I didn't say anything all night in Weizhou, and I still need to continue to rush today.

Yesterday, Guo Laosan, the whip of the car, told Liu Xu that from Weizhou to Dengzhou, their Xu family car and horse shop had two routes, let Liu Xu choose one route, and the car dealer arranged for Liu Xu and them to take the big car. One is to go east through Jiaoshui County and Laiyang County, and then turn north through Yangtuan Town to reach Dengzhou; One is to the northeast, through Changyi County, Laizhou, Huang County to Dengzhou.

Liu Xu chose this route to the northeast through Laizhou to Dengzhou.

As a native of Shandong, Liu Xu naturally knew that Laizhou in later generations was also an important seafood base, famous for its specialty pike crabs. Liu Xu's tolerance was originally entrained in private work, so he wanted to go over to inspect the seafood products in Laizhou during the Great Song Dynasty.

The big car that went to Dengzhou through Laizhou was still whipped by Guo Laosan and one of his apprentices.

When Liu Xu walked into the carriage, he saw two familiar shadows, and it turned out that the two girls from Qingzhou also chose this route to Dengzhou. Liu Xu smiled and said hello to the two beautiful girls, and sat down inside.

The two girls originally made it to the innermost left side, but Liu Xu came in and sat down on the innermost right side, just opposite the two girls. The older girl in the emerald round robe glanced up at Liu Xu, and when she saw Liu Xu looking at her, she couldn't help blushing, and quickly lowered her head shyly. When Liu Xu lowered her head, she found that the girl even had a little red of shame on her neck. The space in the carriage was small, Liu Xu and the girl were not far away, and when they smelled the girl, there was a faint fragrance, which was refreshing.

Most of the girls Liu Xu has seen in the Celestial Dynasty in the later generations are outgoing and open-minded, and some fierce girls don't blush even when they talk to men about meat jokes. Among the girls who came into contact with Da Song, Xu Jin'er was a big grinning thick line, Yun Zhu was down-to-earth and generous, and sometimes a little playful and wise, Liu Xu had never seen such a blushing and shy girl. I have to say that a gentle and shy beautiful girl is really another inexplicable attraction to Liu Xu. However, although Liu Xu is thick-skinned, he really doesn't know how to talk to such a shy girl.

Liu Xu and the three of them had just sat down for a while, and two more people came in the car, looking like people from the rivers and lakes, with a fierce face. The two of them came in and sat down next to the two girls, of course, there was a distance of more than one person, and after the two of them sat down, they nodded to Liu Xu and the three of them, and did not speak.

Just as Liu Xu and the others were about to set off, Liu Xu heard a voice and said, "Whip in charge, this car is going to Laizhou?" ”

"Exactly!"

"That's right, I'm going to Laizhou, and I've already paid for the car in front."

Before the voice fell, two people flashed into the carriage, and the one in front was a very young and handsome boy, dressed in an azure satin scholarly robe, shaking a folding fan in his hand, fanning and fanning, a little self-conscious. Behind the boy brother was a middle-aged man in Tsing Yi, who was very stout and seemed to be the servant of this boy brother.

After the boy got into the seat, he waved at everyone in the car and said with a smile: "Hello everyone, it's a great honor to be able to make a big car with you today." ”

Everyone was also busy returning the salute.

After everyone sat down, Guo Laosan drove off.

The boy was not very old, but he was very funny and talkative, and he was a little familiar with him, and he talked a lot, so he first chatted with the two men who looked like people from the rivers and lakes who were sitting opposite him.

Liu Xu listened to their chatting next to him, and learned that the two men, one Xingren and the other surnamed Gu, claimed to be a visitor, and this time they were going to Dengzhou, and they were going to Liaodong to dig ginseng and collect ginseng.

Changbai Mountain in eastern Liaodong produces ginseng, mink, and deer antlers, all of which are precious things, and the local Jurchens live in poverty, and the Song people use to do business, and they only need very low prices and very few things to exchange. Ginseng, mink, and deer antler velvet are all good things in Changbai Mountain, but although the Jurchens living here have so many good things, the Jurchens in this year are still poor to death, and they can't even get the tribute that the Khitan people have to pay for the Jurchens. The reason is that although they have a lot of good things, no one buys them, and they have no value in the eyes of those nomads. Therefore, in the past, Han Chinese merchants could buy it at a very low price. Of course, most of the time the Jurchens don't collect money, they only collect things, because even if they have money, they basically have nowhere to spend it. In Changbai Mountain, a bag of tea can be exchanged for five deer antlers, and a silk can be exchanged for ten century-old ginseng. And as long as these things are shipped back to Da Song, the price will immediately increase dozens of times. Therefore, there were many Han merchants in the Great Song Dynasty who went to Liaodong to pan for gold.

Nowadays, the relationship between the Khitan and the Great Song Dynasty is tense, the border control is very strict, and it is very strict to smuggle people by land, and even if they can sneak across the border, it is basically impossible for a Han Chinese to cross from the Khitan hinterland to Liaodong. And it is much more convenient to cross the sea from Dengzhou to Liaodong directly, the land of Liaodong is mostly Jurchen, the Khitan rule is weak, and it is much easier for the Han people to go to Changbai Mountain to dig ginseng and collect ginseng, and they only need to fight some good Jurchens. Therefore, most of the merchants who go to Liaodong now go to Dengzhou, find snakeheads who specialize in transporting people and smuggle people, and cross the sea to Liaodong.

In the Great Song Dynasty, smuggling from Dengzhou to Liaodong is a secret that many people know. As long as you don't transport the strategic materials prohibited by the imperial court to Liaodong, the imperial court will generally turn a blind eye and close one eye. With silk, tea and other things, in exchange for some fur, animal tendons, ginseng, etc., the Great Song Dynasty was happy to see it. Fur can be used to make leather armor, and animal tendons can be used to make bows and arrows, which are important strategic materials for the Great Song Dynasty.

Of course, Liu Xu didn't know about this, Liu Xu also learned about it from Cui Ye, and Cui Ye learned about it from the intelligence he collected from his Dengzhou Cui family's business. These two men claimed to be visitors, thinking that they were mainly going to pour ginseng on Changbai.

The boy was very curious, and he would ask the two visitors various questions, and ask them about the adventures in Liaodong. The boy was easy-going and polite, and the two visitors didn't feel bored and answered one by one. Of course, they don't say how they went from Dengzhou to Liaodong.

Liu Xu's heart suddenly moved: They won't find pirates to help them smuggle out, right?! Maybe I should talk to them more, maybe I can learn something about pirates from them.

When Liu Xu was secretly thinking about it, the boy brother had chatted with the two visitors, so he turned his head to say hello to Liu Xu.

"In Lu Yijian, Xiashou Prefecture, don't you dare to ask Brother Taigao's surname?" The young man obviously saw that among the three Liu Xu, Liu Xu was the master, and Xi Huaren and Lu Feng were his followers.

"Brother Lu is polite, Liu Yunkai in Xiaqingzhou!" Liu Xu went to Dengzhou for an unannounced visit this time, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient to use his real name, how can he also be the first talent in Qingzhou, his reputation is still there, in case it is not beautiful if people recognize it, so he used his name as his name.

"Ah, it turns out that Brother Liu is from Qingzhou, and the younger brother just traveled to Qingzhou a few days ago. Now Qingzhou can be really romantic, Qingzhou's first genius Liu Xu did the "Water Tune Song Head", "Ding Fengbo", "Man Jianghong", "Qingyu Case" and other words, it is really the first classic, but it is a pity that the younger brother did not have the opportunity to see the true face of such a talent, I don't know if Brother Liu knows this Liu Xu Liu Dacai? There are also stir-fried dishes in Qingzhou Tianxia Xian Restaurant and soju in Yunmen Restaurant, which are really wonderful, and it is said that this is also invented by Liu Xu, the first genius in Qingzhou. ”

Liu Xu was really happy when he heard the son-in-law named Lu Yijian say this, it is always good to be praised in person, although the other party doesn't know that he is Liu Xu.

At that moment, Liu Xuqiang held back a smile and arched his hand: "I am just a businessman, although I live in Qingzhou, I have heard the name of Liu Dacai for a long time, but I really have no chance to see it!" ”

Xi Huaren and Lu Feng listened to Liu Xu's words, looked at each other and smiled.

Lu Yijian said regretfully: "It's a pity! This Liu Xu must be a master, and he is really a dragon who sees the head but does not see the end. When I was in Qingzhou, I inquired, and it seems that among the literati in Qingzhou, there are not many people who know him. Brother Liu is in business, and I don't think I know him! ”

Liu Xu nodded yes.

Then Lu Yijian suddenly paused, as if he had suddenly thought of something, stared at Liu Xu for a moment, and said with a smile: "Brother Liu is really a businessman?" I think Brother Liu has an extraordinary bearing and elegant conversation, but he is very much like a scholar, not like a businessman. ”

Liu Xu said with a smile: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I really don't know anything about reading, and I'm really a fake businessman." ”

Lu Yijian couldn't help but feel a little regretful, and then asked out loud: "Then where is Liu Xu going this time, and what kind of goods are you going to buy?" "I have to say that this Lu Gongzi is very curious and talks a lot.

Liu Xu replied: "I only planned to go to Dengzhou to buy some seafood, and I heard that the pike crabs in Ye County (Fuguo County in Laizhou) are also very famous, so I stopped by to take a look." ”

Lu Yijian said with a smile: "Brother Liu's purchase of seafood is not often done, the crabs are not fat until autumn, and now the crabs have not grown up in spring, so there is nothing to eat!" ”

Eh, Liu Xu patted his head, yes, the crab roe is not fat until autumn, how did he forget this stubble. But on second thought, I didn't plan to buy crab roe anyway, but it didn't have a big impact. As for choosing this road or the road through Jiaoshui County and Laiyang County, it makes no difference to yourself.

At that moment, Liu Xu said embarrassedly: "Don't hide it, this is the first time I have come out to purchase seafood." The Tianxia Xian Restaurant in Qingzhou, which Brother Lu mentioned just now, is said to be making seafood dishes, and its shopkeeper entrusted my firm to purchase seafood for them. My father sent him to Dengzhou to experience it, and this was the first time he went out of the country, and he hoped that Brother Lu would give him more guidance! Liu Xu made up a string of lies, and it is undeniable that Liu Xu's brain still reacts quickly when he lies.

Lu Yijian said with a smile: "Brother Liu, don't call him junior brother Lu, the younger brother is sixteen this year, and he should be younger than Brother Liu." Brother Liu can call the little brother Saburo, or just call the little brother Tanfu! The younger brother came out to study in all directions this time, and it was also the first time to go out. My family's ancestral home is Laizhou, and my younger brother went to Laizhou to pay homage to his ancestors this time. Brother Liu wants to find someone to give advice, he should find more guidance from these two big brothers who run the rivers and lakes! Saying that, Lu Yijian pointed and sat opposite the two visitors.

Liu Xu saluted the two visitors and said: "The two eldest brothers have been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and they are seniors, and they hope to give more advice." ”

"Well said, well said!"

The two visitors saw that Liu Xu was polite and Lu Yijian was funny and easy-going, but they were not disgusted by the two of them.

Liu Xu asked: "The two eldest brothers are above, and the younger brother heard that the abalone, prawns, sea cucumbers, and scallops produced on Salmon Island in Dengzhou are all famous, and the younger brother wants to buy some." But the younger brother heard that piracy was rampant in the waters of Dengzhou, and even invaded the state city a while ago, I wonder if it is appropriate for the younger brother to go to Dengzhou Changshan Island now? ”

The two girls were silently listening to everyone's chatter in the corner of the carriage, and when they heard Liu Xu mention the matter of pirates, their eyes were obviously shocked, but everyone didn't notice it.

The two visitors glanced at each other, and one of them, the man surnamed Gu, said to Liu Xu: "I don't know much about pirates, brother!" However, if piracy is really rampant, and Brother Liu wants to go to Changshan Island to buy seafood, he should really think twice. ”

"Brother Gu and the two of you crossed the sea to Liaodong, you should also pay attention to safety!" Liu Xu continued: "I don't know who the two eldest brothers are looking for to send the two to cross the sea?" ”

"This, uh, hehe, it's hard to say, Brother Liu still don't ask more!" Obviously, the Gu surname was reluctant to disclose this matter.

Liu Xu saw that people didn't say anything about how to cross the sea, and he didn't want to ask too much.

Before noon, Liu Xu and the big car they took arrived at the branch of Xu's carriage and horse shop in Changyi County. This time, Guo Laosan didn't leave too much time for everyone to eat, and everyone just simply dealt with it and ate a little, and then hurriedly went on the road. Because there is still one hundred and thirty or forty miles to catch up with the next branch of Xu's car and horse company, the Laizhou branch, which is almost a day's drive yesterday, and to enter the city before the Laizhou city gate is closed, it is necessary to speed up the road.

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