Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 85
"Old Chen, it's Jingxing (Xing) county right now!" Liu Hongjian reined in the horse, took a drink from the water bag from his waist, and turned to ask Chen Mingyu who was behind him.

In addition to buying food in Shanxi this time, Liu Hongjian also wanted to buy some horses. All Mongolia was surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Ming lost its source of war horses.

Going to Shanxi to buy grain in person was also a last resort. The entire territory of Shanxi and Shaanxi was under Li Zijing's control. Li Zijing prohibited traders from selling grain to the Ming border army.

Shanxi borders Mongolia in the north, with the peasant army on the left and the frontier army on the right, which is a land of war.

But the merchants in the territory are doing very well. There is no way, whether it is the Mongolian ministries or the peasant army, they all have to eat food, right?
Kill all the merchants, who will send you food to the south?
The Eight Great Merchants and Li Zijing reached a joint agreement that the merchants in Shanxi would jointly supply food and grass to the militia, on the condition that they were allowed to do business with the Mongols and Ming people, and their caravans were guaranteed to be safe.

The two sides hit it off, you have food to eat, and I have money to earn.

Although it was a pain to support the [-] militiamen, the grain was purchased from the South at a price of one tael or two renminbi a stone. After being transported to Shanxi, the price more than doubled immediately, and the market price reached two taels or six renminbi.

When it was resold to the Ming people in nearby prefectures and counties, it became twenty-eight yuan. The Mongols are wild, and they are not very smart about numbers. , like a fish in water, making a lot of money.

"Yes, my lord, this place is only [-] miles away from Pingding County, Shanxi. According to the previous plan, we will contact businessmen in Shanxi here!" Chen Mingyu took a step forward and replied.

Liu Hongjian handed the water bag to Yang Xue, who was on the same horse as him, and Yang Xue shook her head.

Why are you so rude, how can you let me drink the water you have already drank?
Yang Xue has been in the grain store since she was a child, and has been helping her father manage the grain store. Their grain is also shipped from Shanxi, and they have a special contact person in Shanxi, so they brought her with them on this trip.

From Shanhaiguan to Shanxi, the distance is more than [-] li, and the more than [-] soldiers from the Thousand Households of Longevity Mountain all ride horses, it is impossible to prepare a carriage for Yang Xue.

As a native of Liaodong, Yang Xue was not hypocritical, and directly agreed to share a horse. As a modern person, Liu Hongjian didn't think it was a big deal.

But Yang Xue had never leaned so close to a man's arms, and at the beginning she always kept her head bowed and her face blushing silently on her way.

From Shanhaiguan all the way to the southwest, through Baoding Mansion and Zhending Mansion, after four days of rapid march, we finally reached our destination.

Lincheng is located at the junction of Zhending Mansion, Shunde Mansion and Shanxi. It is a small county town. The county magistrate is an old Jinshi in the Wanli period. His surname is Fang and his name is Xingzi Wenshan. I thought it was the imperial court who wanted to deal with him.

After checking the official seal for the old county magistrate and explaining the reason, Fang Xing put his heart in his stomach.

"My lord, Lincheng is a small town, and there is no good place to live. It's not convenient for you to bring your wife to live outside. It's better to live directly in the county office of the lower official, the lower official..."

"You...don't talk nonsense!" Before the old man finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Xue with a blushing face, and he wanted to get off his horse after finishing speaking.

"Master Fang is joking, Miss Yang has not yet left her boudoir, but she is an important person on this official trip, so she dare not talk nonsense to disturb people's innocence!" Liu Hongjian said while dismounting to support Yang Xue.

"I'm rude, I'm rude!" Fang Xing hastily apologized, but his eyes were full of lust.

Not out yet?Are you kidding me, two people share a horse and behave intimately, not to mention skin-to-skin contact, how can people get married?
What's more, the dismounted horse is still so caring to help... Do you think the lord is pursuing this woman?

Well, I have to think of a way to help a group of adults!
Have!Fang Xing stroked his beard and frowned, thinking carefully, the old man is indeed a talent!

"Lord Fang, don't lead the way yet. I'm exhausted after coming from a long distance. I want to eat something good tonight, and the guards that I brought along will bother Sir Fang!"

After speaking, Liu Hongjian headed towards the city gate. Since he came to Daming, besides the capital, he had mixed with a group of soldiers every day in Shanhaiguan. It was quite novel to come to this small county suddenly.

What?Let the county entertain these guards?Fang Xingsheng glanced helplessly at the soldiers of the Wansui Mountain Thousand Households Station in the rear, maybe there must be two thousand soldiers, darling, my Lincheng is already poor, how can I raise so many soldiers?
I'm afraid that within two days, Lincheng's finances will be declared bankrupt!
"Oh, I forgot, I will reimburse you for the cost of this trip. Now, this is a 2 tael ticket! There should be a ticket number in the nearby Zhending Mansion!"

Seeing the old county magistrate staying on the spot with a bitter face, Liu Hongjian slapped his head, only to realize that this impoverished small county couldn't afford his army.

"Thank you for your understanding, my lord, please!" Lao Fang's face immediately turned cloudy, and he stretched out his hand to signal Liu Hongjian to go first.

The Wansui Mountain Thousand Households were arranged to set up camp on the edge of the county seat, and Liu Hongjian brought a hundred households of his own soldiers into the city.

It was a severe drought in the north. I heard that there was a plague of locusts a while ago. There were few pedestrians on the streets of Lincheng, and everyone was sallow, emaciated, and skinny.

All of the hundred guards were in bright armor, with sabers on their waists, and the 20 people headed by them were also carrying strange firearms, making them very eye-catching when walking on the streets of Lincheng.

The people in Lincheng hadn't seen so many majestic soldiers for a long time, and they all hurried to the side of the road. An eight or nine-year-old girl was probably frightened, and stood in the middle of the street and forgot to dodge.

"Hey, who's little doll won't run away when he sees the Heavenly Army!" Fang Xing saw someone blocking the way in front of him, so he volunteered to chase him away.

"Lord Fang sleeps like this, she is still a child, don't be scared!" Liu Hongjian hurried forward to stop old man Fang, thinking that this old man must be too attentive.

The little girl is wearing old clothes that are full of patches. It looks like they were remade from the clothes of adults.

"Little girl, where's your grown-up? Why did you leave you here alone?" Liu Hongjian was wearing a black robe with a shiny embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist.

He tried his best to put on a kind expression, knelt down and asked the little girl.

Xu Shi was frightened by the long knife in Liu Hongjian's waist. The little girl was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears, making Liu Hongjian into a mess.

"Hey, don't cry, I don't mean anything malicious, ahem, what do you think it is?" Liu Hongjian took out a piece of broken silver from his waist and waved it in front of the girl, but the child didn't buy it, so anxious Liu Hung-chien ran out of ideas.

Puchi—seeing Liu Hongjian's distressed appearance, Yang Xue behind him covered her face and smiled.

Although my lord behaves a little bit badly, he is still a good person, at least he is not as hypocritical as other scholars, and he also knows how to care about people, that is...

"Little sister, don't cry. I'll take you to find your mother, okay?" Yang Xue knelt down and took out a handkerchief to wipe away the little girl's tears.

Yang Xue's voice was clear and melodious, the little girl opened her eyes and glanced at the strange and smiling elder sister beside her, stopped her tears immediately, and stretched out her dirty little hands.

Liu Hongjian: "..."

The treatment difference is too big!

Yang Xue didn't dislike it either, she directly took the little girl's hand and asked her where her home was. The little girl pointed behind her, Yang Xue got up and smiled at Liu Hongjian, and asked Liu Hongjian for instructions.

Liu Hongjian nodded with a bitter face, and casually stuffed the piece of broken silver into the little girl's arms.

Made, I have money.

　Thank you book friends for the 200 coin reward for lighting up the lamp and looking at the axe while drunk, and thank you Heng Bo and An Ranren for the 100 coin reward!Thanks to the book friends who have supported Hanhan all the time, I am worthy of it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)