Hanhou

The cold wind howled, and it snowed heavily all night.

At dawn, the wind and snow began to decrease, and the injured scout woke up from a coma.

Although the person is weak and even has a low fever, his consciousness is very clear.Moisten the throat with warm water, and tell Zhao Jia what happened yesterday, focusing on the strangeness of the ambush.

"Looking at his tactics, he is not like a Hu Qi."

Scouts often sneaked into the grasslands, and once they were discovered by the Huns, they would have to risk their lives before they could escape.

He has fought many times, leaving no less than ten scars on his body, and he is very familiar with the enemy's combat methods.Sometimes, based on the formation of Hu Qi's charge, it can be judged whether it is the headquarters or another department.

This ambush soldier used the weapons of the Huns, but when they rushed out, they were in a mess. They were not like the Huns at all, and they were also different from other troops.Thinking back carefully, it looks more like a desperado wandering in Hanbian and grasslands.

After listening to the scout's narration, Zhao Jia fell into deep thought.

Huns?

Bandits?

What is the purpose?

After a brief silence, Zhao Jia summoned his servant and ordered him to carry the scout to his carriage so that he could take care of him.

"There are pain-relieving and fever-reducing pills in the box. Take them with warm water."

"promise!"

After setting up the scouts, Zhao Jia called a few more veterans and asked them to ride fast horses to deliver letters to the county town of Daijun.The place where the thief ambush is located within the jurisdiction of Dai County, and the identity of the thief should be ascertained by the county, and then punished.

If he has no official position or title, he can use his brains.However, holding the seal of the county lieutenant in his hand, and being an official in Yunzhong, it would be inappropriate to open his posture and search for the villains without saying hello.

If the relationship is good, the other party will just turn a blind eye and close one eye.

The problem is that he is not familiar with Daijun Taishou, and has never met face to face, let alone a good relationship.

The safest way is to upload the real information. Even if it is not for Zhao Jia, for the sake of the safety of the county, the county officials will not sit idly by, let alone let these villains go. They must find out the truth and find these people The lair, and then wiped out all of them.

It is the Huns who want to be exterminated, not the Huns.

If it is found that it is a Han Chinese in disguise, the crime will be aggravated.

If the good Han people don't do it, they go to pretend to be barbarians and try to attack the officials of the border county. Who gave it the courage?Is it possible to rebel?

"Before you leave Daijun, don't act alone." Zhao Jiayue got on the horse and let out a breath of white air, "Five scouts go hand in hand, and if there is a situation, immediately make a beep."

Mingdi is the ringing arrow, and Maodun once used it as a name to kill his father Touman and sit on the throne of Shanyu.

Because he wanted to cross the four counties, Zhao Jia specially brought out two pots of sounding arrows from the county arsenal, specially equipped for the scouts, and they were just in handy now.

"Set off."

The veteran who delivered the letter was one of three horses, and the speed was very fast, and he knew the route of the trip, so there was no need to worry that he would not be able to catch up when he returned.

Zhao Jia didn't stop, gathered his team together, and continued to march eastward against the howling cold wind.

After passing the site where the scouts were attacked, several snow nests were found, which were obviously excavated by manpower.Zhao Jia kept his composure, and sent veterans and soldiers to investigate, and found several suspicious points one after another.

Based on the clues he had, he was [-]% sure that the matter had been premeditated.Moreover, the identity of the attacker was most likely not the Huns.

"Don't worry about it, and don't need to mark it." Since the matter is left to others, it is good to know what to do, and it is inevitable to do these things redundantly.When encountering suspicious people, they will give the wrong impression, thinking that Zhao Jia set up a trap.

"Go ahead and be vigilant along the way."

"promise!"

Because the comrades were ambushed, the veterans and soldiers cheered up without any slack.Several people acted together, not far from each other, and did not give any chance to the thieves lurking in the dark.

Probably there was only one ambush, or maybe they found that the team was well-organized and there was no flaw, and there was a risk of being caught if they attacked rashly. Never encountered any danger.

At this point, Zhao Jia confirmed even more that it was 100% not the Xiongnu who did it.

"Marquis Jun, things are too strange." A veteran said.

Zhao Jia nodded, took off the gauntlet made of wolfskin, bent his fingers, asked the health servant to fetch the sheepskin and charcoal wrapped in cloth, wrote two sentences, then put his knuckles to his lips, and slapped loudly whistle.

The whistle sounded far away, and lasted for several breaths before it disappeared in the cold wind.

After the whistle sounded, a loud cry came from the air, and a golden-brown figure descended from the sky, folded its wings, and landed on Zhao Jia's left arm.

"Ah Jin, take this home." Zhao Jia tied the sheepskin to the golden eagle's leg.When Uncle Hu and Uncle Xiong received the letter, they would definitely send it to Wei Yue camp as soon as possible.

After the sheepskin was tied, the golden eagle spread its wings, circled in the air for two weeks, and soon flew west.

Watching the golden eagle fly away and finally disappear into the sky as black dots, Zhao Jia tightened his cloak and ordered everyone to speed up, leaving Dai County and entering the boundary of Shanggu County.

When I was in Daijun, I was busy on the road. In addition to avoiding the wind and snow, everyone slept in the car and ate on the horse. If it was not necessary, they did not stop on the way.

There is a charcoal stove made by craftsmen in the car, which can heat hot water and boil soup.

Although the crowd traveled all the way, they did not eat badly.Especially the scout lying in the car. After the fever subsided, his injury recovered very quickly. He was able to ride a horse in five days.

I didn't stay in Dai County for a long time, so naturally there was no local market.

After arriving in Shanggu County, there was plenty of time, so Zhao Jia adjusted his itinerary and decided to stay in Juyang for three days, to shop in the city, and to pay a visit to the prefect of Shanggu with Wei Shang's calligraphy.

Wei Taishou and Shanggu Taishou are related, and the first wife of Prince Wei is the daughter of Shanggu Taishou.

The eldest son Wei died in battle, leaving no son behind.The wife remarried three years later, but the relationship between the two families has not been alienated.Prefect Shanggu was one of those who wanted to call Wei Yue to be his son-in-law.

When Zhao Jia went to Yuyang this time, he happened to be passing through Shanggu, and Wei Taishou wrote a letter, urging him to pay a visit to Juyang.After all, Shanggu and Yuyang are next to each other, and if something happens, depending on the relationship between the two families, the prefect of Shanggu will take care of Zhao Jia.

Unfortunately, the prefect of Shanggu didn't know about Zhao Jia's arrival, and set off to inspect the border defense a few days ago, he was not at the prefecture.

Zhao Jia felt a little regretful that he didn't see the rightful owner, so he left Wei Taishou's letter and the refined salt he had prepared in advance, and immediately went to the city to join the crowd.

At that time, the convoy was surrounded by crowds, with three floors inside and three floors outside, and there was almost no place to step down.

The high price of refined salt can't support the fact that there are many big businessmen from the north and south in the city, all of whom are rich and powerful.Seeing the pure white salt, knowing that there is no impurity in the salt, and it has no bitter taste, they all want to take the goods, and you compete for it, and you don't hesitate to open your mouth to bid.

In the end, it was a few Da Yuezhi people who came out on top.It's just that the price of salt was called too high, they only took half of it, and the rest was divided among other merchants.

Things are rare.

No matter how high the price is, if it is shipped to other places and sold in the market, it can at least double again, and this business will definitely not lose money.

In addition to refined salt, the rations in the team were also targeted.

After noon, there were fewer people in the market, Zhao Xin and Zhao Ponu moved the copper stove from the car, Wei Qing boiled hot water, and put in the solidified broth.Boil the soup, put the fried noodles into it, add a large amount of dried vegetables, and sliced ​​​​dried meat, and the aroma is immediately tangy.

Veterans, soldiers, and health servants take turns to eat, each holding a wooden bowl, grasping chopsticks, eating three or two mouthfuls of noodles, then filling another bowl, adding more soup, tearing open scones and soaking them, and then Chopsticks of sunflower root, half a spoonful of pungent syrup, the appearance alone will make the people around stretch their necks, and smell the fragrance, they will not be able to stop the secretion of saliva, salivating.

Zhao Ponu, Zhao Xin and Wei Qing guarded the stove, each holding a bowl of noodles, swallowing a few mouthfuls of hot soup, their bodies warmed up.

Some businessmen tried to ask whether this kind of pasta was sold in the market, and the answer was naturally negative.

"No city!"

Zhao Jia prepared quite a lot of rations. According to normal estimates, a team of less than a hundred people would be more than enough to go back and forth.

However, the food is too good to be a problem.

There is one person in the team, all of them are big-bellied men, and their appetites are really amazing.So far, half of the Yi noodles brought in have been eaten, and this has not yet reached Yuyang County!

The rations are tight, and there is not enough to eat by myself, so how can I go to the market.

Ever since, all the people in the team were holding big bowls, standing or squatting, eating very satisfactorily.Others can only stand and smell the fragrance, and there is no way to eat it.

Someone found that this kind of pasta looked like noodles, and went back and ordered the maid to try it.The finished product can be out of the pan, but this kind of fragrance cannot be made anyway.After eating a few mouthfuls of noodles without taste, it was even more worrying.I went back the next day and found that the team was cooking duck soup again, sandwiching sunflower and sliced ​​meat with scones, and even wild fruits in jars.

Even a big businessman from the south, seeing this scene, can't help but start to doubt life.

Compared with these troops, what is the food you eat?

Can't get tired of eating fine food?

What a joke!

After staying in Juyang for three days, the team continued to set off.

What Zhao Jia didn't expect was that after everyone left, what the locals couldn't forget was not the pure salt, but the food in the team.

Especially the Yi noodles cooked in high soup, many people are talking about it, and even drive the business of restaurants in the city.

Regardless of whether it is a big business or a small business, all those who are in the restaurant business have started to make soup cakes and noodles one after another, and some also use broth. The taste is quite good.

Hearing this matter mentioned, Zhao Jia was silent for a long time, and finally he could only look up and sigh: The pursuit of delicious food has really been since ancient times.

After leaving Shanggu County, the team entered Yuyang.

The two places are not far apart, and the customs and features are similar, but the livelihood of the border residents is different.

The people in Shanggu are engaged in farming, grazing and weaving. If there is no land at home, most of them work as servants, or they take advantage of the slack to find some odd jobs.People in Yuyang have fields to farm. If they don’t have land, a small part of them work as servants, and most of them work in saltworks.

In addition to the saltworks, there are also iron in the county.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Yuyang had both iron officials and salt officials.After the establishment of the assassination envoy, the county was included in Youzhou, and it was an important place in the state regardless of its strategic location or production.

Today, Yuyang mainly produces salt, and iron has not yet been developed in large quantities.

Zhao Jia is not familiar with the distribution of minerals, and his main energy is still on the saltworks.

The most important thing is that in the eyes of the imperial court, the importance of iron is extraordinary. Before he is absolutely sure, he should continue to use his favorability and don't make trouble for himself.

Not long after entering Yuyang, the team encountered a cavalry boy sent by Nangonghou.

When Princess Yuyang arrived, the county had no time to build a mansion, so they bought three side-by-side houses in silk, the walls were opened, and they lived in temporarily.

The princess mansion must be repaired, but not now.

Princess Yuyang is very clear that this trip is for the saltworks, as long as Emperor Jing's instructions can be fulfilled, a princess mansion is nothing. In the future, even if she does not have the title of eldest princess, she will definitely be one of the best among the sisters.

Once he wakes up, the fog in front of him is lifted, and all the things in his youth become more ridiculous.

After leaving Chang'an, I jumped out of the original barriers, looked farther, and my determination became stronger.

Whether it is Aunt Guantao or Yang Xin, they are just clever.Not following the rules in the palace, not choosing family members, and directly presenting beauties to the emperor, to put it bluntly, is suspected of being lucky.

Princess Yuyang didn't think much of it before, but now that she thinks about it, she inexplicably feels a bit cheap.

As the father said, as a princess of the Han Dynasty, it is actually not difficult to gain power and status. The key lies in whether you dare to do it and whether you can see your position clearly.

During her stay in the fief, Princess Yuyang thought a lot, her mind became clearer, and she became more determined about the path she wanted to take.

Hearing the palace man's report, saying that Zhao Jia had arrived in the county, he didn't put on airs, and directly ordered someone to invite him to the mansion.

"Doctor Zhao previously offered the method of taming cattle, and now he offers the method of making salt. He has made great achievements. He has repeatedly fought against the Huns, killed the enemy and defended the border. I will personally meet him."

After saying these words, Princess Yuyang immediately ordered the palace staff to step aside, joined Gongsun He, Liu Rong and Zhang Sheng, and walked towards the front yard together.

Zhao Jia dismounted in front of the gate of the mansion. He thought that the servants would lead the way to meet the princess.Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped into the gate of the mansion, he met a young girl with a beautiful face in a deep dress with a curly train.

Seeing Liu Rong next to the girl, Zhao Jia immediately guessed the identity of the other party, and immediately saluted, saying: "Princess Qianqiu."