MTL - Three Kingdoms-Chapter 2723 all doubts

  Chapter 2723 Everything has doubts

  The queue moved forward slowly, and after a while, it was the herdsman's turn not far away.

  『The one over there! What are you looking at, I am calling you, come here! ’ A Wei Xu’s personal guard pointed at the herdsman and shouted.

The herdsman's face suddenly turned pale. He subconsciously avoided Wei Xu's guard's eyes, but soon realized his situation, and quickly put his hands on the leather on his shoulders as a cover, and then pretended that he didn't understand Chinese. Did not go over.

   There are many herdsmen who can speak Chinese, but more herdsmen cannot speak Chinese, so it is quite normal for herdsmen not to understand Chinese.

  The only flaw is not the face of the herdsman. After all, it is covered with so much dust and exposed to the wind and sun. Even if the face is red and white, it is not clear for a while, but the behavior is more obvious. When the herdsmen were stopped, there was obviously a pause. If they didn't understand Chinese at all, how could they have such a reaction?

  So Wei Xuqin and Wei Shichang narrowed his eyes and stared at the herdsman. He didn't go directly to the herdsman, but first signaled his subordinates to watch, and then found the caravan leader in front of the herdsman.

  『Is he one of yours? ’ Shi Chang asked.

"No! no! The caravan leader shook his hands, "We don't know him at all!" Look, sir, this is our guide, we are all Han Chinese in Longxi, we have no shepherds! 』

  『Mmm…』 Shi Chang took the guide. The format of the road guides is relatively uniform. Whoever goes to what place, what is written on it is the native place of Jincheng in Longxi, and there are no herdsmen.

When he was checking, Shi Chang felt a slight touch on his arm, and then he looked down and saw that the leader of the caravan stuffed a money bag from his sleeve. He smiled, took it skillfully, and put it in his belt. , and then returned Lu Yin to the leader of the caravan, waved his hand, "Let's go! 』

  The caravan moved forward, but the herdsmen hesitated for a moment, and wanted to follow, but were stopped.

  『Come here, come here! 』Shi Chang waved.

  The herdsmen still did not move.

  『Have you heard, come here! 』After Shi Chang added gestures, the herdsman seemed to understand, and after a while, he walked in front of Shi Chang and the others.

  『Li Xin, Li Shuzuo, you don’t have to pretend. Shi Chang bluffed, with a smile on his face, but he held the handle of the knife in his hand, "Do you know how hard it was for us to find you?" 』

  Do you know Li Xin?

I don’t know, Shichang just knows such a name, and only has a general description of the appearance. In the Han Dynasty without photographic technology, even the portraits were mostly sketches rather than realistic ones. If you want to follow any wanted portraits, you can catch them. Humans are basically impossible.

  Seeing that the herdsman's height and shape were similar to those described by Li Xin, Shi Chang was about to bluff.

  Even if it was a mistake, or after being captured directly, it doesn’t matter if it’s not Li Xin?

  Anyway, their task has been completed, and the next time they come out to drink the northwest wind will be someone else.

   But the herdsman's reaction made Shi Chang stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed!

When Shi Chang's men approached the herdsman, the herdsman yelled, and then threw the leather roll on his shoulders directly at Shi Chang, then pushed away the people behind him, turned around and ran to the side of the road .

  The scene suddenly became chaotic!

  Anyone with experience knows that no matter what happens or what happens, never run wildly in front of the police...

  When the herdsman ran like this, Shi Chang couldn't help jumping up immediately, and his instinctive reaction was to shout: "Stop!" don't run! 』

   It's just a pity that when most people shout like this, the other party will not only stop, but also speed up.

  『Don’t... bah, bah bah! Shi Chang chased desperately with his saber on, while still thinking about shouting, but just as he opened his mouth, a mouthful of wind and sand was poured into his face, and he couldn't shout anything at once, he could only pooh at the sand, and then chased hard .

Logically speaking, Shichang and the others are wearing armor and carry a heavier load than the herdsman, so if they run for a long time, their endurance is definitely not as good as the herdsman, but the problem is that Shichang and the others were at the checkpoint before and did not have too much weight. The physical strength was exhausted, and the herdsmen had traveled long distances, and they certainly did not have sufficient supplies and food like Shi Chang and the others. With this increase and decrease, the herdsmen gradually lost their strength after running for a while.

  The herdsman couldn't run anymore, became dizzy, and fell to the ground with a groan.

  Shi Chang led a few people to chase up, just about to approach, but was forced back by the dagger drawn by the herdsman.

  『Oh, it hurts...』

  Shi Chang signaled, and several other people surrounded him, drawing out their sabers one after another.

  Seeing that man was surrounded, Shi Chang grinned grimly and said, "Put down the knife and arrest him, I won't make things difficult for you!" Otherwise, your flesh and blood will suffer! 』

  『Stop! Keep people under the knife! ’ Gao Shun’s soldiers at the checkpoint rushed over, “General Gao has an order to capture the fugitives and take them to Yumen Pass for trial!” 』

  The herdsman dressed up by Li Xin couldn't help but feel a little happy when he heard this.

  But before the happy expression stayed on Li Xin's face for a long time, Wei Xu's guard just shouted: "Kill the fugitives!" Enforce military law! Do it! 』

   Li Xin was originally a civil servant, and he was holding a small dagger. It was fine to frighten unarmed people, but when he really made a move, he couldn't resist at all, and his arm was cut off immediately, and the dagger fell to the ground.

   Li Xin cried out in pain.

  The Gaoshun soldiers in the distance kept shouting and even raised their knives to ask Wei Xu's guard to stop, but Wei Xu's guard didn't listen at all, directly hacked Li Xin to death, and then left with Li Xin's body.

  When Gao Shun received the news, those Wei Xu's personal guards had already walked away, "You died when you went up? what happened? 』

  『Report to the general, it was General Wei’s guards who killed him...』 The soldier at the checkpoint reported back, 『I think...it seems to be silenced...the man was still shouting something before he died, like a grievance complaint or something...』

  『What exactly are you shouting? ’ Gao Shun asked.

The soldier shook his head, "It's too messy...We were quickly gagged by General Wei's guards...and we stood far away, so we couldn't hear much, probably only heard a few words, like Chang'an in the Western Regions report or something...」

  『Western Regions? Chang'an? What about the dead body? ’ Gao Shun asked again.

"bought. The **** bowed his head, "We want to keep them, but... we can't." There is only this stumped arm...and this dagger...』

  Gao Shun was silent for a while, then nodded, "Okay, got it, you guys go back, you've worked hard." 』

  The soldiers left, but Gao Shun fell into deep thought.

  Because judging from the broken arm, it doesn't look like someone holding a knife, but more like someone holding a pen...

  So, this so-called "deserter" may have a problem.

  Gao Shun is not completely ignorant of some things in the Western Regions. At the same time, even if Gao Shun doesn't say anything on weekdays, it doesn't mean that he can get used to Wei Xu's actions.

   Lu Bu once told him that we are all brothers, and there is no need to say those words, just do things.

  Gao Shun believed it before, but later Gao Shun discovered that only doing things may not necessarily work, at least this way, on Lu Bu's side, is not very good.

   Lu Bu didn't know what Gao Shun had done, because when Lu Bu ordered him to come down, it seemed that Gao Shun finished it "easily" and finished it. This sometimes makes Lu Bu wonder if Gao Shun can do more?

  After all, Gao Shun never said that he worked hard.

  That's why Lu Bu became suspicious of Gao Shun later on.

  Of course, Lu Bu has doubts about Gao Shun, and there are other reasons...

   Gao Shun frowned, with his hands behind his back, he walked back and forth in the festival hall in Yumen Pass.

  It is said that Li Ru left some rules and regulations and strategies for stabilizing the Western Regions to Lu Bu before he was alive.

   But the question is whether Li Ru also predicted this result, and whether this result is also acceptable to Li Ru, and is also "very good"?

  No matter which direction Lu Bu chooses, it is actually all right for Li Ru?

  If this is the case, Gao Shun swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he hurriedly walked to the table, picked up the pen, and when he was about to write, he thought of something again, and was stunned, unable to write.

  The pen hangs in the air, as if it weighs a thousand catties.

   After a while, Gao Shun put down his pen, sighed, and then sat blankly, silent for a long, long time.

It wasn't until the light and shadow slanted to the west and the sunset invaded the hall all the way, that Gao Shun added some water to the inkstone to melt the dry ink, then picked up the pen again, and wrote two letters, one to Chang'an and one to Chang'an. It is sent to the Western Regions...

  …(〒︿〒)…

   Not long after Gao Shun sent the letter, Lu Bu's edict came.

  Gao Shun still thought that Lu Bu's reply would be so fast, but he didn't expect that in the edict, he was only asked to strangle the horse thief.

Although from a military point of view, it is a bit strange to use Gao Shun from Yumen Pass instead of soldiers from the Western Regions, and then send troops from the east to the west to wipe out the horse bandits in the west of the West Sea, but anyway, since it is Lu Bu Gao Shun naturally obeyed the military orders issued.

  Maybe in this way, there will be a chance to talk to Lu Bu face to face?

  Gao Shun thought so, and then took the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to the West Sea.

   July thirteenth.

When Gao Shun arrived in Xihai, he found that the prosperity of Xihai was better than before. Although this kind of prosperity really made Gao Shun very happy, after all, he followed Lu Bu and Li Ru back then. A new city built. But for some reason, the bustling scenery in front of him made Gao Shuncong feel a strong sense of uneasiness.

  The weather is fine.

  The so-called horse thieves in the west of Xihai who "walked the way for the sky" did not seem to cause much panic to the people in Xihai City, or even no sense of panic at all, but were immersed in the upcoming ceremony celebration.

   Obon puja.

   Or is it called the 15th of July celebration?

   Or some other name?

  Many people in Xihai City actually don’t know the reason, or know the origin of the ceremony. They just know that it’s going to be lively, and it’s going to be a celebration.

  All are happy, rich and poor are happy.

In any feudal dynasty, no matter how rich the rich are, there may be some gaps and differences in the scale of wealth between the rich, but the poor are always the same poor, and they are opening themselves every day, every month, and every year. When looking at the money bag, you will find that the money bag is cleaner than your face. Therefore, the money of the poor is called every penny is innocent.

For these poorer people, they can eat on the flowing water mat for free for a day, even if they can only eat one meal, but as long as they can let go of their stomachs and eat until they have that strong sense of fullness, it is already a They have dreamed for a long time, but have never realized a major goal in life.

For the rich, it is definitely not a special goal to eat as much as they want. They care more about communication and communication. Whoever fights everywhere for the sake of jealousy can satisfy their desire for private voyeurism a little bit.

Of course, the rich are more concerned about their money, or whether they can continue to be rich every day, every month, every year, and from generation to generation. Therefore, the second generation of rich people are particularly interested in such things as romance. And those rich people who are in charge of their families are mostly thinking about how to have some relationship with the powerful to ensure that their wealth will not be lost.

   And such a ceremony just provided these rich people with the best communication platform, and also provided these rich people with an opportunity to show their faces in front of Lu Bu, so why not make these rich people happy?

  When the poor are happy, so are the rich.

   Lu Bu is happy, and Wei Xu and others are also happy when they are busy.

  Under such circumstances, Gao Shun, who "does not know what is good and what is bad", is naturally a bit out of place.

  Gao Shun's ability to govern the army is very strong, but his emotional intelligence is not high.

   Or Gao Shun disdains to do these so-called "emotional intelligence" things, he is like a sword, one-sided.

  It may also be that in the army, one is one, and two is two, and he is used to going straight to each other, which makes Gao Shun not interested in these interpersonal exchanges at all.

This is also due to Gao Shun's character. He feels that since he is a subject, he must be loyal to the lord, and he can say whatever he wants, without ambiguity or avoidance. Therefore, after Gao Shun saw Lu Bu, he almost asked Lu Bu to hang up on the spot. no face...

   Lu Bu was very happy to see Gao Shun, after all, he had not seen Gao Shun for a long time, but after a while, Lu Bu's face became cloudy and sunny, spring, summer, autumn and winter.

  『My lord, there are fifteen checkpoints in total from Xihai to Yumen Pass. There are only four places belonging to Yumen Pass, and the rest belong to Xihai City. At the time of Li Changshi, there were three checkpoints in the east and west of the West Sea, and two in the east and west of Yumen Pass. Therefore, from the West Sea to Yumen, there should be only five checkpoints, but now there are ten more checkpoints for no reason. According to the approval document of the Protectorate, pedestrians and caravans and vehicles are checked everywhere, and they can pass through quickly if they give money or things.

   Lu Bu: "..."

  『My lord, it’s not just food and drink at checkpoints, but even general military officials. When I ask, I complain, saying that I have to manage so many people and do so many things, how hard and tiring it is, and the implication is that what is it to eat and drink? But the duties of the official position itself are like this. If you feel that you are not competent, you can just become an official. Why complain every day, and you only want benefits but don't want to take responsibility? This is the record of the last general's investigation with the caravan at Yumen Pass. There are many sayings that in the market in Xihai City, any officials will take away any goods they like. What's more, they will post a note and it will be theirs. Isn’t it just like Ming Qiang…”

   Lu Bu: "..."

  『My lord, the soldiers also lack training. I asked, General Xihai had only two major drills last year, and only five minor drills. According to the drill code, the major drills were once every three months, and the minor drills were once a month. This is related to the situation. According to the big drill, if the armored cavalry accelerates and decelerates, and the chopping stakes are broken in three counts, the soldiers are not lost, and the people are not lost. Only then can they be qualified. But now only ten silver coins can be counted as qualified. One time, you don’t even need to cut it if you hand over thirty coins, you can pass it by running around, and you don’t even need to get on a horse and run when you hand over fifty coins, just check the pass...』

At present, the exchange rate of gold, silver and copper coins for hussars is about ten silver coins for one gold coin, and one hundred copper coins for one silver coin. The output only increased after the acquisition of Sichuan and Shu, so the exchange rate between gold and silver coins fluctuated before.

But this fluctuation has little to do with ordinary people, because the vast majority of ordinary people still use copper coins for settlement when they trade basic goods in the private sector, and gold and silver coins are only used when large-value transactions are made between merchants, and This change in the exchange rate has also led to the emergence of some financial speculators among the three assistants of Chang'an at the moment...

  Gao Shun didn't care that Lu Bu's face was getting darker and darker, anyway, he fell out of his head.

  If Gao Shun has better advice skills, if Gao Shun can have more time and opportunities to communicate with Lu Bu, if...

  However, if is only if after all.

"enough! Finally, Lu Bu couldn't help it, and shouted loudly, "You don't need to take care of these things!" You, you, you set off tomorrow to hunt for thieves! 』

  『My lord! 』Gao Shun wanted to say more.

  『Enough is enough! You go to conquer the horse thieves first, and other things... wait until you come back! 』Lu Bu no longer wanted to hear it.

  Gao Shun did not intend to give up, "Master! 』

"enough! ’ Lu Bu glared angrily, ‘Why, you don’t even want to listen to my orders now? ! 』

  『…』 Gao Shun took a long breath, then took a step back, 『The subordinates dare not. 』

  Lu Bu was also silent for a while, and took a more relaxed tone, "Boping, what you said is not bad... But, you go to suppress the horse thief first... I will talk about the rest when you come back..."

  When Lu Bu said that again, Gao Shun could only nod his head, "This subordinate obeys the order. 』

  Gao Shun didn't insist on it anymore, he felt that it seemed okay to wait until he came back.

  Lu Bu also felt that he could wait for the next time to talk about it. The contradictions and problems in front of him, if they can be delayed for a day, it may be just a day. Maybe it is just like what those eminent monks said, one day when the merits and virtues are added to the body, these contradictions and problems will disappear by themselves...

  (end of this chapter)