Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 121
Zhang Wei's palm is Lei Dacheng, relying on his 30 years of Taoism, the power of the palm thunder he hits is unsurpassed, no worse than his master Tongguang Taoist.

This vented all the thunder in his body, Zhang Wei could only shout: "Sweet!"

The restless heart also calmed down, and the whole body seemed to be relaxed.So if some people are addicted to cultivation and cannot extricate themselves, it is because cultivation really brings pleasure to people.

The monks of the Quanzhen Taoism are all unmarried and unmarried. If the practice is so enjoyable, why do you want to get married?Zhang Wei can understand those monks now, he really doesn't have that worldly desire.

Feeling relaxed all over, and the sky turned white, Zhang Wei returned to the camp lightly.

Entering his tent, Gouzi keenly sensed that Zhang Wei was different. He sniffed around Zhang Wei carefully to reconfirm the breath.

At this time, Xiaoqian got out of bed in a daze, she rubbed her eyes, and said coquettishly to Zhang Wei: "Master, where have you been? There was thunder just now! It's terrible."

Acting like a baby seems to be a natural instinct for girls. Xiaoqian is not afraid of thunder at all, but just uses this excuse to act like a baby to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei understood what she said, and immediately went up to hug her and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and let the soybean next to him eat a mouthful of dog food.

After a while, there was gradually a commotion outside, and the servants got up one after another and began to prepare breakfast.

An hour later, the team set off again.

At noon, the team came to a river.Zhang Dahei, who was exploring the way, came back and said, "Young master, there is a river ahead, but the river has soared recently and submerged the small bridge crossing the river. It is estimated that the river cannot be crossed."

It's February now, everything melts, and it's the time of the spring flood, so it's not surprising that the rivers and streams are soaring.

After hearing this, Zhang Wei asked, "Can I make a detour?"

Zhang Dahei said: "According to passers-by, the nearest place to cross the river is two or three days away. It's better to wait here for the river to recede."

This river is the only way to go to Jinhua Fucheng, and there are still many pedestrians gathered by the river.

Zhang Wei rode forward, and a muddy river appeared in front of him.Now is the spring flood, and the river is tens of feet wide.

Wading across the river is unrealistic.Zhang Wei looked around, and there were quite a few people gathered here.Most of these people are merchants, and there are also a few people dressed as scholars.

Facing Zhang Wei and his group, the merchants consciously made room for Zhang Wei and the others to stop.

At this time, a man who looked like a caravan leader came to Zhang Wei. He bowed to Zhang Wei first, and then said: "I am the leader of the Jingxing caravan. Do you dare to ask, are you also a merchant?"

Zhang Wei's group didn't look like merchants, but they were pushing forty carts, so the leader of the caravan would ask this question.

Zhang Wei did not dismount, but cupped his hands and said, "No, we are moving."

When the man heard this, he looked at the Zhang family's convoy, then nodded and said, "So that's the case, then I'm bothering you."

He smiled politely at Zhang Wei, and then returned to his caravan.

Zhang Wei took a look and found that their caravan was a typical caravan of merchant groups.As mentioned earlier, travel in this world has a strict guide policy.Of course, the most convenient thing is to have a reputation as a scholar. With this fame, you can go wherever you want.

The second is the road guide of the caravan.The caravan applied to the imperial court for a fixed-line trading route. After the success, they could freely trade on this road, and then the government collected fixed taxes according to this.

This kind of fixed taxation facilitates the management of the government, and some counties with large trade can live well by relying on these taxes.

Because the tax is fixed, some qualified caravans will also recruit some scattered merchants, and these scattered merchants are not eligible to apply for fixed trade routes.They paid a share of money to the caravan, and then followed the caravan to obtain the qualification to go out of the county to do business.

Some common people would also pay a share of the money to the caravan if necessary, and go to other counties with it.

The Zhang family has three such business routes, and Father Zhang obtained these with the help of a nobleman, and this nobleman is Taoist Qingtong from Meishan.

And the Jingxing caravan in front of them has a lot of merchants, it seems that this caravan is living on the money from merchants.This kind of situation happens from time to time, some caravans have trade routes, but the business is so-so, in order to reduce costs, they will bring more merchants.

In response to this situation, the government also has countermeasures, which will not be detailed here.

This Jingxing caravan is the kind of caravan that earns money from the merchants.Now that the caravan was blocked by the river and unable to cross the river, these merchants were a little impatient and began to complain to the leader of the caravan.

Some merchants wanted to bypass this place, but the route of the caravan was fixed. If they bypassed this place and were caught by the patrol postmen, they would be punished.The fines range from confiscation of property to the revocation of the license to trade.

This is unacceptable to Jing Xing Caravan.

But those small merchants who have paid money, they can't afford to waste time. These small merchants rely on bulk buying and selling, and they usually buy and sell in the market, and the market is open at a fixed time. After time, they can't do business.

While the caravans were arguing over here, a few people who looked like scholars over there walked towards Zhang Wei.

Among these people, three were wearing formal scribe scarves, and the others were dressed more like servants.These three people came to Zhang Wei, cupped their hands and said to Zhang Wei: "Jinhua student Chen Anping (Duan Li) (Zuo Ming), dare I ask, are you a scholar?"

In fact, Zhang Wei rides a horse with a sword, and also wears a bachelor's scarf. He must be a scholar, but he still has to be polite.

Zhang Wei got off his horse immediately, cupped his hands and said, "Zhang Wei in Xia'e Mountain has been a scholar for ten years."

When they heard this, they immediately clasped their fists together and said, "It turns out that you are a senior, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Ten years into the same period, that is, five years ago.And the few of them have only been admitted as scholars in the last two years, so Zhang Wei is called a senior.

Let's introduce each other, and we get to know each other naturally.

The three scholars in front of me were all going to Jinhua Mansion after celebrating the festival from their hometowns, and then everyone was blocked by the river water by coincidence.

But they are not businessmen, so they are not in a hurry to cross the river. Since they are cut off by the river, they should stop and rest, watch the river rushing down, and talk about the romantic affairs, which is also a blessing.

They are all blocked by the river, because life is different, resulting in different moods.The merchants over there are dying of anxiety, but the scholars here are enjoying the scenery.

Zhang Wei chatted with several scholars. After all, Zhang Wei was also a salesman, so his eloquence was not a problem. His chatting skills were good, and he quickly chatted with several scholars.

While chatting, suddenly the river tumbling, splashing huge water splashes, two water ghosts with green faces and fangs jumped out of the splashes holding a water diversion fork, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

(End of this chapter)