In the evening.

Chen Lie, who was blocked outside the gate of Zhangjiakou Inn, thought about it, and then walked over with a team of escorts. There was no room available at the inn at this time.

Chen Lie intends to show off the Dongchang brand to bluff people.

As the horse team approached.

At the gate, several postmen with swords shouted a few low voices: "The person who comes is stopping... There is no room available... I'll stay in the inn."

As Chen Lie's face darkened, he took out his tiger-headed tooth card and the Kanhe issued by the East Factory, and immediately stepped forward to the postman.

"Oh hey!"

The postman was shocked when he saw the waist sign of Qianhu, Dongchang.

This waist brand is really rare.

A few inns naturally did not dare to offend the adults of the East Factory, so they hurriedly saluted Chen Lie and began to please: "Sir... where did you get the fight?"

Chen Lie waved his hand and said impatiently: "I am naturally from the capital, don't be too verbally... Let's ask someone to make room soon."

Quite!

But the postman showed a look of embarrassment on his face. While pleasing and greeting him, he stammered: "This...this is difficult."

It was getting late.

Chen Lie became even more displeased and said coldly: "Why, is it because my Dongchang brand is not strong enough?"

Several postmen hurriedly said, "Sir, I'm so serious, please look."

When talking.

The postman pointed to a handsome scholar holding a folding fan not far away and said softly: "This is the young master of Ma, the Ministry of War."

What it means.

This Qianhu Lord felt that his identity was comparable to that of him.

How good or bad?

Serious and silence.

The young master of the Minister of War, this... is indeed not easy to mess with.

But I was dissatisfied.

Chen Lie curled his lips and said to the group of idle people who had just walked out of another room, who had just walked out of the other room.

"What about these?"

These people don’t look like scholars, like idle gangsters.

"Oh hey!"

The postman was startled and whispered in a low voice: "Master Qianhu doesn't know anything. Those are close relatives of His Highness King Jin."

Chen Lie looked at the gangsters who were dressed in luxurious clothes and didn't look like good people.

Sad again.

This is even more unaffected.

Shake his head.

a long time.

Chen Liecai put a few words into his teeth: "Shenma Math!"

Are these all court officials? Why do they live in court post stations?

Who gave them what they can do?

Swearing.

at this time.

The shocking cost paid by the Ming Dynasty to maintain the post station system was heard, and the cost of the powerful, officials, relatives and friends from all over the Ming Dynasty, eating free food in the post station.

It costs about three million taels of snowflakes every year.

Chen Lie thought about it and found that this huge expenditure was about twice the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty, and it was still expanding at an astonishing speed.

He understood why Emperor Chongzhen was anxious and wanted to cut off the world's post station in one size fits all, and laid off Li Zicheng and was unemployed.

Who can live with this?

"Walk!"

There is nothing to do.

Chen Lie had to take the escort team back the same way and found an inn nearby to stay.

So when the lights first came on.

In the room at the inn, after a simple washing.

Going out.

Chen Lie did not dare to eat the inn food, so he asked someone to take out the dry food he carried with him, and it became hot on the stove, filling his stomach with it.

He reminded his subordinates to take turns to watch the escort car at night.

Chen Lie walked into the upper room, pushed open the window, looked through the window frame at the bustling streets under the dim lights, and fell into deep thought.

At this moment, I felt a sense of sternness in my heart.

Chen Lie suddenly understood a sentence written in the history book.

Zhang Juzheng is gone, and the Ming Dynasty is over. Zhang Juzheng is the last ruthless man in the Ming Dynasty. Only he can govern the powerful people in the world.

"This Ming Dynasty..."

Under the cover of the prosperous times, the Ming Dynasty had already fallen into a serious illness, and Zhang Juzheng's various reforms were the last hope of the Ming Dynasty.

Although I encountered a little unpleasant.

Chen Lie still cheered up. After a little interest, he called a few men to go out and take a walk, intending to experience the customs and customs of the important towns here.

Out of the inn.

Walking into the teahouse across the street.

In an instant.

Various accents from the south and north were heard from the ears. The teahouse was filled with merchants traveling from all over the world. On the stage in the center, there were girls singing little songs.

In the hustle and bustle.

The rough and northern accent came into my ears. The strong scent of the edge made Chen Lie feel free and easy, so he took his two subordinates to sit down in the corner at will.

He took out a few big money and slapped the table.

Chen Lie said comfortably: "Waiter, have tea!"

Not far away, the waiter who was walking quickly showed a smile on his face and shouted at the top of his throat: "Hey... come on!"

A pot of tea and a few desserts.

Listen to the opera while eating.

This Bei Opera is different from the Nan Opera that is popular in the capital. It is much wilder and more rough, and the actor's tone is much louder.

Beixian is also called Zaju.

Chen Lie sat down and listened for a while, then he heard a little bit of chung. He couldn't help but smile and chatted with the guest at the next table.

Chen Lie asked with a smile: "Where did the guest officer come from?"

The guest officer was also very talkative and hurriedly said, "Datong."

"oh……"

Looking at the little hat in blue clothes that I admired.

Chen Lie nodded, chatting and thinking a lot. This is another Shanxi businessman.

What happened to the Shanxi merchants in the late Ming Dynasty is probably not clear in just one or two sentences. If anyone can figure out this matter out, he will understand the root cause of the Ming Dynasty's decline from prosperity.

Generally speaking, in the north of this era, the Shanxi merchants were extremely strong.

even.

The Shanxi merchants who held the world's piao number gradually became an existence that crushed Zhejiang merchants.

But how did Shanxi merchants rise? It was naturally thanks to the court. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, in order to completely solve the Mongolian problem, they defended heavily in the north.

This is the legendary emperor guarding the country's gates!

At that time, the Ming Dynasty established nine major military centers on the northern border, and was ready to fight with the powerful strength of the 800,000 border defense army.

A crazy encirclement and suppression was launched against the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

This is the origin of the Nine Borders.
To be continued...