Before entering the city, Zhiwen was also worried that the soldiers would ask for road guides, but the soldiers saw that although they were not very rich and expensive, they were also Zhou Zheng, and there was a carriage, so they only collected their entry fees according to the rules and let them in.

Zhiwen doesn't know, this road guide system has existed in name only since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the wind of merchants here in Puzhou is prevalent, there are many people from the south to the north, where will someone check the road guide.

For Dr. Sun, the first thing is naturally to buy medicine, and after entering the city, he asked pedestrians for directions, and everyone went straight to the nearest medical center.

"This little brother." Entering the medical hall, Dr. Sun first saluted the guy, Zhiwen and Baqian followed him, and Xiao Yingniang sat in the carriage outside the door with three girls, guarded by Xiao Jie and Dingguo, and the sound of chirping sounded from time to time.

"This gentleman is polite." Seeing that he was wearing a Confucian shirt, the man hurriedly returned the salute, "But do you want to see a doctor?" ”

"Little brother misunderstood, I can't study in the next place, and now I am a country doctor, I want to buy some medicinal herbs here, I don't know who to negotiate with?"

"Rude and rude," the man said with his left hand, "please go inside, and I'll go and ask the shopkeeper." ”

"What is your surname, sir?" As soon as Dr. Sun sat down, the shopkeeper followed the guy.

"Your surname is Sun, how do you call the shopkeeper?"

"Xiao Ke's surname is Liu."

"It turned out to be Shopkeeper Liu, this is the nephew under him, bring them to meet the market, don't blame Shopkeeper Liu." Zhiwen and Baqian were still too young to sit down, and they both stood behind Dr. Sun.

"Where, where." Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile.

After some greetings, Dr. Sun explained his intentions, and then went through pen and ink to list the required medicinal materials one by one.

In just a moment, a few guys sent the medicinal herbs into the inner room and asked Dr. Sun to take a look.

Zhiwen saw that there was no manganese, and when he was about to remind him, Dr. Sun spoke, "Oh, by the way, Shopkeeper Liu, I still need some manganese, but I forgot to write it." ”

"It's just a trivial matter, I don't know how much Doctor Sun wants?"

"Well, it's a bit much, I wonder how much your store can provide?"

"Oh, this manganese is cold and laxative, I don't know what Dr. Sun wants so much?"

"I'm ashamed to say that in the villages and towns where I live, there are many sheep households, and in addition to treating people, uh..., I also treat many livestock." Speaking of this, Dr. Sun's face was quite ashamed.

Zhiwen watched it from the side and was amazed, Dr. Sun bought more manganese in order to justifiably buy more manganese, and he also worked hard, this acting skill is very good.

"I don't know why in the past two days, most of the sheep have been really hot and stagnant, I think about it, this miscanthus is the most symptomatic, so..."

"Where, where, Dr. Sun's doctor is benevolent." Shopkeeper Liu didn't care, these years in the countryside, just to see people, how to eat enough.

"I think Dr. Sun also heard about the fame of our Jiezhou manganese, so he came here to buy it." Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes." Dr. Sun replied casually, Jiezhou? Isn't this Puzhou?

"In this case, I still have more than 100 catties of manganese here, and I will sell them to you. Do you think it's good, Dr. Sun? ”

"Thank you very much."

"Shopkeeper Liu, isn't there a salt lake in Puzhou? Why didn't I see it? But Zhiwen pretended to interject innocently, he got up early in the morning, and before he had eaten, he climbed to the top of the mountain and looked around, where was there a lake.

Shopkeeper Liu smiled when he heard this, stroked his beard, and before he could answer, a guy next to him couldn't help but say: "This little boy, you don't know, there is a salt lake in Jiezhou, and our Puzhou is still dozens of miles away from the salt lake, how can you see it." ”

"Oh, I want to hear about it." Dr. Sun didn't know either.

Seeing that Shopkeeper Liu nodded slightly, the guy immediately gave a general introduction to the situation in Jiezhou and Salt Lake.

Puzhou, Jiezhou are very close to each other, but the salt lake is close to Jiezhou, this area is called "Yanyi" in the Spring and Autumn Period, called "Yanshi" during the Warring States Period, the Han Dynasty changed its name to "Si Yancheng", "Yanjian City", because most of the previous dynasties were under the rule of Hedong County or Hedong Road, also called Hedong, it is Guan Yu's hometown.

At the end of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, next to the state to govern the state, the salt lake was extended to build the city, first called "Phoenix City", and then because the Hedong was stationed here, in addition to the household registration to the state capital, other affairs should be managed by the transfer salt envoy department, so it is also called "Yuncheng", because of the salt transport and set up the city, the Ming Dynasty is the only one.

"So, even if you go to the state, you can't see the lake, it's all fenced off." The guy finally said.

"Then how can the salt lake still produce salt?" Yachi also asked, and he was genuinely puzzled by this.

"Hehe, that's God's reward for us to eat." Shopkeeper Liu smiled, and then praised, "However, if it weren't for the Zhou family a few decades ago, we Hedong people wouldn't know that the salt lake could still produce manganese." ”

"Shopkeeper Liu, we buy a lot of mangs, if we buy it in Yuncheng, will it be cheaper?" Eight thousand wanted to buy enough manganese at one time, but he couldn't help but ask.

Doctor Sun glared at Baqian fiercely, "Shopkeeper Liu, the dog is young and ignorant, and he still looks at Haihan." "How can anyone say in front of others that they want to find another place to buy it?

Shopkeeper Liu smiled generously, "It's okay, to tell you the truth, this large amount of manganese has basically been ordered, and you, as a foreigner, can't buy it if you go rashly." ”

After coming out of the shopkeeper Liu, everyone went to two more medical centers and a pharmacy, all of which bought all the manganese salts of other people's houses under the pretext of treating cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock, of course, other medicinal materials were not bought, and they were not used so much.

In the end, he bought a total of more than 200 catties of miscanthus salt, and Zhiwen secretly summed it up with 8,000, how could he handle two or three thousand catties of wool, so he gave up for the time being.

It was noon, everyone was hungry, and Xiaoying was even more clamoring to eat something delicious, but when Zhiwen led everyone to a big restaurant, she was a little cowardly and didn't dare to enter.

"Xiaozhi, why don't we find a small shop and eat some casually." Xiao Yingniang proposed.

Others, including Dr. Sun, also echoed him, and everyone was poor and scared, and they valued money and food very seriously.

"Then where is it, I finally entered the city, just open my belly and eat, rest assured, money is not a problem. Let's go, Xiaoying, go in and eat. Zhiwen tempted Xiaoying, so many silver taels were blackened, and I don't know if I can use them anymore.

In the end, everyone couldn't resist Zhiwen and followed in.

"Boss, pay the bill." When he was almost finished, Zhiwen habitually shouted.

The shopkeeper walked up to him, "This little boy, are you going to settle the bill?" ”

Zhiwen suddenly, this is the Ming Dynasty, what to buy, "Yes, check out." By the way, what is this staple food we eat called? ”

"Northern Mutton Hubu." The shopkeeper answered patiently.

"Make us another twenty servings, hit..."Zhi Wenshengsheng swallowed back the word "bag", "Put it in a food box, we will take it away." ”

"Okay."

Puzhou because of its proximity to the salt lake, the taste of the dishes is salty, and it belongs to the west of Jinxi, and loves sour, Zhiwen doesn't like it too much, but he has eaten all kinds of wild vegetables and grains for more than half a year, and only occasionally eats back the carp and beats the tooth sacrifice.

In particular, this Beixiang mutton Hubu, the cooked white flour pancake is cut into shreds, boiled with fresh mutton soup, and then mixed with sesame oil, green onion, Sichuan pepper, Jinxi old vinegar and other seasonings, the mutton fresh and tender soup is mellow, and the dough cake is chewy, which is indeed delicious.

It's better to be happy alone than to be happy, Zhiwen couldn't help but think of asking the store to make a few more copies and bring them back for everyone to taste.