Queensland, South Qin County, this place is located at the junction of Tubo, Langqiong Zhao and the Great Zhou Jiannan Road, the Three Kingdoms.

The southeast of Nanqin County, is the Langqiong Zhao Mangbu, the southwest is the Tubo Mangkang City, starting from these three boundaries, there are horse gangs shuttling in the meantime, communicating all parts of the southwest, exchanging salt and tea silk for horses, for the ancient tea horse road, over the mountains and mountains, the hardships and dangers are more than ten times more than the Shu Road.

Since the death of the great minister of Tubo, Lu Dongzan, his eldest son on Qinling manipulated the national politics of Tubo for decades, and gradually lost his deference to the Tang Dynasty and today's Great Zhou, invaded Jiannan Zhuqiang in the south, and Anxi and Tuyuhun in the north, since the Empress Wu took power, the imperial court no longer supported the tea and horse market, and only the remaining small private horse gang and Langqiong Zhao Shangjia still traded with Tubo, so Tubo was more hostile to the Great Zhou, forming a dangerous vicious circle, because smuggling and transshipment are still widely existing, The shortage of salt tea on the plateau did not affect the interests of the nobles and Bon shamans of the city for the time being, and the contradiction was not acute.

In the past ten years, the yamen of the state capitals in Jiannan Province have severely cracked down on the smuggling of small horse gangs, and the methods are vicious, but all the merchants who are involved in smuggling often incur the disaster of breaking the family and destroying the door, but the salt and tea silk flowing into Langqiong Zhao and Tubo has not only not decreased, but the number has become more huge.

Today's Nanqin County, the carriages and horses are divergent, people shout horses neighing, some horses carry large bags of goods on their backs, some are specially made flatbed cars drawn by mules, different from ordinary board cars, narrow and long, the wheel hub is low, there are rough ropes around the car board to tie and fix, it is to take the mountain road, the board car goes up the mountain vertically, and the goods towering into the clouds on the board car will not fall.

On both sides of the street, there were people standing watching the excitement, pointing and pointing, and there were those who had seen the world, pointing to the sacks of different shapes, showing their erudition, "Look, this sack is square and angular, and it must contain tea leaves"

"Third Uncle Hu, are you mistaken, tea leaves are leaves, where do the edges and corners come from?"

"At first glance, it is raw melons and eggs, and if you sell them with leaves, you can get it in exchange, and if you put it in an iron box and paint it, it will be much more valuable...... Look over there, wrapped in an oily paper bag, it must be well salt produced in Yeongju...... Wake up your nose, do you smell camphor, it must be silk brocade here, this thing is very expensive, this sack of silk can be replaced by a large group of mules and horses......"

"Third uncle, what is this? Why is it still wrapped in straw mats? What is the rarity...... Woo."

The well-informed Uncle Hu covered the mouth of the later life, and there was a bright and dazzling reflection between the gaps in the straw mat, which was obviously a metal thing.

The people of Nanqin County used to be able to see this big scene every few months, and they had long been accustomed to it, but this time the procession of carriages and horses was extraordinarily long, so that the most talkative locals had nothing to say, and the streets fell silent, silently watching this procession pass through the streets, with no beginning and no end, and no end in sight.

In the team, in addition to the people who drove the horses and carts, there were hundreds of escort teams, all dressed in capable short fights, with a circle of daggers around their waists, cross-shouldered horizontal knives, red tassel guns in their hands, and Mo knives and long lances hung under the horse's belly, armed to the teeth.

Someone in the crowd muttered, "Why are you dressed in white, like a mourner, unlucky"

Indeed, these escort guards, the clothes are all white, even the shoes, hair bands, and belts are white, which has nothing to do with the funeral, the Tubo people's clothes are still white, and the nobles are wearing white clothes.

These guards were divided into sections, several people in a group, each staring around with alert eyes, and acting in their own ways, unable to see who was the leader and who was the subordinate, this was also a security measure, so as not to be captured by a thief and the king, and one person could easily control the caravan.

The caravan passed through Nanqin County, first to the east, entering the Langqiong Zhao Mangbu, and did not need the caravan to be contacted, there were already people Mangbu stationed, and the Mangbu was properly dotted, the caravan only made a short stay, and then drove straight in, crossing the two boundary rivers to the west, and the city of Mangkang in Tubo was in sight.

The sky is twilight, there are deep mountains and old forests in all directions, the road is rugged and steep and difficult to walk, the cold wind on the mountain, the cool bones, the caravan avoided the wind, found a relatively gentle river valley area, lit a bonfire lighting to keep warm, they are very skilled in discharging the formation of the night stay, the outermost is the people of the lower force, roasting on the bonfire by the coarse grain rice bran and wild vegetables mixed made of hard flour cakes, this food is easy to be full, in fact, there are no nutrients, the only benefit is that the salt is enough, every other day, there will be some dried meat and fishy belly, It always depends on the strength of these people.

In the middle is a carriage full of goods, coiled into several heavy, end to end, surrounded by a huge circle, like a layer of closed fortress, between each two, there are escorts and guards in between, their food is much better, are soft and salty rice crackers, each person has a piece of dried horse meat in hand, and some also carry a pot of small wine.

The upper and lower classes, deep-rooted, no matter how they cover up, will always show their feet in the details, and those who are guarded at the core, who drink wine and eat meat, are the leaders of this line of caravans.

The night was quiet, the wind was whining, the river valley was sheltered from the wind, the wind was whistling overhead, it was like a requiem, the people were wrapped in shabby thick jackets, curled up in a ball, and the guards on duty sat back to back, with horizontal knives, guarding the campfire, and their eyelids kept fighting.

The bonfire suddenly crackled and crackled several times in a row, and the guards were immediately alert, got up with a horizontal knife, and patrolled around, but no one was seen, and in the bonfire brazier behind him, streams of thick white smoke rose up, and drifted leisurely in the windless river valley.

The guard returned to sit down by the campfire, a sweet fragrance hit his nose, and his eyelids fought even more, and he fell asleep in a dark and sweet dream.

At dawn the next day, the people automatically consciously took care of the mule and horse vehicles, and some of them were lively, and noticed that the white-clothed guards had a lot more faces, and the number was more than twice as many as at the beginning, but they acted calmly, and the first few people were still there, so they honestly went to Mangkang City.

On the night of the same day, in Hanzhou, Quan Ce set off westward with a group of Yulin guards.

Xian Yu Shijian is very thoughtful, not only arranged the guide along the road, but also sent a few Qiang servants, easy to contact the Qiang tribe, to win the trust of the people, although the right to confess, not to contact the Songzhou Governor Han Xian, he still sent a few staff scribes from the government, they hold a few blank documents stamped with the official seal of the Hanzhou Assassin Mansion, after filling in at any time, can take effect, as a text between the state capital, without exposing the identity of the Qincha, on the premise of borrowing the power of the official government.

"Shi Jian has a heart" Quan Ce patted him on the shoulder and staggered past him.

"This is going to be stormy, the Qiang people are unrighteous and repeated, Han Xian is chaotic, Tubo is fierce and stubborn, Quan Langjun is golden and jade, please be kind to yourself, don't take risks lightly, Shi Jian wishes Quan Langjun a successful horse" Xian Yu Shijian quickly took the reins of the horse and bowed down to the hands of Quan Ce.

Quan Ce sighed slightly in his heart, waved at Shangguan Wan'er, who was wearing plain clothes and standing against the porch at the door, and rode away.

(End of chapter)