As expected, there are few people outside the Great Wall, and a horse can travel a thousand miles across the plains.

Yesterday I was in the Protectorate's Mansion, but now I'm at Hanshi Pass.

After Yang Xingzhou left the Duhu Mansion, within half a day, he had arrived at Hanshi Pass, the gateway to the Western Regions guarded by the Dali Dynasty.

The terrain of Hanshi Pass is dangerous, with undulating mountains on both sides, making it extremely dangerous. Only Hanshi Pass is located in a canyon. One man can guard the pass and no one can open it. It is the perfect place to guard the Western Region.

People outside the Great Wall want to enter the Central Plains. This is the most convenient passage. Many business travelers come in and out, relying on this pass. As long as this pass is guarded, the entire Dali Dynasty will not be afraid of the invasion of powerful enemies from outside the Great Wall.

Although the Western Region Protectorate was established outside the Western Regions Great Wall, a large number of soldiers were still left in Hanshi Pass to support the Protectorate at any time.

In the northwest of Fengming Mountain, there is the White Wolf Empire, which lives on water and grass all year round and is extremely aggressive. It invaded the Central Plains hundreds of years ago and almost overturned the entire Dali Dynasty.

After losing a large number of manpower, the Dali Kingdom just drove the White Werewolves out of the competition, and then established a Western Region Protectorate to manage the borders of the Western Region to prevent any more former enemies from entering the country.

The Cold Stone Pass behind the Duhu Mansion is the last pass to protect the Western Region. It is very important. Although there are no stops of carriages and horses and an endless stream of business travelers on weekdays, the Cold Stone Pass opens late and closes late. If

If you miss the time and want to enter or exit the checkpoint, you will have to wait for the next day.

When Yang Xingzhou's car arrived outside the pass, it was almost dusk. He followed the last group of people and entered the pass, causing a commotion.

The flaming chariot pulled by the red flame dragon colt, coupled with the one-horned Qilin beast following the side of the car and the fire bird lying on the roof of the car, it is impossible not to attract others' attention.

"It's high-profile, it's high-profile!"

Yang Xingzhou sat in the carriage and sighed slightly: "I didn't want to attract attention, but I still became the one in the spotlight. It can be seen that some people are born with great things. They are like pearls and rubble. They are the brightest children wherever they are placed."

Lian Guangying in the carriage pursed his lips and chuckled, not daring to say more. Han Pu, who was driving outside the carriage, grinned widely and said: "Master, our car is too eye-catching. How have these ordinary business travelers ever seen such a splendid luxury car?"

Of course, you should take a closer look at the car."

In the carriage, Lian Guangying put his hand on his forehead and was speechless at Han Pu's sincerity.

The commander-in-chief is obviously boasting. If Chang Feng Wuya, the leader of the Punishment Hall, was waiting beside him, he would definitely flatter Yang Xingzhou and praise Yang Xingzhou for being so wise and extraordinary. However, this guy Han Pu is...

He has a wooden head and only knows how to serve others. Although his hands and feet are quick and he is loyal, his mouth is a bit out of tune.

Sure enough, after hearing what Han Pu said, Yang Xingzhou sighed slightly: "Xiao Pu, if you say some words of praise appropriately, sometimes it may not be a bad thing."

Han Pu was a little confused and nodded in agreement: "Yes."

He said "yes", but he couldn't understand the meaning of Yang Xingzhou's words in his heart. He continued to drive the carriage forward, looking at the people in the carriage and shaking his head secretly. He felt that Han Pu was too rigid.

Apart from practicing and serving the master, there is nothing else in my mind.

But speaking of it, this flaming chariot owned by Commander Yang Xingzhou is really gorgeous. The chariot is pulled by a red flame fire dragon colt, and the chariot is a crimson flaming chariot. There are also firebirds lying on the roof, and everything up and down looks like burning flames.

, exuding an aura of unfathomable dignity, it is difficult not to attract attention.

Because this car looked so different, even Mou Haifeng, the head of the Western Region Protectorate, was very moved. Mou Yunsheng asked Yang Xingzhou about the general structure of the flame chariot, and then asked Yang Xingzhou to build one specially.

The clean-oiled carriage is made of rare green dragon wood and is equipped with isinglass tires. Although there are no mechanisms for placing hidden weapons or poisonous insects, some places are reserved for easy modification.

After the car was completed, it was presented to the current emperor by Mou Haifeng. It is said that the car was pulled by the auspicious cloud green dragon beast and filled with fine wine and delicacies. It became the current emperor's favorite treasure car when traveling.

For this reason, Mou Haifeng was specially rewarded with many things, which shows how much the emperor loves this car.

Later, many courtiers were enthused. They did not dare to make a carriage with the same specifications as the emperor, but they could ask craftsmen to make a similar carriage, as long as the specifications were lowered.

For this reason, Yang Xingzhou specially trained several carpenters to specialize in making such cars and isinglass tires. He only made one car per month. Such hungry sales made the "Western Region Luxury Cars" highly sought after by the upper echelons of the Dali Dynasty.

, I am proud to have such a luxury car.

If these people's cars are "standard equipment", then Yang Xingzhou's flame chariot is "top equipment". It has a noble atmosphere that makes people just take a look at it and can't help but think, "The people in the car must be the same."

The feeling of "either rich or noble" comes from.

Hanshiguan is an important transportation place. It has naturally formed a market and trading area. Animal furs and some rare medicinal materials from the grasslands and deserts of the Western Regions are sold to various parts of the Central Plains through here. Therefore, there is an endless stream of business travelers and various demands are strong.

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There are restaurants, brothels, casinos, and all kinds of places. The prosperity is almost as prosperous as the Western Regions Protectorate, with all kinds of people coming and going every day.

In addition, droughts and floods continued in the Central Plains at this time, and people were displaced. Many victims heard the news that Fengming Mountain in the Western Regions was accepting victims. Therefore, many victims came to Hanshi Pass, preparing to break through to the west of Guan to see if they could survive the pass.

Survive.

Fengming Mountain has a radius of two hundred miles, enough to accommodate millions of people, and the grasslands to the west and the desert areas in the northeast also have enough space to accept a large number of victims. Therefore, as long as the victims can reach the sphere of influence of the Destiny Army,

Fengming Mountain does not reject anyone who comes, so until now, many Central Plains disaster victims are still heading outside the pass.

These victims traveled all the way to the west. Halfway through, they were tired of traveling and traveling, and suffered from hunger and cold. Many people died of freezing and starvation. Of the 10 people and horses, only 30 people could support themselves to reach the territory under the jurisdiction of Fengming Mountain.

The remaining people are all common people who have experienced life and death in a cruel environment. Their physical strength, intelligence, and survival ability are stronger than ordinary people, otherwise they would not be able to join the Army of Destiny alive.

The will of these people and their thirst for food make them have a strong sense of belonging to the Destiny Army, and they are even more loyal than the people in some small hills and small towns collected outside the Great Wall.

Because except for the destiny army in Fengming Mountain, these disaster victims have no one to rely on. The only way before them is "loyalty". If they are disobedient, they only need to be hungry for two days and keep them obediently. They dare not go back.

Any dissatisfaction.

Only by experiencing the horror of hunger can we appreciate the value of being well fed and clothed.

At this time, the victims who appeared in Hanshiguan were ragged, unkempt, with their heads lowered and their waists hunched over, carrying piles of patched robes, with weathered faces and disheveled faces. They were moving staggeringly on the street, making people suspicious of them.

The next moment, he will fall to the ground and never get up again.

As the car was moving forward, the victims gave way to each other. Yang Xingzhou raised the curtains and looked at the two or three cars of victims on the street through the crystal glass window. He frowned slightly: "The land of the Central Plains has been prosperous since ancient times. How can it be flooded?"

The drought disaster is so severe? Damn it, so many victims have left the country, and no one in the court wants to settle down!"

Lian Guangying said softly in the carriage: "Commander, I heard that the Yudai River, the largest river in the Central Plains, overflowed and burst its banks, destroying houses and leaving countless fertile fields. There is also a locust plague in the north. The locusts eat people, and even the grass and trees are eaten by the locusts.

The red land is thousands of miles away. The Central Plains dynasty was not well-prepared, so there were so many victims."

Yang Xingzhou was stunned: "Locusts eat people? When did locusts eat people?"

Even Guangying was stunned, and said hesitantly: "Locusts eat people. Marshal, maybe we are not talking about a kind of locust."

In fact, Yang Xingzhou had already received the news that "locusts eat people in the Central Plains", but he always believed that "locusts eat people" was just an adjective. He never thought that locusts can really eat people. After all, in his understanding, locusts are not carnivores.

As for animals, although the locust plague is severe and causes great damage, it only destroys vegetation and crops and cannot eat humans.

Now after a conversation with Lian Guangying, I realized something was wrong. Maybe the "locusts eat people" written in the previous message was not an adjective, but a descriptor like "tiger eats people."

I always use my original social cognition to enter this world, and I am afraid that I will make many common sense mistakes.

He thought for a while and said to Lian Guangying: "Guangying, tell me, how big are the locusts in the Central Plains and how many people can they eat?"

Lian Guangying stretched out his hand and gestured: "The locusts in the Central Plains are actually not too big, a little smaller than a fist, but they are extremely numerous. Once they form a large scale, it is difficult to eradicate them. Their teeth are sharp, and ordinary vegetation cannot stop them.

With their bite, dozens of locusts are enough to eat an adult."

"Only a little smaller than a fist? Is this still a locust?"

Yang Xingzhou tried hard to suppress the shock in his heart and let out a long breath: "What kind of world is this!"
Chapter completed!