The merchant touched a few sparse long beards and discussed with him: "Brother, help me close the stall, and I will give you all these bottles. How about it?"
The young man thought for a while and said awkwardly: "But I still haven't bought everything..."
"In addition to the bottle, how about I give you another ten cents?" Ten cents is equivalent to half a year's expenses for a child from a poor family.
"Twenty cents!" The young man stretched out two white and soft fingertips.
Successful transaction.
The shrewd merchant left happily. For twenty coins, it would cost half a penny to find a labor force in the market, so he couldn't work properly for the owner. When the merchant left, he ordered the young man to lift the large cargo box within half a quarter of an hour.
Go to the truck and tell him to call him under the arbor after the work is done.
The young man is none other than Mei Liangchen.
There were beacon fires, the city gates were closed, and the guards were heavily guarded. She once thought of leaving Huo Zhongting to take shelter from the limelight. However, thinking of Yelu Qingge's fierce and violent behavior, she quickly gave up her previous thoughts. Huo Zhongting also felt that it was inappropriate after hearing this.
, because he understands Yelu Qingge's nature better than Mei Liangchen. If that madman cannot find them today, he will definitely drag the entire Beidi City into a terrifying and bloody hell.
She covered Huo Zhongting in the secret compartment of the cargo box with clean cattails, and secretly placed a purse-like object at the bottom of the box, then leaned over and said, "Senior brother, I'm sorry!"
"It doesn't matter." Huo Zhongting looked at her worriedly. "Zhan Qing and I have arranged everything, you can get in quickly!" There were seven or eight huge cargo boxes, only two of which had hidden compartments. He and Zhan Qing each had hidden compartments.
Take one, what about her?
Mei Liangchen showed his teeth and smiled and said: "I have my own way, senior brother, don't worry!"
Seeing how confident she was, Huo Zhongting had no choice but to listen to her, closed the lid of the box and was pulled by the carriage towards the crowd of people waiting to leave the city.
Mei Liangchen received twenty coins from a merchant.
She used the money to buy an old dress worn by a woman from the Jiang and Song Dynasties. After putting it on, she added some cotton fabric around her waist to prop up her too-slender figure. Then she painted her hands and face brown with pot ash, which made her look beautiful from a distance.
, she resumed women's clothing and became a tough woman who was busy working for a living.
Facing the figure reflected in the clear water jar, he grinned and encouraged himself with a smile: "Come on, Mei Liangchen!"
Every merchant from the Jiang and Song Dynasties who came to the North to do business had customs clearance documents, but the servants or laborers who accompanied him did not have those things. A long line of people gathered in front of the city gate, and every time a household was released, there was a delay.
A long time.
Gradually, the merchants waiting in line began to complain impatiently.
"Who on earth provoked these gangsters! We have been unable to return home!"
"Master, hurry up! You won't let us do business, why is it so difficult for us to go home? Is it ridiculous?"
"Hurry up! Hurry up!" Someone started shouting angrily.
"Damn it! My mother is still lying on the bed waiting to be served when she returns! Let her go now! Let her go now!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, "Let it go! Let it go!"
"release"
"The Min Liao Kingdom cannot detain our Jiangsong merchants without reason! We have to go to the Min Liao Emperor for comment!"
"We want justice! We want justice!" On the winter day of the lunar calendar six years ago, the Min Liao Kingdom and the Jiang Song Kingdom stopped fighting for years and revised the treaty, opening the border between the two countries for trade, and setting up a forex market as a place for trade. The north was adjacent to the two countries.
Setting up a fortress in this battleground is also a deterrent to the two countries. It must abide by the agreement and continue to repair it for hundreds of years.
This is an agreement between countries. However, in recent years, Min and Liao Kingdom have repeatedly violated the treaty and frequently caused troubles on the border. In the past, every household was decorated with lanterns, gongs and drums played all night, and firecrackers were set off to celebrate the opening of the market. The scene can no longer be found.
arrive.
There was a commotion among the merchants' horse teams, and a gap several feet wide was even rushed out of the originally crowded pass.
"Bold and unruly!" Muren said with a sullen face, tightly wrapped his horse's belly and kicked it, then raised his whip and charged towards the stupid Jiang and Song people.
"Ah!" The strong man who was the first to rush out of the pass was lifted up several feet in the air by Muren's steel whip and was violently thrown to the ground. "Ah ah" a shrill howl resounded through the scorching North City Gate.
The man fell to the ground and rolled, with blood-red whip marks from his forehead to his neck like the dazzling red sun in the sky, making people feel heartbroken and suffocated!
No one dared to move anymore.
Muren rode alone and blocked the gap. He pointed his whip at the crowd of people who jumped in line and shouted angrily: "The troublemakers...will pass at the end!"
Among this group of people was Mei Liangchen.
She changed into women's clothing and mingled with a group of merchants who were confused and didn't remember anything. She lied to her master that she was a servant in the palace, and secretly followed her to the North because she liked liveliness by nature. The merchant's surname was Hu, and he was an old fool who only cared about money.
He didn't remember a person's appearance at all. He believed Mei Liangchen's words so much that he punished her for walking and blamed her for eating too much of his food!
miser!
If you like to take advantage, you will suffer a lot now...
Mei Liangchen sneered secretly behind the team. When everyone around her sighed softly, she stood on tiptoes to look at the porcelain dealer's motorcade that was about to reach the pass.
It looked very peaceful over there. Several large cargo boxes were sitting quietly on the carriage, nothing unusual.
She prayed that Huo Zhongting and his troops would be able to escape smoothly.
"What should I do, Xiaomei, I want to go to the toilet." The cook next to her, who was in charge of cooking in the Hu family, held her stomach and tugged at the corners of her sleeves.
"I'll go with you!" Mei Liangchen looked at the movement around him and thought, instead of standing here like a wooden stake, it would be better to walk around to distract his nervous mood.
The two quietly retreated and sneaked to the toilet outside the market while no one was prepared.
"Xiaomei, aren't you going?" The cook thought she was really a new servant of the Hu family, and she was warm and affectionate towards her.
"Well, I'm not going!" She didn't want to go in.
While Xiaomei was going to the toilet, she hid behind a tree and observed the movement at the pass.
"Next!" the black-faced sergeant shouted, her heart lifted to her throat.
arrive!
Mei Liangchen covered his mouth and stared at the porcelain merchant from before. He carefully stepped forward with the customs clearance documents... "Jingyuan County businessman Yao Baoliang requested to pass the customs!"