half year later.
In the first year of Chengxuan, the eighth summer, the capital. When the sky is still dark, there are more than a dozen city Yins in official uniforms standing at the gate of the capital city, each wearing a big sword, with a serious face, lined up on both sides, blocking the front of the city gate, on the left side of the city gate is a large On the table are the four treasures of the study and a survey record, recorded by Liu Ze, Yinguan of the Ministry of War
Just sitting behind the desk, he squinted his tired eyes, sleepy, and slapped his face hard a few times, trying to pat his sleepiness to refresh himself.
For a month, he wakes up early every day and gets dark, and the dark circles under his eyes are squeezed out.
If you go on like this, you must die suddenly!
Today, businessmen from all over the world start to enter Beijing about a month in advance to prepare, hoping to sell their own things at a big price.
To put it bluntly, it is the ancient version of Double Eleven and the foreign version of Black Friday!
Master Qiao, the captain of the city gate, held a long sword and led a group of people to the city gate to inspect.
Known as the cold tiger!
He stared at the merchants from all over the city who had begun to line up to enter the capital before dawn outside the city gate, looked alert, and instructed the city Yin.
"Everyone cheer up and check carefully, and don't miss anything suspicious. If something goes wrong, you and I can't bear it."
"Yes."
"It will be the Chamber of Commerce Festival in ten days, so stick with it."
"Yes."
Master Qiao stopped for a while, and then took people to inspect elsewhere.
At this time, people at the gate of the city have entered the city one after another. Most of them are caravans and carriages. One by one, goods are transported to the capital, waiting for the Chamber of Commerce Festival to show their strength.
A carriage and a convoy of goods were stopped by Cheng Yin!
Check according to the rules.
"Where?" Cheng Yin asked.
A stout man in his forties came back, "Lingnan."
"what for?"
"Spice business."
Cheng Yin glanced at the goods being pulled behind the carriage. There were four carriages loaded, with many large boxes placed on them, tied with thick ropes. When he smelled it carefully, he could smell the faint fragrance emanating from the air.
It is indeed in the spice business!
Cheng Yin stretched out his hand, "Bring Wen Jian."
Businessmen entering Beijing to participate in the Chamber of Commerce Festival must obtain the approval of the local chamber of commerce, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter Beijing.
The man took out a small book from his sleeve and handed it over.
Looking through it, it records the origin of the goods, how many, the number of merchants and some details.
Cheng Yin immediately handed it to Liu Ze, the Yin Guan Guan, and he recorded it.
And between this gap, Cheng Yin looked at the carriage, became vigilant, and asked, "Who is on the carriage?"
The stout man said, "It's our lady boss."
"Come down quickly, we have to check the inside according to the rules."
"Master, it's really our boss lady."
"Come down."
"Master..."
"If you don't come down, we will detain your goods according to the rules." Cheng Yin's face did not change, his attitude was firm.
The man's mouth shriveled.
Several city Yins felt strange. After looking at each other a few times, they slowly approached the carriage with a large knife in their hands.
At this time-
The man in the carriage suddenly opened the front curtain and leaned out.
a woman!
A beautiful woman who looks like she is about thirty years old!
That face is even more delicate and exquisite than an eighteen-year-old girl, with star-like eyebrows, a full nose, crimson lips, and a red tear mole next to the corner of the eye. It can hook people's souls away, and people can't help but fall into that kind of gaze.
Her name is Jiao Shiniang, and she is a famous spice merchant in Lingnan!
When the few city Yins saw that face, they suddenly stopped.
Surprised!
Shi Niang smiled softly, her eyes curved, as if carrying a hundred thousand volts of electricity, making her whole body numb.
"Masters, I'm the only one in this carriage, and there are some clothes and items. There is absolutely nothing suspicious."
That voice, ethereal and beautiful!
The city Yins also put away their stern expressions and said, "According to the rules, we will not only search your goods, but also search all carriages entering Beijing."
Obviously the tone is not as strong as before.
Shi Niang always kept a faint smile, then she stretched out her slender fingers, holding a booklet in her fingertips, and handed it to one of the city Yins, "I also ask you to be convenient, I have a lot of goods, and all It's some sun-dried and packaged spices, it's really not suitable to open them one by one."
Cheng Yin took the brochure she handed over in a daze, and handed it to Liu Ze.
Liu Ze read it.
Uh
He lifted the pamphlet in his hand and asked Shi Niang strangely, "Is this an approval letter from Xing Xiyang, chairman of the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce?"
Shi Niang sipped a faint smile and nodded, "I have some friendship with President Xing, and he also knows that we are doing serious business, so he gave the approval, and asked the officials to make it easier, we hurried to the capital. Woolen cloth."
"Since the chairman of the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce approved the document, there is nothing wrong with it." So, Liu Ze handed back the booklet together with the written advice, and said to Cheng Yin, "Let's go."
"Yes."
Shi Niang bowed her head slightly, expressed her gratitude, and sat back in the carriage.
There was an approval from the chairman of the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce, so this batch of goods did not continue to be investigated in detail, and they were directly sent to Beijing.
Looking at the carriage, several city Yins were still intoxicated by the faces of the women in the carriage.
"gorgeous!"
"If I can marry her, I will be lucky for three lifetimes."
"Pull you down. If the person in your family hears this, he will kill you with a big knife."
"I just thought about it, you dare say you don't want to?"
"Of course I..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Ze slapped his head on the head, "Don't hurry up and get down to business."
The obsessive thoughts of several city Yins were pulled back.
But someone exclaimed: "Why is there so much water on this ground?"
From the gate of the city to the capital, a long water mark was left. Looking in the direction of the water mark, it turned out to be the water that flowed down from the spice merchant's cargo truck just now.
Someone scratched their heads and wondered: "Huh? Isn't this the most taboo for water when it comes to the spice business?"
is not that right
"It is estimated that the weather is hot, so I also have some water in the cargo."
"Probably."
Everyone didn't think about it any more, and continued to entangle the caravans that entered Beijing one after another!
Recently, the capital is really mixed with dragons and fishes. The merchants come from all over the world and come in strange clothes. On the streets, you can still see many camels carrying goods, or animals in cages, and some from the capital. Strange things never seen before.
No fun!
Suddenly, a strange sound came from the crowded street. "There are ghosts in the east house, when Zi Shi enters, and there are ghosts in the west house, go to Mao Shi, candlelight at one watch, buried in the soil at the second watch, and lingering in the water at the third watch..."