The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then grinned: "Guest officer, you are asking the right person, if you want to say that there is no news in Xi'an City outside the city that I don't know, you can inquire about how many horse dealers in the city there are." ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "Our horse was originally intended to be sold to the army, but now I want to ask if the general of Xi'an City is a benevolent person and can do business with him." ”

The shopkeeper's face froze: "This, this is not easy to say, people are high-ranking generals, I heard that I have seen the emperor, we are ordinary people, there are so many armor soldiers around us, I don't know who he is." ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled: "Shopkeeper, this is not true, he has been in Xi'an City for many days, how to treat these people, don't you count in your heart?" We are here to do business, in order to be a down-to-earth person, and we will not give you the shopkeeper, you don't need to hide this, right? ”

The shopkeeper laughed: "There's nothing that can't be said, after General Fuyuan arrived here, he rewarded and punished him clearly, and he didn't disturb the ordinary people, so if you go to sell horses, you will definitely not be swallowed by him." ”

Cheng Xiaolian deliberately shook his head: "This is always a little unsafe, you are local people, it is naturally impossible for him to do anything to harm you if he wants to maintain his reputation, but we are outsiders, if he comes to eat black once, we will not be eaten with any bones left?" ”

The shopkeeper didn't defend Tu Hai anything: "Therefore, everything must be done carefully and carefully, as long as you do not offend those who are in charge, you will not be stuck and deduct money." You should know the tricks of these things when you are doing business outside all the year round, and you must lower your status a little, and the more humble you are in front of them, the easier it is to talk. ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "The shopkeeper, you are busy first, and we will call you if there is something." ”

After the shopkeeper left, Meng Ke was stunned for a moment: "Young master, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Ask Xi'an City's impression of the Manchu army, now it seems that although Xi'an City has always been in the hands of the Manchus, these people have not completely surrendered to them, otherwise when I said just now that Tuhai is black and black, the shopkeeper will start to argue, and these people are obviously very dissatisfied with the high-minded appearance of the Manchu officials, so there is this last reminder."

Meng Ke still didn't understand: "Young Master, what's the use of us asking these clearly?" ”

"If Tuhai has recovered the hearts of the people in Xi'an City, we will have to redo our plans if we want to enter Xi'an City, after all, the people are willing to obey their rule, then we will not be able to set off any storms after entering the city, but now it is different, after we fight, even if the Han people in the city will not help us, at least we can do not help each other, so that we have enough confidence to set off the storm."

Jia Xu laughed: "If you talk about controlling people's hearts, the young master's ability has reached the peak." ”

Who knew that Yang Youcai hurriedly spit out the bones in his mouth: "Scholar Jia, shouldn't I talk about this kind of sycophancy?" Are people like you, who have read the books of sages, worthy of Sage Kong to say such things? ”

Jia Xu snorted: "Yang Guard, what you said is not right, the young master said it well, I naturally want to congratulate the young master, where is it like you, only care about eating meat, there is no sincerity at all." ”

When you go out, you always have to guard against the ears of the partition wall, so Lord Yang became Yang Guard, and Jia Junshi also became Jia Shusheng.

Yang Youcai snorted coldly: "People say that scholars are iron-clad, I haven't seen any iron-clad meaning from Jia Shusheng, don't say that you have read the sage book next time, just say that you have listened to storytellers in the teahouse on the street for a few days." ”

Cheng Xiaolian knocked on the table with the bone in his hand: "Eat meat and eat meat, look at you just eat too much, don't you see that you are all eating meat, who still has a mouth to quarrel?" ”

The shopkeeper of the inn naturally knew when the city gate would open, but the next day Cheng Xiaolian and the others still got up early, after all, they had to queue up to enter the city.

When they arrived, there were already quite a few people lined up in front of them, and their group was leading a hundred and ten good horses, which was very eye-catching. Sure enough, within a quarter of an hour, the soldier at the city gate came closer: "Hey, what are you doing?" What do you do with so many Malaysian cities? ”

Yang Youcai stepped forward with a smile: "We came back from selling horses on the grassland, and we heard that the imperial court was fighting against the thieves, and we thought that who this horse was sold to was not for sale, so we planned to sell the horse to the military masters who were guarding the city, and asked the military master to make it convenient." As he spoke, he had unknowingly stuffed a piece of silver into his hand.

The soldier counted the silver in his hand, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face: "Even if you have some loyalty to serve the country, wait here, I will go to report to the general, and a few of you, why don't you shave your head?" ”

Yang Youcai laughed: "I went to the grassland, and the hair has grown in a few months, and this outsider's craftsmanship is not credible, and I have to go back to the city to shave my head, you can rest assured, we are ready to shave our heads immediately after entering the city." ”

"Where is there time for you to prepare, wait here to deliver the horses to the general." As he spoke, he waved his hand at the guards at the city gate: "Come and watch them, don't let them storm the city gate." ”

As soon as the soldiers in front came, there were fewer people entering the city to check, and the speed of entering the city became slower, and the people behind cursed in a low voice: "A bunch of long-haired ghosts, what kind of cleverness do you come here to shake, if the general guarding the city does not give you money and steals your horses at that time, you will have to survive." ”

"That's right, it's all Han people, but they came to help the Manchurians, this 。。。。。。" Before this man finished speaking, he was immediately covered by the brother next to him: "Do you want to die?" What nonsense? ”

Then he hurriedly threw his hand around: "My brother was just drunk last night, and he hasn't sobered up yet." ”

At this moment, there was a commotion in front, and a general came over: "Are you going to sacrifice the horses to my marshal?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian was stunned for a moment, what he said was to sell it to them, but fortunately, Yang Youcai was clever and quickly walked closer: "That's right, these horses are sold by us from the grassland, as long as the general gives us the capital, we don't make a penny, and we will work for the army in the past few months!" ”

The general patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, if you have such a heart to serve the country, you should be rewarded!" Come in with me, get the horses into the camp, and then the general will reward you well!" ”

Yang Youcai nodded: "Okay! Then he waved to the back: "The brothers hurriedly followed, handed over the horses, received the bounty and went home to raise their wives and children!" ”

(End of chapter)