Chapter 1535 Yang Shan becomes bigger and stronger
What Guide Liu means by this is that he has completed the Haolin Society's commissions many times and has a good reputation.
Bai Ziqi nodded to the waiter, who handed Guide Liu a piece of silver: "As agreed, we will pay in installments. We will set off at sunrise tomorrow, so don't be late."
Guide Liu agreed and asked again: "How many people are there with you? I can plan the carriage and inn."
"More than thirty."
"That small inn can't accommodate you. If you want to be more comfortable, you have to hire four or five big cars." Guide Liu asked again, "Where do you plan to go next?"
"Shihoutou and Liuping."
"It will take five or six days to go."
The waiter immediately said: "We need to hurry up. Can you think of anything?"
"Ah... I have to pay more to hire a carriage from Changlong Martial Arts."
"Changlong Martial Arts?"
"Changlong Martial Arts is run by the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce. It specializes in escorting and has strong force. In the past six months, it has plowed all the trade routes that Yangshan passes through. There used to be so many bandits along the way. Now they are dead and scattered. There are not many left.
"Yes." Guide Liu said, "Their carriage goes very fast, I can rent it, but it's a little more expensive."
"Go ahead, money is not an issue."
Guide Liu saluted Bai Ziqi again: "The yellow croaker noodles in this inn are delicious. Mr. Bai can try it."
After he left, the waiter asked: "Master Du Shi, the battle between Shihoutou and Liuping has been going on for a long time, why do you still want to collect clues from these two places?"
"This is recognized as the place where Emperor Jiuyou made his debut. In the future, the more he commits crimes, the more sophisticated his techniques become, but the first few times are the most rudimentary and easy to leave flaws." Bai Ziqi stretched out, "Go and give it to me.
Order a bowl of yellow croaker noodles."
Guide Liu left the inn, first went to make arrangements for the carriage and horses for tomorrow's journey, and then went to a small stall to order a bowl of beans and noodles. He ate it while snoring, and then returned to Haolinhui.
According to regulations, after he has reached an agreement with his employer, he has to go back to Haolin Club to register and hand in basic information before he can go work for someone else.
Without this procedure, employers would not be at ease.
He was also very familiar with the Haolin Club. As long as he stood outside the counter and opened his mouth, the clerk in the counter would be able to write as fast as he could.
"Where do you think those Bega people want to go?"
Those guests seemed to have eyes on the top of their heads, and everyone seemed to be naturally arrogant. When asked by a clerk from the Haolin Club earlier, the other party did not hesitate to admit that he was a visitor from Bega.
"There are about thirty of them. I have just arranged a carriage for them to go on the road tomorrow. It is said that they have to go to Shizhoutou and Liuping first, and there are other places to go later." Guide Liu laughed, "Their leader seems to be a high official.
Son, the clothes are of good quality, and the servants call him 'Bai Du Shi'."
"Are they those people staying at Xiangyang Inn?"
"Yep."
"Are you being generous?"
"It's quite generous. I paid 30% of the tolls and remuneration in advance." Thanks to the great improvement in the security of Julu Port and the commercial road, otherwise Bai Ziqi and his party would have been arrested before they even left Julu Port based on the way they dressed.
Four or five groups of robbers targeted him.
Halfway through the journey, gold and silver will be weighed on a large scale.
The clerk put down his pen: "Okay, registration is complete, have a nice trip tomorrow."
Guide Liu completed the registration and returned to his home.
The clerk put away the book and continued to handle other business.
Not long after, a man walked out of the back hall. He looked young but well-dressed, with a short scar on the left side of his face: "Where is my wine? It hasn't been delivered yet?"
When the waiter saw him, he respectfully shouted: "Master!"
This person is obviously Ah Hao.
When He Lingchuan left the ship and set foot in Julu Port for the first time, this guy wanted to steal Dong Rui's monkey, but was severely punished by the two of them. Later, it was a blessing in disguise that he followed the leader of the rebel party at that time, now the king of Peng State.
You Enguang is doing things around him.
During the coup in the country of Fan, You Enguang killed the old King Fan and came to power. Ahao couldn't adapt to the official style, so he returned to Julu Port and opened this Haolin Club.
The gangster of Julu Port in the past has transformed into a black and white businessman.
At this time, another of Ah Hao's subordinates ran in and offered wine and meat diligently: "Brother Hao, your honey wine is here."
"So slow!" Ahao took it and slapped him on the back of the head before taking it back to the back room to enjoy.
Soon after, it got dark.
The clerk pushed the notebook to the table and went home after work.
…
The next day, Bai Ziqi and his party left Julu Port and headed north.
After leaving the Pengguo border and heading east, you will find the direction to Shizhoutou.
Bai Ziqi revisited the old road and felt the huge changes in this trade route:
"It turns out there really aren't any robbers anymore."
The last time he came to Golden Plains, he was robbed just after leaving Julu Port.
Although the bandit died miserably in the end, his first impression of Flash Gold was also very bad.
This time was different. After traveling for more than a hundred miles, the road was peaceful and uneventful. He only saw a few wild deer jumping around. However, Bai Ziqi soon saw dozens of long poles erected on the roadside, with human heads, skin and flesh on the tops of the poles.
It has withered long ago, and is more like a skull.
As they approached, the crow on the pole flew away.
"What's this?"
"When Yang Shan first established Changlong Martial Arts, the trade route was not peaceful, so Changlong Martial Arts organized manpower patrols to clean up. The captured bandits were all hung up." Guide Liu explained, "There are more poles like this later.
It's true that you can see all the way along the way, but since then, there have been fewer robbers."
The servant of the Tiangong Palace was curious: "How can Changlong Wuxing clean up the bandit troubles that cannot be eradicated in various countries?"
"Then I don't understand. But Changlong martial arts also spent a lot of effort in the early days. I often heard that they hide and seek with bandits in the mountains and fight, and they suffered a lot of losses."
However, the results are obvious. The bandits around these trade routes have been cleared away, and the cargo transportation of the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce is quite safe. Of course, Yangshan not only benefits himself, but also benefits the surrounding people and business travelers.
The business is visibly getting better.
"In the past six months, there have been very few wars nearby. Instead, because Yang Shan's business brought him here, he hired people to do work everywhere." Guide Liu said with a smile, "Everyone has work to do, money to eat, and people who are engaged in the beheading business.
That’s less.”
Bai Ziqi asked smoothly: "If you want to clear such a long trade road, there will be a lot of people traveling in Changlongwu, right?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "There are a lot of them, all of them are five big and three thick." Guide Liu said, "To be honest, some of them have ruthless blades that lick blood. They may have been robbing on the roadside in the past. Later,
I’m going to join Changlong Martial Arts. If I can have a stable income, why wouldn’t it be better than being a bandit?”
"Approximately how many people are there in Changlong Martial Arts in Julu Port?"
Guide Liu said casually: "I don't know the specifics, but the head office there must have at least more than 2,000 people, right?"
"Just the warriors responsible for escorting?"
"Yes. Counting the grooms, men, cooks, stewards, etc., there are nearly three thousand people."
"He Island Master's stall is very big." There are thousands of people in the martial arts headquarters alone.
This does not include the manpower of the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce itself.
"Isn't that right?" Guide Liu was inexplicably proud, "Yang Shan's business has gone to Yao Kingdom. Have you heard of Chigu horses? A few days ago, I saw dozens of Chigu horses boarding a ship at Julu Port.
It's going to be shipped to the west."
Bai Ziqi shook his head.
"That is the best horse in our Golden Plains. Only the Yao Kingdom controls its production. Yangshan can buy it from the Yao Kingdom. Such an exclusive commodity, the Yao Kingdom is only open to Yangshan." Director Liu smiled.
He said, "If it weren't for the goods from Yao Country being transported one after another, Julu Port would not be as prosperous."
"According to this, the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce can also enjoy the entire Golden Flash Plains?"
"If you can do such a big business in Yao Kingdom, how can you do well in the Golden Flash Plains?" Guide Liu said, "The relationship between He Island Master and the Allied Forces in the central part is also good. In a war zone that others cannot enter, Yang Shan can move freely without hindrance.
"
Bai Ziqi let out a long sigh: "It's such a big deal. How big is this big chamber of commerce in Golden Plains?"
"Oh, quite a few, there are more than a dozen of them, medium-sized ones like Luanji Trading Company, Baishui Chamber of Commerce, Bilixuan, super-large ones like Yangshan Chamber of Commerce, Deyou Trading Company, Qixinzhai, etc." Guide Liu introduced, "
In particular, these big business houses have good relations with various places and can enjoy success everywhere. But the largest chambers of commerce are basically from the Yao Kingdom. For example, Qixinzhai was opened by the Qi family of the Yao Kingdom and was killed by Emperor Jiuyou some time ago.
The Qi family that lost its leader; Deyou Trading Company is the largest trading house in Yao Kingdom and is closely related to the royal court of Yao Kingdom. This is no secret."
"I see."
Ahead is Guancheng.
Julu Port is a free port. After walking through a long trade road and passing through Guancheng, it officially entered the border of Peng Kingdom.
This territorial division is the same as that of Laofeng State and has not changed.
Guancheng is also the same as Bai Ziqi remembered, gray and plain, with thick walls.
After entering the city, Guide Liu turned back and pointed at the city wall and said, "Nangong Yan, the chief steward of Yuwei of the Kingdom of Wei, and dozens of his men were hung here and their bodies exposed for three days."
This was news. Bai Ziqi asked smoothly: "Oh? Who did it?"
"I don't know." Guide Liu said with a smile, "I asked the city gate guards, and they said that Nangong Yan led people to rush out from here the evening before. He was very aggressive and told them to close the city immediately and not let outsiders in."
"Unexpectedly, they themselves were hung up on the wall early the next morning."
Everyone laughed. It was indeed the Golden Plains. Even the high-ranking ministers died in mysterious circumstances.
They didn't stay in Pengguo for too long, and then headed east to Shizhoutou.
This is a typical small town on the Golden Plains, with a lot of people and shabby houses, but the city walls are tall and large, and there are still traces of the war.
Bai Ziqi and his party had just entered the city when they saw a large wooden pillar standing behind the city gate, about the width of two people's arms. The pillar head was painted black and carved to look like a dragon's head.
The carving is average, rough and a little ugly.
But the shape of the dragon's horns is correct.
There are two altar tables in front of the pillars, one tall and one short. There are a lot of fruits, incense candles, and lacquerware. There is almost no free space on the table, especially the mountains of fruits.
The fruits are green or yellow, large or small, and they look like they were picked from the mountains.
There were also paper gold stacks on the altar table, thick piles upon piles. The two tables could hardly fit, and there was a big stove next to it.