Li Ru stood on a high slope on the right side of Longyou, looking east from a distance, the spring mountains swept by, blowing the corners of Li Ru's robe high, dancing in the air.

"Hmm...... It's still a little cold......" Jia Xu wrapped the big coat on his body, and beckoned the guards to put on one for Li Ru, and then stood with Li Ru, looked east together, looked at Dongfang with some disdain, and said, "Han Wenyue? I'm afraid I'll have to wait a little longer, this guy's reaction speed, even if the knife is on his neck, he will be stunned for a long time, hehe......"

"Han Wenyue is not enough ......to worry about," Li Ru said lightly, "I'm looking at this world." ”

"Heaven and earth?" Jia Xu raised an eyebrow on one side.

Li Ru nodded: "Longyou." ”

"Longyou ......" Jia Xu was silent, then sighed, and looked into the distance with Li Ru.

Longyou is not exactly equal to Longxi.

Because in addition to the geographical attributes, Longyou also has a humanistic nature, especially referring to some local forces that have risen in this area, such as Kui Huan, Dou Rong, and Li Ru.

Contrary to the habit of most people in later generations to look at maps, the Han Dynasty people used east as the left and west as the right. Therefore, Longyou is west of Longshan, and this area is the same as Han Sui's nest in Jincheng, which is also Li Ru's nest, and it can even be said to be the nest of Li Ru's gang.

It's just that now, there are not a few people left in this gang......

It is located in Qinghai, Tibet, the junction of the desert and the Loess Plateau in the north, and it is an important area for the East and the West after Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions.

There are not only Hu people, but also Han people.

Yue's Wusun originated here at the earliest, and when it comes to the Han people, it is considered to be the ancestor of humanity, the head of the three emperors, Fuxi, so the place is here in Longyou. In later generations, there was an emperor who liked to mention words, and he once came here to leave ink treasures for Fuxi.

Of course, Nuwa, as Fuxi's younger sister, is naturally within this range......

Even if you don't talk about those characters who are full of mystery in ancient times, let's just say that they are closer to the Han Dynasty, the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty Ji Qi, the ancestor of the Qin Dynasty Qin Feizi, and even the eloquent Qin Shi Huang, in fact, they are all from this region.

Legalism arose here, and then fell here.

I don't know when it began, this place is no longer a place of cultural prosperity, but it has become a place of distribution, just like the ancestors of Li Ru and Jia Xu, that is, for various reasons, they were sent to Xiliang.

"Back then, it was prosperous, like a dream, like a morning dew, like a sunset, like a cloud and smoke in front of you......" Li Ru sighed softly and said, "Back then, a certain person took the name of Zuo Feng Yi and traveled into Heluo; and in white clothes, he entered the army; In the end, with the power of one person, he unified the Han court...... Now it seems that it is indeed like a cloud...... It is small to damage a certain person, but it also harms many children...... It's all a mistake ......"

"Hey!" Jia Xu interrupted Li Ru's words and said, "What can all of this be?" Even if you hold on to the defects within Longyou, how long can you survive? Seriously, if you really don't go out of the mountain, it's a sin...... Look at it, now even a talented little official like Han Wenyue can jump out and jump twice......"

Li Ru nodded, shook his head again and said: "In the past, there were thousands of people in Manan County, but now the classics are deeply hidden, and the halls are covered with dust. I heard that Beihai Zheng commented on the three ceremonies, and it has become everyone's ...... After all, the west longitude falls eastward, which seems to be a definite number......"

"West longitude and east fall?" Jia Xu knew that what Li Ru said was that the center of scripture and culture was constantly moving eastward, and it was not like this, the center of politics and economy was actually constantly moving from west to east, but Jia Xu did not agree with this, so he shook his head and said, "This should have nothing to do with it, it's just that you and I don't have much mind to put on this, and besides, if you say that you go east today, and return to the east tomorrow, there will be an end, you must know that Qingzhou is near the East China Sea, and it will not fall to the East China Sea?" And if you look at Pingyang in the north and guard the mountain school palace, how can it be said that it is a fixed number? ”

Li Ru glanced at Jia Xu, nodded slightly, and said, "This is the reason why a certain person is willing to go out of the mountain to see again...... Shoushan School Palace, Shoushan ...... I don't know what mountain I want to guard......"

“…… This ......" Jia Xu pondered for a while, and decided not to continue to entangle on this issue, anyway, Li Ru has already come out, what is going on in Pingyang, just let him go and see for himself, it would be bad if he said more than he lost, "...... Well, by the way, the icing and the knife brought by a certain person are gifts for you, why did you let people take them out......"

The corners of Li Ru's mouth curled slightly, ignoring Jia Xu's superficial rhetoric, and said straight to the essence: "Could it be that you are afraid of the anger of Zhengxi?" ”

"Huh? How so? Jia Xu glared, first denied it without thinking about it, and then continued after being silent for a while, "...... There were two or three times, and I don't know if I felt wrong...... I felt some murderous intent......"

Li Ru suddenly turned his head and stared at Jia Xu, and then couldn't help but smile at first, and then laughed out loud, laughing so much that even tears flowed out.

Jia Xu rolled his eyes at first, and he couldn't help himself for a while, and he and Li Ru laughed together.

Mainly because he came to Li Ru this time, Jia Xu did not report to Zhengxi, and Li Ru took it upon himself to take out the icing and war knife produced in Pingyang to lure and divide the Qiang people, and he did not talk to the general of Zhengxi, Fei Qian, in case he smashed the pot and was exposed, which was somewhat hindering.

“…… Hehe......" Li Ru wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "...... Anyway...... The frosting knives you carry are all high-quality products, and ordinary people can't get them...... It's not like salt and iron, so it doesn't hurt......"

Choosing these two things to trade, Li Ru also put a lot of thought into it.

Although Li Ru doesn't know what the concept of luxury is, he has an instinctive ability to recognize. Frosting is scarce and precious, as are refined and forged knives, which can be expensive, and are unlikely to arm the purchaser on a large scale or add much to the populace.

Therefore, this kind of thing is different from ordinary salt and iron, it is not a necessity for the people's life, even if it is not discussed with the general of Zhengxi Fei Qian, no matter how much it is sold, it will not help Qianghu in a broad sense, and even if it is a person who can buy it by Qianghu, most of them are also heads, one or twenty pieces at most a hundred, and where can it be extensive, ordinary Qiang people can't afford it.

"Ahhh......h......h I found that when I'm with you, I'm always a little bit brainless, which is not good, what if you get caught......"

Jia Xu naturally doesn't understand, this is just a kind of lazy instinct of human beings, just like when a child is around an adult, the first thing he thinks about when he encounters a problem is not to think about solving it himself, but to find an adult to help, and when the adult is not there, he will find that the child solves these problems by himself.

Li Ru smiled, patted Jia Xu's arm, and said, "...... Don't worry, if I really cheat you, I will definitely leave you a way out......"

"Oh?" Jia Xu asked, "Then let's talk about it first, what is the retreat this time?" ”

Li Ru suddenly felt something, raised his head, looked to the east, pointed with his hand, and said loudly: "This is it!" ”

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Han Sui had an argument with Ma Chao again this time.

Han Sui felt that Jincheng's old nest was lost and had to rush back to the rescue. After all, Jincheng is close to the left, there is Han Sui's industry, and there are also a lot of clansmen, after bringing out most of the armed forces themselves, Jincheng's defense is empty, if there is really a what......

And Ma Chao completely disagreed. He thinks that Chang'an is in front of him, and they are cavalry, and they are faster, so they can take Chang'an first.

Strictly speaking, the people in Ma Teng and Ma Chao's line all think that they are the descendants of Ma Yuan, which means that the ancestral home should be near Maoling in Youfufeng, so Chang'an is the real home in Ma Chao's heart, and Xiliang is just a helpless guest house......

After all, Ma Chao was young, so Han Sui saw some signs of speaking, so Han Sui was very angry and asked Ma Chao: "If we can't take Chang'an and lose Jincheng, what should we do?" ”

Ma Chao kicked his eyes and said, "How is this possible?" Now that we are about to come to Chang'an City, how can we not take Chang'an? Uncle, don't try to destroy your own prestige, but help others to be popular......"

Han Sui was patient, persuaded him with good words, and said: "Virtuous nephew, capturing Chang'an City is not equivalent to controlling Chang'an...... Chang'an is so easy to take? If we still have the support of the Qiang people, we can control the momentum to some extent, and then use some means to disintegrate the division, operate for some time, and finally obtain the support of the Chang'an region and countryside, so that we can truly master Guanzhong! And it takes time! ”

"If anyone is not satisfied, just kill!" Ma Chao glared and said, "If you don't accept it, you will kill!" Kill him! ”

Han Sui covered his head and said, "Virtuous nephew, governing Guanzhong can't be like being in Qiangdi, just by fighting...... It's easy to kill, but what about the money, food, and autumn endowment? What about the source of the labor service? All this fell from the sky? ”

"No, I didn't say it fell from the sky? Isn't all grain and grass growing on the ground? Uncle, you're afraid you're dizzy, aren't you? Would you like to take a break? Ma Chao still didn't understand, and said with some doubts.

"No rest!" Han Sui almost jumped to his feet, but he still said patiently, "Yes, the grain and grass grow on the ground, but after all, someone has to plant it, harvest it, and then hand it over, right?" Killed all the sergeant Guan clan Haoyou, do you and I have to do these things? Or let the Qiang do it? ”

Ma Chao said: "I didn't say that I wanted to kill them all, pick up one or two leaders and kill them, isn't it over?" Who said they were going to kill them all? ”

Han Sui sighed and said, "Virtuous nephew, how many times do you want me to speak...... These Guan sergeants are different from the Xiliangqiang people, they are really different...... If you kill the Qiang people of one or two tribes, you can still sit down with other Qiang people to drink and talk about business, but these warriors in Guanzhong are different, different! These scholars are arrogant, which one is not tied to Guanzhong for decades or hundreds of years, that one has not been married to the surrounding areas, and that one is not intertwined and has many connections? For example, if someone touched your mother's tribesmen, would you still treat it as if nothing had happened? ”

Ma Chao slapped the table and shouted: "Who dares to touch a certain mother? Lao Tzu slaughtered him! ”

"......" Han Sui covered his head and was speechless. No matter who it is, if you come across someone who only listens to one sentence, no one will recruit anyone, right?

Han Sui finally gave up the dispute with Ma Chao, he felt that Ma Chao was really an elm pimple, and to reason with an elm pimple's head, to let this elm pimple understand his own meaning, open his eyes not to live in his own imagination, but to open his eyes to see the world, it is better to take a real elm pimple to cut it himself.

So the troops were divided.

Han Sui took people back to rescue Jincheng.

Ma Chao took people to continue the journey in Guanzhong.

The crisis faced by Jincheng reported by the Qiang people, Han Sui was a little skeptical at first, suspecting that it was false, but there were many people who said this, and Han Sui's heart couldn't help but waver. After all, there is no need for the Qiang people to lie about this matter, and there is no reason to lie, and so many people have this news, which shows that this matter is somewhat true......

After all, Han Sui's thoughts rose and fell in Xiliang, and many heroes were beautiful for a while, but in the end, they declined, and Han Sui believed that these people had a very important connection with not having a stable rear. Therefore, Han Sui would rather put Chang'an on hold for the time being than give up Jincheng, not to mention, if he wants to really control Guanzhong, it can't be done in a day or two.

Looking at Han Sui's distant back, Ma Chao put away Mu Ran on his face and sneered, he knew that Han Sui was a little disappreciative of him, and even looked down on him, thinking that he was still a child and didn't understand human feelings, but it was precisely because of this that Han Sui was more relieved, wasn't it?

Ma Chao is not so stupid, and his thoughts about the Guan Sergeant clan are not as simple as he said. Killing, in ordinary times, you need a life to a life, in wartime it is to kill more heroes, in the peaceful and prosperous times, I am afraid that if you kill a person, you will die in the world, and in troubled times, slaughtering millions is a great strategy, how can you generalize?

The Sergeant Guan clan is not easy to kill, and they are too involved in each other, but right now, there are still people who are easy to kill......

Why use complex ways when you can solve problems in a simple way? Of course, there is one thing that Ma Chao has hidden and not said, anyway, Jincheng is Han Sui's nest, not Ma Chao's, so what is it......

Han Sui took most of the men, or even nearly two-thirds of the men, and left, leaving Ma Chao with less than 2,000 men, including his own clansmen, more than 3,000.

But that's all, Ma Chao thinks, it's enough.

When his father Ma Teng started the incident, he was only 300 people, but now that he has ten times more subordinates, he must make a foundation that surpasses his father ten times!

Ma Chao looked at the east, full of ambition and ambition.