Cai Yu nodded, and said in his heart, the northwest was originally vast and sparsely populated, and after many years of war, it is more and more so, if this method is passed in Anxi, the Han people in the Central Plains will definitely come west to open up those ownerless wastelands in the future. Along the way, although An Sidao was respectful in his words, he always only called him grandfather, and when he mentioned Wu Yingying, he must be called the lord, and Cai Yu already knew the implication. He looked up at an official notice posted on the storefront, and suddenly found that many of the words on it were missing pens and strokes, and even some of the words he didn't even know himself, so he couldn't help but look surprised.

"Today, there is a horse thief He Lu'er, disrupting the trade routes, killing people and captivating goods, committing the crime of death, the hussar commander ordered the officials and people of Lingzhou, and when they saw this thief, they were killed on the spot, and the reward was one hundred and fifty taels of silver. An Sidao saw Cai Yu's expression, while taking out the crystal clear white bone china tea set refined by Anxi, brewing high-grade Shu tea, and serving it to Cai Yu, while reading out the content of the notice, and explained, "The lord deeply hates the sergeant and the illiterate households, and when he was in Lanzhou, he practiced virtue and politics, and at the beginning of the order, in addition to his own name, the sergeant must know 300 words, and the people must know 150 words, and then gradually increased. However, the lord said that the original Chinese characters were too cumbersome, so they were deleted and simplified, and the military order proclamation documents, together with the teaching of the military and civilians, were all lacking pen characters. ”

"Lack of pen words," Cai Yu became interested when he heard it, carefully pondered the bulletin to talk about the number of crosses, only felt that although the lack of pen words was missing the original soul, but it was roughly clear that the source flow, it was indeed much simpler than the original, he was a little lost in his heart, and some inexplicable excitement, picked up the teacup, at the moment the store was very bright, the thin cicada wing-like wall of the cup seemed to be passed through by the light, Cai Yu stared for a while, the floating and entangled fine needle-like tea leaves, and took a sip gently. Wu Yingying has deeply left his mark on the Anxi military and civilians, and even the habit of drinking tea, from the generals to the common people, has become accustomed to making roasted tea with clear water, rather than the method of decocting tea cakes handed down from the Tang Dynasty.

Sun Gouzi has been opening a shop on this official road for half a year, and his eyes have already been practiced viciously, although these more than 50 merchants except for the big official in the middle are dressed in brocade clothes, and the rest are only coarse cloth clothes, but the more than 100 horses are all high-quality Hexi horses, and just look at the carriage can be marked with the mark of the Jiedu Embassy, you will know that this pedestrian is either rich or expensive, therefore, without waiting for An Sidao to greet him, he will bring fresh seasonal grapes, Pomegranates and other fruits were sent up at the same price, and ten sheep were killed in the back, and the roasted ones were fragrant, and they were not yet served, and the yard was full of fragrance.

After a while, the meal was served, and before he got off the chopsticks, suddenly the sound of horses' hooves and whistles outside was loud, An Sidao's face changed slightly, and his heart said that he didn't want to travel thousands of miles, and he planted a heel at the door, he looked out the window, and it happened that the shopkeeper Sun also ran downstairs from above, and said loudly: "Officials, the horse thieves who came from nowhere surrounded the shop." An Sidao exchanged glances with Bagen, ignored Cai Yu's pale face, ran up to the second floor to take a look, and saw about 200 horsemen around the inn in a circle, disturbing the sky full of smoke and dust, and the horse thieves shouted loudly while beating the horses, and their arrogance was very arrogant.

An Sidao looked back at Sun Gouzi and said angrily: "There are still such a large number of horse thieves in the land of Lingzhou who have not been expelled, and the sergeants of the hussars are too derelict in their duties." "According to the rules set by Lanzhou, the sergeant governs the households, and also has the corresponding responsibility for public security, waiting for the idle thieves to take care of themselves, and the large number of thieves is cleared by the army, and the hussars are prestigious, and there are such a large number of horse thieves in Lingzhou, which is related to Cai Yu's safety, An Sidao can't help but be extremely angry.

Sun Gouzi said with a bitter face: "The big officials don't know, recently, the business road in Wulingzhou has become more and more prosperous, and many horse thieves on the grassland have also heard the news, and the sergeants and adults have suppressed a batch of them. ”

Bagen knew some of the situation on the grassland, and he said in a deep voice: "After some of the steppe tribes were defeated, the former high-ranking leaders of the tribe did not want to submit to the party, so they scattered and became horse thieves. ”

"Since the hussars stationed in Lingzhou, killed more than 7,000 horse thieves and bandits, before our army settled, the Song army closed the city and defended itself, the Quartet tribes plundered, the Han people can only live in the city, the big business brigade can only follow the army food team to march together, after our army settled, conquer and drive away the surrounding tribes and bandits, in Lingzhou, the people can go out to colonize and multiply. Right and wrong have their own public opinions, and the merits and demerits of the hussars are not the turn of the respected drivers to slander them. ”

An Sidao looked back, and the man who spoke was looking at the horse thief with a cold face, burly, wearing a kudzu cloth shirt, and a badge with a white wolf's head pinned to his chest, which was the identity mark of the ten-division commander in the Anxi army. He didn't wear a military robe, and he only ate and drank in the shop, but Ann Sidao didn't notice him. "The two nobles are angry," Sun Gouzi hurriedly came over to laugh, "Shang Ye, this is an official from the east, and the more than fifty people in the store who eat and drink are his buddies." An Daguan, this is the sergeant Shang Ye who shelters the small shop. ”

Shang Zhongxin snorted and said in a deep voice: "Sun Gouzi, this gang of horse thieves is not good, teach your guys to close the door of the store tightly, water more firewood and grass on all sides, and don't let them approach." Prepare the best horses, call Zhang Tai and Liang De, the two dog breeds, and I will go out to fight the horse thieves. "Ann Si said that the chariots of their horse guards were engraved with the mark of the Anxi Jiedu Embassy, although they did not identify themselves, and they were not inferior to the hussars, and the ten-master Shang was faithful and could not let these people be harmed by horse thieves. Shang Zhongxin ordered to go down, and the shopkeeper Sun was busy preparing horses and calling people. An Sidao and Bagen glanced at each other, I don't know how strong the horse thieves are, although the sergeant of the Chengying Battalion is elite, but after a melee with two hundred horse thieves, there will be many losses, and the top priority is to protect the safety of Cai Yu, the prince of Longxi County, and as a last resort, he will surround him and break through.

"Brother Shang, we are on an errand for the Anxi Jiedu Embassy, and the horse thieves are coming, but what are the countermeasures?" If you are familiar with the local area, you have to rely on this seemingly rough hussar battalion ten commanders, so An Sidao showed him the waist card mark of the army, Shang Zhongxin glanced at it, and scolded casually: "I have only seen the graphics of your waist card, and I have never seen the real thing, who knows whether it is true or false?" But the bandits who dare to pretend to be the Anxi Jiedu envoy in Saibei have not yet been born. Nodding, he recognized the identity of An Sidao and the others, and asked rhetorically: "I see that the fifty brothers in the store are all sergeants, which army?" He is in charge of the security here, and naturally An Sidao and the others have already looked at it clearly, and he is secretly happy in his heart, and he happened to meet a team of sergeants resting here, as long as it is not the wooden stakes that the infantry occasionally rides, these horse thieves can be regarded as kicking to the iron plate.

"Teach the Rong Army. An Sidao replied, and exchanged eyes with Bagan, the Tooth Battalion and the Chengying Battalion were too eye-catching in the Anxi Army, but Chase's Jiaorong Army had an excellent reputation among the various armies and civilian households. Shang Zhongxin nodded, a little disappointed, if it was someone from the Galloping Hunter Army and the White Feather Army, he would have the courage to take it out and put it against the horse thief.

"The Hussar Muzi battalion was stationed twenty miles away from this inn, and there were more than 200 horsemen waiting in the camp. I'll go out in a while to lure away the horse thieves, and you can send a team to move the rescuers, there are two guys here who know the way, and it's good to be guides. Shang Zhongxin was talking, two young men ran over from the back kitchen, Zhang Tai was honest, with a dirty apron tied around his waist, Liang De was strong, holding a kitchen knife, the two of them looked excited, obviously hearing that Shang Zhongxin had a place to get them, he didn't care about it, and immediately rushed over.