Chapter 14: The Storm in the City
When you come to the city gate at close range, you can feel the thick and ancient atmosphere emitted by the city wall, which can only be felt by those who have cultivation, and the deeper the cultivation, the stronger the feeling.
This is a feeling that ordinary people can't feel.
The city walls of a county town can cause this kind of coercion on people, and you can imagine how powerful the imperial court is, which makes people more and more awe-inspired, and dare not take half a step against the officials.
There are three gates in the county seat into the city, the gate in the middle is about three zhang wide, which is specially for the convoy or the nobles on horseback to pass through, and the two small gates next to it are only about five zhang, which is for people on foot to pass. One goes into the city, the other goes out. After all, there are still many ordinary people in this world, and only wealthy merchants or nobles have horses to ride.
"Line up and be checked" The guards in bright armor set up a checkpoint at the gate of the city, and checked everyone who entered the city, each car was checked one by one, and ordinary people were released if they only carried a package and checked it casually, only caravans and large and medium-sized convoys such as Xilin Village would check carefully.
"Sir, we are all some mountain people, and this time we entered the city to sell and write mountain goods, all of which are things from the mountains," Li Wenming, the father of the dog, said, and stuffed a bag of gold coins into the hands of the person who looked like a leader, and the little leader guarding the door weighed the weight with his hand and smiled.
"We are also doing routine inspections, brothers, everyone hurry up, don't delay the brothers from the mountains to enter the city," the leader of the guards commanded loudly to the guards who were inspecting.
Everyone is a subject of the imperial court, like this to enter the city does not have to pay any fees, but if you do not pay the speed is very slow, the inspection will be very careful, in the process will inevitably destroy some goods, in order to speed up the speed, reduce losses, to give the guards some benefits has become an unwritten rule, everyone knows it, waiting for this "tacit understanding." ”
"Okay, check it out, let it go" The leader of the guards waved his hand, and some of the guards removed the barricades that blocked the way.
"The convoy in front of him dodged away, Su Gongzi returned home, and the idlers and others all got out of the way"
Just when the Xilin Village convoy was about to enter the city, a few fast horses rode not far away, and the sturdy men who were sitting on the horses were all dressed in black suits and wearing sabers on their waists. There was also a luxury carriage pulled by two white horses in the back.
As he spoke, he came to a nearby place and began to drive the convoy of Xilin Village, which attracted the angry eyes of the guards of Xilin Village, and they were about to pull out their weapons for the people who came, but they were stopped by Qin Zhonghu beckoning.
He often goes into the city and knows the origin of this Su Gongzi, his name is Su Hao, he is the largest business house in the county, the eldest son of Su Yao, the big shopkeeper of Su Yao Commercial Bank, Su Yao Commercial Bank is mainly engaged in medicinal materials, and will also recycle demon beast meat, animal bones and the like.
The power of the Su family in the county seat is second only to that of the county government, especially in this remote county where the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, the power of the Su family is even greater.
Qin Zhonghu has dealt with Su Yao Commercial Bank a few times, and knows that their big shopkeeper is exquisite, talking about people when he sees people, talking nonsense when he sees ghosts, and is well versed in the way of business, but he doesn't know that his son is so arrogant and domineering.
They Xilin Village came to the county seat to sell things, and they went back after purchasing materials, and they offended the son of the largest trading house in the county if they couldn't do it here, and the main goods in Xilin Village were medicinal materials, which were the main business of the Su family, and they would have to deal with Su Yao Commercial Bank more in the future.
At Qin Zhonghu's signal, the guards gave way to the road, and Qin Tian and the others also lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the luxurious carriage when they heard the movement.
When the Su family's carriage passed by the carriage where Qin Tian and they were sitting, the curtain of the luxurious carriage was lifted, revealing a chubby head, it was Su Hao, I saw him looking at Qin Tian and them with lofty eyes, and a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he enjoyed this feeling of privilege.
He was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, he has been clothed and fed since he was a child, and his father has a very good relationship with the county magistrate, and in this small county, their Su family can be said to cover the sky with one hand.
Su Hao's eyes, the friends in the car who watched them all gritted their teeth, and they couldn't rush out and beat that fat head into a pig's head, only Qin Tian looked at Su Hao's eyes, full of coldness. Dogs, they looked at Qin Tian and just looked at the pig's head coldly, they didn't mean to teach a lesson, and they all wilted.
In the final analysis, their confidence comes from Qin Tian, Qin Tian doesn't speak, and he doesn't dare to show his head if he gives them a hundred dares, don't you see that there are forty or fifty guards on horseback with this pig's head, each guard has sharp eyes, and at first glance he is a good fighter who has been fighting for a long time.
After this luxurious carriage entered the city gate, Qin Tiancai withdrew his cold eyes and said to Chen Si: "The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, there will be a chance to teach him a lesson in the future, when the time comes, hum..."
Qin Tian's sudden murderous aura and the evil smile on the corner of his mouth made the little friends in the car shiver in unison, and now he began to sympathize with the little fat man a little, and gave him a moment of silence in his heart.
Then came the words of schadenfreude: "Brother Tian is mighty, who is the little fat man who is not good, Pianpian provokes the little evil in our village~ Eh, the little overlord, there is his bitterness to eat" Luo Xuanhua wanted to say the little devil, but when he saw Qin Tian's eyes looking at him, he hurriedly changed his words, he didn't want to have the fate of that little fat man, and he wanted to follow Brother Tian in the future.
"That's it, that's it, Brother Tian doesn't have the same knowledge as that little fat man, otherwise he will be turned into a pig's head with one punch" The dog took this opportunity to also slap Qin Tian's ass.
"Two sycophants" Yue'er glanced at the two of them, giggled after speaking, and looked at Qin Tian with gentle eyes, her eyes were full of little stars, she had always admired Qin Tian, in her heart Qin Tian had always been very powerful, she was already a congenital master at a young age, and she also beat the thieves to the ground.
Dog, Luo Xuanhua looked at Yue'er's treatment of them differently from Qin Tian, and shouted wildly in his heart, "The same people don't have the same fate, I also want to become a congenital master." ”
The convoy started and entered the county smoothly this time.
As soon as I entered the city gate, I heard the shouts of the hawkers one after another
"Rock Sugar Gourd"
"Steamed buns, big meat buns that have just come out of the pot"
"Sugar man, delicious sugar man who doesn't stick to his teeth"
"Baked cakes, with dog meat, it's very fragrant, come and buy it"
"Wooden sword, fun wooden sword"
"Selling flutes, flutes made of purple bamboo, a specialty of Ziyun Mountain, the sound of the flute blows, you can go around the beam for three days, endlessly, come and see if you understand the rhythm."
All kinds of snacks, all kinds of play, plus the fragrance that came, Qin Tian, who had been hungry for a long time, drooled at the corners of their mouths, and they couldn't rush out of the car now, grab every snack in their hands, and eat a big meal.
But the captain Qin Zhonghu didn't speak, and they didn't dare to get out of the car in a hurry.
Qin Zhonghu saw the saliva on the corners of the mouths of these little guys, and he knew in his heart that when these little guys entered the city for the first time, everything they saw was fresh, and many of the things they had eaten had never been eaten in the village, so it was reasonable to have this kind of performance.
"Xiao Song, you take seven brothers, take these little guys around, they can buy whatever they want to eat, the little ones go into the city for the first time, let them have a good time, we have to hand over this Qiu San to the government, receive the reward, and then sell the goods, and then go to purchase supplies, we meet in the welcome building before dark, there is not much time today, stay there for one night first, and we will go back tomorrow morning."
Qin Zhonghu said and threw a bag of gold coins to an honest man dressed in sackcloth and of medium stature. This Xiao Song has a generous personality and treats people gently, and he is deeply trusted by Qin Zhonghu.
"Yes, captain," Xiao Song said respectfully.
"Tian'er, you come down, I have arranged for your Uncle Song to take you around the county, the county is still very safe, my father will go to you again when he does good things" Qin Zhonghu said to Qin Tian and them.
"It's all up to my father"
"Little ones, follow Uncle Song and take you to eat delicious food" Xiao Song took the lead in the lead, a group of little ones followed, and members of the escort team followed.
"The rock sugar gourd is mine, don't grab it"
"I want to eat steamed buns"
Qin Zhonghu looked at their happy appearance, and the corners of his mouth were full of smiles, and he said to the other team members: "Let's go, let's go to the county government first, and get the reward first."
"Yes," the players said in unison.
The convoy slowly marched through the spacious streets of the county seat and headed for the county office.