Since Ren Hong received the letter of appointment, just like the parents who sent their children to study and work, Xia Dingmao, who pulled Ren Hong to the big one, has been preparing all kinds of food for him: mainly salted and dried mutton breasts, as well as all kinds of naan that Ren Hong and Luo Xiaopu have been tinkering with these days: green onion naan, goat milk naan, meat naan, but unfortunately the marinated naan has not been successful."
The food in the beacon is much worse than that of the hanging spring, it is like dog food, and the gentleman goes over there, I'm afraid he will suffer."
After thinking about it, he didn't think it was enough to do anything, and Xia Dingmao finally came up with an idea: "Why don't I go to Xiaogu County again and ask the iron official to help cast a small iron pot and let people bring it to the broken fire?"
”Although Sang Hongyang was killed by Huo Guang, the iron monopoly system he established in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty remained unshaken, and in the early Han Dynasty, the iron smelting families such as the Zhuo clan of Shu County declined one after another, and were replaced by iron officials in each county.Although Dunhuang does not produce iron, there are also small iron officials, who are responsible for the casting and trade of iron tools, and it is strictly forbidden to sell them privately and flow into the outside of the Saiwai.The large iron pot placed in the hanging spring was still cast by Xu Fengde by using his connections and in the name of the casting kettle, and asked the iron officials and craftsmen who were familiar with him to help cast it.So Ren Hong really wants to use the iron pot to make a profit, as the reputation of the hanging spring to set up good dishes gradually rises, the dignitaries and nobles in Dunhuang probably have the intention to buy a mouthful, but unfortunately it is limited by the system, and selling it privately is dead, and it can only be made from within the system, such as hooking up with the official Ren Hong, who can make a decision in the iron official, The reason why he is suddenly so eager for money is because the horse that can be eaten is a good horse in the Western Regions, and Ren Hong himself is distressed if he is fed hay, so he mixes some beans, wheat and the like, and unconsciously, his half month's salary is gone!"
Why didn't I feel rich before I was given a horse by Fu Jiezi, but now I have an extra horse, but I feel that I am suddenly so poor."
Ren Hong wanted to cry without tears.What's even more toothache is that when Ren Hong wanted to let the radish set to pull the cart, he was vetoed by Xu Fengde, Xia Dingmao, and the stable husband three times: "How can such a good horse be used to pull the cart!?"
”It was Lu Duohuang who took the initiative to ask for his life, and took the opportunity to go to Anle Township, Xiaogu County to buy vegetables, and helped Ren Hong carry a piece of luggage.Ren Hong brought a lot of things, in addition to a large bag of food, there were also a lot of winter and summer clothes, bundled bedding and so on."
Winter is coming after autumn, although there is also a fire kang in the beacon, but if you don't wear it thick enough, you can freeze to death!
The first time I went, I froze off my left little finger. ”Xia Dingmao showed Ren Hong the commemoration of his punctuality, and the color of the conversation changed.When Ren Hong left, the entire Hanging Spring Place's officials, officials, pawns, and apprentices, a total of 36 people, all came out to send each other, in addition to Xia Dingmao, from the stable man who fed the horses, the cook Zoro puppy who fed the sheep, to the aunt who picked leeks, the material officer who guarded the corner tower, and the rework of the rice, everyone was reluctant.Because Ren Hong has been an assistant for half a year, it is probably the most nourishing day for everyone in Hanging Spring, whether it is an official or a rework, they have eaten a lot of good things, although Ren Hong is literate and literate, but to everyone, even if he is a prisoner wearing shackles, he is also polite.As a squire, Xu Fengde was surrounded by everyone at the front, he held a cane, looked at Ren Hong, who was long-standing, and was speechless for a long time, and finally only threw him a sentence: "When you get to Suili, you have to be a good flint, don't embarrass the hanging spring!"
”Ren Hong was wearing a black curtain today, wearing a black robe with a soap edge, looking very energetic, and he bowed his hand to Xu Fengde, Xia Dingmao and everyone: "When the sacrifice is made, I will come back!"
”Come back, yes, in this strange era, he finally has a place to go back.Unconsciously, Ren Hong has put the hanging spring as his home, there are warm hot kang bedding, there are people who get along day and night, there are every house he is familiar with, the pot and kettle of the east kitchen are fragrant, the raccoon slave in the granary is lying on the eaves, the four seasons and the moon on the wall are painted by him, and the mountains of slips are his books.Ren Hong thought he was lucky, because as the first stop in this era, Hanging Springs taught him one thing, and that was to wait.He waited for Fu Jiezi in the hanging spring, waiting for the turning point of his fate, waiting for the moment when the gears of history turned."
Now, my wait is over."
But as long as the Silk Road exists for a day, the waiting of the hanging spring will continue to look back, and the people in the place are simple in appearance and simple clothes.They are all a group of unknown people, small drops in the long river of history, and they have not left their own great achievements in the historical books.But their arrival is the guarantee for the continuation of the Silk Road: the eager post guards of the beacon fire; A famous general on an expedition to a foreign land; a Han envoy holding a scepter; For the sake of peace and alliance, rush to a foreign land and a pro-princess; With exotic specialties, they came to the Han Dynasty's Anxikang Residence Mission from thousands of miles away, and the Hanging Spring placed everyone to receive them warmly and sleepily, and then watched them leave.Then, continue to wait, the identity mission of the next passer-by, maybe prosaic, or earth-shattering.The footsteps of history do not stop for a moment for the hanging spring, but just a little bit, and move on to the next goal.And today, it was finally Ren Hong's turn to be sent away.Ren Hong didn't hide his emotions, and when he left, he turned back several times, and the people in Hanging Springs also stood outside for a long time.Suddenly, there was wind and sand on the Gobi.The dock fort placed in the hanging spring was a little blurred under the blowing of the yellow sand, and it was a little far away, and the figures of Xu Fengde, Xia Dingmao and others could no longer be seen clearly.Ren Hong only felt that the corners of his eyes were a little sour, and he reached out and rubbed them.Lu Duoxiao, who was driving the car, asked, "Ren Jun, have sand in your eyes?"
”"Nope."
Ren Hong raised his head with a smile: "It's me who cried." ”Ren Hong rested in Anle Township for one night, said goodbye to Lu Duowei the next day, rented a donkey cart to pull his bags, and traveled north for another day, arriving at the central capital Wei Buguang Houguan Zhizhi The previous chapter was wrong, and the broken Sui was changed to Buguang Houguan.Whether it is a lieutenant who is more than 2,000 stones, or an officer who is more than 600 stones, of course, he doesn't have the time to see a little person like him, even if it is recommended by Fu Jiezi.is still an old acquaintance, Chen Pengzu, who is responsible for taking Ren Hong to Po Sui to take office."
It's really unlucky, there was a wind and sand the day before yesterday, why is there still today."
Patting the sand and dust on his body, Chen Pengzu scolded and scolded.Ren Hong's black curtains and clothes were also covered with a layer of sand, and he drove the radish to bypass the gravel on the road, and said: "There is a history of Lao Chenwei, in fact, I took the book myself, and I asked Tingsai all the way, and I could find Fengsui." ”Chen Pengzu shook his head and said: "The road is far away, and from a distance, the beacons look similar, and the weather is not good, so it is not easy to find." ”The road is far away, Ren Hong has walked for two days before, and there are still more than 40 miles from the place where Buguang Houguan is governed to the Fengsui along the border.At first, because I was walking in the Tuntian area of the central governor, I could still see some farmland people on the left and right.Some of the rivers here, known locally as Xishuigou, Dongshuigou and Lucaogou, rely on the oases around the water to build huge fortresses and open up vast farmland.Thousands of garrison soldiers of the central governor were stationed here, relying on Tuntian to solve the problem of food for the border guards."
Su Yannian is here to lead people to Tuntian."
Chen Pengzu told Ren Hong that the troops in Tuntian were generally service personnel from the inner county, but the waiting soldiers of Fengsui were taken by the locals of Dunhuang in turn."
Dunhuang people wait for Dunhuang, so that they can be shrewd and do their best, after all, dozens of miles behind, it is the parents and wives, who dares to let Hu Lu in?"
The beacon is built far away from the oasis, so the further you go northwest, the green becomes rarer, and what catches your eye is the boundless Gobi, the vast wilderness is uninhabited, only the idle clouds in the sky accompany the large black pebbles and scattered small grass piles.In the afternoon, after eating the evening meal, the yellow rammed earth Great Wall and the raised beacons can finally be faintly seen.The Great Wall of Han Dynasty in Dunhuang starts from the southwest bank of the ancient Mingze, extends to the west to the outside of Yumen Pass, is about 300 kilometers long from east to west, and counts it carefully, there are about 120 beacons.Chen Pengzu gave Ren Hong science popularization along the way, saying that there are four governors in Dunhuang County: Yangguan Governor, Yumen Commander, Central Governor, and Yihe Commander.The Duwei of Yangguan was responsible for the defense of the Qilian Pass in the south, mainly dealing with the Qiang, while Yumen, Zhongzhong, and Yihe formed the northern defense line, guarding against the Huns peeping into the border.Under the lieutenant, there is also an officer-in-waiting."
Under the rule of the central governor, from west to east, there are Pingwang Houguan, Pohu Houguan, Buguang Houguan, Tunhu Houguan, and Long Live Houguan, among which Buguang Houguan has the most Fengsui, there are 20, nearly 100 miles from east to west.""
Po Sui is the westernmost one of the Buguang Waiting Officials."
As he spoke, Chen Pengzu panted and pointed to the height, his face showing joy: "It's finally here!"
”Can Ren Hong see a lonely beacon standing on the high ground in the distance, that is where he will struggle for the next few months?
Seeing that the sun is about to go down, looking at the mountains and running dead horses, because the beacons are all built on high places, and they go up along the winding road, I am afraid that it will be night."
I have one more thing I want to ask Chen Jun."
On the way up the mountain, Ren Hong asked what he had always doubted."
The younger brother of a pawn in the Hanging Springs is also serving in the Broken Sui, and I wrote a letter for him ten days ago, when the Suichang was still there.""
It's only been a few days, and all of a sudden, I was asked to succeed here?
Could it be that something happened to him?
”Chen Pengzu said: "I don't know very well, I only heard that a few days ago, the chief of the broken Sui Sui left Fengsui and went to chase things in the valley of the Shule River in Duanshui, and then he was killed!"
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