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The next morning, the sky was just getting light.

After Chen Xu finished a simple breakfast, he set off from Wuzhong under the escort of a group of guards and teenagers.

In addition to Xiao He, Liu Bang, and Cao Shen, there were also Jiang Chuxing and Jiang Chuyue brothers and sisters, and the carriages that followed increased to more than 20, all of which were new-style four-wheeled trucks, most of which were bundled and bulging, which were filled with local specialties in Wuzhong, dried whitebait, dried white fish, white shrimp, lotus root powder, dried water chestnut, preserved fruits, glutinous rice, silk, mulberry wine, etc., most of which were prepared with the help of the four businessmen of Wuhu Park, Jiang Heng also prepared a lot, and Chen Xu did not refuse too much, The main thing is that it is not easy to come to a trip, especially the dried whitebait and shrimp, the two Taihu Lake specialties, can not be bought in Xianyang at the moment, although these things are delicious, but they are not mass consumer goods, the value is not high, thousands of miles to Xianyang is estimated that the businessmen can not even earn back the road expenses, and although the northwest is not as much as the aquatic products in the south of the Yangtze River, there are still fish and shrimp, and people elsewhere do not need to spend a lot of money to eat these things, after all, in this era, the majority of people who can't eat enough, and there are many people who freeze to death and starve to death every year. Selling sons and daughters is everywhere.

At the time of Chen Xu's departure, a grand sacrificial event was also held at the water temple at the foot of Gusu Mountain under the auspices of Jiang Heng and Wuzhong officials.

Tens of thousands of people gathered, the county government's diviner Wu Zhu presided over the sacrifice, set up incense tables, and offered melons and fruits to three animals, a group of Wu Bu gods wearing divine clothes and masks danced with gongs and drums to thank the lake god for the auspicious gift of the giant mussel, and Zhou Bo, who fished the giant mussel from the lake, was also coated with the blood and paint of the three animals by Wu Zhu, and the painting was like a ghost to accept the worship of the people, and his honest face was nervous and cramped and kept looking at the direction that Chen Xu and others left.

And half an hour after Chen Xu left Wuzhong, two groups of people also left Wuzhong one after another.

A group of people were all sturdy young adults, led by a big man with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a beard, all carrying swords and riding horses to follow Chen Xu's team.

Another group of people had cars and horses, led by a young man and a girl, it was Xiang Yu and Xiang Jing, the two cousins, carrying swords and hats, followed by a group of servants of all ages, old and young, after leaving the city, they followed the route of Chen Xu and others to Wuzhong.

Chen Xu has a lot of people and cars, and he is not fast to go naturally, and there are rivers and rivers on both sides of the river, and the water flow is abundant in summer, so he can only bump along the post road and constantly change boats, and in order to avoid being recognized by the emperor who is cruising head-on, Chen Xu also sent guards to constantly probe in front of him, and he rushed to rest at noon in the morning and evening, and he couldn't travel more than 100 miles a day, all the way from Jiangyin to cross the big river, turn around Rugao, cross Dongtai, and it took ten days to reach Sheyang.

Sheyang has been rich in sea salt since ancient times, now almost half of the sea salt in the whole Great Qin is from Sheyang, the area near the sea here is full of salt fields that irrigate seawater, the original Qi State is to make a fortune by sea salt, and in order to compete with the Qin State for hegemony, it is to use sea salt to pinch the neck of the Qin State, and the salt merchants are not allowed to sell salt to the Qin State, which also leads to the shortage of salt in the Qin State, and has to covet the Xiongnu in the salt lake in Henan and the Ba Yan of the Chu State, so it is not easy to conquer Bashu with the Chu State for more than 100 years, The inclusion of Pakistan, which is rich in well salt, into the territory of Daqin, only then did the salt crisis be solved.

Today, the salt industry in Sheyang is even more prosperous, with salt merchants from all over the country gathering here, transporting large quantities of crude sea salt to almost all counties in Daqin through an endless stream of carts and horses.

And such a prosperous place, Chen Xu is naturally interested.

But more interested is the First Emperor who traveled to the southeast.

Three years ago, in order to go to Langya to find a monk to go to sea to explore the fairy island of Shenshan Mountain, so passing by Sheyang was only a quick glimpse, and three years later, the emperor actually stayed in Sheyang for a full ten days, and took down the line to accept the local officials, gentry and merchants and celebrities, and also carefully inspected the endless salt field stretching for hundreds of miles by the sea.

When he met the emperor's procession, although Chen Xu didn't want to show his face, he still disguised himself as a salt merchant in the mainland, and came to the beach with great interest, facing the sea breeze full of the salty smell of sea salt to watch this magnificent salt drying field.

The emperor's pomp is naturally the largest, thousands of forbidden troops and Xuanwu Wei under the protection of the people everywhere they go, for the emperor's patrol Chen Xu is naturally commonplace, when he was in Xianyang, he followed the emperor I don't know how many times out of the city, the emperor visited his Qinghe courtyard several times, each time it was thousands of people and horses to surround the Qinghe courtyard The water was impassable, and even a dog in the courtyard had to press on the ground to check whether there were any items that threatened the emperor's life, such as knives, guns, bows and crossbows.

Although the Jiang Chuxing and Jiang Chuyue brothers and sisters who were traveling with them didn't see much of this kind of battle, they had still seen it several times, so they didn't have much emotion, and a group of guard teenagers had already followed Chen Xu to see the world, and stood from a distance to watch the emperor inspecting the salt works, at most shouting a few times to express their excitement like the local people who came to see the excitement.

But for Xiao He, Liu Bang, and Cao Shen, it was completely different, they saw the pomp and circumstance of the emperor's parade for the first time, sandwiched in the crowd of onlookers, and looked at Qin Shi Huang sitting in a luxurious four-wheeled carriage pulled by six horses from hundreds of feet, naturally their eyebrows and beards were shaking with excitement.

"The first emperor is majestic and strategic, swept the six countries and Dingding Huaxia to take the Zhou Dynasty, this is an immortal feat, the emperor of the former six countries, there is no one who can and the first emperor, now Daqin is becoming more and more peaceful, and the people can also cultivate with peace of mind, look at this salt field, there is already a sign of prosperity!" Chen Xu looked at the emperor who was inspecting the salt field and said with emotion.

"What Hou Ye said is that at the beginning, the seven kingdoms fought for dominance in the world, and the war disasters continued every year, the people were displaced and the people were struggling to make a living, and the unification of the world was indeed the trend of the times and the people's aspirations, and the kings of Qi, Chuyan, Zhao, Han, and Wei could not be compared with the First Emperor!"

"What Brother Xiao said is reasonable, the domineering spirit of the First Emperor is admired by a certain five-body throw!" Cao Shen also pulled his goatee and nodded repeatedly.

Chen Xu turned his head and glanced at Liu Bang, who was used to being silent, and said, "Why didn't Liu Prison Peng speak?" ”

Liu Bangleng paused for a moment and said: "Ji is naturally very respectful!" ”

"Hehe, why don't you say what is in your heart, but you don't like words on weekdays, how about Ben Hou say it for you?" Chen Xu said with a faint smile.

"Master Hou knows Ji's thoughts?" Liu Bang looked at Chen Xu in disbelief.

"Since Master Hou knows Brother Liu's thoughts, why don't you say it and I'll wait to see Brother Liu's ambitions!" Xiao He and Cao Shen instantly became interested.

"What Liu Prison Peng thinks must be the husband!" Chen Xu smiled and pulled the horse's reins, turned the horse's head and said, "Let's go, since we have already seen the emperor, I don't need to stay longer, rush to Langya earlier, and then return to Xianyang along the Eastern Road, drive~"

Chen Xu gently knocked the horse's belly with his feet, and the horse under his crotch immediately went down a wide salt road to Sheyang County.

"Driving~~" A group of guards and teenagers also hurriedly rode their horses to follow, Jiang Chuyue, Jiang Chuxing, Xiao He, Cao Shen also quickly followed, leaving Liu Bang alone on the horse, looking at Chen Xu's back as if he had been struck by lightning, his mind was almost a mess.

He ...... How does he know what I'm thinking? ”

"Brother Liu, let's go, don't miss the time!" Xiao He chased Chen Xu and ran dozens of feet away before turning around, seeing that Liu Bang was still in a daze, so he hurriedly looked back and shouted.

"Driving~~" Liu Bang finally came back to his senses, his legs clamped the horse's belly and whipped a few times and hurriedly followed, and after catching up with Chen Xu, he only dared to fall last, looking at Chen Xu's eyes full of an indescribable emotion, and even with a slight panic.

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