Yinguan City.
On the first day of going to Xianyang, since the carriage could not travel as fast as the war horses, Bai Yan ordered to go to Yinguan City before sunset.
Yinguan City is a city located to the west of Yanmen, relatively close to the Yunzhong Mountains.
Because the cavalry informed them in advance, when the carriage arrived at Yinguan City, the city guard and other officials were already waiting at the city gate.
The city guard of Yin Guan City is named Fang Weng. He is in his forties and is quite famous in Yin Guan City.
The city captain was the Yisheng whom he had met before, the young man who couldn't stand the injustice in the world.
In the past, Yisheng had no power and was targeted everywhere. After investigating the robbery and trafficking incident, Yisheng performed meritorious service, and was subsequently transferred to Yinguan City as a city captain, responsible for the security of the city and the surrounding villages, and gained real power.
After the carriage stopped.
Bai Yan got off the carriage and looked at Yisheng and the city guard who were greeting each other. Bai Yan quickly returned the greeting.
Although his authority was greater than that of Fang Weng, the city guard was directly under the Qin court and was appointed and dismissed by the court.
As the city guard, Fang Weng was able to come to the city gate to greet him in person, which was a great honor for Bai Yan.
"Fang Weng, meet the county captain!"
"Yisheng, meet the county captain!"
While Fang Weng was talking, Yisheng also looked at Bai Yan.
After seeing each other again after months of separation, no one was more emotional than Yi Sheng. Seeing that Yanmen County was once again full of vitality, Yi Sheng was not only happy for himself that he had not seen the wrong person, but also for the people of Yanmen.
Only by personally experiencing what happened to Yanmen can we understand how valuable it is for Yanmen to be in the situation it is today.
"Bai Yan, I've met you two!"
While Bai Yan was speaking, he also vaguely heard movement from the carriage not far behind him.
After the ceremony, Bai Yan turned back and looked at Jing Ke and others who had just stepped off the Yan Kingdom carriage.
He turned to look at the house.
"This time, I'd like to trouble the Fangcheng Keeper to settle down Yan Envoy!"
Bai Yan raised his hands to Fang Weng and said.
Although Bai Yan knew that the purpose of Jing Ke's trip was to assassinate Ying Zheng, he still couldn't get around that premise.
Before Jing Ke took action, he was still the envoy of the Yan State, but he was still the envoy of Yan with the map of Dukang and the head of Fan Yuqi.
For Qin, Jing Ke is not only a distinguished guest, he must be treated with courtesy, and he must also be shown to the world that if others come to Qin with sincerity, Qin will not neglect to envoy him.
"Don't worry, Lieutenant, Weng, we have prepared a place to stay in the city!"
Fang Weng raised his hand in greeting to Bai Yan.
While Bai Yan and Fang Weng were talking, Jing Ke and others also followed the carriage and slowly came forward from behind.
Under Bai Yan's introduction, Fang Weng arranged the ceremony with Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang one by one.
When they saw Fang Weng, neither Jing Ke nor Qin Wuyang recognized him, and they didn't pay much attention to him, so they slowly raised their hands and simply returned the salute.
In Yinguan City.
The group of people followed the house owner to a large mansion.
Along the way, Fang Weng and Yisheng walked beside Bai Yan, leading the way while informing Bai Yan of the current situation in Yin Guan City.
Jing Ke, who was wearing the official uniform of Yan State, and Qin Wuyang followed behind, listening with emotion on their faces.
Although I don't know who is better between him and Qin Wuyang in terms of martial arts compared with Bai Yan, but in terms of martial arts, neither he nor Qin Wuyang is as good as the young Bai Yan.
From experiencing natural and man-made disasters, the people were in dire straits and people were eating each other, to now the people are recuperating and recuperating.
Jing Ke, who passed by Daidi, saw with his own eyes the difference between other places and Yanmen.
After a while.
Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang were taken to two rooms close to each other.
Watching Bai Yan and his party leave, Qin Wuyang looked around the room and then came to Jingke's room.
"Jing Qing!"
After Qin Wuyang entered the room, he saluted Jing Ke.
In the Yan State, Gongzi Dan always respected Jing Ke as the top minister. Therefore, in terms of status, although Qin Wuyang was the grandson of the general Qin Kai of the Yan State, he was still inferior to Jing Ke, let alone Jing Ke as the leader on this trip.
"What's the matter?"
Jing Ke looked at Qin Wuyang's unhappy look and couldn't help but asked with a curious smile.
Under Jing Ke's gaze, Qin Wuyang deliberately mentioned that when he was in Shanwu City in the morning, he saw Bai Yan traveling with his beautiful concubine.
"Bai Yan brings his beautiful concubine?"
Jing Ke was a little surprised, but he didn't notice.
As he listened and looked at Qin Wuyang's evasive eyes, Jing Ke immediately knew that Qin Wuyang was too bored and wanted to have fun.
But now, Jing Ke is worried that something might happen if Qin Wuyang, who is very competitive, leaves.
"No matter what happens to Bai Yan, we should still find a way to find an opportunity to try out Bai Yan's skills during this trip."
Jing Ke deliberately changed the subject and said.
Jing Ke also thought about many things along the way, and the most worrying thing was that he didn't know Bai Yan's martial arts, and he didn't know whether he could successfully kill Bai Yan when Qin Wuyang went to assassinate Ying Zheng in the palace of Xianyang in the future. .
"good!"
Qin Wuyang nodded when he heard Jing Ke's words.
Looking at Jing Ke, Qin Wuyang did not succeed, and naturally knew that Jing Ke deliberately changed the topic.
Qin Wuyang also felt a little uncomfortable.
When he was in the Yan Kingdom, Prince Dan not only regarded Jing Ke as his high minister, but also went to greet him every day, provided Jing Ke with delicacies from the mountains and seas, sumptuous banquets, prepared rare treasures, and presented chariots, horses, and beauties to Jing Ke as he pleased.
He asked Jing Ke about this on the way, and Jing Ke bluntly admitted that it was true.
Now Jing Ke naturally doesn't think about anything.
Fortunately, Jing Ke's proposal also made Qin Wuyang vaguely feel motivated to win.
Thinking of Bai Yan, Qin Wuyang also longed to see Bai Yan defeated in front of him and admit that he was inferior to him.
........
late at night.
Outside the study of a mansion in Yin Guan City, Bai Yan was standing in the corridor in the night, with candlelight coming from the study behind him.
After a while.
A figure walked slowly from a distance.
"The lieutenant is looking for me?"
Yisheng walked lightly to Bai Yan's side and saluted Bai Yan.
Bai Yan turned his head and looked at Yisheng.
"How about coming here?"
Bai Yan asked.
Yisheng was a little surprised when he heard Bai Yan's inquiry. After all, he didn't expect Bai Yan to take the initiative to care about him.
"Yusheng is in Yin Guan City, everything is fine!"
Yi Sheng said to Bai Yan.
Bai Yan turned his head and looked at the night outside the window.
"That's good. When we were investigating the robbery, I went with you..."
Looking at the sky, Bai Yan mentioned the investigation of robbery and trafficking as if reminiscing about the past. Thinking of the pressure at that time and knowing the consequences he faced, his heart was filled with sadness.
At that time, I never thought that I could get through it so smoothly.
"The people of Yanmen should all be grateful to the county captain!"
Yisheng stood aside and listened, following Bai Yan's words, recalling the original investigation into the robbery.
At this moment, Yi Sheng also had a look of emotion on his face.
He was one of the few people who knew what happened, and he could best understand the pressure the lieutenant in front of him was under at that time.
Back then, he heard with his own ears that the names of Qin officials were revealed, and saw with his own eyes that the generals of the Qin army were detained and kneeled on the ground. Who could imagine the pressure Bai Yan felt at that time.
finally.
Bai Yan ordered everyone to be executed.
When he heard that order, even though it had been a long time ago, Yisheng still clearly remembered that he was shocked and couldn't believe it at that time.
All Qin officials and Qin army generals involved were executed without exception.
This was something that Yisheng had never dared to imagine.
"If the general hadn't made the decision for the people of Yanmen in the past and ordered his troops to open canals, how could things be like this in Yanmen now."
Yisheng stood next to Bai Yan, looking outside the eaves, and turned to look at Bai Yan with reverence.
Down the corridor.
After chatting for a long time, the atmosphere was full of melancholy.
"Yisheng, how much do you know about the city guard?"
Bai Yan suddenly asked, and also revealed the purpose of asking Yisheng to come here.
Yi Sheng was a little confused when he heard Bai Yan's words and fell into deep thought.
"What does the county lieutenant mean?"
Yisheng looked at Bai Yan.
"Help me keep an eye on the landlord secretly, especially the people he contacts in private."
Bai Yan turned his head and looked at Yisheng.
Yinguan City is close to the Yunzhong Mountains. If Guo Zong wants to send iron ore from Yunzhong to the Huns in the north, there may be someone secretly helping him.
The geographical location of Yinguan City is very special. Before Zhao Qiu found out the information, Bai Yan was not sure.
He happened to be passing through Yinguan City and saw Yisheng, so Bai Yan wanted Yisheng to help him pay attention.
Bai Yan still trusted Yisheng.
After all, Yisheng was involved in the robbery and sale, and he did not tell Yisheng the purpose at this time, but just asked him to help keep an eye on the landlord.
"promise!"
When Yi Sheng heard Bai Yan's words, although he was puzzled, he nodded without hesitation.
"By the way, general, I heard that the general asked the frontier cavalry to go north?"
When Yi Sheng saw Bai Yan turning his head to look at the dark starry sky, he thought for a while and asked the question in his heart.
Although Yisheng did not lead the troops, he also knew that since the Huns had returned Yanmen women to Yanmen before, they had already surrendered.
Why did Bai Yan send troops north?
After all, once there is a real fight with the Xiongnu, the gains outweigh the losses. It is better to focus on annexing the land.
"I want to expand the territory further north!"
Bai Yan did not hide anything from Yisheng.
"Expand territory?"
When Yisheng heard Bai Yan's words, his brows furrowed even more. He wanted to persuade Bai Yan and express his own point of view.
Never thought about it.
Suddenly, Bai Yan turned his head and looked at him.
"Have you ever seen dirt that can be exchanged for money?"
Bai Yan suddenly smiled and said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yan saw Yisheng's look of astonishment, and then he shook his head with a ridiculous look on his face.
"Exchanging soil for money? Are you kidding me, Lieutenant?"
Yisheng said dumbfounded.
In Yisheng's eyes, how could soil be exchanged for money? It was neither a city nor a country.
in the corridor.
Bai Yan looked at Yi Sheng's disbelief and didn't explain much.
The so-called exchange of soil for money is not a joke. Bai Yan knows very well that to the north of the Yunzhong Mountains is the Hetao. The Hetao area is full of fertile land, with fertile soil and rich water and grass. It is the most important horse breeding farm for the Xiongnu.
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In later generations, those black soils were also called black soils.
In today's world, all farming is done on cultivated fields. What is reclamation? Between mountains, rivers, flatlands, and wilderness.
Therefore, there is not enough horse dung and cow dung as fertilizer, and the fields cultivated by the people actually receive very little food. Generally, those that have been passed down for hundreds of years, or next to the Zhuhe River, are fine, but if they are cultivated in those fields for less than a few years, The harvest from the fields was so pitiful that people could even starve to death.
But the black land in Hetao is a place that cannot even be compared with horse dung and cow dung for fertilization.
There are too many explanations for these right now, and Yisheng doesn't understand them either.
Only when it is actually taken from the Xiongnu in the future, Yisheng will know.
