The two waited for less than a quarter of an hour, and someone came to report, saying that the tea quotation had been verified and they could continue to move forward.

When 6 Haoshan passed the so-called checkpoint, I saw three officials wearing black official uniforms and long knives pinned to their waists guessing and drinking on a simple small table on the side of the road, smiling and looking in a good mood.

As a person in the public gate, it is too easy to knock on some oil and water, just like these three people are the people of the tea inspection office, but they are not ordered by their superiors to come here to inspect, but to check here themselves, and they do not necessarily deliberately slander you where you made a mistake, just say that you received a letter that you are carrying private goods, and ask you to unload all the goods, open and inspect, here tens of thousands of catties of goods, if you load and unload once, I don't know how much effort it takes, and he is in the process of inspection, the action is a little rougher, then the loss is great, this is the king of Hades is betterOf course, as long as you know each other a little bit and take the initiative to send "filial piety" up, then there is nothing to do.

Walking in the forefront of the team, is Zhao Yuqing's nephew Zhao Jun, with the shrewdness of the Zhao family, he will not be stingy with this little money, which is also the reason why it can be released in less than a quarter of an hour, Jiangyou's inspection, although it is an insignificant little official, but when raising donations, he also got more than ten taels, it is enough to see his abundance of oil and water, and he was blocked and intercepted, Zhao Yuqing looked calm, it can be seen from here that he has long known everything about this set.

After a small turmoil, the team continued to move forward, those horses carrying tea, also trotted forward under the drive of the coachman, the weight of two hundred catties for the horses, is still competent, under the command of the Zhao family, let the horses work and rest together, about every thirty miles will take a break, to replenish the horse's body. After all, the road is far away, and I can't rush for a while.

A group of people out in the morning, to the evening to stop, a group of people found a place close to the water source to camp on the spot, so many people, to the hotel accommodation is not realistic, the cost is high and the second can not live so many people, there are many people, camping in the field is good, the cost is saved a lot. Going out to do business, and not going out to play in the mountains and rivers, naturally have to suffer a little, but for 6 Haoshan and the pickets, it is a good field experience.

After calculating the distance, it has run about 180 miles, which is not bad, but if you calculate carefully, it has been from the morning to now. I ran for nearly six hours, and six hours is equivalent to twelve hours, that is, deducting the time for rest and eating, or ten hours to travel. One hundred and eighty miles is ninety kilometers, that is, it takes only nine kilometers to travel in an hour, which is really slow.

to be placed in the Hereafter. Ninety is considered to be slower when the car is on a high road.

By the way, it took a lot of time to deal with those officials halfway. 6 Haoshan pondered, tomorrow to hurry up to the road, with the help of the carriage, only a day to walk such a little way, as soon as out of Sichuan, the pickets have to walk, so slower, now into the summer, who knows if there will be a sudden rain to block the road or something, these sudden situations also have to beware, 6 Haoshan has official business, it is impossible to drag it down indefinitely.

The Zhao family has many business experiences, very well prepared, many people are easy to do, as soon as they stop, the firewood is collected, the pot is set up, the rice is washed, not long after, the temporary camp has been smoked, the fragrance of rice and the aroma of broth continue to drill in the nose, 6 Haoshan sat by the bonfire and breathed a few times, a little intoxicated.

"Brother Shan, come, let's drink saliva first." Yuan San untied the leather bag containing water and handed it to 6 Haoshan.

6 Haoshan was not polite, took it and unscrewed it, poured two mouthfuls in a row, and then said with a smile: "Thank you, third brother." ”

Yuan San smiled heartily, patted 6 Haoshan on the shoulder and said: "It's good to be at home for a thousand days, it's difficult to go out, and you can afford to eat and sleep in the open?" ”

"It's okay, it's interesting" 6 Haoshan asked with concern: "Are those pickets okay, are there any troubles?" ”

Many people were far away for the first time, and 6 Haoshan was a little worried that they were not used to it, so he asked with some concern.

"It's okay, it's not a child, and besides, so many people are in company, and they have already mobilized before going out, announcing that this is a test, and the young people have the strength and spirit." Yuan San said with a smile: "Compared to training, this time the guards are much easier, and many people think that this time they will go out to play." ”

6 Haoshan nodded and said: "I also hope this is a trip, but in this time of chaos, it is undoubtedly a tiger's mouth to eat, we have to face, not only the government, but also some people with bad intentions, now in Sichuan is quite peaceful, out of Sichuan, you have to be careful, third brother, those pickets are all new soldiers, no experience, the work of the guard, you have to do more snacks." ”

"Is this still to say, your business is my Yuan San's business." Yuan San patted his chest and said.

The two were talking, Zhao Yuqing walked over accompanied by Zhao Jun, and Zhao Jun, who was following behind, was still carrying a food box in his hand, approached Zhao Yuqing and saluted and said, "My lord, I have worked hard." ”

"I didn't do anything, why do you have to work hard, Old Patriarch Zhao is too polite, come, please take a seat." 6 Haoshan smiled and stood up to greet him, while Yuan San retreated behind him silently, showing the true colors of a guard.

Zhao Jun didn't need to be instructed, he opened the food box with his hands and feet, took the wine and vegetables from it, and saw that there were roast chicken, mutton, a braised fish, a plate of seasonal vegetables, and a plate of bone broth, in addition, there was a pot of wine, which was really embarrassing for him, and he also made a standard four dishes and one soup in this barren mountain and wild mountain.

"Old Patriarch Zhao, this is"

Zhao Yuqing said with a smile: "These are ordinary side dishes, and they are not chefs, so adults will have some." ”

"There is Lao Zhao's old patriarch." After walking for a day, it was dry food eaten on the carriage, and 6 Haoshan was really a little hungry.

The two politely took a look, picked up the chopsticks and ate, while eating while discussing the future itinerary, 6 Haoshan proposed, to speed up, now the political situation is unstable, he can not be out for a long time, Zhao Yuqing has no opinion, immediately agreed, in his words, this batch of tea is considered a little late, if it arrives too late, then the buyers disperse, it is not easy to sell at a high price. The two can be said to hit it off.

Unconsciously, the two talked about the situation of the checkpoint, and 6 Haoshan said a little lightly: "According to the current point of view, this checkpoint is not very strict, those little officials, just give a little sweetness, I thought it was very troublesome." ”

"These are small fish and shrimp, naturally easy to fight, we are still in the middle of Sichuan, and the inspection here is relatively lax. Because Sichuan is rich in tea, there are many teas, even if it is official tea, it can be said to be business tea, after all, business tea does not need tea introduction, once out of Chengdu to the west, you will appear, the road is becoming more and more difficult to walk, many places are sheep intestine paths. And there are more and more people in the Tea Horse Division and the Tea Inspection Institute, and the health offices along the way will not let go of the opportunity to make things difficult, which is the real trouble. ”

6 Haoshan only then understood why the tolerances of those cards were so easy to negotiate. It turned out that they didn't plan to check whether it was private tea or official tea at all, as long as it was commercial tea, if the vendors didn't cooperate, they wouldn't get any benefits. Once out of Sichuan and into the territory of the Wusizang Xuanwei Division, as long as it is tea, it is all official tea. When the time comes, you won't be able to rely on it.

No wonder I heard Zhao Min say that the most troublesome is the section from Chengdu to Kangding, because there are many checkpoints and guards, and the most risk is the sparsely populated road from Kangding to Lhasa, where there are many nomadic tribes and robbers, so that many traders need to make friends with some powerful tribal leaders and spend money to escort them.

"Old Patriarch Zhao, I don't know which level is the most difficult?"

"Zishi Pass, the one guarding the gate is a guerrilla general, surnamed Cai, we all call him King Cai Yan."

6 Haoshan frowned and said, "Zishi Pass? Isn't there a Diaomen Tea Horse Division there? I remember the information you sent, saying that Zishi Pass is the only way to Kangding, and that guerrilla general surnamed Cai doesn't have any special relationship with the Tea Horse Division, right? ”

This Diaomen Tea Horse Division 6 Haoshan remembers very clearly, in the Yongle years, the Diaomen Tea and Horse Division used more than 80,000 catties of tea, only 70 horses, most of them are sick and disabled horses, a horse costs more than 1,000 catties of tea, compared to Comrade Zhu Chongba's stipulation of getting off the horse for 20 catties of tea, it is simply weak, and it also makes those Xifan laugh from ear to ear.

"The guerrilla general's surname is Cai, his name is Zhongjin, he was the personal guard of Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, and the post-trust relationship sought the position of guerrilla general in Zishi Pass, and the deputy envoy of the tea and horse division of the Diaomen Tea and Horse Division is also the person of the king of Shu, the two have different responsibilities, but the goal is the same, that is, to do everything possible to control the tea and horse transactions, in order to obtain the greatest profit for the king of Shu, in the Ming Dynasty, the largest tea and horse merchant is actually the king of Shu, and it can be regarded as a moon near the water."

King of Shu?

It turned out that this money-loving vassal king was the biggest seller, 6 Haoshan remembered that period of history, when Zhang Xianzhong attacked Sichuan, the government was suffering from no money to recruit soldiers, so he wanted to let the rich and invincible Shu king Zhu Zhishu out of some, but Zhu Zhishu actually said that the vassal king could not interfere in the place, if he took the silver out, the emperor thought he rebelled, and he was in a hurry, the vassal king who occupied most of the good land in the prefectures and counties near Chengdu said that he was poor, and there was only one palace, if he really needed silver, he would take it as a place, according to the record of the good land near Chengdu: "For the king's seventeen, Jun Tun twelve, Mintian only eleven", until Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers came to the city, this panic took out the silver to recruit people, but unfortunately it was late, those people took the silver, turned around and ran away, after the city was broken for fear of being tortured, the king of Shu with his concubines, children, palace maids, etc. committed suicide by throwing himself into the well, and Zhang Xianzhong seized the gold, silver and jewelry from the king of Shu, there were millions, and hundreds of cars were not transported.

It's a fat sheep, early in the morning Sichuan as his own bag of 6 Haoshan thought of this rich lord, saliva flowed, the Ming Dynasty vassal kings are extremely rich, but most of them have no personal freedom, even if they go out of the city, they have to be approved by the magistrate, which is destined to his gold and silver treasures can not be transported anywhere, as long as he takes the Shu Wangfu, he will be able to experience the feeling of a tyrant immediately. (To be continued!)

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