Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

Hearing Jiang Yin's words, Madam Feng looked at Jiang Yin with an ambiguous look and said, "Don't worry about the Tea and Horse Department. Magistrate Fan has already sent someone to discuss it. It's feasible."

In fact, they had already contacted each other privately. It was just that there were no rebels in the past, so Fan Chunren was not convenient to send troops to garrison.

Now that the rebels are openly intercepting the tribute tea, the situation will develop differently. If this news gets to the government, the government will surely be furious.

In this way, the government will not say anything about Fan Chunren sending troops.

Hearing this, Jiang Yin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's great. Then, I'll trouble you, aunt."

She bowed to Aunt Feng and solemnly thanked and asked for help from Aunt Feng.

Madam Feng helped the man up and said angrily, "It's not a big deal. There's no need to talk about it. It's just that the journey is long and full of dangers. You must remember to ensure your own safety."

Then, she continued to tell Jiang Yin about the precautions on the way, and also talked about the places he would pass by on the way, as well as the situation in Huizhou and Dongjing.

After all, she was from Tokyo and knew Tokyo very well.

As for other places they would pass by on the way, including Huizhou, the final destination, even if she had not been to some of them, she knew a little about them.

Jiang Yin listened quietly and gained a lot.

Before leaving, she gave the letter she wrote in the carriage to Aunt Feng, asking her to be sure to deliver it to Li Ji.

Although Mrs. Feng wondered when the two of them had become so familiar with each other, she did not ask any further questions and just agreed to this matter.

After returning to her own residence, Jiang Yin added and removed some clothes according to Aunt Feng's reminder. Only then did she fall asleep peacefully.

The next day, at just before Chou time, Jiang Yin got up, packed his things, and set off from the mansion for Huizhou.

It was just dawn at this time, and Jiang Yin's carriage drove out of the city in a low-key manner, leaving someone to clean up the mess.

Fortunately, no one was following him, and Jiang Yin breathed a sigh of relief.

The carriage did not stop until it was ten miles away from the city, as if it was waiting for someone.

In a short while, two carriages drove up from another road, and dozens of men on horseback guarded the carriages. From a distance, they looked like a convoy of escorts.

The convoy stopped for a moment when it reached Jiang Yin's carriage, and then continued moving forward as if nothing had happened.

After the convoy left, Jiang Yin's carriage also moved slowly forward towards Yazhou.

At this time, the driver at the head of the carriage had already been replaced by Yan Ge'er, who was wearing a straw hat, and the escort leading the carriage had also become Wang Heng.

Jiang Yin lifted the curtain and took a look at the carriage heading to Yazhou, then ordered to speed up and get on with the journey first.

This was what she arranged yesterday. She pretended to go back to Mengshan, but actually sent a team of people disguised as the escort team of the escort agency.

Wait until you are outside the city and then quickly transfer.

The carriage she was originally riding in went to Mengshan as normal, but she changed to the escort carriage and went to Huizhou under the escort of the escort agency.

You can say she is timid or cautious, as long as she can get to Huizhou in a low-key, safe and fast manner.

To reach Huizhou smoothly from Chengdu Prefecture, you must first head northeast.

Along the way, you pass through large and small states, and go through Zizhou and Lizhou to reach Xingyuan Prefecture.

Then turn southeast from Xingyuan Prefecture, passing Jinzhou, Junzhou, Tangzhou, Caizhou, and Guangzhou, and finally reach Huizhou.

After Xingyuan Prefecture, there are many prefectures to pass through, but the distance between each prefecture is short, and each prefecture is a prosperous area, so the journey is easier.

But it is different from Chengdu Prefecture to Xingyuan Prefecture. The two prefectures are far apart and the roads are mountainous, making it difficult to travel.

In addition, bandits are rampant in places with many mountainous roads. Therefore, this is another danger.

Therefore, after the convoy set off, Jiang Yin asked everyone to keep moving forward and try to reach Xiazizhou before dark.

But Jiang Yin also knew that this was unrealistic. It would take six or seven hours to travel from Chengdu to Zizhou by horseback at full speed, and a carriage would be much slower.

She didn't force it, she just set a goal here, as long as she could reach a county town closer to Zizhou before dark.

As it turned out, they did not reach Zizhou before dark. They could only find a random county town nearby to stay and continue their journey the next day.

The journey took five days until they entered Xingyuan Prefecture.

After several days of long journey, Jiang Yin felt very uncomfortable from the bumpy ride in the carriage.

She was pale and sickly lying in the carriage, unwilling to move.

Xiao Luo was also feeling uncomfortable, but she still tried her best to fan Jiang Yin to cool him down.

"My dear, we have been traveling for five days. I think no one should catch up with us." Xiao Luo said with a worried look on her face, "Why don't we rest in Hanzhong for a day before continuing on our journey?"

Otherwise, if this continues, my wife’s body will not be able to bear it.

"You should take a break too." Jiang Yin held down the fan, waved his hand, and said, "You're right, we should wait until we reach Hanzhong to rest for a day and replenish some dry food before leaving.

The roads ahead are mostly official roads, which are easy to travel on and there are few bandits. It will be much easier for us to travel.”

She had been traveling non-stop these past few days, firstly because she was worried that someone would follow her, and secondly because the mountain roads were rugged and she was worried about encountering bandits or something.

Therefore, we have been traveling in a hurry these days.

Hanzhong is located in Xingyuan Prefecture. Due to the natural barrier of the Qinling Mountains, Hanzhong is often used as a place of refuge.

Whenever there was war in the Guanzhong area, many people would cross the Qinling Mountains and come to Hanzhong for safety.

Therefore, Hanzhong is also a prosperous place, no worse than Zizhou.

In fact, without Xiao Luo telling her, Jiang Yin also planned to rest here for a day. She also wanted to go around Hanzhong to see if there were any business opportunities.

The carriage entered Xingyuan Prefecture and arrived in Hanzhong in just over an hour.

However, it was already late at night and Jiang Yin didn't want to move, so he went straight into the inn to rest.

As there was no need to travel the next day, Jiang Yin slept until noon before getting up and going downstairs for breakfast.

Hanzhong is also considered to be in the north, and the food there is slightly different from that in Chengdu.

On the recommendation of the innkeeper, Jiang Yin and Xiao Luo tried the mutton soup steamed bun. It's true, after one bowl, they couldn't eat anything else.

Touching his bloated belly, Jiang Yin fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

After a long while, she sighed and said, "It seems that other delicacies can only be eaten in the afternoon."

Xiao Luo chuckled and said, "Don't worry, my lady, let's go out for a walk now, maybe we can get pregnant soon.

At worst, if you come across something you want to eat, you can pack it up and take it away to eat on the way.”

"Then let's go now." Jiang Yin's eyes lit up and he pulled Xiao Luo away.

Seeing the two people who were still complaining about backaches the moment before, rushing into various stores to sweep things up the next second, Wang Heng was very puzzled, but he still followed them and carried things with all his heart.

However, the good mood of shopping did not last long as an emergency occurred. Someone actually tried to rob a girl in the street.

What a coincidence, Jiang Yin knew the kidnapped girl.