The two are currently in Shaanxi and need to cross the entire territory of Gansu to reach the territory of Xinjiang Province, where Lop Nur is located.

Gansu in ancient times is the northwest gate of China, if there is a war in the northwest, generally send troops from here and supply grain and grass, Kangxi fourteenth son Yinzhen was named Fuyuan general king, the commander of the army to quell the Mongolian Junggar rebellion, the fourth son of the emperor Yinzhen will be the house slave Nian Qianrao was promoted as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, responsible for the supply of grain and grass for the fourteen sons, after the death of Kangxi, Nian Qianrao reduced the supply of grain and grass for the troops, and restrained and restrained the fourteenth son to lead the army to counterattack the capital, and relieved the troubles for Yongzheng's accession to the throne.

Due to the special geographical and strategic location, Gansu can see ancient beacon towers and abandoned cantonment camps everywhere, but it is very poor here, one is affected by the dry climate, and the other is that there are often wars here, warlords are divided, bandits are everywhere, and the common people who often fight are not happy.

Before leaving Shaanxi, Zuo Dengfeng went to a Hui merchant and took away three thousand taels of gold, most of which were golden tickets, as well as some gold bars and oceans.

The topography of Gansu is a long shape, the east and west are narrow, the north and south are very long, the two set off from Shaanxi, all the way to the northwest, because they are not in a hurry, the two do not blindly fly, where there are people, they walk, and there are no people where they will fly for a while.

Five days later, the two came to the northwest of Gansu, which is already very close to Jiayuguan and Jiuquan County, and further northwest is Yumen Pass on the border of Gansu and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.

The degree of civilization development is directly proportional to whether the economy is developed, this is already a poor and remote place, the people's life is extremely difficult, and people who don't even have enough to eat have no intention of organizing cultural classics, so Zuo Dengfeng did not find the county chronicle and map here, so he could only inquire about the road.

Jiuquan County is the former title, now it has been changed to what the office, Zuo Dengfeng added food and water here, the food is a fire with a small amount of salt, braised meat, a total of more than 20 catties, the rest of the wooden box is full of sheepskin bags of water.

After replenishing the supplies, the two quickly rushed to the vicinity of Yumen Pass, because Dunhuang is located in the south, the two did not go to visit, the purpose of the two came to find the local branch, not to see the murals.

The Tang Dynasty poet Wang Zhilian once wrote a poem to describe the situation around Yumen Pass, the Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains, why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows, and the spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass.

Located near the source of the Yellow River and connected to the Qilian Mountains, the so-called lonely city refers to the military castle on the border, and the Qiang flute is a musical instrument of the Qiang people.

There is a border town near Yumen Pass, the scale of this town is not very large, most of the houses are earthen houses, few bricks and tiles, but there are a lot of people, because this is the last supply point of the Silk Road, in addition to the local residents, there are many outsiders looking for seclusion, as well as a large number of camel teams, so that Zuo Dengfeng did not expect that there are many foreigners here.

When the two arrived in the town, it was evening, and Zuo Dengfeng walked around the town and found that there were four main types of shops here.

The first category is the swordsmith's shop, which builds weapons and sells a variety of old-fashioned guns.

The second type is the restaurant, where slaughtered cattle and sheep are hung at the door, and the guests can cut which part they want to eat.

The third type is the kiln shop, where there is a large kiln shop, which contains petite Middle-earth women and foreigners with high noses and blue eyes.

The fourth category is rented premises, where you can rent camels, horses, and you can also hire local guides there.

What kind of shop in a place is determined by the living needs of the locals, here is far away from the government, knives and guns can defend themselves, restaurants are necessary, because people have to eat, the prosperity of the kiln shop shows that the people here live under great pressure, need to vent and relieve, the rental place is for passers-by to go west into the desert and south into the Mogao Grottoes to prepare.

The appearance and appearance of the two are quite strange, the cat and mouse are very strange, but the two are not overly noticeable, and it is clear that the people here are used to seeing all kinds of strange passers-by.

The inhabitants and passers-by alike carry knives and spears, and are tattooed with all sorts of wild beasts, and they walk through the streets bare-chested, and they look at people with a fierce look that does not need to disagree with them, and even a look of ill-will may cause them to draw their knives.

It may be windy here, and there is a lot of yellow sand left on the streets, the yellow sand is exposed to the sun during the day, and it still exudes high temperature after dark, and when the temperature is high, people's heartbeat is fast, and the rapid heartbeat will cause people to be irritable, and the whole town is in an irritable and dangerous atmosphere.

However, although it is full of restlessness here, there is no loud noise on the street, which makes Zuo Dengfeng very satisfied, the Chinese people like to gather together to make noise, there is no such vice here, this is really rare, the root cause is because everyone has a clear purpose, they know what they are pursuing, what they want, under the effect of this mentality, they will do things that are beneficial to themselves without distraction, only people who are idle, confused and ignorant will make loud noise, lest others do not know the superficiality and chaos of their hearts.

Turning around on the street, Zuo Dengfeng walked into a restaurant with iron shoes, Zuo Dengfeng was still sighing that the people here were not noisy a minute ago, and immediately frowned after entering the restaurant, the restaurant with more than a dozen tables was very noisy, many people who drank too much were dancing and shouting and boxing, and the people who drank alcohol can be roughly divided into two mentalities, one is to like the arrogance after drinking, and the other is to relieve the depression in the heart, and no matter which one it is, as long as you drink too much, you will lose your temper, in general, wine is a kind of thing that leads people to evil, Since ancient times, there have been four evils of wine, wealth, and wealth.

"What to eat." A woman of five years and three thick walked over, looking ugly and her tone was not kind.

"Are there any greens?" Zuo Dengfeng asked, Tie Shoe took a roast pig from Juxian Lou, a roast pig is more than ten catties, and the two of them have eaten all the meat along the way.

"Nope." The woman looked disdainful, and she didn't know if she was disdainful of Zuo Dengfeng's shabby clothes or if she mistook him for pretending to be Sven.

"Are there noodles?" Zuo Dengfeng looked around to the left and right, and found that those tables were full of meat.

"No, just the door." The woman looked impatient.

"Let's have two catties of mutton and another jar of wine." Zuo Dengfeng shook his head and said.

"Find your own table and wait." The woman glanced at Zuo Dengfeng, turned and walked away.

At this moment, Zuo Dengfeng wanted to scold, this woman's attitude was too bad, he was here to spend money to eat, not to eat white food, why should he be angry with this bird, but when the woman turned to leave, Zuo Dengfeng dispelled the idea of anger, because he saw that the woman's yellow cloth skirt was full of handprints, especially the thighs and buttocks, this guy looked ugly enough to escape the poison, if the attitude was kinder, the buttocks and thighs would be scratched by those unscrupulous diners.

After discovering this scene, Zuo Dengfeng not only did not get angry, but pouted and smiled, Buddhism believes that all living beings are equal, and Taoists believe that people are noble and low, and now it seems that Taoists understand China's national conditions better, such women are not disliked, it can be seen that those men who live at the bottom of the society are not picky eaters when they are burning.

"Amitabha, the people here are not good, and there is a lack of teaching." Iron Shoes followed Zuo Dengfeng to a seat in the corner.

"This place is closed and readable, and here people's surnames will be exposed more thoroughly." Zuo Dengfeng frowned as he sat down, the table was dirty, and the stools were dirty, but fortunately it was very dry, and if it was wet, it was easy to breed diseases.

"Amitabha, where are we staying tonight." Iron Shoes shook his head and asked again, he had followed Zuo Dengfeng around the town before, but he didn't find any inns or inns.

"The rich live in a kiln, and those who don't have money live with camels." Zuo Dengfeng replied.

"Let's find a farmhouse to spend the night and give him some money." Iron Shoes frowned when he heard this, the further he went northwest, the bigger the wind and sand, the two of them had once slept in the wilderness, and the wind rose in the middle of the night, and they were miserable.

"There is no farm here, I'll take you to the kiln in a while." Zuo Dengfeng said with a smile.

"Amitabha, don't entertain the old man." The iron shoes waved their hands again and again.

"I'm not kidding, really go, you are a Buddhist monk, don't you have confidence in your concentration." Zuo Dengfeng opened his mouth and said with a smile, he really wanted to go to the kiln shop, firstly, there must be a comfortable bed there, and secondly, he was very curious about those yellow-haired and blue-eyed foreign women and wanted to study it.

"The red face is all white bones, and the woman is nothing more than a skeleton, as long as she has the surname of Buddha in her heart, the old man of hell will dare to get it." The iron upper is unconvinced.

While the two were talking, the middle-aged woman brought mutton, held a jar of wine in her left hand, put it on the table with two bangs, and then stood next to it and stared at the two.

Zuo Dengfeng didn't react at first, and only after hesitation did he know that he had to pay for dinner here.

"No need to look for it." Zuo Dengfeng smiled and nodded, then took out a small gold bar and handed it over.

The middle-aged woman was very shocked when she saw this, although there were also generous guests here, but she was not as generous as Zuo Dengfeng, and after a short hesitation, she took the gold bar and turned around.

Iron Shoes has long been familiar with Zuo Dengfeng's style, and the most common thing Zuo Dengfeng said to outsiders along the way was 'no need to look for it', but Iron Shoes didn't have the face to let Zuo Dengfeng save, because he gave more money to the poor along the way than Zuo Dengfeng spent.

If a restaurant only cooks a few dishes all year round, it will definitely taste very good, the mutton is cooked just right, tender and delicious, the liquor is very strong, and it smokes in the throat, Zuo Dengfeng frowned after taking a sip, but men like this kind of challenge, two sips in a row, hearty and happy.

Between the two eating and drinking, the middle-aged woman came back again, brought two bowls of noodles, and a small paper bag, Zuo Dengfeng opened the paper bag and found that there were a few freshly picked tomatoes inside.

"Thank you, big sister." Zuo Dengfeng thanked him, money can be exchanged for many things, but money and a smile can be exchanged for sincerity.

The middle-aged woman smiled at her when she heard this, and turned to leave.

Zuo Dengfeng picked up the chopsticks and stirred the noodles to prepare for dinner, and at this moment, a sentence from a group of guests who were about to check out and leave not far away caught his attention.

yikimasyo is a saying that means 'let' go,'