The Life Through Books of the Salted Fish Family Chapter 213

  Chapter 213 Long Xing

  Yan Er Er didn't expect the news to spread so quickly.

  After walking several towns without success, he and Qi Si resolutely headed to Longxing.

The route planned by Sanbao overlaps 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 road condition of the official road is better. After calculating the time, it is basically the same. There are post stations along the road where you can rest. getting information.

  The two border towns of Longxing and Fengming are much farther away from Yongning than Huju. Along the way, apart from a post station thirty miles away, there is no one inhabited.

  Because of the official documents, there was no trouble along the way.

   It is also related to Yan's second brother who is kind to others and strives for stability.

   Whenever someone checks, he always smiles and answers without asking questions. He memorizes the contents of the official documents by heart, and secretly inserts some copper coins to say "hard work".

   Don't underestimate these little actions that waste your tongue.

   brought many conveniences to their journey.

  These servants will point out which post station's postman is good at dating, which post station's food is foolish, and the food made is worse than pig food, which post station is ruthless in asking for rewards, etc.

  These information allowed them to avoid several bad stations, sleep comfortably, and eat okay.

  Eats and sleeps well, is full of energy, and has such a powerful cow as the three treasures, running tirelessly.

   It can be said that the time it took them to go from Huju to Longxing was even ahead of the cavalry in this world.

  Qi Si didn't feel anything unusual.

  They have always walked like this. When fleeing famine, they walked for eight or nine hours a day at most. Not to mention the cattle of the Yan family, even the mules and donkeys in the village kept going.

   I just lost my temper...

  Of course he didn't notice that Sanbao was secretly increasing his speed.

  Run faster every day without any trace.

  Passing the intersection of Longxing and Fengming, and walking for another day, far away, you can see a long river running.

   Endlessly mighty.

  There is also a stone bridge here.

  To be precise, stones are piled up, and a narrow river channel is tightened abruptly 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, counting 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 high, and the two sides gradually decrease, and the whole bridge lies on both sides of the bridge.

   When I got closer, I realized that the bridge is not entirely made of stones, except that the base is solid stone, and the bridge deck is made of thick wood.

   This bridge should have existed for many years. The wood on the bridge deck was black in color, and the bullock cart walked on it, making creaking noises.

  Yan Lao Er worried countless times that he and Qi Si would overturn the bullock cart together.

   But no.

  They walked over steadily.

  At this moment, he was extremely grateful that Sanbao completely restored the scalper he bought, including its appearance and weight.

  As long as he is overweight, he has to consider whether to walk on the bridge.

  It's really scary.

  After crossing the bridge, Long Xing was already under his rule.

  According to the stele, they ran westward for more than half a day.

  Finally, I saw a majestic city.

   "Second brother Yan, this is Longxing? It's too big!" Qi Si's eyes widened.

yes! too big!

  Yan Er Er thought in his heart: This is no worse than Yongning City.

  Thinking about Huju again, you are also a border town, but you are so much younger than Longxing, some of you have no cards!

  Long Xing's interrogation was very strict, even if they came from the pass.

  Yan Lao Er's Dafa of giving copper coins does not seem to be so useful.

  People seriously check the official documents and check the car.

  Looking through the bullock cart, Yan's second queen was terrified.

   Fortunately, she didn't listen to her daughter's advice to bring the iron crossbow, otherwise she wouldn't be able to pass this level alone.

  The two passed the customs smoothly and finally entered the city.

  Longxing, a border city, is just like its exterior, solemn and solemn, and the people walking around in the city have a somewhat strange and sturdy air.

  Bring it out for Qi Si alone, and put it in the city, it is not conspicuous, and it blends well.

   But with the addition of Yan Laoer, it is much more conspicuous.

   It can be seen at a glance that he is a foreigner. In terms of temperament, he is out of place.

  With this awkward feeling, Yan Er Er went straight to a pharmacy without even taking a break.

   After reading his list, the clerk said "Please wait a moment, customer" and invited the shopkeeper of the pharmacy.

  The shopkeeper came up unceremoniously, and asked him who he was and what he was going to do to buy these medicinal materials.

  Yan Laoer told people honestly that he was a strong class government servant in Hujucheng, and he came here to purchase medicinal materials in the name of the elder.

  The shopkeeper looked at his ID card, and his face softened a lot.

"I'm sorry, the Bei Rong has frequently invaded the city recently, and I'm waiting for some grass and trees to be soldiers." The shopkeeper said again: "I was sneaked into the city by thieves from outside the pass before, and they used the pretext of doing business to secretly spy on the city's defenses. Therefore, everyone The master specially ordered us to wait, we must ask the origin of the person who came here, otherwise we will be held accountable if something goes wrong, and if we fail to do so, we will be colluding with internal and external enemies... This is a serious crime of copying a family and exterminating a family, and we really dare not be careless."

"Understood, understand." Yan Laoer said sincerely: "Our Huju is also a border town, it's the same, who let us take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the border? give us...

well! Catch up with the epidemic in Gufeng's side again, and even our tigers have been affected, internal and external troubles! "

  The face of the shopkeeper also showed a bit of kindness.

  The suffering of border towns can only be felt by people who are also border towns.

   "Why did you come to Longxing to buy medicine? There are many traditional Chinese medicine shops in Yongning City. Although you want a lot, one family is not enough, and you can make up for it by visiting a few more."

Yan Laoer said regretfully: "Don't mention it, all the medicines in Yongning City have been transferred to Gufeng, leaving us enough for Huju. The Elder also wants to reserve more just in case. Order the two of us to come to Longxing.

  If you can't get it all here, maybe I have to go to Fengming to buy all the medicines before I can go back to my life. "

  Yan Laoer concealed the fact that Huju was in urgent need of medicinal materials, for fear that others would raise the price.

The shopkeeper said: "It's true that you need a lot, but fortunately, they are all medicines for relieving the exterior and clearing away heat. According to the market prices in previous years, the dosage will not be large until winter. My master happened to have a batch in May. It should be fine for you."

   "That's a good thing, there is still a long time before winter, and there is enough time to replenish the stock." Yan Er Er said.

  The shopkeeper thinks the same way.

  Then asked where they were staying.

   "When I first entered the city, I only felt that Longxing City was big and majestic, so I didn't dare to walk around. When I saw the pharmacy, I went in directly, and I didn't have time to find the inn." Yan Laoer said honestly.

  The shopkeeper laughed.

   asked: "But it's the first time you're out on business?"

Yan Lao Er praised: "The shopkeeper has good eyesight, isn't it? I have never traveled so far, and I have been to Yongning at most. I already feel that the city is prosperous. I just saw Longxing from the outside. What a guy, I actually saw it. It's about the same size as Fucheng.”

  The shopkeeper said modestly: "Yongning is a prefectural city, we can't compare it. The reason why our Longxing looks bigger is because the garrisons are all in the city, and more than half of the city are soldiers."

   "I look... It seems that there are still outsiders?" Yan Laoer asked in a cautious whisper.

  The shopkeeper sighed: "That's not Beirong, it's the thieves outside the pass who kidnapped the children I gave birth to the woman, they are all pitiful..."

  The shopkeeper doesn't want to say more.

   According to Yan's second purchase list, he crackled and pulled the abacus beads.

   Keep quoting the unit price and quantity.

   Finally calculated a total, and recalculated again.

  Reported to Yan Laoer.

  Yan Laoer asked him to write the price of each medicinal material on the list he brought.

   Then calculate and add one by one.

  Borrow the shopkeeper's pen to write and draw.

  The shopkeeper immediately gave him a high look, but he didn't expect that he was still literate.

  Yan Laoer has no doubts about the unit price of various medicinal materials.

  The shopkeeper did not overreport.

  How can you not bargain for such a large purchase?

   Therefore, he and the shopkeeper came and went for a long time, and finally settled on a price, and on the basis of this price, he paid back the total price minus the change.

  The shopkeeper did the calculations for a long time and agreed.

   Neatly copied two copies, handed one to Yan's second son, and kept the other as a copy.

  Yan Laoer looked at his writing and saw that something was wrong.

  The part that the shopkeeper keeps for himself is the negotiated price, how much profit is allowed, and how much should be paid, which is clearly written.

   As for the copy given to him, only the original price was written, how much deposit should be paid, when to pick up the goods and so on.

   "Shopkeeper, just write the same in both copies." Yan Lao Er handed the list back.

  The shopkeeper raised his eyes to look at him, bowed his hands 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 I will come and walk around often."

   And 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.

  Did not immediately go to the inn mentioned by the shopkeeper, but went to another pharmacy.

   I bought another batch according to the list.

   Then he and Qi Si drove to the inn.

   "Second brother Yan, can we go back tomorrow?" Qi Si didn't expect it to be so smooth, he bought it when he went to the city, and left after shopping.

   "It's getting late today, I'll find another pharmacy tomorrow." Second Yan counted the money on his body, but it was not enough.

   But since he came here, of course he had to change all the money on his body for medicine so as not to waste him running so far.

   "Tomorrow, we will bring back the medicines that have been ordered from those two families." Yan Laoer said.

  He dug out the package he brought from home, which contained fragrant soap made by his family.

  Originally stacked neatly, they were messed up when they entered the city for inspection, and Yan Lao Er gently put them back together before putting them back together.

  If you can sell all the incense sticks, you can order another one for the same order.

   The two of them and Xiaoer asked for hot water, washed up and went to sleep.

   Come to the pharmacy early the next day.

   Had a courteous exchange with the shopkeeper, inspected the goods, made up the rest of the money, and took the medicine away smoothly.

  Yan Laoer kept an eye out and didn't go directly to the second pharmacy, but sent the medicinal materials back to the inn first, and Qi Si carried them into the guest room without fear of trouble.

  Before leaving, he felt something was wrong, so he left Qi Si to watch, and went to the second store alone to pick up the goods.

I don't know how the pharmacy communicated with each other. Overnight, the news that he came to buy the medicinal materials communicated with each other. The goods are settled.

  Yan Lao Er followed the same pattern and took the medicine back to the inn.

   Without touching the ground, I even asked two pharmacies. Not surprisingly, the prices have increased by about 10%.

  He walked out with a dark face, cursing secretly in his heart: profiteer!

  If I knew it earlier, I was in a hurry to run to another family yesterday.

  He regretted it a little, but he also knew that it was useless to run too much, mainly because the money was not enough.

  Looking up at the signboard of the shop, Yan Laoer strode in.

  He has no expectations for buying the third single drug, and he has come here thinking about it, and he still feels itchy if he doesn't ask the price of the fragrant soap.

   "Shopkeeper, how much is this fragrant soap?" Yan Laoer asked carelessly.

   "One, two, five dollars."

  What the hell?

  Yan Er Er was startled.

  Look at the oval black pancake, and then at the shopkeeper's.

are you kidding me?

  He also saw quite a lot of fragrant pancakes, and he knew how to make them at home. At a glance, he knew that they were sold in Yongning City for one, two, two or three dollars.

   Isn't it deceitful?

  "Shopkeeper, this is only one tael or two in Yongning City, how come you sell it for one tael or five?" He thought for a while, and swallowed the latter sentence why he was so black-hearted.

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Guest officer, we are not close to Yongning Road from Longxing, and there are strict inspections when entering and leaving the city. All trucks that pull goods have to be tossed in and out, so they are naturally more expensive than those sold in Yongning City. .”

  Yan Laoer really wants to ask how much money do you charge?

  But asking so directly, the turning point is a bit blunt.

  He rolled his eyes, and chatted with the shopkeeper about the inspection for entering the city.

   "I don't think so. I came to Longxing on a business trip to buy a batch of medicinal materials. I asked the shopkeeper, if I want to take the medicine out of the city, do I need to pay more money?"

  There are no customers at the moment, and the shopkeeper is also free, so I chatted with him.

"Theoretically, you don't need it. You must have official documents on you. The officers and soldiers guarding the city won't be too embarrassed. But, if you want to go out of the city smoothly, you'd better add more tea money. When the officials check, you can also Can be faster and lighter." The shopkeeper knew that he was a stranger, so he kindly gave advice.

"Be taught, be taught." Yan Laoer looked grateful, hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Shopkeeper, I came from Huju, passed by Yongning, and saw the fragrant pancakes that are sold in the city, and the ordinary messengers. It's not the same, the older girl and the younger daughter-in-law are rushing to buy it, and they bought a few extra dollars on impulse, now that I think about it, I don't need that much at home, I wonder if you will accept it here?"

   "What kind of sweet pancakes are you rushing to buy?" The shopkeeper obviously didn't believe it.

   This fragrant soap is nothing more than that, and those who can afford it are also fixed.

   "I brought it here, the shopkeeper's palm eye." Yan's second child pulled the bag from behind to the front.

  Aroused the shopkeeper's attention.

  Look him up and down.

  Yan Lao Er has a cheeky face and doesn't blush at all.

   "Look at the shopkeeper, isn't it novel and interesting?"

  The shopkeeper took it over and sized it up.

   "It's just a shape change."

   also printed on it.

  It is smoother than the ones sold in his store.

   Today, the first update and the second update have been merged~

   Zhai Zhai has no chapters, so I posted it late, sorry~

   We have started online classes again here, and there are a lot of things~

   Add more codes, put them later~

  (end of this chapter)

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