Economic and Trade Song Dynasty

They didn't stay overnight in the village, and the four of them set off after setting up the dry food on the road. At this time, they followed a caravan. They followed a caravan at a leisurely pace, but they couldn't let the people in the caravan find them.

Arriving in Balam City is at the end of February of this year.

From Tieling, it took [-] days to get to Balan.

Qin Juan never thought that it would take so long to return to Bayan City, and seeing the word "Balan" at the gate of the city almost gave him the illusion that he seemed to have passed away.

After entering Balan City, he went to the bank first.

He and Tao Hua Gu Yue parted ways in front of a market in the city, and handed Xiao Qu'er to Tao Hua.

"You can find an inn in the east of the city. If I don't come back at night, I will stay in another inn. I will come to you tomorrow." Qin Juan said to them.

Gu Yue asked him in a low voice: "Is it something very important?"

Qin Juan replied, "It's very important."

Gu Yue: "Then you go, we don't want you to worry about it here."

Qin Juan separated from them at the gate of the market.

About half an hour later, he went to find the second bank.

He took the deed to the treasurer of the bank, but the treasurer of the bank told him that his deed had expired.

The deed is valid for three months. Missing the time does not mean that the money cannot be exchanged. The person who has pressed the fingerprint needs to come and make another deed. After paying the deposited resettlement silver, the full amount can be withdrawn, otherwise only half can be withdrawn.

Qin Juan knew that this matter would be difficult to handle. When he came, he knew very well that Qi Lin's deed had expired.

But the 3000 taels of silver had to be mentioned if not allowed.

The shopkeeper looked at him and said doubtfully, "I remember that it wasn't you who came to hold the contract last time. That person was stronger and older than you... Could it be that you are taking a risk..."

Before the shopkeeper finished speaking, Qin Juan roared: "That man is my subordinate, and I am their boss!"

The shopkeeper weighed it up in his mind. The few who signed the contract last time seemed powerful enough to be under this person. Then this person may have a lot of background. How to solve this matter?I don't want to give him the full amount of the money, the money must be earned, isn't that what their bank does?

Not only was the shopkeeper thinking about it, but Qin Juan was also thinking about how to get the 3000 taels of silver out, after all, the deed was signed by Qi Lin and Qi Lin's men.

"I came from Andiku, and I was delayed on the way, so I was late. You can bring a little more money for this resettlement, so that you don't have to reapply for this deed. What do you think?" Qin Juan lowered his voice, showing a little bit Leng Ling.

When the shopkeeper heard that he was from An Diku, he naturally became more particular. An Diku was where the Western Expedition Army was. I am afraid that this person is an official?

The shopkeeper didn't dare to answer rashly, and after thinking deeply, he said, "Let's discuss the Qizi matter first. After all, you also know that your 3000 taels is not small, and it has expired. If you want the bank to take the money in real money We have to come back from the accountant to come out... Let’s discuss this matter several times, and by the way, I want the accountant to get the cash in a few days, you can understand that."

Qin Juan pursed his lips and glanced at the shopkeeper. He put away the deed and asked in a cold voice, "How long will it take?"

"Three days, three days will be fine." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

"Okay, you keep what you say." Qin Juan said, turned and left.

At this time, the shopkeeper called the guard of the bank: "Go and check all the details of that person, where did he come from, who is he, and what does he do..."

If you are an official, you can't do it, so you have to forget it.

If other...

As expected, Qin Juan has spent so many years in the grassland and desert of the battlefield, and he would have been investigated if he arrived.

He found an inn in the west of the city, and it was registered as Borjijin.

Just registered a surname.

In fact, he was pretending to be Kuan Duan's third son, Zhi Bi Timur.

As soon as Qin Juan went upstairs, the people from the bank followed him in to ask the shopkeeper.

Here the bank and the inn should have some connection, said a few words, and gave the money.

The shopkeeper showed the registered book to the man.

The man left in a hurry after reading it.

When I got back, I told the shopkeeper of the bank that the young man whose surname was Bo'er Jijin came to the door today.

The shopkeeper of the bank was taken aback, thinking that if he didn't give the money, he would have to give it.Fortunately, I didn't say anything during the day, and now I just need to ask the accountant to calculate clearly according to what should be given.

It would be very smooth for Qin Juan to go back the next day. The shopkeeper told him that the silver would be ready within three days, totaling 500 taels.

After storing it for a while, it was discounted by 500 taels.

Qin Juan was a matchmaker, and tied four boxes to the horses, and both horses were severely crushed.

After leaving the bank, Qin Juan did not go back to the inn, but went to another bank in the city.

Reported the name of one of Qi Lin's subordinates.

He asked if the man had been here.

The shopkeeper first looked at him for a while, and then asked him what he was doing.

Qin Juan: "This man is my subordinate. I got separated from him. He saved money with you last year."

It is risky for Qin Juan to say this. For example, if Qi Lin or Qi Lin's people did not come, and if he reported his name in this way, the bank would realize that the person who deposited the silver may no longer be there, so this is not as good as the silver deposit. Will take it out.

Qin Juan thought about this question for a long time, and he still wanted to know whether Qi Lin and the others were still alive.

The shopkeeper said, "I have never encountered the name you mentioned before."

"Has there been any deposits of more than a thousand taels taken away in the past six months?"

"There must be, and there are more than one, how can I count them." The shopkeeper said again, "Okay, if you don't save money, you should leave earlier."

Qin Juan didn't get any news that made him sure that Qi Lin was still alive.

He was a little irritable, he was afraid that he couldn't help but went up to the shopkeeper's collar and asked him to see the account book.

However, there was a vague feeling that Qi Lin's people had already come here to withdraw money, and it was this contradiction and uncertainty that made him very irritable.

Qin Juan suppressed this feeling and led the horse away.

Going to the east of the city, Qin Juan stood under an inn for a long time.

Taohua saw Qin Juan standing under the inn facing their window when the window was closed in the evening.

The reason Qin Juan was able to find this place so quickly was because Xiao Qu'er's Taoist uniform was hung on the window.

I just washed the peach blossoms this morning and left them to dry for a day.

Taohua saw Qin Juan, Qin Juan knew Taohua was looking at him, but he didn't look over, and left with only a gesture.

Tao Hua didn't quite understand at first, but after thinking about it carefully, she suddenly understood.

At this time, Gu Yue had just returned, Tao Hua said to Gu Yue and Xiao Qu'er, "Pack up your things and we'll leave the city."

Gu Yue wanted to ask but didn't ask, and quickly picked up Xiao Qu'er from the bed: "Stop meditating, put on your shoes, we have to go."

Xiao Qu'er puts on his shoes, folds the quilt, and tidies up his clothes.

Taohua and the others moved the goods down one after another.

It was already half an hour when the three of Taohua left the city.

Qin Juan met a dozen strong men just five miles outside the city.

These strong men did not follow him out of the city, but ambushed him here.

Realizing this, Qin Juan also understood that when he took the money out of the bank, he was being watched.

He had expected it, and he didn't think it was a surprise.

"Get lost if you don't want to die." Qin Juan told them in Mongolian.

Those strong men were indifferent, and I don't blame them, they didn't understand at all.

Qin Juan was afraid of scaring passers-by in the distance.

But the people in the Western Regions are really powerful. They just treat the robbers as tricks, and they think it's safe if they stand a little farther away.

Qin Juan still wanted to communicate with them, but these people had already come over with their fists raised.

Qin Juan instinctively raised his foot and kicked one away.

Those people seemed to be stunned, looked left and right, and then went up together.

The Hidden Knife they use is a kind of knife that can be hidden in the sleeve. It is neither long nor short but very thin. If you look at it from a distance during a fight, it looks like you are holding a branch.

It seemed that they were a group of habitual offenders who had come prepared and knew how to avoid the attention of officers and soldiers.

Qin Juan snorted coldly, and didn't even draw out the knife under his waist.

Stepping on Seventh Brother's back, he jumped up and kicked away the first person who rushed up.

Three down, five down, two down, four down.

These strong men are not beaten at all!

Soon all the strong men fell to the ground, lying on the ground and screaming.

There was a burst of applause around, one after another.

Qin Juan snorted coldly and told them to get out, then suddenly remembered that this group of people would not be fooled.

These strong men didn't dare to stay any longer, picked up their knives and rolled away.

Qin Juan rode slowly for another mile, and after a while, Taohua and the others rushed over.

"This..." Seeing the things on the two horses, they couldn't help but want to ask Qin Juan.

Qin Juan said to Taohua, "Give me some cloth."

Taohua got off the horse and took out some pieces of cloth for him.

After covering the boxes, Qin Juan looked at them and said, "I'm here on business, and I have to take these back with me."

After he explained it like this, Taohua and the others understood.

"Let's go to Chachi, take a detour, and go directly to Kesuha'er via Husi'er. We won't stay in the city anymore, but we will exchange food outside the city." Qin Juan said.

He and Qi Lin made an appointment at Kesihar, if Qi Lin walked in front of him, then it is very likely that he has arrived at Kesihar by now.

Wait for more than a month, and they will arrive in two months at most.

When passing through the sea of ​​sand in Chachi, they celebrate the birthday of peach blossoms.

Several people sang songs in front of the fire.

That night, happy and peaceful.

It was Gu Yue's birthday when he arrived in Husi Or'er territory. Before dawn, he saw soldiers lined up in front of the checkpoint in the distance, as well as caravans and common people queuing up for inspection.

"What can we do? Why do we spare more than a dozen places, and there are checkpoints everywhere, so how do we get there?" Gu Yue whispered.

"Don't panic, if there is really no way out, we can only let them check, but it is not necessarily impossible to pass." Qin Juan calmed down.

"Then let's go further south and see if we can avoid it," Tao Hua suggested.

Qin Juan nodded.

On this day, Gu Yue's birthday, they took a detour until noon, and when it got dark in the evening, they no longer headed south, but instead headed west.

In fact, it feels like I have bypassed Husi Ordu City for a long time, but who knows...

From a distance, I saw camped checkpoints and watchtowers.

Gu Yue growled: "Damn it, what's going on?"

Before they had time to catch their breath, they heard a rush of hoofbeats behind them.