Half a month later, Chen Cangguan was closed.

When he saw Chen Cangguan again, Zhao Xiaojun still felt shocked, but it was far from the impact of the first time.

For many children of the Zhao family in Longxi County, if they didn't see it with their own eyes, they couldn't imagine it, and the exclamations came and went.

Most of them have been immersed in their studies and cultivation since childhood, and rarely have the opportunity to go far away.

Before the pass, the Shaking Mountain Army, which had been escorted all the way, did not continue to advance, and after an officer said a brief goodbye to Sun Chengyu, he led the team back.

Sun Chengyu stopped to see each other, and after their figures were already blurred, he led this group of teenagers into Chencang Pass.

Chencang Guannei.

Although Didao City, as the county governor of Longxi County, can already be said to be quite prosperous, it is still much inferior to Chen Cang.

The young people in the team all remembered the patriarch's instructions, and everyone forcibly tensed, relying on their peripheral eyes to look around.

I saw that the shops on the street were lined up, and people in different clothes came and went in and out of the shops on the side of the street.

It can be seen from their clothing that these people have gathered from Tiannan and Haibei to Chencang.

There are not only traditional satin materials in the country, but also light cotton and linen from Hebei, and also velveteen materials from northern Xinjiang, and even many unrecognizable materials.

Unlike most cities in northern Xinjiang, where there is only one main street, as the team marched, the young people of the Zhao family found that every corner of Chencang was very lively.

Turning from Fuqian Street into Chengdong Street, everyone came to the Chencang branch of the Crescent Inn.

Because he had long known that the Zhao family's team for the exam would arrive, the Crescent Moon Inn had stopped accepting guests a week ago, and all the rooms were empty.

Seeing that the team had arrived, the shopkeeper hurriedly went in to inform him, and Li Decai, the shopkeeper of the Chen Cang branch, hurriedly greeted him.

"Deacon Sun is here, and he is far away. ”

Sun Chengyu can be regarded as the Zhao family's more famous guest secretary in recent years, and Zhao Zhuohan will deliberately assign him many external affairs.

Although Li Decai is the head of a store, his status in the Zhao family is far from that of Sun Chengyu.

Sun Chengyu said politely:

"Shopkeeper Li is polite, under your management, the Chen Cang branch has been thriving and making money over the years. ”

The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and when Li Decai heard Sun Chengyu speak, even if it was a scene, he felt very comfortable in his heart, and immediately bowed down and said:

"Thanks to the care of the family, I just did some things, but Deacon Sun has worked very hard for the family all these years. ”

Sun Chengyu also laughed, grabbed Li Decai's hand, and said:

"You and I don't have to say hello, hurry up and arrange these students who are rushing to take the exam, it's hard for them to travel all the way. ”

Li Decai nodded, and quickly arranged for the guys in the store to receive the team.

Due to the large number of people, all the places where a bed can be placed in the entire inn are occupied, and it is certainly not very comfortable to live in.

However, for the teenagers who have been sleeping in the open for half a month, it is really much better.

Nothing to say all night......

Early the next morning, everyone was used to getting up early to pack their bags and prepare to continue their journey.

After walking out of Chencang Pass, Zhao Xiaojun glanced back, this was the first time he stepped out of northern Xinjiang in sixteen years.

Although it is only a pass, the inside and outside of the pass are completely different scenes.

The most impressive thing in northern Xinjiang is the drought.

It can be said that most areas of northern Xinjiang are basically covered with the Gobi as far as the eye can see.

Kannai, on the other hand, has a vibrant atmosphere, and it is almost impossible to see a forest, a lake, or a river within walking far.

It is no wonder that apart from businessmen, there are very few insiders who go out of the customs.

For the teenagers of Northern Xinjiang, Guannai is like a fairyland.

In fact, when the Qiang people were still there, although the rain in northern Xinjiang was not as abundant as in the Guannei, it was also full of pastures, and the cattle and sheep were fat.

In addition to the natural environment, the more important reason for the current state of northern Xinjiang is that in the years of the expansion order, many poachers exploited the spiritual crystal mine in northern Xinjiang.

As we all know, under normal circumstances, in any place full of life, there must be a spiritual vein that nourishes the creatures above.

Therefore, in the Guannai, the qualifications for mining Lingjing ore are strictly controlled in the hands of the government, and the punishment for those who mine privately and illegally is also extremely harsh.

In the earliest days, once the poachers were caught, the best result was self-destruction, otherwise it would be common for the three clans to be connected.

In northern Xinjiang, the Qiang people have always believed in the way of nature, and rarely directly absorb spiritual energy from the spirit crystal mine for cultivation.

Relying on the nourishment of spiritual veins, even in northern Xinjiang, where the natural conditions are not good, there is no shortage of land with abundant water and grass.

But since the promulgation of the Frontier Expansion Decree, all the three sects and nine streams have poured into Northern Xinjiang, do most of them care about the environment?

Of course they don't care, this is not their home, they just want to grab enough spirit crystals.

It is true that there are branches like the Zhao family who want to break out of the world outside the gate, but these people are a minority after all.

In just a few decades, northern Xinjiang was devastated.

Without the nourishment of spiritual veins, rivers dry up, plants and trees wither, and animals slowly die.

As a result, the former pastures have slowly turned into the Gobi Desert, and in many places it is not even possible for human beings to survive.

If it weren't for Emperor Wu's personal tour of the north in order to show his martial arts, the northern frontier may have completely become a barren land.

There are many theories about the merits and demerits of Emperor Wu, but no one denies that Emperor Wu is a generation of heroes of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Seeing that the territory he had worked so hard to expand had become a barren land, Emperor Wu Long Yan was furious and ordered He Tianying, then the captain of the Tun Cavalry Battalion, to run horses and chase bandits.

For three days, the Tun Cavalry Camp traveled from south to north, as long as they saw those who mined spiritual ore, whether it was right or wrong, it was all a word.

Kill!

He Tianying was also a ruthless man, he didn't eat or drink for three days, and he was forced to kill from Tianshui City to the foot of Lingzhou City in Beidi County.

No one can tell how many people were killed at that time, only that the tuncai battalion was reduced by 357 people.

At that time, there was no longer any organized army in northern Xinjiang, and later generations speculated that the 357 people who were reduced may have died of exhaustion.

......

"Huh!"

There was an excited voice from the front of the team, and Zhao Xiaojun looked for prestige, and as far as the eye could see, a majestic city was located on the ground.

Although only one silhouette can be seen from a distance, a heavy breath has lingered in everyone's heart, and unconsciously, everyone even wants to bow and worship.

Sun Chengyu seemed to have anticipated this phenomenon for a long time, and gently spread his divine sense to calm everyone's emotions.

This is..... Changan?