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Chapter 188 Five Foot Road

After hearing this nonsensical sentence, Li Xia pondered for a while, and said: "The county magistrate Jiang and the owner of the house are good people with integrity."

"Not bad!" Wu Tong cursed with a smile, but he didn't hide it.

He didn't wait for Li Xia to answer, he waved his hand and said, "Brother Li doesn't need to say, brother can also think of the virtues of those civil servants, seeing your age and lack of fame, you must make things difficult. Today you brought people over, It seems that they let you do things, but in fact they let you do all the dangerous things."

"The war is about to start, and it is my job as a county lieutenant to keep a county safe."

"Look at you, look at you, are you talking nonsense to your brother?!" Wu Tong was displeased, glared at Li Xia, and then smiled again: "Let go, come on, drink a glass of wine and relax, don't worry about it." Hold it."

Li Xia raised his glass and took a sip.

Only then did Wu Tong nod his head, and said: "Haha, let's be honest, when I saw Brother Li today, I was very happy in my heart, knowing that we are from the same group... I saw your soldiers from the top of the city, and they practiced well. A lot of money, right?"

"It's just under construction, and the cost is really high."

"How many?"

"Already spent nearly [-] guan."

"Six thousand guan is nothing." Wu Tong snorted, raised his finger to the sky, and said with a smile: "Just say that my brother will give it to... I won't tell you who it is for, but for anyone, my brother will give more than [-] guan every year. You gave me two strings of money just now, hahaha, brother, can you still draw the customs duty yourself?"

"What does Inspector Wu mean?"

"Qing Fu Fang Yankai is a piece of shit."

When Huhu heard this, his expression became ugly.

Before he said anything, Wu Tong pointed at him and cursed again.

Huohu finally lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Haha." Wu Tong then explained to Li Xia: "You are also a man of the Yi nationality, you are so stupid, you are putting on face with me for a civil servant... Let's talk about business, my brother wants to sell salt in Qingfu County, Li County Lieutenant can let it?"

Li Xia asked, "How about it?"

"Is there anything specific? Isn't it just selling salt? You can buy salt with less money for the people of Qingfu, and my brother will give you dividends every month. Isn't this the best of both worlds? Xiongshan, what do you think of this matter? "

Xiong Shan said: "Of course it's good!"

"What did Brother Li say?"

"How much will I pay each month?"

Wu Tong acted neatly, and said straightforwardly: "The minimum is five hundred guan, and the maximum is eight hundred thousand guan, the premise is to get rid of that Fang Yankai."

"He doesn't support you?"

"Hey, for the sake of political achievements, how can the common people not eat salt?!"

Li Xia asked again: "I heard that inspector Wu still sells salt to the Wumeng tribe. Is this business still open?"

"It works! Why doesn't it work?"

"Didn't the Dali Kingdom be destroyed? Didn't the tea-horse business all come to an end?"

"Look at what Brother Li said." Wu Tongtong said, "Dali Kingdom is destroyed, isn't it still in the hands of the Duan family? Aren't the people still those people? If the Mongolian jurisdiction is changed, those who should eat tea and wear silk will all Can't you eat and wear?"

"smuggling?"

"Hey, let me tell you, the tea-horse trade is broken, and Dali horses are sold to the Mongols. Those of us transport things over there and exchange them for money, and we can make more money than in previous years. What's the matter? Brother Li, are you interested?"

"I'm interested." Li Xia said: "But, in this way, the five-foot road and the Shimen road are not abandoned as others said?"

Wu Tong said contemptuously: "You have stayed with those civil servants for a long time, and you can't even see the fart. Twice a year, there are merchants who pass by my brother. Since you are interested, we will cooperate slowly."

It was rare for Li Xia to take the initiative to raise his glass, and made a toast to Wu Tong.

"What does Inspector Wu want me to do?"

"It's the job of the county captain to inspect private salt. Fang Yankai holds the power, and Brother Li can take it back. When my brother's salt is sold in Qingfu County, I will introduce you to big merchants, and come to Qingfu Collect tea and sell it to the southwest. At that time, the people of Qingfu will have a better life, eating cheap salt and selling tea to add another income."

At this point in the call, Wu raised his eyebrows at Xiongshan again.

"Xiong Shan, do you think so?"

Xiong Shan said: "It's good for the owner to register, but it's also good for Baiyanzhai, as inspector Wu said."

"Brother Li, what do you say?"

"it is good."

"Happy!" Wu Tong was overjoyed, picked up the wine bowl and respected Li Xia, saying, "Brother Li doesn't talk much, but he does things happily! How fucking straightforward! Do you want my brother to help you bring down Fang Yankai?"

"It's nothing to do with Wu's inspection, I've already taken care of it."

"Brother." Wu Tong glared, and said, "You're being polite! From now on, you will be my brother."

"I'll toast Brother Wu again."

"Haha, brother Li is elegant, elegant, brother Wu is just brother Wu... How are you going to bring down Fang Yankai? Are you sure?"

Li Xia said: "As long as this battle is done, I can make a contribution. Brother Wu's sale of salt to Qingfu is on my shoulders."

"What's so difficult about it? Brother Li is waiting here for more than a month. If there is a small group of Mongolian troops coming, brother will give you some heads. Simple."

Li Xia glanced at the loose soldiers again.

I saw a person leaning against the door picking his ears, showing his dark arms.

That arm is not strong, but it looks like a dexterous and powerful man.

The people under Wu Tong have average discipline, but their combat power is indeed not weak...

Li Xia pondered for a moment, and said, "Brother Wu, I still want to take someone to the front to see the terrain."

"Too cautious, tsk tsk."

"My subordinates are all new recruits, unlike the soldiers of the village like Brother Wu. I should see some blood and sharpen it. I wonder if there are any villages that need to be suppressed on this five-foot road?"

"It also makes sense...Come here, bring me my map!"

The map is also so simple that people can't see clearly. There are only a few lines marking the winding five-foot road, and many village names are marked on both sides. Some village names are circled, and some are not.

Wu Tong seemed to be a little half-drunk, squinted his eyes for a while, and said: "Don't touch the named brother Li, this is all arranged by me. The rest of these are some southern barbarians who don't know how to live or die. Dao, Brother Li, watch and suppress."

With just one glance, Li Xia understood why Wu Tong didn't suppress him.

Those who rob the road are often the places with the most twists and turns on the map, which means that the mountains are high and difficult to attack.

Sure enough, Wu Tong said again: "However, I advise Brother Li, don't do such thankless things. These Nanman... are not easy to suppress, just be careful when you go there."

"Then brother Wu, please let the switch go?"

"Haha, good! But Brother Li, don't break the five-foot path..."

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After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he ordered the construction of Chidao with Xianyang as the center to connect various places.

As the name suggests, "Chidao" is to be able to pass horse-drawn carriages.

But even with the vigor of the Qin Empire, the five-foot road built could not achieve this.

In order to open up roads in Sichuan and Yunnan, Qin adopted the method of accumulating fuel and burning rocks, that is, burning fire on the rocks, and then rapidly cooling them with water to crack the rocks.

The narrowest part of such a laboriously dug road is only five feet, and it can only be passed by a single horse.

At the steepest point, the road is cut directly into the cliff.

Like a long snake, it gnawed a passage on the cliff.

Li Xia walked on Wuchi Road for several days, heading southwest from Junlian County, and entered Guanhe Canyon.

Looking back, you can see that there are many "Bo people's hanging coffins" hanging on the opposite cliff, that is, the coffins of the dead are hung on the cliff.

Maybe there are hangings on the cliff above Li Xia's head.

He didn't understand how the Bo people hung the coffin up, but just seeing the coffin, he understood why Jiang Chun and Wu Tong said that it was thankless to suppress these robbing cottages.

With such a terrain, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible to climb up, but they just went up with a coffin.

With a group of farmers trying to suppress these local aborigines, after seeing it on the spot, I realized that it was impossible.

The map Wu Tong gave was also incomprehensible. After walking for so many days, Li Xia didn't even know how many villages he had passed, let alone which ones could be suppressed and which ones could not.

From time to time, the trees in the distance could be seen shaking, and then a group of natives came out with bows and arrows and bamboo spears, and disappeared like monkeys in the mountains and forests.

Most of them wanted to rob Li Xia, but they gave up after seeing that he had nearly 200 people...

Li Xia realized more and more that the idea of ​​using bandits to train soldiers was a bit naive.

As for these natives, when they saw themselves from a distance, they were all in ambush, and they couldn't find each other even when they came close, and they couldn't get through if they found out.

Every time at this time, he turned his head to look at the recruits under him, and found that these people looked surprised.

Of course, going through this experience is also very rewarding.

This team of people has indeed undergone radical changes due to this difficult journey.

In the evening of this day, I finally came to a wide place to camp and rest.

Everyone was tired and speechless, and soon fell asleep on the ground.

This night was Hu Hu's night duty, leading a few people to guard the bonfire, chatting softly.

"The county lieutenant said that after walking for six or seven days, you have to turn around and go back. Counting this trip, it will take almost 20 days."

"Can the Mongolian army really come from this way?"

"Maybe……"

Suddenly, there was a scream in the night.

"what!"

Huohu quickly stood up, only to hear the arrows whizzing towards him.

"Someone robbed!"

"Don't panic! Keep the array..."

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In the confusion, Xu Kui turned over and stood up. The moonlight was cold, and he faintly saw a rope falling from above, hooking a bag of dry food on the ground, and with a click, the bag of dry food was hooked away.

Xu Kui was completely stunned.

Looking up again, I saw only a cliff, which was terrifyingly steep, and the trees on it were shaking.

"Whoosh!"

Another arrow feather shot down...

(End of this chapter)