The 800-mile Taihang Mountains divided the land of Hebei into Hebei and Hebei, and finally turned a corner near the Yellow River, dividing the land on the north bank of the Yellow River into Shangdang and Hanoi.

The most convenient way to get from Hedong to Qingzhou is not to go through Huguan and go to Dang or Taiyuan, but to detour through Hanoi and directly enter Wei County.

There is another benefit to choosing a route this way. Hanoi's Zhang Yang is sandwiched between the two major forces, although there is certainly no future in the big chess game of competing for the world, but at the moment he is quite courteous from both sides, and it should be safer to go to Qingzhou through Hanoi than from Luoyang.

As far as Ma Dai knew, now in the Fengqiu and Yuanwu areas, the armies of Lu Bu and Cao Cao were facing each other, and they were tense and could fight at any time. Even if it is a detour, Nanyang is not much better, although Dong Zhuo has been defeated, Li Ru has a lot of backbone, and he insists on not surrendering.

Li Ru himself is not difficult to solve, no matter how resourceful he is, he can't resist the general trend, as far as the terrain of Wuguan is concerned, as long as Cao Cao divides the soldiers and horses into two routes, and blocks them at both ends of Xixian and Shangluo, he can trap Li Ru's remnants alive.

The problem lies in the south, although Liu Biao doesn't know the truth about the division of the three families, but through the surrounding situation, he also sees some signs, if there are only Sun Ce and Yuan Shu, how can the latter become such a virtuous character?

What's more, although Cao Cao did not officially send troops, he also had tens of thousands of Chen soldiers in Wancheng, eyeing Jingzhou, which caused a great constraint on Jingzhou. What's more serious than this is that Cao Cao didn't do anything on the surface, but in private, he kept in contact with the Jingxiang Hao clan, connecting them everywhere, obviously fighting bloodlessly, and taking Jingzhou's idea at his fingertips.

Liu Biao didn't dare to be careless, and he was not a fuel-efficient lamp. Although he didn't dare to take the initiative to provoke, he made an article on Li Ru's remnant army.

He has a good deck of cards in his hand, and that is Zhang Xiu, who is stationed in Xinye!

At present, Zhang Xiu, Li Ru, and Xiahou Yuan are fighting endlessly in Nanyang, with a small battle in three days and a big battle in ten days. In case you're unlucky. Even if Ma Dai is strong in martial arts, he can't guarantee that he can get out of the way, let alone that he still has a Ma Yunluo who can't afford to lose.

It is true that the truth is true, but the world is impermanent, and the truth is not the only criterion for making judgments.

Within two days of entering the border of the inner part of the river, Ma Dai regretted it. This Hanoi is really not an ordinary mess!

is in a troubled world at the moment, but Xiliang has not stopped for decades, Ma Dai has been used to seeing swords and swords since he was a child, and the soldiers are in chaos, and he always feels that the Central Plains is chaotic. It's impossible to mess with Xiliang. In the past few years, no one has fought in Hanoi, so it should be more peaceful here than outside.

The result? There are indeed fewer bandits and bandits than those places in Hedong and Sanfu, but the security environment in Hanoi is worse than those places, because those bandits have all turned into officials and soldiers in Hanoi!

There is a saying: bandits are like combs. When these three are combined, the destructive power is not suitable even for Ma Dai, who grew up in troubled times.

Hanoi has been a prosperous place since ancient times, Han Quang Wu started here in the past, and then countless Xuan He families were born here, and it is needless to say that they are rich.

After Zhang Yang took office, the beginning was fine. Because of the comparison between Wang Yu's father and son, Zhang Yang's governance is also the principle of Xiao Gui Cao Sui and ruling by inaction, and Hanoi has gradually recovered a little of its old appearance.

The bad thing is that Zhang Yang, in order to support the boss Yuan Shao, took the Hanoi soldiers and horses to get involved in the Hebei War. As a result, he was defeated and fled back. Later, Bai Bo moved eastward, passing through Hanoi, and stirred him to death, unable to resist.

As a result, the wealthy families in Hanoi understood that Zhang Yang was not only not a promising hero, but also a competent protector, so they gave up the last luck and fled south one after another.

Without the support of these wealthy families, Zhang Yang's situation naturally worsened, but after all, life had to go on, there was no way, he could only recruit and rebel, and took in the black mountain thieves such as Zheng Gu, who were not allowed to be Zhang Yan, and protected Zheng Gu as a general to capture him, which was regarded as the meaning of buying horse bones for a thousand dollars.

The effect of consolidating this bone is good, Zhang Yang gathered a large number of thieves as he wished, including the Black Mountain Thief, the remnants of Baibo Guotai, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban who was chased and beaten by Xu Huang all the way from Jibei and had nowhere to stay.

These people are all habitual bandits who are deeply rooted in banditry, can't stand the constraints of military discipline, and just want to be at ease, so they can't tolerate Qingzhou. Zhang Yang recruited this group of goods, and the momentum was much greater than before, but the order in the county was completely finished.

Now the merchants who come and go from the east and west, would rather go to Luoyang than dare to pass through Hanoi, although Ma Dai inquired about the news in advance, but after all, the itinerary was in a hurry, and he didn't think about it enough, so he crashed into the den of thieves.

At first, he still wanted to keep a low profile as much as possible, thinking about spending money to eliminate disasters, who would have thought that the thief army in Hanoi was so cruel, the money was wanted, and he wanted it all! Anyway, as long as it hits their hands and can save a small life, they will have to burn high incense.

can't bear it, there is no need to endure it anymore, compared to a few cousins, Ma Dai is a good-tempered person, but in fact, how many people are good at killing a world in the bloody and bloody place of Xiliang?

Let go of the fight, Ma Dai plus more than a dozen of his personal soldiers, and Ma Yunluo, a small killer with similar martial arts and ability to cause trouble, killed hundreds of thieves and fled, which can be regarded as getting out of trouble.

Of course, no matter how high the martial arts are, they are also afraid of knives, Hanoi is the base camp of thieves, and if you fight a small one, it will definitely provoke a bigger one, Ma Dai is not confident to face tens of thousands of thieves with one hand and two fists. After getting rid of the thief army blocking the road, he couldn't escape all the way, and fled from Yi County to Heyang County on the edge of the Yellow River in one breath, and then stopped to catch his breath.

A small head poked out of the carriage, and while looking around, he asked, "Why don't you leave?" Did you get to Wei County? ”

"It's still far away." Ma Dai reprimanded angrily: "Little Wu, what are we talking about before we leave?" At least on the road, you also pretend to be a big lady for me? It's okay to always probe your brain like what? ”

"The eldest lady is not a dead person, and the carriage is not a coffin, so why is it not allowed to breathe?" Ma Yunluo pouted and didn't follow.

"It's not impossible to breathe, at least don't make a mess when there are a lot of people!" Ma Dai had the heart to beat his chest, and when they passed the level, they had already bargained with the leader of the thieves. Although he had to pay half of the goods and money, there was still hope for a peaceful passage, but Xiao Wu was so bad at the first moment.

"It's lively when there are a lot of people, if there is no one, isn't it just those mountains and rivers on this road. Tattered, what's there to see? ”

People have come out, and Ma Yunluo's confidence is naturally more sufficient, where can Ma Dai train her? When he was depressed, someone next to him smiled and said, "Brother Ma, Sister Ling is innocent and straightforward." It is also where the true temperament lies, so you don't have to blame. Although Ling Mei is young, this art industry is very remarkable, if this is in our Qingzhou, it can't be said that she is a female general who does not let her eyebrows go! ”

Ma Dai pretended to be a foot trader, but he had never done it. I was afraid that I wouldn't look like it, so I found a caravan on the road to join, and it was the leader of this temporary caravan who spoke.

In Xiliang, although some people have admired Ma Yunluo's martial arts, most of them are perfunctory and praised by female generals, this businessman is the first in the world. The little girl's eyes narrowed with joy, and she said sweetly: "Uncle, you are really good at talking, you are really a good person." ”

Ma Dai rolled his eyes, Xiao Wu's good guy card standard became really fast, anyway, whoever spoke according to her heart was a good person, and he was still the best person in the world a few days ago.

"Brother Yang has won the award, his mother died early, his father is a businessman all the year round, and his sister is unattended. The temperament is a little wilder, see the smile, see the laugh. Ma Dai knows the truth that if you say too much, you will lose, and you know that these businessmen who have been walking outside all the year round have unusual vision. didn't dare to let this topic continue to go deeper, but changed the conversation and pulled the topic to the other party.

"Brother Yang, are you from Qingzhou?"

"Yes, I am a strong man from Anping County, and my mother died early, and my father is away all the year round, and I am also sympathetic to Brother Ma."

Listening to the answer of the Qingzhou businessman, Ma Dai's heart sank slightly. The other party's answer was very frank, and he couldn't see any flaws, but he didn't know if he was too sensitive, or if the other party really had a problem, in short, his answer was very clever to turn the topic back to himself.

Ma Dai remained silent and continued to ask, "Anping County?" That should not be far from Gaotang, right? ”

"Huh? Brother Ma has also heard of our Qingzhou Gaotang in Guanzhong? I thought it was so far away, at most, only some businessmen who often walked abroad had heard of Gaotang. The merchant surnamed Yang looked a little surprised, but his pride was also overflowing: "It's not too far, in fact, even if the hussar general has only recently beaten Youzhou, it is a few days away from Gaotang......

The merchant described it endlessly, not only did he hear Ma Dai's suspicions, but even the other people in the caravan also came over, whether they had been there or just heard of it, they all yearned for it, and Ma Yunluo's eyes were even more shining, but there were no little stars.

"In this northern expedition, our fleet in Qingzhou has made great contributions......

The merchant gave a thumbs up and praised loudly: "Millions of grain and grass, only a few thousand people were used, and most of them were construction workers, and the total number of laborers to carry was less than 3,000!" That's the benefit of sea freight! But everyone didn't work in vain, and the spoils of the army were basically the responsibility of the merchant fleet participating in the war...... In fact, not only on the sea, but also on this big river, it is also the world of our Qingzhou fleet......"

"Uncle Yang, then why don't you do maritime business, or walk down the river, but take the same risk as us?" Ma Yunluo, who interrupted the businessman, blinked her big eyes, but she asked the key point.

"Alas, what about the sea boat, that's your uncle, I am not bold enough, I missed it, although it is not without a chance to make up for it, but if I miss it, there is a problem with courage and vision, and it is not a matter of reluctantly asking people to make up for it. As for the fleet...... the merchant laughed dryly, "hehe, but there is something for this...... I won't tell you that the goods I transported to Guanzhong this time are not good to see......"

Everyone else said 'oh', and then showed a look of kinship, only the Ma Dai brothers and sisters looked dazed, not knowing why. Especially Ma Dai, he inquired before he came, and heard that Qingzhou has very strict control over businessmen, and in the eyes of the world, businessmen who blindly seek profits are all in Qingzhou who pay taxes according to the rules and regulations, and the kind that is exactly the same.

Ma Dai didn't know what the businessman surnamed Yang meant, but he clearly heard that what the other party bought and sold was clearly some kind of contraband!

When the water is clear, there are no fish, and Qingzhou is no exception?

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