Chapter 31: The First Journey 1
Because today is not a market, the herbal tea shop is relatively free, and Yang Qinghua is sitting on a stool eating melon seeds.
After seeing Wang Yu, she smiled, "Are you leaving?"
"Yes, I came to say goodbye to my wife. ”
"Hey, you men all want to go out, and if you're lucky, you can come back, and if you're unlucky, you may die somewhere. Yang Qinghua instructed: "When you go out, be careful." If you can endure things, don't stand up for it, it's not worth it. ”
Wang Yu smiled and nodded, "I know, my master also has to take care of her body, and when the time comes, I will have a big fat boy with my master." ”
Yang Qinghua's face flushed, and she said, "What do you say, the master dares to laugh." Get out of here, get out of here!"
"Haha, then I'll go, Master, thank you for taking care of me these days. ”
"Go ahead. ”
Wang Yu bowed and left the herbal tea shop.
He didn't know the place well, so if he wanted to go somewhere, he had to ask someone for directions, or follow a caravan.
And the largest caravan in Ebony Town is the Li family, so it is impossible for him to go. Then you can only settle for the next best thing and find a relatively small one.
These things were decided a long time ago, so there was no hesitation.
The caravan that Wang Yu was going to was called Tongzhou Commercial Bank, which specialized in the tea and silk business, which was not large in scale but very profitable.
When he came to the door, the owner of the merchant house heard that he was going to follow the caravan to Fucheng, and it was a hundred who were willing.
Now in the entire Ebony Town, who doesn't know that Blacksmith Chen's apprentice is a big master, and with such a character, it is much tougher to talk to others.
So you and I willing, and quickly decide.
There happened to be a convoy of goods to be sent to Fucheng today, and there was no problem with carrying Wang Yu.
At the strong request of the director of the commercial bank, the two had a breakfast, during which most of them were said by each other, and Wang Yu listened.
But before leaving, a little accident happened. Because walking outside, it is guided by the road opened by the imperial court, otherwise you can't even go out of the county seat, let alone go to the capital city.
Fortunately, Blacksmith Chen helped Wang Yu settle down at the beginning, so it was not a big problem. When he found the patrol house in the town, the other party was also very happy, and he didn't even ask about filial piety.
"Little Brother Wang's face is really not small, I used to go to these people to do things, not to mention deliberately making things difficult, if you don't feed them, good things can be done for you. ”
The owner of the comptoir sighed.
"Hahaha, there are no absolutes in the world, maybe they are in a good mood today. ”
The two said a few words that were not nutritious, and then separated.
Under normal circumstances, the owner of the merchant house will not follow him personally, except for very important goods.
This trip is very usual, go to the county seat to sell the specialty tea of Ebony Town, and then go to buy a little something, and transport it back to sell.
The caravan manager was a middle-aged man, short in stature, who liked to bend his back and talk to others, always with a smile on his face. But instead of giving people a sense of treachery, he still thinks he is loyal and honest.
Wang Yu looked strange, he could sit at this point, this guy was also capable.
The road from Wumu Town to the county seat was about 300 miles, and the caravan had a total of five ox carts, which were full of goods.
For every ox cart, there will be four men to take care of it. In order to save animal power, no one thinks of using them for transportation.
However, the middle-aged man who managed the convoy approached Wang Yu and wanted him to sit in the car, although it was a little slower, but it was better than walking by himself.
But Wang Yu didn't agree.
Due to the distance, it took two days to walk, and when it was about to get dark, the convoy stopped.
"Hey, it looks like we're going to spend the night outside today, but luckily, it didn't rain. ”
The middle-aged man sighed and told the men to do something, loosen the ropes on the cows, let them rest, and feed them some food.
When the matter was done, it was already completely dark, and a group of people ate around the fire, and they were quite curious and in awe of Wang Yu.
"Wang Gongzi, I heard that you have a sword that can split our Ebony Town in half, is it true?"
It was a young child who spoke, the youngest and the most courageous in the whole convoy.
Although the people next to him did not speak, they all listened with their ears crossed.
After a day of getting along, they also knew that Wang Yu had a better temper, so the kid would ask what was in his heart.
"Hahaha, who bragged to me, it's too exaggerated. Wang Yu laughed, pointed to his face and asked, "Child, look at me, is there any difference between me and others?"
The child looked closely, "You're bald!"
Wang Yu said: "Who asked you to see this, I also have two eyes, a nose and a mouth, no different from you." Don't listen to the nonsense of the townspeople, I'm just scaring and scaring the outsiders. ”
Because these people in the convoy were delivering goods in other places that day, most of them came back to listen to what people said, and when they heard Wang Yu say this, they suddenly felt reasonable.
The kid covered his mouth and smiled, "I see, I'll just say, how can there be such a big sword." Even if there were, I couldn't lift it. ”
The atmosphere in front of the fire has changed a lot, and the original sense of invisible distance for Wang Yu has also disappeared.
Another man asked, "Brother Wang, I heard that those outsiders are very fierce, how did you scare them away?"
Wang Yu gnawed on the dry food and said vaguely: "I will take advantage of the situation, there are so many people in our Ebony Town, are we still afraid of a few outsiders? ”
The man applauded for a while, and felt that the bald boy in front of him was a good person, so he reached out and took off the wine gourd from his waist, "Come, brother drink!"
Wang Yu's eyes were quick, he took the wine in mid-air, opened the lid and poured it hard, "Hahaha, be happy." ”
The man had face and was even more happy, and he shouted to others that he had some beautiful things back then, and it was unknown whether he bragged about it, but everyone listened to it with relish.
Including Wang Yu.
Only the middle-aged man who managed the convoy was eating silently alone, looking at Wang Yu and not knowing what he was thinking.
When they had eaten and drunk enough, everyone was tired after a day's walk, and after tying up the oxen, they found a random place to sleep.
Wang Yu found a secluded place and was about to rest, when the middle-aged man came over.
"Actually, I was there that day, and I saw the sword. His eyes were full of amazement and curiosity, "I have heard people say before that the more capable people are, the more difficult they are to get along with, why is Wang Gongzi willing to talk to this group of mud-legged people?"
Wang Yu shook his head and smiled, "Let me ask you, is there a distinction between high and low people?"
"Naturally, our Emperor of the Great Zhou, that is a first-class nobleman, those officials are also, and our family is barely half a nobleman. The man pointed to himself again, and said to the snoring men, "They, including me, are all sluts." ”
Wang Yu said with a smile: "In my opinion, there may be a difference between the status of people, but there is no personality. They worked hard to earn money to support their families, they didn't steal or rob, so why can't they sit together and drink and talk?"
The man was silent for a long time, then gave a thumbs up and said, "Prince Wang, you are amazing." ”
Wang Yu laughed.