open sea

Chapter 485 Human Heart
The Shenhu Pass is said to be a pass, but it is far less majestic than the common city passes between Sichuan and Guizhou. In fact, it is just a wall set up on the path between two mountains, but it is dangerous enough.

The mountain on the left is called Da Niang Mountain, and the mountain on the right is called Er Niang Mountain. The two mountains are as tall as a thousand feet, and between these two mountains is the gate of the gods. The narrowest mountain road can only allow one person and one horse to pass through. Yang Yinglong came to move the defense, rather he asked him to bring craftsmen from Bozhou to build the pass.

For the first time in his life, Yang Yinglong, who moved to the Shenhu Pass, came up with an idea.

This idea suddenly flashed in his mind, and then he couldn't get it out no matter what, making him think about it again and again, even though the idea was so absurd that he dared not tell others.

The Bozhou Army often hears from the guard Guan Junbing that their consolation envoy looks at the cloud sea below the mountain at dusk and thinks about how to defeat the enemy. He is very famous.

No one knew that the little chieftain didn't have any fucking plans to defeat the enemy at all in his mind.

Even if black is white, Yang Yinglong doesn't believe that the Burmese guy with the same name as himself can lead troops to kill Shenhu Pass. He is thinking about something more important and absurd.

There are rules everywhere in the world, and there are countless of them: If people want to live, they have to eat; if Bozhou craftsmen want to live, they have to wear out their straw sandals;

That's the problem - he doesn't want to be a toast anymore.

Of course, he is not noble, and he still hasn't learned empathy. Even if he doesn't want to be a chieftain, the craftsmen of Bozhou who built Shenhuguan would wear out three pairs of straw sandals every day, but he agrees with what Chen Mu said in Xiangshan.

"If you send the craftsmen from Bozhou to Nanyangwei, they will not want to go back; if I send the craftsmen from Nanyangwei to Bozhou, they will definitely come back."

Yang Yinglong gradually realized that he was bound by the rules of the world. The emperor shines on everything like the sun, the chieftain breeds everything like the earth, and the barbarians under his rule grow like rice. After finishing the calculation, he had to use a hoe to hit the toast hard a few times.

People are used to this kind of operation process, and everyone is used to this way of life, so they will not feel that there is a problem, unless one day encounters a completely different contrast—for example, a craftsman from Bozhou meets Chen Mu, or Yang Yinglong meets because He has a brother-in-law who takes a high look at the governor of Yunnan.

Is it possible to let him go back and be a toast with peace of mind after being treated as a normal official?

But there is really no one around him who can talk about this matter, so he can only supervise and rule the craftsmen to climb up the two mountains carrying raw cement materials day after day, watching the sea of ​​clouds that is close at hand.

Such days lasted for half a month, until one day in early July, the Bozhou Army sent an order saying that Luo Rufang, the deputy envoy of Yunnan, was visiting and resting on the mountainside.

"The old man is over sixty years old. Isn't it full to climb a thousand-ren high mountain?"

While complaining, Yang Yinglong assigned his tall and strong subordinates to go down with him to carry the old man up, but Luo Rufang was not happy about going down the mountain, so he insisted on climbing by himself.

"The deputy envoy has something to send someone to let me know, why bother to climb the mountain in person?"

When Luo Rufang went up the mountain, she withdrew her entourage and walked on the almost barren mountain road between the two mountains, holding a handful of raw materials in the palm of her hand, and touching the uncured concrete city wall, admiring herself.

Yang Yinglong had no choice but to follow step by step no matter how annoying he was.

"Actually, I came here for no other reason than to see you, General Yang, and to ask you for advice."

"My lord is just joking. Yang is just a chieftain, how can he have any high opinion in front of adults." Yang Yinglong said that this lord is an elder, although he feels that when he is old, he should cause less trouble to others. But the words still need to be respected, and he cupped his hands and said: "If there is anything that can help the lord, I will be most happy."

Seeing that Luo Rufang was about to speak, Yang Yinglong waved his hand, and from behind the mountain path, attendants brought chairs, tables and tables, and trotted to offer hot tea and pastries.

Even if he sent troops to release horses, Yang Yinglong's servants still carried a three-horse cart full of personal belongings. When he went up the mountain, those things had to go up the mountain; when he wanted to entertain guests, those things could come out with a wave of his hand.

As for how those things went up the mountain and how to follow behind him, it was not within the chieftain's consideration.

"My lord, please sit down."

Luo Rufang can't understand this kind of behavior that treats people like animals, but he didn't come here today for this. He asked: "I don't know something. I am also a consolation envoy. How does General Yang feel about this Burma Consolation Commissioner Conquering those who have three propagandas and six consolations, is really like what Dao Lelin and other consolation envoys said, that he wants to rebel against the court and cause a catastrophe?"

Yang Yinglong was stunned for a moment, put down the pastry after he got it, took a sip of tea and organized his words in his heart before saying, "Actually, I don't know what Mang Yinglong thinks, it's all thanks to the Nanyang Army Commander Chen Dudu's instruction, he and Liu Dudu Everyone thinks that Mang Yinglong has a big objection, and he wants to build a country with three propaganda and six comforts."

In fact, the imperial court did not allow Liu Xian to go to war with Myanmar in the southwest. The Ministry of War and the cabinet only approved the war against Annan, because Annan's benefits can be seen by others, and the communication channel opened up overseas and Yunnan.

The most obvious thing is that in the future, Yunnan can transport large timber, beautiful jade and precious stones from overseas to the capital or northern Xinjiang by river. Not to mention saving time, the key is to reduce the collection of corvee—Chen Mu does not need corvee to transport things.

"From my point of view, Mang Yinglong has the ambition to build a nation by breaking the ground. If he wants to rebel and attack Yunnan, he may not have the courage to do so at the beginning."

Luo Rufang frowned, grasped the key point in Yang Yinglong's words, and asked, "At first?"

Yang Yinglong always had to use his brain when talking to Luo Rufang, and he took longer to think and answer. He thought for a while and said, "Yes, at the beginning, when he captured the Xuanwei Division around Myanmar, he didn't dare to have the idea of ​​rebelling against the court. If that When the time comes to raise troops to fight against him, it only takes a fleet of Nanyang military government to bombard his sea defenses, and he will not dare to cause trouble for the rest of his life."

"The imperial court doesn't care about it. As his power grows stronger, he will conquer Siam and subdue Longchuan and Mengyang, and will border Yunnan. At this time, he has no idea of ​​looting Yunnan. I don't believe it."

"The old man knows."

Luo Rufang nodded silently, with deep worry in her eyes, and said: "I sent soldiers to do the job, pretending to be civilians and merchants to go out to investigate the situation. How does Nanyang Chen Shuai think about this matter? After a few years During this time, he was good at governing barbarians overseas, did he say anything to General Yang?"

"Influence, Dudu Chen mentioned this. He said that all the chieftains around were watching what the court did to a chieftain. I think Dudu Chen's words are appropriate for the current situation."

"If Meng Yang is attacked by reckless thieves and the court sends troops to help, the other chieftains will follow suit; if Meng Yang is attacked and the court does not help, he will also lose the hearts of other chieftains. It’s hard to get others to follow you.”

(End of this chapter)