Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 99 Manid

It was said that at that time, the cow ate grass and yelled "Don't go, thief" and galloped on the horse. After half a cup of tea, he caught a person, and when he came to Xu Qing, he threw the person on the ground heavily, and said: "Young master, this People are sneaky, I'm afraid they are those thieves watching the wind."

"Ahem, cough, no, no, I'm not a thief..." the captured man resisted the pain of being thrown from the horse on the second floor, and shouted aggrievedly.

"Then why are you sneaking around here?!" Xu Qing asked.

"I am a traveling merchant. My name is Manid. I was robbed and captured by those bandits. This time they 'worked' and asked me to come too. I dare not kill people, so I hid." Manid said, Hearing this, Xu Qing looked at his attire again. It was different from the rawhide jacket worn by the bandits, and he was wearing a linen jacket with excellent workmanship, so he half believed it, and asked again:
"Where are you from, how long have you been captive up the mountain?"

"Six days and nine hours..." Manid replied: "It's just that I don't have a household registration..."

"Hmm..." Xu Qing nodded, thinking that if Manid could tell the exact date, it would be a sign of living like a year, but he didn't fully believe in Manid, and asked, "Why don't you have a household registration?"

"My mother is from Korea, and my father is from the Central Plains, so..." Manid said with his head down.Xu Qing understood in his heart that the two countries originally married each other.

"Then what do you sell in business?" Xu Qing took some food for Manid, who looked a little hungry.

"That's a lot, I have resold goods all over the Central Plains..." Manid ate steamed cakes, talked about doing business, and couldn't stop all of a sudden: "I bought silk cloth from Jiangnan, and bought silk cloth from the Central Plains. , In the Central Plains, they traded tea, rice and wheat to grassland people, traded a large number of horses and livestock, rushed to Hebei, and sold them on the way. When they arrived in Cangzhou, they traded the remaining livestock for salt in Yanshan, and they were about to go south. Who would have thought about those guards! Hmph, a group of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves, they secretly contacted the bandits and robbed me of all my goods and money..." Manid became more and more sad as he spoke, Xu Qing hurriedly stopped him:

"I don't know what plans you have in the future?"

"Alas..." Manid just sighed when he heard this, and Xu Qing thought about it a little. Cangzhou really needs a capable business talent in the future, and this person seems to be a good one.So he said: "If you have nowhere to go, I will give you a place..."

"Where?!" Manid regained his energy when he heard this.

"I'll give you five taels of money and a letter. You go to Chang'an and find Xun Fang of Jiuxianniang, and he will arrange for you to do things..." Xu Qing thought for a while and added, "You use Jiuxianniang as the original wine." , A year later, when I come to Cangzhou again, I want to see a lot of goods..."

After finishing speaking, Xu Qing immediately wrote a letter, and wrote a road guide in the name of the governor, and handed it to Manid with a handful of broken silver.

"Assassin... Lord Inspector?" Manid saw clearly the guide in his hand, looked at Xu Qing in disbelief, and was momentarily stunned.When he came back to his senses, he hurriedly bowed down, but Xu Qing and Shangma left.

On the plain road, there was no end to the horizon, the carriage ran fast, and after a while, it entered the boundary of Cang County.After finding out the route, Xu Qing and his party headed for Cangzhou City.

The government of Cangzhou is located in Cangxian County, so the county seat of Cangzhou County is also the state capital of Cangzhou, and the Governor's Mansion and the county government are both in Cangzhou City.Cangzhou City, as the seat of the Governor's Mansion, is the most developed place in Cangzhou. The tall city walls and wide streets are much better than Nanpi.

The fields and orchards next to Cangzhou City are full of vitality, and the new-looking water canals show that farmers still have enough energy and time to do these tasks after farming.Walking into the city, people and animals are healthy and strong. New houses are being built in many places. The front of the blacksmith shop is the hottest. .

Looking at this Cangzhou city, Xu Qing couldn't help but be delighted, it seemed to be a good place, although at most it could be compared with a street in Chang'an, but it far exceeded Xu Qing's expectations.
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When Xu Qing was wandering around Cangzhou City, a carriage in front of him greeted him. The street was not spacious, but the carriage ran like flying.It caused passers-by to give way.Xu Qing frowned, and didn't have time to dodge, but fortunately Niu Chowcao and a few guards stepped forward and stopped the carriage.

"Bold, where do you come from, you dare to block my carriage!?" A young man in Chinese clothes got out of the carriage, pushed the driver, and cursed involuntarily.

"Shit, if I don't stop you, you're going to run into me!" Niu Chicao returned rudely.

"Do you know who I am?" The young man saw Xu Qing's carriage in the middle of the road, it was true, and he couldn't help but feel guilty, but when he remembered his identity, he sounded like a teacher asking for a crime.

"Oh, isn't this the young master of Lord Changshi's mansion?"

"Could it be Xia Hao you said?"

"It's this person, let's go, let's go, this person can't be messed with..."

Xu Qing listened to the words of the passers-by, and remembered the Xia family who met the bandit on the road today, and the bandit confessed to him, snorted coldly, and asked, "Who are you?"

"Haha, come to Cangzhou, you don't even know how many gods here? I am the son of the Xia family, Xia Hao, and my father is Chang Shi, do you know?" Xia Hao laughed and said: "Hurry up and be with me The young master apologizes, or you will look good!"

"Oh, I see, but I don't apologize, so what?" Xu Qing asked with a smile on his lips.

"You, you don't know how to live or die!" Xia Hao scolded: "My Xia family is the sky in Cangzhou, do you dare to go against the sky?"

"The Xia family's sky, with a prodigal like you, it will leak..."

"Me? A prodigal son? Who doesn't know that I, Xia Hao, is in Hebei. I am the number one in literary talent and martial arts. You are the prodigal son, right?" Xia Hao looked at Xu Qing with contempt.

"The cow eats grass, that Miss Huang in Nanpi was caught by a thief...the thief said that there is Mr. Xia..." Xu Qing ignored him, and talked to the cow to eat grass on his own. Unexpectedly, Xia Hao listened halfway and called Cut off: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Oh? Hehe..." Xu Qing had an idea in his mind, the robbery should be similar to the one in front of him.

At this time, a team of arresters hurried over and shouted, "Who is making trouble?"

"Oh, isn't this Mr. Xia?" The head of the policeman bowed obsequiously to Xia Hao. Xia Hao immediately raised his head and smiled at Xu Qingmi with his nostrils.Seeing this, the policeman knew that Xu Qing had offended Xia Hao, so he shouted:

"Who are you, go, come with me to the county government office!" The arrester was about to arrest Xu Qing to claim credit, and the guards such as Niu Chicao stared angrily, their veins bulged, their swords were on edge, and they were about to fight in the street. The onlookers dispersed one after another and did not dare to watch the play any more.The group of arresters couldn't hold back their face. In the past, they drew their knives to scare people, but today they were frightened. Not to mention, they were quite scary.

"You, you, you, you dare to rebel!?" Xia Hao couldn't stand for a while, leaning on the carriage and stammering.

"Bring me my official uniform..." Xu Qing turned to Xiaoyue in the carriage and said.Xiaoyue held out the official uniform, Xu Qing put it on outside in the street, the official uniform added to her body, and she was majestic, which made everyone present tremble with fear.

The county magistrate was wearing a blue robe, but the person in front of him was wearing a red robe, which was much older than the county magistrate!The policemen were secretly startled, today they encountered a fight with gods!
Fortunately, at this time, another voice sounded:
"Cangzhou Governor, Master Xia is here..."

(End of this chapter)