Two days later. The grain transport team successfully arrived in Anyi County. There are a total of 200,000 shi of grain, and there are thousands of carriages alone, of course donkey carts and ox carts account for the majority.
Dong Zhuo was reluctant to send thousands more horses to Wei Cheng, even old horses and Hequ horses. The Hequ horse was also the main war horse breed of Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army. It was also called the Tuyuhun horse in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. As an excellent horse breed for light drafting and riding, it was suitable for pulling carriages and had a huge load capacity.
Of course, Hedong now uses Dayuan horses snatched from the Southern Xiongnu. As for the Hequ horses, they have been completely reduced to animal power. Even the city guards despise its short size.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo was worried that Wei Cheng would be greedy for his horse, which was really a villain's heart judging a gentleman's heart. At the gate of the city, three thousand members of the city guard were already standing ready. The stewards summoned from various satellite cities had already prepared abacus and account books, and human-powered wheelbarrows were waiting behind them.
Xu Ding sat on the high platform, flanked by several elders of the Wei family, as well as the Xie family, Cai family, Chen family and other aristocratic families that the Wei family had good relations with.
"Satellite City No. 1, please provide 18,000 dan of food."
"allow."
"Satellite City No. 2, please provide 15,400 shi of food."
"allow."
"No. 3..." The team responsible for transporting food in the satellite city entered the scene in an orderly manner, and under the joint gaze of all the accountants, they moved away the designated food.
After Xu Ding turned sideways and whispered a few words to Wei Min, Shi Shiran walked towards the waiting officers and soldiers of the Liangzhou Army.
"Everyone, everyone, Xu is polite." The leading soldier was Dong Zhuo's subordinate Qu Fan Chou. After Li Ru was injured, he could only be fully responsible for the handover of grain and grass.
"Fan Chou has met Governor Xu." Facing Xu Ding, Fan Chou did not dare to be rude and presumptuous. Especially after Li Ru broke his leg, his respect for the Wei family has risen several notches. Now Fan Chou just wants to complete the mission and return to Luoyang as soon as possible, for fear that he will be the next Li Ru.
Xu Ding already knew that Xu Huang had someone break Li Ru's leg, and now he wanted to give him a date after giving him a blow.
"General Fan, my young master has prepared hot baths for all the soldiers in Satellite City No. 2, as well as all kinds of fine wine and delicacies. I am afraid that this handover of food and grass will not be over for a while. Why don't you follow me and enjoy it? How do you like my Hedong style?" Fan Chou and the lieutenants behind him looked at each other in confusion, wondering what kind of trouble Wei was going to make.
Seeing this, Xu Ding laughed and said, "Generals, don't worry, my young master sincerely entertains you."
"Well, then it's better to be respectful than to obey orders." Fan Chou was helpless. Xu Ding mentioned Wei Cheng twice. If he refused again, he was afraid that he would really break his leg. Now the scene of Li Ru breaking his leg has become a psychological shadow for him. He still doesn't know what kind of artifact it was that broke Li Ru's leg.
"Da Shan, please come over here." Xu Ding extended his hand to signal, and everyone followed closely. When they reached a smooth road, Fan Chou and others' eyes lit up.
"This three-wheeled scooter... is quite interesting..." Xu Ding laughed and said, "This is a three-wheeled scooter unique to Hedong. My son calls it a three-wheeled rickshaw. There is one for each car and the seats are soft. It is comfortable, and there is an anti-shock mechanism under the frame, so it does not affect the comfort even when traveling on uneven roads." Having said so much, it is actually a tricycle modified from a rickshaw, except that one is pulled by manpower and the other is pulled by a bicycle. Front strap.
The streets of ancient cities were generally wide, and a typical trip would take several miles when going out for shopping. Ever since Wei Cheng introduced the bicycle, the way nobles of aristocratic families travel has changed from horse-drawn carriages to bicycles.
However, it is convenient for men to ride bicycles, but it is a bit indecent for women. Later, they simply let Wengtou and Jin Lao modify it, adding a rickshaw, leather sofa, and spring shock absorbers behind the bicycle. Once launched, it caused a huge response in the circle of ladies.
Today I specially pulled him here, mainly to show off his muscles. I just want people in Luoyang to see that life in your so-called capital city is not as comfortable as ordinary people in Hedong like me.
Of course, just a few rickshaws are not enough to show the power of Hedong. On the way, Fan Chou and others saw not only the hard-working farmers, but also acres and acres of vegetable greenhouses.
What surprised them most was that the farmers were carrying green vegetables out of the greenhouses.
Fan Chou was not a rough guy who didn't distinguish between grains. He knew that it was impossible to grow green vegetables in this season, so he asked the city guard who was riding in front of him.
This team member has long been told what to say and what not to say. At this time, when Fan Chou mentioned the vegetable greenhouse, he started talking. After a few words, Fan Chou was eye-opening.
"It's amazing. You can grow vegetables even in the dead of winter, and the quality is pretty good. It's not like our hometown, where the vegetable leaves in the fields are full of insect-bitten holes." Several lieutenants were also whispering to each other. .
The voice fell on Fan Chou's ears, and Fan Chou instantly had an idea... If he moved this method of growing vegetable greenhouses to Luoyang, wouldn't he make a lot of money?
Indifferently, he can't keep this wealth, but Dong Zhuo can! Fan Chou wondered in his heart how he could get the method of growing vegetables in a greenhouse.
At this time, everyone passed by a river beach, which was actually a canal connected to the moat. It was only built very wide for the purpose of irrigating farmland, and it looked like a small river.
"Hey, where is this brother?" Fan Chou asked curiously when he saw many people gathered on the river beach.
The city guard on the bicycle looked back and said with a smile: "That was a poetry club activity organized by some young men from aristocratic families. Today is a day of rest, so I guess they are reciting poems again. General, go to Look south, there are many people practicing the art of painting over there." Fan Chou was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the pedestrians on both sides of the canal.
There are also many canals and rivers outside the city of Luoyang, but now they have been occupied by garbage and carrion. The city is in chaos, and the outside of the city is even more chaotic. Not to mention that spring plowing is about to begin, all the farmers and tenant farmers in Luoyang have already disappeared. It is those ditches, Where can such a scene exist?
At this time, they happened to pass a wooden bridge. Fan Chou lowered his head and looked down at the ditch under the wooden bridge... He saw the winding water, fish could be clearly seen in the water, and a little rabbit lay on the mossy green stone with his head lowered to drink water. It scares the tourists on the bank of the river.
Seeing tourists passing by on the bridge, young men who were drinking and writing poems on the shore waved to them enthusiastically. Some people also sang songs to welcome friends from afar, which attracted everyone to cheer up.
Fan Chou frowned slightly, and said to himself longingly: "What a group of people singing and dancing, peaceful and peaceful... No wonder so many people are overcrowding and want to move to the east of the river." The city guard who took him on a bicycle He moved his ears and couldn't help but smile.
He knew that most of the group of young men who looked like young men from aristocratic families were members of the city guard, and only a few of them were young men called by the Wei family, the Xie family, the Cai family, etc., just to put on such a show. play.
Now it seems that the effect is good! When they arrived at the satellite city, there were even bigger surprises waiting for Fan Chou and the others, so I won’t go into details one by one.
