On the second day of July of the third year of Chuping, the third year of the Han Dynasty, Pei Qing, under the entourage of Hu Zhaohe's personal soldiers, Xu Chu, Fan Lin, and dozens of elite personal soldiers, pretended to be a caravan of salt merchants, quietly left Wuguan and headed for Chang'an.

In fact, because he knew that Pei Qing was in danger on this trip, several of his other personal generals, Deng Dang, Zheng Chang and Xie Yingdeng, were all scrambling to go. However, because all three of them had been to Chang'an before, in order to avoid being recognized by the Western Liang army, Pei Qing took Xu Chu and Fan Lin and other new faces.

In order to ensure absolute confidentiality, Pei Qing did not even inform Chen Dao, the governor of Wuguan. Anyway, he had a salt tent that he personally issued and a road tent that allowed to sell salt and a road tent that allowed to pass, so he was not afraid that Chen Dao would not let him go.

However, Pei Qing didn't know that Chen Da had met Fan Lin before. When he saw Fan Lin pretending to be a merchant and escorting a stranger himself, he knew that this person must be extraordinary. He couldn't help but pay more attention. Later, combined with Pei Qing's height and back, he had a bold guess in his heart...

However, Chen Dao did not express his thoughts. He knew that since the other party kept it confidential, there must be a truth to keep it confidential and he could not expose it casually.

So Chen Dao pretended not to know them, checked Yan Yin and Lu Yin with an expressionless face, and then let him go...

"Even Uncle Chen didn't recognize me. It seems that my disguise method is still very clever." Pei Qing was secretly proud, but he didn't know that his identity had been vaguely sensed, but this did not mean that Pei Qing's disguise method was not high, because Chen Dao guessed Pei Qing's identity through Fan Lin and Fan Lin's respect for Pei Qing.

Pei Qing then led the crowd to Shang County.

The guardian of the Western Liang Army was Zhang Ji. In fact, after capturing Chang'an, Li Jue originally wanted Zhang Ji to guard Hongnong. However, the counselor Li Ru warned Li Jue that he did not need to be very careful of Luoyang now. Duan Wei was enough to defend the gateway of Guanzhong. However, Wuguan must be strictly guarded because Pei Qing's threat was too great and he had to send a famous general to guard it. So Zhang Ji led more than 30,000 people to defend Shang County, and Hongnong became Li Jue's cousin Li Huan.

Although Zhang Ji is also an old acquaintance, Pei Qing can disguise himself now, and the soldiers under his command are prompted by Pei Qing to restrain their murderous aura. Therefore, Zhang Ji did not feel the iron-blooded murderous aura of soldiers from them. He regarded them as ordinary merchants and ordinary merchants.

In this way, after Pei Qing and others paid the taxes according to the regulations, they were easily released.

Pei Qing was naturally happy that the first step was so smooth, but he knew that this was just the simplest level and the difficulties ahead would be greater.

However, Pei Qing was not afraid. He believed that with his talents, he would not lose no matter how hard he was in the battle of wits and strength.

What happened afterwards went smoothly. After passing several checkpoints and paying a lot of taxes, Pei Qing finally came to the city of Chang'an.

However, Pei Qing paid a lot of taxes along the way. Based on the price of the batch of salt they "selled", the taxes paid by Pei Qing this time accounted for 80% of the salt price. This made Pei Qing very moved. Because there are many checkpoints and it is not easy to do business, this is probably a huge obstacle to the development of business. Even so, the salt farm located in Wuyang, Yingchuan can make a profit of tens of millions of yuan every month. If the salt in the salt farm is sold open and if there are more merchants, the profit will probably increase exponentially.

"Hehe, the ancients implemented the monopoly of salt and iron, which was indeed the bulk of profit. Now I understand that the so-called emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce is actually just to suppress private business. The main part of making money is in the government. This is the so-called suppression of private business and joining official business, right? But I don't think so. After all, if the people have no money, the market is still narrow. If the market is as vast as the Song and Yuan dynasties, how much profit can be made by taxing every year? In fact, salt and iron can be operated by the official business, but the rest should be reduced and controlled. No business can be active. Only when the business is developed can the economy become active. Besides, we can find ways to make money from foreign merchants and the people. As long as the Han Dynasty truly prospers, it will naturally attract foreign merchants. At that time, we can exchange our silk products for a large amount of wealth."

Pei Qing felt that he had gained a lot from this trip to Chang'an, so he secretly decided to discuss it with Lu Su after he returned.

After all, Lu Su's wisdom is not something that can be seen, and he is also a wealthy businessman, so he should have more unique experience and experience in this.

Chang'an had more reviews than other places, but Pei Qing had complete procedures and sold the salt that Chang'an needed the most, so he went to the city without much effort. Then, according to the designated location, the salt was pushed into the West City of Chang'an.

Although it was during the war, the official market in Chang'an was still very prosperous. The large carts of salt brought by Pei Qing and others were sold out in less than an hour.

"It's still a businessman who makes money." Looking at the money of the car, Pei Qing sighed again, and then found a private hostel to rest.

The reason why I chose a private hostel was mainly for the convenience of entry and exit. After all, it was not regulated by the government and was relatively free to come and go.

Despite this, the city is still relatively strict now, especially at night, a large number of soldiers patrolling the streets every day, and there are heavy troops stationed in the palace. Now that the Wannian Princess is in the palace, it is really not easy to see her.

In this case, he could only find a way to contact him. After three consecutive days of observation during the day, he found that a vegetable farmer delivered vegetables to the palace every day at dusk. So Pei Qing found the vegetable farmer and bought it for a lot of money, asking the vegetable farmer to take him to the palace for a long experience.

The vegetable farmer was named Hu San, and he couldn't figure out what's good about the palace? Although it was magnificent, the emperor was now in decline. The fierce Xiliang soldiers in the city in the palace were even worried about their lives. The common people were even less than a grass. This young man took the initiative to get here, and he was really not afraid of death.

However, Hu San was greedy for Pei Qing's property and felt that since the other party gave him so much money and he would never use it in his life, what would he do if he just went there? At worst, he would just run away immediately after finishing this time today.

Hu San asked Pei Qing to be his nephew, and after taking Pei Qing into the palace, he left on an excuse. He got a lot of money and no matter where he cared about Pei Qing's life or death. He took his wife and children, cleaned up briefly, left Chang'an, and returned to the countryside to live his own good life.

Pei Qing didn't expect Hu San from the beginning. After he came to the palace, he found a place to hide. Until it was completely dark, he took advantage of the guards' inattention and sneaked out of Princess Wannian's palace gate. During this period, he knocked out a small yellow gate, put on his clothes, and prepared to sneak into the palace.
Chapter completed!