Qiuzi to Shule, 1,500 miles. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Red River flows down from the Green Mountains and traverses the desert from west to east, nourishing countless oases of all sizes along the way. The North Silk Road, which is currently the Middle Road, is closely attached to the Red River, so that those long-distance caravans and camel caravans do not hesitate in the face of the vast desert.

The wide and curved course of the Red River resembles a black belt during the day and reflects the silver light in the sky at night. It connects the Uzberi Pass on the Green Mountains, and as long as the Hu merchants from the Western Regions cross the saddle-shaped mountain pass, step on a large area of red, strip-like mountain and rock roads, and then cross Shule, then the Chihe River will accompany them on their long journey.

Along the way, Gao Jun and Guo Zhizhao galloped on horseback and encountered many large and small caravans. They spoke with all sorts of accents and all sorts of goods. But the destination is the same - the mountain pass is unblocked, and you can reach the bustling Chang'an in March. In this metropolis that has attracted the attention of the world, there are countless goods waiting for them to return.

From the kind greetings of these caravans, Guo Beizhao has once again realized the significance of maintaining the Silk Road. They are waving the banner of Tang Xizhou and the banner of Tang Tianshan Mu. The flag will tell them that the power of the Tang Dynasty is everywhere on the Silk Road.

They were still halfway from Shule, and at night, Guo Zhizhao and Gao Jun asked more than two dozen people to camp by the Red River. They knew that these caravans were about to pass through Qiuzi, and Guo Zhizhao asked Gao Jun, "Brother, do you think the nine people we left in Qiuci will be in danger?" ”

Gao Jun said confidently, "Absolutely not, I conclude that as long as there is something, these people will run faster than rabbits...... They are okay and want to run back to Xizhou a few days earlier! Those maids have invisible threads in their hands! ”

However, this is exactly what Gao Jun wants, if things really come to the point where these nine guards need to help, then Xizhou should also send troops, he believes that the current time has not yet come.

Gao Jun had a plan, and when he returned, he would form a capable and effective patrol horse team, just like he did now, to and from the Silk Road. He said to Guo Zhizhao, "We won't sleep anymore, we will rush overnight!" ”

Under the moonlight, the twenty-two horses sped up again.

In Chang'an City, the emperor had already issued an edict to Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, to let his completed 100 large ships go down the river, buy grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River, and send them to Liaodong City along the coastal road.

After the last attack on Goryeo, Liaodong did not leave too many garrison forces, but Gai Suwen did not move at all. It was quiet, as if winter had not yet passed.

The emperor thought, could it be that he was scared last time? According to the emperor's understanding, Gai Suwen lost a lot of ground last time, but his living strength was not damaged too much, and he would not give up. The emperor ordered a slow, imperceptible increase in the strength of Liaodong's army, and immediately began to accumulate grain and grass.

The reduction and merger of the military government and the merger of counties and counties in Jiannan Province saved him a lot of expenses, and he believed that this practice was of great value throughout the country. His father, Emperor Gaozu, set up a region and set up a county to make officials a meaningful at the time, but it was not always correct.

Now the burden is getting bigger and bigger, and sooner or later the machine of Datang will be overwhelmed, and there are too many incompetent people who have nothing to do. Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the harm of the gate valve is deep-rooted, and several surnames advocate false names, spy on private rights, and selfish interests, and feel superior but do not want to forge ahead. With the stability of society, there are also signs of infiltration of this kind of thinking towards the army.

I have to say that sending Gao Jun to Jiannan Dao is the right move again, and the emperor needs such a person. Now that there is nothing to do in Jiannan Province and Xizhou, and the west is stable, as long as Gai Suwen dares to cough again, he will attack Goryeo again.

It was not early, but the emperor thought about it and remembered the butterfly piano sent by Gao Xianxing, so he ordered to take the piano and try it himself.

He had heard it once, and it had an unusual symbolic meaning, according to the upright and inflexible imperial historians.

As for music, the emperor thought that it was just to take love as pleasure and be so interested that he plucked a few times to help the fun, and he couldn't take it too seriously. Du Yan, the imperial historian, said, "Chen Zhi is about to die before there is "Yushu Backyard Flower", and Qi Zhi is about to die before there is "Companion Song", which makes people cry when they hear it. "The emperor doesn't think so, this inevitably thinks too highly of those musicians, you sing Shengping is really Shengping?

The rise and fall of a country may not be due to this. It lies in the people's will and national policy.

Just like now, the emperor wants to play the butterfly piano, but the big thing determines the pastime in the future, how can there be so many big reasons!

In the middle of the night, there was only one Lezheng on duty who was on duty from the ninth rank, and he was in charge of adjusting the bells. Hearing the news, Le Zheng quickly moved the piano from the instrument library. But he was not good at this, and while directing two of his men to wait, he was a little apprehensive in his heart.

Musical instruments are divided into eight tones. "Gold" refers to chimes and the like; "Leather" is all kinds of drums; "Silk" is the piano and pipa; "Bamboo" refers specifically to the flutes, pipes and flutes. In addition, there are eight categories of earth, stone, wood, and nests.

And this butterfly piano has strings, and there are quite a few, which should be classified as "silk". But it has two mallets, and it seems that it can also be classified as "leather". For this reason, the professional officials of the Tale Department are discussing which genus it should be included in.

The emperor picked up the two hammers and asked the musician with great interest, "Is it okay for me to just knock like this?" ”

Le Zheng, who descended from the ninth grade, was sweating profusely, and he specialized in it, only knew the chime, but did not know the butterfly piano. If the emperor hadn't thought of playing the piano in the middle of the night, perhaps he wouldn't have had the opportunity to face the emperor alone for several years.

The emperor comforted, "You don't have to be so nervous, it's just fun, if not, you can go back to sleep, and I just knock a few times." Le Zheng didn't dare to leave, and was still waiting on the side.

As he spoke, he struck on his own, and the same melodious sound of strings flew out from under his hands, but not in a rhythm. After a few strokes, the emperor's interest shifted to the construction of the instrument.

He reached out and groped along the fan-like speaker. I don't know what mechanism was touched, but I heard a "horn click", and a small door two and a half inches square popped out on the side of the piano case, revealing the cavity inside.

Just in time to put his hand in, the Emperor did. It was empty, and he found three bamboo pillars in the case, and the two ends of the upper and lower sides of the box were used to support the cavity. I touched another one, but the difference was that this one seemed to be different from the other three, and it could rotate.

Then the Emperor's hand pulled out of it, pinching the bamboo tube that he had unscrewed. The bamboo tube was two butt together, and when it was opened, it was empty, revealing a small tightly rolled thin sheepskin. (To be continued.) )