Chapter 718 Flower Grotto

The Xinyang Army is located on the northern foot of Tongbai Mountain and the Dabie Mountains, together with the nearby Guangzhou, which is a place with abundant medicinal materials. The supply and marketing cooperative set up a special yamen in Xinyang to purchase medicinal materials. The Luoshan County under its rule also has people who often come to Guangzhou.

Go and go around the counties.

Sun Ji worked in the supply and marketing cooperative and went to Guangzhou to purchase medicinal materials. The place he was responsible for was the Dabie Mountains in southern Guangzhou, centered on the mall town.

As soon as the day was dawn, people from the post office came to the door, saying that there was a letter from Sun Ji.

After taking the letter, Sun Ji looked at it and said, "Strange, I have no relatives and friends in Luoyang, how could there be a letter?"

The person who sent the letter said: "It's not just you, but the guards of our post office, but also the Qin magistrate in the county, all received letters from Luoyang. It was about one thing. An official's parents-in-law lived in Shangcheng Town and asked him to send a letter.

Go and give it to him.”

Sun Ji smiled and said, "It's not a big deal, why are there so many letters?"

The person who sent the letter said: "This official was captured by the Jin people a few years ago and was rescued this year. The Xuanfu Department just showed his importance. He Ganban had been our Luoshan County Magistrate before, and the people thanked him for his kindness. Since it is

Of course, we can’t be careless about what He Ganban explained.”

Sun Ji nodded: "It turned out to be something that County Magistrate He explained, no wonder."

After saying that, I took out the letter and read it.

In fact, this letter was originally a letter from Yingniang's family. After arriving in Luoshan County, Qin Magistrate wrote a special letter and sent it to Sun Ji. He asked him to set off immediately and send the letter to Yingniang's parents in Shangcheng Town.

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After receiving the letter, Sun Ji said, "It was only seven or eight days before I went to Gwangju. Now that I have this letter, I have to leave tomorrow."

The sender said, "I don't know this. The letter has been delivered, so I'll go back now."

After sending the letter away, Sun Ji returned home and did not dare to neglect it, so he immediately went out to buy supplies for the road. In the letter, Magistrate Qin said that if the letter was delivered, he would be rewarded with ten cents when he came back. This would be the more ten cents of money.

The next time I went to Gwangju, I became much more relaxed.

As a supply and marketing cooperative, Sun Ji went to Guangzhou to purchase medicine talents, and of course the funds were from the supply and marketing cooperative. After working for a few years, it is basically a fixed quota, and the difference is not big. Most of the rewards from Qin Magistrate is Sun Ji himself.

Of course, the reward of ten jin was not from the Qin magistrate, but from the ministerial money from the county. At the county level of the Song Dynasty, there was no ministerial money. Most of the daily expenses were shared by officials. Wang Xiaoliu was in most of the official duties.

All the yamen set up ministerial money, which greatly reduced the burden on public officials.

After buying the application items on the road, Sun Ji rode his big green donkey and left Luoshan County early the next morning. He passed by Xianju and Guangshan counties on the road until he reached Shangcheng Town. He put the donkey in the town inn

When placing, you will follow the address on the letter and go upstream along the flooding.

After walking for more than ten miles, leaving the shui River, and walking a few more miles westward, we saw a mountain village. This village built a stone wall at the intersection to block the road. Every day, it was found that it was a stone wall.

Two or three Ding Zhuang stood at the gate of the village to check the people entering the village.

This is a medicinal distribution center in the Dabie Mountains, and Sun Ji has been here before.

When he arrived at the gate of the village, he paid five cents and Sun Ji entered the village.

Shanshui Village is a means for the people in the Lianghuai area to gather to protect themselves in troubled times. Some have leaders, some have no one, and everyone discusses things. Large villages can have thousands of families, and small villages can only have dozens of households.

Others.

This mountain village is not big, with only fifty or sixty households and no leader. The important things are discussed by several major families in the village. There are several shops in the village, mainly selling medicinal materials, and locally produced cloth and silk

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Sun Ji arrived in front of the medicinal materials shop and bowed to the owner, "Mr. Shi, how are you doing recently?"

Shi Yuanwai looked up and saw that it was Sun Ji, and hurriedly stood up and said, "It turns out to be Sun Guanren. Calculate the days, you came early this year."

Sun Ji said: "I'm not hiding it from the official website. There are some things this year, so I came a little earlier."

Shi Yuanwai hurriedly let Sun Ji into the house and served tea.

Drinking tea, he said a few gossips. Sun Ji said, "I'm not hiding it. This year, I came to the village and found a family named Pan. I was originally from the Central Plains, but I fell here during the Jingkang Rebellion. It was a couple.

Live near this village.”

After hearing this, Shi Yuanwai frowned and thought for a while. He said, "There are not many families in this village with the surname Pan. From the beginning, there seems to be only one family. They did not live in the village, but lived outside the village.

In the valley, you go out of the village and look south, and you will see a valley not far away. I heard that there was a hermit living there before, and flowers were planted everywhere around the valley. Even now, many flowers are in bloom.

Everyone here calls that place Huagou."

"So that's it!" Sun Ji nodded repeatedly after hearing this. "I was entrusted by someone and should be loyal to others. I went there to find it. After doing the work, I came back to the official's place to buy herbs. It seems that outside the store, I found that I was there.

, but it's a lot."

Shi Yuanwai said: "There is a lot of peace this year, and the people around him have really picked a lot of medicine."

After saying goodbye to Shi Yuanwai, Sun Ji walked out of the village. When he arrived at the gate of the village, he specifically said that he was here to buy herbs and that he would go out now if he had something to do. When he came back, don't charge his own money. These Ding Zhuang were all from the village.

They take turns to come and collect the money and don’t give them a chance.

When I left the village and headed south, I saw a valley not far away.

A small river flows out from the valley, and many phoenix flowers bloom on the banks of the river, which are very bright. The river water is clear, and you can see the fish playing inside. Accompanied by two bird songs from time to time, it looks like a fairyland.

Standing at the entrance of the valley, Sun Ji looked around and couldn't help but praise: "The scenery here is so beautiful, it's like a fairyland."

After saying that, he took a big strode and walked into the valley.

Along the river, there are dozens of acres of flat land in the valley. At this time, they were all turned into farmland, but the rice inside did not grow very well.

After walking more than a mile, I saw a vegetable garden in front. Many of the melons and vegetables inside were ripe, showing a scene of a bumper harvest.

Seeing two children catching butterflies on the roadside, Sun Ji walked up and asked them: "Two little brothers, are your surname Pan?"

The child's head was shaking and pointed at Guli, saying, "We are not surnamed Pan. If you walk inside, you will pass another family, and it will be Pan's family."

Sun Ji thanked the two children and walked towards the valley in the direction they pointed. After passing a family, he walked more than half a mile and finally saw three thatched huts next to the river in front. A yellow one was tied to the door of the hut.

When the dog saw Sun Ji coming, he looked up.

Seeing smoke coming out of the chimney, Sun Ji let out a sigh: "It's been here. This trip is not easy and it's not in vain."
Chapter completed!