"Young master, the soldiers and horses of the Shu County battalion are already on the way, and they will arrive in Qionglai in two days at most, and it is Luo Xiang, the general of Shu County, who personally led the troops over."

The last time I went to the Shu County camp to borrow horses, the Shu County camp began to pay attention to the situation in Qionglai County, so this time I got Huo Jing's warrant and asked the Shu County staff general to be stationed in Qionglai with a battalion of soldiers and horses, so as to prepare for the return of the horse gang and the collection of taxes later.

Huo Jing was not surprised to hear this. Although the main camp of Shu County is stationed in Shu County, Qionglai is also a county seat under the jurisdiction of Shu County, so the Shu County Counselor came over, and it was not considered to leave his post without permission. In the future, Qionglai will successfully set up cards to collect taxes, and it will also need the backing of the Shu County battalion.

"yes, got it."

Huo Jing said lightly, and then looked down at the map of Qionglai in his hand.

Qionglai County is the best foothold out of Shu County, where the terrain is relatively flat, the traffic is developed, which also means that if you set up a card, it will not be easy, and all the routes out of Shu must be controlled, in order to prevent the possibility of large-scale tax evasion in the later stage.

"Did the route inspection go smoothly, and did you choose the corresponding monitoring points?"

Huo Jing raised his head and asked Ding Yi and Lin Chen in front of him. When dealing with business, Lin Chen and Ding Yi both had solemn faces, they knew the young master's habits, and they would not be hippie and smiling in business.

Ding Yi has recently been in charge of contacting the Shu County camp, and Lin Chen is handling the matter of setting up cards, so at this time, Lin Chen bowed down and replied, "Young Master, the monitoring points on all sides of Qionglai have been selected, and a tax port has been set up at the gate of the East City, which is being built at this time, and it should be built in a few days." ”

Huo Jing nodded, and then got up, "Let's go, go to the supervision point and tax port you said to have a look, at most ten days, the first batch of goods of the horse gang will be transported back to the city, and all the work of setting up cards must be completed before then, and there can be no mistakes." ”

Huo Jing strode in front, Lin Chen Ding Yi followed, and walked out of the door, Huo Jing's gaze skimmed over Lu Weimang's room next to him, and stopped suddenly.

"You go and see if Miss Lu is in the room, inspect and confirm the matter, it's best for the two of us to go together."

Lin Chen moved quickly, and as soon as Huo Jing finished speaking, he came to the door of Lu Weimang's room and knocked lightly.

"Miss Lu? Are you there? The young master invites you to review the level together. ”

There were three knocks on the door and one inquiry, but there was still no answer in the room. Lin Chen turned his head to look at Huo Jing, who was already frowning at this time, "Go and ask the shopkeeper." ”

"Young master, the shopkeeper said that Miss Lu went out at three o'clock, it seems that she made an appointment with the head of the tooth shop, met at the inn, and went out of the city directly."

Huo Jing's face darkened. In the past few days, the formation of the horse gang has been completed, and the matter of setting up cards has been carried out step by step in an orderly manner, Lu Weimang began to let go of herself, under the pretext that she had no experience in setting up cards, she completely pushed the matter to Huo Jing, and she herself began to be busy with other things, getting up early and returning late every day, everyone had not seen her for several days, let alone eating together like a few days ago.

Ding Yi saw that the young master's face was ugly, and proposed, "It's better to leave a few black guards in the inn to leave a message for Miss Lu, if Miss Lu comes back early, let the black guards take Miss Lu to the checkpoint to meet the young master." At that time, you can go with Miss Lu to inspect the checkpoint again. Anyway, they are all around Qionglai County, and it only takes half an hour to run around on horseback. ”

Huo Jing nodded, let Ding Yi stay and make arrangements, and he took Lin Chen to the tax gate first.

Over there, Lu Weimang got up early in the morning and had already gone outside the city with the chief officer of the tooth shop.

Now everyone in the county knows that Lu Weimang is a noble person from Kyoto, and the horse gang has been completed, so Lu Weimang did not follow Huo Jing as he did a few days ago, and continued to pretend to be a brother and sister. Anyway, people with overlapping identities know that it's not, and they don't need to force it to pretend anymore.

The horse gang will return to the city in ten days at most, and Huo Jing will take care of the establishment of the checkpoint with the black armor guard, and she will have to hurry up and be busy with her own affairs.

"Chang Chief, hasn't it arrived yet?"

Lu Weimang went out this time on horseback, thinking that Qionglai was a small place, at most it could be reached by riding a horse for a quarter of an hour, but he didn't arrive after riding for half an hour.

"Miss Lu, it's coming soon. That is, this is more remote, so there are people who want to sell the tea mountains here. Near the county seat, the tea mountain owners are like holding golden eggs, and the price is sky-high, which is really not cost-effective. ”

The horse gang was established, and the small pack things that used to be bought and sold in the Muya grassland may be traded with the Qiang people on a large scale in the future. Therefore, although the caravan has not yet returned, and the role of the caravan has not yet been fully revealed, some people with a keen sense of smell have been hoarding goods and grabbing resources.

As the most sought-after goods on the gold trade route, tea is, of course, the first to bear the brunt. Merchants began to stock up on tea, and the local gentry began to buy tea hills.

At the beginning, Song Tongsheng's wife sold the tea mountain to Lu Weimang for three hundred taels, and afterwards, Song Tongsheng became his own person, of course Lu Weimang could not take advantage of this and returned the original price of the tea mountain. Although Song Tongsheng said that he resolutely did not accept it, Lu Weimang insisted on returning it, and told Song Tongsheng that he would become his own person in the future, and the economic accounts must be clear. How many indestructible groups are scattered because of rumors and suspicions, so in the caravan, this possibility must be eliminated from the beginning.

Song Tongsheng also knew the importance of it, and took the tea mountain back.

The gold trade road has a caravan, and the shipment volume has been greatly enhanced, seeing that the opportunity to make money is coming, where can Lu Weimang sit and watch, so she saw that the errand was almost done, so she asked Yaxing to inquire about it, if there is a tea mountain to sell nearby, and the premium can be doubled.

Lu Weimang smashed it down, the tooth store really found a suitable place for her, today they are going to check, if there is no problem, Lu Weimang will have an industry in Qionglai in the future. Although the income may not be as much as Snow Salt, as long as the Qionglai level and the horse gang exist, this industry is a chicken that lays golden eggs, and can continue to produce considerable income for her.

"It's here, Miss Lu, look, it's there!"

Lu Weimang raised his head and looked at the place pointed by Yaxing, there was a continuous hill, it seemed that the altitude should be around dozens of meters, if it weren't for the neatly planted tea trees on the mountain, this undulating arc, Lu Weimang might not recognize this as a mountain.

When I got closer, I saw several rows of earthen houses, covered with thatch, built according to the topography. The small village was very quiet, and there was no sound except a few roosters.

"The little one told the village chief that he should wait for us at home now."

Only then did Lu Weimang turn over and dismount, and follow Yaxing to the village.

Walking into the village, I can occasionally see a few ragged children playing in the village through the low fence wall. When they saw Lu Weimang and the others who suddenly broke into the village, as well as the tall horses, their eyes radiated an eager light.

Lu Weimang turned his head and glanced at the black-armored guard who was following behind him, these two people had been ordered by Huo Jing to follow Lu Weimang at all times and listen to her command since they entered Qionglai County.

At this time, seeing the solid figure of the black armor guard, Lu Weimang calmed down.

Seeing that Lu Weimang's expression was a little worried, Na Yaxing hurriedly dispersed the children who were staring directly at everyone, while explaining to Lu Weimang, "This is Yujia Village, and the fields in their village are not suitable for growing food, so they used the strength of the whole village to plant tea trees in these mountains." But there are not many people in their village who know tea, so they are often depressed by tea merchants, and it is good to work hard every year to make a living. And it's far away from the county seat, and I can't go to the city a few times a year, and the whole village has an ox cart, so it's very strange to see our horses. ”

Lu Weimang nodded, in this era, if you know a few words, you can go to the city to find a job, and if you know how to count, you can go to the city to be a buddy's account office, people know that knowledge is precious, but they can't even eat, it's not easy to live, where is the opportunity to go to school with money?

Therefore, in ancient times, if you want to make a fortune in business, as long as your heart is black enough, a remote village like Yujia Village, because the information is not transparent and the road is not easy to walk, was united by several tea merchants to suppress it, and the tea they had worked hard to grow for a year was made a wedding dress for these tea merchants.

However, this Yujia Village can have a relationship with the dental manager of the county, which shows that he still has some knowledge, but not much.

Lu Weimang observed the people in this small village and walked towards the east end of the village with the head of the tooth shop.

An old man dressed in coarse cloth appeared at the door, and when he saw Lu Weimang and other brightly dressed and imposing people, he immediately cringed a little, but he still spoke out, and the old man showed a simple and enthusiastic smile on his face, "Official, you are here, come in and drink tea, the road is far away, I am sorry for you." ”

Although the manager of the tooth shop is also a small official in the county government, no one really calls him so much in the county seat on weekdays, because the profession of the tooth shop is the ninth class, and only in such a rural place will people respect him so much.

The manager of the tooth shop glanced at Lu Weimang, and saw that her expression remained unchanged before talking to the old man, "Okay, today I brought a noble person to your village." If the nobles are willing to make a move, you will have the opportunity to produce a few promising ones in Yujia Village in the future. ”

When the old man heard this, his back bowed even harder, the nobleman was dressed in ayaluo, and their earthen house was dusty, even if it was cleaned early in the morning, it still had some loess smell, so he was a little cramped and said, "The nobleman quickly enter the house to drink tea and rest his feet." ”

Yaxing waved his hand, "Don't say superfluous polite words, let's make a quick decision today." You led us to the tea mountain to take a look, and entered the eyes of the nobles, and then talked about other things. ”

The old man couldn't listen to the house, but breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Excellency, please, I heard a few days ago that the official of Yaxing has found a noble person for us, and the old and young masters in the village have specially paved steps for the noble person to facilitate the noble person to go up the tea mountain, let's go." ”