Early the next morning, Xiao Chen was ready to go. The deal with Hu Yanlei and his tribe was basically completed. He was also going back. Xiao Chen insisted on sending him ten miles away. This was etiquette and friendship.
Of course, there are also some private gifts, which are also quite generous.
We agreed to meet you in Changshan Prefecture next spring. I will definitely prepare some good wine and get drunk with you, Huyan, before we rest!
After sending Hu Yanlei away, he also told Hui Wu and Wen Chengxu that if Wanyan Pingqiu, Gai Congratulations, Bu Congratulations and other princes and leaders came in person, they must treat them grandly and must not lose etiquette.
These are all my allies, boss.
Of course, you still have the final say on the specific transaction matters. After all, business is business and friendship is friendship, and they cannot be confused.
Xianbo didn't know who was coming, but no matter who came, they would be treated the same as these people. They could only be overly enthusiastic and not treat them lightly.
Also tell these people, if you have free time, please go to Changshan Prefecture and talk to me. I will prepare fine wine waiting for them...
Xiao Chen also wanted to understand the sentiment of the people along the way, so he ordered Lu Fei and Wen Shanchang to lead the Xiaoqi Guards, Feiyi Guards, and Yulin Guards to take the lead.
He only took Xiao Ye, Duan Ling'er, Tie Kunlun, and Fu Yan with them and walked slowly.
Anyway, the presence of these few people is enough to protect his boss's safety.
But I saw the traffic on the road was busy and very lively.
The transport convoy coming from Changshan Prefecture and the convoy coming from Bailongcheng to Changshan were intertwined. There were also many merchants riding carriages and horses, vendors pushing carts, as well as craftsmen and ordinary people going to the Bailongcheng trading market to make a living.
There are also a lot of makeshift restaurants, wine shops and hotels next to several stations along the way. Because there are so many people coming and going, everyone has to eat, drink and rest, right?
It's still winter, and if the weather eases up, there will probably be more merchants coming and going.
The situation is quite gratifying.
It was getting late, Xiao Chen and others found a post station to stay, but unexpectedly the post manager refused, "We are too busy with official business, how can we have time to serve you?"
You said it was Governor Xiao Chenxiao?
Hahaha, if you were Governor Xiao, I would be the emperor of Zhou Dynasty. Go, go, go, why are you kidding me? You are busy.
If you want to eat or drink, there are so many small hotels and restaurants nearby. I haven’t seen them. Go there and have fun. Go.
Everyone was disappointed, but they couldn't explain to him, a young postmaster, why they were asked to wear casual clothes.
I had no choice but to walk out of the inn in despair, find an inn nearby, and spend a lot of money to book a few "upper rooms." They were called upper rooms, but they were actually thatched houses with air leakage from all sides, just bigger.
Fortunately, they are all newly opened stores, and the bedding and utensils are still clean.
But it is just an inn, but it does not provide meals. If you want to eat, you can go out, there are restaurants everywhere outside.
A few people came out and searched around, and almost all the restaurants were full. After walking a long way, they found a small restaurant built with thatch and yellow mud on the roadside. Maybe it was because it was relatively remote, and the small restaurant looked awkward.
It was really too simple, so there weren't many customers inside.
"Staff, order!" Tie Kunlun's stomach growled with hunger. As soon as he sat down, he slapped the table and shouted.
"I'm really sorry, gentlemen. The shop has just opened, and it doesn't have everything. The food only includes mixed noodles, freshly baked pancakes, and a few pickles made by ourselves."
An old man with wrinkles on his face and a simple smile came out of the kitchen and explained in a low voice.
"How can you open a restaurant without food!" Duan Tiekunlun was very dissatisfied, "Let's go to another restaurant."
"Uncle, did you come all the way here? My family is the last one here. After passing my village, there are no shops in front of me!" But the eldest girl came over with a smile and touched her waist.
Get a rag and wipe the table clean.
This girl was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with an oval face and peach blossom eyes, and a few small freckles on her small nose. She looked very playful when she smiled.
A big thick braid is smooth and smooth, hanging down to her waist, and there is a butterfly tied on the head of the braid.
"Okay, let's just have a bite here. Girl, my brothers all like to eat meat. Otherwise, why don't you go to the store next door to buy us some meat and bake us some more cakes?
How about we settle the score with you?" Xiao Chen has always been very polite to girls.
"Put a few more kilograms of soju to boil and warm yourself up after eating it." Tie Kunlun added.
"That's okay! Dad, go make some pancakes quickly. I'm going to buy meat for you guys. He has mutton, beef, and roe deer meat. I wonder what kind of meat you guys want to eat?" The girl kept a big business.
, obviously very happy, he quickly agreed and smiled with white teeth.
"Fat beef is the best. Without mutton, it will be okay." Tie Kunlun waved his hand, "Go, go, go, I'm going to be hungry."
However, the girl still stood still and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile, "Sir, we are a small business and we have just opened a business. We haven't made a few copper coins. We don't recognize the shop next to it. No.
I'm sorry to open my mouth to lend someone something on credit, would you like to give me some money first?"
"Hey, what's there? I'll give you some money..." Tie Kunlun reached into his arms and touched for a long time, only to get out a handful of air. He didn't even have a penny on him.
"Don't look at me. I don't have any money on me. Xiao Ye, don't you have several gold ingots? Take them out quickly!" Duan Ling'er didn't have any money either.
Xiao Ye didn't have it either. Several of his gold ingots were exchanged with those wounded Mojie soldiers. The wolf teeth and other things they exchanged were also snatched away by the brothers of the Cavalry Guards. Now his sleeves are empty. Come with him.
At that time, there was still nothing.
"Don't look at me, my clothes are all new." Fu Yan said with a smile.
"Brother, what are you doing standing still? Get the money!" Duan Linger reached out and touched Xiao Chen's arms.
When he was in Fengyang City, Xiao Chen had a few large gold and silver ingots on his body, but since Yanyun County, he has been marching and fighting, and there is no place to use silver, so now he has nothing.
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Everyone thought that the other party must have money, but in the end no one did, and the atmosphere instantly became a bit awkward...
"Hey, they are all going out. Who would carry the house on their backs? It doesn't matter if the men don't have money to share. It's more important to have a full stomach first. I'm going to bake pancakes for the men.
Xiu'er, come and help me."
The old man was very honest and sincere. When he saw a few people being embarrassed, he quickly told the girl to stop staring at them and come and meet with me!
"Thank you very much, uncle. I will definitely send someone to deliver the meal money later." Xiao Chen said.
"Humph, you have to eat meat and drink alcohol when you don't have money! If you don't have enough money, you are a bunch of liars..." Miss Xiuer's face tightened, and she raised her mouth in displeasure.
I thought I could make some money, but now I have met a bunch of freeloaders.
"Then thank you, Miss Xiu'er." Xiao Chen said hurriedly.
"We don't know each other, so we don't want brothers and sisters to just start a relationship!" Xiu'er didn't give any face, and went into the kitchen with her braided hair.