After sending the gift that day, there was no intersection with Zhang Yunlong.

Yesterday I drank with Kong Xiao first, drank until midnight, and when I got up today, it was already dawn.

Chen Mu took Zhang Han and Zhong Lixiang to wander around the three streets of Jiuquan City.

Jiuquan City is a small space, not so much three streets, but three alleys, after the war, it developed quite well, with many inns, warehouses, green buildings, carriage and horse shops, and an extremely simple small market. But there was a great deal of goods piled up in the market, piled high like a hill.

In such a small market, the daily import and export volume is as high as 1,000 cars, and the daily transaction volume is about 100 million yuan, but due to the impact of market size, this should be the peak transaction volume.

The role of the military fortress of Jiuquan City is obvious, but the role of serving the economy is insufficient. Chen Mu once suggested that Kong Xiaoxian build an attached city, but for some reason, Kong Xiaoxian never did it.

Now the inns and warehouses in Jiuquan City are all serving the rigid needs of merchants in the past, and there are no fixed residents in Jiuquan City except for merchants passing by and merchants who open shops.

Except for these four rigid needs, there is nothing else to see. Manufacturing is almost zero here. Not including, of course, a newly established tofu shop in the northeast corner of the city.

Chen Mu came to the tofu shop and asked for three bowls of bean curd, Chen Mu likes to eat salty and poured some soy sauce, while Zhang Han and Zhong Lixiang like to eat sweet and poured some beet water, and the three of them stood on the side of the street and ate it without taste.

They were all dressed in civilian clothes, and no one knew that the one standing at the base of the wall was the famous Chen Mu, the chief vice president of Anxi.

"If this is mine, it will be even better than Dunhuang." Chen Mu finished eating and wiped his mouth: "After all, it is an important town on the Silk Road, but it is so despised. It's a bit of a waste. ”

Zhang Han and Zhong Lixiang didn't answer.

Chen Mu touched his pocket: "I changed my clothes, but I didn't bring any money." ”

Zhong Lixiang was stunned: "I didn't bring it either." ”

Their eyes turned to Zhang Han at the same time, and Zhang was still drinking bean curd slowly and methodically, and now he suddenly couldn't drink it anymore.

You don't have to ask to know, he didn't bring it either.

"I'll go back and get it." Zhong Lixiang said embarrassedly.

"No need." Chen Mu took out a piece of silver from under the insole, which was very thin and thin, so thin that it was like paper: "I have always had the habit of hiding money, and shoes are one of the best places." It's hard for a penny to suffocate a hero, and it's hard for it to happen to me. ”

Chen Mu was a little complacent, and handed the silver to the mother-in-law who sold bean curd, and the mother-in-law looked up at Chen Mu and said with a smile: "The young one knows how to hide money, and he is the same as the one in our family." ”

Chen Muhan smiled.

Zhang Han was silent, and Zhong Lixiang snickered.

The mother-in-law put the silver on the basket and weighed it, and asked Chen Mu for thirty dollars, but Chen Mu didn't ask for it, so she went to the post house.

The mother-in-law who sold bean curd said that the young man would definitely be able to become a big official in the future.

Walking back, just turning the corner, he saw Huang Xiaoyi standing at the door of the post station with a anxious face, and when he saw Chen Mu, he ran over with a smile and said that Kong Xiao would invite him to the house for a banquet first. It is said that the general's wife, the princess of Sangla, will see you.

Chen Mu secretly said that it was not good, and he always felt that Princess Sangla might have to make things difficult.

Sure enough, after going, I was fined three cups on the grounds that the uncle didn't come to give gifts, and then there were various reasons to leave one cup and one right one.

Soon after, the second lady also came, this second lady was Princess Aziman, and when it came to her marriage to Kong Xiaoxian, Chen Mu was still a matchmaker. The princess said that she was Ma Zun's sister, and Chen Mu was Ma Zun's Aka, so she must drink more, so she had another meal of wine.

Kong Xiaoxian squinted his eyes, he didn't say a word, and let the two daughters-in-law pour wine.

It seems that this guy is still a tracheitis and colluded to bully the little uncle?

In the end, Chen Mu was very drunk, and Princess Sangla let him leave.

After Chen Mu returned to the post station, he decided to leave tomorrow.

"Pretending to be pretty similar, I thought you were drunk." Zhongli Xiang brought a basin of cold water.

Chen Mu rubbed his temples: "This wine is on the head." ”

The next day, Chen Mu took 300 people to return to Dunhuang, and Kong Xiaoxian did not stop him.

Before leaving, Kong Xiaoxian said to Chen Mu that Wang Caotian, Zhen Badao, and Shi Jinchong would not come to Dunhuang again, because this time Tang Zhen almost lost his life, and he became a frightened bird, and he would never send out the most capable Eighth Division casually. As for who will take over the Eighth Division to Dunhuang in the future, there is no confirmation for the time being.

Chen Mu thought to himself, it would be better not to send someone here.

In late September, Chen Mucai came back slowly, hunting and catching a few camels along the way.

One of the white camels, Zhong Lixiang liked it very much.

Chen Mu was a little entangled, whether to give it to her or not, if he gave it to her, Hanxiang would definitely be unhappy.

It's a pity that white camels are very rare, but I don't know where to get a second one.

Later, the camel was occupied by Zhong Lixiang, and he couldn't ask for it back like pulling his teeth, otherwise it would be a trouble to offend Miss Zhongli.

Chen Mu decided to give Hanxiang a white horse to balance it. So just after returning to Dunhuang, he did not go back to the division directly, but came to the horse market to buy a pure white foal. Horses have been raised since childhood, and they have a deep relationship with their owners, which can play a protective role.

As a result, as soon as I arrived in Mashi, I heard that the headquarters of the Eighth Division was preparing to evacuate. Now the personnel relations of Han Jianniang, Li Xian and others are still in the Eighth Division, and they are required by Xiang Dangyang to leave together. At this time, they are in a hurry, and they don't know what to do.

Chen Mu suddenly found a feeling of being demolished, gave up buying a horse, and ran back to the division headquarters to inquire about the situation.

At this time, the division headquarters was already in chaos, and the secretaries of all departments were sorting out their belongings and preparing to move.

Xiang Dangyang stood in the middle of the compound with a horse whip in his hand, followed by a team of soldiers, shouting loudly, ordering everyone to hurry up, and if the speed is slow, be careful of the whip of the prison army.

"Xiang Jianjun, why is this so?" Chen Mu led the general guards over.

The supervisor said to Dangyang Yin and Yang angrily: "I'm sorry General Chen, our family is leaving." ”

Chen Mu said: "Leave some people for me." ”

Xiang Dangyang smiled strangely: "Oh, our family doesn't have that power." This is an order from Tang Qiong, the ancestor of the Tang family, and it has nothing to do with our family, so it's useless for you to look for me. ”

Chen Mu said: "Now I am still a lieutenant general of the Eighth Division. ”

"Not anymore." Xiang Dangyang immediately replied: "I was about to tell you that the seal of the Eighth Division Zhonglang General has been taken back by the Eighteenth Prince. Now, he's the middle general. Hehehe. ”

This old Wang Ba deliberately put the blame on the Tang family gatekeeper, as if he was very detached. Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.

"Zhang Han."

"In!"

"Detain the Prison Legion for me!"

"Whoa!"

Xiang Dangyang was stunned, raised his horsewhip and pointed at Chen Mu, and shouted: "Chen Mu, you are bold!" ”

The old eunuch roared, and the three members behind him immediately drew their swords and glared angrily.

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