I have a backstage in Datang

Niuwa hurriedly stopped the ox cart, and was about to jump off the front of the cart to negotiate, but two horsemen waved their hands again and again, and stopped him with a smile: "Don't be so cautious, you must be very tired from driving, just sit in the cart and answer, no I need to come here to answer..."

So Niu Wa sat on the bullock cart, cupped his hands towards the two soldiers, and replied: "We are servants of the Jizhou Prefecture in Shandong Province, escorting the families of a group of soldiers in the army to migrate. We will go to Youzhou and settle down from now on."

The two horsemen stood in awe, cupped their fists together and said, "It turned out to be the family members escorting the same robes in the army. You brothers and sisters in the army have really worked hard."

While clasping fists and saluting, he took advantage of the situation and asked again, very solemnly: "Do you have any documents?"

Niu Wa smiled and nodded, knowing that this is someone who wants to verify it.

He reached into his arms, carefully took out a document, held it up and said, "Look, two generals, this is a migration document with the seal of the military department. The content on it is very clear. All military stations along the way will treat it kindly... "

The two equestrian soldiers laughed, and they knew that the document was not fake just by looking at it, so the seriousness on their faces was replaced by an extremely friendly smile, and they said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, it's really from the army. Fellow family members."

Suddenly the two of them stretched out their fingers and pointed to the front and said: "There are more than two miles to go, and there is the post station in Wuyang County. Brothers in the yamen, please work hard, and let everyone rest there. The same robe in the army is a family. We The post station in Wuyang County must be good at entertaining..."

So the team continued on their way without stopping at this place to rest.

The women huddled in the car cautiously, hugging their children cautiously. After all, it was their first contact with this situation. When they were on Henan Road, no cavalry came to question them.

But soon their restraint was lifted.

Not far ahead, a large building suddenly appeared, with countless carriages and horses parked there, and countless human heads moving under the sunlight...

The sound of shouting, buying and selling, the laughter of the common people, and the arguing of merchants.

The two cavalry postmen had been escorting the team all the time. At this time, they explained with a smile: "Our post station in Wuyang County was once occupied by Marshal Gu. When he was here, he led the postmen to do a A lot of things……"

He stopped for a while, and said with pride on his face: "For example, the establishment of a post station market in front of me was initiated by Marshal Gu himself. Merchants who come and go will rest in the inn of the post station, and they can purchase a lot of goods by taking advantage of the trend. Doing a small business here can easily sell local specialties, so the surrounding area of ​​the post station is very prosperous, and it has gradually surpassed the county seat of Wuyang County..."

The women were dumbfounded, looking at the huge market in front of them in a daze, and after a long time, they all sighed: "We also have a military station in Shandong, but the military station over there is incomparable to this side. "

Amidst the emotion, he felt ashamed that his hometown could not compare to this place, so he couldn't help but want to fight for his breath, and deliberately asked the two cavalry soldiers: "Is this the only military station that is so prosperous? Other places in Hebei Road The military post should not be like this."

The women's small thoughts immediately made the two cavalry postmen burst into laughter, and said, "Sisters-in-law, you guessed it wrong. Every one of our military posthouses on Hebei Road is so prosperous..."

The women froze, shrunk their heads and were embarrassed to speak again.

At this time, the migratory team had already been spotted at the post station, and a dozen postmen came running from a distance. The leader was obviously the station chief, and asked solemnly, "Your Majesty, I have received orders from the army." , It is said that there will be family members in the same robe migrating one after another, and they must be received when they pass by, and I dare to ask all the folks, where did you move to Youzhou from?"

Niu Wa took out the document again, showed it to the postmaster for inspection, and said proudly: "We are from Jezhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, and the sister-in-law in the car is the family of General Zhao Si..."

The postmaster looked pleasantly surprised, and laughed loudly: "I really didn't expect that the first batch of people I received were actually the family members of our Detachment Army."

Chapter 391 [The first thing to do in Youzhou, forty miles to suppress the bandit stele]

I have a backstage in Datang Chapter 391 of the main text volume [The first thing to enter Youzhou, the bandit suppression monument at forty miles] Time flies, it is ten days.

"My migratory folks, Youzhou is in front of you. After walking about fifty miles, you can see the towering city walls. At that time, you will be considered as reaching your destination."

"The closer you get to Youzhou, the smoother the roads are, and the folk customs are simple and prosperous, and the business is also very prosperous. The most important thing is that you don't have to worry about bandits anymore, because there are soldiers patrolling the whole of Youzhou..."

"So, we will not continue to escort everyone."

It was a group of soldiers on horseback who were speaking. They kept waving goodbye to everyone, and then they turned around and drove their horses away slowly.

At this time, all the women in the bullock cart stood up, and the men in the line also turned around with their packages on their backs.

Everyone kept waving their hands, bid farewell to the soldiers, and shouted loudly: "Thank you, thank you."

Under the vast sunlight, there is a gentle breeze.

The team of cavalry gradually walked away, and suddenly the leader looked back and said goodbye loudly: "As the station guards, we have responsibilities on our shoulders, so all the military relatives, sisters-in-law, and lovely children, we are destined to see you again." Lah, I wish you a happy life in Youzhou..."

The women's eyes were red, as if they were parting.

And the cavalry leader yelled again, and told him in detail: "You continue to walk along the official road, don't worry about going in the wrong direction. Remember, you can see Youzhou City after another fifty miles... It is closer to Youzhou, the road will be smoother, then you may meet a professional tour guide, and you can spend money to hire one to take you into Youzhou."

"Don't feel bad about the money, because the money is definitely worth it. Those tour guides are all people who have passed the government's examination. They will take you to settle everything in Youzhou."

"Military sisters-in-law, lovely children, goodbye, goodbye..."

After instructing everything, he finally waved his horsewhip, and a dozen cavalrymen roared away after him, and disappeared at the end of the official road in a blink of an eye.

The migrating people tried to stand on tiptoe and watched their backs all the time. Niuwa sat on the front of the car with emotion on his face and said softly: "It's really worthy of being a postman on the Hebei Road. Your speech and behavior are different from other places. Not only They are kind, patient and responsible. It is said that they are veterans who have retired from the Women’s Army. Many people criticized them for being treated too well, but now it seems that they are entitled to the best treatment.”

The women in the car were a little curious, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Niuwa, can you tell us how good the treatment of these postmen on the Hebei Road is?"

"How good is it?" Niu Wa sighed.

He slowly stretched out one hand and opened five fingers at the same time, and said: "The first is Bingshang, each person is five hundred Wen per month, and the second is food, which is all distributed by the army. The third is clothes and bedding. Distributed at regular intervals throughout the year. For example, in spring, there will be two spring clothes, and in summer, cool vests..."

"In autumn, it is said that no clothes are given out, because you can wear spring clothes in autumn. Although no clothes are given out in autumn, a piece of cloth will be given out, and postmen are allowed to send it back home, so that the wives and children at home can make it clothing."

"And in winter, there are more clothes distributed. This time the distribution is amazing. Every soldier is given two cotton-padded clothes. In addition to that, there is also a quilt and a mattress, which are all filled with thick cotton. It is said that this kind of army The procurement of quilts and military mattresses is extremely strict, and any shortage of catties will be investigated, ranging from fines of thousands of guan, to disqualification from supply, so those families that produce cotton products are very cautious, and so far I have not heard of any How dare you cut corners..."

The women were stunned and said in shock: "My God, is this still a soldier? With so much salary, you don't have to worry about food and drink. You don't even need to pay for your own clothes and bedding."

Niuwa looked at them and said: "Our Tang Dynasty is a military system. The soldiers are supposed to have no treatment. Not only do they not have any treatment, but they also have to pay for their own money when fighting. Not only do they have to provide their own food and drink, but Even the armor and weapons have to be provided by themselves, the clothes have to be bought at their own expense, and the bedding for sleeping has to be brought from home. Women's Army, they eat, drink, and scatter all from the army, so people often criticize this matter, and the high officials in the court always accuse Mr. Gu of breaking the rules."

The women immediately became furious and scolded one after another: "Those people are really bad, they even accused Mr. Gu."

Niu Wa was startled, and waved his hands again and again: "Sisters-in-law, let's just talk about this among our own family members. We must not let outsiders listen, so as not to provoke the grudges of those people."

The women were also surprised, and quickly kept silent.

At this time, the voice of a yamen servant came from the front, shouting from a distance: "Niuboy, don't talk nonsense, there are still fifty miles to Youzhou, how about we try to get there in one go?"

Niu Wa quickly picked up the whip, swayed a beautiful whip flower with his hand, and replied loudly: "As long as you can hold it, we guarantee that we can hold it too. It's only fifty miles away, and we will be there if you bite your teeth."

The front laughed loudly and said, "Okay, let's go!"

The team starts again!

……

Fifty miles is actually a long way, especially in this era of poor transportation, and it is far more difficult to travel than in later generations.

Fortunately, the official roads are getting smoother and the ox carts are getting more and more labor-saving. However, even so, fifty miles cannot be covered in one breath.

The most important thing is that this team is no longer willing to walk fifty miles in one go.

As Youzhou is getting closer, there are more and more magical things around, causing everyone to be dazzled to see them, wishing they could stop and look at them one by one.

For example, when they entered Shisi Lidi, there was a huge stone tablet erected next to the official road, with two large characters engraved on it, with golden hooks and iron scratches under the sun, it was impressive: Bandit Suppression.

Below the two big characters, there are also densely packed small characters.

A literate yamen servant stood under the huge stele, looked up at the handwriting on the stele carefully, and recited aloud: Step a hundred steps into this stele, and the world will end in peace...

Niuwa jumped out of the ox cart and approached, and asked curiously: "This sentence is like a poem, what does it mean?"

The literate yamen servant ignored him and continued to recite the words on the huge stele: Warn the bandits in the green forests everywhere, and those who love leisure and hard work, you are not welcome in the Youyun Zhuzhou. Common people, the Youzhou army will slaughter your entire village, and this monument is erected to announce it, don't say it was unexpected.

Niuwa was speechless, and after a long time, he said with emotion: "So this giant monument is a warning, and the warning is really domineering."

The yamen servant was also full of emotion, looked forward with longing, and murmured: "This is the legendary Youzhou..."

Just when they were looking forward to it, they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes coming from behind. Everyone looked back subconsciously and saw a man covered in blood rushing towards him. Behind the man was a group of people chasing him on horseback. , Seeing that he was about to catch up, but the man seemed to burst out all his strength, and suddenly accelerated with a roar, and rushed to the front of the huge monument.

Immediately afterwards, the man raised his head and shouted in grief and indignation, with tears streaming down his eyes, he said, "I'm alive, I can live."

At the moment when he screamed in grief and anger, the group of people behind had already caught up, one of them was holding a knife in his hand, and laughed viciously: "Zhao Wou-ki, you can't run away, hahahaha, run again if you have the guts!" ah……"

Laughing wildly, he swung his knife to kill.

Unexpectedly, he hadn't cut off the knife yet, when he heard a sharp roar from the side, he saw another horse rushing towards him, and the man on the horse kicked his knife away heavily, and said angrily, "You are blind!" Didn’t you see that he had already run under the huge monument. This is the bandit suppression monument in Youzhou, and you dare to move a knife in front of the monument... You want to die, but we don’t want to die.”

The man holding the knife was stunned for a moment, and then he also flew into a rage and said: "We are people in the Jianghu, why should we abide by the rules of the government. Zhao Wuji has a personal enmity with me, I must not let him live."

"Fuck you!"

The other roared loudly, and said with a serious face: "So what if we are from the Jianghu? Don't the Jianghu people need to obey the rules? Remember me, you boy, we Jianghu people are also citizens of Datang. Especially here It’s Youzhou, the Youzhou where the huge monument to suppressing bandits is erected. If you show your teeth again, don’t blame me for chopping you down first.”

While the man was talking, he suddenly turned his head to look at the bleeding man. He sighed softly, raised his hands and cupped his fists, and said in a deep voice, "Zhao Wou-ki, congratulations. We have been chasing you for a day and a night. , unexpectedly, you managed to escape to the Bandit Suppressing Monument... You can escape here, and your life has been saved. If my guess is correct, you will probably stay in Youzhou to look for opportunities in the future. Maybe, you will enter the army , maybe, you can seize a certain opportunity, so I have a word of advice, let's turn our hostility into friendship. We will not hunt you down any more, and you don't want to worry about our hatred anymore, how about it?"

The man stood in front of the stone tablet and sneered, the grief and indignation in his eyes were like fire, he didn't answer anything, just stared at the man holding the knife.

Seeing this situation, the person who spoke just now sighed helplessly. He clasped his fists again, and suddenly turned his horse's head and galloped away. The rest of the men on horseback followed him quickly.

Only the man with the knife was full of malice, sneered at the bleeding man suddenly, and said contemptuously: "Even if you can enter Youzhou, so what? You can only hide in Youzhou in this life and be a turtle. As long as you dare If you come out, I will definitely kill you... Hahahaha, you have been a coward all your life."

Amidst the wild laughter, he also turned his horse's head and drove away, catching up with the group of people in a blink of an eye.

Unexpectedly, at the moment when he was catching up, he suddenly saw the leader attack backhand, only heard a scream, and knocked him off the horse.

The blow he received was obviously extremely heavy, and he kept spurting blood when he fell to the ground. His face was full of disbelief, confusion flickered in his eyes, and he coughed up blood and asked, "Boss...boss, why...why did you want to kill me?" ?”

Under the vast sunlight, only the leader's voice rumbled, as if answering him, or as if addressing the bleeding man under the monument.

The leader said: "Zhao Wuji has a tenacious character. He may encounter opportunities while hiding in Youzhou. Once he encounters an opportunity, it will be a catastrophe for us. Therefore, I can't afford to bet on it."

"Since I can't afford to gamble, I have to find a way to solve this matter. I don't have the guts to kill him before suppressing the bandit monument, so I can only kill his enemy. After killing you, his hatred with us will be over." Gone……"

When the leader said this, he suddenly yelled in this direction, and said: "Zhao Wuji, are you satisfied with this? Let's use the same sentence just now, let's turn hostility into friendship. Since you have entered Youzhou, you will have ten thousand There is a one-in-one chance to rise. I can't afford to bet on this one-ten-thousandth chance, so I killed my sworn brother."

Finally, the bleeding man under the monument nodded slowly.

The leader seemed to be relieved, and suddenly came back on horseback. He suddenly reached into his arms, took out a gold ingot in an instant, and threw it to the bleeding man. You are no longer an enemy. You enter Youzhou alone, and you have to spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation. I will present you with an ingot of gold, and I wish you a successful rise..."

The bleeding man caught his gold ingot and nodded slowly at him again.

At this point, the leader really let go of his worries.

After taking a deep look at the bleeding man, he turned his horse's head and galloped away. This time, nothing happened again.

……

Niu Wa and the others who watched this sudden scene were startled and terrified. Fortunately, the group of gangsters came and went like the wind, and did not show signs of looting the people from the beginning to the end.

After they disappeared far away, Niu Wa and the others looked at each other, and suddenly everyone looked at the huge monument in front of them, and they had a deep understanding of the word "bandit suppression" in their hearts, and only heard a soft voice from a yamen servant, with infinite emotion Said: "Just a huge monument is erected here, and no army is stationed as a deterrent at all. However, the gangsters obediently abide by the rules..."

Niu Wa only felt a burning sensation in his chest, raised his head and looked far ahead, and murmured: "This is the Youzhou we are about to arrive at."

Niu Wa and the others who watched this sudden scene were startled and terrified. Fortunately, the group of gangsters came and went like the wind, and did not show signs of looting the people from the beginning to the end.

After they disappeared far away, Niu Wa and the others looked at each other, and suddenly everyone looked at the huge monument in front of them, and they had a deep understanding of the word "bandit suppression" in their hearts, and only heard a soft voice from a yamen servant, with infinite emotion Said: "Just a huge monument is erected here, and no army is stationed as a deterrent at all. However, the gangsters obediently abide by the rules..."

Niu Wa only felt a burning sensation in his chest, raised his head and looked far ahead, and murmured: "This is the Youzhou we are about to arrive at."

Chapter 392 [The thoughts of ordinary people, even good things will be trembling]

I Have a Backstage in Datang Chapter 392 of the main text volume [Little common people's minds, good things will be trembling] "Choose me!"

"Choose me!"

"Please choose me..."

"Hehehehe, I think they will choose me..."

The four guides who ran over looked at the migration team eagerly. They each took out a card from their arms, held it high in their hands and waved it vigorously.

There was an eagerness to solicit business on their faces.

In their eyes is the expectation that they are eager to be selected.

However, what is surprising is that although their faces are full of urgency and anticipation, they did not show any competition. They seem to abide by a certain rule and have strict constraints on each other. fight.

The most important thing is that they don't tear each other down. For example, the price required to hire them, the four of them shouted in unison is fifty yuan.

Fifty Wen.

Hire for a day.

I have to say that the price is scary.

The women were obviously distressed, and subconsciously looked at a few yamen servants, and they kept hinting with their eyes that they wanted the yamen servants to reject these people.

Even the men in the team had pained faces all over their faces at this moment, and some of them couldn't help muttering in a low voice, saying in a low voice: "Fifty Wen a day, I want to do this job too. How dare you The asking price is simply a steal..."

Although the man's complaint was quiet, it was still heard by the four tour guides. However, the four tour guides were lifeless, and they continued to stand there with smiles on their faces.

Several yamen servants in the team glanced at each other quietly, and they all saw the seriousness in each other's eyes.After all, they are more knowledgeable than ordinary people, so it is easy to see the strangeness of these tour guides.

One of the yamen servants immediately walked towards the ox cart, first he gave the cowboy who was driving the cart a wink, then he walked to the side of the ox cart and looked at a woman sitting among the pots and pans.

This woman is Zhao Lao Si's eldest daughter-in-law.

The yamen servant coughed lightly to clear his throat, cupped his hands and cupped his fists towards her, and after paying respects, he dared to approach her and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law Zhao Si, I'm afraid there is no way to hide from this situation. Then Four tour guides have been standing in the middle of the road, obviously determined to let us hire one."

When he said this, he paused for a while, then continued to lower his voice and continued: "About the matter of hiring a tour guide, we yamen servants think it is acceptable. Before leaving, the postmen kept telling us that one of them was also about hiring a tour guide. Those postmen are kind-hearted, and their instructions will definitely not harm us..."