Zhu Bai gave Duo'er only a special iron sign made by Guanya Bureau.
In the future, Duo'er can use this card to trade with the Hezhou Guanya Bureau and enjoy the best price if she only loses the knot.
Duo'er only lost her mind: "Where will your Highness's next stop be?"
Zhu Bai: "I want to go through Suzhou and have a look outside Jiayuguan Pass."
This kid really wants to die.
Duo'er just screamed in her heart, hesitated for a moment and said: "There is no guard station outside Jiayuguan Pass yet. Your Highness should not take risks."
Zhang Yu said: "No, Wei Chen also told His Highness the same thing."
In the fifth year of Hongwu, Feng Sheng led the army to clear the Hexi Corridor and build Suzhou. Suzhou was officially included in the Ming Dynasty.
Forty miles further northwest of Suzhou is Jiayuguan.
After leaving Jiayuguan, it is no longer the border of the Ming Dynasty.
The Hami Kingdom is dominated by the Huihui and Weiwuer (Uighur) people. The current monarch is Wuna Shili who established himself as the mighty king in the fifth year of Hongwu.
Because Lao Zhu had no intention of engaging in land transportation, as long as the people from the west did not come to plunder, kill, and set fire, he did not mind that the Hami Kingdom blocked his way to the west, and he did not care who would be the king of the Hami Kingdom.
Therefore, Feng Sheng drove the remnants of the Beiyuan army into the desert. Suzhou, which is closest to Jiayuguan, did not have a guard station. It only set up a Gansu guard station in Ganzhou between Suzhou and Xining.
Because the purpose of setting up a garrison was to station troops and pay military salaries, they felt that it was not worth it.
From the perspective of a modern man like Zhu Bai, it was a bit short-sighted for Lao Zhu to abandon the area west and north of Jiayuguan.
But judging from the situation of the Ming Dynasty at that time, there is actually nothing wrong with it.
What's the point of occupying useless land?
The Ming Dynasty has been fighting wars, and all money must be spent where it is most needed.
As long as there is a guard station, Zhang Yu and the others are not worried. If that doesn't work, they can also light up the smoke to summon people from the nearby guard station to help.
A place like the one outside Jiayuguan that neither side cares about is the tacit buffer zone between the Hami Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty, where all kinds of desperadoes gather.
Various ethnic groups and various forces are fighting for their own interests. Even the remnants of Beiyuan still harass them from time to time in order to survive.
When Zhu Bai left Jiayuguan, he was "licking blood on the tip of the knife and dancing with the sword on the cliff."
Just don't want your life.
Zhu Bai said: "Don't worry, I will be a businessman wherever I go. I will not reveal my identity."
Without going to Jiayuguan and opening up land transportation channels, the "Silk Road" and the "trade center" are just words on paper.
Duoer and Zhang Yu pursed their lips together after hearing this.
Duo'er was unfamiliar with Zhu Bai, and her official rank was not high, so it was difficult to persuade him.
Zhang Yu was too familiar with Zhu Bai and knew Zhu Bai's temperament, so he couldn't persuade him, so he stopped.
When Zhu Bai left, Duoer just lost his knot and personally sent Zhu Bai out of the city.
After all, I expect to live a good life with this child in the future.
Duo'er just lost her temper and watched Zhu Bai and his party disappear on the mountain road, murmuring: "This kid is much better than his brother from Xi'an in terms of courage, vision and personality."
Zhu Bai came out from Xining and traveled for three full days before arriving in Ganzhou.
Gansu Wei is much better than Zhu Bai imagined, at least better than Gong Changwei.
I think it’s because Ganzhou is located on the northeast side of the Qilian Mountains, with vast plains and flat terrain interspersed with oases, rivers, deserts, and Gobi, making it suitable for growing grain and grazing.
The commander of the Gansu Guard looked nervous when Zhu Bai and the others said they were going to the state: "Ah, your highness, think twice."
Everyone in the world today doesn't know how much Lao Zhu values Zhu Bai.
If something happens to Zhu Bai in Suzhou, there is no guarantee that Lao Zhu will not be blamed on him.
Zhu Bai comforted him: "Don't worry, sir, just keep it secret and tell everyone else that I have returned. Then ask people to pretend to be the king and go to the southeast. Make sure everyone believes it."
Commander: "Ah this..."
Zhu Bai took out the whistle and blew it, and then said: "A few days later, I will blow my whistle under the city. Three are long and two are short. Sir, please open the door for me and let us in."
Is this child too willful? Is this place also fun?
The commander held up his hands and said, "I dare not let your highness go west. Your highness, please spare me."
Zhu Bai said: "Oh, I am also going to do some business. I have no choice but to do so."
The commander asked: "Does the Emperor know?"
Zhu Bai nodded without hesitation: "I know."
Zhang Yu and Mao Xiang shouted in their hearts: "Don't listen to him. The emperor doesn't know."
The commander said: "Wei Chen should lead troops to protect him. But Wei Chen has his own responsibility..."
Zhu Bai nodded: "Although there is Jiayuguan, Jiayuguan can only block a small amount of cavalry. Gansu Guard is the westernmost heavy garrison point of our Ming Dynasty. It hangs deep into the northwest and is surrounded by enemies on three sides. Your lord has a heavy responsibility and cannot slack off in the slightest, let alone You can go AWOL.”
The three generals couldn't help but curse together: You all know that this is a risk, but you still don't listen to advice...
Mao Xiang still wanted to struggle to persuade Zhu Bai. After all, he was also Lao Zhu's last line of defense for Zhu Bai.
Zhu Bai took out the gold medal that said "I am here in person".
Lao Zhu's order to Mao Xiang was to protect Zhu Bai, and he did not say that he could disobey the gold medal.
He blatantly disrespected the gold medal and resisted the decree, and he was determined to kill him...
Following Zhu Bai, Zhu Bai may not necessarily be in danger, and he is not resisting the decree...
Mao Xiang could only salute: "I obey my orders."
Zhang Yu sighed: Alas, Lao Zhu wants to use the two shields of the military commander and the gold medal to protect Zhu Bai, or use them as spears to attack others at the same time. He probably didn't expect that Zhu Bai would turn one of them into a spear and attack the other.
Zhu Bai thrust the medal into the commander's hand and said, "It is not appropriate for me to carry this gold medal with me after I have left the city gate. Sir, the commander will save it for me first, and then return it to me when I come back." king."
Now he is the only one in the Ming Dynasty who has this gold medal. If he is caught and searched, no amount of explanations will be of any use.
The commander is like holding a hot potato, neither throwing it away nor holding it.
Zhu Bai turned around and asked the others: "Do you still have anything on the mountain that will reveal your identity? Take them all out now and give them to the commander for safekeeping."
Then Zhang Yu and the others began to search themselves.
Various cards were taken out and placed in the hands of the commander.
When the commander saw that this third-rank official and that fourth-rank official were all older than him, his hands began to shake even more.
Everyone stared at the pile of cards in the commander's hand with mixed emotions.
This pile is the only thing that can prove their identity.
To put it bluntly, these things are now handed over to the commander.
If they all died outside, they would become unknown corpses.
Friends and family may never know where they are.
Zhu Bai added: "Time is tight, we will leave the city tonight, pack lightly, only bring some dry food and a water bottle, and leave the other luggage here."
Zhu Bai and the others changed into the merchant's clothes, waited until nightfall, took advantage of the darkness from the northwest gate of Ganzhou City to leave the city, and headed west.
