In June of the second year of Daye, Yang Yuanqing was appointed as the governor of Fengzhou. At this time, the new capital of Luoyang had been completed. The Great Sui Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang and renamed Xijing to Chang'an. At the same time, the whole world changed the state into a county, and Fengzhou was renamed.
It is Wuyuan County.
After the Battle of Dalicheng, the Sui Dynasty increased its development of Wuyuan County, and its garrison increased from 10,000 to 20,000, and moved the soldiers' families to the same time, so that they could guard the border with peace of mind, and continued to immigrate to Hetao, cultivate farmland, and build up the construction of
Water conservancy, military camps were implemented, and the glory of the pearls on the block gradually appeared.
The weather has entered midsummer, and the summer in Wuyuan County is also particularly hot, and the sky seems to be in fire. The official road outside Jiuyuan County is covered by a translucent hot air. When you walk, you will be in front of the heat waves. Every passerby
They are all sweating profusely and are hard to bear the heat.
Jiuyuan County, the original Wuyuan County, was renamed, and Jiuyuan City in the north was also renamed Wuhai City, imitating Dali City and rebuilt it to increase its defense.
That afternoon, a very tall and fat Sui army officer came up on the official road outside Jiuyuan County. He led a camel, and his armor and weapons were hung on the camel, staggering towards Jiuyuan with difficulty, struggling towards him with stumbling steps
When the county advanced, he looked at his appearance and seemed to die on the road after walking again.
This person is Yang Wei. He has now been promoted to the lord of the upper garrison of Dali City, responsible for the fortress around Dali City, which is the original position of Ma Shao. Ma Shao has served as the general of Wuhai Town, and Dali Town will be Yang Sien
The one who changed the most among them was Fat Fish. He had already abandoned the military and served as deputy supervisor of the city, in charge of auditing the border with Si evasion.
Yang Wei came to Jiuyuan County to urge him to approve summer uniforms, and at the same time, there was an extremely important thing to find Yang Yuanqing. Half a month ago, he received a letter from his father. His grandfather Yang Su was seriously ill.
He wanted to take leave to go back to the capital to visit his grandfather.
Half an hour later, Yang Wei finally walked into the county town with difficulty. In the gate of Yinliang, he leaned against the cold stone wall, gasping for breath, his eyes were black, and he was almost fainting.
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The soldiers guarding the gate knew him and rushed forward with the water bag, "General Yang San, drink a little water. This is the well water that has just been dug, and it's still ice!"
There are three generals Yang in Wuyuan County. Yang Sien is called General Yang Er and Yang Wei is called General Yang San. In fact, everyone calls him Fat Sanlang, which is also his name since childhood.
Yang Wei——Take a few sips of water after snatching the water bag. The cold well water made him feel refreshed from head to toe. He vomited a long time. His vitality immediately recovered. He took a few more sips before he took the water.
The bag smiled at the soldiers and said, "You are so lucky that you can drink well water. In the summer, I also apply to you as a worker. I would rather be a soldier who is in charge of the well."
All the soldiers laughed. Yang Wei patted the shoulders of the soldiers who sent the water and took big steps to lead the camel into the city. Others rode horses and rode camels. His weight of more than 270 pounds, plus--to-80 pounds.
The sledgehammer, the horse I rode on in the past, was really unbearable.
Yang Wei often came to Jiuyuan County and was already familiar with the road. Soon, he came to Fengzhou General Administration. Although Fengzhou was changed to Wuyuan County in government affairs, the military still retained the functions of Fengzhou General Administration.
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The horse-tie pile in front of the General Administration was tied to the horse-tie stakes, which were full of gold-edged round-headed scalp boxes of Sogdian merchants. The heavy leather boxes seemed to be filled with treasures. Several people were wearing white robes and plates with their heads cut.
Young Sogdian businessman in hats is combing camels through the sand they hung on their hair.
"Where are you from Sogdian?" Yang Wei said hello to the young Sogdian merchants in Turkic who had been learning for a year but was not yet skilled in it.
"Shiguo has been here since he was a child, does Sebo know?"
"Oh! I know the hometown of the gem."
Yang Wei tied his camel to the horse stake and smiled and said, "Are you coming here to pay taxes? You have to go to Dali City if you pay taxes!"
"No! We want to buy some tea."
"tea?"
Yang Wei laughed and gave the bag to the horse bag, about pound, and handed it to the young Sogdian merchant, "Give it to you!"
"Thank you, the general!"
The Sogdian merchant took the tea and sniffed it, then took it and chewed it carefully. At the same time, he looked up and thought about the price of this pound of tea. Of course, he could not ask for it for nothing, and the other party did not say it was given to him.
After a while, he took out a sapphire the size of a little finger from his pocket and handed it to him.
Yang Wei was not polite, and took the sapphire and put it in his arms. Now the tea is so expensive that he can change to twenty thin sheepskins on the grassland. He has never known each other. Of course, he would not give this young millet.
Special businessman.
Since more than a year ago, Yang Yuanqing sold tea in the upper class of Turkic people, and it was a great success. Tea became a luxury product for the Turkic people. In April last year, Yang Yuanqing's thousands of inferior tea stakes were snatched away by the Turkic people.
He made a fortune.
As tea gradually became popular on the grassland, Sogdian merchants also smelled the business opportunities and began to go to the Central Plains to sell tea, but it was not smooth. The tea in Chang'an and Luoyang was basically bought out by Fengzhou in the name of the army, so they could only go and update.
The distant Jiangdu.
However, the tea bought in Jiangdu cannot be stored for a long time, and it will become moldy when transported to the border. The grassland people do not recognize it. Many Sogdian merchants lost their money. Only then did they discover the tea in Fengzhou and the tea they bought from Jiangdu
It seems that after some special treatment, the tea is boiled in red copper se. They cannot learn this technique. In desperation, Sogdian merchants could only buy tea from Fengzhou's official high price, and then go to the grassland to sell it.
, earn only 50% of the small profits, rather than the hundred times the profits they dream of.
Yang Wei walked into the General Administration Office and met the Chief Secretary Wei Siyun. Shi Siyun was the Chief Secretary and the General Administration Office, and was also the Chief Secretary of Wuyuan County. The General Administration Office and the Chief Secretary are organized into a team, two brands, and military-political cooperation.
Wei Siyun was born into a famous Wei family in Jingzhao. He was transferred from Sima Ren in Yanzhou last year. He was about 30 years old. He was not tall, had fair skin, and had a foot-long beard. He was a famous civil servant and was very good at managing.
Financial management, in office for one year, he assisted Yang Yuanqing in the management of Wuyuan County in an orderly manner.
As early as a few years ago, Wei Siyun met Yang Wei in the capital. They were both famous families and the two had a good relationship. Seeing Yang Wei sweating profusely, he couldn't help but smile and said, "It's so hot that you actually come here. Are you not afraid of halfway.
Have you been dried into jerky meat?”
"As long as there is still a breath, I'm willing to dry it into jerky."
Yang Wei patted his stomach, worried about his obesity. He leaned his head and looked at the supervisor's room and asked in a low voice: "Is he here?"
"I'm here, it'll be fine soon."
Wei Siyun patted his arm, "Wait for the general! I have to walk in advance."
Wei Siyun walked quickly, Yang Wei was spinning around the yard with his hands behind his back. He was very worried. His father said in the letter that his grandfather was very ill and refused to take medicine and did not see the doctor. He probably wouldn't have been able to survive for long, so he asked him to go home.
Finally, I met my grandfather.
Yang Wei didn't know how to tell Yang Yuanqing later that he kept this matter hidden. His father repeatedly told him in letters not to tell Yang Yuanqing about this matter, but he felt that he should say it, he had already wanted to come.
, it was just that hesitation in his heart, which made him delay him for half a month.
Footsteps came from behind, and then several Sogdian merchants begged in a low voice, "Sell it again - give it to us! It is not easy to go to the grassland, and a thousand kilograms of tea really won't make much money."
"The new tea this year has not been shipped yet, and this is the stock from last year. There is really not much. If you come again in two months, I can sell you three hundred dans."
Yang Yuanqing sent a few Sogdian merchants out of the room and turned around, but saw Yang Wei spinning around in the yard, and laughed: "What are you doing when you are so hot?"
"Yuan Qing, there is something I want to tell you, don't scold me!" Yang Wei was a little unconfident.
"When you come in, you're so mad at the outside..."
Yang Yuanqing took Yang Wei into the general management room, which was where Yu Juluo used to work, and now it is used by Yang Yuanqing. The room layout is very simple, with only a bookcase, a couch, and there are two small tables on the couch, among which - a table
Full of documents.
The room was bright and there was a piece of characters hanging in the middle, with only four characters. The words "Purple on the pearl" were vigorous and powerful, and the power was straight through the back of the paper. This piece of characters was very dumb, but it was the 20th year of Kaihuang.
The words written by Prince Yang Guang when he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the West were hanged here.
Yang Yuanqing walked into the room and smiled and said, "You happen to have a letter from the Feng family again. I'm going to send someone to you in two days, as if it was written by your father."
Yang Wei's face turned pale and his whole body trembled. He held the wall next time and could hardly stand. He had guessed the content of the letter.
"What's wrong with you?" Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but ask strangely when he saw his abnormal expression.
Yang Wei 's thump!' knelt down on the ground, slapped himself in the face desperately, and cried loudly, "I'm a bastard! I shouldn't hide it from you, otherwise it would be too late."
Yang Yuanqing grabbed his hand, stared at his eyes and asked, "What happened?"
Yang Wei cried to the ground, "Our grandfather... can't do it."
This sentence was like five thunder, which made Yang Yuanqing stunned. Suddenly, he suddenly grabbed Yang Wei's clothes and asked fiercely: "Is it still there?"
Yang Wei looked full of tears and pointed to the letter on the table and shouted: "Look at that letter, open it and look at it, you will know after reading it!"
Yang Yuanqing wiped away the tears in the corner of his eyes and tore open the letter. He spread the letter and read it quickly. He was like a statue, and the page of letter paper fell from his hands to the ground.
In the evening, Wei Siyun was worried and hurried back to the General Administration Office. In the yard, he saw Yang Yuanqing. Just like in the afternoon, he sat on a big rock. Yang Yuanqing had been sitting for almost two hours.
Shi Siyun sighed and stepped forward to persuade him, "A person cannot be resurrected when he dies, the deceased has passed away. The general asks to be mournful and follow the changes."
After a while, Yang Yuanqing said: "Changshi Wei, I ask you something."
"General Yang, please say, as long as I can do it, I will agree to you."
"You handled the government affairs for me for two months. I want to go back to the capital and send 97 to my grandfather."
Wei Siyun nodded silently, "Don't worry! I will do the job well."
Stop, he asked again, "When will the general take it?"
Yang Yuanqing was silent for a moment, "I will arrange military affairs tomorrow - next time, the day after tomorrow - leave early...