Not to mention how the two caravans of Huang and Wang went back to pay taxes, with the first smooth transaction, the subsequent transactions were logical. Of course, the flow of people was also limited to the stone wall of that level, and Xiao Ye did not let go.

In his heart, he was bluffed by Zhang Zhong's ruthlessness, and he had to be cautious and cautious before he had the strength to protect himself.

And the transaction once a decade also allowed the shops in the Madao Stone Fort to have opened inventory.

Perhaps the reason why the mill in the hands of the three major merchants is running day and night, the speed of self-repair of the intelligent machining center is slowly increasing, and in mid-June, Xiao Ye saw the familiar picture in the lower right corner, "The central database is randomly repaired two thousandths, and the machining platform is repaired by five thousandths,"

It's a pity that no matter whether it is the catalog of military products or the catalog of civilian products, Xiao Ye did not find any new materials.

In the drizzle, Qin Shishi and his entourage, who went to the Haixi village, finally came back from the Gobi Desert with a dusty face and returned to the Eagle Claw Fort; Among the goods they brought back, there were not only grain, but also more than a dozen loads of well salt and copper coins.

The letter was immediately sent to the Madao Stone Fort, and Xiao Ye, who was in the dark fort on the top of the hill east of the Stone Fort, heard the dictation of the herald, and his face was gloomy.

The nervous herald Han Nini, wearing a modified field uniform, lowered her head with a flushed face, although her voice was clear when she recounted the letter whistle, but this was the first time she had delivered a message, and her calves were still trembling nervously.

"Well, that's right, you go back and tell Wang Xiucai, the official knows," Xiao Ye turned his face to look at Han Nini, and tried to keep his voice as quiet as possible, "Let him inform Huang Hanxiang that Eagle Claw Fort is on guard, and all those goods will be sent to the mill for the craftsmen to deal with,"

"Qin Shi, Miao Bi Wujia Guard, rest on the spot, the weapon projectile is replenished by the Eagle Claw Fort, Aman returns to the Galen tribe, replenishes the manpower to fifty horsemen, and comes to Madao Stone Fort,"

"Yes, Lord Baihu," Han Nini carefully wrote it down, hurriedly crossed her hands and saluted, turned around and ran out of the dark castle. It's broken, it's broken, and the thick code hasn't been memorized yet, but don't miss the big things of the hundred households.

With Yang Tianshou's help, plus Xin Weilin and Wang Ziliang's ideas, the original thin cipher book now has more than fifty pages.

"Am I so terrible," Xiao Ye muttered, touched his face, and his eyes were gloomy again, this time, Qin Shi's armed guards of more than 200 people actually met Tartar Wanqi, was it a chance encounter or was it targeted?

In the letter post reported by Huang Hanxiang, Qin Shi and Miao Biwu's hundred-man team encountered Tartars on the way back, and lost one percent, that is, more than twenty people, but Aman's fifty Tartar cavalry was born with more than thirty people, and they were almost disabled.

If it weren't for the heavy machine gun in Qin Shi's hand, he shot out the earth-shaking thunder and jumping thunder, led the team to stick to a high slope, and finally relied on the microscope to toss and turn several times at night, and finally escaped from the siege of the cavalry of the Tartar brigade.

This time, they didn't even bring back the corpses of their companions, and buried them on the spot in a hurry, but only took back the iron plate, which made Xiao Ye very disappointed.

Perhaps, the cemetery in the stone castle should be opened.

Raising his head, Xiao Ye looked at the hillside on the left, on the hillside facing southeast, a large area of vine grass was cleared, and a circle of Coptis trees was planted, and a stucco stone tablet was erected in the middle, without any handwriting on it; Here, it is the cemetery just to the southeast outside the Madao Stone Fort.

It won't be long before the names of the dead guards will be engraved on the stone tablet, and the iron plate will be buried next to the stone tablet in a wooden box; The spirit tablet will be offered to the land temple in the fort, and the centurion will be taken to worship every year during the Qingming and Spring Festival Xiao nights.

The spiritual position in the land temple of Shiguantun, Xiao Ye planned to have a chance, and moved to the fort together, and the province was remembered by people with hearts.

Turning to the west, the stone fort on the mountainside has more than doubled, although the drizzle, but Xiao Ye can still see clearly, the tall stone walls on three sides of the stone fort, the sanitation of the yellow central building.

Groups of guards in robes and hats patrol the corridors on the stone wall.

Under the construction of the craftsmen of the logistics team day and night, the two hundred-person teams took turns to send young and strong guards to help, and it only took a month and a half to complete the outer stone wall of the Madao Stone Fort.

At the same time, the construction of a large number of military buildings, leveling streets, and building houses facing the street has also entered the final stage.

Different from other tunbao, in this Madao stone fort, there is not only a water purification room, which supplies water to each household in a ration, but also an enlarged shower room, and each military household and artisan household can get a license from the logistics team's signing room, and each person can take a bath once every two days.

As for the small bits and pieces such as exchanging brands for tobacco leaves and matches in private, Xiao Ye didn't plan to stop it, he took what he needed, as long as he didn't make trouble in front of him, he didn't care if he turned a blind eye.

When the Shi family's shop is officially opened, there will be a trading place in the fort, this kind of shop activity that is not internal and external, Xiao Ye doesn't want to make the following money, but how the price is stipulated, that is Xin Xiucai's business.

"Brother Liu Ren, since the dark fort has been built here, it is the highest point of the stone fort, and there will be a hundred people stationed in it soon, and your heralds will have to follow," Xiao Ye did not look back, looked at the stone fort under the mountain, and said in a condensed voice, "The Tartars may soon arrive at the Eagle Claw Fort, and there will be no peace here,"

"Yes, Lord Baihu," Wang Ziliang, who was standing behind Xiao Ye, was still dressed in a white robe, and the folding fan was gently tapping on the palm of his hand.

Du Ding of Bailong Lake urged Xu Wangliang on time to transport the stone to Eagle Claw Fort on pack horses, although he would also encounter Tartar rangers, but with Yu Shan's response, the mill of Eagle Claw Fort was running non-stop, and even the phosphorite mine did not stop mining.

At this time, on the trail at the foot of the mountain, a team of guards carried supplies and climbed to the top of the mountain in the rain; These guards, who were covered with coarse cloth covers and bulging leather boxes around their waists, were led by Zuo Shi.

Boxes of projectiles, earth-shattering thunder, umbrellas, barracks tents, canned food, and even a black earth dog were brought up.

The half-buried bunker is the size of five military houses, and there are four ondols in it, if it weren't for the lack of spacious windows and only a dozen or so low shooting holes, it would really be a good place to see the scenery.

Coupled with the half-human high stone wall in the outer ring of the bunker, the guards guarding the top of the hill can fully cope with attacks from the east and north; What's more, under the hillside in the distance of the dark castle is a ravine, overgrown with emerald vines, and the enemy who wants to sneak attack will not have such a good time.

According to the earlier division of labor, Wang Meng led the team to guard the stone fort, and Zuo Shi led the team to guard the hidden fort on the top of the mountain.

Besides, the family members of those family guards and craftsmen have moved to the newly built military house, the core area of Madao Stone Fort, and in the future, except for the family guards and the designated logistics team and flag team, there will be no idle people moving around.

The mill with the exit of the cave has to be closely guarded by Xiao Ye.

The orderly operation of the horse road stone fort has opened a trade route with the north and south, although it is not very satisfactory, but it is no obstacle to survive for a long time.

After explaining the affairs of the mountain guard with Zuo Shi, Xiao Ye took Wang Ziliang down the mountain and went down the mountain to the newly repaired Baihu Office, which was built in the middle of the mountainside, and could be moved in after the weather was clear.

As the largest courtyard in the stone wall on the outside of the stone fort, in the future, this will not only be Xiao Ye's hundred households, but also Xin Weilin's staff room, Mei'er's account room, and Wang Ziliang's communication team will also move in, and they will no longer be crowded together.

The signing rooms of the medical team and logistics team under Li Muchen's medical hall will stay in place so that the guards can seek medical treatment and run errands.

Next door to the Hundred Households is the Shijia shop, in which there are already deacons directing the craftsmen, sending all kinds of goods into the backyard warehouse and starting to organize the shelves.

The horse road checkpoint, now the guards guarded here, have increased to two teams, and the stone wall has also opened, not as nervous as before.

A team of craftsmen carved out the foundation after the checkpoint and began to build a small two-story stone fort with the stucco stones that had been brought in, and there would be a permanent presence of the Home Guard in the future.

The yellow plaster accumulated in the Madao Stone Fort and the Eagle Claw Fort was completely depleted.

After the first caravan was successfully traded, in addition to the three major merchants, the other caravans also moved and opened one after another, although the caravans had to pay taxes four times between the gravel forts, but there were still more and more caravans, even small group of merchants, also joined the trade.

The open space to the south of the checkpoint, to the east is a gentle slope full of shrubs and thorns, overgrown with emerald vines, which has been opened up by the diligent caravan to a larger place, and even the Huang family caravan did not hesitate to bring in thick wooden stakes and began to enclose the land to set up tents.

Adjacent to the horse road to the west is a wide deep ravine, which is layered with verdant vines and grasses, so that people can't think of anything else at all.

The temporary checkpoints on the horse road have become golden balots in the eyes of merchants for a while.

This kind of inconspicuous mutual market has gradually taken shape. That's right, in the transactions between Wang Dali and the caravan, silver tickets were rarely collected, and even at Madao Stone Fort, the guards were willing to receive canned food and other materials from the warehouse to offset their own food and wages.

Huang Deshan of the Huang family's caravan, this is the second time he has come, and he is very polite to Wang Dali every time, but the green salt he brings in private is limited, and the goods he brings to trade are only four or five kinds; The Huang family was the most responsive to Zhang Jianjun's sanction instructions, so naturally they didn't dare to openly slap Lord Zhang's face.

The Wang family's caravan sometimes has more types of goods, and sometimes there are fewer types of goods than coal, but the large amount of the team is long, which naturally allows Wang Dali to take a look.

Especially when inspecting the coal, Wang vigorously opened the surface of the large basket of carbon, touched the heavy grain, and smiled at the corner of his eyebrows.

A two-percent markup? Okay, Wang Dali responded to the price increase without hesitation, and stuffed a piece of soap for Wang Bingshan, "Take it back to the envoy, we just arrived with the new goods, the price is negotiable,"

He also wanted to raise the price, but Baihu didn't agree, so he could only go back and scold the profiteers. But there are also advantages, at least there are fewer stones mixed in the coal, and the grain is not stale grain.

"Brother Xie Wang," Wang Bingshan, who was smiling, quickly put the small bag into his arms, and his fat chin trembled, ignoring the hot flashes on his body, and came up affectionately, "We can't write two Wang characters with this pen, if Brother Wang can get that kind of fire/gun projectiles, and Uzi short knives or something, next time brother, I will have better goods,"

"Hehe, you're joking, the military is a big matter, I don't dare to be a craftsman," Wang Dali waved his hand solemnly and pushed away the silver ticket handed by Wang Bingshan, "Or, I'll go back and talk to Baihu?" ”

"Okay, I'll leave it to my brother," without saying anything, he stuffed the silver ticket into the coal basket, and Wang Bingshan said goodbye happily.

Wang Qing, who had been waiting for a long time next to him, saw Wang Dali nodding with satisfaction, so he shouted, and the craftsmen drove the mules and horses through the checkpoint and began to exchange goods with Wang Jiawei.

The conversation between Wang Dali and Wang Bingshan was inaudible to other merchants, but the cloth bag that Wang Dali stuffed to Wang Bingshan was clear to everyone, and their hearts were a little abrupt.

Xiao Ye asked Wang Dali to announce the list, which had been pasted on the stone wall, although the ink was blurry from the rain, but the merchants had dealt with Baudes for a long time before, so they naturally knew that the Persians lacked goods, and the number of types was too great.

Food and clothing, as long as you can pull over, there is no non-collection, that is, this Wang Dali, who is responsible for the inspection, is really difficult to deal with, a little inferior goods, dare to cut a discount of one percent; Otherwise, Wang Dali would definitely be unwilling to accept it.

Of the five large and small caravans that came this time, the Huang family and the Wang family had the most mules and horses, and they were also the first to trade.

Leaning on the last caravan, there was no banner, the imposing gray-clothed guard, with a straight waist pulled over a dozen mules and horses, and the horses were tightly wrapped in goods, although they couldn't guess the contents inside, but Wang Dali's surprised expression was still seen by the merchants.

"This old brother, look at the face of the face," let go of his hand from the tarpaulin, Wang Dali stared at the middle-aged man opposite, his appearance was ordinary, but the smell on his body, he knew it as soon as he smelled it, and he was the master who came out of the barracks.

"On the other side, it must be Wang Si, I Li Nanwei, as for which merchant it is, there is no need to ask, let's trade to trade," Li Nanwei, who was dressed in black, was the housekeeper of Li Xiong's mansion, he came to Madao Stone Fort for the first time, and he saw such a transaction scene, and said in his heart that it was not fake.

Trading in the wilderness, not even a glass of water, let alone a hot meal.

"It's good to say, it's good to say, as long as the goods we need on our list, there is no problem with the price rising by two percent," Wang Dali paused and solemnly arched his hand, "Dare to ask the current price of these goods?" What do you need to trade? ”

"Hehe, once raw and twice cooked, thirteen packs of goods, the price is three thousand taels of silver, which is the price set by my family's thousand, well, the head of the family," Li Nanwei coughed and said the price of the goods.

"As for trading goods, the first time we meet, brother, you can watch it, anyway, you can't lose money on this trip," Li Nanwei's cheerfulness made Wang Dali's slight unhappiness dissipate immediately, and he had a little good impression of this person with a strict tone.

"Now I have some dressing mirrors and a hundred silk cotton coats here, and the discount is three thousand taels, and I will give them to you together," Wang Dali pondered for a moment, and said angrily; Actually, according to the market price, he lost nearly two thousand taels, but those goods, hehe.

He is a blacksmith in his profession, and he touched it through the oilcloth, and he didn't need to look at it to know that it was definitely iron concentrate, although he didn't need it very much, but in his blacksmith shop, he was waiting for the material to be fired.

Even if it is the horseshoe of the war horse, he is difficult to make up for it now, and this good thing that has fallen from heaven has already made Wang Dali excited.

Perhaps, there should be another copy of the sales list listed by the hundred households.

Sure enough, Li Nanshan was not very excited about taking a big advantage, but after bowing down with a smile and thanking Wang Dali, he took two steps forward without a trace and walked to Wang Dali's approach.

"My family's thousand-family Li Xiong Li is a messenger for Jiang Commander's account, and he needs fire/guns and that kind of copper-shelled projectiles, and the price is easy to say," he whispered, without the slightest threat, but the confidence in his words came out spontaneously.

"As long as Simon Xiao Ye can convince the Persians to supply a large amount of fire/guns, projectiles, and preferably earth-shattering thunder, I can't get much of the food and materials he needs, but saltpeter, sulfur, fire oil, iron or something, once or twice 10,000 catties of supply, hehe, it's not a problem,"

Once or twice, it is enough to make Wang Dali's heart beat brightly, but the demand for firearms is either open or dark, and even some merchants have proposed a transaction for the letter whistle, which cannot help but make Wang Dali vigilant, staring at the beads, Wang Dali rejected Li Nanshan's suggestion.

"Such a big thing needs the consent of a hundred households of my family, and we have to wait for the supply from the Persians, so let's talk about it next time," Wang Dali said and left.

Li Nanshan frowned and put his hands behind his back, seeing Wang Dali return to the stone wall, gently pressing the short fire/gun inserted in his waist, shaking his head and retreating to the distance of the horse road; He came this time to meet Xiao Ye in person, but he regretted it.

The 10,000 taels of silver tickets promised by thousands of households, but the assassination failed, and the family couldn't get it.

Like him, all kinds of people with the same intention hid in other caravans, slowly left the checkpoint, and turned back to the direction of Shiguantun.

At the official shop card at the foot of Shiguan Tun Mountain, the tax collector Zhao Wuliang nodded his head, took the copper coins handed over by various caravans, and even the rough small silver tickets, and watched a team of mules and horses go south.

At the intersection of Laoyangkou Tunpu, the eunuch Mao Gonggong sent by Zhang Zhong waited for each family to pay taxes for a long time in a wine shop near the main road.

There are no poles, tables and other things on the avenue, and there are not a few people guarding them, and a life card inserted outside the wine shop, with the word "prison" written on it, is the best signboard.

Sitting on a chair in the wine shop, drinking ale and eating side dishes, Mao Gonggong saw that the caravan was approaching, and the principals of various families hurriedly came in, greeted him with a smile on his face, and handed over two bags of silver, or a few silver tickets.

Taxes are necessary, but the share with the same share of taxes, Father-in-law Mao values it more seriously, which is Father-in-law Zhang's private benefit.

The upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, whether it is the household department of the imperial court or the treasury of the inner court, if the top wants to charge an extra penny, the people below dare to charge more money, since ancient times.

After the little official who received the money looked at the property, put it into the money box with yellow sealing paper, and put a copy in a wooden box next to it, Mao Gonggong snorted with satisfaction, and the flag officer behind him naturally either went out to check the goods according to his tone, or immediately waved his hand to drive people away.

Regardless of whether the caravan goes south or north, as long as it passes through this big man's life card, he has to pay taxes in the money box, and it is customary to take one out of thirty, and one out of ten is just a sentence from Mao's father-in-law; Therefore, how can there be less filial piety in addition to tax money.

After handing over the caravan of filial piety and holding the stamped road, you can go on the road safely; The inspection of the caravan goods, it depends on the thickness of the waist and legs of each caravan, what is the shot, Mao Gonggong is very understanding.

When Li Nanshan's caravan came to the north bank of the Xilong River, it was already noon the next day, the weather was clear, and the sun was getting hotter and dryer.

At this time, at the shallow crossing of the Xilong River, at the end of the avenue, the jade rattan grass has spread across the river, and this kind of tough and light rattan grass on the river surface is overlapped, and after being laid with a layer of wood by the shrewd merchants, it can actually step on the river.

Of course, the load is too heavy, and you can only cross the river in batches many times, and no one wants to entangle with poisonous weeds in the water, so the trouble is there.

As long as you take care not to let the stinger hurt the mules and horses, it is easy to cross the river on the pontoon bridge and become a sight here.

However, the speed of the vine grass spread more and more frantically due to this rainy day, and if you pass the large rocky tidal flats south of the Xilong River, and then pass the desolate rubble ruins, you can see endless fields.

On both sides of the avenue, Li Nanshan saw that there were military households from the gravel fort, led by several flag officers and soldiers, who were planting thin saplings one by one along the east-west direction.

The rattan grass from Shiguantun finally threatened the fields outside the gravel fort, and I don't know if the rattan grass there was also close to the local tunzi in the far east and west directions.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Li Nanshan, what he is worried about now is how to explain to Li Xiong when he goes back, after all, he is not a merchant.

After handing over the goods and silver money to the account office, Wang Dali hurriedly went straight to the hundred households on the mountainside in the east, and saw Xiao Ye drinking tea in the front hall.

There are 100 households with two courtyards, although the name is not right, but the military households are used to it, Xiao is too lazy to change it, and he is even more reluctant to stimulate his father-in-law and Xin Rulin, who are scholars.

In the front yard of the hundred households, there are not only stone tables and stone benches in all directions, but also planted Coptis trees, and the water umbrella is also suspended in the air.

Unconsciously, it was summer, and there were mosquitoes flying here in Madao Stone Fort, if it weren't for the Coptis chinensis, I am afraid that even Xiao Ye would be unable to endure the flying insects and mosquitoes running around the sky, not to mention the snakes and scorpions that can be seen everywhere in the wilderness.

There are a lot of guards in the hundred households now, including Luan Fengying and them, plus the maids and maids, as well as a group of heralds in the front yard, there are more than 100 people in the front and back yards on weekdays, and the kind of big water tank in the west room, Wang Dali sent five.

Naturally, there is also a small shower room, but the water is provided by the umbrella here.

Xiao Ye sat in the front hall with Xin Weilin and Wang Ziliang, drinking warm fragrant tea, and whispering about the affairs of Eagle Claw Fort.

There every day Huang Hanxiang will send a letter post, although there is no trace of the Tartar cavalry, but along the grassland of the Gobi Desert, the figure of the Tartar rangers has gradually increased a lot.

Even the mule and horse team from Bailong Lake had to go around the Gobi Desert as soon as possible, otherwise it would become the target of the Tartar rangers on the grassland, and they would be annoyed by the attack, and the pack team would be scattered if they were not careful.

Today, there are Wang Meng's two teams of Shiren, escorting weapons and supplies to Eagle Claw Fort, where there are more than 230 firefighters/gunners, plus the heavy machine gun whose barrel is about to be scrapped, it is not a big problem to hold on to waiting for help.

However, in case the Tartars brought artillery, Xiao Ye didn't have much confidence in whether Eagle Claw Fort could hold on, and no matter how eager he was now, he couldn't hold the artillery in his hand.

It really didn't work, and he could only transfer Hao Yongliang's gun and grenade squad over and barely cope with the siege of the Tartars. This kind of light grenadier squad, Xiao Ye has not yet been able to expand.

Before the appearance of the heavy machine gun, what kind of mineral material was put into the mill, Wang Ziliang had already sent someone to find out, it was some mineral material given by Huang Fugui, and this kind of mineral material came from Shuangta Lake.

Although he didn't know what this manganese and tungsten was, the stone mill needed a lot of manganese and tungsten, which was imminent.

Hearing that Wang Dali had obtained thousands of catties of iron concentrate, Xiao Ye put down the teacup in surprise, and continued to listen with a frown.

At the end of the month, the Huang family caravan passed through Lao Yangkou, and after paying taxes and filial piety in the wine shop, a flag officer came out and asked Huang Deshan, "What kind of goods are you pulling?" ”

"So that this brother can know that it is some cloth and charcoal," Huang Deshan skillfully stuffed a piece of silver into the hand of the flag officer, and replied respectfully.

"Okay, you go and check it, and you can't let go of the prohibited materials," the flag officer raised his chin with a tense face, and several soldiers stepped forward to look back and forth on the mule and horse cargo.

Huang Deshan, whose face did not change, glanced at the waist pocket of the flag officer, and asked the guards to cooperate with the inspection very seriously.

"Report to the flag officer, the goods are all cloth and charcoal," Soon, a leading soldier stepped forward and replied loudly to the flag officer.

As for the sacks of grain that could not be covered on the backs of mules and horses, everyone thought that they were just changed cloth or charcoal.

Of course, there are also those who do not have enough filial piety, or stuff less money into the flag officers and soldiers, or are reported by large merchants, and those small caravans, then it is inevitable that they will be confiscated and prohibited, and people will be arrested and imprisoned.

Li Nanshan came again with the caravan, and on the mule-drawn cart, the thick and thick tube that was firmly tied was nothing more than a large piece of scrap copper in his eyes; There was a card in the imperial store, and the flag officer was completely speechless.

Although the muzzle of the bronze cannon was poured with lead juice, and more than a dozen cracks were deliberately chiseled out on the cannon body, and the vague inscription was in the early Hongwu period, but the Huzun cannon, even if it was completely scrapped, what do you want to change when you pull the two guns.

This kind of waste artillery that should be handed over to the household department for disposal according to the regulations is available in the divine hangars of various provinces, but it has been transported all the way to the Beijing Division, and the journey is at its own expense.

As a result, the scrapped artillery and fire systems in the god hangars in various places, even if they rot into a pile of scrap copper and iron, are generally lying on the accounts, and no one wants to write off the accounts to find trouble; Of course, if it is completely damaged during the exercise, or lost in the conflict with the Tartars, then it is another matter, and the command and envoy can report it for the record.

The Tao in this, after a long time, people with a heart can find a way; Otherwise, where did the Tartars in the steppe come from the artillery.

"The Li family's caravan caravan has 5,000 catties of coal, and the taxes have been paid," the tangled flag officer, seeing that Mao Gonggong turned a blind eye, why did he bother to be a villain in vain, touched the silver in the money bag, and let him go loudly.

Zhao Wuliang quickly understood the scene of pointing at the cannon as charcoal, and sent the Li family caravan to the horse road in a daze.

The Jinyi Guard spies who were operating near the two tax cards of Huangdian and Guandian had already received the instructions from above, so they turned a blind eye to the waste artillery going north.

Jiang Bin needed fire/guns, Jinyiwei needed a letter post, and the high-ranking Zhang Jian army not only needed the imperial tax, but also needed to find the Persians along this trade route, so under the strange control of the outside and the inside, the merchants on the horse road began to get busy.

As the merchants opened up the way with money, the two tax cards soon became decorations, and the smuggling activities under Zhang Zhong's strict orders reached their peak in mid-July.

At the fork in the old sheep's mouth, the wine shop has become a special royal store tax card, and at noon, the sleepy Mao Gonggong heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves.

The Tian family caravan came, and there were hundreds of mules and horses, and more than a dozen long carriages, full of goods.

Taxes and filial piety are the same, the flag officers and soldiers stuffed silver tickets in their hands, and after singing the certificate, the road strip was stamped, and the leading Tian Fang Junyi waved his hand, and the team rumbled and continued to move forward.

On the surface, Zhang Zhong's cronies sent from time to time wanted to spot check the goods passing by here in Huangdian Kazi, and these loyal cronies Mao Gonggong did not dare to offend, but the hilly workshop area became a temporary rest point for the caravan to avoid inspection.

No, the Tian family caravan rested in the workshop area for two days, and waited until those people ate and drank at the imperial store, and then came over in a hurry.

The grain was tightly bundled on the back of the mule and horse, and the heavy bags of mineral material in the wagon, the straw mat was not tightly covered, and the exposed crude lead was gray and white, and the iron was yellow and black; However, there were tea and ale wine written on the road, and the tax collectors carefully checked and checked that they were correct.

With the temptation of monetary interests, the large and small caravans that come and go to the horse road quickly divided the rules, the horse teams of the chambers of commerce in Gansu Town, as well as the horse teams of large merchants, can carry some goods in the ban, but the small merchants and traders can only bring some goods such as needles, threads, soy sauce and vinegar, otherwise they will bear the consequences.

Naturally, the large merchants who benefited from the Persians ate a large amount of Persian goods, and the others drank some soup.

In the procession, there was a light covered carriage with a slightly raised window, and a sergeant could see a face as tender as a peach blossom, flickering; The one who lifted the window was Tian Xiuxiu's maid Xiaoju, who was looking at the figure outside with a curious face.

"Miss, it should be to Lao Yangkou, and then I went to Shiguantun,"