Chapter Ninety-Six: A Thousand Miles of Carriage Travel

"I have to get a carriage first, there should be time to ......" Zhao Ming stood at the door of the inn and thought about it and decided to take a carriage all the way, although it may be a waste of time, originally with his current light skills from the capital Peizhou to Dali is only more than half a month away, now the breakthrough may be faster, but Zhao Ming is not in a hurry, with his understanding of the original work, this incident should happen in the autumn and winter season, not only the trees are withering, but also everyone is dressed tightly, not like this time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

And hire a carriage even if you are in the wild, you can have a place to rest, and Zhao Ming has never seen Zhuo Bufan's "Zhou Gong Sword Technique" and "One Word Wisdom Sword Duel" (he didn't plan to practice swordsmanship), anyway, there is nothing along the way, you can also study and study it well, and now Zhao Ming does not dare to practice on the carriage with this shaking technique.

It didn't take long for Zhao Ming to find a car and horse dealership.

"Thousands of miles of driving? Zhao Ming smiled and walked in.

"Sir, do you want to buy a car or hire a car?" As soon as Zhao Ming entered the door, a gorgeously dressed man ran out, Zhao Ming saw that he was not dressed like an apprentice, a groom or something like that, he thought he should be the boss here.

"Boss, I want to hire a carriage with at least two horses. Zhao Ming looked at the carriages parked around him and said.

"Two horses?" the boss was stunned, generally more than two horse-drawn carriages are relatively large, and few of them will hire such carriages, and if the people hired are less, they naturally will not have much inventory, and it is unfortunate that the only two-horse carriage has just been hired the day before.

"This ......," the boss frowned and thought to himself, the price of a large carriage was of course different from that of a small carriage drawn by a horse, and he didn't want to lose such a big customer.

Zhao Ming saw the boss's embarrassed look and asked, "Boss, what's wrong with you? You don't have such a big carriage? It's okay, I can look for it in other carriage and horse dealers." Zhao Ming didn't embarrass this boss either.

In fact, he had seen the carriages around here just now, and the carriage shop was so big that he could see it all at a glance, but all the carriages parked here were small carriages with a single horse.

Of course, if it is just a general distance, a single horse can pull Zhao Ming's body weight of five or six hundred catties, but Zhao Ming is going to Dali, this way down the whole journey can be more than 2,000 kilometers, just at their last speed three horses hurried all the way down It took more than a month, it was still on the border between the Song Dynasty and Dali, if only one horse was used to estimate that when the people were going to Suzhou.

When the boss saw that Zhao Ming was leaving, he hurriedly said: "There is a carriage with two horses, but it is unfortunate that you came, a group of people happened to come and hire them last night......

Before the boss finished speaking, Zhao Ming had no desire to listen, he was hired and talked about a fart!

"If you really can't do it, go to the post station to get one out, I just don't know if my current identity is good there?" Forget it, for the sake of insurance, it's better to pay out of your own pocket......" Zhao Ming thought all the way, and at this time he was already out of the door of the carriage and horse dealership.

The boss of the carriage and horse shop behind him seemed to have a tangled look, and finally saw that Zhao Ming was about to walk out of his carriage and horse shop, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and hurriedly ran over.

"Master, Master, wait......"

Zhao Ming looked back suspiciously.

"Anything else?"

The boss caught up with Zhao Ming out of breath, and at a glance, he knew that this boss usually didn't pay attention to exercise.

"Master, I don't have a two-horse cart now, but I have a three-horse cart, don't you say that as long as it is more than two? ”

Zhao Ming's eyes lit up when he heard the boss's words, there would be a three-horse-drawn cart here, this kind of cart would not be readily available in ordinary carriages and horses, and these would only be used by high-ranking officials and nobles, and no one would be bored to ride around in a three-horse-drawn cart.

"Do you really have this?" Zhao Ming looked at the boss with a look of disbelief.

When the boss saw that the words had already been spoken, he had no scruples, and said calmly: "Master, don't worry, since you said it, there must be it." ”

As he spoke, he took Zhao Ming and walked to the backyard.

"Speaking of the master, you are really in a hurry, we just made this carriage, this was made by Liu Yuanwai's family, I heard that the son is going to marry a daughter-in-law, hehe, the rich are really extravagant, but this car will be delivered only after tomorrow, generally we workers make such a large carriage even if it takes three days to do it together, now if you want it, then I can only let them work in two nights and make another one out." While speaking, the boss had already led Zhao Ming to the backyard.

The boss didn't lie, there was indeed a large carriage in the backyard, and you could tell how luxurious it was when you looked at the size.

"It's so big, it seems that it has to be diverted this time......" This carriage is much bigger than the one Zhao Ming rode at the post station last time, of course, it was just an empty shelf, and this carriage was for the bride, of course, it was made of high-end atmosphere.

And Zhao Ming passed through last time in order to save time, some places are densely wooded, and the carriage is estimated to be able to exploit loopholes last time, but looking at such a large body Zhao Ming doesn't have to think about it to know that he must not be able to pass through those places, so the only option is to change to a spacious road, but it will take half a month more to walk at the speed of the carriage.

"Forget it, just this one, even if the three horses make a detour, it shouldn't take much time. Zhao Ming didn't want to waste any more time, and two horse-drawn carriages were not allowed to use three horses.

When the boss heard that Zhao Ming was really hired, he immediately smiled and said enthusiastically: "Then I'll match you with horses and coachmen...... but after every two steps, the boss stopped again, turned around and asked, "By the way, master, where are you going?"

"Oh, I'm going to Dali. Zhao Ming looked at the carriage and said indifferently.

But the boss almost didn't fall to the ground when he heard this.

"Which... Where?" the boss quickly stood firm and asked.

Zhao Ming looked back at the boss arrogantly.

"I said Dali, can't you be hired remotely?" Zhao Ming looked at the boss suspiciously.

"That's not ......," the boss waved his hand and said quickly.

"It's just...... That's a bit expensive...... And we need a deposit to go so far away......" said the boss, embarrassed.

"Deposit?" Zhao Ming was stunned, he didn't expect the concept here to be so advanced, and he even put away the deposit.

"Yes, our requirement here is a deposit of 50 taels for large carriages traveling more than 100 miles, 100 taels for more than 500 miles, and 200 taels for more than 1,000 miles. It is estimated that you will have to go to Dali for four or five thousand miles, right?" The boss seems to be very entangled with Zhao Ming to hire this carriage to go to Dali, even if this carriage is to travel there day and night, it will take a month, and after adding it back, this carriage is estimated to be able to retire early.

Zhao Ming can also understand this rule, after all, the farther away the place, the greater the possibility of accidents, and the higher the deposit.

"Two hundred taels, how much silver is this carriage plus horses?" Zhao Ming had to ask, he didn't plan to come back immediately, and the money would be quite wasted here.

"When this carriage was made by Liu Yuanwai, it was a total of one hundred and fifty taels of horses, ......" The boss said that he was depressed, but he still said it honestly, not to mention that Zhao Ming knew that it was not easy to mess with, not to mention that he had always been honest in doing business by himself, otherwise how would those grooms pay attention to him when he did a business like a horse dealership.

"One hundred and fifty taels, I bought it myself for only one hundred and fifty taels, and if I hired it, the deposit would be two hundred taels, how could I feel that this problem was so simple...... "Zhao Mingxian finally knew why this boss was so entangled, this is obviously a problem between earning a little and earning a little more, it is obvious that this boss is struggling to tell Zhao Ming the truth.

"Boss, I don't think you need me to say that you know how to do it, right?" I want to ask you to help hire a coachman...... Zhao Ming still looked at the boss with a smile.

The boss breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhao Ming, and said with a smile: "Then I'll help you ask, but I don't guarantee that someone will agree, after all, it is very dangerous to help you drive to such a far place, and it is indeed a bit far to go to this place, they may not ......have been there" Although the boss promised to help Zhao Ming find it, it is obvious that this hope is not great.

Zhao Ming thought for a while and said, "Boss, you just tell them that when the time comes, as long as I get to the place, this carriage can be used as a commission for them." ”

When the boss heard this, his eyes lit up, and he quickly smiled and nodded.