After the lunch break, Shaoyunfeng came to find Xia Xun to travel together, he had changed into civilian clothes, and he was wearing a light-colored robe.
In this place of Kaiyuan, there are more people wearing Hu clothes and military uniforms, and most of the Han people are military families or prisoners who are mismatched, and they are mostly dressed in trolling or short brown, which is enough to show their different identities in Kaiyuan City, but they are not publicized.
Xia Xun did the same, and also changed into loose and comfortable clothes, and when the two went out, they met Chu Xiao who was preparing for the original army and Ding Yu of Dingliao Zhongwei, and the two were coming in from outside.
Chu Bingbei is a person in his early fifties, his stature is not high, his spirit is shimmering, and he looks calm and sophisticated.
Ding Dusi of Dingliao Zhongwei is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, such a young official is the commander of the guard, there is no need to ask, there must be the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty in his father's and ancestors' generation.
This person has a strong figure, a square face, sword eyebrows and leopard eyes, although he is not handsome, but he is also heroic.
As soon as they heard that the governor was going to go to the street, the two of them changed their clothes, and walked into the street with Xia Xun, Xia Xun's guards followed the instructions, and they also changed into civilian clothes, scattered in all directions, and guarded in secret.
Kaiyuan is an important military town, the army is stationed in the city and outside the city a lot, and some of them are stationed in Daluo City, Xiaoluo City and 30,000 City, there are not many residents in the city, in fact, Kaiyuan City plus the suburban tribal villages, a total of only more than 3,000 households, more than 10,000 people, the street pedestrians are not very unusual.
There are very few shops in the city, except for oil and salt shops, grain and rice shops, and cloth and leather shops, there are basically nothing, and teahouses and hotels are even rarer.
Xia Xun didn't expect that this Kaiyuan city was also desolate, so he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Along the way, villages and towns are rare, and there are very few beacons and post stations, and the transportation is inconvenient. ” The young imperial envoy said: "Fengsui, post station, every Liaodong Governor has been advocating for additional construction, and over the years, it has indeed been added a lot, but compared to the vast land of Liaodong, it is still pitiful, and there are its own difficulties."
Xia Xun turned his head and asked, "What's the matter, but the money is not enough?"
Ding Yu interjected: "Lord Ministry, although it takes money to build the Fengsui Station, it is not a lot, and the main reason why it can't be built is not that the money is insufficient, in the final analysis, the population outside the customs is too small." ” He waved his hand and said: "Since then until Beiping, all the way to the wilderness, few people, Fengsui post station has to be guarded by someone to guard it, but once the post station and Fengsui are built, there is not even a village nearby, there are few people within a hundred miles, even rice and grain can not be replenished, the safety of Fengsui and the post station can not be guaranteed, and repair is also a big problem, therefore, whether it is to build roads, build Fengsui, or post stations, they are all restricted. ” Chu Xiao, who was prepared for the war, said with a smile: "The current situation is much better than before, and it used to be even more desolate here."
Xia Guan heard that Jinzhouwei is now much more lively, it seems to be more lively than ours here, Jinzhouwei originally guarded the sea, only dealing with pirates, very desolate, since the imperial court changed to transport grain from the sea, the place where the ship docked is in Jinzhouwei.
Jinzhou Wei built a wharf, the imperial court's grain was unloaded from there, and then the chariots and horses were transported all the way by land, and there were already dwellings built by merchants of mules and horses near the wharf, and they hired a large number of young men of various ethnic groups to unload ships and transport grain, and the men on the boats came all the way from the sea, and when they arrived at the wharf, they also had to eat, drink, play and have fun, so there were shrewd merchants to do business there.
As a result, there were more prostitutes, gambling houses, and liquor shops in the museum, and as soon as these places increased, the silk and rouge gouache that the girls needed, there were also corresponding merchants, and then the inns and residences also increased one after another, and these things were complete, and some people lived there for a long time, and then some farmland was opened up near the residence, both agricultural and commercial.
In a short period of time, what was originally a desolate place is now a bustling small city.
With the increase in the number of commercial vehicles coming inland from there, from Jinzhou to Fuzhou and Gaizhou, post stations and beacons did not need to be urged, and the guards and generals automatically and spontaneously increased their number. ” The young imperial envoy immediately said disdainfully: "I heard that when those boats arrived at the wharf, they always returned empty, and the merchants sought profits, so they naturally did not want to, so they bought some northern delicacies and seafood, mink and ginseng from the land and brought them back to the inland. ” Chu Bingbei frowned when he heard this, for fear that Shao Yunfeng's words would attract Xia Xun's attention, so he cut off people's financial routes, and hurriedly said: "The rumors are not enough to be believed, not enough to be believed."
Xia Xun listened to his heart but moved, as if he had captured something, before he could think deeply, a very spacious place suddenly appeared in front of him, there was a large empty place on the side of the road, and there were no buildings, but there were many people and mules, horses, cattle and sheep, mules, horses, cattle and sheep bleating, and those people spoke in a rough voice, which seemed to be very lively.
Xia Xun couldn't help but ask, "What is this place, it's quite lively." ” Chu Bingbei was slightly uneasy, and said with a reluctant smile: "Ah, this kind of place is mostly where the local Jurchens and Mongolians exchange cattle and sheep with the Han people in the city for iron pots, salt, cloth and other goods.
Those Hu people are very rude, please go this way, don't pay attention to them. ” At this time, a few men in Hufu who were leading cattle and sheep had already seen Xia Xun and them, although Xia Xun and the others were wearing civilian clothes, but in this Kaiyuan City, they were also dressed as superior people, it was not uncommon for one person to be like this, and all four of them were like this, so it was tight, how could they not attract the attention of others.
These Hu people are wearing round peaked fur hats, knee-length shirts with small sleeves with collars, high boots, and a short knife hanging from their waists. ” The man called Yarha looked up, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "That old man, isn't that the same person who bought a woman from us last time?"
The thin man was stunned, took a closer look at Chu Bingbei, and hesitated: "No, the old man who bought a concubine last time was dressed as a Mongolian." ” Yarha smiled: "That's right, it's him who looks at the black mole on his cheek, I still remember." ” Saying that, Yarha greeted him with a smile on his face, and said enthusiastically: "A few people buy something, look at a few sheep here, how about my Yarha's sheep fat and strong, wool sheepskin mutton and mutton bones, that is all good things, a few guests buy a sheep back, stew mutton soup and eat mutton, which is several times cheaper than Guannai." ” Chu Bingbei was just about to speak, Xia Xun was already smiling and asked, "What are you buying here, are there only sheep?"
Because among these people, Chu Bingbei just bought a girl from them as a concubine a few years ago, and he is considered an old customer, so this Yarha is not wary, and when he heard Xia Xun's words, he immediately laughed and said: "Then how can it, it depends on what you buy." ” He lowered his voice a little, and said, "Cows, sheep, mules, horses, women and boys, please speak if you want anything." ” Xia Xun was taken aback when he heard this: "Dare to love this person who sells livestock and people."
He took a closer look at this man who was dressed as a Hu man but could speak fluent Chinese, and asked, "How many sheep do you have, are there only these three?"
Yarha was overjoyed when he heard this, and when he heard this person's tone, he was really a big buyer, and his attitude immediately became more attentive, and he said with a smile: "That's not all, these sheep, just look at the goods, you have to look satisfied, you want to buy as much as you want, just ask, I have more than two hundred and thirty sheep at home, except for the cubs, all of them can be sold to you."
As long as you make an appointment with a time and place, I Yarha will deliver the goods on time, and if you want more, I can buy it from my people on your behalf, as much as you want, but you had better exchange it for things like cloth iron pots, tea and salt, hehe, we took the money, and we can't buy anything here. ” Xia Xun glanced at him and said with a smile: "Yarha, it seems that as long as I want to buy, one or two thousand sheep, you will definitely be able to get it." ” Yarha's voice trembled with joy, patted her chest and said, "No problem, no problem at all" Xia Xun said: "If it is thirty or fifty sheep, even if the price is ten times higher than that of the customs, I am afraid that it is not worth tossing once, but thousands of sheep, then the profit is more than a little bit and a half, you have so many sheep, why not work harder, contact some brothers in the clan, drive the sheep into the customs together, wouldn't it be a big benefit?"
Yarha smiled when he heard this: "This guest said that it is a long way to go, there are bandits all the way, there are dangerous everywhere, when you reach the pass, there is no way, and it is difficult to enter the customs."
In addition, if thousands of cattle and sheep are driven away, the middle-aged men of our tribe do not know how many people will be dispatched, leaving the old and weak women and children, how to take care of the door. ” If the vegetable growers go directly into the city to sell vegetables, then there will be no two dealers in the world, Xia Xun asked, just because I heard that he has a lot of cattle and sheep, which is relatively large-scale, and he can make a lot of profits if he sells them by himself, so he asked, after listening to this answer, Xia Xun nodded, and secretly came up with an idea.
Yarha couldn't wait to ask: "This guest, do you want to buy sheep, I don't know how much you want" As soon as he had said this, he heard the sound of hooves like rain, and a line of fast horses galloped in the distance, and all the strong men on the horses were wearing fur hats, and wore narrow-sleeved bearded robes, and wore a wide belt around their waists, and a long knife hung on the belt, and the horses' hooves flew up, splashing dust all the way.
"The people of Bad Hada City are coming" The thin man screamed, poked into the entrance, and let out a sharp whistle, and the whole clearing was thrown into a mess, and the Hu, whether they were talking about business or bartering, jumped on their horses and fled, and all the mules, horses, cattle and sheep could take away from them behind the horses' buttocks, and the animals that could not be taken away by the slow foot were simply thrown there.
A jujube red horse galloped to Xia Xun's side, abruptly reined in the horse, the majestic horse man neighed, a strangle, a stand, a show, showing excellent horse kung fu, this person is wearing a narrow sleeved short robe with a large lapel placket, a leather belt at the waist, and small boots, very light and neat, heroic and sassy with a graceful handsome, actually a female knight.
When the scimitar flashed, the female knight had already shouted: "All the mules and horses have been confiscated and arrested, and no one can be spared."
Xia Xun was stunned, seeing that his eyes were full of cangyi, wolf smoke was everywhere, and he had a feeling of dislocation of time and space for a while: "It's swollen, is this the chengguan coming?"
To be continued: