Yizhen County is adjacent to the north bank of the Yangtze River, with a developed water system, and is an important city connecting the north and south of the Yangtze River. At the same time, it is also another important town in Jiangbei in addition to Tongzhou City, and Tongzhou City is a horn to ensure that Daming has a place in Jiangbei.

Unlike the dilapidated and depressed Yangzhou City, Yizhen County is unusually lively and prosperous, with an endless stream of caravans passing through the city gate, or going south or north, and the soldiers at the city gate do not mean to stop it.

This wonderful phenomenon made Fan Jinyan, who originally admired the towering city walls of Yizhen County, very puzzled, "What is the situation with this Nima?" Aren't the two countries at war? How can a merchant be free to shuttle through the battle array? ”

Seeing that he finally had the opportunity to show off in front of this hillbilly, he naturally wouldn't let it go easily, so he said proudly: "You don't know this, although Li Zicheng occupies a large area of land in Jiangbei, Jiangbei has been plagued by famine in the past few decades, and there have been many gangsters. On the contrary, Jiangnan has had bumper harvests year after year, and the country and the people are safe. In order to alleviate the internal pressure, he put pressure on the Ming Dynasty, if the Ming Dynasty did not sell the grain to Jiangbei, he would cooperate with the Tartars, and tens of millions of people across the country would force the Yangtze River to cross. Therefore, Yizhen has become a treaty port between the two countries, and no matter how hard they fight, no army will stop these caravans. ”

Fan Jinyan suddenly felt a little funny, Da Ming compromised?

He didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen, including all the courtiers of the entire Ming Dynasty, thought Li Zicheng was ridiculous, and actually used this tattered excuse to blackmail them. But what they never expected was that Li Zicheng, who was born in a rogue, actually did what he said, and really led troops to drive millions of people to the north bank of the Yangtze River a year ago.

When he saw the scene of countless people vigorously building bamboo rafts, Da Ming didn't say a word, and immediately agreed to Li Zicheng's request.

Perhaps, Li Zicheng was also afraid that the Ming Dynasty would burn all the jade, so he only asked for the opening of the port of Yizhen as a trade zone between the two countries.

Fan Jinyan was very puzzled by this, "Didn't Daming know that he had compromised so much by pulling grain to the river and burning it in front of Li Zicheng's army in Jiangbei?" ”

Fake Xiucai shook his head disdainfully, and then sighed again, "You don't know, the reason why Da Ming compromised is because of the relationship between the Tartars. Da Ming also needed Li Zicheng to help him block the Tartars' attack in front of him, in exchange for time to cultivate. ”

I have to say that this policy is very advantageous to the current Ming Dynasty, which can not only cultivate and earn money, but also earn money in Jiangbei, and do not need to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to relieve disasters. Although, the guard dog is also a jackal that may bite its owner at any time.

As for why Daming and Dashun went to rob Yangzhou City, Fan Jinyan doesn't know, maybe it's just to build an extra line of defense for Nanjing City! ――

The three of them only paid three cents of silver to enter the city and were released into the city, which made Fan Jinyan very worried about Daming's ability to prevent Jiangbei spies.

As soon as the fake Xiucai entered the city, he took the two of them into a restaurant called Heyunlou in the city, and without waiting to sit down, he shouted at Xiao Er to put good wine and food on a big table, and kept beckoning the two of them to eat quickly, which looked like a righteous and heroic Song Gongming.

Fan Jinyan and Huang Yaozu rarely have a good meal, so they will be polite and frantically sweep away the delicious food on the plate.

The appearance of the two will inevitably arouse the contempt of others, but this does not hinder the speed of the two of them.

After a full meal of wine and food, Fake Xiucai wiped his oily mouth twice with his hand, tilted his head and shouted, "Little Er, settle the bill." ”

The shopkeeper came in response, glanced at the table casually, and said with a smile: "A few guest officers, a total of five taels or three dollars, you can give five taels." ”

"Five taels?" Huang Yaozu is a reckless man, as soon as he heard the price of the dishes quoted by the shopkeeper, he 'snapped', pressed his hand on the table, and said angrily: "Fart, you black shop, Lao Tzu can't spend this money on visiting the kiln, is it a foreigner to bully Lao Tzu?" ”

The shopkeeper was not only not bluffed, but looked at Huang Yaozu with a playful face, "If you don't have money, you dare to go to Heyun Tower to eat, and you don't inquire, is this a place where you, a poor ghost, can go wild?" ”

Fake Xiucai obviously knew the backstage of Heyun Tower, pulled Huang Yaozu's sleeve, and said with some shame: "Don't be ashamed, this meal is a treat for the fourth child anyway, and you don't need to come out, you are in a hurry." ”

"What?" Fan Jinyan thought that the fake show was sexually changed, and he actually invited them to a big dinner, how could it be his own treat in a blink of an eye, "Why do I give money, aren't you a treat?" ”

Fake Xiucai pointed to his nose and said angrily: "I'll give? Your kid only won a few hundred taels the day before yesterday, so you can't treat us to a good meal. ”

As soon as the words fell, the shopkeeper hugged his shoulders impatiently and said: "I'll say a few, whether you have money or not, this place is not a place for you to eat white food, hurry up and pay for it." ”

Fan Jinyan didn't want to pay this money, but when he heard the words of the shopkeeper and saw the disdainful eyes of the diners around him, he suddenly became angry, took out a handful of broken silver from his arms and slapped it on the table, and said angrily: "Why do you say who eats white food, is Lao Tzu like a person with no money?" ”

As soon as he looked at the silver on the table, the shopkeeper's face changed, and he hurriedly resumed his nodding appearance, "It's all small and clumsy, it annoys the master, you should be a little fart, let it go!" ”

After saying that, he slapped himself twice.

Fan Jinyan is not an eventful person, and he did not embarrass the shopkeeper, and after paying the bill, he pulled Huang Yaozu, who was still looking for trouble, and left Heyun Tower.

"Where are we going to get news?"

After coming out, Fan Jinyan didn't have the heart to ask what the backstage of Heyun Tower was, but he just glanced at the fake Xiucai with his eyes rolling around.

Fake Xiucai didn't care about Fan Jinyan's face at all, with an expression of waiting for your words, he grabbed his shoulder, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Of course it's going to the kiln...... I'm here for news. ”

Huang Yaozu is also a veteran in the field, he only heard one word, he knew the meaning of fake Xiucai, and he also put his arm around Fan Jinyan's shoulder from the other side, "That's right, that's right, let's hurry up and inquire about the news!" The brothers on the mountain are still waiting. ”

Fan Jinyan frowned, raised his eyebrows and glanced at the two people with strange expressions, and suddenly understood, shook his shoulders, shook off the hands of the two, and said with disdain: "If you want to go to the kiln, just say it, do you use it around the bush?" ”

"Hey, hey." Huang Yaozu's face turned red, and he scratched his hair embarrassedly, "Fourth, this, you also know that your brother has been holding back for a long time, so you ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a fake show, "Fart, only you whore can think about that dirty thing, I ...... it"

Before he finished speaking, he was also interrupted impatiently by Fan Jinyan, "Since the two elder brothers have this Yaxing, the younger brother doesn't want to be bad or good, so today's expenses, the younger brother has all the expenses." ”

After speaking, one left and one right hugged the shoulders of the two, and walked to the Chunxiang Building located by the river with his head held high.

Huang Yaozu's face was flushed with excitement along the way, as if he had become a good thing with Sister Yao. The fake show is just the opposite, muttering vigorously insults Sven and insults Sven, but the speed under his feet is getting faster and faster.

Chunmanlou is the only brothel in Yizhen County, located next to the lively wharf by the Yangtze River, the business is not generally good, the benefactors are either the soldiers withdrawn from the front line, or the peddlers and pawns in the city. It seems that they are taking the route of small profits and quick turnover, and I don't know if those girls can stand it for a day.

The three of them were dressed in green shirts except for the fake show, and Fan Jinyan and Huang Yaozu were dressed like the workers on the dock. As soon as I entered the door, I saw a ghost-like bucket-waisted aunt twisting her fat buttocks and walking towards the fake Xiucai, obviously treating him as a down-and-out scholar who came to find spring. Also, people with a little bit of identity probably can't pull their faces to eat flower bars with the peddlers' pawns.

"Ouch." The fat old bustard squeezed out an ugly signature smile, hugged the fake Xiucai's hand with both hands, and the two huge meat balls were squeezed out of shape, only to see her fat face only an inch away from the fake show before stopping, as soon as she spoke, the cheap gouache on her face fell down like white face, "Does the prince have a good girl?" Do you want to introduce the two girls to the master as a concubine, and keep the comfortable ones that the master serves. ”

As for Fan Jinyan and Huang Yaozu, they were directly ignored by the fat bustard, and obviously regarded the two as followers of fake Xiucai.

The fake show is not a good thing at first glance, and with a 'snap', he pressed his hand on the bustard's plump buttocks, pinched it unscrupulously, and said with a yindang smile: "You don't need to find someone else, you have an appetite for this son." ”

The fat old bustard was stunned for a moment, and then gently patted the fake Xiucai's chest with shame and anger, "The prince will go first, and the concubine will arrive later." ”

The fake show didn't know that he was going, and he was almost carried out.