In September, Gohara County has reached the harvest season, the wheat is ripe, the field is an endless wheat field, as if covered with a golden carpet, and like a golden sea, the thick ears of wheat press the wheat stalks down, occasionally a gust of wind blows, the wheat waves roll, the golden waves rise and fall, the wheat field, everywhere you can see the harvest of farmers, soldiers, scholars and officials, almost the entire Gohara County is mobilized.

On the official road south of Jiuyuan County, a caravan from Hedong was moving slowly, hundreds of mules were loaded with goods from the Central Plains, tea, sugar, paper, stationery and paint, these were the best selling goods in Wuyuan County, it can be seen that this caravan knew the market of Wuyuan County very well.

Since the six counties of Guanbei became the sphere of influence of the Fengzhou army, the imperial court's trade ban on Wuyuan County basically existed in name only, and merchants in order to make profits, they came to Wuyuan County from Guanzhong and Hedong in an endless stream to do business, and they brought all kinds of urgently needed goods from Wuyuan County, including all kinds of military supplies, but took away the copper coins minted by Wuyuan County, which was the best Kaihuang Wuzhu money, which was extremely popular in the Central Plains.

The leader of the caravan was a man of more than thirty men, with thick eyebrows and strong eyes, and he rode a horse, looking at the busy harvest in the fields from afar, and beside him was a young man, who looked with envy at this tempting harvest scene, this kind of endless wheat field is rare in the Central Plains.

"Brother Li, if the whole world is like Wuyuan County, how good it would be!" The guy sighed under his breath.

"Don't think too much, we're not here to make you sigh this time in Wuyuan County." The man surnamed Li stared at the guy grimly. The guy was too scared to say anything more.

The caravan walked through the last wheat field and came to the front of the county seat of Jiuyuan, where it was immediately stopped by the soldiers guarding the city gate, and an officer asked, "Where did you come from?" ”

The man hurriedly smiled and said, "We came from Hedong and trafficked goods to Fengzhou." ”

"Can you carry weapons and military supplies?"

Gohara also has strict rules for merchants. No weapons were allowed into the city. This is not to say that arms trafficking is not allowed. It's all right, but you have to register in detail before entering the city, store it in a warehouse outside the city, and then there will be special officials to receive it, but foreign merchants are not allowed to bring weapons into the city.

The man hurriedly said: "There are only self-defense weapons that you carry with you, and you also know that it is very unsafe along the way." ”

"Our Wuyuan County is very safe, you can't bring it into the city!"

A soldier brought a wooden box and said, "Put all your weapons in!" I'll give it back to you when I go. ”

The man was helpless. I had to give an order to my entourage, and everyone untied their swords and bows and arrows from their waists and put them in wooden boxes. The officer said coldly: "The dagger should also be put in!" ”

Several of the attendants had to pull out the daggers from their boots and throw them into the box, and the officer said to the crowd: "If not, I will seal the box." I want to remind you that if there is a weapon after the box is sealed, it is prohibited, once it is seized, but it will be a lawsuit, and there is no more, hurry up and put it in! ”

The officer confirmed it several times, and when he saw that there was no response, he waved his hand, "Seal the box!" ”

The soldier sealed the box, the officer counted the number of people, and handed a square bronze medal to the man, "Take the weapon with this bronze medal, remember, three days!" ”

He commanded the soldier again, "Search and inspect the goods!" ”

Dozens of soldiers rushed forward, began to search their bodies, and inspected the merchants' goods, and after confirming that there were no military goods and weapons, the officer waved his hand and let them into the city.

The inspection at the city gate lasted for half an hour, and the young man was speechless: "It wasn't so strict last year!" ”

"Don't talk too much!"

The man glared at him again, and everyone walked all the way to a store that sold groceries, and the man glanced at the sign, 'Han Ji Grocery Store', this is it.

The shopkeeper in the store came out early and said with a smile: "Why did you come now, I thought you should have arrived yesterday." ”

"I encountered wind and sand on the road, and it was delayed."

The man turned over and dismounted, beckoning the guys to deliver the goods into the store, and a few guys ran out of the store to help.

The shopkeeper took the man into the inner courtyard and sat down in a room, the shopkeeper's surname is Han, his name is Han Chang, he has been in Wuyuan County for more than a year, this grocery store is his industry, and the business is very good, this man who came from afar is named Li Shouzhong, nominally a businessman, but in fact, he is the head of Li Yuanfu's family.

This Li Ji grocery store is naturally also an intelligence point set up by Li Yuan in Fengzhou, specializing in collecting all kinds of intelligence on Wuyuan County and the Fengzhou Army, and grasping Yang Yuanqing's movements.

Since Yang Yuanqing supported Sui in Fengzhou in the ninth year of the Great Cause, Li Yuan knew that Yang Yuanqing would become his rival sooner or later, and since then, he began to pay attention to Fengzhou, at present, Li Yuan has set up a total of two intelligence points, one in Chang'an, and the other is in Fengzhou, and the eldest son Li Jiancheng is fully responsible, whether it is the shopkeeper Han Chang or the businessman Li Shouzhong, they are Li Jiancheng's henchmen.

The two sat down, and Li Shouzhong was puzzled: "When I entered the city today, the soldiers were extremely strict, and it wasn't like this last time, did something happen?" ”

"Nothing happened, after the Battle of Yanmen, Fengzhou began to carry out strict control in an all-round way, local residents, in fact, every household has knives, spears, bows and arrows, but this has to be numbered in the government, non-local residents like us, can not have weapons, and even the materials for making weapons can not be had, once they are found, they will be imprisoned, last month a shopkeeper who opened a wine shop in Dali City, I still know this person, was found to have dozens of various weapons, and the result was identified as a Turkic spy killed, and now it is real, everyone dare not hide weapons privately."

Li Shouzhong groaned and said, "You mean, it's mainly to investigate Turkic spies?" ”

"Almost, there are Sui army patrols on the side of Yinshan, people who come from the north will be strictly checked, now there are many Han people who have taken refuge in the Turks, and they can't be prevented, I have lived in Wuyuan County for two years, and I have met the qualifications, I applied for the household registration of Wuyuan County a few days ago, and the government came to review it yesterday, and it is estimated that I will be able to get the household registration in two days, so that I can be promoted to a class A person, and there will be no army to search in the future, and there are also weapons, so it will be more convenient for us."

"What Kind of Alpha?" Li Shouzhong was a little confused.

Han Chang smiled slightly, "Category A people are people who have a household registration in Wuyuan County, they can have weapons, and they are the most free, and they will not be inspected without any special circumstances, and Class B people are people who live in Wuyuan County, but they don't have household registration, they can't have weapons, they have to go to the county government every ten days to make a point, and they are often checked, like me am a Class B person, and a traveling merchant like you is a Class C person, you should have a bronze medal when you enter the city!" ”

Li Shouzhong took out the bronze medal and handed it to him, Han Chang looked at the back of the bronze medal, and said with a smile: "See, there is a 'three' on it, that is, you can only stay in the city for three days, more than three days, you will be in trouble, you will be interrogated by the government first, and if the interrogation is not passed, you will be detained and handed over to the military, that is, there is a suspicion of enemy agents." ”

Only then did Li Shouzhong understand that it was no wonder that the officer emphasized that there were only three days, which was what he meant, and he asked puzzledly: "What about you, are there signs for entering and leaving the city?" ”

"Absolutely!"

Han Chang took out a round bronze medal from his waist, put it on the table and said with a smile: "This is my round medal, I have to show it when I enter and leave the city, I have to be searched, and after my household registration application arrives, I can change the fish card and go out of the city and enter the city freely, in fact, there are many details in it, such as living in the city or outside the city, it is not the same, people with household registration outside the city enter the city, there is no problem for a day or two, if it exceeds three days, you have to go to the county government for the record, very strict, in the final analysis, it is a sentence, prevent internal response, prevent spies." ”

Li Shouzhong sighed slightly, if this is the case, one of his tasks may not be completed.

"This time, I was ordered by the eldest prince to come to Wuyuan County, in addition to bringing the information you collected back to Taiyuan, there are two other tasks."

"What task, you say?"

"One task is for me to raise an army in Wuyuan, about two or three hundred people, lurking in Dali County and Jiuyuan County....."

Before he finished speaking, Han Chang immediately shook his head and said: "This is absolutely impossible, the Fengzhou Army has very strict control over this kind of multi-person gathering, more than fifty people enter the country, there will be sergeants to follow and monitor the whole process, more than ten people are not allowed to enter the city, businessmen open shops, and the non-local household registration guys hired are not allowed to exceed five people, and the total number of guys is more than twenty people, then there will be sergeants stationed in the store to monitor, so there is no one in each store in Jiuyuan County with more than twenty people, even if it is not possible to open a branch, if you want to recruit two or three hundred people, where can you recruit them?" The locals' families are here, so they won't do this kind of thing at all, but will report you and get a big reward. ”

Li Shouzhong said helplessly: "Okay then! Let's not mention this task first, I'll go back and report to the eldest son, and you will have to find a way to find another task. ”

"What task?"

"The Fengzhou army has a very powerful heavy infantry, and the eldest son asks us to get a set of heavy infantry equipment at a high price, not immediately, but at least within a year."

Han Chang didn't say anything for a long time, he walked into the back room and took out a flat wooden box, and handed it to Li Shouzhong, "This is some information I have collected, you go back and hand it over to the eldest son, as for the equipment of the heavy infantry, I will find a way, this is very difficult and very risky, I will try my best!" ”

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, and a guy ran over in a panic, "Shopkeeper, there's a team of internal guards outside." ”

When Han Chang heard that it was an internal guard, he was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The guy glanced at Li Shouzhong and whispered: "It seems that there is something wrong with this Li Ye, and the guards outside asked Li Ye to go out and answer immediately, otherwise they will come in and arrest people." ”

Han Chang and Li Shouzhong looked at each other, and Han Chang hurriedly said, "Master Li will deal with it first!" The inner guards have a lot of power, and once they target them, they will be in trouble. ”

Li Shouzhong didn't know what was wrong with him, he had to walk out of the store, there were more than 20 soldiers standing outside the store, the difference was that their helmets were red, this was the internal guard soldiers of the Fengzhou Army, a total of 5,000 people, stationed all over Wuyuan County, their helmets were red, so they were also called red helmets.

There was an officer standing next to him, it was the officer who was guarding the city gate just now, and when he saw Li Shouzhong coming out, he pointed at him and said, "This is the person!" ”

An internal security officer stepped forward and glanced at Li Shouzhong, "Come with us!" ”

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[Ask for a monthly pass, hit the top ten!] (To be continued).

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