In the carriage behind, the curtain was suddenly lifted, and an old man poked his head out, holding the same "Basic Knowledge of the World" in his hand. He looked at the direction in which Xu Xingxia disappeared, lowered his head and pondered. After a while, he slowly raised his head and asked slowly, "Wang Genmu, is this written by your family himself?" ”

Wang Genmu was ordered a few words by Xu Xingxia just now, and he was in a bad mood, and when he heard the words, he said very unhappily: "Nonsense! It wasn't written by our family, could it be you? ”

He was in a bad mood, and he spoke more urgently than before. Do you know what Xu Xingxia ordered him just now? Talking about 300 cavalry, it is too much, a waste of manpower, material and financial resources. Leave a small team, fifty or sixty people will do. The rest of the people did what they wanted. Wang Genmu couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved. Am I not also doing it for politeness? It seems that the chairman of the committee is not ready to give these people a good look! Since this is the case, he naturally did not have a good face to show them.

However, everyone didn't take Wang Genmu's scratching seriously. Their identities are either noble or noble, how can they care about him? Wang Genmu's appearance is nothing more than the embodiment of Xu Xingxia's will. He specially selected such a guy to come to greet [***] star, you can imagine what kind of attitude he has. Even if you don't look at Wang Genmu's face, you have to look at Xu Laomo's face. Old Demon Xu had obviously appeared just now, but he didn't say hello. To talk about this, Zhu Yilan and Sawanna were injured by mistake.

The old man who lifted the curtain and spoke was [***] star. Along the way, in order to avoid some aspects of trouble, he is hiding his identity. Now, when he arrives on the ground in Xu Xingxia, there is no need for him to hide his identity. I believe that Xu Xingxia has long known about his arrival. Xu Xingxia deliberately didn't meet with him just now, and it seemed that his arrival was not very welcome.

However, [***] Xing didn't care about Xu Xingxia's attitude. For him, it didn't matter what Xu Xingxia's attitude was, the most important thing was that he had already set foot on the land of Yansui Town and entered the area controlled by Xu Xingxia's actual surname. Xu Xingxia is responsible for everything that happens here. If he dies for no reason, this bad debt will have to be counted on Xu Xingxia's body. It is estimated that Xu Xingxia would not do such a stupid thing.

Since there is no danger to life, [***] Star has no worries. After all, he is an old man in his sixties and seventies, and he has experienced the ups and downs of the Wanli Dynasty, and he is confident that he can handle Xu Xingxia in many things. To put it bluntly, he has walked more bridges than Xu Xingxia has walked. He has eaten more salt than Xu Xingxia has eaten. His youngest grandson is several years older than Xu Xingxia. With such life experience and knowledge advantages, what qualifications does a junior like Xu Xingxia have to be arrogant with him?

Now, the most important thing for him is to have an all-round understanding of Ningxia Town. For a long time, the outside world's understanding of Ningxia Town has been vague, and there are no specific cases. Xing worked tirelessly and came in person to personally inspect the specific situation of Ningxia Town. Only by prescribing the right medicine can we catch Xu Xingxia's shortcomings. And only by grasping Xu Xingxia's shortcomings, when negotiating, can he take the initiative and force Xu Xingxia to submit as much as possible.

…… The convoy has been heading west, and the number of business trips on the road has gradually increased. These caravans used horse-drawn carriages to transport goods. The light carriage runs very fast on the concrete road. The four-lane cement road is also enough for horse-drawn carriages to avoid. Savana was curious about the path, and kept looking around the road. Her constant questioning almost made Wang Genmu collapse. However, no matter how unhappy his mood is, he still has to answer the guest's inquiry. Moreover, it is a real answer. No way, this is Xu Xingxia's request.

"Wang Genmu, what's over there? Why do so many people get together? It looks like a mess! Aren't you worried about what will happen when so many people gather? ”

"What could happen? There's the farmer's market over there. The people who farm the land around can take the things they produce at home to the farmers' market to sell. You can exchange it for broken silver, or you can exchange it for what you need. Farmers' markets are not subject to commercial taxes. ”

"Are there a lot of farmer's markets like this?"

"Wherever there are a lot of people, there are farmers' markets."

"With so many people gathered together, aren't you afraid of accidents?"

"It's really strange, why do you think that if there are too many people, something will happen? They're all their own people, and they're just here to exchange some goods, what will happen? ”

"Oh...... By the way, what do you mean by business tax? ”

"All registered businesses have to pay a certain amount of business tax every month. As for how to hand it in, I don't know, so you can ask the others when the time comes. ”

"Why do you have to pay taxes when doing business? The Ming Law stipulates that there is no need to pay taxes. ”

"The law is not our law. We stipulate that doing business is taxed. ”

"That's not fair, so many checkpoints, so many tolls have been charged......"

"We don't have checkpoints here, the roads are unobstructed, and people who do business don't have to pay extra wherever they go."

"Don't want to go from Yansui Town to Gansu Town?"

"As long as it's an area controlled by our white-clothed army, don't do it!"

…… In the chatter between Sawanna and Wang Genmu, the convoy came to the first foothold of their group. This place is Gaojiabao. Gaojiabao is just above the Great Wall, and it is a pass of the Great Wall. According to the setting of the Hongwu period, there are 300 guards stationed here. In the past, Gaojiabao was a dilapidated piece with almost no people. Now Gaojiabao is busy inside and outside, and people come and go everywhere.

Savana said with joy in her heart, "Is this a welcome to us?" ”

Wang Genmu shook his head and said, "Who welcomes your arrival?" This is someone who has a wedding wine, and we happened to meet it. Well, you are blessed, the host invited you by the way. However, do not say that you are from the capital, lest others splash you with wine. ”

Sawanna frowned and said, "Why? I didn't provoke them......"

Zhu Yilan was in the carriage, and he also listened quietly, very concerned about this issue.

Xu Xingxia's voice suddenly came: "The specific reason, you will know in a moment." Her Royal Highness the Queen, Miss Azhu, let's go, let's go to the wedding. ”

Sawanna said in astonishment: "Xu Xingxia, why are you here?" Didn't you say that you were waiting for us in Yulin City? You deliberately surprised us, right? ”

Zhu Yilan also plucked up the courage to poke his head out from the carriage and looked at Xu Xingxia.

Xu Xingxia said with a smile: "No, I was also caught." The head of the management committee here recognized me, and I was stopped. I can't drink this happy wine. No one else knew who I was, though. Therefore, don't leak your secrets! If my identity is revealed, someone else's wedding will be affected. ”

Sawana nodded again and again, looked around, people came and went, people were buzzing, and she felt very excited, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, no problem." Whatever you say is what you say. ”

Xu Xingxia stretched out his hand and asked her to hold her hand and get off the carriage. Sawanna hesitated for a moment about his action, and then took his hand down with pleasure. After she came down, Xu Xingxia found that her gentlemanly actions seemed to have not become popular in this era. It's still an era when men and women don't kiss!

Sure enough, Zhu Yilan's face flushed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "I'll come down by myself." ”

Xu Xingxia nodded and did not move. After Zhu Yilan came down and stood firm, he said: "Please talk to [***] Xing and them, don't reveal your identity, so as not to cause trouble." Don't say you're from the capital. ”

Zhu Yilan said in a whisper: "I know." ”

She walked lightly to the side of [***] Xing and them, and reminded them a few words.

[***] Xing and the others were suspicious, and looked at Xu Xingxia suspiciously. Obviously, they regarded the wedding here in Gaojiabao as Xu Xingxia's choreography. How could they believe that the people below had such hatred for the imperial court. Now that they have such thoughts, everything in front of them looks like a clown.

Zhu Yilan returned to Xu Xingxia's side and said a little embarrassedly: "I said it." But they didn't believe it. They will probably think that it was a deliberate arrangement by you. ”

Xu Xingxia smiled and said indifferently: "Just say it, don't care about them." Let's go, too. I heard them say that the wine and food are quite rich, and there are enough big fish and meat. ”

As he spoke, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to take Zhu Yilan's hand to enter. This is a very natural action in later generations. Judging by the standards of later generations, Xu Xingxia felt that he was fully qualified to hold Zhu Yilan's hand. Unfortunately, he accidentally made a mistake in time and space. This is the Ming Dynasty, an era when men and women were not kissed.

Zhu Yilan's cheeks flushed slightly, and he whispered, "I'll follow you." ”

Xu Xingxia reacted at this time, so he had to withdraw his hand and secretly scolded the defender for killing people, and he didn't even give a hand. But what kind of masculinity, broken sleeves, prostitution, and double flying are those defenders...... Everything, everything. The paralyzed ones really only allowed the state officials to set fires, and the people were not allowed to light lamps. It is said that there are many concubines in the [***] Xing family, and the old cow eats tender grass and is not ashamed.

Sawanna stretched out her hand playfully and said with a smile: "Or, you can take my hand!" ”

Xu Xingxia subconsciously looked at Zhu Yilan. As a result, Zhu Yilan's eyes also looked at him. The two made eye contact, and Zhu Yilan's cheeks suddenly became even more pink. Her lips moved, trying to say something, but she couldn't say it. Her only reaction was to lower her head even more shyly, and she didn't dare to look at Xu Xingxia anymore.

(To be continued)