Chapter 106: Courier Brother
Li Tangshan and Pan left the bidding division and came to the nearest city, Banzhou (today's Zunyi), which belonged to the "Great Night Lang Country".
Li Tangshan has a deep affection for Banzhou, when he was a child, overseas, his grandfather and Uncle Zhuo would drink from time to time, and they drank Banzhou's Moutai. Now Moutai may not have been invented, and it does not affect Li Tangshan's favor of Banzhou in the slightest. Banzhou is located in the slope area of the transition from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Hunan hills and the Sichuan Basin, with large undulating terrain and complex landform types. The altitude is generally 800~1300 meters. The area of the basin and the valley of Banju accounts for 6.57%, the area of hills accounts for 28.35%, and the area of mountains accounts for 65.08%. The Da Lou Mountain Range stretches from southwest to northeast, becoming a natural barrier and a watershed between the north and south water systems in the state, clearly dividing Banju into two large areas in the landform. The Chishui River and the Xishui River turn around in Banzhou and run all the way north to the Yangtze River, which has been a strategic place between Ba and Shu since ancient times!
Li Tangshan and Panli rode to Banzhou, and saw that Banzhou had a preliminary urban scale. Banshu Castle is built between valleys, with lofty mountains and mountains side by side, narrow and crooked river valleys, undulating hills, dams and land, and fertile land. The Jing tribe (Tujia, Yi, Bai, Dai, Zhuang, Miao and other ethnic groups) is the main tribe in the territory.
Li Tangshan and Panli walked alone hand in hand along the bluestone road of the ancient city of Banzhou, although the hustle and bustle around them, but when listening to the knocking sound of the footboard and the bluestone, the heart was extremely quiet. Li Tangshan and Panli just want to live here for the rest of their lives, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. It's more like an ancient way of survival. Even if it is hard, even if there is no prosperity of Xianyang City, as long as it can be accompanied by the clear water of the bluestone bridge on the stone road, the breeze blows every day, and the willow silk flies in front of you, there are no regrets.
Forget the disturbances in this world, forget the iron hooves of the southern expedition, forget the disputes and insults in the court, and forget the fighting among the sects.
In the accident on the ridge that day, Li Tangshan asked Panli to be a real woman, and Panli also experienced the happiness of being a woman: "Tangshan, what should we do after we arrive in Banzhou?" ”
Li Tangshan hugged the *** of Panli: "Xiao Lili, I have been thinking about it for a long time, we are now operating in the sphere of influence of Yelang Country, and we have to find a foothold." We're all going to work a little hard, let's think about going into the dart game to be a dart master or something. ”
Panli didn't understand and asked: "Tangshan, what are you talking about the dart master and the dart game?" ”
Li Tangshan explained: "It's the person who helps people deliver things, and they are called courier brothers in our hometown?" ”
Panli suddenly realized and said: "Tangshan, you have to say it!" ”
Li Tangshan nodded: "It turns out that our courier brother of the Great Qin Empire is called Xingzu!" Right! Right! It's a walk! Let's go find out what this business is? ”
On the streets of Banshu, the old mottled walls have left the mark of year after year, and the rows of houses are neatly arranged, and the corners of the eaves are gently upturned, which seems to be the smile of a beautiful girl. The faded red bricks and green tiles also show the vicissitudes of life. The mystery of Banshu City is unpredictable, but it seems to can't help but bear the things it has buried for so long, it has buried so many things, and finally it can no longer hide, it wants to confide, it wants to tell those ancient and mysterious past events to this piece of heaven and land.
Li Tangshan and Panli soon inquired about a dart game in the northwest of the city, and now when the war is in chaos, the courier brother is also a popular business, and there are a lot of trips that are needed everywhere. With Li Tangshan and Panli's skills, it is very smooth to become a glorious courier brother by virtue of his use. Their duty is to "reach the end of the road, even if there are difficulties." Translated into modern words, it is: "No matter how difficult it is, you must deliver it to me on time." "The ancient courier brother is much more difficult to do than the modern courier brother, and he is really sending express delivery with his life!
There is also one of the most powerful couriers in history. After Qin Shi Huang unified China, a pavilion was set up for ten miles to maintain local law and order. Kiosks on traffic lines also have the function of communication, and are called "post kiosks". That is, Li Tangshan's rival Han Gaozu Liu Bang, whose position was the pavilion chief back then. During this period, he met many heroes and heroes, which laid the foundation for his establishment of a new regime, which shows that courier has been a good profession since ancient times.
After Li Tangshan and Panli successfully added the Weifeng Xing Foot Hall (Weifeng Dart Bureau), they took over a very important business, transporting cinnabar to Ba County and handing it over to the widow of Ba Qing. Recently, there are a lot of robbers by water and land, so the business is very difficult, of course, the premium is also very high, the dart bureau sent the deputy head of the dart Shen Bao to lead the team, Li Tangshan and Pan Li arranged in the second-line dart division team of the dart team.
Li Tangshan knows very well that cinnabar, also known as cinnabar, dansha, red dan, and mercury sand, is mercury sulfide, the most important mineral raw material for mercury refining, and also a Chinese medicinal material, which has the effects of calming, calming the nerves and sterilizing. Ancient China used it as an important raw material for alchemy. In the past, it was named for the best quality produced in Chenzhou (now Yuanling, Hunan and other places).
The escort cargo team of the Weifeng Dart Bureau set off immediately after sorting out, because of this batch of goods, Baqing was in a hurry, so let the Weifeng Dart Bureau transport the goods to Bashu as soon as possible.
Shen Bao, the deputy head of the dart: "Everyone be careful, you have to enter the Eishui (Chishui River) in front?" We walked north along the river, and tonight we spent the night in the Moutai tribe. ”
Li Tangshan remembered the crazy Moutai wine in later generations: "Darthead, is the wine over there in Moutai very delicious?" ”
Shen Bao, the deputy head of the dart, shook his head: "It doesn't seem to be anything special, but the water in that place is sweeter than other places." The wine should be good. ”
Li Tangshan thought to himself: "Isn't Moutai still alive at this time?" ”
Panli saw what Li Tangshan was thinking: "Tangshan, what's wrong?" ”
Li Tangshan: "Moutai Town will become China's No. 1 wine capital after 2000, I'm curious if they have started to make wine now?" ”
Pan Li glanced at Li Tangshan: "Old Five, is there a problem with eating now?" That there is grain winemaking? ”
Li Tangshan agreed with the words, so he nodded: "Why didn't I think of this layer?" is still the smartest and most beautiful senior sister. ”
Panli glanced at Li Tangshan again: "Boring!" ”
Li Tangshan is indeed very boring, in the land of Qianzhong where "the sky is sunny for three days, the ground is not three feet flat, and the people are not three cents of silver", there are cliffs and cliffs everywhere, canyons and rivers, the spirit is majestic, and there is a thrilling feeling everywhere, which is a very dangerous job for this profession.
Shen Bao, the deputy chief dart leader, led the dart team to walk in the mountains every day, and according to Li Tangshan's combat experience, these places in northwest Guizhou were very suitable for ambush warfare.
Li Tangshan followed Panli: "We still have to be careful, I feel that something is not quite right here!" ”
"You're just now finding out, and I've found out that several people have been following us in the mountains for days." Panli glanced at Li Tangshan again.
Li Tangshan said with a smile: "Xiao Lili, you found out how did you remind the dart head?" ”
Panli was a little angry and said: "Everyone knows that you are slow to react, and now you know." ”
Li Tangshan began to play scoundrels: "I can be the same as them, I have such a beautiful and smart senior sister, do they have it?" ”
Panli likes to listen to Li Tangshan praise himself for being beautiful and satisfy his dream of being a princess: "Boring! "But I'm still very happy!