Chastity Layman

The boat sailed on the Longjiang River, piercing the calm river.

The emerald green water of the Longjiang River and the verdant mountains do not feel like autumn at all.

The Longjiang River originated in Guizhou, and was named Longjiang River because it flowed through Longshui City in Yizhou City.

The boat Qin Lang was riding on could not be called a boat, it should be called a bamboo raft, which is made of double-layered bamboo that is common in Guangxi, and can be driven across the river with a single bamboo pole.

Bamboo rafts are used instead of large boats, because although the Longjiang River flows for 700 miles, the river course is changeable. Some river sections may be flat and wide for hundreds of miles, which is easy to navigate, but some river sections are full of cliffs on both sides, and the current is turbulent. There are hidden reefs, and the drop is huge.

Therefore, this 700-mile Longjiang River cannot be navigated normally. The usual way is to sail in sections, and some sections of the river have to be stretched.

Although bamboo rafts are crude, they are made from local materials and are easy to make, and they are comfortable and safe to ride on a calm river section.

The boss of the punter, with a bamboo hat and a brown coir raincoat, holds a long pole in his hand, and can easily steer the pen raft forward.

There are also two ospreys standing at his feet.

There are ropes tied to the feet, and loops stuck around the neck.

These ospreys are very good at fishing. Standing on the bamboo cuttings, they suddenly plunge into the river, and then come up with a big fish in their mouths. Sometimes the fish is even much bigger than this osprey.

It desperately wanted to swallow the fish into its big mouth, but the clip on its neck was stuck tightly, and the fish kept struggling in its big mouth.

At this time, the boatman will grab the osprey with one hand, snatch the big fish from its mouth, and throw it into his net pocket.

The osprey screamed unwillingly, Chuanshi fished out a few small fish from a fish basket, and the osprey snatched food like a starved ghost reincarnated.

The other osprey also wanted to eat, but the boat boss jumped into the water directly.

Only after catching a big fish and handing it in, can you get a small fish as a reward, and if you don't catch it, you won't have to eat it.

It was interesting for Qin Lang to watch on the raft. Watching this osprey eat would definitely cure anorexia. Originally, Zhang Chao wanted Qin Lang to make the boat. Although the navy's boats couldn't get through, there were boats running this section of the river, so the boat should be stable and safe after all.

But Qin Lang, who claimed to be able to swim in the East China Sea, dare to break waves in the Yellow River, and paddle in the Yangtze River, was willing to sit on a bamboo raft. The river was so calm and there was no danger, not to mention that he was really good at swimming.

Although there is no direct flight on the Longjiang River, it is actually very lively on the river, which is also due to Qin Lang. Because after Qin Lang arrived in Lingnan, he not only strengthened the Liuyi post road from Guizhou to Yongzhou, but also extended a new post road to the west.

Starting from Liuzhou in the east, passing Yizhou to the west, connecting Qianzhong Road, passing through Yingzhou (Sandu) and Bangzhou (Duyun)

And enter Juzhou, that is, Dongning Prefecture (Guiyang).

After connecting to Juzhou, it is equivalent to completely connecting the entire Guizhou Road. After all, Juzhou is the heart of Guizhou, extending in all directions, leading to Kaili and Huaihua in the northeast, Zunyi and Chongqing in the north, and Anshun and Pu'an in the southwest , Straight into Yunnan.

In the past, due to the remoteness of Liu Yirong area, numerous barbarian tribes, and traffic jams, only caravans walked on the mountain paths. After Qin Lang arrived, he planned a brand new post road.

It took a few years to allocate money and grain, and to recruit soldiers and soldiers, to build the Yizhou-Yingzhou post road connecting Guizhou and Guizhou.

This post road is not only a land station with a station in twenty miles, but also relies on the Longjiang River to add a water station line. Many water station stations have been set up along the Longjiang River, and many post boats have been deployed in parallel.

The reason why Hongshui River, the boundary river in Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi, was not chosen at the beginning, but a smaller tributary was chosen as the post road, is also because there used to be a passage here, but the road was not easy to walk. However, Yizhou is close to the important place of Guizhou, and it is between Guizhou and Yongzhou. In addition, there are good river valley passages connecting to central Guizhou in the east, so I finally chose here.

Although the Hongshui River is wide, it has nine twists and eighteen turns, and the distance is even longer.

Thousands of bamboo rafts travel along the Huanjiang section, where Huanzhou was established during the reign of Wude, and its name comes from the surrounding Huanjiang village. Xizhai and so on.

In the past, this was a barbaric place that even the king of heaven and Lao Tzu couldn't control.

But with the opening of the water and land post road and the widening of the commercial road, this road has gradually become lively, and what followed was that the imperial court set up a town fort here, established Zhechong Mansion, and immigrated here. Juntun Mintun plus Shangtun, and those merchants came to mine.

The gold rush and the wind of mining made this new business road hot all of a sudden.

At the beginning, the barbarians here also ran down the mountain to grab a few at every turn, robbed passing merchants, and went into towns to steal and rob.

Later, the Guizhou Governor's Mansion was in charge of this side, and the Jingjiang Army began to settle in. After several villages were brutally opened up, the situation gradually calmed down a lot.

However, as soon as Qin Lang entered the court earlier, there was chaos here again.

Qin Lang liked Longjiang very much.

The water is particularly green, with green mountains and green waters, and the bamboo rafts are running on it, like a pair of ink.

Sitting on the small raft, the captain of the boat chanted in a slang tune, and the bosses of the other boats also responded. Qin Lang couldn't understand what they were singing, but it seemed to be a traditional boatman's chant, and it sounded good. Quite charming.

On the half slope of the green hills on both sides of the strait, you can see Manzhai.

The wooden houses are well arranged and live in clusters.

When I saw this huge line of bamboo on the Longjiang River under the mountain, I was obviously surprised.

One can vaguely hear buffalo horns and bronze drums sounding in the village.

Qin Lang was unmoved.

Along the way, I have seen such scenes too many times, even several times a day.

Most of the Manzhai had seen such a large team coming, especially the one accompanied by the raft team on the river was a huge army on the road along the bank.

The flags are fluttering, and the armor is bright.

The Guangzhou Zhenhai Navy, the Rongzhou Ningyuanjiang Army, the Guizhou Jingjiang Army, the Yongzhou Jianwu Army, and the Lingnan Economic and Strategy Army, this is the elite of the Five Routes.

Coupled with the eight powerful families of Lingnan Feng Xianning, Chen Yang, Li Gao, and the elite soldiers brought by the barbarian kings such as Tan Dian, it can be said that this army does have the confidence to sweep everything.

In fact, they did sweep all the way, first Rongzhou, then Liuzhou, and then Yizhou.

I don't know how many of the ignorant barbarian villages have been destroyed.

There were quite a few people who were knowledgeable, they knelt down to Duke Wei and begged for mercy, repented and repented, and almost every village that participated in the rebellion and riots paid the price in blood.

The difference is that those who are obsessed with obsession, and even those who want to resist, have not escaped the end of being breached and destroyed.

The village was destroyed and people died, the leader was executed, and the rest were slaves.

And some of them who are just vassals who are chaotic, and who can wake up and repent in time, order the village to hand over a few dancing Huan Mingzheng models, confiscate their families as slaves, and kill chickens to scare monkeys.

Qin Lang's team went all the way west, changing more and more.

Many barbarian chieftains brought their children to serve in the army, in order to atone for their sins, and they also took out a lot of livestock, money and food to comfort the army, which can be regarded as blood and effort.

Qin Lang didn't feel sorry for these people at all, he didn't really need their food and livestock, he didn't bring many soldiers, he carried some dry food, and there were government offices along the way, he had already reserved enough for this operation.

But he still asked them to pay for food and money, just to teach them a lesson.

If it doesn't hurt, you won't remember it next time.

Letting these people follow the army is also to let them see the powerful combat power of the mighty division of the Tang army. This is an armed epidemic, not a real battle to suppress barbarism and chaos.

They have basically never fought a few decent battles along the way.

Although some barbarians fled into the deep mountains and old forests, or retreated to the top of the cliff, Qin Lang temporarily ignored those who were not easy to fight.

This time he came here to go through the big comb first.

Change the whole atmosphere first.

Some diehards, in fact, can't change anything.

Most of the savages are actually the kind of scumbags who don't know the situation. When others oppose them, they also oppose them, and when others rob them, they also rob them.

Qin Cunxiao and Yuan Zhulin led the cavalry on the road along the bank, and Qingqi went to the villages along the way early to deliver orders.

A Qingqi galloped to Dahuanzhai on the north bank.

Dahuan Village stands at the mouth of the Dahuan River on the north bank of the Longjiang River, on the Shangsha Mountain on the west bank of the Dahuan River estuary, and on the Xiasha Mountain across the Dahuan River is the Xiaohuan Village.

The two villages occupy the estuary of the Dahuan River into the Longjiang River, facing each other across the river, and both are built on the mountains of the estuary.

A group of barbarians who had been watching by the river saw Qingqi appear holding the Tang flag, with serious expressions on their faces.

"The Tang people are here!"

A young Manding boy came running on a pony, "Tang Qi, Tang Qi is here."

The burly and sturdy man rubbed the boy's head, "Go back to the village immediately."

The young man asked worriedly, "Will the Tang army attack our village?"

The strong man looked at the red flag and got on his horse, "As long as we don't resist, we shouldn't."

He rode on his horse and ran to the stockade, blowing the horn on the horse while running.

The buffalo horn awakened both sides of the Longjiang River.

The Zhai Ding who were in the fields put down what they were doing one after another, and hurried to the Zhai Zhai, and even some of the Ding Ding scattered around Dazhai dragged their families to the Zhai Zhai one after another. The chickens, ducks, pigs and cows also drove the pigs and cows, and ran up the mountain in a panic carrying the chickens and ducks.

Wangshan ran to death.

Although Tang Qi appeared, it took almost half an hour before finally appearing in front of the village.

Holding a red flag on a brightly armored flag, he came to the front of the village and stopped the horses.

"I am the personal guard in the yamen of Wei Guogong's economic strategy envoy..."

On the wall of the village, the grey-haired old village owner was wearing a silk robe and leaning on a crutch, listening to Tang Qi's order in front of the village, with an uneasy expression on his face.

Tang Qi told the Duke of Wei to arrive, and asked them to go out to meet him immediately, and prepare food, meat and vegetables for the army.

The old village hesitated, worried that the consequences of opening the gate would be unpredictable, but he didn't have the guts to refuse.

The young son who just came back from the outside whispered, "Qin Lang brought more than ten thousand horses, we can't resist."

The old man was still hesitating, but the strong man couldn't help but turned around and rushed down, saying, "Hurry up and open the gate of the village, and get ready to welcome Master Wang."

The old man sighed, he still couldn't make up his mind, but his son helped him make up his mind. Although he was still worried, he didn't reject his son's words in the end.

"We followed suit last time, now Duke Wei is here, what should we do?"

"Admit your mistakes and be soft." The strong man gritted his teeth, "Anyway, it's not our village that caused the chaos, and the law does not blame everyone. I think that as long as the other villages are not stubborn to the end, they admit their mistakes and give up before making an apology. Some blood can still pass. "

Although the strong man was also reluctant, who would have thought that Qin Lang did not leave forever, not only came back, but also committed suicide himself.

This Duke Wei's reputation is too great. Along the way, those villages that were called noisy and happy before came down one by one, vying to beg for mercy from Duke Wei. He took his children to serve in the army.

Under such circumstances, not to mention Dahuanzhai, even the entire 700-mile Longjiang River, there are hundreds of villages, large and small, no one dares to fight to the end, unless the brain is really broken.

He found out that Duke Wei was able to visit their remote village this time, and it seemed that he was just passing by. It seemed that Duke Wei was going to Yunnan Dianchi and Kunzhou by way, passing through Longjiang, and passing through central Guizhou.

Taking such a road, it is obvious that they want to take care of these barbarians along the way.

Looking at the Tang flag at this moment, the barbarian is also partly remorseful. How could he have been so hotheaded and listened to some people's instigation and provocation?

Damn it, don't let yourself see those bastards again next time, or you must take off his tendons and peel off their skins to make bronze drums!