After the year, there is still a snow in Beiping, which is a good sign, which means that the possibility of locust plague next year is a little smaller, and the harvest in the field will be a little more.

However, this snow is a real disaster for those who run businessmen outside.

Zhen's firm is such an unlucky guy who encountered heavy snow and closed the road, although the name sounds like it, but in fact it is a small family shop that trekked all the way from Jiangnan Road, and there is really no way to live in the place full of big merchants in Suzhou, so it will take the waterway to transport the silk and rouge and other things that can't be used all year round to go north, to see if it can be sold to those Mengyuan nobles on the grassland who are stupid and have a lot of money.

It's just that this road is really not very easy to walk, the caravan that has not yet entered Layue has been exploited by a lot of Suzhou along the way, and the road that was still good in previous years is a little difficult to play this year, so that the caravan has passed a Shangyuan Festival in Beiping, and the heavy snow is still closing the mountain and hurried out of the city.

A dozen wagons of goods were not much, but the caravan was moving very slowly, and more than 30 men were pushing the carts with difficulty on the official road to the north of Beiping, and the hot air spit out by the mules and horses in front of them was connected, and the hooves were stuck in the puddles after the snow melted, making the convoy look a little embarrassed.

Zhen Ru, who was dressed in narrow sleeves and tight clothes, was a little anxious, if he couldn't get out of the customs before the snow melted in the north, these goods would be smashed in his hands, and the Mengyuan tribe would wander outside the pass at this point, and when the water and grass grew again, the nomadic tribes would go to the depths of the grassland, and the Zhen family trading house would not have the courage to catch up with those tribes with the goods.

At the current border gates, when will hundreds of lives not be left behind? It is easy to walk with the road guide official disc in the Daming Pass, but the section of the road before and after the pass is licking blood at the knife edge.

But it's useless to be anxious, the official road is difficult, and it is also a self-seeking trouble, the goods are transported north to earn some bitter haha price difference, supporting this small business bank half dead, no wonder the principal of the Zhen family has to go on such a journey in person every year, if he doesn't watch it in person, he can't let go of his mind after all.

Out of the corner of his eye, Zhen Ru caught a glimpse of the three horses behind the caravan, and subconsciously frowned, the three people on the horse came to the door in Beiping City, saying that they were going north, and they were afraid of meeting thieves in this cold and freezing weather, so they wanted to take refuge under the caravan, and when they arrived at the place to give a sum of money, the road was clear, and no one would refuse this kind of door-to-door business.

But these three young people who can only be regarded as clean and wear long knives at their waists are too unbelievable? Seeing the caravan moving so slowly, there was no intention of wanting to help at all?

Probably sensing Zhen Ru's gaze, the tallest and thinnest man in the green shirt smiled slightly, nodded in greeting, Zhen Ru turned his gaze, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

This shouldn't be the case.

Zhen Ru, who grew up in the boudoir, actually has a dream of rivers and lakes, which is a difficult thing to understand, but it can be seen from her sword that this small woman is still a little ranger, and she has read a lot of chivalrous novels in the interval between doing business, so she naturally feels that the outside world should be what it looks like in chivalrous novels.

It's a pity that after years of business, I have traveled a lot of thousands of miles from Jiangnan to Saibei, but the stories that I thought should have happened have never happened.

The men's shouts of surprise woke Zhen Ru, the wheels that had fallen into the mud pit finally came out, the convoy set off again, and the homesick songs of the guys of the trading house sounded again on the official road with few pedestrians.

Rivers and lakes...

......

"If you want to go to Guanwai, there is still a long deserted road after Datong, and walking with the caravan will be a lot less trouble," Gu Huai tugged at the reins, slowed down his horse's speed, and said to Ma Sanbao on the side, "Brother Ma has a different opinion?" If you are in a hurry, you can go straight to the road. ”

"There is an order when you come, everything is based on Gu Gongzi, Gu Gongzi can decide, don't care about me."

Probably because this "Brother Ma" shouted so kindly, Ma Sanbao's words were a little more rare, and the smile on his face was a little thicker.

Although the princess has some hatred for Gu Huai these days, he really can't hate this young man.

Gu Huai nodded, since Ma Sanbao didn't plan to interfere with his decision... Then things are much simpler.

When I returned to the shop yesterday, I simply explained to Xiaohuan and Nuohai that Li Ziqing might come to the perfume shop to be a shopkeeper, Gu Huai didn't take care of the shop anymore, Xiaohuan should be able to deal with these things for repair and expansion, and these days after leaving Beiping can also see if Li Ziqing is suitable to take over the perfume business, but even if she chooses to go back to set up a stall in the end... Xiaohuan should be able to maintain the shop.

Speaking of which, if Xiaohuan is not to be a maid alive or dead, it is not impossible to be a shopkeeper with her careful and serious temperament...

After dealing with the matter of the shop, Gu Huai sent a letter to the palace early this morning, when he knew that Gu Huai had gathered the men of the carriage and horse dealership, and decided to take a trip to the grassland in person, the palace moved quickly, and Ma Sanbao's elusive figure appeared in front of Gu Huai again.

It makes sense.

This kind of thing, whether it is staring at Gu Huai or beating the border generals, someone in the palace must come forward, so this person's identity cannot be too high, such as Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxi, when the time comes, it will inevitably be noisy; It can't be too low, such as sending a guard at random or something, Ma Sanbao, who is the palace housekeeper and Zhu Di's close eunuch, is just right.

And from Beiping to the border pass, there is still a long way to go, not to mention that the border pass has to go to the grassland to find the Mengyuan tribe who graze nearby, this way down In order to avoid encountering some confused things, Gu Huai set his eyes on the caravan from the south to the north, and it happened that there was such an inconspicuous small caravan coming from the south to go to the north to do business, Gu Huai spent some money to catch the line, although the speed was slower, but it was much safer than the three of them going on the road alone.

As for the guide... Will the palace still lack a guide? When the imperial court did not appoint political envoys and transfer garrisons to Beiping, Beiping was basically Zhu Di's Yiyantang.

From the beginning of finding the carriage and horse shop, this matter went smoothly, so smoothly that it even made Gu Huai a little uneasy.

If it was really just a trip to the grasslands, negotiated business with the tribes, let them transport things to the border pass, and then let the carriages and horses transfer them to Beiping, it probably wouldn't take a few days to come back.

But for his luck, Gu Huai is very unconfident, and nothing happens along the way... To be honest, he's still a little unaccustomed to it.

The wind and snow became heavier and heavier, Gu Huai tugged at the reins and muttered to himself:

"Don't make any moths..."