After entering Yuewang County, Lin Ran clearly felt that these states and counties were different from other Dahan counties. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although the Han people accounted for a large part of the city, and they operated a lot of business and work in the city, it was obvious that the real rulers of the entire city were the southern barbarians who wore animal skins and armor.

These locals, each with high cheekbones and a high, narrow nose, are generally strong but not tall, and their appearance alone makes people feel very vicious, coupled with some theories about the local Ru Mao drinking blood, so that most of the Eastern Han people think that the Nanban region is a wild place.

Lin Ran and the caravan walked into the Yuewang City, and several Nanban soldiers came to them, and the leading soldier seemed to be a small officer, with an unknown animal feather more than half a meter long on his head, which looked a bit Indian, but it was much more powerful and domineering.

The leading Nanban officers and caravans muttered to the local guide for a long time, using the local vernacular, and Lin Ran didn't understand a word.

However, Lin Ran noticed that the Nanban officer made a gesture to the person in charge of the caravan that was common to the whole world, he spread out his palm, stretched out to the person in charge of the caravan, and stroked his fingers.

The person in charge of the caravan understood, and quickly put a bag of silver taels into the hands of this Nanban officer.

Only then did the Nanban officer smile with satisfaction, and beckoned a few equally happy soldiers under him to leave the city gate he was guarding directly.

"What are they going to do? Don't you have to guard the city gates? Xue Min looked at the empty city gate that was not guarded by anyone at the moment, and said strangely.

The person in charge of the caravan said: "Actually, the gates of this Yuewang City are unmanned most of the time, and these Nanban people are lazy by nature and often leave when they are on duty. It's only occasionally that I don't have any money, so I come here to get some money to spend. We had really bad luck this time. ”

And so it goes. Lin Ran is also the first time to see such a casual county town, if this is in the Central Plains, this alone can impeach the local Taishou for the crime.

After entering the city, the streets are sparsely populated, there are few pedestrians at all, and there are not many business travelers, occasionally seeing a few Han people passing by on the street, they also look panicked, and walk cautiously on the streets, as if someone will come to trouble them at any time.

"Hey, after this Southern Barbarian Native took control of Yuewang City, everyone's life is not easy." The caravan leader said with a sigh.

"Although the previous Taishou died unexpectedly, the imperial court should appoint another Taishou to manage it, so why can't it be the turn of these local natives?" Lin Ran said strangely.

"It's true that the imperial court sent Tai Shou here, but he was intercepted at the border, and he couldn't enter at all, let alone manage it."

"These southern barbarians dare to occupy such a large state and county without being canonized by the imperial court, isn't this a rebellion?" Lin Ran said in surprise.

Although it is said that the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty was very weak at this time, after the Yellow Turban Uprising, many people realized that the Eastern Han Dynasty at this time still had a certain amount of strength and authority, and the majesty of the Han Dynasty with a history of more than 400 years had not yet reached the time to challenge.

Even the fierce locals of the Nanban had to consider the serious consequences of the rebellion.

"In the past, they naturally didn't dare, but now the influence of the imperial court in Nanban is getting weaker and weaker, and many of the troops stationed there were taken away during the Yellow Turban Uprising, and in fact, they are no longer able to control this land. As long as these southern barbarians did not openly rebel, the imperial court could only turn a blind eye. ”

The person in charge of the caravan has traveled south and north for many years, and he also has a lot of insights about the changes and grasps of the form of the world.

"It's just that now under the rule of the Southern Barbarians, our Han people have a very hard time, many Han people have been punished as slaves, and many Han people's property has been openly plundered and no one cares. There are also a lot of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes set up in the city, all of which are specifically aimed at Han Chinese. The situation in the entire Nanban region is now particularly chaotic. ”

"Why are you here when you know it's messy?" Xue Min asked.

The person in charge of the caravan smiled bitterly: "People die for money, birds die for food, we merchants are always chasing profits." Although the Nanban region is very chaotic, there are a lot of copper, iron, silver, gold and other resources in the local area, as long as it can be transported back to the Central Plains, it can make a lot of money. ”

Indeed, the Nanban region has always been an important source of various precious metals, attracting groups of adventurous merchants to pan for gold.

These merchants began to resell goods in Yue Wangcheng, and Lin Ran broke up with them here.

Lin Ran wanted to send the drawings to Yongchang County, which was deeper in the Nanban, which already bordered Yunnan County, the base camp of the Nanban, and the danger level was far greater than that of Yuewang County, even these businessmen who regarded wealth as their fate did not dare to go there anymore.

Lin Ran could only hold it to the south.

Although the Nanban region is desolate, the scenery is really beautiful, along the way the high mountains, narrow small sand and gravel paved on both sides of the easy road, from time to time you can see the charming long rivers - these rivers are flat, the water is crystal clear, standing next to the river, you can easily see the pebbles scattered at the bottom of the river at a glance.

These rivers are all products from the high mountains, the Nanban area is located between the third and second steps of China, the high mountains are towering, many of them are the top of the mountain perennial frozen ice, the green grass under the mountain is like a bright grass, the wonderful world of flowers.

When the snow melts on these mountains, they turn into small streams that come together and flow down the mountain, forming unusually clear and beautiful rivers.

Rushing in these beautiful places, everyone's original nervous mood slowly calmed down, and they enjoyed it while hurrying.

When Lin Ran crossed the river beach on both sides of the river, Xue Min on the side suddenly came over and stopped Lin Ran.

Lin Ran stopped his horse and asked Xue Min what had happened.

Xue Min pointed to the grass beach on the right side of the river, and Lin Ran saw that there, where there was a large group of wild horses grazing by the river!

These wild horses are either black-gray or reddish-brown, not very tall, but very strong.

"This is the 'Yunnan horse', known for its strong physique, short and concise, flexible movement, good at mountaineering and crossing, long-distance long-term labor, and good adaptability, a bit similar to the Mongolian horse, although the explosiveness is not very good, but the endurance is very strong, rich in the Nanban Mountains."

Lin Ran explained: "This is also one of the few horse-producing areas in our southern region. (To be continued.) )