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Chapter 634: Attacking the Heart

People in this era always have limited visions, but the Kanto people and Kansai people have even more different visions.

To a certain extent, a person’s experience is related to his range of activities.

When you go out with your legs completely, the radius of most people will not exceed five kilometers. This means that within a radius of ten miles is the entire world of a person, and all his understanding of this world comes from this.

The defenders in Hangu Pass came because they intervened, so they had to see more, but they were still limited.

At least for the Kanto people, it can be described as ignorance.

The construction of the canal made transportation convenient, which increased the radius of Kanto people. The increase in the radius of activity means that they have more experiences. In addition, it is the popularization of knowledge and the popularization of books.

There is a rule in this world that when you want to create something, the cost of this thing may be sky-high. If you want to create a thousand identical things, the cost will be lower. But if you want to create a hundred thousand identical things, the price may be less than one percent of the former.

This is the scale effect. The larger the scale, the lower the cost.

The same is true for printing. Most of the gentry want to write books by hand. After writing, they ask for dozens of books by hand. Either collect them or give them to some relatives and friends. As for printing... Obviously, they do not have such a need, because there is no need. After all, not many people can understand books, and there is no market at all, because people who read and write are limited to the gentry and family members, and the gentry often read books in a closed door. This is the legendary so-called family learning. Even if your book is good, if I have a need, I can ask someone to copy a copy and collect it.

For all living beings, most of them are still working hard to fill their stomachs. They have neither the leisure time nor the financial resources to purchase books.

However, in Kanto, demand appeared, and a large number of people who read and write appeared, and these people were the so-called middle class in later generations. Once demand was found, and the demand gradually became strong, a hot book could often print tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 copies. In this way, this industry became profitable. Naturally, merchants spent a lot of financial resources to set up workshops, recruit mature craftsmen, and carry out large-scale printing. In order to save costs, they had to make a fuss about technological improvement. Therefore, the booming rise of the printing industry also made printing more and more sophisticated. A large number of books became cheaper and cheaper due to large-scale production and printing, and began to enter thousands of households. Various knowledge was popularized like an explosion.

It can be said that any Guandong person who comes to Guanzhong is considered a knowledgeable person. They can tell the situation of the desert very well, or they can talk about the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, talk about the controversy of hundreds of schools, and even they know a little about the changes in the four seasons of Qiongzhou.

And these are simply unheard of for most people in Guanzhong.

Two or three hundred defenders from Hangu Pass who came to transport medicinal materials arrived at the camp.

Basically, they all came in batches, that is, just in case, or in other words, these people surrendered to the enemy, Zhang Jin thought of a very clever way, which was to take turns to get the medicine. Anyway, it would take less than two hours to avoid the people in Guanzhong who were familiar with the people outside and being bribed by Qin Shaoyou.

The leader of the team today was Zhao Hu. He arrived at the camp swayingly. Looking at the posture of the Wei army camp, he couldn't help but be amazed. These tents are all in cowhide, and every soldier is fully armed. You know, this is not the main battle camp, but it is clearly a supply camp. Even among the imperial guards, the people in charge of these are auxiliary soldiers. To put it bluntly, they are civilians and temporary recruitment. Although there are some regular soldiers to restrain them, most of them are in rags. However, here, almost everyone is covered in fine leather armor, with bows, crossbows, quivers, and swords hanging around. One person has a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and looks very burly.

After entering the camp, it was naturally the people there who were responsible for transferring the herbs out of the warehouse to load them. These Kanto people said nothing about him.

The soldiers loading the truck seemed bored, so as not to carry the herbs, and joked: "My clan uncle came to compile a letter and said he was sent to Jingzhou. I heard that the mountain people there were very fierce, but I didn't know if they would encounter the mountain people's accident. My aunt was quite worried about this, but the salary given by the business bank is not low, 32 jin a month, mainly responsible for presiding over the transit of goods there."

"Go to Jingzhou... Jingzhou is a good place. It is no harm to go to settle in early. Who is the one who was sent to Weizhou now or is rich or noble? Although it is a barren land at the moment, it is hard to say when the canal is opened in the future."

In fact, few people know about ordinary soldiers in Jingzhou and Xuzhou. Most of the soldiers are rough people, and they don’t know a single word. They are almost all people who are driven by officials and are desperately driven by unknown soldiers. If they are not dispatched there, I’m afraid they will never know that there is such a place. There are more than 300 states in the world. Who can remember them one by one?

But Zhao Hu knew a little. After all, he was a general. At this time, he was sitting around and commanding some troops to help the other party. He was a little surprised. In fact, what was surprised that these Wei army soldiers knew about Jingzhou and Weizhou. What surprised him the most was that Jingzhou... had become a barren land.

Scared, Jingzhou is one of the best prefectures in Shannan Road. If it is a barren land, how many places in the world are not barren lands?

The salary of 32 jin is also a bit scary. This is enough to support several families in Guanzhong, and it has no worries about food and clothing.

He squinted his eyes and pretended not to hear it.

The gossip came again: "If I retreat from the army in the future, let alone Jingzhou, even Lelang will go, haha... Isn't there a Bohai Kingdom appearing there recently? One day, our King of Wei swept across Liuhe, and I will go to Lelang to do business. It is said that the ginseng there is quite good, and what I specializes in is this medicinal material trading. A few days ago, my brother wrote a book and said it was the most popular book recently, which is Lelang's experience..."

Lelang...Bohai Country...

When Zhao Hu heard this, he was confused. His knowledge was limited and he could not understand the most corner of this empire.

It turned out that the predecessor of the Bohai Kingdom was Goguryeo, a regime in the northeast. It was once considered a remote area and had some strength. Since then, the Sui and Tang dynasties conquered Goguryeo several times, and Goguryeo was destroyed. Originally, it had become the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but after Emperor Taizong's death, the imperial court continued to storm. Soon, some Goguryeo nobles began to restore the throne. At first, the Tang army was able to occupy some major strongholds, and later, many troops were withdrawn, so that the Bohai Kingdom has emerged, which is the continuation of Goguryeo.

Zhao Hu thought about it, but the medicinal materials were loaded. A military officer from the Wei army came over and took a list to ask Zhao Hu to check it out. Zhao Hu immediately changed his smile. He had a good impression of the people of the Wei army, but to be honest, this kind of affection was not only natural closeness, but also a little envious, as if his old hat was always shorter in front of others. He shook his head quickly: "I can't count it, there is no need to count it. The military officers in Hangu Pass... No, I believe it, but the brothers of the Wei army can trust it."

This sentence sounds strange. When Zhao Hu saw that no one was around, he lowered his voice and said to the man: "Do you recognize Mr. Xu? His real name is Xu Wen. I have always respected this person. He has told me many truths. Let me open my mind. Please tell His Highness the King of Wei that if there is any usefulness in the future, I will send someone to pass on the message, and I will not frown in the water and fire."

Zhao Hu didn't say anything and planned to surrender to the enemy. In fact, it was no wonder that he was the current trend in the Hangu Pass camps. Now everyone is close to the Wei army and hates the Wei family members to death. But everyone is tacitly informed, but they dare not say it blatantly. But since they have arrived here, Zhao Hu felt that he had nothing to say. If he could serve His Highness the King of Wei, he would feel more at ease.

In fact, this is not only because Qin Shaoyou gained favor from the defenders, but also because many defenders complained about the Wei family, but the most important thing is the doctors.

The three hundred doctors entered Hangu Pass and soon began to save lives and help the wounded and organized people to eliminate the epidemic. The doctors have always been respected. Moreover, there are not many doctors in Hangu Pass, and there are only a few, so they are also arrogant. The difference between the doctors in Guandong is that their background is actually similar to those of ordinary soldiers. They have suffered in the past. It is precisely because of this that there will be no such thing as being inferior to those of the dog-eyed men, and they are even more likely to have the arrogance of being arrogant. Even when they are diagnosed, they can talk about some topics. There are a few people in the family and a few acres of land. When it comes to the autumn harvest, the strong men will be there, and who will harvest the crops? The simplicity of these doctors can easily make the rough and big-headed officers and soldiers feel good and respectful.

Occasionally, they would reveal some situations in Kanto and some very ordinary lives, but in their conversation, they were a little proud. They were naturally proud. From a mud-legged family background, they could actually study and become doctors. If this kind of situation was in the past and other places, they would probably be in the world.

They are also a group of people who are willing to endure hardships. Most of the doctors in Guanzhong cannot endure hardships and rarely go to the barracks, but they walk around with medicine boxes on their backs. The food in the army is very rough, and they can even eat it. Of course, this is due to their hardships. After all, in the past, they also came through this. Although their situation has improved many times since then, they can also eat the hardships now.

Zhao Hu admired these people very much. They seemed to represent the people of Guandong, which made Zhao Hu respect the Wei army at the pass. In private, the people in the army called these doctors the husband. At this time, the husband was extremely noble, and most people would not call him rashly. Just like Wei Xuanzhen, such a person who was a general and a prime minister, was more appropriate to be called him.

Sometimes Zhao Hu would be related to Mr. Xu in his camp. He would occasionally chat with Mr. Xu for a few words and admire him. Because this man is knowledgeable, knowledgeable, but never arrogant, and does not have the kind of sourness of a scholar. When Zhao Hu came, he had not made up his mind to serve the King of Wei, but when he arrived here, he blurted out when he thought of Mr. Xu.

I can also serve His Highness the King of Wei like Mr. Xu.

The military officer just smiled faintly, showing a little kindness, but did not seem to have further discussion. He just asked Zhao Hu to continue counting the medicinal materials, so he asked the kitchen to give Zhao Hu and his subordinates a meal. The meal was very good. The rice was fine rice, and there was enough steamed cakes. As for meat, there was definitely a lot of you. Zhao Hu ate very comfortably, but he was still a little worried. By the way, I am not considered serving His Highness King Wei now? Why didn’t the other party say anything? Well... I’d better go back first.

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After a while, someone reported Zhao Hu's affairs to the big tent.

Qin Shaoyou was in trouble for the additional money and grain to build the canal. After hearing the report, he just raised his head and said lightly: "Oh, I know, let's leave. Be polite to them and don't neglect it. Although it is the enemy, there is no war between the two armies yet. You go down."

He was already unpredictable about this kind of thing. Nine batches of Hangu Pass came to get the medicinal materials, and each group was different. However, six or seven military officers led the team secretly made a statement. As for those big-headed soldiers, more people quietly pulled the people aside and whispered, and there were also people who left letters in a crooked manner, and there were several people who could hit them almost every time.

Qin Shaoyou did not express anything about this, and did not allow people to agree or promise anything. He was not worried about false surrender. He really didn't want to solve the problem of Hangu Pass at all. Since he was not in a hurry to solve it, it became meaningless to persuade or accept surrender now.

Instead of letting Wei Xuanzhen detect something and then completely break the contact between inside and outside the pass under this excuse, it is better to slowly boil the frog in warm water to attack the heart. Don’t expect a quick success, don’t worry, no hurry, anyway, there is another more important thing to do now. However, the matter of Hangu Pass can be slowed down and let Wei Xuanzhen feel comfortable for a few more days.

After thinking about it, Qin Shaoyou lowered his head and buried himself in the review of the report sent from Luoyang.

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Staying up late to write and write two books, what, there are recommendation tickets, can you discuss it and smash the new book? In fact, the new book Tiger really wrote it carefully this time. In the past, the biggest problem of Tiger was that he did not save manuscripts, and then he wrote the book in a hurry. Once the plot encounters a bottleneck, he has to update it at this time, so he has to follow the old routine plot. The new book Tiger has already saved a lot of manuscripts and will not follow the old path again.

Well, of course, friends who are disgusted with Tiger's new book will scold you if you want to. Tiger knows that he is indifferent, sorry, sorry. (To be continued.)
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