The bucket of money around him, which has to be given to the top, is not unique to Xiaoqi himself. And according to the flow of people, an amount will be set every few days, and if the amount is not enough, the small flag will be enough.

When the soldier heard Xiaoqi speak, he quickly looked up. I saw a group of people coming on the official road outside the city gate. There was a young scholar who rode on an old horse and a few servants who came with an ox cart. Looking like that, he should be a rich man.

When the soldier saw this, he immediately came to his senses, and immediately greeted him, and together with his other companions, he took his spear and stopped the man.

"What are you doing, where are you coming from, where are you going, where are you leading, take it out and check it!" A series of questions were asked very smoothly.

The young man riding on the old horse was also handsome, and when he was interrogated by the soldiers, he did not look scared, and even a little arrogant, he did not dismount, and pointed to himself and said: "The contemptible person is Sun Yunxuan, the child of Niujiazhuang, because of the thieves in Fugu, he came to Baodezhou to visit relatives and friends, and by the way to avoid the limelight." ”

Speaking of this, he pointed to the cattle lane again: "The one in the car is cheap, and there is no one else." ”

Hearing that the other party was a child, the soldier who interrogated him did not dare to be rude. Immediately asked his companion to collect the spear, and then said politely: "Even so, please take the road out to verify." ”

This boy named Sun Yunxuan was obviously stunned after hearing this, and only then did he say: "I was in too much hurry, and I didn't have time to prepare the road guide." ”

By this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the road guidance system had actually existed in name only. That is, in some extraordinary times, or under special circumstances, we will strictly act and check the road guide.

That little flag has also come over, he is not afraid of any children. After hearing the answer. Immediately shouted: "Since there is no way, then go back and forth from there!" ”

A servant who had been leading the old horse, who seemed to be a long-term worker, heard Xiaoqi speak, hurriedly leaned over, and said with a smiling face: "This official." My lord was afraid that something would happen at home, so when he heard the news of the thief, he hurriedly drove the young master and grandmother into the city. Please also help for the sake of the fellows. ”

As he spoke, Xiao Qi already had something more in his hand.

"This is also true, it is common for thieves to rise out there and not be well prepared." Xiaoqi suddenly became reasonable, but as soon as the conversation changed, he still demanded: "But where my duty lies, I have to strictly investigate the thief." If I let you into the city. But it's going to get in the way. ”

The long-term worker was stunned when he heard this, didn't he already give the money, why didn't he let him enter the city? He looked at Xiaoqi and suddenly noticed that he was blinking. I was stunned for a moment, and I immediately came back to my senses.

"My young master knows that it is not easy for the officials, there are some copper coins here, so I should pay tribute to the officials with a little tea money. It's easy! After Changgong finished speaking, he reached into his arms. He took out two strings of copper coins and handed them over with both hands.

The small flag was not answered. Instead, he motioned for the soldiers to take it. Then he said with a smile on his face: "It's convenient for you to be with people, and since you know each other, we don't want to be embarrassed." Come on, check the car and release the person. ”

Sun Yunxuan, who was riding on the old horse, heard that he was going to check the ox cart, and his face immediately looked a little unpleasant. When he saw that a soldier was about to lift the curtain, he immediately said, "Don't disturb the baffle." Ben Gongzi will come by himself! ”

When he had finished speaking, he leaned over, reached out and lifted the curtain, and immediately lowered it.

At this moment, several soldiers saw that there was a young woman in the car. A little shy, a little nervous.

Xiaoqi also saw it, and immediately waved his hand to let his subordinates go.

After the group passed the city gate for a while, the chief worker raised his head and whispered to Sun Yunxuan on horseback: "Company commander, this gate guard is a little dark, and he took the broken silver and asked for copper coins!" ”

This Sun Yunxuan is the company commander of the artillery company of the Heavenly Army, and his family is from Hequ, so he pretended to be a child and sneaked into the city.

The woman in the car was in Wang Jiayin's team before, and another long-term worker who was silent was the real husband and wife. They were picked to do it, and they were a little scared. Only Sun Yunxuan and the long-term worker who spoke could deal with the city gate defenders.

Most crucially, there was also an explosive bag hidden in the car. Sun Yunxuan and Changgong cooperated with each other to prevent them from having the opportunity to inspect carefully.

Sun Yunxuan listened, and said with an indifferent smile on his face: "Let him be, and let them spit it out when he turns around." Let's go, go to the guest house and wait for the others. ”

At the city gate, the small flag suddenly pulled over the leading soldier, and after walking to a corner, he began to search the soldier's body.

The soldier's face turned pale, and after a while, he saw that there were three small pieces of broken silver in Xiaoqi's hand.

"Big brother, this is secretly stuffed to me by the past few waves of merchants, and I am thinking about finding an opportunity to give it to you, big brother!" The soldier quickly explained.

Xiaoqi's face was very ugly, if he hadn't been stuffed with broken silver just now, he really didn't know that in the past few days, in order to avoid the thieves on the other side of the valley, those rich people outside the city hurriedly entered the city, and they could even give away the broken silver.

He stared at the soldier for a long time, and after he was frightened, he suddenly whispered: "Tell a few of them, if anyone receives the broken silver, they will all be handed over to me for distribution, so that everyone will be good!" ”

"Yes, yes, definitely, definitely!" The soldier hurriedly reassured, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

This can't blame Xiaoqi for making a fuss, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, because Zhang Juzheng implemented a whip law, all taxes had to be paid in silver. Therefore, in this northwest region, silver does not circulate as much as in the Jiangnan area, but becomes more expensive. There are very few bribes like going into the city, and few give away broken silver.

The soldiers defending the city did not know that nine out of ten of the people who gave away the broken silver were called soldiers of the Heavenly Army. The real landlord Lao Cai is willing to send broken silver, and he must be carrying a copper plate.

It is only called the soldiers of the Heavenly Army, and they do not need money in the army. In order to sneak into the city, Hu Guang allocated another sum of money. It doesn't make much difference to them whether it's copper or silver.

This kind of thing happened in the four gates of Baode Prefecture, east, west, north and south, but the north gate directly facing Fugu happened the least. Because Hu Guang was afraid that this side would be the most strictly investigated, he deliberately asked them to make a detour and sneak into Baodezhou from other city gates.

has taken this step, which means that Ming Huguang is going to take Baodezhou. The reason is also very simple, that is, in the next few days, the number of victims who came to join the Heavenly Army exceeded expectations. If you don't take Baode Prefecture and get the food in the city, then the food will definitely not be enough.

It was also because he decided to fight Dezhou, so when An Gui resigned to Hu Guang, he stopped and postponed it. Hu Guang did not say his previous considerations, but only said that when Baodezhou was defeated, he would let him return to Beijing. (To be continued......)