Since Xiangguo, Jun Nai knew that Zhang Juzhi was in vain and killed him. Chang Wei has four men and two nV Wei prisoners, so that all the sons can see it. Wei Shang thanked him, and Jun replied: "Qing is not for a living, and he is alone in the state." In the midst of this great chaos, all the sons are gone, is it not the evil of heaven! Heaven and Nianqing, it's lonely! "Give a concubine, three hundred grains, and make Jufan City. Beiping Taishou Sun Xing is Zhongshan Taishou. Xing is good at appeasement, and Zhongshan is peaceful.

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"My lord, do you want to get your driver's sticker?"

Xun Xian was looking up and down at this Lantian Station. Lantian Station looks like a stretch of nearly a mile, full of blue brick and tiled houses, spacious, simple and practical, but it can still be seen that its original building is a very imposing mansion, but it has been hidden in the new building.

Xun Xian took out his driving sticker and asked Yi Cheng: "This Lantian Station used to be a high-door mansion, right?" ”

Yi Cheng took Xun Xian's driving sticker, and replied: "My lord, your eyesight really doesn't have to say, this was originally a family of Jing Zhaoyin, several generations are official eunuchs, before the court crossed to the south, his ancestors were county guards, and later when he came to the pseudo-Han and pseudo-Zhao, this official was getting bigger and bigger, and he also served as a servant." Later, I heard that I wanted to dedicate my little wife, nV son and daughter-in-law to Shi Hu's son Shi Zun, but people couldn't look down on it and coaxed it out. As a result, the official did not rise to fame, but his reputation stinked in the city, so he had to return to his hometown in disgrace. ”

Yi Cheng is a very talkative person, he opened Xun Xian's driving post and took a look: "Oh, it was an envoy of the imperial court." It turned out to be Lord Xun. After speaking, he closed the sticker and handed it to the deputy next to him: "Lao Ding, write it down after the inspection." Now there are more envoys of this court and his mother's flies, and they come one by one. ”

Yi Cheng turned his head and saw the face of the entourage next to Xun Xian change, and immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly apologized: "Lord Xun, I'm really sorry." I'm a rough man. Vulgar language. I beg your pardon. ”

Xun Xian smiled indifferently: "Brother Yicheng, you are outspoken, I also know that in the past two years, the envoys of the Jiangzuo Imperial Court have run to Guanlong if they have nothing to do, and they are not admiring the wealth under the rule of your family." ”

"That's a lot!" Yi Cheng clenched his fists and arched his hand, but his face was still very grinning, and he did not have the "sincere fear" appearance after offending the court officials in other places.

Fortunately, Xun Xian has slowly gotten used to it since he entered Shangluo, and he is an open-minded person, so he doesn't care about it anymore. immediately just smiled, but the entourage next to him was even more indignant, if it weren't for Xun Xian's strict order, he would have jumped out and scolded.

Seeing that Xun Xian didn't dig deeper, Yi Cheng continued: "Lord Xun, in fact, you are only half right. ”

Xun Xian suddenly became interested: "Why do you say that?" ”

"Lord Xun, you should know that our Beifu up to General Assassin Shi and down to the county commander are all appointed by my family. The court is not a single person who does not come in. Yi Cheng said triumphantly. There is no consciousness of the courtiers at all.

Xun Xian couldn't help but show a helpless and embarrassed look when he heard this. In recent years, the imperial court has no way to deal with the five prefectures of Yong, Qin, Bing, Liang and Yi under the jurisdiction of Zeng Hua, and the entire Beifu is almost in a state of autonomy. Although Jiang Zuo has quite an opinion on this. But as Zeng Hua's power became stronger and stronger, and his location became more and more delicate, the imperial court became more and more jealous of Beifu, and he dared not offend Zeng Hua.

Although Jiangzuo's celebrities failed to go to Beifu to become officials and make a good profit, it doesn't mean that they won't think of other ways. So the sE envoys rushed to Guanlong under various banners and with various "major missions", so as to make a big profit in the name of the errand. But who knows that Zeng Hua is not even a bird in the imperial court, let alone these envoys, just send it away by the way, there is not even a "standard hospitality meal" of four dishes and one soup, which makes the envoys cold for a while, and the envoys who rush to Beifu are suddenly much less.

But it is still difficult for the famous officials who are bent on making a fortune, and some clever envoys suddenly discover that they can use their positions to facilitate a lucrative activity - "smuggling"! Although Beifu did not want to see these envoys, it finally gave them enough face, and they would not search their carriages, horses and luggage along the way except for checking their documents. So these envoys took advantage of this convenience to bring more carriages and horses and luggage, and when they went to the land easily, they came back with heavy loads. These sought-after goods from Beifu have multiplied several times to Jiangzuo, and there is no need to pay a high "export tax", and the profits are not ordinarily high.

But if you run too much, Beifu will find out. Tax evasion is a very serious crime in Beifu, and the taxes in Beifu are relatively light, and it is really unreasonable for you to evade taxes. So Zeng Hua ordered that no matter what envoys, all customs clearance should be carefully inspected, and all goods found to be subject to export taxes. But Zeng Hua didn't know what the intention was, he actually gave the envoy a preferential treatment, only to pay two-thirds of the "export tax", so that the envoy still took advantage of a cut, and the profit was still very high, so they joined forces with the merchants of Jiangzuo, one used the name of the envoy to buy goods from Beifu, and the other sold in Jiangzuo, making a lot of money. Envoys to Chang'an also came

And the edict has become more and more their side business.

But their biggest competitors were the merchants of Guanlong, who enjoyed preferential treatment of "export taxes" and "tax refunds" on certain goods, policies that even the envoys could not b. But fortunately, the market and eyes of the merchants of Beifu must also be focused on the Central Plains, Monan, Mobei, Liangzhou and the Western Regions. In addition, it is impossible for them to occupy much of such a large market as Jiangzuo, so the "positive business" of the envoys is becoming more and more prosperous.

As soon as Yi Cheng said the meaning, Xun Xian immediately understood, and couldn't help but feel a little blushing, he couldn't think of such a thing as the envoys of the imperial court, no wonder the people of Beifu did not have a good impression of the envoys of the imperial court.

Yi Cheng continued: "Actually, I have a good impression of Lord Xun because you don't have many entourages, let alone any carriages and horses, and you know at a glance that you are an envoy who has come to Beifu to do business. ”

When Xun Xian heard this, he had nothing to say except a wry smile.

As Yi Cheng walked into Lantian Station, Xun Xian found that the inside and outside looked even bigger. There are hundreds of rooms estimated at M0. On the surface, it looks like it's all cleaned up and neat, and the people walking around are all guys except for the sE guests, and it's a lively and extraordinary appearance.

Seeing Yi Cheng pointing out the house to himself and talking about the east and west, it sounded very familiar with this place, Xun Xian couldn't help but ask: "It seems that you are very familiar with this place, and I have heard you talk about the origin of this post station, could it be that you have any relationship with this place?" ”

Yi Cheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Lord Xun is really a master. Just guess it. I was the one who pulled the owner out of the bed. Then I took my brother Natun on the road to a family of forty-six. ”

"So you really have a lot to do with this house!" Xun Xian couldn't help but sigh.

"yes. Back then, I was still a tun commander in the Xiang Army, and this arm was not broken. Xun Xian looked at it when he heard this, and found that Yicheng's right arm was really a little inconvenient, no wonder he had been feeling strange just now, it turned out that this Yicheng always used his left hand and rarely used his right hand.

"This family also returned to my Beifu back then, but this old thing still misses Lord Zhao's kindness. With Xiangguo and Luo yAng, Y plots Za0F. These guys, put a P three yamen people know whether he is J egg P or duck egg P. I was ordered to go straight from Ducheng, take it to the nest, and found a lot of broken knives and guns, and there was actually a silver seal, which was engraved with the history of Yongzhou in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Damn, this is the second piece of Yongzhou Thorn Seal of the Great Zhou Dynasty that Lao Tzu has heard. It's really worthless. As soon as Yi Cheng talked a lot, he immediately revealed his true X. Foul language.

But Xun Xian next to him heard it clearly, clearly, and heard a lot of things. He couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. After Yi Cheng finished speaking, he pretended to ask casually: "Brother, what kind of official office are these three yamen, and they are so powerful?" ”

"Three yamen? Did I say that? As if I didn't say it! Yi Cheng listened to Xun Xian's question, and immediately replied with a roll of his eyes.

Xun Xian's entourage was suddenly very angry, and was just about to come out to ask a few words when Xun Xian stretched out his hand to stop him.

Yi Cheng saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help patting Xun Xian's shoulder and said, "Lord Xun, the more I look at it, the more I have a taste for you, and I take the liberty to tell you." Speaking of this, Yi Chengdi's voice became lower, "Don't ask about the Sanyamen elsewhere, no one will tell you, and they won't dare to tell you." If you go to Chang'an and meet the officials of the Northern Mansion, you can ask, and if he can tell you, he will definitely tell you. ”

Seeing Xun Xian nodding, Yi Cheng took them to a few upper rooms.

Yi Cheng shouted, and immediately beckoned a few guys: "Move smartly, and settle Lord Xun." ”

Before leaving, Yi Cheng hugged his fists and said: "Lord Xun, you rest for one night first, and tomorrow I will arrange two stagecoaches for you, so that you must arrive in Chang'an within two days." ”

"Thank you, dude!" Xun Xian politely hugged his fists

Yi Cheng was just about to turn around, when he suddenly looked at Xun Xian and smiled, lowered his head and asked in a very slight voice, "You are not from the Sanyamen, are you?" ”

Xun Xian shook his head suspiciously, Yi Cheng relieved himself, and said again: "It doesn't matter, I didn't do anything wrong, don't be afraid." Goodbye Lord Xun! ”

Xun Xian finally understood the meaning, and stood there looking at the back of Yichengdi for a long time before he came back to his senses. The local relatives next to him hurriedly stepped forward and shouted softly: "My lord! My lord! My lord! Three times in a row finally woke Xun Xian up.

"Ah Ping, it seems that we have a lot of feelings when we come to Chang'an this time!" Xun Xian sighed.

Xun Ping followed Xun Xian into the house and asked softly, "My lord, why is this?" ”

"Ah Ping, what did you find along the way?" Xun Xian sat down on the unique chair of Beifu.

"Back to the adults, I feel that almost everyone here is a soldier." Xun Ping replied while pouring tea for Xun Xian, "There are Xiang troops at the border here, there are government soldiers at the checkpoints in important towns along the way, and there are militias everywhere in each county. Oh my God, that's probably 500,000 or 600,000 horses! ”

Xun Xian picked up the tea, took a sip lightly, smelled the fragrance comfortably, and enjoyed it for a while before replying: "Guanlong originally had a population of three or four million, and later from the Central Plains and the River

The displaced people in the former area have been recruited back, and there are many more refugees from other places, I am afraid that there are huge ones, almost two-thirds of the Jiangzuo prefectures. Plus Yiliang has more than 1 million, as well as Bingzhou, Xiqiang, plus more than 1 million, how many troops can he have in Beifu? ”

Xun Ping's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he immediately asked in a low voice: "In this way, the strength of this Beifu is far above the Jiangzuo Imperial Court!" ”

"Anyone with a discerning eye knows it in his heart." Xun Xian replied indifferently.

Xun Ping couldn't help but be anxious: "Then how can the court have no complaints?" ”

"Who says there are no complaints? But who can help this Beifu Zeng Hua. Strength is everything. This is a famous quote from Zeng Zhenbei that Lord Gangneung Huan once relayed in his letter. Xun Xian shook his head and said, "Which state in this northern province was not personally led by Zeng Zhenbei to fight down, plus his superb means, he has been operating like an iron bucket in a few years." Now the court is afraid of offending this local prince, for fear of turning against him. After all, the current Beifu is still the place of the Jiangzuo court, not those foreign vassal states such as Yan and Zhou who say that they are emperors. The roots of Beifu are still in the Jiangzuo Imperial Court, and the hearts of the people here are more or less oriented towards the Imperial Court. ”

"My lord, then this time we come to Chang'an, I don't know if we can successfully complete the mission of Lord Yin." After Xun Ping listened to his own adult's words. I am worried about this mission to Chang'an.

"This year. The Northern Expedition of the King Division. Lord Zhonglu Huan beat the corpse mountain and the sea of blood, but he was still blocked under the city of Rushui Liang County, and he couldn't move forward half a step further. On the east road, we fought JiNg exhausted, and finally won half of Yuzhou, but ......" Speaking of this, Xun Xian couldn't say any more. Yin Hao can't command the Northern Expedition, but it is a set of tossing people.

He first asked Yao Xiang to go to Jiankang with his mother and younger brother to become a langzhong. To make it clear is to take him hostage. Then he said that Fengxian was close to the battlefield, and asked Yao Xiang to lead his 30,000 homeless households to move to Xiaqiu and other Jianghuai places in Xuzhou to go to Tundi, so that the most capable general of the East Road was transferred from the front line. The remaining Xie Shang was unable to support himself alone, so Chen Liu's plan to go north could only be carried out slowly.

Calling back and forth, Jiang Zuo was exhausted. It's okay to talk about the grain and grass, and it's easy to say about the source of the soldiers, and you can get through it by gritting your teeth, but this weapon is in trouble. Jiangzuo was already short of iron. Moreover, due to "historical reasons", the ironmaking industry is also underdeveloped. Halfway through the Northern Expedition, this weapon was in a hurry.

Moreover, a small number of soldiers in the Eastern Road Northern Expedition Wang Division were equipped with armor and weapons from the Beifu production area, and they found that they could not be equipped with the standard equipment of the Jiangzuo Imperial Court. That's called a strong and sharp, so they have asked to equip the armor weapons of Beifu.

Coach Yin Hao felt that he had been playing for more than half a year but there was no good news of victory, and he was also in a hurry, so he thought about it. Later, his subordinates said that the weapons of Beifu were easy to use, and they immediately had an idea. If our own army is equipped with this kind of "advanced armor and weapons", wouldn't it be invincible? However, this is impossible, but Yin Hao sees this as a major opportunity and prepares to go to Beifu to ask for a batch of weapons to come back.

Who's going to go? You can't do this with an ordinary person. I'm embarrassed to ask the bigwigs of the court to go, so let's go by myself? Yin Hao is self-aware, although Zeng Hua is quite polite to himself, but that is on the surface. If you really want to ask for weapons, it is estimated that you can only ask for thousands of kitchen knives.

Xie Shang go, right? His younger brother Xie An has a good relationship with Zeng Hua, and their old Xie family can get related to Zeng Hua through Liu Yi's family. But Xie Shangzheng was sitting in >+: as soon as he left, the Zhou army suddenly counterattacked, and it was easy to hit the ground>< and it was even bigger.

After thinking about it, I thought of Xun Xian. Xun Xian basically did not have any major battles after recovering Peixian, and there were no strong enemies in the direction of Xuzhou that he presided over. And this Xun Xian and Liu Yi have a very good relationship, under Liu Xian's introduction, and Zeng Hua also talked well through several letters.

So Beizhong Lang General and Xuzhou Thorn Shi Xunxian made a detour to Jingzhou, entered Wuguan Shangluo and Lantian Pass, and went straight to Lantian County.

"Zeng Zhenbei is a person who is affectionate and knowledgeable, I personally came to ask for weapons assistance, he will definitely give it, otherwise he has no way to give an explanation to the people of the world. It's just a matter of giving more and giving less, at what cost we have to pay. Xun Xian finally sighed.

On the second day, Xun Xian and his entourage got on two four-wheeled stagecoaches and galloped along the avenue quickly under the pull of eight stagecoaches. In the mood of surprise and sigh of Xun Xian and others, they soon came to Bashang.

To go up to Chang'an from Ba, you must cross the Ba River, and if the stagecoach wants to cross the Ba River, you must go around a little, and cross the river from the Changzhi pontoon bridge that Zeng Hua once walked.

On the pontoon bridge, Xun Xian looked at the traffic and people on both sides, as well as the huge pontoon bridge full of all this, and sighed in his heart.

At this time, Xun Ping suddenly said to Xun Xian: "My lord, I have seen an acquaintance!" ”

Xun Xian was stunned for a moment, and quickly turned his head and asked, "Who?" ”

These chapters begin to talk about some of the situation in Guan Long, otherwise the reader will suspect that such a strong strength came from somewhere when the fight is made in the next few chapters.