Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2674 The mechanism is very clever

  People who are stuck are generally more rigorous and have a strong sense of self-control.

   This kind of person is generally regarded as a German in the legends of later generations.

Well, the Germans in the legend are not only punctual and trustworthy, extremely rigorous, they can even have black technology wrapped in oil paper for 30 meters, but in reality, the Germans will not only be late, but also the trains will be late. Solidification, even working hard to make money is against the law.

   Hearing is just hearing, and it depends on the actual situation.

  The people from Chengdu Li's Commercial Company arrived in Jiangzhou, of course not because of any problems on the road, but because there are a large number of soldiers guarding Jiangzhou. It's like a thief passing through the blue and white fence, even if he didn't do anything, he was always somewhat frightened, even if he pretended to be nonchalant on the surface.

Minimize the time in Jiangzhou as much as possible, go straight to the pier after entering the city, and then board the boat to set off. This is the most ideal plan, but there is always a gap between ideal and reality. Encountered this "gap".

  『Official documents? ! Why didn't it work out? ! 』The people of Li's firm were very angry.

  Zhuo Liang sighed, and said: "I submitted the official document long ago, but I couldn't get it approved... I went there yesterday, and the people in the official office said that there were too many things recently, so it was delayed..."

  The people from Li's Firm rolled their eyes, "Did you delay? 』

   Zhuo Liang nodded, "It's delayed. It is said that General Xu has more important matters in recent days... So, we... can't be ranked ahead of General Xu's affairs, right? 』

  『How long will it take for the official document to be completed? The person from Li's firm asked.

  Zhuo Liang sighed helplessly, "I don't know, maybe three or five days sooner, if slower... oh..."

  Businessmen, everyone is like this. Of course, Zhuo Liang couldn't just say three days, what if Zhuge Liang said it would take a few more days, so it's always right to say a wider range.

  『…』 The people from Li's Firm exchanged glances.

  Normally speaking, when a business encounters such a thing, there is a small probability that it will wait, but most of them will try to pass on the loss. Anyway, the main purpose of the business is to make money.

Under such circumstances, if the commercial firm understands a little bit, it will try to sell the spices to Zhuo Liang, and then get back the capital, or a small amount of profit, then transfer the risk out, anyway, Zhuo Liang failed to handle it smoothly According to the official document, it makes sense for Zhuo Liang to bear the follow-up risks.

  Zhuo Liang would not say that he would receive the spices at a high price immediately, he would definitely bargain, and then reach a deal at a price that both parties agreed to...

  But if it is another situation...

  The people from Li's Firm did not make a decision immediately.

  The leader of Li's firm boarded the ship, and two guards lived with him. This can't be regarded as a big problem. For example, if you carry a lot of money on your body, you need close protection from the guards.

  But after the business leader and guards entered the room and closed the door, one of the guards whispered: "I must leave immediately...I can't delay here..."

  The leader of Li's Trading Company was taken aback, "But this ship..."

  『You wait here for official documents...』 The guard said in a low voice, 『I'll find another way to go...』

   Hearing his words, the other guard was taken aback.

These two guards are actually from Jiangdong, and they are not ordinary soldiers. In the Jiangdong Army, these two served as the pre-warrant supervisors, which is basically equivalent to the meaning of personal guards, although they are not too high. However, as an important deputy of a military judge, he must know some characters and regulations, and is responsible for correcting discipline and punishing ordinary soldiers.

  The post of superintendent of the account is not an old soldier, so they cannot hold it, so they have the imprint of soldiers on their bodies, but as guards, they can cover up a thing or two. Anyway, with so many caravans coming and going, most people focus on the goods of the caravans and the shopkeepers. As for the guards, it is very common to leave this month and leave next month, so personnel changes are not easy to attract attention.

   Just because it is not easy to attract attention, it does not mean that it will not attract attention...

  『I doubt…』 The older guard said in a deep voice, 「Is it exposed…」

  『No way, maybe the real official documents haven’t come down...』 said the team leader not quite sure. The team leader is naturally familiar with business matters, but he couldn't make a very accurate and appropriate judgment for the current matter.

  『It shouldn’t be the case…』 said the young guard, 『Why don’t we wait and see? 』

  The older guard frowned and said, "I'm worried that once the city gate is closed...someone will come to the door..."

"what? ! 』The other two were astonished.

  『This Mr. Zhuo, is this the first time this issue of official documents has arisen? ’ asked the elder guard.

  The team leader nodded, "Yes, yes, never before, never before..."

  『So why is there this time? ’ said the elder guard, ‘it’s not the first time for Mr. Zhuo, isn’t he in a hurry? I don't think he looks too anxious... so there must be something here... Although I'm sure what it is, but... it's better to be careful...』

  Since Xu Huang came to Chuanshu, there have been many changes in the military, so the latest information must be sent back, which is naturally very urgent.

   "Then we..." The young guard slanted his eyes, "Should we just..."

  The team leader couldn't help but tremble.

   In front of outsiders, he is the leader of the team. The people in Li's Commercial Bank listen to him, but in fact he wants to listen to these two guards...

  The elder guard glanced at the leader, thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No need. I’ll leave with the goods alone, and you all stay here... If there are other accidents, you won’t be found out...』

  The water route is still more convenient than the land route, and for Jiangdong people, it seems that they prefer the water route. If it was really just an accident this time, then you can continue to use this route next time.

  The discussion was finalized. Before the city gate was closed, the elderly guards hurriedly disembarked with a special spice box in their arms, walked through the market, and headed out of the city.

  At this time, because it was approaching the closing time of the city gate, except for more people entering and leaving the city gate, other places were relatively quiet, and there was no sign of mobilization of troops, horses and soldiers.

  The elder guard hurried all the way. When he was approaching the east gate of Jiangzhou, he looked back, and there was still no movement in the city. He walked into the queue waiting to leave the city, and then took out a pass from the leather pouch at his waist. This is a blank past that has been done before, secretly stamped with a seal in advance, and then stored away, and filled in the text when needed, so that you can have a "real" past.

  Though what was written was a certain person, a certain thing, and then the deadline for handling it was all fixed. The paper is real, and the big seal is also real, the only flaw is that the ink is newer.

   Walked to the city gate, the elder guard handed over the pass to the city gate guard.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and the city gate guards had been on duty for a day, and their spirits were not very good, and the light was not enough, so after taking over the gate, they took a general glance and returned it casually. He walked over to the elder guard, and then waved his hand to signal him to pass.

  The elder guard took over in silence, and walked out of Jiangzhou City unhurriedly.

  Because Jiangzhou itself is located in Bazhong, it is an internal city, not a border pass, so the verification of personnel entry and exit is not as strict as the pass checkpoint.

  After the elder guard left the city, he went straight out of the city. It seemed that he was very familiar with the road. He would stop for a while from time to time, observe the left, right, front, back, and front, and then move forward.

   Outside Jiangzhou City, there are also some farmers.

  Because the terrain of Jiangzhou is undulating and there are many mountains and fields, so these farmers are located in one place in the east and one in the west.

  The place where the elder guards are going is a farmhouse.

   This is an emergency shelter in Jiangdong.

  In the early days, people from Jiangdong replaced the old farmers who were originally here and worked here. In the Han Dynasty when there was no photography technology, such scattered peasant households that were far away from towns and only existed in the household registration, even the local officials may not be able to remember clearly, after all, they only meet once or twice a year...

  When they arrived at this hidden place, the senior guard squatted in the bushes for a while to see that there was no tail behind them, and then brought several small and large mosquitoes to the farmer's place.

  Choose this place because there is a small hill behind the farmer's house. This small col is not big, but surrounded by mountains, it is not easy to be found, whether it is used to hide people or horses, it is very suitable.

   That's right, there's a horse hiding here now.

  The elder guard knew about this, so he came, but what he didn't know was that this horse was not a tall Xiliang horse, let alone a war horse, but a Sichuan horse...

  『…』The elder guard looked at the Sichuan horse in front of him, and was speechless for a long time.

  Sichuan horses also have big horses and Hequ horse series, but that is in Beichuan, and in the Dongchuan area of ​​Nanchuan, they are basically pony horses similar to Dian horses.

  『This is a donkey! ’ The old guard didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, pointed at the pony and said, ‘You are obviously a donkey! Donkeys are bigger than you! 』

  『Nonsense! ’ The old farmer was unhappy, ‘This is a horse! Don't underestimate it, this horse has good feet! I know what you want, but think about it, how many Xiliang war horses are waiting for you in a farmer's house? Is it possible? If there are war horses, I will be captured before you come! 』

  The elder guard knew that the old farmer was telling the truth.

  A farmer's family may be able to support one or two nauseous horses for support, but it is basically an impossible task to support the feeding of the war horses and keep the war horses active. The daily consumption of a war horse is basically equivalent to that of three adult men. After all, a war horse must keep fat all the time. Once the feed cannot keep up with the fat loss, it will be difficult to go to the battlefield.

  Sichuan horses and Dian horses, relatively speaking, are much better in feeding. Like Mongolian horses, they can endure hardships and stand hard work, and they can't run fast, but they have good endurance.

  The situation is somewhat unexpected.

  After all, it is very troublesome to transmit information. It is already very good to be able to provide a general situation here. How can it be possible to describe in detail what kind of horse is hiding here?

   "Forget it..." The elder guard sighed, "That's it! 』

  If he knew it was this kind of horse, he would have to weigh it carefully. As a result now...

   It’s all here, what else?

  The older guard got on his horse, and sighed again involuntarily. He is relatively tall among Jiangdong people, seven feet and five feet, but this war horse is only more than six feet, it must not even be seven feet, so riding on it is really hard to describe...

   But no matter what, four legs are better than two, and he was going to drive at night along the mountain road.

  Originally, the elder guard's plan was to stay overnight at the farmer's house and leave after dawn, but after seeing this horse, he changed his mind.

   As it turns out, he was right.

  At dawn, he heard the rapid clatter of hooves behind him.

The elder guard was a little worried, and wanted to urge the horse to go fast, but the pony was still lazily moving forward, taking the devil's pace, click, click, even though the elder guard urged him repeatedly, it changed from click, click, to It's just a click, a click, not much faster at all.

This is also normal. Sichuan horses and Dian horses are basically used for camels. The important thing is stability, not speed. In addition, they have never been trained, so they don't understand the anxiety of the elderly guards. , can't even run...

  The older guard seemed to be getting more and more anxious when he heard the sound of horseshoes in the rear. In desperation, he got off his horse immediately, then took the rein of the horse, turned the horse's head, bowed his head back, and walked slowly.

   Not long after, five war horses lined up in the first two and the last three, galloping from the official road.

  The elder guard hurriedly led the horse to the side of the road.

  The chasing cavalry seemed to glance over the elderly guard for a moment, and then they didn't seem to suspect anything, just kicking and galloping past.

  The elder guard let out a breath. He didn't know if the pursuers were coming at him, but he felt that things were slipping in a direction of collapse...

  Just when the elder guard thought he had tricked the pursuers and was about to turn around on another mountain road, the five cavalrymen ran back again.

  『Damn it…』The elder guard hurriedly put the horse on the side of the road, pretending to be resting, trying to muddle through again.

   But unfortunately, the five cavalry seemed to have recognized him, and after a whistle, two cavalry threw a lasso directly at him!

  Caught off guard, the elder guard was **** with a noose and fell to the ground.

  A hussar cavalry rushed forward and held down the elder guard.

  Another cavalryman got off his horse, reached in front of the pony, reached out and patted the pony's neck, then bent down and grabbed the pony's front hooves.

  The docile Ren cavalryman on the pony raised his front hooves and tilted his head along the way, as if he felt a little strange...

  『That’s right, it’s this imprint...』 The hussar smiled and said, 『Are you really good at pretending......』

  The elder guard closed his eyes in pain.

  He got it...

Just like when a Jiangdong person sees a boat, he can know how much it is carrying, how much cargo is in it, or how many people are there. He should be able to think of the horseshoe marks on the road. In fact, in the eyes of veteran scouts, it is very obvious. Like a lantern in the dark.

   Unfortunately, it is too late.

  …(〒︿〒)…

  Chengdu.

   Those laborers who went into the mountains to open the way, one after another, they were withdrawn for repairs.

  In any case, these ordinary labors are basically victims.

  These laborers are all stationed in the suburbs of the city nearby. On the one hand, they are for treatment, and on the other hand, they are also for appeasement.

  The laborers who had the disease were specially admitted for treatment, while the laborers who were not sick were also kept in the new camp for observation and rest.

The people around Chengdu have more or less started to discuss this matter, but it is very interesting that ordinary people are a little afraid of this kind of weird event, or they are afraid and very interested, telling about those mountain gods and ghosts, It is vivid, but in the army, few soldiers believe it, let alone gossip about it.

  If there is no chaos in the soldiers, there will be no chaos in the local area.

  The enlightenment promoted by the Hussar General in the army is working little by little.

   Because of the corresponding knowledge, these soldiers naturally have a basic understanding of the world around them.

   Knowing how to read characters not only knows how to read the text conveyed by the upper and lower military orders, but also knows how to read, and then find some books to read by yourself. The more books you read, the wider your horizons will naturally be. Therefore, the soldiers didn't believe the rumors of mountain gods and ghosts at all. Instead, they thought it was a brand-new disease that they didn't understand for the time being, and there was no good way to deal with it.

  As for ordinary people, many of them are illiterate, so they can't read books. At most, they can only listen to other people's stories, or simply go to the theater directly.

   It's a joke, can it be taken seriously?

   But the problem is that some people will take it seriously.

  Reading books can change something to a certain extent. Fei Qian has been letting the generals and the troops follow the rules of reading and writing, not because he wants to cultivate some great Confucianism in the army. Maybe one day there will be one, but most of the current situations are just for the convenience of military orders. Uploading and distributing, at the same time it makes the soldiers more or less sensible.

  So, a very interesting phenomenon occurred.

  In most cases, the rumors of the local people will be passed on to the army, which will lead to chaos in the army, the confusion of the people and the chaos of the army. However, the current situation in Sichuan and Shu is the opposite. The soldiers actually played a role in stabilizing and dispelling the rumors of the plague. Many soldiers directly told the suspicious people that it was just a disease, and there were no gods and ghosts.

  In the cognition of the soldiers, even the plague is not a big deal. As long as the military health regulations are in place, the plague in Guanzhong, and even the plague of locusts, will not be eliminated?

  The calm soldiers gradually calmed down the people.

   The confusion caused by the unknown situation is basically gone, but some ghosts and gods are still circulating among the people...

  (end of this chapter)