Destiny Only Han

Taiyuan County, east of Lishi County (now Luliang, Shanxi).

It was late autumn, the sky was high and the clouds were light, and the forests were all dyed. From a distance, there were already colorful scenes on the mountains.

On the road among the mountains and river valleys, a huge army that didn't see each other was marching.

This is the car driving Liu Bang's northern tour.

The Military World Games ended successfully. In line with the policy of 'strong stems and weak branches', all the outstanding players who performed well in the games were assigned to the "Langwei" and "Bingwei" directly under the Han Dynasty according to their status and titles. sequence.

Langwei is led by Lang Zhongling, and they mainly serve as Liu Bang's personal guards when he travels. Those who carry long halberds to form a human wall and shout "police" are them, but they are close to the water. .

For example, He Shen.

Bingwei belongs to Wei Wei, who is responsible for guarding the palace gates, procuring the gates, and guarding the emperor's ceremonial guards when he travels. It is roughly similar to the Jinyiwei who did not undertake spy tasks in the Ming Dynasty and the Luan Yiwei in the Qing Dynasty.

On the top of the mountains in the distance, a huge black military flag was raised, fluttering in the wind and swaying from side to side.

This is a liaison flag, which is used to connect the front army and the rear army when marching.

For example, the cyan flag and the yellow flag that had been waving on the top of the mountain before represented that there were mountains and forests ahead, and the road was unimpeded, indicating that the rear army could pass freely.

And the black flag raised at this time, and raised together with the yellow flag, means that there is a river blocking the road ahead, and it is necessary to build a bridge or find a ferry to pass.

However, the Chinese army and the rear army did not stop marching because of the black flag rising from the top of the mountain. This is because this is Lishi County, which is the Lishi Fortress in the Warring States Period. He crossed the river and arrived at Shangjun.

This place is the land of Hexi in history, but it did not belong to either Qin or Jin a long time ago. When the Rong and Di people were merged, the northern part was controlled by the Jin State, and the southern part was occupied by the Qin State.

Since then, the Qin and Jin sides have been playing games with each other around here, but they didn't fight with real swords and guns, until Qin Mugong asked Meng Mingshi to lead his army across Hangu Pass to attack Zheng Guo for a long distance...

Well, Zheng Guo is really old and unlucky. Except for a wave of prosperity, the rest is to be beaten by the surrounding powerful countries such as Qin, Jin, Qi, and Chu...

Of course, this wave of Meng Mingshi did not destroy the state of Zheng. After all, there was a "Xiangao reward teacher", so Meng Mingshi decided to return to the country for business, and wiped out the state of Hua, which was a vassal state of Jin...

Thus, there was the Battle of Confusion, and the subsequent Battle of Pengya in which the Qin Army was defeated, and the Battle of Wangguan in which Qin State finally won.

When the three families were divided into Jin Dynasty, Qin State took advantage of the turmoil and pushed the border to Lishi. In order to prevent Qin State from going north, Zhao State built the Lishi Fortress.

It's just that before the war between Zhao State and Qin State, Wei State in the south beat Qin State violently first, and regained the Hexi land occupied by Qin State, so there was Qin Xiaogong's order to seek talents, and Shang Yang's reform ...

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At Lishi Ferry, while waiting to cross the river step by step, Liu Ying suddenly heard Liu Bang's iconic Peisi accent.

"the river is long and tempestuous, it was like a hero……"

Liu Ying dropped the brush in her hand with a snap, stood up angrily, and was about to collect the old guy's copyright fee.

But opposite him, Lu Ze gave a soft 'hmm', forcing Liu Ying to sit down obediently and pick up the brush again to write at the desk.

He is practicing calligraphy...

After Liu Bang's northern tour, he was going back to Chang'an City to celebrate the New Year. A certain sister-in-law pretended that he would go to the court to celebrate the New Year soon anyway, so instead of returning to the fief, he marched with the Northern Tour convoy.

Therefore, Liu Ying once again experienced the fear of being dominated by summer homework.

The most terrible thing is that in the later generations, the teacher will not check the homework, but will pack it up and sell it to the uncle who collects the scrap, but Lu Ze is different, he will really check one by one, and there is no possibility for Liu Ying to use scientific means to get away with it... …

I will really thank you...Liu Ying endured the magic sound, raised her head to look at Lu Ze, and complained: "Uncle, he is really too noisy..."

"Don't you always say you want Mount Tai to collapse in front of you without changing your face? Can't you bear such a little noise?"

Lu Ze glanced at him contemptuously, and then said: "This morning, I went to the toilet four times, drank water six times, and only wrote eight characters? Anyway, you can't finish writing today's 150 characters, no Have a meal!"

At this moment, Liu Ying desperately wanted to see Lv Zhi, and couldn't stop singing in her heart that only a mother is good in the world...

In all fairness, his handwriting is not bad, horizontal and vertical, regular and neat, it belongs to the deep memory of writing more regular script in later generations.

However, the calligraphy that Lu Ze asked him to practice is the official script that continues from the Qin State. It is the official script developed from the seal script. The characters are mostly wide and flat. .

On weekdays, officials write memorials, and the style used in Liu Bang's approval is this official script.

Well, by analogy, it is equivalent to the Guange style used in Ming and Qing memorials and imperial examination papers, that is, Zanhua Xiaozui, or the Hengshui style that is very popular in later generations of college entrance examinations...

"Happy meeting with a pot of turbid wine. So many things from ancient to modern times are all jokes..."

Snapped!
Finally, Lu Ze couldn't take it anymore, put down the ruler in his hand, and walked out of the room with big strides.

Fight, fight... Liu Ying called it a day, and quietly flipped out from the window on the other side.

Well, he ran away again...

Anyway, there are tens of thousands of people gathered here at the moment, as long as he hides a little, it shouldn't be difficult to avoid Lu Ze... right?

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Shangjun, north of Fushi County, the old Great Wall.

This is the earliest Great Wall built by the Qin State. After the Yinshan Great Wall was taken away by the Huns, it became the dividing line between the Han Empire and the Huns.

In September, the autumn is high and the horses are fat. If the usual practice is followed, Shangjun will send cavalry to set fire to the northern grasslands to curb the nomadic invasion.

But it's different now. Outside the two-foot-high pass built with cement and bricks, it is the venue for trading with the Huns.

On the main road to the south of the pass, the tax collectors and soldiers sent from Chang'an City were inspecting the supplies of the caravan one by one, checking whether there were any contraband that did not meet the regulations, and collecting taxes.

According to the trade treaty signed by the Han and Hungarian parties, the largest transactions were wheat flour and tea, as well as wool, cattle and sheep.

Ironware, seeds, farm tools and other things that can make the Huns half-agricultural and half-pastoral are all prohibited.

The countermeasure of the Huns was that they did not allow the trade of war horses.

Of course, rough horses are not within the scope of the prohibition, but the Huns do not trade horses for food and cloth, what they want is spirits, the higher the alcohol, the better!

The caravan who were queuing up for inspection suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes behind them, and then they saw the group of guys with upturned nostrils change their expressions, and hurriedly moved antlers and other obstacles to get out of the way. a road.

"Huh? What happened..."

"Look, that seems to be the county guard Lin Zhi..."

"Hey, that's not right, how could the sheriff follow behind others, with the same expression on his face..."

While the merchants were discussing, the tax collectors standing on both sides of the road shouted loudly: "Shut up, lower your head, don't look around!"

So, everyone knew who it was.

When Liu Ying rode on a horse and galloped behind Liu Bang, she was very satisfied with the heavy traffic here.

The discussion in Shangjun was the focus of Liu Bang's northern tour. In fact, even if Liu Bang didn't come, Liu Ying would definitely push him to go there.

After all, he wanted to come...

At this moment, Liu Ying is satisfied because the discussion field is independent of the jurisdiction of the local government, and the central government of the Han Dynasty directly sends personnel to take over.

In this way, it is not only convenient to collect taxes, but also prevents Lin Zhi, who is full of muscles, from messing around...

In the north of the pass, where bamboo poles are inserted and ropes are used to encircle the place, it is a place where livestock is traded with the Huns.

As far as the eye can see, there are shops built with sheds, bustling crowds, neighing herds, and men leaning on wooden posts with their sleeves tucked in and fur hats on their heads.

They are not only brokers, but also translators and guides.

After all, the discussion here is not only the official bulk trade, but also small transactions between private merchants and grassland herdsmen.

Of course, small is relative.

Compared with the transaction amount of one or two five baht coins in Central Plains, the smallest transaction here is also three to five sheep or one cow.

Well, goods such as wool, cowhide, tendons and horns or national economy and people's livelihood, or military consumables are not included in the trade license of private merchants.

With Liu Bang looking around curiously, Liu Ying jumped off the horse, took the account book from the attendant and asked the supervisor standing three steps away from him:
"How is the transaction volume this year? The Huns are still honest..."

"Reporting to Your Highness, the Huns had quarreled twice before, but they were suppressed by the county guards... This year, before the road is blocked by heavy snow, they can trade tens of thousands of cattle and horses, and one million catties of wool, leather, tendons and horns."

Liu Ying nodded and said that it was similar to what she expected, but Liu Bang on the other side couldn't calm down.

"How much? Ten thousand horses?"

Don't look at me, I'm not familiar with him... Liu Ying silently moved half a step away, suppressing the urge to roll her eyes: "Of course, the grasslands are vast, and I heard that they didn't suffer from disasters this year, so as long as we have money, If things go well for them next year, Umawan is just a starting point."

Well, grassland people have always followed the law of the jungle. As long as you have strong martial virtues, they will do business with you honestly. Otherwise, it is not impossible to do business without capital!

For example, the Aries King, who had been looted by him, walked over laughing.

"thanks, thanks……"

You see, he still has to thank us, isn't it... Liu Ying threw a triumphant look at Liu Bang, raised her voice, and greeted him with a louder laugh than the King of Aries, standing on her tiptoes and hugging him .