Straight man of steel

Chapter 131
The winter in Berkshire is colder than other places, and there are always more raindrops than snowflakes, which makes the road from Berkshire to Yelang Kingdom more wet and muddy.

The residence where Zhang Yuan lives is more lively than other places, there are countless waves of people who come to imply that he is going to be an envoy to Yelang, but Zhang Yuan always refuses.

The emperor did not intend to let Zhang Yuan go on the road immediately in this season. The growth rate of the armored soldiers of the Han Dynasty made Zhang Yuan feel that the Huang family was not alone in building weapons and armor.

"How Steel Is Tempered: Iron Man: The number of armored soldiers in the Han Dynasty reached 49546 (50000/[-])

Mission Completion Reward: Three-Bow Bed Crossbow Pattern. "

In less than half a month, the big man's armored soldiers will reach 30, which also means that Liu Che has expanded the original 50 army of the big man to [-] in two years.

The war against the Huns was about to begin soon. Once Liu Che shifted all his energies to the road of foreign wars, Zhang Yuan would be needed even more, and the possibility of surviving safely would increase accordingly.

When winter was about to pass and the first month was about to enter, people in Chang'an City couldn't hold back anymore.

The envoys sent by Tian Fu and the Queen Mother finally arrived in Berkshire.

To Zhang Yuan, he must only represent Tian Fu, but everyone knows who is behind this.

"Zhang Xingren, you have made this old man bumpy all the way."

Ji Funeng was sent here by Tian Fu because Tian Fu felt that sending other people might not work. This made this middle-aged man who was supposed to keep warm at home with his maidservant's naked body set foot on this journey of thousands of miles in winter. the way of man.

The three big rivers in Berkshire run through the north and south, but they are impassable in winter. Some sections of the road are frozen, while others are turbulent.

"Mr. Jifu, you are also here because of the boy's envoy to Yelang Kingdom?"

Zhang Yuan really didn't understand how such a smart person as Ji Fu would come to persuade him.

"The prime minister asked me to tell Zhang Xingren, try to go to Yelang Kingdom to settle the matter clearly. Behind this matter, the interests of many people in the court are involved. Your Majesty and the Queen Mother occupy the largest share, and the prime minister's share is even higher. Not as many as Princess Guantao.

I came this time not because the prime minister valued the rare treasures that the Huang family sent, but because the prime minister thought you were a useful talent and didn't want you to make too many enemies. "

Ji Fu was the first one to tell the truth to Zhang Yuan as soon as he came up in such a long time. Looking at the old guy sitting on the bed and roasting charcoal fire like he was at home, Zhang Yuan suddenly had an idea.

"Boy thank you Junhou and sir for reminding you to wait for the ice and snow to thaw in the spring and then take people on the road. It was really because of the continuous rain and snow in winter that it took so much time. It was not intentional to embarrass Mrs. Huang. Mister returned to Chang'an. Please explain it in front of the king."

Ji Fu picked up the tea bowl and took two sips of tea, a smile appeared on his withered face.

"Tell these words to Junhou yourself when you return to Chang'an. I have other things to do when I come to Berkshire. It may be later than when you return to Chang'an."

Zhang Yuan didn't talk too much about what Jifu wanted to do. Tian Fu made friends with the princes and border countries everywhere, which is the most recorded in the history books.

The poor Huainan King would not have ended up in the end if Tian Fu hadn't painted him a bright future.

"Sir, if you want to accompany the mission, you should take a look at the beautiful scenery of Southwestern Yi along the way."

Before Jifu could open his mouth, Zhang Yuan offered the invitation.

The most important thing that Tang Meng could convince Liu Che to develop Southwestern Yi is that the distance from Yelang Kingdom to Nanyue Kingdom is much shorter when Chang'an goes all the way south, and the other wealth metal mines are secondary.

In this era, more than half of the food and grass transported in the army is often consumed on the road. Being able to shorten the distance is to reduce food consumption.

Jifu was overjoyed, and only Zhang Yuan brought a few entourages so that others would not be suspicious.

"Alright, I'm not particularly anxious about that matter, so I'll go to Yelang Kingdom with you."

After Tian Fu was awarded the title of prime minister, he did not let Ji Fu take the post of chief minister of the prime minister's mansion. The reason was that there were still many secret things that had to be entrusted to such a trustworthy person.

Facing Ji Fu's wrinkled face, Zhang Yuan also slightly squinted the corners of his eyes and gave him a smile.

"I'm afraid the boy will bother you with many things along the way, so thank you here first."

The seventh-rank official in front of Xiangfu's gate, with Jifu by his side, no one came to the door since then, and those people sent by the Huang family should have been blocked by Jifu.

These people can intimidate and lure Zhang Yuan, but they cannot do the same to Ji Fu.

The day when the Jialing River will completely thaw finally arrived, after half a year's delay in the land of Bashu, Zhang Yuan took another step forward.

All members of the mission were present, as well as the hundred soldiers.

Zhang Lu took a group of officials from Jiangzhou City to see Zhang Yuan off at the South City Gate. Because of the public sacrifice, Zhang Lu was exempted from the punishment he should have had, but only his three-year salary.

It's too easy for a prefect of a county to make money, and a fine is the lightest punishment.

"Honorable envoy, I asked you to prepare a lot of dried meat. I think the eating habits of the Yelang Kingdom must be contrary to my big man. These meats may have a magical effect."

Smart people give gifts to others what they need most.

Before the appearance of the iron pot, Zhang Yuan couldn't eat the food of the big man, let alone the wild and closed Yelang country.

"Prefect Zhang has good intentions, but I will be disrespectful. There are still a few days to go to Fuguan, so there is no need for Prefect Zhang to send them off. Let's all go back."

Zhang Lu nodded, and asked the accompanying civilian husband to pull up the wooden cart full of bacon and set off with the missionary.

There were only a little more than 100 people in the mission plus soldiers, but the number of civilians who accompanied them reached [-].

This is the only way to do it without convenient means of transportation.

When the army goes out to fight, there are often [-] troops accompanied by [-] civilian husbands and slaves.

In the Han Dynasty, regular soldiers did not have to undertake the task of escorting grain and grass, and the most corvee labor that the common people had to bear was transporting grain and grass to the border.

I have already been to Fuguan once, and I am familiar with the journey to go through. This time, the mission arrived in Fuguan in about two days, but the civilian husbands who escorted the supplies behind were much slower. Only then did they all enter the Fuguan.

The most important thing to go to Yelang as an envoy is deterrence by force. Tang Meng wrote to Liu Che that Yelang has [-] elite soldiers, which is nonsense.

Tang Meng knew it better than anyone else, and Zhang Yuan knew it too.

Although the Yelang is the largest tribe in the Southwest Yi, it is impossible to have [-] elite soldiers. If the Yelang of dozens of tribes in the Southwest have [-], it means that all the troops of the Southwest Yi combined are more than the Han.

(End of this chapter)