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Chapter 25 Flood Control Han Official Named Jia Lu (seeking tickets and investment)
ancient road.

west wind.

skinny horse.

A monk and a monk rode slowly on the official road.

Because of the new emperor of Yuan Dynasty, Mingzong's eldest son Tuohuan Timur is about to ascend the throne, which is a major event in East Asia.

From Chagatai Khanate, Golden Horde, Ilkhanate, Annan, Burma, even Luzon and Java, and then to Koryo, it is necessary to send envoys to inform, such as Chagatai Khanate, Golden Horde, Goryeo and other countries also need to send envoys to congratulate and watch the ceremony.

After the death of Emperor Kublai Khan in the Great Yuan Dynasty, although there were seven or eight emperors changed in more than 30 years, all of them were short-lived.

But the sense of ceremony of the great emperor's ascension to the throne has not diminished in the slightest.

Even, because several emperors usurped the throne and seized power, they valued the "righteousness" of enthronement more than the Han people. In addition, neighboring countries could use this to pay tribute, so there were endless caravans on official roads.

Wearing black robes and riding camels, Chagatai merchants slowed down with goods pulled by horse-drawn carts and ox carts.There is a caravan of the Ilkhan Kingdom of Kunlun slaves beside them, leading camels and horses, yelling three or five times.

There are also tall, blond white-eyed Slavic white serfs from the distant Golden Horde Khanate, pulling oxen and horses, and carrying the Mongolian lord and the elder of the Nestorian Cross Temple in the tent on their way.

The Tubo monk and lama from Xuanzhengyuan sat on the small roof of the shoulder, with three-flower Buddha banners hanging on his head, and several strong Tubo Buddhist slaves below walked in the middle of the avenue with their shoulders on their shoulders. The status of the Tubo monk was very high, so the businessmen from Chagatai and Yilkhanate had to give way to the Tubo monk.

Chen Sijiu and Peng Yingyu were no exception.

These lamas are the heads of Buddhas in various temples in Tubo, and their status is respected. They need to have Buddha names and banners when traveling. Even in Shangdu, they still do not lose their style when they were in Tubo.

Peng Yingyu stared at the monk and lama, scratched her crotch and said, "I don't know why, seeing the monk and lama domineering makes me feel uncomfortable."

However, Chen Sijiu shook his head and said: "Buddhas also have good Buddhas. Tibetan Tantric Buddhism is different from my Middle-earth Buddhism. The Middle-earth Buddhism still does not teach the precept of keeping money, but look at the monks and lamas in Dadu and Shangdu. Marry a wife and have children, keep slaves and raise prostitutes, how can there be any appearance of Buddhism."

Peng Yingyu pursed her lips and retorted: "I said Master, isn't your Taoism the same? I remember that before Quanzhen Taoism, there were thousands of hectares of fertile land."

Chen Sijiu shook his head again.

"I see the Buddha, the Buddha sees me, I hear the Tao, and the Tao hears me."

After speaking, he pulled the rein of the horse, rubbed the black dirt on his chest like Peng Yingyu, looked forward and said: "Our master said that in the Tang Dynasty, the Qinghai-Tibet grassland was full of water and grass, so Tubo was strong for a hundred years, and Chang'an fell three times when the national fortune was at its peak. , and the prairie was favored by fate, with abundant rainfall and flocks of cattle and sheep, so Genghis Khan ruled the world."

"But Hu Wudao, Han Bichang, looking at the past and present, Hu Wu has no luck for a hundred years, you don't have to be so depressed, we teach you the sword technique, you should practice it, and when your body is stronger, you can swing the knife five hundred times a day. Take a lot of time to recruit disciples, foreign monks and Semu people, and you don’t do all the bad things the Mongols do. If you do more good things, you will soon be able to challenge the injustice in this world.”

Peng Yingyu pursed her lips and said, "That's true."

He glanced at Chen Sijiu's arm, and asked: "Master, how is your arm? If it gets better, teach me how to hold a knife quickly. When I can hold a 35-jin Mo knife as heavy as yours, Master!" , if there are fan monks and semu people who bully me, I will tell him to try the knife in his hand!"

Chen Sijiu touched his arm, and the wound on his arm gradually healed.

"Don't worry, our arms will be fine again one day."

Before I knew it, I was walking on the grassland for another day.

In fact, Kaiping is from here to above. If you ride a few horses and transfer quickly, you can reach it in two days, but the difficulty is that many of Haizi and Naoer along the way are salt seas and lack water.

People can survive without water, but if livestock and horses do not drink water, they will run away to death.

Chen Sijiu was riding on a horse, still grazing while walking with the horse under his crotch. According to the master, Dayuan at this time belonged to one of the periods when aquatic plants were most abundant. Looking at it, the amount of precipitation in the grassland at this time is extremely rare for a hundred years before and after.

Although it also brought flood disasters, and too much water and grass led to the rampant plague of chinchillas and blue rats, but at this time the Mobei Prairie was indeed flocked with cattle and sheep, and the population was thriving.

On the grassland not far away, there are station households of the Great Yuan Dynasty grazing cattle and sheep. They are all from the Red Army of the Great Yuan Emperor's Ma Ma, and they are responsible for guarding the safety of the official road.

A horse scouting red army came galloping on horseback. He was a typical Mongolian stationer. He was wearing a shiny black leather robe, a hat, and leather boots on his lower body. Looking at the belt around his waist, he seemed to be of a high class. The Yi Cheng.

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Most of the Mongolian horse-hunting Red Army are proficient in riding horses. They run wildly, but they can pull the reins to stop in two steps. Immediately, the Mongolian postman narrowed his eyes and glanced at Chen Sijiu and Peng Yingyu, wondering how a Taoist priest could get involved with a monk. together.

"You two Han people, come with me!"

As soon as he came over, he gave orders directly, pointed the horsewhip in his hand ahead and said: "There is a carriage of the Grand Master stuck in a mud puddle and unable to move, you go over and help push the cart!"

Peng Yingyu learned knife skills from Chen Sijiu yesterday, and today she felt a little swollen, and was about to refute, but Chen Sijiu smiled and asked, "Master Yi Cheng, may I ask where the post station is? If we help push the cart, Can I have some food and drink?"

"Huh!" Mongolian Post Cheng snorted coldly, and said in a low voice, "Do you have any money?"

Chen Sijiu took out a copper coin from his bosom, and stuffed it into the hands of the Mongolian postmaster.

Seeing money, who doesn't like it, the Mongolian postman immediately changed his face, full of smiles, the posthouses in Dayuan are very difficult, station horses, cattle and sheep, as well as supplies and food for officials and officials all over the country It needs to be handled by the post station. Many officials are greedy, and the station horses at the post station are better, so they ride away directly.

The postman was humble and did not dare to ask for it.

However, the lost station horses need to be supplemented by Yicheng himself.

It’s okay to raise horses in this Mobei grassland. In the Central Plains, Henan, Hebei and other places, post stations have fixed quotas for raising station horses. Many Mongolian and Semu officials, and even Tubo monks from Xuanzheng Yuan, deliberately greedy Mo post station horses for their followers when passing by. Multiplication is called "drifting".

When Kublai Khan was in his later years, the Red Army who explored horses in post stations all over the Central Plains basically became poor people. Many of them were from their own Mongolian tribes, and they suddenly became poor peasants.

Moreover, the post station has to manage the board and lodging of officials coming and going, especially the diet. Mutton is always available, and the daily supply of meat is needed. Even the post stations that mostly go to Shangdu are not living like dogs at this time, and owe a share to the Lama Temple Not to mention fart debts, but also owed Semu Huihui a butt debt, all of which were posted to the country.

The Jiaozi Bao banknotes issued by the imperial court are basically waste paper at this time. They can be used, but they can’t be used either. The Yuan Dynasty explicitly prohibits the use of gold and silver as currency, but the folks have long ignored them. note.

At this time, if you are a person of insight, you can see that the economy of Dayuan country has collapsed. If there is no Holy Lord, only a plague of locusts or floods will be needed. There is no need for the rebellion in the south of Dayuan, the north of Dayuan, and the Mongolian headquarters in Mobei. The military station households, as well as the herdsmen of the princes and nobles, are about to rise up.

If it weren't for the fact that the emperor of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the summer capital and the winter capital, were stationed in rotation, and they were tightly controlled along the way, these post station households would have turned into robbers.

The Mongolian postman took the money, counted dozens of pieces, couldn't help smiling, and saw that Chen Sijiu's waist was bulging, and seemed to have a lot of money, he narrowed his eyes and thought about it, but gave up again. Feeling the filth in his heart, he said, "Come with me!"

"Help the Han official Jia Lu and lift his carriage first."

　Little knowledge: At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Northern Red Scarf Army revolted, and many Mongolian herdsmen also participated in the Mobei Grassland, and the momentum was huge

　　
　
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