Before coming, Yang Xiaoshan and Wei Changhui discussed where it was most appropriate to buy gunpowder. Originally, the two planned to go to Guilin, after all, Guilin is the provincial capital of Guangxi, and relatively abundant materials. But due to security concerns, the two eventually rejected the place. First, as the provincial capital, Guilin's city gate is relatively strictly checked, and even if gunpowder and other materials are bought as contraband, it will be difficult to transport them out; Second, Guilin is in the north of Yong'an, and Saishan'a's camp is in the middle, and there are more garrisons here, and if you want to bypass them, it will take a certain amount of twists and turns, and the difficulty coefficient is slightly greater.

Excluding Guilin, in fact, the range of options can only be Wuzhou. The surrounding county towns are small, and even if they can be bought, they don't have such a large supply, and the western city of Yong'an has long been almost destroyed by the war, and it is difficult for the people to buy daily necessities, let alone military supplies.

Considering these reasons, in fact, Yang Xiaoshan and they had no choice, so they could only come to Wuzhou, so it was not difficult for Yao Ying to guess here.

Walking on the road of Wuzhou City, there is a difference from the prosperity of Jintian Village everywhere. Wei Changhui was still calm, after all, although he failed to pass the show several times back then, he also counted out that he had seen the world, but the subordinates he brought were not good, for them, this Wuzhou City was fresh everywhere, far from being comparable to the small rural places like Jintian Village. Especially his younger brother Wei Jun, he was even more cheering, looking here and there, he was crazy with joy.

Wei Jun is the twelfth in the Wei family, one year younger than Yang Xiaoshan, he has been smart and clever since he was a child, can be literate and martial, and his appearance is also very handsome, and he is deeply loved by the Wei family. Wei Changhui also attaches great importance to this younger brother, and has been carefully cultivating him since the incident, hoping that he can become a talent as soon as possible and become a capable general to help himself in the future.

But now Wei Changhui looked at his younger brother and shook his head, a little disappointed in his younger brother for the first time. When things are put together, you can distinguish between good and bad, and people can distinguish between people. His younger brother is about the same age as Yang Xiaoshan, but Yang Xiaoshan seems much calmer. It was the first time to enter the city, Yang Xiaoshan was like an adult, he just glanced at everything, and he was very calm; But Wei Jun has a childlike habit, and when he encounters something he hasn't seen before, he jumps up and down.

Wei Changhui secretly wondered in his heart: "No wonder this Yang Xiaoshan has repeatedly made new achievements, which shows wisdom and maturity beyond his age, which is not comparable to ordinary people." I used to think that my younger brother was a rare talent, but compared with Xiaoshan today, it seems that there is nothing. In fact, he thinks highly of Yang Xiaoshan, the prosperity of Yang Xiaoshan's previous life is far from comparable to this era, and the Qing court dramas on the Internet on TV have already played this street scene badly, Yang Xiaoshan has long been surprised.

"Let's go to the teahouse for morning tea first, after such a long journey, everyone's stomach is hungry." Wei Changhui greeted, and they happened to walk in front of a teahouse in the downtown area.

Everyone applauded and followed Wei Changhui into the teahouse, and Wei Changhui picked an elegant room on the second floor. It's a secluded place, and you can see the whole scene clearly by leaning against the window.

The guy is the unique oil tea in Guangxi, this oil tea is boiled in a small pot, there is a small half bowl of fried rice, steamed dumplings, green onions, and the thick green oil tea with the pot is filtered and poured into it slightly, and the whole bowl is lively and jubilant all at once.

Then a few bowls of screw noodles were served, and the snail pork was mixed with green vegetables and then gradually added to the vermicelli and the unique soup stock, which tasted strange and delicious.

Everyone is very satisfied, and the snacks in Fucheng are good, especially those who can gain a foothold in such a downtown area, this craft is really different.

"Guest officer, don't eat too much, our Wuzhou's specialty turtle jelly hasn't been served yet, this is a tribute to the emperor, and you can't eat it anywhere else." The guy looked at them gobbling up and hurriedly reminded.

This turtle jelly is a kind of medicinal diet, which is mainly made of precious chickpeas turtle and Poria cocos as raw materials, and then refined with drugs such as raw land. Legend has it that when Zhuge Liang conquered the aborigines of Guangxi in the Three Kingdoms era, the soldiers were not accustomed to the water and soil, and were trapped in the hot and humid climate here, and vomited and diarrhea.

This dish is all famous, Yang Xiaoshan is embarrassed to eat, he feels that he has the feeling of eating and drinking corruption with public funds in his previous life, this is the good thing about Wei Changhui, the king of the north, there are not so many rules and regulations, if the king of the east comes, it must be official, and there is no oil or water.

It was said that it was morning tea, and I felt that the portion was more than lunch, and everyone stopped to rest after eating. Wei Jun stretched his neck to look at the window on the other side, there were a lot of people running the rivers and lakes downstairs, selling dog skin plasters, playing tricks and embroidering legs, and there were many gambling, betting, rolling dice, and pushing pai gow.

Yang Xiaoshan didn't pay attention to these, but he became curious about a fume shop and stared at it for a long time.

"Xiaoshan, what are you looking at?" Wei Changhui was curious, what made Xiaoshan, who had always been undisturbed, so interested.

"King Bei, it's a little strange for you to look at the oil and salt shop in the east corner downstairs, why are all the big men coming in and out, aren't these tea, rice, oil and salt things bought by women?" Yang Xiaoshan observed quite carefully and found such an anomaly.

Wei Changhui smiled, and said secretly in his heart, it turns out that you also have something you don't understand, it's rare to be able to show it in front of Xiaoshan, "Xiaoshan, you haven't been to Fucheng, you don't know, this oil and salt shop is just a pretext." Wei Changhui deliberately stopped selling a pass.

"Disguise?" Yang Xiaoshan was a little confused.

"This oil and salt shop, if I'm guessing correctly, has a big smoke house hidden in the back." Wei Changhui broke the way.

"Oh." Yang Xiaoshan immediately understood that this was an ugly act of using legitimate business to cover up opium business.

"Although opium is not banned now, but smoking opium is a bad thing after all, some people are afraid of being known by others, so they can only hide at home and smoke it, so the owner of this shop asked the guy to wrap the tobacco soil in oil and salt paper and send it over; And the smokers who are willing to come and smoke enter the store from here, and enter the big smoke house hidden behind through the secret passage, and now the people are very good. Wei Changhui took this as a talking point and talked eloquently.

"Opium is really harmful." Yang Xiaoshan looked at the smokers who came out, they shrugged their shoulders, hunched their waists, skinny, they were all dry, their eyes were sunken, like a living dead, and sighed deeply.

Wei Changhui looked around for a while, and when he saw that there were no other idlers, he said in a low voice: "The Qing court is afraid of offending foreigners, and opium cannot be banned at all now. From the high-ranking officials to the poor people, many people smoke this thing. Why don't we make the kingdom of heaven bigger? Many of those Green Battalion Eight Banner soldiers are smokers, how can they fight with us on all this waste? ”

Yang Xiaoshan nodded again and again, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is completely non-smoking, and he has never seen a single smoker in Yong'an. In this regard, it is better than the Qing court, the country must become stronger, and it is absolutely necessary to ban opium smoking.

Wei Changhui saw that it was almost time, and suddenly called Wei Jun over, "Brother Xiaoshan, this king still wants to ask you for something." I heard that you are short of manpower now, can my unsuccessful brother find an errand under you, please take care of one or two. Wei Changhui went around in such a big circle, and finally said his purpose. He was in charge of the defense of Yong'an City, and there were few wars, and Wei Jun had no chance to make meritorious contributions with him. Yang Xiaoshan has now taken all the credits, and his younger brother has more opportunities to make meritorious contributions under him than following him.

Yang Xiaoshan suddenly understood, it turned out that eating such a good breakfast was Beiwang's intention, and he wanted to let him bring his younger brother. "Am I really that hot right now? Do you want to do it? Yang Xiaoshan sighed secretly.

The hands that eat people are short, and the mouth of people is short, and now if you want to refuse Wei Jun, I am afraid that you will not be able to open this mouth, and the king of the north is still so sincere. Looking at Wei Jun's smart and clever appearance, Yang Xiaoshan guessed that he should not hold himself back, and in the battle with Jiang Zhongyuan, his team suffered a lot of losses, and he did have to replenish some manpower. "Okay. King Bei, you have said so, Xiaoshan, how dare I disobey my fate? Yang Xiaoshan agreed.

"Good, good." Wei Changhui was overjoyed, "Wei Jun, you will follow Xiaoshan to do things in the future, you must listen to him in everything, don't be lazy and slippery, otherwise you won't be able to spare you for your brother." Wei Changhui instructed.

After some politeness, the time was almost up, and Wei Changhui called the guy to settle the bill.

"Man, I want to ask you, which is the largest trading house in Wuzhou?" Wei Changhui inquired.

"Daikin Firm, you are from other places, right? Daikin Firm is so famous in our place, there is nothing that cannot be bought at home, and the quantity of goods is sufficient. The guy replied.

"Oh? May I also ask, how to get to this Daikin firm? Wei Changhui continued to ask.

"It's just a few hundred meters east of this intersection. Their house is the tallest building, and the brand is big, which is very recognizable. "Dude.

After that, Wei Changhui rewarded the guys with a few copper plates, settled the account downstairs, and took Yang Xiaoshan and others to march towards Dajin Commercial Bank.