Spring is coming, everything is recovering, the snow and ice are beginning to melt, and the mountains and plains are slowly covered with green.

From Xinhua City, a whole group of cavalry drove out.

The cavalry carried hounds and domesticated falcons, and it was clear that this was a group of cavalry who had gone out of the city in search of prey.

Zhang Qi, who has now been promoted to the head of the guarded army, is the leading officer who went out of the city to inspect this time.

"This noble man from Chang'an City is really picky, this is not yet spring, so he is shouting to eat bear paws......" opened his mouth and muttered dissatisfiedly.

On this Xinhua side, there are a lot of bears.

Last summer, the entire Guardian Army hunted hundreds of male bears.

The meat was dried and turned into winter food, the fur was cut, nitrated, and sold to merchants from China, as for the bear's paw?

Of course, it has become a meal for the officers of the Guardian Army, the officials in Xinhua City, and the nobles of the Haoren.

But, where to find bears in spring?

The snow and ice have just melted, and I'm afraid the bears are hibernating in their burrows and won't come out at all.

Even if there is a hole, just the bear that is so skinny and bony that there is no meat on the body, and even the fur is shriveled, can there be a bird?

Generally, if you want to kill bears, you should take advantage of the summer and autumn season.

At that time, the bears were fat and large, with shiny fur, and if one was killed, one or two hundred people could eat for several days.

But it can't be helped.

There are a few new masters in Chang'an City.

The ancestor is either a marquis of ten thousand households at every turn, or a relative.

The two who took the lead are today's national uncles.

Up and down the Protector Army, except for the Captain Bo Shi, who can afford to provoke it?

The uncles want to eat bear paws. This guard army still has to sneak away to kill the bear?

"Don't complain about the team rate, people later. But our immediate boss may not be missing. I want to serve others......" Zhang Qi comforted: "Besides, Your Majesty issued an edict last year, which expanded the territory of our Protector Army several times, and Bo Duwei said, let us take this opportunity to go out to the north, explore the road, and see what is over there!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Qi nodded. Look to the north.

In the past, the Protectors mainly explored to the west.

After all, in the west, there is the sphere of activity of Yidi, and to the east is Korea, Maban, as for the north?

It is said that it is colder, and it is snowy all year round, and it is only suitable for people to live in summer.

Since the Protector Army took root in this new era. Except for last year, when a small expedition was sent to explore the source along the black water for hundreds of miles, there was basically no exploration in that direction.

But. The Son of Heaven of Chang'an issued an edict and closed his eyes to divide all the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers centered on self-renewal under the rule of the newly established Huaihua County.

I also sent a few uncles to Shibian.

With the arrival of the masters, the whole army was happy and worried.

Gladly. These uncles didn't come empty-handed.

The two uncles of the country, in addition to bringing a group of fox friends and dog friends. In addition to the wine and meat brothers, they also brought policies, resources and manpower.

Don't talk about it. This year alone, the Protector Army has been replenished with a 5,000-strong man.

And it is a supplement with priority equivalence to the field legion.

This means that the Guardian Army will usher in a group of high-quality soldiers such as the sons of the good family and the knights of the Northland.

With such a high-quality supplementary source of troops, the Protector Army has the potential to grow into an old elite standing army such as Xiliu and Thornmen in the future.

This is a great benefit to the top and bottom of the Protector Army.

The biggest benefit, of course, is that he finally obtained the qualification of a regular field garrison officially recognized by the imperial court.

You must know that in the past, the Protector Army, as the name suggests, was a temporary combat unit set up to protect the people, and after the mission was completed, it would be abolished.

Therefore, in the past, the guards were very insecure.

Who knows which day, the people above feel that Xinhua no longer needs the Protector Army, disbanding the Protector Army's yamen, and dismissing the soldiers and generals on the spot, so wouldn't everyone have been busy for so long?

But now, there is no need to worry about going crazy above, and the entire Protector Army will be dispatched with a single line of paper, and this job can be regarded as iron.

The worry is that these uncles are too difficult to serve!

They didn't go to Xinhua for more than a month, and they jumped the chickens and dogs in Xinhua City.

At first, they found that the hounds domesticated by the Hao people were particularly interesting, and they all became canine experts, running to the Hao nobles all day long, staring at the domesticated hounds of others, one by one.

Then, these gentlemen actually sold the hunting dogs raised by the people to Chang'an.

It is said that the highest price was sold directly in Chang'an for a high price of 500 gold.

Now the people of Hao also know that the dogs they raise are particularly valuable, and they can no longer eat dog meat happily......

In addition, after coming to Xinhua, these gentlemen brought down the original simple folk customs of Xinhua.

In the past, Xinhua City can be described as a quiet and peaceful place, with nobles and people, living next to each other, never noisy and fighting, and the environment is incomparably river crab.

What now?

It's not fighting and dog fighting, it's Keju play.

From top to bottom, the nobles of the Hao people all fell into the new entertainment from Chang'an.

Canghai Jun Jin Xin even wanted to spend a thousand gold to buy a slave with the county lieutenant of Huaihua County.

The nobles in the city are going farther and farther on the road of gambling.

Zhang Qi even heard that even Ziqian, which was originally extinct in Xinhua City, has now appeared......

It's really the world is going down, and people's hearts are not ancient!

If that's all there is to it, then forget it.

After all, nobles are more good at playing, and that's right, as long as it doesn't affect the people below, it doesn't matter.

But the problem is that the arrival of these uncles has also brought problems in Huaihua City.

If Huaihua City is built, some of the guards will be stationed in Huaihua.

As long as I thought that it was possible to obey the orders of a few people from Chang'an in the future, Mao didn't grow up, but he was ordered by the guy from his father and grandfather, and he didn't have a few thoughts to protect the army.

The martial arts in the Han army were extremely strong.

The non-commissioned officers and generals basically only recognize their fists, and do not look at their family background.

After all, no matter how awesome the family background is. If it's a scrap of firewood, then it's on the battlefield. You might jump into the pit with the big guys.

Only those who have real skills can survive with the big guy. Earn military exploits, get promoted and make a fortune, and walk to the pinnacle of life.

For example, when Bo Shi first came to Xinhua, it took a lot of effort, bit by bit, to slowly convince the military to be truly authoritarian.

Therefore, no one in the army now wants to be assigned to those two uncles in the future.

Thinking about these things. I felt my head get bigger.

This time, he was ordered to go out to hunt bears and explore geography by the way, and behind this order, there was no existence of fierce games in the Guardian Army.

You must know that as soon as those noble sons and daughters arrived in Xinhua, they began to be busy seizing power and wanted to intervene in everything. The fault is not to sit in Xinhua is the son of the Bo family, who is also a relative, I'm afraid, I can't suppress these guys at all.

"Why don't we go a little farther?" Zhang Qi said to his subordinates: "Let's follow the black water and trace the source." How far can you go, how far you can go, wait for the dry food to be eaten. Let's go back? ”

When the elders heard it, it was a good idea.

Xinhua City. The atmosphere is so eerie right now.

Left and right, the inspection team sent by His Majesty is already on the way. The big guy will stay away from the land of right and wrong in Xinhua first, and come back when the inspection team arrives.

"Everything is from the team!" He said one after another.

"Good!" Zhang waved his horsewhip: "It's decided!" ”

…………………………………………

Half a month later.

Zhang Qi and his party, leading the war horse, appeared in a valley.

Calculating the time, now, it is almost spring and March.

In Handan, at such a time, the sun is already shining, and the mountains are full of rhododendrons.

Even if it is Xinhua, now it is already a time of bright spring and fragrant birds.

However, here, in this strange northern valley, there is still a harsh winter.

The cold wind howled, blowing on people's faces, and they shivered a little when they were frozen, and as for the horses, they were even frozen out of their noses, and even some horses' snot had been frozen into ice lings.

The mountains are even covered with snow left by the heavy snow last night, but in the valley, there are some small flowers that are very disobedient, standing stubbornly in the cold wind.

"This ghost place...... "Zhang Qi raised his horsewhip and cursed.

In the past half a month, he took his subordinates and a whole team of cavalry to follow the Heishui River, trace the source, go all the way over the mountains and mountains, and overcome thorns and thorns to come here.

Zhang Qi himself didn't understand why he would do such a crazy thing.

But obviously, even if he came to this place, this place, Zhang Qi also knew that this place was far from the source of the Heishui River.

At most, it belongs to the upstream zone.

Zhang Qi tried to plunge the sword in his hand into the ground, but he found that the place where the sharp sword was inserted was all frozen soil.

"This place is even covered with ice ...... underground," Zhang Qi touched the tip of his nose, indicating that he didn't know how to describe it.

The soil is full of ice, which means that the land is not suitable for cultivation at all.

Since it is not suitable for farming, it is equivalent to having no value.

Thinking of this, Zhang Qi was a little surprised.

"I thought I could make some merit...... after spitting, Zhang Qi ordered his subordinates, "camp on the spot, send someone to the river in the valley to fetch some water, prepare to bury the stove to cook, eat a hot meal, let's go back, presumably ...... The inspection team should also go to Xinhua......"

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately cheered.

This half-month journey was a hellish march.

The farther north you go, the colder it gets.

It's not that everyone now has a certain ability to resist the cold, and the military uniforms are also wrapped in animal skins, and they have brought enough wine for heating.

Otherwise, you won't be able to get here.

Actually, a few days ago, the big guy didn't want to go any further.

If it weren't for Zhang Qilian's coaxing and deception, he also promised to take everyone to hunt more and make fur on the way back, otherwise, the soldiers would have stopped doing it a long time ago.

You must know that since seven days ago, this exploration force of the Han army has not seen anyone.

Not even a wild man.

You can imagine how barren this wasteland is.

"It's not completely without merit...... Zhang Qi flipped through the simple geographical maps of mountains and rivers he had drawn along the way.

This is the biggest harvest he and his expedition team have gained in half a month.

"With this, Bo Duwei should be very happy......" Zhang Qi thought to himself.

While meditating. Zhang Qi suddenly heard a scream in the distance.

Zhang Qi immediately put away the maps and looked up into the distance. "What happened?" he asked. ”

"Team rate, I don't know yet. Could it be that the soldier sent to fetch water had an accident? "There is a long said.

"Wang Sanlang, what's your mother's ghost howling?" The other chief scolded even more unceremoniously, and he shouted at the place where the river beach in the valley was located in the accent of Daidi: "Just get some water, is it possible that there can be demons in the water?" ”

It seems that the soldiers sent to fetch water were the men of this chief.

The Han army has always had the tradition of organizing soldiers from a place into a Shiwu, so that Shichang, Wu Chang and Shibu are all fellow villagers. They are very familiar with each other and have deep feelings, and on the battlefield, the feelings of comrades will be even stronger.

"What...... Miscellaneous...... Shi Chang ...... "After a while, Zhang Qi saw that two soldiers were running from the river beach in the valley to the place where he and the others were, and these two people seemed to be holding some treasure in their hands.

"What's going on?" Zhang Qi instructed the chief: "Go and ask, what happened?" Without a proper explanation, there will be an uproar in the army. Disturbing the morale of the army, according to the law, you will be punished with a rod! ”

"No!" Nashi shook his fist in his chest and saluted, then met the two soldiers who were running up the hill and asked, "What the hell is going on?" Dead dad or dead mom? What howl? ”

Let Zhang Qi see it. I can't help but be a little funny.

His length looks like a big old man, but it's actually very thin.

For example, now. Scolding and scolding, but the psychology of protecting the calf. But it's clear.

I'm afraid he was already thinking about how to exonerate his two comrades.

on this. Zhang Qi is also happy to be a favor.

This is also the tradition of the Han army, the team rate, relying on the chief and the commander of the army, calling each other brothers, to achieve the role of winning over and uniting.

A good team rate can make all the captains under his command rely on him as a big brother.

As Zhang Qi, who climbed from a soldier to the position of team leader, how could he not know this?

However, the two soldiers did not know what was wrong, and they stammered as if they had encountered something terrible or too bizarre.

"What...... Miscellaneous...... Long...... "Long ......" one of the old people held on to the word Shi Chang for a long time.

As for the other, his teeth were chattering, and his legs were probably a little disobedient because of fear or excitement.

But the soldier was a little anxious, and when he found himself nervous and unable to speak, he simply stretched out his hands, and at this time, everyone realized that this person's hands had been clasped together.

Then, he slowly let go.

He was clutching sand in his hands.

River sand to be exact.

But......

When the sand of the river fell with the wind, some small golden and shiny crystals glittered in the sun, and all eyes were blurred at once.

"What...... Long...... We're rich! The soldier who had been stammering finally stopped stammering, and he sat on the ground, crying and laughing, and said madly: "The river is full of this kind of sand...... All of them, there is gold in the sand of this river, the whole river! ”

"There is no need to pan for gold...... the soldier also stretched out his clenched hands, and presented the two lumps of river sand still with silt in front of everyone: "Take a sieve and sift it to get out of the golden sand......

The river sand was spread out, and some obvious yellow and shiny cuties emerged from the sand.

Although there are very few of them, maybe only one in a thousand grains of sand.

But......

Zhang Qi stood up and looked at the river that meandered through this valley.

How much sand is in this river?

Zhang Qi suddenly felt that he had difficulty breathing, his heart was beating faster, and he couldn't help himself. (To be continued.) )

PS: Damn, the dizziness of the past two days has really killed me~

I couldn't stand the dizziness this morning, so I went to the National Hospital, and then the doctor told me that you were dizzy caused by cervical spondylosis.

Well, I stupidly believed it, took the medicine and went home.

Then, in the afternoon, I almost fainted......

There was no way, my wife had to take me to the district hospital, and then, the examination found ......

It is a viral infection caused by a cold......

You can find out with just a blood test......