The wind blows the plum blossoms over Guanshan

Murong Jianing came to test him several times, and Chang Sheng put on a good show, just waiting for him to take the initiative to threaten him.What is strange is that Murong Jianing has been standing still, and Chang Sheng can't figure out what he is going to do.He investigated secretly, took the time to go to Xiama Pass himself, but he didn't find anything, but was extremely quiet.

As the end of the year was approaching, he felt an unusual change.It's so quiet, it's so quiet, it's disturbing.Ten years ago, the Xiongnu fought with the country of Yan. In the end, the country of Yan finally won because of the chaos in the country after the death of the old king. After the new king ascended the throne, it took several years to sort out the internal affairs. I heard that the domestic regime is now completely stable. Guotai Minan.In recent years, the ministers of the DPRK and China have been worried that the Xiongnu will continue to invade the south on a large scale, but the north has been quieter than expected, with only occasional small-scale conflicts.And the last time the dog soldiers entered the Huns, they didn't take the opportunity to make trouble. Changsheng felt that he might have thought too much, but he always felt that things were not that simple.

Chang Sheng trained the recruits in the battalion as usual, and returned to the military tent at noon.When he came back, Li Dong was anxiously preparing to get on his horse. Seeing him coming back, he hastily ordered the horse to be taken away, while he trotted to his side.

"General, you are back, the last general is looking for you urgently."

"What's wrong?" Changsheng asked.

Li Dong leaned close to his ear and whispered, "There is a situation."

"Go in and talk."

The two entered the army tent, and Li Dong said: "King Fengxiang's smuggling of arms may have started some time ago, but it was sandwiched among other commodities, and we didn't notice it." Chang Sheng said in surprise, "There is such a thing?"

"Yes, you also know that the two countries are now in business, and many local merchants, large and small, come and go frequently. It is impossible for the soldiers to check out every box carefully, and almost all of them are passed. King Fengxiang also has business, and the soldiers don't care Dare to offend the housekeeper of the palace, just glanced at it briefly. In the past, they were all fur jewelry, and this time it was the same. However, a careful soldier found traces of black powder at the bottom of a slightly damaged carriage, and he did not dare to say anything. Tell me the matter. The general suspects that King Fengxiang may have done this before, transporting the arms back to the country of Yan in fur jewelry."

"How many boxes of goods did he bring back this time?"

"That's not too much, more than a dozen boxes. The general speculates that maybe the prince has other vendors to help him transport ammunition. After all, most of the dozen boxes are still goods, and there is not much gunpowder that can be stored." .But...at the New Year's Eve, the business in the bazaar is getting better and better, and many vendors come and go to deliver goods more frequently, and the same is true for King Fengxiang..."

Chang Sheng said solemnly: "Be more careful in the future. All the goods will be inspected carefully, even the bottom of the box. No detail should be missed. Once you find something, report it to me immediately."

"Yes!"

"Also, if his goods arrive next time, he must notify me, and I will check it myself."

Changsheng put aside the work of training recruits and handed it over to skilled veterans. Most of the time, he personally supervised the inspection of goods in the northern part of Guanshan, where the two countries meet.Small vendors who come and go personally are exempted, and those who ship more than two boxes will be strictly inspected. For a while, the vendors found that the inspection of goods is much stricter than before.When someone asked about it, the army explained to the outside world that it suspected that someone was smuggling drugs and poisons, so it stepped up the investigation.

It has been snowing heavily recently, and the border is completely closed at this time of the year, but this year there are still vehicles and horses traveling because of the trade.However, it has snowed a lot in the past two days, so Chang Sheng wrapped his scarf tightly and put his hands into his sleeves.

"General, it's getting dark. Do you want to go back to the camp first? The snow is too heavy and it's very cold." The team leader rubbed his hands and asked.Changsheng shook his head: "It's not easy for everyone, I'd better wait and go back after the shift."

A convoy of dozens of people in front slowly came here. In the past two days, the number of vendors has decreased significantly due to the heavy snowstorm.According to this time, they can't make it to Tianshui City before going to bed, so they can only camp outside.Camping outside at this time is very dangerous if you are not well prepared.

"Open the box and have a look." The team leader said to the middle-aged man in charge.A few soldiers went to check, and the man bowed slightly to salute them, ordering the people below to open the boxes one by one. "My lord, the younger one is an honest businessman. What he transports are blankets, furs and some handicrafts, nothing prohibited." The man smiled and explained to the soldier with a kind expression.

The team leader said: "If it's banned or not, you can check it out, and if it's not banned, you won't be embarrassed."

"Yes, yes. It has snowed heavily recently, and the wool of Quanrong is the best. Why don't I buy some woolen blankets from Quanrong to sell, and they will definitely sell for a lot of money."

Dozens of boxes were opened one by one, some were filled with blankets, some were filled with furs, and some were filled with some strange handicrafts.The soldiers moved the woolen blankets out one by one, the man couldn't sit still, he waved his hands quickly and said, "Master Jun, it's snowing so much, if you move out one by one like this, the blankets will get wet."

The little soldiers said helplessly: "This is the rule. Recently, some people smuggled drugs, and we are also for the common people. Don't panic, check the boxes one by one, and we will try our best to hurry up. It's snowing and it's not raining, so we won't get wet. At most a little moist."

The man's complexion was not very good. The two soldiers turned to the bottom of the box and found many bamboo joints. They took them out and asked, "Boss, what's in it?" The man's complexion changed, and he said, "This is an alkali block. The purity is higher than that made in Yan.”

The little soldier poured out part of the contents of the bamboo tube, and it was some small white stones.

"Can the military lords make it easier for you? The small things are indeed fine, but the small ones are in a hurry to deliver the goods, so please the military lords..." The man pulled out a few bank notes from his pocket and handed them For the interrogation of the two soldiers.The little soldiers quickly shook their heads: "This can't be done."

Chang Sheng's sharp eyes saw that the trader wanted to bribe his soldiers, so he rode up to him leisurely.The two soldiers were suffering from entanglement with the man, when they saw Chang Sheng they hurriedly said: "General, this merchant wants to bribe you!"

Chang Sheng looked at the man. The man took back the bank note in embarrassment, and hurriedly bowed to Chang Sheng: "It turns out to be General Meng. I didn't expect to see you here. It's better to meet you today than to be famous."

Chang Sheng didn't make any detours, and said directly: "Stop being flattering, and say, why are you offering bribes?"

"General, to tell you the truth, there is a deadline for small deliveries. The heavy snowfall in the past two days has delayed the trip, and there are so many boxes here. It will take time and effort to check. By the time we arrive in Tianshui City, the delivery deadline will have passed long ago. Time, the young ones will have to lose money!" The man had a sad face when he said this, and ordinary people would not bear to see it.

"You said this is a block of alkali?" Changsheng took the bamboo tube from Xiaobing and poured some into his hand.

"That's right, the purity of this batch of alkali blocks from Quanrong Kingdom is higher than that produced in Tianshui, and they are softer and more delicious when making dim sum." The man apologized with a smile.

"Really, can you eat two yuan and show me?"

"Well, that's not how alkali blocks are eaten..."

Changsheng put the small white stone in his hand to the tip of his nose and smelled it, and said, "Tell me, which dim sum shop needs so many alkali lumps, and you need to ship them in boxes?"

"General... the small one, the small one is only responsible for the delivery, and doesn't know anything else..."

"Do you know alkali blocks?"

The man nodded.

"Then why can't you tell the difference between saltpeter and alkali block?"

The man fell to his knees with a plop, sweating profusely: "General, please spare me! The little one is only responsible for delivering the goods, and doesn't know anything else..."

Changsheng turned his head and said to the soldiers: "Continue to search and see if there are any other prohibited items!"

The blankets and furs were taken aside, and many bamboo knots were laid under the box, and small white or yellow stones were placed in the bamboo knots.

The team leader ran to Chang Sheng and said, "General, besides saltpeter, sulfur is also installed!"

Changsheng smiled at the man and said, "Boss, although alkali block and saltpeter are both white, there is a difference, right? It's okay if you don't know saltpeter, but you don't even know sulfur? Both saltpeter and sulfur are used to make gunpowder. You You are quite courageous. Although you didn’t directly smuggle gunpowder, this crime is enough for you to stay in prison for more than ten years. Also, bribery to public officials is also a big crime, at least twenty boards.”

Hearing this, the man almost fainted.Two soldiers bound him, and a dozen soldiers also controlled the rest of the caravan.

"Have you found anything else?"

The team leader replied: "Not yet, but the subordinates feel that this thing is a bit strange."

Changsheng came to the box that the team leader mentioned, which contained iron handicrafts, a lifelike phoenix bird.The feathers of the phoenix bird are all spliced ​​by iron sheets. Changsheng reached out to touch it and found that the feathers can be removed, and the boxes behind are also filled with this handicraft.Changsheng has lived in Guanshan for so long, and he has never seen this kind of iron phoenix sold in the market, it is really strange.He caressed the top of Fengniao's head, and found that the eyeballs of this Fengniao seemed to be able to move.He pressed it with his hand, and the whole phoenix bird collapsed immediately, and its whole body was scattered into countless small triangular iron pieces.He picked up two pieces and found that they were completely symmetrical, and the two pieces could be combined.

"General, this is an arrow!"

"That's right, this fine iron is a good material for making arrowheads. Although such arrowheads are blunt, they will become sharp arrows that can hurt people after a little sharpening." Changsheng put down the iron in his hand and said: "These are all Move it down and put it in Hyogo for preparation." Then he walked up to the man and said, "Boss, who did you deliver the goods to? Can you tell me?"

"This...you can't say this." The man's face was livid.

"Oh, so it's not recruiting? First hit the twenty big boards."

Two soldiers stepped forward, lifted the man up, pushed him aside, and beat him on the back mercilessly, the man cried out in pain.

"Boss, you are not related to him, so why hide it for him? If you say it, it will be regarded as meritorious service, and maybe you can save a few years of prison life."

"Hehe, General. It's not that the younger ones don't talk about it, but the younger ones can't speak up! If you implicate that one, the younger one may lose his life. And... I'd like to advise the general, you can't move that lord either... ..."

"Really?" Changsha straightened his scarf and put his hands into his sleeves, "You should take care of yourself first."

Murong Jianing was indeed different from before, perhaps a little bit more difficult to deal with than his brother.But he wanted to see what tricks he could pull off.

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