(Today's second chapter is delivered, ask for recommendations.) Well, there's a good recommendation next week (stealing joy), hehe, so, on the basis of three more every day, it will be added from time to time. When the time comes, please give me a lot of help! ）

Zhang Geng's father is already forty-five, in the Ming Dynasty, a dynasty where you can call yourself an old man after the age of forty, this age is no longer suitable for running around, so the old man let Zhang Geng come out alone for the first time to lead the caravan.

For Zhang Geng, who is only twenty-three years old, this is not a difficult task, he has been running this line with his father since he was ten years old, and it can be said that he can walk down with his eyes closed. What's more, the old man's business over the years has not only earned money, but also played a brand, paved the way, and has a very wide network in the capital.

Zhang Geng led the team to the capital a month ago, and the 35 carts of the Zhang family caravan had just entered Zhengyangmen, and they were robbed by the bosses of various cloth villages who heard the news. In just this trip, I earned a full 10,000 taels of silver! In the past month, Zhang Geng bought some local goods from the north, which could be sold at a good price in Shandong, and then enjoyed the prosperity of the capital again, and then embarked on the road back to his hometown.

At the end of the hour, he went out of Zhengyangmen, and after half an hour he could get to Liu Town, the official road, and Zhang Geng didn't plan to stop there, all the way to the evening, and then stop in Gu'an to have a good rest.

Thirty-five carts, lined up in a long line, stretching for hundreds of meters, kicked up puffs of smoke and dust on the loess road.

Zhang Geng leaned on the cushion of the carriage, holding a notebook in his hand, and was watching it with relish.

In the remote small county town of Leling County, the book is a rarity, Zhang Geng also only learned about this thing after arriving in Beijing, from the age of thirteen when he first bought a copy of "The History of Emperor Yang of Sui" and then hid in the bed without his father to secretly read it, Zhang Geng became obsessed with this thing. He thinks this book is good, it's much more interesting than listening to book reviews and dramas! So every time I come to the capital, I must be swept away by the more fashionable words in recent months.

No, there was a stack of notebooks on the small table of the carriage, all of which he had purchased this time.

"Tsk, that's great!" Zhang Geng was fascinated, slapped his thigh, and praised loudly.

The book he is reading now is called "The Legend of the White Snake of Liao Zhai Zhi Wei", which was recently made by Lian Zining Lian Xianggong, a famous celebrity who has recently become famous in Beijing. Zhang Geng had never seen Lian Zining, but in his mind, Lian Xianggong must be such a pedantic celestial and a fairy-like character, if he wasn't an immortal, could he write such a good "Ying Ning" and "The Legend of the White Snake"? Can you make a song that makes people fascinated by 'life is only as it first sees'?

Although Zhang Geng did not pass the examination, he was also a scholar, and when he heard this sentence, if life was as he first saw, he was suddenly struck by lightning, and he almost cried.

This time, Ying Ning and the Legend of the White Snake, he bought five copies of each in Ji Yaxuan, not only to read it himself, but also to share it with his younger brothers and sisters.

Tsk, the best grain and grass, don't dare to enjoy it alone!

Zhang Gengzheng saw that Xiaoqing girl disguised as a man and came out to tease the white lady, but was subdued by the white lady.

Suddenly, the body shook, and the carriage stopped.

Zhang Geng poked his head out of the car window and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Young owner, the road ahead is blocked." The coachman looked back.

"Blocked? It shouldn't be! Zhang Geng frowned, this road has always been very smooth, although there is a large flow of people, but there has never been a time to block the road. Could it be that the road ahead is broken? Or are Diao people blocking the road and setting up cards?

Zhang Geng thought about it in his heart, got out of the carriage and looked at it, and was immediately taken aback.

I saw that on the loess road, there was already a long queue, this is a long line composed of countless carriages, carts, and merchants, and the place where I stopped spread to the end of the sight, and I couldn't see the head at a glance! I don't know how long the queue is.

"What? Any idea what's going on? This road has always been very smooth, how can it be blocked? Zhang Geng asked with a straight face.

This young owner has always been very strict in front of people, and everyone is convinced, and the coachman shrunk his neck: "The villain doesn't know, but Steward Wang has already come forward to inquire, and he can come back in a while." ”

Zhang Geng nodded and stopped talking.

After about a cup of tea, the steward of the king, who had gone to ask questions, returned, he was in his forties, but he looked to be in his fifties, with a swarthy face and a slight rickety of medium stature. This is an old man who has been trading with Zhang Geng's father for decades, and Zhang Geng also has great respect for him, and said, "Uncle Wang, how is the front?" ”

Steward Wang smiled bitterly: "At the intersection of the three miles ahead, there are soldiers who are setting up money customs to collect taxes, young master, in my opinion, we all want to leave today, the team has lined up for three miles, and I am afraid that we will not be able to pass at all if there are not four or five hours." ”

"Money?" Zhang Geng was stunned for a moment, and said, "I don't remember that there is money here, and we didn't have it last time, right?" Uncle Wang, can you ask clearly? Isn't it the soldiers in the town who set up their own checkpoints? ”

"Impossible! I can see it clearly. Uncle Wang rubbed his hands: "I asked, the soldiers of the flag bearer Weichen Zi Station stationed in the town set up the banknote gate, and the leader is a general flag." Those soldiers were all dressed in full armor and had excellent weapons in their hands, and at first glance they were soldiers who could fight, and it was absolutely impossible for them to be pretended by others. Moreover, the document issued by the cabinet is hanging next to it, and the authenticity can be known at a glance. It seems that this is the imperial court coveted the many merchants and travelers on this road, so the newly established banknote customs. ”

"I've only heard of the establishment of banknotes on the river before, but I haven't heard of it on land, hehe, it's a bit interesting." When Zhang Geng heard this, he was not in a hurry, so he said: "There are countless idle people left and right, Uncle Wang, let's go and have a look!" ”

When Zhang Geng, Steward Wang and a few others rushed to the banknote customs, there was a commotion here.

The banknote gate is located between two hills, the hills are not high, only twenty or thirty meters, but in the north, which is a vast wilderness, it can already be regarded as a commanding height. There were about fifty meters between the two hills, and in the middle was a wide loess road, and at this time a high wall made of blue bricks, about a foot high, had been tightly blocked between the two hills, and a female wall was built with a wooden fence, and soldiers wearing three layers of cotton armor and holding spears were patrolling on the wall.

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