Since ancient times, the emperor's patrol has always been a top priority. Even though Yang Tong adheres to the principle of keeping everything simple, this time is different from a military march. In addition to the empress dowager, the empress dowager, the harem concubines, the prince, the prince, the princess, and Yang You's family

Everyone is accompanying them, including the palace maids and attendants, the First Army, the Xuanjia Army, and the Shura Guards, the number of people is 70,000. In addition, each woman has a lot of accompanying items, and there are not an average number of boxes and cages to display items. Good.

In this journey, we marched on both land and water, and all the items and people were placed on the warships, so it was not necessary to mobilize troops and mobilize civilians.

After a day's march, the land team led by Yang Tong entered Shaanxi County, Henan County.

Shaanxi County is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north and is located between Mianchi and Taolin counties. The county has a small population and the city is not steep. According to the county hierarchy, it is just a lower county, but this does not mean that Shaanxi County is not

It is important because there is Changpingcang built by Emperor Wen in the territory.

During the Kaihuang period, due to the small area and large population in Guanzhong, and due to hundreds of years of war and over-exploitation, the Guanzhong Plain was no longer as prosperous as it once was, and the food produced was not enough for the population of the capital. Therefore, the problem of food became a major problem for the capital.

The solution was to transport grain goods from Guandong and Jiangnan into Guanzhong. However, the Wei River flowing from west to east has been a difficult river since ancient times, so the Central Cao Canal was opened and closed as early as the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to supplement the shortage of water transportation in Guanzhong.

After the Sui Dynasty unified the north, the old canals of the Han Dynasty had been silted up for a long time and could not be used, so they had to use the Wei River for water transportation. However, the Wei River was sandy and had different depths, making it difficult to continue navigation. In order to solve the problem of water transportation and enough food, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty asked Kaihuang

In the fourth year, Yu Wenkai was ordered to dredge and dig a canal based on the canal of the Han Dynasty, and divert the Weishui River from the east of Daxing City to Tongguan, which was named Guangtong Canal. The dredging of the Guangtong Canal allowed the canals heading west along the Yellow River to reach directly without passing through the Weishui River.

Beijing. However, after the Guangtong Canal was dug, the mainstays and reefs of the Sanmenxia Gorge of the Yellow River still blocked the navigation channel. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty issued an order to dig out the mainstays, but the results were not great, so Changpingcang was built in Shaanxi County to the west of the mainstays.

During the wet season every year, the water overflows the dangerous shoals and reefs of Sanmenxia, ​​and the canal boats take this opportunity to transport grain from Xingluocang back to Luocang to Changpingcang; during the dry season, it is difficult to cross the dangerous shoals and reefs of Sanmenxia, ​​so the canal boats move to Changpingcang.

The grain was transported to Huayin Guangtongcang, or directly to Taicang, the capital, thus solving the problem of food shortage in Daxing, the capital.

In the seventh year of Kaihuang's reign, the old road of Hangou was dredged again to facilitate the transportation of canals. Shanyangdu started from Yangzijin, the capital of the Yangtze River, in the south, and reached Shanyang in the north. It was about 300 miles long, connecting the Yangtze River and the Huaishui River. After Yang Guang came to the throne,

, a network of canals was excavated or dredged across the world and extending in all directions. The Grand Canal artery of the Sui Dynasty was centered on Luoyang. To the north, you could follow the Yongji Canal directly to Zhuojun, and to the west, you could go west along the Yellow River and pass through the Guangtong Canal.

Directly to Daxing; to the south, you can follow the Tongji Canal to reach the Huai River. Going eastward along the river, ships can reach the Yangtze River from Shanyang along the Hangou, and then along the Jiangnan River to the Qiantang River. The opening of the Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty promoted Luoyang's status

to unprecedented heights.

Perhaps he inherited the gene of the old Yang family who likes to engage in big projects. Yang Tong not only built the Great Wall and many official roads in the Sui Dynasty, but also dug many canals. Even the mainstay of Sanmenxia, ​​which the civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty could not handle, was burned by him.

The stone was removed by the precise principle of thermal expansion and contraction of water cooling. Since then, the Sanmenxia section of the Yellow River has been completely unimpeded except during the Ice Age. Therefore, Changpingcang in Shaanxi County is not as important as before, but Yang Tong did not abandon it.

A lot of grain from Liaodong is also stored here. Like other warehouses, it is handed over to Taifu Temple, which is in charge of national grain storage and warehouses.

Compared with the usual calm, Changpingcang showed a lively atmosphere at dusk today.

In the northwest of Changpingcang, close to the south bank of the Yellow River, in a wilderness about twenty miles wide.

A huge military camp was set up. Because it was in the territory of the Sui Dynasty and the army was camping, the Sui army officers did not set up a camp fence during the march. Instead, they dug shallow ditches in front of the camp and buried deer antlers every hundred steps.

A tall watchtower was also erected, and a dense number of anti-horse guns were inserted behind the shallow ditch to prevent the camp from breaking out. In the middle was the military tent, and there were other tents where sundries, war horses and other items were placed.

Countless white tents are laid out in a six-flower formation, distinguished by six flags: the Suzaku Flag, the Xuanwu Flag, the Kirin Flag, the White Tiger Flag, the Pixiu Flag, and the Suanni Flag. In the middle is a handsome flag with a black border and a white background.

The word "Pei" is two feet higher than the handsome flag. There is a large red golden dragon flag of the Sui Dynasty. The high golden dragon flag is fluttering in the wind, with a rather arrogant and scornful momentum that dominates the world.

Thousands of large tents were neat and orderly, each passage was clear and obvious, and the brigade commanders of each battalion led troops on patrol. Every detail was in order, and everything was set up in accordance with combat standards. They did not relax at all because they were on their own territory. The Sui army

Therefore, being victorious in every battle, in addition to being brave and good at fighting, using strong bows and crossbows, is also related to the good custom of the Sui army to always be vigilant.

On the bank of the Yellow River under the setting sun, the setting sun is like blood, showing a magnificent scene of "the sun sets over the long river".

Yang Tong and Wei Fengwu were walking along the embankment of the Yellow River, drawing arrows from their strings. Heisha was grazing leisurely behind them. Whenever he saw the host and his wife walking away, he would chase them in front of them and eat them again; further away

It was Shui Tianji, and Yin Mingyue slowly followed with hundreds of Shura guards.

The couple walked all the way and came to a riverside. They saw the breeze floating and the waves sparkling. Wei Fengwu stopped and stretched. She felt relaxed both physically and mentally. She praised with intoxication: "It's so beautiful."

Seeing her actions, Yang Tong's heart softened. He knew that she had been bored in the palace for a long time, and like a child, she was full of yearning for nature.

Although Wei Fengwu is the mother of two children, she is actually not very old. Her slim figure is reflected in the setting sun, making her snow-jade face without makeup appear as if it were transparent. It seems that she has been there for more than twenty years.

Time has not left a trace on her body. Now that she has shed the burden of being a queen, her noble and charming temperaments are intertwined, making Yang Tong feel that she is inviolable, but also ignorant and ignorant of the world, and it is easy to give birth to

The impulse to protect or violate. To protect her innocence that is ignorant of the world, and to violate her noble nobility...

When she didn't get a response from her husband, Wei Fengwu finally turned around and saw Yang Tong looking at her with particularly gentle eyes. The setting sun in the sky made his handsome face look like a god.

"Are you stupid?" Wei Fengwu raised her eyes, and the sunset made her cheeks even redder.

Yang Tong smiled and said, "A fairy descends to earth, so she must be stupid."

Wei Fengwu's feminine feelings made her very fond of her, and she smiled sweetly: "My husband is also a god descending to earth."

Yang Tong smiled slightly, took her delicate and transparent hand, and walked forward slowly.

"Husband, why are you laughing?"

"If you are happy, I will be happy."

At this moment, both of them felt that the other was particularly gentle, as if the sunset in the sky and the water beside them were gentle.

After a while, Wei Fengwu sighed softly: "Husband, I actually envy the two sisters."

Yang Tong looked back at Shui Tianji and Yin Mingyue who were whispering, then turned and asked with a smile: "Why do you envy them?"

"I envy them that they can go to the battlefield with their husbands." Wei Fengwu was like a frustrated ball: "I was originally very good at martial arts and proficient in the art of war. As long as my grandfather was alive, he regretted that I was a woman.

While living in comfort, my martial arts skills are not as good as before, and the art of war is completely forgotten."

As the granddaughter of the famous general Wei Xuan, Wei Fengwu's skills are really good. If all the women in the world were like her, useless, they would just stay at home to support their husbands and raise children. However, there are only a few female generals in her own family. She

Can you not regret it?

"Do you also want to be a general?" Yang Tong understood his wife's regret.

Wei Fengwu rolled her eyes at her husband angrily and said in frustration: "In the past, a princess tied me up, then a pair of children tied me up, and now I have been given the title of queen. Has there ever been a queen or general in this world?

?”

"Yes, I have."

"who?"

"What a wonderful woman! Not only was she the queen of the Shang Dynasty, she was also the first female general in ancient times. She led the army to victory in every battle. She led the army to the west and beheaded more than 20,000 Bai Di. Many of the Bai Di prisoners she captured were regarded as

Used as burial objects.”

Wei Fengwu's eyes lit up and she had an idea in her mind. She said with a smile: "If there is a war, I will go with you."

“Thinking of the ‘good women’ in the Sui Dynasty”

"I let you see it." Wei Fengwu said sheepishly.

Yang Tong rolled his eyes, "We've come to this point, and I can't tell that there is a ghost."

Wei Fengwu held her husband's arm and said coquettishly: "Then will you agree?"

"The question is, do you dare to kill people?" Yang Tong said with a smile: "Can you run a long distance and suffer hardship?"

"Why not? When I killed people, you were still the king of Yue in Luoyang." Wei Fengwu said proudly: "In the eighth year of the Great cause, my grandfather served as the acting general of the right imperial guard. He led his army from Zeng Tunnel and joined the others.

We will meet at the west side of the Yalu River. At that time, all the troops and horses were in trouble, but only my grandfather's army returned. At that time, I served as a commander in my grandfather's camp and killed many Goguryeo slaves. It was also that battle.

After it was over, I met the imperial grandfather for the first time, and then I became your princess in a daze."

Yang Tong was greatly surprised. He really didn't know about his eldest wife's tough experience. He smiled and said, "What will happen to the children and the palace if you go to the battlefield with me?"

"The children are already so old, there is no problem, and Wugou, Xiuning, Tsinghua, and Yuexian can also take care of them. Let the imperial grandmother take care of the affairs in the palace, and mother will take care of them."

Yang Tong didn't know if there would be a military operation this time. Even if there was, Shui Tianji, Yin Mingyue, and Yang Qinfang would definitely go. It wouldn't matter if there was one more guard Fengwu. He smiled and said: "If there is really a military march, how can you

Convince everyone, then you can go."

Wei Fengwu said happily: "You are not allowed to regret it."

"I am the emperor, how can I break someone's trust?"

"The most untrustworthy person in the world is the emperor."

Yang Tong said speechlessly: "My fighting method is different from your grandfather's. I emphasize speed, accuracy and ruthlessness. Marching with me is very difficult. If you really want to go to the battlefield, you can participate in the training of Shura Guards these days to strengthen your physical strength, riding skills, and archery skills."

Training...but you have also seen that the training of Shura Guard is very hard..."

"I'm not afraid of hardship." After Wei Fengwu finished speaking, she said uneasily: "But you are not allowed to harass me at night... I'm afraid you will deliberately make me pregnant..."

"I am not Emperor Wen. When I was angry in the court, I had to pretend to be a grandson when I returned home. My heart was numb and I still had a smile on my face..." Yang Tong stroked his forehead and sighed, saying disdainfully: "I don't lack women.

There are many women who want me to get pregnant, and there is no shortage of you, Wei Xiaowu."

"You go and do it, I don't care. Remember to inform him so that our sisters can cheer for His Majesty the Emperor." Wei Fengwu raised her chin, showing off her fierceness.

"..." Yang Tong was completely defeated.

When women become dirty, men really have nothing to do with them.

Wei Fengwu leaned on Yang Tong's shoulder, smiling like a flower and saying, "I finally beat you."

Yang Tong couldn't laugh or cry.

The two cherished this rare solitude, but good times never lasted forever. Suddenly, the rumble of horse hooves came from behind.

Seeing that it was Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and Ling Jing, they slowed down their horses from a distance, dismounted, and walked this way. Yang Tong looked at Wei Fengwu helplessly: "Things are coming."

"State affairs are of paramount importance. I'll go find my two sisters to watch the scenery." Wei Fengwu smiled understandingly and left quickly.

"Welcoming ministers, please see Your Majesty." The three of them came forward and saluted.

"No need to be polite, what happened?" Yang Tong asked.
To be continued...