Mayi County is the northernmost strategic artery of the Great Sui Dynasty, and it is also the most populous county among the counties on the northern border. … ≦，

Although the county seat is not large, it has concentrated nearly 1,000 shops and hundreds of inns, except for winter, basically a large number of caravans from south to north gather in Shanyang County every day, they bring huge consumption power, and also feed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Shanyang County.

On this morning, the caravan arrived in Shanyang County, after thousands of miles of difficult trekking, everyone was dusty, and their faces became dark and thin, but everyone was in good spirits, talking and laughing.

Team leader Zhao Dan pointed at the county seat in the distance with a horsewhip and said with a smile: "After entering the county seat, we can rest for a few days, we have also opened an inn in Mayi County, and the conditions are not bad." ”

"Lao Zhao, what do you mean by your good conditions?" Cheng Yanjin asked on the side.

Along the way, Cheng Biting Jin called Zhao Dan Zhao Wudang, which made him angry and angry, ignoring Cheng Biting Jin, after entering Mayi County, Cheng Biting Jin began to change his words, calling him Lao Zhao, and Zhao Dan's temper eased a little.

Zhao Shan glanced at him and said disdainfully, "How good do you think it will be?" There are no women and no wine, at most there is only hot water and clean bedding, if you don't like it, you can stay in another house! ”

Cheng Biting Jin grinned and said: "Actually, I only care about whether I want money, I don't need money to live for free, but the conditions are good!" ”

Zhao Dan glared at him fiercely, and wanted to say that he would charge you double the money, but when he thought that Cheng Yanjin was Zhang Xuan's partner, he couldn't help but talk.

"You should collect money and collect money, don't think it's free!"

On the other side, Zhang Xuan was talking to Li Shentong about his trip to the north, and Zhang Xuan's tone was very relaxed, as if he was talking casually.

But in fact, a few days ago, he overheard a conversation between Li Shentong and Chai Shao, and Chai Shao leaked a little bit of heavenly secrets, as if saying that those things are hidden somewhere?

Although Li Shentong stopped Chai Shao's leak in time, Zhang Xuan still confirmed his guess that Li Shentong did not go north with him to train, and it must have been for that batch of items.

However, Li Shentong's plot has nothing to do with him, he has his own priorities, and buying the most important medicine in the Turks is the first thing in the order.

"Second Uncle Li is also going to Turk for the first time!" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Li Shentong rode on the horse and said with a smile: "A few years ago, my brother was the Taishou of Mayi County, and he also went to the grassland a few times, but he didn't go out of Mayi County, and he went back in the area of Baishan Mountain, hoping to go farther this time." ”

At this moment, a group of cavalry rushed out of the city, galloped along the official road, and when they ran to their side, the leading officer suddenly reined in his horse and shouted: "Lao Zhao, is it you?" ”

Zhao Dan also recognized this person, and laughed: "General Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

The officer urged him to step forward and gave Zhao a shoulder punch very affectionately, "You guts guy, didn't you say that last year was the last vote?" How come it again. ”

"There is no blessed life! I wasn't allowed to go home to care for the elderly, so I had no choice but to come again. ”

Zhao Shan introduced the officer to everyone again, "This General Liu is a famous local hero in Shanyang County, and now he is a captain in the Yingyang Mansion of Daoying, and I am an old friend with him." ”

This Captain Liu was quite bold, hugged his fists and smiled at everyone: "In Xia Liu Wuzhou, please take care of me!" ”

Zhang Xuan saw that this person was tall, with a heavy lion nose, a rough and bold appearance, a majestic voice, and the spirit of a Saibei man, but he was not rude in his gestures, and he was not an ordinary school captain.

Hearing him sign up, Zhang Xuan knew that he was Liu Wuzhou, one of the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty, and it seemed that the small Mayi County was also a place where the dragon and the tiger were hidden.

Everyone greeted him, and Liu Wuzhou said to Zhao Dan again: "It's really unfortunate that you came this time, the Turkic side is not very peaceful, so far, there have been twenty-four caravans washed in blood, and it is a great luck to escape with one life." ”

Zhao Dan was shocked, "What happened?" ”

Liu Wuzhou sighed, "It seems that the dark horse thief from ten years ago has appeared again, and now Shanyang County is crowded with caravans, everyone is panicking, and no one dares to go north." ”

"Dark horse thief!"

Zhao Dan was stunned, he almost died at the hands of this horse thief when he went north to the Turks ten years ago, and the experience of escaping death is still fresh in his memory.

"Uncle Zhao, isn't the situation good?" Everyone gathered around and asked.

Zhao Shan smiled bitterly, "It's very, very bad, but since you're here, let's stay first!" ”

……….

The inn where everyone lives is called Longhu Inn, which is jointly invested and built by Zhao Dan and the Liu family of Mayi, and is also one of the three most famous inns in Shanyang County.

Although all the inns in Shanyang County were full, the big proprietor came to stay in the hotel, and the Longhu Inn still managed to vacate two courtyards for them to live in.

"Childe, in fact, I don't think it's necessary to go to the Turks to buy medicine, maybe Mayi County can buy it, why don't we go out and find it?"

Cheng Yanjin heard that there were dark horse thieves, and his interest in making money also faded a little, and he began to retreat.

"Didn't Lao Zhao say that there could be no sale here?"

"Hey! Do you listen to that Zhao Wuda's words, how many times has he told things accurately along the way? ”

Zhang Xuan thought about it, although Cheng Yanjin obviously had the intention of shirking, but he also had a little truth, Zhao Dan's experience was all in previous years, maybe it will be sold this year?

"Alright! Let's go separately, if you help me find the purple insect jade chrysalis, I will add another component. ”

Cheng Biting Jin was overjoyed, he actually wanted two parts, it was like a pie in the world! He rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "That son, it may cost some money to inquire about the news, I don't have a penny on me, you see"

Zhang Xuan took more than a dozen yuan and threw it to him, and said to him: "You can drink wine, you can go shopping in the Qinglou, but things must be done, do you hear?" ”

"Look at what Childe said, it's a two-component group! No matter how scoundrel my old Cheng is, he won't get along with money, don't worry! I'll be sure to hear back. ”

Cheng Yanjin took the money and hurriedly went out, Zhang Xuan was bored in the inn alone, he turned around and walked out of the inn.

At this time, it is the twilight of spring, but the border of Mayi County far away in the north is the most full of spring, the air is still filled with the breath of mid-spring, everywhere flowers are red and willow green, green trees are shady, the weather is not too hot, the spring breeze is cool, people are particularly energetic.

Zhang Xuan walked alone on the street, it has been almost half a year since he came to this dynasty, but he feels that he has not fully integrated into this dynasty, he tries his best to use the language of this era, and also tries to learn to deal with people, but his thinking is a little out of place with this dynasty.

For example, in business, Li Shentong and Chai Shao are disdainful of doing business, but he doesn't feel any shame, after all, it is profitable, why not?

In fact, it is no wonder that after he came to Dasui for a few months, almost all of his energy and attention were on martial arts training, and he paid too little attention to other aspects, so that when Li Shentong chatted with Chai Shao, he felt that he couldn't get in, and the topic of their chat seemed too far away for him.

"We're going to—go north, go north!"

"Taishou come out!"

There was a noise in the distance that attracted Zhang Xuan, he walked over, turned a corner, and a square appeared in front of him, opposite the county government office, only to see more than a thousand businessmen crowded in front of the steps, black pressure on a large area, all full of anxiety, there was an irrepressible anger in their eyes.

They waved their hands and shouted, "We're going to come out!" ”

Zhang Xuan also knew a little bit of the situation, due to the Turkic trade route was cut off, the price of various goods in Mayi County plummeted, and the price of silk and silk had fallen below the cost price, even lower than the price in Taiyuan.

Zhang Xuan watched from a distance, and at this time, a group of people walked out of the county office, led by an official in his fifties, tall but not burly, but very bloated, and his whole face seemed to have been stung by a bee, swollen and black.

"Wang Taishou is here!" I don't know who shouted, and the merchants suddenly fell silent.

This bloated middle-aged man is none other than Wang Shougong, the Taishou of Mayi County, these businessmen gathered to denounce it, it is already the third day, Wang Shougong is really big, he has to find a way to solve this problem.

Wang Shougong shouted in a hoarse voice: "I can understand your difficulties, and I will try my best to solve this problem for you, I have reported to the imperial court as quickly as possible a few days ago, as long as the Ministry of War approves it, the army can escort you north, but you may also have to bear a little of the army's northward expenses." ”

Everyone shouted: "There is no problem for us to bear the expenses, the key is when the army will be able to escort us north, can Taishou give us a definite time?" ”

"It should be these two days, let's hold on a little longer!"

Zhang Xuan turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly saw Chai Shao's figure, who was hurriedly walking towards an alley next to the official office.

There was no one in the alley, it was a dead alley, only a side door of the official office, but there was no figure of Chai Shao, he obviously entered the official office through the side door.

Zhang Xuan was about to step forward, only to see the side door creak open, Zhang Xuan hurriedly retreated, dodged behind the wall, and saw an official about thirty years old accompany Chai Shao out, they spoke very low, but Zhang Xuan not far away could hear it clearly.

"Zhong Jian went west, and he didn't leave any letters, but I guess the Guild Lord's side should know where he went, and it will be two days! There will be an order from Luoyang, and I will pass it on to Brother Xian in time. ”

"Then please, I live in the Longhu Inn, you can find me at any time, if I'm not there, Senior Brother Yao can also give the order to the supernatural power."

"Don't worry! I know it. ”

Chai Shao said goodbye to the officials and hurriedly walked towards the alley, Zhang Xuan hurriedly dodged and hid behind a big tree, Chai Shao hurriedly walked in front of him, and did not find him hiding behind the tree.

Zhang Xuan looked at Chai Shao and walked away, and then looked into the alley, the side door was closed, there was no one, and the official had already returned to the office.

Zhang Xuan secretly thought in his heart, "This should be the secret knot of Wuchuan Mansion, but it seems that Zhang Zhongjian is also in the Turks and went west, is he the advance army sent by Wuchuan Mansion?"

And who is this official? Chai Shao called him pharmacist, the name seemed a little familiar, but Zhang Xuan couldn't remember it for a while

Just when the merchants strongly asked to go north, a mysterious guest came to Liu Wuzhou's house and was led into the secret room by Liu Wuzhou.

The person who came was a Turkic man dressed as a Han Chinese, and he presented a letter to Liu Wuzhou, the Liu family is a powerful man in Mayi County, and generally speaking, the powerful forces on the border will have an inextricable relationship with foreign races, and the Liu family is no exception.

The relationship between the Liu family and the Turks was extremely close, and it was precisely by relying on the secret support of the Turks that the Liu family was able to mix in Mayi County and amass a lot of wealth.

It is precisely because of this relationship that Liu Wuzhou will pay more attention to the interests of the Turks when faced with a choice.

After reading the letter, Liu Wuzhou asked, "When did Shi Shu Huxi arrive at Begging for Bo?" ”

"General Hui, my master just arrived in Qifubo yesterday, and he has been short of financial resources recently, hoping to get General Liu's support."

Liu Wuzhou dragged out his voice and said, "I know, I will consider his request and ask him to wait patiently for another two days." ”