Time to June of the second year of the Great Cause, Yang Yuanqing has been the assassin of Fengzhou for a year, at this time the new capital of Luoyang has been built, the Great Sui Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, renamed Xijing as Chang'an, at the same time, the world changed the state to the county, Fengzhou was renamed Wuyuan County.

After the Battle of Dali City, the Sui Dynasty increased the development of Wuyuan County, the garrison increased from 10,000 to 20,000, and moved the families of the soldiers at the same time, so that they could defend the border with peace of mind.

The weather has entered the middle of summer, the summer of Wuyuan County is also extremely hot, the sky seems to be on fire, the official road outside Jiuyuan County is shrouded in a translucent hot atmosphere, take a step and the heat will be on the face, every passerby is sweating profusely, the heat is unbearable.

Jiuyuan County, that is, the original Wuyuan County, was renamed, and the Jiuyuan City in the north was also renamed Wuhai City, and the imitation of Dali City was rebuilt to increase its defense.

In the afternoon of this day, a very tall and fat Sui army officer walked on the official road outside Jiuyuan County, he led a camel, his armor and weapons were hung on the camel, and with difficulty, he staggered towards Jiuyuan County, looking at his appearance, it seemed that he would die on the road if he took another step.

This person is Yang Wei, he has now been promoted to the lord of Dali City, responsible for the forts around Dali City, that is, the original position of Ma Shao, Ma Shao has been appointed as the general of Wuhai Town, and Dali Town will be held by Yang Sien, the biggest change among them is Fat Fish, he has thrown Wu Congwen, served as the deputy supervisor of Jiāo City, and is in charge of inspecting the border to evade taxes.

Yang Wei came to Jiuyuan County this time to urge a batch of summer military uniforms, and at the same time there is an extremely important thing to find Yang Yuanqing, half a month ago he received a letter from his father, his grandfather Yang Su is seriously ill, he wants to ask for leave to go back to the capital to visit his grandfather.

Half an hour later, Yang Wei finally walked into the county seat with difficulty, in the cool city of Méndòng. He leaned against the cold stone wall. Gasping for air, his eyes were black for a while, and he almost fainted.

The soldiers guarding Mén knew him. Hurriedly rushed up with a water bag, "General Yang San, you drink saliva, this is the well water that has just been hit." It's still icy! ”

There are three Yang generals in Wuyuan County, Yang Sien is known as Yang Er General, and Yang Wei is known as Yang San General, in fact, everyone calls him Fat San Lang behind his back, which is also his rǔ name since childhood.

Yang Wei snatched the water bag and poured a few sips, the cold well water made him cool from head to toe. He let out a long breath, his vitality immediately recovered, and he took a few more sips before returning the water bag to the soldier and laughing, "You guys are so lucky." I can drink well water, and I have applied to work with you in the summer, and I would rather be a soldier who takes care of the well. ”

All the soldiers laughed, Yang Wei patted the shoulder of the soldier who sent the water, and strode into the city to lead the camel, others rode a horse, he rode a camel, his weight was more than 270 catties, plus a pair of 80 catties of sledgehammers. The horses I used to ride were really tormented.

Yang Wei often comes to Jiuyuan County, and he is already familiar with the road. Soon, he came to the Toyoshu Governor's Mansion. Although Toyosu was changed to Gohara County in terms of administrative affairs, the military still retained the functions of the Toyoshu Governor's Office.

In front of the governor's palace was a herd of camels tied to a horse-tethered stake, loaded with Sogdian merchants' gold-trimmed round-headed leather chests, which seemed to be filled with treasures, and several young Sogdian merchants in white robes and disc hats were combing the camels with the sand they hung on the long máo.

"Where are you from Sogdia?" Yang Wei greeted the young Sogdian merchants in Turkic, which he had studied for a year but was not yet proficient in.

"From Xiao Shi Guo, does that sèbō know?"

"Oh! The home of gemstones, I know. ”

Yang Wei also tied his camel to the horse stake and said with a smile: "Are you here to pay the tax?" The Jiāo tax is going to the city of Dalli! ”

"Nope! We wanted to buy some tea. ”

"Tea?"

Yang Wei laughed, took out a bag of mō from the horse bag, about a catty, and handed it to the young Sogdian merchant, "Here you go!" ”

"Thank you, general!"

The Sogdian merchant took the tea and smelled it, then took another one and put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, while looking up and pondering the price of this pound of tea, of course he could not ask for it in vain, and the other party did not say that it was for him, but after a while, he took out a sapphire the size of a little thumb from his pocket and handed it to him.

Yang Wei was not polite, took the sapphire and put it in his arms, now the tea is so expensive that he can exchange this pound of tea for twenty fine sheepskins on the grassland, he has never known his life, of course he will not give it to this young Sogdian merchant.

Since more than a year ago, Yang Yuanqing sold tea in the upper echelons of the Turks, and the result was a great success, tea has become a Turkic luxury, and in the horse market last April, Yang Yuanqing's thousands of loads of inferior tea were snatched up by the Turks, making him a windfall.

As tea gradually became popular in the steppe, Sogdian merchants also smelled the business opportunity and began to go to the Central Plains to sell tea, but it did not go well, and the tea in Chang'an and Luoyang was basically bought up by Fengzhou in the name of the army, and they could only go to Jiangdu, which was more farther away.

However, the tea bought in Jiangdu could not be stored for a long time, and it was moldy when it was transported to the frontier, and the people of the steppes did not recognize it, and many Sogdian merchants lost their old capital, and they found that the tea in Fengzhou was different from the tea they bought from Jiangdu, and it seemed that after some special treatment, the tea was boiled in the form of red copper sè, and they could not learn this technique, and in desperation, the Sogdian merchants could only buy tea from the official high price of Fengzhou, and then transport it to the grassland to sell, earning a small profit of fifty percent, rather than a hundred times the profit they dreamed.

Yang Wei walked into the governor's mansion and met Wei Siyun, Wei Siyun is the governor of the governor's mansion, and he is also the assassin of Wuyuan County.

Wei Siyun was born in Jingzhao Wei's name Mén, was transferred from Yanzhou Sima Ren last year, about 30 years old, not tall, white skin, with a foot of long beard, he is a civil official, very good at managing financial management, in office for a year, to assist Yang Yuanqing to govern Wuyuan County in an orderly manner.

As early as a few years ago, Wei Siyun met Yang Wei in the capital, and they both belonged to the children of the famous mén, and the relationship between the two was very good. ”

"As long as I have a breath left, I'm willing to dry it."

Yang Wei patted his stomach, very worried about his féi fatness, he looked at the manager's room again, and asked in a low voice, "Is he there?" ”

"Yes. It's going to be good right away. ”

Wei Siyun patted his arm. "You wait for the general! I had to go one step beforehand. ”

Wei Siyun walked quickly, and Yang Wei was spinning around the yard with his hands behind his back, he was very worried. In the letter, my father said that my grandfather was so sick that he refused to take yào and did not see a doctor. It is estimated that it won't last long, so let him go home and see his grandfather one last time.

Yang Wei didn't know how to tell Yang Yuanqing later, he had been hiding this matter, and his father repeatedly told him in the letter not to tell Yang Yuanqing about it, but he felt that he should say it, he had already wanted to come. It was the hesitation in his heart that made him drag on for half a month.

Behind him came the sound of footsteps, followed by the whispers of several Sogdian merchants, "Just sell us a little more!" It's not easy to go to the grasslands. A thousand catties of tea really doesn't make much money. ”

"This year's new tea has not yet arrived, this is still a little stock from last year, it is really not much, you come back in two months, I can sell you 300 quintals."

Yang Yuanqing sent a few Sogdian merchants out of the room, and when he turned his head, he saw Yang Wei in a circle in the courtyard, and laughed: "What are you doing on such a hot day?" ”

"Yuanqing. There's one thing I want to tell you, don't scold me! "Yang Wei is a little lacking in confidence.

"Come on in! It's so hot outside. ”

Yang Yuanqing took Yang Wei into the general manager's room. This is where Yujuluo used to work, and it is now used by Yang Yuanqing. The room was simply furnished, with a bookcase and a couch with two small tables, one of which was piled high with paperwork.

The light in the room is bright, there is a word hanging in the middle, there are only four words, 'plug the pearl', the handwriting is vigorous, the strength penetrates the back of the paper, this word is framed and pasted very jīng, or the twenty years of the emperor, the prince Yang Guang served as the generalissimo of the expedition to the west, the words inscribed have been hanging here.

Yang Yuanqing walked into the room and said with a smile: "It just so happens that you have another letter from home, and I am going to send someone to send it to you in two days, it seems that it was written by your father." ”

Yang Wei's face turned pale and trembled, he suddenly held on to the wall, almost unable to stand, he had already guessed the content of the letter.

"What's wrong with you?" Yang Yuanqing saw that his expression was abnormal, and couldn't help but ask strangely.

Yang Wei's plop! He fell to his knees, slapped himself in the face and cried loudly, "What a bastard! I shouldn't have kept it a secret from you, or it would have been too late. ”

Yang Yuanqing grabbed his hand, stared at him and asked, "You say, what happened?" ”

Yang Wei cried and fell to the ground, "Our grandfather.... No more. ”

This sentence was like five thunderbolts, which made Yang Yuanqing stunned, and suddenly, he grabbed Yang Wei's shirt and asked viciously: "Are you still there?" ”

Yang Wei's face was full of tears, and he pointed to the letter on the table and shouted: "Look at that letter, you open it and look at it, and you will know when you read it!" ”

Yang Yuanqing wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, tore open the letter, he unfolded the letter and read it quickly, he was like a statue, and a page of letter paper fell from his hand.

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In the evening, Wei Siyun was not at ease, and hurriedly returned to the governor's mansion, and in the courtyard, he saw Yang Yuanqing, sitting motionless on a big rock as in the afternoon, Yang Yuanqing had been sitting for almost two hours.

Wei Siyun sighed and stepped forward to persuade him, "People can't be resurrected after death, the deceased is gone, and the general asks for condolences." ”

After a while, Yang Yuanqing said: "Wei Changshi, I entrust you with one thing." ”

"General Yang, please say, as long as I can do it, I will definitely promise you."

"You handle the government affairs for me for two months, and I want to go back to the capital and send ninety-seven to my grandfather."

Wei Siyun nodded silently, "Don't worry!" I'll get things done. ”

After a pause, he asked, "When will the general go back?" ”

Yang Yuanqing was silent for a moment, "I'll arrange military affairs tomorrow and leave early the day after tomorrow." ”

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[Let's talk about the update, this month is guaranteed to be 7,000 words a day, there will be a small outbreak occasionally, and there are eleven chapters left in June's debt repayment, the debt has been recorded, and Rong Laogao will pay it off slowly]