The prosperous era should have the appearance of a prosperous era, what is it to get something from the treasury? An Lushan has been fishing for ten years, and he has not seen the treasury poor.

Judging from the information learned, Anxi is a very complicated place, Gu Qing can't make a specific layout plan, so he can only do his best to bring more materials on the road, with food in his hands, and he doesn't panic.

The grain, grass, weapons and war horses were solved, Gu Qing felt that it was not enough, so he ordered Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing to go to Dongshi Street to find Hu Shang, he wanted to buy some Wuzi steel, commonly known as "iron" in the Central Plains, and the raw materials used by the Great Food Country to make the Da Ma leather sword.

This kind of iron originating from Tianzhu is very rare in Chang'an, and the two shopkeepers mobilized all the guys in the store to look for a whole day in Chang'an East City, and only found more than 2,000 catties, and spent about 1,000 yuan to buy it.

No wonder this iron could not popularize the army, the materials were expensive enough.

As the Hou Ye, he arrogantly broke into the prison of Jiangzuo, and under the watchful eye of Han Jie and a group of guards, Gu Qing temporarily requisitioned all the blacksmiths who would be the prisoner, and made the iron into two hundred pairs of plate armor day and night.

The details and beauty are not taken care of, as long as two iron plates protect the vital points of the chest and back, this kind of iron is particularly hard after being tempered and beaten, and after being matched with the guards, there is a high probability that they can resist one or two death threats, which can be regarded as giving them a few more lives.

The guards put on the plate armor and curiously poked the hard iron on their chests with arrows, making a crisp noise, and the sharp arrows only left a shallow mark on the plate armor.

"Master Hou, what are you ......" Han Jie looked down at the plate armor on his chest, a little moved.

"You all have to protect yourself, my personal guards, life is more expensive than others, after leaving Beijing, the plate armor must be worn on the body at any time, the iron is harder than the pig iron of our Datang, as long as you are not so unlucky and hurt the vital point in the war, you should not die." Gu Qing said with a smile.

Han Jie and the guards were very moved, and they all clasped their fists and saluted: "I will definitely go to the soup for the Hou Ye." ”

"It's not that serious, I put on plate armor for you just to prevent you from going to the soup, don't get me wrong, it's enough to protect me, you don't need to charge into battle."

As for Gu Qing himself, of course, he needs to take care of himself with all his heart, not only to use iron to create plate armor for himself, but also to have a pair of full-body scale armor, no matter which tricky angle the sword and arrow come from, they will be stopped by the armor.

Gu Qing was a little regretful, in the final analysis, there was still not enough money, if there was enough money, each of the hundred guards would wear a pair of full-body iron armor, just like the hoplite infantry infantry armor of the Song Dynasty, even the cavalry could fight, and the battlefield could be described as a humanoid tank, so it was called safe.

Not having enough money is a big problem,...... Since he is about to go to Anxi, can the porcelain from Shuzhou Qingyao be sent to Anxi for direct export? The profit of selling porcelain in Anxi is much higher than that of Chang'an.

Turning around and sending a letter to Feng Aweng, Shiqiao Village expanded the kiln mouth, built a few more, and mobilized the villagers to burn the kiln, which was also an opportunity for the villagers to make a fortune. Then open up a new trade route, from Shuzhou to Yumen Pass, from Yumen Pass to Anxi, this profit is not ordinarily large, Hu merchants do not have to go to Chang'an to buy the best quality porcelain in the Tang Dynasty, they will definitely flock to it.

After the plate armor was built, the guards wore it on their bodies, and surrounded Gu Qing and swaggered through the market.

The style of the plate armor is ugly and strange, with only two plates on the chest, front and back, and a group of people walking on the road attract passers-by to watch. The guards held their heads high, and only sneered contemptuously in the face of the whispering of passers-by.

Ignorant human beings, do you know how much money these two boards cost Hou Ye? Do you know how hard it is? When you go to the battlefield, you can look good and use a ball, and it is the most useful to be able to save your life.

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Steward Xu had already packed his luggage for Gu Qing, and the big bags and small bags actually filled two carriages, from winter clothes to summer clothes, from delicate plates and pots to lacquered wooden gong barrels, as well as some daily necessities and various medicines sent by Li Twelve Niang, Li Guangbi, and Zhang Jiuzhang.

Food, clothing, shelter and transportation are all brought with you, and everything together can be arranged in situ to create a home.

Tomorrow is about to leave, Gu Qing sat in the courtyard, looking around the house with nostalgia.

In fact, I am really reluctant, no wonder the princes of the Tang Dynasty have to rely on Chang'an and refuse to go to the domain, Chang'an is indeed too prosperous and reluctant.

If it weren't for An Lushan's slander, which made Li Longji move, Gu Qing would have eaten barbecue with Zhang Huaijin in the East Market, put paper kites on the hillside in the suburbs, and rafted with Zhang Huaiyu on the Qujiang Pond......

However, let An Lushan fall into such a big trouble, and also intercepted his grain, grass and weapons, and the hatred barely paid the interest once.

"Brother Gu, let's go eat barbecue!" A figure rushed in, holding Gu Qing's hand and smiling happily.

Gu Qing came back to his senses and saw that Zhang Huaijin was looking at him expectantly, and the smile in his eyes was a little reluctant, a little forced to laugh.

Today's Zhang Huaijin has deliberately dressed up, no longer the strange appearance, today's she is dressed very refreshing, purple palace dress Luo skirt, representing the double bun that has not been out of the cabinet, the lips and eyebrows are specially depicted, the makeup is very light, lightly sweeping the moth eyebrows, lightly touching the lips, it looks like a pure and lively little girl next door.

Behind Zhang Huaijin, Zhang Huaiyu stood under the wall and smiled at him.

Gu Qing also smiled: "Okay, let's go eat barbecue." ”

The three of them walked around the night market in Chang'an together, Zhang Huaijin was not so lively today, and he looked a little dull all the way, and followed Gu Qing silently, it was rare to see her speak out.

After walking for a long time, Gu Qing couldn't stand it anymore, and sighed with a wry smile: "Sister Huaijin, I will still be transferred back to Chang'an after all, and when I come back, I will bring you mutton outside the plug, gold and silver utensils outside the plug, if you are interested, I will lead the troops to destroy a tribe and bring back a whole nation to you as a gift......

Zhang Huaijin sneered: "I don't want any nationality, Brother Gu, try not to go to the battlefield when you go to Anxi, the second ancestor said that the battlefield is very dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will ...... Well, don't go to the battlefield anyway, you have so many soldiers under your command, you have to let them protect you well, life is the most important thing, don't be greedy for meritorious service, don't do anything, wait for Your Majesty's will to transfer you back to Chang'an, and you can also make contributions in Chang'an. ”

Gu Qing didn't argue, and coaxed a child to agree: "Okay, I don't do anything, it's enough to eat and drink every day, and I will never exchange my life for meritorious deeds, I am still so young, and there will be many opportunities for meritorious deeds in the future." ”

After getting Gu Qing's promise, Zhang Huaijin smiled with satisfaction: "It's decided, don't break your promise." ”

"It's decided, I promise to turn around and run when I encounter danger, and the wildest dogs can't catch up with me."

Zhang Huaijin finally returned to his previous lively appearance, and opened his mouth wide and laughed regardless of his manners.

Zhang Huaiyu, who had been following her very low-key, saw her sister laughing, and also laughed a few times, then tugged Gu Qing's sleeve and said softly: "I'll go buy something, you accompany Huaijin for a walk." ”

Zhang Huaiyu disappeared into the crowd, Zhang Huaijin quietly grabbed Gu Qing's sleeve, followed him through the crowd, carefully looked at Gu Qing's expression, and saw that he did not react to the action of pulling the sleeve, Zhang Huaijin had a touching sweet smile on the corner of his mouth, and the street lights reflected on her little face, with a faint golden light, which reflected her smile, which was the satisfaction of life that there was nothing else to ask for.

As if remembering something, Zhang Huaijin suddenly took out a red brocade bag from his arms, solemnly handed it to Gu Qing with both hands, and said solemnly: "Brother Gu, this is the Big Dipper Seven Star Money I invited from Jiuhuaguan yesterday, and I specially spent a lot of money to invite an old Taoist priest who has attained the Tao to personally recite a spell and cast a spell. ”

Gu Qing accepted it with a smile, but Zhang Huaijin was not satisfied, took the brocade bag carefully, put his hand into the intimate pocket of Gu Qing's underwear, and patted it lightly, as if he had completed a sacred mission, Zhang Huaijin clapped his hands with a smile, and said: "Okay, there are three Qingdao monarchs to bless Brother Gu, Brother Gu must go to Anxi without danger, safe and smooth." ”

Gu Qing rubbed the top of her head and said with a smile: "You also have to eat and drink well in Chang'an, and when I come back, I won't be able to see you lose weight, I will be very disappointed." ”

Zhang Huaijin said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will definitely eat well, but I can't eat too much, if I eat too much, I will get fat, and if I am too fat, it will not look good, and after Brother Gu comes back, you will look down on me even more." ”

Gu Qing said dotingly: "Silly boy, say as if I can take a fancy to you if you look good......"

Zhang Huaijin gritted his teeth, held his breath, and couldn't help but punch him a few times after holding it for a long time.

Immediately, Zhang Huaijin lowered his head and said faintly: "Brother Gu, when you return to Chang'an, don't treat me as a child anymore, okay?" I'm not young, I already know the sorrow of parting, and I also understand the helplessness of the relationship between men and women, I also know that you only have Sister A in your heart, I don't know as much as Sister A, but I am Zhang Huaijin, not Zhang Huaiyu, Zhang Huaiyu's appearance, Zhang Huaijin can't learn, I've worked hard, but ...... I really can't learn. ”

"Sister said that you are a person with great ambitions, I don't understand what your big ambitions are, but I will work hard to learn skills, read more, and hope that one day Sister can help you, I am not inferior to her......"

Looking up at Gu Qing's calm expression, Zhang Huaijin suddenly smiled: "Zhang Huaijin is Zhang Huaijin, in the sky and on the ground, there is only one person, no one can replace it, although I am a little stupid, I am still the unique stupid Zhang Huaijin." ”

"Brother Gu, you have to remember this Zhang Huaijin."

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In the early morning of the next day, outside Chang'an City, 10,000 soldiers of the Left Guard assembled in armor and helmets.

Every soldier rode a war horse, and not only that, but there were also 5,000 more vacant war horses, and the vacant war horses were filled with surplus grain, grass and weapons.

Gu Qing was dressed in scale armor and wore a double-winged helmet, standing majestically in front of the team.

The four lieutenant generals finished the army and saluted Gu Qing to report that the army was finished and could be pulled out.

Gu Qing nodded, turned around and walked towards Xingqing Palace.

According to the rules, before the army sets out, the generals who lead the troops must face the king for training and accept the emperor's face-to-face instruction to go on the expedition.