On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 73 Reception
  Jiang Yu enjoyed the food and wine today, and his mood improved a lot. After a few glasses of wine, he also made a point of asking about the situation in Yuzhang.

Now the princes and generals are working on their own affairs, which will inevitably affect the merchants who collect medicinal materials, and will also cause the price of medicinal materials that are not local to rise.

Of course it will also have an impact on them opening drug stores.

The Xiao family only concealed some of their more brutal scenes, and told the rest truthfully.

Jiang Yu memorized the needed information in his mind, and was a little impressed that they could get here one by one as a family.

During plagues, bandits, sieges and wars, the elderly and children are most likely to get into trouble.

And there were two old people there, the youngest Saburo was only six years old, and he was still jumping around and chewing bones, so you knew that the little guy was not frightened.

Being able to protect his family in troubled times made Jiang Yu feel that the Xiao family was good, so when he heard Boss Xiao say that they were ready to set off tomorrow.

Jiang Yu also invited casually: "If you are not in a hurry, you can wait with us in the afternoon. Anyway, we have hired an escort to escort the medicinal materials."

He is the only child of the Jiang family, and he hires an escort whenever he travels far away, just in case.

This time when I came back to Nancheng, I wanted to buy a batch of medicinal materials that were urgently needed in the drug store, and I also came to Ning's house to take a walk.

Xiao Laoer was overjoyed when he heard this, rubbed his hands, and asked a little embarrassedly: "Will it trouble you too much?"

He was really worried about this journey. It would be much safer if he could just follow them.

Since Jiang Yu had already spoken, he could only smile and nod: "No."

Even if you regret it, you can't admit it.

Boss Xiao was a little hesitant: "Are you in a hurry? Otherwise, we are so small and weak, and it will be bad if it delays your schedule."

He just said it nicely.

In fact, he was afraid that they would go too fast and tire Liu.

Also, Boss Xiao felt that Jiang Yu was only superficially polite to them.

I suspected that he just said it casually and waited for them to refuse.

"Uncle Xiao, you are overthinking." Jiang Yu also noticed the meaning behind his words. How could he, who wanted to save face, admit that he had just said it casually?

He immediately said righteously: "We also use mule carts to transport medicinal materials. It is best for mules not to travel more than seventy miles a day."

Boss Xiao finally felt at ease after hearing this, and took advantage of the situation to get closer: "Then I'll bother my nephew."

Anyway, he was the one who called them Uncle Xiao first.

He hesitated for a moment, but still didn't tell him that his surname was Xiao, not 'Xiao'.

According to the Jiang family's power in Wuning County, it would be obviously easier to restore their surname by asking him for help.

He decided to discuss it with his daughter and nephews first to see when it would be best to confess.

Hou Er was also eating at the woman's table. Hearing the words from the next table, he was overjoyed and whispered: "Great, let's go together, and then I can go to your place to eat."

Then he complained in a lower voice: "My young master is good at everything, but his food is too light, and the craftsmanship of the escorts is not very good. Otherwise, I wouldn't be as thin as a monkey."

He also introduced his nickname: "From now on you can call me monkey, that's what all the escorts call me. It's simple and easy to remember."

Xiao Xiao also asked in a low voice: "Is it expensive to hire an escort?"

"We are very familiar with the escorts and take care of their business, so the escort agency gave us a preferential price."

After Hou Er finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and turned over the pages: "Ten escorts, a round trip does not take more than a month, that's the number."

Xiao Xiao asked tentatively: "One hundred taels?" Hou Er nodded affirmatively: "We are also responsible for the food and drink expenses on the road."

Well, Xiao Xiao was sure she couldn't afford a bodyguard.

She asked curiously: "What about those escorts now?"

If she spent so much money to hire bodyguards, she would definitely have them by her side to protect her at all times.

"Young Master asked them to follow Young Master Ning to pick up a batch of medicinal materials shipped from the north." When Hou Er saw that they were all listening to him attentively, he felt a desire to express himself inexplicably and told them all the unimportant things. .

When Jiang Yu and the others left, Boss Xiao gave him the two kilograms of tea that he had specially bought earlier: "We are rough people, and we don't know how to thank you for your kindness, so we bought some tea. You must not dislike."

In the past, they seldom drank vegetables and did not know how to buy tea.

But I can't afford to buy chess, calligraphy and paintings, and I can't give away the ghost paintings I drew. I can only think about the gold, silver and jade ornaments in my dreams.

The pastries and the like were a little too light, which really stumped him.

Fortunately, Boss Xiao remembered that he was a former gambling shop owner and liked to drink tea.

He also told him that it is not the bitter tea that tastes good, but the taste of tea.

It will make people think that you are cultured and cultivated.

This time he went to a tea shop to buy tea, only to find out that Longjing tea cost twenty-two taels of silver per pound.

He really gritted his teeth before he decided to ask for a pound of tea.

The shopkeeper of the tea shop also told him that Dahongpao and Taiping Houkui were extremely valuable.

Huangshan Maofeng asked for more than one hundred taels of silver per catty, which made him deeply understand his poverty.

After Jiang Yu declined, he accepted the tea leaves after they said that they were not used to drinking tea and did not know how to drink tea.

When he went back and opened the tea leaves, he saw that the Longjing tea that his grandfather liked was also mid-priced. He felt that the Xiao family was quite thoughtful.

In particular, the daughters of the Xiao family were quite peaceful. When he passed by, the three girls came over to thank him, but they never came to hang out in front of him at other times.

Of course, if those three girls took this opportunity to hang around him, he would definitely regret not letting them go with him.

At this moment, the Xiao family were all sitting together and talking.

"We have had a hard time together, and finally Ji Tai is here." Xiao Dalang was very excited: "Being able to follow Mr. Jiang, we can also ask the bodyguards for some tips."

When Mrs. Xiao saw her eldest grandson's excitement, she also said with a pained face: "I heard that Hou Er next to Young Master Jiang said that he likes our food, saying that his Young Master's food is light."

"Then tomorrow morning you go buy some fresh meat and live chickens and ducks, put them in cages and take them away."

"Grandma, you are really observant." Xiao Xiao flattered her: "Let's do what they like and help cook a few meals. It's like paying money to follow them."

Boss Xiao also nodded: "San'er is right. It's getting cooler now, so we can buy more meat."

Old Man Xiao was very simple: "I just bought pig heads and trotters. The meat is cheap and the food we make is delicious."

Mrs. Xiao's words of praise for her old man were also very straightforward: "As expected, he has been dealing with pigs for most of his life, and he knows where to eat pigs cost-effectively."

Xiao Erlang finally found the opportunity to speak: "Who said Young Master Jiang eats light food? He ate four pieces of steamed pork with rice noodles in a row, which is not too much."

Especially the last piece, which he wanted to get, but Young Master Jiang grabbed it first.

(End of this chapter)