"You have gained some knowledge during this trip. What difficulties have you and the people in your village encountered along the way? What do you think the government can do to solve them?"
Xu Tianxin knew that what Grandpa Jia Lai wanted to solve was definitely not her difficulties, but the difficulties that merchants would encounter when they went to the north.
I wanted her to talk about it from the perspective of a low-income person, and maybe she would get some inspiration from it.
Xu Tianxin never expected that he would meet Grandpa Jia Lai, whom he had met several times before. On this early morning, on this rainy day, which was raining for a while, he would sit around the stove, eating a stick of noodles and grilled sausages, and then eating them in the hands of another person. Talking about so many topics while holding a glass of honey water.
"There are no road signs. I think there should be reminder signs showing how many miles ahead there are and where to stay temporarily."
"oh?"
One thing that is particularly good about Jia Lai is that no matter whether it is deserved or not, even if it is a modal particle, it will not let the words fall to the ground and will lead you to continue speaking.
"I thought, when I looked around halfway, I saw either the vast black land or the dense mountains and forests, and sometimes there wasn't even another group of people on the road.
In winter, it is even more snowy and icy, making it difficult to pitch a tent.
Mules and oxen are slow to carry heavy goods.
Grandpa didn't know something, so I was often uneasy when I was on the road. I often thought about where I would stay tonight from the moment I opened my eyes.
If there could be a sign here to remind you that there will be a landing place further ahead, I think everyone can have a goal while gritting their teeth and hurrying on, right? I don't feel panic.
What people are most afraid of when traveling is not knowing their destination. It would be great if there was an accommodation hotel that would remind you where it is. Even if there are too many people to live in, it would be nice to have a place to sit and be protected from the wind and snow. "
"I didn't expect that little girl is still worried about life. There are so many elders here, why are you worried."
Jia Lai laughed, and at the same time he thought deeply about Xu Tianxin's difficulties.
Not to mention, if this little girl didn't mention it, he wouldn't have thought about it at all.
They are people who practice martial arts, and their mounts are horses that are good for thousands of miles. If they hurry up, they will always find a place to stay. Even if it doesn't, I'm not worried. I never feel the uneasiness that the little girl talked about.
Those with the power to arrange everything are the superiors.
If those in power don't feel the same way, they won't be able to put themselves in their shoes and arrange mutual trading matters.
Jia Lai sighed inwardly. After many years of absence, the tea and horse trading market was opened, and the General's Office was fully responsible.
To be honest, these people are very knowledgeable about leading troops to fight, and they are just like a big girl getting on the sedan chair when it comes to arranging these detailed matters. Everything has to be crossed by feeling stones.
It seemed that the preparation work of clearing out the bandits was not enough. According to the speed of the mules and cattle, Ying had to have temporary sleeping spots every night. He made a note of it.
"Any more?"
There really is.
"It would be great if these overnight stores or restaurants along the way could have official endorsements, such as the General's Office's commitment."
"How to say?"
"With the official sign of permission to operate, foreigners, no matter where they are, will feel free to come in and stay in the hotel to eat. The people who open the shops don't have to raise their hands to swear that it's not a shady shop, and they have to work hard to attract customers. As for the people staying in the shops, they see the official The brand can also provide you with peace of mind about food and accommodation, so that you don’t have to worry about paying money.”
After hearing this, Jia Lai thought to himself:
The people or villages that open such shops along the way would have been carefully selected. They, the general, only took their personal soldiers on this trip and traveled slowly. It seemed that they were taking care of the officials of the Ministry of Ceremonies who were traveling with them, but in fact, the general's character made them ill, but they stopped more and looked more.
Regardless of the tight schedule and heavy tasks, as long as you want to make money steadily, there are many choices. It is not difficult to choose people to open stores along the way and establish a foothold one by one.
And if, like this little girl said, issuing permission plaques in the name of the General's Mansion and living in a store officially allowed to operate, it can also control the random asking prices of illegal stores, curb those who want to spread rumors about Huo Jiajun's management chaos, and stop throwing dirty water on their general's head. Saying that there is no ability to govern will indeed save a lot of worry.
Because if anyone stays in a store officially promised by the General Government, whether there is personal or property damage, the General Government will be responsible for investigating and handling it to the end. Never let him come to the north
Merchants who do business in the land have nothing to worry about.
But if along the way, some people live in other shops and have problems, such as some merchants who work in restaurants and brothels, underground banks, and hang out in gardens with local officials and have problems, let the General Mansion decide everything else, and they It's hard to say, but whoever refuses to go to the designated place can just push the case to the yamen normally.
Jia Lai suddenly asked: "I heard that you are here just for purchasing. What is the name of your village? Oh, Erdaohe. Is Erdaohe guarding the roadside? Did your grandmother mention it after she heard about the mutual trade? Do you want to make some money by selling the intestine pancakes you invited me to eat?"
Come on, come on, finally ask her this.
How come it only sells sausages and instant noodles?
Xu Tianxin didn't know that Huo Yunqian and General Shan Shao had known about her family for a long time. She knew that Grandpa Jia Lai had just come to the north, and she didn't know the importance of the geographical location of Erdao River.
Xu Tianxin put down the water glass, found a wooden stick and drew a simple map on the dirt, introducing the location of the Erdao River to Grandpa Jia Lai in great detail.
Jia Lai's eyelids jumped when he saw that Xu Tianxin could draw a road map from Erdaohe Village, Helan Town, Pingzhou County to the border transportation direction as if it was a joke.
You can't get in close contact with this little girl. The more you get in touch with her, the more surprised she will be.
If this little girl were a boy, regardless of her young age, she would be recruited by the Huo family army at her current age, because she could lead the escort team without missing a beat with just her skills.
On this side, Xu Tianxin’s eyes were shining brightly and he said:
"We can live in various houses in our village, but our place is only two or three hours away from the town. I have to rush on the road to find accommodation or not. But whether it is for accommodation or food, compared to going to the town, our village is another choice. No? And it will definitely be more affordable to have it hosted by various families in the village, as my family will also have special dishes. This is why my grandma came up with instant noodles and these sausages. She has been thinking about all kinds of delicious food recently, and she plans to do it when she goes back. Fortunately, it’s not sold outside yet.”
Xu Tianxin took the opportunity to find a legitimate excuse for why his family was so poor and still had fried food.
"Each family in the village? Your grandma took the lead and asked the whole village to work together? Was it decided like this after hearing the news outside?"
This is something Jialai didn't expect, this is his openness.
"My grandma said that it is difficult to punt a boat with a single log, and the whole village must work together to afford the business of merchants in the mutual market. I heard that she also discussed with Grandpa Li Zheng that the character of everyone involved in this business must be guaranteed, and they are not from good families. You can't entertain people or sell food. Those who like to take advantage of others and do petty theft should be kept away. Grandpa Zheng of our village also said that for this kind of business, the Li Zheng clan and others must first act as the first guarantors and be responsible for supervision. , If you want to do business for a long time and still earn the food expenses of these merchants next year, you must not lose your reputation."
So Grandpa Jia Lai, you can ask this even if you are not a supervisor. Can you tell me something? Erdaohe Village is qualified. I wonder if their village can be issued a permit. In this case, it will not be suppressed by the local government. Ting is looking for trouble.
They have never thought about earning high prices and making illegal money. They just want to sell food normally without getting into trouble.
Xu Tianxin felt that although she did not accompany her grandma to pick mushrooms, she was doing important things this morning.
Jia Lai made a note of it, and would send someone to check it out secretly later. If Erdaohe was large enough to host a caravan, he would issue the certificate directly.
No need to investigate, go for this girl.
"If your family opens this accommodation, what kind of convenience do you think the government will provide? It will make your family's business better and make the merchants feel more at ease."
Xu Tianxin thought for a while: "It would be great if there were official pavilions next to every stop-off shop along the way. For the government, it can watch over the shops everywhere and not ask for random prices. If anything happens on the road, it can be reported immediately. And for the target For those who open a shop like mine, there are official booths standing guard next to them, so they can safely serve food to the table. They are not afraid of caravans blackmailing people for not being able to pay for meals because they have eaten too much or causing trouble. Otherwise, what will happen if they really don’t give money? If fighting is wrong, it will be difficult for ordinary people to go to the government to file a complaint.”
"The official mission pavilion, this statement is quite new." Garrisoned troops? In this case, there is no need to send more people to each place, just three or five shifts. .q.
Jia Lai stood up and was about to pour another glass of honey water for Xu Tianxin, and
This little girl couldn't get enough of talking for some reason, and suddenly came from outside: "Report!"
"Enter."
Xu Tianxin quickly stood up and said, "Grandpa Lai, I'll go get the soap first."
Although Xu Tianxin didn't want to hear what the visitor reported and left in time, he still listened to what was said about the group's hunting of sixteen wild boars in the mountains.
Xu Tianxin stumbled on the sole of his foot. Why did he hunt 16 wild boars without hearing any movement?
No wonder Huo Jiajun keeps everything simple when traveling and makes up for whatever he lacks.
No matter how much Xu Tianxin lamented, he could only lament the group of mushroom pickers on the mountain.
Because these people saw the wild boar hunting scene with their own eyes.
The exact words that Mrs. Xu exclaimed while picking her butt and tugging on her pants were: I'm a good boy.
Soldiers are different, force is worth leverage.
Let’s start with a question about why she was picking her pants. Mrs. Xu’s original words were: In this weather where the pants are sticky, it would be weird if I didn’t pinch them secretly when walking.
Then let’s talk about why she was nowhere to be seen when she woke up early in the morning.
When Mrs. Xu got up in the morning, she heard that Huo Jiajun was picking mountain lotus leaves to use as bowls. When she heard this, she thought that wasn't a big-necked stem dish. It was a good dish. The stems were kept and eaten cold and stir-fried. The leaves were saved and used to make rice and meat buns. Sticky bean buns will do, just like the perilla leaves.
It was raining and she couldn't walk. She always felt like losing money if she didn't pick something. Following Huo Jiajun, personal safety is still guaranteed.
So she picked up Liu Laozhu and others and climbed up and down the big hillside. When she saw big leaves and small flowers...she followed the Huo family's army cooks to pick mountain lotus leaves.
As they continued to pick, they walked further and further, and Mrs. Xu found another patch of Scotch pine. Under the tree were patches of Pseudomonas pine, also called red mushrooms, which made her happy.
You must know that there are no mushrooms this season, and her family needs a lot of mushrooms to open a restaurant. Whether you cook it, eat it, or sell it to others, it’s all money, just like picking up money.
Moreover, the mushrooms are very expensive, and her place doesn’t even have them.
Because Matsutake mushrooms only grow near Pinus sylvestris, and there are many varieties in northern pine forests, this kind of mushroom has not been cultivated artificially in modern times. They are all wild. If you want to buy good and cheap ones, it costs 180 yuan per pound. .
And while they were frantically picking mushrooms, they suddenly heard a whistling sound.
Old Mrs. Xu was dumbfounded. Before she could understand where those wild boars with their necks swaying sideways came from, the sixteen wild boars with their long tusks fell to the ground one by one, startling her. Crush the mushrooms in your hands.
This was the first time she had seen a hunt up close.
I regret so much that I didn’t take my granddaughter to the mountain for the live broadcast, and missed the surge in popularity.
Liu Laozhu was extremely envious. How about hunting like a joke? You must know that the big wild boar in the north is more powerful than some tigers. If they had this ability, every family would be able to cook and put meat every day just by hunting.
Xu Youcang and the boys in the village were full of admiration, and even thought of going over to help tie the pigs, they couldn't get involved.
Perhaps the boys in the village had too fiery eyes, so Huo Jiajun was kind enough to teach them a lesson when he was carrying the pig down the mountain.
Someone patted Xu Youcang's strong physique and taught:
"Rainy days are the best time for wild boars to appear. If there are few people hunting and you don't have to run around in the forest, just find some thick pine trees and squat under them. The wild boars will come out and rub against the red pine trees.
They will first bite the bark of the tree, and then rub it when the rosin flows out. When you hear the sound of scraping against the tree, that's when they are rubbing it.
This is the habit of wild boars to build their own armor by rubbing against trees, and use pine oil to coat their fur, which can patina quickly and last for three to five years. Even Siberian tigers will have to think about it when they see it. If you don't have bows and arrows, dig traps along their escape routes. "
A young general answered next to him and said, "I wonder if the guard over there went to hunt wolves."
The tone was ordinary.
They are elite soldiers under General Huo Yunqian, and they are all small tricks.
I heard that Huo Jiajun went hunting when the weather was bad. These people had no training, only actual combat.
But before the wolves and tigers had time to hunt, when Mrs. Xu and her party arrived,
After the cave, I heard that the general had ordered that most of the Huo family army would leave early.
Only three hundred personal guards were left to escort the officials of the Ministry of Rites and three groups of ordinary people until the rain stopped.
Everyone left had to rush to Pingzhou County, because not only did mudslides occur hundreds of miles along the road, but bridges broke, and many houses in villages around the county were knocked down by tornadoes.
"Who is Xu Tianxin?"
As soon as Xu Tianxin found two unopened bamboo tube soaps, someone started looking for them outside the cave.
"I am, where is Grandpa Lai?"
"Already departing."
Xu Tianxin grabbed two buckets of soap and hurriedly ran to the mountainside despite the rain. Behind her were Mrs. Xu, Erdaohe and his group, and two other groups in the cave.
At this time, at the foot of the mountain, rows of soldiers on horseback were given bloody raw pork as rations. What they showed to the people was their backs.
They had to repair the bridge and push away the mud and rocks so that rushers like Xu Tianxin could pass home. They also had to rush to the county government to maintain order and open the granary to resettle the people whose houses had collapsed.
Sixteen completely peeled wild boar skins were placed in front of Xu Tianxin, soaked by the rain.
Xu Tianxin looked at the backs of the soldiers through the rain and fog while listening to the leading soldier say:
"Master Jia has something to say. Please treat me to a meal. I will use them to make clothes and shoes for now. When the mutual market opens, I will exchange them for sheepskins."
At the same time, the leader of the Huo family army at the foot of the mountain, with red tassels flying in the air, took the lead and shouted: "Drive!"
