Because Dachu supports sea trade, the sea trade along the southeast coast is developed. Silk, porcelain and tea are gathered from all parts of Dachu to Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Ningbo and other places, where they are traded to foreigners or sea trade merchants, and then from their hands. Spices, precious stones, ivory and other imported goods were purchased from the land, and sold from land and water to inland areas such as west and north.

And their official road is an important trade route on the north-south land road, because the official road leads to major cities, and none of them enter the sea. Whether it is buying silk, satin, porcelain and tea here, or selling spices and gems here Earn something.

So when you look around on the road, you can always see caravans on the official road or shopkeepers carrying burdens.

Li Baolu had just driven the mule cart onto the official road when she saw a peddler in front of him carrying a load on his shoulders, shouting in Mandarin with an accent, "Doufuhua, there are sweet and salty tofuhua——"

In the distance, a voice immediately echoed in front: "Cold noodles, refreshing, delicious cold noodles—"

Li Baolu's saliva almost drooled, she hurriedly turned her head to look at Gu Jingyun who was sitting beside her.

Gu Jingyun immediately withdrew his eyes from looking at the salesman's burden, and turned his head to look at the scenery aside, but his ears couldn't help but turn red.

Li Baolu laughed in her heart, and said directly: "The weather is hot, let's buy some tofu flower and cold noodles."

Gu Jingyun responded with a "hmm" from his nose.

Li Baolu rushed to the car and said to the shopkeeper, "I want two bowls of sweet bean curd." Li Baolu gave him the bamboo tube they brought with them, and said, "Pour it in here."

The peddler happily took it, quickly poured the bean curd for them, and pointed to the front courteously: "If you don't want to stay in the wild, you have to go faster. There is a tea shop ahead, you can rest there for a while, avoid The most poisonous sun, you can walk forty miles along the official road and you will see an inn, and you will only enter the city after twenty miles, you will definitely not be able to catch up tonight."

Li Baolu gave him the money and sincerely thanked him, "Thank you uncle for your guidance."

Li Baolu took the bamboo tube, stuffed one into Gu Jingyun's arms, beat red dates and went to find the cold noodle vendor.

The cold noodles are made in advance, just put in the ingredients and mix well, and some minced meat is sprinkled on top.

Of course, the price is not low, a bowl of twelve coins is twice as expensive as the usual six coins, but no one on the official road will complain about the price.

People who are on the road here are not short of that money, the most important thing is that the mouth of the road is really fading out.

Li Baolu, Gu Jingyun, and the others are well prepared. There are pots, rice, and seasonings. Li Baolu also hunts rabbits and pheasants from time to time. When they encounter villages and towns, they will buy some vegetables for storage. It's very delicate, so I'm too hungry.

This is true for two well-prepared children, let alone those businessmen who only brought dry food on the road.

Any peddler who comes across a burden will buy, buy, and buy, and some even simply make a round, so that the accompanying buddies will also make a tooth sacrifice.

Gu Jingyun looked halfway and said: "I don't know how many people have been fed by this official road. Although the business is cheap, it is beneficial to the people and the country."

Li Baolu looked at Gu Jingyun in astonishment, and it took him a long time to praise him unabashedly: "You are so amazing that you can understand this truth."

This is the real insight!

Gu Jingyun couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said: "It's obvious, if you just want to praise me, find a better reason, don't praise me for such things that everyone understands, I will blush and feel ashamed!"

"Do you think that everyone in the world is the same as you?" Li Baolu said seriously: "Business and trade benefit the people. It's such a simple thing. There are many ministers in the court who don't understand."

Merchants and their descendants could not take the imperial examination, which shows the contempt for merchants in this era.

Gu Jingyun thought about it carefully and said: "A small number of people may really not understand, but most people pretend to be confused."

"There is no need to suppress commerce and trade, but there is no need to deliberately promote it. It is good to let nature take its course. Unless one day the population of the world increases sharply, the land cannot accommodate people, or the grain yield per mu increases, and one person can support many people. Encourage business."

"Otherwise, if businesses are encouraged at this time, wealth will increase and the national treasury will be filled in the short term, but over time, if the grain output is low, prices will inevitably skyrocket, not only suffering the common people, but even the country may be in turmoil. "

Li Baolu touched his head and said, "They are all human brains, why are you so smart?"

She can understand these truths after Gu Jingyun said it, it is because she has the memory of her previous life, and in her previous life she looked back from the giant of history.

But that's it, she never took the initiative to think about these reasons, and if Gu Jingyun didn't mention them, she wouldn't think about these things.

What she was thinking just now was that when she arrived at the tea shop, she would have to ask Xiao Er if there was any ice, and take the ice to freeze the tofu curd, then it would be good to eat...

Sure enough, this is the difference between genius and mediocrity.

The genius Gu Jingyun pulled her hand from her head with a look of disgust, took cold noodles into the car, and said, "Are you a human brain? I always thought it was a monkey brain."

A genius is good at everything, but his mouth is too poisonous.

Li Baolu decided to ignore him.

Driving the mule cart, blowing the breeze, Li Baolu's restless heart slowly settled down.

She has always known that Gu Jingyun is smart. It shows that after reading the book once, he can remember it; after reading it twice, he can fully understand the meaning; Then find your own way to find the answer.

Learning to play chess with Uncle Qin, when she finally figured out the rules and began to play from the simplest chess record, he already knew how to use mental calculations on the chessboard and began to lay out strategies.

Learning the piano with Aunt Qin, she just knew how to play Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu, Gu Jingyun can already play a tune, if it weren't for the memory of her previous life that made her self-disciplined and smart enough to chase him, I'm afraid she can't even catch him now. His back is nowhere to be seen.

Even in cooking, Li Baolu is inferior to Gu Jingyun.

Apart from medical skills and martial arts, she really had nothing to show for Gu Jingyun.

But even so, facing him single-handedly going out of Qiongzhou to rehabilitate Uncle Qin, Li Baolu still only had three points of confidence.

Because no matter how smart he is, his age and experience are there. Some people study well, but they are not so good in other aspects.

But what happened yesterday and today made Li Baolu more confident, and felt that it was okay to use his ability to vindicate Uncle Qin.

He was fearless in the face of danger, last night the sword whizzed past them, and she even took him to stab someone at close range. At that time, he didn't yell or panic, and gave her all his trust, which shows that he was not only brave enough , also very team spirit.

He was quick-witted, if he hadn't provoked those men in black to fight last night, I'm afraid they would still have a fierce battle, and they might not be able to fight those men in black.

Most importantly, he was able to guess Li An's identity. Of course, Li An's identity has not been confirmed yet, but Li Baolu believed him subconsciously.

Not only can he guess, but he can also plan his attitude towards them in an instant, and lure them into the bait step by step. Coupled with his long-term and unique vision today, Li Baolu feels that it is very important to rehabilitate Uncle Qin and then reach the pinnacle of life. High probability.

Li Baolu was delighted, and drove the carriage to the teahouse with ease.

But Hongzao was about to die of exhaustion. As soon as he arrived at the tea shop, he immediately quit and refused to take a step forward.

Li Baolu had no choice but to let it get blocked in the middle of the road, so she could only coax her, "Move to the side quickly, and I'll take you to drink water."

Hongzao glanced at her casually, then continued to lower her head and gasp for breath, it was too tired, so don't move.

Seeing Li Baolu sweating profusely negotiating with a mule under the sun, Gu Jingyun's expression darkened, and he stared at the mule rather unkindly and said: "Since it's useless, let's slaughter it and sell it, and let's buy a new horse. Buying a mule is for the convenience of traveling, not for you to bask in the sun as a grandson."

On a hot day, the jujube shivered. It breathed out twice from its nose, stomped its feet on the ground, and reluctantly pulled the car aside.

Gu Jingyun snorted coldly, and said to Li Baolu: "Come and drink some tea when you get off the car, and then take it to drink water later."

Li Baolu felt that it was not good to keep the promise of red dates, and was about to persuade Gu Jingyun, when the waiter who had been watching the whole process rushed up immediately, and said with a smile: "You two are objective, our tea shop also provides water and food for the animals, what do you want?" Don't want to come? It's a hot day, and it's not a short distance to pull the animals to the river, and you'll have to sweat a lot, and you'll suffer..."

Gu Jingyun gave a haughty "Yes" and said, "Then give it a copy."

Li Baolu hurriedly interrupted him and asked, "How much does it cost? There are good and bad food, and there is also a difference in the amount of water. How much does it cost?"

The man was slightly disappointed, he thought he could directly provide the best service to the mule.

After the buddy reported the price, Li Baolu ordered a medium set meal, and followed Gu Jingyun into the tea shop after looking at the water and food they provided.

Gu Jingyun sat on the stool angrily, glared at Li Baolu, and said, "It's an animal, you treat it better than yourself."

Li Baolu said helplessly: "You also said that they are livestock, do you still have to worry about these things with the red dates? Well, let's order some tea and see if their food is good. Let's have a good meal and pack it up again." Some snacks to eat on the way..."

There are quite a few people avoiding the poisonous sun here, including caravans, farmers and shopkeepers passing by.

Most of the people in the caravan sit in the tea shop and order food and tea, while the farmers and shopkeepers just pay two cents to get a bowl, go to the tea shop door to pour tea, take the bowl and go out to squat in the tree. Drink it under the shade, and pour it when you're done.

Two pennies can provide unlimited tea, but there are no tables and chairs, so I have to squat under the shade of a tree by myself.

But the business of the tea shop is still good.

Li Baolu and Gu Jingyun sat in the tea shop and stayed until Shen Shi. Gu Jingyun took a book and read it. This is a miscellaneous book he bought in Guangzhou. It is a novelty, and there is also an introduction to the geography of mountains and rivers.

Li Baolu slept soundly lying on the table, if Gu Jingyun hadn't shaken her, she could have continued to sleep.

Gu Jingyun glanced at the caravan that was setting up their cars and said, "The shopkeeper said that there was only one inn before entering the city."

Li Baolu nodded in a daze.

Seeing that she was still awake, Gu Jingyun patted her on the forehead and said, "So you plan to continue sleeping in the open at night? I want to stay in a hotel, take a bath and sleep in bed. Look at the three caravans in front, do you think we are going to sleep in the open?" Can I still stay in the inn if I walk back?"

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