Chapter 256

Under the escort of Pound, some small groups of horse bandits and barbarian rangers naturally did not dare to disturb them any more. The group traveled westward in a safe and steady manner. After traveling for hundreds of miles, they finally saw the huge outline of a city. .

"Mr. Gongda, this is Jixian County. The general started from Tianshui County, so all the offices of Qianzhou Central Committee have moved from Guzang City to Jixian County." Pang De explained to Xun You who was on the side.

Xun You nodded, looking at the desolate and simple city in front of him, he felt quite a sigh in his heart. His family was born in Yingchuan, although Xun You had also traveled to study, but most of them were in rich places near Gyeonggi, such as Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Sili. The captain's department and so on, this is the first time to come to the northwest.

In the fields on both sides are farmers who are working hard. It is summer now, and there will be a harvest in two or three months. Naturally, the farmers dare not relax.

Pound rode his horse and walked ahead, and the farmers in the fields on both sides naturally noticed him a long time ago, they all stopped their farm work, stood up and greeted Pound.

Pang De stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old man Xu, how much is the work in the crops recently?"

Old Uncle Xu laughed and said, "I've had a lot of work. Fortunately, Zhou Mu is sympathetic to us. I rented cattle and poor horses. This year, the old man has relaxed a lot."

Seeing such a well-organized and harmonious appearance, Xun You was quite moved. He had never been to Liangzhou, and the Han Sui Rebellion broke out recently. He thought Liangzhou was a desolate place, but what he saw and heard along the way was not It overturned his cognition.

Liangzhou is indeed desolate. The density of cities and villages is far less than that of the Central Plains, but here there are few refugees in groups. smile.

Seeing Pound's return, Xun You couldn't help asking curiously: "Ling Ming, just now I heard you talking to this old man Xu. The state herdsman will lease the cattle and poor horses to the local farmers?"

Pound nodded: "Yes, the state herdsman is sympathetic to the power of the people and knows that farming is not easy, so he took the initiative to issue a land reclamation order to help the farmers with the government."

"Because of the war, there are many refugees in Liangzhou. Ever since the state herd issued a decree to gather the refugees and build many new villages, I never thought that the state shepherd can not only fight wars, but also manage civil affairs. Old Pang can't do it." Pang De laughed.

And Xun You sighed, Liu Ye's move is really brilliant.

Pound was puzzled: "Mr. Gongda seems to have something in his words?"

Xun You sighed, and then asked, "Ling Ming, do you know the founder of the country, Xiaohou?"

Pang De nodded: "Xiaohou guards the rear, Liuhou is planning strategies, Huaiyinhou is victorious in every battle, but among them, Xiaohou is the most trusted by Gaozu."

Xun You said slowly: "Xiao Hou has indeed made great contributions to the founding of our country. When Xianyang was conquered, other generals went to get the treasure. Only Xiao Hou went straight to the prime minister's mansion and took out the population and household registration and other albums. However, Xiao Hou He is also greedy for property."

Xiao He used to carry out a large number of land mergers. He even sat on tens of thousands of acres of land, and almost became the largest landlord in the country. The emperor of the Han Dynasty was forced to limit and equalize the land.

Xun You said deeply: "Zhou Mu lent the refugees seeds, agricultural tools and cattle, which not only stabilized the refugees and restored the order in Liangzhou, but more importantly, put the population under the name of the government, so that they would not be a wealthy family. possessed."

In ancient times, there were no machines, and manpower was the most basic productive force. It can be said that whether a place is prosperous can be seen just by looking at the local population. Liangzhou has a population of less than one million, and Yuzhou alone has a population of Runan With more than two million people, this theory is still applicable even now.

The ancient government also had to record the population, but due to the lack of today's technology, it was difficult to cover everything. Many landlords thought about it and collected their tenants into the fort. Pay taxes, so that the interests of the individual increase and the interests of the country naturally decrease.

Pound was a little surprised: "Is that so? I only know that the state pastor is sympathetic to the people's strength, but I didn't expect the state pastor to have this kind of consideration."

While Xun You nodded, he was quite excited in his heart. With such a hero to rely on, the big man can still be saved.

Pound led three thousand cavalry, surrounded by two carriages, and wanted to escort them into the city, but at this moment a knight with a flag on his back and a red feather on his helmet suddenly came running from afar.

Pound frowned. All the soldiers in the military dressed up like this were scouts, but they were of different ranks.

Liu Ye formulated that in the Liangzhou army, the scouts in the army below the commander of the army should wear white feathers on their heads, and the scouts in the army below the school lieutenant should wear yellow feathers on their heads, while the confidential information sent from the state capital should have red feathers. The stagecoach has to be ready with horses to provide for the rotation.

Therefore, Pang De went forward with a solemn face.

And the knight with the red feather stood still: "Pang Sima, my lord will be here soon."

Pound clasped his fists: "Someone knows."

The knight with the red feather on his head nodded, rode his horse aside, and followed Pound.

But at this time, the dust was noisy in the distance, the sound of people shouting and horse neighing gradually sounded and became louder, and a black line loomed in the sky, and then it became thicker and thicker, and the black line gradually divided into people and horses, forming built a magnificent army formation.

The flags in the army are flying, but there are no general flags. All the flags in the army are unified yellow unicorn army battle flags. With the unique yellow sand in the northwest sweeping and flying, yellow unicorns are waving in the air.

The ancient dynasties advocated the five virtues, so they were different. Li Ru and the Qin Dynasty advocated water virtues, so they advocated black, while the Han Dynasty that followed closely followed the earth virtues, so the flags were mostly yellow.

In ancient times, there was no such thing as a national flag, and the yellow unicorn battle flag is generally the national flag.

Countless banners were unfurled, and thousands of cavalry arrived first, followed by more than ten thousand infantry forming a huge army formation, moving forward slowly, with a huge momentum.

Empress Dowager He and Liu Bian had already walked out of the car with the support of Xun You and others. Looking at the scene in front of them, Empress Dowager He almost didn't cry.

How long has it been since I saw this scene? When the Empress Dowager goes on tour, it cannot be decided hastily, because there are generally thousands or even tens of thousands of people dispatched, and there are special specifications and etiquette standards, which are the so-called "rituals."

But Dong Zhuo sent people to escort them, and only sent 500 riders, and even the carriage was quite bumpy.

Wanjun shouted loudly.

"Long live the emperor, long live the man!"

A passage was separated in the iron cavalry formation, and a horse carrying a black armored knight galloped out.

"Chen Liangzhou Shepherd Liu Ye, here to escort you!"