Volume 2: Liuyun Mountain Chapter 31: The Wind Rises (3)
The repair of the Snail Gorge is the result of everyone's discussion in the eighteen villages of Liuyun, and it is also the top priority before this year, which is related to whether Liuyun Mountain can really ensure the safety of one side in the troubled times in the future.
Therefore, many stonemasons in the mountains spontaneously came to help, and for a while, the canyon was full of simple shacks, and many craftsmen even dragged their families with their families, and the food was brought by themselves, and everyone was unwilling to waste the rations of the long knife camp.
Under the troubled times, what kind of situation is it outside, in fact, ordinary people are bright, and they also understand the truth that there are eggs under the nest, so everyone is united!
Seeing Yun Yi and his party coming over, the craftsmen put down their work and stood up respectfully to say hello.
And Yun Yi can call the name of almost every craftsman accurately, and even some children can call out nicknames.
Lu Yi suddenly felt that the man walking in front of him had become taller, and he knew that many things brought you the most shocking feeling.
Yun Hu'er only had the white hair of Brother Yun's sideburns fluttering in the wind in his eyes, and his heart ached inexplicably.
Yun Yi stood in front of the thick city wall and looked back at the rolling mountains in the distance, and his voice was low: "This is the home of all of us, so outsiders are not allowed to come and do evil! If King Song dares to attack, this place will definitely become Shura Hell, and he will not be allowed to take a step forward!"
Lu Yi told the Shepherd about everything he had promised, and he did not hide anything from it, including the advice of the Shepherd.
Yun Yi listened carefully, nodded, and was full of energy!
patted Lu Yi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You help me Liuyun Mountain accomplish such a big thing! Thank you for your great kindness! Please accept the worship of everyone in my Liuyun Mountain!"
After speaking, regardless of the obstruction of the road, he forcibly bowed down!
Behind him, Yun Chen and the others also saluted solemnly, although the craftsmen who were working didn't know what was going on, but when they saw the master of Yunzhuang saluting, they all saluted respectfully to the road.
This time it made Lu Yi at a loss.
Yun Yi got up and laughed heartily, turned to face everyone and said loudly: "The Muwang has decided to support Liuyun Mountain! In a few days, there will be grain, grass and armor delivered! In the future, we will be more confident!"
The canyon was silent for a moment, and then erupted into a tsunami-like cheer!
As far as they are concerned, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor, if they really need to rely on the court, of course it is the best for the shepherd! After all, the people of Jiangnan Province live and work in peace and contentment.
When he returned to Yunmeng Villa, Li Muran, who was lame, was deeply attracted by the four words left by the three high Taoists.
Dinner had already been set on the table, and Li Muran had not yet returned, so Lu Yi was relieved and walked out of the lobby alone.
From a distance, I saw that Li Muran was still trying to pestle under the archway like a wooden stake, looking up at the four big characters, and there were words in his mouth.
When I got closer, I laughed dumbly.
It turned out that Li Muran had only one sentence over and over again: "How is it possible? How can it be ......?"
Worried that he would go crazy, Lu Yi patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Go back to dinner! These four words will not run away! Don't look crazy!"
Li Muran retracted his eyes, his face was full of exhaustion, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "These three high Dao people are worthy of being famous in Wudang! They are really powerful! I must understand this set of swordsmanship!"
As soon as Lu saw that he was safe and sound, he put his mind at ease, turned around and walked back: "There is time, you will slowly realize it in the future!"
"Hey, wait a minute. ”
Lu Yi turned around and looked curiously at Li Muran, who looked embarrassed, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"My leg is numb!"
"Then you can move!"
"You, you can carry me! I really can't stand. ”
Lu Yi thought that he had just been injured in the afternoon, and this station was more than an hour, so it was estimated that it was really uncomfortable, so he squatted down helplessly:
"Come on!"
"Will you take the opportunity to take advantage of this prince?"
Lu together: "Get out! If you can't walk, go back by yourself!"
When Lu Yi returned to the lobby with Li Muran on his back, he had already turned on the lamp, and everyone laughed when they learned the reason.
After eating, Duanmuyu pestered Lu Yi to go to Liuyun Town to hang out, and thought of being separated for more than a month, so he agreed.
One big and one small held hands, playing and walking slowly towards Liuyun Town, the little girl is now very familiar with the streets and alleys, which thing is delicious and which sells what, the door is clear.
Five days later, Wang Chongguang, a strategist under the command of King Mu, arrived at Liuyun Mountain as scheduled with grain, grass and armor, accompanied by Wei Nanhu, an old captain of the armor-breaking pawn.
Yun Yi has actually been in contact with Dawn Hall all these years, and the person in charge of the affairs of Liuyun Mountain is Wang Chongguang.
Yun Yingyue and Yun Hu'er were busy with more than a dozen subordinates, entertaining the soldiers who were escorting grain, grass and armor, and counting things into the warehouse one by one, although their foreheads were full of sweat, they could not hide the excitement in their expressions.
The four of them stood on the terrace on the second floor of Yunmeng Villa and looked at the busy crowd on the other side of the archway, with smiles on their faces.
Yun Yi stretched out his hand to hold Wei Nanhu's shoulder, and said with a little ridicule: "Brother Nanhu, you are finally willing to come back to help me, I begged you hard for the first two years!"
Wei Nanhu joined the army at the age of twelve, is a native of Liuyun Mountain, has been responsible for the training of the source of armor-breaking soldiers, although the position is not high, among the armor-breaking soldiers, but deeply respected, hearing the words said with a bitter face: "As a soldier, I have to obey the general's arrangement, where can I make my own decisions! But I am sincerely happy to learn that you have run the Liuyun Eighteen Villages well and prosperously, and this is not coming!"
Wang Chongguang looked at the reunion of old friends, coughed and quipped:
"It turns out that the two of you have been secretly communicating for a long time, and I have to report this matter to Dawn Hall truthfully!"
Wei Nanhu laughed: "Okay! Lao Wang, since this is the case, there will be no part of the wine tonight!"
Yun Yi restrained his expression and pulled Lu Yi over and introduced: "This is Lu Yixian's nephew." ”
Lu Yi and Wang Chongguang had met in Xun Feiyu Mansion, but it was the first time they met Wei Nanhu, and they hurriedly clasped their fists and bowed.
Wei Nanhu stretched out his hand to help him up, with a smile on his face: "The future is terrifying, the future is terrifying!" The virtuous nephew has a long breath, it seems that not only is the person handsome, but also the kung fu is even better!"
Seeing Lu Yi, who was a little unnatural, Yun Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "We three old guys still have some things to talk about, you go to Yun Chen and them, let you accompany a few of us, see that you are uncomfortable." ”
Lu Yi smiled awkwardly and left.
Wang Chongguang looked at the young man who was far away and said with a smile: "It would be nice to have a few more young men like Fengtianguo!"
Yun Yi nodded thoughtfully: "Seeing them, a few of us can't accept the old man, Brother Wang, let's talk about it, what else does Mr. Xun ......have to say?"
As soon as Lu Yi left Yunmeng Villa, he ran into the Yunchen brothers and Li Muran who rushed over to find him.
"Let's go and see the terrain with us. ”
"Tieguan?"
"No, where else could it be?"
Lu Yi looked at Li Muran and said with a smile: "Why don't you study the ink treasure left by the Sangao Dao people, what kind of fun are you going to follow?"
Li Muran looked up at the sky: "I want you to take care of it!"
"Is your leg healed?"
"Why don't we do it lightly?"
Lu Yi exhaled: "It's so tiring to talk to you." Where did Yu'er go?"
Yun Chen frowned and smiled bitterly when she heard this: "Don't mention it, the little girl went to Dafeng Hall early in the morning, and now she is the child king there!
Lu Yi laughed dumbly, no wonder the little girl went out early and returned late in the past two days, she didn't stick to herself like before, it turned out that she ran to Dafeng Hall to mess around, and it was relieved to think about it, children of the same age always have the same fun.
"I remember last time there was a path on the sand table to collect medicine, and we could save at least half of the journey by going down there. ”
"Take the path?"
Yun Chen thought about it, took out a map and spread it on the ground, and several people squatted down.
"This is a very old map, it was originally drawn by some medicine pickers, they are more familiar with Liuyun Mountain than anyone else, there is indeed a small road here, it looks very close, but it has been abandoned for many years, I am afraid it is difficult to walk. ”
Lu Yi carefully looked at the map and found that there were two rivers to cross from the path.
"Are these two rivers big?"
Yun Yuan thought for a moment and continued: "The first river is not big, the second river is not small, and the second river is a large canyon, which is extremely difficult to cross. ”
If it weren't for the difficulty of the mountain road, wouldn't Liuyun Mountain become accessible in all directions?
"In fact, if there is a small road that is feasible, the farthest water branch from us is more than 200 miles of mountain road. ”
"It's a mountain road, even if you are an experienced mountain person, it is already the limit to be able to walk fifty or sixty miles a day. ”
Lu Yi stood up, crossed his fingers with his hands, moved his arms, and smiled excitedly: "Clean up, if there is no way, we will go out one way." ”
"Good!"
Duanmu Lengyue originally wanted to follow, but thinking that Yu'er was still a little relieved to stay on the mountain alone, he listened to Lu Yi's advice to stay, and gave Lu Yi a green porcelain bottle when they parted, which was filled with the special insect repellent powder made by the Leaning Moon Sect, which was extremely effective in dealing with mosquitoes, flies and poisonous insects in the deep mountains.
Lu Yi was not polite, took it, hugged her while no one was still bold, and when he saw the sect leader with a slightly red face, he laughed and said, "This doesn't look like a gentle little lady who sends her own man on the expedition?"
Duanmu Leng Yue glared at him viciously, with infinite charm.
As its name suggests, Tieshan County is rich in iron ore veins within its jurisdiction, and it is an important producer of iron tools from the Song Dynasty in Yannan Province, so it has always been rich, but it is said that the quality of iron ore is relatively average, and it can only be used to forge some civilian utensils, and a very small number of high-quality mines are firmly controlled by the military.
Tieguan is located in the south of Tieshan County, next to Liuyun Mountain, the pass is built on a long-abandoned ore vein, easy to defend and difficult to attack, garrison 1,000, captain Wei Nan, known as Wei Ren Tu.
Wei Nan is in his forties, with big shoulders and round waist, leopard head and eyes, he was originally the leader of the horse bandits in Yannan Road, killing people without calculation, and he does have some real ability, and later he was forced to return to the King of Song, leading the troops to fight bravely and tenaciously, and a thousand brothers in the Guannai are all battlefield robes who have followed him many times to be born and died.
The scenery of the iron pass in autumn is charming, and the inside and outside of the pass are golden, as if a thick layer of gold is paved.
Coupled with the cool weather and the right temperature, Wei Nan wore dark blue civilian clothes, moved a chair and lay on the city wall to enjoy the scenery, golden is his favorite color, which looks extraordinarily comfortable.
A pot of wine, but the appetizer is only a plate of yellow fried soybeans.
Wei Nan loves money very much, and he is extremely stingy, both to others and to himself, and his sworn brother Dou Wenbao always makes fun of him for the smell of copper, but Wei Nan doesn't care, just complains that the yellow and white smell on his body is not strong enough, where do you know the delicate pleasure when your fingers slide over the silver ingot.
Those who are familiar with Wei Nan know that if you ask Wei Xiaowei to do something, you have to send cash, even if the national exchange of silver tickets from Sihai Money Village is not easy to use, of course, the more you send, the smoother things will be.
A soldier ran over panting, clasped his fists and saluted: "General! ”
Wei Nan narrowed his eyes and said impatiently, "Can't you just handle it yourself?"
"It's the Yangwei Dart Bureau of Taean County. ”
"Oh, so what?
The pro-soldier hesitated for a long time, but still said: "Ten taels of money have been given, but ......"
Wei Nan took a sip of wine and said unhappily: "We must pay attention to credibility in doing things, and don't embarrass others if we give money!"
However, the brothers found out that the goods contained illicit salt, so they did not dare to let them go. ”
Fengtian Kingdom has extremely strict control over salt and iron, but now that the princes are competing for deer, many of the original regulations have become empty talk, but the merchants who dare to sell salt and iron are all wealthy businessmen and giants with deep backgrounds, and who does not participate in the princes and rulers from all walks of life to get a piece of the pie?
Wei Nan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he smiled: "How many?"
The soldiers truthfully informed: "There are twenty cars, no more than 10,000 catties, but the dart head has the token of Gou Guoshi." ”
Wei Nan frowned, sat up straight and said solemnly: "Gou Guoshi is a decent person, how can he do these illegal things, I think it's a misunderstanding, well, you go and call the dart head, General Ben will personally interrogate!"
After a while, the soldiers walked over briskly with a middle-aged man dressed in a dark red short-cut uniform.
"Meet General Wei. ”
After the retreat of the soldiers, only two people were left on the city wall.
Wei Nanpi said with a smile:
"You are more than half a month ahead of what the letter says. ”
The middle-aged dart master took out a heavy cloth bag from his arms and put it on the table respectfully, and said with a smile: "The situation is not good this year, and Luoyang is in a hurry, and there is no way to do it. ”
Wei Nan stretched out his hand and checked the cloth bag, secretly happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "The National Teacher has every opportunity, and he has not forgotten us little ones, it is really righteous, and now Luoyang has been besieged for more than a year, this trip is indeed just right!
The dart master smiled: "It's not like you need to be taken care of by the generals!"
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, remember to say hello to the national teacher for me when I go back! ”
The master retired.
Wei Nan was satisfied with the cloth bag full of snow and silver, and Shi Shiran went downstairs with his hands behind his back.