The world is heavy and late

Chapter 296
Xia Qing and Xu Zhongzheng were anxious, when they heard a soldier rushing in and said: "Master Xu, a man named Gu Cheng came from the west city, saying that he has a batch of food and medicinal materials and wants to send them into the city. The general asked the younger one to ask the adults for orders."

Xia Qing and Xu Zhong looked at each other, and there was some joy in their eyes.

Xia Qing immediately said: "Prepare the carriage, we will go to the west gate to pick up people now."

Xuzhou City prohibits going out and of course prohibiting entering. This is what made the people most fearful that day.

The soldiers didn't delay when they heard Xia Qing's words, and went out after saluting. They have become used to it these days.

Xia Qing's tone was a little emotional: "Speaking of which, there is still a day's difference between Zhu Ba and Hou San, so why did Young Master Gu come first?"

Xu Zhong also frowned and said: "Be careful, those people have been rushing around day and night for three days. It's only been more than two days, how could it be so fast, and they still have things with them."

Regardless of whether it was true or not, Xu Zhong and Xia Qing decided to go to the gate of the city to have a look, and now they didn't have the heart to look at these and other things anymore. If the imperial physician didn't come again, the city of Xuzhou would be in chaos.

What's even more frightening is that because of what happened that night, the epidemic, which was not serious before, became more and more rampant, and Xia Qing had already scolded those people who had their brains flooded and started troubles for a long time.

As soon as Xia Qing and Xu Zhong's carriages left the city gate, they saw a long horse team at the gate. There were about ten carriages, which was not a small number.

Looking at the carriage ahead, the two looked at each other and were sure it was Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng waited anxiously outside the door, because the sun was too strong, even if he went through the wind and rain for many years, it would be unbearable to be under the scorching sun of the blazing sun.

He raised his hand to cover the sun in front of his eyes, looked at the closed city gate and sighed. When he saw the carriage coming out of the city gate, he straightened his clothes. Shen.

He stepped forward and saluted, "Master Shen..."

As soon as he looked up, his smiling face froze, and two very familiar heads were sitting in the carriage and looking at him with the curtains lifted.

"Why are you here? Er...Master Xu is polite."

Xu Zhong smiled and nodded, but he and Xia Qing looked at each other and didn't know what was going on. How could Gu Cheng not know that they were here when he came to Xuzhou after receiving the news from the Queen.

Xia Qing glanced at the long motorcade behind Gu Cheng, but did not get out of the car, and said to Gu Cheng, "Master Gu, get on the carriage and talk, the sun is hot, be careful of the heat."

Gu Cheng stretched out his hand to wipe off his sweat, and for some unknown reason, he climbed into the carriage wearing clothes that had already soaked most of his vest. He didn't know if he had stood under the sun for a long time, and he swayed slightly when he got on.

Gu Cheng has traveled all over the world for several years, so he has the ability to speak, but for him, the identities of these two people are very different and embarrassing, so he hasn't found a topic yet.

Xia Qing had already asked, "Did Young Master Gu come here at the order of your empress?"

Gu Cheng was stunned, turned his head to look at the two of them, then shook his head foolishly and said, "No, is there anything my little sister wants me to do?"

Xia Qing glanced at Xu Zhong, Xu Zhong murmured: "Then I don't know why Mr. Gu came here for...?"

Gu Cheng carefully looked at the people driving outside, then leaned forward and whispered: "I didn't hear that there was a disaster in Xuzhou, but I thought there must be no one here. First, these goods are easy to sell, and second, those Dongshi always scolded my sister for being a farmer and businessman? I just thought that if I come here to earn some fame, next time it gets out, who is talking about her? I can refute that they are not even as good as a businessman."

Xia Qing and Xu Zhong both looked at Gu Cheng in surprise. They didn't expect him to have such thoughts. Shouldn't businessmen value money more?
Gu Cheng looked at the surprise in the eyes of the two of them, and said a little unhappy: "At any rate, I have also studied in the academy for several years, and I understand the principle that everyone is responsible for the difficulties of the family and the country. Besides, my father said I've said it many times, my little sister is the queen now, our family can't be the same as before, we'd rather lose money than let others give up, I'm tired of hearing these words."

Xia Qing immediately smiled and said, "Master Gu Dayi, what have you brought this time, and how much are you going to sell?"

Gu Cheng followed Xia Qing's eyes and glanced at the carriageway behind: "Our family mainly produces food, especially new wheat seeds and medicinal materials. You know this, so the first two carts in front are medicinal materials, and the middle is full of food. It’s a defective cotton cloth from your textile bureau, the good ones were snatched away by the adults of the Ministry of War, and only some weavers are left to practice handicrafts, but they can be sold, I don’t know if you want it.”

Xia Qing nodded and said, "Yes, you can see what we are covering our faces."

Gu Cheng took advantage of the situation and asked: "I was just about to say, is the epidemic in Xuzhou so severe? Will many people die? There are people like me, old and young."

Xu Zhong nodded: "Young Master Gu, don't worry, you just need to transport your things to the city gate, and someone will naturally bring them in. You don't have to go into the city, but I don't know if Young Master Gu met anyone else on the way?"

Gu Cheng shook his head and said: "No, many places know that there is a epidemic in Xuzhou, and there are a few people who have escaped. It is rumored that many people are, whoever dares to come to this place, I am a little scared."

Xu Zhong frowned, Xia Qing also looked at Xu Zhong worriedly, then turned to Gu Cheng and said, "Put your things here and go back to the capital quickly, and don't go wandering around in other places, who knows if there is a epidemic or not?" .You things..."

Xia Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "We will pay you [-]% of the money. We will pay you half of the deposit first. There are still some businesses that need to be done with other people. When the situation in Xuzhou improves, we will pay you the other half."

Gu Cheng thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No, I'll just count [-]% of it for you. This price is already a loss for our Gu family, but you all dare to come to Xuzhou to support at this time. If we can do a little, we will treat it as a Pray for Little Princess Jingan."

Xia Qing thought of Jing An, smiled and nodded, "Wait here for a while, we will go in and ask someone to come out, finish this matter as soon as possible, and you should go back quickly, Young Master Gu."

Young Master Gu sighed, looked at the two people in front of him, and said, "You have to be well, the Second Highness and Younger Sister are thinking about you."

The two nodded, and Xia Qing smiled and said, "Don't worry, go back, I will make the whole Xuzhou remember the Queen's goodness."

The two of them said goodbye to Young Master Gu, and only the two of them took off their face scarves, their eyes were a little heavy, Xia Qing suddenly called out: "I forgot to ask Young Master Gu which way he came to Xuzhou from?" , maybe it’s really impossible to run into the imperial physician?”

Xu Zhong shook his head heavily, looking at the scene on both sides of the carriage: "No matter which road you come from, if they don't meet at the gate of the city, the imperial physician and doctor will have to wait until night at the earliest, I'm afraid these people won't be able to wait so long. "

(End of this chapter)