In the bustling crowd, there is an endless stream of men, women and children. Aggie drove slowly through the crowd with a cart. And Xin Huzi, who had already gotten out of the car, followed Hu Laozi and Zhou Dabao, walking in front of the big car erected by Aji, blending in with the crowd of people coming and going. After a few days of traveling, they finally arrived at their destination, Nei County.

Watching the passing pedestrians come and go, the bustling and lively scene. Xin Huzi couldn't help but feel that this scene was very similar to the bull market in the past. It's just that the liveliness of the bull market can only be regarded as a small fight compared to this inner county. When he entered this inner county, he looked at the tall stone wall that was no less than the entrance road, which was divided into two. When the whole county was surrounded by it, I couldn't express my amazement in my heart.

Now, when he walks on the paved road of flat stone bricks and stone strips in this county, looking at the rows of shops on the left and right, one by one, he only feels that he has really arrived, like another world!

And in the few days he came to this inner county, every time he passed through a village, it would bring him a different feeling. Especially when he passed there, the largest township he had seen in the past few days, the township with thousands of people, but it really made him see the prosperity of the pass.

There were many leather shops in that township, but they were also the places where he came from his line and saw the most leather shops. Listen to Uncle Slip said... That big township is the government government, and it is specially set up to store the leather goods in the forest.

Because it was set up by the government, it gathered a lot of errand officers who ran errands for the government. Almost all the leather goods in the nearby forest will be hoarded in this big village. It is precisely because of this that in the big township, there are many poor men who are in charge of the errands. The poor man who is in charge of his own forest also lives in this big village.

And those who were arrogant and arrogant in the woods also listened to errands in the big towns. On weekdays, when there is nothing to do, I stay in the countryside. When it was time to collect the skins, he took the government cart and came from the entrance road to the forest to collect the skins. The salt transported by the government was sent to the salt houses of various large and small groups in the forest. Hearing this, Xin Huzi couldn't help but remind him of the two who were in the bull market last year and whipped themselves.

It is precisely because of this big township that the government uses to collect and hoard skins. There are naturally many businessmen who come and go to do business. As soon as there are many merchants, it is natural that there will be more people living in the village. There are even businessmen in the countryside who have their own trading shops. Some of them have a wide range of doors, and they can even open their own shops outside the big warehouses where they can hoard leather goods. But no matter where these merchants come from, what are the ways. One thing is certain, they are all more or less behind them, and they have something to do with the lord of the scholar clan. Otherwise, it is impossible, with the permission of the government, you can start a leather business in the township.

When there are more people, the countryside will naturally prosper. The place where the Hu family enters the customs most often is also this township. Because the Hu family has an aunt who is in the county and works as an errand in the government. As a result, the Hu family can also earn a lot of money in that township. But no matter how you make it, if you compare it with those businessmen who have the ability to open a trading shop in the countryside and have the support of the lord of the scholar clan behind them, it will really be inferior. In front of others, it can only be regarded as a small fight. The Hu family is just a family in a forest nearby. And the skins hoarded in that big village were the skins of all the nearby forests, not just the forests they came.

But no matter how you say it, the Hu family is also a backer, and there are people in the government who are backers. Therefore, in this township, it is also possible to do leather trading, and many of the township servants take care of it. After all, this uncle of the Hu family was also an errand boy in this township. There are many errand servants who are familiar with him, and they are still listening to errands in this village. What's more, now the aunt of the Hu family, who is also rising, has gone to the county government to be an official. That naturally took care of the Hu family.

And many of the leather goods hoarded in the township will only be taken out of the warehouse for inspection when the documents are placed in the county or the county government. Then they picked up the cart and transported it elsewhere. And the place where you pass through is naturally going to go, and now this prosperous inner county.

Since entering this inner county, on both sides of the aisle along the way, Xin Huzi has not seen much of it, doing all kinds of shops that buy and sell for a living. But I didn't see a single one who was engaged in leather trading. Just when Xin Huzi was a little strange, why couldn't he see the leather shops that came all the way from the forest and could be seen everywhere. Hu Laozi, who was walking beside Xin Huzi, smiled and said to Xin Huzi, who was looking east and west: "Huzi, this place is not as good as those villagers we came over." This is the top of those villages. Haven't you ever seen such a lively place? Hey! If it's not so lively, it won't be a county! Actually, I don't come to this county very often. A few years ago, Wenzi's brother-in-law, and my aunt were just hoarding skins, and they were working as officials in the township. It was only in recent years that I received official documents and went to this county to run errands. Our Hu family has just come to this county a lot. But on weekdays, there are still few people, and there are still many times when I mainly go to the big township where I collect and hoard skins. ”

Xin Huzi listened to Uncle Tao's words, but he asked the doubts in his heart: "Uncle Tao, in this county... Why don't there be shops that buy and sell leather goods? ”

Hu Liuzi seemed to be able to guess that Xin Huzi would have such a question, so he replied with a smile: "There are not many leather shops in this county, but you kid can't see it." When we came, weren't there many leather shops in the big village that hoarded skins? Those merchants have already gone to the village where they hoarded skins to do business. Naturally, there are no shops in this county that buy and sell leather goods. Besides, if you open it directly in the place where you store it, do you still need to drive it all the way to the county? And..."

Hu Laozi was talking, but he leaned closer to Xin Huzi and whispered: "This county is the realm of the old men of the Shi clan. Don't look at those gentlemen of the noble clan, in private, they also let the businessmen who help them do business, do this leather business. But on the surface, they all pretended to be fine. I heard that the reason why there are few leather shops in this county is because of the Rong family, the old man of the Shi clan in the county. It was the Rong family who sent a message and did not let the merchants open a leather shop in the county. There are only a few, and the leather goods shops of the scholars of other families in the county can bypass the Rong family. This Rong family is one of the best scholars in this county. I heard my aunt say, even the officials in this county, they have to listen to the Rong family and the other county Shi masters. But the county officials and masters in this area have heard the most about the Rong family. Hey! Don't look at this Rong family, don't let this county open a leather shop. But this Rong family is their own, and in the big township where we came to hoard skins, there are many shops that do leather trading. ”

Xin Huzi frowned slightly, but he couldn't help muttering: "Rong family..."

Hu Luozi nodded and replied, "Hmm! Rong family. This son of the clan is really amazing! I heard that many of the lords of this family are in the official mansion and are officials! Hey! It's no wonder that the officials in this county listen to the Rong family so much. People themselves are officials, and some of them have made it to the top of the county, the official master of the place called the county. Although I haven't been to the place called the county, but your Uncle Ji has been there when he was a very powerful merchant pulling goods. Hey! Listen to what your Uncle Ji said, where the place called the county is called, there are many people in many counties in one person! Isn't it amazing, you say? ”

Although Xin Huzi was still listening, Hu Liuzi's words beside him. But he didn't hear it in his heart, but was a little absent-minded, thinking of the Rong family... When he thought of the Rong family, he couldn't help but think of Rong Zi coming often. Then I thought of it again, she married Rong Zichang last year... And now she... But it couldn't help but make Xin Huzi's mind upset again. also came to mind, she came dressed in plain white.

"Let's go down this fork in the road! There are too many people on this road, and the Aji brothers' car is not easy to walk. From this fork in the road, it is closer to my niece's house. ”

Hu Luozi stretched out his hand as he spoke, and there was a stone fork in the road not far ahead. Xin Huzi and Zhou Dabao are naturally the same, Aji set up the cart, followed closely behind Hu Luozi, Xin Huzi, and Zhou Dabao, and slowly drove towards the fork in the road.

When the group crossed the fork in the road and turned several streets, they came to a road where there were not many pedestrians. Although there are many shops on this road, it is obviously much less than the streets and alleys just passed, but there are many high-rise compounds.

Hu Laozi led the way in front and came to the gate of a compound. This courtyard is really not small, and you can see from the outside that there must be many houses inside. Although the yard is not small, the door is a normal family's door. It seems that this yard is a little incongruous.

Just as Hu Laozi stepped forward, Xin Huzi and Zhou Dabao, and Aji, who got out of the car, followed and just wanted to knock on the door to call people. But I don't want to open this door by myself. I saw that a middle-aged man who was a year older than Hu Laozi and Zhou Dabao, but a middle-aged man under fifty was holding half of his face with one hand and walking out with a sad face. The middle-aged man was wearing a blue-faced soap robe, although the appearance was very similar to the clothes on the officer's body, but the difference could still be seen.

Obviously, this middle-aged man didn't expect someone to knock on the door. When he quietly opened the door and was about to walk out, he was startled at first when he saw that the person who came was Hu Yuzi. Immediately, his face was happy, and he said with some excitement: "Old, old uncle, you!" Why are you here? Although there was joy to see Hu Luozi between his words, this middle-aged man looked at Hu Luozi as if he had seen a savior.

Although Hu Luozi didn't expect that he would meet a middle-aged man so coincidentally in front of this door, he still reacted quickly and hurriedly smiled: "No, the wolf leader in our forest is making a lot of trouble." Fumiko is afraid that his sister will not be at ease in Guanli, this..."

"Well done! Well done! Ha ha! Come..."

"Who can't come?! Hum! The surname is strict! It doesn't matter who comes! I'm not going to tell you it! ”

Before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, a woman's cheer came from the courtyard. But he couldn't help but make the middle-aged man who spoke with Hu Yuzi shrink his neck in fright.