After leaving the Chongqing government office, the messenger sent last time was already waiting for Ouyang Xuan at the door. This messenger is called Li Kaipeng, who has been Li Shuang's nephew for many years and has followed him for many years. Ouyang Xuan sent him as a messenger not only because of his cleverness, but also because he asked him to deliver the message.

He stayed in Chongqing Mansion to take care of Li Shuang. After Li Shuang injured himself, he was controlled by Pan

The Qingfu Xiang Army was expelled. Although they were given pensions, they were extremely meager. When Huang Dagen and Dong Hu went to Fucheng to deliver the letter, they saw that Li Shuang's food and accommodation conditions were extremely poor. When they returned to Liuliba, they informed Ouyang Xuan immediately. Ouyang Xuan

After some discussion, Li Kaipeng was asked to bring enough money and materials to support Li Shuang's daily needs.

Although Li Shuang's new residence is small, it is also clean. It can be seen that Li Kaipeng is also very attentive. He has not seen Li Shuang for more than a month. Li Shuang's mental state is still good, but he still cannot get out of bed and walk. He was extremely excited to meet Ouyang Xuan and others, and talked about the past.

It was so sad. When Ouyang Xuan told Li Shuang about the development of Liuliba in recent times, Li Shuang suddenly said: "Brother Xuan, I am here.

There are some old friends in Chongqing Mansion. I recently learned from them that you and others have made great contributions, and I feel very relieved. However, the situation in Jiguan Mountain is so good that it has attracted the jealousy of people with ulterior motives. I heard that there are treacherous people.

He has repeatedly bribed Governor Pan and coveted your official position, but he has not yet succeeded because the bandits have not been exterminated and the roads are not open, so be careful!"

Li Shuang's heartfelt words not only made Huang Dagen and the others angry, but also shocked Ouyang Xuan. No wonder Pan Tongzhi never mentioned the reward. It turned out that he wanted to wait until the Liuliba peach matured before selling it at a good price!

However, although he was angry in his heart, Ouyang Xuan was not afraid that Pan Tongzhi would send people to seize it.

Its location. He looked around and said: "You can't follow the chaos! It's not that I am greedy for official position, but if the villain's conspiracy succeeds, the Perak Army and the people in the mountains will suffer again. However, I will wait for a few people to know about this.

, don’t spread it everywhere.” After hearing Ouyang Xuan’s words, everyone said: “That’s exactly what it should be.”

Ouyang Xuan then mentioned to Li Shuang that once the road is clear, he would be taken to the mountains to plan development together. Li Shuang was moved by Ouyang Xuan's sincerity and choked up: "Thanks to Brother Xuan for not despising a disabled person like me, after I recover,

I will do my best to work with all my brothers to help Brother Xuan achieve his great cause, even if I am embarrassed, I will not hesitate to do so."

After bidding farewell to Li Shuang, Ouyang Xuan took people back to the camp of the trade team. Due to the large number of people on this trip, the trade team found an open space to rest next to the dock outside Ximen City in order to save hotel expenses. Of course, the more important reason is that this time

The amount of mountain goods brought is quite large, so it is not suitable to move into the city and camp. Firstly, because the wealth is not revealed, I am afraid of attracting jealousy and coveting; secondly, if all are sold in Chongqing Prefecture, the shipment quantity will be too large.

Prices were driven down by profiteers.

When they returned to the camp, Wang Youfu, Zhu Tiaozi and Dong Hu had returned from selling goods. The three of them reported the sales situation to Ouyang Xuan with joyful faces. Although they only sold half of the mountain goods, the profits they made were extremely generous.

It has far exceeded everyone's expectations. The good price this time was achieved not only because Zhu Tiaozi was well versed in buying and selling methods, but also because Du Da was accompanying him.

The whole generation is a doctor and drug dealer, and he is very familiar with the traditional Chinese medicines he carries. With just a few words, he can resolve the price cut by unscrupulous merchants. Of course, the good price of these mountain goods is also benefited from the bandits of Wanjiaping. The bandits of Wanjiaping use force

, or impose "taxes" in the mountains to plunder mountain products, or monopolize the sale of daily necessities such as salt, and purchase mountain products in exchange for extremely low prices. Every year

In September and October, they were sold to evil traders who were engaged in collecting stolen goods. After changing hands several times, the price had already doubled several times when they arrived at the Chongqing Mansion store. This time, the Pili Army sold the mountain goods in advance in June, and the price was also low.

There are a lot of them, so naturally demand exceeds supply. You must know that furs, honey, precious Chinese medicines and other mountain products are not only popular in Chongqing Mansion, but can also be sold down the river.

They were sold to Jiading Prefecture, Chongqing Prefecture and even Lin'an Prefecture, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Those dignitaries had huge demand for precious goods. So when he learned from Li Tiaozi that selling only half of the mountain goods could be exchanged for two thousand kilograms of salt, he followed

Dong Hu was so surprised that he was speechless. This shows how ridiculously expensive the salt in Jiguan Mountain is.

The distance between Chongqing Mansion and Qiongzhou is eighty miles and can be reached in one day. In order to avoid the hot weather in June, the trade team set off early the next day before dawn. In order to reduce everyone's physical load, Zhu Tiaozi

Hire at the carriage house in the city

He bought more than 20 mules and horses and accompanying pack workers all the way to Qiongzhou. In addition to being used to carry goods and baggage, he also prepared a tall mules and horses for Ouyang Xuan to ride on, but Ouyang Xuan refused. He insisted

Walk with the crowd.

The official road from Chongqing Prefecture to Qiongzhou is the most important road in western Sichuan. It is not only the most important road to Jiading Prefecture, but also the most important road to Yazhou and even Diaozhou and the land of the Yi people. It is not a secondary road like Yongkang Village and other places.

The official road is important. Therefore, although the Shu area is now dilapidated, the government still works hard to maintain the traffic of this road and regularly sends troops

The team cleaned up and arrested the bandits along the way. Ouyang Xuan heard that Mongolian rovers appeared on this official road last month, but they never appeared again after the official army heard the news and drove them away. The trade team, under the banner of the Chongqing Prefecture Xiang Army,

The people accompanying him were all strong men with swords, guns and shields, so the journey went smoothly and they arrived at Qiongzhou City before sunset.

It is said that Qiongzhou has been a prosperous place in Western Shu since ancient times, and it is also an important place for finance and taxation. In addition to producing grains and rice, it also benefits from salt and iron. Qiongzhou not only has Qianjian for casting iron coins, but also has Western Sichuan.

The only well salt production

.Since the Western Han Dynasty, there have been rich families in Qiongzhou who have taken the abundant brine from the ground, used pottery and bamboo pipes to draw natural gas to boil salt, and have become powerful and wealthy. Especially in Huojing County under the rule, brine and natural gas are extremely rich.

No

It is not only the most important financial and taxation of the Qiongzhou government, but also the livelihood of the villagers. Before the Mongolian invasion, the population was large and the economy was extremely developed. It was not inferior to Chongqing Mansion, which was known as "Sichuan among Sichuan". However, due to repeated attacks

Mongol

Robbery and prosperity are gone forever. Due to the economic decline in western Sichuan, the government relies more on taxes from the subway and salt industries. Therefore, although the population and food production are far lower than before, the production of salt and iron has not dropped much.

After finding an open space to camp outside Qiongzhou City, although he was exhausted after walking for a whole day, Ouyang Xuan saw that it was still early, so he summoned everyone to discuss matters with lamps and make arrangements for tomorrow. During the discussion,

Zhu Tiaozi suggested buying salt in Huojing County, eighty miles away from Qiongzhou City, where the salt cooking industry was more developed and private salt production among the people was very popular.

If you have more money, you only need to exchange all the proceeds from the sales into "Jiaozi" that can be used in Huojing. At that time, everyone agreed that Huang Dagen would go to the Salt Industry Supervisor in charge of the government's salt administration early tomorrow morning to exchange for official documents; Zhu Tiaozi and Du
Chapter completed!