The cavalry commander following Jia Xu stood on the haystack and used a wooden fork to fork down the bundles of hay. The wind blew open his short robe, revealing his thighs wrapped in lapis lazuli, which was faintly
The color of blood showed through. But Qu Chang didn't care about the injury on his leg at all. Instead, while looking at the strong man feeding the horses in the stable, picking up fodder, he said sadly: "What a pity for these horses... This
It’s almost useless…”
The man in the stable is using a wooden rake to spread the hay and beans in the manger evenly, so that some horses will not eat all the hay, but some horses will only eat a belly of hay, and then come out and lift it again
A large bundle of hay was torn apart and thrown into the manger. Hearing Qu Chang's words, he laughed twice and said: "...it's not that bad, it's just losing some fat. After a year of raising it, it will be fine."
They are all back, and they will be even stronger! This horse, like a human, will be useless if it doesn’t run..."
As he spoke, the big man fell silent, and looked a little lonely. He stopped talking, and just worked more carefully to pull fodder and beans for the war horses, from one stable to another, waiting for three or four
After the stables were tidied up, I patted one of the sturdy black horses. Then the black horse was eating happily with its head down. It was still a little dissatisfied after being patted, and kicked and scratched the ground twice.
"This guy..." the big man said dotingly, as if he were his own child, and gave the big black horse some fodder before walking out of the stable.
The commander of the cavalry stopped when he saw that the hay was almost gone, then stood on the haystack, turned to look at the valley and the stretching villages in the valley, and said: "You are really good.
It's so well organized... There are quite a lot of horses... There are twenty horses in one stable, four here and four there, that's eighty plus eighty... Well, there are eleven more over there...
No, twelve...that's, um..."
The cavalry commander was already a little overwhelmed. In addition to the few stables on the mountain here, there were also quite a few stables dotted along the valley. There were also some horses on the pasture in the distance, consisting of more than a dozen horses.
The wrangler is grazing...
Although these horse herders were wearing leather robes, the cavalry commander could tell that they were actually Han people, but for some reason they were dressed like Qiang people. Perhaps they were trying to avoid something?
This horse-raising valley is located near the Guanlong Ancient Road and close to Guanshan Mountain, so it is called Guanshan Pasture. It is a natural pasture in the mountains.
As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, this place was used as a pasture for the Qin people. At that time, Feizi, the ancestor of the Qin people, was raising horses for the Zhou royal family between the Wei and Wei Rivers, and made outstanding achievements. Later, he escorted the Zhou royal family to move eastward to Luoyi, and made great contributions to the Zhou Dynasty.
The king was officially granted the title of prince, completing the transition from a nomadic to an agricultural nation.
From this perspective, this is actually the earliest birthplace of the Old Qin people and one of the earliest sources of the unified Han culture of the Chinese nation.
With the unification of the Qin Dynasty, although Longshan became an ordinary county, it was still important. In the Han Dynasty, because it was necessary to fight against the Xiongnu in the north, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty turned to a strategic counterattack, and finally defeated the Xiongnu.
, and the realization of this process is closely connected with Guanshan Grassland.
"What is this?" said the big man. "When Marquis Jinghuan was alive in the past, there were over 10,000 herds of horses here! This...is nothing..." Although he said this, the big man didn't look like that at all.
He despises the number of horses today, but has an attitude called humility and pride.
"Okay!" The big man put down the rake, looked around the horses, and then said, "If you can eat them all, that's enough! You guys are pretty good, from Guanzhong to here... well, one day
He must have traveled four to five hundred miles..."
The cavalry commander rolled over from the haystack, and when he landed, his wound was involved. He couldn't help but grin, took a breath of cool air, and then said after a while: "This is nothing. Back then, I followed... Well, Wen Housha
When we were in Xianbei, we only traveled three days from Jiuyuan County to Yunzhong... By the way, brother, I still don’t know your surname..."
"A certain person's surname is Jiang and his given name is Ji..."
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In the village on the hillside of Guanshan Pasture, Jia Xu was chewing with his cheeks puffed out.
"Uh..." Jia Xu burped with satisfaction, half-splayed on the mat, sipping the yahuazi and said, "Tsk, tsk, the beef here is the most delicious..."
Maybe it's a memory from his childhood, or maybe it's a personal feeling. Whenever Jia Xu sits in this Guanshan grassland, he always feels the most relaxed and enjoys the taste of the food here the most.
Although the delicious food in Pingyang can make Jia Xu salivate, it cannot make Jia Xu relax like here.
"Well, hurry up and get out after eating." A man sat in front of the hall with his back to Jia Xu, looking up at the sky, and said in a neutral tone.
This man has a wide robe and long sleeves, and his figure is not considered weak, but perhaps because he is too thin, the whole robe looks a bit empty. Although he wears a crown on his head, the exposed parts can still be seen.
Seeing that his head is already full of gray hair, and looking from the back, anyone would probably think that he is a droopy old man.
Jia Xu almost couldn't hold himself up anymore and fell on the mat. He quickly sat up and put on a bitter and resentful look, and said: "Brother, I thought you just had gray hair, but I didn't expect that your heart has also changed."
It’s dark…”
The man turned around, and it was Li Ru. However, Li Ru's originally black hair had turned gray, as if he had grown twenty years older, and the wrinkles on his face had become much deeper.
Li Ru glanced at Jia Xu, then walked back, sat down and said, "Why bother looking for someone..."
Guanshan Grassland is actually not that much of a hidden place. It was just because the Han Dynasty abandoned the policy of Xiliang, which led to the actual corruption of Xiliang's administration day by day. Even here, such a good place to raise
Ma Land was eventually abandoned.
Later, the Qiang people came and occupied this place. I don’t know when it started, but it became a refuge base for Li Ru and others.
Jia Xu was silent for a while, but did not answer directly. He just said something similar to Li Ru: "Why are you..."
Li Ru was silent.
You must know that Li Ru is only in his forties now, which should be in the prime of life. However, he has turned into a gray beard and hair, like an old man. This is probably because he has endured too much pressure in his heart.
To.
There was another silence between the two.
In fact, the original leaders of the Xiliang people were not Dong Zhuo, but Beigong Boyu and Song Yang. However, Beigong Boyu was of Qiang descent and could not be completely convinced by the Han people in Xiliang. And Song Yang was of Qiang origin.
A guy with great ambitions but little talent showed no problems at first, but after the incident, he was exposed through various things.
It is precisely because of this that later Bian Yun and Han Yue, that is, Bian Zhang and Han Sui, turned against each other due to various problems. In addition, the Qiang people were naturally unsociable with each other, so they could not be like the Xiongnu.
Or maybe an extremely powerful leader appeared in Xianbei to completely unify the Qiang and Han people, which eventually led to endless internal strife and the uprising failed.
When Bian Zhang died, some people suspected that it was Han Sui who did it. Han Sui could not completely get rid of his own suspicion, which caused many people to lower their evaluation of Han Sui a lot. In the end, Li Ru and others did not choose Han Sui, who already had some power at the time.
Han Sui chose Dong Zhuo instead.
But what I didn't expect was that Dong Zhuo, who had the most commanding demeanor and was very popular among both Qiang and Han people in Xiliang, was still doing well in Xiliang. He could not only win over the Qiang people from all over the country, but also win over them.
The Han people in Xiliang were powerful and eventually became a huge power group. Such a perfect situation declined so suddenly after entering Heluo.
Just like everything before, it was just an illusion...
"Tell me..." Li Ru shook his head, then stroked his sleeves and said calmly, "What difficulty did you encounter this time?"
"Well," Jia Xu rolled his eyes and said, "No, there's nothing difficult. It's just that I haven't seen you for a long time and I miss you a lot, so I came here to pay a visit..."
Li Ru didn't even raise an eyebrow: "Tell the truth."
"Ahem..." Jia Xu coughed twice and said helplessly, "That's it..."
Jia Xu briefly explained the process, and then said: "...In fact, General Zhengxi... As for what he said, the law should be applied to its spirit, not the skill... This naturally remains to be discussed... The rest
Well, it's pretty good. Compared to Dong Zhongying... um, well, what... at least younger, right..."
After listening, Li Ru was silent for a long time and said, "I understand."
"Ah, ah?" Jia Xu was a little dumbfounded. If it were someone else, Jia Xu could still use some strategies and planning, but for Li Ru, even if he used it, it would be almost useless, and sometimes he would be caught by Li Ru.
Treat your sore feet and give them a good meal. This has been the case since childhood.
Jia Xu rolled his eyes and said: "Now that Dong Zhongying is gone in Xiliang and the place is in chaos, senior brother is not worried that the books stored in Wuwei and Dingtianshui will be damaged?"
"Don't worry..." Li Ru said lightly, "I have already taken them all and put them in the valley..."
"This..." Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "...Books and books are all dead things. If there is no one to pass on the mantle, they are just a pile of waste...I think there are mostly reckless people in the valley.
Senior brother, aren’t you worried about losing the inheritance in the future?”
Li Ru suddenly smiled and said: "What you said makes sense... So I have found a successor who is considered smart. I will ask him to come and visit you tomorrow..."
"Ah ah ah..." Jia Xu bared his teeth and claws and rushed forward, then hugged one of Li Ru's arms, "Senior brother! You can't just die without saving him!"
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The sky was so gloomy that it seemed like if you stretched out your hand, you could tear off a dark cloud from the sky. The air was so heavy that you could squeeze out water by just twisting the corner of your clothes. It was very depressing.
It looks like there might be a heavy rain.
When seasons change, rain often comes first, whether it's getting hotter or colder.
Once the rainy season comes, it means that the horns and bows are weak, the arrow shafts are swollen, and even the armor is easily corroded and rusted, and even the robes may be three-thirds heavier, not to mention the muddy roads, so most of them
Case in point, the rainy season is also a brief dormant period for the war.
As dusk approached, at the ferry port of Shaanxi and Jin, several small boats arrived at some unknown time and staggered towards the south bank.
The pontoon bridge was destroyed, so if you want to cross the river, you can only ferry back and forth.
Businessmen, no matter what time, are like invincible heroes, full of resilience and strength, fully reflecting their individual independence. Even in the war, businessmen will appear on both sides of the confrontation, abandoning the original organization.
The collective position, or even the country's position, is just running around for immediate interests.
Of course, this benefit is an excessive, huge, and exciting benefit...
Just like this merchant ship flying the small flag of the Hedong Wei family, the young man standing on the bow faced the arrows of the guards on the south bank, waved his arms and shouted: "Don't shoot arrows!"
Don't shoot arrows! A certain Wei family businessman wants to go to Luoyang..."
"Wei family? Hongshang?" Qu Chang, who was responsible for guarding the beacon tower on the south bank of Shaanxi and Jin, said in confusion, "If there wasn't a group that just passed by a few days ago, why did another group come?"
"This... isn't the rainy season coming soon... Let's take another trip while the road is still dry, otherwise we won't be able to go back..." the young man standing on the bow of the boat replied.
"Is this..." Qu Chang heard this and nodded slightly. This reason makes sense. After all, merchants also depend on the weather when transporting goods. If it is the rainy season, they will also have a headache.
Qu Chang lay on the beacon tower and looked at the young man who was stopped on the river bank. The young man was young, but his face was dark, and he did look like a businessman who had been traveling around all year round.
However, I don't know him.
"Young man! I look at you and I'm nervous!" Qu Chang said, "You said your surname is Wei? Hedong Wei?"
"Exactly," Pang Tong raised his hands and said without changing his expression, "The Duke of Wei in the east of Anyi City is an uncle of a certain clan..." Anyway, there are many people with the surname Wei in Anyi City...
Qu Chang nodded. At his level, it was impossible for him to know any important role in the Hedong Wei family. It was just a routine question.
"What is being transported?" Qu Chang asked, looking at the flat-bottomed boat. The draft of this boat is a bit deep, so it must have carried a lot of heavy objects.
"This... is just some dried fish..." Pang Tong looked back and said slightly stiffly.
"Dried fish?" Qu Chang laughed out loud, then pointed at Pang Tong and said, "How dare you bully someone! Come here! Get aboard and search!"
