In May, the advancing caravan passed through Zizhou, Wangyuan Bridge, Shiling where the Jurchen army finally retreated in embarrassment, and the vast mountains that experienced battles... By May 2

On the twelfth day, pass through Jianmen Pass.

After coming here for more than a year, many places have changed greatly. The roads that can be widened in the mountains have been widened as much as possible. The places where troops were stationed everywhere have now been changed into places for business travelers to rest and rest.

After the opening of the southwest trade situation at the node where the staff worked on the way, the road out of the customs was not enough. The mountain road entering the customs from Jiange had to ensure that a large number of tourists came and went, so a lot of work was arranged to maintain order.

personnel.

Most of these staff members are serious and fierce, requiring people coming and going to strictly follow the prescribed paths and are not allowed to stay casually in relatively narrow places. They have loud voices and a rather rough attitude towards law enforcement, especially towards outsiders.

The ignorant people are arrogant and arrogant, vaguely revealing the superiority of "Southwestern people".

The scholars in the caravan out of Sichuan didn't think anything was wrong when they came. They had been traveling in Chengdu for a while, and they began to discuss that these people were also "foxes pretending to be powerful". They were just small officials, but they were more powerful than the high-ranking officials in Chengdu.

Arrogant. Some people secretly recorded these situations and planned to publish them as Southwest experiences after returning home.

The General Camp for Wounded Soldiers where Ning Ji originally stayed has now been transformed into an epidemic prevention and quarantine center for foreigners. Many civilians who come to the southwest have to undergo a round of inspections here. Most of the subjects of the inspections are foreign workers, and they are uniformly dressed.

Their clothes are often carried by some team leaders, curiously and cautiously observing everything around them. According to the scholars, most of these "poor people" were sold in.

There are many memorial areas of the Southwest Battle along the way: what kind of battle happened here, what kind of battle happened over there... Ning Yi paid great attention to such "face projects", and there were a lot of people after the battle.

According to statistics, in fact, during the entire process of the Southwest Campaign, every battle was actually quite tragic. The Chinese Army conducted internal verification, textual research, and compiled it before carving monuments in the corresponding places. Due to the limited number of stone carving workers, this project is currently

Still continuing to do it, everyone walked forward, and occasionally they could hear the sound of tinkling.

During the Southwest War, the fighting on the Jiange Mountain Road was a mess, the roads were damaged, and the transportation capacity was tight. Especially in the later stages, the Chinese army competed with the retreating Jurchens. The Chinese army wanted to cut off the route and leave the enemy behind. The women who were left behind

Real people often fight to the death, with hysterical fighting on both sides. The bodies of many soldiers have no time to be picked up and identified. Even if they are identified, it is impossible to transport them to the rear for burial.

Later, only the camps were roughly identified and burned together, and the ashes were buried in the ground or scattered in the mountains. Therefore, these soldiers had no graves elsewhere. The records in the mountains are not only their monuments, but also their real tombstones.

Qingshan is lucky enough to bury loyal bones. People from all sides show enough respect for the records in this mountain. When resting in the temporary residence at night, some people will go to the nearby monument to offer incense, worship, and burn

There was smoke and dust. People who were burning paper money would often be stopped by the patrol team, and some would even start a debate or get into a fight. If they got too angry, they would be taken away and locked up in the mountains for a day.

When the caravan stayed in the mountains, Ning Ji also went there to offer incense twice. He did not like offering incense, and preferred to cut a plate of pig head meat, drink some wine and eat it together as a memorial. A middle-aged scholar who was traveling with him said that

He looked cute, so he enthusiastically told him the steps to worship the gods and pay homage. The intention must be sincere and the steps must be accurate. Every method has its meaning. Otherwise, the hero here may be open-minded, but he will inevitably offend the gods in the future. Ning Ji is like

They look at each other like a fool.

"I don't believe in God, there is no God in the world."

His contemptuous eyes were also very cute, and the middle-aged scholar taught him earnestly: "Young man, you are young and energetic, but you should not talk nonsense. Have you seen everything in the world? How can you say there is no God?"

There are gods within the first three feet... Moreover, your blunt words can easily offend other people..."

Ning Ji thought in his heart that labor and management have already said that God is dead, what should I do if you keep saying that God is there and offend me... But after what happened in the small yard last year, he already knew that there are many idiots in the world who can't explain, so he didn't bother.

Went to talk.

The middle-aged academic thought his reaction was cute and cute. Although he was young and energetic, he was not like other children who talked back and argued casually, so he continued to talk a lot...

Along the way, people paid homage to heroes in various ways. For Ning Ji, apart from some memories deep in his heart, they didn't touch him much. At his age, he didn't have time to remember anything, so he said to them when he offered incense, "

I'm going out." He left Jianmen Pass and waved back towards the mountains. The leaves on the mountains rippled in the wind.

After leaving Jiange, it is still the territory of the Chinese army.

In the Southwest War, the Seventh Army's final decisive battle with the Jurchen West Route Army secured a large area of ​​territory from Jiange to Hanzhong for the Chinese Army. In fact, it also created a lot of convenience for the shipment of supplies to the Southwest. Although it has been out of Sichuan since ancient times,

There are two roads, water and land, but in fact, neither the waterway from Yibin, Chongqing nor the land route from Jianmen Pass is easy to travel. In the past, Chinese military control could not get outside, and businessmen from all over the country were even more affected by life and death after leaving Jianmen Pass.

Although it is said that the greater the risk, the higher the profit, but in general it is not conducive to the entry and exit of resources.

At this time, the Chinese army has two more distribution points outside Jiange. One is near Zhaohua after leaving Jiange. Both incoming and outgoing supplies can be concentrated here. Although many merchants still prefer

Yu personally went to Chengdu to get the most transparent price, but in order to improve the transportation efficiency of Jiange Mountain Road, the horse teams officially organized by the Chinese government will still transport many ordinary materials to Zhaohua every day, and even began to encourage people to build some technologies here.

Small workshops with low content can reduce the transportation pressure in Chengdu.

Since the major development in Chengdu has only been a year, the layout of Zhaohua can only be said to have begun to take shape. A large number of people from the outside world gather in this area outside Jiange. Compared with the development area of ​​Chengdu, this area is more

It looks dirty, messy and poor. Workers sent from outside often have to stay here for about three days. They need to pay a sum of money and have the doctor check whether they have diseases such as epidemics and wash themselves in hot water.

If your clothes are too worn out, you usually need to change them before bathing. The Chinese government will distribute a uniform set of clothes, so that after entering the mountains, many people will look like they are wearing the same clothes.

Ning Yi once complained at home that the clothes were not beautiful and looked like a prisoner, but the aunt pushed him back because of the cost.

Beggars in ragged clothes are not allowed to enter the mountains, but there is no solution. Many factories in the southwest will recruit people here cheaply. Once a "sale contract" is signed, the quarantine and clothing costs for entering the mountains will be borne by the factory.

You will bear it on your behalf and it will be deducted from your salary in the future.

"...Speaking of which, Zhaohua is quite conscientious."

The chatty scholar Lu Wenke and Ning Ji, who were traveling with him and said they had great potential, sighed: "Hua Xiajun helped me get a selling contract. Every household here has to have one. The contract is only for five years. Who wants the manufacturer to pay for it?"

Yes, if you work in the future to repay the debt and pay back the wages, and if you want to leave within five years, you can also pay a sum of money to redeem yourself. However, outside of five years, there are also ten or twenty-year contracts, with better conditions and promises.

Many, they will be signed for those who are capable...but there are also some with bad intentions. They will sign the contract for twenty years and get nothing in the contract. If they really sign it, it will be miserable..."

"Since the Huaxia Army has given a five-year contract, it should be stipulated that only this one can be signed." The middle-aged scholar named Fan Heng who had previously taught Ning Ji to worship God frowned when talking about this matter, "Otherwise, it will not be the same as taking off the contract."

What's wrong with farting in your pants?"

"Who knows what they are thinking. To put it bluntly, it's a good thing that those people who have no wealth can come here to sign the contract. You have all heard of what this place looks like."

Several scholars gathered together to play riddles. After chatting for a while, they began to point out various problems faced by the Chinese army living in Sichuan and Shu, such as the inability to solve the problem of material inflows and outflows. Sichuan and Shu were only peaceful and difficult to make progress. Later, they talked about the Three Kingdoms.

stories, citing scriptures, and criticizing Fang Qiu.

The caravan of more than a hundred people traveled all the way, and various people gradually formed small groups. There were five scholars like Lu Wenke and Fan Heng, and most of them gathered together to chat along the way. Ning Ji's identity was a

Although the little doctor with a good family background was always a poor student in Zhangcun school, his basic skills were not bad and he had no problem with reading and writing. In addition, he looked cute, so these scholars regarded him as a similar person and started chatting with him.

Nonsense, always call him together, and from time to time someone will give him snacks. Although most of the scholars and scribes are poor, those who can travel with the caravans at this time still have some possessions.

After entering the caravan, Ning Ji couldn't eat as much as he did at home. There were more than a hundred people traveling together, organized by the caravan, and they mostly ate big pots of rice every day. Frankly speaking, the food in these years was really unpalatable, but Ning Ji could

He eats more for the reason of "growing up", but with his metabolic rate after practicing martial arts for so many years, it would be a bit scary to really eat enough.

His status as a doctor is a convenience. For such a long journey, most people can only walk on one pair of legs. After walking for several days, it is inevitable to get blisters. Moreover, if there are more than 100 people, some people will often suffer from sprains and other minor injuries.

Unexpectedly, Ning Ji relied on his medical skills, his attitude of not being afraid of getting dirty, and his cute face that was harmless to humans and animals, and quickly gained the favor of most people in the caravan, which allowed him to... get a lot of friends during his trip.

dessert.

Such a mentality is really inconsistent with the future status of "the best master in the world". Ning Ji feels a little ashamed when he thinks about it occasionally, but there is nothing he can do about it.

Mosquito meat is also meat, so what else can you do when you are away from home...

Along the way to Zhaohua, apart from showing off a lot of people's minor problems, these five scholars got along more with each other. The middle-aged scholar Fan Heng who taught Ning Ji how to worship God was relatively wealthy, and occasionally passed by cheap restaurants or

People from the food stalls would buy something to feed him, so Ning Ji had no choice but to tolerate him.

When walking behind a few people when marching, and often nearby when camping, there is often a father and daughter who are entertainers. Father Wang Jiang has practiced some martial arts. His body looks strong in middle age, but his face already has abnormal redness and lesions.

Now, I often show my shirtless body and practice stabbing my throat with an iron spear.

Hard training in external skills will make you miserable when you get old. This middle-aged entertainer actually has various problems, but these physical problems have accumulated for decades and are difficult to solve. Ning Ji can see it, but there is no way

, it’s like countless tangled threads, you need to be very careful which thread to pull first and which one to pull later. Many famous doctors in the southwest can treat it, but he has been practicing battlefield medicine for a long time. He is not yet fifteen years old at this time, so he can prescribe a prescription.

Zi can only kill the other party, so he doesn't say much.

The daughter of the entertainer is named Wang Xiuniang. She looks about seventeen or eighteen years old. She has dark skin, a well-proportioned figure, and strong thighs. She wears two braids and has not learned any advanced martial arts from her father. Originally, her father did not know how to perform arts.

The most important thing is somersaults, and you can turn a hundred at a time. In addition to somersaults, you can also play monkeys. The father and daughter brought a well-trained monkey named Wangsheng. They seemed to have made a lot of money when they went to Chengdu this time. They were very happy.

I am ready to perform all the way and return to Jiangnan.

In fact, entertainers can also fall and fall, but soon after setting off, Wang Xiu Niang stumbled again after somersaulting, so she came to Ning Ji for help with diagnosis and treatment. The sprain was not serious, but from then on, Wang Xiu Niang often came to harass Ning Ji, such as camping.

After that, she would give Ning Ji some wild fruits, and also give some to others. Sometimes she would say "Brother Aotian is so cute" and would pinch Ning Ji's face. After a while, several scholars became familiar with her.

, we can talk to each other for a while.

At first, Ning Ji only thought that he was cute, but soon he realized that this woman must have come for Lu Wenke. When she stood there talking to Lu Wenke, the "promising man", her hands always twisted her braids subconsciously, which made her a little twisted.

The little squirming movements exude the rancid smell of mating... Women are like this, disgusting. It's not surprising.

Of course, even though he understood this, he was not prepared to expose the other party's intentions. On the contrary, he breathed a sigh of relief. When the woman came over to pinch his cheek, he reached out and pinched her cheek to pull her away. Anyway, the woman wanted to

It was not him who was causing trouble, and Lu Wenke didn't seem to be a good person. He didn't care about the fate of these two guys.

…

The caravan stayed near Zhaohua for a day. Ning Ji had a half-full meal and even left the caravan to secretly eat a full meal before setting off with the caravan to the east.

After leaving Jiange and passing Zhaohua, there are two roads to choose from.

One is to go north along the Jinniu Road to Hanzhong along the territory of the Chinese Army, and then follow the Han River eastward, then you can go anywhere in the world. This road is safe and connected to the waterway, and is currently the most popular road. But if

Going east into Bazhong, you have to enter a relatively complicated place.

In the past, the Huaxia Army jumped out of the three counties of Hedeng. Due to lack of manpower, they occupied most of the Chengdu Plain and had no strong intention to expand. Later, the Seventh Army occupied Hanzhong, and a large area east of Hanzhong was conveniently controlled by the Jurchens.

It belongs to Dai Mengwei. This is of course the Jurchens' act of giving eye drops to the Chinese army, but in fact, it is not the current Chinese army who is suffering from being blocked on the road out of Sichuan.

After all, with the momentum of the Chinese army last year and the momentum of defeating the Jurchens, it is basically no problem to penetrate the Han River and hit Xiangyang. The reason why Dai Mengwei was let go was superficially because he "saved millions of people."

To build momentum, he raised his hand, but at the same time, the two sides also signed many contracts, including Dai Mengwei giving up control of the Han River, and never being allowed to block the operation of the east-west trade route, etc. This is the bottom line of the Chinese army. Dai Mengwei actually also
To be continued...