When Song Qiu and his party left the livestock market, they did not hesitate, got on the carriage and headed to the city gate, preparing to go directly to Yunshan County.
After a while of squeezing, we arrived at Yunshan County and looked at buying horses again.
Meng Chaoqun and Ma Liang were still sitting in the car, while Du Chuanfu and Song Qiu Aling were sitting in the carriage.
Song Qiu looked at Du Chuanfu and said, "Uncle Du, you also traveled around with your previous master, but have you ever heard of the horse market in Yunshan County?"
Du Chuanfu said: "I have heard that this horse market has been around for more than 20 years now. It was Mr. Liu Heliu who was in Yunshan County at that time who single-handedly promoted it.
The Nawula tribe is more than sixty miles west of Yunshan County and falls under the jurisdiction of Yunshan County. Therefore, although they are not Han people, they are still subjects of the Yunshan County magistrate.
The Ula people make a living by raising horses and do not speak Chinese. I heard that they were often fooled by the Han people who trafficked horses and sold their horses for the lowest price. Master Liu arrived and noticed this. He heard that it was to help the Ula people, so he made the move
Got this horse market.
On every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, people from the Ula tribe would drive their horses to Yunshan County, earn money from the sales, and then happily buy some daily utensils and return home. At that time, the village had been prosperous for several years.
, but later Mr. Liu was promoted to the governor of Xiangzhou and was involved in a case of favoritism and fraud. After his house was confiscated and exiled, the horse market in Yunshan County gradually changed."
"It's almost the same as what the person just said, but there's a difference. If you want to enter the horse market, you can't get in without a ticket. It's all the horse dealers who gathered together, bribed the government, and gave them the benefits to get the name, and the government signed the
These people use the money to line their own pockets, so it is not just horse dealers and respectable people who can get the money."
In other words, as long as you give money, you can sign a slip from the government to enter the horse market.
The man just now was Zaisheng, thinking that they didn't know, so he could buy his wristwatch.
I estimate that a note would only cost less than ten taels, and scalpers would make more than half of it if they changed hands.
Du Chuanfu paused for a moment, then continued: "I heard that in addition to making profits here, the government also wants to scrape a layer with the Ula people. On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, the horses sold in Lai Ma Market will get 40% of the money.
To hand it over to the government, this is not much more money than what I would have gotten if there was no such horse market and the horse dealers fooled me, and I still have to drive the horse all the way to Yunshan County."
"So in recent years, there have been fewer Ula people willing to come to the horse market, and almost all the horses that come to the horse market will be cut off by horse traders. Even if the average person enters the horse market, it is difficult to buy a suitable horse."
This is why he knew that the girl planned to buy two more horses in Shunyang County, but did not mention the horse market in Yunshan County first.
After hearing this, Song Qiu understood what Du Chuanfu meant. Horse dealers were difficult to deal with, and the Yunshan County government tacitly agreed with him. Even if he spent money to buy a ticket, he might not be able to pick a good horse.
If you want to buy a horse, you still have to go to a trafficker.
It is not easy for ordinary people like them to buy a horse at the same price.
Song Qiu thought of what Du Chuanfu said before the horse market, all the horse dealers went to the Ula tribe to buy horses on their own, so he was silent and took out the hand-drawn map.
"West of Yunshan County?"
There are also people who take this route in Shangli.
There are also many teams!
Even the convoy of Tongfang Pharmacy almost all takes this route.
Because after passing Yunshan County and heading west, this road leads to Suzhou Prefecture, and Suzhou Prefecture is rich in medicinal materials among other things.
Many of the regular guests of her inn travel this way, so Song Qiu also remembered this.
She thought about it and immediately decided not to go to the horse market in Yunshan County. When she arrived in Yunshan County, she didn't stay much and went directly to Gongcheng in the west, heading all the way to Suzhou Prefecture to have a look.
Song Qiu thought this. After passing three towns that day, he didn't have time to enter Yunshan County, so he had to spend one night in a small town.
That night, the sky changed its attitude, and it rained heavily, and it started to rain at dawn.
This delayed us for another morning. After noon, when the weather cleared up and the road became easier to walk, we set off again.
After wandering around, I finally reached Yunshan County before dark, so I had to stay in Yunshan County for one night.
Song Qiu was lying on the bed in the inn, watching A Ling eating a bag of sour apricots that she had just bought in the city, her little face was wrinkled up with sourness, she sighed quietly, and she swore that she would never stand up to Buddha in the future.
Raged.
A sure slap in the face.
What a waste of time.
Ah Ling heard her sigh, hugged Su Xing and leaned over, and said with a smile: "You and I are also in Yunshan County, why don't we go to Nama Market to see the excitement?"
Song Qiu reached out and took a sour apricot from her and put it into her mouth. Unsurprisingly, it was so sour that her teeth dropped. She didn't bite it, just held it in her mouth and sipped the sour taste. After the sourness, it became sweet.
"Okay, I don't care about delaying another morning now."
Yunshan County is a large county, and it is also a Shang County, so it is quite prosperous.
Today is the first day of the new year again. I heard that there is a temple fair at Yunshan Temple in the south of the city, which makes it even more lively.
Early in the morning, the carriage of Song Qiu and his entourage was blocked on Jiangmen Street, with water blocking the way.
On the opposite side, people were rushing to go to Yunshan Temple to visit the temple fair. There were countless horses and mules, and there were also many people walking on both sides of the street, rubbing shoulders and affecting the passage of cars and horses.
After being stuck in traffic for a full two-quarters of an hour, Song Qiu couldn't help but hold his forehead. If he had known it, he wouldn't have been in a hurry yesterday and stayed at an inn in the south of the city.
Hurrying slowly, we finally arrived at the west side of the city where the horse market is.
The horse market is located on the east slope in the west of the city. It is located in a remote location and is not accessible to the public.
The first time I came back, I asked for directions after stumbling and finally saw the horse market sign.
Before they could find a place to park, the sound of horse hooves came from behind, throwing up the yellow sand in the sky, rushing past the carriage, and throwing away the dust all over the carriage.
The car curtain was opened and some dust came in. Song Qiu covered his mouth and pressed the curtain firmly.
After a while, he lifted the curtain and got out of the car.
Then I saw the group of errand boys who were at the gate of the horse market just now, nodding and bowing, and swaggering into the horse market.
The errand boy had a flattering look on his face one moment, but the next moment he saw Du Chuanfu and his entourage, he straightened his face and said, "Coming to buy a horse? Do you have a note?"
Du Chuanfu shook his head, "No."
The errand boy immediately said: "You can't come in without a ticket. Let's buy it now. It's five taels of silver a piece. You have to buy as many tickets as you want to buy a few horses. If you just go in for a stroll and are not sure about buying a horse, then
It’s calculated on a head-to-head basis, and each person enters with one ticket.”
"How many do you want?"
As he said that, he stretched out his hand, waiting to receive the money.
In this way, it seems that he is used to doing this and is familiar with it.
Aling couldn't help but said: "It seems that those people just now didn't give any notes or take any money."
When the official heard this, his face immediately dropped, "Are you going in or not? Are you going to cause trouble in Ma Market?"
As soon as he said this, several government officials behind him who were carrying knives stared at Du Chuanfu and the others with unkind expressions. It seemed that if they made any move, they would immediately rush forward and capture them.