Cultivate Taoism and farm to make peace in the world

Chapter 110 Apricot Blossoms in September
Follow the flow of people to the city gate.

Still far away, Jiang Xuan saw two huge city gates.

In other words, there are two city gates, one large and one small.

There was a long queue in front of the small city gate, but there was no one in front of the big city gate.

Looking at the two city gates, Jiang Xuan couldn't help feeling:
"I don't know who said that what separates the two gates is not big and small, but rules and prejudices."

"Thinking about it now, it's really fucking reasonable."

Shaking his head and walking to the edge of the city wall, Jiang Xuan, who was thinking about something, suddenly stopped, and then stared at the city wall.

"The scholar, what's the matter? You haven't entered the city yet?"

While concentrating on it, a voice of doubt reached Jiang Xuan's ears.

Looking at the city guard who trotted to his side, Jiang Xuan shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I just thought of something suddenly."

"It's fine."

The city guard patted his chest, looked at Jiang Xuan for a while, and stretched out his hand to guide the city:
"Since it's all right, let's go to the city quickly."

Feeling the tense mood of the city guard, Jiang Xuan raised his eyebrows and followed into Jersey County.

But after entering the county seat, he showed a hint of bewilderment.

This person was unfamiliar with the place, and he didn't know which direction to go for a while.

"Scholar, if you don't know where to go, you can go over there and find a child to lead the way."

Or seeing Jiang Xuan's confusion, Cheng who ran up to him just now walked up to him and said:

"It would be nice to reward them with one or two big Ming treasure notes."

"Those children cooperate with the shops in the city, and they can get a lot of money if they lead a person there."

"Of course, you don't have to worry about them cooperating with the store to cheat you."

"The county magistrate is wise and powerful. If he dares to play these small tricks under his nose, he will either go to prison tomorrow or go to the coal mountain to dig coal."

Turning around and thanking the guard, Jiang Xuan looked back at the city wall again and walked towards the direction the guard pointed.

Then a group of small and medium radish heads surrounded him.

They didn't speak, just stared at Jiang Xuan with their big eyes.

Looking around at the group of little radish heads who were only as high as his own chest, Jiang Xuan then nodded to a little girl with sky braids.

It's not because she's good-looking, and there aren't any girls who are prettier than her in the crowd.

Jiang Xuan chose him only because the little girl exudes the most emotions.

Seeing that Jiang Xuan had a choice, the little radish heads who surrounded him immediately dispersed, and only the little girl who was selected by Jiang Xuan came to Jiang Xuan with a look of joy:
"My lord, where do you want to go? Jersey County is a big county, and the county seat stretches fifteen miles from north to south. Would you like to rent a carriage first?"

Looking at the smiling little girl, Jiang Xuan nodded and said:
"You can rent a carriage."

"But I want to ask why you just surrounded me, but didn't open your mouth to fight?"

"Because the county magistrate does not allow it."

The little girl explained why:

"One time we accidentally pushed the guests here in order to compete for them. The county magistrate was furious after hearing this, so there was this regulation."

"Anyone who doesn't obey the rules is dragged to the coal mountain to dig coal."

After saying that, the little girl bounced to the carriage shop, and after arguing with the shopkeeper for a long time, she bounced to Jiang Xuan's side again:
"My lord, the car and horse dealers say that the minimum rent for a car and a horse is two hours. A rickshaw is 20 treasures an hour, and a horse-drawn carriage is 25 treasures an hour."

"If you want to rent a four-wheeled car, it costs 200 pao an hour."

"Although my county is not small, I think rickshaws and horse-drawn carriages are enough."

Looking up at the sunset in the west, Jiang Xuan immediately said:

"Can I rent it for three hours?"

The little girl nodded:
"OK."

"There is no curfew in the county seat, and you can rent it for as long as you want."

"Then rent a carriage for three hours."

After saying that, Jiang Xuan took out a hundred-dollar bill and handed it to the little girl:

"The rest of the change is yours."

"Thank you sir."

Reaching out her hand to take the banknote from Jiang Xuan, the little girl ran to the carriage shop bouncing around again.

Only this time, she jumped even higher.

A moment later, a carriage stopped in front of Jiang Xuan, and the little girl poked her head out of the window, beckoning to Jiang Xuan:

"My lord, come up."

Entering the carriage according to Yan, seeing the little girl's hesitant expression, Jiang Xuan smiled and said:
"Take me to buy wine first."

"What kind of wine do you want, my lord?"

"The best wine in the county is in Zuixianlou, but only the master can go there."

"The second is Xiangmanlou, which is the largest gold selling cave in the county."

"The drinks in ordinary restaurants are similar."

Seeing Jiang Xuan lowering his eyebrows and pondering, the little girl snapped her fingers and said:
"Besides these restaurants, I also know a place that sells apricot blossom wine."

"That apricot blossom wine is delicious, but the wine is very expensive, even more expensive than that of Xiangmanlou."

"And the owners there aren't everyone who sells."

"I brought a total of 15 guests, and 9 customers thought it was too expensive and just left."

"Of the remaining 6 guests, only 3 bought wine."

Hearing what the little girl said, Jiang Xuan immediately became interested.

"Then take me to the restaurant you mentioned."

"It's not a restaurant, it's a wine shop."

The little girl made a correction, then lifted the curtain, and said to the coachman:
"Uncle Yang, please go to Qu's Winery."

The coachman nodded when he heard the words, and after whipping his whip, he drove the old yellow horse along the city wall.

Putting back the curtain and sitting in the carriage, the little girl said to Jiang Xuan again:

"My lord, where are you going after buying the wine?"

Looking at the sky through the gap in the curtain, Jiang Xuan thought for a while and said:
"After buying wine, go to buy talisman-making materials. If the night market is open, go to the night market for a walk, and if it's not open, go to the antique shop."

"By the way, help me find another inn, one that is clean and tidy."

After speaking, looking at the dazed little girl, sensing her shock, Jiang Xuan said in doubt:

"what happened?"

The little girl stared at Jiang Xuan with wide eyes when she heard the words:
"My lord, are you the guru?"

"why would you say so?"

"Except for the master, no one will buy materials for making talismans."

As she spoke, she pitifully took out a handkerchief from her cuff, spread it out, and counted 33 one-yuan Daming notes and handed them to Jiang Xuan:
"Master, the county magistrate said that we have to rely on you to kill demons and eliminate demons for our current stable environment, so the county has never received money from the masters."

"I'll put my money first"

Before the little girl finished speaking, she was interrupted by Jiang Xuan waving her hand:

"I didn't say I was a guru."

"I'm just a scholar, you know?"

The little girl opened her mouth to say something when she heard the words, but Jiang Xuan's serious appearance made her a little afraid to say anything.

The aggrieved look on that small face looked like a little bun who had been pissed off.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Xuan opened his mouth and was about to say something, but suddenly he smelled a fragrant aroma of glutinous rice wine.

The aroma of this wine seems to be more mellow than the spirit wine whose gourd has been raised by wine worms.

While thinking about it, he opened the window curtains.

Then from a distance, he saw a row of apricot trees beside the river embankment.

He wrinkled his nose and sniffed the air, the aroma of wine was definitely coming from there.

Stretching out his hand out of the car window and picking off a piece of white apricot blossoms flying in the wind, Jiang Xuan's eyes flashed with interest:
"Apricot blossoms bloom in September. Now, it's really interesting."

　PS: Little knowledge, apricot blossoms usually bloom in March and April
　　
　
(End of this chapter)