People who are stuck are generally more rigorous and have a strong sense of self-control.
Such people are generally considered Germans in later legends.
Well, the legendary Germans are not only punctual and trustworthy, but also extremely rigorous, but they can even have black technology with thirty meters of oil paper. In reality, the Germans are not only late, but also late trains, and the class has been completely solidified, and even working hard to make money is illegal.
I heard that it is just heard, but it depends on the actual situation.
The people from the Li Family Trading Company in Chengdu arrived in Jiangzhou, of course, not because there were any problems on the way, but because there were a large number of soldiers guarding Jiangzhou. It was like a thief passing by the blue and white walls. Even if he didn't do anything, he was always a little scared, even if he pretended to be nothing on the surface.
Minimize the time in Jiangzhou as much as possible. Once you enter the city, go straight to the dock, and then get on the boat. This is the ideal plan, but there is always a gap between ideals and reality. This time, the people from the Li Family Trading Company encountered this "gap".
"Official documents?! Why didn't they handle it well?!" The people from Li's business were very angry.
Zhuo Liang sighed and said, "I have reported the official documents for a long time, but I couldn't approve them... I went there yesterday. People in the official government said that there are too many things recently and have been delayed..."
The people from the Li Family Trading Company widened their eyes, "Has they delayed?"
Zhuo Liang nodded, "It's delayed. He said that General Xu has something more important in recent days... So, we... can't be ahead of General Xu's affairs no matter what?"
"How long will it take to get the official documents done?" asked the person from Li's Trading Company.
Zhuo Liang sighed helplessly, "I don't know either, it's three to five days faster, if it's slower...ah..."
Businessmen are like this. Of course, Zhuo Liang can't just say three days. What if Zhuge Liang says he needs a few more days, so the scope is larger, it's always right.
『…』 The people from the Li Family Business exchanged their eyes.
Normally, when a business bank encounters such a thing, there is a small probability that he will wait, but most of them will try to pass on the losses. Anyway, the main purpose of a business bank is to make money.
In this case, if the business bank has a little knowledge, it will try to take off the spices to Zhuo Liang, then get back the capital or make a small profit, then it will transfer the risk. Anyway, Zhuo Liang failed to handle the official documents smoothly, so it is reasonable to have Zhuo Liang bear the subsequent risks.
Zhuo Liang would not say that he would accept spices at a high price immediately, and he would inevitably bargain and then make a deal at a price recognized by both parties...
But if it is another situation...
The Li clerk did not make a decision immediately.
The leader of the Li Family Trading Company got on the boat, and the two guards lived with him. This was not a big problem, such as he brought a lot of money and needed close-up protection.
But after the head of the business and the guards entered the room and closed the door, one of the guards whispered: "I must set off immediately... I can't delay here..."
The leader of the Li Trading Company was stunned, "But this ship..."
"You are waiting for the official documents here..." The guard whispered, "I'll find another way to go..."
Hearing his words, another guard was shocked.
These two guards are actually from Jiangdong, and they are not ordinary soldiers. These two men serve as pre-tent supervisors in the Jiangdong army, which is basically equivalent to the meaning of a personal guard military police. Although they do not have a high position, as important deputy officers of military judges, they must understand some words, know the regulations, and be responsible for correcting discipline and enforcing punishments on ordinary soldiers.
The position of the former supervisor in this tent is not an old soldier and cannot be held, so they have the marks of soldiers on them, but as guards, they can cover up one or two. Anyway, there are so many caravans, most people focus on caravan goods and the leader and shopkeeper. As for guards, it is very common to leave this month and next month, so personnel changes are not easy to attract attention.
It just doesn't attract attention easily, it doesn't mean it won't attract attention...
"I doubt..." the more mature guard said in a deep voice, "Has it been exposed..."
"No, maybe it's really the official documents have not been released..." The team leader said with uncertainty. The team leader is naturally familiar with business matters, but he was unable to make a very accurate and appropriate judgment on the current matter for a while.
"It shouldn't be done..." said the young guard, "Or wait and see?"
The older guard frowned and said, "I'm worried that someone will come to me as soon as the city gate is closed..."
"What?!" The other two were surprised.
"This Zhuo family, is this the first time that this official document problem has occurred, right?" asked the elderly guard.
The leader nodded, "Yes, yes, I haven't ever before, I've never...
"So why is there this time?" said the older guard, "It's not the first time Zhuo, isn't he in a hurry? I don't think he looks so anxious... So there must be something in it... Although I'm sure what's going on,... it's better to be careful..."
Since Sichuan and Shu came to Xu Huang, there have been many military changes, so the latest information must be delivered back, which is naturally very important.
"Then we..." The young guard's eyes slanted, "Do you want to just...
The leader's body couldn't help but tremble.
In front of outsiders, he was the leader, and everyone in the Li Family Trading Company listened to him, but in fact he wanted to listen to these two guards...
The elderly guard glanced at the leader, thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No need. I just take the goods away alone, you all stay here... If there are any other changes, nothing will be found..."
Water routes are more convenient than land routes, and for Jiangdong people, they seem to prefer water routes. If this time is really just an accident, then you can continue to use this route next time.
The discussion was decided, and while the city gate was not closed, the elderly guard hurriedly got off the boat, walked through the market, and headed out of the city with a special spice box in his arms.
At this time, because the city gate was close, except for more people coming in and out of the city gate, the rest of the places were relatively quiet, and there were no signs of people and soldiers being transferred.
The elderly guards rushed all the way. When they approached the east gate of Jiangzhou, he looked back and saw that there was still no movement in the city. He walked into the queue waiting to leave the city, and then took out a pass from the leather bag on his waist. This was a blank pass before, secretly stamped it with a seal in advance, and then collected it, and filled in the text when needed, so that there would be a "real" pass.
What I wrote about is someone, something, and then the limited date of handling is all fixed. The paper is real, and the big seal is real. The only flaw is that the ink mark is newer.
When he walked to the city gate, the elderly guard handed over the pass to the city gate guard.
At this time, the sky was already dark. The city gate guards had been on duty for a day and were not in good spirits. In addition, there was insufficient light, so after taking the station, he took a general glance and gave it to the elderly guard casually, then waved his hand to signal it to pass.
The elderly guard took the place silently, and then walked out of Jiangzhou City slowly.
Because Jiangzhou itself is in Bazhong, it is an internal city and not a border pass, the verification of personnel entry and exit is not as strict as the pass checkpoint.
After the elderly guard left the city, they went straight out of the suburbs, as if they were very familiar with the road. They would stop for a moment, observe left and right, right and left, and then move forward.
There are also some farmers outside Jiangzhou City.
Because the terrain of Jiangzhou is undulating and there are many mountain fields, these farmers are just from the east and the west.
The place where the elderly guards were preparing to go was a farmer's house.
This is an emergency shelter in Jiangdong.
Earlier, the people from Jiangdong replaced the old farmers here and farmed here. In the Han Dynasty, where there was no photography technology, such as those who were far away from towns and only existed in their household registration, even local officials, may not be able to remember them clearly. After all, they only met once or twice a year...
When arriving at this hidden place, the elderly guards squatted in the bushes for a while. Seeing that there was no tail behind them, they took several small mosquitoes to the farmers.
I chose this because there is a small valley behind the farmer's house. This valley is not big, but it is surrounded by mountains and is not easy to be discovered. Whether it is used for hiding people or hiding horses, it is very suitable.
Yes, there is a horse hidden here now.
The older guard knew about this, so he came, but what he didn't know was that this horse was not a tall horse in Xiliang, nor a war horse, but a Sichuan horse...
"…" The elderly guard looked at the Sichuan horse in front of him and was speechless for a long time.
Sichuan horses also have large horses and Hequ horse series, but that is in Beichuan, while in Nanchuan and Dongchuan, they are basically bald horses similar to Dian horses.
"This is a donkey!" The elderly guard was amused and laughed and said, pointing at the ponies, "You are obviously a donkey! Donkeys are bigger than you!"
"Nonsense!" The old farmer was unhappy, "This is the horse! Don't look at it, this horse has good foot strength! I know what you want, but think about it, in a farmer's house, there are a few Xiliang war horses waiting for you to come? Is it possible? If there are really war horses, I will be caught first if I can't wait for you to come!"
The older guard knew that the old farmer was telling the truth.
A farmer's home may be able to support one or two horses to support the feeding of war horses, but to maintain the activity of war horses, it is basically impossible to complete the task. The daily consumption of a war horse is basically converted into three adult men. After all, war horses must keep their weight alive at all times. Once the feed cannot keep up with the weight, it will be difficult to get on the battlefield.
Sichuan horses and Yunnan horses are relatively better at feeding. Like Mongolian horses, they are hard-working and unable to run fast, but they have good endurance.
The situation was somewhat unexpected.
After all, intelligence transmission is very troublesome, and it is already very good to provide the situation here. How could you describe in detail what kind of horse breed is hidden here?
『Forget it…』 The elderly guard sighed, 『That's it!』
If he had known that it was such a horse, he would have had to weigh it carefully. As a result, now...
What else can I do if I have come here?
The elderly guard turned over the horse and couldn't help but sigh again. He was relatively tall among the Jiangdong people, seven feet and five, but this war horse was only more than six feet, and it must be less than seven feet, so it's hard to say what it takes to ride on it...
But no matter what, four legs are better than two legs. He was preparing to rush the night road along the mountain road.
Originally, the older guard planned to spend the night at the farmer's house and wait for dawn to leave, but after seeing the horse, he changed his mind.
As it turns out, he is right.
At dawn, he heard the rushing sound of horse hooves coming from behind.
The elderly guard was a little worried and wanted to urge the horse to leave quickly, but the ponies were still lazily moving forward, taking the devil's steps, Kacha and Kacha. Even though the elderly guard repeatedly urged him, he would only change from Kacha and Kacha to Kacha and Kacha, and it was not much faster at all.
This is also normal. Sichuan, horses and Yunnan horses are basically used for camels. The important thing is stability, not fast. In addition, they have never received much training, so they don’t understand the anxious mood of the elderly guards and can’t even run...
The elderly guard seemed to be getting more and more anxious as he listened to the sound of horse hooves in the back. In desperation, he became quick and quick, so he immediately got off the horse, then took the reins and turned the horse's head, lowered his head, and walked slowly.
Soon, five war horses lined up in front, two, and three, galloped from the official road.
The elderly guard quickly led his horse to the side of the road.
The chasing cavalry seemed to have glanced at the elderly guard for a moment, and then did not seem to doubt anything, just jumped past.
The elderly guard exhaled. He didn't know if the pursuer was coming to him, but he felt that things were sliding in a direction of collapse...
Just when the elderly guard thought he had deceived the pursuers and was about to turn to other mountain roads to walk around, the five cavalrymen had run back again.
"Damn..." The elderly guard quickly pulled the war horse by the road, pretending to be resting, trying to get away with it again.
But unfortunately, the five cavalry seemed to have recognized him. After a whistle, two cavalrymen threw a lasso directly at him!
Caught off guard, the elderly guard was tied up in a lasso and fell to the ground.
A Hussar cavalry rushed up and held the elderly guard down.
Another cavalry dismounted, reached the front of the pony, reached out and patted the pony's neck, then bent down and grabbed the pony's front hooves.
The gentle cavalryman lifted his front hooves and tilted his head, as if he felt a little strange...
『Yes, it's just this mark...』 The Hussels smiled and said, 『Are you quite good at pretending...』
The elderly guard closed his eyes in pain.
He understood...
Just like when a man from Jiangdong saw a boat, he could know how much load it was, how much cargo, or how many people it was. He should be able to think of the horse hoof prints on this road. In fact, in the eyes of veteran scouts, it was obviously like a lantern in the dark night.
Unfortunately it's too late.
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Chengdu.
Those laborers who entered the mountains and cleared the way were withdrawn one after another for repair.
No matter what, these ordinary labors are basically victims.
These laborers are stationed nearby in the suburbs of the city, on the one hand, for treatment, and on the other hand, for comfort.
The ill-off labor service is specially treated, while the ill-off labor service is also observed and rested in the new camp.
The people near Chengdu have begun to discuss this matter more or less, but what is interesting is that ordinary people are a little afraid of such strange events, or are afraid and very interested in them, telling about the mountain gods and ghosts, which are vivid, but in the army, few soldiers believe these, let alone rumors.
If the soldiers are not in chaos, the local area will not be in chaos.
The education promoted by the General of the Cavalry in the army is playing a role bit by bit.
Because of the corresponding knowledge, these soldiers naturally had the most basic understanding of the world around them.
Knowing how to recognize words is not only about reading the texts conveyed by military orders, but also about reading, and then finding some books to read by themselves. As you read more books, your horizons will naturally broaden. Therefore, the soldiers do not believe in the rumors of mountain gods and ghosts at all, but instead think it is a new disease. They do not understand it for the time being and have no good solutions for the time being.
For ordinary people, many of them are illiterate, so they have no way to read books. At most, they can only listen to others' stories, or simply watch the show directly.
Can you take the joke seriously?
But the problem is that some people will take it seriously.
Reading can change something to a certain level. Fei Qian has always allowed the generals and their subordinates to implement the rules of reading and recognizing words. It is not to want to cultivate some great scholars in the army. Maybe it may happen on a certain day, but most of the current situation is just to facilitate the upload and issuance of military orders, and at the same time make the soldiers more sensible.
So, a very interesting phenomenon arose.
In most cases, rumors from local people would be passed on to the army, which would lead to disorder in the army and chaos in the people. However, the current situation in Sichuan and Sichuan is the opposite. The soldiers have played a role in stabilizing and eliminating plague rumors. Many soldiers directly told those suspicious people that it was just a disease, and there were no gods and ghosts, and it would be cured.
In the perception of soldiers, even plagues are not a big deal. As long as the military health regulations are in place, will the previous plagues and even locust plagues in Guanzhong be eliminated?
The calm soldiers gradually calmed down.
Chapter completed!