In the fourth year of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty, Emperor Daojun regretted using troops because of Fang La, but Zhao Liangsi and others insisted that Pingyan was as easy as a hand, and under the persuasion and persuasion of Prime Minister Wang Huang and others, Zhao Ji finally decided to go on the Northern Expedition again. Wang Huang set up a special economic care room in the three provinces to manage border affairs, and even kept the Northern Expedition independent of the Privy Council. He also included all the people in the world, and calculated that he got 62 million yuan for the army. For a while, Yanyun did not get it, and domestic grievances have arisen.

But who does Emperor Daojun and Tong Guan care about this? Those who should enjoy themselves continue to enjoy themselves, and those who want to make meritorious contributions should hurry up to make meritorious contributions. It just happened that the Northern Liao regime sent an envoy to sue for the throne, and the confidence was insufficient to express that it was willing to "exempt the New Year's coin", the Song Dynasty Dazai Shaozai, and the Privy Xuanfu all thought that the Liao people could be bullied, so the determination to enter the army was firmer, and the two ministers who did not understand military affairs and the details of the northern kingdom, Tong Guan and Cai You (Cai Jing's son), were the main and deputy Xuanfu envoys, and led 150,000 troops to the north to patrol the border. On the day of entering the palace and resigning, Tong Guan spoke loudly in front of Zhao Ji, saying that the sixteen states of Yanyun were at his fingertips, and Zhao Ji also took it for granted, and at the same time pointed out some of Tong Guan's military plans.

Yang Yingqi heard that Tong Guan was about to arrive in Xiongzhou in Tanggu, so he sent Deng Su as an envoy and transported 20,000 stones of grain and grass to the army. Yang Yingqi intended to spy on the situation of the Great Song Dynasty army to determine a strategy, so he also disguised himself as an envoy to go there. Deng Su saw that Ouyang Shi had no intention of stopping him, and he was not easy to persuade.

The grain transportation road is to first go up the river from the boundary river, then turn into the Qing River, and pass through the Baoding army to the wharf near Xiongzhou City. The Qing River is in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is the Baigou River as a barrier to the north. The boundary river is the border between Liao and Song. But in the past few months, the shipyard of the Han Department has transported a lot of small warships suitable for river operations, cruising on the Jiehe River from time to time, Xiao Gan has intervened several times but can not please him, sent a messenger to Cangzhou to question Li Yinggu, but Li Yinggu prevaricated with "he is not my Great Song army and civilian", and later Xiao Gan could not, so he had to give up the surface of the Jiehe River and only take precautions on the shore.

The Han warships cruised in the middle of the river to escort the escort, and the grain ships walked on the south bank. After turning into the Qing River, the warships of the Han Dynasty no longer followed, in order to abide by the agreement that the soldiers and horses would not enter the Song realm.

This was the first time that Deng Su returned to the Song Realm as an official of the Han Dynasty, so he attached great importance to this trip, and even thought about what clothes to wear.

Under the influence of Yang Yingqi, the officials of the Han Dynasty did not care much about dressing and behaved casually, but after there were more scholars from the Song Dynasty, many people saw that the office officials were dressed in disorderly clothes, and the government hall was like a market, which was too unpresentable. It was only under their appeal that the official uniform began to appear in the civil service system of the Han Dynasty. According to the idea of Li Jie and others, it is best to copy the official uniforms of the Song Dynasty, but Yang Yingqi thought that those official uniforms were too inconvenient, and the two sides bargained for several rendezvous, and finally adopted the design of a student from Guanning Academy, and made three sets of generous and decent official uniforms: the first set is a formal dress, which is only worn on special occasions, with long sleeves and long robes, which are all prepared and extremely grand; the second set is casual clothes; The third set is Chinese casual clothes. Deng Su was wearing Han custom civilian clothes at this time, although it was called "civilian clothes", in fact, the style was quite formal, and the style was similar to the official uniform of the Great Song Dynasty, so Xiongzhou Shouchen and Mill felt strange at first sight: the messenger from "Dajin" in front of him really couldn't see the slightest taste of Hu Ren from head to toe.

He Mill's vision made Deng Su quite uncomfortable. Although he had developed a considerable sense of identification with the Han Dynasty, deep down in his heart, he still believed that it was a last resort for the Great Song Dynasty to be a minister in the northern country. This feeling was not very obvious when he was in the Southern Liaoning Army, but as soon as he handed over to the officials of the Great Song Dynasty at this moment, this emotion immediately surged up. Therefore, when He Mill euphemistically inquired about his origins, Deng Su's first reaction was to be vague, and in two or three sentences, he brought the topic to the grain and grass.

He Milling is also a scholar with a heart for the country, and his interest in grain and grass is much stronger than asking about Deng Su's origins. Originally, he did not approve of the Northern Expedition, but Tong Guan, who was transporting grain, sent someone to greet him and asked him to receive the envoys of the Han Ministry in a good life. Moreover, the unconditional gift of food by friendly countries before the war was a good thing in any case, and could even be regarded as a good omen. At that moment, under the leadership of Deng Su, He Mill personally came to the dock of Qinghe, watched the bags of grain and grass coming up, and was happy in his heart, praised General Ouyang for keeping his promise, and asked: "Do these grains and grass have 100,000 stones?" ”

Deng Su said: "Last year, the state was not good, and the sea route was far away, and it was difficult to collect 100,000 stones of grain and grass for a while. Therefore, it was intended to be sent in five times, and this was the first batch of 20,000 stones. ”

He sighed, quite disappointed, and then remembered that after all, people came to send things unconditionally, and the year is not good, and the sea route is far away, it seems to be the truth, and it is not good to show people coldly.

Deng Su said again: "This 100,000 stone grain and grass is a private gift from General Ouyang to Master Tong, so this time the official came, first, to deliver the grain and grass to the adult, and second, to meet Master Tong." The first thing has been completed, but the second thing still has to be promoted by the adults. ”

He Milling said: "Although the vanguard soldiers and horses of the imperial court have arrived, I am afraid that it will take a few days for the tiger of Master Tong to arrive in Xiongzhou. ”

Deng Su said: "In this case, can you please arrange with the adults and let the lower officials wait in the city?" ”

Seeing that Deng Su's entourage was only more than ten people, he pointed to the people who were transporting grain and said, "Lord Deng can stay, but these soldiers who transport grain ......"

Deng Su smiled when he heard this: "Where are these soldiers? This is just the people we recruited from Cangzhou, and they are all the people of the Great Song Dynasty. This time, the officials came, and they were all civilian officials, and there were no generals. ”

He Mo was a little strange when he heard this, and said: "I see that they are neatly dressed, and they have laws when they walk and retreat, and I think they are the troops of your country." ”

It turned out that after the Han Department established itself in Tanggu, it recruited people step by step in order to meet the needs of all parties. After more than 100 years of living and living, the land of China lacks everything, but there is no shortage of people! Therefore, as soon as the Hanbu set up a recruitment sign, countless homeless people poured over. However, the Han Ministry did not ask for these homeless people when they came, but selected the simple and strong among them, distributed clothes and food, and trained by the Han sappers, and after the training, they were divided into teams, and each people's team was led by the old sappers of the Han Department as the main and deputy captains. In just a few months, these Song peasants have become an indispensable force in Tanggu's construction, defense, transportation, public security, and other affairs. Because they were well fed, warmly dressed, and well-trained, these people not only had distinct clothes and armor compared with the box soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, but also had no lazy atmosphere on the box soldiers. Even compared with the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, it is more spiritual.

It is precisely because these people have the above characteristics that they will misunderstand and mill. In fact, he listened to Deng Su's words and was not convinced, if intentionally or unintentionally approached the place where a few people were resting, and heard that what they used to talk about was the Han'er dialect in Hebei, so he believed it a little, but still said: "The Northern Expedition is coming, and Xiongzhou has become an important place." The responsibility of these people to transport grain has been completed, and if they stay here, there will be many people and mixed mouths, and they will be afraid of right and wrong, and secondly, there is no need for them, so it is better to ......."

Deng Su said: "Don't worry, when they finish their work, I will order them to go back." ”

He Mill relieved his doubts and arranged for them to stay in Xiongzhou City.

After entering the city, Deng Su saw Yang Yingqi's eyes wandering around, and asked him in a low voice what he was looking for, Yang Yingqi sighed: "I'm not looking for anything, I'm just revisiting the old place to see what has changed." ”

Deng Su was stunned for a moment and said, "Hometown? Yes! I forgot seven ...... Brother Qi, you've been here. Then he remembered that the rejection of the Han Department was not a good memory for Yang Yingqi, so he didn't mention it anymore, and changed the topic and said: "How does Brother Qi look at this and milling?" ”

Yang Yingqi said with a smile: "The land is the old place, and the people are the old people!" It's just that I haven't seen him all these years, and he seems to have been promoted. Alas, he probably doesn't remember me anymore. But if the second brother comes, he must remember! ”

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