Bian Shuang fell into Guan Yu last night, and blew the horn when the city was lonely. The infinite plug is not enough, and the autumn wind is involved in the small single Yu.

Seeing the elm leaves falling all over the ground in the courtyard of the post house, and the leaves were covered with thick frost, Jiang Anyi remembered this poem in his mind and decided to go to Jingmen Pass to work tomorrow. Jingmen Pass is 37 miles away from Hecheng County, and it is named after several sweet water wells in the pass.

Out of the three passes, the Cumulus Pass is majestic, the Zhenshan Pass is precipitous, and the Jingmen Pass is called beautiful. Jiang Anyi has been to the Huangsha Pass and Baisheng Pass in the northeast, in his impression that the color of the border pass is yellow-gray, and the beauty can not match the edge, the sunset is long smoke, the yellow sand is thousands of miles, the soldiers guarding the border pass are lonely, miserable, thousands of miles away from home, wearing the stars and the moon, the depression and loneliness but it is difficult to hide the deep and tragic heroic atmosphere, which makes people awe-inspired.

In addition to the officials of Huiye Mansion, there were also more officials of Hecheng County, dozens of horses, more than 10 cars, more than 20 officials, escorting 100 sheep, 20 vegetable cattle, and 1,000 catties of wine to the Jingmen Pass Labor Army.

Entering from Jingmen Pass must pass through Hecheng County, the official road is prosperous, the caravan is endless, the camel bell is long, the sound of horses' hooves, and the pedestrians are continuous. Jiang Anyi rode on the charcoal, but saw that the poplar was golden, the red willow was gorgeous, the poplar was slender, the reeds were swaying in the swamp, and the clear spring was green, which was clearly the scene of the south of the Yangtze River.

"No wonder Brother Fan boasted that the well gate was beautiful, just looking at the scenery along the road deserves to be as beautiful as a picture."

Fan Sibenyao pointed to the mountain range in the distance and said: "That is Tai'a Mountain, it blocks the cold wind from the northwest, so that the climate in this area of Hecheng is as warm and moist as the south of the Yangtze River, and the Jingmen Pass is built in the low recess of Tai'a Mountain." ”

The dragon-like Mount Tai'a winds and undulates on the road to the west, and the closer you go, the more you can feel the majestic beauty of the Tai'a Mountains. There are still a few miles apart, and the Jingmen Pass is exposed in front of Jiang Anyi with its mighty might. Jingmen Pass rises from the mountain, level with the peak of Tai'a Mountain, and the beacons stretch out along the mountain to both sides, like giants guarding the territory. Successive houses spread out from the foot of the mountain, and the golden fields show the joy of harvest under the blue sky.

When it was three miles away from Jingmen Pass, the horn sounded suddenly, and the majestic voice echoed around Xiongguan under the long sky, like an invisible goshawk hovering in the air, and a team of cavalry greeted him from the pass.

"It should be General Feng." Fan Siben smiled. Yesterday he sent someone to inform the town general Feng Pingzhong that Jiang Tingshi was going to come to the labor army. The three passes in the northwest are all on the town, each garrison is 3,000, the town will be one, the official residence is under the six products, under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate, and the town general Feng Pingzhong of Jingmen Pass.

Mingguang armor flashed dazzling reflections in the sun, dozens of flashing iron armor surging like huge waves with a sense of coercion, hooves from far and near, neat as a drum, although there were only twenty or so rides, but with the momentum of overwhelming mountains and seas, a mighty horse.

The horses were strangled outside the zhangyu, and the middle-aged man led by him clasped his fists and saluted, and said with a smile: "But Lord Jiang, the last general Feng Pingzhong is late to greet you, please forgive me." This is a man in his thirties, with a deep scar on his left cheek, which looks a little scary, which reminds Jiang Anyi of the eagle he saw when he was in the autumn hunt with the attendant of the Son of Heaven.

Jiang Anyi bowed his hand and said: "General Feng, the soldiers are working hard, and Jiang came to thank the people of Huazhou on behalf of them." ”

Feng Pingzhong didn't say much, said "please", and the carousel slowly led the way in front. The procession went up the long slope, lined with wooden huts, and the gaps between the houses formed alleys, extending farther and deeper, and the whole well door was closed to a lively town, where the vendors shouted and sold, and the open space in front of the tea shed could be seen drinking camels drinking water, and strangely dressed Hu merchants drinking water and resting in the houses.

Seeing Jiang Anyi paying attention to these vendors, Feng Pingzhong explained: "Most of these people are dependents in the army, and they do some small business nearby to make a living. ”

Jiang Anyi smiled slightly and did not make a sound. Feng Pingzhong's words are obviously untrue, Jingmen Pass is an important entry and exit checkpoint, and most of the merchants will have to supply here, plus there are 3,000 soldiers stationed there, there are business opportunities for eating, drinking, and entertainment, restaurants and brothels came into being, and the people nearby will also come to reclaim wasteland, Jiang Anyi estimated that in addition to the garrison, there are at least 3,000 people living under Jingmen Pass.

Jingmen Pass is a gateway from Dazheng to the Western Regions, blocking the Hu cavalry outside the Saiwai outside the Tai'a Mountain, Jiang Anyi followed Feng Pingzhong into the Guannei, which is an urn city, which is full of twenty acres in size. The city wall and the mountain are built together, and when you look up from the bottom, you can see three arrow towers towering into the sky, the pheasant moat is jagged, the flag is fluttering, and the tip of the gun is cold. In the distance, there are guard towers and beacons, and soldiers can also be seen standing on them and looking into the distance.

The people dismounted, and their own soldiers came to receive the supplies. Feng Pingzhong took Jiang Anyi and others along the horse road to the city wall, pointing to the granaries, instrument warehouses, baggage warehouses and other buildings dug out of the mountain, and introducing the rammed earth city walls, horse faces, battlements, moats and other defense systems.

When he came to the city, Jiang Anyi saw that the city wall was half a mile long and two zhang wide, enough to walk six war horses side by side. Ten winch crossbows were placed at intervals at the head of the city, and the soldiers stood tall with bright armor, their heads held high, and their swords pressed into their swords.

Jingmen Pass was originally more than ten zhang higher than the ground, the city wall is four zhang high, the two sides are level with the ridge, stand on the city wall and look down, as if standing on the top of the mountain, the extreme eye is vast, and the heart is broad. Jiang Anyi sighed with emotion: "It can be said that it is as strong as iron." ”

The officials beside him praised one after another: "What a strong pass is like iron, Lord Jiang can have a masterpiece when he sees this scene." ”

"Yes, I have heard the poetry of the adults for a long time, if you can make a poem today, it will definitely be spread by the scholars, and it will also be praised by the border soldiers."

Feng Pingzhong said coldly: "The Jingmen Pass was built in the Great Qin Dynasty six hundred and seventy-three years ago, and the Qin Pass was broken six years after it was built. ”

The wind made Feng Pingzhong's words erratic, and the people around him were choked by his words, forgetting to pat the horse and listening intently.

"Jingmen Pass was broken sixty-four times, an average of ten years to break the pass, the most recent break is Fengle thirteen years, the city gate was destroyed by the Western Regions coalition army, the town general Song Liangcai and 827 soldiers blocked the enemy to die, the pass was broken."

Feng Pingzhong's words were solemn, and many people felt chills when they heard it. Suddenly a gust of wind blew, the flag sounded violently, Jiang Anyi, Fan Shiben and others wore hats, the wind came suddenly, many people's hats were blown away, and the hats that rolled down on the city wall were bent down to take them up.

Looking at those green-robed officials who bent down and bowed, a trace of sarcasm flashed in Feng Pingzhong's eyes, these officials who only know how to use their mouths are selling words, bragging and slapping horses to seek fame, which is like his subordinates who shed blood on the battlefield to fight for fame, but these people who are greedy for life and afraid of death occupy most of the positions in the officialdom.

When the wind rose, Jiang Anyi felt that the hat on his head was about to fly, and reached out to hold it. After the wind passed, Jiang Anyi put down his hand and gently pressed it on the pheasant in front of him, feeling the rough feeling coming from his palm. Huazhou has more sand and less stone, and the checkpoint is loess mixed with sand and reeds, mixed with rice juice, and built layer by layer. The body of the city poured in this way could not be pierced by a spear, and the sword and axe cut it was only a shallow mark, which was no worse than the wall built of stone.

Under the city pass, the caravans lined up in a long line to enter the customs in turn, some caravans that did not have their turn to enter the customs, simply sat on the ground, eating and drinking and waiting, and the organic hawkers carried bamboo baskets on their backs, selling food such as Hu cakes.

"General Feng, Hu Shangke, who entered the customs from the well gate, has returned to normal, has Yang Dashuai set aside this year's customs clearance silver?"

Feng Pingzhong had a smile on his face and said, "There are more Hu merchants than in previous years, which may be the reason why the trade routes were blocked some time ago. Yang Dashuai has already allocated 30,000 taels to us, and the remaining 40,000 taels are said to be distributed before the end of the year. ”

Jiang Anyi and Yang Xiangliang agreed on an annual amount of 800,000 taels of silver (calculated as half a year this year), while Yang Xiangliang gave 150,000 taels to each of the three checkpoints (70,000 taels in half a year), and the remaining 350,000 taels were to be used in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. Compared with Zhu Zipu, Yang Xiangliang's shot is much more generous, when Zhu Zipu was the governor of the capital, he could get 400,000 taels of silver from the three checkpoints, and 80,000 taels each of the three checkpoints, Yang Xiangliang's shot nearly doubled, of course, this is not without reason that Jiang Anyi gave 300,000 taels. However, Jiang Anyi and Yang Xiangliang agreed that the taxes and silver that passed through the customs were not allowed to be collected by the soldiers guarding the customs, and all the taxes and silver sent by the government would be collected by the government to prevent the soldiers guarding the customs from enriching their own pockets.

When he came, Jiang Anyi asked Sihu to join the army Yan Yi, Jingmen Pass from Guo Huaili's first customs business to the present, it has lasted more than four months to receive 53,000 taels of tariff silver, and in addition to the small number of caravans in the winter and cold season, at most 1340,000 taels of silver can be received in a year, and the three checkpoints are only about 450,000 taels in one place, Jiang Anyi opened his mouth and gave 800,000 yuan, no matter how you look at this business, it is a loss.

Yan Yi had a sad face when he reported it, but the army has always been strong, and since Jiang Tingshi promised Yang Dudu 800,000 taels of silver, it is impossible to lower it, how can the 400,000 taels of deficit be made up. He didn't know that Jiang Anyi didn't have the idea of importing tariff silver, but wanted to identify the type and quantity of goods entered by Hu merchants.

Jiang Anyi is making a big calculation, and for Feng Pingzhong, with an extra tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, in addition to having more oil and water for himself, his soldiers can also get some benefits. In addition to military regulations, you have to rely on money, you can give the soldiers an extra three or five taels a year, and the hearts of the soldiers can be much more stable, and the three or five taels of silver are enough for ordinary families to spend for a year.

"I am ready to reclaim troops in the six counties of Hecheng, Yiding, Jingyuan, Huangren, Linsha and Yantu, and the scale will reach about 50,000 people. After the grain and grass are abundant, I am ready to ask General Guan to bring 10,000 soldiers and horses to this area to be stationed nearby, and by the way, to train the garrison troops, so that even if there is a disturbance in the Western Regions, the garrison and the garrison troops can come to the aid in time. ”

The scar on Feng Pingzhong's face glowed red, and he said with a smile: "Lord Assassin Shi can think about the border soldiers, and the last general is inexplicably grateful, so he can only do his duty and defend the land and security to repay Shi Meiyi." ”

A faint scream sounded from the watchtower in the distance, and then it was transmitted, and Feng Pingzhong looked to the left with a serious face. A soldier rushed over and reported in a loud voice: "General, a group of cavalry, about two hundred, is coming towards the checkpoint thirteen miles to the west. ”

Jiang Anyi was secretly happy, he hadn't even shot an arrow all the way, and he couldn't get to the Jingmen Pass, and God was ready to let himself have a good time. (https:)

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