Zoumagang is located in the west of Ba County, Chengdu is also in the west of Ba County, and Han Xiufeng has never been to Guizhou, nor has he left Chaotianmen, and then arrived at Anwenyi Post, and then entered the Shunya, Songkan, Tongzi County in Tongzi. Further south is the Chongqing-Guizhou Road in Loushan Pass, Zunyi and even Guiyang.

Although there are many porters along the way, this "Official and Horse Road" has been far less than the "East Road" and the "Beijing Road" for a long time. Because with the "reform of land and return to the current", the chieftain forces in Guizhou were uprooted one after another, and the post stations along the way were also laid off one after another.

In the 61st year of the Kangxi reign, the court ordered the memorials of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to be changed to Hunan, and the official roads in Chongqing and Guizhou became commercial roads. There were no post stations along the way, but instead of winter, ponds and pavilions.

There are more than a dozen green camp soldiers stationed by them, called Xun, such as Wujiangxun and Songkanxun; there are three or four green camp soldiers stationed by them, called Tang, such as Hotel Tang, Jiezhentang, and Yelangtang; there are more pavilions without soldiers, such as Hongguanpu, Chumipu, Banqiaopu, Sidu Station Shop, Shizipu, Zhongzhuangpu, Laibantang, etc. These pens, ponds, and pavilions have gradually become very lively and prosperous towns like Zoumagang and Laifengyi on the "Dongda Road".

Pan Er rushed back to Zuomagang from Ba County and was busy hiring a porter to transport the second batch of foreign guns and gunpowder lead. Han Xiufeng and the Wu brothers had already crossed the village among the mountains and hills to Dongxi in Qijiang. Pan Er took Zuoma Group, Ciyun Group and Shizhu Group to the supervisor. When the regiment was transporting the second batch of foreign guns to Ba County, Han Xiufeng and others had entered the territory of Guizhou, to be precise, a place called Yutuo.

Yutuo is located at the junction of Tongzi County and Qijiang County, Guizhou. Three steles are carved on a huge red sand rock, one is a merit stele and the other is a Tongyi Yangshengtang stele. The inscription is clearer, and the other is a boundary stele of Qitong County, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces. The stele records the righteous act of the people of the two counties collecting funds to build roads during the Daoguang period, so there is a saying of "one stone and three steles".

However, Yutuo is an enclave inserted into eastern Sichuan by Tongzi, Guizhou. Because it is too far away from the county town, the people of Yutuo will hardly go to Tongzi. They insist on going to Guizhou instead of their own county town. It is precisely because they are far away that Tongzi's bandits have not affected this place.

Han Xiufeng and others rested in Yutuo for a night, and then continued on the next day. They rested at the last and largest post shop in the eastern part of the Chongqing-Guizhou official road. They rushed to the Yangjiao Sihetou at the junction of the two provinces and stayed at Bailing Temple not far from the boundary marker.

To the south of the boundary marker is the boundary of Guizhou. There are no yamen runners or soldiers within a radius of more than ten miles. It is said that the people in the nearby villages have almost run away. Even the temple where the people of the two provinces jointly invested and built was only one old monk. Wu Kuixiang was a little worried about Han Xiufeng's safety and couldn't help but persuade: "Zhixing, why don't we go back to Anjian first and come and camp when the regiments arrive."

As long as he met someone from Guizhou, he would inquire about Tongzi. Han Xiufeng didn't think it was too dangerous here. While signaling Chen Hu to send the porters back, he smiled and said, "I've come here, how can I go back."

"But this wilderness..."

"This is not a wilderness. There is an official road ahead. There is a village over there. It is said that walking fifteen miles further forward is the Hotel Path. If Brother Wu thinks it is not appropriate to rest here, then we will continue to rush to rest at the Hotel Path."

Wu Kuixiang was ridiculous and didn't know what to say, Han Xiufeng turned around and smiled, "Don't worry, have the passers-by said that Tongzi is in chaos now, but the people who cause trouble are all small groups of thieves. They dare to come to attack Qijiang and are even smaller in small groups."

"Yes, Mr. Wu, with our brothers here, there is nothing to worry about." Chen Hu couldn't help but turn around and said.

"Brother Chen, it's not that I, Wu Kuixiang, is afraid of death, but that Mr. Han must not make any mistakes. You must know that Mr. Han is our head coach!"

"What is the boss who is not a commander? He doesn't show his flag or wears official uniforms. Who knows what I do? Who knows that I'm here?" Han Xiufeng walked to the gate of Yongling Temple, looked at the farmland with the boundary marker, and pondered: "This place is good. There is such a large open space that can be used to camp."

Wu Kuixiang realized that Han Xiufeng would not return to Anwen Town, so he could only say angrily: "Okay, I'll listen to you, and camp here."

"But you can't wait for camping. Please help Brother Wu go back to the town and ask the gentry in the town to help summon more young and strong people to dig trenches and build villages. By the way, ask who owns this field. If you destroy other people's crops, you will have to pay for money, and if you occupy other people's land, you will have to pay for money."

"But what should you do if I leave?"

"I'm just waiting here. Are there several brothers here?"

"I understand the principle that ambition is to be successful and soldiers are more important than speed, but..."

"Don't, I won't have anything to do, it's important to do the job." Han Xiufeng thought about it and said, "By the way, when he came here, he saw that there were many salt shops in the town, and there should be many salt merchants. They do business with Tongzi every day, and even set up a semicolon in Songkan. Remember to inquire about the thief in Tongzi."

"Okay, I'll go now."

"Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet. Then I'll ask the local gentry to send a few young and strong men who are familiar with the situation in Tongzi to come and listen to it. It's better to be insignificant than to be insignificant, and you must be honest and reliable."

"I know, no one who is cheating or cheating can be asked."

"Go and bring your family with you."

...

After seeing Wu Kuixiang off, the old monk came over and bowed with his hands together, and asked carefully: "My monk Huiqing has seen the donor, how dare you ask the donor's surname?"

"I'm in the lower house, and my name is Xiufeng." Han Xiufeng bowed and replied, looking at the old monk with a smile, "It turns out to be Master Huiqing. Do you know if Master Huiming from Ciyun Temple in Ciyun Mountain, Ba County recognizes it?"

"I recognize you and recognize you. I not only recognize Senior Brother Huiming, but also went to Ciyun Temple six years ago!"

"Xiufeng's hometown lives at the foot of Ciyun Mountain. I just went to disturb Master Huiming some time ago, and even asked Master Huiming for two kilograms of camellia tea."

"Han Shuzhu, the small temple is not as good as Ciyun Temple, but there are some teas. I will go to boil water and make tea."

"Master, don't be polite. Let them do these things," Han Xiufeng turned around and looked at Chen Hu and others who were packing things, then turned around and smiled at the old monk and said, "I almost forgot to tell the mage that Xiufeng not only planned to stop at Baosha, but probably would have to bother the master for a long time."

“How long?”

"Maybe it has to be disturbed for a year or two."

The old monk was stunned. Han Xiufeng simply put his hands together like him, bowed to the Buddha statue of Tathagata in the main hall, and said piously: "The bandits in Guizhou are in chaos, and the bandits are everywhere, and the people are displaced. His disciple Han Xiufeng was ordered to help the group training, stationed here to train troops to prevent the bandits and bandits, begging my Buddha to bless the war not to spread to eastern Sichuan, and bless the people in eastern Sichuan safety..."

"It turns out it's Mr. Han, I'm so resentful!" The old monk recovered and hurriedly bowed.

"Master, don't need much politeness," Han Xiufeng helped the old monk up, looked at the old monk with a smile and asked, "Master, can you accompany Xiufeng around?"

"Where is Mr. Han going?"

"If you don't go far, just walk around."

"Please, Mr. Han."

"Please, Master."

...

Chen Hu didn't dare to let Han Xiufeng go out with the old monk like this, so he hurriedly called Ge Erxiao to follow him.

Han Xiufeng looked at the official road extending to the mountains and asked, "Master, when you look at the merit monuments in the temple, you will know that there are many pilgrims in Tongzi. Have they come here to burn incense these days?"

"Report to Mr. Han, not many people have burned incense these days, but there are also."

"Have they ever said what's going on over there?"

"They told me some that the Hallao has been peaceful in the past two months. It turned out that the "Yuan Bandits" stationed in Hongguan and Hallao have left, and only some remaining bandits who have robbed their families. Many gentry people fled here to avoid disasters. Now they have returned one after another. Some gentry have also started group training, so those bandits dare not go to the Hallao to cause trouble."

Han Xiufeng stopped and asked, "Fate bandit?"

The old monk hurriedly said, "Reported to Mr. Han, I heard that Yang Hanxi and Shu Tailor believe in... Believe in the White Lotus Sect, saying that those who are in fate practice vegetarianism and worship lanterns as their practice, and die in battle as their ascension to heaven. Therefore, the people opposite are divided into "in fate" or "in the group". "In the group" are "in fate bandits", and those who are in the group are good people."

"Zaiyuan means following the thief, and Zayuan means the gang members who train in the group?"

"That's right." Thinking of these things, I can't count as a hurry. Even if I don't say that the young official in front of me could find out soon, the old monk said carefully: "But sometimes it's really hard to tell whether it is 'in the group' or 'in the lotus'. What's more, some people hold the group and respect themselves, gather themselves to fight against food, and despise the government. Some people are in a turmoil, seem to be 'in the group', but secretly collude with the 'fen bandits', so although Tongzi recovered, it actually only recovered the county town."

Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice: "It's very chaotic to say that the opposite side is now, and I can't figure out who is the good person and who is the bad person."

"As far as I know, Songkan is a good place in the place. The more chaotic you go south, the more chaotic you are, the further away from the official road, the more chaotic you are."

Yang Hanxi's nest is in Jiubachang, and Jiubachang is in the south, so it is normal to have chaos in the south. Han Xiufeng thought about it and asked again: "Have you heard from someone about Yang Hanxi? What kind of person is he?"

"I've heard of it, but I don't know whether it's true or not."

"But it's okay."

"I heard that although Yang Hanxi's family is average, she is a righteous person and makes friends. At first, she didn't think about rebellion. The reason for rebellion was because she met a fortune teller named Wu Sansheng. Wu Sansheng told him that there was a man from Huguang named Shu Mingda. He had strange appearances since childhood. He slept in a cowshed at night, and was full of red light. He must be Allah. Yang Hanxi and Shu Mingda were friends, so he asked Wu Sansheng to help Shu Mingda calculate the eight characters. After Wu Sansheng calculated, he said that Shu Mingda's eight characters were extremely expensive and had a share of nine or five.

Yang Hanxi told Wu Sansheng his Nian Geng and asked Wu Sanxian to help calculate. Wu Sansheng said that his horoscope was a single tiger that was the Heavenly Gate, and it must be the fate of the Grand Marshal. If he was willing to guarantee the uprising, he would have the position of prime minister in the future. Then he calculated the good or bad fortune and said that the uprising was good and good. Yang Hanxi was already religious, so he was moved, so he left Wu Sansheng at home and planned to make an uprising with Shu Mingda and others."

"So it's the remnant of the White Lotus Sect!" Han Xiufeng asked in confusion: "Since he is just the life of the Grand Marshal, why did he proclaim himself as the king? Why did he proclaim himself Emperor Jianghan?"

"As far as I know, he did not proclaim himself emperor, he led people to capture Tongzi County and established the country's name "Jianghan". He was the fourth son of Shu Mingda as the lord. He was the founding marshal, carved wood as seals, and renamed Tongzi County to "Xingzhou". His hometown Jiubachang was renamed "Saibo Mansion", and Zeng Liankui was appointed as the governor. He wrote a big letter to Siming and the first year of Jianghan on the banner, and also posted a notice to exempt grain tax for three years, and forever banned the silver."

Looking at Han Xiufeng's thoughtful look, the old monk continued, "I heard that he captured the county magistrate after capturing the county town, but he did not kill him. Later, when he attacked Loushan Pass, he released the county magistrate Chen Taijie."

"The fourth son of Shu Mingda is the lord, and he did not kill Tongzi Zhengtang. It seems that he is really righteous. No wonder he can respond to it with all his calls. It is estimated that he did not want to treat Tongzi's hometown as a battlefield and did not want to implicate his hometown. Unfortunately, people like him had made great achievements, but they not only believed in cults but also rebelled. No one could save him when he reached this point."
Chapter completed!