Meng Prophet said, "I am a merchant. ”

"Running merchants?" Fang Ling said puzzled.

Meng Xian explained: "The merchant is to help the merchant deliver goods, for example, if a merchant in the city needs to send a certain piece of goods to a neighboring county, I can help deliver it, and the price will be much cheaper than the post station, because the speed is much faster because it is dedicated to delivery." ”

Fang Ling's heart moved: "So, Brother Meng is very familiar with the surrounding counties and cities?"

Meng Xian took another sip of wine and said with a smile: "Of course, if you want to speed faster than the horses of the post station, you have to be familiar with this avenue and trail, and I dare not say anything else, from this Zou County to Pingtan Pass, whether it is a avenue or a trail, a mountain or a waterway, I am clear." ”

Fang Ling was secretly happy to hear it, the problem he was most worried about now was that He Bao and others could not find themselves, and went directly to Pingtan Pass to intercept it, Pingtan Pass is the second checkpoint that must be passed through to Shicheng, and the three official roads after the Qingping Pass will be combined into one there, forming a straight road to Pingtan Pass, which road is the smoothest, but it is also what Fang Ling is most worried about, once he meets He Bao and others there, it will be difficult to get rid of them again, they will definitely not be stupid enough to do it on the official road, and it is very likely that in addition to Pingtan Pass, there is also Baijiang。

The Baijiang River is a big river outside the Pingtan Pass, passing from west to east, stretching dozens of counties, its river is extremely turbulent, there are accidents every year, if they do something there, it is impossible to prevent it.

Therefore, it was necessary to avoid He Bao's men and horses outside Pingtan Pass, cross the Baijiang River unconsciously, and reach the northern border, which saved a lot of trouble.

Fang Ling asked, "Then apart from the Daguan Road outside Pingtan Pass, is there any other way to go to Pingtan Pass?"

Meng Zhiyuan said with a smile: "Of course there is, there are several mountain roads alone, although they are a little steeper, but they are more time-saving than the official roads." ”

Fang Ling continued to ask, "I don't know how much money Brother Meng can get when he goes to Pingtan Pass?"

Although this was asked abruptly, Meng Zhiyuan did not hesitate, and said calmly: "It usually takes three days to go to Pingtan Pass from here, and I only use two and a half days, and generally one kilogram of goods will cost 60 copper coins for the post station, and I only charge 40 Wen." ”

Fang Ling smiled and said, "Then I don't know if Brother Meng is free tomorrow, I want you to help consign some goods to Pingtan Pass." ”

"Absolutely. Meng Zhiyuan agreed.

The two made an appointment to meet in Sanli Pavilion outside the city, Fang Ling originally had no copper coins on him, so he happened to find some change when he bought medicinal materials in Linshui County, so he took 20 Wen out as a deposit.

Fang Ling watched Meng Zhiyuan leave, and then went upstairs, although it was only a short time of contact, but this person looked very arrogant and open-mouthed on the surface, but he was also quite cheerful and honest, these two very different personalities were perfectly integrated into this person, so that Fang Ling also paid some attention to it.

In the evening, Fang Ling was woken up by the sound outside, he gently pushed open the door and looked outside, and suddenly saw several catchers knocking on the door one by one to check, and standing in the direction of the door, he happened to see Wu Tianbao downstairs with a swollen head.

Of course, Fang Ling would not be stupid enough to think that Wu Tianbao came to Zou County by chance, and came to this inn by chance.