It's late February, and at the foot of the Great Wall, the grass is green, and the green hills are like ink.

Herds of cattle and sheep wander carefree in this paradise on earth.

Dozens of soldiers, lazily lying in the grass, enjoying the warm sun.

The Great Wall in the north has not been burned for 20 years.

The Huns fled far away, and the long sword was empty.

As a result, the once elite defenders of the Great Wall have now been reduced to second-line troops.

The Juzhu army stationed in the sentence note has not even changed its outfit for thirteen years.

The salaries of the troops and the equipment allocated by the state, the ghosts don't know where to go.

People only know that the dignitaries and nobles in Shanwucheng are all red and pot-bellied.

Among the mansions of the high gates, there are singing songs at night, and the wine pond is a meat forest.

The orchids of the Western Regions, the singers of Handan, the dancing girls of Linzi, and even the slaves of the Southwest Yi.

In the homes of those dignitaries, there is everything.

As for the side-plug barrier and the soldiers?

Who remembers?

Anyway, the last time the captain went to Shanwu City to ask for salary, he sent 100,000 five baht coins and 1,000 stone of Chen rice I don't know when.

"This day, when is the end!" Zhao Ruyi took the grass root in his mouth and muttered scolding.

At this moment, a convoy came from a distant gallop, apparently intending to get out of the jam.

Zhao Ruyi immediately came to his senses and stood up.

"Get up, get up, come on a business trip!" Zhao Ruyi was excited.

The soldiers who were blocked were also excited.

For them, if they want to fill their stomachs, they can only knock some oil and water from the past business travelers.

However, those who can get out of the plug and dare to get out of the plug are all powerful and nobles in the county.

It is not difficult to knock something out of these people.

If you're lucky, you might be able to get some silk and copper coins, but if you're unlucky, you'll only have a few pots of wine.

Zhao Ruyi looked carefully at the convoy coming from afar.

"It's a new foreign businessman!" Zhao Ruyi cheered.

The morale of the entire barrier was also immediately high.

"Hurry up and go and refuse the horse......" Zhao Ruyi ordered excitedly.

New Merchant ......

This is a rare fat sheep!

If this businessman doesn't even have a title and backer, then it would be even better.

Even the soldiers were inexplicably excited.

In this note, being a soldier has no opportunity to make meritorious contributions, let alone the appreciation of big people.

Everyone is just coping with the task, and even the daily drills in the army have not been held for a long time.

Many of the soldiers, even their weapons, were rusty.

From the flesh to the bones, people have decayed.

It is the only time when they can slaughter fat sheep that they can be active and excited.

Soon, dozens of defenders were clamoring with weapons, got off the barrier, and put the horses on the side of the road.

"Stop!" Zhao Ruyi straightened the iron jacket he was wearing on his head, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to scold: "I am the captain of the Great Han Wu Zhousai!" Everyone get out of the car and get checked! ”

The convoy in front of it slowly stopped.

The convoy was small, that is, several ox carts carrying supplies on camels, surrounded by two wagons.

It's just that......

What's strange is that both the driver and the entourage look like strong men.

Moreover, everyone has a narrow bow on their backs, a sword on their belts, and a proud look.

"Lord, Wu Zhou has arrived at ......" A man in Tsing Yi came to a carriage and greeted him respectfully.

I saw a young boy and brother walking down from the carriage, looking at the obstacles and fortresses in front of him with great interest: "This is Wu Zhousai!" At the beginning, the military minister Shan Yu ran away from here......"

"Back to my lord, this is the place!"

"It's a pity...... I was not born at that time, and if I had been at that time, the military minister Shan Yu would have been captured! The young boy said happily.

Zhao Ruyi listened, her face full of gloom.

"It is estimated that it is a gentleman from another county, and he has come to collect wind again......" Zhao Ru commented on this situation, and was very unhappy in his heart.

The aristocratic sons and daughters of the Han family like to travel the world when they are young.

These guys, usually with their cronies and retainers, run around.

If only that's it.

But these guys are still very picky.

Eat meat and meat, and sleep in a high house.

Last year, the son of a certain marquis in Xihe County went to Gao Liusai to collect style.

Stayed in Gaoliu for a month, and ate up the local defenders' salaries for a whole year!

The powerful people who are partial and good at the city still think that he eats well, eats wonderfully, and eats well.

personally ran to pat the sycophants and sent the woman and the wealth.

Just because, his father served in Chang'an Guangluxun and pinched the path of many people's promotions.

But it was the defenders of Gaolyus, and it is said that until now, the local soldiers can only use money to buy food to eat.

The military salary or something, it hasn't been paid for half a year.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ruyi just thought about getting rid of this aristocratic brother as soon as possible and asking him not to stay in Wuzhousai.

He didn't want to, his comrades and Gao Liusai's comrades were the same, and they didn't even have to eat old rice!

"Your Excellency?" Zhao Ruyi stepped forward and asked.

"Oh......" The young boy stepped forward with a smile and saluted back: "I am a merchant from Chang'an, and I heard that the fur business is very good, so I brought some salt and tea, and wanted to trade with the Yi people...... Go back with some fur, I heard that under Wu Zhou, there is a Yiren tribe living there, so ......"

"Merchant?" Zhao Ruyi looked at the boy brother in disbelief, and then glanced at the boy brother's entourage.

A businessman from Chang'an?

Can there be such a quality of retinue?

However, Zhao Ruyi didn't bother to care so much, since the other party admitted that he was a businessman, then ...... There's no need to make trouble yourself, and besides......

Hello businessman!

The merchant can take some oil and water and fill his stomach.

"Since I am a merchant, according to the law, I should be ordered to check your road traditions, bamboo charms and goods...... Zhao Ruyi said in a deep voice: "If there is anything prohibited, once it is found, under the law of the country, there will be no forgiveness!" ”

The young boy listened, showed a bright smile, and then waved his hand, and an entourage immediately stepped forward and stuffed a piece of gold cake into Zhao Ruyi's hand.

"Please make a convenient ......," the attendant chuckled in a low voice, "There will be something to be reported in the coming day!" ”

Zhao Ruyi weighed the gold cake in his hand, estimated that there was a half catty, then laughed and said, "Go over!" ”

At the same time, with a wave of his hand, the soldiers opened the rejection horse and pushed open the plug door.

Brother Gongzi said: "The matter of leaving the fortress, but there is no hurry, I don't know if the captain can allow me to visit this Wu Zhousai?" ”

Zhao Ruyi looked at the other party with a strange expression, thinking about it for a long time in his heart, looking at the golden face, he finally nodded and said, "Yes, but you can only let your Excellency stuff ...... alone."

"Yes!" Brother Gongzi said with a smile.

So, Zhao Ruyi beckoned to him, took him, walked up the winding stone ladder, climbed all the way up, and came to the top of the blocked city.

As soon as Brother Gongzi landed in the city, he looked very excited.

He rubbed his hands and looked at the mountains and grasslands in the distance, and Orr sang: "Elechuan, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is vast and wild, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep...... Beauty! So beautiful! Magnificent mountains and rivers......"

Zhao Ruyi listened, his face was embarrassed, and said: "Childe, this is Wuzhou Mountain, not Yinshan ......"

"I know ......" Brother Gongzi said with a smile: "It's all the same, all of them are the mountains and rivers of my Han family, one of the famous fortresses in the world......"

"It's just ......" His eyes swept over the various facilities of Wu Zhousai and asked: "Under the feet of the captain, Wu Zhousai is one of the fortresses of the Han family, and there should be all kinds of facilities according to the law......

"Such as Amada and sheep's head stones, canal answers, and zhuzhu ......" the young man asked with a smile: "In my opinion, not only is there no trace of Tiantian, but there are only three sheep's head stones, and there is no half of Qu A, and there is not even a single piece of wood in the pillar......

"If this is checked by the officials, you should be imprisoned by the law......"

The Han family has a complete set of strict systems.

Among them, it is stipulated that each barrier shall be equipped with various garrison facilities according to its size and danger.

Like the so-called Amada is actually a sand surface arranged in a certain area outside the plug.

According to the system, the sand tin was to be leveled, and a considerable area had to be laid out, and the sand had to be monitored and maintained three times a day, maintaining its size, and recording changes on it.

In this way, the guards of the fortress can observe Amada and know the traces of the enemy, and detect whether anyone has approached the barrier.

It is equivalent to a primitive early warning mechanism.

In addition, Amada can also restrict or even block, and the traitors and meticulous work can contact the enemy - anyone who goes out of the jam without permission will inevitably leave footprints on Amada.

Therefore, the Han family has quite strict requirements for Amada who is blocked in various places.

Every ten days, it must be summarized and reported, and then reported to the superiors by the superiors, and finally transmitted to Chang'an Lantai, which is recorded by Shangshutai, of course, many times, these records are just one sentence.

As for sheep's head stones, they are stones the size of a sheep's head and are stacked on top of the barrier plug to attack and defend against enemies.

The canal answer is thistle terrestris and wood tribulus terrestris, which are buried in roads and main passages, and are also clearly stipulated.

The pillar is another early warning means, mainly set in the bushes, paths, grass, its basic shape is to string two or more wooden stakes together with ropes, and a bell is tied to the wooden pillar.

When a person or a large creature touches the rope, the bell rings.

In addition to the three sheep's head stones that seemed to be glued to the wall, there were only a few bundles of firewood that looked like they were about to become moldy and were piled up in a beacon hole.

Around the city, let alone Amada......

I can't even find the shadow of Sha Tin......

Zhao Ruyi listened, laughed, and scolded: "Shangguan? Shangguan in Shanwu City, if he can still remember Wu Zhousai, then thank God! ”

"Don't hide it from the son, I am Captain Wu Zhou, and I haven't seen a sentence for two whole years, and the captain himself has come here to inspect......"

may be because this young boy is from Chang'an, or it may be because Zhao Ruyi himself is a little talkative, in short, Zhao Ruyi quickly opened the conversation box and kept complaining about the dignitaries in Shanwu City.

The generals and colonels at all levels, deducting military salaries, greedy for military ordnance expenses, and even treating the war horses in the army as horses to pull them to do business, all said.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Who doesn't know these things?

Otherwise, why would the powerful army that was famous and famous in the world degenerate to this point today?

People who have the ability, have connections, and want to go further have already found a way to transfer away.

Those who are left behind are either people who eat and wait for death, or they don't have to worry about it, they have no way, they can only sit and guard the local poor families and peasant children.

The young boy listened and asked with a smile: "Why didn't anyone go to Chang'an to complain?" ”

"How do you sue?" Zhao Ruyi sneered: "Yanmen County is too shou Wei Yannian, he was once the minister next to the prince, his teacher is the prince's teacher, and the county lieutenant is the son-in-law of the Wei family, who dares to sue?" ”

"A few years ago, Fan Wannian, the lieutenant of Mayi County, was angry because he couldn't get used to these things, and he was dismissed from his official position, and finally he was thrown into a dry well and starved to death!"

Brother Gongzi listened, was silent for a moment, and then said: "I heard that now the prince has cleared the ministers, and wants to refresh the politics, and now the saint is even more interested in building a well-off and peaceful world, so he worships Liu Quyu as the prime minister, and the prince of the imperial history is the prince of the imperial history, if your Excellency is willing, you can write at this time, and the secretary of state must have a response!" ”

"Hehe......" Zhao Ruyi sneered: "The emperor is far away, I'm afraid that before I arrive in Chang'an, my father and elder in the family have been poisoned......"

"Say ...... again"

"This big event in the world is too far away from me......"

"A little person like me, who can barely make ends meet, raise a wife and children, and get his wish!"

"If you don't go to Chang'an, it doesn't mean that you can't sue......" The young son's brother was kind and tempting: "I heard that today's son has ordered Shizhong, Jianwenjun, Xinfeng Order, and Taisun Family Order Zhang Zizhong to be the envoy with full power to hold the festival, and send an envoy to Mo Nan to govern on behalf of the heavens, and the son of heaven allows him full power to act cheaply......"

"The envoy will soon arrive at the border to inspect the border pass, and if you submit a letter to report at that time, maybe you can return the sentence to note the army's innocence!"

"I heard that the original sentence note army was built by Emperor Taizong, specially designed to prepare for Hu, and had fought with the Huns for 40 years in the Wolf Mengsai, Wuzhou Sai, Ma Yi Sai, and Gaoliusai, and produced heroes from generation to generation, and was admired by the world!"

"Now, two or three silverfish, chaos and defense, people of insight, how can they sit in peace?"

"Hehe......" Zhao Ruyi listened, still unmoved, shook his head and said: "It's not that Chang'an hasn't sent ministers to patrol the border......"

"Every year, there are also officials from the Department of Thorn History, who come to the border to inspect ......."

"There are even those who have witnessed the situation of the Zose, as Your Excellency did......"

"But who would dare to report it?"

"Aren't all officials and magnates in the world the same?"

The young boy listened and was silent for a long time before he said, "After all, some people are different......

"At the beginning, it was determined that Xiang was eroded, and the righteous connivance was obeyed, and 400 powerful families in the county were killed in one day, and the great rule of Xiang was determined!"

"Where is the righteousness of the gods?" Zhao Ruyi asked rhetorically.

The young boy listened, laughed, and tears of laughter were about to flow out.