fifth form

Passing through every city in the territory of the Han Dynasty requires a "section" as a certificate.

Wild monks like Zhang Xuezhou belong to unknown origins, and will be blocked when they pass through the city checkpoints normally.

But running with Dong Zhongshu and others did not have such a problem, even Dong Zhongshu has been busy making arrangements for customs clearance in the past two days.

Zhang Xuezhou's "festival" is a trivial matter, and it is a big trouble for Dong Zhongshu to go to the northern military region without court documents.

This caused Dong Zhongshu to hang out with Wen Weng to study countermeasures these days, even Haoran Zhengqi never studied it.

Compared with Dong Zhongshu's mood of melancholy, urgency, and worry, Zhang Xuezhou is in a good mood.

He practiced realm technique every day, and practiced some evasion techniques. Besides, Zhang Xuezhou went to Wang Ermazi's pharmacy to see the situation when he was free.

It takes three to five days at the fastest to go up the mountain to collect herbs, and it is normal to spend ten and a half months. Zhang Xuezhou feels that it is possible to collect all the herbs after returning to reality.

"Doctor Wang, can't you transfer the goods?"

Zhang Xuezhou would occasionally ask.

"What is a transfer?"

But Wang Ermazi's response left Zhang Xuezhou speechless.

In the past, Zhang Xuezhou had limited understanding of the major cities in the Han Dynasty, but with continuous contact, Zhang Xuezhou found that the backwardness of the city's commercial development was worse than he imagined.

Zhang Xuezhou wouldn't feel much if he didn't spend money to buy things.

But precisely because he paid the money, it took at least seven days to wait for the goods to arrive, which made Zhang Xuezhou feel that the efficiency was too slow.

"Nowadays there are only merchants and distributors. How can there be the kind of goods you mentioned?" Wang Ermazi said: "The medicinal materials you bought from the old man are very lucky. If there is no Mr. Zhao who spends money and guarantees everyone Let's go up the mountain together to gather herbs, and you will have to wait at least a month to get all the herbs you need for the five pennies."

"What are the merchants and merchants like?"

No matter where Zhang Xuezhou ordered it, it was the same as Wang Ermazi's place, unless it was in stock, and some pharmacies would even temporarily increase the price due to the large demand and the urgent time needed.

After listening to Wang Ermazi's explanation, Zhang Xuezhou understood how to buy things in the future.

He was quite interested and asked some chores.

"Businessmen and merchants are all selling goods everywhere. There are sellers who carry goods on their shoulders and travel around, and there are also merchants who carry goods in horse-drawn carts to go around doing business. These people know where there is a shortage of goods, and they sell The price is also high." Wang Ermazi said: "But I don't envy these people. These people use their heads to make money. Even if they meet road bandits, it's nothing but joy, and losing their heads is common!"

"Can these 'festivals' of merchants and merchants go around?" Zhang Xuezhou asked with interest.

"As long as you are willing to spend money, you can live without a 'festival'." Wang Ermazi replied: "They earn a lot, and they are willing to spend money. The soldiers guarding the city will turn a blind eye after checking the goods after receiving the money. one eye."

"It's good to have money!"

"What's more important is that they brought fresh goods. Maybe any big family in the city needs them. If they are not allowed to enter the city, wouldn't it be easy to offend people?" Everyone has to let go!"

"It makes perfect sense!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

Zhang Xuezhou had also run a business group before, but Zhang Qian took credit for him as soon as he entered the customs.

This caused Zhang Xuezhou to be partially incomplete in social cognition.

It wasn't until Wang Ermazi communicated in a low voice that Zhang Xuezhou got a general idea.

According to Dong Zhongshu's current situation, if it is impossible to enter the northern military region through official channels, this may be one of the few options for Dong Zhongshu and others at the moment.

After some daily wanderings, Zhang Xuezhou leisurely returned to the Sheriff's Mansion.

"Cultivator Zhang, the governor and Dr. Dong are looking for you!"

Zhang Shu from the Sheriff's Mansion came out in a hurry and bumped into Zhang Xuezhou.

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou, Zhang Shu immediately withdrew his leg that was about to step out of the gate of the Sheriff's Mansion.

"Is it time to leave?" Zhang Xuezhou said in surprise, "But our medicinal materials haven't arrived yet!"

"I'm not too sure." Zhang Shu shook his head and said, "But the timing should be almost the same."

"Then I have to take the medicine before leaving. I have to pay five pennies!"

Zhang Xuezhou thought about the bigu powder materials he bought with Wuguan money, and then thought about Rongcheng.

This made it easy for him to make a choice.

If he lost the medicinal materials, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he would not live long.

If Dong Zhongshu was about to set off, he could only go on the road alone.

Knowing about the business, Zhang Xuezhou felt that if he took a load of goods or bought a carriage and walked slowly, he would eventually be able to reach Rongcheng.

"Speaking of money, Brother Zhang, take a look..."

Zhang Shu touched his pocket, and then handed out a purse. The heavy sack was full of weight.

"You allowed me to heal my sword wound, so I didn't end up like Commander Zhao. A little care is no respect!"

Zhang Xuezhou and others were about to leave Shujun City, and Zhang Shu couldn't delay any longer.

Knowing the trouble caused by Zhao's lack of a public figure like Zhao Liang, Zhang Shu knew very well that there would be no difference after something happened to him.

He originally wanted to hold a thank-you banquet, but Zhao Liang never recovered from his injuries, and his holding a wedding banquet could easily induce sarcasm or even add insult to injury.

This turned the thank-you feast into a private thank-you gift.

This hasty act of thanking the gift made Zhang Shu quite ashamed, but it was also difficult for him to come up with other etiquette that met the standard.

"You have a lot of intentions!"

Zhang Xuezhou took the money purse, glanced at it, and saw that the money purse was full of half taels of excellent quality, which made him a little bit embarrassed, and strengthened the idea of ​​saving lives and healing the wounded.

"It's just passing things!"

Zhang Shu smiled wryly.

The money that is hard to get for the lower class is a treasure of gold and iron that is hard to spend for big families like them.

This may be an exaggeration, but it is true.

What the Zhang family lacks is difficult to buy with money, and the Zhang family rarely lacks in other areas, and rarely needs all kinds of vulgar things outside.

One of the reasons for this is the underdevelopment of commerce, and it is also difficult for ordinary people to have what the big family needs.

"If Cultivator Zhang needs half a tael, as long as you have the pills, realm techniques, and martial arts that martial arts practitioners need, you can open the price, and everything is negotiable," Zhang Shu said in a low voice.

"understand!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

He seems to understand the lack of these rich and powerful families.

It's not just Dong Zhongshu who lacks something to break through the realm, but other practitioners also lack it.

Moreover, a large family like the Zhang family still lacks rigorous practice inheritance, but it is difficult for the Zhang family to follow the route of imperial fame. The county captain may be the current limit of the Zhang family and other families.

The cultivation inheritance of the county guard's mansion is limited, and it is far from possible to reach the level of the imperial court.

This also led to the fact that these rich and powerful families had money and nowhere to spend it, and it was even more impossible to exchange money for things inherited from practice.

Zhang Xuezhou seems to have a lot of skills, but to Zhang Shu and others, this is something they can't ask for.

Zhang Shu is a rich man in the normal sense, while Zhang Xuezhou is a rich man in another sense.

After thinking about the difference, Zhang Xuezhou realized that he was not poor.