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6. Chapter 6 On the road

It was really a desperate horse to run to the mountain. Huangshi slapped himself with long sleeves. Why didn't the Chengguan approach much in the mountain path that turned left and right? Turning around and looking at the children following behind him was also a little tired. He waved his hand, "Come on, let's rest for a while and set off again." Seeing that there was no one going in the direction, Huangshi took out a few small muddens from him from the light gate, and placed it in a slightly wider place. Everyone sat down, then each picked up the marching pot on his body and drank a few sips of water, then took the beef jerky handed over by Huangshi, and squinted his eyes happily.

Huangshi has prepared for this long trip for more than a hundred miles, and even purchased a few travel tents from sports goods stores. Traveling in ancient times was not an easy task. Just staying. If you encounter hotels in mountain villages, not to mention safety issues, even the hygiene problem is terrible. Those shops must be places where bedbugs and fleas are growing. As for whether there are high-quality rooms, it is not sure whether there are bedding or not. Huangshi can be worn back to modern times to rest, but the children have just started hygiene, so he doesn't want to let them take another risk.

So this time, in addition to the tent, Huangshi also specially went online to learn from the donkey tourists who were running around the world. He bought a few bags of bulk jerky and 2 large bags of raisins. These were all good things that could quickly replenish their energy, and then there were Band-Aids, Yunnan Baiyao spray, iodine, gauze, life-saving whistle, cooling oil, and specially purchased snake-resisting medicines. These things were divided into several portions. Except for the life-saving whistle that allowed every child to carry around his neck, they were all wrapped in clothes and wrapped in solid linen outside.

Seeing that the children were all resting, Huangshi signaled everyone to get up and set off. He packed up his things and waved his sleeves as if he was going to take the clouds on the road. Today, Huangshi was dressed in an ancient dress. He was dressed in a completely new blue-edged jade-colored silk Lan shirt with a black belt, and a stone-green corrugated hat to cover Huangshi's short hair. The Lan shirt was a retro short dress, and underneath it were a pair of waist-retracted pants, but without a belt, he wore a pair of cowhide-soft cloth shoes. Although it looked just a dress of a scholar in the countryside, his clothes were fluttering during the action, but he had a different kind of free and easy elegance. This is very good now, and he completely forgot about the awkwardness he had when he tried it on in the morning.

"Children, turn this mountain, and the city gate is near. When I get there, I will order Oreo for you." "Oh," "Oh," the children suddenly became excited from the state of snoring. Now they are far away from the mountain temple and the small mountain village they are familiar with. On the way, in addition to just leaving the nest, occasionally there will be some ragged farmers on the mountain side. Later, there was a period when we were almost gone. It seemed that there were only a few of them in the world who were walking. The children first started and discussed happily what the city gate would look like, but later the sound became lower and lower, and Huangshi could only cheer up and cheer up from time to time.

Now Ergou and the others have changed their names. After all, they want to live in the city, so it is not nice to call Li Ergou. So Huangshi named Li Guosheng, Li Zhuzi named Li Guozhu, and Zhao Langzi changed his name to Zhao Guoren. Only Erya's surname is no longer available. She was adopted by Laomiaozhu, and she has always been Erya's name. However, since the old man passed away last year, this small temple has been ruined because no one presided over it. Before leaving, Huangshi asked Erya to take her with him.

I came to the cemetery of the old man in the back mountain and saw that there was only a simple stone tablet with the words "Huangming" above, the upper part of the right engraved "Dingweichun in the 16th year of Jiaqing", and the lower part of the stamp was not written yet. After everyone cleaned the tomb of the old man, they put three incense sticks on the old man and placed offerings. After worshiping one by one, Huangshi touched Erya's head, "Just call Wang Xiaoya." The old man's surname was Wang, so Xiaoya remembered him and had a thought in the future.

"Jiaqing", when Huangshi came back, he thought about this question while walking, which felt a bit messy in the wind, because among the 16 emperors of the Ming Dynasty, he had only heard of "Jiajing", but never "Jiaqing". When did the Ming Dynasty have this year's name? Did the history of this world change? When did it change? Forget it, don't care, anyway, there must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain.

The children now wear bulging hats and wear matte protection on the upper body, which is similar to modern half-arm short-sleeved sleeves, lantern trousers on the lower body, and tightly tied around the legs. They are wearing long wool socks on the bottom, and wearing a pair of Beijing cloth shoes on the outside. Although it is a bit hot, it is acceptable than being exposed to leeches on the plants on both sides of the mountain road.

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After turning a few more hills, the city gate finally became clear and happy. As I walked down the mountain road, everything around me began to appear thicker. The flowers on both sides of the mountain road were blooming in the scorching sun. One petal and one flower, the sky was beautiful.

Not far away, there were several mountain roads that turned into an official road. A straw hut tea shop was located next to the official road. When I got closer, I saw that there were a table sitting at one of the local farmers chatting, while a few merchants carrying loads sat on the other table. When they saw that they were dressed in new clothes like scholars, they felt a little awe, and even their voices were much lower, and occasionally they watched sideways.

Huangshi has been practicing in society for n years and has long turned a blind eye to this kind of gaze, with a smile on his face, "Shopkeeper, how far is this far from Chengguan?"

"There is the city gate ten miles away. The young master is walking slowly and can arrive before noon."

"Still the store, what food do you have in your store? Let's hear it?"

"Young Master, there are only onion cakes in the store. I wonder if you are willing?"

"Then you can find the broken silver here." Huangshi wanted to buy something to eat, not to eat it, but to find a fraction of it. Because he spent a lot of money in modern time and space to buy some industrial silver, and then bought tools such as gold melting furnace crucible tongs, so he melted all the silver bars, poured them into the mold and generated some silver cakes and silver bars. This was the fund he planned to start a business in the Ming Dynasty.

"Young Master is joking. Where can we find the small book deals here?" Huangshi was not disappointed when he couldn't find it. After all, this was just a small tea shed. Now it seemed that he could only continue on the road. Fortunately, the children had eaten a few pieces of hungry Oreos before they came down from the mountain.

Walking further forward, mountain roads will often be connected to both sides of the official road, and occasionally there are scattered villages. However, there are almost no common single-family scattered villages in modern rural areas, and they are all surrounded by forts with earthen walls. It is estimated that wild animals and bandits of this era have never been missing.

There are now many farmers in the paddy fields with hunched backs and wearing shabby cloth clothes working hard. This scene has no more green mountains and clear waters in the eyes of Huangshi, and there is only the poetic style of poverty and hard work in ancient times.

Sometimes, there will be one or two groups of naked children chasing and beating up to the official road to play. There are only one or two older children in the middle wearing clothes, but those hanging on them are more like ragged strips than clothes. When they see this group of beautifully dressed people walking past them, they are extremely envious. Obviously, Xiaoya and the others can't help but feel happy and proud when they see this scene, they look up their heads and look straight. However, Huang Shi often sees them, and they feel a little pity. Unfortunately, these children are all homeless people, and they can't take them away even if they like them.

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After walking around, I finally arrived at Chengguan before noon. Their combination was quite eye-catching all the way, so these pedestrians would look at them a few times before passing by. They were walking slowly. After all, there were 4 children, and some pedestrians walked together. Huangshi heard that their accents were different from their own, and even their accents were different from Xiaoya. No wonder everyone said that the mountains and rivers in Fujian were silent.

More than 500 beige stones stopped in front of the city wall. He pulled a few children to a tree by the side of the road, wiped their sweat with towels, and replenished some moisture. Huangshi saw that there was no one around at this time, so he took out his telescope to observe.

There were only a few soldiers guarding the city gate, with red tassel guns in their hands. The soldiers were not well dressed, and the so-called battle robes all had old patches. The sun was now making them feel bad. They ignored the pedestrians entering the city, but they checked the goods of some merchants, obviously preparing to earn the city expenses.

There were not many people entering and leaving the city gate in Huangshi, but some were carrying firewood, some were carrying vegetables, some were pushing carts, some were driving ox carts, and some were wearing similar people. After looking at it for a while, I was sure that these soldiers only had to charge taxes on larger quantities of goods and did not interrogate and inspect individuals. However, I saw that a few scholars and slaves in this world would not attract their special attention. It was obviously no problem to enter the city gate.
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