"We're going to Mayi soon. My lord, oh no, it's a book. Why don't you go in and take a look?"
"That's fine. Although the main location of the mutual trade is in Pingcheng, I heard that Mayi is the last place for comprehensive supplies for business travelers before going to Pingcheng. It is also extremely lively now, even more than the Yin Guan, making Mayi even more popular. Yin Guan Ling is more popular.¡±
"There is no way, this is all caused by Zhang Wenyuan. In Yanmen, I can often hear the story of Wenyuan leading a hundred cavalry to go deep into the northern border to kill the enemy chieftain and then return, so although there will be foreign invaders from time to time, whether it is Qiangyin and Heping City in the north, as well as some Shanwu, Yin Hall and other places in the south, have been invaded many times. Only Mayi, the northerners are afraid of the reputation of the Zhang family in Mayi and the possible revenge, and dare not intimidate them. . There were also many northerners who had business contacts with the Zhang family all year round, and they did not want to be overly intimidated. Therefore, a few years later, whenever there was an unrest, many business travelers took refuge in Mayi. Over time, they either settled here, or were said to be bound to go north. Practitioners may recruit companions here, and a large number of refugees move here, making this place particularly prosperous."
"Yes, I have been to Mayi several times and I feel that the appearance has changed a lot. I don't know what it will be like when I go back to Mayi this time. I don't know if the shops I visited before are still there. The place used to be run.¡±
"Shu Shi, what you said is so right. If we say that the most prosperous place in Yanmen, it must be Mayi. Even though it cannot be compared with Jinyang City today, looking at the entire Bingzhou, I am afraid that there is no place like this. It can be compared with Mayi."
"What about Pingcheng? I remember that Pingcheng is a place that trades with the North, and it should be very lively. It's a pity that I passed by in a hurry the previous time and couldn't stay longer, and I couldn't catch up with the market that only happens once every ten days. I feel a little regretful every time I think about it.¡±
"Hey, if this Mayi city is extremely prosperous due to the large number of business travelers and dense population, then this Pingcheng is a place that has become extremely prosperous due to chaos. I also hope that the lord will not be angry when he sees it."
"How do you say this?" Li Shushi expressed curiosity. Although Zhang Xiu did not stay in Yanmen's post for long, it seemed that he had a thorough understanding of Yanmen's situation. Along the way, the local customs and customs of various places can be described in detail. It is obvious that a lot of effort has been put into it.
It has to be said that although he was a military general from the northwest, since he was appointed by Li Shushi to take charge of Hedong, Zhang Xiu had to study hard for many years in order to quell those who despised the fact that he only relied on nepotism to get to the position. If it weren't for the incident involving his junior brother Zhao Yun, Li Shushi felt that it would not be so easy for Lin Feng to scheme against Zhang Xiu so easily.
But this is not bad, after suffering a loss. Zhang Xiu obviously gained a lot of valuable experience.
"There are also many business travelers in Pingcheng. After all, if you stay in Mayi, apart from bulk goods, there are only some shops selling various supplies that are more popular. As for the business related to the north, they are just scraps. Some of this kind of business is done in Pingcheng. But having said that, being a second-tier dealer in Pingcheng is still not the most profitable business. In fact, the most profitable thing is to go deep into the grasslands and directly interact with the Xianbei people and even some other grassland tribes. Direct trade. The difference in supplies and the asymmetry in intelligence can make a caravan with a full load come back rich and rich the moment it comes back.
certainly. The risk of doing this is naturally very high. In fact, you can often see emaciated caravans in Pingcheng's markets. Those unlucky ones have either been robbed of their goods and are starving. Either that or he was cheated out of business and lost all his money. And such people are actually the most dangerous, because they are the kind of guys who eat one meal but never eat the next, because they struggle on the edge of hunger every day, in order to survive and to be able to make money, just like those who have to bear all the pressure. A gambler with a fortune, a maniacal gambler looking for any opportunity he can take advantage of. They have nothing in their hands that can be used for trading. What they may have is just cold weapons and a life that they no longer care about. And they were the largest source of frontier horse thieves.
In fact, Bianjun was originally in such chaos, and it was almost the same in Wuwei. My uncle taught me back then. He said that no one was born a horse thief in the beginning. The first people who became horse thieves were either bankrupt businessmen in border counties. Or they are greedy barbarian tribes. But over time, these people have become an invisible profession. Even now, many caravans will still work part-time as horse thieves and bandits if they enter the grassland. You will never find evidence of this anyway.
In fact, many thoughtful governors want to rectify this kind of chaos unique to border counties, but most of them can only turn a blind eye to this situation because of the invasion of barbarians, and in this kind of situation. Under the chaos, a large number of powerful caravan troops were cultivated. When the Northerners invaded, they were able to use heavy rewards to recruit caravan troops to join the war. likeIf you're lucky, you might be able to turn your fortunes around a few times. Although there is little hope of making money back in this way, it is still much better than having a reputation as a pure horse thief.
Of course, the situation is much better now. After all, the northern invaders are not as frequent as before. When Mr. Guo was in office, he also set a lot of rules for the caravans. With the constraints of the rules, everyone can restrain themselves to a certain extent. a little. On the contrary, it gave me, the successor, an advantage. Xiao Gui and Cao Sui were a lot more comfortable. "
Looking at Zhang Xiu's beaming look, he can be said to be completely different from the walking on thin ice when he first served as the governor of Hedong. It seems that after such a long period of hard work to enrich himself and use various jobs to hone himself, Zhang is now Xiu has gained enough confidence that he has the ability and skills to deal with government affairs that he was once confused about.
Speaking of which, after experiencing the prosperity of Hedong County in the hinterland of the Central Plains and the hidden needles in the brocade of the powerful aristocratic families, and experiencing the order in the chaos of Yanmen County and the toughness of the powerful aristocratic families, how could it be difficult for him to be defeated by other two thousand stone areas?
It¡¯s just
"I'm talking about Wenqiao. After hearing what you said was so lively, I would like to ask you, which position do you most want to hold now? Do you want to continue to be the prefect of two thousand stones? Or do you want to become a general on the battlefield? ?¡±
"That goes without saying, of course I am on the battlefield~ I am a prefect just to be worthy of your promotion and cultivation of me, Shushi, and also to be worthy of the salary you paid me. Furthermore, I don't want to become a joke in the eyes of others. Although I can be a little proud of being able to achieve what I am today. But comparing Uncle Han Sheng's performance in Hanoi with my predecessor Guo Taishou's performance in Yanmen, I really feel that I am too far behind them. In this way I am afraid that your ability cannot be made up by hard work alone.
And you also know my temperament, so I really really want to return to the battlefield in the future. To fight and charge, just like Uncle Hansheng who gave up on the good state animal husbandry. That is the role model I admire most. "
"You brat, you don't worship your master and me, but instead worship outsiders. This makes me, master, so sad!"
"Ha ha ha ha¡¡"
The time period of late August and early September is just after the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, but it is also the end of a complete change of seasons. Whether it is on the grassland or in Yanmen Border County, the summer heat still has its tail. This time is the end of the last golden period of the year when water and grass are abundant. Herdsmen are letting their cattle and sheep roam every day. They are grazing desperately all the time, trying to make them fatter and stronger so that they can survive the difficult and long winter that will come at any time.
Of course, nowadays, those tribes in the Yanmen border areas and the northern grasslands near Yanmen that have good relations with the Bingzhou Army or have some connections have gradually adapted to trading with Han caravans at this time and purchasing some straw from the Han people. Although the prepared forage will always have some problems due to the road, as long as it is handled properly. You can still make your livestock feel a little more comfortable during the long winter.
Coupled with some new methods of livestock breeding that were gradually spread from the Han people, as well as methods of preventing and controlling livestock diseases, the Wuwan people and the Huns who were close to Bingzhou have already tasted the benefits. Their livestock numbers doubled in three years.
Although a lot of new livestock have been added, Bingzhou is fully capable of digesting it - horses can be used for military and civilian purposes for commercial circulation and grain farming. The wool of sheep can be spun into wool by the women of Bingzhou. This type of sweater has become very popular in Bingzhou recently, especially the new patterns that appear from time to time in Bingzhou, which has led the entire area under the rule of the Bingzhou Army. Even through Li Shushi's tribute to Han Emperor Liu Xie, it was sold to the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty and even the vast areas of the Western Regions. Needless to say, mutton is a great supplement~
There is no need to say more about cows. Li Shushi dared to ask for as much as he could provide to Bingzhou. Anyway, no farmer would be dissatisfied with having a cow in their home. The soldiers of the Bingzhou Army also liked the newly developed sizzling steak from Bingzhou Mufu. Although the medium-rare steak looked really bloody, the feeling of feasting was addictive.
And in such a season, Li Shushi once again announced that he would skip work and ran out with his own bodyguards.
But this time, in addition to himself, there were also a few injured people traveling with him. After all, he always stayed at home, and even if there was no problem in the first place, he would get sick - you can still think of the diseases he got. They tried to find a way, but neither Li Shushi nor Su Xiaoluoli were 100% sure of solving the psychological problems. Even modern medicine often turned a blind eye.
??Tong Laotou, Zilongjiang, Ziyi, Gongming, plus the least injured one, are ready to show the spirit that a slave owner should have,Dao took Zhang Xiu back and asked him to continue working, but he had squeezed the last bit of value out of him.
Compared with the previous trip to the Central Plains, the entourage of this not-too-distant trip has changed a lot - Wei Yan was thrown to Huang Zhong by Li Shushi, mainly because he was afraid that this guy would die if thrown to Lu Bu You know the death-seeking spirit of the second-year middle school boy, so it¡¯s better to let an old man like Huang Zhong, who has sufficient experience in training the second-year middle school boy, give Wei Yan a "life talk". As long as he thinks of resisting The little carrot head was pressed down with one finger by the old man with a ruffian look, unable to move.
Thinking about it, I think it¡¯s great~!
Lu Meng went to school with Yang Fu and Sima Yi, and by the way, he could study with Huangfu Song on Li Shushi's recommendation.
Or you can go to Huangfu Song's assistant Zou Jing. Although this old general who had a written relationship with Li Shushi in Youzhou is not a famous general, if he is asked to refer to the knowledge about the northern grasslands as international relations, Still doable.
Chen Deng and Lu Su also hope to go to the official school first, and then help Cheng Yu. After they are familiar with Bingzhou's operating system, they will then consider asking Li Shushi to arrange a suitable place for themselves. It can be said that they behaved very well. It seems to have been well thought out and even communicated with each other - excellent people often have keen intuition about intelligence.
Although she planned to go to the north, Mi Fang did not follow. He also needs to deal with various affairs of the Mi family in Jinyang, and in the future he will also need to visit Lishi, Chang'an and the Western Regions. After a detailed inspection of the trade routes and the market conditions of materials in various places, Mi Fang, who had probably found her own direction in life, was very active and personally took care of every detail.
However, after hearing that Su Xiaoluoli suggested that he make more trips to the border cities in the north before heading to the Western Regions, Mi Fang seemed to not understand Su Xiaoluoli¡¯s purpose. However, after listening to Zhang Xiu¡¯s explanation this time, Li Shushi understood Su Xiaoluoli¡¯s intentions somewhat. Purpose.
To put it bluntly, it is to let Mi Fang practice her skills in the border market, whether it is to understand the things that need to be paid attention to when trading with foreigners. I also took the opportunity to see if I could take this opportunity to build a team. After all, although the Silk Road was reopened by Li Shushi and there were many troops to protect it along the way, it was thousands of miles long after all, and we needed to deal with various possible emergencies. As a team, As a child of a wealthy family who has lived in the Central Plains for a long time, it is hard to say whether Mi Fang has experienced these hardships, so before challenging the hell difficulty, it is safer to find a simpler place to do adaptive training. If you find that you are not that material, it is okay. There is an opportunity to give up.
¡°After all, this investment involved both Bingzhou and Bingzhou¡¯s tycoons as well as several families from Xuzhou, and the total investment was huge. It must be treated with caution. As the housekeeper of the Li Mansion, Su Xiaoluoli's housekeeping abilities are absolutely perfect.
Chen Dao and Xia Houjuan are still in the team. But the meaning is completely different from before.
Chen Dao's current status is roughly similar to that of Nero Jiang. She is Li Shushi's personal bodyguard and also serves as a life assistant. Compared to Nero Jiang, who is a bit naive to do this kind of thing, she seems to be more adaptable to this aspect. work.
As for Xia Houjuan
¡°Ziyi, can you please come out and get some air? You¡¯re always kissing me and me in the carriage, which is not good for your recovery.¡±
"You need to take care of it!" Unfortunately, the person who stuck his head out from the carriage was not an honest man, Tai Shi Ziyi, but a certain former girl who wanted to develop in the direction of Hedong Lion Of course, she should be a girl now. Ziyi is not a guy like Xiaoqiang who can't control himself like an animal. If it weren't for the red flag at home, he wouldn't be able to control himself. Li Shushi really wanted to find this "scourge". There were definitely more than fifty people, and they could definitely be called public enemy self-propelled artillery and humanoid seeders in a large fff group.
??????????????????????????? Don¡¯t think we don¡¯t know how popular this little Qiang was with the girls when he was in Wusun. With his strong body and brave battlefield performance, even if he can't marry a girl into the family, those tribes will not be able to accept it if he just borrows seeds. Anyway, as long as he can give birth to healthy offspring, it may be very possible. Grow into a leader within the clan.
¡°When I think about the Wusun Kingdom in the future, the king is of Han descent, the heroes in the country are also of Han descent, and they can be divided into several factions based on their faces, etc., I get drunk just thinking about it
What? Why can factions be divided based on faces, you ask?
???????????? It is said that Xiaoqiang was not known to be a ¡°genius¡± among the Bingzhou Army¡¯s Western Expedition.
Of course, judging from the current situation, Li Shushi can draw another conclusion.
Ziyi, you are such a slut!
This thought just crossed my mind,?I found that the carriage Ziyi was riding in suddenly wafted out a strange purple-black smoke, and then a powerful ape arm that definitely belonged to a man stretched out from the window, as if he wanted to make a sound. A signal for help, but after struggling violently for more than ten seconds, he finally sank down weakly.
It seems that there is still a long way to go to clean up the toxins in Ziyi's body.
But having said that, I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s because of Su Xiaoluoli, but the girls around Li Shushi don¡¯t seem to have the habit of making murderous dishes. Not to mention whether the food they make is delicious or not, at least they can be eaten, and they can barely handle it. It¡¯s really congratulations.
"Tamako-chan, I'd better give Ziyi some health care later, otherwise my workload will increase again."
Although that is what it is said, it is just like what a certain evil-minded girl said, no matter what it is, it needs training. If Li Shushi is not trained, he will not be successful.
???????????????????????? Although that¡¯s what he said, Li Shushi said that he is definitely not a slut. Say no to malicious teasing!
But within a short period of time, it would have turned into a dead dog after treating one person, and now it would have turned into a dead dog after treating five people. Li Shushi feels that maybe she is quite talented in some aspects~
There was another person who was also left in Jinyang, and that was Miss Luo He, who had made a splash in Chen County.
Well, in fact, most people don¡¯t know who was responsible for the ¡°rat riot¡± that night, which was like a punishment from heaven, or the ¡°rat meeting¡± that Li Shushi jokingly called, but within the Bingzhou Army, Su Xiaoluoli had already The humanoid beast, which is almost the same in people's minds, has undoubtedly consolidated its status this time.
Of course, the purpose of keeping her this time was not to keep this humanoid nuclear bomb at home and to control the country. It was entirely because the students of both Bingzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Bingzhou Veterinary College were very interested in their legendary dean at this moment. They are looking forward to it, guessing if Li Shushi dares to take their favorite dean goddess around again. It would be strange if there was no riot.
If Su Xiaoluoli hadn't been the wife of the Li family that all the men had agreed to, it would have been natural for Li Shushi to take his wife around. It is estimated that the medical students would also have to consider whether they were echoing the actions of the other two colleges. Even so, Li Shushi believed If the other two colleges really launch riots, there will definitely be many college students taking advantage of troubled waters.
Well, although he proudly declared "my big fff group" just now, it turns out that he has been away from this sacred organization for a long time since he came to this plane. Even now, he can already occupy the opposite side of the organization. Bar.
¡°As soon as he thought about the possible reactions of those radicals, Li Shushi felt that this was indeed a beautiful era.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????. It's better not to continue to attract hatred.
Because of the injuries of Etai Shi Ci and Zhao Yun, even with Li Shushi helping to nourish their bodies, they would have to recover for at least a year and a half. Today, when the situation in the north is so tense, it is impossible to leave the positions of Colonel Sakugata and Karasuma, who are on the front line, vacant.
"The two of them couldn't say anything about this result. After all, with their current physical condition, they were indeed not suitable to be on the front line. Moreover, Li Shushi has already spread the news that these two people, including Xu Huang, need to rest for about two years. As for Tong Yuan, it is better if he can save his life. The two of them can rest in peace and prepare to fight as a surprise soldier. .
Tai Shici was succeeded by Wei Yue, who had done well in the position of Xiongnu captain.
He may be inferior to Taishi Ci in terms of ability, but he was the most powerful general in the Huns before. The current Xiongnu captain has formed a group of Xiongnu loyal followers, so he should be more confident in his loyalty. He also trusted Wei Yue very much. Such troops were pulled to Shuofang by Wei Yue with Li Shushi's acquiescence, cooperating with the management of Tuoba Liwei and Yelida. Perhaps the effect is no worse than that of Taishi Ci.
As for the responsibility of the Xiongnu captain vacated by Wei Yue, Li Shushi handed it over to Guan Qiuxing from Hedong.
Guanqiu Xing was one of the first batch of young people to join the General Staff after its establishment, and he was the oldest among that group of young people. Over the past few years, my achievements are not dazzling. At best, I can only say that I have not failed. But the advantage is that I do things steadily and do not have fancy ideas, but I also do not make any mistakes because of being too radical.
Considering that the current duties of the Xiongnu captain have changed from mainly suppressing by force to helping the naturalized Xiongnu integrate into the unified state system, and helping the Xiongnu develop production and common prosperity, this stable and well-versed government affairs, in Li Shushi's opinion, Young people who have more prospects as governors are more suitable than as generals.
The original group of young people have now gradually begun to work abroad. Except for Guanqiu Xing,?Ling was also sent out and will serve as the staff officer and assistant to the new Karasuma Captain Guan Hai. Having said that, compared to Guan Hai, whose main responsibilities are combat and training, Wang Ling's work is obviously more arduous as other sundries need to be shouldered.
However, it seems that this young man is very eager to try, obviously feeling that this is the only way to show his ability.
Sure enough, it¡¯s great to be young.
And before they knew it, the convoy had arrived outside Mayi City. (To be continued)