Chapter 373 This dog can handle it
Yuan Jiaqi carried the basket, Qiao Mai patted the little girl's head lightly, smiled, turned and went back to the inn with the husband.
She used a large basin to pick out the good fruits, cleaned them, and they ate them facing each other.
"The children of the poor families headed home early, this fruit is good,"
"The lady wants to accept her?"
"No, what about her grandma?"
"The husband thought the lady was soft-hearted"
"I like hardworking, kind and simple children, and I am willing to give them some luck"
Yuan Jiaqi was taken aback, remembering that she patted the little girl's head just now, "I see."
It was dark and the rain didn't stop. The emperor and the empress took a nap and were in good spirits. Qiao Mai shared some of the fruit between them, and gave the rest to the guards and servants.
It rained all night, and it didn't clear up until the next morning.
The farther south you go, the hotter and more humid the climate is. Fortunately, the carriage is very dry, otherwise, Qiao Mai really couldn't stand the climate.
She used talismans to make several carriages comfortable. Only the guards on horseback enjoyed the heat and humidity without a single complaint.
In order to observe the sentiments of the people, the group of people did not go straight south, but detoured from the southwest to the south, intending to go north by water from the southeast, live in the north until April and May, and then go back to the capital for a circle tour.
The convoy does not go fast, and when they reach a city, they will come down, taste the famous local food, and chat with the people.
According to the famous mountains and rivers marked on the map, go to explore.
When you encounter a place with beautiful scenery, you set up camp on the spot, guarding a great **** like Qiao Mai, what do you want?
Sometimes a few people would still go fishing, but the old emperor didn’t have time to go fishing, and he became addicted to fishing, so Yuan Jiaqi accompanied him.
The Queen and Qiao Mai took the people to cook and rest on the spot, and cooked the fish they caught into delicious dishes, and everyone enjoyed it.
Qiao Mai didn't care about the sunspots on the roof of the car, and he didn't care for such lifeless food.
Looking down from above, seeing how delicious the human food is, it swallowed involuntarily, jumped down from above, and came to Qiao Mai's side.
At this time, everyone discovered that when Princess Fu came out with her pet?
Not only that, Dongzao and Dragon Blood also ran to the front, Qiao Mai got a large pot of spiritual grass for the two horses from the space, looking at Heizi, she felt a little headache.
What does this arrogant thing want to eat? Everyone is also watching Heizi.
"Do you want to eat grilled fish?"
"Master, I'll grab one myself, will you bake it for me?"
"Okay, go grab it"
Heizi rushed into the river and disappeared. Everyone was not in the mood to eat, and all stared at the water.
Within two minutes, a black figure rushed out of the river with a fish that big in its mouth, and Qiao Mai's face went black.
Damn it, why doesn't it support you to death when you're so big?
Two guards rushed over, "Let's deal with the fish,"
A big fish weighing about ten catties, the guards took care of it and skewered it with iron skewers. Qiao Mai helplessly got up and grilled the fish on the charcoal basin, sprinkled seasoning on it while grilling.
Signed at the level of Heizi, what she sprinkled on it were all spiritual seasonings.
The fragrance was overflowing, Heizi's mouth was drooling non-stop, and the others were also swallowing saliva non-stop.
Heizi glanced at the human beings protectively, and bared his teeth at them, saying that this is mine, and you are not allowed to covet it.
Yuan Jiaqi held a plate and fed his daughter-in-law, looking at Heizi and complaining, how could there be a dog who would let the master not eat, but serve the pet.
Half an hour later, Heizi picked up his own food and ran to the roof of the car to eat. The guards looked at the several-meter-high roof, all in admiration.
This dog can get along, more flexible than a cat.
Do you want to get close to this dog more? In the future, catch a hare and rely on it for hunting or something?
Ten days after they left Beijing, they needed to go by water, otherwise the road would be difficult and they would have to cross many mountains.
After consulting the emperor, Yubao began to arrange ships.
Five carriages were quietly taken into the space by Qiao Mai one night. No one dared to ask if she didn't tell.
Some necessary salutes were left outside, everyone rested overnight, went to the pier the next day, rented two boats, and the next stop was Liangzhou City.
It takes more than ten days by boat. Fortunately, no one gets seasick, and the rented boat is big and safe.
The four of us were sitting on the bow of the boat, looking at the mountains and rivers in a really good mood. The journey was smooth and we didn’t encounter any bad things.
It is really a prosperous country and the people are safe. Even the local ruffians are much less. The local officials are still doing things for the people. They are under the banner of a caravan and have not disturbed the local officials.
The emperor said proudly, "How is it, how is my country?"
"I'm afraid I've heard about your private visits on Weibo, so I didn't dare to show my head with my tail between my legs?"
"How is it possible? I sent the Golden Dragon Guards to sweep from south to north and deal with a large number of people."
"How many cities have we passed? Let's eat, drink and have fun. This is just the beginning."
"Mother-in-law, it's not me who blows. There are really not many wise kings like me."
"We'll see"
"Wait and see"
Qiao Mai waved to the captain, and a tall and strong man came over.
"Meet everyone in Xiazhuang Tie"
"Well, Captain Zhuang, the long journey is very boring, can you tell me some interesting stories about Liangzhou?"
Zhuang Tie was not polite, and sat down directly. Yuan Jiaqi poured him a cup of tea, and he took a sip first.
"Good tea! What do you guys want to hear?"
"We are in business, and we want to hear about the bullies in Liangzhou City, so we should prepare early."
"Bullies? Hehe, how should I put it, which industry doesn't have it? The wharf has the power of the wharf, and those of us who run the boat have to pay them protection fees on a regular basis. There are street bullies on the streets. We have to pay them protection fees for doing business on the beach, no Just make them obedient and obedient, you just pay them the protection fee, anyway, it’s not to the point of killing people.”
"Well, this capital also exists,"
"Since ancient times, officials and officials have protected each other, and the fees collected by bullies have also been turned over to the government. The emperor sent people to clean up a wave, but it didn't work. The original ones disappeared, but new ones came up again. The bad guys can never be swept away. Clean"
Qiao Mai smiled and Mimi glanced at the embarrassed emperor.
"So if we people enter Liangzhou, what should we pay attention to?"
"After you go, ask what you want to do first, and don't act rashly. Don't worship the wrong mountain or enter the wrong temple, otherwise you will have to pack up and leave."
Qiao Mai nodded and continued to ask, "Do you know what the prefect of Liangzhou likes?"
"That guy?" Zhuang Tie glanced at them thoughtfully.
Yuan Jiaqi took out an ingot of ten taels of silver from his cuff, "Straightforward, we don't want to take a detour"
Zhuang Tie put away the money with a smile, "That guy looks like a breeze on the surface, but in fact, the family has one wife and eight concubines, all of whom are beautiful concubines. I heard that he has a backer in the capital and his wife is related to the royal family. He just likes it." Money and women, other things are not good, but he never goes to the building, and the eight concubines are all the daughters of wealthy merchants."
"Are they all rich local businessmen?"
"Yes, to put it bluntly, Liangzhou City is his world. He is the local emperor there. Strong dragons do not overwhelm local snakes. Ordinary people can't provoke them. Even high-ranking officials from the capital should be taboo."
Yuan Jiaqi handed over another ten taels of silver, "Thank you, Captain, for letting me know."
Zhuang Tie picked up the silver, drank the tea in the cup in one go, then stood up, took a deep look at the four and left.
The emperor pursed his lips, frowned, and snorted coldly.
"If it is true as he said, I will uproot him, and even that backer will not let him go lightly."
"Don't get angry too, just watch it before talking, come, drink tea, this is to get rid of the fire"
The emperor sighed, "Sometimes you know people, you don't know your face, but you don't know your heart, and you don't know what's going on in front of you. I'm not a god. When you enter Liangzhou, your in-laws and mothers must not watch with their sleeves?"
(end of this chapter)