A few days later, Li Licheng and his entourage continued northward from Xingyang along Suoshui, and arrived at the south bank of the Yellow River smoothly. Thinking of what happened a few days ago, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

Naqi was thoughtful and knew from the goods they were transporting that they were not ordinary merchants. Although there is no shortage of merchants in the north and south who use books as commodities, this is still a relatively niche commodity after all, and it will not be simple merchants who make a living from this business. In particular, the books they transport are very rich in both quantity and category, and naturally they are not available to people from ordinary backgrounds.

This situation is not that they are intimate, and they have made corresponding arrangements, but it is unfortunate that when they go out, they meet Dongfang Lao who is cleaning up smuggling and earning extra money.

Fortunately, Li Tang and Dongfang Lao are old acquaintances, and this Dongfang Lao seems to believe Li Tang's words, and after entertaining them, he did not make much trouble, and even arranged for his subordinates to escort them all the way north, so that they could successfully reach the south bank of the Yellow River.

As for the goods and goods that were searched before, Dongfang Lao also returned most of them to them, but some of them were particularly rare, such as white sugar, and some of them were still withheld.

Of course, this is nothing, not to mention that the other party also provides them with a certain amount of protection, even if it is just a reunion of old friends, it should be expressed according to the etiquette of dealing with people.

"Although Dongfang Lao is also quite faithful, he is willing to let go easily this time, and it is also for his own sake. He was surprised by me, and if he did not believe it, he would inevitably bear the name of injustice. If it is sent to my boss and strictly interrogated, I am afraid that the old things of the second high school will turn over again. The Lord of Qi is becoming more and more violent, and the old subordinates of the Gao clan do not want to be implicated in the old things anymore. Knowing that I have defected, it is wise to let things go and settle the matter."

Speaking of Dongfang Lao letting go of his party, Li Tang couldn't help but sigh.

As a traitor, no matter what the reason for him to return to the Northern Qi Dynasty, he is always inevitably a sinner.

It is a relatively normal operation for the Dongfang veteran to send Ye Du to ask for guilt after he is arrested, but if he really wants to do this, no one can guarantee whether Gao Zhongmi's old rebellion will be implicated in any more personnel clues that were ignored back then. Especially now that except for Gao Zhongmi, who fled westward, the Gao brothers are no longer in the world, and the Northern Qi court may be even more careless in dealing with these personnel leftovers.

Therefore, Dongfang Lao let Li Tang go, which can be regarded as one more thing than one less. Such an old matter, even if he arrested and sent Li Tang away, the credit is not great, but the risk is not small.

After hearing this, Li Licheng also said with a smile: "Although this is the case, his people are still willing to treat each other like this after a long absence, which also shows that Guangzong's faith and righteousness make people happy. This person is convinced that even if I am captured after I enter Ye, Guang Zonggong will never implicate him in his confession."

"It's just that Li Hou has to continue to travel here, which goes against the previous plan, does Li Hou really want to go to Ye together?"

Because the old Dongfang troops escorted them all the way here, and they did not have the opportunity to stop in Xingyang County to make other arrangements, the original plan was for Li Licheng to lurk in Xingyang Township to build a relatively stable stronghold, and Li Tang led the staff to sneak into the vicinity of Yecheng in batches and many times.

Hearing Li Tang's question, Li Licheng said with a smile: "A few days ago, I asked for something in Taiwan, and I knew that this trip was by no means without danger. Now that you have entered the enemy's territory, it is inevitable that things will happen, and accidents cannot be avoided, so why cling to the old plan? Moreover, if you share this matter with the public, you should also share the blessings and woes, and you should do nothing else, and go quickly!"

Hearing Li Licheng's statement, Li Tang didn't say anything more, so the group began to prepare to cross the river to the north.

Going deep into enemy territory sounds like a dangerous situation, but it doesn't have to be. Of course, accidents are unavoidable, because after all, the initiative lies with the other party, and all they can do is to respond smartly. And in the case of directly crashing into the hands of the enemy like before, you can only ask for more blessings.

But in fact, in most cases, as long as they don't try to get close to those very important people and key areas, and flaunt their identity as spies too much, then they are no different from other ordinary people in the eyes of others.

After all, even in later generations, it is very difficult to carry out comprehensive vigilance at the social level and search for spies.

Not to mention in this ancient society. Of course, it is very abrupt for unfamiliar personnel to appear in the township where ordinary personnel are closed, but Yecheng, as the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty, is one of the few prosperous cities in the entire north and even the whole world, and it is destined to have a large number of personnel incursions and exits every day, and no one will strictly investigate and carefully examine these personnel discrepancies.

However, without careful inspection, it does not mean that there is no supervision at all, on the contrary, the management system is still very strict in theory. The taxes of the Northern Qi Dynasty included the Guanshi boats, salt and iron in the mountains, and the rent of shops and shops.

In other words, as long as the goods enter the market, you need to pay taxes, and your goods must contain records such as the closure of the market, the customs and other records, which market is bought and sold, where to pass through the customs and the land and water journey, etc., there must be a clear and systematic record, otherwise you must not enter the market to buy and sell.

Of course, at any time, it is always one thing in theory, and it is another thing in practice, after all, you can't control if I break the law.

The smugglers who are active in Henan and other trade routes may not all have the energy to openly ignore the laws and regulations of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but they can't stand the people above.

For example, in the vicinity of Jindu along the Yellow River, there are many powerful people in Yecheng who send domestic slaves here, mainly to recruit these smuggling merchants and give them a legal identity for goods that have no customs clearance and transaction records.

In exchange, of course, the caravans had to give a percentage of the value of the goods they transported. At the same time, the goods they transport are left to the choices of these powerful families. After these powerful families have been selected, these smuggled goods can flow into the market as a legal identity.

When Li Licheng and his entourage were waiting to cross the river, there was no shortage of powerful and wealthy slaves from the Northern Qi Dynasty who came in front of them to inquire about the types of goods they were transporting and solicit business. When they learned that their party had arrived from the north, these slaves couldn't help but be even more enthusiastic.

As one of the centers where people gather in the world, Yedu is naturally indispensable for people and materials from all over the world, and the quality and popularity of goods from different origins are also different. At the moment, goods and caravans from the north are the most popular.

Naturally, they had already contacted the next family who supplied the bribes, but since Li Licheng also went north directly with the team, for the sake of safety, they were divided into two teams. Li Licheng led the team to go to the house of the magnates they had contacted before, and obeyed the arrangement to deliver goods across the river. Li Tang chose a slave from the wharf and led the way across the river by a princess of Dongping.

After crossing the river, they arrived at Fangtou, which is an important ferry port in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and was also an important military town in Gongwei Hebei.

Because the entire Henan region is now controlled by the Northern Qi Dynasty, the military significance of Fangtou is not as great as before, and the ferry is mostly used by passengers and merchants, so it is also very lively.

Because of the intimate guidance of the local snake, Li Licheng and others crossed the river relatively smoothly. After crossing the river, they followed their chosen powerful slaves and were led to the manor near the manor, where they were inspected and counted for their value, and selected among them.

Such a thing has already formed a relatively stable industrial chain, although there is no lack of power to oppress people, but since it can form a certain scale and run smoothly for a long time, it means that most people are still doing it in accordance with the rules. If you really want to be all meat buns and dogs, there is no return, and such a deal will long have ceased to exist.

Li Licheng went to the Bohai Feng Manor, which is also a smuggler with a good reputation and reputation, and it only took more than an hour to deal with these goods and procedures, and he was able to enter Yedu for sale normally. And the Feng family slave fee is also fair, just charged 20% of the price of the goods, according to the north so far more than ten times the profit, this price can also be called kind.

The Dongping princess's house that Li Tang went to was probably due to the emperor's relatives, so the asking price was higher and the time was longer. But there is also a reason why it is expensive, in addition to issuing it to the normal commercial procedures, it also arranges for them to be in the name of a Xianbei cargo owner. When the group entered Yedu, they would understand how convenient this gift had brought them.

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