Zhao Bohu smiled slightly: "Where are the maids in the wilderness? It's cross-legged." As he spoke, he crossed his legs and praised, "It's so comfortable! Come, Brother Kong, please open the ding—"

Zifu's father He shook his head and said, "Brother Zimu has been hard all these years, and he originally intended to allow his young daughter, but now he ......."

"What? Brother Confucius intends to repent of his marriage?" Zhao Bohu teased: "Could it be that my phase is about to fail, and my father-in-law can't look down on it?"

"No, no, no!" Zifu's father He hurriedly explained: "It turned out that as soon as Ziliang's matter came out, my Kong family is a wife, and I am afraid that it will affect you. What else does he want?"

"If you say so, we are settling this kiss." Zhao Bohu raised the bowl angrily: "This father-in-law is called. In this life, the friendship with Ziliang's brother-in-law is solid."

Father Zifu had tears in his eyes: "Zimu is really a person of love. You can travel far away with confidence, and the little girl and grandson need not worry."

The old friends are also the quasi-Weng son-in-law reunited, and they hope to talk at night, but they have heavy responsibilities on their shoulders, so they can only sleep peacefully.

At dawn, the horses were neighing on the soft grass, and it was time to set off. Seeing the red sun rising and people on the road, Zifu's father pointed to the busy uncle on the side and said to Zhao Bohu, "You are going to the mountains and rivers, and it is better to have one more old servant to take care of it. Besides, after I enter the Hangu, it will take me two or three days to enter the Ho King, and Mi Bo alone will be able to take care of it."

He said it earnestly, and Zhao Bohu couldn't refuse to push, so he had to nod: "In this way, it will be as the son asks." He suddenly pulled the sleeve of his father, and said in a low voice, "You will enter the capital incognito, and if there is a suitable opportunity, you will take Ling Yan and his grandson out of the city and return to Kongdi. Only by leaving Hojing can this mother and son be truly at ease."

"This is the Prime Minister's Mansion Exit Token, handed over to you in case of emergency." Zhao Bohu said as he took out an object from his close-fitting leather bag and handed it over with both hands.

Father Zifu mentioned the silk rope, this thing flashed a strange light in the morning light, and under the scrutiny, it was a red oval jade with interlaced inscriptions. Immediately understood that this was the ancestral emergency exit token of the Zhaogong Mansion, and with this thing, it could also open the palace and the outer city gate in the middle of the night, and no one could stop it.

Zi Fu's father understood the weight of this thing, and arched his hand: "Zi Mu Dan is relieved, and I have the matter of Hojing."

The reason why Zhao Bohu and his son and father can meet on the road is both accidental and inevitable. This must lie in the uniqueness of the official way. Xia Shang Zhou implemented the well field system, the canal and the road were integrated, and the road followed the canal, which was the system of Qianmo. At this time, looking at the world, there is only a royal road from the Hokyo out of the Han Valley that leads directly outside the river without wading the canal. The so-called thoughtfulness comes from this.

Whether you enter Pungho from the Central Plains or go from Gyeonggi to the Central Plains, you can only take this only royal road, and you will meet in the middle of the road if you are about to the left.

However, after leaving the Han Valley, the most convenient way is to take the big river channel. The Yellow River, which goes straight down for thousands of miles, suddenly bends eastward in the Taolin Heights, breaks through the Sanmen Grand Canyon and skims the eastern capital of Luoyi, which can be regarded as entering the endless plains of the Central Plains.

At this time, the Yellow River is still clear and surging and the channel is wide, and more than ten major tributaries such as Weishui, Luoshui, and Fenshui are also waterways, and six or seven out of ten of the world's freight are all in the Yellow River water network. In summer and autumn, the Central Plains River section is even busier, with cargo ships, official ships, fishing boats, and cruise ships shuttling and weaving, which is thriving.

Although it is winter, while the river is not yet frozen, there are also countless large cargo ships and various official ships shuttling back and forth in the middle of the stream. Among them, a tall boat painting boat is very eye-catching, it is about to enter winter, how can there be nobles traveling far away?

The morning sun rises and the morning mist is faint as smoke. A person walked out of the cabin of the painting boat, standing leisurely in white clothes on the bow of the ship, staring into the distance for a while and asking, "Uncle, it is about to enter winter at this time, why are there so many cargo ships in the big river channel?"

The old man in the yellow shirt standing at the bow of the cabin said, "The guest officer doesn't know this. Since the wedding of the Son of Heaven, the merchants of the South China Sea and the North have been fascinated by it, and they have been hoarding madder and Qi Qi with all their might. The price of these two things has risen, and although it is now winter, the merchants are seeking profit and rushing to stock up on the last batch of goods before the river freezes!"

"Oh?" Zhao Bohu's brows furrowed, and he was secretly shocked in his heart: Madder? Qi Xuan? When the Son of Heaven got married, he saw with his own eyes those colorful floats that exuded a refreshing fragrance in Haojing, which could be regarded as famous at that time, and provoked the marriage of celebrities and nobles in Beijing

Mo. I don't want this to be worse in the Central Plains. Is this a blessing or a curse?

An hour later, Zhao Bohu's painting boat and three majestic ships loaded with goods slowly approached Luoyangdu.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Luoyi, as the eastern capital, was the entrance of all goods entering and leaving the Wangji area of Fenghao Cheng Zhou by water, and all goods had to be inspected at the Luoyi wharf before they could be traded in and out. As a prestigious metropolis in the world, Luoyi has a huge throughput of goods and tourists, and Luoyangdu has naturally become an extremely important material distribution center and waterway commercial port in the Central Plains.

At present, all kinds of cargo ships and official ships are moored on the Luoyang Ferry Wharf. A majestic ship slowly approached the pier next to Zhao Bohu's painting boat, rumbling down the stone anchor, and three sets of thick and heavy wooden planks stretched out from the side of the ship, which were respectively placed on the large stones on the shore. A merchant deacon in a short green robe waved a small green flag on the side of the ship and shouted, "The owner of the cargo is also unloading—"

The merchants who had been waiting at the ferry for a long time waved their hands, and more than 100 sturdy hired workers carrying large ropes, big poles, straw mats, and tarpaulins surrounded them. At this moment, a red-clothed official hurriedly arrived with a team of armor soldiers, shouting from afar: "The government will inspect the customs, and unload the goods slowly!"

A merchant immediately greeted him with a smile, wanting to ask, but was pushed away by the red-clothed officer: "The official office inspects the goods, who dares to stop it?" Board the ship!" Behind him, the armor soldier "Nuo" said, and went straight to the unloading board.

"Dare to ask Guanshi, what is your business?" A tall, tight-fitting middle-aged man came out of the cabin, looking extremely strong and tough, and bowed his hand to the red-clothed officer.

The red-clothed official smiled coldly: "Qi merchants sell fishery salt and vegetarians, which are famous all over the world, and now they dare to cheat and evade taxes, violating my Great Zhou Law!"

The middle-aged man smiled faintly: "The Yi clan is a merchant in Linzi of the Qi Kingdom, how did he violate the law of the Great Zhou?"

"What is the crime of carrying orchid madder in the cabin, but not declaring the customs?" The red-clothed officer snorted.

"Dare to ask my lord, saying that I have orchid madder in the cabin, do I have a credential?"

"Hugh is noisy! You'll have your credentials when you board the boat!" The red-clothed officer turned around and shouted, "Take this man! The rest are boarded and searched!" With a bang, several spears pressed up, and an iron chain locked the hands and feet of the Yi merchant. The red-clothed officer and the rest of the armor men rumbled aboard the cargo ship.

Zhao Bohu saw it clearly, and was puzzled for a while, and instructed Uncle Mi: "Go and inquire, why can't they bring the orchid madder they said?"

After half a burnt of incense, Uncle Mi came back and arched his hand and said, "Xiangye, Lanxiang Madder has become famous all over the world since the wedding ceremony of my king, and now the price of a plant has reached 100 gold, so the tax on the market is also high. Therefore, it is a felony to carry orchid madder without making a customs declaration!"

"What does a mere vanilla have to do with the national economy and people's livelihood? It is a blessing or a curse to get such a high price!" Zhao Bohu let out a long sigh.

At this moment, the red-clothed officer strode off the boat with a black face, and opened the wooden box in his arms: "The female cadre of the Yi family, this is the orchid madder you carried!" Do you dare not admit your guilt?"

The middle-aged man shrugged his brows coldly, and a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "So what? I was only entrusted with the goods, and I did not get a lot of profit. What's more, those who can afford to buy orchid madder are either rich or expensive, can you afford to offend a small official?"

When the red-clothed officer heard this, his face turned red with anger, and he put away the wooden box and shouted, "Hugh has to quibble! Take it to the court office to be convicted!"

"Stop!" With a clear and majestic shout, a purple-clothed maid slowly walked out of the crowd of onlookers, approached the red-clothed official leisurely, and asked in a low voice, "Dare to ask Guan Shi, what is the crime of this businessman?"

The red-clothed officer sneered, "What's the matter with your little maid? Go away! Otherwise, take it together!"

"It's none of my business, but it's my princess's business." The purple-clothed girl coldly pointed to the wooden box in the hand of the red-clothed official: "These orchid madder plants in the hands of the adults are exactly what the princess is looking forward to. If she loses her trace for no reason, how can the little girl explain to the princess?"

"Princess?" The red-clothed man glanced at her, "Which country's princess?"

"Princess Chen Guochang." The girl in purple quietly approached the red-clothed officer, stretched out her hand into the red-clothed officer's pocket with great familiarity, and gently patted the back of his hand.

The red-clothed officer felt the leather bag on his waist sink suddenly, and his face turned pale

Shi Wen smiled at the purple-clothed girl: "The little official was sent by the Customs City Bureau to detain the Yi family, why......" He checked the wooden box in his hand, and his tone was not as aggressive as Fang Cai: "The current market price of ylang-ylang madder is brought into the market without customs declaration, this tax is ......."

"So that my lord will know that my princess originally entered the palace with the queen as a concubine, but it has been postponed due to the delay of the journey. This orchid madder is used by the monarch of our country to make incense carts for the princess, and the princess has stayed in Luoyi until now in order to wait for this thing. For this reason, the princess will make it clear to the Seki City Department that she will not implicate the adults."

While speaking, he took out a golden arrow: "This is a golden arrow for the passage of Zhou, which is exclusively used by the Zhou royal family, and every concubine who enters the palace has one."

The red-clothed officer took a steady look, and his gloomy cold face immediately disappeared, and he bowed to the middle-aged man who was still in custody: "Boss Yi has been wronged, but he is abrupt below." With a wave of their hands, the armorers loosened the iron shackles around the man's neck.

The man surnamed Yi smiled gently: "Guan Shi was ordered to act, and it was a lot of hard work. A little money, and the brethren have drunk."

With a wave of his hand, the accompanying deacon handed over a small brown leather bag that was extremely elegant, shook it, and casually stuffed it into the hand of the red-clothed officer.