Governor He paused for a moment, curious, "Which way did Imperial Doctor Zhou come from?"
As far as he knew, a section from Suzhou to their Shazhou had already been seized by bandits. Although they would not kill all passers-by, they would have to leave a lot of money to buy the road.
And I haven't heard of the large-scale suppression of bandits in Suzhou recently. Didn't they agree to be together after a while
Man Bao seemed to know what he was asking, and said, "We didn't go from Suzhou, but from the desert."
But the desert is actually not safe. He Cishi wanted to speak, but after thinking about it, he finally swallowed the words. They have arrived safely, and it is meaningless to say these things. Maybe they are just lucky
On the contrary, Mr. Zhuang saw that he was hesitant to speak, so he couldn't help interjecting and asked. In his opinion, going out is no small matter, especially when they carry a lot of luggage and look like fat sheep at first glance. It is even more important to get as much information as possible, otherwise who knows what will happen where
After asking, they realized how messy the place outside Xiazhou was.
According to what Governor He said, people's hearts fluctuated from the north of Xiazhou, and the further west and north they came, the more such people and forces there were.
Because these lands have been successively conquered by the Jin Dynasty in the past ten years, and these places are sparsely populated.
It's true that the land is sparsely populated, and it's okay to walk along the official road. After walking for two or three days, you may barely meet a village. After leaving the official road, there are a large area of deserted mountains and mountains.
After Xiazhou came out, although there was arable land, most of them were grasslands and mountains. Many herdsmen lived by water and grass, so the yamen had very little control over these people.
Before the fall of Gaochang, the minds here were already floating. After the fall of Gaochang, a group of people were shocked, so everyone reluctantly became honest.
The governors and generals in Liangzhou, Suzhou, Shazhou and other places took the opportunity to suppress many bandits. Among them, the governor He made the most achievements, because Shazhou had the Yumen Gate Guards. He fought down half of the bandits, and drove the horse bandits outside the pass far away. He didn't know where he went before.
Originally, he should be able to be transferred back after his term expires in two years, but smallpox came out.
The rumors were fierce before, first Xiazhou destroyed the city, then patients flowed into the Central Plains, smallpox broke out in the capital, and the emperor died suddenly because of it...
Those who spread the word with nose and eyes, not to mention ordinary people, even serious officials like them, because they are too far away from the capital, have a moment of suspicion.
Later they began to suppress the rumors, but unfortunately it was too difficult to refute the rumors, and because they were official, what they said seemed to be questioned by others. In any case, there were fewer people who believed than doubted.
So people who were already dishonest became even more dishonest.
Except for ordinary people who worked hard and diligently, everyone else ran to tell each other, and some people who had experience as bandits picked up their swords again, left their family or dragged their children and ran to become bandits up.
"Because of smallpox, the number of merchants who came and went has decreased by nearly half. These bandits have appeared again, and this half has been reduced by half. Now there are not many merchants who are willing to enter and exit the customs."
Man Bao pondered for a while, and couldn't help feeling a little worried, "What about Master You? Can he go back when the road is so dangerous?"
Only then did Governor He know that they were traveling with a merchant this time.
He cheered up, and smiled with them: "If Master You is not in a hurry to leave, why don't you let him wait another two months?"
He said: "That period of time happened to be the busiest time in Yumen Pass, and the most merchants came here, so he happened to change things and go back."
It would be impossible to change things without the ability to keep them. Obviously, Governor He was implying external security conditions.
Man Bao and the others naturally understood, so they nodded tacitly in response.
The few people just exchanged pleasantries, and Governor He took them to the restaurant to wait for General Meng when he saw that the time was almost up.
General Meng looked like a middle-aged man in his forties. He was tall and strong, and he exuded a fierce aura. As soon as he entered the box full of treasures, he felt very oppressed. Naturally, it was not his aura. After all, they were not uncommon. An imposing 2.8 meter emperor.
It's the oppression brought by height.
He is really tall, the tallest person Man Bao has ever seen, so Man Bao glaringly glanced across his body, focusing on his knees, and felt that the pressure on his knees should be due to his height and physique. very big.
General Meng paused when he saw Yin standing inside, looked and looked a little uncertainly, and frowned, "What's the name of this young master?"
Yin Ju stepped forward and saluted like before, "Boy Yin Ju, I have seen Uncle Meng."
General Meng stared, "Is he really a boy from the Yin family?"
He looked Yin He up and down, and saw that although his stature seemed a little short, his complexion was not as pale as before.
"Are you cured?"
Yin Ju smiled slightly and said, "I'm much better now, thank you Uncle Meng for your concern."
General Meng's eyes fell on Zhou Man, "Did Mrs. Zhou heal you?"
Man Bao paused and said, "It's not completely cured yet."
Yin or's illness seems to be cured by outsiders, but these few of them know that Yin or's illness is difficult to cure. Illness and Zhou Man's medicine, this looks almost like a normal person.
Uninformed outsiders will only think that he is weaker than ordinary people, which is not a big problem.
But General Meng has also seen Yin or before. He has not been back to the capital for many years, but when he went back last time, he happened to meet Yin or fell ill. At that time, the Yin family had already prepared a new coffin, and the mourning hall After the arrangements were made, the Yin family even considered marrying Yin Li a daughter-in-law as a joy.
As a result, before the selection of the candidate was started, the old doctor Tan pulled the person back from the gate of hell.
At that time, he took a look at the child, and he only had the impression of a small one lying under the quilt. His face was pale, he had no blood at all, and he spoke very softly. He was afraid that if he said a word, he would die.
Over the years, General Meng still knew something about Yin Yu's condition from the steward who went back to deliver the gift, but either he was in poor health or he was in poor health.
General Meng looked at Yin or Zhou Man, and his attitude was much better.
When he first saw that the imperial physician was so young, he was a little skeptical, but if he could treat Yin Yu like this, he should have great abilities.
General Meng paused, and sincerely suggested to Zhou Man, "If you want to leave the customs, you'd better wait another two months."