At noon, the sun was shining brightly. Outside the city of Yizhou and Chengdu, a strange motorcade was slowly approaching.

The convoy consisted of a dozen crudely built carts, surrounded by dozens of people, mostly barbarians. The carts were covered with old animal skins, and contained many intact animal skins, precious herbs and other items.

Slowly moving forward. The reason why it feels strange is that these carts are not pushed by people, nor are they pack horses, donkeys, etc., but are pulled by some wild animals. Most of them are bison and reindeer, and those at the front are

It is not a cargo cart but a relatively luxurious carriage. The most amazing thing is that this carriage is pulled by a majestic tiger.

Seeing this, the surrounding pedestrians and caravans retreated one after another, looking fearfully at the mighty tiger who seemed to be leading the way.

"He who comes is stopped!"

The Yizhou City Guards had already kept an eye on this strange convoy, and seeing it approaching, they quickly stepped forward to block it.

"I wonder what's wrong, sir?" Someone from the motorcade quickly stepped out to greet him, saying with a sorry smile.

"Who are you? What are you carrying in the car?" Cheng Wei asked.

"Your Excellency, I am a businessman from the Huang family in Jingzhou. I have just returned from purchasing goods from Yunnan County. The car is filled with animal skins, medicinal herbs and the like, which are being transported into Chengdu and sold in exchange for grain, salt and the like," the businessman said respectfully.

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"You guys, go up and check it out." The city guard nodded when he heard this, and pointed to a few of his subordinates, asking them to go and inspect the goods.

Soon, the city guards inspected the remaining goods. Sure enough, they were all goods and there was nothing mixed with them.

"What's going on with this tiger?" Cheng Wei asked with a slightly calmer expression after finding that there was nothing wrong with the goods.

"Your Majesty, this is a gift from a local friend in Yunnan County to a certain young master. It has been tamed. Although it looks fierce, it will not hurt anyone at all." The businessman said respectfully.

"That won't work. After all, the tiger is a ferocious beast. Even if it is tamed, its animal nature remains unchanged. What if it gets mad and hurts people in the city? This tiger cannot enter the city unless it is locked in a cage."

Wei said with a serious face.

Upon hearing this, the businessman walked into the city guard with a flattering smile on his face, calmly took out the money from his sleeve and handed it to the city guard's hand: "Master, my young master is afraid of trouble, and where can I find a cage at this time?

I hope you'll be accommodating. Don't worry, we will keep a close eye on this tiger and there will be no trouble."

The city guard felt the movement on his hands and said bluntly: "Put away the money in your hands. The rules are the rules. This tiger will never be allowed to enter the city unless it is put in a cage."

The city guard didn't want to accept the money, but he didn't dare to accept it. His position and treatment were very good, and he was ranked among the top among the Chengdu guards. How many people were watching overtly and covertly, how could he dare to make a mistake?

His predecessor was discovered by secret prosecutors for accepting bribes a month ago. As a result, he went to Hanzhong to do a labor camp. He will definitely not be able to come back in three to five years.

Although there is a lot of money to be made from the job of city guard, it depends on the number of people who come with money rather than the amount of money given. After all, it is just entering the city. Now even the city entry tax has been cancelled. Unless you bring contraband, you can still bribe

Come on, who among the ordinary businessmen and common people would bribe? If they forcefully collect money or cause trouble, the laws of Dachu are no joke. Both ordinary people and businessmen have the right to report. Once it is found out that he and his predecessor will suffer the same fate. The treatment itself is poor.

Very good, he is not willing to do such low-yield and high-risk things for this little money.

Seeing the righteous words of the city guard, a trace of helplessness and admiration flashed in the merchant's eyes, and he bowed and said: "Then please wait a moment, military master, and let me discuss it with my young master."

Then the businessman came to the carriage and slowly informed the people inside about it by the window.

When the person in the carriage heard this, he chuckled, then threw out a seal and said: "I won't bring the tiger in. You arrange for two people to accompany you and ask the city guards to help find a place for temporary placement in the official stables."

.Also, tell him that he did a good job."

"yes!"

Then the businessman stepped forward, showed the seal in front of the city guard, and announced the matter. When the city guard saw the seal, his eyes shook in shock, and his whole person showed panic, and he quickly looked at the carriage.

Direction. Seeing the smile on the face of the familiar-looking young man peeking out of the curtain of the carriage, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Why didn't he recognize that face? Since he took up this position, the first thing he had to learn was to recognize people. All officials, big and small, in Yizhou had to memorize it, and the young man opposite him was one of the faces he had to remember.

One of the top ones.

"I obey your orders!" the city guard said with cupped hands.

The convoy then reloaded, replaced the tiger with a reindeer, led it away, and slowly entered the city again.

"Lord Zijing is really good at governing. Even this little city guard is so sensible." In the carriage, Lao Zhurong, who had been watching the show, said with a smile.

"Mr. Zhu, you are the cause of this trouble. Why do you want a tiger to show off to a scribe? It's very troublesome." Looking at the tiger being led away, Zhuge Liang said helplessly.

"My Lord Zhizhong, this is our Southern Barbarian tradition. When treating distinguished guests, we naturally have to offer the most ferocious beasts. If you want to completely integrate into our Southern Barbarians, you must get used to this." Old Zhu Rong smiled nonchalantly.

As he said this, it was a great pleasure for him to see the unfathomable and calm young man in front of him frustrated.

Zhuge Liang knew without even thinking that the old fox next to him wanted to laugh at him, so he just kept silent.

Seeing this, Lao Zhurong curled his lips rather boredly and fell into silence.

At this time, Zhuge Liang had been in the Southern Barbarians for three months. During these three months, he had been among the Southern Barbarians, managing and improving the situation of the Southern Barbarians. When he issued a military order in front of Yuan Shu, he directly parachuted into Yizhou to take charge of governing the country.

, to deal with the Nanman problem. In just three months, remarkable results were achieved. The relationship between the Nanman people in southern Yizhou and the Han people quickly eased. Countless barbarians began to open their hearts to interact with the Han people, and the Han people had a negative attitude towards the Nanman people.

They also respected each other more and more, and trade between the two sides became more and more frequent.

Now Zhuge Liang plans to temporarily return to Chengdu to report to Lu Su and prepare for the next arrangement. Now he has initially eased the relationship between the barbarians and reached communication and mutual assistance between the two parties, but the subsequent expansion of the transaction

For development issues, he also needed the approval of Lu Su, the governor.

Originally, he planned to come by himself and his bodyguard, but just in time the Huang family caravan where his father-in-law Huang Chengyan belonged was about to go back, so he took a train. But old Zhu Rong, licking his face, insisted on accompanying him.

Come.
Chapter completed!