Traveling day after day, marching by day, resting at night. Along the way, there are either Xun family protégés and former officials to respond, or Luan family industry reception, Luan Yi and his party eat and live comfortably, as if traveling in the mountains and rivers.

Ten days later, Yingchuan County was left behind by them, and the boundary monument of Yuzhou was gradually moving away from them...... Xiongguan Tiger Prison is close at hand.

This is the first time Luan Yi has seen the ancient passes, and the most he has seen before is the city walls of Yingchuan counties.

After seeing the Tiger Prison, Luan Yi couldn't help but feel that those tall city walls were like the courtyard walls of his home, and only Xiongguan Tiger Prison could really be called a fortification.

I saw that in the mountains and mountains, the tiger prison stood between the cliffs, becoming the only passage for the surrounding westward. This Xiongguan is more than 2 zhang high, nearly 1 zhang wide, and can accommodate two chariots side by side. There are many corner towers above, and there are thousands of lookouts and battlements. After the battlement, although the clothes of the Han soldiers were not very neat, their military appearance was quite neat, and they stood tall and majestic.

Luan Yi once thought that it would be a miracle to capture such a place in the era of cold weapons.

It is an important way to enter Gyeonggi. Outside the Tiger Prison Pass, the peddlers and pawns were bustling, waiting in a slightly messy formation to enter the customs. Many business-minded hawkers have also started small businesses on both sides of the avenue outside the gates, and the cries of selling are endless, and they are very lively.

It was noon when Luan Yi and the others arrived at the pass, and they had been queuing for two hours before they came to the pass.

In front of the magnificent gate of the Tiger Prison Pass, there were more than 20 guards guarding the pass, each wearing armor and holding spears, looking fierce and vicious. Among them, the first person has a bright armor, wears a leopard print helmet, and the tiger head carving on the chest goggle is lifelike. Presumably this is the captain of the guard.

Seeing a large group of chariots and horses coming, the captain of the guard struck his rough beard, and held his sword to meet him, with a businesslike expression on his face, and shouted solemnly: "Stop for inspection." Prepare the tax money for entering the customs, fifty wen per person. ”

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was greedy for money and liked to do business. This tax payment was his idea. Fifty wen is nothing to Luan Yi, but it is indeed a big expense for ordinary people, and if you add thirty wen, you can buy a full bucket of grain if you make up enough for eighty.

So when he heard the word "tax", Luan Yi felt uncomfortable for a while.

Xi Zhicai faintly became a figure in charge of foreign communication among the people. He Shi Shiran dismounted, greeted him with a smile on his face, and talked with the captain for a while, and the captain looked up to the sky and laughed non-stop.

Immediately, Xi Zhicai and Shi Shiran ran back and whispered to Luan Yi for a while. He was allowed to take a piece of gold cake and quietly handed it to the lieutenant.

When the captain saw the golden gold, his smile deepened, and with a wave of his big hand, he motioned for the soldiers to switch and let him go.

The captain looked at the huge convoy that slowly drove into the pass. Looking at the deep ruts left by the convoy on the avenue, my eyes couldn't help but narrow. He checked the gold cake in his hand, and sighed in his heart, how much gold must be in this car to leave such a deep and thick trace!

He glanced lightly at one of the guards behind him, and the soldier understood, and walked away with the convoy.

Due to the delay at the pass for too much time, Luan Yi and his party did not have time to rush to the nearest county town to rest, and it was worth temporarily staying in the village on the west side of the Tiger Prison Pass.

While staying overnight, Luan Yi took a brief look at the living conditions of the people in this village. After seeing and hearing it, a feeling of amazement arises spontaneously. Originally, he thought that the capital was important, and the people's lives should be much better than those in other states and counties, but this was not the case. The people in the village have vegetables on their faces, and every household has no surplus grain, so they can only dig wild vegetables every day to survive. In many families in the village, there are only one or two sets of clothes in the whole family, and whoever goes out dresses them, and the rest are naked at home**.

In this already chilly autumn, Luan Yi really couldn't think of how they survived.

Luan Yi and others were surprised, now that the autumn harvest has just passed, and it is not a disaster year, it stands to reason that it is the time when the grain warehouse is full, why are the people's families so poor?

Confused, he asked an old man in the village. The old man was stunned and replied: The land in Guanzhong belongs to the big families, and the people in the village are just tenants of the scholars and masters. One-third of the grain grown every year needs to be used to pay taxes, and another third is handed over to the landlord, who could have left one-third of his life, but because of his proximity to the Tiger Prison Pass, he was robbed by the soldiers in the Tiger Prison Pass by beating the autumn wind. It's because the people in the village live so hard.

Luan Yi was stunned. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the yield per mu of peasants' land was so small, and regardless of the bastards in the tiger prison, only the scholars and the imperial court had to take so much money and grain...... Compared with the people in Guanzhong, the farmers in Yingchuan are undoubtedly much happier. Driven by the Xun family, the rent demanded by the Yingchuan Shi clan from the tenants was much cheaper, one out of thirteen, that is, only one-thirteen of the land output. At the same time, on the first day, seventh, fifteenth, and twenty-first day of each month, the Luan family and the Xun family will also take turns to cook porridge to provide a full meal for the people.

After walking around the village, Luan Yi and the others returned to the rented hut, sat on the collapse of the house, and pondered quietly. There was a long silence in the dimly lit room.

"What is wrong with the people that they suffer so much!" Mao Jue burst into tears, covered his face and sighed.

Grief spreads throughout the house. Seeing this scene, it is inevitable that everyone will cry sadly.

"The people are living in such hardship, doesn't the court know?" Guo Jia thumped his chest.

"It's weird to know!" Xi Zhicai leaned lazily by the window, looking at the moonlight outside the window, "Hiding in the capital all day long and talking about wine, how do you know the difficulties of the people's lives?" Am I waiting for the same? Before I left Yingchuan, I thought that the life of the people in Yingchuan was hard enough, but now look at the situation in Gyeonggi...... Hey, I think that the life of the people of Yingchuan can be described as comfortable! Saying that, Xi Zhicai saw that Luan Yi and Xun Yu's eyes revealed a deep sense of gratitude, if it weren't for the two of them to set an example, I was afraid that the people of Yingchuan would be like Luoyang.

"If this continues, sooner or later there will be chaos." Cheng Yu in a word.

Luan Yi was worried and added, "In less than ten years, the world will be in chaos!" "In fact, it won't take five years for Zhang Jiao to revolt.

"Wouldn't it? There are still sages in the DPRK, and they will always come up with a way to deal with it and reverse the plight of the people! As a die-hard supporter of the Han family, Xun Yu has always maintained firm confidence in the Han court.

"Twist?" Luan Yi sneered, "There are indeed sages in the imperial court, such as my master Cai Yong, Zheng Xuan, and Huangfu Song. But look at any of their positions? Taixue Sacrificial Wine, Ph.D....... General Huangfu even simply stayed at home. The eunuchs of the imperial court control the government, but the sages are not allowed to be reused, which is the employment of unclear; Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has bought and sold officials and lords at real prices, so that talented people without wealth cannot display their talents, which is a misrule of officials; There are countless excesses and miscellaneous taxes, and the people live in hardship, with no food and clothing, and in the long run, the people's will will be turned back. With these few items, the world can not be chaotic! ”

Xun Yu was speechless, bowed his head and sighed. "According to what Ziqi said, is the big man going to decline?"

Luan Yi shook his head. From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want the Han Dynasty to fall like this. "I hope that my generation will be able to apply what they have learned in the future and support the community."

When Xun Yu heard this, his face was delighted, "Ziqi knows the way to save the world?" ”

Luan Yi thought for a while, "After the chaos, there will be great governance!" ”

"After the chaos, there will be great governance?" Xun Yu groaned a few times, and his eyes widened suddenly, "Ziqi is saying that the chaos is decided." ”

"Yes!" Luan Yi unfolded the folding fan, a little lotus in the chaotic leaves? Will he be a bright lotus flower in this troubled world?

"Virtuous brother!" At this moment, Dian Wei's majestic figure suddenly appeared in front of the door, waved his hand, signaled Luan Yi to go over, and had something important to tell him.

Luan Yi hurriedly stepped forward and poked his head over, only to hear Dian Wei say: "A certain family just went to inspect the carriage and horses, and I happened to see someone sneaking around and peeping nearby. Seeing that the man's clothes and fabrics were quite new, he didn't think he was from the village. I was suspicious, so I came to tell him. ”

"Is that man still there?" Luan Yi was shocked and asked.

The man saw that a certain family had found his traces, and ran away in a hurry. A certain family chased for a while, and the guy disappeared into the woods. Dian Wei's worry was palpable.

In the room, Guo Jia and the others saw Luan Yi and Dian Wei whispering, their faces were solemn, and they asked if something had happened.

Luan Yi licked his chapped lips and said, "Guys, it looks like we're going to be in big trouble!" Then he told the people exactly what Dian Wei had said, and what someone was peeping on.

"Huh?" Xiao Cui, who had just stepped into the door and brought hot water to everyone, was immediately frightened when she heard these words, "Is there a thief targeting us?" ”

"Quite possibly!" Luan Yi nodded again and again, and then added: "In the land of Gyeonggi, there is no suitable place for ambush after passing through the Tiger Prison Pass, and there are many counties and towns along the way, so the thieves will never attack there." From this point of view, the village where we live now is much more remote, and the nearest Tiger Prison Pass is also five miles away. Yes, if I were that thief, I would choose to plunder here! As for the time, it can only be tonight, because tomorrow I will leave later! ”

Everyone nodded and pondered!

Xiao Cui put down the copper kettle in her hand and exclaimed, "How can that be?" Let's run! ”

"The black light is blind, the road is difficult to distinguish, how to run! Besides, our cars are tired and we can't run fast! Mao Jue shook his head and denied Xiao Cui's idea.

"In this way, the guards will be strengthened at night to ensure safety." Dian Wei said angrily.

"No!" Luan Yi waved his hand and said, "The enemy is dark and I am clear, and I don't know the number of thieves." If the thieves outnumber me and attack us in our time of need, we will be destroyed! ”

"I can't go, I can't stand it! What can I do? Xun Yu sighed. I secretly thought that I would have known that I would not bring so much property into Beijing, which would cause me to attract red eyes and attract thieves.

"Brother Wen Ruo, don't panic." Luan Yi looked at Guo Jia and Shan Fu with an inquiring gaze, "Jia, Fu, is there a way to deal with it?" ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly when he heard this, "What's so difficult about this." The rats also dare to go against Yingchuan's facial features. I see they're getting impatient! ”

"Will the plan be released? Jia Di Mo sells Guanzi. The crowd inquired one after another.

"Don't panic!" Saying that, Guo Jia took a few tea bowls from the table, placed the layout of the village on the table, and said slowly: "Why don't we come up with a plan!" ”

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