I Don’t Want To Be the Emperor

Chapter 39: Heartbroken

As we go south, the road becomes more and more bumpy. It took us three days to walk around one mountain alone.

The mountain road is too narrow and Lin Yi’s carriage is too wide. It can only be thrown off the cliff and cannot block the way of those behind.

In the end, you either walked, rode a donkey, or simply lay on the grain cart, holding dogtail grass in your mouth and chewing it all day long.

 “This is not just a vassal state, it’s obviously going to the ends of the earth.”

On the seventeenth day, Lin Yi finally gave up all illusions.

Along the way, we saw weeds and trees, let alone towns, not even a single person was visible!

 This is his fief.

The only consolation is that you can eat fruit for free. Wild lychees, rose fruits, and oranges are everywhere, but because there is less human intervention, they taste astringent.

Song Chengdao said, "Your Majesty, we will be there in a few more days."

 In fact, he felt guilty when he said it. Except for one captain who had followed the Southern Expedition Army to Sanhe, the others in the team knew almost nothing about Sanhe.

 “Day after day.”

Lin Yi sighed.

 When I smelled it, it smelled a bit fishy.

With no knowledge of the local hydrology and no one to ask, how could he dare to bathe in the river easily?

 After traveling for a few days, we encountered a group of people selling smuggled salt.

Suddenly meeting someone, Lin Yi naturally felt extremely friendly, but the other person acted as if he were facing a formidable enemy, dropped his goods, and fled into the forest.

Lin Yi smiled helplessly, deliberately opened the sack, grabbed a handful of rough salt grains, twisted one and tasted it in his mouth. As soon as it entered his mouth, he spit it out. There were many impurities and his teeth were clenching.

Shen Chudao said, "My lord, you must be punished for selling smuggled salt."

Lin Yi said calmly, "There are a few people in the civil and military dynasties who don't sell salt. Why don't you try to kill them?"

There is one more thing he didn’t say. Sanhe is the Sanhe between him and the king. Liang Lü is used here. Does he agree?

 Shen Chu was too cowardly to speak out.

After Lin Yi's motorcade gradually faded away, a dozen salt owls dared to slowly lean out from the jungle, looked around and walked onto the road.

They were puzzled when they saw that there was still a bag of salt on the cart.

 Is there such a fool in the world?

 Have money but don’t know how to pick it up?

 Salt is trafficked to prosperous places, and a pound can be sold for twenty coins!

After everyone climbed over the undulating mountains, they gradually saw people on the vast plains.

 Every dozens of miles you walk, you will come across a market town. Although it is not large in scale and the inn cannot accommodate many people, it is not a problem to eat and replenish fodder.

Most people live in wooden shacks with scant clothing.

When trading with them, the change actually included copper coins from the previous dynasty, and even treasure notes issued during the founding of the People's Republic of China that were more than two hundred years old. They had been left for too long and they broke without attention.

 In the capital, one tael of silver can be exchanged for one thousand copper coins, but here it cannot be exchanged for 700 copper coins.

 The gap is not that big!

 The day we arrived at Baiyun City, Sanhefu City, was already the first day of September, and the temperature was still high.

The reason why Baiyun City is called Baiyun City is because there is a mountain next to it called Baiyun Mountain.

 It is a bit inappropriate to say it is a city, because there is no city wall, only a few criss-crossing streets, even the towns in the Jiangnan area are inferior.

A group of strangers suddenly broke in, and the bustling street suddenly became quiet. They stopped and stood on the side of the road, looking at the group curiously.

The tall captain Bao Kui said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Shen Chu has already gone to inform the commander of the capital here. It is estimated that Mr. Xie will be back soon."

He is 47 years old this year. He came here with the Southern Expedition ten years ago and was also the guide for everyone along the way.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Commander Xie Zan seems to be an old acquaintance with me."

Bao Kui reminded, "Your Majesty, the Sanhe Du Commandery Division has no commander and no Tongzhi. Mr. Xie Zan, as Tongzhi Siyuan, is the ninth grade, and is the highest official here."

Lin Yidao, "The ninth grade is the highest?"

 Bao Kuidao said, “The Sanhe Command Department is mainly responsible for managing exiled prisoners.

 Except for Tongzhi Siyuan, the remaining warehouses, grassland ambassadors, deputy envoys, etc. have no rank. "

 It is noon, when the sun is at its peak.

A group of old men running as hard as they could were enveloped in the dust rising in front.

 “Thank you, sir, please be patient, I’m not in a hurry to have lunch!”

Lin Yi rode a donkey and walked up to meet him slowly.

The sharp sound of the gong sounded, each one louder than the last.

Hong Ying suddenly shouted loudly, "Here comes the king! Idle people stay away!"

Before Xie Zan and others could get closer, they knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

Most of the people watching the excitement were ignorant. A few people saw Xie Zan kneeling down and followed him.

 One person infected two, and then a large number of people knelt down, and finally everyone knelt down.

Lin Yi, who was riding on the donkey, became seriously serious for the first time and said in a self-righteous tone, "Sit down."

 “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Xie Zan stood up and said, "Your Majesty"

"There is no need to say any more pleasantries," Lin Yi looked at this group of gray-haired old men. He really couldn't bring himself to express his interest and said with a smile, "Hurry up and take me to my residence. The sun is too poisonous. I'm going to die." I can’t hold on any longer.”

"yes."

Hearing what Lin Yi said, Xie Zan turned around and rode on a skinny old horse, leading the way.

Seven or eight old men in shabby clothes with neat legs and legs were trotting behind, panting heavily.

Lin Yi was worried for them, don't let any of them get distracted carelessly.

After walking for about a mile, they finally stopped in front of an earthen courtyard, with a wooden board nailed on it and the words "Capital Commander Envoy" written on it.

Xie Zan dismounted and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, please."

With Hong Ying's support, Lin Yi got off the donkey and entered the yard through the low door.

More than a dozen chickens were flapping around in the yard, and a **** dog barked at Lin Yi and others.

 A hen flew down from the wall of the courtyard. Shen Chu reacted quickly and hit the scabbard far away, otherwise it would have hit Lin Yi.

But Lin Yi was not much better, he stepped on chicken feces.

“I don’t know the specific date when the prince will arrive here,” Xie Zan said with a smile, “I didn’t even make preparations in advance for my humble position.”

Lin Yi glanced at the few adobe houses at the end and said indifferently, "I, the commander of you, will not look at them. You should go directly to my residence."

"Prince," Xie Zan said bitterly, "Sanhe has neither a government nor a county magistrate. He holds the humble position of being a Tongzhi prisoner and in charge."

Lin Yi interrupted directly, "Don't talk so much nonsense, tell me whether I have a mansion or not, and give me a happy message."

Xie Zan just lowered his head and said nothing.

Lin Yi was heartbroken.

 “Where does the king live?”

Lin Yi asked unwillingly.

Xie Zan cupped his hands and said, "If the prince doesn't mind, the command department can serve as the prince's residence for the time being."

"Even if I sleep on the street, I won't live in a shabby house like yours!"

Lin Yi turned around and left angrily.

　　ps: Dear brothers and sisters, it’s been the third update today.

 (End of this chapter)