Bai Shan and the others negotiated the price, and immediately went to General Meng to ask for customs clearance documents.
Although General Meng frowned slightly, he still signed for them, handed over the documents to them and said: "You come to the mansion for dinner tonight, and Governor He and I will carry it out for you."
If it wasn't for Yin Yu in the team, he wouldn't be too happy to interact with them too much, because Zhou Man and Bai Shan both carry the label of prince.
Man Bao and the others agreed happily, and it is still very happy to eat for nothing.
Of course, they didn’t just eat for free. They also mentioned their addresses during the dinner, “We live in the Yunlai Inn next to the post station. If Governor He needs anything we bring from the Western Regions, we can send the list to you later. Go to the Yunlai Inn."
Then he mentioned the status quo of the station by the way.
He Cishi heard that they were applying eye drops: ...
He looked up at General Meng.
Yunlai Inn can barely be regarded as the property of General Meng.
General Meng didn't care much about this matter, seeing He Shishi looking over, he said: "That guy Liao Ning had some quarrels with me back then, it just so happened that there was a future Shazhou in Suzhou who wanted to stay in an inn, and the inn was opened opposite by the inn. I was a little contemptuous of the inn, and the people under my command were upset, so I reported it to Liao Ning, but Liao Ning prevaricated the matter because of me, my brother-in-law couldn't be more angry, so he used the money to open another inn next to the inn."
He said: "The Inspector He knows what's going on now, if you want to rectify the inn, just start it, don't worry about transporting it to the inn."
The inn is actually a trivial matter, so although Governor He is a little dissatisfied with the inn being abandoned, because the inn opposite the inn was opened by Yi Cheng, and the county magistrate of Guo County took a share in this inn after the former governor Liao Ning left. The inn opened by General Meng and his family is considered to be the two most powerful parties in Shazhou who are vying for the business of the inn.
In order to carry out his work better, he turned a blind eye and closed his eyes. Anyway, the post station received few officials throughout the year, and most of the time it was still used for civilian purposes.
Although he lost a sum of money, it was better than going against the magistrate and the garrison general of the largest county under his control at the same time.
Since General Meng said that he doesn't care, then the magistrate of Guo County doesn't have to care. He is his immediate boss after all, isn't he
Mr. Zhuang didn't expect this development, so he raised his eyebrows. Bai Shan smiled and said, "That's all for the postman, the guy in the post station, named Ren Ergou, is a rare honest and hardworking person."
He only mentioned one sentence, but He Cishi remembered it in his heart.
He already knew that the identities of these young people were not simple, not to mention Yin He, Liu Huan was the grandson of the Minister of the Household Department, the youngest son of the governor of Suzhou, and Bai Cheng was the future son-in-law, the son-in-law of the emperor, and Bai Shan was a young Jinshi. Deeply favored by the emperor.
It's not easy for both of them, it's just to promote a little guy, it's worth selling them a favor.
But Man Bao and the others couldn't see it anymore. They packed their bags and left the city the day after they got the documents.
Master You reluctantly went to see them off at the gate of the city, half of his goods were sold, um, they were sold to Heavy Rain.
In the beginning, they only bought heavy rain, but after Bai Shan and the others took a look around their luggage, they simply took gold and Mr. You and bought a little cloth for stuffing, so half of Mr. You's goods were sold out, even if it was thanks to acquaintances. He also made a lot of money by giving them a little cheaper.
Master You thought that he might not leave until two or three months later, and that he might still be with them, so he stood at the gate of the city and waved to them: "Mr. Li, when the time comes, we will go back to Xiazhou together."
It's safe to travel with them, and there's nothing wrong with it except that it takes more time.
Man Bao also rode on the horse and waved to him, and replied: "No problem, if you are still in Shazhou by then, we will definitely call you."
When the time comes, they will change their route. Master You can see that he is someone who is familiar with the route, so he will just listen to his explanation.
General Meng stood on the tower and watched them gallop away on horseback, shaking his head slightly.
Major General Meng was puzzled, "Since father is worried about them, why did he give them the documents to leave the customs?"
General Meng said: "People don't frivolously waste young people. Which one of them is a mediocre person? Although the risk is great, how do you know it's not their opportunity? I have done my duty to remind, and the rest is their decision."
After speaking, he glanced at his son, and felt that he was good in everything, except that he was a little too old-fashioned, and in comparison, the boys below were better.
He didn't know that Bai Shan and the others were more aggressive, paying a lot of money to hire a group of former horse thieves as guards.
Bai Shan rode his horse to catch up with the heavy rain, and asked curiously, "Have you delivered a letter to the mayor?"
Heavy Rain said indifferently: "We went out to look for it yesterday, and there was no merchant who wanted to pass through the town, so we won't send it away."
He said: "We have left a message in the wine house of our acquaintance in the city, and if someone in the town comes to ask about it, we will know."
Bai Shan felt that their hearts were quite big.
But Yu didn't care. They used to be bloodthirsty horse thieves. They made money when they had money. If they missed it, they lost it. This year, because of the epidemic and local chaos, it is very difficult to make money.
A group of people chatted and laughed and ran towards Xiao, and the carriage also accelerated...
Man Bao and the others ran ahead with a few guards to see if there was a tea stall in front of them, and if they didn't, they would find an open space to take a break at noon.
There are endless green hills outside Yumen Pass. According to Da Yu, you will enter a desert after two days of walking, and you have to walk slowly in the desert. He said: "There is an ancient road in the desert with few aquatic plants in the middle, which is very different from ours. I heard that there used to be a Loulan country there, so if you go there, you've entered the Western Regions."
Heavy Rain and the others walked this road. I don't know if they walked when they were horse thieves or after they started receiving escorts and other business, but he still understood, and told them about the towns and tribes they would pass along the road. .
In short, from entering the desert to Gaochang, they were basically in the desert, and there were very few oases in it, so they had to replenish enough water every time they passed through the oasis.
He said: "The desert is different from the grassland. Don't run around. Once you get lost, you won't be able to find it."
He stated in advance, "If you get lost, we will not look for them, but will ask the convoy to continue on until Gaochang."
A few people: "... Don't worry, we will definitely not run around."
Only then was Da Yu satisfied, and followed them to run ahead, disgusted: "Your convoy is really slow."
Man Bao: "I don't believe you have received a caravan that travels faster than our convoy."
This is true, the general caravan is not as arrogant as Zhou Man and the others, they can almost reach one horse per person, but!
Da Yu glanced at them, "You have promised, you will never waste any time on the way."
Man Bao nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, don't worry."