Yang Feng, who was full of food and drink, then boarded the boat to cross the river and headed to the north bank under the farewell of He Yong and others.

The latter was not notified to intercept him......

In fact, he didn't even know the news of the arrival of the traverser in Daming.

It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang's original announcement to the world was completely casual, that is, a few notices were posted in Nanjing, and there was no publicity outside Nanjing, but he probably didn't expect to block the news, so people in Jiangpu knew about Yang Feng before, so the news was still spreading, maybe some people knew about Xuyi at this time, but no one knew about it in this kind of countryside that was nearly 100 miles away from Xuyi.

Since he didn't even know this, of course he didn't know that he ran away.

So Zhu Yuanzhang should have already told Xie Gui that if he ran away and pretended that nothing had happened, even if he didn't tell him in advance, Xie Gui would get similar instructions afterwards.

In short, He Yong, as the highest official in this area, knows nothing about this, and now that he has an iron coupon and a holy decree, then whatever he says is what he says.

He wanted to hurry up and prepare the ferry, and He Yong prepared it for him as quickly as possible, if he wanted to cross the Huai River, then send him to cross the Huai River.

As for Xuyi County......

He Yong is a hundred households with six products, and Xuyi Zhixian is a seven-product product.

It doesn't matter what the county means, the two of them are not a system at all.

After arriving at the north shore, Yang Feng grabbed a handful of banknotes and rewarded them to the fishermen, then turned east and arrived at the shore of Hongze Lake when it was dark.

He just wanted to take a wandering route and couldn't follow the normal train of thought, so he didn't go north but east, and then turned north into Shandong in Haizhou.

Little princess, they have to go to Jinzhou early.

They had to go to Beiping first, and they had to go to Beiping by land from Nanjing to Liaodong.

At this time, the area around Tianjin was still a wetland filled by the sea tide, that is, there were some shipping wharves and granaries along the Haihe River.

To Beiping, and then to Yongping, and only to Yongping is already 4,100 miles, and then to Jinzhou is really 5,000 miles, and 40 miles a day is more than four months.

So it is not surprising that it will arrive before the end of the year, and then just in time for the New Year to reward the army, Zhu Yuanzhang is asking for a reward for the army in the first month, this batch of winter clothes itself is a gift, it should not be to get him out of the capital, Lao Zhu is not so bold, it is estimated that he wants the Liaodong Army to do things. It is not ruled out that they should go to the sweep, after all, Yang Feng has already told him that his Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the Jurchens, and it is very unreasonable not to hurry up and sweep in Lao Zhu's style.

If you want to go to sweep, of course, you must first boost your morale, issue winter clothes, and issue banknotes, and then you can go to kill people like wolves and set fires.

But Yang Feng walked to Liaodong normally, that is, it was only two months.

So he had plenty of time.

The next day, Taoyuan County.

"Look, haven't you seen a rich man?"

Yang Feng held a wad of banknotes and stood on the main road into the city, proudly looking at a pair of greedy eyes beside him.

That gaze instantly switched to enthusiasm.

"This ......"

The latter looked at his dress, obviously a little confused, after all, wearing a square hat and a short brown dress with leather boots on his feet was indeed a bit unique.

"Is this brother going into the city?"

He said cautiously.

This is a middle-aged man wearing a washed black coarse cloth shirt, wearing a bun on his head, driving a donkey, and a series of donkeys in the back, and six others who are also dressed in the same costume, although he speaks in official dialect, but his accent is obviously Shanxi.

"yes, but I didn't lead the way."

"Brother Tai is not a foreigner when he listens to the accent, as long as it is within a hundred miles, there is no need for a guide."

"I don't know if it's a hundred miles away, I came from Hongze Lake and walked all morning, but I really don't know how many miles."

"How can you walk a hundred miles in the morning, naturally within a hundred miles, so good, Brother Tai followed us, and said that it came from the Baiyang River, but don't open your mouth, I'll tell you."

"Uh, you're such a nice guy."

Yang Feng said.

"It's convenient for you to be with others, but these boots really can't be worn, if you don't dislike it, I still have a pair of new straw sandals here."

The man said with a smile.

Then he took out a pair of straw sandals.

Yang Feng didn't be verbose, he changed it very happily, the important thing is to enter the city, although this still shows the camouflage pants inside, but this has no effect, after all, Daming does not stipulate that farmers cannot wear camouflage.

Then they walked together to the city gate.

When he arrived at the city gate, the man greeted the gatekeeper with a smile......

"Lao Wang, you're back from selling salt, your business is thriving!"

The gatekeeper said with a smile.

"It's just to make a living, I just hope that this trip doesn't have to wait for half a month to serve salt, and we will go back to eat and drink together."

Lao Wang said.

Then he took out the road guide, the gatekeeper didn't even look at it, just signaled him to enter the city, Lao Wang politely said a few words and went directly into the city, Yang Feng was sandwiched in the donkey, at this time there were a lot of people in the city, and no one cared about him, so they entered Taoyuan County together.

"You're a salt merchant?"

Yang Feng asked.

"Exactly, brother Wang Yi, from Shanxi Jiexiu."

"My name is Yang Feng, and you Shanxi came here to sell salt?"

"The Hedong Salt Farm produces those in a year, and the brother's salt is sold to Henan, so it is naturally to the Huaibei Salt Farm."

"And how do you sell salt?"

"Brother is a partnership with the clansmen business, brothers in the Datong area to reclaim the wasteland and farm, the grain laid down to the nearest Biansai to make military rations, in exchange for salt and then sent to Huai'an, the brother sent Huai'an, take the salt sent to the salt field to support salt, and then take the guy to Henan to sell, and finally make money at the end of the year for the family to settle the account."

"It's so much trouble to sell salt?"

"Who says it's not, but the rules of the court are like this, if you don't take the grain to the side, you won't have salt, you can't get salt without salt, you can do it all with money, you have to be so verbose, the good fields in the Datong area are occupied by military households, and there are some fields left to open up the wasteland, and the grain planted is given to the border army, and they don't have enough to eat, and they have to buy grain from their hometown and send it to the subsidy, if it is not for the salt, who is still farming there, and finally the family has to be idle for a year and have to cut back on food and clothing, in order to maintain this business.

That's not enough, this salt transportation to Henan also has to listen to the price of others. ”

"You can't sell as much as you want?"

"The county government of the salt got together from all over the place, and finally negotiated a price with the county, but in fact, it was decided by the county magistrate, he said that he had to sell as much as he wanted, and then the governor gave us the money, and we gave the salt to the chief, and it was good to meet those who were good at talking, and when they met those who wanted to fight for a good reputation for loving the people like a son, there was no way to give a loss price!"

"Then you won't ship it to other places to sell?"

Yang Feng said.

Wang Yi silently took out a piece of paper......

"How much salt is this, where is this going to be withdrawn, where is this going to be sold, all of them are destined to die, and if they are sold elsewhere, it is a felony to be caught at the checkpoint, not to mention that they can't be sold if they go, after all, there are salt guides from other people's side."

He said, pointing to the words on it.

He wasn't lying, that's exactly what it said.

"It's not easy to do business, the salt merchant is bitter, the salt merchant is tired, and the salt merchant is really guilty!"

Yang Feng couldn't help but sigh.

When Wang Yi heard this, he couldn't help but wipe away his tears......

"Brother, I haven't been home for five years."

He choked up.

If you haven't been home for five years and still work, you must have made a lot of money, and if you don't make money, you will stop doing it a long time ago.

When they are not bitter and become a happy life of a hundred sheep, it is time for the Ming army on the nine sides to suffer, so Zhu Yuanzhang's system is indeed extremely unfriendly to businessmen, but it is really friendly to the Ming army on the nine sides, and the salt industry alone basically solves the military needs in the northwest. You must know that it was inland land transportation, there were no waterways at all, all of them were carts and donkeys and carriages, and without relying on the salt industry, they had to collect conscripts from all over the country and let the people transport them.

Moreover, this also forced these salt merchants to drive Shangtun to the side of the fortress.

In fact, it is equivalent to immigration.

The population, farmland, trade routes, garrisons, Xuanda northern Shaanxi, which had been steppe for hundreds of years, all the way to Gansu, relied on this system to restore agriculture, and was once again firmly controlled by the Han people.

"Patience, good days are yet to come!"

Yang Feng patted him on the shoulder and said.

Then they went to an inn.

"Lao Wang, what is this for?"

The shopkeeper greeted him with a smile and said.

"I couldn't help but feel homesick for a while, but it made Brother Li smile."

Wang Yi said.

Then they walked into the inn together, those guys took the donkey and fed it behind, the shopkeeper took out a big book and looked at Lao Wang and his men, and then wrote the names of these people on it, it seems that they are indeed old acquaintances, and soon he finished writing and looked at Yang Feng with puzzled eyes.

"Lao Wang, this brother is born, you still have to take a road to see."

He said.

"This Brother Yang is my new buddy, why bother so much."

Wang Yi said.

"Lao Wang, we are also old friends, don't embarrass me, you also know the rules of this store calendar, the court law is powerful, if something is found by the government, I have to take my life, I am a serious business here."

The shopkeeper said with a smile.

Wang Yi glanced at him, the shopkeeper walked to the side with him suspiciously, Yang Feng looked at them with an ignorant face, Wang Yi smiled at him slightly, and then whispered something to the shopkeeper, the two were so quietly engaged in conspiracy, soon they finished talking, smiled and came back together, the shopkeeper looked at Yang Feng, and put the store calendar in his hand on the counter......

"Since Lao Wang is a guarantee, then there is nothing to say, Brother Yang forgive me, it is really the rule of the imperial court, you must take out a road guide to live in the store, and you must remember to understand in this store calendar, who brings everything must be remembered, and the government will check it in the future, and if something happens, it is good to notify his family to come, but if it is found out that there is no way to guide the people, it is necessary to play a board to fill the army."

He said.

Yang Feng smiled slightly......

So there must be a stake that outweighs the fear of these punishments, and then you can take the risk.