Yue Guanchao comprehended, raised the reins into the doorway, and waited through the rammed earth doorway dozens of meters long to enter the post station, there were many shacks on both sides of the door, until the east and west walls were four or five rows of straight stables, and countless tall, short, fat and thin horses were tied to the reins.

In the stables, they either chewed on the hay, or they chirped and kicked, choking on the cordata and making a lot of noise.

Next to the doorway is the stable gatehouse, in which an old man sits at an old wooden table, bowing his head and writing something, and on the wall behind him hang countless wooden signs and copper keys, which correspond to the horses in the stables, and all pedestrians who come to store their horses must store their carriages here.

"Uncle~"

Yue Guanchao drove the ox cart and carriage into the stable, and the old man did not say a word when he heard what he said, picked up the three keys behind him, and limped to where they were.

Yue Guanchao took advantage of the old man's busy locking the oxen and carriage to observe the surroundings, the front and rear aisles between these stables are four or five meters wide, enough for four or five rows of horses to enter and exit, each stable has a trough from the beginning to the end, a trough, a trough from the end to the end, and an old-fashioned brass lock that has not yet been locked is hung on the railing.

The old man's hands and feet were inconvenient, but his movements were still quick, and the rope was locked in one go, and then he picked up the brush rag hanging on his body, brushed the straw leaves sticking to the horse's body, and wiped it with a water cloth, and the horse that was originally gray and fluttering was instantly restored to clean.

They ran for a day and a night, during which time they only let the cows and horses eat a few mouthfuls of wild grass on the mountain path, and these animals were so strong that they were so hungry that their chests were close to their backs, and even the worst sun-dried grass was eaten like wolves.

Yue Guanchao saw that the horse was really hard, and arched his hand towards the lame old man: "Uncle, you have to feed me my horse." ”

The lame old man was not in a hurry to agree, and sneered coldly and said: "Baby, this post station has been open for hundreds of years, as long as you collect the money for saving horses, you have to pay for the death of this horse, what is it easy to say, but when you eat, you still follow the old rules, eat the same hay, drink the same cooking water, if you want your horse to eat well, you have to add money." ”

"We didn't say we wouldn't give money, what is the price of this good material?"

The lame old man shook the copper bell next to the stable, and then, the tallest loess attic in the distance opened the window, and the inside roared like a lion in Hedong: "Ten copper dollars are often expected, sixty copper dollars are used in the middle material, and one silver dollar is good material. ”

"It's okay, you have to have two oceans to stay in a hotel."

Yue Guanchao took out the silver dollar and gave it to the lame old man, he took the silver dollar and walked into the firewood room next to the stable with satisfaction, and took out a bag of forage from it, and loosened it in the manger, which was large-leaf alfalfa, verbena, sheep grass, and some yellow and black beans, plus chopped and dried wheat seedlings, diced radish, dried apples, and dried meat, dry and wet, this kind of forage is not very good, compared to dry weeds, it is already a feast for cattle and horses.

When the cattle and horses had almost eaten, they picked up the wooden signs, explained a few words of caution to the old man, took their valuables and passed through the stables, and officially entered the post station.

This millennium post station, and a village is no different, two acres of land enclosed into a courtyard square, nearly five or six meters higher than the house, the yard is full of Shaanxi characteristics of the "people" eaves quadrangle, it looks like a nine-palace field, is divided into different fields by the spacious horse road.

There are also two-layer earth dome arch holes on all sides at the intersection of the horse road, and the carriage can be used below, and the wind can be viewed and released above, evenly distributed between the Tiange horse road!

The highest loess pavilion area is the largest, accounting for four or five courtyard areas, it is located in the center of the field, the first floor is all yellow brick rammed earth, the second and third floors are the houses that can be inhabited, the appearance is covered with heavy yellow mud in order to keep warm and cold, it looks ordinary, but it is much higher than the surroundings, and you can see the posture of the stars and the moon at a glance.

As far as the eye can see, the whole post station is full of yellow walls and gray tiles, blue brick square windows, and the wind and sand are scattered everywhere.

The voice just now came from the tulou!

When they crossed the Tianzi Gema Road to the front of the tulou, the door of the building was hung with a cracked wooden plaque of "Shopkeeper Building", Yue Guanchao opened the blue cloth cotton curtain and stepped into the threshold, I don't know whether it was a fire wall or a kang inside, it was not cold at all, but there was a feeling of warm wind blowing on the face.

Browsing the furnishings, it is just an ordinary inn layout, what you see at the door is the shopkeeper table, behind which are shelves full of drinks, and then there are left and right stairs leading to the second floor, surrounded by square tables and benches, the back door can enter the kitchen stove, and the menu wooden sign is hung on the wall, and a layer of dust has fallen.

He looked to the side again, and several merchants and pedestrians were snoring and eating oily noodles, and the garlic cloves were fragrant one by one, and they were all hungry.

"Where's the shopkeeper?"

Yue Guanchao was about to stretch out his head to observe, when the desktop suddenly sounded, and the "Hedong Lion" finally showed his true body, bowing his head and making an abacus on the table, and the sound resounded through the hall.