This time to the north, Fang Xiaoyu they still take the sea route, from Hangzhou Bay to the sea, coastal north, through Shandong straight to Tianjin Wei, from Tianjin Wei ashore, change to take the land route to Beijing, this sea route is more time-saving and labor-saving than to take the land, or along the canal to the north, after three days of sea topping, at noon on the fourth day they finally went ashore from the Jingu wharf, into Tianjin City.

Fang Xiaoyu's understanding of Tianjin Wei is like this, it arose in Caoyun, since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, after that, Tianjin has gradually become the land and water wharf of the southern grain and silk to the north, the Jin Dynasty has a Zhigu village in Zhigu, the Yuan Dynasty set up Haijin Town, it is the military town of the previous dynasties, and the center of the grain transshipment, the Ming Yongle two years, in this formal city guard, and then added the left guard and the right guard, the Qing Shunzhi nine years will Tianjin Wei, Tianjin Sanwei merged into Tianjin Wei, set up civil affairs, salt transportation, taxation, Military and other construction, Yongzheng three years, Tianjin Wei Wei Wei for the state, Yongzheng nine years to Tianjin Prefecture for Tianjin Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of six counties and one state, this is also the only city in ancient China with a record of building a city, after hundreds of years of development, his geographical location and prosperity has been completely not inferior to the major cities of Fenglu.

Since they finally arrived in Tianjin, they decided to take a good rest here, appreciate the customs and snacks here, anyway, this place is not far from Beijing, at most more than 120 miles, and they are not in a hurry to travel, so they decided to stay in Tianjin for a few more days.

Since they arrived in Tianjin, they can no longer treat themselves badly, and the inn they live in directly is the largest inn in Tianjin Wei.

Jinhai Inn.

It is said that the owner of this inn is a generation of famous martial arts tycoon Liu Donglai in Tianjin, it is said that this Liu Donglai, broad travel, strong martial arts, is the Taishan Beidou in the martial arts world of Tianjin, all the people who practice martial arts in Tianjin have to give him a few thin noodles, and he is also very generous for those who come to ask for help, not only good wine and good meat greeting, but also give gold and silver when parting, called Sai Meng taste by the people in the rivers and lakes, because of him, even his daughter Liu Furong is also called the Hibiscus Flying Knife by the Jianghu characters in Tianjin, it is said that her Hibiscus Flying Knife is a hundred shots。

When Fang Xiaoyu and they came to Tianjin, Liu Donglai was preparing to hold a martial arts competition for his daughter, in order to entertain all the people from all walks of life who came to participate in the competition, Jinhailou deliberately lowered the price by three percent, and hung out three couplets outside, all the heroes who intend to participate in the Liu family competition to recruit relatives, you not only have to be of moderate age, but also to the three pairs, so to speak, these three pairs, is the entry threshold to participate in the competition, not to these three pairs, you also invited as soon as possible, in addition, all the consumption of the people on the pair in the inn during this time is free of charge, Liu Donglai only did so, The biggest reason is that he hopes that his future son-in-law will not only be a martial artist, but also be proficient in literature and ink, preferably the kind that has fame, you must know that the current Qing Dynasty is the era of literati, as for the martial arts, it is simply the object of the ravages of literati, and he can be said to have taken great pains for her to be a precious girl.

After hearing the news, Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help sighing, when did the competition to recruit relatives become the mainstream of society to recruit sons-in-law for daughters, when in Hangzhou, Lei Laohu was recruiting relatives for his daughter, and when he arrived in Tianjin, this kind of thing also happened to them, but it was also a competition to recruit sons-in-law, Liu Donglai's style was a little higher than Lei Laohu, at least the son-in-law he chose could not be just a martial artist.

After learning that they went north from Hangzhou to Beijing to catch the exam, the shopkeeper of the inn seemed very attentive, and even the specifications of the reception were raised several grades, and Fang Shiyu and others were really a little uncomfortable with the shopkeeper's hospitality, and when they asked the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper naturally sold their boss's daughter to them.

Fang Xiaoyu only smiled bitterly at this, "I said shopkeeper, we are candidates who entered Beijing to take the exam, not Jianghu characters who came to compete in martial arts to recruit relatives, besides, my fiancée is by my side, you sell us your boss's daughter, what's going on, let's go as usual, you can come as you want, if you want to go on like this, we have to live in another place." ”

The shopkeeper said happily: " Isn't it a fiancée, and it's not that the wife has anything to worry about, even if it becomes a parent, you can stop your wife and remarry, our lord is the richest man in Tianjin Wei, with a lot of property, although our young lady can't be said to be a person of the Tianxian boat, at least she looks like Zhou Zheng, even if you don't compete with the martial arts to recruit relatives, as long as you are on our lord's three couplets, the accommodation shop will be free of charge for you these days, I think since you are the court's people, you must be a few people's expertise in poetry, do you want to try a few people?"

Hearing that there was free room and board, Fang Shiyu and the others were moved, but just as they were about to encourage Fang Xiaoyu to be right, they heard a familiar and arrogant voice: "I said shopkeeper, you really don't know Mount Tai, the one standing in front of you is very big."