Datang Library

Chapter 157
Li Chengxun and Li Yesi were in a group. When transporting grain to the north, they took the Ziwu Valley Plank Road!

When Liu Bang retreated to Hanzhong and burned down the plank road to paralyze Xiang Yu, it was this Meridian Road that was burned!Later, Wang Mang ordered to rebuild Ziwu Road and set up Ziwu Pass!
Speaking of these plank roads, the natural dangers are very interesting. As the old saying goes, the plank road is thousands of miles long, leading to Shuhan!
This plank road is the only way for military strategists to lead to Shu Han, so every time there is a war, the plank road will inevitably be contested!

Those who are defeated will burn the plank road to protect themselves; those who attack the victor or during the Taiping period, the plank road will be rebuilt to connect Bashu!

Let’s just talk about Ziwu Road, when Liu Bang fled to live in Hanzhong, he burned it down!Later, Wang Mang ordered to restore it!
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Le Chi rebelled in the Western Wei Dynasty. In order to resist the suppression of the imperial court, it was burned!It was not restored until the Sui Dynasty!
It is precisely because of the burning and rebuilding of these wars again and again that these plank roads have been diverted more than once!

This time, Li Chengxun and Li Yesi worked together to transport grain from Ziwu Road. They led a [-] grain transport team, one leading the way and the other behind!

Because of the experience of 30 people were lost when the Jinhe Road transported grain, several young people cherished these lives very much. Even if the Shu Road is a natural danger, it cannot be filled with human lives!
Perhaps in the past, they would calculate the gains and losses in such a situation, because if they could lose a hundred people in the food transport team to save tens of thousands of people in the Northland, it would undoubtedly be worth it!
But now they won't be anymore. After getting along with these people for a few months, I feel more and more their simplicity and kindness. Any one of them sacrificed here will make people feel distressed!

Moreover, I have been in the academy for a year. Master Bai Fan once taught that human life cannot be measured by numbers. The life of one person is as precious as the lives of thousands of people!

Therefore, this group of young people did not urge to speed up the transportation of food on the plank road, because they did not want to risk their lives to fill the natural danger. Even if the officials of the Shu Road and the court officials were urging them, they did not change their original intentions!

Li Yesi was older, 19 years old, so he asked to walk in front of the team to open the way. Li Chengxun looked at the elder brother who took care of him and knew that he couldn't resist, so he had to agree to walk behind!

On this day, everyone happened to reach the famous dangerous place on the Meridian Road, Yaoling Pass, which is about [-] kilometers away from Chang'an!
This is a dangerous road several miles long, with a bottomless valley below. The road is built with wide stone slabs, but it is in the middle of a mountain stream, and the grain transport team has a carload of goods. Although the artifact Mu Niu Liuma can be pushed on such a road by one person, but the road is dangerous and slippery, it is extremely difficult to ensure the safety of people and goods!
Li Chengxun is 15 years old this year, and it has been two months since he entered Sichuan for training. From a baishengsheng scholar, to working with the mountains and forests all day long, he has been tanned into a strong young man!

In order to reduce the burden on the food transport team, 15-year-old Li Chengxun voluntarily carried [-] catties of food and followed him all the way without using tools, so as to exercise his body and save some food!
Next to him is a 20-year-old man who came out from Sichuan. He is not tall, but he is strong and simple, but he is very talkative. He has never been out of the house since he was a child, and he is full of curiosity about everything outside!
What he likes most along the way is listening to Li Chengxun introduce him to big cities, Chang'an, and Zhongnan Academy!

His name is Ma Jiulang. He has many brothers and sisters, and he is the ninth in line. It is said that his ancestor was Ma Chao, a general of the Five Tigers of the Three Kingdoms!
"Brother Li San, I have never seen an official like you. I heard from my father that the official is to direct others to work, but you carry the grain by yourself. I can carry the dozens of catties of grain, but I carry it every day. It's not easy to walk such a long mountain road! Are you really an official?" Ma Jiulang, who was pushing a wooden ox and a horse, asked.

Li Chengxun was startled, yes!If I was my former self, I would definitely not come here to endure hardships. After a year at Zhongnan Academy, I really like working with people!

"Hehe, how can I be considered an official? It's just that I have been in the shadow of my ancestors. I don't have an official position. This time, I came to help with the food transportation! As for the matter of carrying food, it was taught by our master, and we should do our best to be self-reliant!"

Ma Jiulang said enviously, "Hehe, scholars are good, I don't understand what you said, but it seems to sound good!

I'm not stupid, although you are not an official, but judging by the way the official treats you, you are better than the official!

your master?Is that the dean of Zhongnan Academy you mentioned?Is he really as powerful as you say? "

Hearing this, Li Chengxun secretly praised Ma Jiulang for his meticulousness. Along the way, he told him many things about the academy and various deeds of his master Bai Fan. I can't believe it!
But Li Chengxun clearly knew how much this man from Shu, who saw the outside world for the first time, longed to study and go to school like himself, because he often found out at night that Ma Jiulang always called Zhongnan Academy in his dreams. And Bai Fan's name!

Li Chengxun smiled and said, "Haha, that's right, it is the dean of Zhongnan Academy I told you. In the eyes of our students, the master is an omnipotent existence. All problems seem to be easier for him, just like This time there is a severe drought in the north!
Master proposed to buy grain from Shu. In order to solve the transportation problem, Master also took out the wooden cow and horse designed by Zhuge Wuhou!

You see, our master was originally a scholar, but he is also good at calligraphy, martial arts, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, craftsman skills, and even singing is a must in Chang'an. He even sang a masterpiece for his wife. For lovers! "

"Wow, so powerful?" Ma Jiulang said enviously, thinking to himself, if only he had such a master!

"Hey, Brother Nine, do you also want to study in our academy? May I introduce Master to accept you as a disciple?" Li Chengxun asked seductively.

Ma Jiulang swallowed, his throat felt a little dry, and he asked in a low voice, "Really, really? I can do it too? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, you are only noble people to study in the academy. My old nine is a rough man in the mountains, so I am sure." No, it’s a waste of knowledge!”

Hearing this, Li Chengxun felt very uncomfortable. What a simple mountain man, "What did Brother Nine say? Isn't everyone born the same? There is no such thing as a waste of reading and writing. Master once said, The knowledge passed down by the sages is for future generations to learn!

Our academy is different from other places. Our academy not only accepts children from rich and noble families, but there are also many brothers and sisters in the academy who were born as beggars. Even the gardeners and cooks in the academy can attend classes!
The master said that there are only masters and students in the academy, and there are no other statuses. Ninth brother, you are so studious. Based on our relationship, the younger brother is willing to introduce you to my master. I must wait until the next time the academy recruits students. You can definitely We went to school together! "

what?
Ma Jiulang couldn't believe it, he stammered and asked, "Really? I can really?"

When he turned his head and saw Li Chengxun nodding, Ma Jiulang became excited in an instant, and had the urge to shout at this moment!

But it was at this moment that he didn't control his strength well, causing his wooden oxen and horse trolley to hit a raised stone on the mountain wall, and it was bounced back instantly. The cart on it slipped out of the plank road with one wheel, and even Ma Jiulang was squeezed by the cart and slipped and fell down!

Li Chengxun didn't like it, so he immediately leaned over to grab him, but the pull didn't matter, Ma Jiulang fell so fast that even Li Chengxun was pulled down!
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