"That's a lot of people here." Wu Neng sighed and followed everyone to twist and walk on the street.

"Wu Gongzi may not know that this is the place that requires the most labor in the royal city, so whether it is a local or an outsider, most of them will squeeze near Dengnan Port." Zhang Tian explained while beckoning the other companions to protect Shi Cheng and the three of them in case the thieves approached, "There are already a lot of people here, and now it's the end of the morning shift, and when everyone comes back to get lunch, it's normal for the fishing boat alley to become so crowded." ”

After the crowd had walked forward for a while, a shouting came from the front from afar, and then the crowd in front of them was agitated, and everyone avoided both sides, leaving an open space in the middle of the road.

"Get out of the way! Collision avoidance! An officer on a tall horse waved his whip and shouted, "The government is transporting grain, so get out of the way as soon as possible!" ”

Shi Cheng looked at it, and it turned out to be a long convoy of government vehicles, the wide ox carts were full of bulging bags, and the escorts accompanying them were not the ordinary village soldiers used to escort the convoy, but a team of heavily armed cavalry and archers.

"Good guy, when will it take to finish such a long convoy?" An entourage named Zhou Aliu beside Shi Cheng couldn't help but mutter.

"It's okay, we're not in a hurry anyway." Shi Cheng waved his hand, and then avoided Wu Neng, Tie Mian, and the rest of the family to the side of the alley.

"My lord, the road ahead has been cleared." A captain ran in a rage to the officer who was waving his whip on his horse, and the officer nodded and waved his big hand, "Keep going, don't delay here!" ”

The adjutant general beside the officer complained in a low voice: "I don't know what Chang Transferer thinks, I have to requisition the warehouse by the harbor as a granary, can't I put the relief grain in the Taichu warehouse like before?" ”

"You also know that there are more and more people gathering and fighting inside and outside the royal city, and the vicinity of the Taichu Warehouse is one of the places where the displaced people live, and it is not safe to put food in the Taicug Warehouse. After all, Dengnamgang is still a place that the officials of the Gyeonggi Prefectural Government are more interested in. ”

"But as long as the officers and soldiers send more manpower, with the burning sticks in the hands of those hillbillies, is it possible that they dare to grab grain from the warehouse?"

"In fact, it's not just for safety reasons, if it weren't for the shortage of materials, wouldn't it be possible to put a ready-made place for frequent transfers?" The officer asked a headless question.

The adjutant general was confused, so the officer explained a few more words, "If you do this kind of escort work a few more times, you will know, in the past, when transporting grain from the Taichu warehouse to Wangcheng, the loss on the road was often less than eleven, but why did the transfer yamen report a loss of 30% or even 40% when it reported to the transfer department?" ”

The adjutant general took a breath and whispered, "So, Lord Chang no longer plans to get used to the group of people under him this time?" ”

"Don't forget, Chang Transfer, but at the beginning of his tenure, he claimed to sweep away the hundred years of shortcomings in the Transit Division." The officer rode forward while talking to the adjutant beside him, "Now is actually an opportunity for him, now the reserves in Beijing are tight, and there are more and more displaced people from the western states. Wang Shang and He Xianggong are now the time to burn their eyebrows, lest the support for the transfer department is not in place, in this case, why not take some long-sighted open knives, not to mention that the knives are not bright yet, just ask to transfer the materials transported from other places directly into the city for storage. At this point, he pouted in front of him, "Or to put it more directly, next to these people who are going to eat alms, and see who has the face to report the loss figures to the court." ”

"But my lord, I heard that the big chambers of commerce in Wangcheng have been crying poverty to Gyeonggi Mansion for the past few days, and without the support of this profiteer, the imperial court may be powerless this winter." The adjutant looked at the grain cart behind him, and then continued, "Not to mention that the Yunzhu believers have been making trouble every day and recruiting believers during this time, and the prices of meat and grain have not come down. Chang Zhuan is not from a Jinshi background, he is still a poor child, if those big outsiders really want to be tough to the end, when the time comes, things will not be able to get off the stage, and it is Chang Zhuan who is unlucky, maybe he will be punished for a felony. ”

After being silent for a while, the officer said: "So, Chang Zhuan is gambling on it, betting that He Xianggong can be hard to the end." ”

At this point, the officer did not continue to speak, and after whipping his horse, he said to the adjutant: "These things are not qualified for us to worry about, just do your own thing." Zhao Wu, when you arrive at the granary, you will send people back to the camp and urge the second team of men and horses, there are all kinds of birds in the city during this time, so that the brothers' eyes will widen, and there must be no mistakes! ”

"The last general understands!"

……

After a full two quarters of an hour, the alley returned to normal, Tie Mian frowned, looked at the back of the convoy in the distance, and said, "Why did the government's grain transport team pass through here?" ”

"I seem to have heard of the reason for this." Shi Cheng suddenly remembered a piece of news from an informant he hired in the city a few days ago, "I heard that the Gyeonggi Transshipment Division of the Western Desert Kingdom has temporarily leased a large piece of land near Dengnan Port to store grain. ”

"Is it to make it easier to store the grain brought in by sea?" Iron Mask asked again.

Shi Cheng shook his head, "I don't know about this, but as far as I know, because the east is a grain-producing area, the grain purchased by the Western Desert Country from foreign countries does not go to Nangang, but to Dagang in the western states." In addition, the harvest in the Southern Wilderness this year is not good, so it may also be to facilitate disaster relief,"

"But that's not something we should worry about." Iron Mask looked at the streets that had returned to normal, and said, "Keep walking." ”

As the crowd continued eastward, the surrounding houses gradually changed, and the familiar cries of the harbor merchants reappeared.

"There are more people near Dengnan Harbor again." Wu Neng pointed to a group of people from the rivers and lakes who were holding a telescope not far away, "It seems that they should all be waiting for the Yuanliu City Lord." ”

Shi Cheng glanced left and right, and found that all the tea stalls and taverns were crowded with people, and couldn't help but say helplessly: "Let's find a place to settle first." ”

Everyone walked around Dengnan Port, and just when Zhang Tian and the other entourages were sweating anxiously, they finally found a tea stall with vacant seats in an inconspicuous place.

"Master, look here......" Zhang Tian glanced back at Shi Cheng, "It seems that this neighborhood is not full of people yet." ”

"It's okay, it's here, it's enough for us to have two tables." Shi Cheng said as he beckoned everyone to sit down.

"However, this place is a little remote, and I don't know if I will be able to see people clearly by then." Iron Mask said.

"Luckily, I was prepared." Wu Neng said with a grin as he took out a telescope from the Hidden Heaven Box beside him, "I thought of this last time I went to Huibao Pavilion. ”

Maybe it was the first time I saw Brother Gongzi patronizing his tea stall with his entourage, and the owner of the tea stall was a little restrained in front of Shi Cheng and others, but the shopkeeper's hands and feet were still neat, and he quickly brought the tea and sweet milk cakes.

Although the name is sweet milk cake, no matter how you look at it, it is just a few hard and dry small bread cakes, and only after chewing it in the mouth can you feel a little sweetness of milk, Wu Neng put the sweet cake back on the plate after eating a few bites.

Shi Cheng looked at the guests at the nearby wooden tables, most of them were loose cultivators wearing eye-opening coarse cloth coats and rusty scabbards around their waists, most of them were watching the street leading to Dengnan Harbor, and from time to time they exchanged a few words with their companions, but no one was in the mood to complain about the roughness of the desserts like Wu Neng.

"I said Lao Qi, do you think that our place can look at the Yuanliu City Lord?"

"Then what can you say, the good places are occupied by those sect disciples in advance, if you want me to say, instead of waiting in this bird weather, let's find a way to find someone to see if we can go to Zhujia Villa the day after tomorrow, have you heard of it, the sect disciples of our country and the sect disciples of Yuanliu Country will have a view of meeting friends with martial arts in Zhujia Villa the day after tomorrow...... See...... The martial arts conference is coming. ”

"I think, it's better to wait here, that's the first grandmaster of the Eastern Continent, if there is a chance to get him to give it a touch, even if it is only one sentence, it is also a supreme opportunity for people like us who have been stuck in the martial arts realm for so many years."

"I said Lao Huang, don't forget, the lord of Yuanliu City is not only a generation of grandmasters, but also the lord of a country, when he comes, don't say that the official army will send someone to escort him, I'm afraid that the heavenly soldiers will also come, you are far away, it is estimated that you will be able to see the military men outside the convoy."

"I said Lao Qi, you complained so much, why don't you leave?"

"Does that need to be said? Qi Lao Er's last attack on the cultivator realm failed again, and he may be more anxious than you in his heart! ”

"Ge Si Mazi, what the hell are you talking about, believe it or not, I sew your mouth with a knife!"

As soon as these words of shame came out, a burst of laughter rang out all around.

The sun gradually set over everyone's heads to the western horizon, and after two pots of tea, the direction of Dengnan Port in the north suddenly became agitated.

At this moment, Dongdeng Nangang has been tightly guarded by the soldiers of the Wei State, on the cold wind howling sea, a huge warship slowly sailed from the north, and finally docked at a pier dedicated to large warships, the flag on the warship is not the thirteen-star flag of the Wei State, nor the flying lion sword and shield flag of the Western Desert State, but a white flag embroidered with gold edges, and a red lotus painted in the middle.

The ships docked directly at the dock, and the other ships that accompanied them went to the nearby dock.

The people who had been standing on the shore waiting for the guests were greeted by them, and a wooden ladder was lowered on the warship, but the person who came down was not the Lord of Yuanliu City, but a young officer in light armor and full of heroic spirit.

The young officer gave a military salute, which made the two officials in the red robe who came to greet them feel a little unpleasant, but the professionalism of the years still made them still have a polite smile on their faces, but the scene of the two old men returning the salute to a young man who was only about thirty years old still made the onlookers feel a little awkward.

The young officer said a series of words in a modest manner, and then a civil official of the Yuanliu Kingdom holding a wooden box behind him said in a fluent Wei official dialect: "I am Yu Mibahaus, the deputy commander of the avant-garde of the Yuanliu Imperial Palace, and I have the honor to visit your country with my lord, this is the letter of state written by my lord and the thousand-year-old lake Ganoderma lucidum given to the king of the Western Desert, I hope that the friendship between the Yuanliu Empire and the Western Desert Kingdom can be passed down from generation to generation and for a long time." ”