The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 581 Li Guogong, Long Time No See
Heavy snow is flying, although the air blowing from Luoshui is piercingly chilly, but Luoyang City is full of people coming and going, and the strong flavor of the New Year fills the whole city. There are already people coming and going on the official road.

Looking from a distance, Luoyang, the capital of the empire, is already far away. Walking closer, pedestrians can better appreciate the majesty and magnificence of Luoyang City Wall. People are like ants moving under the city.

A convoy was slowly driving on the road. A man in his fifties looked at the continuous crowd through the car window. They found many people with different skin colors and hair colors from the Central Plains walking on the road. They were wearing Central Plains costumes. It feels a bit nondescript.

"Patriarch, Luoyang is here!" A tall, powerful old servant shouted loudly. From his tone, one could feel his excitement.

"parking!"

"Here!"

Before the carriage stopped, the fifty-year-old man got out of the carriage. This man looked extremely heroic, with gray hair and a short beard.

He put on the hand curtain to block the slightly dazzling snow light, and he also saw the tall city wall entrenched in the snow like a dragon.

"It's back again!"

After a while, he sighed again. He couldn't remember how long he had been away from Luoyang, five or ten years?
Looking at this majestic city, he said with infinite emotion in his heart: "Luoyang is majestic and majestic, even more so than in the past! Especially the outer city outline has a sloping slope. If you put a rolling log on it, you can crush it to death." A large area, the designer of this city wall is very sinister. Brother, if you say that if soldiers come to the city, how will you break through it?"

"Patriarch, do you want to kill yourself?" The old servant's expression changed drastically when he heard this, and he said in a low voice, "Be careful with your words."

Falcon-like eyes looked to the left and right, and when no one was paying attention, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't let the trouble come out of your mouth, otherwise, something bad will happen."

"Bad thing? What can be bad?" The man who is obviously the master shook his head and said: "Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, there has been no prohibition of speech, and the new law formulated by Emperor Shengwu does not have this one. What are you afraid of? Do you dare to mess around?" Can't kill?"

"My Patriarch! There are quite a few people in Luoyang who know us!" the majestic old servant said speechlessly.

"Well! I understand." The majestic patriarch looked at the majestic Luoyang City, and said with full of melancholy: "We brothers have traveled all over the world these years, and we have seen too many human tragedies! I feel that these are two worlds. What I have seen along the way is that the people live a prosperous life, but they do not lose their toughness. In the Sui Dynasty, the officials were clear and bright, the officials and the people were harmonious, and the military and the people were harmonious. This is the place that the Sui Dynasty just regained this year, and the people are full of joy. For hope, the other princes are not as far away as the Great Sui, if the princes from all walks of life join hands, there is still a bit of victory, if they are enemies, they will be defeated one by one sooner or later."

"The people have been fighting hard for a long time! Everyone doesn't care who becomes the emperor, they just hope that this damn war will end soon." The old servant shook his head and said with a sigh.

"Yeah! This damn war should be over." The patriarch sighed, and as the convoy entered Dingding Gate, he saw rows of buildings with different styles but integrated into one, and his expression couldn't help but startled. It's just because people of all races are shouting loudly in the shops as far as the eye can see.

The owner looked ahead curiously, and saw two not strong men pushing two carts full of goods into a shop, curiously pulled the old servant beside him, and said, "Brother, look at the two coolies. It doesn't look strong, but it can push such a large amount of goods, could it be that the strong men buried the wilderness?"

"How do I know, Patriarch, we still have important things to do, please don't delay the time?" The old servant smiled helplessly.

"I'll go ask." The Patriarch ignored his companion's clamor, stepped forward very willfully, and chased into the shop.

"Dear guest, what do you need?"

A Hu businessman with blue eyes and curly hair greeted him with a smile on his face. His half-familiar Chinese sounds very awkward.

The owner looked at the dazzling array of products on the shelves, and asked casually, "These are all rare items from a foreign land in the Northwest! This brother is very different from my middle-earth people. I don't know where he came from?"

"Dear guest, you must be from the far south of the Yangtze River, right?"

"How does Xiongtai know that we are from Jiangnan?"

"It's very simple! Although the Puppet Tang and Puppet Wei have always been enemies of the Great Sui, the people under their rule have actually gone to the border counties of the Great Sui to buy scarce goods over the years, so people from the Puppet Tang and Puppet Wei ruled People, we are used to people with different appearances! I don’t ask where I come from! Before the Sui Dynasty went south, because Wang Shichong, Li Mi, Dou Jiande and other rebels were separated, and their army was fierce Such as bandits, it was difficult for Jiangnan businessmen to reach the Great Sui territory safely, and they almost cut off contact with the Great Sui, so people in Jiangnan did not know that under the rule of the Great Sui, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of merchants entered the Great Sui through the Silk Road every year."

The strange pair of master and servant gasped, glanced at each other, and asked again: "The world has not yet been peaceful, so isn't Emperor Shengwu afraid of chaos caused by Hu merchants?"

"Who dares?"

Hu Shang shook his head and laughed: "In the past, there was no way. Some people couldn't survive, so they were forced to be horse thieves, and then they went to block the road and rob! Now everyone can use legitimate means to obtain money in an upright manner. Not only is there no risk, but also more. What a lot of money! This way you don’t have to bleed and die, what’s wrong with that?”

"Also, not to mention that everyone dare not fight against His Majesty Emperor Wu of the Great Sui War, even if you succeed once by chance, how much benefit will you get? We buy silk, porcelain, medicine, and tea from the Great Sui every year to sell in our hometown. Just one trip back and forth is enough for a family to squander their entire life. In this way, who is willing to risk their lives? Who is willing to struggle with money?"

"From Luoyang to the Western Regions, at least there are two thousand miles. Aren't you afraid of being robbed halfway?"

"We are not worried about the safety under the Great Sui Dynasty." The owner of the Hu merchant said eloquently: "There are certain risks in going out of the Great Sui Dynasty, but the Holy One united with the countries of the Western Regions to form a coalition army to protect the business road! This army is commanded by General Sui. In order to train this army’s combat capability, they usually go after horse thieves. Now on the Silk Road, the most dangerous job is horse thieves, who may die at any time. But for us , the real risk is sandstorm and blizzard”

"Silk Road Allied Forces?" This seemed to be the first time the master and servant had heard of it.

"That's right, there are 5 soldiers in the Silk Road coalition army, and the soldiers come from various countries! A few months ago, the Khan Murong Fuyun of Tuyuhun sent troops to pretend to be horse thieves and attacked dozens of caravans! The great sage Khan sent [-] Murong Fuyun paid a bloody price for the coalition forces to attack Tuyuhun. Not only the remnants of Xue Rengao and Xue Renyue affiliated to Tuyuhun were wiped out by the coalition forces, but also King Tianzhu and tens of thousands of troops directly under Tuyuhun were wiped out. Murong Fuyun He begged to surrender, compensated a lot of money, and offered Xue Renyue's head. This is also because the army was forced to withdraw due to a blizzard, otherwise, the country of Tuyuhun would no longer exist."

"Murong Fuyun was beaten again?"

"The victorious master only returned to Luoyang three days ago, and there has been a lot of rumors these days." Hu Shang looked at the other party suspiciously, and howled ghostly: "You don't even know about such a big event, my God! "

The master and servant escaped from the shop in a panic, it seemed that it was the first time for them to be despised by a barbarian for being so big.

"Brother, this is the first time I know that I am so ignorant. Let's go and take a look at the imperial capital under the rule of the saint Khan." After speaking, the patriarch walked around the market with great interest.

The commercial trade in Luoyang City is concentrated in the three markets of Nanshi, Xishi and Beishi in the city. Among them, Beishi and Nanshi are the main distribution centers for international commodities. Connected to the Grand Canal.Luoyang South Market is the largest commercial market in the Sui Dynasty. It covers an area of ​​two squares, just like the one-square North Market. Most of the products sold are luxury goods. There are many mansions and shops in the city. It is mainly used by princes and nobles, while Xishi sells ordinary tea, rice, oil and salt, mainly necessities of life.

"Hey!" The old servant shook his head. Sooner or later, something big would happen. He ordered the convoy to find a place to stay in Yifengfang, and he followed with a few young people helplessly.

The head of the family seemed to be in a very happy mood. He wandered around Luoyang City unsteadily, looking at other people's vegetables in the West Market and smelling whether the meat was fresh; Jade and so on.

He relished playing with all kinds of things, and he didn't care about the faces of other stall owners, as long as he was happy, it made the people behind him keep apologizing to him.

After strolling for more than two hours, I satisfactorily chose a shop facing the street as a resting place. While drinking a small wine and eating snacks, I watched the passing crowd, and occasionally heard the sound of cursing caused by bargaining, and followed laughing out loud.It made the old servant who was dedicated to his duty one head and two big.

At this moment, there was a sudden movement ahead, and the people around gave way to the streets on both sides.

The two looked at each other, and their expressions changed drastically!

But I saw an elite division galloping towards them, with a surge of evil spirit, not to mention people, even the horses pulling the carts nearby were frightened by the opponent's murderous spirit, and they kept barking incessantly.

"General! Since they entered the city, they have been asking questions all the time. I suspect they are the spies of the Pseudo-Wei!" The foreign boss stood up out of breath just now, and pointed at the strange pair of servants.

The two masters and servants looked at each other in shock. They did not expect that Yang Yu, Emperor Wu of the Holy Martial Arts, would have such a terrifying control over Luoyang. They had only been in the city for about two hours before they were targeted. They even said that they were targeted as soon as they entered the city. Because the one who led the team was the first Hu businessman they communicated with after entering the city.

A heroic general came out of the team and said coldly, "Who are you waiting for? Why do you keep asking about Luoyang's truth?"

The person who came was General Youwei, Duke Li Shen Guang. When he was in Yecheng, he was responsible for the defense of the whole city.Now that the Spring Festival is approaching, not only the kings and important ministers of various countries came to Luoyang, but also some hostile dark forces took the opportunity to sneak in, so Shen Guang, who is familiar with it, took up his post again. These days, he seized many hostile forces. When he heard that some people were very arrogant , Inquiring around in an open and aboveboard manner, he led his troops here curiously.He wants to see who this idiot is.

"It's me!" The eccentric patriarch stood up, grinning, showing a mouthful of white teeth, "Long time no see, Li Guogong. How are you?"

When Shen Guang saw the appearance of this bold and unqualified 'secret agent', his expression changed drastically, and he looked at the 'old servant' again, and suddenly stopped his rushing steps. Dropped a dog gnawing shit.

"Mr. Li, I know you are very excited to meet an old friend, but there is no need to perform such a great gift! When did the general of the Sui Dynasty become so spineless?" The 'Patriarch' looked at Shen Guang with a smile.

"I!"

Shen Guang who had just got up, his legs went limp one by one, and he knelt down again with a plop!

(End of this chapter)