and occasionally pass by some hills.

Later, there is still "Xinmo River" in the north of Fangyu Town, there is no at this time, "Xindai Canal" was excavated in five or eight years, the Mo River that originally flowed into Luoma Lake from Yantou Town was cut off, and was diverted from the southeast into the Shu River, called "Xinmo River".

However, at this time, the Mo River still flows into the southwest Luoma Lake, which has nothing to do with the Shu River.

Walking all the way north from Fangyu Town, the scenery is also very depressed, the official road is deserted, sometimes encountering large caravans, ordinary small merchants, and the small people can hardly see.

I also saw a lot of villages along the way, but almost all of them were closed villages, surrounded by polder walls, and the outside was full of all kinds of big puddles, and the people did things on the side of the village, and rarely left their villages ten miles away.

had to go out, and they also gathered in groups, bringing knives, spears, bows and arrows and other weapons to defend themselves.

Women and children are even more afraid to go out, and they stay in their own polders all day long.

The traces of bandits can also be seen from time to time, and occasionally a corpse is seen on the side of the official road, lying in the weeds on the side of the road and exposed to the sun, which is what a single traveler encounters in the troubled times at this time.

Of course, seeing Yang He and others passing by, it was not that there was no idea of the thief cutting the path, but when they saw the ten-person horse team on the official road, all of them were strong, and if they wanted to do it, they also had to weigh their own strength to see if they could eat it.

For example, Yang He and others passed by a local place called Dagou, the left side of the official road was hilly and undulating, and the barren grass on the mountain was higher than that of people, so dozens of thieves blocked the road, wanting Yang He and others to leave a sum of money to buy the road.

Yang He and the others rushed directly over, trampling more than a dozen people to death on the spot, and just walked away like that, and the corpses didn't bother to care.

But basically, the bandits bully the soft and afraid of the hard, especially keen-eyed, when they look at Yang He and others, they know that they are not easy to provoke, and they are interested in snooping from a distance, and few come up to do it.

The overall peace is fine, the official road is also fast, especially this Tongjing Avenue, both sides are full of trees and willows and locusts, many began to plant in the early Ming Dynasty, until now the willow locust is towering, the branches are luxuriant, walk along the side, sometimes even walk for several miles and can not see the scorching sun on the top.

When it was more than 30 miles away from Fangyu Town, Yang He also saw that there were mountains on the other side of the Shu River that spread for more than ten miles, but they were not high, only a few zhang in number, and from this side, the mountains and rocks over there were red.

It seems that there is still a soil city on the mountain, and then there is a lake at the bottom of the mountain, the lake is beautiful and the mountains are beautiful, and the pines and cypresses are everywhere, and they are lush and green.

Hu Cheng said that the mountain is Tashan, and the earthen city on the mountain is the city of birds, which is said to have been built by Guo Yan in the fifth dynasty.

Because the Shuhe River Jiuqu goes south, to Tashan is blocked by the mountain, it goes around the mountain, forming a lot of lakes, in the past, the rich people in Suqian often went here to go out to escape the summer, but now there is no one.

When they arrived here, they were not far from the Liujiazhuang Inspection Division, and Yang He and others saw the figure of Liujiazhuang at noon.

Although it is not as good as Fangyu Town, it is also a quite large town, especially the north and south are longer, not far from the Shu River in the east, and there is a waterway wharf, which is an important water and land commercial port connecting the north and south.

Yang He listened to Hu's employment introduction, this Liujiazhuang was just a small Zhuangzi at the beginning, leaning on the west side of the official road, and the inspection department was at the northernmost end of the Zhuangzi, next to the official road.

Then slowly Zhuang people built houses next to the inspection department, and the houses in Liujiazhuang became more and more next to the official road.

Slowly, the population multiplied again, and there were people building houses on the east side of the official road, and because it was at the junction of the two provinces, there were many merchants coming and going, and gradually the more shops in the village, the official road in the village also became a street.

And because the world is chaotic, a high polder wall has also been built around Liujiazhuang, and the water of the Shuhe River has been used as a ditch to protect the village.

Now there are three earthen wall gates in Liujiazhuang, the north gate, the south gate, and the east gate, but from the east gate, there is a road of more than a mile to the Shu River, although there are also quite a few warehouses and shops, but they are not protected in the polder wall.

Yang He nodded, he looked at Zhuangzi from a distance, surrounded by wilderness, quite arable land, and there were many flowers on the side, and it was purple and red at this time.

Looking at the west of Zhuangzi, there are quite villages on the other side of the Shu River, and many villagers go in and out of Zhuangzi at this time. Although the life in each village is closed, many daily necessities are also needed, and it is impossible for them to go to Suqian County to buy them.

Everyone also has a need to exchange goods for sale, so the role of the market town is reflected here.

Liujiazhuang has a township Yong, and there are archers of the inspection department, plus Zhuangzi is also big, there are many merchants and shops, and the surrounding villagers come here to trade, especially when there is a meeting, a fair, and a festival, the flow of people is more, just like the current Xin'anji.

Yang He looked over there, the legend of this place is the fief of Zhong Wuzi, called "Zhong Wuguo", there have always been villages, the development of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty Daoguang, Xianfeng was prosperous for a while, there is a city, the main street is four or five miles, hundreds of shops, called Xin'an Town.

49 years later, this side of Suqian County for Xin'an County, and then renamed Xinyi County, 90 years to withdraw the county to build Xinyi City, but at this time all belong to the land of Suqian County, and then go north for a while, is the boundary of Shandong Tancheng.

He saw that there were quite a lot of boats coming and going on the Shu River, and said, "Will the river freeze over here in winter?" ”

Hu Cheng said: "It is knotted every year, but it is strong, and people and horses and vehicles can go." ”

Yang He frowned: "Cross the river to the other side, is there an official road to Shuyang over there?" ”

Hu Cheng said: "There is no big road, and the general businessmen go south, all of them take Tongjing Avenue to Fangyu Town. If you go to Shuyang, you will also go south to Chongkou, where there is a separate road, and you can go to Shaodian Town. Then go east from Shaodian Town, walk along the Shuhe River, and cross the river again, you can reach Shuyang County. ”

He said to Yang He: "But there is also a trail to Shuyang here, take a boat from the dock to the opposite bank, and then go southeast, and you can also go to Shuyang County after crossing the Shuhe River." But the road is not easy to walk, and there are too many rivers in the north-south direction. ”

Yang Daodao: "What about Tancheng?" ”

Hu Cheng thought about it carefully and said: "It's the same way to take the avenue in Tancheng, go south along this Tongjing Avenue. If you take the small official road, you must first go to the east bank of the Shu River, and then cross some mountains and rivers such as Maling Mountain, and then enter the boundary of Haizhou. After entering Haizhou, I will also go southeast and first go to the East China Sea Inspection Division. When I arrived at the inspection department, there were two roads separated, one smaller, and went south to Shuyang. One is larger, heading to Haizhou City in the east. ”

Yang He nodded and groaned, and after a long time, he said, "Go to Zhuangzi and rest." ”

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Yang He and others entered from the south gate, surrounded Zhuangzi, there was a rammed earth wall more than one zhang high, and there was a ditch about two zhang wide outside the wall, and there was water inside at this time.

There is a suspension bridge at the village gate, it can be hung at night or in the event of a bandit, the village wall has a village brave patrol and lookout, and there are people on both sides of the village gate who hold knives and spears to watch.

There are even some people dressed as archers, wrapped in red wraps, hanging wooden waist cards, and holding bows and arrows, waist knives, iron rulers and other weapons in their hands.

On the whole, the Zhuangzi was still wary of the outside world, and sometimes the guards would interrogate the merchants.

But after all, it is a commercial town, and there are still few things to interrogate and inspect, so as not to offend the merchants, and many merchants who come and go also have a big background, as long as they don't make trouble, the guards are mostly vigilant and watching.

In particular, some people looked at Yang He and the others, but seeing that he was dressed as a scholar, and those people behind him might be his guards, and they were fat and strong, so no one came up to interrogate.

Many villagers who were engaged in trading also came in and out from here, carrying all kinds of burdens, driving large and small livestock, Yang He and others went in, only smelling the smell of mule and donkey dung.

The main street in the middle is a dirt road, people walk on it, dusty, plus pedestrians, merchants, mules, donkeys and animals, all kinds of shops on both sides, the hot sun is shining, mixed with all kinds of smells, it makes people dizzy.

Fortunately, this street used to be an official road, and there were still many willow acacia of different sizes, and people walked underneath, which brought some shade to some extent.

Because of hunger, Yang He and the others didn't care to look at it, and looked at a rather large rice shop in front of them, especially a big locust tree next to the rice shop, and many tables were placed under the tree, and the cool breeze was blowing.

There is also a manger on the side, where you can drink water and feed your mounts, and everyone stops here to eat first.

Li Ruwan gasped even more and said, "Your grandfather is starving to death." ”

Along the way, everyone ate and rested by her and Qian Sanniang, and the second daughter stepped forward and asked the shopkeeper to hurry up and greet her, bringing everything delicious and delicious, and the money was not a problem.

It seems that the high rollers, the shopkeeper and the guys are also cheering up and entertaining them hobly, and Uncle Wan and the others are also busy, leading everyone's mounts to the side to drink water and eat.

Soon the flowing rice was served, pancakes, bundled fragrant hooves, Dongpo return meat, clear soup mutton, river fish, fried vegetarian chicken and so on.

When he went out, he was not stingy with Yang He, who ate well, and lived well all the way, and everyone followed him and tasted the food all over the place.

This pancake is a local specialty, and there are some differences from the steamed buns in other places, not the cabbage is eaten after cooking, but the dishes are mixed first, while the pancakes are baked, and they are fried and folded into cubes to eat. The dishes of the roll pancakes are different, but Yang He and others eat fried small fish and eggs and fried salt beans.

Yang He nodded his head, the local food is still distinctive, especially the bundle of fragrant hooves is also unique.

The people on the side are also eating and snoring, they are not in the mood to taste the food, the most important thing is to eat full, and the portions are full.

Li Ruwan held a pancake in one hand and a pig's trotter in the other, her mouth was full of oil, and she kept nodding.

On the side, Qian Sanniang was also immersed in eating, she ate a lot of food, and at the beginning of Sven in front of Yang He, seeing that he didn't mind, slowly let go again.

Eating and drinking here, the dishes are served like water, and the diners on the side are envious, this restaurant is doing very well, but most of the people eat a bowl of noodles, or a pancake, at most a dish, so eat and drink but don't dare.

Especially now that the world is not good, prices are expensive, and everyone dared to eat a bowl of noodles in the past, but now they only dare to eat a cake.

Looking at the people who were eating over there, everyone had complicated expressions.

Two children passing by were also attracted, a man and a woman, probably only seven or eight years old, with patches on their bodies and malnourished dishes on their faces.

But both of them have big eyes and they are also very bright.

They were pulling at the corners of the clothes of the two adults, as if they were their parents, and the clothes on their bodies were also full of holes, the men wore straw sandals, and the women wore shabby cloth shoes.

The two of them carried empty burdens, as if they were going into the village to sell something, and now they are sold out and are going home.

Seeing Yang He and the others eating and drinking, not to mention children, the two adults were also swallowing saliva, but after taking a look, they buried their heads and walked away.

The two children were reluctant to give up, and the boy pulled the corner of his mother's clothes and said, "Mother, I want to eat pancakes." ”

The girl didn't speak, but her big eyes were full of longing.

The mother said something, and the boy stopped talking, and went away with his sister beside him, but they both turned back one step at a time.

The father took one look, sighed, and buried himself in nothing more than to hurry away.

Qian Sanniang looked at it and suddenly said, "That man, that mother-in-law." ”

She summoned the two who were a little uneasy to come back, took two pancakes, handed them to the child beside them, and said, "Eat quickly." ”

The two adults thanked each other and said, "Thank you, this lady." ”

The two children nibbled on pancakes and said, "Thank you sister." ”

The two happily followed their parents, while looking back at Qian Sanniang from time to time.

In the distance, you can also see the bright eyes of two children.

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