Chapter 54 As a fine female matchmaker chooses to farm (3)

   "Then you want to go home, or follow me?"

  Xu Yin simply let him choose.

   "Hi!" Xiao Zhengtai burst into tears, and agitated, let go of Xu Yin's sleeve, "Nan, Nanman... so scary... Wow—"

   Simply burst into tears.

  Xu Yin: "..."

  I have never seen such a crying child.

   I remember that there seems to be a wooden slingshot in the system warehouse. I bought it from a stall owner when I set up a stall in Tongcheng.

  The handle is polished by a master craftsman, it is very smooth and easy to hold.

   Fifty cents a piece, it’s cheaper to buy three, only one yuan.

  She bought three at that time, gave two to the Douding brothers, and threw the rest in the system warehouse.

  She took out the slingshot and put it in Xiao Zhengtai's hands:

   "You are still young, play with the slingshot now, and when you get older, my sister will give you a bow and arrow, and you will be a brave general in the future."

  Xiao Zhengtai was immediately attracted by the slingshot, and laughed through tears.

   "I want to be a great general!" He jumped up holding the slingshot.

   "Then don't cry all the time, which general have you seen always cry?"

  Xiaozheng was so ashamed that he turned his head and hid in the arms of the mother behind him: "I won't do it in the future."

   "Then let's pull the hook." Xu Yin taught him to pull the hook, "If the hook is hung for a hundred years, it must not be changed. If it changes, it will be a little yellow dog!"

   Coax my younger brother well, it's time for Xu Yin to get on the carriage.

   King Jinnan and his party are already ready to go, and they are waiting for her.

   "Fourth sister—" Xiao Zhengtai was carried into the carriage by the guards, stuck her head out and shouted, "I will miss you!"

   "Come and see me if you miss me." Xu Yin replied with a smile.

  Xiao Zhengtai froze visibly to the naked eye.

  Xu Yin laughed and waved at him: "Goodbye, brother, go back and practice the slingshot, but don't bully others. Also, listen to your father."

   This trip has traveled three thousand miles, and I don’t know if I will see the prime minister’s father in my lifetime.

  However, as long as you behave well and don't act like a monster, the Prime Minister's Mansion shouldn't be in bad luck, right?

   No matter how terrified the old emperor is, there is no reason to find a reason. After all, he still has to take care of the overall situation.

  …

  The carriage went all the way south and drove for five consecutive days. It stopped in a relatively large town and said that it would rest for two days.

  Not to mention the excitement of the maids, Xu Yin also wanted to cheer, she missed the down-to-earth feeling too much.

   Of course you have to go shopping for supplies.

  Xu Yin asked Nanny to bring enough silver, and she was ready to purchase.

  Seasoning, dry goods, local specialties...everything she thinks is of good quality, she will buy it.

  It was only after I went shopping on the street that I realized that the price of the seasoning at this time is not usually expensive.

   Especially soy sauce, which is actually made of fresh meat, which is similar to fish sauce.

  Ordinary people can't afford it at all. No wonder the shops selling seasonings are said to be opened by imperial merchants. How can ordinary people afford them.

  The salt is yellowish kosher salt, and the sugar is brown soil rock sugar, each of which is as big as a fist. When buying, the store also asked her if she wanted to mash it.

   The food is not bought here, the difference between the north and the south of the food is not big, she plans to buy a larger batch before leaving Furong County.

  The people below don’t know what she thinks in her heart, if they know, they will probably howl:

  Master! You don't call this a big purchase? The one thousand taels of silver have all been spent, and the banknotes are already being used.

  God knows why we bought so many seasonings, sauces, and dry goods. We don’t know, and we dare not say, so we can only follow behind and carry the burden.

   In this way, Xu Yin would go shopping and purchase whenever she went to a bustling town for rest.

  When I entered the boundary of Furong County, together with the purchase expenses when I first left Beijing, I spent a total of two thousand taels.

  Nurse Feng couldn't persuade her, she almost rolled her eyes.

  Xu Yin said to her, silver is dead, material...although it is also dead, but if you want to live in Nanman in the future, is it more practical than silver?

  Nurse Feng: "..."

  What can she say?

  …

   "My lord, everything has been arranged in the Nanman mansion." Yan Qi came in to report.

  Yan Kejin put down the pen, rubbed the sore brows: "How did the county guards react?"

  Yan Qi hesitated for a moment before reporting the truth:

"The two counties of Qianzhong and Baipu were very happy and sent people to give generous gifts; Baigui County was relatively silent; because Baiyue and Minyue counties were richer than the other three counties, they have become more and more shameless in recent years. …

  Grandpa, why don't you just let the little one wipe their necks and forget it! Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and imperial envoys come here very often. When you come, you only see taxes. "

  The governor of the county is appointed every three years, and the incumbent was transferred last year. Seeing that the prince lost his emperor's heart for a while, he spoke disrespectfully.

  If you want him to say, just replace them all with your own people, anyway, the news will not reach Beijing and China within two years.

  He firmly believes in his prince, and will never be trapped by the Nanman.

  Two years later, either obey the order or kill him back, in short, he will definitely go back and take back what belongs to him.

  Yan Kejin snorted softly: "Forget it, it's better to keep a low profile when you first come here, so as not to fall into the tricks of some people."

   There are still people waiting to pull his pigtails in Beijing. If the old man does not abdicate for a day, that person will be uneasy for a day, not because he is afraid of changes.

   "My lord..." Yan Qi hesitated before stepping back.

   "Anything else?"

   "It's the one..."

  Yan Qi pointed to the upstairs, where Xu Yin and the people serving her were placed on the third floor of the inn.

"Nineteen said that she bought a whole ten-carriage worth of things. She bought a cart full of seasonings alone, and another cart full of medicinal materials, which were high-quality medicinal materials that were not commonly found. After entering Furong County, she was still inquiring about the ingredients along the way. Grain prices, it seems that she wants to buy food in a big way, what kind of medicine do you think she sells in this gourd?"

  Yan Kejin was a little surprised, but he didn't take it seriously: "Let her go."

   Probably because they believed the rumors outside, thinking that the southern barbarians are so poor that they can’t even start a fire. They eat raw meat, drink animal blood, and wear animal skins and grass skirts. They are afraid.

  He had learned about the personality of the concubine of the Xu family through informants, but he wanted Yan Keheng to pay attention to her out of the desire to not be on the stage. Although it's hard for him to say anything, if he really doesn't want to, there are ways to refuse the marriage.

   It's just... instead of letting the old man send someone who doesn't know his roots to lurk beside him as an eyeliner, it's better to just this, at least she has no brains.

   "Ah Choo—"

  Xu Yin sniffed, she didn't have a cold, why did she keep sneezing today? Is someone scolding her or missing her?

  Nurse Feng quietly told the maid to go out and make some soup, don’t fall ill before arriving in Nanman.

  Xu Yin didn't care, drank her saliva and continued to study the "Geography of Furong County" she just bought.

  One of the pages is a map of Furong County. In fact, it is a map, but it is not as detailed and clear as the maps of later generations.

  Xu Yin looked at the outline of Furong County, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that it looked like Hunan Province where Tongcheng was located.

  She couldn't help thinking: If Furong County is really Hunan Province, isn't Nanman...

  (end of this chapter)