Chapter 6 Yancheng
Lu Yunli only returned to the Beiling Mansion with a small burden on his back, this time he had the iron plate of the Beiling King, and he knew the two brothers Zhang Le and Zhang Xie, and no one stopped him from entering and leaving, and Mo Xin was successfully brought in.
On weekdays, the king of Beiling is busy with political affairs, since the last Taishou Lu Qian, the position of Taishou has always been controlled by Kong Hao's party, and the affairs of Bingma County are also handled by Kong Hao's subordinates.
After more than ten days of tranquility, nothing is too important, but the blue-eyed Hua Feihua, every time he sees himself, he is extraordinarily enthusiastic, this feeling is like seeing a loved one. Lu Yunli's purpose is not to really be a staff member, and it is inconvenient to say anything, just an ordinary return salute, and simply say a few inconsequential gossip.
Until the tenth day, a fast horse galloped to the Beiling Palace, and a holy decree came from Jincheng.
The decree was read by a young man in his twenties, with a strong figure and very elaborate clothes, although he had just arrived at the palace and was covered in dust, he could not hide that noble temperament. All the people knelt down in the open space to receive the decree.
The sturdy young man read out the decree in a loud voice: "I received the head of the Blue Wolf King from the King of Beiling on the 15th of May. I decided to set off in five days, with 100,000 elite soldiers, and the general Lan Ji as the vanguard, to Bingma County, and after rectification, annihilate the Blue Wolf Country in one fell swoop, and expand the territory of our Great Liang. After the young man finished reading, he put away the holy decree and handed it to the king of Beiling.
The king of Beiling knelt down to receive the holy decree and shouted: "My emperor is shengming." Then he got up and said to the young man: "Brother Shaoyang, you have worked hard all the way, please come inside." As he spoke, he led Shao Yang into the living room.
This young man's name is Shao Yang, and he has been studying and learning calligraphy with Jincheng Tianzi since he was a child, and he has won his trust.
Shao Yang did not enter, stood in place and said: "I am ordered by the Son of Heaven to pass on the holy decree, and the task is completed, so it is inconvenient to stay longer." After that, he didn't even drink his saliva, turned around and walked in the direction of the palace gate.
The three officials in front of the prime minister, not to mention the people around him today, King Beiling hurriedly stepped forward, with a smile on his face, and said: "Why is Brother Shao Xian so anxious, why don't you have lunch at my place, let me do my best to be a landlord." ”
Shao Yang arched his hand to the king of Beiling and said: "The prince is too angry, I still have important things to do, it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, I hope the prince can arrange this trip of the Son of Heaven, if something goes wrong, it is not something you and I can afford." After speaking, he strode out of the palace, turned over and got on his horse, and galloped away without looking back.
King Beiling had long heard that there was such a number one person by the side of Jincheng Tianzi, and he saw it today.
Back in the staff room of the side hall, everyone was overjoyed when they saw the king of Beiling, and the king of Beiling said to several staff: "Since ancient times, this reception of the emperor has been an opportunity, and if you grasp it well, you can consolidate the power and increase the official into the knighthood, and if you don't grasp it well, you will be beheaded all over the house." Now that this is the opportunity, I hope you can help you at this time. ”
Tian Zihua said: "We will definitely do our best to assist the prince." ”
Everyone first analyzed the situation, Tian Zihua said: "The holy decree was issued five days ago, and now it is exactly the fifth day. In these thirty days, Li Bo was responsible for the purchase of brocade, silk, and jade supplies, Lu Yunli was responsible for collecting rare and wild game from all over the world, Jiang Musheng was responsible for the security of the city as always, and Hua Feihua was responsible for the arrangement of the guards in the palace. ”
Kong Hao: "I and my teacher supervise you, if anyone does a good job, this king will reward you." The counsel was decided, and the people dispersed.
Lu Yun was in difficulty, although he knew where to buy ordinary meat and vegetables, but he didn't know where to find this rare game.
was thinking about it, Hua Feihua slapped it behind Lu Yunli, Lu Yunli looked back at whether it was Hua Feihua, or the smiling face that didn't know how to worry, and said: "Brother Hua seems to be very relaxed about the arrangement of the prince. ”
Hua Feihua still maintained a smile on his face and said: "My task is the most difficult, I have to defend inside and outside, and it is easy to defend outside, as long as the deployment is good, no matter how high the master is, he will be discovered before he lands." But the inner ghost is not easy to defend, and it comes and goes invisibly. ”
Lu Yunli could hear that Hua Feihua had something to say, so he only said: "Brother Hua is witty, if there is really an inner ghost, he will be seen through by Brother Hua at a glance." ”
Hua Feihua laughed: "I already knew who the ghost was, but I didn't want to say it." Seeing Brother Lu's brows furrowed just now, what kind of difficulty did you encounter? If there is anything I can help with, just ask, I will definitely do my best. ”
Lu Yunli: "I just don't know where to find this rare game, although I have seen the world, but how can those things that are eaten by the people enter the eyes of the Son of Heaven in Jincheng." ”
Hua Fei Hua: "To put it bluntly, this thing is a novelty that you can't usually eat, and it has nothing to do with the price." ”
Lu Yunli: "Please make it clear to Brother Hua"
Hua Feihua: "Four hundred miles to the east is a vast ocean, there are countless fresh delicacies in the sea, and many fish merchants transport them to the mainland. ”
Lu Yunli asked: "It's summer at this time, and although the north is cool, it's not fresh to be shipped over. ”
Hua Feihua smiled: "Brother Lu doesn't know, this fish merchant stores a large amount of ice in the cellar in winter, and in summer, he uses ice cubes to calm the fresh food that has just been fished, and then covers it with a thick quilt to completely seal the cold air inside. Such ice cubes will not melt within five days. There are even large fishmen who load live fish into huge pools and transport them to the mainland. Due to the perennial transportation of fresh food to and from the mainland, this road is smooth, and the fish merchants have built many inns along the way, which have horses to change, horses pull carts, day and night, three or four days will arrive at Yancheng, Yancheng is a hundred miles away from Bingma County, is the largest seafood cargo distribution center in the whole north, Brother Lu can go there to have a look. ”
Lu Yunli: "I didn't expect Brother Hua to really know about eating, I don't know why the prince didn't let you be in charge of this rare game." ”
Hua Feihua: "This is arranged by the prince, and a little person like me can't guess it." ”
Lu Yunli asked again: "Where should I find this game?"
Hua Fei Hua: "Wild meat is more convenient, there is a group of mountains in the northern grassland, and the cliffs are high and steep. A herd of goats lives in this mountain stream, and they travel back and forth on the steep cliffs, and the wild wolves have no way to take them, and even the blue wolf clan has to waste a lot of effort to catch one or two of these goats. ”
Lu Yunli: "If this kind of goat lives in the mountain stream all the year round, it doesn't have a trace of fat on its body, and it won't get tired of eating. ”
Hua Feihua said with a smile: "Don't you get tired, the taste of wild is not comparable to the domestic sheep." ”
Lu Yunli asked again: "Brother Hua still knows what game, please advise." ”
Hua Feihua still maintained a smiling face, as if she had no worries in her life, and said: "There are many others, but I can't tell you all at once, what I said is just the tip of the iceberg, and there are many more, but these must be exchanged with equivalent information." ”
Lu Yunli: "Thank you Brother Hua for your advice, Brother Hua told me so much today, I don't know if the little brother can help you?"
Hua Feihua: "This time is a little help for my brother, and I will definitely be useful to Brother Lu in the future." ”
After Lu Yunli thanked him, he said goodbye to Hua Feihua and went to find Tian Zihua.
Tian Zihua and King Beiling were discussing things in the side hall, and Lu Yunli waited in the distance for a while before being called in.
Lu Yunli said after visiting: "There is a fish market in Yancheng, there are all kinds of fresh food in the East China Sea over there, I want to go and see it, here is a hundred miles south of Yancheng, and I will come back in seven days at most in addition to the time to see the goods." ”
King Beiling: "I will only give you five days, give me a thorough understanding of the Yancheng Fish Market, and I will prepare a thousand taels of silver for you." Make sure you get things done. ”
Lu Yunli: "I must complete the task, but I don't know if there is a cellar in the prince's mansion where ice can be stored?"
King Beiling: "There is one ice cellar, which is used in the palace to cool off in summer. ”
Lu Yunli: "Lord Wang, the seafood is caught in the East China Sea, and all the seafood transported to the inland is chilled by ice cubes to keep it fresh, I hope the prince can make room for his subordinates to store seafood." ”
King Beiling: "This is no problem, the ice cellar is very large, and as much seafood can be saved, as long as you transport it here." ”
Lu Yunli arched his hand and said: "I must live up to the trust of the prince." ”
King Beiling: "If you can satisfy the Son of Jincheng this time, you will all have a heavy reward, go, go and go back quickly." ”
After Lu Yunli said goodbye, he went to the account room to receive the silver, returned to his residence, simply packed the package, took the silver and Moxin, prepared a fast horse, and galloped to Yancheng alone the next morning.
One hundred miles, it was not dark when it arrived in Yancheng, and Yancheng was said to be a city rather than a big bazaar, and it was the largest trading place in the entire north.
Seafood from the East China Sea, silk silk from the south, exotic utensils from the Western Regions, and ginseng and animal skins from the north are all being sold one after another. People have the illusion that as long as they have money, they can get everything.
Although it was the first time Lu Yunli came to Yancheng and saw so many new things for the first time, these had already lost the temptation for Lu Yunli, and Lu Yunli had only one goal in his heart, and before this goal was achieved, all good things could not be enjoyed.
Riding a horse, slowly shuttling in Yancheng, looking left and right, I saw a huge plaque, on which were written "Haichang" two big characters, and the plaque was painted with some fish and shrimp.
Lu Yunli urged the horse to go in the direction of the sea field.
The sea field is located in the east of Yeonseong, and it covers a very large area, and the smell of fish is very strong. There are hundreds of stalls in the sea field, all of which are seafood from the East China Sea, and the smaller stalls are tightly packed with extremely thick quilts, and some people come to buy them before they open. The big stall actually kept the live fish in a huge iron basin and transported it here alive. There are many restaurants specializing in seafood on the periphery of the sea, and every family is doing a prosperous business.
Lu Yunli rode on the horse, looked around, and turned the horse's head out of the sea with a good idea. I found an inn called Sifanglai, asked for a quiet place to live on the second floor, settled the horses, and walked straight to the sea field.
This time, Lu Yun left to taste seafood. When I entered one, the store decoration was very magnificent, and it also had a resounding name, "Xian Julai". There are not many people who come here, but there are not many people, and as soon as they enter the door, they are greeted by the enthusiastic shopkeeper.