Bai Shan and the others negotiated a price and immediately went to General Meng to get the customs clearance documents.
Although General Meng frowned slightly, he still signed the seal for them, handed the documents to them and said, "You come to the house for dinner tonight, and Governor He and I will practice it for you."
If it weren't for Yin You in the team, he would not be willing to interact with them too much, because Zhou Man and Bai Shan both carry the label of prince.
Manbao and the others happily agreed, it was still very satisfying to eat for free.
Of course, they didn't just eat for free. During the dinner, they also mentioned their address, "We live in the Yunlai Inn next to the inn. If He Governor needs anything from us from the Western Regions, we can send the order back later."
Come to Yunlai Inn."
Then he casually mentioned the current situation of the inn.
He Jishi, who heard that they were applying eye drops:...
He looked up at General Meng.
Yunlai Inn can barely be regarded as General Meng's property.
General Meng didn't pay much attention to this matter. Seeing Governor He looking over, he said: "Back then, there was some disagreement between Liao Ning and me. It happened that there was a post in Suzhou that Shazhou wanted to stay in in the future, and Yi Cheng opened an inn opposite.
I was a little scornful towards the inn. My people were dissatisfied and reported it to Liao Ning, but Liao Ning blocked the matter because of me. My brother-in-law was so angry that he took the money and opened another inn next to the inn."
He said: "He Governor knows what's going on now. If you want to rectify the post station, just start with it. Don't worry about bringing in the inn."
The inn is actually a small matter, so although Governor He is a little dissatisfied with the inn being abandoned, the inn opposite the inn was opened by Yi Cheng, and the magistrate of Guo County invested in this inn after the former governor Liao Ning left, and there is another one next door.
The inn opened by General Meng and his group can be regarded as the two most powerful parties in Shazhou competing for the business of the inn.
He turned a blind eye in order to carry out his work better. Anyway, the post station did not receive many officials all year round, and most of the time it was used by civilians.
Although he lost a lot of money, it was still better than confronting the magistrate and garrison general of the largest county under his control at the same time.
Since General Meng said he didn't care, then there was no need for the Guo County Magistrate to care. He was his immediate superior after all, right?
Mr. Zhuang didn't even expect this development and raised his eyebrows. Bai Shan smiled and said: "I'm just a postmaster. The boy in the posthouse, named Ren Ergou, is a rare honest and hard-working person."
He just mentioned it, but He Jishi remembered it in his heart.
He already knew that the identities of these young men were not simple. Not to mention Yin He, Liu Huan was the grandson of the Minister of Hubu and the youngest son of the governor of Su, while Bai Cheng was the future consort and son-in-law of the emperor, and Bai Shan was a young Jinshi.
Deeply favored by the Emperor.
Both of these are not easy, just promoting a young guy, selling them a favor is worth it.
But Manbao and the others could no longer see it. They packed their bags and left the city the day after they received the documents.
Mr. You said goodbye reluctantly and went to see them off at the city gate. Half of his goods were sold to Heavy Rain.
At first, they only bought from Duanyu, but then Bai Shan and the others took a look around their luggage, and simply used gold and Mr. You to buy some fabrics and stuffed them into their luggage. As a result, half of Mr. You's goods were sold out, even if they were acquaintances.
For his own sake, he got a little cheaper for them and made a lot of money.
Master You thought that he might leave in two or three months, and he might still be able to keep them company, so he stood at the gate of the city and waved to them: "Mr. Zhuang, Mr. Zhou, I might still be in the city when you come back from the Western Regions."
Here, let’s go back to Xiazhou together then.”
It is very safe to travel with them, and there is no other problem except that it takes more time.
Man Bao also rode on his horse and waved to him, and responded: "No problem, if you are still in Shazhou by then, we will definitely call you."
When the time came, they took another route. Master You saw that he was very familiar with the route, so he happened to listen to his explanation.
General Meng stood on the tower and watched them gallop away on horseback, shaking his head slightly.
Major General Meng was puzzled, "Since my father is worried about them, why does he still need to give them documents to leave the country?"
General Meng said: "People are not arrogant and waste their youth. Which one of them is mediocre? Although the risk is great, how could you know that it is not their opportunity? I have done my duty to remind them, and the rest is their decision."
After saying that, I glanced at my son and felt that he was good in everything, but a little too old-fashioned. In comparison, the young man below was better.
He didn't know that Bai Shan and the others were more stubborn and spent a lot of money to hire a group of former horse thieves to be their guards.
Bai Shan rode up to catch up with Heavy Rain and asked curiously, "Have you sent a letter to the mayor?"
Du Yu said nonchalantly: "We went out to look for it yesterday, and there were no merchants who wanted it from the town, so we didn't send it away."
He said: "We left a message at a restaurant we are familiar with in the city. If anyone in town comes to ask, we will let you know."
Bai Shan felt that they were quite big-hearted.
Heavy Rain didn't take it seriously. They used to be thieves who licked blood. When there was money to be made, they would make it. If they missed it, it would be gone. This year, due to the epidemic and local chaos, it is difficult to make money.
The group of people ran toward Xixi talking and laughing, and the carriage also accelerated...
Man Bao and the others ran ahead with a few guards to see if there was a tea stall or the like in front of them. If not, they found an open space to take a rest at noon.
There are rolling green mountains outside Yumen Pass. According to Heavy Rain, if you walk for two days, you will enter a desert. You have to drive slowly in the desert. He said: "There is an ancient road in the desert with very few water plants in the middle. It is very different from where we are.
I heard that there used to be a Loulan Kingdom there, and once you get there, you will be entering the Western Regions."
Heavy rain and the others had walked this road. I don’t know whether they walked there when they were horse thieves or later when they started to take on escorting and other business. However, he understood it fairly well and told them about the towns and tribal points they passed along the way.
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In short, from the time they entered the desert to Gaochang, they were basically in the desert. There were very few oases in it, so they had to replenish enough water every time they passed an oasis.
He said: "The desert is different from the grassland. Don't run around. Once you get lost, you won't be able to find it back."
He declared in advance, "If you get lost, we will not look for you, but will ask the convoy to continue moving forward until Gaochang."
Several people: "...Don't worry, we won't run around."
Du Yu was then satisfied and ran ahead with them, saying with disdain: "Your team is so slow."
Man Bao: "I don't believe you have ever received a caravan that traveled faster than ours."
This is true, the average caravan is not as arrogant as Zhou Man and others, they can almost have one person and one horse, but!
Du Yu glanced at them and said, "You promised not to waste any time on the way."
Man Bao nodded in agreement, "Don't worry, don't worry."