Near the south gate of Guangzhou and Guangcheng, Guangzhou, young and strong people gathered around the mountain of materials and loaded them into carriages one by one, then went out of the city through the South Gate and advanced towards the Dabie Mountains in the south. These convoys carrying materials were divided into five routes and supplied to the five routes of army.

Thanks to the prosperity of the Guanghuang River, there have been many people gathered in Guangcheng for life in recent years. The caravans set out from Xiyang City, Huangzhou, the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains, will definitely stay in Guangcheng after crossing the Dabie Mountains through the Guanghuang River.

After entering the boundaries of Guangzhou, cloth, books, white porcelain and various intimidating goods produced in Huangzhou will be transported in Guangcheng, loaded ships at the southwest terminal, and took the water route through Huangshui to the Huai River, and then transported to the middle and lower reaches of the Huai River.

The strong demand for trade has made Guangcheng's di shops spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and many people with no land can find a way to make a living. Working as friends in di shops, restaurants, and coolies at the wharfs can support themselves by paying their wages.

If you dare to take risks, you can also go to Guangcheng to purchase goods and sell them to surrounding areas to make some hard-earned money. All kinds of people have more or less improved their family conditions with the prosperity of Guangcheng.

The caravans traveling to and from Dabie Mountain through the Guang Zodiac increased dramatically. Seeing that there were more and more ways to make money, more and more people gathered in Guang Zodiac to make a living. Everyone had a beautiful vision for the future, but at this time the situation suddenly changed.

The court suddenly mobilized a large army to gather in Guangcheng, and marched south into five routes to break through the five passes of Dabie Mountain and enter the southern border of Shannan to attack the rebel thieves Yuwen Liang and his son. Guangcheng became a place where supplies gather, and the coolies gathered here were recruited by the government on the spot.

Some people followed the army south, and some stayed in Guangcheng. No matter which placement it was, it was inevitable to be a coolie. However, this is different from usual. There is no salary. Although it is food and accommodation, the food will not be much better.

The people who stayed in Guangcheng were pretty good. They just loaded and unloaded supplies every day. After being tired, they could sleep for a night. The young and strong men who went to the army opened their way through mountains and built bridges when they encountered water. They were busy when camping and when they set up camp.

If you are not careful, you have to endure it. If you missed your life, you will be buried in the wilderness and your relatives will not even be able to find the grave in the future.

If God blesses you, it is fine. When the official army breaks through the five passes of Dabie Mountains and enters the boundary of Huangzhou on the southern foot of the mountain, the young and strong will have to continue to fight with the army. Even if they can save their lives, it is still unknown when they will be able to come back.

Outside the south gate of the city, a group of coolies who had just loaded their cars were sitting on the ground and taking a breath. When talking about the current situation, one or two sighed. At the end of last year, the official army went south to attack Chen State. They were very lucky that they were not recruited to join the army, but continued to work as coolies in Guangcheng and load and unload supplies.

At the end of last year, the government army attacked Chen State, but Guangcheng was not affected by the war, but it was affected in a blink of an eye. When it comes to the current situation, everyone can't help but sigh.

"The one-legged bronze man is finished, and Xiyang is finished. Xiyang is finished, and there is no caravan. Without the caravan, no one will hire us. Oh, what should we do in the future?"

A middle-aged man sniffed his feet and sighed. The young coolie sitting next to him was a little curious: "Old Wu, Xiyang is still the same Xiyang, how could he be done with the one-legged bronze man?"

A middle-aged man called Lao Wu asked back after hearing this: "Do you know what Xiyang was like in the past?"

Seeing everyone shaking their heads, he spoke, "Xiyang was even more dilapidated than Guangcheng. It was not until the one-legged bronze man came to be an official that Xiyang gradually flourished..."

"Without the one-legged bronze man, there would be no Xiyang today. The one-legged bronze man is finished, and Xiyang is finished. All the merchants in the city are finished. There will be no caravans going to Xiyang, and Guangcheng will no longer need coolies."

"Ah... It turns out that the one-legged bronze man is so powerful..." Everyone sighed in a vague sense of understanding. As ordinary people, they didn't even know who the parents in their hometown were, but they all knew that the parents in Huangzhou were called the "one-legged bronze man".

The story of the One-legged Bronze Man and the King of Chen State, Chen Shuling, who fought against the top of Xiyang, has now been widely circulated. As for whether the One-legged Bronze Man's name is "Yuwen Leng" or "Yuwen Re", there are many different opinions.

As fabrics, books, white porcelain and other goods produced in Xiyang are sold well in various places, more and more people are also familiar with Xiyang City. Most of them have never been to Xiyang, but because of the boastful talks between merchants from south to north, they are well aware of the situation in Xiyang.

There are shadow puppetry, windmills, many ways to make a living, and "circulation vouchers" that use paper instead of money. There are incredible amounts of pigs there, and the price of meat is also incredibly cheap.

The ham, sausage and meat floss produced in Xiyang are cheap and have good taste. The coolies have not eaten meat a few times in the past year. When they arrived in Guangcheng, they could eat a few bites from time to time with their meager income.

Many people are brewing to expose the eclipse and cross the Dabie Mountains to Xiyang City, the old nest of the one-legged bronze man in the story, to make a living and improve their family conditions. But now, everything has turned into a bubble.

The official army went south in five directions, and the momentum was so strong that the coolies in Guangcheng saw it with their own eyes. No one thought that the Huangzhou General Administration could withstand it, so the one-legged bronze man was finished this time, maybe that one-legged one would be finished too.

However, it is said that the one-legged bronze man is now far away in Lingbiao and can probably escape the disaster. However, Huangzhou is definitely over, Xiyang is over, and everyone's dreams are also shattered.

With the decline of Xiyang, there will be no caravans again, and the prosperity of Guangcheng will never come back. We will have a hard time in the future. We have to make plans early and go somewhere else to make a living.

While sighing, the supervisor came over with a stick waving his stick: "The plague is slapped! If I am not careful, you dare to be lazy. Why don't you get up and work quickly!"

While cursing, the southern official road was full of dust. It seemed that cavalry were approaching Guangcheng. It seemed that some messengers sent back by some troops. The coolies quickly dodged on both sides of the road, so as not to be knocked down by the horses in a while and lose their lives in vain.

The cavalry were getting closer and closer to Huangshui, and one of them held a big flag in his hand, but the flag was a bit special, a white cloth, with words densely covered on it, and the cavalry kept shouting something.

Stepping onto the river bridge, the horse speed slowed down, and the people on both sides of the road heard clearly what the cavalry shouted: "Great victory, great victory! The official army broke through Muling Pass and attacked Menglang City!"

It turned out to be Lubufeijie. Everyone suddenly realized that they had little knowledge and had not had many opportunities to see Lubufeijie with their own eyes, but some people wondered if there were too many cavalrymen who were calling for victory.

But more people whispered and talked about this great victory. Although it was only a matter of time before the official army broke through the fifth level, many people were still a little sad when the news really came.
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