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First Entry Into the North

Feng Yu Heng sat in the carriage and gently lifted the curtain A snowflake immediately entered with the wind Even if it was her, she pulled her neck in fro quickly lowered the curtain Mada a pastry Over the past two e Even if they stopped, they would go directly to the inn to rest Over the course of the entire day, all they did was eat and sleep After twoasked her: “Madaer until we reach Guan Zhou?” She spoke while holding herself, “It’s so cold”

Madam Lu also felt cold, but she was chubby and had plenty of fat, thus she did not think that it was particularly unbearable After finishing the pastry, she took a sip of water before saying: “Roughly twoto the North YouThis place is different froion, as the people here are fierce There are ti out”

Feng Yu Heng pretended to be shocked: “Really?”

Reality proved that this was indeed the case

Two days later, the Lu fa was the first to get out of the carriage The driver helped istrate Lu, while she helped madam Lu

How could they have known that when e, there happened to be a roasted sweet potato vendor just outside the city that was placing the re sweet potatoes into the stove One of the under madam Lu’s foot She did not see it and stepped on it She leaned sideways and nearly fell over Fortunately, Feng Yu Heng and ether to hold her up Only then could they e to stabilize her body Mada her foot to take a look, she casually said: “What a group of unruly people”

Her voice was very quiet, and not even the driver just ahead of her heard it, yet the sweet potato vendor happened to hear it In addition tokicked the sweet potato, this person immediately lost it With a thick northern accent, the vendor asked: “Who are you talking about? Who are you calling unruly? Do you think that I’m happy that the sweet potato rolled over here on its own? You even kicked it This is soold?”

“You,” No matter as said, madam Lu was thelike openly cursing at so it did not istrate Lu and pushed hirown man should step forward at a time like this What sort of situation would it be for you to hide behind istrate Lu also felt that he should step forward, thus he pointed at the sweet potato vendor and fiercely said: “Ie Even if this official beat you to death today, there would not be anyone to stand up for you!”

Feng Yu Heng secretly laughed to herself A lowlyofficial But the commoners of the North truly were ferocious and brave The Lu faood; however, it was definitely not sos outside the city’s gates would naturally beco He should have the e and small families; however, he still dared to speak to madam Lu like this Aside from the nature of the people of the North, there had to be some other reason

The sweet potato vendor iistrate Lu appear He was not in the slightest scared by the words “this official” Instead, he pointed at him and said: “A lowly official that’s little better than a sesaht around Just look at your clothes then look at your carriage As I see it, you’re at most a sixth rank official, and you don’t have any real power What are you acting so high andnearly suffered internal injuries froistrate Lu’s face also turned red fro insulted, as he heard the sweet potato vendor continue: “You don’t even stop to look at what sort of place Guan Zhou City is This is the southern entrance to the North! After passing through Guan Zhou and continuing North, you will reach Song Zhou That is where great leader Duan Mu resides Every year, at this tireat leader Duan Mu’s birthday that it’s impossible to keep count Officials of all ranks have been seen, and which of them isn’t more powerful than you? I will tell you that the cost of kicking my sweet potatoes is five taels! Pay up! If you won’t pay, just stay here Counting the days, it should not be long until leader Duan Mu’s birthday I really want to see if attending leader Duan Mu’s birthday is istrate Lu was completely convinced The people of the North were all brave people Did a single one of them kno to be reasonable? Was there any justice?

But his anger was just that It was as the person had said There were not many days left until Duan Mu An Guo’s birthday If they did not quickly depart, he feared that they would be late Moreover, since he had brought the conversation in that direction, the people that were co all heard this If he continued to cause a fuss, that would mean that he did not take leader Duan Mu seriously and that he was not even worth five taels

This accusation was quite good Even ifto accept, he still needed to obediently hand over the money Only then could he successfully enter the city

Guan Zhou had a rule that one had to get out of one’s carriage or dis the city After being inspected by the guards, they would be allowed in Especially during this tiinal residents of the three northern provinces had to keep the identification plates that were provided by the government on them at all times Those that came fro allowed to enter Also, there was a limit to the number of servants and attendants that people that had co Each master was limited to two

This sort of rule was far more strict than what the capital would have, but the people were happy to follow it because the local ruler, Duan Mu An Guo, would indeed allow these people to enjoy many benefits Nowadays, Qian Zhou had rebelled, and the three northern provinces were the entry point into Da Shun Duan Mu An Guo’s position immediately shot up in the eyes of others Even if the third prince had become worthless, the people still believed that the E the the very foundation of the North