Chapter 7 is a vast and vast picture

Chou'er recalled that she was later willing to marry Su Wu, a craftsman who made saddles and hunting tools, more than ten years older than herself, in order to be able to stay together for a long time. But now...... She didn't dare to think about it anymore. The ugly child prayed silently in his heart: He will come back, he will come soon! He will come back in at least four months, and he will definitely come back in half a year at most......

She opened the door and ran out, kneeling in the courtyard with her hands folded in front of the bright Big Dipper before dawn. Looking up at the spoon-like Beidou, he couldn't stop praying: "Beidou, Beidou, please point out for my husband, bless my husband Su Wu, and return smoothly from this trip......!"

Outside the Weiyang Palace in the morning light, the emperor led hundreds of officials to see off Su Wu. In the solemn sound of military drum music, Su Wu, who was dressed in a brand-new Zhonglang general's robe, took over the scepter from Emperor Wu and the scepter made of yak tail, which symbolized the glory of the country.

Su Wu saluted the emperor and officials, took the deputy general Zhang Sheng, the attaché Changhui and others on the horse, led a hundred soldiers and baggage, escorted the convoy of the Xiongnu envoys, all the way to the northwest, and set off.

Out of Chang'an City, under the sun, the golden wheat fields on both sides of the road outside the city are endless. The wheat has just turned yellow, and the anxious people have already begun to reap the harvest.

At noon, the scorching sun was shining, and they could not reach the post station, so they sat sleepily under the poplar trees beside the road to rest, drink water, and eat at the tip.

Su Wu asked the twenty-five-year-old attaché next to him: "Chang Sui, how many people do you have in your family?"

"Parents, a younger brother, a younger sister. I always answer.

"You're the boss. That means your parents aren't old yet?"

"Not yet fifty years old. ”

"Then you don't have to worry about family matters!" he sighed as he looked into the distance.

Chang Hui didn't say anything, he knew the situation in his master's house, and knew that he couldn't let go of his family.

Three days later, they passed by Fenggang Mountain (now part of Wugong County, Shaanxi), and Su Wu paid homage to his father. He knelt in front of his father's tomb, recalling that his father had followed Wei Qing to fight against the Xiongnu many years ago, and after receiving awards for meritorious service, he managed the frontier for the country.

My father stayed in Daijun (present-day Weibei, Hebei), where he hoarded food and trained soldiers...... conscientious, dedicated to his life, and with the approval of the emperor and the country, he has the glory and wealth of his family and descendants......

With tears in his eyes, he said to his father: "Father, my son wants to be like you, live up to the emperor's grace, live up to the great trust of the Han Dynasty, and make meritorious contributions to my Han Dynasty! Father, please bless the peace of the family in the spirit of heaven, and bless the son's smooth return from this mission!"

After he kowtowed to his father, he led his party along the official post road to the north, stayed overnight, and went north. Although there are mountains and mountains from time to time along the way, as long as there are rivers and dams, where crops can be planted, the wheat will ripen all the way to gold, and the farmers everywhere are harvesting and laughing.

A month later, they came to the post station in Henan County (Yellow River South), where people were still busy harvesting, showing a bumper harvest everywhere, showing a scene of people living and working in peace and contentment.

Su Wu recalled that when he was a child, he heard his father say that in the past, Henan had not yet reached the ripening season of crops, and the Huns often rode across the Yellow River to burn, kill and loot, rob grain and hostages, and from time to time go deep into the places four or five hundred miles away from Chang'an to loot, seriously threatening the safety of the people and the national capital.

Later, under the strategy of the current emperor, the organization of the fathers to carry out many times against the Xiongnu, many attacks to encircle and suppress, in the past 30 years, the road to the Western Regions has been opened, the country has recovered the lost land, and the northern Xiongnu have been driven out of Henan, driven out of Yunzhong (now Inner Mongolia Tuoketuodong), and now there is no Xiongnu royal court in the northern desert.

Now the state has set up Wuyuan, Yunzhong counties, garrisons, and immigrants in Hebei (Yellow River North) to carry out firm governance to prevent the Xiongnu from attacking and harassing. When they arrived at the station, they had to rest for two days before they could cross the river and head north.

Under the sunset, Su Wu took the time to take the regular meeting and rushed to the Yellow River, which he had admired for a long time. The Yellow River has become wider and smoother here, and although it is still golden in the setting sun, it is very soft. There is no such earth-shaking scene that I saw when I followed the emperor on his journey to the east that year, roaring all the way to the sky.

Su Wu stood on the high place on the bank of the river, looking at the place he came from and the opposite bank where he was going, it was really a natural achievement. Along both sides of the Yellow River, the north and south are flat and flat, and you can't see the edge at a glance. The wheat fields that are about to ripen and glow with golden yellow are inlaid with irrigation canals criss-crossed with patches of oily green—growing rice, millet, and autumn seedlings.

"What a vast and vast picture scroll!" Su Wu couldn't help blurting out.

Yes, this is the Yellow River Loop introduced by Master Lu, it is really a rich place, a generous and beautiful place!

Just as Master Lu said: Standing on the high place on the bank of the Yellow River, looking around, I feel that the country is really strong!

"Changhui, remember our Yellow River!" Su Wu said to Changhui, "Let's find the manager here tomorrow to understand the situation." The area of crops and the amount of income should be marked on the map. ”

"Okay!" often thinks about it, "My lord, how long will it take us to reach our destination after passing through the clouds?"

Chang Hui studied at home for three years in private school, plus five years of training after the service, has become a literary, can read drawings and drawings, martial arts, can capture archery, both civil and military talents. This time, after a contest, he won the Huns as an envoy's attaché.

"According to Lord Lu's calculations, we have only walked half the way to the bank of the Yellow River. He instructed, "Go back and discuss with Lord Zhang, after two days of rest, once we cross the Yellow River, the Huns will return to their hearts like arrows, and we will give our people a lot of morale!"

"Written down!"

Two days later, early in the morning, the team had breakfast at the post station, and under the guidance of the guide, they went to a wharf on the bank of the Yellow River and set off to cross the river on more than a dozen sheepskin rafts. The raft bounced up and down in the waves, slanting down to the dock looming diagonally opposite.

Standing on the shore and not feeling the waves, people can ride on a raft and drive, but they keep jolting in the crest of the waves and the valleys. Soon, these people, who were born in the interior and had never taken a boat, had their internal organs clattering in their abdomen.

On the raft, one person couldn't help but vomit, and everyone vomited...... When they arrived at the other side after more than two hours, their faces were green, and they had poured out all the food they had eaten in the morning, and many of them vomited out their stomachs. They all staggered off the raft and sat on the dock dizzily and couldn't get up.

Su Wu was also as uncomfortable as everyone else, but remembering his responsibility, he asked Zhang Sheng to take care of the team, with a regular meeting, struggling into the dock not far away, contacting the soldiers who managed the dock, and getting two buckets of hot water and simple food, so that everyone could eat something and continue on the road after resting.