Xuan Shijing and the three of them have to stay in Yangguan for a few days, at least until the stone city is settled, although Yangguan is an important checkpoint to Longxi, but it is also an important town leading to the Western Regions trade route, and the city is also very prosperous, as for why the Tubo people don't come to attack Yangguan directly, such an important town as Yangguan, there are naturally a lot of troops, not to mention that behind Yangguan is a sandbank, the sandbar is located in the middle of Yangguan and Yumen Pass, in order to take care of these two passes, there are heavy troops, Shazhou's duty is to guard these two important checkpoints leading to Longxi Road.

When he arrived in Yangguan, Xuan Shijing handed over his team to Wang Jin and Zhao Ying, and now he naturally can't live in the barracks, after all, Yangguan is not as good as Shicheng.

Walking on the streets of the city, there is an endless stream of merchants coming and going, Yangguan is also an important site for merchants in the Western Regions, many merchants in the Western Regions will transport things to Yangguan, and then hand them over to the Hu merchants who are resident in Datang, and then transport them to Chang'an, which are some of the larger merchants who do business outside the territory, these merchants have a very wide network in Chang'an, so there is no shortage of sales for goods, and those merchants are in the hands of these people to get the silk, ceramics and other items they purchased in Datang, and transport them back to their own country. In this way, the profits in the middle are also very amazing.

It is hard to think that out of Yangguan and then go west, it is the sparsely populated Longxi, in addition to the past merchants, there are only a few hundred and ten people in the town.

"No matter what dynasty or country it is, the west is far inferior to the east." Xuan Shijing, who was walking on the street, sighed.

"What the little marquis said is that from the pre-Qin to the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions have always been barren, because the land in the Western Regions is not suitable for cultivation at all, except for those beards, the people in our Guanzhong rarely settle down in the Western Regions, that is, whenever the Central Plains are in frequent wars, people flee to the west with their families." Long'er said: "If it weren't for the fact that our Datang has become strong in recent years, and the Hu merchants from the countries of the Western Regions have run to Datang through Longxi, maybe this Longxi will be much more desolate than it is now." ”

More than ten years ago, I was from this Yangguan, out of the Guanzhong, to Kunlun, Xuan Shijing sighed, after more than ten years, after this Yangguan, it is considered to have entered the Guanzhong.

"The rain is combed in the wind, the plum willows are fragrant. Who can't bear to listen, send Jun Kunlun, Yangguan three stacks. The Jade Festival precursor illuminates the road, and the golden cup competes for the sorrowful feast. Pan Jinqiao, go west to Ruo Dengxian, take a guest. ”

Long'er listened to the words read out by Xuan Shijing, and her heart was also slightly melancholy, ten years ago, when she passed through Yangguan, her little marquis was confused, life and death were uncertain, the years were fleeting, and in a blink of an eye, her little marquis had grown so tall.

The buildings in Yangguan City are the same as Chang'an City, most of them are wooden, because there are more mountains and forests around Yangguan, and there is no need to worry about the problems such as the wind and sand outside the Guan, the wide streets are paved with stone slabs, not as smooth as the Chang'an stone road in memory, some unevenness, but in this kind of place in Longxi, it is considered to be good, there are many stalls on both sides of the street, there are also merchants walking the streets and alleys shouting to sell goods, the faces of people on the street are filled with a kind of peace and tranquility, this kind of tranquility, It must be something that many soldiers on the other side of the stone city are desperately trying to protect.

Xuan Shijing has never admired the soldiers so much, especially the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, if it is said that the modern soldiers rescue and disaster relief, what is given to Xuan Shijing is only moved with tears in his eyes, the soldiers stationed at the border of the Tang Dynasty, Xuan Shijing admires them from the bottom of his heart, because what he saw with his own eyes, after all, what he experienced and what he saw in the media felt like two different things, fighting with the sky, fighting with people, and guarding every inch of the Tang Dynasty's land with blood and life, which really responded to the description of every inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood.

Huaxia has been a modest nation since ancient times, upright, kind, hard-working, and obscure, but it is precisely because of these qualities that they have forbearance, from ancient times to the present, there are always foreigners who come to bully these honest people from time to time, but honest people are not easy to bully, they can tolerate your ignorance, but will never tolerate your nonsense, just like the current Tang Dynasty and Tubo, Datang will never tolerate Tubo annoyed and ashamed to say what 300,000 troops Chen Bing border threat.

If you want to fight, then fight!

Datang is so tough, because His Majesty the Emperor of Datang has the confidence to be so tough, and the subjects of Datang have the confidence to be so tough.

Retreating from the distractions in his heart, Xuan Shijing took Long'er and Gao Jun to find a good-looking inn, planning to rest at the inn, two days of running, mental tension, so that his body was a little unbearable, and he had to take a good rest.

Entering the inn, Xuan Shijing found a clean table and sat down, looked at Gao Jun and Long'er who were standing aside, and said with a smile: "Stand, hurry up and sit down to eat, go upstairs for a while and have a good rest, it is estimated that the matter of Shicheng will be in the past two days, and we will have to leave after resting." ”

After listening to Xuan Shijing's words, Gao Jun and Long'er sat on both sides of Xuan Shijing.

"Little second brother." Xuan Shijing called.

"It's coming~~" The little second brother responded loudly, took the teapot and cup from the counter and went to Xuan Shijing's side, put the tray in his hand on the table, neatly placed the cups in front of Xuan Shijing and the three of them, poured water one by one, and asked with a smile on his face: "Three guest officers, what do you want?" ”

"Let's have some of your signature dishes first, and then, pack up the three upper rooms, and stay here for a few days." Xuan Shijing said.

"Okay, I'll get it done for you right away." The little second brother answered, then took the empty tray, then turned around and left to the back kitchen to tell the cook to cook.

There were a lot of people in the inn, Xuan Shijing looked around the hall, the tables were all occupied, many of them were Hu people, and most of them were discussing the matter of going to Chang'an.

Now Chang'an is a pearl on the world map, shining, attracting thousands of foreigners to come, which also makes Xuan Shijing feel a sense of pride in his heart, this is the era I am in now, the most glorious era in China.

Before the meal came up, the people at the table next to him turned around and looked at Xuan Shijing: "Look at my brother like this, it's not an outsider." ”

"Oh, how did Brother Tai see it?" Xuan Shijing asked, the soft armor he was wearing really didn't look like a dress made by an insider.

"Look at the little brother's face, this body, he must be the little master of a big family in the Guan, brother, I have been running business outside the customs all the year round, this knowledge is still there, the little brother is going to Chang'an?" The man asked again.

"Exactly." Xuan Shijing replied truthfully, there is nothing to hide.

Hearing Xuan Shijing's answer, the man's face showed a touch of joy, and he sat opposite Xuan Shijing with a wine bowl, and looked at Xuan Shijing with a sincere face: "Since the little brother is going to Chang'an, there is a reluctant invitation below." Saying this, a hint of shyness flashed in his eyes.

Xuan Shijing looked at this person, his skin was like bronze, his figure was also strong, and his dress was also rough and ruthless, such a man in the desert, what did he be embarrassed about?