From Jiangling north to Dangcheng, and then from Yantou Village to Bazhou, the previous section of the road is Tongqu Avenue, which is naturally quite smooth and fast, and the little fat man who sat back in the carriage has been accustomed to the kind of bumps that were simply upside down at first, but no longer likes to ride horses and walk around, after all, so he can follow Xiao Jingxian to learn something on the carriage to distract himself.

It's just that most of the time when he comes up to the carriage to accompany him is Qingfengnian, but this one's taciturn makes him very unaccustomed, and because the carriage and the horse are all "special" for the Xuanlong Division, most of the time Yue Qianqiu and Qingfengnian are part-time drivers.

As a scout, the little monkey often needs to run forward and backward to find out the news and routes, and Zhou Jiyue has to stay outside to deal with all kinds of emergencies that may occur at any time, so his nephew can only stay with Xiao Jingxian, the young owner.

Of course, the little fat man himself told himself that it didn't matter what he had suffered after dressing up before, and he would not hold a grudge because of it. But now that he has figured it out, even if he hadn't asked Yue Qianqiu to hurry up before, Yan Xu would have done it, he was tricked by his cousin and Yue Qianqiu, and the consequences would be very serious.

Even if he can't care about being tricked by his father, Yue Qianqiu must at least give him an explanation on behalf of Yan Xu!

Although the little fat man is awkward, he tries not to open his mouth without talking to Yue Qianqiu, but Yue Qianqiu seems to be fine, and when he travels, he and Zhou Jiyue's little monkey deal with the situation outside, and when he stays, he sleeps by himself, and over time he is like a punch on cotton, extremely aggrieved and annoyed.

However, Yue Qianqiu often went to the side of the carriage to find Xiao Jingxian, who was in the same car with the little fat man, to talk to him, what Yan Xu was impeached, what was the disorganized and assigned team of people and horses were stopped by some local officials and stopped to provide food and lodging, what Liu Fangyuan and Dai Zhanning and others who were on the road in casual clothes were recognized, and some people were looking for him in it, and what Yue Da was surrounded by some scholars from some academies......

The little fat man had to endure it at first so that he didn't interject, lest Yue Qianqiu think that he had no temper and was easy to bully, just a decorative prince, and he didn't want to praise Yan Xu for playing him like this on behalf of his father, and it was right for them to hand him over to Yue Qianqiu and they acted alone. But as he heard more and more about all kinds of news, his stubbornness became a habit, rather than really having any knots.

It's not that he has really experienced a normal heart that is not shocked, it is purely because of ...... He was numb. After discovering that the crown prince was a puppet of a god used for flattery to too many officials, he now only hoped that Yue Qianqiu would give him a decent step down from power.

He has experienced how hard it is for pedestrians to hurry; How many injustices in the world there are, he has witnessed it with his own eyes; No matter how good the scenery is, no matter how real the world is, you will feel bored if you see too much; Even he once had the idea that he might as well stay in the palace out of sight, but in the end, he quickly forcibly reversed the anxiety caused by hardship.

However, when he turned onto the small road from Yantou Village to Bazhou, the little fat man realized that whether he was riding a horse or riding a car, the scenery and customs he saw were all horses. There was no rough road on this journey, and there was no provocation from people who did not have long eyes, but he was more suspicious than when he was tricked before, and he was even a little annoyed.

For he found more traders on the avenues than before, and even individual traders who walked on their backs, or rode on donkeys or mules. This is a marching road, which used to be used to deliver military rations and various materials to Bazhou, but now at first glance, it turns out that it is all business, how can the little fat man not be surprised?

And from what he learned in recent days, he only thought of two words. Smuggle.

Yue Qianqiu was not in the car, and the little fat man didn't want to pull down his son to ask for advice, so he simply asked Xiao Jingxian, how could there be so many businessman-looking guys running to Bazhou, but who knew that what he got was a straightforward shake of his head.

"You asked the wrong person, but I've been staying in Jinling City honestly, how can I know about this northern Xinjiang matter?"

Qing Fengnian saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was full of disbelief, but he turned to look at himself, and could only explain in a low voice with a wry smile: "I am basically not familiar with the vicinity of Bazhou, after all, I used to grow up in a small place in the northwest, and I followed the ninth prince through Beiyan in the sky. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't understand what's going on, I think it's better to ask Yue Jiu Gongzi if it's good. ”

went around and around, and the topic turned to Yue Qianqiu again, and the little fat man was suddenly very angry. However, thinking that this stalemate was almost in Bazhou, and he was the crown prince and should be measured, he finally decided to let go of that little personal grudge. He took a deep breath, shifted his seat to the door, and tapped his finger on the door.

The next moment, he heard Yue Qianqiu's voice outside: "What are you doing?" ”

The little fat man endured the unhappiness in his heart, and asked angrily, "Why are there so many businessmen going to Bazhou on the road?" ”

"Huh." Yue Qianqiu, who was driving the car, laughed, and heard the sound of breathing in the rear of the wall suddenly became heavy, obviously the little fat man was about to explode in the next moment, so he said unhurriedly, "It's very simple, because the border town on the side of Beiyan has never been so dangerous at any moment, and when Beijing is in chaos, it is inevitable that countless people will be ambitious, want to accumulate strength, and win the country." ”

He paused, leaving the little fat man a little more time to think, and then continued: "Do you believe it or not, His Royal Highness the Prince's itinerary for the labor army was definitely leaked out at the beginning, and at this time, General Liu's desk in Bazhou was definitely piled up with a lot of official and private letters from Beiyan, and then he was holding real money and silver in the hope of expanding the scale of the field and hoarding materials. ”

Yue Qianqiu's voice was not small, not only the little fat man in the carriage could hear it clearly, but also a thin horse pulling a thin horse with extremely heavy luggage, and a businessman who was in a hurry to run a single gang could also hear it clearly, and the person actually leaned over familiarly.

"This little brother is like a mirror! That's right, I heard that several generals in Northern Yan and Southern Xinjiang have already contacted General Liu of Bazhou, after all, the news that His Royal Highness the King of Jin is holding the Holy Decree of the Northern Yan Emperor in his hand has spread widely, and I have heard of several versions of the Holy Decree alone. Tsk, I really didn't expect the news of His Royal Highness the Prince's arrival in the Northern Xinjiang Labor Army to be so fast......"

The little fat man in the car didn't have a good impression of this kind of rapping guy. Especially when a person says a lot of things that he doesn't want to hear at all, but what he wants to hear is just a passing pass. Fortunately, he also understood that this was not the palace, so he could only press his temperament and prick up his ears to listen to Yue Qianqiu and the people.

"You said very much, the news of the imperial court came very suddenly, and the young owner of my family only got the news on the road, and then hurried to the northern Xinjiang, just hoping to catch up with this feast, but I didn't expect it to be now...... Hey, look at so many people on the road, this is planning to send the whole family to Beiyan? General Liu of Bazhou really saw that a lot of materials were flowing to Beiyan? ”

Hearing Yue Qianqiu's lie in the first half, and finding that the second half was an inquiry, the little fat man finally lost the annoyance just now, and instead waited intently for the answer of the rapper on the side. But at the same time, he couldn't help muttering, since it was a scramble competition, then the other party would definitely be wary of his own people, and Yue Qianqiu would definitely not be able to ask anything.

But what he didn't expect was that the merchant nodded and said thoughtfully: "This little brother can be regarded as breaking the mystery in one sentence. We, the merchants in the north, of course, don't want to fight, we just want to communicate with Beiyan, so Bazhou Rongchang has always been prosperous. In addition to the horses, Youyan is already stronger than us in the south, so it is said that the special furs, ginseng, and medicinal materials are all first-class value when placed in the south. ”

"And the treasures of tea, silk, porcelain, rice, spices, rhino horn and so on in our south can also be sold at a high price in the field. Tea is because the climate in the north is not suitable, and silk is because the south is more suitable for growing mulberry and silkworms. Not to mention rice, can rice be grown in that place in Beiyan? I heard that those dignitaries and dignitaries all like to eat the rice in our south.

And the ones they can get their hands on are sheep and horses, Beizhu, and there are still people who occasionally bring a few iron knives to the sky, and everyone is just trying to be fresh. I think that they once wanted to ban the sale of horses, but if they didn't sell horses, they didn't know how many good things they had to buy from us every year, so now after the Northern Yan Emperor ascended the throne, he encouraged horse breeding, and set a quota for Northern Yan merchants to sell horses, and he also said that as long as the Northern Yan soldiers are strong and strong, what are they afraid of? Hmph, what about after the big talk? ”

The merchant spat and talked for a while, and then lowered his voice and said: "But the things traded in Bazhou Rongchang this time are different from before, this time people don't want tea and silk so much, rare playthings." There are two main things that are most important, food and cloth. Because there is definitely going to be a war there, and when there is a war, where will the people come from to farm and weave cloth? Besides, in order to control the border town, when Beiyan deployed supplies, it was originally to guard against the border generals. ”

The little fat man was suddenly shocked, and even Qing Fengnian's face changed drastically. And Xiao Jingxian narrowed his eyes slightly, and his fingers unconsciously tapped lightly on the wall of the carriage, as if he was also worried about his homeland because of this news.

Yue Qianqiu found that the breathing sound in the carriage was much lighter all of a sudden, knowing that these words were not small for them, although he had already noticed that there was a problem with this guy who consciously came up to deliver the news, but he still deliberately followed the other party's topic and asked: "I still have the same question just now, does General Bazhou Liu have no opinion on this?" ”

"Of course there is, who is General Liu? The predecessors of the Xuandao Hall were wronged and had to stay in Beiyan for so many years, how could they be willing to be enemies? It's just that no matter how stiff the wind is, it can't stand the general trend. Beiyan is in chaos, and that will be of a lot of benefit to our Dawu. So he caught a few smugglers at the beginning, and then temporarily stopped. It's just that the grain trade has been strictly prohibited, and violators will be beheaded. ”

Yue Qianqiu couldn't help but secretly approve. Northern Xinjiang was not the main grain-producing area of Dawu in the first place, and it had to raise soldiers, so a lot of grain had to rely on the rear. If it is true that the merchants supply grain to Beiyan because of their pursuit of profit, it is really putting the cart before the horse. So, he glanced at the carts and horses carrying the goods, and asked thoughtfully, "What is the most traded now?" ”

"Cloth...... Or rather, cotton. When fighting, it is necessary to use the wounded, to protect against the cold, and to say that the clothes are greatly worn out in the fight, and the clothes taken off the dead can naturally be worn, but who dares to guarantee that they will not lose their lives because of any illness? There is going to be a war, grain is not allowed to be transported, there is no shortage of salt, and we are not allowed to trade copper and iron, so naturally this is the demand for it. ”

"It's a pity that General Liu originally insisted that all the horses should be changed, but he refused to live or die, General Liu was very angry, and claimed to say that General Zhu strictly forbade border trade, so he panicked over there. In the end, a quota was set for changing horses, and the rest, that is, changing ginseng and deer antlers, fur and the like were not needed. Although we have to pay taxes in the field, we will earn less money, but this time the court is serious, and the risk of smuggling is too great......"

Yue Qianqiu naturally knew how low the business tax of the market was in recent years, but he said: "In this case, how much money can the running order gang make?" I think uncle, you are such a thin horse, but you can't fit a few pieces of cloth. ”

"Ahem, it's naturally not cost-effective to transport the cloth so far, but I can't tell you what I'm going to trade."

After talking to people for a while, when Yue Qianqiu saw the little monkey riding on a horse not far away and waving his hand, knowing that there was news, he smiled and said hello to the rapping merchant, and hurried forward with a whip and a carriage.

I have to say that his driving skills are actually very shabby, but the car and the horse that pulls the cart that can be delivered to him through a certain channel are well-trained, and he only needs to spend a little effort, this horse that is more clever than Snow White will take the initiative to move forward, and even flexibly pass through the traffic and people, I don't know how much hard work it took to train people.

Therefore, although there are a lot of carriages and horses on the road, in the eyes of others, the young Yue Qianqiu is actually more skilled than many old handlebar styles, controlling a carriage to pass through the gap between carriages and horses, and finally breaking out of a road to the front. And Zhou Jiyue, who was escorting the car behind, had just been quietly listening to Yue Qianqiu talking to people, and suddenly turned her head to look back.

I saw that the businessman who was talking to Yue Qianqiu just now had become a lone ranger at this time, and he didn't mean to talk to other people around him at all. Obviously, the rap just now is more like giving them information. With such a clear distinction between the two sides, she couldn't help but wonder if the person had some other purpose.

Just as she hesitated to turn her horse's head around, she saw that the lone ranger-like merchant seemed to notice her gaze, glanced at her, smiled a little self-defeatingly, and immediately accosted the merchant next to her. Seeing such a rapid change of face, she couldn't help frowning, but immediately following that big brother Zhou, she immediately woke up and rushed to the front.

The little monkey who joined everyone quickly climbed off the horse, and casually threw the reins to Zhou Jiyue, who rushed over, and then sat down next to Yue Qianqiu, looked around and whispered: "Brother Yue Jiu, I saw dozens of sergeants in front of me who were setting up cards to check merchants. I was afraid of revealing my stuffing, so I asked someone and said it was from Bazhou, so I didn't dare to rush over, so I came back secretly. ”

When the little fat man in the car heard this, his heart immediately sank. Sure enough, he only listened to Xiao Jingxian on the side and said softly: "You can't have the heart to hurt people, you can't have the heart to prevent people, now you are a white dragon fish suit, there is no harm in being a little more vigilant." ”

As soon as these words came out, the little fat man didn't have time to approve or oppose, so he only heard Yue Qianqiu's low voice outside: "Jiyue, you come to catch the car, I'll go ahead and have a look!" ”