Due to the mutual containment of Huining and Jinmen, the entire Tokyo Province in the sixth year of Xuanhe seemed very calm. Handmade products produced in southern Liaoning and Tanggu were continuously shipped to Liuqiu, Japan, Goryeo, and Mayi, in exchange for grain, silver, copper, gold, and tea, which were lacking in these two places. Although ceramics and silk are still heavily dependent on Jiangnan, if the war starts, the impact on Han merchants may not be as great as Yang Yingqi said to Ouyang Shi.

Since the first year of Chonghe, Yang Yingqi began to hoard grain in a planned way, and it has been seven years now. In the past seven years, there was a bumper harvest in southern Liaoning and two failed harvests; Daliu has had two bumper harvests and two typhoons -- in addition to the cost of disaster relief and transportation, Hanbu's warehouses still have a large surplus. And because of the bumper harvest in Mayi and Liuqiu this year, the price of rice in the East China Sea fell sharply for a while, Yang Yingqi threw out a large amount of financial savings to protect the agricultural price to buy, which not only won the praise of farmers in the two places, but also hoarded the Hanbu rice grain full warehouse! After the four large warehouses in Liaokou, Jinmen, Daiyu, Yongning and Tanggu were filled, grain ships still came from the south. Yang Yingqi divided the surplus grain into two parts: one was entrusted to the merchant to be transferred into Taihang Mountain and handed over to Lin Yi to take care of, and the other was transported into Dengzhou in the name of "Yang Xiaoqi", and two giant private warehouses were built to store it.

At the same time that the rice in the Han Department was rotten, the food situation in the Great Song Dynasty deteriorated greatly. The disrepair of water conservancy in various parts of the Central Plains, coupled with natural and man-made disasters, has led to three consecutive years of famine! The peasants who could not survive in various places rebelled one after another, and they were all together and again. And the most serious famine in Xuanhe in the past six years is Hebei and Shandong! Originally from the Great Song Dynasty, the empty city of Yanjing, every year had to transfer a large amount of grain cloth to supply the border soldiers and civilians there, this huge burden fell on the heads of the peasants in Hebei and Shandong, plus the officials in addition to the collection of taxes, soon forced the peasants to be unable to live on their own. There were two teams of adults and horses in Shandong, one for Zhang Wanxian, with about 50,000 people, and the other for Zhang Di, with about 100,000 people. Wandering around, killing officials and predating all the way, I heard that there was food in Dengzhou, and I actually came here in one place.

At that time, the administrative division of the Shandong Peninsula was divided into Denglai Prefecture, and if the peasant army wanted to reach Dengzhou in the eastern part of the peninsula, it had to pass through Laizhou in the western part of the peninsula. The Laizhou Shouchen heard that the hungry people were coming, and the merchants of Qingyang Port were all worried, and the Dengzhou Shouchen Wang Shizhong was helpless except to invite the imperial court, and Liu Jie, the president of the Qingyang Port Chamber of Commerce, hurriedly sent a letter to Yang Yingqi to ask him to find a way quickly.

Yang Pu asked Yang Yingqi to simply send troops, and Yang Yingqi muttered: "It is absolutely not feasible to send troops!" ”

Yang Pu said: "If the hungry people wash away Qingyang Port, our business in Shandong for several years will be ruined. ”

Yang Yingqi asked, "Has there been any recent change in Huining?" ”

Yang Pu said: "I haven't heard any news for the time being. ”

Yang Yingqi thought for a while and said, "In that case, let's go to Qingyang Port." "The distance between Qingyang Port and Jinmen is very close, and at this time, the coastal navigation technology of the Han Department has been quite developed, and the morning and evening between the two places are coming, so it is more convenient for Yang Yingqi to go to Dengzhou than to Tanggu.

Chen Zhenghui knew that Yang Yingqi had already experienced the meaning of the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't break it in his mouth, and only asked: "How many people do you want to follow?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "You go with me." Take a good look at the spy reports on Jingdong East Road, and I'll ask you when I get back. ”

Chen Zhenghui asked again: "How many soldiers and horses do you want to bring?" ”

Yang Yingqi thought for a moment and asked, "How many people are there in Qingyang Port to maintain law and order?" ”

Chen Zhenghui said: "There are about 200 people in Qingyang Port. In addition, there are still Qixia and three villages that can be deployed. ”

The Han Ministry had gradually separated the personnel for maintaining law and order from the military system and the system of requisition, and these people in charge of urban law and order, either called guards or civil guards, were placed under the control of the administrative department. Cheongyang Port was also influenced by Jinmen and also set up a civil guard, and the Cheongyang Port Chamber of Commerce appointed the captain of the civil guard and paid food, and this part of the guard force was mainly to maintain law and order in Cheongyang Port.

Due to the frequent uprisings, thieves, and pirates in Shandong in recent years, the soldiers in Dengzhou were unable to protect the territory and the people. Two years ago, at the urging of Liu Jie, Wang Shizhong allowed all the townships in the territory to train the militia for self-defense, and each township was responsible for the expenses. The folk customs of Dengzhou are quite strong, and because of the opening of Qingyang Port in recent years, the private financial resources are also sufficient, so there is surplus money and grain to support the militia, and among them, the three villages of Qixia, Mudong, and Fushan that surround Qingyang Port are the most elite -- not only because these three villages are provided by the richest Qingyang Port Chamber of Commerce, but also because the selection mechanism, training system, and management system of the militia of these three villages are all based on the military in southern Liaoning, so they can protect Qingyang close to Qingyang and Haikou from afar, so that Dengzhou presents a rare peaceful situation in the Great Song Dynasty.

Yang Yingqi actually knew the layout of the three villages around Qingyang Port, and then asked about some recent changes, and said: "With these three villages, it is expected that we can deal with it, we only bring Yan Qing and others as escorts, and I will ask the second brother to come again." ”

Cao Guangbi was in Jinmen at the time, although he was idle at home, but he knew the talent and nature of the generals in the Han army well, so Yang Yingqi wanted to find someone who could fight, and he didn't ask the military privy secretary of Jinmen, but came to ask him.

Cao Guangbi heard Yang Yingqi ask him to recommend generals, and said curiously: "What kind of talent do you want?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "The prestige rank should not be too high, but you need to have the ability to take charge of yourself." In addition, it is best to have a good understanding of the situation on Jingdong Road in Dasong. ”

Cao Guangbi groaned: "What do you want this person to do?" Yang Yingqi told him about the peasant army in Shandong, and Cao Guangbi said: "Do you want to send troops to rescue Dengzhou?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "When you can not send troops, it is best not to send troops, so as not to think wildly about the Great Song Dynasty." However, the Xiang army of the Great Song Dynasty cannot be used, and now there are Sanzhai militia in Dengzhou that can be deployed, so I want to use this soldier and horse to clear the border for Dengzhou. It just takes someone to consult the military. ”

Cao Guangbi said: "If that's the case, you don't have to transfer people here in southern Liaoning." Zhao Li, the deputy owner of Qixia Village, is a talent. ”

"Zhao Li?"

"Hmm." Cao Guangbi said: "It is a young man from Xuzhou, three years ago when he participated in the East China Sea ring, I arranged for him to go to the army for a year and a half, I intended to cultivate him, he was grateful to the Han Ministry for the grace of knowing and also had the heart to stay, just because his mother sent a letter to him to return to the Great Song Dynasty, which made him in a dilemma." I said to him, 'The Great Song Dynasty is not a country of long-term peace, but if you want to return to China, I can't stop you.' I thought of an idea for him and recommended him to become a militia in Dengzhou. I've been asking him a little bit lately, and I've done a good job. If you want to use someone, you can find him. ”

Yang Yingqi resigned from Cao Guangbi and set off for Qingyang Port on the second day. At that time, the north wind was blowing right, and it took two days to arrive in Dengzhou. Liu Jie led several important members of the Chamber of Commerce to welcome him into the hall and report to him the latest movements of the peasant army. It turned out that the vanguard of the peasant army had already hit Gaomi, and the Laizhou guards were so frightened that they fled overnight! Now the hearts of the people in Laizhou are fluctuating, and some people are fleeing to Dengzhou.

Yang Yingqi asked about the recent situation of Qixia, Mudong, and Fushan Sanzhai. According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, although these three villages were allowed to train their own militia, they all had to obey the dispatch of the Zhizhou Wangshi. However, although the owners and cadres of Sanzhai Village are all Song people, most of them are related to the military in southern Liaoning, and it is actually the Qingyang Chamber of Commerce that has the endorsement of the Han Ministry to raise troops, so in the Sanzhai militia, Liu Jie's words have more weight than Wang Shizhong.

Among the three villages, Qixia and Fushan are mainly land people, Mudong Village is both land and water, and Qixia Village is the largest, except for miscellaneous labor, a total of 1,200 foot riders, plus 600 people in Fushan, 900 people in Mudong, a total of 2,700 soldiers and horses.

During the conversation, people reported: "Zhao Li, the deputy owner of Qixia Village, Lu Tong, the deputy owner of Fushan Village, and Ouyang Ouyang, the deputy owner of Mudong Village, have moved here." ”

The owners of Qixia, Fushan, and Mudong are all local squires with prestige, and they are the leading figures in various public occasions, but the actual affairs such as the training and management of soldiers and horses are mainly handled by the deputy village owners. Among the three deputy village masters, Zhao Li and Lu Tong have all served in the Liaokou army, and Ouyang Qian is a distant relative of Ouyang Shi, these people are also considered to be the heroes of the dominant side in Dengzhou, but they are still just small people in front of Yang Yingqi! They are in the Song realm, but they all know that their wealth depends on the Han Ministry, and Ouyang Qian is even a Yuan Minarian of the Han Ministry, so Yang Yingqi is not afraid of revealing his identity in front of them.

Zhao, Lu, and Ouyang were all shocked when they heard Liu Jie say that the Seventh General had come to Dengzhou in person, and Zhao Li stepped forward and saluted: "Seventh General, you have crossed Hainan, but do you want to do anything big?" ”

Ouyang Qiandu had heard from a friend in the Yuan Minzhong that Jin and Song were not compatible, so he was worried and excited! The worry is that if the Han Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty become hostile, then their status and situation will face major changes. But at the same time, this is a good opportunity for the eldest husband to establish meritorious deeds - if the Han invades the Song Dynasty, then they will inevitably become the vanguard team, how can you not be excited when you think of this? But what Yang Yingqi said made him breathe a sigh of relief and a little disappointed: "I came this time mainly to help the Great Song Dynasty solve the matter of the peasant army's invasion of the east. ”

Zhao Li was overjoyed and said: "The local people are worried about this matter!" The king is mediocre and mediocre, and the enemy is completely oppressed, and he doesn't know what to do! I don't want the Seven Generals to come! Now the people of Dengzhou are saved. ”

Yang Yingqi heaved and said, "Is it so serious?" Wouldn't I be saved if I didn't come to Dengzhou? I heard the second general say that you are a good talent, why are you afraid of even a few hungry people? ”

Zhao Li said: "There are more than 100,000 people on the other side!" If there is a frontal war, the hungry people have nothing to fear. But the problem is that there are a lot of them! We can attack the field on a battlefield, but we can't see such a big place as Dengzhou! If you let them wander around, it will not be a place of evil. Besides, these people are actually forced to start an accident haha, this kind of person kills too much, and he is not a hero! ”

Yang Yingqi nodded secretly when he heard this, and said in his heart: "The people who come out under the second brother's hands can always meet my heart." said: "This time, it is not difficult to say, it is not easy to say." The difficult thing is that there are many of them, and the easy thing is that they have not been in trouble for a long time, the people's hearts have not been attached, and the battle has not been refined. To solve such a peasant army, which had just risen, there were two things: the first was food, and the second was that the soldiers and horses could defeat them in front of the warehouse. I can take out the first one, and the second one ......."

Zhao Li patted his chest and said: "If it is a real and face-to-face battle, I can disperse 50,000 of them with 1,000 people!" ”

Yang Yingqi said with a smile: "Okay." But I heard that they have 150,000 horses! ”

Lu Tong and Ouyang Qian said together: "The two villages of Fushan (Mudong) are willing to attach the lord of Zhao Zhai." ”

Yang Yingqi nodded and said, "How many soldiers and horses can you mobilize when you join forces?" ”

Zhao Lidao: "The Dengzhou Xiang Army is unusable. In my village, there are 500 light horsemen and 500 crossbows. Fukuyama had 500 spearmen. Mu Dong can also transfer 500 people to fight. In addition, the three of us jointly issued a notice to other villages, and we could gather another two or three thousand people. ”

Yang Yingqi said: "Then there are 5,000 people, and there are 2,000 backbones, which is enough." ”

Zhao Lidao: "But if you have to gather so many people, you have to nod your head from Wang Shizhong, otherwise there will be trouble afterwards." ”

Yang Yingqi said: "This is natural. I'll see him later. Go down and prepare yourselves. The battlefield is near Jimo. ”

Zhao Liqi said: "Jimo? How could it be in Jimo? "Jimo is located in the southwest of the Shandong Peninsula, not in Dengzhou, but belongs to Laizhou.

Yang Yingqi said: "When the peasant army arrives in Dengzhou, it will be a battle at the doorstep of Qingyang Port, and there are too many variables. As long as a few thousand of the hundreds of thousands of hungry people are out of control, it will be difficult to deal with the matter, so it is better to start a war in Jimo again. ”

Zhao Li said: "But how do we know that these hungry people will definitely rush to Jimo? ”

Yang Yingqi laughed and said: "These are evil fish, as long as I put 100,000 stone rice grain there as bait, even if you cut off their feet, they will crawl!" ”

――――――

Don't forget to vote!