"Boss, slow down."

In front of a wine shop outside Lingzhou City, Brother Ma, a personal old servant, carefully helped Ruan get out of the carriage.

Zhe stepped out of the carriage from Ruan, and looked at the almost full wine shop in front of him interestingly, he was now, and the people sitting in the wine shop were basically merchants.

These merchants, each of whom gathered, drank and ate meat, and talked loudly, and seemed unusually happy.

"This old lady has been invited, little Zhao Liu, who is the wine doctor here."

Fold Ruan's back hand, just looking at the lively scene of the wine shop, as if he didn't see Dr. Wine,

The employees of the car and ship shop are well-informed on weekdays, and they are all eyebrow and eye-catching people.

Zhao Liu saw the extraordinary style of Zhe Congruan, who was originally bent over, and immediately became half shorter, and the smile on his face was extremely cute.

"Your name is Zhao Liu?" Seeing that Zhao Liu's eyes had been circling around Ruan, Fifth Brother Ma stepped forward slowly and quietly, covering Zhao Liu's sight.

"You really have a good memory, the villain is Zhao Liu." Zhao Liu looked Fifth Brother Ma up and down, suddenly leaned over, and whispered, "Please forgive the villain for talking too much, if you want to enter Lingzhou, there are some objects, you must pick them up in advance." ”

Fifth Brother Ma felt that Zhao Liu's eyes had been around his bulging waist, and he immediately understood in his heart that the soft knife he was hiding had actually made this wine doctor see through.

"Alas, businessmen, when you go out, you will inevitably have to prepare a few things for self-defense." Brother Ma often deals with characters of three religions and nine streams on weekdays, and he is very comfortable with it.

Zhao Liu wanted to ask for a few more rewards, but seeing that Fifth Brother Ma didn't say anything in this regard, he immediately deflated and put on a professional smirk. Arching his hand, he said, "There happens to be a single room in the shop, what a coincidence that you came." ”

Fifth Brother Ma saw that Zhao Liushi was on the road, and he was also a little satisfied, so he casually took out a handful of copper coins from his waist and stuffed them into Zhao Liu's hand.

Zhao Liu got the reward. Immediately showed a flattering smile. Nodding his head and saying, "Guest, all kinds of game in the store are well-known for their good taste." ”

Zhi Congruan ignored the little tidbits here. His attention had been drawn to the chit-chat of several businessmen in the hotel.

"Entrusted to Li Dashuai's Hongfu, you and my brother's business are getting better and better, come. Cheers! ”

"Yes, yes, in the past, a cart of silk and satin was transported to Lingzhou from afar, and the tax money alone was enough to exceed several times the value of the goods, and the business was difficult to do."

"Isn't it, since Li Dashuai pacified the chaos in Lingzhou, the road has been much more peaceful."

"Huh. Little brother, I brought a lot of goods this time, and I entrusted the officers and soldiers to escort them along the way early, and the cost was not large, but it was worth one out of ten, and it was a good deal. ”

Fold Congruan frowned. What kind of ghost is this Li Zhongyi, who actually sent Shuofang's officials and soldiers to escort goods for the merchants?

"I said, Brother Xian, don't blame me for not reminding you earlier, your money was really spent in vain. Even if you don't call in the officers and soldiers to help escort the goods, the officers and soldiers have the heavy responsibility of maintaining local peace. ”

"Brother Wang, I'm just here to find a way for my family......"

Zhi Congruan was a person, and immediately understood the voice of this businessman. Although Lingzhou is located in the remote northwest, the local Han people and party members are very fond of tea, silk and fine porcelain in the Central Plains.

In the past, even when party members or thieves controlled the trade routes, there were still some bold businessmen who were willing to take risks for huge profits.

Now, Li Zhongyi not only pacified the party departments in Lingzhou, but also sent officials and cavalry to sweep away the bandit gangs around the trade route, which is equivalent to opening up a way for the merchants to go to the Western Regions.

Merchants are profit-seeking, and as long as there are enough windfall profits, they are not afraid of the risk of losing their lives.

In fact, the ancient Silk Road has never been completely cut off, but the scale of trade is different.

Zhe walked slowly towards the wine shop, and when he went upstairs, he suddenly heard a loud and rapid sound of horses' hooves, from far and near.

Holding on to the wooden railing, he turned his head to look outside the wine shop, pretending to be curious.

I saw that about a cavalry galloped past the door of the wine shop, and hundreds of horses' hooves rolled up dust and flew in the air.

Since Ruan Zi was more than ten years old, he led his troops into battle to kill the enemy, and at just a glance, he felt the difference of this cavalry.

The Lingzhou cavalry of this capital is not a swarm of bees, and its front, middle and rear parts are about 100 zhang apart.

Judging from this point alone, Zhe Congruan can already conclude that this Lingzhou cavalry is obviously well-trained, and even when it is on the march, it is always on guard against sudden attacks from the enemy.

After this group of cavalry passed, they walked from Ruan to the private room on the second floor of the wine shop, sat by the window, and every move in front of the door happened to be in full view.

"Shopkeeper, two catties of fine sauce beef, one catty of roasted mutton, and a plate of red fruits......" Fifth Brother Ma was at the door of the private room, pretending to stop Zhao Liu unintentionally.

Zhao Liu hunched his waist and repeated the dishes reported by Ma Wuge aloud, and after getting Ma Wuge's instructions, he turned around and went downstairs and went to the kitchen.

The degree of serving food in the wine shop is not bad, and not long after Zhecongruan sat down, the dishes were served.

Zhe Congruan picked up a piece of sauced beef, chewed it carefully, and felt that the taste was okay.

In the Central Plains, liquor stores do not dare to sell beef blatantly, and under normal circumstances, they only serve it to merchants introduced by acquaintances.

The imperial court repeatedly ordered that private slaughter and indiscriminate slaughter of cattle were prohibited. However, as long as there was a demand in the market, there would be merchants who would take the risk of turning healthy ploughing cattle into lame oxen that could not plow the land, and then buy the soap servants sent by the government to inspect them, and then they could send the beef smoothly to the liquor stores.

In the final analysis, because mutton is too expensive, the vast majority of families in the Central Plains cannot afford to eat it. Pork is too fat, beef is relatively much cheaper, ordinary businessmen, just one or two catties of sauce beef, drink a few bowls of wine, but also happy.

It's just that in this northwest region, on Li Dashuai's territory, there are too many cattle and sheep to eat. On the contrary, it is extremely common in the Central Plains, and vegetables and fruits that are not worth a few copper coins are so expensive that they are frightening to death!

Since entering the realm of Lingzhou, Zhi Congruan clearly felt that although this place was inhabited by Han and barbarians, the local security situation was surprisingly good.

Before rushing to the outside of Lingzhou City, the carriage from Ruan also passed through the pastures of several small tribes of party members.

At first, according to the old experience of the past, Ma Wuge ordered his entourage to secretly increase their vigilance and guard against the evil intentions of the party members.

However, along the way, these people who followed Ruan were uneventful and did not encounter the slightest wave.

Familiar with the unruly temperament of the party members, he secretly sighed, if he wasn't very afraid of Li Zhongyi, the small tribes along the way, in the blink of an eye, would have become deadly robbers.

In the grasslands, there is only a thin line between herdsmen and robbers! (To be continued.) (。 ))

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