The snow came and went quickly, and after a whole day and a night, a heavy snowfall finally stopped temporarily.

At this time, a thick layer had been laid on the ground, which directly submerged the human calf.

Early in the morning, as soon as the sky was bright, the snowplowing teams of each street began to sweep the snow in the city in an orderly manner under the organization of the yamen.

Everywhere are the figures of hard-working people pushing small carts to transport snow to designated places outside the city.

However, after a morning's work, the snow on the streets of Yunzhou City, which was already covered with snow and white everywhere, had been cleaned up by the people.

Only the white "thick quilt" on the roof and branches of the house still proves that it has snowed not long ago.

And in the last post station less than ten miles away from Yunzhou City, Zhao Duan, who had slept for a day and a night, saw that it was finally no snowing, and immediately went on the road.

No one knows when the next snow will come, it is only right to leave while the snow stops, and it is not far from Yunzhou City at the moment, maybe they can reach Yunzhou City in time for the next snow to arrive.

Maybe it's God's favor, and it hasn't snowed again for a whole day.

This made Zhao Duan and his entourage breathe a sigh of relief.

They had already experienced the difficulties of navigating the wind and snow, and they didn't want to do it again.

Even so, they did not dare to delay.

People had just eaten lunch at noon, and at four o'clock, the group finally arrived in Yunzhou City!

Looking at the majestic city in front of him, the height and thickness are no worse than Bianjing City.

Zhao Duan and the others finally understood what the merchant meant when he said that the prosperity here was no worse than that of Bianjing?

In a place like Yunzhou County, a huge city has been established, which is no less than Bianjing City, and the difficulty of this, as well as the materials and money that need to be consumed, are massive, just thinking about it is enough to make people's scalps tingle.

But now, he did appear again.

This huge city is breathtaking, and the walls are nearly ten feet high!

Ten zhang! What is this concept?

Bianjing City is not so high, and it can't be built so high at all, not because of the consumables, but because of the technical problems of construction.

I don't know how Yunzhou City solved this problem.

Zhao Duan didn't know that since cement appeared in Yunzhou County, the emergence of reinforced concrete buildings has also been logical.

With this technology, not to mention ten zhang, it is twenty zhang, and Zhao Jun can build thirty zhang.

It's just not necessary.

Coming back to his senses from the shock of the city wall, Zhao Duan and his entourage began to enter the city one after another along the crowd.

That's right, the crowd.

There were so many people around him that Zhao Duan felt as if he had returned to Bianjing City, and there were Tatars who entered and exited the city gate, and there were Song people, and what surprised him even more was that there were still people with some swarthy people with turbans on their heads entering the city.

At a glance, he knew that these swarthy people were the subordinates of the person in front, Zhao Duan had never seen this kind of person, so he couldn't help but look at them with some curiosity.

At this time, a merchant behind him saw him like this, and immediately smiled: "Brother, what's the matter?" Interested in these savages? ”

"Savages?"

Zhao Duan turned his head in confusion.

The man nodded and explained: "According to the Yunzhou County Government, these are all wild people in the Yunling Mountain Range, and the Yunzhou County Government will regularly go to the mountains to arrest them, and then bring them out and sell them to those in the city who are willing to buy them, and it is said that this is still the economic source of the Yunzhou County Yamen." ”

What this merchant said was endless, but he himself was just hearsay, and he came half a month earlier than Zhao Duan, and at this moment, he spoke out out of the character of a good teacher.

What is known is also the news that the Yunzhou County Government wants people to know.

"Are these all slaves?"

Zhao Duan was taken aback, he knew that the Great Song Dynasty was forbidden to slaves.

The merchant didn't care, but said: "It's not the Song people, it's just a group of savages, give them the opportunity to be slaves, this is to educate them, for their good!" ”

It can also be seen from his attitude that he is not at all disgusted with the use of savages as slaves, but feels that it is normal.

"Savages?"

Zhao Duan looked at the so-called savages who were talking and couldn't understand the words in their mouths.

They don't dress like savages, they have a distinctly exotic style, but they are said to be savages.

It seems that the sixth child in his family has a lot of things to hide from himself.

But as long as you are not a Song person, it doesn't matter if you are a slave.

With this in mind, it was finally their turn to enter the city.

Cao Shuang was ready early and took out a silver ingot and a tael.

In his mind, so much silver should be enough for their party to enter the city.

But to his surprise, when he took out the silver, the soldiers defending the city began to look at him with wary eyes, and with a wave of their hands, several men immediately stepped forward and pointed their weapons at them.

At this time, Cao Shuang suddenly became numb, and Zhao Duan also frowned behind him, looking at the situation in front of him and not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, the original defender shouted at Cao Shuang with a crossbow: "You want to bribe me? Say it! What contraband did you want to bring into town? ”

"Contraband?"

Cao Shuang was even more confused at this time, he originally thought that the other party thought that the money he gave was not enough, and wanted to blackmail them, but he didn't expect it to be regarded as a bribe.

hurriedly explained: "There is no contraband, I am giving the city entry tax!" ”

"Entrance tax?"

I saw that the soldier on the opposite side was stunned, and his serious expression just now slowed down a lot, but he didn't put down the weapon in his hand, but signaled to the side.

Immediately, someone stepped forward and looked at the carriages and horses of Zhao Duan's group with a vigilant face.

After a long time, the man's expression relaxed, and he turned back and nodded at the first guard, and then he waved his hand, and everyone lowered their weapons.

I heard the guard say to Cao Shuang: "Okay, you should be the first time to come to our Yunzhou City, we don't collect city taxes here, and no one dares to collect your silver."

You only have to be honest when you enter the city, and it is strictly forbidden to enter the city with personal weapons.

If you dare to fight privately, no matter who makes the first move, as long as you fight with him, you will have to eat the prison food of the yamen for a few days. ”

After saying that, the guard waved his hand, and the guard behind him immediately made way to enter the city.

Cao Shuang returned to the car, glanced at Zhao Duan, nodded his head, and the carriage slowly drove into the city.

When the carriage passed by the guard, Zhao Duan lifted the curtain and looked fixedly at the guards who were meticulously checking the people entering the city for a long time, and finally let out a sigh.

Once...... At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the group of Great Song Dynasty soldiers who were full of yearning for peace also performed their duties so meticulously.

Nowadays, such a soldier in the Great Song Dynasty has become a legend.

Unexpectedly, here in the sixth child, he actually saw it.

How did he do it?

Zhao Duan was very curious about this.

At the same time, a trace of pride rose in my heart for some reason.

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(End of chapter)