(Thank you Dameng for several consecutive tips, and the hospitality is really heartfelt.) Zhao Wuxian 2014, glorious charter, thank you! ）

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Ma Han woke up refreshed. is the so-called drinking, violent K comfortable, plus a sweet good sleep, Sensei is more refreshing. Soon, the guard delivered a note the size of a cigarette, which made the horse even more crooked.

There was only one sentence on the note: "Last night, I had different dreams in the same bed, and I had no desire in the same bed." ”

The note was sent by Zhen Qin as soon as possible in the form of a flying pigeon. This note illustrates two things: one is that Gongsun Gong is really inhumane; The second is the successful establishment of an intelligence network in the form of carrier pigeons.

Before Zhen Qin officially passed the door, according to the arrangement of Gongsun Du, he lived in a family house in the south of the city that was broken by Gongsun Du for more than half a month, waiting for the auspicious period. In the past half a month, Ma Han has certainly been out on investigation, visiting celebrities, and by the way, he has taught the eldest son of Gongsun Taishou a lesson, and he is too busy. And Zhen Qin was not idle, she also focused on one thing at the request of Ma Han: learning to use the simplest secret language, deciphering and reading information.

Ma Han handed her a pre-compiled code book, the content of which was all messy words written in small block letters, which did not mean anything at all, and anyone who held it in his hand would not know what to do. But when you convert a page, a line, a few words, all into brief numbers, write them down on a piece of paper, and give them to another person who has a codebook at hand. According to the method agreed by both parties, the other party can translate according to the digital codebook, and then combine it into a paragraph of information that expresses various information.

This kind of simplest way of translating ciphers in later generations was definitely lofty in the Three Kingdoms era.

The transmission method of MeSign is to use carrier pigeons, and during the Three Kingdoms period, this method was rarely used to transmit messages, because there were too many birds of prey in the natural environment at that time. If you release pigeons in the wild, you will be swallowed by eagles, harriers, falcons, eagles and other birds of prey, and there is no slag left in the belt. Moreover, the carrier pigeon is very unreliable over long distances, but it is very reliable for short distances, especially in densely populated cities, which is even more reliable - at least there is no need to worry about being bitten by birds of prey.

Carrier pigeons in the true sense of the word, without professionals, after a few years, do not want to train out. But Ma Han's request is simple. It can fly over half of the city, and the diameter is only a kilometer. Therefore, the way he adopted was also very simple, he bought a dozen pigeons with a lot of money, put them in a selected residence to raise, and took care of and trained them by special people, so that the pigeons were familiar with the surrounding qiē.

When Zhen Qin entered the house, the servant brought a few pigeons with him. In this way, when the pigeon is released, it will naturally fly back to its original place. Of course. At present, it can only be a one-way transmission, and how to let the pigeon fly back to Gongsun's mansion and realize the round-trip transfer will take more time. Further training.

Although this method is not yet very mature, the successful delivery of the first information indicates a good start. From this moment on, the Liaodong Intelligence Network was formally established. A hidden crossbow buried behind Gongsun Du quietly opened.

On the third day of October, Ma Han officially bid farewell to Gongsun Du, the Taishou of Liaodong, and set off to return to Liaoxi. When you come, take the land route. But on the way back, we have to go by sea, which is a great way to save time, and secondly, to experience this sea route.

Gongsun Du and a group of staff members personally sent Ma Han and his party out of the south gate three miles away, and the entire Xiangping garrison and the people witnessed their Taishou smiling and thoughtful etiquette, showing their appreciation and respect for this young cavalry captain. In the same way, people also saw that the young cavalry captain was full of gratitude and loyalty to Taishou.

Looking at the distant riding shadow of Ma Han and his entourage, Gongsun Du's face slowly sank, and he glanced at Yang Yi beside him, and saw the surprise in the other party's eyes - this person is young, but he is also so sophisticated, and his acting is no worse than these old bureaucrats, which should not be underestimated!

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Originally, Gongsun Du was scheduled to be sent to Guangcheng, Liaoxi, but because he was worried about his personal safety, he did not dare to accompany him, and Ma Han and his party were naturally happy to go on the road easily.

On this return trip, the load on the vehicle has been reduced a lot. When he traveled more than 100 miles and entered Xinchang County to rest, Ma Han bought more than 20 horses. Early the next morning, Ma Han and Zhou Cang, Wu Chai and Twenty Wolf Tooth Flying Horsemen carried five days of dry food and dried meat, one man and two horses, galloped out of the city, and went away without dust, while the fifty servants drove slowly behind the grain cart.

Ma Han threw off his baggage and hurried away, although he was in a hurry, but also because of the dense county towns in southeastern Liaoning, densely populated, and convenient supplies, and more importantly, to avoid uncertain troubles. Ma Han wasn't sure if there would be trouble along the way, but he just wanted to return as much as he could, and he really didn't have the heart to fight with some people meaninglessly.

Sure enough, less than half a day after Ma Han left Xinchang, the fifty servants and vehicles who set off afterwards were stopped by a group of horse thieves when they passed through the northern foot of Qianshan. There were more than 300 horse thieves and horses, and they were menacing and powerful, but they did not expect to intercept only a group of servants and seven or eight grain carts.

The horse thief was so depressed that he vomited blood, and immediately killed all the servants, and took the grain, but was stopped by one of the masked horse thief leaders, and only wounded a few servants, robbed a few grain carts, and put on a "robbery" appearance. In the end, only two cartloads of grain were left, and a group of shivering servants were left behind.

Ma Han didn't know what happened to the servants, and at this time they were almost in Pingguo, Shangxian County, Liaodong. South of Pingguo, all the way to the Yushi, there is no longer a county seat, so it is necessary to carry as many supplies as possible, one horse to ride, one horse to transport.

In fact, the boat from Xiangping to Yushi is also a big bend, and it takes thousands of miles by land and nearly a thousand miles by sea, and the journey is not shorter than returning from the original road. The difference is only that there is an official road on this land route, which is easier to walk. In particular, Pingguo County, since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, has placed iron officials, and the iron ore mined from Pingguo has been continuously transported south and north, and transported to Xiangping and the Central Plains. In this way, it is natural to have a straight and fast passage.

It was with the help of this official road that Ma Han and his entourage traveled at an average speed of 80 miles a day, and five days later, they came to the Yushi.

Liaodong Yushi, a major landscape is that there are many boats, and they are all big ships and big sea ships. Standing on Haimao Island at a glance, thousands of sails are flying, hundreds of boats are competing for the current, and it is a grand view. Eighty percent of these sea vessels are privately owned, and official vessels account for a very small part, and Gongsun Du still has two ways to open up sea routes and invigorate the economy.

Ma Han first went to visit the Liaodong Navy stationed at the southeast cape, which was dozens of miles away from the county seat of the Tang Dynasty -- well, although it was obviously a navy, the Han Dynasty did not have the name of a navy, it could only be called a navy.

The rank of the general of the Liaodong Navy is not high, and the highest military general is only a Sima, with more than 800 shipwrights (i.e., sailors) under his command, plus boatmen, helmsmen, and miscellaneous servants, nearly 3,000 people, 22 ships, and more than 40 small and medium-sized ships. Unfortunately, most of them are in a semi-wasted state due to inability to repair, exposed to the sun and rain.

This sailor Sima is called Du Cheng, a native of Donglai Huang County, and a fellow villager with Tai Shici.

Du Cheng also knew Tai Shici and had a good relationship. Last time, when Tai Shici took Liu Zheng from Liaodong to flee, he was helped by Du Cheng. Du Cheng also learned a lot about Ma Han and White Wolf City from Tai Shi Ci's mouth. Therefore, when he heard that the White Wolf City Guard was visiting, he immediately greeted him.

To Du Cheng's surprise, although he had never known anything in his life, the young cavalry lieutenant not only handed it in, but also sent a heavy gift. When he was talking to Ma Han, the lady in the back hall was impatient and beckoned to him. When Du Cheng was holding back his stomach and returned to the back hall, he was about to scold his wife, but his wife took out the gift boxes one by one with trembling hands, swung them in front of him, and "poked" his eyes on the spot: gold, pearls, and gorgeous furs...... This heavy gift is enough to be worth the sum of his black, white, and gray income for three years.

After Du Cheng came out of the back hall, his eyes were smiling into a slit, looking at Ma Han's eyes, it was like knowing his hometown, but all the requests made by Ma Han were not allowed. Even Ma Han proposed to buy two building ships, Du Cheng hesitated a little and agreed-anyway, many warships will be scrapped sooner or later, if asked, it should be scrapped.

Ma Han stayed in the Clan for three days, almost all of them were soaked in the Lou Boat, and all the twelve Lou Boats were walked through, and many of the Lou Boatmen and Boatmen knew this young and unspeakable Cavalry Captain. What surprised the soldiers and boatmen even more was that the cavalry lieutenant not only went to sea with them to watch them train, but also expressed great concern about their salaries, food, and the resettlement of their families. In the end, he offered favorable conditions, with high salaries and land, and hired experienced shipwrights and building boatmen to settle down in White Wolf City in western Liaoning.

Not to mention, many shipwrights and sergeants who were dissatisfied with the status quo were moved, and finally there were nearly 1,000 shipwrights, sergeants and family members who were willing to take their families to western Liaoning. As for Ma Han's move of digging the foot of the wall, Du Cheng acquiesced, anyway, it was not his foot that was dug up.

In mid-October, Ma Han and his entourage finally left Liaodong and returned to Liaoxi on a passenger ship specially arranged for them by Du Cheng.

Just as Ma Han was riding the wind and waves on the boundless Bohai Sea, a group of uninvited guests appeared at the foot of the White Wolf Mountain hundreds of miles away. (To be continued......)