Chapter 278： inquire about

Xingyuan House is the capital of the entire Lizhou Road, and manages the seventeen states below, such as Xingzhou House, so although it is located in the bitter and cold north, this big city is also prosperous.

The city wall is high, and the gate of the city is about 50 meters long. There are 30 meters in the middle for chariots and horses to enter and exit. There are separate checkpoints on both sides. Commodities and strangers must enter through the checkpoint. When the things were seized, Mu Yangling knew that she was bleeding profusely when she drove this batch of sheep in.

The four next to    have been stunned by the gate of Xingyuan Mansion, and they can't come back to their senses for a while.

After a long time, Zhang Wucai sighed, "This is Xingyuan Mansion."

"Okay, we can't go into the city today, go to a nearby place to live first, rest for a night, and then go to the city tomorrow."

Zhang Wuzhang Liu was busy helping to turn the sheep in one direction and found a small village nearby.

Because the gate of the city is still open, there are not many people who need to stay outside, so the new landlord did not charge them a lot of money, at least it was much cheaper than living in the city. You must know that they still have a large flock of sheep. Will not accept this.

Zhang Wucai moved the things from the car into the house, and when Xiuhong wanted to measure rice and cook, she rushed forward to help, Xiuhong stopped him and asked, "Can you cook?"

Zhang Wu scratched his head and said with a smile, "I can eat it."

"Then let me come, you can help me to buy some vegetables and come back, we have the meat ourselves." Then he took out ten pennies and gave it to him.

Mu Yangling is inquiring with the landlord about the situation of Xingyuan Mansion and the taxes that need to be paid for goods entering the city.

The landlord glanced at their sheep, and Mu Yang smartly put ten pennies in his hand. The landlord smiled and said, "Girl, our governor of Xingyuan Mansion is kind, and things like cattle, sheep, vegetables, and other peasant households go in. You only need to give a little meaning to the city, but you have enough sheep, and they are all on a scale, I'm afraid..."

Mu Yangling hurriedly said: "Uncle, these sheep are not all from my family, but from every household in the village. Isn't this the Hu people who were driven away by General Qi? No one will collect the sheep, and this year is dry again. , there is no harvest in the field, and the village is unable to let me drive the sheep down to try my luck."

"Well, you should be able to pay less if you put some money into the gatekeeper."

"..." Then she should pay taxes. Isn't what she is most afraid of is the extra fees charged by the soldiers?

It would cost four or five taels of silver to drive her sheep into the city, but when the time comes, the gatekeepers will catch two. Does she resist, or does she pretend not to see it?

Bribing soldiers is more expensive than paying taxes.

Mu Yangling became annoyed, "How do you get in such a large group of sheep?"

Bowen gave my sister a bowl of rice and said, "Why do you have to rush in all of them? Sister, we can invite people out of the city just like the Bai landlords and the others, and let us choose by ourselves, and the soldiers guarding the gate will bully us for being a foreign country. Only people dare to ask for bribes, if the locals don’t have this trouble, if the rest can’t be sold, we will rush into the city to try.”

Mu Yangling was overjoyed, rubbing Bo Wen's hair and said: "Okay, boy, my sister didn't expect this, then we feel like eating and taking a bath, first a good night's sleep, and tomorrow we will go to the city."

Mu Yangling left Zhang Wu to watch the flock, and brought Zhang Liu and Xiuhong Bowen into the city.

Followed the flow of people into the city, and after passing the city gate, the street inside was suddenly revealed to everyone. The street was twice as wide as the Xingzhou Mansion. The sun had just risen, and there were already many people on the street.

Mu Yangling stood for a while, then said: "Go, go to the restaurant to have some breakfast first, and inquire about the news."

The group found a nice looking teahouse and sat down. The teahouse has two floors, and a shed was built outside with four or five tables inside. Most of the people on the first floor were seated, but the second floor was less crowded. , Obviously, these people are not only here to eat breakfast, but also to mess around.

This is similar to Xingzhou Mansion.

Mu Yangling found a table and sat down. The smiling little Er came forward to wipe the table. When he looked up and saw them, he was stunned. He had never seen them. Although he was a teahouse, he was always here for breakfast. It's an acquaintance, few strangers show up, and it's not tea at noon...

"What would you like to eat, gentlemen?" Xiao Er's gaze hesitantly wiped away from Zhang Liu and placed it on Mu Yangling.

It was a smart and winking young man. He knew so quickly that she was in charge of them. Mu Yangling glanced at the other tables and said, "Ten big meat buns, four bowls of mutton soup, and another plate. Beef," Mu Yangling paused and asked, "Do you have beef?"

"Oops, good luck girl, yesterday our shopkeeper grabbed dozens of catties of beef, and we were about to add a dish to our lunchtime tea."

"Okay, just want these first, let's go."

When everyone heard what Mu Yangling ordered, they all turned their heads to look at them curiously, and then turned their heads away after only a few glances.

At this time, the meat buns were twice the ones they bought in the previous life. Although the skin was a little thick, it was still delicious.

Mu Yangling ate four by himself, Bowen and Xiuhong each ate one and a half, Zhang Liu also ate three, and after cleaning the beef on the table, the four of them drank the hot mutton soup with satisfaction.

Mu Yangling saw that Xiao Er was not so busy anymore, so he beckoned him to come and ask, "Little Er brother, where are the mutton sellers in the city?"

"The girl wants to buy mutton? Then you have to go to the vegetable market in Dongshi. There are the most, but you may not be able to buy it after noon."

"Is lamb so tight?"

"Hey, apart from pork from time to time, don't you have to buy mutton and beef early?"

"How can this mutton be compared to beef? Cows can't be slaughtered at will, but our Xingyuan Prefecture is not far from the border, can we still eat without mutton?"

"You don't understand, right?" Xiao Er saw that she was younger than him, and he was usually preached by others. It was rare for him to be able to preach to one person, so he said very excitedly: "Although Xingyuan Mansion is close to the border, But you don’t look at it. The market here was closed four or five years ago. Where can we buy sheep? We also have sheep, but they mainly farm the land. Not one of the ten families raises them and wants sheep. It’s also the goat that I chose first, but this goat is stinky, how can it compare to the grassland sheep.”

Seeing Mu Yangling nodding while listening, this young man became even more excited and said, "It's an old habit left by our ancestors, eating mutton and drinking mutton soup in winter, warming up the body and laying the foundation, the rich can't say they have to go. Buy a few kilograms of donkey meat and try it, everyone wants to buy it, so naturally they will rush it, usually after noon the mutton is sold out, so the girl wants to buy it and go after breakfast."

"How much is this mutton per pound?"

"It depends on what kind of mutton you buy, goat fifty cents a pound, authentic grassland sheep, no taint, fifty-six cents a pound."

Yes, there is so much difference in one day's journey, and this trip is worth it.

Xiao Er saw that she was thinking, and said, "This prairie sheep sells better than goats, but some people like the smell of goats, and they think they are strong enough."

Mu Yangling gave him two cents of money and asked with a smile, "Then if you want to eat mutton, where should you go?"

Two pennies is not much, but it was a pleasant surprise for Xiao Er who doesn't receive rewards often, so he said more and more excitedly: "That's a lot, wait for me to tell you objectively."

"What? I want to hear it too." A dark voice behind him remembered.

Xiao Er was so frightened that he took it straight forward, and when he looked up, the shopkeeper was standing behind him and staring at him.