"Chile River, under the Yin Mountains, the sky is like a dome, covering all the fields. The sky is vast and the fields are vast. The wind blows the grass and sees cattle and sheep."

Li Yu stared at the carriage window. The grassland outside was vast and the sun was warm. It was the season when grass was growing wildly in midsummer. The rich grass fragrance drifted in the air. All tribes under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Army had designated grasslands for grazing. There were lush water and grasslands everywhere. The herdsmen sang the ancient tune of the sunny poplars. When they saw this trip, they would say hello loudly. It was not like the legend in the Central Plains. The grasslands attacked and slaughtered each other, and the barbarians were all cruel and cruel.

He was rescued from Bianliang and walked on the road for almost a month. The depression of the prisoners over the years gradually dissipated. Li Yu sighed and saw that the world was far and wide, which made people feel comfortable. But he was often uneasy. He knew that Chen De, the governor of Anxi, was no longer the same as before. Even Emperor Song Zhao Jiong was extremely afraid of him. He only knew that he did not take the court seriously in his heart. Even if he was thinking about his old love, how would he treat him?

The carriage is specially made in Anxi, sturdy and comfortable. The carriage is engraved with the logo of the Anxi Jiedu Mansion. Walking on the grassland outside the frontier, all tribes are in awe. Centurion An Sidao led twenty cavalrymen to guard the carriages, and centurion Bagen led thirty cavalrymen to warn the outside world. Along the way, there were various tribes who surrendered to the cavalry army to respond. The grassland people were hospitality, and even more so. Every place was a hospitality for killing cavalrymen, singing and dancing. The only thing that made Li Yu feel uncomfortable was that tribal warriors often practiced martial arts with the cavalry soldiers at the banquet.

In order not to make them have false thoughts, Chen De even promulgated a duel to urge the soldiers to practice martial arts diligently, and even promulgated a duel to stop fighting. If there is a dispute between tribes that are difficult to distinguish between judges, both parties are allowed to fight for war and fight for war. No matter whether they win or lose, both sides cannot retaliate. This decree was accepted by many tribes that are not subordinate to the Anxi Army. The duel has caused the tribes to have more choices beyond the battle to exterminate the clan and race. These tribes also asked the Cavalry Army to send officers as arbitrators. The grassland order dominated by Anxi is slowly being established. However, tribes that do not obey the Anxi Army are attacked and driven away month after month, and are forced to migrate to the grasslands further north and east.

The centurion of Chengying Camp who was responsible for escorting this trip was originally Zhang Zhongyao's confidant family general, and the centurion Bagen was a Mongolian. Taking advantage of the defeat of Gaoliang River and Bianliang was in chaos, the two rescued Li Yu from Bianliang. When they left, they forged the illusion that the mansion of Longxi County Duke had caught fire and all the people in the mansion were burned to death. He was more careful along the way and finally arrived at the boundary of Lingzhou. Fifty cavalry soldiers rested in an inn next to the business road. The inn could accommodate seventy or eighty people. The group came in and led the carriage and horses to the back of the store. They sat for half of the seats in the store, and then called the shopkeeper to feed the horses with fine ingredients and just put the good wine and vegetables on it.

"Mr., this is a specialty of the Western Regions." An Sidao was born as a general of aristocratic families. Although he was not as meticulous as the eunuchs in the Jinling period, he arranged everything very well along the way, which made Li Yu, who had just escaped from Bianliang. "Thank you, Andu." Li Yu took the fruit plate and said in a rosy voice. He lived in the north for several years and was in a state of insecurity. The king of Jiangnan became more cautious.

Although An Sidao and Bagen were polite all the way, the killing aura revealed by the soldiers of Chengying Camp made Li Yu secretly frightened. When he lived in Bianliang, he had experienced the coldness of the world. Li Yu deeply regretted that he was obsessed with the new Ci Zhang Zen realm and did not care about national affairs. Whenever he missed his homeland, he would think about the Shi Ce military books he had read before. With his talent, once he was attentive, he would improve. Li Yu was also here along the way.

He secretly observed the Anxi army and horses, and compared with the original Jiangnan army and the Bianliang imperial guards, he felt that the soldiers were fierce and domineering, not as obedient as the imperial army. The soldiers were mostly independent, and the Shangguan was very polite to his subordinates. He did not take the position of a proud official position, nor did he treat him like a child servant. He was originally so delicate, so he treated An Sidao and others politely, and did not act as an airs of the former king of Jiangnan.

Li Yu took a bite of the dome honey melon, which was particularly sweet and delicious. A cool air was refreshing. He felt that the heat was gone. He wondered why there was such a coolness in July. Could it be that the small inn here in the village also had a cellar like the ice storage in the palace? Turning back and asking, An Sidao smiled and said, "Don't be surprised. The owner of the shop immersed the fresh melon in the cold and deep well water with a vine basket. He only took it up and cut it open when the guest wanted to eat it.

"Li Yu praised: "This shop has a heart, and the wild old man has the wisdom to expose." At this time, the shopkeeper happened to come up to make tea in person. An Sidao smiled and said, "Go away, my family's official brought good tea and cups. Just put on a pot of hot water." He disliked the inn's tea sets and tea leaves, and was afraid that the shopkeeper's face would not be able to hold it. He smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Sun, my family's official has a high vision and praises you for your clever mind. It seems that your shop must have a prosperous business."

Sun Gouzi hurriedly said, "Where is the guest official? The young man opened this shop just to occupy a place and farm a few acres of thin land next to it." Seeing Li Yu confused, An Sidao explained, "Shopkeeper Sun was following his lord from Lanzhou and voluntarily moved to Hexi. According to the lord's rules, as long as he settled on the land without a lord for three years, all the 60 acres around him were granted land deeds. Others were only concerned about selecting the land without a lord with water to grazing and farming. This shopkeeper Sun also had an idea, so he took the money from the government to reward him. In addition, he collected some money from more than a dozen households with great profits, and opened this shop next to the official road of Lingzhou, hoping to make a fortune."

Li Yu nodded and thought to himself that the northwest was originally vast and sparsely populated, and after years of war, it became more and more like this. If Anxi practiced this method, the Han people in the Central Plains would definitely come west to explore those unowned wastelands in the future. Along the way, although An Sidao spoke respectfully, he always called him the prince, and when he mentioned Chen De, he would be called the lord. Li Yu had already understood the implication. He looked up at an official notice posted on the store, and suddenly found that many words were missing, and he didn't even recognize some of them. He couldn't help but look surprised.

"Now there is a horse thief who disturbs the trade routes and kills people and captures goods. He is guilty of death. The commander of the cavalry commander ordered the officials and civilians of Lingzhou to kill the thief on the spot and reward 150 taels of silver." An Sidao saw Li Yu's expression. While taking out the crystal clear white bone porcelain tea set made in Anxi, brewing the top-quality Shu tea, and delivering it to Li Yu, he read the content of the notice, and explained, "The lord deeply hates the soldiers and civilians' illiteracy. When he was in Lanzhou, he practiced virtuous politics. At first, the soldiers must know 300 characters in addition to their own names, and the civilians must know 150 characters. Later, it has gradually increased. To this day, most of the old soldiers in Anxi can understand military orders and notices by themselves. However, the lord said that the original Chinese characters were too complicated, so they simplified them. The military order notice documents, and the teachers of the military orders and civilians were all missing words."

"The word "Qued Bi," Li Yu became interested when he heard it. He thought about the dozens of words on the notice. He felt that although the word "Qued Bi" lacked its original soul, he could roughly see that the source of the word "Qued Bi" was indeed much simpler than before. He felt that it was a little disappointed and a little inexplicably excited. He picked up the tea cup. At this moment, the shop was very bright, and the wall of the cup as thin as a cicada wing seemed to be transmitted through it. Li Yu stared at it for a while, and the tea leaves that were floating and entangled inside took a sip. Chen De had already made his own mark on the military and civilians of Anxi. Even the habit of drinking tea, from the generals to the common people, was used to making tea stir-fried tea, rather than the method of frying tea cakes passed down from the Tang Dynasty.

Sun Gouzi has been opening a shop on this official road for half a year, and his eyes have been sharp. Although the fifty merchants, except for the high-ranking official in the middle, all of them were wearing coarse cloth clothes, the more than one hundred horses were all high-quality Hexi horses. And just looking at the carriage that could be marked as the Jiedu Mansion, we know that the people are either rich or noble. Therefore, without waiting for An Sidao to greet him, they brought fresh seasonal grapes, pomegranates and other fruits to the same price as the flowing water. Ten sheep were killed behind, and the roast was fragrant. Before they were served, the yard was full of fragrance.

Soon after, the food was served. Before the chopsticks were removed, the sound of horse hooves and whistles outside suddenly became loud. An Sidao's face changed slightly, thinking that he could not come over thousands of miles. He fell to the door of his house. He looked out the window and happened to be the one who ran downstairs from above and shouted: "All officials, horse thieves who came from somewhere had surrounded the shop." An Sidao exchanged glances with Bagen, ignored Li Yu's face, and ran to the second floor to look at it. He saw about two hundred riders surrounding the inn and circled around the inn, which was disturbing the sky. The horse thieves shouted loudly while beating the horse, and were very arrogant.

An Sidao looked back at Sun Gouzi and said angrily: "There are so many horse thieves in Lingzhou that have not been driven away. The soldiers of the Cavalry Army are too negligent." According to the rules set by Lanzhou, soldiers governing households and have corresponding public security responsibilities. They handle the thieves themselves, while the large thieves will be eliminated by the army. The cavalry army is very powerful. There are such a large number of horse thieves in Lingzhou, which is related to Li Yu's safety. An Sidao couldn't help but be extremely angry.

Sun Gouzi said with a bitter face: "The great officials don't know anything. Recently, the business roads in Lingzhou have become increasingly prosperous. Many horse thieves on the grassland have also heard of the news. The soldiers and adults have suppressed one batch after another."

Bagen knew some of the situation on the grasslands, and he said in a deep voice: "After some grassland tribes were defeated, the arch-minded gangsters who were originally above the tribe were unwilling to surrender, so they became horse thieves. These people plundered everywhere, acted cruelly, and did everything evil. Whether it was a tribe, a business trip or a Han citizen, they hated these people to the core."

"Since our army stationed in Lingzhou, we have killed more than 7,000 horse bandits and bandits. Before our army entered, the Song army closed the city and defended itself, and the tribes from all directions plundered. The Han people could only live on the city, and the large businessmen could only follow the military ration team. After our army entered, we conquered and drove away the surrounding tribes and bandits. Only in Lingzhou could the people be able to expand and regenerate. Rights and wrongs are public opinion. The merits and demerits of the Cavalry Army are not the turn of the emperor to slander them."

An Sidao looked back and saw that the man was talking with a cold face. He was looking at the horse thief with a strong figure. He was wearing a gilded shirt and a white wolf-headed badge on his chest. It was marked by the identity of the ten men in the Anxi Army. He did not wear a military robe and only ate and drank in the store, so An Sidao did not notice him. "Two nobles, please calm down," Sun Gouzi hurried over and laughed, "Mr. Shang, this is An Tai official from the east, and the fifty people in the store are all his friends. An Tai official, this is Shang, a soldier who is wearing a small shop."

Shang Zhongxin snorted and said in a deep voice: "Sun Gouzi, this group of horse thieves is not good. Teach your friends to close the store doors and water the firewood on all sides first, and do not let them get close. Prepare the best horses and ask Zhang Tai and Liang De to come over. I will go out to fight with the horse thieves." An Sidao's escort car was engraved with the mark of the Anxi Jiedu Mansion. Although it did not indicate its identity and was not rude to the cavalry army, the tenth husband Shang Zhongxin could not let these people be hurt by the horse thieves.
Chapter completed!