Volume 1: Seeing each other with bloodshed, never care about Xun when it comes to death. Chapter 5 Carriage and News Zhao Kuangming has been waiting for news since he reported to the Privy Council.
The saint has been going to Beiping Mansion for several years. There are only two or three big cats and kittens left in Luoyang, and it is difficult to find someone to take charge. It was not until the beginning of November that he finally received the transfer order and went to Beiya as a Privy Councilor.
Page errand in Beijing.
I didn’t say anything, just pack your bags and hit the road.
Yao Jie also became an official: he would be the supervisor of the prison. From the seventh rank down, he was ordered to go to Liaodong Road to repair and rebuild the city - this was their job.
To go to Peking, in the past, you had to either go outside the Great Wall or Hebei. Now you have an additional option: pass through Hedong, then pass through Yuzhou, Guizhou, and the military capital Duxing.
So after they left Luoyang, they went straight north, passed Mang Mountain, crossed the Heyang Sancheng Floating Bridge, passed through Meng and Huaizhou, and entered Hedong.
Zhao Kuangming got off his horse and walked on the winding Taihang Highway. He looked back at the bottom of the mountain. The straight first-class national highway extended to the southern horizon.
There are two first-class national highways, east and west, north and south, and they just took the Yunxiang Road. Unfortunately, this road was cut off at Taihang Pass, and there is no sign of repairs heading north.
In fact, it is understandable. The terrain of Taihangxing is like that, and it is difficult to build a complete and standard first-class national highway. Instead of competing in the mountains, it is better to continue south and connect to Xiangyang.
That road finally crossed Fangcheng County and advanced towards Nanyang, despite financial and human resources being repeatedly affected by the war.
The so-called Liangjing Post Road has passed Bianzhou in the east and is built in the direction of Caozhou, and leads to Mianchi County in the west. Further west, it enters the boundary of Xiashi County in Shaanzhou.
Generally speaking, the imperial court was more willing to build roads in Henan because it was more valuable.
Hedong? Wait slowly. Unless the saint intervenes, the next step of Yunxiang Road is to connect Dengzhou and Xiangyang. Yao Jie suddenly asked.
Zhao Kuangming was stunned, he really didn't know.
Yao Jie said.
Zhao Kuangming looked at the Secretary of the Jingnan Shogunate and smiled playfully: Yao Jie said with a smile:
Zhao Kuangming asked.
Yao Jie said:
Zhao Kuangming smiled and said:
Yao Jie asked rhetorically.
Zhao Kuangming said:
Yao Jie said.
Zhao Kuangming pointed his horsewhip southward and said: Yao Jiu put up a pergola with his hands and looked around. He saw two tall and strong draft horses pulling a heavy carriage driving on the first-class national highway. Look at the relaxed and carefree posture of the horses.
, it seems that the goods in the carriage are nothing to them.
It’s a healthy horse!
Yao Jie said:
Zhao Kuangming was not sure what was going on. He even speculated that the imperial court bought some kind of BMW from the Western Regions, and then bred it with a local mare to produce an Iron Horse.
But it doesn’t seem right when you think about it. Over the years, the imperial court occasionally produced a group of majestic war horses, which made horse lovers crazy. But soon, these horses disappeared, as if only this group appeared. Until a few years
Later, another batch of good horses appeared and then disappeared.
After thinking about it, there is only one explanation: the imperial court
They are constantly breeding good horses, but they are never satisfied. They are always looking for the best horse in their mind, whether it is a war horse, a riding horse or a draft horse.
Zhao Kuangming said:
Yao Jie suddenly said:
Zhao Kuangming asked curiously.
Yao Jie said. Zhao Kuangming nodded.
The problem of steering actually exists on two-wheeled carriages, but it is not that serious. Just go slower when turning. Spend more time and run a longer distance, and you can always turn the corner.
But judging from his experience, it is difficult to turn a four-wheeled carriage. You can only stop and use manpower to turn the direction of the carriage. But if there are heavy objects on the carriage, turning the direction will be very troublesome, and you have to find a way.
solve.
Generally speaking, four-wheeled carriages can transport more goods, and maybe sixty bushels of grain are not a problem. Nowadays, with powerful iron horses and wide and flat first-class national highways, it is actually very suitable for four-wheeled carriages to function
effect.
If the technical problem of steering can be solved, it will further reduce transportation costs and benefit the people a lot. Zhao Kuangming said with a smile:
Yao Jie agreed:
The road ahead was slightly wider. Zhao Kuangming put away his talk, got on his horse and said:
I was very impressed when I went out for a walk.
When I was a governor in Kuixia and other prefectures, I found it annoying to see the local mountain people farming with low yields.
However, he also knew that Shannan was generally like this. There were not many people who knew how to farm, and they were all northerners who came south. As time went by, he gradually got used to it, hunting, reading, and playing with a few women every day.
Not bad.
He once led troops on an expedition, and he was happy for a long time after defeating Ximen Daozhao. Then he fought against the Lei brothers, and he repeatedly hit the wall, and became unhappy again. Later, he gradually got used to it, and he began to fight badly with others.
Rolling around in the mud - in every sense of the word - and occasionally having small victories, I was very excited.
Now it seems like, what kind of life were we living in the past? It was a waste of life.
I received a letter from my brother a few days ago, saying that after he left, there was internal strife among the Lei brothers. Lei Yanwei was expelled by his younger brothers Yan Gong, Yan Xiong and others and has disappeared. Langzhou is in turmoil. He has been ordered by the court to raise troops to attack.
Zhao Kuangming laughed after hearing this.
Country bumpkins like the Lei brothers know nothing except burning, killing, looting and desolating Langzhou, Lizhou and even Jiangling Prefecture. They deserve to die.
In this matter, Zhao Kuangming felt that he was at a higher level than his rivals, which destined their lives to take completely different directions.
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On November 13th, Zhao Kuangming and Yao Jie arrived at Taiyuan Mansion. Well, the atmosphere was a bit wrong.
They met the Weisheng Army passing by here. This was nothing, but the entire army of more than 20,000 people were all on the defensive, so...
After some inquiring, I finally found out that the secret envoy of Nan Ya was granted a title of 5,900 households, and that the Prince of Qinghe County, Zhe Zongben, died in Ezhou at the age of ninety-sixty - living to this age is actually considered a long life.
Another inquiry revealed that Zhu Shuzong, the Privy Envoy of the South Yamen, and Zhe Silun, the Deputy Privy Envoy of the Northern Yamen, were about to arrive in Taiyuan Mansion together to appease the officers and soldiers of the Weisheng Army. Zhao Kuangming said in a low voice:
Yao Jie said.
"Perhaps we will send an imperial army to the south.
Exit. Ma Yin actually doesn’t dare to go north. It doesn’t matter if anyone goes there or not.”
Zhao Kuangming said:
Everyone has seen Shao Sheng's tricks. It can be called the enemy of the miscellaneous army. The Weisheng Army will definitely be suppressed. Yao Jie said.
Zhao Kuangming patted Yao Ji on the shoulder and said:
Yao Jie laughed and said:
Zhao Kuangming raised his head and looked at the street scene in Jinyang. There were many restaurants and tea shops, but there were very few diners. After a year of respite, Hedong has not recovered yet. Could it be that it was worse before?
There was a burst of shouting on the street ahead, and a few pedestrians ran away. Zhao Kuangming stopped one person and asked:
This person spoke with a strong Hedong accent and said:
Zhao Kuangming asked.
Gujiao City is located in the mountains to the west of Jinyang. Its location is very important, but it is not a good place. It has little cultivated land and is poor.
The passerby said. Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already established no less than ten imperial villages, this is the first time Zhao Kuangming has heard of it.
You don’t need to explain too much. You can tell what’s going on as soon as you hear the name. They also use young men and women as villagers. Is this cultivating dead men? Or is it the Khitan who ridicules people for dead men? Saints are really amazing!
Zhao Kuangming asked.
The pedestrian said:
Zhao Kuangming shook his head and laughed. The people in Hedong had a lot of resentment towards Li Keyong. Pedestrians saw him speechless and quietly slipped away.
Zhao Kuangming also pulled Yao Jie away. Wei Shengjun, it's best for them to stay away from it, as nothing good will happen.