The four members of the eastbound group did not stay in Jiuquan for long, but continued eastward to Zhangye.
The news that former prime minister Fang Guan was transferred to Hexi Jiedushi quickly spread on the player forum.
As expected, the four members of the Dongxing Group received a blue mission to find out information.
However, the Hexi Jiedu envoy was stationed in Wuwei City, so the four of them rushed to Wuwei without stopping.
Zhang Duanyang rode a horse, and Zhou Shi followed the teacher. The two rode one after the other. Zhou Shi kept shouting: "Teacher, slow down!"
After the last time Zhang Duanyang galloped outside Yumen Pass, he completely fell in love with drag racing. Oh, don't gallop this sport.
Near Zhangye in the Hexi Corridor, there happened to be a flat valley. Zhang Duanyang kept waving his whip, urging the horse under his crotch to speed up.
Zhou Shi was also speechless. Riding a horse is much more dangerous than driving a car. According to the accidental death list of players compiled on the forum, the most likely way of death is falling from a horse.
If Zhang Duanyang falls off his horse and dies, I'm afraid Zhou Shi will have to spend contribution points to redeem him for test qualifications.
For his own contribution, not only for the teacher's safety, Zhou Shi had to follow Zhang Duanyang like an old woman, for fear that he would get injured while riding a horse.
Li Daoyuan and Yu Xiaoxiao followed slowly behind on horseback. Yu Xiaoxiao followed Li Daoyuan's horse with a piece of alfalfa in her mouth out of boredom.
"Captain, when will we arrive in Zhangye!"
Li Daoyuan took out the map, looked at the trend of the mountains on both sides, and said: "If you walk for another hour, you can see Zhangye City."
Yu Xiaoxiao cheered up and said, "Captain, are there any interesting attractions in Zhangye?"
Li Daoyuan looked at Yu Xiaoxiao and said, "Do you know Zhang Ye Danxia?"
Yu Xiaoxiao shook her head, how could she, an up master in the dance area, understand this thing!
Li Daoyuan said: "Danxia refers to the isolated peaks and steep strange rocks formed by long-term weathering and stripping of red sandy conglomerate and erosion by running water. In our time, many photographers would come to Zhangye to take pictures of Danxia."
Yu Xiaoxiao said with shining eyes: "Isn't it beautiful?"
Li Daoyuan nodded and said: "Of course, Zhang Ye Danxia is the most beautiful Danxia!"
Yu Xiaoxiao became excited. Since leaving Yumen Pass, she has also recorded a dance in Jiuquan.
However, the sword dance outside Yumen Pass was too shocking. After the update of the sword dance in Jiuquan, Yu Xiaoxiao was criticized by netizens for her declining quality. Not only did the video not become popular, but she also lost a lot of fans!
Do these fans just want to see the scenery? I, a beautiful girl, don’t want to watch dancing, but just want to see the scenery?
Holding back her anger, Yu Xiaoxiao vowed to find a shocking place to shoot the video this time.
However, walking eastward from Jiuquan, the scenery is indeed much better.
"Golden Zhangye, Silver Wuwei", Zhangye is the place with the best natural environment among the four counties in the Hexi Corridor.
Even the Wuwei of Hexi Jiedushi cannot compare with Zhangye's geographical advantages.
Zhangye is located between two mountains, one in the south and one in the north. The Ganjun Mountain in the north blocks the cold wind of the Mongolian Plateau.
The Qilian Mountains in the south block the cold winds of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which makes this valley unique.
Not only is the climate pleasant, but there is also abundant rainfall.
Near Jiuquan is a vast oasis, and occasionally you can see desert.
When you arrive in Zhangye, you will find large areas of fertile farmland, densely intersected by roads and rivers.
If it weren't for the vast grasslands that she could see, Yu Xiaoxiao would have thought she was in Jiangnan.
"It's so beautiful. I didn't expect Longyou Road to be such a beautiful place?" Yu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but admired when she saw the rich and beautiful scenery of Zhangye.
Li Daoyuan said: "Zhangye is known as the Fortress of Jiangnan and has been a very prosperous area since the Han Dynasty."
"This is much richer than Shazhou and Guazhou!"
Yu Xiaoxiao has traveled to so many places and has an understanding of the style of the Tang Dynasty in this era.
In this era dominated by agriculture, more fertile fields and more livestock are a symbol of the prosperity of a place.
"But why are there so many pastures? Why not turn them into farmland?" Yu Xiaoxiao not only saw contiguous farmland, but also saw many abandoned pastures.
The farmland in Zhangye is covered with dense crops. It is obvious that the land here is fertile and every bit of land is precious.
But what is clearly separated from these fields are stretches of abandoned pasture.
The grass in these pastures has grown to half a person's height. Not only has no one harvested it, there are not even traces of being trampled on.
On one side are fields that are fully utilized, and on the other are large areas of abandoned pasture that no one has cultivated. This feeling of fragmentation makes Yu Xiaoxiao very puzzled.
At this time, Zhang Duanyang finally finished galloping. He rode back and heard Yu Xiaoxiao's question.
The old professor who regained his youth in the game said: "These pastures are the imperial court's horse farms and cannot grow food."
"Racecourse?"
Zhang Duanyang nodded and said: "Yes, these abandoned pastures are actually horse farms. The Tang Dynasty has the official position of group herding supervisor in Zhangye, which is responsible for the horse administration in Zhangye area."
"There are still just sporadic pastures here. After passing Zhangye City and heading east, Shandan Ranch is the largest pasture in the entire Hexi Corridor. That area is still the largest military horse farm in the country."
Yu Xiaoxiao looked at these horse farms, but did not see a single horse. She asked doubtfully: "Why are there no horses?"
Zhang Duanyang sighed and said: "They were all transferred away. After the emperor ascended the throne in Lingwu, he transferred all the war horses in Hexi. Not only the war horses, but also the herdsmen who raised the war horses were transferred."
Zhang Duanyang said a little depressed: "There was no shortage of horses in the Tang Dynasty. During the Kaiyuan period, there were 300,000 war horses in Longyou alone. Although this number is inaccurate, it also shows that there were so many war horses in the Tang Dynasty.
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"But the emperor was so desperate that he not only took away all the war horses in Zhangye, but also took all the herdsmen who could raise horses into the pass, causing Zhangye's horse farm to be abandoned and unable to recover for several years."
"In the history of the real world, when Tibet came over, the dignified Hexi Jiedushi Mansion was unable to recruit cavalry to fight. After the fall of Hexi, the Tang Dynasty completely lost its largest horse farm."
Everyone was a little melancholy. According to textbooks, the Anshi Rebellion was the turning point of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline. Everyone knows this sentence.
But in the game Datang Fengyun, Yu Xiaoxiao finally understood the meaning of this short sentence.
The decline of the Tang Dynasty was all-round, and it was by no means due to the Anshi Rebellion, which caused the Tang court to lose so many troops and food.
In addition to these direct losses, losses like Zhangye Ma Zheng's are even more fatal.
The biggest loss caused by the Anshi Rebellion was that the vigorous and upward momentum of the entire Tang Dynasty was interrupted. After the Mid-Tang Dynasty, neither the emperor nor the people had the spirit of the prosperous Tang Dynasty anymore.
Yu Xiaoxiao said: "Now that there is King Jianning in the game and we are players, the four towns in Hexi will never be occupied by the Tubo people!"
Li Daoyuan also said: "If we can occupy Zhangye, we should be able to restore Zhangye's horse power."
Zhang Duanyang said: "Yes, only by occupying Zhangye as soon as possible can we restore Zhangye's horse power as soon as possible."
Zhang Duanyang looked in the direction of Zhangye City and said, "And Zhangye also has a very important resource."
"What resources?"
Zhang Duanyang did not sell it, he said directly: "Zhangye has a huge Glauber's salt mine. Since the Han Dynasty, Zhangye's Glauber's salt has been a top-quality medicinal material and was given as tribute to the court of the Great Khan."
"This Glauber's Salt Mine has very rich reserves. In the real world, it has not been exhausted after two thousand years of mining."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard Glauber's salt.
Even Yu Xiaoxiao knows that black powder is the player’s biggest secret weapon!
Black powder requires three materials: sulfur, charcoal and nitre.
Charcoal can be made from wood, and sulfur, as a medicinal material, is abundant in the Western Regions, but Glauber's salt is in short supply.
There is Glauber's Salt in Zhangye!
Yu Xiaoxiao said excitedly: "Zhangye is really a good place!"
At this moment, Zhou Shi suddenly pointed forward and said, "Look! What's in front of you!?"
I only saw that the top of the mountain in front turned red, and the mountain below the top of the mountain glowed colorfully under the sunlight!
Some of the mountain tops were still covered with white snow caps, and there were some vague plants scattered among them. The colorful mountains were endless and there was no end in sight. Everyone stopped their horses and held their breath to admire the beautiful scenery.
Yu Xiaoxiao said infatuatedly: "It's so beautiful!"
Li Daoyuan also turned on the video recording function in the game. He also said: "Any language is useless in front of such a shocking scenery. It is indeed a natural miracle!"
Zhang Duanyang is worthy of being a professor, and is naturally more educated than these two people. He murmured: "Dan means red stone, and the rays of light are colorful. The word Danxia is so appropriate!"
At this moment, the four people sounded the game prompt.
[Congratulations to players Li Daoyuan, Zhang Duanyang, Zhou Shi, and Yu Xiaoxiao for discovering the natural wonder - "Zhangye Danxia", 20 contribution points to the event! 】
[Activate the achievement system, discover natural wonders, climb the science and technology tree, carry out ideological enlightenment, and complete political changes, and you can get contribution points! 】
[Players who complete achievements will be recorded in the "Player Events" forever. 】
[Players please work hard! Explore more achievements! 】
Achievement system!
Li Daoyuan looked at the system prompts excitedly. Now he can get contribution points for discovering natural wonders?
Isn’t this good news for scenery party players like him?
This message flooded the screen among players. The new achievement system has also greatly encouraged non-mainstream players such as technology streamers. Not only are they rewarded with contribution points, these "achievements" will also be recorded in the player's memorabilia.
Become a glory that all players can see!
The photos and videos of Li Daoyuan and Zhang Ye Danxia were posted to the forum, once again arousing players' enthusiasm for exploring the world.
And all of this is what Li Yan wants. This newly launched achievement system is plagiarized by him and not "referenced" to many new systems developed by games.
I wonder what other surprises players can bring to Li Yan?