Yan Laoer didn't expect the news to spread so quickly.
After visiting several towns with no results, he and Qi Si decided to head to Longxing.
The route planned by Sanbao overlapped with the official road in many places. Yan Laoer simply drove on the official road. Instead of taking a shortcut and taking a straight line, the official road was in better condition. Calculating the time, it was basically the same. There were also inns along the road where he could rest.
getting information.
The two border towns of Longxing and Fengming are much further away from Yongning than Huju. Along the way, except for one post thirty miles away, there is no one inhabited.
Because of the official documents, we encountered no trouble along the way.
It is also related to the fact that Yan Laoer is good to others and strives for stability.
Whenever someone checked, he would always smile and answer without asking, memorizing the contents of the official documents by heart, secretly stuffing some copper coins in his mouth to say thank you for your hard work, and chatting more with others when he met someone he was easy to talk to.
Don't underestimate these little actions that waste your time.
It brings a lot of convenience to their journey.
These servants will tell you which post station has easy-to-get-together postmen, which post station has ridiculous food, which food is tastier than pig food, which post station is more ruthless in asking for rewards, and so on.
This information allowed them to avoid several bad inns, sleep comfortably, and eat well.
He eats and sleeps well, feels full of energy, and has such a powerful cow as Sanbao, so he runs tirelessly.
It can be said that the time it took for them to go from Huju to Longxing was even ahead of the cavalry in this world.
Qi Si didn't feel anything unusual.
They had always walked like this. When fleeing from famine, they would walk for at most eight or nine hours a day. Not to mention the Yan family's cattle, even the mules and donkeys in the village kept humming.
Just a little angry...
Naturally, he didn't notice that Sanbao was secretly speeding up.
Run a little faster every day without leaving any trace.
After passing the fork in the road between Longxing and Fengming, and walking for another day, we saw a long flowing river in the distance.
Continuously majestic.
There is also a stone bridge here.
To be precise, stones were piled up to tighten a narrow river channel to build a solid stone bridge.
This is a seven-hole bridge.
It is the largest bridge in the world that Yan Laoer has seen so far.
Well, including this bridge, he has only seen two.
But this does not prevent him from making judgments.
The hole in the middle is the largest and tallest, and the two sides gradually lower, so that the entire bridge lies on both sides.
As I got closer, I discovered that the bridge was not entirely made of stone. Except for the base, which was made of solid stone, the bridge deck was made of thick wood.
This bridge must have been in existence for many years. The wood on the bridge deck is jet black, and the oxcarts walking on it make a creaking sound.
Yan Laoer worried countless times that he and Qi Si would overturn the cart together with them.
But it didn't.
They walked over steadily.
At this moment, he was extremely happy that Sanbao completely restored the ox that his family bought, including its appearance and weight.
Whenever he is overweight, he has to consider whether to walk off the bridge.
It's really scary.
After crossing the bridge, you are already under the rule of Longxing.
According to the stone tablet, they ran westward for most of the day.
Finally, I saw a majestic city.
"Brother Yan, is this Long Xing? It's too big!" Qi Si's eyes widened.
Yes! It’s too big!
Yan Laoer thought in his heart: This is no different from Yongning City.
Think about Huju again. We are both border towns, but you are so much smaller than Longxing. Some of you have no cards!
Longxing's interrogation is very strict, even if they come from within the customs.
Yan Laoer's method of giving copper coins doesn't seem to be that easy to use.
They carefully checked the official documents and even checked the car.
After looking through the oxcart, Yan Laoer was extremely frightened.
Fortunately, she didn't listen to her daughter and bring an iron crossbow, otherwise she wouldn't be able to pass this level alone.
The two successfully passed the border and finally entered the city.
The border town of Longxing looks just like what it looks like from the outside, it is solemn and solemn, and the people walking around in the city have a somewhat unfamiliar and tough air.
He was brought out by Qi Si alone and placed in the city. It was not conspicuous and the integration was quite good.
But with the addition of Yan Laoer, it becomes much more conspicuous.
You can tell at a glance that he is a foreigner and out of place in terms of temperament.
With this awkward feeling, Yan Laoer went straight to a drug store without even taking a break.
After the clerk looked at his order, he said "Guest, please wait a moment" and invited the drugstore manager over.
The shopkeeper came up and asked him directly who he was and what he wanted to buy these medicinal materials for.
Yan Laoer honestly told people that he was the Zhuangban yamen servant in Huju City and that he came here to purchase medicinal materials in the name of the great master.
The shopkeeper looked at his ID and his expression softened a lot.
"I'm sorry, Beirong has invaded frequently recently, and some of us are under attack." The shopkeeper added: "There was a time when thieves from outside the customs sneaked into the city on the pretext of doing business, and they secretly peeped at the city's defenses. Therefore, the big
The master has specially ordered us to inquire about the identity of the person who came here, otherwise he will be held accountable if something goes wrong, or he may be colluding with the enemy... This is a serious crime of confiscating a family and exterminating a clan, so we really don’t dare to be careless."
"I understand, I understand." Yan Laoer said sincerely: "We in Huju are also border towns, and we are all the same. Who asked us to bear the heavy responsibility of guarding the border? Those turtles and grandsons think about invading every day, and they don't even have the time to relax.
Give us...
Alas! Another epidemic broke out in Gufeng, and even our tigers were affected, causing internal and external troubles!"
The shopkeeper's face also showed some kindness.
Only people who live in border towns can feel the suffering of border towns.
"Why do you come to Longxing to buy medicine? There are many Chinese medicine shops in Yongning City. Although you want a lot, one shop is not enough. You can get enough by visiting several more."
Yan Laoer said sadly: "Forget it, all the medicine in Yongning City has been transferred to Gufeng, and the generals left for us in Huju are enough. The eldest master also wanted to reserve more just in case, so he
Order the two of us to come to Longxing.
If you can't get all the medicine here, I may have to go to Fengming to buy all the medicine before I can go back and recover."
Yan Laoer hid Hu Ju's urgent need for medicinal materials, fearing that others would raise the price.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The shopkeeper said: "You really want a lot, but fortunately they are all medicines for relieving symptoms and clearing away heat. According to the market situation in previous years, the dosage will not be large until winter.
My husband happened to have a batch of them in May, so you should have nothing to worry about."
"That's good. There's still quite a while before winter, so there's enough time to replenish the goods." Yan Laoer answered.
The shopkeeper thought the same way.
Then he asked them where they would stay.
"When I first entered the city, I felt that Longxing City was so big and majestic that I didn't dare to walk around. When I saw the medicine shop, I walked in directly without having time to find an inn." Yan Laoer said honestly.
The shopkeeper laughed.
Asked: "But this is the first time you go out on errands?"
Yan Laoer praised: "The shopkeeper has good eyesight, isn't he? He has never been so far away. At most, he has been to Yongning. I already feel that the city is prosperous. I just saw Longxing from the outside. What a good guy.
It’s about the same size as Fucheng.”
The shopkeeper said modestly: "Yongning is a capital city, so we can't compare. The reason why our Longxing looks bigger is because all the garrison troops are in the city, and most of the people in the city are soldiers."
"I see...it seems like there are still outsiders?" Yan Laoer asked cautiously in a low voice.
The shopkeeper sighed: "Those are not Beirong, they are thieves from outside the customs who kidnapped the children born to the women of my court. They are all pitiful..."
The shopkeeper didn't want to say more.
Yan Laoer clicked and pulled the abacus beads according to Yan Laoer's shopping list.
He kept quoting the unit price and quantity.
Finally, I calculated a total and did it again.
Report it to Yan Laoer.
Yan Laoer asked him to write the price of each medicinal material on the list he brought.
Then calculate them one by one and add them up.
Borrow the shopkeeper's pen to write and draw.
The shopkeeper immediately gave him a high look, but he didn't expect him to be literate.
Yan Laoer has no doubts about the unit prices of various medicinal materials.
The shopkeeper did not overreport.
But for such a large purchase, how can you not negotiate the price?
Therefore, he and the shopkeeper went back and forth for a long time, and finally settled on a price, and based on this price, they paid back the total price minus the fraction.
The shopkeeper calculated carefully for a long time and agreed.
I copied it neatly into two copies, handed one to Yan Laoer, and kept the other for reference.
Yan Laoer looked at what he was writing and saw something was wrong.
The share that the shopkeeper keeps for himself is the negotiated price, the amount of profit to be made, and the actual amount to be collected, written clearly.
The copy I gave him only included the original price, how much deposit should be paid, when to pick up the goods, and so on.
"Shopkeeper, just write the same in both copies." Yan Laoer handed the order back.
The shopkeeper looked up at him, bowed his hand to him, and said in a more sincere tone: "Brother is an honest man. I will come to Longxing for business in the future and will come here often."
He also enthusiastically recommended an inn on the next street.
"The goods will be ready tomorrow morning, and you can pick them up again."
Yan Laoer paid the deposit and left with Qi Si.
Instead of going to the inn that the shopkeeper mentioned, he went to another pharmacy.
I bought another batch according to the order.
Then he and Qi Si drove to the inn.
"Brother Yan, can we go back tomorrow?" Qi Si didn't expect it to be so smooth. He bought it as soon as he entered the city and left after buying it.
"It's getting late today. Let's find a pharmacy tomorrow." Yan Laoer counted the money he had on him and found that it was not enough.
But now that he's here, of course he has to exchange all the money he has for medicine so that he doesn't run so far in vain.
"Tomorrow, we will bring back the medicines from the two families we have chosen." Yan Laoer said.
He dug out the baggage he had brought from home, and inside was his home-made fragrant glutinous rice.
They were originally stacked neatly, but they got messed up when they went into the city for inspection. Yan Laoer took them and put them away gently before putting them back into place.
If all the Xiangjizi can be sold, another one can be ordered with the same order.
The two of them and the waiter asked for hot water, washed up and went to sleep.
Come to the pharmacy early the next day.
After a polite exchange with the shopkeeper, he inspected the goods, paid for the remaining money, and successfully took the medicine away.
Yan Laoer was more careful and did not go directly to the second pharmacy. Instead, he sent the medicinal materials back to the inn and carried them into the guest room with Qi Si without fear of trouble.
Before leaving, I felt something was wrong, so I left Qi Si to watch and went to the second store to pick up the goods alone.
I don’t know how the drug stores passed the news to each other. Overnight, they exchanged information about him coming to buy medicinal materials. The shopkeeper of the second store nodded vaguely, but did not embarrass him and pressed the order.
Goods delivered.
Yan Laoer followed the same pattern and took Yao back to the inn.
Without even touching the ground, I asked two pharmacies. As expected, the prices had increased by about 10%.
He walked out with a dark face, cursing in his heart: profiteer!
If I had known earlier, I would have rushed to one more house in a hurry yesterday.
He regretted a little, but he also knew that running too much was useless, mainly because he didn't have enough money.
Looking up at the sign on the shop floor, Yan Laoer strode in.
He had no longer expected to buy the third single medicine. Thinking that he had come this far without asking about the price of Xiangjizi, he still felt itchy in his heart.
"Shopkeeper, how much does this fragrant rice cost?" Yan Laoer asked carelessly.
"One, two, five cents."
What the hell?
Yan Laoer was shocked.
Take a look at the oval, dark, spicy sauce, and then look at the shopkeeper’s.
are you kidding me?
He had seen a lot of fragrant soaps, and he knew how to make them at home. At a glance, he knew that this was something sold in Yongning City for one, two, two, three cents.
Could it be that he is bullying students?
"Shopkeeper, this is only one or two dollars in Yongning City. Why do you sell it for one or two and a half here?" He thought for a while and swallowed the last sentence.
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Sir, our Longxing Road is not close to Yongning Road, and the inspections in and out of the city are strict. Every truck that pulls goods in and out has to pay more, so it is naturally more expensive than the ones sold in Yongning City.
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Yan Laoer really wants to ask how much money you charge?
But asking it so directly, the transition is a bit abrupt.
He rolled his eyes and chatted with the shopkeeper about the inspection into the city.
"I don't think so. I came to Longxing on official business to purchase a batch of medicinal materials. I want to ask the shopkeeper if I want to bring some medicine out of the city. Do I need to pay more money?"
There were no customers at the moment, and the shopkeeper was free, so we started chatting with him.
"Logically speaking, there is no need for it. You must have official documents on your body, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city will not be in too much trouble. However, if you want to go out of the city more smoothly, you'd better add more tea money. When the officials check, they will also
It can be faster and lighter." The shopkeeper heard that he was a foreigner and gave him kind advice.
"Be taught." Yan Laoer looked grateful, hesitated, and whispered: "Shopkeeper, I came from Huju and passed by Yongning. I saw the fragrant pancakes and ordinary ones sold in the city.
It’s not the same. The eldest girl and the young daughter-in-law were all rushing to buy it. On impulse, I bought a few more yuan. Now that I think about it, I don’t need that much at home. I wonder if you can accept it here?”
"What kind of fragrant sauce are you rushing to buy?" The shopkeeper obviously didn't believe it.
There are only a few of these fragrant soaps, and only those who can afford them can use them.
"I brought it here, the shopkeeper." Yan Laoer pulled the bundle from behind to the front.
It attracted the shopkeeper's attention.
Look him up and down.
Yan Laoer is thick-skinned and does not blush at all.
"Shopkeeper, do you think it's novel and interesting?"
The shopkeeper took it and looked at it.
"It just changed its shape."
It also had words printed on it.
It feels smoother than the ones sold in his store.