The army led by Xie Cang entered the city smoothly, and the local county guard called it a warm reception.

And about 100 miles away from this county town, on an official road, Su Qi'an's caravan, following other caravans, headed towards the subordinate county seat.

If you want to understand Zhongzhou, state cities, and county towns, you can only see the surface, and only by going deep into the grassroots and traveling with the most ordinary local people can you see the actual situation.

About ten miles further on, there is a remote county called Zhenshan County, which is about 100 miles away from the central county seat, which is the farthest county.

Although it is remote, it is more realistic, and you can see many ordinary people along the way.

Su Qi'an sat in the car, looked at the passers-by along the way through the curtain, and nodded slightly, although these people were poor, they were not skinny.

Seeing the caravan of his peers, there was only a little envy in his eyes, and he had no other thoughts, such as robbery and robbery, you must know that Su Qi'an once stayed in Jiao and Yue.

Even if there is a caravan walking on the official road, it is often robbed.

From this point of view, the public security in Zhongzhou is not bad, and the people are not rich, but they are relatively stable.

Su Qi'an retracted his gaze, put away the letter from Xie Cang, and faced the person sitting next to the coachman outside the car curtain.

"Lao Ji, come in, I have something I want you to know."

Next to the coachman, an old man who was about sixty years old, a little obese, but his face was red, heard Su Qi'an shouting, then turned around and slowly walked into the car.

This old man is not Su Qi'an's subordinate, and he is not very familiar with Su Qi'an, but half an hour ago, Su Qi'an encountered another caravan, which happened to be on the same road as Su Qi'an, and the two intersected.

This person is from Zhongzhou, a businessman, at such an age, and personally escorting the caravan, Su Qi'an is the first time he has seen it.

Originally, walking with the road, with Su Qi'an's temperament, he would not have intersected with other people, but this old man is quite fond of making friends.

Cheerful personality, generous, don't look at about sixty, but talk and insight, or extraordinary, these are all thanks to the experience of going back and forth in Zhongzhou in the early years.

The old man has a detached personality, does not oppress people as an elder, and everyone along the way, can basically mingle, ask the name I don't know, I just like others to call him Lao Ji.

Thanks to such a temperament, no matter how cold Su Qi'an is, he will be infected by his enthusiasm.

With the exchange, gradually, the intersection of the two increased, and even Su Qi'an had to admit that in terms of local customs, I am afraid that no one can catch up with this old Ji.

This time, Lao Ji was called in, also to learn more about Zhongzhou.

Lao Ji sat opposite Su Qi'an, and he didn't need Su Qi'an to speak, and he began to talk eloquently.

Starting from the introduction of the situation in Zhenshan County in front, to the later county seats, other counties, Zhongzhou City, that guy, if Su Qi'an doesn't stop it, I'm afraid he will continue to talk about it.

This old Ji, it is not an exaggeration to say, is a know-it-all in Zhongzhou, up to the state pastor, county guard, county order, down to the local customs of Zhongzhou, that is called a detail.

If you don't have decades of travel experience, it is absolutely impossible to know so much, not to mention anything else, with this kind of knowledge, Su Qi'an admires it very much.

In his deep friendship with Lao Ji, Su Qi'an knew that Lao Ji had a dream, which was to travel all over Zhongzhou, and then record all the mountains, rivers, and customs in Zhongzhou, and finally organize them into a book.

This is Lao Ji's biggest dream, Su Qi'an also teased him in his conversation, and asked him why his dream was not enlarged, out of Zhongzhou, all over Daliang, and recorded all the mountains, rivers, customs and customs in Daliang.

But Lao Ji gave him only one sentence, Zhongzhou is the place where he was born and raised, and he has no regrets if he can record his hometown and pass it on to future generations.

It was this sentence that made Su Qi'an think a lot of highly of Lao Ji, in Daliang, almost everyone started for their own interests, but this businessman Lao Ji has such a big heart.

It's hard to imagine that these words came from the mouth of a businessman, and Su Qi'an has seen a businessman

Less, it is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, but Lao Ji does not have the profit-seeking nature of businessmen, such a person is also worthy of Su Qi'an's friendship.

As the caravan moved slowly, it gradually disappeared at the end of the official road, and even Su Qi'an didn't know that it was about a quarter of an hour before they left this official road.

In the dense forest behind, there were faintly more than a dozen figures, these people kept staring at Su Qi'an's carriage, even if the convoy went away, they had no intention of moving away.

After a moment or so, the men looked at each other, nodded slightly, and then quickly disappeared.

Zhenshan County is not big, it is a very ordinary county seat, and it is also very poor, but the security in the city is okay.

As long as you pay a certain amount of entrance fees, you will basically not encounter any difficulties, and it can be regarded as unimpeded.

The cost of entering the city is not expensive, the pedestrian is fifty Wen, and the convoy is only one or two, for the merchant convoy, one or two silver is nothing, it is considered to buy a peace with a small amount of money.

As the convoy marched, looking at the queue in front of them, it was estimated that it would only be half a stick of incense, and it was Su Qi'an's turn.

Su Qi'an, who was sitting in the car, rested with his eyes slightly closed, while Lao Ji next to him couldn't bear it, and fell asleep on the side.

Everything seemed to be very calm, and according to the plan, Su Qi'an did not plan to stay in Zhenshan County for too long.

Zhenshan County is a remote county seat, and I basically saw everything I saw along the way, and with Lao Ji's early narration, I probably have some understanding.

The Zhenshan County Order is okay, although it is not honest, but the public security in the county is okay, and there will be no such thing as a female offender.

Just when Su Qi'an was thinking about it, after entering Zhenshan County, he told Lao Ji that he planned to separate.

Suddenly, the sound of the tea bowl breaking suddenly sounded in my ears, accompanied by an angry scolding.

"I said, old man, do you want to burn the uncle? You tea stall uncle I don't want you anymore."

"Where did the military master say, this matter is the old man's negligence and negligence, and I hope that the military master will spare his life, I offended the military master, I will not charge tea money this time, and the old man will apologize to you."

Su Qi'an opened his slightly closed eyes, turned his head, and looked at the tea stall next to the city gate.

At this time, three or four soldiers were scolding, and a scar-faced soldier in the lead grabbed the stall owner's collar and cursed.

"I'm sorry, old man, Uncle Ben thinks you're very beautiful, you offended Lao Tzu, and you want to collect tea money, you want to die, Lao Tzu can fulfill you."

The old man who was pulling his collar was frightened by these words, and while struggling, he hurriedly apologized.

"Yes, yes, the military master is right, it's the old man who is wrong, and I hope that the military master will forgive the old man and let the old man go."

"Hmph, since you have said so, Uncle Ben is not a nonsense person, if you want this, it depends on whether you are sincere or not?"

"Sincerity? Please also ask the military master to make it clear, the old man doesn't quite understand."

The cold face of the scar-faced soldier who took the lead suddenly showed a playful look and his gaze signaled.

Several Han soldiers behind him instantly understood, and the next moment, they walked directly towards the corner of the tea stall, and without saying a word, they grabbed a thin woman from the corner.

said that it is a woman, more precisely, a girl, depending on her age, only about fourteen or fifteen.

The moment the girl was caught, the old man's face was obviously panicked, and he hurriedly shouted.

"Master Jun, Master Jun, no, the old man begs you, this matter has nothing to do with my granddaughter, she is still a child, let her go."

"Whatever compensation you want, the old man can agree."

"Bah, compensation? Old man, don't be embarrassed, just your tea stall, it can be worth a few dollars, let your granddaughter play with our masters for a few days to dissipate the anger, this matter is over, otherwise don't blame the uncle for turning his face."

"Don't, lords, the old man begs you, there are a lot of lords, and this matter has nothing to do with my granddaughter." The old man kept begging for mercy over there.

The Scarface soldier's face was displeased, and he listened a little impatiently, and went up to slap the old man twice, knocking the old man to the ground.

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Stinky old man, don't ignore it, get out of the way." As he spoke, he went up and kicked twice.

The old man who fell to the ground curled up with a pained look.

"Grandpa! You bad guys, let me go, the girl who was caught yelled, and then bit the arm of one of the big men.

The big man was in pain, screamed, and threw the girl to the ground.

"Yo, such a pungent temperament? Little lady, uncle likes it, don't worry, uncle will train you well and let you know what it means to be spicy."

The Scarface soldier had an excited look on his face, and he went up and grabbed the girl's hair, and Yin's eyes looked up and down, and the next moment, he was going to drag the person away.

At this time, the onlookers around them couldn't stand it anymore and scolded angrily.

"You are so bold that you rob the women of the people in broad daylight, and what part of the soldiers are you, you are not afraid of being severely punished by the law!"

The voices of the onlookers made Su Qi'an feel sideways, being able to say so bluntly is rare in other states in Daliang, and it can be said that it is difficult to see.

I remember the last time I saw this scene, it was Nanzhou in the three southern states, and the righteousness of these people is somewhat similar to the atmosphere in Nanzhou.

This scene made Su Qi'an feel somewhat gratified, in a certain aspect, Zhongzhou's jurisdiction is still good.

It's just that many people are angry and reprimanded, but these soldiers like ruffians don't care at all.

They looked around at everyone present, showed a condescending look, and said loudly.

"Hmph, Lao Tzu is from Beishan Camp, what? You still want to arrest the people of the North Mountain Camp?"

"Lao Tzu is standing here, come, come and catch Lao Tzu."

As soon as these words came out, all of a sudden, the people who had just spoken out angrily were obviously frightened, their eyes flashed, and in the end, no one dared to speak out.

Even if some of them were unconvinced, they wanted to say something, but they were stopped by the friends next to them, and they all shook their heads, signaling not to cause trouble.