Yunzhou is the second largest state after Yanzhou among the sixteen states of Yan State.
Since ancient times, Yan State has always been called the Sixteen States of Yanyun. Foreigners even call the people of Yan State Yanyun people! Call the territory of Yan State the Land of Yanyun!
Compared with Qingzhou City, Yunzhou City is like a pavilion or a projectile! Can't speak the same language. There were countless cars and horses in Yuncheng, including foreigners in strange clothes.
Yuncheng is the largest city in the northern part of the Yan Kingdom. Further north is the Lulan Plain, which stretches for tens of thousands of miles. Numerous nomadic peoples, large and small, live on the Lulan Plain.
The folk customs of these nomadic peoples in the Lulan Plain are all kinds of strange. Some are simple, some have weird customs, and some even feed on humans! No strangers dare to approach.
According to legend, every few hundred years, a king will appear on the Lulan Plain! He will integrate all the tribes on the Lulan Plain, plunder and attack the three surrounding big countries!
Yunzhou is not only a place for trade with foreigners, it is also an important line of defense for Yan State against foreigners.
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The avenue of carriages and horses at the gate of the city is lined with carriages wanting to enter the city.
Li Xiu drove the carriage along the traffic flow, and a long motorcade lined up in front of him. This scene is just like the highway toll station in Li Xiu's previous life. He has been waiting here for almost an hour!
"Isn't there a convenient passage similar to ETC?" Li Xiu complained, looking in the direction of the city gate.
Just as Li Xiu was talking, a dozen men on horseback in Tsing Yi behind Li Xiu escorted an exquisite four-horse carriage towards the Yunzhou City Gate.
"Get out of the way, they're from the Qinglong Gang!" a driver behind Li Xiu shouted. Another driver beside him hurriedly jumped off the carriage and pulled the pack horse to dodge towards Li Xiu.
Li Xiu also moved the carriage forward, and then reluctantly let the coachman's carriage cut in.
More than a dozen fast horses and exquisite carriages roared past without even a pause at the city gate. Li Xiu sighed, there is a privileged class in every world!
"Thank you so much, little brother! I almost blocked the big shot from the Qinglong Gang just now!" The coachman came over and thanked Li Xiu very much for letting him stop.
"Where! Who was that person who just passed by?" Li Xiu asked curiously.
"Those are the carriages and horses of the Qinglong Gang, the Three Lords of the North. I have to thank this little brother, I almost got into trouble!" the coachman said fearfully.
"Three Owls of the North? Qinglong Gang?" Li Xiu's heart skipped a beat when he heard the name.
"My little brother is from outside, right? You don't even know the names of the Three Owls of the North? In Yuncheng, the leader of the Qinglong Gang, the name "Shivering Spear Dragon - Lu Mu" is very popular! Even the Khans of those tribes , when you see Gang Leader Lu, you must treat him with courtesy!" The coachman said with admiration on his face, as if showing off.
"So powerful?" Li Xiu looked at the driver carefully.
"Hehe, of course! Our Siping Gang Car and Horse Shop is an affiliated gang of the Qinglong Gang! If my little brother wants to use carriages and horses in the future, as long as he mentions my grandson's name at the Siping Car Shop in Yuncheng, they will definitely take care of him with all his heart. Go do it!”
"There is someone in the court who can do things easily! Then thank you Brother Sun, no! Gang Leader Sun!" Li Xiu said flatteringly, cupping his fists.
"Hey! Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously!" the coachman said happily.
"Huh? You should, you should!" Li Xiu flattered him again.
The carriage and horse continued to move forward. In the past two months, Li Xiu and Liu Xian'er disguised themselves as a young peasant couple and passed through a large state and several small towns along the way.
At the beginning, Li Xiu entered the city cautiously, fearing that his wanted portrait would be hanging on the city wall, so he even disguised himself as a beggar.
But after entering a few cities, Li Xiu discovered that there was no arrest warrant for him at all!
As time passed, Li Xiu felt relieved. He took Liu Xian'er to stay in a hotel, and he also used the gold that Yu Tong gave him to buy a covered carriage. He also tasted the scenery and snacks in various places, and even ate and played along the way. , quite luxurious!
Liu Xianer, who was with him, had never experienced such lavish spending? She felt distressed from the bottom of her heart!
Although she didn't like Li Xiu's prodigality, Liu Xianer knew that Li Xiu was her benefactor.
Liu Xian'er secretly decided that when she arrived in Yunzhou City, as long as she thought of how to repay Li Xiu for saving her, she would set up her wonton stall again when her great kindness was repaid.
Li Xiu actually knew what Liu Xianer was thinking. He would deliberately order a table of dishes in the restaurant from time to time, spend a lot of money, and then leave with the leftovers.
Every time, Liu Xianer would ask the hotel staff to pack up the leftovers with lotus leaves, or she would force herself to eat all the food, but in the end not even a leaf would be left.
Li Xiu liked to tease this self-righteous little girl occasionally, who only knew how to live frugally and was stingy to the core.
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After some interrogation, he paid half a tael of silver and got a document similar to a temporary residence permit. Li Xiu finally entered Yunzhou City.
Heading to the Straw Hat Alley in the west of the city that they had learned about from Sun Er, Li Xiu and Liu Xian'er found the back door of a large house.
"Qin Mansion! This is where it is!" Liu Xian'er recited the plaque on the door of the mansion.
Liu Xianer stepped forward to knock on the door, and soon a servant came out.
"Who are you looking for?" The servant looked at Li Xiu and Li Xiu carefully.
"Let's find Han... Han Laosi! He is my uncle!" Liu Xianer said in a sweet voice.
"Han... the fourth child? He belongs to shopkeeper Han, right?" The servant's expression suddenly became respectful.
"You two, come with me. I'll call you Shopkeeper Han."
Li Xiu and Liu Xian'er were taken to a side room. The servants pulled the carriage into the stable and served some snacks and tea to the maids.
The furniture in the side room is antique, with a screen blocking the back bedroom. There are also several books on bamboo slips and pieces of antique porcelain placed in an orderly manner on the bookshelves.
"What an impressive place?" Liu Xian'er said enviously.
"Is this a shabby place? You really have never seen the world!" Li Xiu picked up a bamboo slip and read through it.
Li Xiu flipped through the bamboo slips, which contained ancient poetry. After only flipping through a few volumes, Li Xiu lost interest.
Outside the side room, a dark-skinned, ordinary-looking middle-aged man walked in.
"Uncle Han! Woohoo, I've found you!" Liu Xianer choked with excitement.
"Who are you? Xian'er? You are Xian'er! I almost don't recognize you!" Shopkeeper Han stepped forward to help Liu Xian'er.
"This is your husband-in-law! He's handsome, good! Good! Why didn't this old Liu give me a letter when Xian'er got married? When I see him again, I have to give him a good scolding!"
"I...my father...wuwu...is dead!" Liu Xianer couldn't stop crying.
It took Liu Xian'er a long time to reveal the news of Old Man Liu's death and experience.
After hearing this, shopkeeper Han and Liu Xianer burst into tears, while Li Xiu stood outside the door with his hands behind his back.
