The sun sets down the mountain, and Chu Yuanwai has moved all the goods and found an inn to live in. Chen Duan, Lin Shengyuan, Huang Yuanwai and the other two left the yard together. They found a clean wine shop nearby and went in to drink and talk about gossip.

The wine and food came up and drank a few glasses. Mr. Huang said, "Wu Hou, there may be prohibited items hidden in the goods of Mr. Chu's goods today. Your convoy is from the yamen. Do you care?"

Chen Duan smiled and said, "The official is also a businessman. If there are goods, we ask us to transport them. If we check the goods halfway, would you rather? Although we are also from the yamen, the most important thing is to transport goods and make money. If you have no business, how can you get it?"

Mr. Huang nodded and asked again: "You don't care even though you know that the car is transporting forbidden items?"

Chen Duan said: "There are special officials to check for forbidden objects, and there are inspections on the road, so it's not our turn."

After hearing this, Lin Shengyuan said, "This is strange. You belong to the yamen, but you don't care about the affairs of the yamen."

Chen Duan just smiled: "There is nothing strange. Different yamen do different things. We are just transporting goods, checking for forbidden items and fugitives, and they don't care about anything. Of course, like ordinary people, what they specifically explain is different."

Seeing that Mr. Huang and Lin Shengyuan were still unyielding, he said in a serious manner: "Two Mr. Huang, we are in charge of transporting goods. If we make more money, my soldiers and I will get more money. Which one in this world will not be able to get along with money?"

Speaking of money, Huang Yuanwai and Lin Shengyuan understood the meaning of Chen Duan. Whether to transport prohibited items is a matter of the yamen. No one said that these people who transport goods would take care of them, so they would naturally not care. The most important thing is to establish a good relationship with customers, have work every day and have money to take every day.

Several people were drinking and talking. The business was so serene that it had been in the deepest business for several months, and it can be said that it was well-informed and told Mr. Huang and Lin Shengyuan about his experience. Mr. Huang was worried about his business and kept asking about the situation in Xiangcheng.

Chen Duan said: "The trade venue for the north-south is in Xiangcheng County, where merchants are gathering now, and it is extremely prosperous. I heard from people from the north that Xiangcheng is not weaker than Kaifeng Prefecture in the past, and it is a large metropolis."

Lin Shengyuan shook his head repeatedly after hearing this: "How can we compare to Kaifeng Prefecture? Before the Jin Lu Nan invaded, it was the largest metropolis in the world. Today, Xiangyang is probably not one-tenth! Those who say this think they have never seen a big place, so they would say this!"

Mr. Huang sighed: "Kaifeng was like this back then. But now, it is no longer as prosperous as it was back then. The merchants in the north have seen many things like Kaifeng Prefecture now, so they would say this."

Chen Duan said, "That's what happened. The city of Xiangcheng County was originally north of Rushui. The Jin people invaded the south, and now the city was built in the south. Our merchants in the south only transported the goods to the Nancheng. After delivery, the merchants in the north were transported across the Rushui. There was another venue outside the northern city, and there was a Jin general there. There was not many soldiers, and the Jin people only collected taxes."

Lin Shengyuan said: "If there are not many soldiers, why don't you attack us?"

Chen Duan smiled and said, "I observe that I want to do business with the Jin people, so I will naturally not fight there. The Jin people understand that they will not station a large group of troops."

Some of the reasons for the lack of Jin soldiers was that the supply difficulties were difficult. Yingchang Prefecture, Zhengzhou and Kaifeng Prefectures are now sparsely populated, unable to collect grain, and unable to support the army. As long as the Jin army received taxes, they would ignore other matters.

Mr. Huang sighed: "It's a big trouble to cross the Ru River. There are so many bandits in the north, and they robbed every day with sticks. Without a large group of people escorting them, business would be really difficult."

Lin Shengyuan hurriedly asked, "How is the official preparation? The cloth cannot be sold in Xiangcheng!"

Mr. Huang said: "I have hired someone with several businessmen. Otherwise, how dare I do this business? However, the price of hiring people is not expensive."

When talking about this, Mr. Huang was upset. He said that it was a lot of money to sell cloth, but the cost on the road was quite large.

A few of them drank slightly and walked out of the wine shop. At this time, the moon had just risen, accompanied by the stars in the sky, and the sky seemed to cool down.

The servant sent the three of them out, said "Walk slowly", and then turned around and went back.

Mr. Huang said: "Rufen Town is on the commercial road between the north and south, and it must be prosperous. But although this place is close to Ruhe, why does it contain the name of the tomb? Seeing that there are many people here, why don't you change the name?"

The servant laughed and said, "The official said that some people in the local area have mentioned it. After some people mentioned it, they realized that the name Ru Tomb has a great origin, so how could it be changed at will? There is a poem in the Book of Songs called "Zhou Nan Ru Tomb", which shows how long this place name is. Later, King Ping of Zhou granted his son here and has been passed down for 19 generations! Later, Ru Tomb County was established here during the Qi period, and it was only abolished during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. Mei Yaochen, a great wise man in this dynasty, wrote a poem called "The Poor Girl of Ru Tomb" when he was the magistrate of Xiangcheng County in the north."

Mr. Huang was stunned for a moment and asked, "You are a servant in the store, and you know so much?"

The servant said, "Because someone has discussed this matter not long ago, I have heard a lot from others."

Lin Shengyuan said: "There is a reason for the name here, and the old man must know. Why would anyone ask to change the name?"

"Old man, there are no elderly people in this town for a long time." The servant shook his head. "The Jin army passed here twice in the past two years, and all the men, women, young and old in the town were killed. I heard that when the Jin Lu came, several women in the village were unhumiliated and fled to the riverside. Several Jin soldiers were forced to approach and jumped into the river to die. The Jin Lu were all animals, and all men, women, young and old in the village were killed, and there was no cat or dog left."

After hearing this, the three of them were stunned. Wang Xiaolie returned to his hometown. In just two years, many people felt that the war seemed to have passed for a long time. Suddenly, he heard people mention it and couldn't help but recall the scene of the rampant Jin army.

Lin Shengyuan remembered the hard days when he escaped from Kaifeng Prefecture and wandered around nearby prefectures and counties. When he looked back at Mr. Huang, he suddenly felt a little cold. Yes, I was so embarrassed today, wasn’t it because the Jin people invaded the south? Mr. Huang was a businessman from the north. He helped him do business and make money. What was he considered?

A slanting moon hung over the whole day, like a pair of eyes, looking at the world coldly.

In the cargo yard east of the town, Chu Yuanwai picked up the wine pot and drank a big gulp of wine. He whispered loudly: "Zhi Niang, the goods are all in the yamen car these days, and my heart is in my throat! Okay, I finally returned to Rufen Town, and I have come back safely!"

Cao Jian said on the other hand: "Mr. Wait, Rufen Town is a territory under the rule of Wang Guan. Inspection Liu is nearly a hundred soldiers! If you accidentally get caught by Inspection Liu, you will lose both people and goods!"

Chu Yuanwai: "Of course I know! But here is very close to Wuyang, and it is too late. We can pick up the swords and guns and break through! As long as this time it is done, we will be able to make a new path!"

Cao Jian nodded and said, "Strangely, these convoys that Wang observed are so honest? When I was moving the goods just now, I saw that many loquats and plums in the baskets were rotten, and some even the tea inside was exposed, and they didn't care!"

Chu Yuanwai said: "I asked. The leader of the team said that they only care about making money and as long as they load the goods in the car, they don't care about anything! Whether it is true or false, as long as we are careful, we will definitely not be able to make mistakes!"

Xinyang tea farm has been changed to make loose tea by Wang Xiaoli, which is not suitable for long-distance transportation. The one I bought in Xiangyang was brick tea from Ezhou. Wang Xiaoli sent tea merchants to the mountainous areas of Ezhou and no longer made group tea, but changed to make brick tea. Brick tea is durable and can be stored for a long time, especially suitable for long-distance trafficking. For Dong Ping, this is a big deal.

What is gratifying is that buying brick tea at Xiangyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative does not strictly check it. As long as you take the money, you can buy it in large quantities. For these smuggling people, it is completely unstoppable. Sometimes they all suspect that this was intentional by Wang Xiaoli.
Chapter completed!