Chapter 431: Northwest Town

Yang Wenguang has four sons:

The eldest Yang Huailiang is in his thirties, and his military talent is average. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoSo, Yang Wenguang simply asked him to resign from his military position, and now he mainly takes care of the Yang family's business in Guanlan, which also shows how much the Yang family attaches importance to Guanlan.

The second Yang Huaiyu didn't say much, a rising star in the military world of the Great Song Dynasty. The bravery is better than his father, and he has a bit of the demeanor of Yang Lao Linggong.

The third Yang Huai'an is the one in front of him. Now he is only nineteen years old, and because he is still young, Yang Wenguang took him with him to teach him personally.

As for the eldest Yang Huaikang, he is only twelve years old now, about the same age as Cao Yan's son Cao Ping, and he is still naughty in Beijing.

Yang Huaiyu and Yang Huai'an don't look like brothers, but Yang Wenguang returned to Beijing from Guangnan last year and went to the northwest to preside over military affairs non-stop, and the two brothers haven't seen each other for almost a year.

"Second brother, don't come unharmed!" Yang Huaian took the lead in greeting the second brother.

"Hmm." Yang Huaiyu happily accepted it. "Stinky boy, you've grown taller, and you're dark!"

Yang Huai'an smiled.

Yang Huaiyu didn't see Yang Wenguang, so he asked out loud: "What about my father?" ”

Yang Huai'an said: "My father hasn't arrived in Taiyuan yet. I'm afraid that you will come early, so I ordered me to take the first step and welcome the second brother! ”

Yang Huaiyu nodded, knowing that it was not too late for the brotherhood to continue later.

"It's all arranged?"

"Well, it's arranged. I have already greeted the forbidden army camp in Taiyuan, and there will be no western army patrolling within a radius of fifty miles south of the city. ”

"And where am I camped?"

Yang Huai'an pointed to the west, "There is a mountain col five miles to the west, which is suitable for Tibetan soldiers." ”

In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, the Hades camp tried to avoid the local defenders as much as possible from the moment they crossed the Taihang Mountain. After all, this battalion is going to cross the border into Liao in the end, and the less people know about it, the better.

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Before Wu Yu could figure out what was going on, he found that the army had left the official road and headed west.

The old man felt that something was wrong, and pulled up the curtain and shouted to Tang Yi, "Why don't you go into the city??" ”

Tang Yi leaned over, "Be careful!" General Yang hasn't arrived yet, let's stay outside the city for two days first, and when General Yang arrives, it's not too late to enter the city. ”

Wu Yuhu looked at Tang Yi suspiciously for a long time, he is now guarding against Tang Yi, just like a thief.

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camped in the mountain pass, and Tang Yi gathered Song Kai and a few of them together.

Song Kai asked, "What?" Heading into town? ”

Tang Yi nodded, "Before Uncle Yang arrives, let's go find out first." ”

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However, before they could get out of the camp, they were stopped by Wu Yu.

"Why are you going?"

Tang Yi was so angry in his heart, he swore that he would never compete with these sour and rotten Confucian ministers in the future.

"Uh...... Town. ”

Old man Wu raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you waiting for General Yang?" ”

Tang Yi said with a smile: "Let's go around the city." ”

"Then the old man will go too!"

Tang Yi wailed: "What are you doing? ”

"I'm afraid you'll run away!" Wu Yu's eyes widened, and his tone raised a little.

In the past two days on the road, Tang Yi and the Song family and the Pang family were muttering, and when he didn't see it, he definitely didn't hold back anything good.

Tang Yi looked like he had been defeated by you, and stepped forward to support Wu Yu, "Xianggong thinks too much about it, doesn't he?" ”

As he spoke, he walked towards Wu Yu's tent intentionally or unintentionally.

"Look, just a few of us young people want to go into the city to open our eyes. Can I run, Second Brother Yang, and this forbidden army can still run? ”

Wu Yu thought about it too, maybe he thought too much. However, he refused to soften his mouth, and his eyes stood up, "That's not for sure!" ”

Tang Yi said: "You are old, but your suspicion is too serious!" ”

Wu Yu glanced at him and sighed: "Da Lang, Your Majesty asked the old man to listen to you on this trip, and the old man knows that His Majesty must have a reason, and he has no objections. But there has to be a boundary in everything, do you understand? ”

"Understood, understood." Tang Yi echoed again and again.

What the old man means is, don't cross the line, cross the line and love whoever you love, and no one can make it easy.

"You stay in the camp for a long time, we really only enter Taiyuan. Your Majesty asked us to pave the way for the salt law, so you have to let the kid go and see what the extent of private salt is in the northwest, right? ”

Wu Yu was stunned, "Your Majesty really asked Da Lang to make salt?" ”

"Of course!?" Tang Yi didn't lie.

It's just that it's true to do salt, but it's not in Taiyuan.

"Then ......" Wu Yu hesitated.

Tang Yi is still waiting for him to relax? Seeing that he hesitated slightly, he immediately said, "That kid went?" Come back and bring you good wine! ”

After saying that, he ran away without a trace.

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Riding out of the mountain pass, Tang Yi and the six of them, plus Jun Xinzhuo, headed in the direction of Taiyuan.

Cheap Chunli couldn't help but complain: "You are really patient enough, coaxing Old Man Wu is like coaxing a child." ”

Tang Yi pouted and said, "You know a fart!" Old children, old children, don't care how much ability you have, you can't stand the juniors when you get older. ”

"Otherwise, why is your father closer to me than to you?"

"!" Cheap and pure etiquette is gone. "That's my dad, of course it's with me!"

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Laughing all the way, I arrived in Taiyuan City in more than half an hour.

Taiyuan is located between the Mangmang Taihang Mountains and the Luliang Mountains, and is located in a fault basin that runs through the southwest and north of the mountain. Guanlong in the south, Liaodi in the north, the northwest can reach the turn of the Song and Xia dynasties, and the east is the fertile and fertile North China Plain.

As an important town in the northwest, Taiyuan has always been a place where soldiers and merchants gathered, and one of the most important military fortresses in the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since they overturned the Taihang Mountain, Tang Yi and others have traveled all the way, and they have seen the vast scenery of the northwest, which is different from the splendid rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, and has a little more sense of vast atmosphere. The states and counties along the road, whether in terms of population or prosperity, are still incomparable with the states of the Central Plains.

However, Taiyuan City is different.

The three-zhang high majestic city wall encloses a huge city, which is very solemn. When you enter the city, it is full of people, and it is like weaving.

Song Kai looked at the novelty, "It's not the same, huh?" ”

Although Kaifeng is much more lively than Taiyuan, it is not as unrestrained as here.

That's right, it's unrestrained!

As soon as you enter the city, the unique style of the northwest has been imprinted on everyone's heads.

Ninety percent of Kaifeng are Han Chinese, and occasionally I see a few barbarians dressed as Khitans, and they are also Liao soldiers from the Great Liao Embassy wandering the streets.

Here, there are many Han people, and there are also many Khitan costumes with scalp robes. And more of them are party members.

Tang Yi even saw a few curly-haired and blue-eyed Gaochang people.

The whole Taiyuan city is like a multi-ethnic hodgepodge, and even the shops on both sides of the street have their own characteristics, and they are not Han buildings at first glance.

When Fan Chunli was young, he came to the northwest with Fan Zhongyan and explained to everyone: "Don't look at it as a military town here, but Daliao has not fought with us for decades, and the main direction of attack in Western Xia is also on the Yongxing Military Road." Therefore, now in Taiyuan, the three kingdoms have long formed a tacit understanding and become the commercial distribution center of the three realms, and the people of Gaochang Black Khan have also come here to communicate with each other. ”

Ding Yuan said: "Then there won't be so many barbarians, right?" ”

Tang Yi smiled: "Don't talk nonsense, what barbarian is not a barbarian?" Merchants are a minority, and more are ordinary people. Although he is not of the same clan as my generation, he is undoubtedly a Song Min. ”

...... (To be continued.) )