Chapter 1791 Selling private salt, what a big deal
It is said that the road to Shu is difficult, but the most difficult sections are at the entrance and exit of Sichuan. When you actually get to the hinterland, the road conditions are actually much easier than expected. The trail heading north from Shushan is very flat. According to some classics
According to records, this terrain should be called a basin.
The road was in good condition, so we were traveling at a slow pace. By noon, we saw a city standing among the mountains.
As he approached the city gate, Zeng Yong saw two large dark red characters on the gate, Yazhou! After years of wind and rain, they were already mottled.
Zeng Yong said: "We have arrived at Yazhou City."
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Just in time to replenish some fresh water and dry food here. Our BMW should also be well fed."
Zeng Yong said: "Let your car pass first. I don't have a Song Dynasty badge."
The soldiers under the city gate have now been replaced by soldiers from the Song Dynasty, and they are interrogating people entering the city. If he goes there first, he will definitely be interrogated for a while, which will waste time.
Bigwolf shook the reins and drove forward, not stopping until he reached the door.
Several Song soldiers saw that the carriage stopped until no one showed up at the door, and they immediately got angry. Several Song soldiers immediately frowned and gathered around. Seeing their menacing appearance, many passers-by immediately felt that there was something wrong.
It was a good show.
Unexpectedly, one of the Song soldiers suddenly stopped his companion, looked at Big Wolf and said, "Do you know Vice Ambassador Feng?"
The other Song soldiers immediately noticed that this coachman had blond hair, a tall nose and deep eyes, and he did not look like a Central Plains person at all.
Big Wolf smiled and said: "Have you seen me? Of course I recognize Mr. Feng Jiuxiao, the deputy commander-in-chief!"
The Song Bing immediately breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his fists and said, "Sima Guang, the old soldier of the Luoyang Tigers, has met you sir!" Although many people knew that there was always a blond man from the Western Regions beside Feng Jiuxiao, few people knew the origin of this man.
Neither his name nor where he comes from is known, and he has always been a mystery.
Feng Jiuxiao accompanied the army on the western expedition, so naturally many people had seen Bigwolf.
Big Wolf also clasped his fists and said, "You're welcome."
Sima Guang glanced at the carriage and asked in a low voice, "Is it possible that the deputy envoy is in the carriage?"
The curtain on the carriage suddenly lifted, revealing the face of a vigorous young man. Who else could it be but the deputy envoy?
Sima Guang reacted very quickly, and immediately bowed and clasped his fists and said: "Sima Guang, the little pawn of Luoyang, has seen you, sir!" No matter how stupid the Song soldiers around him were, they all realized it at this time, and they all bowed and clasped their fists and said: "Northwestern wolf soldiers, don't be too loud.
I’ve met the Vice-Envoy!”
"Fengzhou soldier Huo Yuanyi has met the deputy envoy!"
…
The onlookers nearby suddenly looked sideways!
The person in this carriage turned out to be a high-ranking official! These arrogant soldiers were all respectful when they saw this man, and no trace of disrespect could be seen! Who is the person in the carriage? Could it be their general? But
Listen to what they said about the deputy envoy. What kind of official is the deputy envoy?
Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"
Several soldiers immediately felt as if they were refreshed by the spring breeze and felt comfortable, saying in unison: "It's not hard work!"
It is such a blessing to be praised by the Deputy Envoy!
These arrogant soldiers crawled out from the heap of the dead. They have always feared no one and no one. Even their generals are just dissatisfied. Who allows people to have high status and power? But for
The deputy envoy and the others are convinced by ten thousand people, especially the veterans of Luoyang Tiger and Northwest Wolf, who are the most convinced! Because
Because they have seen the unparalleled heroic appearance of the deputy envoy! Dressed in white, he seems to be in a deserted land among thousands of troops! In the battle of Jingyang, there were many killings! Whether it was a living person, a living corpse, or a skeleton soldier,
At such a price, the Demonic Crow Soldiers were simply vulnerable in front of the Deputy Envoy! In that battle, Feng Jiuxiao was completely enshrined in the hearts of the Song Dynasty soldiers!
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Is the situation stable now?"
Sima Guangdao: "Everything is stable! The prefect here has also been replaced by someone from our Song Dynasty. The rest of the small officials and officials will be looked after by the prefect. As long as they are willing to return to our Song Dynasty, they will be retained."
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Listening to your tone, are there still many people who are unwilling to submit to the Song Dynasty?"
Sima Guang said: "Yes, not many, just two."
"How did you handle it?"
"The specific situation is not clear. I heard that it was the governor who tried to surrender over and over again but failed, so he killed the two of them."
Big Wolf said: "Kill him? Can't he be let go?"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Let them go and wait for them to find opportunities to deal with you? In extraordinary times, kill them!"
When Sima Guang heard Feng Jiuxiao's words, he immediately felt relieved. If Feng Jiuxiao was dissatisfied with the prefect for killing someone, wouldn't he want to be hated by the prefect?
"Sir, deputy envoy, why are you here in Yazhou? Do you need us to inform the prefect immediately?"
Feng Jiuxiao waved her hand and said: "No need. We are just passing by and are in a hurry. After all, he has just taken over here and there are thousands of things that need him to deal with, so I won't disturb the prefect. If we come back and pass by here, call the prefect.
How about you guys keeping me company?"
Sima Guang's eyes instantly shone brightly, and he immediately said with great excitement: "That's great, we are honored! We will treat you when the time comes!"
Feng Jiuxiao was very happy to see their sincere and excited eyes, especially when she met the veterans of Luoyang Tiger and Northwest Wolf. These people had experienced fighting side by side with him, through life and death. As the old saying goes, comrades are
also!
Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said: "I beg you! How much money do you earn? Okay, guard the door and don't let the enemy's spies infiltrate. Pay attention to people in Xiazhou, Northern Han, and Tubo accents. They don't have to be arrested."
Interrogation, which can easily cause panic, can be followed and supervised privately."
Sima Guang immediately understood. The deputy ambassador was clearly giving military glory to these brothers! As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial City Division, he has the best information! Since he has pointed out the direction, everyone just needs to stick to it.
Just move forward, that’s right!
He winked at the Song soldiers next to him, and everyone bowed and clasped their fists in unison: "Thank you, sir!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Feng Jiuxiao said: "Then I will go to the city first. The two carriages behind are with me."
Sima Guang and others immediately made a respectful gesture of "please come in"!
When all the troikas entered the city, several soldiers suddenly returned to their angry-glaring look, scanning everyone who entered the city with their eyes like knives!
Sima Guang looked at a man who looked like a businessman, "Where are you from?"
The man didn't seem to expect that Song Bing's eyes were so sharp. At first glance, he was a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles and crawled out of the dead. Otherwise, his murderous intent would not be so strong. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous, "The common people are from Xiazhou.
"He doesn't dare to lie! His accent won't change for a while!
The strange light in Sima Guang's eyes flashed away, and he continued to ask calmly: "Where to go?"
The man thought: I dare not lie about where I came from, because the accent cannot be faked, but where I am going, you are not a roundworm in my belly, you can guess where I am going?
"I just went to Yazhou to buy some local goods."
"What local product?"
The Xiazhou businessman thought: Are you asking so carefully? Fortunately, I made a plan in advance!
"Huangguogan and loquat fruit."
"Why come here to buy it?"
"Oh, the fruits here are more delicious than those in other places. You are like Huangguo Mandarin. The peel is thin and easy to peel off, the center column is hollow and almost seedless, the meat is crispy, tender and juicy, sweet and sour. You are like
Loquat fruit, the fruit is large, sweet, soft and juicy, and easy to preserve.”
Sima Guang said: "Well, let's go." Then he looked at the next person who passed the border.
The Xiazhou merchant immediately thanked him profusely, and then led two young men into the city gate.
Sima Guang looked at the woman in front of him. She was old and wrinkled. She looked like a peasant woman and asked, "Where do you come from?"
The old woman pointed to the city and said, "I am from Mang Village, Yandao County, Yazhou."
Sima Guangdao: "Let's go."
When the old woman passed by him, he winked at a soldier next to him.
The soldier immediately understood and whispered: "That Xiazhou businessman?"
Sima Guang looked calm and lowered his voice, "Including that old woman!"
The soldier was startled, "How did you tell that there was something wrong with that old lady?"
Sima Guangdao: "Follow your intuition!"
The soldier was stunned immediately.
The streets in Yazhou are very clean and the local population is large, making it quite prosperous.
When Bigwolf saw the many wine flags in front of him, he knew that the people here lived relatively affluent lives. Only when people have a lot of spare money can the restaurant's business prosper.
He looked far away from the carriage and directly chose the largest restaurant to stop the carriage. At this time, a bartender came over with a smile and reached out to take the reins. "If the customers come in, please leave the carriage to me."
We have parking space in our backyard.”
Bigwolf said: "Thank you." He was very interested in this young bartender! When the bartender saw him for the first time, he was clearly shocked by his appearance, but he returned to normal in an instant. This
His agility is unparalleled!
Zeng Yong and others got out of the car one after another, and the bartenders came to receive them. This restaurant was really grand, and there were several bartenders who were responsible for managing the carriages.
Everyone looked at the three golden characters on the lintel: Baidi Tower.
Zeng Yong said: "The name is also quite domineering."
A bartender next to him said with a smile: "Thank you for your compliment, guest. The word "White Emperor" comes from the poem "White Emperor" in Caiyunjian by the poet Li Bai.
Zeng Yong said: "Look, you still have to be associated with Li Bai. It seems that the world's restaurants would be unauthentic if they are not associated with Taibai Immortal."
Pang Shiwu said: "The more authentic it is, the more authentic it is!"
The bartender smiled awkwardly and said, "Guest, you are just joking. My family is different. Shixian Taibai did have a drink at my house back then!"
Seeing someone criticizing him, Pang Shishi suddenly got excited and laughed, "What's the proof?"
The bartender immediately smiled and said: "There is a Qilu Yiyi written by Taibai himself on the wall of my house!"
Zeng Yong snorted slightly, "Really or not?"
The bartender immediately patted his chest and said, "I swear, it's absolutely true!"
After entering the door, the place was full of guests and people were buzzing.
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Business is quite booming."
Seeing the proud face of the bartender, Pang Shishi wanted to tease him deliberately, and immediately said with a straight face: "Business is so good, brother, let's just stop it."
The bartender was startled for a moment, then he chuckled, "May I ask what the guest officer meant by closing it?"
Pang Shiwu deliberately said mysteriously: "I will take you under my command. You have two choices, either transfer the restaurant to us, or pay monthly tea fees."
The bartender was startled and looked at Pang Shishi, then at Feng Jiuxiao and the others. He didn't know whether the young man in black was telling the truth or joking. He didn't know how to speak for a moment.
Their boss has been here for more than a hundred years. It can be said that the tree has deep roots. To put it bluntly, his boss knows everything about black and white, and he has never met anyone who dares to collect protection money from them!
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Don't listen to his nonsense! Find an empty seat, we'll leave after eating!"
The bartender was immediately relieved and said with a smile: "There is a seat upstairs, please take a seat!"
A group of eight or nine people walked upstairs in a mighty manner, alarming many guests downstairs.
After all, Bigwolf's blond hair is particularly eye-catching!
Secondly, Pang Shiwu actually had two swords hanging from his waist, which is rare in the world!
Four beauties walking together together is also a beautiful sight! Although one woman is covered in black veil, her figure is graceful, and her lotus leaves are swaying in the wind as she walks, which makes people excited!
There were quite a few people upstairs, but luckily there was a table of guests who were about to leave.
It is precisely because this table is almost finished that the bartender dares to usher the guests in. Otherwise, once the guests find out that there are no seats, they will be furious, the bartender will be scolded bloody, and the reputation of the restaurant will be damaged.
There are a total of eight tables on the second floor. Except for the guests at the table who just left, Feng Jiuxiao had already arranged all the remaining seven tables in an instant.
There are many martial arts masters.
But to him, those at the top of the Nine Realms are all ants! No one in this room is a threat.
Five of these seven tables are from Sichuan, and the other two tables, one of which has an accent that sounds like it is from the north, not sure where it is from, and the accent of the last table is also very mixed, it seems that the people at that table are also people who have traveled all over the country.
The accent is more or less mixed.
After eight people were seated, the bartender immediately recommended local specialties.
Mainly include casserole fish, sweet water surface, mutton soup, imperial tea cake, bangbang chicken, tart noodles, tribute pepper fish, Jiuxiang yellow beef, grass chicken, pepper chicken, toast feast, Tibetan hot pot, old bacon
wait.
As is the old rule, Big Husband orders first, and the first course is naturally thirty pounds of nine-flavored yellow beef!
The bartender was stunned, "Ten pounds of beef for eight people is enough, and we still have so many dishes!"
Big Wolf coughed dryly and said: "These thirty kilograms of beef are just for me to eat. They haven't even ordered how much they have eaten!"
The bartender was shocked!
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Okay, let's not waste time. Brother, if you do this, serve all the dishes in your family. We eat first. Which dish is delicious, we will add another one. Let's serve it now,
The sooner the better, we still have to hurry."
When the bartender saw that Feng Jiuxiao was very graceful and elegant, he concluded that the other party was not joking with him and immediately said: "Okay, let's make arrangements right away!"
When the bartender left, everyone lowered their heads and looked at the teapot on the table. In fact, everyone was listening to what others were talking about. After all, waiting for food was boring.
It's quite interesting to hear these people from all over the world talking about the same nonsense.
Among them, there is a table of four guests near the south wall. They look like "heroes" at first glance. They have loud voices and drink boldly. One of them has a beard on his face, which looks like Zhang Fei in "Three Kingdoms"!
After he drank a bowl of wine, he slammed the bowl on the table and said in a rough voice: "I've done it, why haven't you three done it yet?"
When the three men saw him staring, they immediately killed him.
The big man with the beard said somewhat displeasedly: "It's boring to have to watch the wine while you're drinking!"
Opposite him was a stout man, who chuckled and said, "Huzi, I've been drinking with you for a long time. Is it time to tell you what the big deal you are talking about is?"
The big man with the beard was nicknamed the Beard. At this time, he was drunk, and he was a little smug, "Why, can't you calm down?" He sat facing east to the west, while the sturdy man sat facing the west. Seeing the look of the Beard asking for a beating, he suddenly felt a little unhappy.
"You summoned the brothers here, but they didn't fart for a long time. Who the hell can keep their composure?"
Huzi smiled and said, "Brother Qiao, what do I say?"
The men on both sides also looked impatient and said: "Damn it, come on, it's so annoying!"
Huzi looked around, then leaned forward and lowered his voice and said, "Do you know that Liu, the Marquis of Han County, defeated Zhou?"
Boss Qiao frowned and said: "Of course I know. I heard that he is a descendant of the royal family of the Later Han Dynasty. He was brought to Shu by the Han Dynasty when he was a child. When he grew up, he not only became a prince conferred by the emperor of Shu, but he also practiced martial arts.
A genius, he was later rated as one of the top ten masters in Shu! He is so awesome! Why do you mention him? Have you made friends with him?"
Huzi smiled awkwardly, "How can I make friends with such a big shot like him?"
Qiao Laodaodao: "Then tell me, what's going on?"
Hu Hu whispered: "I learned a secret by chance yesterday!"
"What secret?"
"Liu Miezhou's Tuogu veterans are actually selling smuggled salt!"
"What? This is a capital crime!"
"Yes! But Liu Mizhou is a marquis of the Shu Dynasty, so his network of relationships is intricate. When Emperor Shu was in power, no one dared to investigate him, but it is different now. Now the world has changed to Longzhao!
Will the Emperor of the Song Dynasty tolerate Liu Miezhou competing for profits with the royal family?"
"What does this have to do with us? Is there a reward for reporting? How much money can we get?"
"Brother Qiao, look what you said, what's the point of reporting? Just like you said, how much money can you get? What I want to say now is connections! Now I know a secret salt farm of theirs! As long as we can get a share from the salt farm
A piece of the pie, that’s a lot of money!”
The man sitting next to him said immediately: "Brother Qiao, I think there is something behind this!"
Boss Qiao looked at his brothers, with a puzzled look on his face, "You don't have a fever, do you? Your brains are not burned out, are you? If you dare to take advantage of Liu Miezhou's salt farm, isn't this seeking the skin of a tiger? Can he let us go?"
"Brother Qiao, you don't know that there are no experts guarding his salt field. They are all old, weak, sick and disabled. The place is too secretive, so they don't care about it. They just send people to collect salt every month in order not to cause trouble.
Outsiders suspect that every time the salt collectors they send are unfamiliar faces, isn't there a loophole in this?"
Boss Qiao muttered: "We collect salt regularly, and every time we meet new faces, there is indeed an opportunity here!"
Huzi said: "Yes, as long as we pretend to collect salt the day before Liu Mizhou and others collect salt, we can collect 10,000 shi at a time!"
The eyes of the other two people suddenly widened!
Ten thousand dan!
One stone is one hundred and twenty kilograms!
One kilogram earns thirty cash in vain, and one hundred and twenty kilograms equals three thousand six hundred cash!
Multiply that by ten thousand!
How much is that?
Damn it, if you can’t calculate it, don’t forget it, it’s a lot anyway! At least tens of thousands of taels of silver! Isn’t this much better than a dart car?
The four of them looked at each other, with uncontrollable excitement on their faces!
"Where?"
Beard glanced around habitually, and then wanted to tell the address. When the words came to his mouth, he suddenly turned his head slowly and looked at Feng Jiuxiao. He just scanned around, it was just a habit.
, to his surprise, he discovered something unusual. He actually saw a table of guests next to him who were very quiet and lowered their heads, except for a young man in white who was staring at him!
He looked at Feng Jiuxiao, and Feng Jiuxiao looked at him.
Huzi suddenly became furious, pointed at Feng Jiuxiao's nose and cursed: "What the hell do you think nun?"
Feng Jiuxiao said calmly: "Yes, I am looking at the nun's fart!"
Pang Shishi had his back to his beard and had been listening to other stories about the wine table. Unexpectedly, a big unexpected scene broke out behind him. He suddenly became energetic. He slowly turned around and said with a smile: "Who is so disrespectful?"
Come on, you dare to scold my elder brother?" Feng Jiuxiao saw his happy face. How could he be angry? It was obvious that someone took the initiative to send Shishi a target!
Huzi suddenly became even more angry. A kid in white glared at him, which made him very unhappy. Then a young man in black appeared and had a dirty mouth. Are all the kids these days so rude?
He suddenly stood up, eight feet tall, like an iron tower, and the long sheathed knife on his waist also revealed his true appearance. He pressed the handle of the knife with his hand and walked slowly over, menacing and full of pressure!
The guests at the other tables were chatting happily and had not noticed the strong smell of gunpowder here!
Pang Shiwu said: "Brother, what's going on?"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "They want to take advantage of others."
Pang Shishi said: "Isn't that good? After eating the black food, you can use it to do good deeds."
Feng Jiuxiao said: "The target they want to eat is Liu Mizhou."
Pang Shishi was startled, "What? Brother Liu? He also does underworld business?"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "It's just selling private salt!"
Pang Shiwu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "What do I mean? I just sell some salt."
Feng Jiuxiao said: "You kid! This is a crime of beheading!"
Pang Shiwu said: "Then why is he still alive until now?"
Feng Jiuxiao was actually stunned by the question. Although she thought of countless reasons, she was eventually overturned by herself.
Pang Shiwu said: "There is a reason for existence! The fact that Brother Liu can survive to this day means that either he has circumvented many court laws and was sidelined, and the court cannot accurately list him as a wanted person. Or it is his decapitation business.
He has roped in countless officials to act as umbrellas to protect him! Or his secret power has eliminated all threats!"
Feng Jiuxiao gave a thumbs up, "Well, you're right, it's amazing!"
Pang Shiwu said: "So, selling some salt is not a big deal!"
Zeng Yong also gave a thumbs up, "Fifteen is awesome! You are really good at fighting against your elder brother!" He is not afraid of big things.
Pang Shishi smiled and said: "Don't worry, you will fulfill your mission!" When he raised his head, a body like an iron tower was already standing in front of him!