I can't die

The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, and there is a lone city Wanrenshan.

Why bamboo flute complain willow, spring is not degree Pass.

Yumen Pass was first placed when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the roads in the Western Regions and established the four counties in Hexi. It was named after the way the Western Regions imported jade.This checkpoint not only has special significance in China's military defense, but also occupies an extremely rich chapter in China's history and culture.

"The solitary smoke in the desert is straight, and the long river is full of the sun. Even the yellow sand in the sky, there is a magnificent beauty between the sky and the earth. It is no wonder that Wang Mojie praised this scenery so much. It is truly a masterpiece." Liu Xiang looked at the scene in front of him. Looking at the boundless yellow sand, he couldn't help but say.

Wang Mojie is Wang Wei, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty. The lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun is setting in the long river. These are the quatrains written by him, which can be called the first poem in the frontier fortress through the ages.

The frontier wind howled and blew through Liu Xiang's hair, half of the bamboo hat he used to wrap his head was blown away, revealing his jade-like skin.The seven guards on the side saw the leader's face that was not dark even in the wind and the sun, and silently compared his appearance with the shedding skin that was about to be exposed to the sun a long time ago, and sighed in his heart: As far as the commander's appearance is concerned, changing a woman's clothes can do it. Beauty tricked.

I remembered that on the road before, everyone discussed how to break into the enemy's interior after arriving in Jiuquan, and there really was a brave man who proposed a "beauty trick", and then he was beaten by Commander Liu for a while, and he was beaten into a pig's head. It took three full days to calculate.

"My lord, if you go forward for about half an hour, you will soon reach Yumen Town." Bing Er held the map, and then calculated the distance in his mind and said.

It should be said that everyone at the sticky pole is really capable.Take this ability to calculate the distance as an example, it is very extraordinary.Ancient maps are not like today's maps. There are satellite compositions, which are drawn in equal proportions. The calculation of the distance depends on human estimation. At the same time, in this age without navigation, the sense of direction is also extremely important. Like here, there is loess all over the place. There is a certain degree of difficulty in walking, even on the main road.

"Yumen Pass is an important frontier fortress, occupied by various ethnic groups, so be careful."

Liu Xiang solemnly instructed, all the followers nodded, and then ran towards the north with Liu Xiang.Liu Xiang and his party walked for another half an hour, and indeed a large town appeared in front of them.Yumenguan is even more remote than Jiayuguan and is under the jurisdiction of Jiuquan, but it is larger than Jiuquan City.Specialties from Turpan and Hami must pass through the Yumen Pass before being imported into the Central Plains, and grain from the Central Plains must also pass through this pass before being sent to Xinjiang.

"Sir, look."

Bing Er consciously called out the title at this time, and pointed to a place not far from Yumen Pass.Liu Xiang then looked around, only to see that there were many troops stationed there, and there were bursts of smoke rising from the kitchen.

"Interesting." Liu Xiang glanced at his mouth, and took out a Western telescope from his arms to take a look, but saw a flag with "Chen" written on it floating on the army's garrison, and the soldiers in the army were all dressed up as Han people. And without shaving.

"Come on, let's take a look too. It's these rebels." The Qing Dynasty has always kept its hair but not its head. Who else could have blatantly grown such hair except the rebels from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?

Everyone took the diorama and looked at it carefully. It was true that it was all the remnants of the Taiping Army.

"My lord, what should we do now?"

"Since we're here, we should go check it out, so as not to embarrass our sticky pole if we tell it." Liu Xiang smiled, but there was already a hint of chill in his words.At that moment, Liu Xiang kicked the horse, the horse let out a cry, and then rushed towards Yumen Town, and everyone saw the leader like this, so they also followed inside.

Liu Xiang's group of people were dressed in extraordinary clothes, and each of them was riding a fine horse. The gatekeeper had seen this group of people a long time ago, seeing them coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, and asked, "Who is coming?"

Liu Xiang's horse was stopped, and at that moment he cast a haughty glance at the gatekeeper, and took off his bamboo hat: "Young owner of Xinzhe Grain Company." Liu Xiang didn't dismount, and his tone was extremely haughty, like a dude.

This Yumen Pass was originally guarded by local soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, but now that the Hui people are rebelling, it is obvious that they have been occupied by rebels and have become the remnants of the Taiping Army.These low-level officers and soldiers of the Taiping Army are all from low-level backgrounds, and they have a bit of indescribable inferiority complex. The more arrogant you are, the easier it is to compromise. Now the gatekeeper looks at Liu Xiang's menacing look, and he can't help feeling a little bit Lack of confidence: "I just got the order, you can't just let people enter the customs, do you have customs clearance documents?"

Customs clearance documents have existed since ancient times, but they are only done by the imperial court, and they are specially used to collect tariffs from business groups.Nowadays, these remnants of the Taiping colluded with Hui rebels and blocked the frontier fortresses, and they actually did this thing, which is really ironic.

"Do you still need to clear customs documents?" Liu Xiang laughed, his handsome face under the scorching sun was dazzling, and it made the guards stare straight.

"My son has traveled all over the world for so many years, and this is the first time someone asks me for documents!" After finishing speaking, Liu Xiang took out a large handful of scattered silver from his arms, and threw it into the hands of the soldier with precision: "Go to your city now!" The Xinzhe Commercial Bank told you the shopkeeper, you will know who I am!"

Xiao Bing's eyes blurred, and for some reason, he had a large piece of silver in his hand, which was about three or four taels heavy.

"Yo!" Seeing Yin Zi, Xiao Bing's eyes lit up, and his tone softened again: "Then you wait here for a while, I will ask someone to ask. You go to the side to rest first, wait a moment."

At that moment, Xiaobing led Liu Xiang to a tea stall under the city gate.Seeing this, Liu Xiang snorted coldly as if dissatisfied, then dismounted and walked away.Three, three, three, four, Liu Xiang was going to sit at the tea stand, got off the horse quickly, then took out a handkerchief from the bag, rushed to Liu Xiang's seat, and wiped it on the table of the chair at the tea stand.

"Our son doesn't drink anything except the top grade Tieguanyin. Remember to clean the cup and soak the water twice." Before it was over, Bingsanbingsi said to the owner of the tea stall arrogantly, and took out half of the tea from his pocket. two silver.Everyone who watched this style was secretly dumbfounded.

At this point, Xiao Bing completely felt that Liu Xiang was the noble son from Zhongzhong, so he hurriedly searched for him in the city.Xinzhe grain stores spread all over the country, and Yumenguan, as a frontier fortress, has its own branches.The shopkeeper of the branch store heard that the soldiers at the door came to report in a hurry, and rushed to greet him.Hearing Xiao Bing's words, he was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly gathered his mind, and made a gesture of panic: "You actually provoked the young master to come here in person. Thank you, brother, for reporting. I will go to meet him right away."

After all, the shopkeeper took out another two taels of silver and stuffed it into the soldier's hand, and then went to call the staff to greet him together.