Running on the field, the road ahead is smooth, and then the advantages and disadvantages of the horse are reflected. Zhao Yun's Tesira is really a good horse, and the other horses are panting, and it is still as easy as a leisurely stroll. It seems that if you want to, you can speed up for hundreds of miles.

On both sides are mountains, and looking at the past, the mountains are undulating, like a never-ending picture, and the blue sky is splashed with black heavy ink, forming this strange picture. Occasionally, the terrain would be undulating, so they dismounted, led the horses uphill, and then galloped down.

Yuyang is far away from Ji County, a bit lonely overseas, the road in the middle is also quite difficult to walk, there are many mountain passes, no wonder it is often attacked by Wuhuan people. The Wuhuan people of White Wolf Mountain are closer to Yuyang, and the road is smooth.

Speaking of the Wuhuan people, they are actually a pathetic nation. The Xiongnu occupied the steppe for many years and had always been an unshakable overlord, and at one time even the strong men had to pursue a policy of peace and proximity. It was under this kind of oppression that the Wuhuan people were sacked by the Huns at every turn. If you don't sacrifice a certain amount of cattle, horses and sheep every year, you have to sacrifice your wife and concubine daughter to the Huns as slaves and maids, which can be described as extremely humiliating.

Later, Huo Qubing entered the hinterland of the Xiongnu and completely changed the pattern of the grassland. Wuhuan talents began to gradually migrate to the Central Plains, and there was a tendency to be pro-Han. But the middle is also uncertain, which side is strong and attaches to that side. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu and the Han were very weak, so they were used by the local heroes of Youzhou. There is Zhang Chun in the front, and Gongsun Chan in the back. Finally mixed up until Gongsun Chan fell, and these Wuhuan people took a breath. Now that Yuan Shao's army had just taken Youzhou, and before they had time to digest it, these Wuhuan people entrenched in Yuyang for a few days and returned with a full load.

The more Yuan Xi and the others went east, the more they felt that the land was vast and sparsely populated, and there were almost no people on the road, not even normal business travel. Occasionally, wild deer and roe deer ran by, and they were not afraid to see many of them, grazing from afar, and looking around.

After a difficult mountain road, the terrain was flattened all of a sudden, and Yuyang City also appeared at the foot of the mountain.

There were small dots moving in the distance, and although I saw a lot of beasts along the way, this time I saw people. Outside Yuyang City, there was smoke curling, many grass huts gathered together, and there were faint voices of people. Most of the people who passed by led horses to carry their loads. This is rare in the Central Plains, and even in Hebei, horses are very expensive. Ordinary people either use donkeys or pull their own carts, and rarely have the luxury of using horses. Especially after the recent war, all the princes are collecting war horses, and the price of good horses is even higher. The grass grows here, and as long as the horse is left around, it will graze on its own.

Although the people here are also Han Chinese, there are also some differences in clothing, in addition to the trend of left and right, as well as hats, boots, skirts, etc., which are somewhat different from the folk customs of the Central Plains. Most of the people wore a small fur hat with their ears covered, and they wore animal skin clothes and leather boots on their feet, which tightly wrapped their calves. Most of them have dark faces, red cheeks, and comparatively more vigorous hair.

"By the way, who is the Yuyang County Commander?"

Yuan Xi put away the horsewhip and suddenly asked Lu Fang.

"Uh......" Lu Fang hesitated for a moment, and then said, "If I am not mistaken, Yuyang does not have a county order." ”

Yuan Xi turned around and said, "What? How could there be no prefectural order? ”

Lu Fangdao: "I checked the information when I came, and I heard that there was a county order before, but I was killed during the Wuhuan rebellion, and then Gongsun Zhan never appointed a county order. ...... to this day"

Yuan Xi touched his chin and glanced at Lu Fang carefully. Lu Fang was so frightened that he almost knelt down, and said in a trembling voice: "The villain still wants to learn more from the side of the second son, and this county order can't be done." ”

This Yuyang is far away from Ji County, it is a place where birds don't, and it is also facing the threat of the Wuhuan people and the Liaodong Gongsun clan, the ghost is willing to stay here to be the county order, Lu Fang has been following Yuan Xi for a long time, and he also knows what he thinks and quickly speaks out, and when Yuan Xi finishes brewing, he will have no chance to refuse.

Yuan Xi scolded with a smile: "Look at you like a bird, and you don't have a knife on your neck, why are you panicking?" With your qualifications, you don't have a chance to be a county magistrate, do you want to be beautiful? ”

Lu Fang secretly wiped his sweat and hurriedly said: "Yes, when I think of my ability, I feel that I am not very competent, I am really ashamed." ”

Yuan Xi glanced at him with a smile, which made his heart furious.

Yuan Xi asked people to leave the horses outside the city, and brought a few cronies into the Yuyang City Gate, but there was no one to guard here, so a few people entered the city at will. There are many pedestrians on the street, which is not much better than Yecheng, and there are many Hu people in strange costumes. In the streets of the city there were people leading tall horses.

Poor Yuan Xi introduced the history of Youzhou and came to Yuyang, but he didn't even have a place to live. Not only is there no county government, but there is not even an inn.

Several people were carrying swords, but no one dared to step forward to provoke, and everyone looked at their outfits and felt curious, but they didn't pay too much attention. Yuan Xi asked a few questions from passers-by, and specially chatted about the customs. Although there is no inn, there are places to eat. Yuan Xi walked around, then sat down in a restaurant and ate barbecue.

It stands to reason that the Wuhuan people came here to loot it, and Yuyang should be a mess, but now it seems that the people's livelihood here has not been affected. Even the people around are living in a good place. The market is very lively.

The boss who sold barbecue put a few catties of barbecue in a clay pot, put it in front of them with a bang, and said, "There weren't so many people these days ago." As soon as the Wuhuan people came, everyone dragged their families and hid in the nearby mountains, and waited until they left, and then came back. There are still people hiding in the mountains and are moving back one after another. After so many years, I have been used to it, as long as I am given a stick of incense, I can move everything away from the house, and I don't leave a single thing. ”

Yuan Xi asked, "The business here is lively. ”

The boss said, "Can it not be lively?" Even the king of Liaodong sent people over, ginseng, white lotus, and all kinds of rare medicinal materials are here. However, it is mainly a horse trader. ”

"Horse traffickers?"

The boss said: "You don't know, the price of horses has risen sharply recently, and some people specialize in collecting horses, and I heard that they are sold to the south." A horse can be sold for a thousand dollars, and a gold can buy ten good horses, right? ”

"What?" Yuan Xi almost squirted out the meat he was chewing in his mouth, and said, "A thousand dollars? ”

The boss said, "Surprised, right? A few years ago, no one bought this horse for 500 yuan. At most, it is used to exchange for some cloth pottery bowls, where will anyone pay real money to buy it. ”

Yuan Xi and Zhao Yun glanced at each other, thinking that Tesila had spent hardware, the original price was ten gold, and I thought it was cheap at the time, but at this time, the difference in price was too big, and the merchant who sold horses was too dark.

The boss thought they were shocked, and gushed endlessly: "There are many young people in the local area, and they have all gone outside to set horses, and there are wild horse herds on the grassland in the west, and there are also those who go to Liaodong to set horses." As long as you can get ten or eight horses, this year is considered comfortable. ”

Yuan Xi asked, "Then who is buying the horse?" ”

The boss pointed out the door. They sat in a semi-open courtyard, and when they looked out, they saw a group of Han merchants leading horses by the door. The horses were strung together, one after the other.

"These are also local foot traders, and they will concentrate on selling horses to people in Ji County, all of whom are large families. I heard that there were many horses and they were encircled. ”

The boss shook his head and sighed, and said, "If I didn't want to go far away, I would have gone to sell horses together." If you take the horses here and sell them to the south, you can multiply them several times. ”

Yuan Xi sighed: "It is indeed several times ......"