Shenhu Pass, said to be a pass, but far less majestic than the common city pass between Sichuan and Guizhou, in fact, it is just a layer of walled wall on the road between the two mountains, but it is dangerous enough.

The mountain on the left is called Da Niang Mountain, the mountain on the right is called Erniang Mountain, the highest of the two mountains is a thousand thousand, and between these thousand thousands, it is where the god protects the gate, the narrowest mountain road only allows one person and one horse to pass, not so much that Yang Yinglong is to move the defense and guard, it is better to let him bring craftsmen from Banzhou to build the pass.

Yang Yinglong, who moved to protect the gods, had an idea for the first time in his life.

The thought popped into his mind, and then it lingered anyway, making him think and think, even though the thought was so ridiculous that he didn't dare tell anyone else.

The Banzhou army often heard the soldiers of the Shenhuguan say that their consolation made them look at the sea of clouds under the mountain at dusk and think about the strategy of breaking the enemy, and they are very famous generals.

No one knows, and Little Toast doesn't have any fucking strategy in his head to break the enemy.

Even if black is white, Yang Yinglong doesn't believe that the guy with the same name as himself in Myanmar can lead troops to kill the gods, what he thinks in his heart is something more important and more absurd.

There are rules everywhere in the world, and there are countless of these rules: people have to eat if they want to live, craftsmen in Banzhou have to wear out straw sandals if they want to live, and Yang Yinglong has to be a good toast if he wants to live.

Herein lies the problem - he doesn't want to be a toast anymore.

Of course, he is not noble, and he still hasn't learned empathy, even if he doesn't want to be a toast, the Banzhou craftsman who built the god protector has to wear three pairs of straw sandals every day, but he agrees with what Chen Mu said in Xiangshan.

"If you send the craftsmen of Banzhou to Nanyangwei, they won't want to go back; I sent the Nanyang Guard craftsmen to Banshu, and they will definitely flee back. ”

Yang Yinglong gradually realized that he was in the rules of this world, the emperor shone on everything like the sun, the toast gave birth to everything like the earth, and the barbarians under his rule grew like rice, and then the bureaucrat waved the scythe to harvest the rice, and he had to use a hoe to slash the toast a few times.

People are accustomed to this kind of work process, and everyone is used to this way of living, so they will not feel that there is a problem, unless one day they encounter a completely different contrast - such as the craftsman of Banzhou meeting Chen Mu, or Yang Yinglong meeting the governor of Yunnan who is highly regarded by his brother-in-law.

I've tasted being treated as a normal official, and then let him go back and make a toast with peace of mind, is it possible?

But there was really no one around him who could talk about it, so he could only supervise the craftsmen under his rule day after day to climb between the two mountains with cement raw materials, and watch the sea of clouds surging close at hand.

This lasted for half a month, until one day in early July, when the Banzhou army issued an order that Luo Rufang, the deputy envoy of Yunnan, had come to visit and rested halfway up the mountain.

"The old man is over the age of six, and he can't afford to climb thousands of mountains?"

Yang Yinglong complained while assigning his tall and strong subordinates to go down with him to carry the old man on his back, who knew that Luo Rufang was not happy to go down the mountain, so he insisted on climbing by himself, and it was almost evening when he got to the mountain, and he would get tomorrow when he went down the mountain.

"If the deputy envoy has something to do, send someone to spread the word, why do you want to climb the mountain yourself?"

Luo Rufang went up the mountain and retreated from his entourage, and walked on the almost barren mountain road between the two mountains, holding the raw material in the palm of his hand for a while, and touching the concrete city wall that had not yet solidified, which was amazing.

Yang Yinglong had no choice, no matter how annoying he was, he could only follow step by step.

"Actually, the old man didn't come for anything else, he just wanted to see you, General Yang, and I want to ask you for advice."

"The old man laughed, Yang is just a toast, how can he have any lofty opinions in front of adults." Yang Yinglong's mouth said that this adult is the meaning of the elder, although he feels that people should cause less trouble to others when they are old, but his words are still respectful, and he arched his hand and said: "If there is anything that can help the adult, I will be happy to do it." ”

Seeing that Luo Rufang had the meaning of speaking, Yang Yinglong waved his hand, and an entourage moved chairs and tables behind the mountain road, trotting to serve hot tea and pastries, there was no tableware that was not expensive, and there was nothing that was not exquisite in food.

Even if he sent troops to release the horses, Yang Yinglong's servants still carried a full three-horse cart of personal belongings, and when he went up the mountain, those things also had to go up the mountain; He's going to entertain guests, and those things come out with a wave of his hand.

As for how those things went up the mountain and how to follow behind him, it was not within the scope of Tusi's consideration.

"Your Excellency, please be seated."

Luo Rufang couldn't get used to this kind of style of treating people as cattle envoys, but he didn't come today for this, he asked: "The old man has something unclear, he is also a consolation envoy, how does General Yang think of the Burmese Propaganda and Consolation Division's attack on the three Xuanxuan and six consolations, it is really like Dao Le Lin and other consolation envoys said, he wants to rebel against the imperial court and cause a catastrophe?" ”

Yang Yinglong took a moment, got the pastry in his hand and put it down, took a sip of tea and organized the language in his heart before saying: "Actually, what Mang Yinglong thinks, I don't know, thanks to the instructions of Chen Dudu of the Nanyang Military Mansion, he and Liu Dudu both think that Mang Yinglong is very opposed, and he wants to break the ground and build a state." ”

In fact, the imperial court did not allow Liu Xian to start a war with Burma in the southwest, and the military department and the cabinet only approved the war against Annan, because the benefits of Annan could be seen by people, and the communication of rivers opened up overseas and Yunnan connections.

The most obvious thing is that in the future, Yunnan will transport large wood and jade gems, and it can be transported from overseas to Beijing or Northern Xinjiang by river, not to mention saving time, and the key is to reduce the levy and issue conscription - Chen Mu does not need to be conscripted to transport things.

"In my opinion, Mang Yinglong has the ambition to break the land and build a state, and if he wants to rebel and attack Yunnan, he may not have the courage to do so at the beginning."

Luo Rufang frowned, grasped the key to Yang Yinglong's words, and asked, "At the beginning?" ”

Yang Yinglong always had to use his brain to talk to Luo Rufang, and he took longer to think about answering the phone, he thought about it and said: "Yes, at the beginning, when he attacked the Xuanwei Division around Burma, he didn't dare to have the idea of rebelling against the imperial court. ”

"The imperial court doesn't care, his power is bigger, and if he breaks through Siam and subdues Longchuan and Mengyang, he will border Yunnan, and at this time he wants to say that he has no idea of robbing Yunnan, I don't believe it."

"The old man knows."

Luo Rufang nodded with a deep chin in his eyes, and said: "I sent soldiers to do the room, pretending to be a civilian husband and businessman to go out to investigate the situation, how did Nanyang Chen Shuai think about this matter?" In the intervening years, he had managed the country overseas, did he say anything to General Yang? ”

"Influence, Chen Dudu always mentioned this, he said that the imperial court's approach to a toast, all the surrounding toasts are watching. I think that in today's situation, Chen Dudu's words are just right. ”

"If Meng Yang is attacked by reckless thieves and sends troops to help, then other Tusi will follow; If Meng Yang is attacked, the court will not help, and it will also lose the hearts of other Tusi. It is difficult for people's hearts to gather, and once they are scattered, it is difficult to get others to join them. ”