The cavalry that followed Jia Xu stood on top of the haystack, forked the bundles of hay down with a wooden fork, and the wind blew away his short robe, and the exposed thighs were wrapped in circles of arrowroot, faintly showing some blood. But Qu Chang didn't care about the injury on his leg at all, but looked at the strong man who was feeding the horses in the stable picking up the hay, and said very sadly: "It's a pity for these horses...... That's pretty much a scrap......"

The man in the stable was using a wooden rake to pull the hay and bean feed in the manger, so that some horses did not eat all the good, and some horses only gnawed a belly of hay, and then came out and carried a large bundle of hay, dismantled and threw themselves into the manger, heard the words of the song chief, hehe laughed twice, and said: "...... It's not like that, it's just a loss of fat, and after a year, it's all back, and it's going to be stronger! This horse, like a man, if it doesn't run, it will be wasted......"

As he spoke, the big man fell silent, his expression was a little lonely, and he didn't continue to speak, but he pulled the forage and bean feed for the war horses more carefully, from one stable to another, and waited for three or four stables to be tidied up, before patting one of the strong black horses, and then the black horse was eating happily with his head down, and he was still a little dissatisfied when he was patted, and he kicked and shaved twice on the ground.

"This guy ......," said the big man dotingly, as if he were his own child, and gave the big black horse fodder before he walked out of the stable.

When the cavalry commander saw that the fodder was almost gone, he stopped, then stood on top of the haystack, turned his head to look at the valley, and at the stockades that stretched up the valley, and said, "You are so good, and you have cleaned up this place so well...... That's a lot of horses...... Twenty horses in one stable, four here and four there, that is, eighty and eighty...... Well, there's still ...... over there. Eleven...... No, twelve...... And that is, well......"

In addition to a few stables in the mountains here, there are also a number of stables scattered along the valley, and some horses are grazing in the distant pastures, by a dozen wranglers......

These wranglers, although they are wearing leather robes, but the cavalry commander Qu can see that they are actually Han people, but I don't know why they are dressed as Qiang people, maybe to avoid something?

This valley for raising horses is located on the left side of the Guanlong Ancient Road, close to Guanshan, so it is called Guanshan Grassland, which is a natural pasture located in the mountains.

As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, this place was used as a grassland for the Qin people. At that time, the ancestor of the Qin people, Feizi, was in the Weiwei area for the Zhou royal family to raise horses, outstanding achievements, and later because of the escort of the Zhou royal family to move east to Luoyi, thanks to the king of Zhou Ping, was officially named a prince, completed the transformation from nomadic to agricultural people.

From this point of view, this is actually the earliest birthplace of the Lao Qin people, and it is also one of the earliest sources of the unified Han culture of the Chinese nation.

With the unification of the Qin Dynasty, although the Longshan generation became an ordinary county land, but still important, to the Han Dynasty because of the struggle against the Xiongnu in the north, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty turned to a strategic counteroffensive, and finally defeated the Xiongnu, and the realization of this process is closely related to the Guanshan grassland.

"What is this?" The big man said, "In the past, when Marquis Jinghuan was alive, there were more than 10,000 horses here!" This...... What is it......" Although he said this, the big man did not seem to despise the number of horses now, but had an attitude called modesty and pride.

"Gotcha!" The big man put down the rake, inspected the horses, and said, "You can eat them all, that's it!" Speaking of which, you guys are not bad, from Guanzhong to here, count...... Well, I ran four or five hundred miles a day......"

The cavalry commander turned over from the haystack, and when he landed, he was involved in the wound, and he couldn't help grinning, took a breath, and said slowly: "This is nothing, I followed back then...... Well, when Wenhou killed Xianbei, he rushed from Jiuyuan County to Yunzhong, and we ran for three days...... By the way, brother, I don't know your name......"

"A certain surname is Jiang, and his name is ......"

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In the cottage halfway up the Guanshan grassland, Jia Xu was munching on his cheeks.

"Uh......" Jia Xu burped contentedly, half-spread on the mat, and said with a sip of teeth, "Tsk, it's still the best beef here......

Maybe it's the memory of his childhood, or maybe it's his personal feelings, whenever Jia Xu sits here in this Guanshan grassland, he always feels the most relaxed and can enjoy the taste of food here.

Although Pingyang's food can make Jia Xu covet, it can't make Jia Xu feel as relaxed as here.

"Well, let's get out of here when we're done." A person with his back to Jia Xu sat in front of the hall, looked up at the sky, and said without saltiness.

This person has a wide robe and large sleeves, and his figure is not weak, but perhaps because he is too thin, the whole robe looks a little empty. Although there is a crown on his head, in the exposed place, he can still see the gray hair color that is already full of hair, and from the back, it is estimated that anyone will think that this is a drooping old man.

Jia Xu almost couldn't hold on to the shelf, fell on the mat, quickly sat up, put on a bitter and hateful look, and said: "Senior brother, I thought you were just graying your hair, but I didn't expect even your heart to turn black......"

The man turned around, but it was Li Ru, but Li Ru's original black hair had turned gray, as if he was twenty years old, and the wrinkles on his face were much deeper.

Li Ru glanced at Jia Xu, then walked back, sat down and said, "Why bother to find a certain ......"

Guanshan Grassland, in fact, is not much of a hidden place. It's just that because the Han Dynasty gave up the policy of Xiliang, it led to the corruption of the real Xiliang's administration day by day, and even here, such a good horse breeding land, was finally abandoned.

Later, the Qiang people came and occupied this place, and I don't know when it began, it became a base for Li Ru and them to take refuge.

Jia Xu was silent for a while, but he didn't answer directly, but just said something similar to Li Ru: "Why are you ......?"

Li Ru was silent.

You must know that Li Ru is only in his forties now, and he should be in the prime of life, but he has become a gray beard now, like a drooping old man, mostly because he has endured too much pressure in his heart.

There was another silence between the two.

Xiliang people, in fact, the original leaders were not Dong Zhuo, but Beigong Boyu and Song Yang. It's just that Beigong Boyu is of Qiang descent, and he can't be completely convinced by the Xiliang Han people. And Song Yang is a guy with great ambitions and talents, he didn't show any problems at first, and only after the incident did he be exposed under all kinds of things.

It is precisely because of this that Bian Yun and Han Yue, that is, Bian Zhang and Han Sui, turned against each other because of various problems, coupled with the natural unsociable characteristics of the Qiang people, which led to the inability to have a powerful leader like the Xiongnu or Xianbei to completely unify the Qiang and Han people, which eventually led to endless infighting, and the uprising failed.

Bian Zhang died, some people suspected that Han Sui did it, and Han Sui couldn't completely get rid of his own suspicion, which caused many people's evaluation of Han Sui to drop a lot, and Li Ru and others finally did not choose Han Sui, who already had some power at that time, but chose Dong Zhuo separately.

But what I didn't expect was that Dong Zhuo, who used to have the most commanding demeanor and was very popular in Xiliang, whether it was a Qiang or a Han person, was still very popular in Xiliang, not only could he gather the Qiang people from all over the country, but also envelop the Han people in Xiliang, and finally became a huge power group, such a perfect situation, but after entering Heluo, it decayed so suddenly.

It's like everything before, but it's just an illusory bubble......

"Let's talk about it...... Li Ru shook his head, then stroked his sleeves, and said calmly, "What difficulties have you encountered this time?" ”

"Uh," Jia Xu rolled his eyes and said, "What's there, what's the difficulty, it's just that I haven't seen it for a long time, and I miss it a lot, so I came to pay a visit......

Li Ru didn't even raise his eyebrows: "To be honest." ”

"Ahem...... Jia Xu coughed twice, and said helplessly, "That's the ......"

Jia Xu briefly explained the process, and then said, "...... In fact, General Zhengxi ...... As for what he says, the law should be applied to his gods, not to the arts...... Naturally, this is still up for debate...... The rest, it's not bad, compared to Dong Zhongying...... Uh-huh, what's that...... At least younger, aren't you......"

After listening to this, Li Ru was silent for a long time and said, "Got it." ”

"Ahh Jia Xu was a little dumbfounded. If it were someone else, Jia Xu could still use some strategies to plan or something, but for Li Ru, it was almost useless, and sometimes he would be caught by Li Ru and cleaned up fiercely, since he was a child.

Jia Xu rolled his eyes and said, "Now that Xiliang is without Dong Zhongying, and the place is in chaos, senior brother is not worried about the loss of the register stored in Wuwei and Tianshui?" ”

"Don't worry...... Li Ru said lightly, "I have already taken all of them and put them in the valley......

"This ......" Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, then grinded his teeth and said, "...... Books are dead things, and if there is no one to pass on the mantle, it is just a pile of waste...... There are many reckless men in the valley, so the senior brother is not worried about breaking the inheritance in the future? ”

Li Ru suddenly smiled and said, "What you say is reasonable...... Therefore, a certain person has already found a successor, and he can be regarded as smart and clever, and he will be called to visit Yu ...... tomorrow."

"Ahhhh......h You can't see death without help! ”

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The sky was overcast, as if you could tear off a dark cloud in the sky by reaching out, and the air was dull as if you could twist the corners of your clothes to wring out the water, which was very boring.

It looks like a heavy rain is about to happen.

At the turn of the seasons, rain often comes first, whether it's hot or cold.

Once the rainy season comes, it means that the horn bow is weak, the shaft of the arrow is swollen, and even the armor is very easy to corrode and rust, and the robe may be weighed by three points, not to mention the mud of the road, so in most cases, the rainy season is also a short dormant period of war.

Near dusk, at the ferry port of Shaanxi and Tianjin, a few small boats came at some point, staggering towards the south bank.

The pontoon bridge was destroyed, and if you want to cross the river, you have to ferry back and forth.

Businessmen, no matter when, are like a small strong that cannot be killed, full of resilience and strength, fully reflecting the independence of the individual, even if it is the two sides of the confrontation in the war, there will be a figure of businessmen, abandoning the original position of the organization and collective, and even ignoring the position of the country, just rushing around for the immediate interests.

Of course, this benefit is in an excessive, huge, and heart-warming interest......

Just like the merchant ship in front of him with the small flag of the Hedong Wei clan, the young man standing on the bow of the ship waved his arms and shouted, "Don't let go of the arrows!" Don't let the arrows go! A certain is a Wei's merchant and wants to go to Luoyang......"

"Webster? Itinerant trader? Qu Chang, who was in charge of guarding the beacon tower on the south bank of Shaanxi-Tianjin, said suspiciously, "Didn't a batch just pass some time ago, why did another batch come?" ”

"This ...... Isn't the rainy season coming...... While the road is still dry, take another trip, or you will not be able to walk any further......" replied the young man standing at the bow of the boat.

"What is this......" Qu Chang nodded slightly when he heard this. This reason also makes sense, after all, when merchants transport goods, they also watch the weather to eat, and if it is rainy, it is also a headache.

Qu Chang lay on the beacon tower and looked at the young man who had been stopped on the riverbank. The young man was not very old, but his face was dark, and he did look like a businessman who was on the go all year round.

However, I don't know.

"Afterlife! Look at you, your face is tight! Qu Chang said, "You said you are surnamed Wei?" Ha Dong Wei? ”

"Exactly," Pang Tong arched his hand and said without changing his face, "The Duke of Wei in the east of Anyi City is an uncle of a certain clan...... "Anyway, there are many people surnamed Wei in Anyi City......

Qu Chang nodded, at his level, it was impossible to know any important role of the Hedong Wei clan, it was just a routine question.

"What's coming?" Qu Chang looked at the punt and asked. This boat has a deep draft, and it must have carried a lot of heavy loads.

"This ...... It's just a little dried fish......" Pang Tong glanced back and said with a slightly stiff look.

"Dried fish?" Qu Changran laughed, then pointed at Pang Tong and said, "You dare to bully someone!" Come! Ship Search! ”