Chapter 309: The Hunting Youth
On the endless plain, several hares foraged in the grass, suddenly crossed an eagle from the air, and immediately frightened the hare below scattered and fled, but an unlucky rabbit finally failed to escape the eagle's sharp climb, and was caught in the air at once, but just when the eagle just flew up, suddenly a bowstring sound sounded in the distance, followed by a sharp arrow, and the frightened eagle hurriedly let go of the prey, screaming and rushing into the sky.
"Hahaha~, I'm so lucky today, I picked up such a fat rabbit for nothing!" In the distance, two horses galloped towards them, and when they reached the place where the rabbit fell, one of them leaned over on the horse, and Jingran picked up the rabbit on the ground, revealing his extraordinary riding skills.
"Brother Zhou, the land that your family exchanged is really good, not only the land is fertile, but also there are a lot of prey, and after two years of development, it is definitely a place to make money!" The young man with extraordinary riding skills carried the rabbit and said excitedly.
"Brother Wang's ancient saying, but this land was exchanged by my third uncle, and although it is now recorded in my name, it is actually managed by the third uncle." Another young man in a blue cloth beard also smiled. Although these two entrances are both on horseback, and they are also carrying bows and arrows on their backs, the arrow just now was shot by this young man in Hufu, but these two entrances are bookish, and at a glance, they know that they are reading books with identity.
This is the homeland of Goguryeo, and now belongs to the Andong Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, which is not very far from Pyongyang City, because of the battle to destroy Goguryeo, coupled with the slave hunting team after the war, the slave hunting team caught slaves and sold slaves, so that there is more land here, and a lot of land is ownerless wasteland, as long as there is income and willingness to pay, you can buy it.
The two young people who spoke were not residents of the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, among them, the young man surnamed Zhou Wei was named Zhou Wei, and the young man with a rabbit was named Wang Luo, the two were classmates and friends for many years, both of whom were studying in Chang'an, and this time they took the opportunity to go out to study and travel, which was mainly because Zhou Wei's third uncle replaced the land in Guanzhong here, and then spent money to buy a lot of land, and made a lot of money through the production of these lands, and became a famous landlord in the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate.
"Haha, what do you uncles and nephews do you share with each other? And I heard that Uncle Wang is a big landlord on the side of the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, holding thousands of hectares of land in his hands, and he is also preparing to go to Taiwan to occupy a piece of land. Wang Luo, who was carrying the rabbit, laughed loudly.
Although Wang Luo's surname is Wang, he is not from Taiyuan Wang's family, and there are not many entrances to the house, just a small rich family, after coming to the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, he saw that the land replacement was made a fortune in Dadu, such as Zhou Wei's third uncle, who changed from a small landlord to a large landowner, and his identity has increased more than 100 times, which makes Wang Luo also have some activities in his heart, and wants to find a way to make money for his family.
"This is simple, my third uncle has been sent to Taiwan to understand the situation, and he will be able to come back soon, when the time comes, Brother Wang just needs to prepare his hands and money, and follow my third uncle to Taiwan together!" Zhou Wei said very boldly. Although they all studied and entered, the great development of industry and commerce in recent years, coupled with the influence of newspaper propaganda, made them not as reluctant as they used to be.
As soon as Wang Luo heard that Zhou Wei agreed, he immediately thanked him with a happy face, and at the same time pondered in his heart how to write a letter to his family, so as to persuade them to go to Taiwan to buy a piece of land.
The two young people came here mainly for hunting, this is a piece of land newly bought by Zhou Wei's third uncle, which has not been really developed, and there are more wild things, so soon they hunted a few small prey, enough for them to eat a few meals, and it is almost time for lunch, and the two are ready to go back, but Wang Luo asked Zhou Wei about his third uncle's situation while walking, although he also heard some of the process of Wang Luo's third uncle's development, but it is not very detailed.
When it comes to his third uncle, Zhou Wei is also excited, his father's generation has a total of three brothers, his father is the second, but he is the eldest son, and there is an uncle from the concubine, and he, the third uncle in the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, is the youngest, and he usually likes food the most.
When the imperial court carried out the policy of land replacement, Zhou Wei's third uncle resolutely exchanged half of the family's land property despite the opposition of his eldest brother, and as a result, he got more than 20,000 acres of land, which included mountains and plains, of which all the plains were built into grasslands, and then bought slaves on the grasslands to graze, and the mountains were found to prospect.
At that time, a lot of people changed to the mountains, hoping to find mineral deposits on their own land, but unfortunately this kind of thing depends on luck, and Zhou Wei's third uncle was lucky, in exchange for a few hills to find a small iron mine, the result was worth a hundred times at once, after buying the iron ore to a mine owner in Chang'an, he bought a lot of land with the money from the sale, all of which were used for grazing, and the cattle and sheep on the pasture were sold to the cannery, and there was no worry about the market, which was also the reason for Wang Luo's heartbeat. It's sure to be a sure-fire deal.
When the two chattered rising, suddenly the horses under the seat stopped uneasily, and no matter how much they urged, the two horses did not dare to come forward again, but kept snorting. This startled the two young men, thinking that they had encountered some fierce beast, otherwise these two good horses would never have reacted like this. However, they soon ruled out the cause, as they noticed that the ground was shaking.
"Boom~" With a burst of iron hooves like thunder, a huge army seemed to be rushing from the end, and there was no edge in sight, Wang Luo and Zhou Wei were startled at the beginning, but when they saw the banner of the army fluttering, they were relieved, although I don't know which general led this army, but it is definitely the army of the Tang Dynasty.
However, when this army approached, Zhou Wei found a trace of abnormality, this army seems to have at least ten thousand in, and it must be the Tang army, but on the handsome flag of this Tang army, there is a big 'Qi' word, which makes both of them a little puzzled, among the generals who can mobilize more than ten thousand people in the Anton Protectorate, there seems to be no one surnamed Qi oA?
But soon they solved the doubts in their hearts, because Zhou Wei suddenly found that in the middle of the army, there was a tall and luxurious car in Jingran, and around the car, there were all cavalry guards, and they didn't need to ask to know that the identity of the car was very noble, and looking at the decoration on the car, Jingran belonged to the first level of the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, which made the two people understand at once, and the car must be His Royal Highness the King of Qi on the other side of the sea.
"Brother Zhou, why did His Royal Highness King Qi suddenly come to us, and looking like this, it seems that he is going to Pyongyang City, plus with such an army, is there something wrong with Pyongyang City?" Wang Luo asked a little nervously, the Andong Protectorate is the frontier of the Tang Dynasty, although there are large troops stationed in Pyongyang City, but if there is any war, then they will be in danger.
Zhou Wei was also shocked when he heard this, most of his third uncle's property is here, and if there is really anything wrong with Pyongyang, it will be bad. However, he soon ruled out this idea and said: "Brother Wang, don't worry, Pyongyang City has an army of 50,000 protected by Zhang Jian and Zhang Du, and Silla and Baekje in the east are fighting to the death, and they have no strength or courage to provoke our Tang Dynasty, so it is definitely not Pyongyang that is fighting on the other side!" ”
Wang Luo was right when he thought about it, Silla and Baekje have been fighting for almost a year, with their white spoon national strength, it is estimated that they only have half a life left if they don't die, where can they still cause trouble, and these three Han hometowns, except for those two countries, there is no country that can threaten the Tang Dynasty.
"Oh! I understand! Zhou Wei suddenly shouted excitedly.
"Brother Zhou, what do you understand?" Wang Luo was taken aback, but seeing the other party's excited appearance, he still asked curiously.
Zhou Wei's excitement was even stronger, and he pointed to the big horse lane in the middle of the army: "Brother Wang, look, is there any difference between the cavalry guards next to the carriage?" ”
Wang Luo looked at it according to his words, and sure enough, he found that it was different, among the cavalry guards next to the carriage, there were some knights with different armor styles, and at first glance they were not the standard equipment of the Tang Dynasty.
Seeing that Wang Luo also saw the difference, Zhou Wei said excitedly: "Brother Wang, those different knights are Silla, and the newspaper sent from Pyongyang City a few days ago said that His Royal Highness King Qi and Queen Silla have married, so it is obvious that this must be His Royal Highness King Qi sent troops to escort the queen back to China, but I don't know if His Royal Highness King Qi is in the car?" ”
Wang Luo was also very excited when he heard it, and now he and Zhou Wei carefully looked at the carriage in the army, he didn't want to see the rumored Queen of Silla, and heard the legend, Queen Silla is a peerless beauty, he and Zhou Wei are both young, and they are naturally very interested in these.
However, the young Ijinyo was destined to be disappointed, they were so far away from the carriage that even if the Queen of Silla opened the window, they could not see the entrance inside.
As Zhou Wei guessed, this team is indeed under the banner of escorting Jin Shengman back to the car, and Li Su and Jin Shengman are in the car, but if it is just an escort, there is no need to dispatch more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and there is no need to pass by land at all, the reason why they came around to Pyongyang naturally has other purposes. (To be continued)
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