The fastest way to enter Bingzhou from Jizhou is to take Huguan, if you have to detour from the deep mountains from other places, or enter Bingzhou from the south along the Taihang Mountains, which is extremely time-consuming. Now it is not wartime, Zeng Yu has an official position, and he led the team from Changshan County to return to Anshan County, which is naturally also a Huguan.

With the paperwork in hand, the guards of the pot pass did not stop them, and even confiscated the fees for entering the customs, so they were released to Zeng Yu and his party. Huguan originally belonged to the jurisdiction of Shangdang County, so Zeng Yu and their entry into Huguan also meant that they had entered the scope of Shangdang County.

"Brother Lord, let's enter Huguan, will we go to Anping County soon?" Zeng Yu also arranged a war horse for Zhao Yu, let her follow behind her, and after entering the Huguan, she couldn't wait to ask.

"It's still early, let's go to our Anping from here, if it's all cavalry, we can arrive in a day at the earliest, but we still have old people and children, so it will take three days to say anything." Before Zeng Yu could answer, Guo Jia, who was behind Zhao Yu, took over the conversation and replied.

Zhao Yu was suspicious of this, but looked at Zeng Yu in front of him, hoping that he would tell him that Guo Jia was lying. But he was obviously disappointed, Zeng Yu turned around and said to him: "Fengxiao is right, but it's been so many days, you can bear with Xiaoyu a little longer, and when you get to Anping County, I will send someone to accompany you to have a good look." ”

In desperation, Zhao Yu had no choice but to agree, and she was a little unhappy at first, but as Guo Jia teased her beside her, soon laughter came out. Everyone was helpless about this, and they couldn't cry or laugh at Zhao Yun's little sister, but they all regarded her as their own sister.

At this time, the sky will be dark, tonight is not able to rush the road, Huguan is behind Huguan County, because it is close to the checkpoint, many merchants will settle here, and the families of the Huguan defenders have settled here, so Huguan County is still lively, but it is not prosperous.

Because there were too many people, the county government could not find such a big inn, Zeng Yu asked Jiang Shou to purchase some food, and then led the villagers to camp outside the county to rest. And Zeng Yu and the others were no exception, they did not find an inn to live in Huguan County, but after having dinner in the restaurant, they went to the camp outside the county. After arriving at the camp, Zeng Yu told everyone that the next step was to return to Anping directly, at this time Tian Feng stood up and suggested to Zeng Yu: "Lord, the county government is not far from Huguan, since we are here, should we visit the county guard?" ”

As soon as Tian Feng said this, except for the Zhao Yun brothers and sisters, Jiang Shou and other villagers, the others suddenly quieted down. At this time, everyone felt that the atmosphere was wrong, Zeng Yu settled down, and said: "It's not early now, everyone rest first, and I'll talk about this matter after I think about it." ”

Seeing this, everyone didn't say anything more, and after saluting Zeng Yu, they returned to their respective tents. Because there are too many people, many people share a tent, among which Tian Feng, Guo Jia and Zhao Rou are the three of them. As soon as he entered the tent, Tian Feng asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, what is the festival between the lord and the county guard?" ”

"If you talk about the festival, it's pretty much the same, you don't know, before our lord came to Anping County, there was a county order here, and it was still by the lord's means that the original county order was suppressed and driven away, so there is today's situation."

Then, Guo Jia and Zhao Rou together told the rivalry between Zeng Yu and his predecessor Cui Yu, as well as the relationship between Cui Yu and the county guard Cui Ming. Tian Feng only knew what happened in Anping County before, and he also understood why everyone was silent when he proposed to visit the county just now.

"But since the lord has a conflict with the county guard, he should be more cautious, why would he leave the county seat and go to Jizhou?" Tian Feng was even more curious, according to his understanding, Zeng Yu was only the head of a county, and when he competed with Cui Ming, the lord of a county, he was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

"This is going to talk about the situation in the DPRK, Cui Ming is a child of the family, and belongs to the general He Jin in the DPRK, not to mention Cui Ming's status in the Cui family, as far as the Cui family is concerned, the power is mainly in Jizhou, and the power of the DPRK is not large. The other side of the court, whose power comes from the emperor, needs to develop from the court to the local area from the inside out, so the lord is naturally more important in the eyes of this force, which is also the reason why the lord can fight with Cui Ming in Shangdang County. Guo Jia analyzed to Tian Feng, but he did not directly say which department Zeng Yu is currently taking refuge in.

But Tian Feng was promoted to filial piety and honesty in Beijing as an official before, so he naturally knew what the other side of the force Guo Jia was talking about, for a scholar like Tian Feng, it was a shameful thing to serve as a eunuch, he guessed that Zeng Yu might have his own reasons, but he still felt uncomfortable, and he was silent and did not speak.

Seeing this, Guo Jia patted him on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to mind too much, the lord is not what you think, he is just using the other party's power to gain a foothold." As a white body, the lord has no family identity, and if he wants to gain a foothold in officialdom, there is only this one choice, otherwise all his efforts are just to make wedding dresses for others. ”

"I understand, but I have a hurdle in my heart." Tian Feng said.

"Haha, don't worry, at most a year or two, when the lord sets the general trend, naturally you don't need to rely on them, and then it will depend on our means." Guo Jia comforted that he didn't mind what power Zeng Yu used, which is why Zeng Yu and he felt very compatible, both of them were pragmatic, and they were not particularly particular about some details while maintaining the bottom line.

"It's okay, I believe in my own vision and in the Lord's personality." Tian Feng also replied.

"Let's rest early, we have to hurry tomorrow." Zhao Rou said to the two of them beside him.

There was nothing to say all night, and before leaving the next morning, Zeng Yu saw that Tian Feng did not continue to suggest that he go to visit the county guard, and expected that it was Guo Jia who explained the situation to him. In this case, he didn't continue to say anything, just explained a few words to everyone, nothing more than some things that must be paid attention to, and then packed up his things and started to set off.

Before they set off, three of their own soldiers had already set off before them, and Zeng Yu arranged for them to go back quickly to inform Liu Neng, because they had brought back the people from the village of Jiangshou, and promised them their houses, fields, farm tools, seeds, etc., all of which needed to be arranged first.

The soldiers who went back to deliver the letter naturally set off quickly, and Zeng Yu and the others took into account the old people and children in the team, and still maintained the previous speed. As they got closer and closer to Anping County, there were more and more caravans on the road, and almost all of them were in the same direction, others might not feel anything, but like Zeng Yu or Tian Feng, they could obviously feel that the commerce of Shangdang County was more developed than that of Jizhou.

Guo Jiace caught up with Zeng Yu and said beside him: "Lord, looking at the direction of these caravans, it seems that they are all heading south, I think the policies formulated by us in Anping County should begin to show results." ”

"That's right, this is mainly due to Yaozu, I just provided an idea, the specific details were formulated by him, and he should also be managing during this time, I am now looking forward to the situation in Anping County." Zeng Yu didn't look back, just replied on his horse.

"Me too, speaking of which, our trip to Jizhou lasted almost two months, and I originally thought that there should not be much change in two months, but looking at the current situation, I may have underestimated the impact of these policies." Guo Jia also responded.

They initially set out from the other direction, taking the official road along the Taihang Mountain, there were not many caravans on the road at that time, there were more caravans on the road, which was closer to the Sili area, and according to the theory that the closer to the center of the empire, the more prosperous it was, there should have been fewer caravans here at that time. Therefore, when they saw the scene of many caravans now, they were overjoyed and knew that their plan had succeeded.

According to Zeng Yu's plan, it is to build Anping County into a major commercial distribution center of Dahan. As later generations said, fighting a war is not only about the battlefield, but also about logistics, and even the latter is more important. And logistics, for Zeng Yu today, is money, food and equipment, equipment is very simple, the mines and workshops in Jinniu Mountain are now on the right track, which is enough to meet the current needs, and will naturally expand the size of the team with the development of the team in the future, so what he needs to solve is the problem of money and food.

Money and food are not separated, whether it is troop training or combat, food is indispensable, and soldiers fighting, in addition to being fed, pay more attention to the monthly salary and the bounty of victory, or the pension of the dead in battle. Zeng Yu currently has no family to provide money to support him, so he can only rely on himself, relying on the one-third of an acre of land in Anping County to support his nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, so the development of business has naturally become his first choice.

Of course, this was also the reform he wanted to promote in the Han Dynasty, because of the Confucian despise commerce, commerce has been suppressed since ancient times, but what Zeng Yu wants is to let go of a hundred schools, so promoting the development of commerce has become his first step. As for other plans, Zeng Yu did not arrange them in detail, and everything depended on the specific situation.

At noon three days later, Zeng Yu and his team arrived at the range of Anping County, and as they got closer and closer to the county seat, they were presented with a prosperous scene in front of them. Not to mention the endless stream of caravans, the whole city is full of vitality, and outside the county office, there are fields of land that have been reclaimed and are being sown.