Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 369 Yunzhou

Yunzhou.

This is a place name that is relatively unfamiliar to later generations, and those who are familiar with history can recall that it was one of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun that fell later.

In fact, there is a difference between Yunzhou in Sui and Tang Dynasties and Yunzhou in Qin and Han Dynasties.

Since the Qin Dynasty, Yunzhou has been the front line against grassland tribes, and the Great Wall in the Qin and Han Dynasties passed through Yunzhou.

From the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, and then to the Northern Wei Dynasty, the main area of ​​Yunzhou was always north of the Great Wall, showing an active posture facing the grassland.

Since the Sui Dynasty, the area of ​​Yunzhou has gradually shrunk. During the Daye period, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was besieged by the Turkic army in Yanmen... and then by the founding of Li and Tang, the area of ​​Yunzhou had shrunk to the south of the Great Wall, about the time of Qin and Han Dynasties Southwest of Yunzhou County.

Afterwards, Liu Wuzhou and Yuan Junzhang raised troops one after another, and Yunzhou has not been returned to China for more than ten years, although most of the people living here are Han Chinese.

Therefore, when a caravan with more than a hundred people arrived in Yunzhong County openly, the whole city was in an uproar.

The He Lou family and the Zhang family both have property in the cloud, the main one is the He Lou family. After all, He Lou Ziqian served as the general manager of Yunzhou for many years in the Sui Dynasty. He has a lot of properties, including houses, shops, and even fields... Of course, it has not been cultivated for many years, and it is now pasture land.

And when Yuhuchun came out in Yunzhou, not only Yunzhong, but the whole Yunzhou was in commotion.

Li Shan underestimated the attraction of spirits like Yuhuchun to the grassland tribes. In just three days, the shop was smashed five times... every time it was done by a drunk man, because Zhou Zhoulang, the leader of the caravan, In order to make Yuhuchun famous, purchase restrictions are stipulated.

At noon, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Zhou Zhoulang found a guard to stare at the front, walked to the backyard, grabbed a piece of sheep stick bone and gnawed it, and said in his mouth: "If I had known this, it would be true." You should bring some chives and garlic."

Fan Shiyi on the side laughed, "It's a blessing to have meat to eat!"

In Guanzhong and Hedong, noble people are qualified to enjoy mutton. Ordinary people eat pork, rabbit meat, and chicken at most. But in Yunzhou, mutton is cheap and ordinary people can afford it. Instead, it is vegetables, which are available all year round. They are rarely eaten.

Zhou Zhoulang took a few mouthfuls and muttered, "This mutton...is not as delicious as Zhuangzi's pork."

"Of course, no spices..." Fan Shiyi couldn't help salivating when he thought of the mutton skewers made by Li Shan himself.

After gnawing on two bones and barely filling his stomach, Zhou Zhoulang dropped the bones and wiped his hands on his clothes casually, "What did you find out in the past two days?"

Fan Shiyi was born as a scout in the army, and he has the most poisonous eyes. For the past two days, Zhou Zhoulang was in charge of the store, and he wandered around in the clouds.

Turning his head to see that there was no one around, Fan Shiyi lowered his voice and said, "Yunzhou also produces grain. We arrived in Yunzhong four days ago, and the price of grain has already increased by [-]%."

Tuesday Lang was stunned, "It's only autumn harvest, the price of grain should be lowered instead of raised."

"That's the reason." Fan Shiyi smiled, "Most of Yuan Junzhang's subordinates are Han people, so it is impossible to drive a large number of cattle and sheep to join the army. Once troops are dispatched, grain must be stored in advance. There will be less grain on the market...the price will naturally rise. "

Zhou Zhoulang looked at Fan Shiyi with astonished eyes, and murmured: "I heard an allusion from Mr. Lang that day, and I will treat you with admiration in three days."

Fan Shiyi, who was once scolded by Li Shan as a "skin monkey", put on a calm and wise appearance, thinking that he must not let this guy know that it was Mr. Lang who confessed in advance.

But after a moment of complacency, Fan Shiyi scratched his head, "It seems that Yuan Junzhang will attack Shuozhou again this year..."

"It's very possible." Tuesday Lang frowned, "A disastrous defeat in August, now in mid-September... But Yuan Junzhang returned from a big defeat last time, lost troops and lost generals, will the Turks send troops?"

"September may be possible, but I asked, Yunzhou and Shuozhou usually have heavy snowfall in mid-October."

The two of them were discussing in low voices, exchanging information with each other, all of which had to be collected and handed over to Li Shan.

At this moment, a person from the outside barged in, "It's not good!"

"Huh?" Zhou Zhoulang turned around and asked, "Another drunk man came to make trouble?"

The person who came was a descendant of the Zhu family, Zhu Ba's cousin, ranked sixteenth, and last year he followed Li Shan to expedition to Hebei, and said in a low voice, "It's a Turkic..."

"What about the Turks?" Fan Shiyi snorted disdainfully.

"It's the man outside Guantao City who was talking to Mr. Lang!" Zhu Shiliu hopped and said in a low voice, "It's that Khan!"

"Ashi Nasheer?" Fan Shiyi also jumped up, grabbed the knife leaning against the wall in his hand, and asked hesitantly, "Did he recognize you?"

Zhu Shiliu swallowed, "Probably not..."

That day Li Shan met Ashinasheer twice outside Guantao City, one of which was him and Ma Zhou, and the other time was him and Li Daoxuan, Ma Zhou, Su Dingfang and thirty personal guards, while Fan Shiyi, Zhu Shiliu was there at the time.

Fan Shiyi's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Zhou Zhoulang, "Go!"

Indeed, Zhou Zhoulang is the most suitable, on the one hand because he was not taken in by Li Shan until after the First World War in Wei County, on the other hand...

"Isn't each person only allowed to buy two jugs of wine?" Although Ashinasheer was dressed as a Turk, he did not speak rudely, and said with a smile: "This Mr. Yuan is the son of Daxingtai, and he can only buy two jugs of wine. Where's the kettle?"

The young man beside him was thin, with a white face and short beard. He looked at Zhou Zhoulang curiously. He was Yuan Junzhang's second son, Yuan Xiaozheng.

Zhou Zhoulang saluted and said: "Your honor is at the door, and I will do my best."

Lang glanced out of the corner of his eyes on Tuesday, and he was relieved. There were not many people left in the shop. After all, most of Yuhuchun had been sold, and those descendants of the Daixian clan had gone out to buy cattle and horses... He is I'm really afraid that someone will miss it.

Guantao County Gong Li Huairen as acting magistrate?

Well, I don't care about my group, but the news leaked out... Uh, it doesn't matter to Ashinasheer, but that Ashina Desire Gushe must draw his sword and go to Yanmen.

Ashinasheer laughed loudly and said, "It seems that you know the identity of XX."

"Yes." Zhou Zhoulang took a deep breath, "The villain was originally a native of Yizhou, Hebei Province, under the command of King Dong of Han."

"Liu Heita's old department?" Ashinasheer was greatly surprised, "How did you end up here?"

"Wei County and Yongji were defeated in two battles, and the king of Handong was defeated and died. The villain couldn't find a place in Hebei, so he went to his relatives in Hedong." Zhou Zhou said with a bitter face: "But Hedong is also withered, so I can only go out to do business. Be a buddy."

Yuan Xiaozheng, Yuan Junzhang's son, smiled and said, "Back then, King Kong of the Song Dynasty raised an army in Yizhou, was defeated by Dou Jiande, and went west to Daizhou and Shuozhou. It must be the old troops who stayed in Hedong at that time?"

Tuesday Lang nodded silently, opened the wine jar, poured two glasses of wine, "Please, my lord."

Ashinasheer drank it all in one gulp, a blush rose on his cheeks, and he blurted out praise: "It's really good wine!"

"This wine is as clear as water and as strong as fire. His Majesty Li Tang gave it the name Yuhuchun, and it was praised as the No. 1 wine in the Northland." Zhou Zhoulang said, "Originally it was only sold in Jingzhao. Only then moved to the east of the river."

Yuan Xiaozheng asked curiously: "Such a good wine, but it is only the No.1 wine in the Northland, isn't it the No.1 wine in the world?"

Zhou Zhoulang explained: "The middle land is vast, bounded by the Yangtze River, the southern land is warm and moist, with little bit of wind, and the drinks are mild. I don't like strong alcohol."

"Middle-earth is vast..." Ashinasheer murmured twice, and suddenly lost his mind for a while, "Just now you said that Guanzhong prohibits alcohol?"

Tuesday Lang nodded again and again, but saw Ashinasheer fell silent again.

(End of this chapter)