When Tang Xiu and his entourage entered Taiyuan City, it was already in the afternoon, that is, it was almost five to six o'clock in the afternoon.

Everything is business as usual in the city of Taiyuan.

There were still some pedestrians on the street, but most of them had already gone home to prepare dinner, and some of the impatient shop owners had even closed their doors early to end the day.

I didn't see any watermelons, and I didn't hear anyone mention anything about them.

What's going on?

Tang Xiu and Li Siwen all felt a little weird, this doesn't make sense, watermelons can cause such a big sensation in Pingyao, why is it so light and clear and nameless in Taiyuan, its place of origin?

"Tang Gongzi, it can't be that the watermelon has been sold out, right?"

Thinking of this possibility, Li Siwen's face began to become a little ugly, if this is the case, his errand will be considered to have died halfway, which makes him how to explain to the emperor after returning to Chang'an?

Will such a dereliction of duty leave any impression in the emperor's heart that he is ineffective, and will it have any adverse impact on his future future?

"Impossible!" Tang Xiu directly shook his head and denied: "From the beginning of the watermelon to the ripeness of most of the melons, it will take at least half a month of buffer time, we have only been delayed on the road for a few days, it is impossible to be so fast!" ”

Hearing Tang Xiu's words, Li Siwen's heart was a little relieved, but when he looked at Tang Xiu again, he couldn't help but have a trace of resentment in his eyes, it turns out that you also know that time has been delayed on the road by you? You didn't mean to torture us with such delays, did you?

"Let's go, let's go back to the house first, and when we get home, everything will be clear!"

Tang Xiu waved his hand and directly let the handlebar drive to the east of the city, in fact, Tang Xiu's heart was somewhat confused, even the neighboring Pingyao County had watermelons for sale, there was no reason why there would be no movement in Taiyuan City, what the hell was going on?

Although there were not many pedestrians in the city at this moment, the speed of the carriage was still not fast, and by the time they reached the east gate, the sun in the west was only half a head, and the sky began to become a little gray.

But at this time, something happened that Tang Xiu didn't expect, there was a traffic jam here at the East City Gate?!

There are crowds of people, and horse-drawn carriages are lined up, blocking the entire east city gate!

What's going on? When was Taiyuan City so lively?

Seeing that the city was so deserted, I thought it was night, and everyone was tired of the birds returning to their nests, but now seeing this situation, those people did not go home, but all gathered at the east gate, what are they going to do, illegal assembly?

So many people blocked here, and even the city defense army was dispatched, but what made people strange was that seeing the city defense army guarding the city gate in formal attire and holding weapons in hand, none of these residents of Taiyuan City were afraid to retreat, but they were still surging forward and surging again with excitement. And the city defense army is only passively defending, and has no intention of forcibly suppressing it.

Such a sensational scene, such an excited look, these people are surrounded here, are they chasing stars to sign autographs, or are they greeting an important political official?

Just when Tang Xiu was about to wonder in his heart and consider whether to retreat first to avoid the limelight, suddenly someone at the city gate stomped and shouted, "It's here!" Here it comes! They're coming! But only one car was pulled, and everyone was fast and slow! ”

"Boom!"

This sentence was like a drop of cold water falling into a boiling oil pot, and the crowd that originally had some rules exploded at once, and they all squeezed forward like crazy.

The officer guarding the city broke out in a cold sweat, so many people were all crowded in one place, if he really squeezed people to death or trampled people to death, his crime of dereliction of duty was designated as not being able to escape, in a hurry, the officer rushed to the top of the city gate with a brisk stride, kicked the kid who had just secretly climbed up the city tower and shouted to the crowd below to take him in, and shouted to the crowd below: "Everyone calm down! Be quiet! ”

The officer's voice was quite loud, but unfortunately no one paid attention to him, and the people below still went their own way, scrambling to squeeze out of the city gate.

"Nima, Lao Tzu can't cure you if I don't believe it!" The officer gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and commanded the sergeant below in a violent voice: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Why don't you close the city gate to Lao Tzu?! Without Lao Tzu's permission, no one would want to take a step out of the city gate today! ”

At the sound of an order, the city gate slammed shut.

This time, the officer upstairs can be regarded as stabbing a hornet's nest, and the people downstairs saw that there was no hope of going out, and many people began to scold the officer with their throats raised.

"Yan Er! What the are you doing! It's not yet curfew, what right do you have to close the city gates, open them for you, you want to go out of the city! ”

"It's just a little gatekeeper, believe it or not, Lao Tzu can remove you now!"

"Open the door! Yan Er, didn't you give you face, you dare to block even the uncle's road?! ”

As these people jumped out one by one and shouted and cursed loudly, the officer surnamed Yan upstairs trembled vigorously, not angry, but frightened by the identity of these people.

The people below who dared to point at his nose and shout and scold were either the stewards of the City Lord's Mansion or the brother-in-law of the Shaoyin family, anyway, all of them had identities and backgrounds, and none of them could afford to be offended by a small city guard.

Why are all these people here? Why didn't you see any of them? Isn't this playing Lao Tzu?

You guys have to have a life experience one by one, you have to have a background, you really want to buy things outside, it's not a matter of words, what is Nima hiding in the crowd like this? Pretending to be ordinary people, pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, is it so interesting?

Yan Lao Er wanted to cry without tears now, and his subordinates came up to ask him what to do, but he was kicked down by Yan Lao Er, "What should I do, of course, I will open the city gate again, otherwise what else can I do?!" ”

Of course, Yan Lao Er also wanted to be tough with righteous words, but in the face of those people below, he really couldn't be tough.

Yan Lao Er knew very well in his heart that if he really selflessly covered the faces of these people now, he didn't have to wait until tomorrow, I was afraid that he would have to roll up his bed and leave tonight, and the petty officials with no background couldn't afford to hurt them.

The city gate was opened again, and looking at the crowded and crazy crowd under the city, Yan Lao Er was full of helplessness, and could only pray in his heart that nothing would happen.

This situation has been going on for four or five days in a row, but although there were a lot of people a few days ago, it didn't get to the point of being crowded like today, and there were no children of these wealthy families jumping out to make trouble.

Yan Lao Er stood at the head of the city and turned his head to look outside the city gate, the person who was the first to squeeze out of the city gate in front had already bought the watermelon transported by the Tang family as he wished, stood there with the watermelon in his arms, and then looked at the surrounding crowd like a thief, and trotted away from the place.

There are many people and few melons, but fortunately, the Tang family is relatively prescient, these watermelons are all limited, and each person can only buy two at most, otherwise there may be some more trouble.

But even so, the cart of watermelons outside the city gate is not enough for so many people, and the people who are still crowded inside the city gate are destined to return empty-handed.

Anyway, the Tang Mansion was able to transport at least two truckloads of watermelons a few days ago, why is there only one cart today? Isn't this creating chaos and making trouble for them, the city guards? How many more cars can you die if you pull in every day?

Even if the production of watermelon is limited, you can increase the price? If it doesn't work for 50 yuan, it will be 100 yuan, and if it can't work for 100 yuan, it will be 500 yuan, and the price will go up, and there will naturally be fewer people who can afford it, and there will naturally not be so many people around the city gate at that time.

Such a good deal, but Nima still has to keep the price of fifty Wen unchanged, isn't this stupid?

Thinking like this, even the people of the Tang family with Yan Lao Er also held a grudge.

But it's useless to hate, people now have the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion covering, and his little city guard can only curse a few words behind his back at most.