When a person comes to the West, in fact, the first change in the environment is never anything else, but the body's memory of time. ←,

When the body wakes up according to the time engraved by the biological clock every day, the bright sky will always give people a trancelike illusion, making people want to lie down again, and then jump up with the next scream.

Not to mention that I feel extremely trapped, but the sun in the sky that brings light and heat to everything in the world still exists stubbornly at the top of the skyline, even though it has become huge and fiery, just like the ending of those stars in the universe.

, but the light emitted is refracted by the sky and still makes the sky show a magnificent mixture of gray-blue and orange-red.

Crossing the mountain peaks from Jinyang to this place getting closer and closer to the sky, my body seems to be changing bit by bit.

From Linqiang, we marched northwest along the mountains and passed Longqi City, which theoretically left the western boundary of the Han Dynasty.

"Going west from here, we can see the legendary 'Salt Pond'."

There are steep mountains on both sides. You can still see some traces of snow on the top of one side, but you don’t know what era they were. After all, neither Qu Yan nor Lori had ever gone deep into it before.

Go to this place.

"I checked various documents before coming here. In fact, our expansion into the West this time is not without precedent. In fact, Xihai County was established here as early as the Xinmang chaos, but this

Administrative divisions did not exist for a long time. With the rise of Red Eyebrow and Green Forest in the chaos, the place was taken back by the Qiang people again."

"Huss~ He is indeed a learned scholar. He knows all these things. Since there is a relevant introduction in the book, can you explain it to me in detail, so that I, a ignorant person like me, can learn more about it?

Learned a lot."

"Haha. It's not such a thrilling story, it's just some things about the evil thief Wang Mang when he was the Great Sima of the Former Han Dynasty. At that time, Wang Mang was not as rebellious as he later was, and the power of the Former Han Dynasty still seemed to be extremely powerful, so he went to

In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (AD 4), he sent Zhonglang General Pingxian and others to the West Sea, which was then known as the Fresh Water Sea.

and other places, with money and silk, they induced the Qiang leader Beihe and others to offer land and annex it. Beihe and others were frightened by the power of the previous Han Dynasty and were greedy for gold and beads, so they agreed to annex it, so there was a sea of ​​fresh water and a large area.

The Qiang tribes from Yungu, Yanchi and other places with fertile water and grass moved out, and a total of about 12,000 Qiang tribes were acquired. Later, Wang Mang moved the attached Qiang people to dangerous places in high mountains, thinking that they were a vassal territory of the Han Dynasty.

After Wang Mang obtained the Xihai Salt Pond, he reported to the Empress Dowager, saying that at that time there were East China Sea, Nanhai and Beihai counties in the country. He requested that the land dedicated by Beihe and others be used to establish Xihai County, and the governance of this Xihai County

So. It was Longqi City that we just left not long ago.

After all, Xihai County was a newly annexed place, and the Qiang people under his rule had been moved to high mountains and dangerous places. In order to enrich Xihai County, Wang Mang issued fifty new orders across the country, all of which were evil orders, with the intention of forcibly imposing violators

They migrated to the West Sea area. Therefore, in the following years, more than 10,000 households in the Han Dynasty were forced to move to the West Sea, causing public resentment.

Although the Xiqiang marshal who offered the soil was temporarily confused by the gold beads and intimidated by the power of the former Han Dynasty, he was in a dangerous and dangerous land. After all, it was difficult to restrain his greed for the fertile land. Therefore, the marshal Pang Tian was first

Fu Ban and others raised troops to expel the prefect Cheng Yong, and later Beihe and others took advantage of the ongoing civil strife in China to retake their homeland.

After Guangwu's resurgence, he only sent troops to occupy the eastern part of the original Xihai County and established the western captaincy in Longqi City. In the end, he was still unable to restore the entire Xihai County. Even during the Qiang Rebellion a few years ago, even the entire Jincheng County

They are all occupied by the Qiang people. I believe that everything that happened in this area during that time did not require me to do anything in front of you, a native of Jincheng."

"Is it true that the salt lake here was already famous a long time ago?"

"I'm not very clear about this. After all, they are all things I read from books. To be honest, I walked all the way from Jinyang to here during this period. I feel more deeply about the knowledge in books and the real world. Sometimes

The gap is so big that it’s hard to count.”

"Perhaps it is precisely because of the existence of the salt lake that the livestock there are stronger and more numerous than in other places. I know very well that if I want to raise those animals well, the forage

Mixing a little bit of salt will make their appetite 30% better than usual, and they will feel much better after eating."

"Oh~ This is a secret that must be written down. It must be written down."

"Suddenly I feel like I have done something very un-businesslike. Should I ask for some 'compensation'?"

"It doesn't matter even if you don't have that kind of thing."

"So, you, a brat like you who gets a good deal and acts like a good boy, really needs a good 'education'."

"Hey, hey, who didn't pay for listening to the story just now? Speaking of which, at the tea stall in Jinyang, you have to pay at least one tea to listen to the book. Even if someone speaks well, there should be no less reward or something, otherwise

But you will be said to be too stingy~"

"I'm not the kind of rich listener who can casually reward 10,000 yuan or even 100,000 or 1 million yuan."

"Tsk, so you really chose the wrong thigh before leaving. If I were a very rich man, I might have made a fortune by now, instead of looking at the empty cliff here and hearing the news of the failure of life in my ears.

The uncle’s wail.”

"I'm so sorry for being the loser in life. I haven't read a book, so it's unfortunate that I have to ask you to support me in negotiations and stuff."

"Well, at least it's quite impressive to be self-aware."

"But after hearing this kind of 'praise', I didn't feel happy at all."

"As long as you really feel that it is a compliment, you will definitely be happy."

"Then I'd rather watch the goshawks flying in the sky, or the fat fish swimming in the river...at least I'll find something for dinner."

"At least on this point, I completely agree. This place... is really a nostalgic place."

"That's why I say that you are a child in the city. If you exchange your life in Jinyang with the herdsmen here, I believe no one will be willing to give up the opportunity to exchange with you. Although the scenery here is great, there are all kinds of

Such dangers have never been less.”

"...There is no way to refute it. Speaking of which, I had the same feeling when I first went to Bingzhou North for 'internship', and then I also received the same 'gift' from the senbei, and then the wolves at night gave us these things that we had not yet seen.

A grown up 'child'

An unforgettable lesson. Although the wolf attack was finally repelled with the help of the veterans, looking back now, those pairs of eyes glowing with green light in the dark night made me feel like my three souls and seven souls were about to be destroyed by that one.

Both green eyes looked like they were torn into pieces."

"Hehe. A child who has never met a wolf can never be called a good man from the frontier."

"But I heard from the old people in Bingzhou that since my lord arrived in Bingzhou, the wolf tide that originally broke out every ten years seems to have been quiet for a long time. The last time I heard about the wolf tide was when the Xianbei people invaded Taiyuan.

, and the wolf tide that time was not

But he did not attack the people of Bingzhou, but instead helped his lord, who was the governor of Xihe at the time, to defeat the Xianbei royal court troops. The old people said that the lord was the reincarnation of the wolf god, so those unruly beasts not only did not attack the lord, but became his most trusted companion.

warrior."

"There is such a statement, but I don't know if it is true."

"I don't know if it's true, but I will never tell you that the goddess in my heart, Miss Lingqi, and the most noble Miss Li Nie in my heart, occasionally hold or ride a tall and mighty horse.

The giant wolf went to the official school for a walk or something..."

"Lolicon!"

"What's wrong with men controlling lolita!"

"I'm sorry, I prefer the taste of a wife to a lolita."

Ahem, let’s put an end to this kind of struggle between the Loli Party and a certain branch of the Royal Sister Party. Anyway, there will never be a winner.

I have to say, regardless of living conditions, the scenery here is indeed very pleasant. The blue sky is more refreshing than the increasingly gray sky in Jinyang recently. The surrounding green mountains are more refreshing than Jinyang's recent increasingly gray sky.

If it hadn't been for the government's order, the Yangzhou area would have become completely bare due to population expansion.

But even so, the yellow mountains everywhere are much more beautiful. Although the thick meadows under your feet are more pleasing to the eye than the vast wheat fields in the Central Plains, there is a strange feeling when you step on them wantonly.

When you are on a plant, you will always have an inexplicable feeling of "I am free."

Leaving the river valley, you enter a very open and flat plateau area, which is surrounded by mountains. Occasionally, there are one or two low mountains inserted into the plains, but the relative height is not too high, and the slope is not too high.

It’s not too steep. When you climb to the top of the mountain and look down at the surroundings, in addition to the crisp scenery in the distance, you can also see groups of white dotted on the grassland like scattered pearls.

When we came here, the originally sparse Qiang tribe began to become denser again. From time to time, we would encounter Qiang horse teams grazing or patrolling, as well as a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, which would be enough to make people wander anywhere.

Wealth that makes people proud.

Because of this, if the team that Qu Yan was in was not a caravan, the patrolling Qiang people might not only stare at these "strangers" with vigilant eyes, but also take more intense and rough measures against them.

The means are not certain either.

It can be said that the Qiang people here are much more wary of the Han people than the Qiang tribes east of Longqi City.

It has to be said that although they are only separated by a river valley, the Qiang people on both sides have extremely different attitudes towards the Han people, and this is particularly obvious when the two sides treat the Han caravans.

You must know that the Qiang herdsmen in Jincheng County will greet the caravan enthusiastically whenever they see the caravan dressed as a team passing by, and they will also respond enthusiastically and help simple matters such as asking for directions.

This is not to say that they are not vigilant, but the work of vigilance is usually completed by specialized herdsmen. Ordinary herdsmen can make choices based on their own wishes in this matter.

Of course, the main reason why the Qiang people are so enthusiastic about caravans is that they can get a lot of interesting "good things" from the caravans - don't care about the content of the goods or whether their values ​​are equal, anyway, as long as

Just take what you need. Even if the goods are sold very cheaply in the country of origin, if the factors of the road and unknown dangers are added, these are within the cost range, and it is natural that they will reach a very high value.

matter.

So you can buy some cute accessories to successfully please the woman you love, and you can buy some interesting toys to put a smile on the face of the child who lives a hard life with you. As long as the things you exchange are within your own tolerance, then this

Is there anything I should regret about this transaction?

Think about it, because of the cute accessories, you beat other competitors to marry the woman you love, and let your genes be passed down in the body of your beloved. Children who are in a cheerful mood because of interesting toys will thrive better, and ultimately

Become a good man who can support a new family even if he is not upright.

Therefore, even though they know that the investment in education is likely to be in vain, parents still happily shout "buy, buy, buy" and let their children "learn, learn, learn". Have these people really not calculated their own

Is the behavior a loss or a gain?

Therefore, even the sophisticated Qiang people know that the caravan earns a lot from them, but as long as the caravan can bring their tribe the goods they need for life, then the basis for the transaction can be established.

Of course, smart people will bargain based on the transaction, and then make the transaction more beneficial to themselves.
To be continued...