The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 293
In the past, the Great Zhou established the country and established nine important towns.

It follows the Great Wall of Qin and Han Dynasties, starting from Jiayu in the west and reaching Shanhai in the east.

An important town in Gansu is located in the extreme west of Dazhou.

However, with the two divisions of the Mongolian Yuan and the Tatar Wara, the two are fighting each other endlessly, and the pressure on the nine border towns is naturally much less.

This also made many people feel a little slack in their hearts.

Gansu General Soldier is one of the best.

In addition, there are always some unscrupulous businessmen who, in order to obtain huge profits, secretly resell ironware, salt, tea and other items that are strictly prohibited from leaving the customs in Dazhou.

In order to make money, the Gansu General Soldier turned a blind eye to him.

As a result, smuggling in Gansu Town flourished!
The surrounding Tumed Ministry and the Turpan Khanate and other places are therefore extra tolerant to Gansu Town.

The annual invasion is more of a show.

After all, Gansu Town is already an "important town" for smuggling and exporting in Dazhou, but it can't make any mistakes!
Going back and forth like this made the Gansu General Soldier more and more courageous.

In the end, things like sheltering smuggling caravans and eating empty pay are already routine operations.

This naturally made Gansu Town, a major military town, weaker and weaker.

……

this day.

Outside the tall Ganzhou City, there is still an endless stream of pedestrians and horses coming and going.

The soldiers guarding the city lazily leaned against the base of the city wall, looking around with their eyes, searching for possible "fat sheep".

A young soldier had a smile on his face, and his thoughts had already flown to nowhere.

Seeing this, the older soldiers next to him couldn't help laughing and said, "Zhang San'er, it looks like your 'harvest' is good today?!"

"Hey, it's okay!" The young soldier grinned, and then asked back, "Is Brother Li okay tonight? The substitute will come later, let's have a drink or two?"

Brother Li was a little moved, but he still shook his head thinking about the two new little ancestors in the family.

"You find them to drink, I forget it..."

"Zhang San'er, don't call him, Lao Li's family has a new pair of twins this year, and the money he spends on drinking now is used to buy polished rice, fine noodles, live fish, chickens and ducks, and save it for the mother-in-law. Woolen cloth!"

The soldiers next to him laughed and joked.

"Hey, don't keep talking about me, you have to be more careful!"

Looking at a few people, Li Ge said meaningfully, "The new general will come to take up the post soon, and it's hard to say what will happen then!

If you don't hurry up and save some money now, you won't be sure what you will be like in the days to come! "

"..."

As soon as the voice fell, the rest of the people fell silent.

At this moment, a group of people from a distance drove over in great momentum.

"Da da! Da da!"

With the sound of horse hooves, a group of light cavalry in leather armor came galloping.

The faces of several guarding soldiers couldn't help but tremble.

The leading squad leader immediately stepped forward with a gun and asked, "Who is here?!"

"Under the command of General Zhenxi, he was ordered to open the way, and he was ordered to let him go!"

The cavalry arrived in an instant.

Then,

A token made of bronze was thrown into the captain's arms.

After carefully checking the authenticity of the token, the team leader first respectfully returned the token to the cavalry, and then ordered several subordinates around him, "Hurry up and open the main door, and prepare to welcome the general!"

After a while, the tall and heavy city gate suddenly opened.

The light cavalry didn't talk nonsense, they raised the reins and rode their horses one after another, and went straight to the city.

"This general, why is he here today?"

When the cavalry had gone far away, Brother Li couldn't help muttering something in a low voice, and his face suddenly looked a little anxious.

Then, he turned his head and said to Zhang San who was on the side: "Zhang San'er, I can't hold back my anxiety, I have to go to the toilet quickly, you can help me watch for a while!"

"Brother Li, just go, I'm here to watch, it won't hinder you!"

Zhang San responded with a full mouth.

Brother Li hurried to the city.

A soldier behind smiled and said to Zhang San: "You are a good man!"

Zhang San chuckled, "Brother Li is in a hurry, he has already opened his mouth, so it's hard for me to refuse, isn't it?"

The soldier next to him sneered.

"What's the internal emergency? Didn't he just run to report to his brother-in-law who works in the yamen? None of us know?!"

There was a strong sour smell in his tone.

Another soldier said worriedly: "I didn't expect that the new general soldier would come so soon, and I don't know what will happen to us in the future?"

"What will happen?" The team leader came over, "You just need to stand on guard, the rest is not your turn to worry about!"

After finishing speaking, he frowned again, glanced at Brother Li's position, and said nothing.

…………

After a while.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes came from far and near.

The soldiers on the city gate saw from a distance that a convoy that stretched for several miles was rapidly approaching the city of Ganzhou.

There are about 5000 cavalry guarding on both sides.

The convoy came straight to the gate of Ganzhou City.

In the front line, several flags with the word "Jia" written on them fluttered.

This is the arrival of the new general!

Such a thought flashed through everyone's mind.

……

Front of the convoy.

Jia Jing sat on the horse, looking at the huge city in front of him, with a look of anticipation on his face.

"Don't look at the previous Gansu general who abandoned the military and condoned smuggling, but this Ganzhou city has really developed!"

Rubbing the reins in his hand, Jia Jing said quietly: "I just don't know how long this city, which was developed only by smuggling trade, can prosper?"

Soon, the convoy arrived at the gate of the city.

Wan Fuping, the prefect of Ganzhou, had already brought people to wait at the door.

Seeing the arrival of Jia Jing and his party, Wan Fuping hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "The general came to take office, why didn't he send someone to inform him first? The lower officials can arrange to welcome them, right?"

Jia Jing drove forward and glanced around.

The scene of people coming and going, called Jia Jing, also had a smile on his face, "Lord Wan's heart is the general, but the general hates those trivial things the most in his life. Naturally, it is inevitable to welcome something." It is exempt!"

"The general has orders, and the subordinates will naturally obey them!"

The smile on Wan Fuping's face remained unchanged, "Besides, I have already prepared a banquet for the general in the mansion, and I ask the general to give it tonight!"

Jia Jing said with a smile: "Master Wan is so kind, I shouldn't have refused, but this general is taking up the post this time, and I still have family members with me. How about going to visit Master Wan after the general is settled?!"

Seeing that Jia Jing even used his family members as an excuse, Wan Fuping naturally couldn't say anything more.

Shi Shi helplessly cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Then the official will be waiting for the general at the mansion..."

……

Seeing Jia Jing and others entering Ganzhou City mightily, Wan Fuping returned to the mansion with a smile all the way.

As soon as Fang returned to his mansion, Wan Fuping immediately ordered the servants next to him to say: "Quickly go to Mr. Zuo's mansion to report that Jia Jing has come, and even refused the official's banquet!"

"Yes!" The servant hurried over.

Wan Fuping sighed softly, "It's really... hey..."

(End of this chapter)