Fu Yi's original route would not actually pass through Ludong Province. The reason why they chose to change their route halfway was entirely because when they passed through Yanjing, the capital of the Northern Yan Dynasty, Lord Luo, who was the capital of the capital, was temporarily imprisoned on the grounds that the customs clearance documents were suspected of forgery.

That night, a woman who called herself Mrs. Water Candle came to visit the prison with a large food box, which lasted for more than a moment. In the early morning of the second day, the yamen announced that the customs clearance documents of the four of them had passed the inspection and verification, and then released them out of Yanjing City. And Fu Yi immediately changed the original route, choosing the route from Jizhou to Ludong, crossing the Huajiang River through Chuzhou, and finally arriving at Jiankang City, the capital of Nankang.

In fact, this route to the south, although the distance is the shortest; However, due to the heavy security and many official checkpoints along the way, it is very eye-catching. Such an official road located under the nose of the Northern Yan Imperial Court is really too ostentatious for the four Youbei people.

Fortunately, the four customs clearance documents in their hands were genuine ones personally issued by Fu Yi, the governor of Zhongshan Road; Therefore, although the investigation along the way was extremely strict, it only delayed for a while, and there was no further difficulty.

However, their journey was smooth, and in the end, they came to a stop in a big city called Wenyang.

According to the official records of Wenyang, there is indeed a group of four Youbei tour merchants who once crossed the border from Wenyang through the city with the road guide issued by Youbei Zhongshan Road. And this record written by the city gate official is the last news of Fu Yi's group of four.

Guangling City, once known as Yangzhou during the Great Yan Dynasty of the previous dynasty, is the most prosperous city along the Yanlin Grand Canal, and it is also a water town in the south of the Yangtze River that makes the literati and artists of the past and present all fascinated and unforgettable. As the saying goes, "100,000 yuan in the waist, riding the crane to Yangzhou", whether it is a talented young talent, or a rich child with a thousand yuan, in this flowery Yangzhou city, you will always find the beautiful dream that you have been pursuing all your life.

Guangling City in March is bathed in the misty spring rain and the fragrance of Qionghua in the city. However, whether it is the picturesque scenery of the good day, or those light and elegant Jiangnan spots, they can't mention the interest of Shen Gui. A few days ago, after returning from the Shen family in Gusu, he and the Qi brothers, Li Le'an and Yan Shuqing, under the arrangement of Qi Geqi, lived in a Soviet-style mansion near Dongguan Street in the north of the city; The two of them rushed back to the Shencheng wharf and began to deal with the trapped caravan of the Jiankang Huang family.

Shen Gui had no intention of enjoying this gorgeous and elegant garden mansion, and was full of speculation about when the news of the Gusu Shen family would come out. However, the dark line of the Sea Shark Gang has never been able to bring him any good news.

Finally, after he couldn't bear it anymore, he took Qi Hui out alone and told him to go outside to collect some fresh wind and come back. This Qi Xiaopang, since he was a child, has followed the big gold tooth to mix in the market and rivers, although he is only a half-spring, half-classic and half-eyed Jianghu person, but after all, he is also a tooth person, at least he can still know all about those strange business codes. After all, as an intermediary between two families, if you can't even understand the conversation between the two sides, then what do you rely on to support your family?

The daily life of Guangling City can be described by a proverb that has spread all over the country: water in the early morning and water in the evening. Leather bag water refers to the small snack with local characteristics - crab roe soup dumplings, and also refers to the tea drinking habits in Guangling City; And the water wrap is talking about the bathhouse culture.

It can be seen that the living environment in Guangling City is still very comfortable and comfortable. Although the standard of living here is extremely high, due to the prevalence of morning tea culture, the daily work and rest time of the people is completely different from other areas of Nankang. From ancient times to the present, the people and merchants in Guangling City still maintain a good routine of smelling chickens and dancing, going to bed early and getting up early.

Early the next morning, Qi Hui, who was shouldering the heavy responsibility, changed into a set of Chinese clothes with gold silk edging and green face buckles. He was holding an oil-paper umbrella with an ivory handle, and had just boasted about the threshold of his house, when he was helped into a gorgeous and exquisite carriage by three sea shark trading house men who were already waiting at the mouth of the alley.

After turning three streets, the carriage stopped in front of one of the most expensive teahouses in Guangling City, Xingchun Tea House. Today's Qi Hui can be described as full of style, whether it is the expensive oil-paper umbrella in his hand or the arrogant and contemptuous look on his face, all of them are full of the two big words "rich"; It seems that even if he sprays, he may be able to jump out a few ingots of silver, and this stinky virtue of the rich man entering the city is really disgusted and jealous in the eyes of the people passing by.

There is a wooden shelf in front of the Xingchun Tea House, and there is a pitch-black wren tied to the shelf, greeting the guests who come and go. Qi Hui stood in front of the door, teasing with interest for a while, and then took a contrived square step and shook into the main hall of the Xingchun Tea Society.

Although it was still early at this time, the first floor of the tea house, which was not very spacious, was already overcrowded, and it was difficult to find a place to put your feet. Qi Hui looked up, and saw that the hall was full of rich men who were beautifully dressed, but they either shared a table with others or found a secluded place by themselves, standing and waiting; In a good position by the window, there is still an empty table at this time, and there are four upside-down tea bowls on the tea tray, indicating that someone has decided in advance.

Don't think that these people who are waiting for the table are just dressed generously, but they don't even have the silver to charter the table; In fact, one of these people is picked out at random, and that is also a well-known big man in Guangling City. It's just that in the local morning tea culture, communication with people is the most important part; And those ordinary and quiet old men will not get up early in the morning and come to eat in such a chaotic teahouse.

This Xingchun Tea House is the top teahouse in Guangling City, and the price of food and tea has been more than double the market price; It is conceivable that the price of booking a whole table is, of course, as high as the sky. The businessmen in Guangling City in Nankang, although they all have a lot of money; But after all, all this silver was earned back by one; When it is spent, it is naturally extra careful, and it will never be extravagant and wasteful.

Moreover, among the old customers of the Xingchun Tea Society, there is also a saying that no matter who sets the platform in Xingchun, it is either a rich man from a foreign country, or a poor ghost who has saved a few taels of silver or made a small fortune by chance, and comes here to experience life and become rich!

In such an atmosphere, who is willing to spend several times or even more than ten times the amount of money to provoke the eyes of others?

Although the appearance and façade of Qi Hui today are already impeccable; But he didn't just make a mistake; Therefore, from the moment he appeared with the three Sea Shark Gang, the Xingchun Tea Society, which was still noisy and noisy, immediately fell into a short silence; After three breaths, there was another burst of laughter......

As soon as the four people who were confused were about to sit down, they were stopped on the spot by a young man who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, shaking the white scarf on his shoulder:

"This old man, please, what kind of tea to drink, what snacks to use, you can look at the water sign on the wall, and then greet the villain; You three come with me, this is not a place for you to stand, you don't know any rules......"

After finishing talking about the young man, he bowed towards Qi Hui again, and led the three of them to the direction of the back hall.

"Brother Tai is polite! If you're right, this may be your first visit to our city, right? ”

Qi Hui had just sat down and was still a little dazed; A young man, also dressed in fine clothes, walked up to him:

"I don't know if this table of my brother's platform has a place in the next place?"

Qi Hui looked left and right, and found that after everyone had laughed at him, he had already gone back to his own business, and no one looked at him again. Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Qi Hui's mood relaxed a lot:

"Brother Tai, please take care of yourself, under the surname Xu, a person from Beiyan, I first arrived in Guibao Land today......"

"Heh, listening to the accent of Brother Tai, I thought it was a friend of Youbei Third Road...... Xiao Er, a pot of Kui Dragon Ball, a cage of jade siu mai, a cage of five Ding buns, a bowl of shrimp Yangchun noodles, and half a salted egg. ”

After shouting the list, the young man looked at Qi Hui and paused for a long time, and then said to him cautiously:

"Brother, since I borrowed half of your table, I should express myself; It's just that I don't know what the taste of Brother Tai is and whether there are any taboos in the diet, so I ......"

"Brother Tai doesn't need to be so polite, you and I are both within reach."

Taking advantage of the fate of sharing a table to eat, Qi Hui and this young man who called himself Zhang Yong gradually chatted about the exquisite Jiangnan spring tea.

Don't look at the noisy environment of this Xingchun Tea House, but the people who can sit here and drink tea are all well-known figures in Yangzhou City. If you can taste a little taste from the noise of these people, maybe it will be an excellent business opportunity.

After Zhang Yong's introduction, Qi Hui also listened attentively. He found that the annoying mosquito sound in the hall, and when he listened carefully, it was all about the market of goods in Nankang: from the rise and fall of the price of goods to the best route for the transportation of goods; From the advantages and disadvantages of the origin of the commodity to the division of price grades; As long as you have a little understanding of the way of doing business, you can find out the freshest business information of the entire Nankang Dynasty in this small tea house!

From this point of view, the tea houses in Guangling City seem to be no different from the teahouses in Beiyan and Youbei; It is nothing more than the northern teahouse north of Huaishui, talking about the legends and stories of heroes and chivalry, and children's love; In the tea houses of the Nankang Dynasty, all the talk is about the business of all walks of life.

But what Qi Hui is a little curious about is that so many big guys get together, and they have never talked about girls; After Zhang Yuan's explanation, Qi Hui suddenly realized:

It turns out that there is an information exchange conference about the wind and snow, and it is a fun program that will only be talked about in the evening when everyone is "water wrapping" together!