Winding along a stone road in Shibang Town, there are restaurants, inns, brothels, gambling houses, cabinet shops, grocery stores, mule and horse shops, mansion shops, etc. on both sides. There are almost everything you need. There are seven wine shops alone.
There are as many as eight families.
The ethnic groups in Shapeng Town are very mixed, with Han being the most numerous, and there are also Tuyuhun, Turks, Tubo, Qiang, etc. Even though the Sui Dynasty and Tuyuhun are at war, the shops opened by several Tuyuhun people have not been affected much.
These people make a living in this city. With the officials sent by Zhangye County Prefecture to maintain law and order, they are generally in peace and order. However, the law and order is naturally worse than in the mainland. After all, dragons and snakes are mixed together, and people live in peace.
There was chaos and fights on the streets occurred from time to time, but killings in the streets were rare.
The largest stores in the town are naturally on the main street. The seventh weapons store walking from the west has not been open for a long time, less than a year, but it is the largest weapons store in the town. However, it is closed today.
, causing many men who came to buy weapons to curse and be greatly disappointed.
"My lord, are you back from the capital?" In the backyard of the weapons shop, the shopkeeper, who was considered the number one figure in Shi Bang Town, knelt down at Wang Junlin's feet excitedly and said with great respect.
"Okay, get up! I've only been away for a few months, and you've started to kneel down and worship again." Wang Junlin helped the excited shopkeeper up and asked with a smile.
"Isn't this just a momentary excitement for the Lord?" The shopkeeper was selected by Wang Junlin from the refugees in Gaotaicheng last winter. He had done business before and traveled a long way. His ability was not outstanding, but he had rich experience in dealing with things.
He was selected by Wu Si to serve as the shopkeeper here. Just like the shops he opened successively in Gaochang, Shazhou, and even counties in the northwest, it was naturally not only for making money, but also a base for him to inquire about information. Now Wang Junlin is established
After obtaining the Ghost Eye, the next step is for these stores to receive dual access. The intelligence system will be assigned to Shen Guang's Ghost Eye, and the business will be managed internally and externally by Wu Si and Deng Yuzhuo.
"Okay, arrange for people to prepare enough water, dry food and feed, prepare a resting place and prepare meals for the people I brought, we will rest for an hour and then set off for Zhangye County. Now give me the information about the war in Xiping County
." Wang Junlin ordered Shangguan Huniu Jinda, who came in with him, to sit down.
The shopkeeper agreed and went out to make arrangements. Not long after, he came over with a pamphlet that recorded the recent war in Xiping County.
When the shopkeeper saw Wang Junlin handing the pamphlet to Shangguan Hu, he said in time: "My lord, the news has been sent to Gaotaicheng by flying pigeons. The three captains Jiang Murang, Li Xiang and Su Changqing are on their way back with three thousand cavalry.
, it is expected that we will arrive at Zhangye County City the day after tomorrow and join our lord. Captain Zhou Hu will lead the remaining 2,000 people to stay in Gaotai City."
Wang Junlin nodded and expressed his understanding. Yesterday, he received an order from Yu Juluo, asking him to lead three thousand cavalry under his command in Gaotai City to deal with a grain-stealing cavalry disguised as Turks. Three thousand versus five thousand
, and already knew that the latter was the Turkic Silver Wolf King Cavalry, his master and the three old guys Liu Fang and Wang Tong really had confidence in him. What Wang Junlin didn't know was that between Yu Juluo and others
The reason why I have so much confidence in him is because his deeds this year have been so brilliant, and each time can be called a miracle of defeating more with less.
"What has General Ying Yanglang Li Fengyun in Zhangye City been doing recently?" Wang Junlin asked after thinking about the imperial edict and Ministry of War documents he had brought this time to replace Li Fengyun as General Ying Yanglang in Zhangye County.
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment and said: "I have neglected my duty. Master Wu Si did not arrange for us to inquire about General Li Fengyun. Therefore, I don't have any information about Li Fengyun here. My brothers in Zhangye County may have this information."
Wang Junlin sighed in his heart. Wu Si was qualified as a dead soldier, a guard, or a general who charged into battle, but as an intelligence leader, he was obviously insufficient. Thinking of Wu Si, he thought again
Take Wu San.
At the beginning of the year, in Gaochang City in the Western Regions, Wu San thought that Wang Junlin had been killed by the Nestorian King Bodo, so he led more than a hundred brothers to stay in the Western Regions and turned into horse thieves to avenge Wang Junlin. Later, after Wang Junlin came back to life,
With Wu San's consent, they simply let Wu San continue to be a horse thief in the Western Region, but moved the scope of activities eastward, operating in the area between Shazhou City and Gaotai City, secretly receiving funding from Gaotai City's personnel, weapons, and food.
Develop your power as a hidden flag for yourself.
Wang Junlin frowned and said: "Send the message with a flying pigeon and order our people in Zhangye County to keep an eye on Li Fengyun and send his information to me at any time."
"Here!" the shopkeeper solemnly agreed and quickly wrote down what Wang Junlin said word for word.
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After resting for an hour, Wang Junlin and his group of more than 200 people set off again. In front of them was Shabang Pass. After passing Shabang Pass and passing the two hundred miles of Gansha Road, they could see Zhangye County City.
But on the road five miles away from Shabang Pass, Wang Junlin, who was riding a blood-maned horse and was walking at the front, suddenly stopped, and everyone behind him naturally stopped as well.
"Shangguan Hu, you have rich experience in the world, have you discovered anything?" Wang Junlin glanced at the vaguely visible Shapingguan city wall, turned to Shangguan Hu next to him and asked.
Shangguan Hu thought for a while and said: "Yesterday, I heard from Mr. Hou that this road is the largest trade road leading to Zhangye City and even the Western Regions. Although there is not an endless stream of caravans in normal times, there are still many, but today we left Shi
After Bang Town, we didn’t seem to encounter any oncoming caravans or pedestrians along the way.”
Wang Junlin nodded. He suddenly felt something was wrong just now, so he stopped.
"Master Marquis, there is something wrong with the caravan following us from Shiping Town." Shen Guoer, who was also riding a tall horse, suddenly said.
Wang Junlin narrowed his eyes and said, "What did Guo'er discover?"
Guo'er turned to look at a group of businessmen four or five hundred steps away from them, and said slowly: "When we passed by these people before, I smelled them and felt that these people didn't look like good people."
When Shangguan Hu and other brothers from Feihu Village heard this, they couldn't help showing kind smiles, but Wang Junlin, Niu Jinda, Zhan Peng and others looked solemn, and when they looked at the caravan behind them, their eyes became serious.
They knew that Guo'er had a strange ability. Just by smelling it, he could tell whether the other party was hostile to them. This strange ability seemed absurd, but Guo'er's ability had been verified.