Banshengcheng and several Bansheng places have gathered more and more yurts, but Qingcheng seems a bit quiet.
Qingcheng is divided into two inner and outer cities. The outer city was built later, while the Mongolian nobles lived in the inner city, and the shops of the Tiger Flag were also in the inner city.
Yang Jing and Chen Guangyu entered the inner city and came outside the Tiger Flag Shop.
Several shops related to the tiger-character flag in Bansheng have long been closed, but the shops with the tiger-character flag in Qingcheng have their doors wide open and are open for business as usual.
"You two... Shopkeeper Yang."
The waiter in the shop saw someone coming in and hurriedly came to greet him. When he saw it was Yang Jing, he turned around and said, "Shopkeeper Yang is here to see my shopkeeper?"
"Yes, Shopkeeper Chen and I are here to see Shopkeeper Wu." Yang Jing said, "I wonder if Shopkeeper Wu is here?"
The waiter smiled and said: "Here, my shopkeeper is in the backyard. I won't send you shopkeeper Yang. You can go in by yourself."
Yang Jing nodded towards the waiter, and then said to Chen Guangyu beside him: "Brother Chen, let's go to the backyard."
The two people walked in from the side door on the side of the counter and came to the backyard. Under the leadership of Yang Jing, they walked straight down to the main room facing the back.
The weather hadn't warmed up yet, so a thick cotton curtain was hung outside the door to keep out the wind.
Lifting the cotton curtain, Yang Jing pushed open the door at the back and stepped into the house.
Chen Guangyu walked in with him behind.
The main house has three rooms, with an outhouse in the middle and east and west rooms on the left and right.
Yang Jing came to the outhouse, turned around, and walked towards the east room of the main house.
"Shopkeeper Wu."
As soon as he entered the east room, Yang Jing saw a person sitting cross-legged on the Kang in the east room, and he was the first to hold his hand.
"It turns out to be Shopkeeper Yang and Shopkeeper Chen, please take a seat." Wu Jingyan moved to one side, leaving most of the edge of the kang.
Yang Jing was not polite and sat directly on the edge of the Kang.
"I've met shopkeeper Wu." Chen Guangyu hugged Wu Jingyan and then sat down.
Wu Jingyan opened two inverted teacups, picked up the teapot on the side, poured two glasses of water into it, and said at the same time: "Shopkeeper Yang, shopkeeper Chen, drink water."
Yang Jing pushed one teacup towards Chen Guangyu, took the other teacup into his hand, put it to his mouth and took a sip.
The water in the tea cup is a little hot, steaming from it.
"Shopkeeper Chen is a rare visitor. Did you encounter any difficulties when you came here this time?" Wu Jingyan asked straight to the point.
As the shopkeeper of Tiger Character Banner here in Qingcheng, he has his own information channels and knows that the situation in Banshengdi is not good. Chen Guangyu is the shopkeeper of a shop in Banshengdi. If you come to him at this time, there is a high probability that something is going on. beg.
Yang Jing, who was standing next to him, said: "To be honest, Brother Chen did encounter difficulties in Banshengdi. He had thousands of taels of silver in his shop, but he didn't expect that the Mongolians would rob him of his shop. Now Brother Chen’s family is almost out of food.”
Upon hearing this, Wu Jingyan frowned.
He knew that the situation in Banshengdi was not good, but he did not expect that the Mongols were so bad that they had already begun to rob Han merchants' shops.
Chen Guangyu said with a bitter look on his face: "Shopkeeper Wu, please help me. I can't open a shop with a flat floor."
"I wonder how shopkeeper Chen wants me to help?" Wu Jingyan asked.
Before Chen Guangyu could speak, Yang Jing spoke first and said: "Brother Chen is worried that the Mongols will cause endless trouble for him and wants to leave the grassland and return to the Ming Dynasty."
"Go back to Ming Dynasty!" Wu Jingyan frowned.
Seeing his expression, Chen Guangyu hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Wu, I really have no choice, otherwise I wouldn't be willing to leave my shop in Banshengdi and go back to Daming with nothing. This is really unbearable. I can't do it." choose."
Yang Jing, who was standing next to him, said aloud: "Shopkeeper Wu, if possible, we might as well arrange for Shopkeeper Chen and his family to return to the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to find someone to escort them alone. They just need to go back with the tiger-character flag's convoy to and from the grassland."
"Yes, yes, yes, my whole family can just go back with the Tiger Flag's convoy back to Datong." Chen Guangyu said repeatedly.
Wu Jingyan pinched the beard on his chin, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Shopkeeper Chen, you don't believe in my tiger-character flag. You think that my tiger-character flag can't defend the fortress of Dahei River."
"This..." Chen Guangyu looked embarrassed.
Although I thought so in my heart, I was embarrassed to say it in front of Wu Jingyan.
Wu Jingyan waved his hand and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. I understand Shopkeeper Chen's worry. He is afraid that after Su Nang packs up my tiger-character flag, he will start to attack those Han merchants who cooperate with my tiger-character flag."
"That's true." Chen Guangyu did not deny.
He was not optimistic that the tiger-character flag could defend the fortress of Dahei River. This time Su Nang joined forces with several big Taijis on the grassland to take action. He believed that it would be difficult for the tiger-character flag to stay on the grassland in the future.
Yang Jing on the side said: "Shopkeeper Chen and his family are all raising their heads to the ground. The tiger-character flag cannot stop Su Nang's soldiers. Those of us Han merchants who cooperate with the tiger-character flag will definitely be liquidated by the nobles on the grassland. , even if the Tiger Character Banner blocks Su Nang's attack this time, Su Nang can vent his anger at any time on Han merchants like Brother Chen who have cooperated with the Tiger Character Flag."
"It's not unreasonable." Wu Jingyan nodded in agreement.
In the past few years since he came to the grassland, he also knew what these Mongolian nobles on the grassland were like and what their attitude was towards the Han people. Once Su Nang was defeated, it was not impossible to vent his anger to the Han merchants on the grassland.
Unlike Yang Jing and other Han merchants, as a member of the Tiger Banner, he knew some of the situation at the Dahei River Dun Fort and was very confident in defending the Dun Fort.
"Shopkeeper Wu, please do your best and arrange for the next family to return to Ming Dynasty!" Chen Guangyu stood up and bowed deeply to Wu Jingyan.
Wu Jingyan hurriedly reached out to hold Chen Guangyu's arm and lifted him up. At the same time, he said: "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Chen. I didn't say I won't arrange for you to return to Daming. It's just that it's too dangerous for Shopkeeper Chen to go back to Daming now. It's better than staying on the grassland." It’s even more dangerous going up.”
Chen Guangyu was stunned when he heard this.
Yang Jing on the side asked puzzledly: "Why is this?"
Wu Jingyan explained: "To be honest, in the recent days, the convoys with the Tiger Character Flag will not come to Tumede, and the convoys in Tumede will not return to Datong. They will all stay at Daheihe Dunbao."
Chen Guangyu's face turned pale.
Without the escort of the tiger-character flag convoy, he knew that it would be difficult for his family to return to Daming. The danger alone on the way back was more than his family could bear.
Yang Jing asked in a low voice: "Is there no other way?"
"It's very difficult." Wu Jingyan said, "Now Su Nang is ready to take action. Once my tiger-character flag convoy appears on the grassland, it will easily become Su Nang's target. If shopkeeper Chen is in the convoy, I'm afraid it's better to go back to Ming Dynasty to be safe." .”
