It is difficult to go to Shu Road, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, that is from Chang'an to Shu, that era to penetrate the Qinling Mountains into Jiannan is to fight with life.

As for Xiao Zheng, it is much easier for them to set off from the south of the Yangtze River, get on the boat, transfer from the canal to the Three Gorges waterway of the Yangtze River, and go directly to the west of Sichuan, the land of abundance. Along the south bank of the Yangtze River, there is also a land route to connect the land of Jingchu and the western Sichuan Plain, but it is far less convenient than the waterway, but the only inconvenience is that when crossing the Three Gorges, you have to go upstream.

Xiao Zheng sat on the official boat, and it was customary for these slender men to serve for free, looking at the naked coolies who were pulling fiber, Lord Xiao let out a word, and in the future, the official ship would not pull a single copper coin, and it would be paid at twice the price, and let people set up a monument on the shore to write this rule.

When the news reached the shore, the slender man's horn suddenly brightened.

"Your Duke Xiao has left a good reputation, but how about letting other official ships in the future?" Gavenda said with a smile.

Pointing to the slender man outside, Xiao Zheng said: "In my next life, I hate to scrape oil and water from the poor, these people pull fiber once for the livelihood of the whole family, and the whole family may starve if they don't give money, which official ship lacks this money?" Change the rules from me! ”。

"You're doing this magnificently!" Gavenda said with a smile.

When they set off, Wu Shi Tong and Xu Jingzong originally wanted to follow, especially Wu Shi Tong had also served as the governor of Lizhou. But these two people are really good at handling government affairs, and Xiao Zheng thought twice about keeping the two of them.

On the contrary, Gai Wenda was in Shu for a long time when he was Mr. Li Ke, the king of Shu, and this guy heard that Xiao Zheng was going to Chengdu, so he happily followed him over to visit his hometown again, so Xiao Zheng took him on the same boat.

"The pond is as big as a horse, and the pond cannot be lowered; The river is as big as a monkey, and Qutang cannot swim ....... He pointed to the black reef at the mouth of the Three Gorges. Leaning on the railing of the boat, Xiao Zheng pointed to the scenery along the way and told the legends known to later generations to a few children, not only the children listened to it with relish, but even Gavenda listened to it with fascination.

There was nothing to say on the road, and the boat arrived in Chengdu, the Jiannan Provincial Governance Office, for more than half a month, and the welcoming scene of the officials of Jiannan Province was definitely inevitable, but fortunately, Xiao Zheng was also used to this kind of occasion.

Xue Yuanjing, the governor of Jiannan Province, and Xiao Zheng, the governor of Chengdu Assassin History, both knew each other, and both of them were originally people in the "Eighteen Bachelors of the Qin Palace". Xiao Zheng can't say how familiar he is with the two, he must have met everyone. However, Gai Wenda and the two were very close, and during the banquet, the two also asked Xiao Zheng about Xu Jingzong's recent situation, and the two were also emotional.

When Xiao Zheng talked about the reason for entering Shu this time, Xue Yuanjing put down his wine glass after listening to it, arched his hand with a somewhat solemn expression and said: "After Xiao Gong enters Shu, everything else can be at will, except for the Ba family, please treat the adults carefully."

"Oh? Then his family is still the emperor of the soil? Xiao Zheng asked curiously.

After listening to this, Xue Yuanjing said: "My lord misunderstood, it is not an exaggeration to say that this Ba family is the first in Shu, and there are many extremely rich people in his family since Qin, but there are few things that bully the weak and oppress the good."

"Then what you mean by Lord Xue's words is ......."

"It is an indisputable fact that the Ba family is a huge rich man in Shu, and the emperor borrowed money from the Ba family several times when he raised troops during the Great Cause, before we came here to take office, the current sage also specially asked us to bring a handwritten letter to Ba Fu, but after the establishment of the country, due to the emptiness of the treasury, the money has been ......," Xue Jingyuan was embarrassed to continue.

Xiao Zheng understood as soon as he heard it, it turned out that Li Yuan borrowed money from others, and he didn't pay back the debts, owing them to others.

"Not only that, many people only know that the Ba family is rich in salt, but his family also operates another thing, which is dansha."

Xiao Zheng also knows that dansha is cinnabar, to put it bluntly, it is the raw material for producing mercury, and this thing has great poison when heated, but in this era, Taoism advocates the search for elixir and the rise of alchemy, which pushes the price of dansha extremely expensive.

"No wonder this family is so wealthy, one of the two things can be rich in the world no matter how much you have it, not to mention that these two things are all in the hands of his family, so who is the person in charge of the Ba family now?"

Su Miao said: "Ba Zhongshi's father died a few years ago, and the current head of the Ba family is Mrs. Ba Lao, which is the mother of Ba Zhongshi you said."

"This old lady is not ordinary!" Xiao Zheng said to himself.

"That's right, I hope you will be cautious."

"Thank you for reminding you, I, Xiao, are here, everyone is doing their job, I won't bother you if it's okay, I'll go to Chengdu Mansion when I'm free," Xiao Zheng picked up his wine glass and said to a group of officials below.

"Thank you, sir!" ……。

The next day, I took my three children and a few entourages to the street in casual clothes.

The land of Shuzhong has not been war-torn for many years, the street is extremely prosperous, no wonder people say "Yang Yi Yi Two", the business of Chengdu Mansion is comparable to that of Chuzhou, Yangzhou and Hangzhou, which they operate, and the voices of all kinds of buying and selling shops are endless, and from time to time they walk along the street through a few people dressed in alien races carrying mountain goods.

After walking around until noon, seeing that the three children were also a little hungry, Xiao Zheng found a good-looking restaurant along the river, and asked the guy to find two tables by the window to settle these people and their entourage.

Through the window, looking at the surging water in the river and the river scenery of the Minjiang River, it is already in the wax moon at this time, and the weather in Shuzhong is obviously a few points colder than in Hangzhou, but the ships transporting goods in the river are endless one after another.

Xiao Zheng suddenly thought of the story of Zhang Xianzhong's sinking silver in the Minjiang River, so he said casually: "Shilong to Shihu, gold and silver are ten thousand five, who knows through it, buy all the Chengdu Mansion."

"What? What is the stone dragon and the stone tiger? Gong Ruoyi asked curiously.

"Oh, according to legend, there is a Zhang Xianzhong's ringing horse, who killed people and set fire to all kinds of evil in Shu, and finally he sank a lot of gold and silver treasures that he plundered in this river, leaving a few verses I just said, who can understand these verses, can get endless wealth ......."

When Xiao Zheng told Zhang Xianzhong's story, several people were immediately interested.

"Brother Xiao, is this true?" Gong Ruoyi asked.

"What a fart! Just listen to it as a story! ”

Thinking about the demon named Zhang Xianzhong, it will not appear until hundreds of years later, in the Tang Dynasty where Xiao Zheng is located, it is estimated that Zhang Xianzhong's grandfather's ancestors are still inorganic at this time.

When I was chatting and waiting for the meal, I heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, and saw three horses, two black and two white, arrived at the door of the restaurant through the window.

When the three girls got off the horse, the shopkeeper opened the curtain and let the three of them in.

After just a glance, he knew that it was one master and two servants, and the appearance of the two maids was also very attractive, which made Xiao Zheng a little surprised that the two maids were each carrying crocodile bags, and they knew that they were made in Yangzhou by looking at the logo.

The girl in the middle is not very tall, but her skin is fair, her facial features are extremely exquisite, the hairpin made of five-colored glass on her head is very conspicuous, the horsewhip in her hand is actually made of gold wisps, and there are a few gems inlaid on it, and a light blue brocade outlines the figure to be pleasing to the eye.

After the girl came in with the two of them, her eyes swept in the store, and she saw Xiao Zheng and several people at a glance, mainly because these people were not ordinary people in terms of temperament.

When he saw Gong Yi Ruoyi, his eyes were a little straight, and now Gong Yi Ruoyi was already handsome, and the eyes of many girls on the street just now wanted to snatch him home, but this guy always ignored no one with a stinky fart.

Gong Ruoyi also noticed that someone was looking at him, and when he raised his head and saw this girl, he glared back at her and snorted and twisted his head out of the window, seeing Xiao Zheng and Ji Chun laughing at each other.

"Miss, miss......" One of the maidservants stabbed her hand, and the girl came to her senses.

When she saw Gong Yi Ruoyi's cold eyebrows, her face turned red, she gritted her teeth after a short pause, walked to Xiao Zheng's table and said to the guy: "Man, let's eat at this table!" ”

After the guy came over, he said with some difficulty: "Three girls, this table has long been occupied by these guests, can you change the position?" ”。

The girl looked at Gong Yi Ruoyi, pursed her lips and said, "You let them move, and I will pay for their meals!" ”。