As he spoke, he arrived at Xiangzhou City, Xiangzhou City is not a big place, and the city wall is only a low earth wall ten meters high, but this is already in the south, far away from the front line, there are fewer wars, there are not many defenders on the edge of the city, and the inventory is not strict. There are not only a lot of pedestrians on the streets in the city, but also stalls and jugglers, although ordinary people have a lot of patches on their clothes, they are still decently dressed, unlike Yanzhou, where they are unclothed and hungry.

Qiao Niang looked east and west, and said: "Miss, look at Xiangzhou, I didn't expect it to be quite prosperous here." ”

Ma Yun was dumbfounded, and said in his heart: This is also called prosperity?

Zhao Pu on the side said with a smile: "Compared to the Tang Dynasty, what is it here?" ”

Qiao Niang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where is Sheng Tang?" How come I've never heard of it? Miss, have you been? ”

Zhao Ziying smiled and ignored her. Qiao Niang casually asked Zhao Pudao: "How far is Shengtang from Bianjing?" ”

In ancient times, women were virtuous if they were not talented, so it was not surprising that Qiao Niang did not know about the "Tang Dynasty". In fact, Zhao Pu originally wanted to say this to show his talent and revenge. How do you know that as soon as the words come out, it will be this kind of result, and at this time, I was very embarrassed to see Qiao Niang constantly asking.

Ma Yun said for Zhao Puyuan: "Brother Zhao means that if you can show your talents in the future, you will definitely give the place a prosperous era of development." Hey, it's such a prosperous Tang Dynasty. ”

Zhao Pu glanced at Ma Yun gratefully, and before he could speak, he heard Qiao Niang say: "It turns out that Shengtang is not a place name, hum, showing off knowledge." ”

When they met Qiao Niang, Ma Yun and Zhao Pu secretly called them unlucky, but they didn't say anything anymore.

There was nothing to say all the way, and soon arrived at Wan'an Inn. This inn is in the west of the city, and the door is a two-story building, with three courtyards in and three outs. Ma Yun walked into the hall and heard a vigorous voice say, "Xiao'er, don't hurry up to entertain guests." As he spoke, he greeted him.

The shopkeeper was in his 50s, wearing an earthy yellow robe and a brown four-cornered hat, and greeted Ma Yun and others with a smile on his face. Ma Yun glanced at the shopkeeper and asked in a low voice, "Is the shopkeeper Wan?" ”

The shopkeeper's surprised eyes flashed, and he looked at Ma Yun carefully, and then said loudly: "Okay, Xiao Er will take this guest officer to the No. 1 room on the left side." ”

Ma Yun and Zhao Ziying glanced at each other, followed the shopkeeper to the backyard, and Liao Renyong and they each found a seat in the front hall and sat down.

The tea fragrance was curling in the No. 1 room of Tianzi, but Ma Yun and Zhao Ziying had no intention of drinking tea, and waited quietly for Shentu Congjian. After a while, I saw the shopkeeper walk in, and said to Ma Yun: "This son, I don't know the name of Gao, what's the matter with looking for the shopkeeper?" ”

Ma Yun glanced at him and said casually: "My surname is Ma, and my single name is a cloud character, but I just happened to visit Brother Shentu in Xiangzhou." ”

The shopkeeper seemed to have heard Ma Yun's name, and hurriedly smiled: "It turned out to be Ma Gongzi." Look up for a long time, look up for a long time. The leader of Shentu mentioned you many times, saying that you are righteous and thin, this respectable good man. You may be seated, please be seated. ”

Ma Yun smiled slightly and asked, "Why don't you see Brother Shentu." ”

The shopkeeper sighed and said: "It's hard to say, Ma Gongzi may not know, recently the king of Nanping has invested a lot of troops in Guizhou, preparing to exterminate our cottages, and the leader of Shentu has returned to Guizhou a few days ago to command the battle." ”

Ma Yun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "How is the war now?" ”

The shopkeeper's expression darkened, and he said: "In recent years, natural and man-made disasters have continued in Nanping, and the people are poor, and the cottage is the same. This time, the king of Nanping suddenly sent troops, the big guys were not in a hurry, and secondly, they had no food and grass savings, and they returned to the seven villages of the state, and now the five villages have been broken, and only two are left. ”

Ma Yun was stunned for a moment and said, "How can it be like this?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said: "Ma Gongzi doesn't know, he returned to Qizhai in the state, saying that the cottage is actually some honest farmers who can't get by, everyone gathers together, goes up the mountain to farm, and resists taxes together, but it is not a bandit who robs the house." There are not many strong people in it, and in recent years, their fame has grown, so there are many old and weak women and children who come inexplicably and want to eat well, and the leader of Shentu is unwilling to refuse these people. In this way, the number of people naturally increased, and the savings of the cottage gradually decreased. Because most of them are old and weak, women and children, there are fewer people who can hold swords and fight, except for the 200 or so people who have been trained by the leader of Shentu himself, the rest of the people are rarely trained. Fortunately, the mountains and heights of Guizhou are far away, and the officers and soldiers are not familiar with the terrain and are not good at walking mountain roads, otherwise they will not even be able to keep the remaining two stockades. ”

Ma Yun pondered for a moment and said, "Then can you contact Brother Shentu right now?" ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper was suspicious, Ma Yun said: "My identity, presumably Brother Shentu knows, I want to help you." ”

The shopkeeper was overjoyed, stood up and asked, "Is this true?" ”

Ma Yun was a little surprised when he saw his identity revealed, but he didn't ask, just nodded lightly.

I saw the shopkeeper's "poof" and knelt on the ground, and said: "Then I will thank the prince on behalf of more than 10,000 people in the cottage." ”

Ma Yun hurriedly stood up, forcibly helped the shopkeeper up, and said: "They are all their own brothers, don't do this big gift." In this way, how about you send a reliable person to follow me, and after I arrange a stop in Yuezhou, I will send someone to send the materials to the cottage? ”

The shopkeeper naturally agreed again and again. Ma Yun did not stop in Xiangzhou at the moment, and dismounted overnight to go south, crossed Jiangling, transferred boats at the public security, and then went down the river. A day later, from a distance, I saw Yuezhou City standing by the river.

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Regarding the legendary experience of Ma Yun's mission to the Central Plains, some people in later generations not only gave objective evaluations from a historical point of view, but more often they were chiseled and false, and there are countless novels, scripts, and dramas based on this experience. Moreover, after the development of TV technology matured, this experience of the envoy greatly prospered China's TV and film markets. There are not only historical dramas such as "Three Dragons", "Great Chu Dynasty", and "Bianjing Fengyun", but also love martial arts dramas such as "One Foot in Love" and "Princess Robbing the Emperor", as well as secret history series such as "The Secret History of Zhao Jingniang" and "The Secret History of Empress Feng"; Later, there were even absurd dramas such as "Feng Yu robbing relatives", "Shuanglong Opera Jingniang", "The Barbarian Queen", "The Queen is going to marry", "The Harem of Great Chu", etc., after various themes were dug deep and dug hard, there were even super thunder dramas such as "Maoshan Taoist Chuang Dajin", "Huashan Battle Wudang", "The Emperor and Empress Qi eloped", "Why does the imperial concubine love him and not love me", which increased the gross domestic product by at least one percent.