"If the two guests go further, it will be the border of Yongzhou. After passing Yongzhou, it will be Guilin County." The waiter said to Lin Chen and Li Changtian while making tea.
"But Yongzhou is quite chaotic. I suggest that the two guests find a caravan and it is better to go with each other!"
"More chaotic?" Lin Chen was puzzled. It is really rare to describe it in Nanzhou, which is already very chaotic!
"Yes!" The waiter of the tea shop nodded and explained: "The two guests are outsiders, are they? Yongzhou is located at the intersection of Guilin County and Nanhai County. The caravans going to sea must pass through Yongzhou whether they go to Beihai Town, Panyu Town, and Zhanjiang Town! But... both Bagui and Nanyue sects have been suppressing bandits and suppressing them very well. The bandits dare not intercept the passage in these two places. What should they do? They can only stay at the gate of Yongzhou and wait for people!"
"I didn't expect that there were places like Nanzhou that bandits were afraid of!" Lin Chen found it interesting.
"That's not!" The waiter explained: "Actually, it was not the case at the beginning! Guilin County and Nanhai County have many thieves and bandits, and because of the sea outlet, there are more bandits and more rampant bandits in the roads! This has led to the fear of crossing caravans being blocked by bandits! Many caravans would rather go far and divert to the south of Fujian than come to these two places!"
"When the two princesses in Guilin County and Hainan County saw that their wealth had been cut off, how could they stand up to this tone? Cutting off their wealth was like killing their parents! So they immediately issued a reward, promising many benefits, and jointly launched a large-scale bandit suppression operation with major local sects. This suppression lasted for three years, and it really killed people and blood! From now on, Guilin County, Nanhai County, including Xiang County, no bandits dared to be rampant...!"
"Then why doesn't Yongzhou suppress bandits?" Lin Chen asked in confusion.
“This is different!”
The waiter shook his head and said, "Bagui and Nanyue are both of the South Yue Kingdom. After being destroyed by the Qin King, they were divided into Guilin and the South China Sea, like these three counties. Even if the times are different now, the Qin Dynasty has been destroyed for many years, but the three places still retain the position of "principal"! And this princess is like the prefect of the Daliang Kingdom and the prefect, like the chief officials of the Dajin Kingdom, and is a real local person! And no one cares about our Yongzhou at all! There is no need to say anything about the bandit suppression, and he dares not think about it! It would be great if you can pray that these bad people would not enter the village to rob the house!"
"So that's how it is!" Lin Chen nodded.
The reason why Nanzhou is so chaotic is that no one manages it.
Many people have suggested that local sects can send masters to manage the local area, but the strength of the small sect is limited, so it is impossible for the masters of large sects to do these trivial matters, and the number of disciples is limited, so at most they can only protect the county town where their sect is located from bandits.
The two of them rested in the tea shop on the side of the road for an hour. After the spirit, energy and spirit were almost recovered, they continued to rush.
"Do you two want to be a companion?" someone shouted on the side of the road.
Lin Chen turned around and saw that it was a caravan. The scale was not too large, only about ten people.
In the caravan, an old shopkeeper who seemed to be over 60 years old walked out of the donkey cart and asked Lin Chen and Li Changtian: "You must have to go to Nanyue or Bagui, right?"
He took the initiative to invite him and said, "I am named Liu Fulu, and I am the shopkeeper of this Laibao Store. If you walk ten miles further, it will be the place where the major bandits in Yongzhou are occupied. For me, why don't we join us? In this way, even if you encounter bandits, everyone will have some care."
Generally speaking, the merchants are very taboo to talk to strangers in the process of shipping goods! But there is no way. Because Yongzhou is "more special", everyone wants to go together when transporting goods. If they can recruit one more person, they will be able to recruit one more person. When the number of people in the team becomes large, even if the bandits want to do it, they must consider their own strength! After all, before falling into the green forest, many bandits were just a group of rogues in the market and a group of ordinary people.
"Master."
Lin Chen turned to look at Li Changtian and asked for his opinion.
"Then let's go together." Li Changtian said slowly. Now Lin Chen has returned to the Liumai Realm. It is useless to fight with a group of ordinary little thieves. If he can leave here as soon as possible, it is not impossible.
"Please get in the car, please, please get in the car!" Liu Fulu said, and then took Lin Chen and Li Changtian into the donkey cart, then waved to everyone and shouted: "Continue to go!"
Lin Chen and Li Changtian got into the car. The car was supported by wooden poles in all directions, which became the roof. Although it was a little simple, the space was very large. There were about five or six people sitting in the car. After Lin Chen and Li Changtian got into the car, they found a seat at will.
Liu Fulu bowed and smiled, "This business is just a small chamber of commerce. The only few good horses are used to transport goods, so you can only use a donkey cart to carry people. I hope you don't dislike me. Everyone, forgive me!"
Li Changtian waved his hand and said, "Donkey carts, horse carts are all carts, and we are not noble masters. Now that we have gotten into Manager Liu's cart, we must have disturbed us, so why dare to dislike it?"
The two immediately started talking.
"Shopkeeper Liu, what kind of money did your business make?" Lin Chen asked curiously.
Liu Fulu laughed and said, "This little brother speaks nicely, but it's not a question of getting rich. He just sells some local specialties from Yueyang overseas! Our Chamber of Commerce has its own small tea garden and planted some Junshan Yinting Tea. This kind of tea can only achieve the best taste during the period around Qingming Festival. Other times do not count, so the output is actually not much..."
Liu Fulu pointed to the three carriages behind, each carriage covered several boxes with a wide waterproof and heat-insulated cloth.
When Liu Fulu looked at the boxes containing tea cakes, a smile appeared on his face and continued: "Those boxes contain tea cakes produced in our tea garden. These tea cakes are the last batch of stocks left this year. Most of them have been picked in recent months, but there are two boxes of tea picked during the Qingming Festival, but the price is much more expensive! Those overseas people like us tea leaves very much, and our entire chamber of commerce also hope to ship them to Panyu Town to sell them at a good price, and then have a fat year with abundant oil and water..."
Chapter completed!