Lord Moyu was forced to open

The heavy snow came and went quickly. After a whole day and night, the heavy snow finally stopped temporarily.

At this time, the ground had already been covered with a thick layer, directly submerged to the calf of the person.

Early in the morning, just after dawn, the snow sweeping teams from various streets began to clean up the snow in the city in an orderly manner under the organization of the Yamen.

There are hard-working people everywhere pushing small carts to transport snow to designated places outside the city one after another.

But in the morning, the snow on the streets of Yunzhou City, which was already covered with snow, was cleaned up by the people.

Only the white "thick quilt" on the roof and branches still proves that it has snowed not long ago.

And at the last post station less than ten miles away from Yunzhou City, Zhao Duan and his party, who had slept for a day and a night, saw that it was finally snowing, and they immediately set off on the road.

No one knows when the next snowfall will come, and it is reasonable to leave as soon as the snow stops, and they are not far from Yunzhou City now, maybe they can reach Yunzhou City when the next snowfall arrives.

Maybe it was God's favor, and it didn't snow again for a whole day.

This made Zhao Duan and his party heaving a sigh of relief.

They have already experienced the difficulty of advancing against the wind and snow, and they don't want to do it again.

Even so, they dare not delay.

The person was on the way just after lunch at noon, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, the group finally arrived at Yunzhou City!

Looking at the majestic city in front of him, its height and thickness are no worse than that of Bianjing City.

Zhao Duan and the others finally understood what it meant in the merchant's words that the prosperity here is not worse than that of Bianjing?
In a place like Yunzhou County, a huge city no less than Bianjing City has been built. The difficulty and the amount of materials and money that need to be consumed are huge. Just thinking about it is enough to make people feel dizzy. numb.

But now, he did appear again.

This huge city is amazing, the city wall is nearly ten feet high!
Ten feet!What is this concept?
The city of Bianjing is not so high, and it cannot be repaired that high at all. It is not a problem of consumables, but a technical problem of construction.

I don't know how Yunzhou City solved this problem.

What Zhao Duan didn't know was that since the appearance of cement in Yunzhou County, the appearance of reinforced concrete buildings has become a matter of course.

With this technique, Zhao Jun can build it with confidence, not to mention ten feet, even twenty, thirty feet.

It's just not necessary.

After recovering from the shock of the city wall, Zhao Duan and his entourage followed the crowd into the city one after another.

That's right, the crowd.

There were so many people around that Zhao Duan felt as if he had returned to Bianjing City. There were Tatars and Song people who entered and exited the city gate. What surprised him even more was that there were some people with swarthy heads wrapped in turbans. into town.

One can tell at a glance that these swarthy people are the subordinates of the person in front, Zhao Duan has never seen such a person before, so he can't help but look a little more curiously.

At this time, a merchant behind saw him like this, and immediately smiled and said, "Brother, what's the matter? Are you interested in these savages?"

"Savage?"

Zhao Duan turned his head in doubt.

The man nodded and explained: "According to the Yunzhou County government, these are all savages in the Yunling Mountains. The Yunzhou County government will regularly go to the mountains to capture them, and then bring them out and sell them to those who are willing to buy them in the city. It is said that these It is also a source of income for the Yunzhou County Yamen."

This businessman talked eloquently, but he himself was just hearsay, he only came half a month earlier than Zhao Duan, and at this moment he spoke out out of his character of being a teacher.

All they know is what the Yunzhou County government wants people to know.

"Are these all slaves?"

Zhao Duan was surprised, he knew that Da Song banned slaves.

The merchant didn't care and said: "It's not Song people, just a bunch of savages. Giving them a chance to be slaves is to educate them and it's for their own good!"

It can also be seen from his attitude that he is not at all disgusted with using savages as slaves, but thinks it is normal.

"Savage?"

Zhao Duan looked thoughtfully at the so-called savages who were babbling and couldn't understand.

They don't dress like savages, they have obvious exotic styles, but they are said to be savages.

It seems that the sixth child in my family still has a lot of things to hide from me.

But as long as you are not from the Song Dynasty, it doesn't matter if you are a slave.

Thinking this way, the team finally had their turn to enter the city.

Cao Shuang got ready early and took out one ingot of one tael of silver.

In his mind, so much money should be enough for their party to enter the city.

But what surprised him was that when he saw him take out the silver, the soldiers guarding the city began to look at him with vigilant eyes, and as soon as they waved their hands, several people stepped forward and aimed their weapons at them.

Cao Shuang's claws were numb immediately, and Zhao Duan frowned behind him, looking at the situation in front of him and wondering what he was thinking.

At this time, the first defender of the city shouted at Cao Shuang with a crossbow: "You want to bribe me? Tell me! What contraband are you bringing into the city!"

"Contraband?"

Now Cao Shuang was even more confused. He originally thought that the other party thought he didn't give enough money and wanted to blackmail them, but he didn't expect it to be regarded as a bribe.

Quickly explained: "There are no contraband, I am paying the city entry tax!"

"City tax?"

The soldier on the opposite side was stunned, and his serious expression had slowed down a lot just now, but he didn't put down the weapon in his hand, but gestured to the side.

Immediately, someone stepped forward with vigilance to check the horses and horses in Zhao Duan's line.

After a long time, the man's expression relaxed, and he turned his head and nodded at the guard at the beginning. After the guard waved his hand, everyone put down their weapons.

The guard said to Cao Shuang: "Okay, it's the first time you have come to our Yunzhou City, we don't collect city tax here, and no one dares to collect your money.

You only need to be honest and do your duty when entering the city. In addition, private weapons are strictly prohibited from entering the city.

After entering the city, you'd better be honest. If you encounter any problems, you can go to Xunjie Wuhou to solve them. If you dare to fight privately, no matter who starts the fight, as long as you fight with him, you will have to eat the prison food of the yamen for a few days . "

After speaking, the guard waved his hand, and the guard behind him immediately gave way to the passage into the city.

Cao Shuang returned to the carriage, looked at Zhao Duan and nodded, and the carriage drove slowly into Immediate City.

When the carriage passed by the guard, Zhao Duan lifted the curtain and stared at the guards who were meticulously checking the people entering the city for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.

Once... At the beginning of the founding of the country, the group of soldiers of the Song Dynasty who were full of yearning for peace also performed their duties so scrupulously.

Today, soldiers like this in Song Dynasty have become legends.

Unexpectedly, at Lao Liu's place, he actually saw it.

How did he do that?
Zhao Duan was very curious about this.

At the same time, for some reason, a trace of pride rose in my heart.

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(End of this chapter)