Chapter 403: Water clouds fly over and over again

Two beacon smoke rose from the beacon tower near Pengzhou Pass Group. Fang Changyun did not dare to delay at all. On the one hand, he asked someone to light the beacon fire, and on the other hand, he sent someone to Jinchuan to check it out.

The beacon tower is one for about thirty miles, and the distance is arranged according to visibility. It only took eleven hours from the beacon fire in Jinchuan to the letter sent by the pigeons from Jilizhou to the time when Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan from the capital received from the pigeons. Most of the time was wasted on the flying of the pigeons.

There was not much content in the letter, which was about the beacon fire and two smokes coming from Jinchuan, which made Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan consider what to do.

"The two cigarettes are not the ones that report safety. It seems that there is a little trouble there, Tubo or Turk?" Zhang Xiaobao understood what the two cigarettes mean.

There is a line in Du Fu's poem that is lonely smoke from the desert. This expresses not only desolate, but more of a meaning of remembering peace in the distance. One beacon fire is for peace, two beacon fires are for situations, and three beacon fires are for work.

Of course, there are many details, such as the length of burning time and the time when the wolf smoke is usually lit, otherwise I wouldn't have known the news from Jinchuan.

Wang Juan also seemed a little anxious. The speed of information transmission was fast, but it meant that it was transmitted from another place to the capital, rather than the capital towards another place.

And the news is not that specific, and no one knows what exactly happened in Jinchuan.

After looking at Xiaobei and others who were still playing games with the new Zhang and Wang family guards, Wang Juan looked west and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "Let's see what's going on first. Don't be afraid. There are more than 100,000 slaves there, and it's not possible for others to fight in a short while.

Could it be that Tubo’s life is getting harder and harder, and finally I can’t help but fight to the death? In that case, we have to go again. Jinchuan’s army must not be commanded by others. If anyone likes it, report it to the court and move people to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.”

Zhang Xiaobao nodded and expressed his understanding. Although he has been helping Li Longji to do things now, he has a good relationship with each other, but that only appears on the basis that the two of them have restrained Li Longji at any time.

If Li Longji is in a bad mood one day, or suddenly becomes stupid and wants to deal with his two families, Luzhou and Jinchuan need to move at the same time, and military power is the right to speak.

It seemed that I felt that my brother and sister were not in good mood. When I competed with the little guards of Zhang and Wang family who had caught many good things in the sea, Xiaobei stopped and swam to the shore in a hurry. He blinked his big eyes and came to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and asked in a low voice:

"Are you going back to your house? Then come and have fun again. It's okay. I can continue to train guards when I go back. I have caught a lot of sea intestines and cooked them back."

I originally had to stay for at least three days, but if I had to leave, it would only be two days. For children, playing for a while is also a blessing, let alone playing for one more day.

Xiaobei still held back the idea of ​​continuing to play, and she had long been used to running around with her family.

Zhang Xiaobao touched his sister's forehead, stuffed the hair that was exposed from the swimming cap and stuck to his face again, and said to Xiaobei: "If you don't go back, the matter in Jinchuan is Yizhou, which is the same as in the mansion."

"Oh~! Then I'm going to play, oh, are you going to fight? Take me with me, I'm very powerful, Xiaoyuan is afraid of my tripping horses." Xiaobei fell back with his heart, threw down his words, and ran into the water. When the water flooded his thighs, he plopped down and swam towards the place where the children gathered.

Seeing Xiao Beiyou go back, Zhang Xiaobao smiled, "Don't affect the children's affairs, let Shuiyun go and see them. If necessary, hit them again."

"Okay, come and find Zhang Ying." Wang Juan ordered the person standing not far away.

Zhang Ying followed him and looked for the eagle by the sea. Zhang Hu left and went to explore the road to North America with a thousand soldiers, leading many dogs.

After a while, Zhang Ying came close to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.

"Let Shuiyun go to Jinchuan, ask what happened there, and bring the news back." Zhang Xiaobao pointed to Shuiyun, who was still soaring in the clouds, and said to Zhang Ying.

After a whistle, Shuiyun spread her wings and fell down, stood on Zhang Ying's arm, shaking her head to give people a puzzled feeling.

He ordered people to get the pattern with Jinchuan characteristics. Zhang Ying drew a few strokes of Shui Yun. Shui Yun's eyes were on Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and blinked his eyes twice to look at the west side.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan suddenly had a special feeling, that is, Shuiyun knew how far Jinchuan was from Jilizhou and didn't want to go.

"Come on, go and slaughter a cow." Zhang Xiaobao said to the person next to him. The servants at home immediately went to the nearest place to find a cow to kill it, and dragged it back in blood.

Zhang Xiaobao cut a few beefs and fed them one by one to Shuiyun. He didn't care whether Shuiyun could understand them or not, and said to him: "Let's go there, and you can still eat beef. When you come back, you will kill you one more time. It's farther away, but this task is arduous and glorious. No one can do it except you."

Zhang Ying also touched Shuiyun's neck with heartache. It was not that far from Jilizhou to Jinchuan, but it was not possible to not go. He could only wait for Shuiyun to come back to replenish his body.

Shuiyun also seemed to know that he had to run and eat beef hard so that he could store more energy to support flight.

When he couldn't eat it, Wang Juan had already written the letter and put it in a bamboo tube to tie it to Shuiyun.

Shuiyun rubbed Zhang Ying's face intimately, and with the movement of Zhang Ying's arm, she soared into the air, circled in the sky, and roared loudly, spreading her wings to the west.

"It would be great if all the eagles could be as good as water clouds. I hope they don't encounter any dangers on the road and eat beef to barbecue tonight."

Looking at the water clouds that turned into black dots and disappeared into the sky, Zhang Xiaobao sighed.

Zhang Ying also withdrew his gaze and comforted Zhang Xiaobao, "Young Master, don't worry, Shuiyun is very smart. If you are hungry on the way, you will find easy-to-catching animals to eat, and you won't lose the letter. I also want to find a few more eagles like water clouds. Unfortunately, I have caught many eagles, and no other one can reach the level of water clouds.

Just like the big dog brought back from Luzhou, the little lady is almost psychic. What happened to Jinchuan, little lady?"

Zhang Ying did not read what was written in the letter, and he was not very clear about the specific situation.

"Two waves of beacons are busy dealing with the matter here. All the governors' offices around are ready to move. If something happens to Jinchuan, I will discuss with the people around me and go there with Juanjuan. This time I will not kill them so honestly that they will not be surnamed Zhang."

Zhang Xiaobao explained to Zhang Ying that the most annoying thing he had was that he could not take into account both the beginning and the end. It would be fine if Jinchuan's army did not care. The court could send generals to command. Now there are a few powerful people who can fight well.

Wang Juan was also very angry. After Zhang Ying left to rest, he said to Zhang Xiaobao: "Xiaobao, if there is something wrong with Jinchuan, let Songrinigan bring the man to retreat. I can't go there yet. I have to solve the things around me first."

"How to solve it?" Zhang Xiaobao didn't expect that Wang Juan had other plans.

"If you don't tell me a lot of things, you won't tell me. Guess, I'll go swimming." Wang Juan threw down a sentence, took off the clothes she was wearing outside, and jumped into the sea in a swimsuit.

"If you don't tell me, don't tell me. I rushed over early this morning. Do you still have a good plan to find someone to share with me? Let's see who can hold on, I'll swim too." Zhang Xiaobao muttered and jumped into the sea.

Compared to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan just felt troublesome, some people were left unhappy all day because of the Fenghuo incident.

When the news came, Li Longji discussed state affairs with his ministers in the morning hall. One was to continue to open the Tang Dynasty money houses all over the Tang Dynasty, and the other was to be a conscript.

Now the conscripts in Jili State have been successful. The 30,000 soldiers who were broken up and placed in various armies are no longer as well-fed as they did in the beginning.

The soldiers didn't say anything, as long as the relatives at home lived a good life, they had no reason.

Such success gave Li Longji hope and wanted to find another place to try and do it. When he was quarreling with his ministers, the beacon in Jinzhou came.

I temporarily suppressed other things and began to guess with the ministers what exactly it was. Who dared to fight Jinchuan?

It was not confirmed until the morning court was over. After returning to Xingqing Palace, Li Longji was not happy when he heard about the artificial lake that was about to be completed.

"Lishi, do you think it was Tubo taking the risk?" Li Longji, who had poured two bowls of iced sour plum soup, still felt like a fire in his heart, and said to Gao Lishi who was serving him next to him.

Gao Lishi was even more anxious than Li Longji. One was because of the Tang Dynasty. On the other hand, he was worried that Xiaobao was not under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty. Although there were many local specialties there this year, most of them were offered, especially Cistanche, if the Tang Dynasty really sent people to occupy it, regardless of whether Xiaobao and Juanjuan would agree, Tubo could not agree. It would really have to give up the territory to the Tang Dynasty.

Now Xiaobao and Juanjuan are in the east of Jinchuan. That is an excuse for a caravan. For example, the Tang Dynasty sent people to manage it, which is a matter between countries.

Gao Lishi thought, his eyes were a little hurt, as if he had been in his head. He pressed his temple with his hands and replied to Li Longji:

"Your Majesty, it's just two cigarettes. Perhaps the people in Jinchuan misread it and thought that someone was going to beat them. I think that Tubo now needs to rely on the Tang Dynasty to exchange food for them, and dare not take any action easily. Although the Turks are also in the desert, they don't care about too much.

Your Majesty, don’t worry, the news should have been delivered to Xiaobao and Juanjuan. I think the two of them have made a decision long ago. When Jilizhou sends the letter, everything will naturally be known."

Gao Lishi persuaded him so much, and he didn't even believe what he said. Tubo and Turks were unfamiliar wolves. As long as they were given a chance, they would definitely grasp it, otherwise they would not have to continue to send troops to the border.

Li Longji also knew that Gao Lishi was comforting himself. The only thing he could do at this time was to believe this, even if it was so difficult to confirm.

"Send a letter to Xiaobao and ask him what he planned." Li Longji couldn't wait.

The water clouds were flying hard, wanting to get to the place early, and it felt the owner's anxiety, and even though it knew that the road was long, it had to complete the task.

The blue sky and white clouds are accompanied by the breeze, spreading their wings, and each flapping move will draw a long distance.

In the place where Shuiyun is determined to reach, many people are busy building temporary working hours to prevent others.

Zhang Youzhu tried hard to press the straw-woven rope on the sand in a diamond pattern, then put the seeds of the saxaox tree in it, and then carefully watered the water from the bucket pushed from the lake in the distance.

When the saxal tree grows, there may be a possibility of finding Cistanche inside to repay the owner's home.

This method was taught by the young master and the young lady of the main family. As long as you can collect ten kilograms of Cistanche in a year, you will have a good life and there will be a lot of extra rewards.

People must know how to be content. Even if there is no reward, they must do things well for the master. The surname is followed by the master, and a stable life is also given by the master. Just as Mr. Han said, only by comparing it can you know what happiness is. When some people are sad because they don’t have shoes to wear, they find that some people have no feet.

We must cherish the days we are now. Even if there are so many cannibals coming the day before yesterday, they are not afraid of being on the side. If they really dare to fight, they will fight with them.

Thinking of this, Zhang Youtong worked harder to work, so he carefully planted every seed, hoping to germinate and grow.

Looking at the guards coming from home, Zhang Youzhu was even less afraid.

Compared to Zhang Youzhu, Songrigan was in a very bad mood. The group of cannibals in the distance had not planned to leave since the day before yesterday. They looked like they wanted to stay forever. They built a temporary camp by the lake. More than 500 people did not come to harass them, but they never left.

It would be too easy to keep 500 people. The number of people in the hundreds of thousands of troops alone reached 20,000. Forty people hit one, and one person could strangle the other to death.

Songnnigan was not worried about the five hundred people, but the things behind it. There were also many cannibals in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. It was not surprising. What was surprising was that if you ran to the lakeside of the desert, wouldn’t you worry about starving to death after eating the food you brought?

If something goes wrong, there will be monsters.

Songrinigan thought about this and said to Han Zhefeng, who was also looking at the food with clairvoyance around him, "Young Master Han, do you think it is impossible for the arrival of more cannibalism to have the secret support of the Turks or Tubo?"

"Huh? They are the two places? Can't?" Han Xuanfeng couldn't be sure. The only thing he could be sure of was that the people who were many cannibals left by the lake were not good. Mi Fan had already felt uncomfortable. Since the people who were many cannibals arrived, Mi Fan had been unable to eat.

Is there any need to say what kind of ability Mi Fan has? It's amazing. I can't find any reason to explain it, but it's just such an existence. From the moment I realize it, I haven't seen Mi Fan yet to feel that I'm wrong.

From this point of view, more than 500 cannibals are the root cause.

Not to mention that Han Zombie was unwilling to believe that the support of Tubo or Turks was behind the over-cannibalism, even Songrinigan, who said this, did not want to be true.

However, judging from the information collected, both Tubo and Turks have such a possibility. Although the internal instability of the Turks, since the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty sent troops to guard the border after Fengshan, the Turks began to shift the center to the desert.

Although there was a shortage of food in Tubo and had a non-equal exchange with the Tang Dynasty, the people who could really eat a lot of food were not slaves. The slaves only ate a small part of the food, so other foods could be supplemented by taking advantage of the arrival of spring to dig wild vegetables on the mountain to replenish them.

Some people also catch all kinds of insects to eat, especially locusts. First, they can control the locust plague this year, and second, part of the saved food is used on real soldiers and part of it is used as reserved food and grass to store.

If you have no intention in these two places, the ghost will not believe it.

"Mr. Han, if I were the leader of Tubo or Turkic, I would support more cannibalism behind my back and provide them with various information and food supplies, so that they can understand the price of Cistanche salmon after being made into vegetables in the water and clouds.

The Cistanche here looks inexpensive, but it is not cheap either. Picking ten kilograms of Cistanche can get a reward of ten jin of materials. Ten jin of coins is like buying grain. According to the current real grain price, it is enough to feed ten pigs for a year. You can also make a few sets of clothes for the pigs.

It can be delivered to the water clouds and made into dishes and sold at a price of dozens or even hundreds of times. The nobles and families in the capital of the Tang Dynasty were proud to be able to eat this dish.

After letting the people who eat more understand, they will fight with us. Once the fight starts, more cannibals will participate. Whether it is Tubo or Turks, they can watch both sides fight. This is called killing people with a knife. Mr. Han must be careful."

Songrinigan said a lot of things, wanting Han Zhefeng to come up with a good solution earlier. If he continues to waste this, the pressure in his heart is too great.
To be continued...