Zishi Pass, located in Zishi Township, Tianquan County, Sichuan, is separated by 19 kilometers from Erlang Mountain, the location here is unique, the terrain is dangerous, look at the direction of Tianquan, the left is the lofty mountains, the waves of the Tsing Yi River are surging, the mountains on the right stretch endlessly, Zishi Pass is the only way to trade tea and horses, and Zishi Pass, Diaomen Pass and Jiamen Pass are known as the three passes, tightly guarding the west gate of Sichuan, it has an important position in the economy and military, and it is the place where the soldiers of the past dynasties must fight.

And the person who guards the west gate of Sichuan is the king of Cai Yan mentioned by Zhao Yuqingzhong, the guerrilla general Cai Zhongjin, Zheng Wupin, who is responsible for guarding Zitianguan.

Cai Zhongjin was originally the personal guard of the King of Shu, because he could speak well, he was very favored by the King of Shu, and since then he has been on the rise, with the support of the King of Shu, from a small personal soldier to a general who guards a pass, Zitianguan guards the customs clearance arteries of Sichuan and Wusizang Xuanwei Division, that is to say, merchants go back and forth to trade, if they want to clear the customs smoothly, they have to look at his face, if the background is hard, then it is good to say, if there is no backer who wants to be less filial piety, Shun lì Tong guò is a dream, and the goose is his best means.

As a person of the king of Shu, Cai Zhongjin naturally knew that his master's favorite thing was these yellow and white things, in order to please the master and consolidate his position, it can be said that he tried his best to loot money, and every time the peak season of tea and horse trading, this guerrilla general would be extremely excited.

When Comrade Zhu Chongba ascended the throne, the style was vigorous and resolute, in addition to the domineering unilateral formulation of the price of tea and horse transactions, it was also strictly forbidden for individuals to sell private tea, for the sake of law and order, his son-in-law Ouyang Lun was executed, and the whole country was shaken for a while, and a group of emperors and relatives and ministers and traders did not dare to act rashly, but it is a pity that he was the only one such a strong king of the Ming Dynasty, and he also had this strength, since Comrade Zhu Chongba, the kings of the Ming Dynasty were not as good as the generation, and many people were disobedient. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, after the gold was excavated, Liaodong was in a hurry every year, this is not, this year the emperor Taiji has hit the Beijing division, the imperial court is too busy to take care of itself, and the tea and horse trading is beyond the reach of the whip, the king of Shu has lived in Sichuan for many years, and Sichuan is a major tea-producing province. The king of Shu was naturally well aware of these profits, and sending his cronies to guard the tea and horse roads was one of his important means of collecting money.

Cai Zhongjin has a rule, that is, "eleven", one out of ten, which means that in addition to the necessary filial piety, one-tenth of the goods must be paid tribute to him, otherwise it would be a dream to think about the Zitian Pass he guarded. Those who don't abide by his rules are either unable to clear the customs for a long time, or they are all lost by him, and the hotels near Zitianmen are all his property. If you can't pass the customs, you will naturally have to live, eat, and spend, and wait until the money and silver are almost spent, and then accuse you of being private. When the time comes, there will be no tears when I cry.

On this day, Cai Zhongjin sat on the wall of Zishi Pass, looking at the rolling mountains from a distance, and then looked at the soldiers guarding the pass with weapons in their hands. I can't help but feel that I am the boss and I am the second, here, I am the emperor of the soil, anyone who wants to figure out guò here, you have to look at your own face, that feeling of dominating the fate of others, so that Cai Zhongjin has an unstoppable pleasure.

The day before yesterday, there was a guy who didn't go on the road, thinking that he had completed the formalities and paid enough taxes according to the rules and regulations, he was unscrupulous, not only did he not offer "filial piety money", but he also scolded the "eleven" rules and regulations hinted at by the soldiers, it seems that he is a rich child from a rich family, and there is no one in his eyes at home on weekdays, he is arrogant and has no background, he is simply a big fat sheep sent to the door, just hit the muzzle of Cai Zhongjin, Cai Yan is not a waste of fame, first borrow the secret order of the imperial court, postpone the switch for a few days, and let him spend a lot of money in his own store. Then he found an opportunity to sneak a few knives and a seven-eyed gun into the goods, which is not difficult, the shopkeeper is all his people, and when the rich kid passed the customs, he was "searched" on the spot with prohibited weapons out of the customs, Cai Zhongjin announced the confiscation of the goods on the spot, and all the people were put into prison.

As soon as he thought of the rich child's face like ashes, Cai Zhongjin had an indescribable pleasure, of course, all the property on their bodies naturally went into their own pockets, the more than 10,000 catties of tea, only 2,000 catties were registered, a small part entered the public house, most of them went into the private treasury, and earned that one full of money, of course, the rich kid is also useful, and when his family comes, he will knock on a sum of money, which is simply a million profits.

Thinking of at least a few thousand taels at once, Cai Zhongjin was overjoyed, and in the middle of the night, he took his cronies to Tianquan County to knock on the door of the Qinglou, and lit the most popular top cards for a long time, not to mention how enjoyable it was.

Cai Zhongjin sipped the tea happily and thought happily: If you have a few more votes, you will be rich.

Perhaps it was the gods who heard the call of this King Cai Yan, and just finished thinking about it, a personal soldier suddenly pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said, "General, you see, this caravan is so long. ”

Caravan? As soon as he heard the caravan, Cai Zhongjin's body was excited, for him, the caravan was similar to silver, there was a caravan coming, that is, there was silver to send to the door, the God of Wealth was coming, could he not be spiritual? Looking down, I saw a caravan under the mountain along the winding mountain road, winding up, as if I couldn't see the edge at a glance, the horses on horseback, carrying bulging cloth bags, a look at the costumes of these people to know that there was a big tea merchant arrived.

"Get the brothers ready to work." Cai Zhongjin said with his hands in full swing.

Recently, I have been really lucky, and I can make a lot of money this time.

"Yes, the general" where the soldiers don't understand what he means, it's nothing more than to card them for two or three days, one can be in his store to news, and the other is to give time to this tea shop "dot", if you know each other, then it's okay to say, if you don't go on the road, hehe, it's best to ask for a good backer, this tea and horse business is not something that anyone can do.

If the tea merchants are scared away, it will be better, the prince of Shu wishes that no one would compete with him, and he would be alone.

This caravan that was favored by King Cai Yan was the caravan jointly funded by 6 Haoshan and Zhao Yuqing, at this moment, Zhao Yuqing was telling 6 Haoshan Dao: "My lord, this is Zishi Pass, as long as we pass Zishi Pass, we can go directly to Kangding, and we will be out of Sichuan." ”

6 Haoshan looked at the level of the civil structure, majestic, magnificent, as if straight into the sky, turned his head to see, either the mountains or the mountains, couldn't help but nod and said: "Yes, this level is indeed steep, set up a card here, it is really a pass, ten thousand people do not open." ”

Sichuan has the reputation of the country of abundance, the terrain is like a basin, high on all sides, low in the middle, as the saying goes, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, that is, if you want to contact the outside world, you have to turn over those high mountains, and this purple sky pass, is one of the most important "gates" in western Sichuan.

"This is the most difficult hurdle for us to do business on this trip." 6 Haoshan asked with a smile.

Zhao Yuqing said with a stern face: "Yes, this is the checkpoint guarded by King Cai Yan, which is not easy to deal with, but as long as you send filial piety to the silver, and let him draw one out of ten, it should be fine, just think of it as a disaster to break the fortune and prevent disasters, fortunately, this person also has a small advantage, that is, after receiving the benefits, he will also keep your faith and let you pass." ”

On this trip, Zhao Yuqing can be said to have made sufficient preparations, and investigated Cai Yan King clearly, filial piety money is equivalent to buying travel expenses, and it has to be given everywhere, although this loss is very large, fortunately, these tea leaves do not have to pay taxes, and they save a lot of money, which are also within the range they can afford.

"Yes, I didn't expect this small Tianquan County to have a lot of checkpoints." 6 Haoshan said with some dissatisfaction.

From Jiangyou to Mianzhou, it took two days, from Mianzhou, through Chengdu, and then to Yazhou, turn to Tianquan County, go straight to Zitianguan, is the case of using a car, get up early and catch up late, it took ten days, eight out of June, in a blink of an eye to June 20, the weather is also hot, along the way, 6 Haoshan has been numb to those inspections, the imperial court tea and horse imperial history, tea and horses, tea inspection office people also set up cards everywhere, that is, the inspection of the counties also came to join in the fun, fortunately, the relationship between the Zhao family is still there, and was willing to spend money to open the way, but the road was unimpeded.

There are many people, and those little thieves don't dare to start rashly, 6 Haoshan wants to find a chance to train soldiers, but before entering Tianquan County, there are dozens of mobs to block the road, and they want to collect tolls, Zhao Yuqing wanted to give a plan of ten or two or eight, but 6 Haoshan resolutely opposed, and gave an order, with the private guard as the vanguard, the picket queue rushed over in a gun formation, and before an arrow or a musket was loaded, a charge would defeat them, leaving more than 20 corpses and fleeing, and the battle was without suspense, but the biggest significance was that Let the pickets see blood, everyone must see blood, and they must also be responsible for burying the corpses, and exercise their courage and courage, which should be a pre-drill.

"We all know that there is oil and water on this road, who doesn't want to take a bite" Zhao Yuqing said with a smile: "We are good, we have made a lot of detours, avoided many checkpoints, and can pass through Chengdu Mansion, which is already very good, my lord, that King Cai Yan has a bad temper, and his speech is also extremely scathing, relying on the King of Shu to support him, there is no one in his eyes, you will stay behind for a while, let Zhao deal with him." ”

In Zhao Yuqing's eyes, 6 Haoshan can be regarded as a young man's ambition, and he may not be able to stand this idleness.

"What does Old Patriarch Zhao mean that in addition to satisfying his appetite, we also have to draw one out of ten and cheapen his six thousand catties of tea for nothing?"

"There's no way about this, the shape is stronger than people, I have to bow my head, I received the news, the day before yesterday, a tea merchant in Shandong, just don't understand the rules, no, the goods are gone, people are still in his prison as a meat ticket, waiting for his family to send him money, more than one thing is better than one less, forget it." Zhao Yuqing can see that there is only profit, as long as he is not forced to a dead end, harmony is precious, and businessmen are not angry when they seek wealth, and they are angry and make money.

6 Haoshan shook his head and said: "Old Patriarch Zhao, you opened the way all the way, 6 didn't do anything, this time I will leave it to 6 to deal with him, you just watch from behind." ”

"My lord, are you here for PR?" Zhao Yuqing said in surprise.

"Yes, I think I'll meet this King Cai Yan and see if he has three heads and six arms." (To be continued!)

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