"Brother Ma, long time no see!"

Ma Shuo didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the gate of Huangsha City, he met an acquaintance who was an acquaintance.

Feng Zheng, Ma Shuo's acquaintance, who is not an acquaintance, is none other than Feng Zheng, the hundred chief of the city guard. Unexpectedly, it was this person on duty today, and when he saw Ma Shuo on a horse, this guy actually took the initiative to come over and say hello with a smile on his face.

"Feng Baichang, don't come unharmed!" Ma Shuo hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Brother Ma, you're welcome! Turn back, wait until the next duty, Feng will look for you to drink! Haha, Brother Ling is really a hero, and he has risen to five hundred years in a short period of time! "No wonder this guy is so polite, it turns out that the news of the mark's appreciation has reached Huangsha City, and it seems that the news of this Huangsha City is also well-informed enough.

Ma Shuo naturally knew from Feng Zheng's mouth that Mark had successfully appreciated, and he was also very happy in his heart. However, he did not say much, but replied with his hand, and he must have drunk together when he returned, and then he led the people into the city.

Of course, because of Feng Zheng, this time Ma Shuo and the others did not pay the fee for entering the city, but saved a little. Of course, at this time, Ma Shuo still had some silver on him, and the eight unlucky Black Wind Village bandits contributed almost two hundred taels of silver in addition to eight horses.

Horses are actually a relatively scarce means of transportation in Huangsha City, because most of the horses are concentrated in the hands of the border army. Heifeng Zhai can have a lot of horses, in fact, it is also the accumulation of many years, and it also shows that the strength of Heifeng Zhai is indeed good from one side.

In this way, the soldier on duty saw that there were actually ten horses in the group, and naturally he did not dare to despise Ma Shuo and the others. Coupled with Feng Zheng's initiative to greet him, the other soldiers would not say anything.

After entering the city, Ma Shuo led everyone to the small courtyard he had purchased before.

With so many horses added at once, the yard seemed a little crowded. The place to live is good, the place to raise horses is obviously not enough, although there is space for horses in the original small yard, but it is the appearance of two or three horses.

"Liu Yi, I'll give you a task, find a suitable place, sell the four horses, we won't have so many horses for the time being, let's exchange some silver first!" After thinking about it, Ma Shuo decided to sell the four horses first. First, you can exchange it for a little silver, and secondly, it can also reduce the pressure on the house.

According to the market of Huangsha City, four horses should be able to exchange a lot of silver, which is enough to improve the current economic situation of Ma Shuo and others.

"Shuo'er, is this where we are going to live in the future?" Looking at the yard, the mother who came out of the carriage asked Ma Shuodao with some surprise. Although Ma's background is not simple, after so many years of hard life, the old lady was pleasantly surprised by such a big change all of a sudden.

Sure that this was bought by Ma Shuo, Ma Mu immediately entered the role of the master and began to direct Qi Jing to clean up. In addition to the shop in the front, there are a total of five rooms in the back yard that can accommodate people. Ma Mu gave the most spacious one to Ma Shuo and Qi Jing, in Ma Mu's opinion, Ma Shuo and Qi Jing should live together, as for what ceremonies are exempted, there are no rituals in places like border gates, especially the daughter of a criminal official like Qi Jing.

The old lady arranged a room by herself, and the rest was given to Liu Yi and five people. However, Liu Yi and the five did not all live in the backyard, among which Hou Qi took the initiative to ask to live in the ear room of the front store, although it was not big, it was enough to put down a bed. At the store, there is still someone to be on duty at night.

The Liu brothers and the Meng family's uncles and nephews each have a room, both of which are close to the front store, which is also in line with the identities of several people. In fact, this is also a restriction of conditions, otherwise, the place where Liu Yi and the others live and the place where Ma Shuo's family lives will still be separated.

In fact, there was hope for a solution to this matter that night.

The Liu brothers, who were in charge of going out to buy horses, successfully sold four horses. It is not easy to buy horses in Huangsha City, but it is still easy to sell horses, and when it comes to the donkey and horse market, it is not necessary for the Liu brothers to open their mouths, and several buyers surround them.

After some bidding, the four horses were sold for as much as four hundred and five taels of silver, and an average of more than one hundred taels of silver was held together.

Hearing this, Ma Shuo even wanted to sell some of the remaining horses. However, after a slight hesitation, he dismissed the idea. It's better to control the horse in your own hands. Moreover, with these more than 400 taels of silver, plus the small 300 taels obtained from the mountain bandits, it was enough for Ma Shuo to start work for the next move.

Liquor!

This was the next step in Ma Shuo's decision, because in this place of Huangsha City, high-grade wine is obviously a very marketable thing. Not only that, but this kind of thing is also the fastest return of funds and extremely profitable commodities. Of course, considering his own strength, at the beginning, Ma Shuo would definitely not have too much scale.

Better tools make good work!

After settling in, Ma Shuo went out again and found the blacksmith shop before. When the man in the blacksmith saw Ma Shuo, he immediately recognized Ma Shuo. Immediately, the owner of the blacksmith shop showed an excited expression, and a deal came to the door.

Ma Shuo didn't beat around the bush, and directly put forward his own requirements, and once again built five sets of stills like the last time. In terms of requirements, the overall volume is twice as large as the previous one.

Because of the experience, the blacksmith did not hesitate to agree, and promised to complete the order as quickly as possible. Of course, before leaving, Ma Shuo also happily left ten taels of silver as a deposit, and the rest of the money was naturally delivered when the things were ready.

When Ma Shuo was finishing the stills in the blacksmith shop, Liu Yi and the others were also busy according to the requirements. The Liu brothers were responsible for buying large quantities of low-alcohol liquor from other winemaking shops and storing them in the cellar in the courtyard.

The uncles and nephews of the Meng family are responsible for finding where to buy a suitable wine jar, not too big, one jar can hold one or two catties of wine, but it must look as delicate as possible.

Hou Qi's mission was to go to the trading area to collect coal, which was used as the main fuel for the distillation of the liquor. Coal is definitely more convenient and efficient than using firewood, and the last time Ma Shuo came to the trading area, he had found that there were special merchants selling coal, and the price was not very high.

The days passed in a busy way, and in the blink of an eye, five days had passed since Ma Shuo and the others arrived in Huangsha City again.

"Finally everything is ready! It's just the most crucial step! ”

Although the experiment had been successful before, Ma Shuo was still a little nervous about using the distiller to purify low-alcohol liquor again. Of course, it was actually Liu Yi and the others who were even more nervous, because they had never seen Ma Shuo's methods, and they couldn't imagine that those low-alcohol wines could be turned into high-alcohol wine after the strange things in front of them.

In fact, Ma Shuo didn't know that just when he was about to start distilling high-grade liquor again, the group had already set off from Zhenmanguan and went straight to the border village.

The target of these people is Ma Shuo.