Qi Xuansu spent about fifty Taiping dollars, bought a horse, compacted a bundle of hay, a windproof cloak, and replenished some food, medicine, a change of clothes, and water, and then left Xiping Mansion.

For Qi Xuansu, Yongzhou did not leave him too many good memories, the relict mountain city, the West Gobi, the East Oasis, Cuowenbu, the Kunlun Pass, the Xingzhuhai, Yanze, Zhaling Lake, and Jiuwagang are always accompanied by various cults and demons, as well as all kinds of dangers.

Next, he was going to leave Yongzhou and go to Tianshui Mansion in Liangzhou.

Qi Xuansu galloped on the wide official road, and a puff of smoke and dust rolled up behind him.

If you look down from above, the huge plain is endless, but there are no people, there is not much green, just the color of the yellow sand and Gobi, it seems that the dusk sky and the vast earth have been connected as one, and they can no longer distinguish each other.

There was a small black dot moving with smoke and dust, so small that it was negligible compared to the vast expanse of the earth.

The northwest is not as prosperous as the south of the Yangtze River, but the desert is vast, the sky is high and the clouds are wide, but it makes people feel a lot of heroism. Jiangnan, which is watery and too densely populated, can't run like this.

After running wildly for a day, Qi Xuansu did not choose to enter the city, but found a leeward place in the wild to spend the night. Although the spring is cold and it is located in the northwest, the cold at night is even more severe. However, Qi Xuansu has strong blood and energy, a strong physique, and true qi to keep out the cold, even if he can't avoid the cold and heat, he is not afraid of the night cold.

However, Qi Xuansu still lit a fire, sat cross-legged in front of the fire, and practiced qi silently.

As Qi cultivation becomes more and more proficient, Qi Xuansu no longer needs to be in a fixed and inward view, as long as he sits in a posture with his heart facing the sky, he can run Zhou Tian on his own, and it is okay to talk to others during this period. Just like riding a horse, beginners should be cautious, do not dare to have the slightest distraction, until the equestrian skills are proficient, riding a horse is already instinctive, and can be ridden at the same time, distracted for other purposes, such as archery, chopping, horse lassoness and so on.

After reaching the stage of returning to the truth, the three major dantians in the body are opened up to form the Great Zhou Tian, and the true qi in the body circulates on its own, and there is no need to deliberately practice qi, as if someone can eat and sleep right away.

As for the heavenly beings, this statement mainly comes from the path of the earth immortals, comprehending the principles of heaven and earth, seeking the way of the unity of heaven and man, and forming Zhou Tian with heaven and earth, which is another statement.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a group of people hurrying from the west road.

Qi Xuansu glanced at it, and then he was stunned. But I saw that this group of people was wearing the same sheepskin jacket and carrying a flat burden, and the white flowers in the burden turned out to be salt.

There are four kinds of salt, namely: sea salt, lake salt, well salt, mineral salt, sea salt is mainly concentrated in coastal and other places, and the inland is mainly lake salt and mineral salt, there are salt fields of lake salt around Cuowenbu, and there are several large salt mines in Yongzhou.

Everyone can't do without salt, but salt and iron are the monopoly of the imperial court, and the profits are huge, so the illegal salt dealers are repeatedly banned. This group of people is fierce in action and sturdy, it seems that they should be a group of salt lords, and the weight of the flat burden on each person's shoulders is not light, not to mention 200 catties.

Although each of them carried a weight of more than 200 catties, they walked very quickly, which shows that they are all people with cultivation, even if they are not congenital people, they are also the best among the acquired people.

That's the gang.

Gangs are also associations, but the word "secret" is missing, at least it is in line with the rules on the Daomen side, and it is another matter for the court to crack down on smugglers.

Because of profits, these gangs sell illicit salt, and there is no shortage of peace money, so they are very powerful, and there is no shortage of some good hands. If in normal times, Qi Xuansu would go to visit the end, and at this time, thinking of the errand explained by Qi Niang, he could not delay because of being nosy, and let go of his steps at the moment. In the evening, I came to a small town near the border of Yongzhou and found a small inn to stay.

Qi Xuansu didn't eat the food in the inn, but took out the dry food he had prepared, and suddenly heard a commotion in the store, and a group of people came to stay. Listening to those people when they spoke, they were full of energy, obviously cultivating in their bodies, Qi Xuansu probed and looked out of the door, it was the group of salt lords he met on the way.

Qi Xuansu didn't care either, instead of sleeping, and continued to practice qi.

In the middle of the night, he suddenly heard a sound, and Qi Xuan Suden woke up from his meditation.

Qi Xuansu looked out of the crack in the window, and saw the group of salt lords carrying their burdens out of the door.

Qi Xuansu saw that this group of people was sneaky, and finally aroused his curiosity, so he quietly left the room and followed behind.

In the dark night, I vaguely saw the group of people carrying burdens, flying across the wilderness, Qi Xuansu followed behind him silently, and the gang of private tyrants seemed to have something important to do, and they were greedy for the journey, so they didn't look back, so they didn't notice it.

Along the way, there were people coming from other directions, also carrying flat shoulders and filling with white flowers, and finally there were about a hundred people, marching in one direction.

After walking like this for more than an hour, they came to a dry river, which was close to the border between Yongzhou and Liangzhou, and the group finally stopped.

There was also a group of people waiting here, driving the carriage, when someone said, "Finally arrived." ”

One of the salt barons also spoke: "20,000 catties of high-grade mineral salt, are your Taiping money ready?" ”

Both sides don't use the black words on the rivers and lakes, they are obviously familiar with each other, and they don't go to that trouble anymore.

"It's been prepared for a long time, the official ticket of Taiping Qian Zhuang will be exchanged for two hundred yuan of Taiping money." The person over there responded, "Recently, Qingluanwei has been investigating tightly, and the large business is too easy to expose, so I can only do some small business secretly, and rely on manpower to sell the dead power to luck the salt." ”

Someone on the Yanxiao side collected the official ticket and complained: "Our Bailai brothers, a total of 200 Taiping money, divide the profits, each person only has two Taiping money." ”

The humane over there: "Yes, you can earn two taiyuan a day, and it is sixty taiyuan a month." The fifth-grade Taoist priests of the Daomen are only fifty Taiping dollars a month, and you earn more than the fifth-grade Taoist priests of the Daomen, is it possible that you still want to compare with those mages? ”

"This is hard-earned money, not to mention the hard work, and the risk of being killed by Qingluanwei, those Taoist priests made money while drinking tea, can it be compared?" The salt owl argued.

The man said hesitantly: "Of course it can't be compared, but who makes people's lives better?" Dude, let's accept fate. ”

In the early years of this dynasty, the new currency has not yet been implemented, Huzhou, Wuzhou, Jinling Prefecture sold silver for three cents and four cents per pound of salt, and later the salt production was stable, Huzhou, Jiangzhou, Wuzhou sold silver for one and a half cents per pound of salt, and Jinling sold silver for one and a half cents.

One tael is equal to ten cents, one penny is equal to ten cents, and one cent is equal to ten cents.

Converted into today's Taiping money, one penny of silver is equal to a small circle, a small circle is equal to one hundred ruyi money, and one cent of silver is ten ruyi money.

One cent and two cents are twelve wishful coins, and four cents are forty wishful coins.

For ordinary people, it is indeed very expensive.

In this way, 200 Taiping money buys 20,000 catties of mineral salt, that is, one yuan of Taiping money buys 100 catties of mineral salt. No wonder illicit salt is prevalent, and it is indeed cheap.

However, Qi Xuansu was greatly disappointed.

This group of people is mysterious and secretive, and he should be a great deal, it turned out to be a private salt transaction.

However, this is also the most real rivers and lakes, swords and swords and bloody rain are not fake, but most of the time it is still for the sake of eating, a "profit" word is the head, and even grievances are relatively minor things.

Just as Qi Xuansu was about to leave, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and more than ten fast horses galloped over. Someone shouted loudly in the sound of hooves: "The yellow sky has been established, and the world is auspicious." ”

The two groups of people were silent for a while, and after a while, someone said in a trembling voice: "It's the people of the 'Heavenly Court' who have arrived......"

Qi Xuansu hid in the dark, heard it clearly, and couldn't help but feel funny.

The original sentence of "the yellow sky has been established, the world is auspicious" is called "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, the world is auspicious", is the slogan of the Taiping Dao uprising that swept the world, that was already two thousand years ago, at that time it was also called the Heavenly Master Sect, just defeated the ancient witch religion, entrenched in Shuzhou for a generation, and established himself as the king.

Up to now, the Heavenly Master Sect has been established as an ancient one, and it has been established as a positive one, and the Taiping Dao no longer shouts "the sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand", talking about rules, truths, and laws.

Unexpectedly, "Heavenly Court" picked up the slogan that Taiping Dao threw away, and it became its own with a slight change, which is really worthy of a group of foolish people.

In a few moments, the men and horses of the "Heavenly Court" arrived.