Exploring the western region occupies a very important position in Yang Hao's plan.

The Guanzhong Plain, which occupies the abundant water and grass in this era, is an extremely critical strategic point whether it is to conquer the southwest in the future or to control the Hexi Corridor to the west.

Especially the future Hexi Corridor, as long as it completely occupies there.

By accumulating heavy troops here, you can control the natives in the Qinghai region and the steppe barbarians in the north, which is also an outpost for contact with the Western Regions.

The Western Regions was an indispensable place in the defense system of the Qi State.

In the face of the threat of unknown civilization in the West, Qi must have a broad enough strategic depth to prevent future battles from affecting the hinterland of Qi as much as possible.

The threat posed by the traverser is always a sharp sword hanging over his head, and maybe it will fall one day, resulting in his small life.

March 3 of the 15th year of Hongwu.

The warm spring breeze melted the river that had frozen all winter.

The green weeds on the riverbank have broken through the soil, and the scenery is picturesque from afar.

March 3 is also a special day in the country of Qi.

On this day, young men and women from all over the country will go out of the city.

This is a godsend for many men and women to choose their other half.

Qi is relatively conservative in some aspects, but he still maintains an open attitude when it comes to free love.

After all, only by combining men and women can more people reproduce and contribute to the construction of the Qi country.

Yang Zhi, who is seventeen years old, has also reached the age of the beginning of love.

At the age of seventeen, he is not married, and he is already considered to be old in the Qi country.

Because Yang Hao is very strict with Yang Zhi, before he is twenty years old, don't think about tasting what it is like to be a man and a woman.

On March 3, Yang Zhi could no longer bear the loneliness in his heart, changed into casual clothes and made himself look like the son of a wealthy family, and took his entourage out of Chang'an City.

The warm spring breeze blows along the riverbank, and countless young men and women play in the picturesque scenery with prepared food.

"Your Highness, there are so many people here today."

A young guard beside Yang Zhi looked around curiously.

Yang Zhi said with a smile: "In the past two years, the wind and rain have been smooth, and the people's lives have also become more colorful. ”

The guard nodded understandingly.

"Let's go! It's rare to come out once, so take a good break today. ”

As he spoke, a few people walked towards the men and women who had stepped into the green.

On the thawed Jishui water, the ships carrying guano are already busy.

After more than ten years of mining, guano has gradually dried up, and perhaps after this year, the industry of dung collectors will be extinct.

Yang Zhi looked at the ship and couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"It's still my father's foresight, the guano is gone, and there is indeed something to replace it, but I don't have to worry about something that is not fertilized."

"Your Highness, look over there!"

The young guard said in surprise.

Yang Zhi looked over there suspiciously, and saw that not far away, a group of people were gathered together, as if there was something interesting.

"Let's go! Check it out! ”

Everyone squeezed into the crowd, only to see that in the center surrounded by the crowd, there were three bows, but they didn't know what the purpose was.

"Brother, what is this doing?"

Yang Zhi smelled a person beside him.

"Isn't this brother from Chang'an?"

Yang Zhi was a little puzzled: "How can I say this." ”

"If you are from Chang'an, how can you even know this, let me tell you, this is called the love bow, see that the arrow target in front of you is not, then you have a woman to write her name on it, if the man shoots that, you can invite the woman to swim with you."

Yang Zhi hadn't heard of this, and he was suddenly interested.

"What if both parties are not satisfied?"

The man may have been a chatter and volunteered to be a docent.

"Hehe, you don't know this, which one dares to participate in this is not a little strong, do you see those three bows, let me tell you that the one on the left is a fifty-pound bow, the eighty-pound bow in the middle, and the one on the far right is one hundred and twenty pounds.

To participate in this, you must have courage, and there is also a way to target the arrow.

Dignitaries and nobles, or ordinary women, are not treated differently, and whoever is shot, the man must play with the woman for a day, and he must not look for other women on this day.

”

Yang Zhi nodded when he heard this, but this was a bit of a gamble, because he didn't know whether the other party was beautiful or ugly, and he didn't know what his identity was.

If you shoot a beautiful woman, it's fine, but if you shoot a, you can't be depressed for a day.

"What if the man repents?"

Yang Zhi asked.

"Repentance? That's possible, if it spreads, it will be the object of ridicule in Chang'an City in the future, and no one will do such a shameless thing. ”

"I see, thank you."

Yang Zhidao.

At this moment, I saw a relatively strong young man walking out of the crowd of people watching around.

I saw the man walking towards the second bow and arrow with some nervousness.

He thought he had some difficulty pulling the third bow, and the second bow was just right.

After all, being able to pull out an eighty-pound bow is already a proof of strength, as long as he shoots a woman from a good family, he is confident that he will take it down, and his life's events will be in this arrow.

In the midst of the commotion of the crowd, the man took a deep breath and prayed secretly in his heart.

Zhang Gong and the arrow were completed in one go, only to hear a light shout, and the strong bow of more than 80 catties was suddenly pulled into the shape of a full moon.

"Good!"

Yang Zhi couldn't help but admire.

The standard for the assessment of archers in the army is to draw a bow of fifty catties, and this person's arm strength is enough to exceed that of some professional soldiers.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow flies out and pins it to the edge of the target on the left.

Young people feel that this position may be their goal.

Put down the bow, and in the expectant eyes of everyone, I saw a person take off the arrow on the arrow target, and take down the note attached to the arrow target, and said loudly: "Qilin Fang Sanli, Miss Zhangjiajia, Zhang Jun!" ”

In the expectant eyes of everyone, I saw a girl in an ordinary rag shirt standing up a little shyly.

The girl is not beautiful, but it gives people a sense of tranquility.

Seeing this, the young man suddenly became a little at a loss.

"See ... I've seen Miss Zhang! ”

The girl nodded shyly, "I've seen a strong man!" ”

The onlookers suddenly howled when they saw this, and the coaxing of the crowd made the faces of the man and woman suddenly hot.

In the envious, jealous and hateful eyes of everyone, watching the man and woman go away.

Yang Zhi looked at the backs of the pair of young men and women, nodded and said, "It's a good match." ”

And there was a bit of eagerness in his eyes.

When the young guard beside him saw this, he was immediately startled, and whispered: "Your Highness, you can't try, it would be good if you let the king know." ”

When Yang Zhi heard this, he suddenly wilted like a frosted eggplant.