After more than ten days of hard work, Guan Yan and his group finally arrived outside Xia Pi City where the three-meter-long city was in Chongyong! The three-meter-long city wall stood majestic. The towering city tower looked so spectacular against the background of a blue sky. Guan Yan rode on his horse and saw this city wall, feeling that the city wall in TV dramas in later generations was really like a toy. This scene also made Guan Yan feel passionate. Guan Yan raised his right hand high, swung the horse in his hand forward, and shouted: "Brothers, come to the city!" Everyone waved their horse whips, and the horse was in pain, and they all rushed towards the Xia Pi City Gate.

Ancient Peng and Xuzhou had a long history, with outstanding people and powerful people. The land of dragons and flying, the hometown of generals and ministers. The warriors were like the wind and the counselors were like clouds. Nowadays, Xia Pi was the capital of Xuzhou, and it was even more abundant. In a rich place, the number of soldiers guarding the city naturally increased.

The guards at the northern city gate of Xia Pi had long noticed Guan Yan and his group. Seeing that the crowd was less than a hundred steps away from the city gate, the guards raised their hands high and signaled the soldiers around to guard them. Then they shouted to Guan Yan: "The city gate is in a heavy place, and those who come to stay!" Guan Yan naturally did not want to conflict with the guards of the city gate.

So, when he heard the call from the city gate guard, he raised his left hand to signal everyone to reduce the number. Guan Yan and his party rode forward to the north city gate. Guan Yan turned over and landed steadily. Zhou Cang ordered loudly: "Drop off the horse!" The fifty-year-old strong men of the Yellow Turban turned over and dismounted in an orderly manner. The guard looked at Guan Yan's outfit and looked at the momentum of everyone behind, and thought to himself: It must be a grand clan's son going out for a trip.

When the guard general was stunned, Guan Yan bowed and spoke first: "This general has asked, don't know what?" The guard general hurriedly replied: "I am the king of Xia Pi. I am the king of the northern city gate of Xia Pi. Because the law stipulates that the city gate should not be galloping, so I dare to shout it." The guard general raised his head and looked at Guan Yan and whispered: "I see the young master's face, don't know who he is?" Guan Yan replied: "I am a man from Yanzhou. The elders of my family sent me to Xuzhou for business."

"Oh~ So that's it." The guard general thought: It turned out that he was not a local person in Xuzhou. He turned his eyes and said to Guan Yan, "I wonder how many people the young master and his party have?" Guan Yan asked, "Why do you ask?" The guard general said, "The emperor ordered that one person who enters the city must pay a tax of 100 yuan."

Guan Yan did not reply, and Zhou Cang became angry first: "We came from Yanzhou, and the city on the way may not pay taxes or pay more than ten yuan. You will collect one hundred yuan per person now, which is too much to deceive people!"

Cheng Shou's face suddenly became dark and he said coldly: "Are you going to resist the order of the governor of the state?" Zhou Cang and a group of Yellow Turban Strongmen stepped forward and said, "I'm afraid you won't do it?"

At this time, Guan Yan stretched out his hand in front of Zhou Cang and said to the lieutenant of the city guard: "The lieutenant is ordered to collect taxes, and we should also pay taxes by law." Guan Yan turned his head slightly and said to Zhou Cang: "Master Zhou, give 6,000 yuan to the lieutenant. The extra 800 yuan should be invited to the lieutenant of the city guard." After that, Guan Yan bowed to the lieutenant of the city gate.

After Zhou Cang stared at him and handed the money to the guard general, Guan Yan bowed again and said, "Master Men Bo, we'll go first." After that, he pulled up the reins with his left hand and signaled Zhou Cang and others to follow with his right hand.

When Guan Yan passed by the city gate guard, the city gate guard said in a muffled voice: "Slow up!" Guan Yan was shocked, thinking that he had seen something, and forced himself to say to the guard general: "What else does Lord Men Bo?" The city gate guard dug his ears with his little finger, and shot his nails with his fingernails, and said casually: "Mr. The thieves in Taiping have orders. Now the thieves in peace are in rebellion. The court suppresses the thieves and conquers the horses. You and others can enter, but the horses are left."

Guan Yan was so surprised, too surprised at the appetite of this Men Bo. You know, a horse now can basically reach a small car in later generations. This is equivalent to passing a toll station on a highway. People don’t want your tolls and ask you to leave the car behind! No matter how good Guan Yan has a good temper, he can’t stand the greed of this Men Bo.

Guan Yan crossed his hands and his back behind him. This was a sign that Guan Yan and Zhou Cang and other Yellow Turban troops made an appointment on the road, which reminded them to prepare for battle. Seeing Guan Yan's gesture, the Yellow Turban troops gently placed their right hands on the hilt, and waited for Guan Yan to give him an order and started the battle.

Guan Yan was very confused: If he fought, the plan to buy grain this time would be a failure, and he also exposed his goal. Whether he could return safely was a problem. But if he did what the city gate guard said, it would be a big loss: a war horse costs nearly 100,000 yuan, which is two kilograms of gold, and fifty good horses would require five hundred kilograms of gold! It would be enough to buy 20,000 stones of grain. The most important thing is that he was afraid that he would not be able to buy the horse in time, which would delay the date of returning to Qingzhou. There were more than 6,000 people in Qingzhou who were opening their mouths and waiting!

Guan Yan had already made up his mind: fight! At worst, he could go to a few more counties to try his luck and see if there was any food to sell. Just as Guan Yan was about to order the war to start, he saw a luxurious carriage in the city slowly heading towards the city gate. He saw the carriage with black nanmu, carved beams and painted buildings, which was ingenious. The carriage was wrapped in silk on all sides, and the window walls were covered by a curtain of light blue crepes, making it impossible to see the person sitting inside.

In a blink of an eye, the carriage had already reached the city gate. The coachman saw a group of people and the gatekeeper blocking the city gate. He quickly turned around, lifted the thick silk curtain door, and said something to it.

After a while, the coachman jumped out of the car and lifted the curtain. A middle-aged man with a slightly blessed figure slowly got off the carriage with the help of the coachman. He saw that the man had very fair skin, broad nose and big eyes, and a faint smile on his face. Guan Yanxin said: What a rich look.

The city gate general saw this man get out of the car, hurried over, lowered his head with a smile on his face and said, "My Lord..." Before he could finish his words, Lord Mi waved his hand and interrupted him and asked, "What's the matter?" The man from the school captain said, "This..." Before he could make up his words, Zhou Cang started the hot mode again. This time, Guan Yan did not stop him. Zhou Cang pointed at the city gate general rudely and said, "This dog official charges us a hundred yuan tax for the city entry, and he also said that we can leave horses to enter the city. How can there be such lawless people in the world?" Zhou Cang regretted as soon as he finished speaking: he rebelled as the biggest lawless person, and he also said that others were lawless. Thinking of this, Zhou Cang couldn't help but blush. Fortunately, others couldn't guess what he was thinking, and thought he was full of righteous indignation.

The Lord Mi turned around and saw the small official beside the general holding a big bag with coins exposed inside, and he knew it. He frowned and asked the city gate guard: "Is there anything wrong?" The city gate guard was already anxious and sweating profusely, "It is indeed the fault of the subordinates, but collecting horses is a slander. Now that the Yellow Turban thieves are everywhere, the governor of the state will be ordered to defend the city gate and strictly prevent the Yellow Turban thieves from infiltration. This young master is not a familiar person, and he is also carrying weapons. If he does not detain the war horses for a while, the subordinates may have an accident. I hope you can understand it!" This uncle is smart, admitting small mistakes and clearing big mistakes. Even if he wants to punish them, he will be punished lightly.

When Guan Yan heard these words, he thought to himself: I can't explain this sentence today, so it's better to calm down. Guan Yan bowed to Lord Mi and said, "I'm afraid that I haven't heard it clearly just now, so I have this misunderstanding. Since it's a misunderstanding, I won't mention this matter anymore. I am Guan Yan, a native of Yanzhou, came to Xia Pi to buy grain at the order of the elder of the family." "Oh?!" When he heard about buying grain, Lord Mi seemed very interested and said, "I am a different manager in Xuzhou, and his courtesy name is Zizhong. If the young master wants to buy grain, we can still talk about it."

Mi Zhu! Guan Yan had a deep impression of Mi Zhu. Liu Bei's three major advisers in the early days: Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, and Sun Gan. Mi Zhu not only made contributions to Liu Bei's strategy, but also made great contributions to financial resources: when Lu Bu attacked Xia Pi, he captured Liu Bei's wife, Liu Bei transferred to the army to Guangling Haixi, Mi Zhu joined Liu Bei, and sent two thousand slaves to Liu Bei, and gold, silver and currency to help the military's capital, so Liu Bei's army was restored. Moreover, Mi Zhu's accuracy was also among the top in the Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei followed Cao*, and Cao* represented Mi Zhu as the prefect of Ying County, and Mi Fang was the prime minister of Pengcheng, but Mi Zhu refused to accept it and followed Liu Bei to deal with it. In the end, Liu Bei was appointed as the general of Anhan, and his status was still above Zhuge Liang, and he was the old minister with the highest treatment in Shu Han.

Guan Yan looked up and down at Mi Zhu, but did not drool as he used to, but bowed: "I have long been obedient to Lord Mi. When we find a temporary place to live, I will visit Lord Mi's mansion." Mi Zhu smiled and replied: "It's just a false reputation. Zhu is about to leave the city to do some trivial matters. The young master goes to the city first. Tonight, the young master can come to our mansion for negotiations." "Since that's the case, Lord Mi please let himself go, Yan and others go to the city first." After that, Guan Yan bowed deeply, and Mi Zhu just bowed slightly. After all, the identities of the two are still different, and Mi Zhu is already very polite.
Chapter completed!